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	ROBERT M. CUMMINGS, of Montandon, Northumberland county, is an 
attorney of high reputation and standing in the locality where he has 
been engaged in practice for half a century and more, since 1859, and 
his son, Herbert W. Cummings, who has served two terms as district 
attorney, is adding distinction to a name which has been well and 
favorably known to the legal fraternity in this region for an unusually 
long period.  The father was born Nov. 21, 1833, in Chillisquaque 
township, where he has passed all his life.   The son is located in 
Sunbury.
	The Cummings family is of Scotch-Irish stock. John Cummings, the 
first ancestor of this branch in America, was born in Londonderry, 
Ireland, 
	
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and came to this country with fifteen brothers about 1760, when about 
six years old.  They first settled in Chester county, where he lived for 
a number of years, serving in the Revolutionary war as captain in a 
Chester county regiment; he was at Valley Forge.  He was married in that 
county to Elizabeth Church, and in 1794 they came to Northumberland 
county, where Mr. Cummings purchased between 350 and 400 acres of land 
which had been taken up originally by Peter Boor, in 1769.  This tract 
lies along the Chillisquaque creek, about two miles east of Montandon. 
Here Mr. Cummings remained to the end of his days, reaching the advanced 
age of eighty.  He followed farming, built and conducted a distillery, 
and being a man of judgment and acknowledged ability was chosen justice 
of the peace after he settled in Chillisquaque township, serving many 
years in that office. He and his wife are buried in the Northumberland 
cemetery. They were the parents of the following children:  (1) Ann, 
born Sept. 29, 1782, married Mr. Foresman and died Nov. 29, 1821. (2) 
Thomas, born July 7, 1784, lived near Jersey Shore. For many years he 
farmed one of the Hall farms near Montoursville, Pa. Mr. Robert M. 
Cummings visited him in June, 1843, when a severe frost killed the corn 
and all fruit. (3) James, born Dec. 7, 1786, lived on the Fairchild farm 
in Chillisquaque township. (4) Elizabeth and (5) Polly, born Jan. 10, 
1790, both died in infancy. (6) William, born Nov. 19, 1791, is 
mentioned below. (7) John was born Oct. 5, 1793.  (8) Polly (2) was born 
Jan. 11, 1799.
	James Cummings, a brother of John Cummings (father of the above 
family), lived in Northumberland county and was engaged in the 
mercantile business.
	William Cummings, father of Robert M. Cummings, was born Nov. 19, 
1791, and died in 1865. He settled on a part of the homestead and there 
followed farming all his life, improving the property as prosperity 
rewarded his efforts.  He remodeled and enlarged the original house, 
part of the old house remaining as it was in the early day made of logs 
with weather-board covering. He married Hannah R. Erwin, daughter of 
William and Mary (Emery) Erwin, and she survived him, dying at Sunbury 
in 1883.  They were the parents of the following children: (1) John 
Andrew Jackson, born Feb. 15, 1832, was born without hands, but 
nevertheless he became a skilled penman, and having received a good 
education taught school, and for two terms, 61-67, served as register 
and recorder of Northumberland county. In 1877 he made a map of 
Northumberland county, and he also published maps of Montour and 
Columbia counties.  He married Helen M. Sisty, daughter of Mahlon Sisty, 
and they had two children, William and Annie.  (2 Robert M. is mentioned 
below.  (3) Mary Ann, widow of Thomas T. Baker, who died at the age of 
sixty-one years, resides at Montandon, where she is now postmistress.  
They had children: Clara A., Elmer E., Ella J., Carrie M. and Hannah 
Mary.  Mr. Baker was born in Huntingdon county; Pa., son of Jacob Baker, 
and was one of ten sons who served in the Civil war; they later moved to 
Roanoke, Va.  He was a member of Company I, 192d P.V.I.  He was a 
foreman when the first college building of what is now Bucknell 
University, at Lewisburg, Pa., was erected.  (4) Sarah Jane, a resident 
of Montandon, is the widow of David Kingsbury, of Luzerne county. (5) 
Anna C., now a resident of Baltimore, married Wesley Auten, who was 
prothonotary of Northumberland county from 1879 to 1885. They had one 
son, John, who is assistant engineer on the West Jersey division of the 
Pennsylvania railroad. (6) Harriet J. married J. W. Taylor, moved to 
Kansas, and died at Meriden, that State.  (7) Margaret Agnes married 
Amandus Freize, and resides on the old homestead.  (8) Eliza T. died 
when seventeen years old.  William Cummings, the father of this family, 
was a member of the Presbyterian Church and in politics a stanch 
Democrat.
