Floyd's Northumberland County Genealogy Pages 296 thru 320 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Tony Rebuck. Tar2@psu,edu USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. MARR FAMILY, genealogy of the Pennsylvania branch. Joseph Marr was one of the pioneers of Turbut township, Northumberland Co., Pa. He was born in Northampton county, Pa., June 15, 1750, the son of Lawrence Marr, supposed to have come to America from Scotland in the early part of the year 1700, who settled in Upper Mount Bethel township, Northampton Co., Pa., died (aged ninety years) and was buried there. On July 2, 1792, Joseph Marr purchased from the widow of Turbut Francis a tract of land, one mile square, a part of the tract known as the "Colonel's Reward," lying on the east bank of the END OF PAGE 296 west branch of the Susquehanna river, embracing the northern part of what is now Milton, including the three farms north of that place. For this land he paid "four pounds per acre lawful money of Pennsylvania and a negro girl at the price of thirty pounds." He settled on the property in 1793 and immediately built a stone house beautifully situated on the banks of the river. It is still standing. In later years it was purchased from the family of Alem Marr, his son, by Moses Chamberlin. Joseph Marr died Sept. 18, 1796, aged forty-six years, and was buried in what was then the Marr burying ground, where the Lincoln street schoolhouse stands. Later his remains were removed to the upper cemetery, where they now rest. Mr. Marr was an earnest and consistent member of the Episcopal Church, in his day called the Church of England. On Aug. 18, 1794, he and his wife Susanna gave a tract of land, in Church lane, adjoining Upper Milton, to the trustees of the Episcopal congregation for burial and church purposes. He was one of the founders of the church of that denomination and the prime mover in the erection of the first church of that faith in Northumberland county. The church as an organized body dates back to 1793. Mr. Marr married Susanna Price, who was born April 27, 1754, and died Dec. 27, 1826. Mrs. Marr, who was of Quaker ancestry, was the daughter of David Price and Hannah Frampton. Through her mother she was descended from William Frampton, of England, who was appointed by William Penn, Feb. 23, 1685, a member of his Council held at Philadelphia, commissioner of Kent and Sussex counties, 1685-86, was registrar general for the Provinces of Pennsylvania and Delaware at the time of his death, in 1686, and one of the signers of Penn's "Actual Treaty with the Indians in 1685 for the land of the present city of Philadelphia and the adjacent country out to the Susquehanna." Penn returned from New York the end of 1682. To this period belongs the "Great Treaty" which took place at Shakamaxon. Thomas Wescott, whose researches have exceeded perhaps any other, says there is no evidence that a "Treaty of Peace" or of purchase of lands ever was held under the great elm tree at Shakamaxon in 1682 by William Penn, and yet tradition is very positive on the subject. This pleasing transaction has been so fully engrafted on Pennsylvania history we hesitate to dispel it. The site of the elm tree is marked by a monument erected in 1827. It is strange that for so important a matter as the Deed and Title to the lands which as Philadelphians and even as Pennsylvanians we occupy, we have no original treaty to show, but the fact is, as the records at Harrisburg show, that the Actual Treaty made for the lands, the present Philadelphia and adjacent country out to the Susquehanna, was made in the year 1685 by Thomas Holme, as president of the Governor's Council, and was signed by William Frampton and seven other white men and eleven Indians. It is recorded in the Book of Charters and Indian Deed, Page 62, in the office of the secretary of State at Harrisburg. The children of Joseph and Susanna (Price) Marr, all born at Upper Mount Bethel, Northampton Co., Pa., were: (1) Mary, born April 20, 1775, died Jan. 27, 1830. On Dec. 25, 1795, she married Robert Martin, lawyer, and they had four children, Jane, Susanna, Joseph Marr and James. Left no descendants. (2) Hannah, born April 20, 1776, died Feb. 24, 1857. (3) David, born March 14, 1779, died Feb. 14, 1819, unmarried. (4) William, born March 26, 1782, died Dec. 18, 1823. (5) Joseph died Oct. 5, 1804. (6) Alem. Hannah Marr, daughter of Joseph, born April 20, 1776, died in Milton Feb. 24, 1857. On Jan. 12, 1797, she married William Hull, who was born in Sussex county, N. J., July 17, 1771, and settled in Turbut township, Northumberland Co., Pa., in 1792 or 1793. He died April 28, 1828, upon the homestead farm, which was a part of the original Marr farm. They were the parents of fourteen children, those who lived to maturity being: (1) David, born in 1806, died in 1886. He married Emily Rittenhouse and (second) Jane Welch, and had several sons. (2) Alem, born in 1808, died in 1842. He was drowned at the time of one of the big floods of the Susquehanna river. (3) William Price, born in 1813, died in 1876, unmarried. (4) Thomas Ryerson, born in 1815, died in 1886. (5) Sarah A., born in 1817, died in 1859. She married John H. Brown, and had children, Sarah, Emma and Frampton. (6) Hannah Maria, born in 1821, died in 1864. She married Robert M. Slater. No descendants. Thomas Ryerson Hull, born in 1815, died in 1886. He read medicine and practiced his profession until his death in Milton. He married Elizabeth J. McCormick, and their children were: Margaret; Alem, a physician, living at Montgomery, Pa.; William, who married and has a family; Thomas; Elmer, a physician, living at Montgomery, Pa., who married Mary Weimer, of Lebanon, Pa., and has a family of three sons, Elmer, Alem and Weimer. William Marr, fourth child of Joseph and Susanna Marr, married Mary Barber, and they had nine children, all born on the farm near Milton: Joseph, Phineas Barber, Susanna, Ann, James Barber, David Price, William H., Margaret and Alem Kennedy. About 1826 William Marr erected the large stone mansion which is still standing on what was his portion of the estate. Later this became the prop- END OF PAGE 297 erty of Edmund H. Heaton, who married Janette Dales, one of his granddaughters, the youngest child of David P. Marr. Mrs. Mary (Barber) Marr was descended from the Maxwells and Kennedys of Scotland. Her ancestor, Thomas Maxwell, was of the Kirkoonel line, which had its home in the valley of the Nith, Scotland. Her great-grandfather, John Maxwell, with his wife and four children came from County Tyrone, Ireland, to America in 1747. Their eldest son, William, became Brig. Gen. William Maxwell of the Continental Line on General Washington's staff. Jane Maxwell married James Kennedy and they were the grandparents of Mary Barber. Her father and mother were Phineas Barber (born about 1747, died July 24, 1812) and Ann Kennedy (born about 1762, died Aug. 5,1834), who married in 1779. The Kennedys were very prominent in the civil and religious life of Scotland, and men of position and influence in this country. Alem Marr, son of Joseph and Susanna (Price) Marr, inherited the portion of the land adjoining to, and also that on which Upper Milton is built, and lived in the stone house built by his father. He was a lawyer of prominence and served two terms as a member of the United States Congress. He married Margaret Hunter. Their children were: (1) Isabel married Edward Shippen Thompson, who was descended from Edward Shippen, first mayor of Philadelphia. (2) Joseph, unmarried, was a farmer. (3) William, a physician, married Anna L. Ross, and had four children, three sons and one daughter. One son, who is a physician, survives, and the daughter. (4) Charles became a physician. (5) Margaret W. (6) Augustus is deceased. Joseph Marr, eldest child of William and Mary B. Marr, born March 14, 1806, entered Princeton Seminary in 1832, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Northumberland April 22, 1835. After forty years of service as a minister and teacher, becoming infirm, he was honorably retired, and died at the home of his daughter Harriet, wife of Gen. Irvin Gregg. He was married three times, his first wife being a Miss Smith, of Milton. His second marriage, in 1835, was to Harriet Candor, sister of Joseph Candor, of White Deer, Union Co., Pa., his third to Mrs. Catherine (Low) Van Slyke, of New York. The children of the first wife were: Catherine, born in 1825, who married David McCormick, lived in Harrisburg, and had children, Julia, Lizzie (married Mr. Phillips, of Philadelphia, had one child Catherine), Agnes (married and living in California), Nellie (deceased) and David (married and living in Harrisburg); John, who married and had a family; Joseph, who married and had two children; and William, unmarried. The second wife, Harriet (Candor) Marr, had one child, Harriet, who married Gen. Irvin Gregg, and had two sons, Irvin and Robert (Irvin is married and has three sons). The children of the third wife of Joseph Marr, Mrs. Catherine (Low) Van Slyke Marr were: (1) James married Katie Knight, of Philadelphia, Pa.; and had children, James, Emily and Josephine. (2) M. Elizabeth married Frank Kellerman, of Kansas City, and had a large family. (3) J. Josephine married Julius Cornelius Donovan, of Philadelphia, Pa., and (second) Gustav A. Breaux, of New Orleans. Both her husbands were members of the Legislature of their respective States. Colonel Breaux was an officer in the Confederate service. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Cornelius Donovan had one child, Julia Cornelia, who was first married to Andrew Simonds, a banker of Charleston, S. C.; her second husband was also a banker, of Trenton, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Simonds had one child, a daughter. (4) Angeline married Harry Knight, of Philadelphia, Pa., and lived for many years in Harrisburg, Pa. Mr. Knight died in Sedalia, Mo. They had four children, Joseph, Josephine, Horace and Harry. Phineas Barber Marr, son of William and Mary (Barber) Marr, born Jan. 20, 1808, died Jan. 28, 1874. He was graduated at Jefferson College in 1830; and ordained to preach, by the Presbytery of Northumberland county Nov. 13, 1834. He was stated supply at Williamsport Pa., from 1833 to 1834; pastor at Lewisburg, Pa., 1834 to 1852. He was stated supply until his death, in 1874, at Lewisburg, Pa. He married Mary Graham, daughter of Alexander Graham and M. Margaret (Spyker), of Lewisburg, and they had eleven children: (1) Mary Jane married Dr. John E. Barber; no descendants. (2) William A., a graduate of Bucknell University, at Lewisburg, was a prominent attorney and judge at Ashland, Pa. He was unmarried. (3) Henry S., an attorney, married Caroline Gould; no descendants. (4) James H. graduated from the Lewisburg University in 1860, at Princeton College in 1862, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1865, and was ordained by the Presbytery of San Francisco, Cal., March 21, 1868. He was stated supply for five years; pastor at East Orange, 1870-78; pastor at Beacon Church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1881-93; died at Point Pleasant, N. J., June 1, 1895. He married Mary Graham, and they had two children, Mary (deceased) and Phineas. (5) Addison Graham, born Jan. 24, 1844, married Jan. 24, 1871, Margaret Winifred Sheriff, daughter of John W. Sheriff, of Lewiston. They had four children: William Price, born Dec. 31, 1871, attended the public schools of Shamokin, Pa., entered Lehigh University in September, 1889, and graduated in 1893; "Little Brother" born Sept. 5, 1875, died in 1876; Addison Graham, Jr., born June 5, 1877, attended public school in Shamokin, Pa., entered Princeton University in September, 1897, graduated in June, 1901; Phineas Barber, born Sept. 14, died END OF PAGE 299 in 1880. (6) Margaret W. married Phineas M. Barber, lumber merchant and manufacturer and builder; no descendants. Mrs. Barber in carrying out the wishes of her husband built the "Barber Memorial Institute" at Anniston, Ala., for the education of colored girls of the South, at a cost of $50,000. It was burned down, but was rebuilt by Mrs. Barber. (7) Helen married Joseph M. Crawford, lumber merchant and manufacturer; no family. (8) George Augustus graduated from Bucknell University, at Lewisburg, and the Theological Seminary of Princeton, was ordained for the ministry, and is living at Swarthmore, Pa. He married Helen Montgomery and they had three children, Montgomery (a mechanical engineer, a very bright and promising young man, of exceptionally fine character, who accidentally lost his life while testing some machinery), Helen, and a second son. (9) Caroline is deceased. (10) Henrietta married William Lister. (11) Walter is deceased. Susanna Marr, daughter of William and Mary B. Marr, born Nov. 16, 1809, married Phineas Barber, of Fingal, Canada, July 1, 1834. They had five children: (1) Hannah married and is deceased; no descendants. (2) William. (3) John. (4) James. (5) David married twice, and had one daughter, Susanna. Ann Marr, daughter of William and Mary B. Marr, born Dec. 1, 1811, died Jan. 20, 1874. She married Samuel Bowman, of Canada, and they had six children: (1) Josepha married Dr. James Gun, of Durham, Canada, Sept. 24, 1861. They had one daughter, Josepha Bowman, born June 29, 1862. Mrs. Gun died in July, 1862. (2) Albert. (3) James. (4) Jonas. (5) Henrietta married Feb. 13, 1878, N. A. Hughs, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. James Barber Marr, son of William and Mary B. Marr, born Feb. 26, 1814, died June 11, 1841. He read law in the office of James B. Linn, of Lewisburg, Pa., was admitted to the bar at that place, and became a member of the Clearfield county bar about 1839. He died a young man, leaving no family. His obituary was written by his friend William Bigler, afterward governor of the State. David Price Marr, son of William Marr and grandson of Joseph Marr, was born Feb. 12, 1816, on the homestead near Milton, and died Sept. 2, 1864, aged forty-eight years. Though he died at a comparatively early age, he had made a signal success of his business life, his great industry, perseverance and good practical sense having won him notable standing among his fellow men. Possessed of fine executive ability, he was engaged in assisting to complete the system of internal improvements which had been so successfully commenced in his State. It would be difficult to mention another whose death was so generally felt and so sincerely lamented. In early life he was a farmer. Later he engaged extensively in railroad and bridge building for the Catawissa, Northern Central, Philadelphia & Erie and other roads. At the time of his death he was associated with his cousin, J. B. Moorhead, of Philadelphia, president of the Philadelphia & Erie Road, in carrying on railroad construction in the State of New York. He was also interested in manufacturing, having built and owned the White Deer Woolen Mills, later taking Benjamin Griffey in as a partner. After his death this property was bought by Ario Pardee, of Hazleton; the mills were destroyed by fire in 1878. The Presbyterian church in Milton which was destroyed in the great fire, which occurred May 14, 1886, was built by him. His industries were many and varied. On Dec. 17, 1839, David Price Marr married his first wife, Hetty L. Davis, who was born in 1814 and died July 2, 1848. He married Jan. 22, 1850, (second) Harriet J. Matchin, born Sept. 11, 1820, daughter of Joseph and Janette (Hiatt) Matchin, of London, England, died March 30, 1896. The children of David Price and Hetty L. Marr were: (1) Anna Eliza, born Oct. 30, 1840, married Sept. 24, 1861, John A. Grier, who was born at Brandywine Manor, Chester Co., Pa., Jan. 9, 1834, and died at Chicago, Ill., Nov. 18, 1902. Mr. Grier was a member of the first class in the University at Lewisburg. He received his commission as chief engineer, U. S. Navy, from Abraham Lincoln, remaining