Floyd's Northumberland County Genealogy Pages 401 thru 423 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Tony Rebuck. Tar2@psu.edu Electronic edition copyright 2001 by Tony Rebuck. All rights reserved. This electronic work may be freely distributed and displayed: (1)without modification, (2) on a strictly non-commercial basis, and (3) retaining this copyright notice. 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. ROBENALT OR ROVENOLT. This name is found frequently in the upper end of Northumberland county, and as the ancestors of its representatives treated of in this article were from Berks county it is likely they are of the same stock found there under the name of Raubenhold. There are also a number of Raubenholds in Schuylkill county, this State. Johannes Rabenold (as he spelled the name), grandfather of Lewis F. Robenalt, of Lewis township, Northumberland county, was probably born in Berks county, and coming to Northumberland county settled in Lewis township, where he followed farming. He died April 11, 1843, aged sixty-eight years, ten months, seven days, and his wife, Barbara, died Sept. 21, 1859, aged seventy-six years. They are buried in the old Turbut- END OF PAGE 401 ville graveyard. They had the following children: (1) Michael settled at Five Points, in Lewis township, and followed farming. His children were: John, Thomas, William, Jacob, Mary, Alice and Annie. (2) William, who lived at Muncy Hills, was a laborer; his children were Jacob, Samuel, Elizabeth, Susan and Rachel. (3) John, who lived near Schuyler Station, was a laborer. He had three children: Michael, who became a farmer in Delaware township, this county; John, who was killed while serving in the Civil war; and Mary. (4) Jacob is mentioned below. (5) Susan married Jacob Menges. (6) Catharine married Samuel Menges, brother of Jacob who married her sister Susan. Jacob Raubenolt, son of Johannes, was born June 12, 1818, in Turbut township, Northumberland county, and lived and farmed in Lewis township, dying on his farm there (the place now owned by H. M. Plotts) March 3, 1891, aged seventy-three years, six months. He is buried in the cemetery at Turbutville. He was not only a good farmer, but also a mechanic of ability, in his earlier life following the trade of gunsmith, making guns of excellent design and showing thorough workmanship; like old- fashioned tradesmen generally, he fashioned every part of the gun himself, being able to turn out the complete product with his own hands. His son Lewis had a gun of his father's make which was a fine specimen of his ability and skill, but it was destroyed in the great fire which swept Turbutville Aug. 11, 1900. Mr. Raubenolt was a Democrat in politics and took quite an active part in local affairs, serving as school director and supervisor. With his family he belonged to the Lutheran Church, in which he was much interested, serving as deacon, elder and trustee. His wife, Catharine (Strause), born Jan. 17, 1821, daughter of Lewis Strause, of Strausetown (now Schuyler), Pa., died Aug. 10, 1900. Her father was a blacksmith, and the village of Strausetown was so named in his honor. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Raubenolt: William, who lives in Ohio; Anna, Mrs. John Steigerwald; Lewis F.; Sarah, Mrs. Joseph Robinson; Jacob, of Turbutville; Elizabeth, Mrs. Frank Heffelfinger; Emma, Mrs. William Wolfinger; Samuel, of Ohio; and Susan, Mrs. William Davis. LEWIS F. ROBENALT, now a retired citizen of Turbutville, was born in Lewis township Feb. 13, 1845, son of Jacob, was educated in the common schools of the locality, and reared to farming. Following farming until 1884, he that year engaged in the mercantile business at Comly, in Limestone township, Montour Co., Pa., where he was in business for six years, until his removal to Turbutville in 1890. For the next ten years he conducted a general store there, until completely burned out in 1900, with a loss of three thousand dollars. In 1901 he purchased a store at Schuyler Station, which he carried on for four years, at the end of that time selling out his stock, good will and fixtures to his son-in-law, Frank Ellis. For the next three years Mr. Robenalt lived on a small farm at Schuyler, in 1908 settling at his present home in Turbutville, where he has since lived in retirement. He is a respected and useful citizen, taking little active interest in public affairs but giving his support to worthy enterprises and his influence to all movements for the benefit of the community. On June 18, 1868, Mr. Robenalt married Alice Levan, daughter of William and Peggy (Fenstermacher) Levan, of Anthony township, Montour Co., Pa. They have three children: Zella, married to H. M. Plotts, a farmer in Lewis township; William, of Turbutville; and Hattie, married to Frank Ellis. Mr. Robenalt and his family are members of the old Lutheran Church at Turbutville. Politically he is a Democrat. George Robenolt, founder of another branch of this family in Northumberland county, was the grandfather of Charles F. and Phineas F. Rovenolt. He was born in Berks county, Pa., and came to Northumberland county after his marriage, settling in what is now Lewis township, in the locality known as Menges Valley. He did laboring work. He died before the Civil war, and the place of his burial is uncertain. In religion he was a Lutheran. His wife, Kate (Barber), died soon after the Civil war, at the home of her son Frederick, when eighty-four years old, and is buried at Turbutville. Their children were as follows: Amos lived at "Speck Berg," in Luzerne county, Pa.; John lived near Speck Berg; George lived near Speck Berg; Peter lived in the vicinity of Limestone for a time, later moving out West; Frederick is mentioned below; Adam lived at Danville for many years, later moving to Williamsport, where he died: Daniel lived in Delaware township, this county; Kate married Jonas Patterson and they lived in Danville some years, later moving to Washingtonville, Montour county. Frederick Rovenolt, son of George, was born in 1815 in Berks county, Pa., and came to Northumberland county before his marriage. For a time he lived in Limestone township, Montour county, thence moving to Watsontown, where he died in 1898, at the age of eighty-three years. In his active years he followed farming, living in retirement for fifteen years before his death. His wife, Martha (Love), born in 1818, died in 1887. Mr. Rovenolt was a Lutheran, holding membership in Follmer's Church. To him and his wife were born the following children: Catharine died in infancy; Eliza died unmarried (she was an unusually large woman, weighing 280 pounds); Charles F. and Phineas F. are mentioned below; M. Jane END OF PAGE 402 married Thomas Clayton, of Watsontown; William is a resident of Danville, Pa.; Agnes, who is unmarried, lives at Watsontown. CHARLES F. ROVENOLT, farmer and extensive land owner of Lewis township, was born Sept. 7, 1845, in Limestone township, Montour Co., Pa., and was educated in the public schools. He was trained to farm work from boyhood, and in spring of 1867 began that occupation on his own account in Derry township, Montour county, where he continued to farm for five years. Moving thence to Delaware township, Northumberland county, he also farmed there for five years, at the end of which time he settled in Lewis township, where he has since lived. He has occupied his present farm since Oct. 6, 1884, moving thither from near Turbutville, where he had resided for one year. Previous to that he occupied a farm about one mile distant from his present place, selling his farm stock, etc., at public auction at the time of his removal. His home farm consists of 107 acres, and he owns another tract of 115 acres in Lewis township, now occupied and worked by his son Urban - both fertile and valuable tracts. He also has a piece of property in Turbutville. He has invested in two lots in Oklahoma City, Okla., where his son-in-law, Charles Cleman, lives, engaged in farming. Mr. Rovenolt has long been identified with the administration of local public affairs, having held the office of auditor longer than any other man in his township, and he has also served as tax collector. He was in public office for eighteen years altogether. Politically he is a Democrat, in religion a Lutheran, belonging to the Turbutville Church, which he has served six years as deacon. He is a substantial and widely known resident of his locality, and is everywhere regarded with respect by those who know him. Mr. Rovenolt married Clara C. Seidel, who was born in 1848, daughter of William Seidel, of Derry township, and fourteen children have been born to them: William A. died in infancy; Lizzie A. married Alfred Snyder; Mattie L. married Franklin Menges; Mazie A. married E. B. Schuyler; Virgie D. married N. I. Smith; Urban is a farmer in Lewis township; Seidel C. is mentioned below; Franklin E. lives in Lewis township, this county; Corvie Belton, born in 1881, died in 1903; Avis L. married Charles Cleman, of Exchange, Pa.; Melva married John Moser; Ralph lives at home; Arabella and Edna are unmarried and living at home. Seidel C. Rovenolt, of Turbutville, son of Charles F., was born Nov. 7, 1876, was reared on the farm, and worked for his father until April 1, 1903, since when he has been carrier on the Rural Free Delivery Route No. 2, from Turbutville, covering twenty-three and a half miles per day. On March 2, 1904, he married Amy Lerch, daughter of Samuel Lerch, of Lewis township, and they have three children, Milford, Margaret and Charles S., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rovenolt are members of the German Reformed Church. PHINEAS F. ROBENOLT, another son of Frederick, a retired farmer now living at Turbutville, was born Dec. 27, 1847, in Limestone township, Montour Co., Pa., and was educated in the public schools of that township. He was reared upon the farm, and in the spring of 1871 commenced farming for himself in Derry township, Montour county, where he continued to reside for a number of years, about 1880 removing to Lewis township, Northumberland county. Here he bought a four-acre lot with a house near Turbutville, and made his home there for three years, next moving to one of the Montgomery farms, upon which he lived for five years. His next move was to the Joshua Bowman farm, which he cultivated on shares for ten years, in 1898 buying his present property in Lewis township, 150 acres of the best land in Paradise Valley, all limestone soil. There he lived and farmed until 1903, after which he retired but continued to make his home on the farm until the spring of 1910, when he moved with his family to Turbutville. He and his family are members of the Lutheran Church. In political matters he is a Democrat. In 1869 Mr. Robenolt married Catharine Stamm, daughter of Daniel and Anna C. (Dieffenbach) Stamm, who lived in Montour county, Mr. Stamm dying in Derry township; Mrs. Robenolt's grandparents were Daniel and Catharine (Barnhardt) Stamm. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Robenolt: Calvin A., who farms his father's homestead, married Emma Trick and their children are Domer P., Elwood C., Guy F., Alberta C., Helena A. and Martha I.; Cora I. married Frank Murray and they live in Lewis township on a farm adjoining the Robenolt place (their children are Katie A., Willard F., Carrol E. and Hunter L.). VALENTINE S. TRUCKENMILLER, merchant miller of Delaware township, Northumberland county, is a native of the district in which he lives, born Aug. 23, 1843. His ancestors have lived there for several generations, and we give the family record from the time it was founded in this country. The family has become numerous in eastern and central Pennsylvania, and the name is often found corrupted into Druckenmiller, the Berks county branch spelling it so. The ancestor of the Northumberland family, Sebastian Truckenmiller, spelled it with a "T," however, and that seems to be the correct form. Sebastian Truckenmiller came to America on the pink "John and William," of Sunderland, Constable Tymperton, master, from Rotterdam, which qualified at Philadelphia Oct. 17, 1732. On the original list of passengers (Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. XVII, Second Series, pages 72- 73) END OF PAGE 403 his name is given as Sebastian and Bastian, and his wife's name as Catarina. In a secluded spot, in a field on the farm of the late Jacob Nuss, at Koch's schoolhouse, in Upper Milford township, Lehigh Co., Pa., lie the remains of this pioneer and Revolutionary war soldier and his wife. He is called "Captain" Truckenmiller. For the benefit of their many descendants a verbatim copy of the inscriptions on their tombstones is herewith given: Hier ruhet Sebastian Truckenmiller Geboren den 1 Aug. 1715, Gestorben den 1st Feb. 1795 Alt. 79 Jahr, 6 m. Leichten Text Elmaz 26, 19-20. Hier ruhet Catharina Truckenmiller, ein geborene Schmuck- brucken geboren den 1st Jenner, 1719 gestorben d. 30 Sept. 1793. Alt 74 jabr 9 m. 7 da. Lied Las die todten auferstehen den letzen tage. Text 2 Tim. 4-7 and 8. Among the many children of the pioneer were John, Jacob, Christian, George, Charles and Frederick; there were also daughters. The Federal census of 1790 mentions a number of Truckenmillers. Christian Trickymillar had died by that time, but his family, consisting of his widow and six daughters and three sons who were under sixteen years old, were residents of Northumberland county. George Truckenmiller, according to the Federal census of 1790, was a resident of Hereford township, Berks county, his family consisting of himself and wife, one son, and one daughter. Charles Truckenmiller, according to the same authority, was a resident of Hereford township; family consisted of father and mother, three sons over sixteen years of age, four daughters, and one slave. John Truckenmiller (Jno. Junior) was head of a family of Rockland township, Berks county, consisting of himself and wife, one son above sixteen, and two under sixteen, and three daughters. (There are sons bearing these three names, George, Charles and John, in Sebastian Truckenmiller's family, but according to one account these three are said to be the sons of Johan Michael Truckenmiller, who emigrated in 1742, coming in the ship "Francis and Elizabeth.") In 1790 Sebastian Truckenmiller, the emigrant, lived in Upper Milford, Northampton (now Lehigh) Co., Pa., had wife, but no children left at home. Jacob Truckenmiller the same year lived in that place and had family consisting of himself and wife, two sons over sixteen, one son under sixteen, and two daughters. There also lived in 1790 in Upper Milford a George Trockenmiller, family consisting of himself and wife, one son and two daughters. John Truckenmiller died in the latter part of January, 1799, in Northumberland county, Pa., an account of his estate being filed Feb. 2, 1799. Michael Meiser was named the administrator. In 1802, among the list of taxables in Mahantango township, Schuylkill Co., Pa., appeared the names of Valentine and Michael Truckenmiller. Frederick Truckenmiller moved from Berks county to Penn township, Northumberland (now Snyder) county, at an early