	Robert M. Cummings, second son of William Cummings, received his 
early education in his native township, attending the public school at 
Sodom. Later he went to the Lewisburg Academy, which was then taught by 
John Randolph, before the university was established. He studied law 
with George F. Miller, of Lewisburg, was admitted to the Northumberland 
county bar in 1859, and has been engaged in practice continuously since. 
His clientele has been a large one, though his work has been confined 
principally to Orphans' court cases and real estate proceedings. In the 
latter field he is regarded as an authority of high value, particularly 
in his home neighborhood, where his judgment is highly regarded, his 
advice being sought in many important cases. His knowledge of local 
conditions as an owner of and dealer in real estate has brought him into 
touch with both sides of this question. In 1865 he and his brother, John 
A. J. Cummings, purchased land and laid out what is now Montandon. At 
that time there were only two buildings on what is now the site of the 
thriving town, and Mr. Cummings showed his faith in its future by 
erecting the large brick residence and office which he has ever since 
occupied.  He has been interested in various other movements materially 
benefiting the village and his fellow citizens generally, having an 
intelligent outlook upon public affairs  which make him a most 
valuable citizen.  He has served ten years as school director, 
throughout that period acting as secretary of the board, and for one 
term was justice of the peace. In politics he is a Democrat and 
interested in the success of the party, 
	
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taking an active part in its workings in the locality. He is a member of 
the Methodist Church, which he has served in an official capacity, and 
helped materially in the construction of the present church edifice. As 
an Odd Fellow of long standing he originally joined Mutual Lodge, No. 
74, at Milton, Pa., in 1868, and when Montandon Lodge, No. 704, was 
established, became a charter member of that organization. He was the 
first officer of that lodge, and he has served as district deputy grand 
master of Northumberland county.  Few citizens of his locality have been 
more closely identified with the various phases of life in the 
community.
	On Nov. 14, 1865, Mr. Cummings married Mary E. Albright, daughter 
of John Albright, late of Turbut township, Northumberland county, and 
children as follows were born to them: Helen Alton died at the age of 
four years; Clara Elizabeth married Franklin B. Irvin, of Brooklyn, N. 
Y., where they reside, he being engaged as clerk in the rate department 
(they have had children, Miriam, Kathryn E., Beulah E. Cummings and 
Edna); John Williams, who was formerly a teacher, is now freight agent 
for the Pennsylvania Railway Company at Ozone Park, Brooklyn; Herbert W. 
is mentioned below; Mary A. is at home; Harriet S. married Edward Reitz, 
and has  children, Herbert W., Lena M., Robert C., Elizabeth C. and 
Wilson. Mrs. Cummings died April 11, 1908, and is buried in Harmony 
cemetery, at Milton, Northumberland county.

	HERBERT W. CUMMINGS was born at Montandon. After graduating from 
the Lewisburg high school he read law with his father, and on entering 
upon legal practice he settled at Sunbury, where he formed a partnership 
with Lewis Dewart. He has risen rapidly in the profession, and in 
November, 1901, was honored with election to the office of district 
attorney, the duties of which he assumed Jan. 1, 1902.  The term is for 
three years, and he was reelected at the November, 1904, contest serving 
two successive terms with distinguished ability.  He enjoys a wide 
general practice, receiving the patronage of a clientele whose custom is 
a distinct acknowledgment of his talents and judgment in handling 
important legal work. He has a large library, and is considered one of 
the best informed attorneys at the Northumberland county bar.
	Socially Mr. Cummings is a member in high standing of the Masonic 
fraternity and the B.P.O. Elks. In the former connection he unites with 
old Lodge No. 22, at Sunbury, with Northumberland Chapter, R.A.M., and 
with Bloomsburg Consistory, thirty-second degree. As an Elk he holds 
membership in Lodge No. 267, of Sunbury, which he is at present serving 
as exalted ruler.

	MASON I. HOOVER, of Lower Augusta township, is one of the younger 
agriculturists of his section who are doing good work in modern farming.  
He has a pleasant home in Hollowing Run Valley, where he has resided 
since 1907.
	This Hoover family came into the vicinity of Northumberland county 
from Berks county, Pa., where George Hoover, the great-grandfather of 
Mason I. Hoover, was born. He was a farmer by occupation.  About 1835 he 
moved to Snyder county, Pa., where he died some time before 1850, at the 
age of fifty-six years.  His wife Hannah, daughter of Benjamin Rishel, 
died about 1868, aged eighty-four years, and they are buried at Witmer's 
Evangelical Church in Snyder county. They had eight children, as 
follows: Hannah married John Kantner; Sarah, Leah and Rachel died 
unmarried; Charles is mentioned later; George was drowned in the 
Susquehanna when forty-five years old, while engaged in catching logs; 
Morgan died at Rockville, Pa.; Mary married Martin Rishel and they lived 
at Milton, Pennsylvania.