in the service for ten years, and taking part in many of the naval battles in the Gulf and on the Atlantic coast. He also took part in the first attempt to lay the first Atlantic cable in 1857, between England and America. In later years he was engaged in manufacturing and different lines of electrical work. Mr. Grier was a member of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, and a companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Mr. and Mrs. Grier had children: Margaret Graham, Thomas Graham, and Edward Robie. Of these, Thomas Graham, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in mechanical and electrical engineering, is now in business in Chicago. Edward Robie, born at Mount Joy, Lancaster Co., Pa., is sales manager and vice president of the Arrow Electric Company, of Hartford, Conn., where he now lives. He married April 16, 1895, Lucy Parthenia Bosworth, of Lee, Mass., and their son, Edward Bosworth Grier, was born Dec. 9, 1897, at Chicago, Ill. (2) William Price, second child of David Price and Hetty L. Marr, born Nov. 20, 1842, died Aug. 30, 1850. (3) Mary Helen, third child, born Nov. 9, 1844, married June 6, 1864, Col. John McCleery, a prominent attorney of Milton, and a leading member of the Northumberland county bar. He was a son of Dr. William McCleery, born in Milton April 18, 1837, was educated at the old Milton Academy and at the Tuscarora Academy, and graduated END OF PAGE 299 from Princeton in the class of 1858. Studying law with his uncle, ex-Governor Pollock, he was admitted to the bar just before the breaking out of the Civil war. He did not hesitate to subordinate his personal interests to the needs of his country. The beginning of June, 1861, found him at Harrisburg, as captain of Company II, 34th Pennsylvania Reserves. Twice he was severely wounded and June 30, 1862, fell into the hands of the enemy, and for a brief period was an inmate of Libby prison. He became lieutenant colonel of the 28th Pennsylvania Militia, but disability from his wounds made it necessary for him to retire from the army. Resuming the practice of law, he also interested himself in local business enterprises, being one of the founders of the Milton Car Works, in 1864, and later of the Milton Iron Works. He was president of the Milton Trust & Safe Deposit Company, which he had helped to establish. He was finally compelled by physical suffering to withdraw from all business and professional activities. As a soldier he measured up to a rare standard of efficiency. In private life he was an educated, cultured gentleman. For a number of years, he was a companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. The children of John and Mary Helen (Marr) McCleery were: Edward Heber, a graduate of Princeton University, 1888, who read medicine with his uncle, Dr. James P. McCleery, graduated from Jefferson Medical College, and is engaged in the practice of his profession in Kane, Pa.; and Margaret Pollock, who married Hasell Wilson Baldwin, of Pittsburg, son of William A. Baldwin, formerly general superintendent of the P. & E. and Northern Central Railway (Mary Shaw is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin). (4) Rebecca L., fourth child of David and Hetty L. Marr, born Feb. 11, 1847, died Aug. 4, 1850. The children of David Price and Harriet J. (Matchin) Marr were: (1) William Price was killed on the Pennsylvania railroad, while crossing the track near his home. He was in his nineteenth year, and a student in his sophomore year at Princeton College, New Jersey. (2) Alem K. married Jan. 16, 1878, Ella L. Schofield, of Addison, N. Y., and lives in Prince George county, Md. (3) David Brainard lives in Prince George county, Md. The property on which he lives is a part of the estate that belonged originally to Lord Baltimore (the Calverts) and is called Mount Calvert. (4) Alfred Hiatt who lives at Eagles Mere, is married and has two children, David and Harriet. (5) Janette Dales married Edmund Hunter Heaton, of Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 14, 1885, and resides in Milton. Their children: Harriet Marr (died in infancy), Mary and Emily. Mr. Heaton was born April 18, 1851, at Tamaqua, Pa., son of the late Reuben A. and Mary Heaton, the former of whom was a pioneer coal operator of the Schuylkill region, in which he became one of the most prominent. When a young man Mr. Heaton removed with his parents to Ashland. He attended Canandaigua Academy, graduated from college as a mining engineer, and resided in Philadelphia from 1870 to 1873, when he engaged in coal operations at Raven Run, Schuylkill Co Pa., being thus interested until 1885. He was associated with his brothers in the coal mining business in that county. From the time he took up his residence in Milton he took an active interest in the business development of the vicinity, and always displayed rare executive ability and sterling character; proving himself a most capable man in every respect and becoming one of the most prominent and influential citizens of the borough. He was a charter member of the Milton Trust & Safe Deposit Company, served as a director from the time of its incorporation until his death, and from 1901 to 1908 was president retiring because of declining health. He succeeded his brother-in-law, John McCleery, in that position. He was president of the Pleasant Valley Cream Company, which under his management became one of the best in the State, and was interested in other corporations, always a leader in any movement designed to advance the interests of Milton. He died at his home on North Front and First streets, Milton, July 24, 1911, aged sixty years, and was interred in the Milton cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Heaton resided at "Maple Bank," the Marr homestead (which he bought from the heirs), from 1887 until a few years ago, when they purchased the fine property which has since been the family home. Mrs. Harriet J. (Matchin) Marr's parents came to this country with the Priestleys in 1811 and lived in Northumberland, Pa. Her aunt, Maria Hiatt married James Hepburn, afterward Judge Hepburn of Philadelphia, a brother of Samuel Hepburn, of Milton. Her maternal grandfather was Captain Hiatt of the English navy. William H. Marr, son of William and Mary B. Marr, born July 25, 1818, died May 24, 1894. He received his early education at the old Milton Academy, with James Pollock and Andrew Curtin (future governors of Pennsylvania), and later entered and graduated from Lafayette College. By profession he was a physician. When the Civil war broke out he entered the Union army as a surgeon. He also was interested in other lines and financially was very successful. He married Eliza Davis Baldwin, daughter of William and Mary Shaw Davis, of Limestoneville, Pa., and they had six children, of whom two died in infancy, the others being: (3) Mary Frances. (4) Alem died young. (5) James married Sarah Eyre, of Lewisburg, and had five children, Mary Frances, Helen, Edith, Canton and William. James Marr is a farmer of Prince George county, Md. His winter home is in Washington, D. C. (6) Frank S. married Eliz- END OF PAGE 300 abeth Buckingham, of Lewisburg, Pa., and they have children, Winifred and Judith. Frank S. Marr is a graduate of Bucknell University, was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Sunbury, Pa.; later formed an electric construction company, and has continued in different lines of electrical work, with headquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Margaret Marr, daughter of William and Mary B. Marr, born July 15, 1820, married Dr. John McCollum, of Tiffin City, Ohio. Both are deceased. They had two sons, of whom one died young. Leon married, but had no children. By profession he is a physician. Alem Kennedy Marr, youngest child of William and Mary B. Marr, born June 15, 1828, died Sept. 19, 1847. He was reading medicine with his brother, Dr. William H. Marr, at the time of his death, at Washingtonville, Pa. He died suddenly, of a congestive chill, cutting short a life that promised much. History of the land bought by Joseph Marr from Turbut Francis. The localities of the Indian tribes prior to William Penn's arrival (Oct. 24, 1682) have been identified as follows. The Six Nations occupied the territory north of the sources of the Susquehanna and the Delaware rivers. Land was purchased from them in 1754 and the New Purchase advertised by the land office Feb. 23, 1769. In 1764 officers who served under Colonel Bouquet made an agreement in writing with each other that they would apply to the Proprietors (the Penns) for a tract of land for their services, to be divided among themselves. One Col. Turbut Francis's tract was 2,775 acres, surveyed to him in one tract adjoining the tract bought by him in Montour, embracing what is called Turbut township. It was called the "Colonel's Reward." Joseph Marr bought part of this land from the widow of Turbut Francis in 1792. BENJAMIN APPLE, editor and proprietor of the Sunbury Daily Item, and of The Sunbury American, a weekly paper, and present postmaster of Sunbury, has been engaged in the newspaper business since 1904, previous to which time he had for a number of years been prominently identified with the educational interests of the community. Mr. Apple was born June 28, 1868, one mile west of Freeburg, Snyder Co., Pa., son of Benjamin and Martha (Graybill) Apple, and grandson of George Apple and of Rev. Christian Graybill. His paternal ancestors in this region came from Montgomery county. He was the youngest child and only son of his parents, who had also three daughters. Mr. Apple was only a year old when his father died. Living and working upon the farm in his boyhood and early youth, he was thrown upon his own resources at the age of fourteen years, and earned the money necessary to continue his education besides supporting himself. He attended the country public schools up to that age, and then entered Freeburg Academy, from which he was graduated in 1884. For four years he taught public school at Freeburg; graduated from the State Normal school at Bloomsburg in 1889 and was elected assistant principal of the East Sunbury public schools, the duties of which position he assumed in the fall of that year. In 1894 he was elected principal of the East Sunbury schools, in which capacity he served two years. Upon the consolidation of the boroughs of Sunbury and East Sunbury, in 1896, he was promoted to the Central high school, where he had charge of the mathematical department until the spring of 1899, when he was elected to the office of county superintendent of schools for Northumberland county. When reelected to that position, in 1902, he received a flattering support, only seven votes being polled against him. Mr. Apple began his career as a newspaper man in 1904 when he purchased the Sunbury Daily Item and American, which he has since continued to publish, as editor and proprietor. The plant is located at No. 42 South Second street, Sunbury. The printing department also makes a specialty of high grade job work. The manner in which Mr. Apple entered upon his new line fully demonstrated his ability. Under his management the Daily Item has become one of the leading newspapers in this section of the State, and the circulation has more than doubled. During the same time it has grown from a seven-column, four-page paper to an eight-page issue, and the advertising business has kept pace with modern ideas in that line, the patronage which the paper receives from business people showing conclusively its standing in conservative but progressive circles. As an editor, Mr. Apple deserves the prestige he enjoys, being influential and trusted by the best element in the community. During the year 1910 he was appointed supervisor of the census of the Sixteenth Congressional district of Pennsylvania, comprising the counties of Northumberland, Sullivan, Montour and Columbia. On April 13, 1911, he was appointed postmaster of Sunbury for a period of four years. On June 2, 1892, Mr. Apple married Lillie E. Moyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George K. Moyer, and they have one son, John. Mr. Apple is a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Sunbury, of which he has been a deacon for fifteen years. P. H. FUHRMANN was born at Frankenthal, Rhenish Bavaria, June 16, 1863. He received his early education in the public schools in his native town and afterward graduated with honors from a Real-gymnasium. He then held a responsible position with Klein, Schanzlin & Becker, proprietors END OF PAGE 301 of one of the largest German machine factories, who designed and constructed the then most modern sugar refineries, chemical factories and breweries in Europe. He became private secretary to the general manager, which position enabled him to gain a thorough business education and acquire an excellent knowledge of machinery, and it was but natural that soon after arriving in America he found a position where he could make use of his executive and technical abilities. In 1883 he accepted a position as assistant manager with Charles D. Kaier, of Mahanoy City, brewer and rectifier, whose business he increased in a few years to enormous proportions, when he was advanced to the position of general manager, and as such built the present large brewing and rectifying plant. As a reward in 1891 he was made a partner of the Charles D. Kaier Company. Looking for a field to satisfy his ambition of building up a large business of which he could own the controlling interest himself, he dissolved his connections with the Kaier Company in the year 1895, and bought from Martin Markle a small frame brewery in Coal township (on the outskirts of Shamokin), with an annual output of about eight thousand barrels. While he was trying hard to establish a trade, and devoting all his time to that purpose, both building and refrigerating machines of the old plant collapsed during the first summer, a calamity which ordinarily would have meant ruin, especially at that particular time of the year. But not so in this case. On the contrary, having been used to hard knocks and bumps all his lifetime, Mr. Fuhrmann was equal to the situation, and by clever management not only kept the plant going, even if badly crippled, but built a complete new brewery around the old one and within one year from the time he first took hold of the plant had erected a modern brewery and also acquired trade enough to keep it going to its full capacity. This has been kept up ever since with a steady increase, so that the brewery today is one of the best equipped in the whole county and has an annual output of fifty thousand barrels. In 1896 Mr. Max Schmidt became a partner with Mr. Fuhrmann in the firm of Fuhrmann & Schmidt, which in 1906 was incorporated under the style of The Fuhrmann & Schmidt Brewing Company, of which Mr. Fuhrmann is president. The brewery enjoys the reputation of having a pure, wholesome product, the quality of which cannot be excelled by any brewery in the country a fact which is recognized by the people of Shamokin and immediate vicinity, as well as by the great number of travelers and societies visiting Shamokin on many occasions, and especially during the many conventions through which Shamokin has gained an enviable reputation all over the State for her hospitality. On June 3, 1896, Mr. Fuhrman was married to Caroline B. Hahn, of Philadelphia, and to them was born a son Harry, on Oct. 3, 1897, and a daughter Mary Anna, on Feb. 2, 1911. Mr. Fuhrmann is a member of the Cresco Club, the Motor Club, the Order of Elks and the Order of Eagles. CAREY E. BURNS, at present serving as one of the auditors of Northumberland county, is a native-born citizen of Lower Augusta township. He is a son of John Burns and grandson of Peter Burns. The Burns family is of Scotch-Irish descent. Peter Burns was born March 8, 1786, and came in an early day to Lower Augusta township, Northumberland county, where