period. He died shortly before March 29, 1796, and his last will and testament, on record in Will Book 1, page 86, provides as follows for his "dearly beloved wife" Christina: Ten acres of land on north side of Middle Creek, one hundred pounds of lawful money, choice of one cow, six sheep. The executors were wife Christina, George Motz and Adam Bohlander. The children of Frederick and Christina Truckenmiller were: John Frederick, Peter, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret, Christina, Catarina, Maghtalena and Barbarah. Jacob Truckenmiller, evidently son of Sebastian, was born Aug. 29, 1759, in lower Berks county, and came to Northumberland county before the Revolution, settling in Delaware township, where his descendants still live. He was the pioneer of the family in this immediate locality, and being a millwright and miller by calling built the original Truckenmiller mill, selecting the site now owned by his great-grandson, Valentine S. Truckenmiller. He died Aug. 23, 1823, at McEwensville and is buried there, in the old upper cemetery. In religion he was a Lutheran. His account, entered Sept. 9, 1823, in Will Book 2, page 442, mentions sons Jacob, Solomon, George, Samuel, and also Mrs. Mary Truckenmiller, probably his wife. The executors were Solomon Truckenmiller and Henry Reader. The account was filed in the Register's office. As shown by tombstone records, Jacob's wife was named Annamaria, and she was born Jan. 16, 1763, and died July 27, 1843. Their children were: Solomon, mentioned below; Jacob, born March 22, 1790, who died April 15, 1880 (his wife, Sarah, died Oct. 3, 1873, aged seventy-six years, one month, fifteen days); George; and Samuel, born in 1803, who died in 1883 (his wife, Sarah, born in 1805, died in 1895). Solomon Truckenmiller, son of Jacob, was born June 11, 1785, and lived in Delaware township, Northumberland county, near McEwensville, where he had a farm of 120 acres, this property remaining in the family name until 1903. He died on that place Nov. 7, 1857. Mr. Truckenmiller was a Lutheran in religious faith, a member of the church at McEwensville, which he served in official capacities for many years. He was a tall man, of medium build, and light complexion. His wife, Eve, died Sept. 21, 1864, aged eighty years, seven END OF PAGE 404 months, twenty-seven days. Their children were as follows: Edmund, Charles and Solomon are all mentioned below; Mary (Polly) married John Clapp and they lived in Lewis township, Northumberland county; Susan died Dec. 25, 1895, aged seventy-three years, six months, fifteen days, unmarried; Rebecca died July 7, 1886, aged sixty years, three months, eleven days, unmarried; Sarah married Jonathan Strause and lived in Montour county; Elizabeth married David Dieffenbacher and lived in Delaware township. Edmund Truckenmiller, born in Delaware township, was a farmer there for many years, at the time of his death owning two farms, one of 145 acres and one of 120 acres. He was enterprising and intelligent in his agricultural work, and was not only admired for his ability but esteemed for the many sterling traits which made his influence strong in the community. He was a Lutheran, active in church work, and helped to build the Union church at McEwensville, donating liberally toward the expenses of its construction. He served as deacon and elder. Mr. Truckenmiller was a resident of McEwensville the last thirty years of his life, dying May 16, 1889, aged seventy-eight years, eleven months, twenty-five days. Few citizens of his locality were more generally missed, and he was held in the greatest respect by all who knew him. Politically he was a Republican. His wife, Mary (Schmeck), whose family came from Berks county, died Oct. 17, 1876, aged sixty-nine years, two months, eighteen days. Eleven children were born to this couple, of whom Eliza died unmarried; Edmund died young; Solomon; Malinda married Ephraim Leinbach; Daniel lives retired at Watsontown; Rachel died unmarried; Dr. William is at Allenwood, Union Co., Pa.; Calvin is a resident of Centerville, Mich.; Valentine S. lives in Delaware township. Valentine S. Truckenmiller received his early education in the common schools of his native township, later attending McEwensville Academy and a commercial college at Elmira, N. Y., from which he was graduated in 1863. Until 1874 Mr. Truckenmiller followed the business of cattle broker, being thus engaged in Chicago and other western places, and in that year he purchased the old Truckenmiller mill and homestead site in Delaware township, near Watsontown, where he has since been established. There are thirty-six acres of land attached to the mill property. When he purchased the mill he remodeled it throughout, installing the most modern machinery and bringing the capacity up to one hundred barrels daily, and he commands the principal trade in his line in the upper part of Northumberland county, producing high-grade flour, which he ships all over eastern and central Pennsylvania, the demand being particularly large in the coal regions. The popular brands are Satin, Boss and Queen, and five men are kept constantly employed. The mill is now conducted by the firm of V. S. Truckenmiller & Son, Mr. Truckenmiller's son Frank E. being in partnership with him. They also deal in grain and mill feed of all kinds. Mr. Truckenmiller has become interested in other business matters in his section, and was one of the organizers of the Farmers National Bank of Watsontown, of which he has been a director ever since. He has been active in various projects affecting the general welfare and is a leading citizen of his section. He is a member of the Presbyterian church at Watsontown, and socially belongs to Warrior Run Lodge, No. 401, F. & A.M., of Watsontown, and to Warrior Run Chapter, R.A.M. Politically he is a Republican, and during the Civil war he was in the Union service, enlisting from Watsontown in 1861 in Company B, 131st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, with which he served nine months. In 1870 Mr. Truckenmiller married Sarah E. Montgomery, daughter of William and Mary (Caldwell) Montgomery, of McEwensville, and to them were born two children, Frank E. and William S. Mrs. Truckenmiller died Nov. 7, 1890, aged forty-eight years, and is buried at Watsontown. Frank E. Truckenmiller, son of Valentine S. Truckenmiller, is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and conducted a drug store at Williamsport, Pa., for five years. He sold out on account of his health, and since 1902 has been associated with his father, being the junior member of the firm of V. S. Truckenmiller & Son. He is a thirty-second degree Mason. Charles Truckenmiller, son of Solomon, was born Sept. 20, 1813, and lived in Delaware township, where he followed farming. He had an eighty-acre property near McEwensville. His wife, Susanna (Dieffenbacher), born Sept. 20, 1820, died May 2, 1892. Mr. Truckenmiller died Feb. 13, 1893. They had children as follows: Augustus, of Catawissa, Pa., a musician; George, who lives in Dakota; Henry, of Dakota; Elizabeth, married and living in Scranton, Pa.; and Ella, married and living in Dakota. The three who settled in the west have all done well and all the members of the family are in prosperous circumstances. Solomon Truckenmiller, son of Solomon, lived near McEwensville in Delaware township, where he had a small farm and followed agricultural pursuits. He married Eliza Strab, and they had two children: Peter, who died at Milton, Pa.; and Isaac, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Mr. Truckenmiller died Oct 9, 1896, aged seventy-six years, six months, nineteen days; his wife died Jan. 15, 1892, aged sixty years, eight months, seven days. Jacob E. Truckenmiller (son of Jacob) of Com- END OF PAGE 405 pany B, 131st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, died in hospital at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 15, 1882, aged thirty-five years, nine months, twenty-two days. As previously mentioned, some branches of the family spell the name Druckenmiller. Of these, Michael Druckenmiller, millwright, of Hereford township, Berks county, was said to be a descendant of the Charles Truckenmiller who in 1790 lived in Hereford township. Michael's children were: Daniel, Enos, Clara, Hannah, Lucy and Elizabeth. Enos Druckenmiller (as he wrote his name), son of Michael, was born Dec. 14, 1821, and died March 29, 1899, at Zieglersville in Upper Milford township, Lehigh Co., Pa., his death being caused by apoplexy. He is buried in the Lutheran cemetery at that place, and was long an active worker in the church, in all its departments; serving as elder and Sunday school teacher. He was a member of the building committee when the new church was erected. For many years he was director of a singing school. Mr. Druckenmiller was a prosperous farmer and mechanic all his life, owning several farms. He was a Democrat in politics, and served nine years as school director of Hereford township, Berks county. He married Elizabeth N. Desch, daughter of George and Margerite (Marsteller) Desh, and they had a large family, namely: Benneville died of measles and brain fever when twenty-two years old; Rev. Joel settled about 188O in Michigan, where he serves a charge at Rogers City; Tilghman married Barbara Frey; Elizabeth married Milton Kleinsmith; Henry, now of Atlanta, Ga., married Ellen Wagonhorst; David married Katie Nuss and lives at Sellersville, Pa.; Benjamin D. is a resident of Kutztown, Pa.; Emma died of diphtheria in her ninth year; Mama married William Weiss and (second) Hiram Walker; Susanna married Benjamin Brey; Rosa married Allen W. Sheimer; Sallie married John Sweitzer; George D. is a Lutheran minister; Maggie married William Shubert; Laura married Richard Reese; Annie married Allen Snyder. Rev. George D. Druckenmiller, son of Enos, graduated from Muhlenberg College in 1894, and then entered Mount Airy Theological Seminary, from which he was graduated three years later. He was ordained at Lancaster June 14, 1897, by the Ministerium of Pennsylvania and adjacent states, and in July of the same year took charge of the Freeburg parish, in Snyder county, to which he had been called. Three years later he received a call to the Freemansburg charge, in Northampton county, in May, 1900, and there he had a very successful pastorate, during which a house of worship was erected and the membership greatly increased. On Dec. 1, 1905, he accepted an urgent call to Nazareth, where a $40,000 church was erected during his incumbency and 325 new members added to the church roll. He resigned to accept a unanimous call to Hamburg, where he took charge of St. John's Lutheran Church Sept. 1, 1910. He has made many friends during his brief service at that church. Mr. Druckenmiller married Ellen J. Lerch, of Allentown, Pennsylvania. GEORGE D. HEDENBERG, Milton, a coal merchant, is doing business under the firm name of Hedenberg & Son. This business is of about ten years standing, during which time it has grown from a small coal yard to one of the largest and best equipped plants in this section. The Hedenbergs are of Swedish descent, the American branch having come to this country in the early Colonial days and settled in Perth Amboy, N.J., from which point the family became widely scattered. Charles J. Hedenberg, grandfather of George D., was born in Tennessee, and being of a roving disposition, resided in many parts of the United States. He was active in the Texan Revolution against Mexico, as well as in the Civil war. Shortly before the latter period he came to Pennsylvania, and he died in Danville in 1871. To him and his wife, Mary Ellen, were born the following children: Charles J., James M., Mary Augusta, Frances V. and William J., and one son that died in infancy. James M. Hedenberg, father of George D., was born in Houston, Texas, Jan. 5, 1847. Coming north with his parents, he resided in Philadelphia, Pa., from which place he enlisted, at the age of sixteen years, in Company G, 192d Regiment, P.V.I. After the war he entered the University of Pennsylvania to study medicine, but on account of ill health gave it up. Later he went into partnership with his father in the drug business in Danville, Pa., continuing there until 1872, when he entered the employ of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company. He was stationed first at Williamsport, Pa., being transferred thence to Milton, in 1873, as agent, which position he filled for twenty-five years. He was largely instrumental in the extension of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad branch into the center of the town. In 1898 he was transferred to Philadelphia, and he served there until his resignation in 1902 on account of failing health. He returned to Milton and made his home there until his death, which occurred Aug. 20, 1910. On June 1, 1870, James M. Hedenberg married Susan R. Hiestand, daughter of John and Susan (Hoover) Hiestand, who, with two children, George D. and Charles L., of Madison, Ga., survived him. He was a member of Milton Lodge, No. 256, F. & A.M., the Scottish Rite Consistory of the Valley of Philadelphia, and of Post No. 2 G.A.R., of Philadelphia. END OF PAGE 406 George D. Hedenberg was born Oct. 15, 1871, at Danville, Pa. He was educated at the Milton public schools and started work in the employ of the United States Express Company, at Milton. Later he became chief clerk in the Milton station of the P. & R. Railroad. In the year 1898 he enlisted in Company C, 12th Regiment, P.V.I. After the close of the Spanish-American war he entered the employ of the P. & R. Railroad Company, and was stationed at Port Reading, N. J., being later transferred to Rutherford Transfer, Harrisburg, Pa. In 1903 he came back to Milton, where he has since been engaged in the coal business. George D. Hedenberg married Nov. 20, 1902, Anna M. Heinen, daughter of Henry J. and Anna (Mann) Heinen, of Milton. They have three children, George D., Elisabeth M. and Juliette L. Socially Mr. Hedenberg is a member of Milton Lodge, No. 256, F. & A.M., the Scottish Rite Consistory of the Valley of Williamsport, S. Hepburn Pollock Camp, No. 121, S. of V., and the B.P.O. Elks Lodge, No. 913. WILLIAM A. DEAN, late of Watsontown, had been a resident of that borough only a few years at the time of his recent death, but he was a well known citizen of this part of Northumberland county, where he passed the latter half of his long life. His earlier years were spent in the adjoining section of Montour county, and he came of an old family of this region - upper Northumberland county and the adjacent territory of what is now Montour county. He was active in politics and public affairs for a number of years, and had given honorable service in various positions. Mr. Dean was born Oct. 27, 1827, near Washingtonville, Columbia (now Montour) Co., Pa. The family is of English origin, and his great- grandfather was one of General Wolfe's aides-de-camp at the battle of Quebec, in 1759. At the close of the French and Indian war he returned to England, where he died. His son, Joseph Dean, grandfather of William A. Dean, was impressed on board an English