	Charles Hoover was born in 1819 in Berks county, and was sixteen 
years old when he moved with his parents to Snyder county, where he 
passed most of his life. He worked on the farm, which was situated on 
the banks of the Susquehanna, and followed milling as well as farming, 
being the owner and proprietor of the Yost Mill, the largest gristmill 
in Snyder county, which was built by John Richter at an expenditure of 
$26,000. Mr. Hoover operated this mill for twelve years, when he 
retired, and thereafter he occupied one of the three houses which he 
owned at that point until his death, July 5, 1892, when he was seventy-
two years, nine months of age.  In politics he was a Republican, in 
religion a member of the United Evangelical Association, belonging to 
the Middle Creek Church, which he served officially. He was an upright, 
conscientious man, a good citizen from every point of view. His wife, 
Molly (Gougler), died Dec. 18, 1907, aged eighty-three years, seven 
months, three days, and they are buried at Witmer's Church. They had the 
following children: Zacharias, who lives at Allentown, Pa.; John, of 
Snyder county; Henry, of Lycoming county; George, of Lower Augusta 
township, Northumberland county; Jeremiah; David, of Snyder county; Ira, 
who farms on Red Hoover Island; and Agnes, widow of Capt. John Moyer, 
living at Selinsgrove.
	George Hoover, son of Charles Hoover, was born Oct. 20, 1854, in 
Snyder county, and in 1856 moved with his parents to Hoover island, in 
the Susquehanna, where he has now resided for over half a century.  The 
island at present contains three hundred acres of land, and was 
originally much larger. Mr. Hoover has been very successfully engaged in 
farming, and has a valuable farm stock. He married Annie Witmyre, 
daughter of Daniel and Caroline (Krebs) Witmyre, and they have had a 
family of nine children, viz.: Mason I.; Mary, wife of Harry Ney; 
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in infancy; Osborne, who married Agnes Condrum; Eugene, who married 
Jennie Ziegler; Hall; Marguerite; George, Jr.; and a daughter that died 
in infancy. Mr. Hoover and his family are members of the United 
Evangelical Church and worship at what is known as the Hoover Church in 
Snyder county; the ground upon which this church is erected and the 
cemetery land adjoining were donated for the purpose by Charles Hoover, 
father of George Hoover, Sr.
	Mason I. Hoover was born Nov. 5, 1879, on Hoover island, and there 
spent all his youth and early manhood, making his home there until he 
was twenty-seven years old. His early education was received in the 
common school, and later he attended a summer term at the Herndon normal 
school, preparing to teach. He was licensed during Prof. Benjamin 
Apple's term as county superintendent, and taught his first term on 
Hoover's island (which is a part of Lower Augusta township), where all 
of his eleven pupils were Hoovers like himself, and all related. The 
island has also been known as "Red Hoover Island," because of the ruddy 
complexion possessed by the Hoovers generally. Mr. Hoover taught nine 
terms in all, all in Lower Augusta township, and in the spring of 1907 
commenced farming upon his present place in Lower Augusta township, 
which he had purchased the year previously, moving there April 3, 1907. 
It is a tract of seventy acres in the Hollowing Run Valley, formerly the 
homestead of Washington Brosius, who erected the present buildings on 
the property. The land is very fertile, and Mr. Hoover is doing all that 
can be done with modern implements and ideas to improve it to the extent 
of its possibilities. He is an intelligent citizen, and is respected by 
all who know him. Though he has not held any public offices he has been 
active in the Republican party, and has helped to hold the elections in 
his district.
	On Feb. 20, 1907, Mr. Hoover was married to Bessie Brosius, 
daughter of Washington Brosius, late of Lower Augusta township. The 
ceremony was performed by Rev. Charles H. Brocious, a cousin of Mrs. 
Hoover; who is now a missionary in Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover have two 
children, Tamsie Marguerite and Mary Agnes.

	WILLIAM P. HOTTENSTEIN, owner of the old Hottenstein homestead in 
Turbut township, Northumberland county, and present tax receiver of that 
township, was born there May 11, 1863, son of Charles Hottenstein.