he became a prosperous farmer. He died April 27, 1849, and is buried with his wife, Elizabeth (Oxenreider), at the Augusta Baptist Church in Lower Augusta township. She hailed from Berks county, and was a typical German woman, so that the Burns family unites the qualities of the two races that have made Pennsylvania especially famous. She was born in 1789, and died Dec. 13, 1856. Among the children of this couple were: Peter, who settled out West; Christian, who lived at Winfield, Pa.; Leah, Mrs. Campbell; Mary, Mrs. Jacob Frederick; and Susan, Mrs. Behler. John Burns, son of Peter, was born in 1810 in Lower Augusta township, and farmed on the place in Hollowing Run still occupied by his widow, Mary, and son Carey E. Burns. He died there Aug. 27, 1879, and is buried at the Augusta Baptist Church. By his first marriage he had the following family: Sarah, Mrs. Daniel Kauffman; Silas, of Shamokin, Pa.; Andrew J., who lived and died in Lower Augusta township, passing away Nov. 4, 1875; aged thirty-five years, two months, sixteen days; Malinda, who died unmarried; Dennis, who died in Lower Augusta when twenty years old; Elizabeth, who married William Leffler and (second) Jacob McKeloy; Horatio, who died young; and another, whose name is not recalled. John Burns married for his second wife Mary Leffler, who was born June 7, 1828, daughter of William Leffler, and who is now living with her son Carey, tenderly cared for by him and his wife. Though past eighty she is well preserved. Nine children were born to the second marriage: Malinda, who died young; Horatio, who died young; Alfred, of Idaho; Ellis, of Nebraska; Mary, who married James A. Barrett, who died in 1898 and is buried at Selinsgrove, Pa.; Erwin, who died young; Harvey, of Kansas; Carey E.; and Frank, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Carey E. Burns was born Feb. 5, 1868, on the Burns homestead in Hollowing Run which he still occupies. He received an excellent education in the public schools of the township, and in the summer of 1893 was licensed to teach public school, his paper being signed by Prof. W. E. Bloom, then county superintendent of schools. Mr. Burns was trained to farm work from early boyhood, and at an early age took charge of the farm for his mother, his father having died when he was a boy of eleven. This property of 110 acres is well located in the Hollowing Run in Lower Augusta township, and was at one time a Shipe homestead, as was also the adjacent tract. It is a valuable farm, and has been well kept up under the management of the present occupant. Mr. Burns has been active in the work of the Republican party in Northumberland county ever since he attained his majority, served as committeeman of his district for a number of years, has been delegate to a number of county conventions, and has done excellent work for the organization in every capacity. He served three years as auditor of his township, and in the fall of 1908 was elected county auditor, a position he is filling with the efficiency his constituents expected of him. He is a man of high personal standing, enjoying the confidence of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. On Feb. 11, 1897, Mr. Burns married Jessie E. Snyder, daughter of the late Silas B. Snyder, who married Lydia Shipman. Mr. and Mrs. Burns have no children. He is a member of the Augusta Baptist Church, which he is at present serving as deacon, and is also superintendent of the Sunday school, a position he has held for some years. FRANK M. REBER, attorney of Milton, Northumberland county, is a native of that borough, born Nov. 21, 1867. He is a son of William H. Reber, grandson of John Reber, and great-grandson of John Reber, who married Magdalina Rathmach. The Reber family is one of the very old families of Berks county, Pa., and on account of its prominence, and because of its numbers and wide distribution, some of its members have taken a justifiable pride in looking up its early records. A well known citizen of Reading and a member of this family, Morris B. Reber, a prominent real estate dealer of that city, has with careful research compiled a volume which bears the title "Genealogy of the Reber Family, descended from Johan Bernhard Reber, 1738." From this interesting work we quote as follows: "The idea of preparing a genealogy of the Reber family was probably suggested by the finding of the original passport of Johannes Reber, still preserved, who was, for a long time, believed to be the first one of the large family of Rebers who emigrated to this country. This passport shows that he came from Langenselbold, Germany, which is situated in Kreiz Hanau, Regierungsbezirk Cassel, Koenigreich Prussia. While visiting in that part of the country, in 1882, Mr. James T. Reber, of Reading, Pa., found recorded in the old church book of the Evangelical Church (Rev. Frederick Hufnagle, pastor) the names of four brothers, (1) Johan Bernhard, (2) Hans, (3) Johan Conrad and (4) Michael Reber. "This church book dates back to the year 1563, so that it might be possible to obtain the ancestors of these four brothers since the sixteenth century. However, we have been satisfied to make a record only from the earliest emigrant to this country. "(1) Johan Bernhard Reber, the first of these brothers, is recorded in this same book as having one son, (5) Johannes, who was married Feb. 8, 1736, to Johanna Magdalena, daughter of Conrad Hahn. From this union two sons were born: (6) Johannes, Dec. 16, 1736, and (7) Ludwig Friedrich August, Sept. 11, 1740. "The Pennsylvania archives, containing the names of 30,000 early emigrants, mention the arrival of John Bernhart Reber, from Rotterdam, Holland, on the snow Two Sisters, landing in Philadelphia and qualifying Sept. 9, 1738, by swearing allegiance to Great Britain. We can learn of nothing pertaining to his whereabouts or life after his arrival in this country. The passport, however, of the son is still intact. * * * "(5) Johannes Reber, whose date of birth is unknown, was married Feb. 8, 1736, to Johanna Magdalena Hahn. They had two sons born in Germany, Johannes and Ludwig Friedrich August. According to his passport, he left his native country for America April 23, 1742, bringing his family with him, although it is known that the second son, Ludwig, died on board the ship. Being a member of William Penn's colony, his first object was to find a desirable location. Having selected some acres of land about six miles west of Reading, in Lower Heidelberg township, at the big bend of the Tulpehocken, in a beautiful though isolated valley known afterward as the Blue Marsh, he moved thither with his wife and son, built himself a home which served the double purpose of shelter and protection against the Indians and wild animals, his only neighbors. This quaint old building, with its large, square fireplace in the center, is still standing on the farm occupied by Mr. Henry Shafer, Reading, Pa. "We find recorded in the Pennsylvania archives, that John Reber was naturalized May 13, 1768, and also that he, like many others of the early settlers, was concerned in numerous disputes regarding the rights of ownership of their land. During the time that he resided in this locality, he was blessed with an increase to his family of three sons, who were named Thomas, Valentine and Peter." John or Johannes Reber, mentioned above, eldest son of Johan who emigrated in 1742, continued to live in Pennsylvania after his father's death. END OF PAGE 303 He was twice married and had six children. The other brothers, Peter and Valentine, went West to Ohio, in search of homes, where numbers of their descendants may be found at Lancaster, Ohio. The remaining brother, Thomas Reber, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1746, was married to Elizabeth Kerschner, born Nov. 1, 1747, died Dec. 22, 1823, and he left ten children. John Reber, the grandfather of Frank M. Reber, married Catharine Minnich and was a farmer in Heidelberg township, Berks county, where he died in 1834. He is buried at Baum's Church. To him and his wife were born two sons, John and William H. Of these, John died May 5, 1909, in Reading; he married Hettie Stoudt and they were the parents of two children, Mary and Sarah (wife of H. Hoffner). William H. Reber, son of John and Catharine (Minnich) Reber, was born Jan. 15, 1832, in Heidelberg township, Berks Co., Pa., and learned tanning in his native county, serving his apprenticeship to that trade with Benjamin Klein, at Rehrersburg. In 1864 he came to Milton, and purchased from Samuel Brown the tannery originally established by John Armstrong, in 1795. It was burned in 1867 and Mr. Reber rebuilt it. In the great fire of May 14, 1880, it was again destroyed by fire, and again rebuilt by Mr. Reber, and under his management it became one of the important industries of Milton. During his active years Mr. Reber was a well known business man of his section of Northumberland county, and he prospered in his calling by industrious and honorable devotion to his work. On Feb. 5, 1853, Mr. Reber was married, at Stouchsburg, by Rev. Thomas Leinbach, Sr., to Hannah Gasser, daughter of John and Barbara Maria Magdeline Gasser, of Berks county. They had a family of six children: William M., who is a farmer in Michigan; Sophia, who married Austin C. Derr; John M., Attorney at Law, who died in April, 1908; James M., a tanner; Frank M.; and Hannah F., married to Edward W. Moore. Mr. Reber died April 23, 1910. He was a devout member of the Reformed Church. Frank M. Reber received his ear]y education in the public schools of Milton, graduating from the high school, after which he entered Lafayette College, from which institution he was graduated in 1890. For two years he was principal of the Pottsgrove Academy, meanwhile registering as a law student with James Scarlet, of Danville, Pa. In 1895 he was admitted to the bar of Northumberland county, and later was admitted to the Montour county bar. In 1895 he opened his law office in Milton, and began the practice of his profession, which he has ever since continued, in connection therewith engaging in the real estate business, which forms an important part of his work. In 1908 in connection with William N. Watson, he organized the Milton Realty Company, of which he has since been secretary and treasurer. This company has become an important factor in the material development of Milton. Its most important operation was the erection on the corner of Broadway and Front Street of a large three story business block. Mr. Reber is a deservedly successful young man. He has made his way to the front under difficulties of various kinds, and the standing and prosperity he enjoys at present, in both professional and business circles, are due entirely to his own efforts and persistent work. Mr. Reber is a member of the Milton Lodge of Elks, No. 913, Ancient and Independent Order Knights of Malta, and of the Knights of the Mystic Chain. He is a member of the Reformed Church at Milton. GEORGE MARSHALL, director of the Shamokin Banking Company, treasurer of the Shamokin Cemetery Company, contractor and builder, a man highly esteemed in public and private life, died at his home in Shamokin Dec. 2, 1906, aged fifty- nine years. Mr. Marshall was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1847, son of George W. and Esther G. (Bowen) Marshall, who later became residents of Shamokin. He grew to manhood in his native town, and acquired his education in the public schools, remaining in Ohio until March, 1866, when he came to Shamokin, his uncle, the late William H. Marshall, persuading him of the superior advantages of this town. With Thomas M. Helm as a partner, he engaged in the flour and feed business for six years. At the end of that time he sold out to Mr. Helm and went into the planing mill and lumber trade, which he conducted until May, 1890, when he disposed of his interest. While in this business he was also engaged as a contractor and builder, erecting many of the best buildings of the town, including the Presbyterian church and chapel, hotel Vanderbilt, Boston block, and the Oram and Helm block. He was greatly interested in real estate, and was deeply concerned in the improvements made in his adopted town. He erected his own home in 1885. For about fifteen years before his death he lived retired. On the death of his uncle, in 1878, Mr. Marshall was chosen to succeed him as treasurer of the Shamokin Cemetery Company, an office he filled as long as he lived. He was a director of the Shamokin Banking Company. In politics he was a Republican, and twice served as a member of the borough council. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and served as a trustee many years. In September, 1875, Mr. Marshall was united in marriage to Maggie Fulton, daughter of Alexander Fulton, of Shamokin. She died in January, 1878, END OF PAGE 304 the mother of two children, William H. and Ann Farr, both now deceased. On June 11, 1885, Mr. Marshall married (second) Elizabeth N. Fulton, sister to his first wife. Four children blessed this union, namely: Elizabeth F.; George W. and Alexander F., both students at Lafayette College, and John N. SAMUEL HIGH, a business man of the borough of Watsontown, engaged in the coal, grain and feed trade, has been connected with his present establishment since 1888 and was manager of same some time before he became proprietor. He was born at Muncy, Lycoming Co., Pa., Oct. 22, 1865, son of Aaron C. High and grandson of Samuel High, and is a member of an old settled family of Pennsylvania, the Highs or Hochs having long been identified with this Commonwealth. Early in 1717 Rudolph and Melchior Hoch, Moravians, left their home in Switzerland for America on account of religious persecution. Tradition says they were without much money when they landed. These two were the ancestors of all of the name in Berks county and surrounding territory. The first spelling of the name was Hoy, the final "h" being added later; some members of the family preferred the form High to Hoch, and as early as 1744 Samuel, a grandson of Rudolph, spelled his name High. After wandering about for some time, Rudolph Hoch settled near what is now Pottsgrove, Montgomery Co., Pa., while Melchior settled in Bucks county, same State, all of the Hochs or Highs now in Bucks county being descended from his two sons, Philip and Jacob. In 1725 Rudolph Hoch removed from near Pottsgrove, then called Swedeland, to Oley, and became the owner of a farm of 300 acres two miles northeast of Friedensburg, the land being still in the possession of the Hochs. In 1728 he laid out a burial place, about eighty feet square, and here he and seven generations are buried. Several interesting relics of the two emigrants are preserved by the family. The large German Bible is owned by Gideon A. D. Hoch. Books brought from over the sea are still at the Hoch farm, the elder Hochs making this provision in their wills. There is also a very ornamental, small, open-faced watch, which though 266 years old is in excellent condition and keeps perfect time. Philip D. Hoch has a piece of petrified wood brought over by Rudolph Hoch, and used as a whetstone, one of its principal uses being to sharpen razors. Rudolph Hoch was married when he came to America, and his son John was born in Switzerland. His wife died in 1728, and was the first to be buried in the family cemetery. He died in 1748. His sons numbered five, among them being John and Samuel. In Prof. Daniel Rupp's "History of Berks County," published in 1844, is a letter written by Maria De Turck (born Hochen), of Oley township, which bears date May 14, 1718. It was addressed to her brother, sisters and friends in her native country, and it reflects her profound piety. John Hoch, son of Rudolph, established the family homestead, purchasing it from William Ranberry. He was the father of eleven children: (1) Deborah was born in 1721. (2) Samuel born in 1723, moved to Poplar Neck. He married a