vessel, and brought from England to America. He served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and after its close married Esther Florel, and settled in Montour (then Columbia) county, Pennsylvania. Joseph Dean, son of Joseph and Esther, was born in what is now Montour county in 1786, and died in 1867. He was a farmer by occupation, and proved himself a man of enterprise and intelligence in business matters, accumulating considerable means. He was an influential citizen of his day, serving one term as treasurer of Montour county and ten years as associate judge. He was a strong Democrat in politics, and in religion a member of the Presbyterian church, in which he served many years as elder. Progressive and energetic, he took a leading part in The affairs of his time. A young man when the war of 1812 broke out, he entered the service and attained the rank of colonel. He was twice married, his first union being with Mary Pollock, daughter of James Pollock, of Anthony township, Lycoming Co., Pa., and she died about 1822, leaving one son, Joseph. Mr. Dean's second marriage was to Adeline C. Cole, of Fishing Creek, Columbia Co., Pa., and member of an old family of that county. She had three brothers and one sister, as follows: Ezekiel, Isaiah, William (who was county commissioner of Columbia county) and Helen (Mrs. Samuel Lowery). Mrs. Adeline C. Dean died in 1858, at the age of fifty-one years. She and her husband are buried in the Derry cemetery adjoining the church of that name in Montour county. To their union were born nine children, the family record being as follows: Joseph married Mary Ann Gehrlinger, by whom he had two children, Margaret (Mrs. James Pollock) and Wallace (who married Ella Foust), and by his second wife, Margaret (Corneleson), he had five children; William A. is mentioned below; Jane married Russell Sheddon and had one son, Clarence, of Gardner, Kans.; Mary married William Clingan and had children, Charles (of Kansas City, Mo.), Margaret (wife of A. Brown, of Lewisburg, Pa.), Jean (Mrs. Price, of Galesburg, Ill.) and Helen (Mrs. Pennfield, of Connecticut); Ursula is the widow of Daniel Gouger; Alice married F. J. Foster, of Kansas, and had children, Dr. Dean Foster (of Stamford, Conn.), Andrew (an electrician, of Joplin, Mo.), Hugh (an electrician, also of Joplin, Mo.), Lloyd (of Harper county, Kans.) and Peggie (Mrs. Fulton, of Harper county, Kans.); Martha married Capt. Samuel Bryson and had children, James, Dr. Howard, Nellie and Janette; Helen and Susan died young; Oliver H. is a member of the law firm of Warner, Dean & McLeod, of Kansas City, Mo. (Mr. Warner, the senior member, is United States senator from Missouri). William A. Dean, oldest son of Joseph by his second marriage, was reared and educated in Montour county, where he followed farming and surveying until he purchased a farm in Lewis township, Northumberland county, in 1872, removing thereon. He lived there until 1884, when he gave up arduous labor and settled at Milton, making his home in that borough until 1906, in which year he removed to Watsontown, at which place he spent his remaining days, in retirement. He lived on Main street, above First. He died June 9, 1910, in his eighty-third year. Though farming was his principal vocation during his more active years, Mr. Dean had other interests of importance and was chosen to a number of public positions, in which his services were highly satisfactory. He served over twenty years as justice of the peace, in Montour and END OF PAGE 407 Northumberland counties; represented the district including Northumberland county in the State Legislature from 1886 to 1888; was school director some years, and for three years secretary of the school board; was deputy sheriff under Robert Montgomery, and upon his death, in 1892, was appointed sheriff to complete the unexpired term. He has always been an enthusiastic Democrat, and has been delegate to a number of county and State conventions. He was a stockholder in the Milton Trust & Safe Deposit Company and served as member of the examining board. Mr. Dean was made a Mason in Danville Lodge, No. 224, F. & A.M., in 1850, later transferring his membership to Milton Lodge, No. 256, to which he belonged until his death. He and his family were associated with the Presbyterian church. Although past eighty at the time of his decease, Mr. Dean was active and vigorous for one of his years, possessed a good memory, and was greatly beloved for his kindly spirit and admirable disposition. On Oct. 3, 1853, Mr. Dean married Susan Gauger, daughter of John and Mary (Billmeyer) Gauger, of Montour county, and she died March 3, 1881. This union was blessed with two daughters: (1) Mary Ada married John Z. McFarland, of Watsontown, and they have a family of seven children: Dean, who is a mail carrier on the rural route from Watsontown; John Z., who married Maggie McGee, of McGees Mills, Clearfield Co., Pa., where they reside (they have two children); Jessie, who graduated from Bucknell University and is now teaching at Altoona, Pa.; Sarah, a student at Bucknell University; Oliver H.; Francis; and George. (2) Jessie is the wife of George F. Richmond, of Scranton, Pennsylvania. On Jan. 8, 1884, Mr. Dean married (second) Louisa McCurdy, daughter of Jacob and Ann (Day) McCurdy, of Union county, Pennsylvania. JOHN W. BARR, of Watsontown, Northumberland county, has been connected with the Breon Table Company ever since his arrival at that place, having come there in the spring of 1903 to take charge of the plant, which he purchased four years later. It is one of the important local industries, and Mr. Barr has made a high reputation as a manufacturer and as a business manager during his comparatively brief residence in the borough. He has had a varied business career. Mr. Barr was born March 25, 1872, at Degraff, Logan Co., Ohio, son of Hugh H. Barr and grandson of William Barr. The latter lived in Illinois, where he followed farming, and died about 1880. He is buried in that state. He was of Scotch-Irish extraction and a Presbyterian in religious faith. Hugh H. Barr was born April 14, 1845, in Ohio where his parents were then living, and was reared in Logan county, that state. He was only sixteen when the Civil war broke out, and at that age entered the Union service, in which he remained three years, being a member of the 13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In his young manhood he read law, but the legal profession did not appeal to him and he never completed the course. Immediately after the war he taught school, and through his own efforts has become a man of marked intellectual attainments, reading and study having always been his delight and a source of keen pleasure to him. He has for years been successfully engaged as a general contractor and builder, employing from ten to twenty men, as occasion requires, and has done considerable government work and built many bridges. He has continued to reside at Degraff, Logan Co., Ohio, and has long been an influential citizen of his community, having served a number of years as mayor of his town and several terms as county auditor. A Republican whose activity and influence in the party have made him widely known, he has served as delegate to a number of state conventions and once as a national delegate. Mr. Barr married Mary E. Stilwell, who was born in Logan county, Ohio, where her father, Stephen Stilwell, lived at the time; he subsequently moved to Kentucky, where his death occurred. John W. Barr received his common school education at Degraff, and took a technical course at Springfield, Ohio, leaving school to engage in the steel business at that place. After two years experience in that line he went to Baltimore, Md., in the fall of 1889, to take the position of assistant to the manager of the Whitley Harvesting Machine Company, continuing there about four years, until the eastern branch was removed. His next employment was at the photo engraving business in Baltimore, at which he was engaged for one year, at the end of that time selling out and moving to Philadelphia, where he became interested in architectural work. During the several years of his residence in that city he built nearly three thousand houses, doing a very successful business. In 1901 Mr. Barr removed to New York City, where he was engaged as consulting engineer on construction work, and during 1902-03 he built a considerable part of the Coney Island resort. In the spring of 1903 he came to Watsontown, Northumberland Co., Pa., where he has ever since resided. He immediately took charge of the works of the Breon Table Company, and after four years as manager of that concern bought it. The business is a large one, the manufacture of dining tables being its special feature, and the product finding a ready market all over the east, the demand being so extensive as to keep seventy men steadily employed. Mr. Barr devotes himself almost exclusively to business, and he has gained high standing in local circles, where the prosperity of his establishment is regarded as an important factor in the industrial situation. He is a Republican in political matters. END OF PAGE 408 Mr. Barr married Virginia M. Cover, daughter of William Cover, of Frederick county, Md., and they have had two children, Virginia H. and John S. NICELY. There are in the county of Northumberland, Pa., two representatives of this name, William A. Nicely, cashier or the Watsontown National Bank, and Edward V. Nicely, register and recorder of the county, worthy and valued citizens of their communities. The Nicelys are an old Lancaster county family. Originally the name was spelled Knisely. One of the ancestors, probably the great-great-great- grandfather of William A. and Edward V., settled near the Dorry station in Lancaster county, Pa., in 1725. He was one of the founders of the Hanover church in Dauphin county, this State. Prior to the Revolutionary war two brothers, John and Stephen Nicely, left the old home, going together as far as Sunbury, where they separated, John going up the north branch of the Susquehanna river and settling near Shickshinny, Pa., where he reared a family. Stephen Nicely went up the west branch of the Susquehanna river and settled at Dewart, Pa., where he took up 200 acres of land, which is still owned by his descendants, and remains in the Nicely name. Here he spent his entire life, following the occupation of farming, and here his death occurred. He is buried at the River Church near Dewart. Among his children were: Joseph, John, Mrs. John Staver, Mrs. Freimyer and Mrs. Oyster. Joseph Nicely, grandfather of William A. and Edward V., was born on the old homestead, Jan. 12, 1807, and upon the death of his father received 100 acres, half of his father's farm, it having been divided between him and his brother John, they in turn paying their sisters their share. Mr. Nicely was a prominent Republican and served his community as associate judge from Aug. 4, 1869, to Nov. 30, 1875. On March 15, 1827, he married Rebecca Fox, born Oct. 13, 1808, and they reared a large family, born as follows: George W., Feb. 22, 1828; Margaret E., Oct. 19, 1829; Mahlon Augustus, Oct. 7, 1831; Joseph and Rebecca (twins), Sept. 30, 1833 (Rebecca married William Taylor); Mary, April 13, 1836 (married William Bryson); William, March 24, 1838; Sarah, July 8, 1840 (married J. Herbert Nye); Charles Stephen, March 31, 1842 (lives in Kansas); John F., Feb. 2, 1845 (lived in Montoursville, Pa.); Alfred S., Feb. 13, 1847 (lives in Ohio) and Oliver P., Dec. 27, 1851 (lives in Williamsport, Pa.). Of these, all grew to maturity but Margaret and William, who died young. Only three now survive: Charles Stephen, Alfred S. and Oliver P. The father died Dec. 11, 1877, and the mother Feb. 22, 1888, and they are buried at the River Church. Mahlon Augustus Nicely was born Oct. 7, 1831, on the old homestead. He married Susan, daughter of Valentine and Blanche (Scheaffer) Beeber, of Lycoming county, and moved to Lycoming county, where he followed farming. Later he purchased the old homestead and was a prominent dealer in grain at Dewart, Northumberland Co., Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Nicely were the parents of the following children: William Augustus; Ida, wife of Reuben Neyhard, of Elmsport, Pa.; Sara E., wife of J. H. Baily, of Muncy, Pa.; Edward V.; Carrie M., Mrs. Samuel A. Lowry; Eva, wife of Ambrose Hering, of Williamsport; Luther B., a dentist at Montgomery, who died in 1909 and two sons who died young. Mr. Nicely died in September, 1907, and is buried at Muncy, Pa.; his wife died in June, 1907. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS NICELY was born Dec. 29, 1857, in Delaware township, Northumberland Co., Pa. He attended the public schools of Lycoming county, the Muncy normal and Williamsport Commercial College, from which latter he was graduated in 1876. He then engaged in the grain business with his father, after which he went west, and on his return accepted a position in the Watsontown National Bank, at its organization, Aug. 9, 1880. He held this position until 1900, when he was promoted to the position of cashier, which he still retains. He was one of the founders of the Watsontown Brick, Clay & Produce Company, and is treasurer of the company. Mr. Nicely married Rebecca J., daughter of Charles and Rebecca (Corson) Mosley, of Muncy, Pa., and their union has been blessed with three children: Amey R., married to Davis L. Bly; Charles A.; and Mable A. Mr. Nicely is a member of the Watsontown Lodge, No. 401, F. & A.M.; Warrior Run Chapter, No. 246; Mount Hermon commandery, No. 84, Irem Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and to I.O.O.F. Lodge, No. 619 and Encampment No. 294, both of which for many years he has served as treasurer. Mr. Nicely is a member of the Lutheran church at Watsontown, Pa. He assisted in the erection of the present edifice, and has been a member of the church council for twenty-six years, much of which time he served as treasurer of the church and for several years as president of the council. EDWARD V. NICELY, son of Mahlon A. and brother of William A., was born upon the homestead May 17, 1865. He was employed with his father for several years and farmed in Delaware township for fifteen years. In 1906 he was elected register and recorder of Northumberland county, which offices he now holds. He is a Democrat in politics and has served as clerk of the Orphans' court. He is a very popular and well liked man in the county, is a member of Maclay Lodge, No. 632, F. & A.M., of Sunbury; of Bloomsburg Consistory, 320; Irem Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., at END OF PAGE 409 Wilkes-Barre; I.O.O.F. Lodge, No. 619, of Watsontown; Artisans Order of Mutual Protection, Watsontown; the B.P.O.E., and the F.O.E. at Milton. Mr. Nicely was married in August, 1890, to I. J. Mentz, and they have one child, Wood M. The family attend the Lutheran church. WILLIAM H. ECKMAN, a farmer of West Chillisquaque township, is a member of the fourth generation of his family to reside in Northumberland county, where this branch of the Eckmans has been represented since the time of his