	The Hottenstein family has a long record in the Old World, its 
history beginning A. D. 880, when Count Reidbold von Hottenstein lived 
in the forest of the Spessard, in what is now Germany. The name 
signifies "Holy Stone." In the forest mentioned the Count annually held 
great and solemn court upon a large rock under a spreading oak. He died 
in the year 415. His wife, Ilsseboda, was a daughter of a Westphalian 
count. In 500 Alfred, a grandson of Count Reidbold, was the only living 
representative of the family, and he was killed in a battle with the 
Frisian warriors in 538. His wife, Anna von Herboldseche, was from 
Alsace. He had two sons, Sueno and Percival, the latter dying in the 
monastery at Fulda. Sueno was a warrior. Upon a hill where his ancestors 
had resided he erected a strong castle, which he called Hottenstein.  He 
married Hirlanda von Bremhorst.  Later two brothers, Theobald and Ausgar 
von Hottenstein, resided in the castle. Ausgar married Waldine von 
Elnfurt and died in 887, leaving a son, Filbert von Hottenstein, who at 
his death left an only representative of the family. Giselbert, who 
lived in the castle of his ancestors and married Kunngunde on Velleres, 
of the French province of Poitou, died in 1317, leaving three sons. Two 
brothers dying, the other became sole heir of the family possessions, 
and married Lea von Dannenburg. In 1524 the castle was burned by the 
peasants. Only Kuno von Hottenstein, who was in the German army, 
survived. He married Louisa von Berg, and died in 1563. His two sons 
were Nicholas and Ernst. The latter, who was mayor of Esslingen, married 
and left three sons who came to America, one dying in Philadelphia, 
another settling in Lancaster county, Pa., where some of his descendants 
still live, and the third, Jacob, was the ancestor of the Hottenstein 
family of Northumberland county. In the early days the von Hottersteins 
belonged to the Frankish knighthood.
	Jacob Hottenstein settled about 1727 in Oley township, Berks Co., 
Pa., in 1729 moving to Maxatawny township, that county, where Nov. 18, 
1729, he purchased from Caspar Wistar 116 acres for forty pounds, twelve 
shillings (owned in 1890 by Dr. Edward Hottenstein). Later he purchased 
327 acres more. He married Dorothea Reber, by whom he had these sons and 
daughters: Jacob, William, David, Henry, Dorothea and Maria. He died 
March 23, 1753, aged fifty-six years.
	David Hottenstein, son of Jacob, had three sons and two daughters: 
Jacob, David, Daniel, Catharine (married Jacob Grim) and Dorothea (died 
young).
	David Hottenstein, son of David, studied medicine in Philadelphia. 
He married Elizabeth Kline, and their children were: David, Jacob, 
Daniel, William, Isaac, Henry, Catharine and Sarah (married Jonas 
Trexler, who was the father of Jonas Trexler and grandfather of A. R. 
Trexler, of Sunbury, Pa.).
	William Hottenstein, son of David and Elizabeth (Kline) 
Hottenstein, had children as follows: David H., Charles A., Robert, 
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	William Hottenstein, son of Jacob, the emigrant ancestor, had among 
his children a son Henry.
	Henry Hottenstein, son of William, purchased a farm in Ontelaunee 
township, Berks county, where he lived. His death occurred in 1844. He 
served one term of three years as county commissioner. In politics he 
was independent. To him and his wife Catharine (Spohn), who died in 
1889, were born thirteen children, nine sons and four daughters, as 
follows: Mary, William, Abram, Benjamin, Henry, Daniel, Catharine, 
Sarah, Philip, Jacob, Isaac, Charles and Esther.
	Charles Hottenstein, son of Henry, was born May 25, 1812, in Berks 
county, Pa. He obtained his education in the common schools and at the 
academy in Reading, and made such good use of his opportunities that he 
was able to teach, being the second German considered competent for that 
work in Ontelaunee township.  He continued to teach common school during 
the winter season in his native county for twelve years, and in the 
meantime also followed surveying, in which he was very proficient.  In 
1840 he moved to Montour county, Pa., and in 1845 he purchased a farm in 
Turbut township, Northumberland county, to which he moved. He was one of 
the leading men of the community in his day. While in his native county, 
when still a young man, he was elected township auditor, resigning that 
position to accept that of clerk of the county poorhouse for one year. 
In 1854 he was elected justice of the peace, which office he continued 
to fill throughout the remainder of his life. In 1855 he was elected 
county commissioner of Northumberland county, served three years and at 
the close of that period was elected to represent his district in the 
State Legislature. Later he was elected county auditor, serving from 
1876 to 1878. During the Civil war he was treasurer of the bounty fund, 
handling about thirty thousand dollars without being required to furnish 
bond. In politics always an ardent Democrat and a most effective worker 
in his party's interests, he was a delegate in 1860 to the national 
convention held at Charleston, S. C., which adjourned to Baltimore, 
where Douglas and Breckenridge were nominated. He attended both 
meetings, but did not vote.