daughter of Jonathan Herbein, of Oley, and they had three sons and one daughter, two of the sons dying quite young. The surviving son, Isaac, born July 3, 1753, died May 18, 1795. He had a son William, who was born in 1786 and died in 1851. (3) Rudolph, born in 1725, lived in Maiden-creek, where he reared six son - John, Daniel, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham and Samuel - and four daughters. (4) Daniel, born in 1728, had nine sons - Samuel, Jacob, John, Daniel, Abraham, Isaac, David, Joseph and Philip and four daughters. (5) Maria and (6) Magdalena, twins, were born in 1730. (7) John, born in 1733, married Susanna Levan, had one daughter, and died in 1763. (8) Susan was born in 1735. (9) Jacob, born in 1738, married (first) Miss Weiser and (second) Miss Fisher, and had five sons - David, Abraham, Solomon, William and Daniel - and three daughters, all born and reared in Maiden-creek. (10) Esther was born in 1742. (11) Abraham, born in 1745, married Susanna Weiser, and lived on the old Hoch farm, where one son, Abraham, and two daughters were born. Samuel High, grandfather of Samuel High of Watsontown, was born Sept. 12, 1789, in Oley township, Berks Co., Pa.; and soon after his marriage moved to Union county, Pa., where he passed the remainder of his life. He was a substantial farmer, owning a large farm in White Deer township, where he died Oct. 18, 1880. His wife, Catherine Pott, of Pottsville, born about 1800, died Aug. 24, 1879, and they are buried in the old Clapp (Klopp) graveyard in White Deer township. Mr. and Mrs. High were Methodists in religious connection. They had a large family as follows: Judith Ann, born Jan. 6, 1815, married Daniel Ruthrauff, who died Nov. 3, 1876, aged sixty-three years, five months, four days, she dying Nov. 21, 1902 (two sons and one daughter of this couple live in East Sunbury); Mary, born in 1816, died in 1824; Priscilla, born Nov. 22, 1818, died Jan. 30, 1899; Aaron C. is mentioned below; Jacob, born in 1823, died in 1854; Benjamin F., born Jan. 18, 1827, died July 21, 1850; Rebecca C., born March 11, 1829, died Feb. 25, 1838; Samuel B., born Dec. 29, 1831, lives at Millersburg, Pa.; Cordelia, born in 1834, died in 1838; Sarah M., born March 29, 1837, married END OF PAGE 305 Alex. Donauchy, who died July 25, 1871, and she now lives at Williamsport Pa.; Eliza J., born Sept 1, 1835, died Dec. 8, 1898. Aaron C. High was born June 22, 1821, in Union county, Pa., and died May 18, 1894, at White Deer; he is buried at Watsontown, Northumberland county. Mr. High was a farmer by occupation, and at the time of his death owned a small farm. He was an earnest Christian man, a member of the German Reformed Church and always active in the life of the church and Sunday school, serving as superintendent of the Franklin Union Sabbath school for about twenty-five years. He was twice married, his first wife's maiden name being Rauck, and his second was Susan Lesh, of Clinton county, Pa., who died in June, 1899, and is buried at Watsontown. His family consisted of seven children, as follows: William H. is a business man of Dalmatia, Northumberland Co., Pa.; Mills S. is mentioned below; Grant B., who is an invalid, lives at White Deer, Pa.; Samuel is mentioned below; Cora C. died unmarried at the age of twenty-one years, of typhoid fever, while visiting in Philadelphia; Delilah B. married W. W. Curry and they live in Williamsport, Pa.; Ario P., an engineer on the Philadelphia & Reading railroad, lives at West Milton. MILLS S. HIGH was born Oct. 19, 1860, in White Deer, Union Co., Pa., and was five years old when he moved with his parents to Muncy, Pa., where the family resided until 1873. He was there employed in the dairy business, and after returning to White Deer worked on a farm for five years, coming to Watsontown in 1878. Here he took up the trade of tinner with E. B. Hogue, serving an apprenticeship of three years, after which he continued with Mr. Hogue until the latter sold out to Kirk & Shannon, for which firm he worked until 1887, in which year he purchased Mr. Kirk's interest in the business, the name becoming Shannon & High. The business is still conducted under this ownership, and they do a general business as tinners and hardware and stove merchants, having a prosperous establishment well patronized by the residents of Watsontown and the surrounding country. Their honorable methods and obliging ways have won and retained a large patronage. Mr. High is well known as a member of Watsontown Lodge, No. 619, I.O.O.F., and of the Artisans Order of Mutual Protection, and he was one of the most popular members of the old Hope Hose Company, being particularly well liked among the young people of the town and community. In April, 1893, Mr. High married Jennie Peterman, daughter of the late Peter Peterman. One child has been born to this union, Edwin Burke. Samuel High received his education in the schools of the home locality in Union county, and was reared on the farm. For several years he assisted his brother in the tinning and stove business at Watsontown. In 1888 he became an employee of W. A. Leiser, at that time the owner of the grain, coal and feed business with which he has since been associated, remaining in his employ continuously for a period of fifteen years, and then became manager of the business, which he has conducted successfully ever since, being now proprietor. The concern has prospered, being one of the profitable business houses in the town. He has become the owner of some real estate in the borough, and is deeply interested in the general welfare of the community, which he has served particularly well as overseer of the poor, to which office he was first elected in 1900, and which he has held continuously since, having been reelected five successive times. He himself votes independently, and he has been a candidate on more than one party ticket. Under his administration the poor tax of the borough has been considerably reduced, and a borough poorhouse was built - an action favored by the best class of citizens in the community. On Oct. 23, 1890, Mr. High married Ada Carroll, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Dizzany) Carroll, of West Fairview, Cumberland Co., Pa., and they have had two children, Clyde C. (who is an electrician) and Zenna S. Mr. High and his family are members of the Methodist Church at Watsontown, and he has served some years in the office of steward. Socially he belongs to the I.O.O.F. (Watsontown Lodge, No. 619, and the Encampment) and the Artisans Order of Mutual Protection. HEINEN. The members of this family have been active in the business development of the borough of Milton for so many years and so successful in financial circles that many of the most important interests of the place owe their inception and prosperity to the foresight and good management of the Heinens. At the present day William A. Heinen, vice president of the Milton Manufacturing Company, and director of a number of other companies which have been factors in the advancement of Milton, is one of the leading business men of the borough. Dr. Henry Heinen, the grandfather of William A. Heinen, was a native of Germany, born in 1780, and emigrated to America when a young man, settling in York county, Pa. About 1825 he moved to Milton, Northumberland county, where he followed his profession until his death. He married Elizabeth Etzler, who was born Sept 15, 1784, and they became the parents of five children: Maria E.; Lucetta; William; Sarah; and Henry W., born in 1825, and died in 1854. William Heinen, son of Dr. Henry, born May 3, 1817, received the greater part of his education in the Milton Academy, under Rev. David Kirk- END OF PAGE 306 patrick. He started his eventful business life as a clerk, and served an extended apprenticeship, though he commenced business for himself at a comparatively early age, in 1835 entering into partnership with Jesse Schreyer, under the firm name of Schreyer & Heinen. This association lasted for some time, and his next was with his brother Henry W., under the firm name of Heinen & Bro. After that he entered into partnership with Messrs. Roush & Etzler, under the name of Heinen, Etzler & Roush. Following this connection he was with his son Henry and Wm. G. Anspact as Heinen, Son & Co., later selling out his interest in their business, in 1879. After that the business was continued under the name of Heinen, Schreyer & Co., by Mr. Heinen's sons, W. A. Schreyer and Simon P. Brown. Coming to Milton when the town was still a village, there was little connected with its growth in which William Heinen did not have an active part. He was one of the organizers of the Milton National Bank and one of its directors for many years. On April 1, 1862, Samuel Hepburn and wife conveyed to William C. Lawson, William Heinen and Edward W. Chapin his farm containing eighty-three acres and 112 perches, situated just east of what was then the borough of Milton and south of Broadway. This land was first opened for building purposes by the laying out of what is now known as Centre street. Mr. Chapin took part of the land on the south side of Centre street for his share in the property, and conveyed his interest in the balance to Messrs. Heinen and Lawson. Mr. Chapin subsequently laid his part of the land out in town lots. Messrs. Lewis H. Funk, Reuben Etzler and William Mervine purchased a part of the land north of Centre street, just east of the Pennsylvania railroad right of way, which they laid out in town lots. In 1868 Mr. Heinen sold his interest in so much of the land as was then undeveloped to W. A. Schreyer, who, together with William C. Lawson, laid out the balance of the land in town lots extending as far eastward as Hottenstein's addition to the borough of Milton. In 1870 Mr. Heinen purchased a large farm adjoining the town, which he laid out in lots, forming that part of Milton known as Heinen's addition. Mr. Heinen married Anna M. Funk, daughter of Henry Funk, born Feb. 20, 1798, died Jan. 25, 1852, and his wife Catherine (Stover), born. May 12, 1799, died Sept. 29, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Funk had the following children: Anna M., Mrs. William Heinen; Benjamin F., who married Sallie Lloyd; Clementine, Mrs. Samuel Hoffa; George Washington, who married Rebecca Gauby; Catherine, Mrs. Michael Rissel; and Lewis H. To Mr. and Mrs. Heinen were born eight children: Henry J. is mentioned later; Melancthon, born Feb. 15, 1846, died Nov. 21, 1868; Catherine F., born March 26, 1848, died 1905, married D. M. Krauser and had a son William Heinen Krauser; William A. is mentioned later; Sallie A., born May 12, 1854, died May 4, 1855; Anna M., born Feb. 22, 1856, died Sept. 19, 1858; Edward E., born Sept. 8, 1862, died March 11, 1864; T. Curtis married Carrie V. Belford, daughter of D. W. A. Belford, and has one daughter, Katherine E. T. Curtis Heinen spent his early life engaged in the store business, continuing thus until 1899, when he became secretary of the Milton Trust & Safe Deposit Company, remaining in that institution until he entered the Milton National Bank, in 1906, as teller. He is a member of Milton Lodge, No. 256, F. & A.M., of which he is a past master, Baldwin Commandery, K.T., of Williamsport, Pa., Warrior Run Chapter, R.A.M., at Watsontown, and Williamsport Consistory, A.A.S.R. William Heinen died July 19, 1879, and his wife survived until 1885. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. HENRY J. HEINEN was born, May 24, 1843, in Milton, Pa., received his early education in the local schools, and later entered Bucknell College. From college he entered the service of the Union army during the Civil war, enlisting first in Company F, 131st Pennsylvania Regiment, and later, on July 1, 1863, in Company I, 87th Regiment. He was discharged Aug. 4, 1863, with the rank of sergeant. Upon his return from the army Mr. Heinen became a member of the firm of Heinen & Rissel, at Limestoneville, in a general store. After a few years there he came to Milton and entered into business with his father. In the year 1871 he became a member of the firm of Heinen, Schreyer & Co., with which he continued until his death, which occurred March 19, 1887. He is buried in the upper cemetery at Milton. Mr. Heinen was not only a successful merchant but also active in promoting various institutions and public utilities of Milton, being a director of the Milton National Bank, of the Water Company and of the Gas Company. He was a working member of the Presbyterian Church, served as trustee, as member of the building committee during the erection of the present fine church at Milton, and from 1880 until his death as superintendent of the primary department of the Sunday school. He was a Democrat in political opinion, but never active in party affairs. He held membership in Milton Lodge, No. 256, F. & A.M. Mr. Heinen married Anna Rebecca Mann, and five children were born to them, all daughters, namely: Edna, married to John M. Correy; Anna M., married to George P. B. Hedenherg of Milton; Grace J., married to Rev. Forrest L. Fraser, a Baptist minister, now of Albany, N. Y.; Florence G., married to Henry R. Clinger, a young END OF PAGE 307 business man of Milton and Elizabeth Mann, at home. John Mann, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Henry J. Heinen, was a captain in the Revolutionary war, and later lived in Montgomery county, Pa. He had a family of eight children: John; Joel, who lived and died at Abington (his children were George, John, Albert and Rachel); Annie, Mrs. Long; Samuel, who lived and died in Philadelphia; Betsy; Mitchel who died when a young man; Eliza, and Mrs. John Fenton. John Mann, son of John, settled down to farming in Doylestown township, Bucks Co., Pa., and became a prominent man in that district. He died there, and is buried in the graveyard of the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member. He was twice married and by his first wife had four children, namely: Benjamin, a carpenter, lived and died in Bucks county; Maria married Joseph Rich; Eliza was twice married, first to a Mr. Fritzinger, and second to William Widison; Martha married Joseph James. Mr. Mann's second marriage was to Martha Grier, by whom he had eight children: John Grier; Jane, Mrs. Alfred McGill; Dr. William, who died in Philadelphia; Margaret, Mrs. James Poole; Louisa, Mrs. Samuel James; Susan, Mrs. Benjamin Stuckertt; James S., who died at Norristown, Pa.; and Charles, who died young. John Grier Mann, father of Mrs. Heinen, was born in 1805 in Doylestown township, Bucks county, followed farming, and died in 1883, at the age of seventy-nine years. He is buried at the Doylestown Presbyterian Church. He married Lydia A. James, daughter of Levi James, of Bucks county, and to them were born five children: Isabella James married J. K. Lovett; Francis T. married Sarah Rich, and died in 1905; Robert M. was wounded at the battle of Antietam and died of his injuries at the Philadelphia hospital, when twenty years old; Anna R. is the widow of Henry J. Heinen; Elizabeth Polk, unmarried,, died at Doylestown Dec. 14, 1909. WILLIAM A. HEINEN, brother of Henry J., was born Oct. 16, 1850, at Milton, and there received his early education in the public schools. Later he took a course at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. In his youth Mr. Heinen followed farming, but in 1879, upon the retirement of his father, he became a member of the mercantile firm of Heinen, Schreyer & Co., with which he continued until 1880, after which he was engaged for some years in superintending his farm. In June, 1891, he became vice president and paymaster of the Milton Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of nuts and washers, and he is still serving in that capacity. He is associated with a number of other local enterprises of note, having served as director of the Milton Gas Company, the Milton Trust and Safe Deposit Company (of which he is vice president), the