great-grandfather, Charles Eckman. Charles Eckman was born in 1779 near Bloomsbury, N. J. married Margaret DeWitt in 1800 and spent the following few years in the home district. In 1807 they came to Pennsylvania, settling in Northumberland county, where Mr. Eckman purchased a farm near Snydertown. In 1813 he exchanged this tract for another near by, which became the family homestead. There he lived and died, and he and his wife are buried in the old Presbyterian graveyard near Reed's station. They had a family of eleven children, eight sons and three daughters, and we have record of the following: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, James, John, Charles (who married Elizabeth J. Kline), Catharine and Naomi; four of this family died young. Jacob Eckman, son of Charles, was born Sept. 22, 1805, in New Jersey, and was only two years old when his parents removed thence to Northumberland county and settled near Snydertown. He followed farming and became a well known citizen of his section, and at his death, which occurred April 19, 1876, in Sunbury, was widely mourned. In July, 1826, he married Emma Gulick, who was born Dec. 6, 1802, and died April 8, 1882. We have the following record of their family: William, born Nov. 27, 1826, married Didama Sloan May 10, 1849 (he died Aug. 30, 1850); Matilda, born July 28, 1828, married Lorenzo Mettler May 21, 1861; Peter, born May 10, 1831, married Angeline Shipe; James K., born Dec. 16, 1833, married Mary Ann Kline Jan. 12, 1856; John G., born Oct. 7, 1836, married Margaret Louisa Hue Sept. 25, 1856; Philip H., born March 19, 1839, was fatally wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, near Richmond, Va., May 31, 1862; Charles W., born Dec. 3, 1841, married Alice Clark Aug. 21, 1862; Sarah E., born Sept. 12, 1844, married Emanuel Z. Shipe, Jan. 14, 1869. James and Charles are now residents of Kansas. The following letter was sent to Jacob Eckman announcing the death of his son Philip: Headquarters, Company H, 93d Pa. Reg't Camp Seven Fines, Near Richmond, Va., June 3d, 1562. Dear Friends: - It is a painful task for me to write you the death of your son Philip H. Eckman, who fell on the battlefield on last Saturday, mortally wounded, and died before he was carried from the field. He was shot through both legs near the groin, by the enemy. He was standing at his post in the front rank when he was shot. He was carried part way from the field by Corporal Weaver and myself, and the other part by Orderly Goodrich and D. R. Eckman, in whose hands he died. He appeared to have no pain, and died without saying a word but "God save me." It was a long and hard battle; it lasted from 2 o'clock p. m. until dark when we were outnumbered and outflanked by the enemy. We were compelled to leave our dead, among whom were our poor brothers in arms, Philip, Samuel Kertz, A. Reynolds and J. Bear, all of our company. Early on Sunday morning we received reinforcements, and drove the enemy from the field, but poor Philip was robbed of everything he had in his pockets by the Rebels. You can console yourselves by knowing that he was very nicely buried on Monday by Charles Weaver, A. B. Patton, D. R. Eckman, myself, and several others, under a beautiful cedar tree near the road. We made as good a coffin as possible under the circumstances, and buried him with his clothes and blanket around him. He died with a smile on his countenance. The loss in our company is four killed, two missing and seven wounded; the loss of the regiment is about one hundred and thirty killed, wounded and missing. It is impossible for me to give the details of the battle; you will doubtless have the full particulars of it in the papers before you get this. I will have to close for the present. While you in the hour of your bereavement have the sympathy of the entire company, we deeply feel the loss of a friend and a faithful soldier, and one beloved by the whole company. With my kindest regards to all inquiring friends, I close. Yours truly, Charles W. Eckman, 2d Lieutenant, Co. H., 93d Pa. Reg't. Peter Eckman, son of Jacob, was born May 10, 1831, near Klinesgrove, in Upper Augusta township, Northumberland county, and there resided until he was about twenty-one years old. He followed farming near Sunbury for a number of years, and moving to the borough about 1883 commenced work in the machine shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, where he was employed for a period of eighteen years, being placed on the retired list May 31, 1901, having reached the age limit. He died July 31, 1906, at his home at the corner of Catawissa avenue and Reagan street. The end came suddenly, without warning, shortly after he arose in the morning, and with the exception of a slight feeling of illness the evening before he bad been in his usual health. He was buried in Pomfret Manor cemetery. The funeral was held from the Catawissa Avenue M. E. church, of which he had been a faithful member. At the time of his death he was steward of the church, and had previously served as trustee. A lifelong Methodist, he was sincere in his profession, and tried to live so closely to his faith that a friend once told him he was too honest to get rich. He was a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good Christian, beloved throughout a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. On Nov. 23, 1852, Mr. Eckman married Angeline Shipe, who was born in 1832 in Shamokin township, Northumberland county, and survives END OF PAGE 410 him, continuing to make her home in Sunbury. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eckman: William H.; Elizabeth (who died in infancy), a son that died in infancy, and Joseph Warren. Johan Heinrich (or John Henry) Shipe, grand-father of Mrs. Peter Eckman, lived in Berks county, Pa., in his earlier life, later settling in Shamokin township, Northumberland county, where he owned about two hundred acres of land and followed farming. He died upon his farm and is buried at the Blue Church in Shamokin township. His wife was Elizabeth Sherry and they had children as follows: John, Polly (married Valentine Hummel), Henry, Abraham, Jacob, Michael, and Elizabeth (married Jacob Persing). Michael Shipe (son of John Henry) and his wife Judith H. had a large family, namely: William married Elizabeth Keefer, and their children are Charles A. Martin L., Jonathan R., Arthur B. and Bessie E.; Isaac married Elizabeth Berger and their children are Mary A., Clara, Angeline and Tressa; Henry H. (deceased) married Louisa Reeder, and they had four children, James A., Michael W., Emma and Anna; Ira (deceased) married Louisa Clark, and they had Edward, Swartz, Harry M., Thomas and Jane; Moses married Rebecca Clark and had children, Isaac, George and Herbert; Michael married Kate Barnhart and had Walter and Laura; Emanuel Z. married Sarah E. Eckman; Rev. Jonathan R., a Methodist minister, now stationed at Hazleton, Pa., married Mollie Besser; Angeline is the widow of Peter Eckman. William H. Eckman was born Aug. 7, 1855, in Upper Augusta township, and there attended school, also going to school at Sunbury. He has successfully followed farming, and is now located in West Chillisquaque township. He purchased a piece of property in the borough of Sunbury where he lived for some years, during which time he was connected with the Pomfret Manor Cemetery Company. In June, 1891, he bought the Bieber farm, a beautiful tract of land lying near Pottsgrove, to which he removed with his family in 1893, and this has since been their home. Mr. Eckman has built a handsome and comfortable residence on this property since it came into his possession and has made a model farm of the tract, which is a credit to the community. On March 1, 1888, Mr. Eckman married Sarah A. Montgomery, daughter of Hugh R. and Sarah S. (Moll) Montgomery, and they have had two children: Clara A., born in Sunbury Aug. 14, 1891, and Mae Montgomery, born at Pottsgrove Feb. 9, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Eckman are members of the Presbyterian church. Politically he is a Prohibitionist JOSEPH WARREN ECKMAN, the other surviving son of Peter Eckman, was born Feb. 7, 1866, on a farm near Sunbury, where Pomfret Manor cemetery is now located. He was educated in the local public schools, and lived on the farm with his parents until eighteen years of age, when the family moved to Sunbury and he there studied stenography and typewriting when not otherwise engaged, continuing thus until he was twenty-one years old. He then accepted the position of stenographer at the Milton Car Works (Murray, Dougal & Co. Limited), Milton, Pa., Feb. 7, 1887, continuing to hold that position for almost seventeen and a half years, until July 1, 1904. Since that date he has been engaged in the First National Bank of Milton. He became private secretary to Hon. C. H. Dickerman, president of the bank, and on Jan. 1, 1907, was also made a clerk in the bank. On Dec. 5, 1889, Mr. Eckman was married at Sunbury to Lillie Dale Hile, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hile, and they made their home at Milton, where Mrs. Eckman died of typhoid fever March 5, 1900. She was the mother of two children: Ira Walter, born Sept. 6, 1892; and Roy Eugene, born Dec. 12, 1897, who died Jan. 8, 1899. On Feb. 7, 1901, Mr. Eckman married Maggie Belle Moyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phaon Moyer, of Unityville, Pa. They have one child, Alice Hanna, born Nov. 1, 1910. Emanuel Z. Shipe, late of Sunbury, was born June 13, 1844, near Shamokin, this county, and in 1866 began working in the Sunbury shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, where he was employed until obliged to give up active labor because of ill health, about twelve years before his death. At the shops he was held in the highest esteem by his fellow workers, for his sturdy Christian character and manly life. For eighteen years before his death, which occurred early in 1908, he was a sufferer from locomotor ataxia, and during the last six years of his life was unable to walk. In December, 1862, Mr. Shipe joined the Mount Pleasant Methodist church, and after moving to Sunbury became a member of St. John's church, with which he was identified until the organization of the Catawissa Avenue M. E. church. He was a trustee of the latter for many years, and for thirty-eight consecutive years served as class leader. His funeral was held from the Catawissa Avenue church, and he was interred in Pomfret Manor cemetery. On Jan. 14, 1869, Mr. Shipe married Sarah E. Eckman, and to them were born five children, three of whom, with Mrs. Eckman, survived him, namely: Mrs. J. L Creasy and John E., both of Sunbury; and Eugene A., of Pittsburg. One child died in infancy, and the daughter Minnie died several years before her father. Mrs. Shipe makes her home on Catawissa avenue, Sunbury. END OF PAGE 411 OBERDORF. The Oberdorf family has been identified with that part of Northumberland county now known as Upper Augusta township since the early days, and there was born Peter C. Oberdorf, who now carries on an extensive real estate and insurance business in Sunbury, and is a director of the Sunbury Trust & Safe Deposit Company. Among the prosperous farmers of that township at the present day is George Forrest Oberdorf, and Elmer E. Oberdorf, now living retired in Sunbury, was also engaged in farming until recently. The founder of the Oberdorf family in America after emigrating settled in Longswamp township, Berks Co., Pa., where apparently he died comparatively young, or in middle life. One Catharine Oberdorf, probably his widow, was married (second) to Martin Warfel, of Augusta township, Northumberland Co., Pa. On April 26, 1796, Martin Warfel and Catharine, his wife, of Augusta township, sold to Peter Oberdorf, Sr., the pioneer of the Northumberland county family, a tract of 306 acres and 72 perches of land then in Augusta (now Upper Augusta) township. Most of this land is still in the family name. Peter Oberdorf, Jr. (son of the pioneer), made his last will and testament Sept. 17, 1842; sons Peter (3) and George were appointed executors. George Oberdorf willed his estate divided in six equal shares, legatees as follows: Brother Peter, of Augusta township, Northumberland Co., Pa.; Jacob, of Northumberland county; John, of Berks county; Magdalena, who married Jacob Carl, also of Longswamp township, Berks county; Catharine, who married John Hoffman, and lived in Ruscombmanor township, Berks county; and my mother, Catharine, intermarried with Martin Warfel, in Augusta township. Peter Oberdorf, brother, and George Bright, a trusted friend of Sunbury borough, were the executors. This will was made Jan. 3, 1800, and he died soon afterward. Peter Oberdorf (evidently the son of the pioneer referred to as Peter, Jr.), the great-grandfather of Peter C., born April 20, 1772, lived in Upper Augusta township, on the farm now owned by his grandson, George Forrest Oberdorf. He was a farmer, and was known in the locality as "Little Peter," to distinguish him from his son, who was known as "Big Peter." He died April 22, 1853, and is buried in the old cemetery at Sunbury. His wife, Elizabeth, born April 3, 1766, died Dec. 31, 1811. They had children as follows: John settled on the north branch of the Susquehanna river; Joseph lived in New York State; Peter is mentioned below; George lived and died on the old homestead; Elizabeth married Jonathan Stroh; Catharine married Abraham Moore; Margaret married Gilbert Deats; Mrs. Brewer moved with her husband to New York State (they had sons Peter and George W.). Peter Oberdorf, son of Peter and Elizabeth, was a native of Upper Augusta township and is buried at the M. E. Church at Klinesgrove. He was a prosperous farmer, owning three valuable tracts, one of 247 acres, his homestead farm of 165 acres, and what was known, as the Bakeoven Hill farm, adjoining Pomfret Manor cemetery, which consisted of about two hundred acres, now owned by William H. Druckenmiller. Mr. Oberdorf was not only enterprising and farsighted in business but also intelligent and public-spirited in matters affecting the welfare of the community - a trait none too common in those days. He was one of eight voters in his township to advocate by ballot the establishment of the free school system at a time when free education was a most unpopular and misunderstood cause, his fellow voters on that question being Elijah Kline, Jacob Clark, Col. John Snyder, Samuel Bloom, Samuel Awl and two others whose names have been forgotten. He was a Lutheran member of the Zion Church at Sunbury, and has a monument on the Oberdorf family burial plot, where several generations of the family are interred. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He married Mary Hauser, who bore him children as follows: Samuel is mentioned below; Martin, mentioned below, settled near the homestead, where he died; Jeremiah, who was a school teacher, died in young manhood; David, who never married, lived and died on the homestead; Mary, born Jan. 1, 1820, died Jan. 31, 1908, unmarried; Eliza, born June 25, 1825, died Feb. 6, 1883, unmarried; Susanna died unmarried. Samuel Oberdorf was born April 27, 1815, in Upper Augusta township, and died June 10, 1884. He is buried at the M. E. Church at Klinesgrove. He was a lifelong farmer, owning one of his father's three farms, a tract of over 240 acres. A Presbyterian in religious connection, he joined the church at Rushtown in his earlier years, later uniting with the church at Sunbury. He married Rhoda C. Campbell, who was born Jan. 22, 1818, daughter of Christopher Campbell, and died Sept. 12, 1900, in her eighty-third year. Twelve children blessed this union, namely: Oliver P., born June 9, 1839, died while serving in the army; Isaac C., born May 9, 1841, died May 20, 1865, in Upper Augusta township; Mary E., born March 29, 1843, has never married; Peter C., born Dec. 7, 1844, is mentioned below; Victoria Isabelle, born March 13, 1847, died July 21, 1862; Omar, born Jan. 29, 1846, died March 29, 1846; Joseph C., born March 1, 1849, died Jan. 28, 1882, of typhoid fever; Marcy Hamilton, born April 19, 1850, died March 19, 1856; Prof. Charles D. is mentioned below; William R., born April 29; 1853, a merchant of Sunbury, married Olive Wolverton and has two sons, Calvin (who graduated from the Sunbury high school and from Bucknell College, at Lewisburg, and is now a civil engineer; he is a member of Lodge No. 22, F. & A.M.) and END OF PAGE 412 Robert (who graduated from the Sunbury high school with the class of 1911); Susanna F., born Sept. 1, 1854, married E. M. Eckman, of Rush township; Samuel M., born Dec. 25, 1856, is a retired farmer of Riverside, Pennsylvania. PETER C. OBERDORF was born Dec. 7, 1844, and was reared to farm life, meantime obtaining his early education in the local public schools. Later he attended Dickinson Seminary, at Williamsport, Pa., and then locating at Klinesgrove engaged in the general merchandise business, which he continued for a period of six years. Thence he came to Sunbury, where he formed a partnership with P. H. Moore and D. H. Snyder, under the firm name of D. H. Snyder & Co. They successfully conducted a general store on Market street for nine years, the business being carried on under the original style until clerks bought out the founders and formed a new association, S. H. Snyder & Co. Mr. Oberdorf then entered the brick manufacturing business, which he continued until the silk mill was erected, when he sold his ground to the company. He was in the brick business about eight years in all. He has since been engaged in the real estate and insurance line, in which he has made a notable success. As agent of the Sunbury Mutual Fire Insurance Company he has built up its business from insignificance to profitable proportions, having taken hold of its business when it had less than two hundred thousand dollars worth of insurance in force; it has now considerably over a million. His real estate and insurance transactions have attained large proportions, and he is interested in local finance as a director of the Sunbury Trust & Safe Deposit Company. Mr. Oberdorf is well known socially, being a member of Lodge No. 22, F. & A.M., and of the Temple Club of Sunbury; of the Americus Club of Sunbury; and of the Rolling Green Country Club. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Sunbury, and served as trustee of the congregation for a number of years. Politically he is a Republican, and he has served as auditor of the town. CHARLES D. OBERDORF, son of Samuel, was born July 17, 1851. He began teaching at the age of seventeen, on Bald Top, near Danville, afterwards teaching two years near the Odd Fellows Orphanage in Upper Augusta township. For the next two years he was a tutor in the private school of N. Foster Browne, one year at Sunbury, and one in Lewistown, preparing at the same time for college. Entering Princeton University in the fall of 1874, he graduated in 1878; served as principal of the Mount Carmel high school for the next three years, and was then elected supervisory principal of the Sunbury schools, serving as such for twelve years. He was then elected borough superintendent of the Sunbury schools, for two terms of three years each. Since that time, from 1900 to 1911 inclusive, he has been principal of the Mount Carmel high school. On July 15, 1905, Professor Oberdorf married Olive A. Ruch, of Northumberland, and they have one child, Rhoda Jane, born Jan. 16, 1910. He is a member of Masonic Lodge No. 22, of Sunbury. George Oberdorf, son of Peter, Jr., was born on the homestead in Lower Augusta township, Aug. 19, 1807, and died Feb. 28, 1866. He and his wife Charity are buried at the Klinesgrove M. E. Church. He was educated in the old pay school of his day, and trained from early life to farming, which he began for himself in 1855, purchasing his father's place from the estate. He lived there all his life. The farm then comprised 226 acres. Originally a Democrat, later a Whig, when the war broke out he became a follower of Abraham Lincoln. He helped to establish the first public school in the township, which was built by subscription, and he himself did much of the carpenter work, on this school building. He served as overseer of the poor, in short he was an all-round active and useful citizen. In religion a Lutheran, he was a member of St. John's Church, and was in the church council some years. Mr. Oberdorf was married twice, first to Catharine Campbell daughter of Robert Campbell. She was born Jan. 12, 1812, and died May 30, 1835; she is buried at Klinesgrove. By this union there were two children: Margaret born Jan. 11, 1834, who died Aug. 15, 1836; and Joseph, born March 8, 1835, who died Aug. 4, 1835. Mr. Oberdorf's second marriage was to Charity Sowders, on Feb. 16, 1837. She died Aug. 5, 1865, aged fifty-five years, eleven months, twenty days, the mother of five children, namely: Harriet born July 5, 1838, married Oscar Heller, and they lived in Rush township; Mary C., born Sept. 25, 1841, married A. D. Moore and they live at Klinesgrove, Pa.; Peter J., born Nov. 13, 1843, died April 21, 1887, and is buried at Klinesgrove M. E. Church (he married Lydia A. Reed, who died Dec. 8, 1888, aged thirty-nine years, six months, four days, and their son, Frank H., born in 1873, died in 1894); George Forrest was born May 2, 1846; Elizabeth, born April 25, 1848, married Joel Rabuck, and they live in Rush township. GEORGE FORREST OBERDORF, farmer in Upper Augusta township, at Klinesgrove, was born May 2, 1846, on the farm he now occupies. He was educated in the township public schools and reared as a farmer, beginning farming for himself in the spring of 1887, on the homestead where he has since continued to live. In March, 1887, the homestead farm passed into his possession. It was then a tract of 226 acres, of which he sold off forty-nine acres, subsequently adding thirty-three acres. He and his brother Peter J. at first owned the farm in partnership and built the present house, to which END OF PAGE 413 George F. Oberdorf has since made additions. The old house which Peter Oberdorf built about 1810, on this tract, is still standing and in a good state of preservation. It is a log house, now weather-boarded. In 1856 George Oberdorf, his son, remodeled it, and tore out two big stone chimneys that extended from the first floor up. It is now occupied by George C. Oberdorf, of the fourth generation. In 1899 George F. Oberdorf rebuilt the, barn, and in 1909 added a big straw shed. His land is fertile and adapted to general farming as well as fruit growing. He has a peach orchard of 300 trees. Mr. Oberdorf has been active in various interests in his locality and is one of the best known men in the township. He is a Republican and was school director for six years, serving a year as president and the same length of time as treasurer of the board. He is now president of the Augusta Mutual Fire Insurance Company, whose headquarters are in Sunbury, a well conducted company, of which Saul Shipman is secretary and David Cooper treasurer. The board consists of six directors. Mr. Oberdorf is an Odd Fellow, belonging to Snydertown Lodge, No. 527; of which he is a past grand and at one time was most active in its work. He and his family have worshiped in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Klinesgrove since 1876, and Mr. Oberdorf is one of the pillars of the church, which he has served officially for a number of years. On Jan. 5, 1876, Mr. Oberdorf married Laura Alice Mettler, daughter of Carter and Mary (Haughawout) Mettler, of Rush township, and they have had a family of five children: Mary, who died in infancy; Harriet M., at home; William R., at home; George C., who married Ruth A. Campbell, and lives in the old homestead residence; and Annie, who died of pneumonia when two and a half years old. Martin Oberdorf, son of Peter, was horn in Upper Augusta township, and was a farmer owning a farm of ninety acres. His death, which occurred in 1871 in Rush township, was the result of a cowardly shooting. He is buried at the Methodist Church at Klinesgrove. However, he was a member of the Reformed Church, as was his wife, Susan (Evert). They had children as follows: Henry M., of Stonington, Pa.; John E., of Sunbury, Pa.; Mary Eliza, who died Nov. 21, 1870, aged twenty-three years, six months, twenty-two days; William, of Iola, Kans.; Peter, who died at Berwick, Pa.; Philip, who died at Berwick; and Elmer E. ELMER E. OBERDORF was a farmer in Upper Augusta township, on the farm of his grandfather, Peter Oberdorf. He was born Sept. 20, 1861, in Rush township, attended the public schools, and has always lived on the farm. When his father, Martin Oberdorf, was shot he went into the family of his grandfather, Peter, when only ten years old, and there lived with them until they died. In the spring of 1907 he obtained the homestead where he lived until his removal to Sunbury. He cultivated a tract of 185 acres, and conducted his affairs successfully, also taking an active interest in local public affairs. Politically he is a Republican. In the spring of 1911 he came to Sunbury to live, making his home on Catawissa avenue. On Sept. 30, 1908, Mr. Oberdorf married Edith Shipman, daughter of John H. and Barbara (Snyder) Shipman, and granddaughter of Jacob Shipman, both the Shipmans being from Lower Augusta township, as was also Barbara Snyder, daughter of Col. Thomas Snyder. Mr. Oberdorf is a Lutheran in religious connection, and his wife is a Baptist. HARRY C. BARNHART, farmer, who has a large property in Point township, Northumberland county, located along the north branch of the Susquehanna river, was born Aug. 9, 1871, in Montour county, Pa., son of Martin Barnhart and grandson of Michael Barnhart. Michael Barnhart was born in Rush township, Northumberland county, and died at Shamokin Creek, below Sunbury, when sixty-eight years old. He is buried at Snydertown. He was a farmer by occupation and a Lutheran in religion. His first marriage was to a Miss Keefer, his second to Sarah Elizabeth (Neidig) Fryling, widow of Stophel Fryling. The following named children were born to the first union: John settled in Ohio; David became a resident of Sunbury, Pa.; Benjamin, of Watsontown; Pa.; George, of Sacramento, Cal.; Martin was the father of Harry C. Barnhart; Mary married Jonas Hollenbach; Hannah married John Bowen; Sophia married Mr. Donavan; Elizabeth married Thomas Rogers. Martin Barnhart was born Jan. 4,1823, in Rush township, was a lifelong farmer, and for many years owned and lived on the farm in Point township now occupied by his son Harry C. He died June 3, 1898, and is buried at Northumberland. Like the members of his family generally, he was a Lutheran in religious matters. In 1845 he married Sarah Elizabeth Fryling, who was born in October, 1826, daughter of Stophel and Sarah Elisabeth (Crissinger) Fryling, and granddaughter of Christopher Fryling, who lived along the Shamokin creek in Northumberland county. Though now in her eighty-eighth year, Mrs. Barnhart is well preserved. She is the mother of ten children, born as follows: William, 1846; Mary Alice, 1849 (died in 1855); Anna D., 1852; Hannah J., 1854 (died in 1855); Sarah Elizabeth, 1857; Josephine Lee, 1860; Angeline, 1862; James McClellan, 1865; Emma, 1867; Harry C., 1871. Harry C. Barnhart was reared to farming, and when twenty-six years old began cultivating his END OF PAGE 414 father's farm in Point township on his own account. This place has remained in the family since the father's death, in 1898, Harry C. Barnhart now owning it and he has operated it profitably, showing himself equal to the responsibility of so large a tract. The place contains 200 acres, located on the north branch, and its level, fertile fields, of productive river soil make it most valuable for general farming purposes. It was the old Joseph Bird homestead and has been occupied for several generations. A number of Indian relics have been found on the place. On May 6, 1908, Mr. Barnhart married Minnie Morgan, daughter of William Morgan, and they have two children, Elizabeth and William. Mr. and Mrs. Barnhart are members of the Lutheran Church, and he is a Democrat politically. MOSER. The Moser family now well known in the northern portion of Northumberland county is descended from Peter Moser, a native of Berks county, Pa., who in 1838 came to Derry township, then in Northumberland county, but now included in Montour county. He had considerable land and was a lifelong farmer, being succeeded on his home place by his son-in- law, Gideon Dietrich. He was an early live stock dealer, and was a prominent and successful man, being able to give a farm to each of his nine children. He is buried at Washingtonville Church, which he helped to build, being one of the foremost members of the Lutheran congregation there; he served many years in the church council. His children were as follows: Jacob, Samuel, John, George, Henry, Fred, Mrs. Samuel Shirey, Sallie (wife or Samuel Snyder), Susan (wife of Gideon Dietrich) and Margaret (married Philip Boyer). John Moser, son of Peter, was born Jan. 19, 1822, near Amityville in Berks county, Pa., and was a youth when he moved with his parents to Derry township, in what is now Montour county. He was trained to agricultural work from early life, and inheriting a tract of 264 acres from his father continued to cultivate that place until 1897, when he removed to Turbutville. In 1900 he built the fine home there (the place now owned by his son Henry) where he died Feb. 13, 1909, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. He is buried in the Moser family plot in the new cemetery at Turbutville. Mr. Moser was an unusually successful man, and as he dealt in horses and cattle for many years in addition to farming he became widely known throughout this region. Though he suffered a loss of about three thousand dollars in the Turbutville fire of Aug. 11, 1900, the estate which he left at his death was valued at fifteen thousand dollars, and he had distributed a much larger amount among his children during his lifetime. Moreover, his means were all accumulated in honorable business transactions and not by penuriousness for he was very liberal in his charities and in his gifts to religious work, giving with a free hand to his own and to all other churches. In Columbia county he donated seven hundred dollars to the Madison township Lutheran Church. He was the oldest resident of Turbutville at the time of his death, and his funeral was largely attended. In 1907 his sons John Wellington and Henry Moser gave a fine memorial window to the German Evangelical Lutheran Church at Turbutville in his honor. His wife, Margaret (Cromly), daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Evert) Cromly, though now in her eightieth year (she was born Aug. 5, 1831), is well preserved, and still makes her home at Turbutville. Children as follows were born to this honored couple: Henry, Daniel (of Montour county), S. Anna (who died young), J. Wellington, Catharine (married John A. Ellis and died leaving two children, Margaret and Ella), William Hurley and Peter (a farmer of Lewis township). HENRY MOSER) son of John, is a prominent citizen and farmer of Lewis township, where he owns a fine tract of eighty-four acres near Turbutville. He was born Sept. 24, 1852, near Washingtonville, Montour county, and was educated in the common schools, beginning work meantime with his father, with whom he remained until he reached the age of twenty-four years. He then began operations on his own account in Anthony township, Montour county, where he farmed on shares for seven years, in 1884 coming to his present farm in Lewis township, Northumberland county. It is a fine piece of limestone soil, formerly the old Wykoff homestead, and Mr. Moser has developed its resources to the best advantage, having three lime kilns on the place which are kept going nearly all the year round. He burns from fifty thousand to sixty thousand bushels of lime annually, employing five men in this work alone. An able manager in the conduct of his business affairs, he has reached a substantial place among the well-to-do citizens of his locality, having acquired several properties in Turbutville and holdings of considerable value in various banks. His reliability and acumen in financial matters have been recognized by his fellow townsmen, who elected him to the office of township treasurer for many years, and he has also served as tax collector. He votes independently, being bound by no party ties. In 1876 Mr. Moser married Anna E. Carey, daughter of James and Rachel (Hindershot) Carey, of White Hall, Montour Co., Pa. They have no children. Mr. and Mrs. Moser are members of the old Lutheran Church at Turbutville, and he has served as trustee thereof. Socially he holds membership in Warrior Run Lodge, No. 401, F. & A.M., of Watsontown, and in Warrior Run Lodge, No. 645, I.O.O.F., of Turbutville. JOHN WELLINGTON MOSER, son of John, a highly END OF PAGE 415 esteemed resident of Turbutville, was born Dec. 4, 1857, in Columbia county, Pa., and received his schooling at White Hall. He was reared to farm life, and began farming for himself in the spring of 1889, for the next eighteen years being thus engaged in Limestone township, Montour county. In 1907 he built the home at Turbutville which he has since occupied, renting his farm, though he occasionally works upon it. He is a man of the most honorable standing, widely esteemed. On March 7, 1889, Mr. Moser married Emma R. Dietrich, daughter of Daniel Dietrich, of No. 1007 Franklin street, Reading, Pa., who died Jan. 10, 1911. They have one son, J. Alvin, born Aug. 26, 1894. The family are members of the Lutheran Church, in which Mr. Moser takes an active interest, being a member of the building committee that has the remodeling of the church in hand at present (1910). Politically he is a Republican. WILLIAM HARLEY MOSER, son of John, is also a highly respected resident of Turbutville. He was born May 6, 1861, at the homestead in Columbia county. He attended the common schools and assisted with the farm work at home until he was thirty-three years old, after which he undertook the cultivation of the place, which is near White Hall, on his own account. He continued thus for fourteen years, when he sold out his farm stock and moved to the borough of Turbutville. He has a large residence on the main street. Mr. Moser retains the ownership of the homestead farm, a tract of 264 acres, which he rents out. On Feb. 26, 1895, Mr. Moser married Sue Wolfe, daughter of William and Martha (Wolfe) Wolfe, of Derry township, Montour county, her paternal and maternal grandfathers, George Wolfe and Leonard Wolfe, having been second cousins. Mr. and Mrs. Moser have no children. They are members of the Lutheran Church. In politics he is a Republican. Jacob Moser, son of Peter, was born in Berks county, Pa., and went to Montour county about two years after his father's removal thither. He followed farming, and also conducted a store at Mooresburg for eleven years, after which he retired. He died at Pottsgrove, Northumberland county, at the age of ninety-three years, and is buried in Oak Grove cemetery. His wife, Justine (Boyer), daughter of Jacob Boyer, of Berks county, died at the age of eighty-four years. They had children as follows: Anna, who married Jeremiah Fix; Hettie, who died unmarried; Peter, who died at Pottsgrove in 1911; Catharine, who married Daniel Dietrich; Sarah, who married Samuel Sanders; David, who died in 1861; Mary, who married William Sheets and (second) Eli Bickel; Jacob B.; and John, deceased. JACOB B. MOSER, now living retired in the borough of Watsontown, Northumberland county, was born March 28, 1845, in Liberty township, Montour Co., Pa., son of Jacob and Justine (Boyer) Moser, and grandson of Peter Moser. He was educated in the public schools and reared to farming, also assisting his father in the general store at Mooresburg, Montour county. In 1868 he began farming on the homestead in Liberty township, where he lived and farmed on shares for sixteen years, his parents making their home with him. After that he bought & tract of sixty acres in Liberty township, along Mexico Ridge, and a year later bought another sixty acres, adjoining. He continued to cultivate this property for nine years, when he sold it and moved to Limestone township, where he had a 170-acre tract. There he also farmed for nine years, and he still owns the place, which is one of the most valuable farms in that district. He has a tenant on the place now. Mr. Moser also owns another farm, of 118 acres, in Turbut township, Northumberland county. He is now living retired in Watsontown, where he has occupied his fine modern residence since April, 1908. He is a man of substance and sterling worth, and has an honored place in the community. He and his family are members of the new Lutheran Church, and he was deacon and elder of the church at his former home. On political questions he is a Republican. In 1869 Mr. Moser married Mary Fenstermacher, daughter of Charles and Catharine (Shumaker) Fenstermacher, who lived in Valley township, Montour county, where he had a farm and also followed tanning. To this union have been born the following children: Ella married Allen Watson and they live in Anthony township, Montour county; Warren lives on his father's farm in Turbut township; Laura graduated from the State Normal school at Lock Haven and is engaged in teaching; Charles lives with his parents, Clyde farms his uncle Peter Moser's farm in Liberty township, Montour county; Tina married Cortney Baird and they live in Lock Haven, Pa.; Catharine and Ida are unmarried, Jacob farms a place belonging to his uncle Peter Moser in Liberty township; Mary is unmarried. WALTER L. WEIDENHAMER, merchant of Watsontown, Northumberland county, belongs to a family which has been settled in Pennsylvania from about the middle of the eighteenth century. The progenitor in America, Johannes Weidenhamer, was a native of Germany, born Nov. 14, 1726. In 1750 he married Margaret Magdalena Eblinger, and they were survived by five sons and four daughters, twenty-seven grandchildren and forty-eight great grandchildren. Johannes Weidenhamer died Aug. 3, 1804, in his seventy-eighth year, his wife, who was born in 1729, dying in April, 1812, when eighty-three years old. The original Weidenhamer. homestead was about three quarters of a END OF PAGE 416 mile north of Moselem Springs, in Berks county, Pa., on the Easton road. John Adam (or Johann) Weidenhamer, one of the sons of Johannes, the emigrant came with the family from Germany and lived in Maiden-creek township, Berks county, where he followed farming. He married Elizabeth Danker, and to them were born children as follows: Jacob; Benjamin, who moved to Ohio, where he died; George, who died in Maiden-creek township, Berks county; John; Susanna, Mrs. Daniel Kauffman, whose children were Mrs. Charles Hottenstein, Mrs. Peter Dunkle and Mrs. Jacob Hoffman; Maria, Mrs. Daniel Althouse; Sarah, who died unmarried; and Betsy, Mrs. Williams. Jacob Weidenhamer, grandfather of Walter L. Weidenhamer, and son of John Adam, was born in 1797 in Berks county. He married Susanna Dreibelbis, also a native of Berks county, born Oct. 1, 1805, daughter of Daniel Dreibelbis, of Richmond township, Berks county. In 1837 Mr. and Mrs. Weidenhamer moved to Montour county, this State, settling in Limestone township, where Mr. Weidenhamer bought a valuable farm of about two hundred acres. Here he followed farming until his death, which occurred in 1863, in his sixty-seventh year. He was also interested in the mercantile business at Limestoneville. Politically he was a Democrat, and held various township offices. His wife died in 1887. To them were born children as follows: Wellington D., who lived and died in Limestone (he was a tanner by occupation, and served as justice of the peace); Sarah, who lived and died at Limestoneville; William, who died July 7, 1910; John Adam; Daniel living at Milton; and Elizabeth E., who first married John Sheep and later Emanuel Mauser, of Liberty township, Montour county (or maybe of Milton), and had three children, Edward Sheep (now living in Michigan) and William and Maude Mauser. John Adam Weidenhamer, son of Jacob, was born April 5, 1836, in Berks county, Pa., and received a common school education. When fourteen he began clerking in his brother's store, and for some years during his earlier manhood he was engaged in farming in Limestone township, Montour county, whence he came to Dewart, Northumberland county, in 1867, buying C. B. Reifsnyder's general store. He conducted that business until his removal to Watsontown in 1882, from which time until about six months before his death, when he retired, he had a general store at that place. He became widely known in that connection and was a respected citizen. In politics he was a Democrat and he served several years as assessor of Delaware township. He died in 1899 in Sutton, W. Va., where he was visiting his son, Charles D. On Nov. 1, 1859, Mr. Weidenhamer married Sarah Ann Deitzman, of West Milton, and to them were born three children: Charles D., Horace G. and Walter L. Mr. Weidenhamer was a member of the Lutheran Church, to which his wife also belonged, and he served as deacon and elder. Walter L. Weidenhamer was born Sept. 9, 1870, at Dewart, and there began his education in the public schools. He early began to assist his father as clerk in the store, and was thus engaged until 1893, when he opened his present business at Watsontown, carrying a line of stationery, jewelry, sporting goods, cigars and tobacco, as well as newspapers. He has a well appointed store on Main street between First and Second, and by enterprising methods has built up a prosperous trade, which has increased steadily. On April 24, 1895, Mr. Weidenhamer married Eva Rissel, daughter of Peter Rissel (formerly spelled Rishel), a railroader, and they have had two children, Harold R. and Alberta May. Mr. Weidenhamer and his family are members of the Lutheran Church. He is well known fraternally, holding membership in, Watsontown Lodge, No. 619, I.O.O.F.; Council No. 514, Jr. O.U.A.M., at Watsontown; the A.O.M.P., No. 33; and Milton Lodge, No. 913, B.P.O. Elks, of Milton, this county. Politically he is a Democrat and he has held local offices at Watsontown. EVERITT. The name Everitt was for over forty years closely associated with business interests in Watsontown, where Enos and Enoch Everitt, twin brothers, were engaged in general merchandising for many years, were foremost in the organization of the Farmers' National Bank, and otherwise filled a useful place in the welfare and advancement of the community. They were born in December, 1829, in Columbia county, Pa., sons of James Everitt. The father was born in Easton, Northampton Co., Pa., where he married a member of a substantial family of that county, a woman of energetic disposition and noble character. They came to Columbia county after several children had been born to them, and there followed farming. Their family was a large one, viz.: Andrew; William; Moses; Enos and Enoch, twins; Hiram, who was the youngest; Elizabeth, Mrs. Long; Sarah, Mrs. John Wells; Martha; Mary, who died out West; Susan, who married; Lucy, Mrs. Finas Young. ENOS EVERITT spent his early life in his native county. In 1861 he and his twin brother Enoch came to Watsontown, Northumberland county, and embarked in the mercantile business on a humble scale, in a stone house which stood along the canal. By close application to business and excellent management they prospered, accumulating a comfortable fortune in that line and with the other interests they acquired as the years passed. At one time they had a dry goods business, building a large brick building for their dry goods store at the corner of Main and Third streets, Watsontown. END OF PAGE 417 During Lincoln's administration they were postmasters at Watsontown for three years. After giving up the general store and dry goods business Enos Everitt engaged, in undertaking, following that line for many years, until he retired, only a few years before his death. He was one of the organizers of the Farmers' National Bank, and served as the second president of that institution, being succeeded by William Nicely. For some years during his earlier manhood he was in partnership with the Pardees in the lumber business, near Muncy. He was a large real estate owner, in association with Dr. Hall and Marr owning a number of fine farms in Prince George county, Md. Mr. Everitt was a foremost member of the First Presbyterian Church, was one of the organizers of that congregation, and served as a member of the building committee when the church was erected, soliciting the greater part of the money subscribed toward its cost and himself contributing liberally toward the project. He served as school director in Watsontown. Mr. Everitt was a Democrat in politics. He died at Watsontown Dec. 19, 1904, at the age of seventy- five years, a citizen honored in every relation of life, one whose industry brought him prosperity and whose success was shared by all his fellow men, his useful life benefiting all who came in contact with him. Mr. Everitt's first wife, Catharine Connor, came from Columbia county. She was born in 1832, and died in 1870, the mother of four children: Anna, who has never married; Alice, wife of George Walters; Lillian, who never