Milton Iron Company, the Milton Driving Park and Fair Association, the Milton Water Company and the Milton Bridge Company and he is secretary of the Milton Creamery Company. His substantial position makes his connection with any venture an assurance of its legitimate business purpose and high character. On Oct. 8, 1889, Mr. Heinen married Mary C. Shimer, daughter of Samuel J. and Catherine A. (Stout) Shimer, of Milton. They have five children, William S., Henry S., George S., Lewis S., and Catherine S., all of whom are still at home. Mr. Heinen and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a Republican in political opinion. DANIEL R. ZARTMAN, of Sunbury, who has a large grocery house at the corner of Fifth and Market streets, has been in business in the borough for some thirty years, in various associations. He was born Oct. 15, 1854, in what was then Lower Augusta (now Rockefeller) township, Northumberland county, and comes of an old family of this county, being a descendant of Alexander Zartman, who came to America in 1728, from whom he traces his descent through Jacob, Martin, William and Daniel. These generations in detail are given below. Alexander Zartman and his wife Ann Catharine were the first of this family to come to America. In the summer of 1728, they came down the Rhine river to Rotterdam, Holland, and from there on June 22, 1728, they sailed via Cowes in the ship "Albany," Lazarus Oxman, master, and landed at Philadelphia Aug. 31, 1728. Here they remained some days, thence finding their way to the Tulpehocken region in Berks county, Pa. Before the year 1730 they located in Warwick township, Lancaster Co., Pa., in a place near Brickerville. Alexander Zartman died early in December, 1762, and his wife survived him some years. They had two sons, Jacob and Alexander. Jacob Zartman, son of Alexander, married Anna Margareth Roemm (Ream), and they had eight children, all born in Lancaster county, viz.: Henry, Martin, Anna Margareth, Susannah, Eva, Peter, Jacob and Arm Maria. Martin Zartman, son of Jacob, was born in Lancaster county, about 1769 (?). He came to Northumberland county and lived in Upper Mahanoy township before 1778. He married Susanna Futler (Fitler), and they had children: Elizabeth, Martin, Benjamin, William, Eve, Magdalena, Margaret and David. William Zartman, son of Martin and grand-father of Daniel R., was born May 28, 1785, in Northumberland county, Pa., and followed the work of farming. He married (first) a Miss Herb, and their children were: Adam, Daniel, END OF PAGE 308 Lydia, George H., Abraham, Mary, Rebecca, Harriet Sarah, Abigail, Hannah, Joseph and May. William Zartman died April 30, 1857. He evidently married a second time. Daniel Zartman, son of William and father of Daniel R., was born Sept. 29, 1811, and died Feb. 17, 1889. He owned and operated a tannery in Rockefeller township. He married Esther Raker, who was born Jan. 10, 1817, and died Jan. 1, 1857. They were the parents of twelve children born as follows: Harriet, a son that died in infancy, Sarah Ann, Alexander R., William (died aged twenty-one years), Mary Jane, Rebecca, Catharine, Abigail, one that died in infancy, Daniel R. and Esther. Conrad Raker, maternal grandfather of Daniel R. Zartman, was born in Montgomery county, Pa., and came thence about 1795 to Northumberland County, where he married. He located in Rockefeller township, remaining there two years and then removing to Little Mahanoy township, where he made his home until his death. He was a prominent man in various ways, serving as county commissioner in 1836-37, was a leading church member and worker, assisting in the building of Emanuel's Church in Little Mahanoy township and the "Stone Church" at Augustaville, both Lutheran churches, and proved himself useful in other capacities. He married Barbara Dunkelberger, and they had a family of ten children, as follows: John; Kate; Frederick, born Dec. 21, 1804, who married Elizabeth Hoffman and had children, Conrad H., Catharine (wife of Samuel Frederick) and Harriet (wife of Sam. Dornsife); Jacob; William; Enoch; Isaac; Maria; Esther, who married Daniel Zartman; and Mary. Daniel R. Zartman spent his boyhood days attending school and working in his father's tannery. When a young man he became shipping clerk for James Martin & Co., of Rochester, N. Y., and upon resigning his position in New York formed a partnership with T. J. Vastine, of Sunbury, the firm of Vastine & Zartman dealing in general merchandise and groceries. This association lasted until 1883, when Mr. Zartman sold his interest to his partner and opened a general merchandise store, which he carried on for about a year and a half. At the end of that time he entered into partnership with Johnson B. Miller, under the firm name of Zartman & Miller, and they did business together for five years, selling general merchandise and meats. Mr. Zartman then purchased Mr. Miller's interest and continued the business alone for two years, until obliged to sell out because of ill health, Vought & Co. being the purchasers. In about a year he bought back the business from that firm, and conducted it until he sold out to U. A. Harman, the present owner, in 1904. Meantime, in 1895, Mr. Zartman had built a large three-story brick store building at the corner of Market street and Catawissa avenue, the first floor of which is used for store purposes, the second divided into flats and the third used as a hall by the P.O.S. of A. He also erected two dwelling houses and a large warehouse. On June 9, 1908, he formed his present partnership with R. H. Treon, and as Zartman & Treon they are conducting a large and growing grocery trade, having a fine store at the corner of Fifth and Market streets. On May 22, 1909, Mr. Zartman purchased Mr. Treon's interest and he continues the business alone. Mr. Zartman's enterprising disposition and success in his various undertakings have made him one of the most active business men in the borough of Sunbury, and he is highly esteemed throughout this section, his long career as a merchant having brought him into contact with a large proportion of his fellow citizens, among whom he is universally respected for his honorable dealings and creditable life. On Nov. 3, 1881, Mr. Zartman married Ellen Bateman, daughter of Augustus and Mary (Messiner) Bateman, and they have had two children: Susan, who is married to Joseph Nesbit and has one child, Bailey Zartman; and Harry, who married Minnie Cling and has two children, Beulah M. and Clifford. Mr. Zartman and his family are members of Zion's Lutheran Church. In politics he is a Democrat, and as such has been chosen to represent his ward in the borough council. In social connection he holds membership in the P.O.S. of A., Conclave, Order of United American Mechanics, and Knights and Ladies of Honor. Augustus and Mary (Messiner) Bateman, parents of Mrs. Daniel R. Zartman, had a family of eight children, namely: (1) Sarah married James Bitterman, and has two daughters, Mabel and Maud (Mrs. George Stroh). (2) Polly married Gideon Kremer and has children, Harry, George, Walter and Goldie. (3) Savilla has been twice married, and has two children, Charles and Jennie, by her first husband, C. Phillips; her second marriage was to Emil Bohn. (4) Edwin married Mary Witmer and they have four children, Ida, Laura, Minnie and Clarence. (5) Ellen is the wife of Daniel R. Zartman. (6) Katie married George F. Markel and has two daughters, Lillian (married Samuel Wileye) and Lena (married Charles Rogers). (7) Marietta married George Radle. (8) Lillian married Daniel Smith. DANIEL DENGLER BOLICH, senior member of the firm of Daniel D. Bolich & Son, of Mount Carmel, is at the head of one of the most important mercantile concerns in that borough, originally established by his father in 1864 and in continuos successful existence since. His father engaged in the shoe business, carrying a comprehensive stock, and the present owners have added END OF PAGE 309 other lines, all of which they have found in demand, their business showing a steady growth. They have kept pace with the advance of the times, both in the variety of their merchandise and in the methods of handling their trade, the increase of which shows the appreciation which their efforts to please customers has gained. Mr. Bolich has lived at Mount Carmel from boyhood, but he is a native of Barry township, Schuylkill Co., Pa., born July 22, 1850. The Bolich family was founded in this country by Andraes Bolich, his great-great- grandfather, who came from the Palatinate, in Germany, crossing the ocean in the ship "Neptune," with 171 other passengers, and landing at Philadelphia Sept. 24, 1754. We have a record showing that he located in Greenwich township, Berks Co., Pa., some time about 1765, among the first settlers in that district. Where he spent the intervening years is not known. Here he followed farming. He was a man of typical German characteristics. His will, on record in Will Book A, page 11, in the Berks county court house at Reading, is dated March 16, 1780; he died in April, 1780. To his son Andrew (Andraes) he bequeathed the plantation and all the implements, with the provision that he was to pay three hundred pounds sterling to his seven sisters, in installments. The will was witnessed by Philip Arnold and Benedict Kohler. Andreas Bolich (2), son of the emigrant, lived upon his father's estate in Greenwich township, having become the owner of that property upon his father's death. He was born in 1757, and died on his farm. The Federal Census report of 1790 recorded Andraes Bolich a resident of Greenwich township and the head of a family consisting of his wife, one son under sixteen, and four daughter. His wifes name was Margaretha, and among their children were Johan and Michael. Michael Bolich, son of Andraes (2), was born in 1770 upon the homestead in Greenwich township, and in time moved to what is now Barry township, Schuylkill county, settling about three miles west of Ashland. He was one of the pioneers in that district, and took up about fifteen hundred acres of land, prospering by good management so that he left a large estate. He was a prominent Lutheran and a leader in his district. He died in 1835, and is buried in Barry township. He was three times married, and his children were as follows: Henry, John, Daniel, Solomon, Michael, William, Samuel, Charles, Andrew, Mrs. Rebecca Kantner, Mrs. Soloma Hepler, Mrs. Elizabeth Bickel and Mrs. Susan Hull. Many of the descendants of this family continue to live in that region of Schuylkill county. Charles Bolich, son of Michael, was born April 22, 1820, in Barry township, Schuylkill county, and lived in his native county until his removal to Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, in April, 1864. He learned shoemaking, and followed that trade as well as dealing in boots and shoes all his life. Upon settling in Mount Carmel he engaged in business as a shoe dealer, carrying on his store until his death, which occurred July 27, 1872. The year after his removal to that place, on Sept. 27, 1865, he was appointed postmaster under President Johnson, and served nearly three years in that position. He was a Republican, and in religion a member of the Evangelical Church, in the work of which he was quite active. In October, 1849, Mr. Bolich married Sarah Dengler, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Schappel) Dengler, all of Schuylkill county, and granddaughter of George Dengler, a resident of Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa., as early as 1812; he erected the first hotel in the town, known as the "White Horse Inn," later as the "Merchants Hotel," and now as the "Allen House." Mrs. Sarah (Dengler) Bolich died Jan. 26, 1876. She was the mother of the following children: Daniel D. is mentioned below; Susan E. is the wife of T. J. Klase and lives at Cranford, N. J.; Tansem Eliza is the wife of Dr. James L. Seibert, of Bellefonte, Pa.; Charles I., who is a shoe merchant at Canton, Ill., married Carrie Thornton; Newton A., now living in Deming, N. Mex., married Mary Smith; Michael O. is a resident of Kansas City, Mo.; Sarah E., who is unmarried, lives in Bellefonte, Pa.; Abraham L. resides in Beatrice; Neb.; David William, of New York City, is a noted civil engineer. Daniel D. Bolich attended public school at Ashland, Schuylkill county, until he came to Mount Carmel with his parents. He learned the shoemaking trade, working in his father's shop a short time and serving two years as deputy postmaster - continuing in his father's employ until the latter's death. He then succeeded to the business, to the conduct and expansion of which he has since devoted all his energies. His store is located at No. 123 South Oak street. The boot and shoe branch of the business has been extended to include rubbers, leathers - and shoemakers' supplies, and other departments have been added from time to time until the stock now comprises lines of clothing, shirts, hats, underwear, trunks, etc., for all of which there is a good local demand. Since 1906 Mr. Bolich has had his eldest son as partner, under the firm name of Daniel D. Bolich & Son, and they do the largest retail business in Mount Carmel. Mr. Bolich is naturally best known in connection with this establishment, but he has various other business interests in the borough and owns valuable real estate there. He was one of the organizers of the Union National Bank in 1894 and a member of the original board of directors of that institution; was one of the organizers of the Board of Trade and has been active in its various enterprises, during his twelve years of continuous ser- END OF PAGE 310 vice as president of that body, to which office he was elected upon its organization, having been able to encourage and launch many plans for the promotion of local commercial conditions. He is a Republican, but not active in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian Church, which he has served as trustee and treasurer. On Sept. 9, 1880, Mr. Bolich married Emily Hartshorn, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine (Burchfield) Hartshorn, of Curwensville, Clearfield Co., Pa., and they have had three children: Charles H., Wayne (who died when seven years old) and Newton A. The family have a pleasant home at No. 49 East avenue. JACOB W. SMITH, who died many years ago, was a native of the borough of Sunbury, Northumberland county, and belonged to a family which has long been represented there, but he passed the greater part of his active years at Selinsgrove, Snyder county; where he ranked among the most intelligent, progressive and influential citizens. He became prominent in the business circles of that section, and was highly respected wherever known. James Smith, father of Jacob W. Smith, was born and reared in Bucks county, this State. He served as a soldier in the Revolution, in what was known as the Pennsylvania Provisionals, and the musket he used in the Colonial service is now in the possession of one of his grandsons - a highly prized heirloom. In 1787 he came from Bucks county to Northumberland, being a pioneer at Sunbury, where in 1796 he built a hotel on the present site of the residence of Mrs. Louisa A. Moore, (daughter of the late Ira T. Clement), conducting same for many years. His grandson John J. Smith, of Sunbury, has the board upon which the year the hotel was erected, 1796, appears. James Smith served some years as clerk in the office of the county prothonotary. In his later life he made his home for several years with his son James, at Reading, Pa., but he returned to Sunbury, where he lived with his daughter Catharine (Mrs. Withington) until his death. He is buried in the old South Fourth street cemetery. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. His wife, Barbara Ann (Vanholdt), was from Bucks county, her people living in Philadelphia and Bucks county. An oil portrait of her now in the possession of her grandson, John J. Smith, is in a fine state of preservation and highly valued by the owner. James and Barbara Ann (Vanholdt) Smith had quite a large family, but a number of their children died when small. We have record of: Jacob W., who lived and died at Selinsgrove; James, who died in Sunbury, mentioned elsewhere in this work; John, a farmer of Upper Augusta township, who after his retirement, lived in Sunbury, where he died; Catharine wife of William Withington; Polly, who married Robert Smith, and lived in Lower Augusta township; and Mrs. Benjamin Williams. Jacob W. Smith was born in Sunbury Oct. 3, 1799. After studying at a select school in Northumberland he studied for the Lutheran ministry under Rev. J. Peter Shindle, but owing to throat trouble he had to give up the profession after following it a short time, and he turned his attention to business pursuits, in which he made a decided success. Locating at Selinsgrove, Snyder Co., Pa., he engaged in the lumber and grain trade, in which he built up a large business, which he continued to carry on throughout his life. He took an interest in all matters concerning the community, took a leading part in local politics as a member of the Democratic party, and was an enthusiastic member of the Lutheran Church at Selinsgrove, contributing liberally when the church building was erected. His death, which occurred April 1, 1851, was regarded as a public loss. He is buried at Selinsgrove. On Aug. 28, 1827, Mr. Smith married Mary Straub, who was born March 21, 1806, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Walter) Straub, the former of whom founded what is now the borough of Milton, Northumberland county. Mrs. Smith died in Sunbury Aug. 14, 1885, and was buried beside her husband. They had a family of ten children, only three of whom survive, namely: Emma J. is the widow of Capt. Selin Davis; Caroline E., who is unmarried, makes her home in Sunbury; Gertrude I. is the wife of Dr. Charles Arthur, son of the well known writer T. S. Arthur, and they reside in San Francisco, California. LEWIS K. ETTINGER, one of the most valued employees of the S. J. Shimer & Sons (Incorporated) concern, in the borough of Milton, is engaged in the capacity of superintendent at that important industrial establishment. His ability is recognized in all his business relations, and his high standing, won in years of honorable occupation, is well merited. Mr. Ettinger is a native of York, York Co., Pa., born June 10, 1855. The family there is of long and honorable standing. His great-grandfather, Rev. Adam Ettinger, a clergyman of the Reformed Church, died in 1809. He married a sister of Rev. John Stouch, of the Lutheran Church. Rev. Adam Ettinger, son of Rev. Adam, for sixty-two years a clergyman of York county, was one of the pioneer ministers of the Evangelical Church. He was born in York in 1787, and in the fall of 1813, under the administration of Rev. John Walter, the first fellow laborer of Rev. Jacob Albright, founder of the Evangelical Association, joined that denomination, which then had but fifteen preachers and 769 members in America. He became one of the original preachers of the Associ- END OF PAGE 311 ation in York county, traveling through that and surrounding counties, and no minister of the gospel was a more devoted follower of the doctrines and principles of the church of his choice than he, giving not only his time but his means to the support of the cause he so faithfully advocated. In fact, to the church and its interests he was generous and philanthropic beyond his means. When ninety years old he preached a sermon at Milton. He died in York in October, 1879, at the age of ninety, and is buried there, in Prospect Hill cemetery. He was married early in life to Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Conrad Miller, a soldier of the Revolution and well-to-do farmer of Hopewell. His father-in-law and mother-in-law then formed part of his household, and their home became a place for religious meetings, and in summertime camp-meetings were held in the adjoining woods. Rev. Adam and Elizabeth (Miller) Ettinger had children as follows: Daniel, who resided at York, Pa., and who became a civil engineer; Jesse, who settled in York county, where he died; Catharine, who married Dr. William Bower and now resides at Mount Sterling, Ill.; Leah, who married John Sprenkel, of York, Pa.; George, living in Baltimore; John, who died at Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.; Mary, wife of George Messersmith; Joel, who died at Baltimore; and William. William Ettinger, son of Rev. Adam and Elizabeth (Miller), was born Jan. 23, 1825, in York county, Pa., and learned the weaver's trade which he followed in York and Center counties. After his marriage he lived in Shrewsbury, York county, for a few years, in 1853 settling in York, where he remained until his removal to Aaronsburg, Center county, in 1861. There he followed weaving and later conducted a meat market. In 1876 he moved to Milton, Northumberland county, where he had a meat market for about twenty-five years, becoming one of the best known business men in the borough. He made his home there until his death, Nov. 20, 1896, when he was aged seventy-one years, nine months, twenty- seven days. Like his father he was a member of the Evangelical Church, and he was a Republican in politics. On March 24, 1850, Mr. Ettinger was married, in Center county, to Sophia M. Kurtz, a native of Darmstadt, Germany, born Oct. 17, 1831, who was only nine months old when brought by her parents to America. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. William Ettinger: (1) Joanna B., born Jan. 6, 1851, married Rev. L. K. Harris, an Evangelical minister, and died in August, 1908. (2) Lewis K. is mentioned below. (3) Anna Mary, born Jan. 2, 1861, married William Neagley, and they have one son. They reside in Milton. (4) John, born Nov. 30, 1863, married Grace Anderson, of Chester, and they now live in Portland, Oregon. Ludwig Kurtz, father of Mrs. William Ettinger, was born in Darmstadt, Germany, and came to America with his wife and family in 1832, settling at what was then known as "Little York" (now York), Pa. The voyage to this country, made in a sailing vessel, took fifty-five days. Mr. Kurtz had a forge and sawmill in Germany, and was also an expert printer, and he was engaged as a printer after coming to this country. His death occurred at Aaronsburg, Center Co., Pa. He married in Germany Joanna S. Brahm, whose father, Godfrey Brahm, was a prominent man in Darmstadt in his day, being secretary under the ruler of the Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt; he could speak nine languages. Lewis K. Ettinger received a common school education, and learned the weaving trade with his father. In 1875 he came to Milton and took a position in the Shimer establishment, making cutter heads, for a dollar a day. There were only two men besides himself in the department, and by earnest application and intelligent attention to his work he won promotion from time to time, becoming foreman and continuing as such until 1902, when he was made superintendent of the plant. In this capacity Mr. Ettinger has about 190 men to oversee, and he is one of the most trusted heads in the establishment which has an important place in the industrial prosperity of the borough of Milton. He is a much respected and substantial citizen of that borough, a member of the Board of Trade, and in various ways identified with its best interests. Fraternally he holds membership in Milton Lodge, No. 256, F. & A.M.; in Warrior Run Chapter, No. 246, R.A.M., of Watsontown; and in the B.P.O. Elks. He is a Republican in politics. In August, 1899, Mr. Ettinger married Mary Blanch Jenkins, daughter of John and Lucy (Hull) Jenkins, the former a prominent citizen of Milton, connected with several local financial institutions and well known in the Board of Trade, which he served at one time as president. MONTGOMERY. The Montgomery family - descendants of James Montgomery, who may truthfully be called the pioneer schoolmaster of Northumberland county - is well and worthily represented in and around Pottsgrove at the present time, and a full account giving the record of many of its living members and their immediate predecessors, will be found elsewhere in these pages. The present article is immediately concerned with the brothers John S. and William A. Montgomery, sons of Hugh R. Montgomery and grandsons of James. Herewith we give only an outline of the earlier generations, more complete mention of which may be found in the article written by Dr. James R. Montgomery. In 1795 James Montgomery, the emigrant ancestor, married Sarah Sheddan, and they had chil- END OF PAGE 312 dren as follows Samuel, born in 1796, died in 1798; James, born in 1798, died in 1827; Samuel (2), born in 1800, died in 1826; Nathaniel, born in 1802, died in 1824; William, born in 1805, died in 1826; Mary, born in 1808, died in 1854; Daniel W., born in 1811, died in 1866; Andrew, born in 1814, died in 1838; Robert G., born in 1817, died in 1875; Hugh R., born in 1819, died in 1881; Anne, born in 1822, died in 1829. For his second wife James Montgomery married Mrs. Catherine (Harvey) Burns, and they had three children: John C., born in 1828, died in 1859; David H., born in 1831, died in 1902; Margaret J., born in 1835, died in 1842. Hugh R. Montgomery, father of John S. and William A. Montgomery, was born May 26, 1819, on the old Montgomery homestead, where he lived until he reached his majority. Although never physically robust, he early became accustomed to hard work, helping to clear and till his father's land, while during the long winters he taught the district school. The latter occupation he followed for many years, the former throughout his life. The lady who afterward became his wife was for some time a pupil of his. In 1842 he bought a tract of land to which he moved and to which he subsequently made additions (this is now known as the "Lindrew" farm), and improved the property by building a substantial brick house and large bank barn. There he lived till 1865, when he sold it and moved to the Auten farm, where he lived one year, when he bought and moved to the Morgan farm in the village of Mexico. Here he lived for three years, when he sold the place and purchased a large tract of land along the banks of the Chillisquaque, near Pottsgrove. This was known as the Bennage farm and was the tract originally known as "The True Point," which in consideration of the sum of twelve pounds, two shillings sixpence sterling was granted, released and confirmed unto John Morrow (progenitor of the present Murray family) on the 16th day of June in the year of our Lord 1774, and the 14th year of the reign of King George III. over Great Britain, etc., by Thomas Penn and John Penn, Esq's., etc., etc. He moved on this farm during the month of April 1869, and soon improved it by the erection of an excellent brick house, which he occupied until his death, which occurred after an extended illness July 28, 1881. He was a man of sterling honor and integrity and a person of much more than ordinary intelligence. Although naturally rather backward and unassuming, his life was an active and useful one. He was first commissioned justice of the peace by Governor Johnston in 1850, an office he held continuously until his removal from the county, in 1869. In Chillisquaque township he served as overseer of the poor. He took much interest in educational matters, was a member of the school board for many years and was one of the founders of the Pottsgrove Academy. He was executor or administrator of a great many estates. In politics he was a Democrat, in religion a Presbyterian, for many years a member of and elder in the old Chillisquaque Church. His father was one of the founders of that church. Hugh R. Montgomery is buried in the family plot in the upper cemetery at Milton. On June 25, 1857, at Danville, Pa., Mr. Montgomery married Sarah S. Moll, who was born March 30, 1837, in Berks county, Pa., daughter of Daniel F. and Mary (Seidel) Moll, granddaughter of John and Mary Elizabeth (Foust) Moll, and great-granddaughter of Henry Moll. Little is known of the first Molls (or Mulls, as they spelled the name) in this country, but it is supposed they came from Germany. Children as follows were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Montgomery: James R., May 15, 1858; John S., Aug. 21, 1859; Mary E., Nov. 20, 1860; Sarah A., Sept. 20, 1863; Daniel M., Sept. 27, 1865; William A., Sept. 2, 1867; Hugh Bryson, Aug. 27, 1868; Clara B., Nov. 29, 1870 (died July 23, 1900); Alice J., Dec. 17, 1873. JOHN S. MONTGOMERY, born Aug. 21, 1859, on the Harvey farm in Liberty township, Montour Co., Pa., received his education in the public schools and in the academy at Pottsgrove, whither the family had moved in 1869. After his school days were over he learned telegraphy, which he followed for several years, being employed by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company from 1883 to 1888. He spent some time. at Danville and Beaver Valley. In August, 1888, he purchased a store in Pottsgrove, which he conducted alone for a time, but in the fall of 1889 he took his brother Daniel M. into partnership, which lasted until 1901. Then Daniel withdrew and another brother, William A., entered the firm, which continued to do a large retail business in the prosperous community in which the store was located. In 1894 the brothers purchased a lot on which they erected a large and substantial store building and residence. John S. Montgomery, the senior member of the firm, which was known as J. S. Montgomery & Co., withdrew from the business in 1905, and has since lived retired. He continues to make his home in Pottsgrove, where he has a fine residence. Mr. Montgomery is looked upon as one of the enterprising men of his town, taking an active part in all that concerns its welfare, though of late not so intimately associated with its business life. He sold his business and stock in 1905 to Mr. C. I. Rumnage, and his brother William disposing of his interest in 1906 Mr. Rumnage now carries on the business alone. The stand is one of the most important in this region, and during his active connection with the business Mr. John S. Montgomery served eight years as postmaster of Pottsgrove. Since 1903 he has END OF PAGE 313 been assessor of East Chillisquaque township. He is a Democrat in politics, and fraternally belongs to Pottsgrove Lodge, I.O.O.F., and to Milton Lodge, No. 913, B.P.O. Elks. Few citizens of Pottsgrove have been more thoroughly identified with its best interests. On March 14, 1902, Mr. Montgomery married Jane S. McWilliams, daughter of John Cruser McWilliams. Like the family generally, he is a member of the Presbyterian Church. WILLIAM A. MONTGOMERY, born Sept. 2, 1867, on the Morgan farm in Liberty township, received his education in the Pottsgrove schools. After the death of his father, in 1881, he took charge of the old home and farmed the place, thus making a home for his mother and his younger brothers and sisters. In 1895 he bought the farm, and occupied it for some years. Unfortunately he sustained a severe sunstroke, the results of which compelled him to forego the hard work and exposure to the heat of the sun incident to the life of the agriculturist. He rented his farm and removed to Pottsgrove, where he led a retired life until 1901, when he joined his brother, John S., in the mercantile business, from which he withdrew in 1906, shortly after his brother's retirement He has since devoted his time to looking after his farm properties, having two fine tracts in East Chillisquaque township, one of seventy-seven acres, the other of 150 acres. Mr. Montgomery has always been fond of travel, and on Jan. 22, 1909, he left for a pleasure tour of the Western coast, going by way of Harrisburg, Pittsburg, Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City and Sacramento to Los Angeles, returning via Sacramento and Seattle, where he visited the fair then in progress. After a trip to Vancouver, B. C., he returned to Seattle, and thence East by way of Spokane, Yellowstone Park, St. Paul, Chicago, Niagara Falls and Buffalo, home to Pottsgrove, where he arrived Sept. 9th. Mr. Montgomery is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity and of the B.P.O. Elks, holding membership in the Milton Lodge of the latter organization. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and at present serving as a member of the board of trustees of his church. He is unmarried. THOMAS H. GUFFY, who lives retired at Milton, has been a lifelong resident of that placer where he was born Feb. 10, 1859, son of Robert F. Guffy. The Guffy family is of Scotch extraction. Alexander Guffy, grandfather of Thomas H. Guffy was born in Scotland in 1750 and came to America in 1770, settling in Northumberland county; Pa., upon the site of McEwensville. He died July 15, 1816, at the age of sixty-five. He married Margaret Scott, daughter of James Scott, and she died Jan. 3, 1822, also aged sixty-five. They were the parents of eight children, of whom we have the following record: (1) John married Agnes Grier, and died May 6, 1854, aged seventy-two; his wife Agnes died July 4, 1833, aged forty-eight. His children were: Mary married Aaron Miser; Alexander married Margaret Riddells; John married Eliza Crawford; Margaret married Charles W. Potts; Jane married Thomas Jones; Sarah married Alexander Koons; Emily married Jacob Crawford. (2) Eliza married Anthony (Armstrong, and they had six children: Jane married E. W. Derickson; Matilda married Judge John F. Dentler and had children, Mary E. (married Peter Melich), Henry Clay, Walter W., Jane E. (married J. W. Sloan), John M., James D., Jessie (married Alfred Bagney), Maggie (married Leidy Monloch), Sallie M. (Mrs. Gifford) and Julia (married William Withers); Margaret married John Sloan; Andrew married Angeline Watson; James P. married A. Guffy; G. W. married Elizabeth Withers. (3) Jane died young. (4) Andrew, born Aug. 13, 1792, died June 28, 1879. He married Eleanor Armstrong, who died Feb. 7, 1857, aged sixty-four years, six months. They had seven children: Margaret, born Dec. 28, 1821, married James P. Armstrong; Andrew Jackson, born near Turbutville May 31, 1823, married Mary M. Falls (he was well known as a surveyor and lawyer); James, born April 13, 1826, married Elizabeth Shannon, and died Oct. 3, 1891; Harriet, born Jan. 24, 1828, married Samuel Frymeyer, and died Feb. 6, 1875; Clarissa C. born in 1831, died April 12, 1884, aged fifty-one years, four months, twenty days; Richard A., born in 1836 (died Dec. 31, 1871, aged thirty-five years, three months, eighteen days), married Hester McKee (who died Dec. 21, 1871, aged thirty-two years, eight months, twenty-seven days) ; Eleanor S., born May 29, 1829, died in 1888. (5) Samuel married Mary Pollock and they had children: Alexander, Richard, Emanuel, Samuel Scott, Sheriff and Mary Ellen. (6) Alexander married Catharine Kerchner and they had seven children, Angeline, Susanna (married Joseph Money), Theodore, Ellen, Catharine, Elizabeth and John Andrew. (7) Emily married Jacob Crawford, and died July 27, 1894. Their children were Mary (married John Moyer), Ellen (married James Shell), Alfred (married Margaret Sheep), Ambrose (married Georgie Taggart), Margaret (married George Reeser), William, and Louisa (married Alfred Cadwallader). (8) Robert F. is the father of Thomas H. Guffy. Robert F. Guffy was born in 1831 and died Oct. 25, 1900, at Milton, Pa. He came to that town when quite a young man, and followed his trade, blacksmithing, for many years, also boating on the canal for many years. He was a well known man and very popular in his district. His wife, END OF PAGE 314 Matilda (Overpeck), daughter of Andrew and Deborah (Housekeeper) Overpeck, born in 1829, died in 1905, the mother of children as follows: Laura, who died in 1859; Thomas H.; Milton F., born in 1862, who died in 1863; and Annie Lee, born in 1863, who married Wilson Werly (now deceased) and had three children, Ralph, Robert and Helen, she and her family residing at No. 511 Shakespeare avenue, Milton. Thomas H. Guffy received his education in the Milton schools. For a period of fourteen years he was employed in the nail mill there, and later was with the J. B. Kester & Son Company for five years and with the Milton Manufacturing Company four years. He then took charge of the estate of his uncle, Milton Overpeck, which he looked after until it was closed, and in 1907 he retired from active labor. Mr. Guffy is an esteemed citizen of Milton, a member of the local camp (No. 188) of the P.O.S. of A. and, in religion, of Christ Lutheran Church. On April 11, 1906, Mr. Guffy married Mrs. Catharine (Dreisbach) Berlin, widow of George Berlin, by whom she has one son, Harlos H. To her marriage with Mr. Guffy was also born one son, who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Guffy reside at the old Guffy homestead in Milton, No. 501 Shakespeare avenue. Isaac Dreisbach, grandfather of Mrs. Guffy, lived principally in Luzerne county, Pa., though he died in Columbia county, where he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Sherman. His children were Stephen, Catharine, Sophia, Christine, Rachel and Maria. Stephen Dreisbach, father of Mrs. Guffy, married Mary Bittenbender, and they had a family of six children: Levi, Alice, Frances, Rosania, Catharine, and Julia (who died young). James Scott father of Mrs. Alexander Guffy, had children: Samuel; John; Andrew, who moved to Ohio in 1791; Margaret, who married Alexander Guffy; Rebecca, who married Peter Jones; and Eliza, who married James Boon. Of this family, Peter and Rebecca (Scott) Jones had children: John, Samuel, Isaac, Matthew, Matilda and Sarah, of whom Isaac Jones married Jane Wilson and had Wilson, Samuel Scott, Joseph B., John J., Reuben J., Andrew, Matilda and Margaret. Mattie Jones, daughter of Peter, married Peter Clive and had four children: Philip, Hiram, Henry and Rebecca. Dr. Thomas Pollock, great-grandfather of Eleanor Armstrong, who married Andrew Guffy, son of Alexander, was married in Ireland to a Miss Cochran and lived at Coleraine, where his children were born, viz.: John; Thomas, M. D., who died in Ireland, where he returned after studying medicine in America; Robert; James, born in 1728; Charles, born in 1732, who married Agnes Teel, and died in 1795; Jane, Mrs. McClean, who died in 1797; Eliza, who married John Sheriff; Mary; a daughter who married (first) a Mr. Caldwell and (second) a Mr. Allison; Mrs. David Barber, of Northumberland, Pa.; and Elizabeth, who died in Ireland. Of this family, John Pollock, born in 1724, died in 1794. He was twice married, his first wife being Catherine Campbell, his second, Eleanor Snell, who was a niece of Benjamin Franklin. They had four children: Eleanor, born in 1760, married James Armstrong, and died in 1823; Thomas, born in 1762, died in 1812; Alexander, born in 1764, married Jane Sheriff, daughter of John and Eliza (Guffy) Sheriff, and died in 1801; John, born in 1765, died in 1772. James Pollock, son of Dr. Thomas Pollock, born in 1728, died in 1812. He moved to the Ligonier Valley, in Westmoreland county, Pa. He married Mary Heron, and they had children as follows: Adam, born in 1767, married Elizabeth Gilen, and died in 1815; James, born in 1769, married Mary Steel, died in 1857; Thomas, born in 1772, married Mary Fruit and died in 1844; William, born in 1773, married Sallie Fruit; Thomas, born in 1777, married Rachel Hendricks and (second) S. Henderson, and died in 1847; Charles, born in 1780, died in 1798; John, born in 1783, married Elizabeth Hamill, and died in 1862; David, born in 1784, died in 1807; Jane was born in 1784; Robert born in 1781, married Mary Anderson, and died in 1844; Nancy, born in 1789, married William Lytle, and died in 1845; Elizabeth married John McCoy. James Armstrong came to America in 1786, and died in 1829, at the age of seventy-five years. His wife Eleanor (Pollock), daughter of John Pollock and granddaughter of Dr. Thomas Pollock, died in 1823. They were the parents of ten children: (1) Anthony, born in 1788, married Elizabeth Guffy, and died in 1866. (2) Elizabeth, born in 1789, married George Blain, and died in 1861. Their children were Ellen (married Jacob Mausteller), Prudence (married John D. Britton), James (married Elizabeth Emaus), Mary (married Hiram Artman) and Eleanor (married Andrew Guffy). (3) Eleanor, born in 1791, died in 1791. (4) Eleanor, born in 1792, married Andrew Guffy, and died in 1857. (5) Catharine, born in 1793, died in 1863. (6) John, born in 1795, died in 1863. (7) Jane, born in 1798, died in 1844. (8) James Thomas, born in 1800, was a surveyor, and died in 1871. He married Mary Reeder and their children were Dr. Richard, Mary Ellen, George B., William W. and Mary (who married Frank B. McGee). (9) Mary, born in 1803, died in 1871. (10) Richard, born in 1805, was a missionary to the Sandwich Islands and died in 1860. He married Clarissa Chatman and they had END OF PAGE 315 six children: Caroline; Carrie (married Ed. Bechurtle); Samuel (Gen.), founder of the Hampdon schools; William Nevins, who was attorney for the king of the Sandwich Islands; Ellen J.; and Clara A. JOHN HAAS, late of Sunbury, Pa., long an influential and representative business man of that borough, was a son of Daniel Haas, whose father participated in the war of the Revolution. Daniel Haas married Eve Reed; both were of Shamokin township, Northumberland Co., Pa. He engaged in farming there for some years, but in 1854 sold his farm and removed to Indiana, settling in Newtown, Fountain county, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. They had a family of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. Their son John spent his younger days on his father's farm, but left home at an early age to engage in mercantile business. In 1857 he was clerk for Fagely, Seasoltz and Co., coal merchants at Sunbury, Pa., and in the fall of 1857 he became a member of that firm, being associated for a time with William and Reuben Fagely, under the firm name of Fagely & Haas, the firm name later changing to John Haas & Co. They were most successful, conducting extensive coal operations until 1872, in which year they sold their personal property to the Mineral Mining Company, Mr. Haas continuing, however, to deal in coal until his retirement, some years before his death. During the Civil war period the firm shipped considerable coal to Baltimore and Philadelphia. While in partnership with Mr. Fagely Mr. Haas purchased four thousand acres of woodland in Lycoming county, Pa. They had large quantities of lumber cut and manufactured from that tract, selling it at a comparatively small profit. In 1883, when the Sunbury Nail, Bar and Guide Iron Manufacturing Company was organized, Mr. Haas became president, remaining as the executive head of that concern until he retired from the active management, in 1890, continuing to serve as president until 1894. To the upbuilding of this, one of the most important industrial establishments of the borough, he gave his principal attention and best energies, and much of its success was due to his efforts. Numerous other local concerns of considerable importance also counted him among their most effective promoters. He was one of the first directors of the Sunbury, Shamokin & Lewisburg railroad, now the Philadelphia & Reading road; a director of the First National Bank of Sunbury; and president of the Sunbury Water Company. Mr. Haas was a member of the Lutheran Church, serving as elder thirty-five years, being an important member of the church council, and as Sunday school superintendent thirty years. He was president of the board of directors of the Missionary Institute at Selinsgrove, Pa., now Susquehanna University, also a director of the Loysville (Pa.) Orphans' Home. Politically he was a Republican, and during the Civil war was a strong Unionist. In 1846 Mr. Haas married Mary A. Geen, of Jersey Shore, Pa., who died in 1855. To this Union were born four children: Jennie Clemetine, who married L. T. Rohrbach, of Sunbury; John Black Packer; Mary Alice, widow of Dr. C. M. Martin, and Louisa, who died in infancy. Later Mr. Haas married Mercy Ann Martin, daughter of Jacob and Henritta Martin. Though past eighty-three years of age Mrs. Haas is a remarkably well preserved woman, a pleasing conversationalist, with an excellent memory. The residence at the corner of Chestnut street and River avenue where she resides was built by Mr. Haas in 1868. Mr. Haas was a Mason, holding membership in Lodge No. 22, F. and A.M., of Sunbury; Northumberland Chapter, No. 174, R.A.M., and Crusade Commandery, K.T., the latter organization of Bloomsburg. He was also a member of the I.O.O.F. at Sunbury. He died March 10, 1899, in his seventy-seventh year, after a life of all-around usefulness such as falls to the lot of few men. His son, John Black Packer Haas was born in Sunbury Sept. 30, 1849, and there began his education. He was a student at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., and later at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa. Upon leaving school he was employed by his father at Sunbury. In 1875 he moved to Baltimore to engage extensively in the wholesale and retail coal business there. While residing in that city he purchased "The Knox Hat Store"; also was appointed cashier of the Baltimore post office, May 16, 1881. Upon the expiration of his term in 1885 he returned to Sunbury, where he engaged in the iron business. He then accepted a position with the Pottstown Iron Company, with offices located at Syracuse, N. Y., and efficiently served in that capacity until the company closed the works, after which he returned to Sunbury and gave his time to his father's extensive private interests. His exceptional business ability and high sense of honor were recognized by all who had dealings with him in any of the relations of life. He was trusted implicitly, receiving many marks of the high confidence in which he was universally held. He was a thirty-second-degree Mason, being a member of Beauseant Commandery, No. 8, at Baltimore; an Odd Fellow; and member of the B.P.O. Elks. Though a stanch Republican in politics, he declined the nomination as candidate for representative from the Seventeenth Congressional district, though unanimously nominated from his county. On Nov. 4, 1872, Mr. Haas married Sarah Schaffle, of Lewisburg, Pa., eldest daughter of Charles William Schaffle, and to them were born three children, Mary Gheen, Gertrude and Jenny, the last named dying when seven months old. In 1897 Mary Gheen married Alonza J. Carter, of Waynesburg, Pa., now of Jeannette, Pa., where he is engaged in the furniture business and as funeral director; they have two children, John Packer Haas and Sarah Schaffle. Charles William Schaffle, father of Mrs. Haas, was born in Lewisburg, Pa., in 1820. He was married in 1845, to Mary Wykoff, who was born in 1823, daughter of Peter Wykoff and Sarah Nevins, and a descendant of the Chamberlin family, well known in Union county, which was represented in the service during the Revolutionary war. To this union were born four sons and four daughters. Charles Frederick Schaffle, grandfather of Mrs. Haas, was born in 1796 at Durmenz, Oberamt Maulbrum, in the kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, son of Simon F. Schaffle and Mary Magdaline Kliner, who had a family of seven children, Charles Frederick being the youngest of five sons. Simon F. Schaffle was a man of influence and position, for eight years burgomaster of Durmenz. Charles Frederick Schaffle, his son, sailed for America Aug. 29, 1818, his twenty-second birthday, and the following year he settled in Lewisburg, Union Co., Pa., where he passed the remainder of his life, dying March 7, 1881. He had a superior knowledge of chemistry, and