married; and Grace, wife of Albert Bersinger. Mr. Everitt married (second) Mary E. Hill, daughter of Jacob and Anna (Achenback) Hill, of Center township, Columbia county, and four children were also born to this union: Forest, who died in 1903, aged twenty-three years; Helen, deceased; Elizabeth B., who is unmarried; and Ralph, who is a college student. ENOCH EVERITT was so closely associated with his twin brother Enos that their lives were much the same in many respects. They were in business together at Watsontown for many years, filled the office of postmaster jointly, were associated in the organization of the Farmers' National Bank, of which Enoch Everitt long served as director, and always had interests in common. Like his brother Enoch Everitt was a member of the First Presbyterian church and helped to build its house of worship. He died July 10, 1901. A man of the highest worth and usefulness, he will long he held in loving reverence by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Everitt by his first marriage had three children: Eva Jane, who married Wilson Remley; Lorenzo, who died Oct. 30, 1897; and a son who died young. In 1808 Mr. Everitt married, for his second wife, Catharine M. Barnfield, and to them were born two children, Agnes and Sarah H., both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Everitt, who survives her husband, is one of the oldest residents of Watsontown, where she is comfortably situated. She was born in 1828, but she is nevertheless able to see well without glasses, and reading is her favorite pastime, her keen fondness for good literature affording her many pleasant hours. Edward Barnfield, father of Mrs. Everitt, was a native of England, whence he came to America before his marriage, which took place at Jersey Shore, Pa., to Mary Elizabeth Nelson. He was a school teacher and possessed of some means. He had a sister, Mrs. Wahl, who also came to America. To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Barnfield were born six children, as follows: Sarah (wife of Horace Bliss), William Nelson, Benjamin, John, George and Catharine M. (Mrs. Everitt). By her second marriage the mother had another son, John N. Slonacker. EDGAR SUMMERS, of Milton, who since September, 1909, has conducted a restaurant at No. 18 South Front street, and formerly conducted the restaurant in that borough now carried on by his brother, is a member of the third generation of his family to reside at that place, and was born there March 9, 1866. John P. Summers, his grandfather, was born in 1801 in Philadelphia, whence he came to Milton in an early day. He bought a tract of land and followed farming and trucking throughout his active years. He reached an advanced age, dying March 12, 1887, at the age of eighty-five years, seven months, twelve days. His wife, Rachel(Davis), born in 1806, in Philadelphia, died April 11, 1886, and they are buried in the Lower cemetery at Milton. They had children as follows: Sallie married Samuel C. Follmer; Amanda married Spencer Kase; Mary J. married Levi Trukenmiller; Emma married William Schreyer and (second) Nathan Noteston; John A. was the father of Edgar Summers. John A. Summers, son of John P. Summers, was born Nov. 24, 1839, at Milton, and died there Feb. 24, 1899. He followed the huckster business for many years and later engaged in the restaurant business, in 1875 establishing himself in that line on Front street under the old opera house, where he remained till 1880, and then located at the site of C. Hull Knauer's shoe store. He continued the restaurant business until two years before his death, and naturally was one of the best known citizens of the borough and the surrounding districts. He served six years as constable of Milton, and was a Democrat in political connection. Mr. Summers married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Bastian) Smith, and four children were born to this union: Spencer, who died when three years old; Edgar; END OF PAGE 418 Clarence A., now proprietor of the Summers Cafe in Milton; and Carrie M., who died when twenty-four years old, the wife of Frank A. Young. Edgar Summers received his education in the common and high schools of Milton and when he commenced work assisted his father, with whom he was in business until the latter's retirement, after which he took the restaurant himself. On Feb. 1, 1896, he bought the old Logan property, at Broadway and Elm streets, Milton, which he improved to suit the needs of his business, and there conducted a cafe until January, 1906, when he sold his interest to his brother, Clarence A. Summers. The latter has since conducted the cafe, and the name of Summers is thoroughly identified with the restaurant business in Milton. As previously mentioned, Edgar Summers has had a restaurant at No. 18 South Front street since September, 1909. In April, 1889, Mr. Summers married Mary Z. Martin, daughter of David and Delilah (Zellers) Martin, of Lewisburg, Pa. They have a beautiful residence at No. 131 Broadway, which Mr. Summers built in 1905. Fraternally he is a member of Council No. 758, Heptasophs; of Castle No. 265, K.G.E.; and of Lodge No. 9, B.P.O. Elks. HARRY R. SLIFER has been located at Watsontown, Northumberland county, since 1900 as auditor of the S. B. & B. railroad, and he has become a well known citizen of that borough, taking an active part in the local government, in which he has been honored with the highest offices. He was born Feb. 8, 1870, in Union county, Pa., where his grandfather settled in an early day. The Slifers are of German extraction, but the family has been settled in America for over two hundred years. The first ancestor in America left the Fatherland in 1700 and crossing the Atlantic made a home in Bucks county, Pa., where his son Abraham, the great-great- grandfather of Harry R. Slifer, was born. Abraham also had a son named Abraham, whose children were as follows: David married Sarah Lotcher and had one daughter, Mary; Samuel was the grandfather of Harry R. Slifer; Col. Eli, who became a very prominent man in Pennsylvania, serving in both houses of the State Legislature, as State treasurer and as secretary of the State under Governor Curtin, married Catharine Frick, and they had a large family, John Frick, Samuel H., Catharine (married Andrew B. Dill), Clara (married Robert Green), William H., John, Eli and Anna Frick (married William Walls); Jacob married Mary Carothers and had two children, John and Amanda; Mary married John Adams. Samuel Slifer, son of Abraham, was born in 1816, in Chester county. His parents, who were of the sect known as German Baptists (commonly called Dunkards), died when he was a boy. He learned shoemaking, and followed that trade for some time, both before and after his removal to Lewisburg, Union Co., Pa. There he became protector of the Lewisburg bridge, in which position he was retained for about forty years, his son George M. succeeding him in that work in 1894, and serving until the time of his death, July 27, 1910. Thus the place was in the family for over half a century. Mr. Slifer married Eliza Metzgar (whose mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Snyder), and they became the parents of the following children: George M., Charles, Alfred, Jacob, Catharine, Mary and Samuel. George M. Slifer, son of Samuel, received his education in the public schools of Lewisburg. When a young man he engaged in the iron business, in which he continued for many years, for a period of forty years running the furnaces at Winfield, Union county. In 1894 he moved to Lewisburg, that year succeeding his father as protector of the Lewisburg bridge, in which capacity he served until his death. He became well and favorably known in that place, was a member of the borough council, and a notary public. He attended the Christian church. Mr. Slifer married Anna P. Rodenbaugh, who was born Aug. 5, 1839, daughter of Elder Jacob and Susan Rodenbaugh and granddaughter of Isaac Rodenbaugh, of Berks county, Pa., who was born Oct. 23, 1772, and married Margaret Stillwagon, who was born in Delaware county, Pa., May 19, 1772. Elder Jacob Rodenbaugh was born in Montgomery county Feb. 12, 1812, and for more than fifty years was actively engaged in the ministry of the Christian church. Mr. and Mrs. Slifer had the following children: Frank R., who lives in Milton, Pa.; Harry R.; Jessie M., wife of George S. Blood; and Susan R., who is unmarried. Harry R. Slifer received his education in the public schools of the home district, supplemented by a course at the Williamsport commercial college, from which he was graduated in 1889. His first employment was with the Reading Railway Company, which he served as operator and agent at different points. In 1900 he accepted his present position, as auditor of the Susquehanna, Bloomsburg & Berwick railroad, and has since been located at Watsontown. Mr. Slifer has taken an intelligent and active interest in borough affairs for several years, serving as councilman three years, was secretary of the council for two years, and in 1909 became president of that body, serving one year. His political affiliations are with the Republican party, his religious affiliations with the Presbyterian church, in which he has been an efficient worker, serving as elder and trustee and as superintendent of the Sunday school since April, 1910. Socially he is a High Mason, belonging to Watsontown Lodge, No. 401, END OF PAGE 419 F. & A.M., of which he was Master in 1907; Warrior Run Chapter, No. 246, R.A.M., of which he was High Priest in 1911; Mount Hermon Commandery, No. 85, K.T.; Williamsport Consistory, thirty-second degree; and Irem Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S,, of Wilkes-Barre. He was one of the organizers and charter members of the Northumberland County Horticultural Association, of which he is the first treasurer. During the Spanish American war he served in Company F, 12th Regiment, P.V.I. On Oct. 1, 1902, Mr. Slifer married Jennie S. Montgomery, daughter of Oliver P. and Priscilla (McKinney) Montgomery, and they have two children, Oliver Montgomery and Anna R. Mr. and Mrs. Slifer own the old Montgomery place, a tract of 205 acres in Lewis township, this county. LERCH. The Lerch family has a number of representatives in the northern section of Northumberland county, where its members have long ranked high as intelligent and progressive citizens, leading useful lives and raising the standards of the community by their example and influence. Daniel Lerch, a farmer of Delaware township, and his brother, the late Samuel P. Lerch, of Lewis township, have long upheld the family reputation for high character and civic usefulness, both having served ably in local offices and otherwise taken a prominent part in the life of their section. John Lerch, their grandfather, a native of Heidelberg township, Berks Co., Pa., was a prominent farmer of that county, and is buried there. In 1823 he bought a farm in Lewis township, Northumberland county, which his son John farmed on shares until he bought it, in 1832. His children were as follows: John, who settled in New York State; David, who settled in New York State; Daniel, who lives in Berks county, near Hains Church; Elizabeth, who married Morris Evans, of Berks county; Sarah, Mrs. Ludwig; Katie, Mrs. John Leib; Susan, who died unmarried and Samuel. Samuel Lerch, son of John, was born in 1806 in Berks county, Pa., and came thence to Northumberland county, settling on the farm of 144 acres in Lewis township where he died Sept. 23, 1873, aged sixty-six years, two months, nineteen days. His death was caused by cancer. He was a lifelong farmer, and prospered in his work. In politics he was a Democrat, and he held the office of school director. His wife, Mary (Raup), who died Nov. 19, 1882, aged seventy-two years, eight months, twenty-seven days, was a daughter of Philip and Catharine (Moll) Raup, the latter of whom died at the age of ninety-six years. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lerch were born children as follows: John, who is deceased; Katie, deceased; Sarah Jane, deceased; Samuel P., deceased; Susan, wife of Thomas Klapp; Daniel; Rachel, who died when sixteen years old; Clara, wife of I. D. Gresh; and one that died in infancy. SAMUEL P. LERCH was born Oct. 23, 1839, on the homestead in Lewis township, and received his education in the local public schools and at McEwensville high school. He was reared to agricultural work, and from the spring of 1868 until his death farmed on his own account, living on the homestead in Lewis township during all that long period but five years, when he farmed on the place in Delaware township now occupied by his brother. The brick residence on the place was built by his father in 1852. Mr. Lerch was not only recognized as a progressive farmer, but as an able man in every respect, highly regarded for his intelligence and good judgement. In fact he was often called the "Lewis township lawyer," because of the frequency with which his advice was sought by his friends and neighbors generally, his counsel being found so valuable that his opinion was highly esteemed by all who knew him. He served twelve years in the office of overseer of the poor, to which he was elected by the Republicans, though he himself was a Democrat in political connection. From 1870 to 1879 he was school director. He was also prominent in church work, worshipping with his family at the Reformed Church, which he served in various official positions, having been deacon, elder and member of the council of Paradise Church for fifteen years. On Nov. 28, 1867, Mr. Lerch married Margaret Fullmer, daughter of Charles Fullmer, of Paradise Valley, this county, and to them were born children as follows: Rev. Charles D., a minister of the Reformed church, now located at Mount Crawford, Va., taught school in Lewis township for two years, and his first charge was what is known as the Mandales charge at Danville, where he was located for ten years, taking his present charge in October, 1909 (he was married in October, 1909, to Mary James); Samuel E., who is in his father's employ, married Fannie Menges and has children Miriam I. and Lera L.; Mary T. taught select school four summers; Amy F. married Seidel Rovenolt and has children Milford L., Margaret S. and Charles S.; Sallie E. and Maggie I. are twins. Mr. Lerch died, very suddenly, Nov. 9, 1910. His taking away left a vacancy in the business and social circles of the borough which cannot be easily filled. DANIEL LERCH, of Delaware township, was born Jan. 1, 1848, on his father's homestead in Lewis township, and received his elementary education in the local schools. Later he attended the State Normal school at Millersville for six months, and took a commercial course at the Williamsport Business College, from which he was graduated in 186-. He has followed farming all his life, and in 1874 began farming on his own account END OF PAGE 420 on the place in Delaware township where he has since lived on a 130-acre tract of limestone land, nicely located near the Warrior Run church. Mr. Lerch is a modern agriculturist and has prospered in his work, which he has carried on by the most approved methods, and he has improved his property greatly. He built an addition to the dwelling on the place and remodeled it in 1904. He was one of the organizers of the Farmers' National Bank of Watsontown, which he served as a director for nine years. He has taken considerable interest in public affairs and has served the community in various offices of trust, having been auditor of the township nine years, school director six year, and tax collector three years. In political connection he is a Democrat. Few citizens of the township have been more faithful to their duties of citizenship. Mr. Lerch has also been active in church work as a member of Trinity Reformed church at McEwensville, to which his family also belong. They now hold membership at Turbutville. He has served this congregation as deacon and elder, still filling the latter office, and helped to build the present church edifice, serving as treasurer of the building committee. On Dec. 23, 1873, Mr. Lerch married Sarah E. Gouger, daughter of J. W. Gouger, of California, and they have had two children, Bertha M. and Donald G. Donald G. Lerch, M. D., received his literary education in the McEwensville high school and at Franklin and Marshall College, graduating from the latter institution with the class of 1900. He entered Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, as a sophomore, graduated in 1903, and for the next fifteen months was connected with a private surgical hospital in New York State. From there he went to Allegheny, now the north side of Pittsburg, Pa., where he served three years in a local hospital, and he is still serving as a member of its surgical staff by appointment and reappointment. He has proved to be an able general practitioner as well as a skillful surgeon, was police surgeon of the north side of Pittsburg for three years, and has contributed to various medical journals. His activity and usefulness in public work has brought him considerable prominence. AARON S. ROMIG, who owns and cultivates a fine farm in West Chillisquaque township, Northumberland county, has lived in that section of the county since 1876. He is a native of Union county, this state, born May 8, 1849, in Kelly township, son of Thomas Romig and grandson of Philip Romig. Philip Romig was born and reared at Alburtis, Lehigh Co., Pa., lived some time in Union county, and died at Allentown, Lehigh county. His children were: Thomas; Mary, Mrs. Stilts; Charles; Benjamin; Catharine, who was twice married, her husbands being brothers, named Jacoby; and Susanna, Mrs. Fredericks. Thomas Romig, son of Philip, was born in Lehigh county, and lived to the age of eighty-nine years, five days, dying in West Chillisquaque township, Northumberland county, at the home of his son, Aaron S. Romig. He is buried at Lewisburg. Mr. Romig learned the trade of tinner, which he followed, and later farmed in Kelly township, Union county, having moved from his native county when sixteen years old. His wife, Mary A. (Weary), was a daughter of Daniel Weary. They had three children, Benjamin, Aaron S. and Augustus W., Aaron S. being the only survivor of the family. Aaron S. Romig attended school in Kelly township, Union county. He has been engaged in farming throughout his active years, having commenced on his own account in the spring of 1876 in Chillisquaque township, Northumberland county, on the Cook farm, located along the West branch of the Susquehanna river. After eight years on that place he moved to the Joseph Rissel farm in East Chillisquaque township, where he remained one year, and thence to the Peter Vonadia farm, upon which he lived and worked for eighteen years. At the end of that time he bought and moved to the property where he now resides, the Kinkad farm, a tract of sixty acres in West Chillisquaque township, at East Lewisburg, just below the iron bridge. Here he has since been successfully engaged in general agricultural pursuits. The place is a very desirable one, and Mr. Romig has made a number of general improvements during his ownership, besides putting up an addition - 30 by 18 feet in dimensions - to the dwelling. Outside of his private affairs he is particularly interested in securing the best educational facilities possible for his neighborhood, and he has served six years as school director of his township. He has also been elected supervisor. He is a useful citizen, and has the esteem of all who know him. Mr. Romig married Sarah J. Whitmeyer, daughter of Amos Whitmeyer, of Columbia county, Pa., and they have two children: Annie M. the daughter, married John Haas, of Reading, Pa., where they reside, and they have four children, Lester, Raymond, Sarah and Dorothy; Clyde T. married Mabel Smith. In religious matters the family are identified with the Lutheran church. CHARLES N. MARSH, of Milton, who has carried on the insurance business in that borough of recent years, has been identified with its business life for some time and with its public affairs as borough treasurer, in which office he is now serving his second term. He has also followed surveying throughout his active years and has con- END OF PAGE 421 siderable reputation in that line of work. Mr. Marsh comes of a family of Scotch origin founded in this section of Pennsylvania by his great- grandfather, Isaac Marsh, a native of New Jersey and member of a family long settled in that state. Isaac Marsh was married in New Jersey to Ellonanna Griggs and continued to live there until 1807, when he and several of his neighbors moved to Pennsylvania, settling in Rush township, Northumberland county. There he bought a farm and passed the remainder of his days. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh were the parents of three children: Isaac, Daniel and Griggs, Daniel remaining in Hunterdon county, in New Jersey, and the others coming with their parents to Northumberland county. Isaac and Griggs Marsh both married in Rush township, and in 1841 moved to Turbut township, this county. The descendants of Griggs Marsh are mentioned elsewhere, with the history of the Follmer family. Isaac Marsh, son of Isaac, was born in New Jersey, and married Sarah Gulick, a native of Northumberland county, Pa., daughter of Charles Gulick. She was of German extraction, her ancestors coming from Gulick, Wurtemberg. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh had the following children: Minner G.; Mary, who was married June 9, 1864, to Reuben Klapp, and died Jan. 26, 1886, leaving no children; Daniel G.; Williamson; and Ellen, who married Emanuel Haus. The mother of this family died May 28, 1867, the father Jan. 31, 1874. Minner G. Marsh, born in Rush township April 9, 1824, married Margaret Follmer, and they became the parents of two children, Charles N. and Harriet, the latter the widow of Charles Moll (she resides at Pottsgrove, Pa.). Mr. Marsh engaged in farming during his active years, and died Jan. 8, 1911. He was buried at Milton. Charles N. Marsh was born June 25, 1858, in Turbut township, Northumberland county, and received his education in the schools of his native township. He taught school for ten terms, meantime also following farming, and in 1897 he took a position in the First National Bank of Milton, with which he was connected until his resignation, in 1908, when he was elected a director of this bank. During this time he had become interested in the insurance business, to which his attention is now principally given. He has by his success in the management of his own affairs so won the confidence of his fellow citizens that they honored him with election to the office of borough treasurer, which he filled two terms. Before his removal to the borough of Milton, in 1897, Mr. Marsh made his home for sixteen years in Chillisquaque township, upon his own farm, and there he followed surveying, which he still continues. He still owns this farm. In 1890 he was elected a justice of the peace in that district, holding the office until he resigned on account of changing his home to Milton. On March 27, 1879, Mr. Marsh married Mary Montgomery, daughter of Hugh and Sarah (Moll) Montgomery, and they have one son, Hugh Montgomery Marsh, who is married to Ada Yost and has two children, Hugh Montgomery, Jr., and Sarah Grace. Mr. Marsh and his family reside at No. 221 Broadway, Milton. They are members of the Presbyterian church, in which he is a ruling elder, in which capacity he has served for the last twenty years. In political connection he is a Republican. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and presiding officer of Northumberland and Montour counties; a member of Knights of Malta, and of the Modern Woodmen of America. In April, 1911, when the Horticulture Association of Northumberland county was organized, Mr. Marsh was elected its first president. WILSON H. REMLY, a resident of the borough of Watsontown, formerly engaged in farming in this portion of Northumberland county, was born Nov. 24, 1854, in Columbia county, Pa., and is a son of Michael Remly and grandson of John Remly. John Remly came to Columbia county, Pa., from one of the lower counties of the State, and engaged in farming. He married Mary Kelchner, and to them were born the following children: William died out West; Henry died in Columbia county, Pa.; John lives in Columbia county, Pa.; Michael was the father of Wilson H. Remly; Sallie married George Muffley, of Columbia county, Pa.; Julia married a Mr. Bower; Kate married Adam Hill; Amanda married Stephen Hill, a cousin of Adam Hill. Michael Remly lived in Center township, Columbia county, where he followed farming. He also ran a coal yard at McEwensville, Northumberland county, and he died on his birthday; Jan. 11, 1899, at the age of seventy-two years. He married Mary Hart, who now makes her home at Watsontown. They became the parents of six children, namely: Wilson H.; Margaret, Mrs. Charles Beck, deceased; Sarah, Mrs. Albert Allenbach; Grant, of Berwick, Pa.; Oscar, deceased; and Sanderson, deceased. Wilson H. Remly passed all his early life in his native county, making his home there until his removal to Northumberland county, in 1883. Settling near Turbutville, in Lewis township, he engaged in farming there for two years, and then moved to Warrior Run, in Lewis township, where he remained for eleven years, following farming. Moving across the Susquehanna river into Union county, he farmed there for the next six years, after which he spent two years in Washington, Lycoming county, engaged in agricultural pursuits. END OF PAGE 422 In 1901 Mr. Remly returned to Northumberland county and settled at Watsontown, where he has since resided, occupying a nice home built by Enoch Everitt, father of Mrs. Remly. On Jan. 7, 1875, Mr. Remly married Effie J. Everitt, daughter of Enoch and Martha (Vance) Everitt, and they have a family of three children, namely: Martha married Jacob Wertman and resides in Delaware township; they have one son, Stewart. Hurley R. is mentioned below. Pleszie S. married Lloyd Everitt and they reside with her parents; they have one child, Donald. Mr. and Mrs. Remly are members of the Lutheran Church, in whose welfare he has taken an active interest, having served at one time as deacon. Hurley R. Remly, only son of Wilson H. and Effie J. (Everitt) Remly, was born July 7, 1879, and received his education in the public schools of Lewis township. He is engaged in farming, cultivating his father's eighty-two-acre property at Springtown, in Delaware township, where he makes his home. He married Letitia Clark, daughter of Jacob and Charlotte (Baker) Clark, and they have had three children: Mildred, Florence and Effie. CHARLES E. HOY, a merchant of Milton, Northumberland county, is a native of this county, born in that part of Turbut township now included in Milton. The Hoy family is an old one in Pennsylvania, identified with Berks and Schuylkill counties. The first member of the family mentioned in Berks county is one Ulrich Hoy, who paid two pounds tax in 1759. From Berks the Hoys moved to Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, where lived Philip Hoy, who reared a large family, viz.: Joseph, Henry, Abram, William, John, Maria (Mrs. Wiltrout), Susanna (Mrs. Izull) and Sallie (Mrs. Gehret). John Hoy, the grandfather of Charles E., was born Dec. 20, 1805, in Schuylkill county, and in 1828 married Sarah Kimmel. For some time they lived near Orwigsburg. In 1848 he purchased a farm in Turbut township, Northumberland county, to which he moved that year, and where he lived until his death, May 3, 1894. He followed farming and brickmaking. Mr. Hoy filled a number of township offices, and in political connection was a Democrat. In religion he was a consistent member of the Reformed Church. His first wife died Sept. 22, 1862, and he subsequently married (second) Mrs. Sarah (Miller) Frailie, widow of George Frailie. Fourteen children were born to the first union: Sarah (who married Nathan Fehr), born June 22, 1828, died Dec. 13, 1897; Charles, born Jan. 16, 1831, died Aug. 31, 1881; Hannah (who married Michael Farley), born April 5, 1833, died Jan. 21, 1909; Edward, born March 10, 1834, died July 18, 1892; Lavina (who married Thomas Karchner), born Jan. 9, 1836, died Dec. 12, 1891; Hetty (who married William G. Follmer) lives in Milton; Frank moved to Kansas and is still living in the West; John, born Dec. 2, 1840, died Sept. 30, 1894; Maria, born Nov. 8, 1842, married William B. Wagner, and has three children, William H., Anna M. and Emily E.; Amanda (who married Jacob Fries), born Dec. 17, 1844, died March 12, 1900; Samuel was born Sept. 9, 1846; Elizabeth (who married John Noriconk) was born Sept. 9, 1848; David N., born Nov. 28, 1850, married Maggie Herman and is living on the old homestead in Turbut township; William died young. Edward Hoy, father of Charles E., owned a farm east of Milton, now included in that borough, and there made his home and followed farming and trucking to the end of his days. His death occurred in 1892. He married Rachel Houtz, and they became the parents of five children: Charles E., Emma (who married Joshua Kelly), John, Gertrude (married John Mast) and Lulu (deceased). Charles E. Hoy first learned the trade of machinist and steamfitter, beginning work in that line as an employee of Charles H. Godcharles (predecessor of the F. A. Godcharles Company). He next worked for S. J. Shimer's Sons and then for the American Car & Foundry Company at Milton, from which he changed to the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company and finally to the government employ, being engaged as steamfitter for the war and navy departments. In 1894 he engaged in the mercantile business at Milton, which he has since conducted. He is a thrifty and substantial citizen, has represented his ward one term in the borough council, and is a creditable member of the community in every way. He is a member of St. John's Reformed Church of Milton and a Democrat in political affiliation. On Jan. 16, 1889, Mr. Hoy married Katie L. Hause, daughter of John R. and Mary A. Hause, and they have had two children, Frank Edward and Marie Ruth, twins. The comfortable family home in Milton was built by Mr. Hoy in 1893.