became a noted apothecary in that section, founding the druggist and chemistry establishment which he, his sons and grandsons conducted in turn for many years. He had a family of ten children, two of whom died in infancy. Two fought in the Civil war and died on the battlefield. He married March 12, 1820, Marie Caroline Dickes, daughter of Jean Guillaume Dickes and Marie Elizabeth Felme. She was born April 29, 1800, at One Mine, Alsace, France, and left her home on the German border the year her future husband settled at Lewisburg, April 29, 1819, with her parents and only brother, Joseph, who was Secretary to Joseph Bonaparte, ex-King of Spain, and held that position for fifteen years, until the monarch's death. GASS. The Gass family, which has several representatives among the best citizens of the borough of Sunbury, has been identified with that section of Northumberland county since the founder, Jacob Goss, came hither from Berks county, Pa., where the immigrant ancestors apparently first settled upon coming to this country. This family name was originally written Goss, and was anglicized to Gass about 1800. The immigrants of this name are recorded as follows Carl Goss, ship "Christian," qualified Sept. 13, 1749; Stephan Goss, ship "Brothers," qualified Sept. 22, 1752; Johannes Goss, snow "Louisa," qualified Nov. 8, 1752; Johann Kraff Goss, ship "Edinburgh," qualified Sept. 14, 1753; Johan Georg Goss, snow "Good Intent," qualified Oct. 23, 1754. The Gasses of Northumberland county are descended from one Frederick Goss, who was a taxable resident of Colebrookdale township, Berks Co., Pa., in 1754. He had among other descendants - these being probably sons Jacob, Martin and Ludwig Goss, all of whom were living in Northumberland county when the Federal Census of 1790 was taken. At that time all were heads of families except Ludwig, who was married but had then no family. Jacob had wife, two sons and one daughter, all the children under sixteen years of age; Martin had wife and three sons, all under sixteen years of age. Jacob Goss (or Gass) came from Berks county and as mentioned was settled in Northumberland county at the time of the census of 1790, living in Lower Augusta (now Rockefeller) township, about one mile east of Sunbury. He was a farmer and owned a large tract (now the property of Horace Lenker). He was a member of the Reformed Church, and he and his wife spoke German. Mr. Goss died when about sixty-eight years old, and is buried in the old cemetery at Sunbury. His wife, Sarah (Lantz), sister of the venerable Samuel Lantz, late of Rockefeller township, survived him several years. They were the parents of the following named children: The sons, Henry, Joseph, William and Martin are all mentioned in turn below; Mary married William Kuebler; Sarah married Reeder Campbell and they moved to Red Bank, Pa.; Eliza married Jacob Thompson; Susan married Westley Bastian; Lydia married D. O. E. Maize. Henry Gass, son of Jacob, born July 29, 1805, died July 1, 1897. He lived in the Plum Creek district and is buried at the Plum Creek Church, where many Gasses have found their last resting place. He was twice married, his second union being to Julia Ann Conrad, who died Dec. 16, 1857, aged fifty-four years. His son Jacob, now a venerable resident of Upper Augusta township, is living at Hamilton; during the early part of 1911 he married Susannah (Malick) Raker, widow of William Raker. Other sons were William and George, and there were daughters Maria, Susan, Louisa and Harriet. Joseph Gass, Sr., son of Jacob, born Dec. 20, 1810, was a prosperous farmer and prominent citizen of his day. He lived in the Plum Creek section, owning a farm of 148 acres which he cultivated profitably, of which 100 acres is now owned by David Furman. A Democrat in politics, and prominent in the affairs of his party and in public matters, he served as county commissioner from 1863 to 1866. He died Dec. 28, 1879. On Aug. 12, 1834, Mr. Gass married Maria Raker, who was born Jan. 27, 1814, and died Oct. 25, 1874, and both are buried in the cemetery of Lantz's Ger- END OF PAGE 317 man Reformed Church, in Rockefeller township. They had children as follows: Martin R., born July 6, 1836, died Jan. 12, 1888 (his first wife, Mary Ann, born Sept. 20, 1835, died Oct. 16, 1862; his second wife, Abigail, died July 26, 1892, aged fifty-five years, seven mouths, eight days); Samuel, born March 10, 1838, died Nov. 5, 1901, aged sixty-three years, seven months, twenty-five days (his wife Sarah died July 4, 1905, aged sixty-five years, four months, eight days); Mary Ann was born July 29, 1840, and died in Sunbury Sept. 18, 1900; Lucendia, born March 25, 1842, died in February, 1843; Joseph, Jr., is mentioned below; Barbara A. was born Feb. 24, 1847, and died in Snyder county; Isaac, born July 18, 1849, died Aug. 9, 1849; Rev. Richard F., born Nov. 19, 1852, graduated from Franklin and Marshall Theological Seminary at Lancaster, and at present is serving his old home church. Joseph Gass, Jr., born Dec. 13, 1844, in Rockefeller township, is engaged in farming there. He married Ruth Shipman, daughter of the late Judge Abraham Shipman, of that township, and they have had four sons: Horatio Warren is mentioned below; George Nevin died in infancy; Rev. Richard Ira is a minister of the Reformed Church, stationed at Mainville; Foster W. married Rachel R. Grier, daughter of Albert C. and Catherine (Gann) Grier, who lived in Lycoming county, Pa., and a member of a family which numbers many ministers, doctors, teachers and editors among its members, Albert C. Grier's father having been Dr. John Wilson Grier, of Nippenose Valley, Lycoming county, and his grandfather a Presbyterian minister who lived and preached at Jersey Shore for fifty years. HORATIO WARREN GASS, M.D., a successful physician of Sunbury, Northumberland county, was born Sept. 9, 1868, in Plum Creek, Upper Augusta (now Rockefeller) township. He received his early education in the schools of the home locality, later attending the Kutztown Normal school, after which he was engaged as a public school teacher in his native county for seven years. In the year 1894 he began the study of medicine, and in October, 1895, entered the Medico-Chirurgical College in Philadelphia, graduating therefrom with his degree of M. D. May 21, 1898. In June he passed the examination of the State Board and in August began practice at Mount Aetna, Berks county, where he located Aug. 8th. In 1901 he removed his office to Sunbury, where he is located at the corner of Fairmount avenue and Market street. Dr. Gass has not only acquired a large private practice, but other interests of a professional nature in which he has won wide repute and high standing. He was jail physician at Sunbury from 1906 to 1908, inclusive, has been medical examiner for the Mutual Life and Travelers' Insurance Companies, and for the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and holds membership in the Northumberland County and Pennsylvania State Medical Societies and in the American Medical Association. He has various social connections, being a member of Lodge No. 22, F. & A.M., at Sunbury; of Camp No. 194, P.O.S. of A., of Sunbury; and of the W.O.W. His church membership is with the Reformed denomination. Dr. Gass is a Democrat in political opinion, and he takes a genuine interest in public affairs, especially movements affecting the welfare of his home community, for whose good he has done much effective work. His unquestioned position and strong intelligence make him an influential factor in any enterprise which enlists his sympathies. On June 28, 1900, Dr. Gass married Gertrude E. Kuebler, daughter of George E. and Sarah (Fasold) Kuebler, of Rockefeller township, and a descendant of Conrad Weiser. They have had one child, Mark Kuebler Gass. William Gass, one of the four sons of Jacob Gass above mentioned, was a resident of what is now Shamokin township, Northumberland county, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, owning the large farm now the property of Alfred Schlegel. He served many years as school director of his township, was a Democrat in politics, and in religious matters a member of the German Reformed Church, which he served a number of years as member of the church council. He died March 23, 1897, aged eighty-one years, six months, eight days, and his wife, Susanna (Strickline), born Jan. 27, 1820, died May 29, 1888; they are buried at the Eden Church in the Plum Creek section. Their children were: Jacob, born in 1842, who died in 1858; Joseph A.; Simon W., who is out West; Isaac N., of Sunbury, Pa.; Harriet A., deceased, who was the wife of Francis Campbell; Emma J., who married John Taylor and (second) Charles Feese; and Annie E., who married Cyrus Tucker. JOSEPH A. GASS, son of William, was born Sept. 8, 1844, in Shamokin township, and passed his early life upon the farm. When eighteen years old he became an apprentice to the carpenter's trade, which he followed for five years. Meantime, though he had no special educational advantages in boyhood, he had improved his mental acquirements by evening study and application, and in 1862 he began teaching public school, in Shamokin township, commencing at a salary of eighteen dollars a month. He taught thirty terms in all - nine terms in one school, and seven terms in Snydertown borough. All his schools were ungraded, and some idea of the amount of work expected from one teacher in those days may be gained from the fact that he had 114 pupils enrolled in Coal township, in 1864-65; 111 enrolled in Elizabeth township, Allegheny county; and 88 END OF PAGE 318 enrolled in Snydertown borough. His school work was done for the most part in the winter season, his summers being devoted to farming in Rockefeller township. In 1889 he began dealing in fertilizers, being one of the first agents in his section, and in the spring of 1898 he removed to the borough of Sunbury; where he has since been engaged in business, being established on North Eighth street, off Market street. There, in addition to phosphates, of which he sells about four hundred tons annually, he is engaged as a dealer in and agent for buggies, runabouts and wagons of all kinds, agricultural implements, steam and gasoline engines, light plants, pumps, etc. He handles considerable International Harvester goods, machine mowers, reapers, etc. Mr. Gass was the chief organizer of the Augusta Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of which he was agent, secretary and director for fifteen years; it has grown to be one of the large and successful insurance companies of this region. In every way he has been a useful and energetic man, taking an active part in the various interests and organizations with which he has been identified. Socially he was connected with the Odd Fellows and Encampment, the P.O.S. of A. and the Knights of Pythias, which latter fraternity he helped to organize at Northumberland, Pa. Politically he is a Democrat and he has served as school director of Sunbury, at present representing the Ninth ward on the school board. He and his family are members of Zion's Lutheran Church at Sunbury, and he has been active particularly in Sunday school work, having served as superintendent in his country district and in Sunbury, and he is now superintendent of the Union Sunday school at the East End of the borough. His services in this capacity have covered a period of fifteen or eighteen years. On May 28, 1873, Mr. Gass married Isabella A. Hausewart daughter of Samuel I. Hausewart and his wife Hulda (Farley), and they have had children as follows: Hulda Susanna, who has been engaged in teaching in Sunbury since 1895; Maggie S., wife of George S. Conrad, of Sunbury; Harriet A., a stenographer, at York, Pa.; Isabella M., wife of Charles Schlegel, of Sunbury; Samuel J., born June 27, 1883, who is now assisting his father; Francis C.; and Nellie P. Martin Gass, another son of Jacob Gass, lived in Upper Augusta township, where he was engaged in farming at the Gass schoolhouse. He is buried in the old cemetery at Sunbury. By his first wife, Anna Hower, who was born Dec. 5, 1815, daughter of Jacob Hower, and died Jan. 22, 1850, he had four children: Elizabeth J. (deceased), who married William Mackert; Richard A.; Jacob F.; and George W., of Sunbury. His second wife was Mary Conrad, widow of Eli Conrad. No children were born to this union. Richard A. Gass, son of Martin, was born Oct. 12, 1845, in Upper Augusta township, and obtained his early education in the local schools. Later he attended Dickinson Seminary, at Williamsport Pa., and afterward taught school for some time, in Upper Augusta township and East Sunbury borough. For several years he engaged in the mercantile business at Sunbury, until he became traveling salesman, being at present engaged thus for the Chase Brothers Nursery Company. He has been selling for a quarter of a century and has been highly successful. In politics Mr. Gass is a Democrat and has been active in his party, having served from, 1905 to 1908 as county auditor. He and his family are members of the Reformed Church. In 1872 Mr. Gass married Emily A. Garinger, daughter of Charles and Deborah (Haas) Garinger, of Sunbury, and to them have been born four children: Laura G., Carrie D., Charles M. and Edward F. CHARLES M. GASS, D. D. S., now engaged in the practice of dentistry in the borough of Sunbury, was born there May 4, 1878. He received his literary education in the public schools, including the high school, and on Oct. 1, 1897, he entered the dental department of Pennsylvania College, from which institution he was graduated in 1900. Returning to his home town he opened an office at No. 805 Market street, where he has since been established. He has built up a lucrative practice and occupies creditable standing in his profession. Dr. Gass is a member of the Modern Woodmen and of the Reformed Church. EDWARD F. GASS, member of the firm of Wetzel & Gass, of Sunbury, the leading electrical firm of that region, was born Dec. 12, 1883, at No. 805 Market street, Sunbury, and received his education in the borough. Graduating from the high school in 1900, he subsequently worked for the United Telephone Company, doing business in Sunbury and vicinity, for a period of six years, during which time he studied the science of electricity. On Aug. 28, 1906, he formed his present partnership with Arthur B. Wetzel, under the firm name of Wetzel & Gass, and they do the leading business in their line in Sunbury and the adjoining country, keeping four men regularly employed, besides working themselves. They also carry a full line of all kinds of electrical supplies and equipment and are up to date in everything pertaining to their business. On Sept. 3, 1909, Mr. Gass married Frances E. Brand, daughter of William F. and Laura (Taylor) Brand, of Sunbury, the Taylor family coming from near Laporte, Sullivan Co., Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Gass have had one son, Charles Joseph. They reside at No. 806 Court street, Sunbury. Mr. Gass is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Americus Club and the Reformed END OF PAGE 319 Church, in which he has been quite active, having been secretary of the Sunday school since 1905. Jacob F. Gass, son of Martin, was born Oct. 17, 1848, in what is now Rockefeller township, and at an early age began clerking in the store at Sunbury. In 1880 he engaged in the grocery business there on his own account, at the corner of Fourth and Market streets, where the Sunbury Trust Company is now located, but owing to ill health he gave up the business in course of time and took to carpenter work and contracting, in which he continued until his death, Jan. 25, 1909. He had been a resident of Sunbury for many years. On June 8, 1880, Mr. Gass married Sarah Jane Keefer, daughter of George Keefer. They had no children. Mr. and Mrs. Gass worshipped at the first Reformed Church, Sunbury. In politics he was a Democrat.