	Mr. Hottenstein's first wife, Veronica (Kauffman), died in 1877, 
and he subsequently married Caroline Elwell, of Orleans county, N. Y., 
who died in July, 1909. By his first marriage there were twelve 
children: Allen S., now deceased, who was a prominent citizen of Milton, 
lawyer, post master and publisher; Henry and Daniel, both of whom still 
live in Turbut township; Mary, who married Harrison Hafer, of Union 
county, Pa.; Sarah, who graduated from the Keystone State normal school 
and taught four years in Scranton before her marriage to Jacob K. Stahl, 
of Union county; Susan, who married Thomas O. Long of Williamsport, Pa.; 
Clara, who married Daniel F. Raup, of Turbut township; Abram C., a 
graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, class of 1882, who 
moved to North Carolina and now lives at Snow Hill Md.; William P.; and 
three that died in infancy. The father of this family died March 12, 
1891. He was a prominent member of the Reformed congregation of Paradise 
Church, which he served as trustee, deacon and treasurer.
	William P. Hottenstein was educated in the public schools of his 
native township and at Limestoneville Academy. Upon the death of his 
father he purchased the family homestead in Turbut township, where he 
lives and works, being one of the substantial and worthy citizens of his 
community. He takes an interest in all movements affecting the public 
welfare, and is now serving his sixth year as tax receiver of his 
township. Like his father he is a member of the Reformed congregation at 
Paradise church.
	Mr. Hottenstein married Ida Raup, daughter of William Raup, and 
they are the parents of two children, Merrill and Wilfred.

	Philip Raup, the founder in America of the family to which Mrs. 
William P. Hottenstein belongs, came from Germany and settled in Berks 
county, Pa., where he lived and died. He was a farmer by occupation.
	Philip Raup, son of Philip, was born in Berks county and there 
passed his early life. He learned the milling trade, serving an 
apprenticeship of three years. When a young man he was a soldier in the 
war of 1812. In his native county he married a member of the Moll 
family, and about 1814 came to Northumberland county, taking up about 
four hundred acres of land in what is now Lewis township.  There he 
spent the remainder of his days, dying at the great age of ninety-six 
years, and he is buried close to the Union church building at 
Turbutville. His children were as follows: Leonard, Jacob, Philip, 
Christopher, John, Henry, Katie (married Daniel Derr), Mary (married 
Amos Glase), Polly (married Samuel Lerch) and Mrs. Stephen Glase 
(Stephen and Amos were brothers).
	John Raup, son of Philip and grandson of Philip, followed farming 
until his death, owning 120 acres in Lewis township.  He is buried at 
Turbutville.  He married Polly Clapp, daughter of John Clapp, of Lewis 
township, and nine children were horn to them: A son that died young; 
William and John, twins; Daniel; David; Jeremiah; Adam; Kate, who 
married Joseph Minsemoyer; and Emma, who married William Conway.
	William Raup, son of John, was born Oct 27, 1839, in Lewis 
township, there attended school, and remained with his father until he 
attained his majority. He has since been working on his 
	
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own account, and has been engaged principally in farming, though he 
occasionally works at the trade of stonemason. For seventeen years he 
lived on the Daniel Follmer farm in Turbut township, and for the past 
nineteen years he has been located on the old Peter Voris farm in East 
Chillisquaque township, a tract of 140 acres. He is at present serving 
as supervisor of his township. Politically he is a Democrat and in 
religion a Lutheran, belonging to the congregation at the Follmer 
church. He is a prosperous farmer, and a highly respected citizen.
	Mr. Raup married Sarah E. Follmer, daughter of Daniel and Sarah 
(Lantz) Follmer, and nine children have been born to them: Daniel, who 
married Clara Hottenstein, lives in Union county, Pa.; Elizabeth married 
Elmer Strine and lives at Milton; Sallie is at home; Newton, of Milton, 
married Bessie Krumm; Clarence, of Milton, has been twice married, his 
first wife having been Nina Young, his second Florence Wertz; Frank, now 
of Rockford, Ill., married Cora Miller; Harvey is unmarried and lives at 
home; Ida is the wife of William P. Hottenstein, of Turbut township; and 
Katie is at home.

	SWENK. There have been a number of respected and substantial 
citizens in Northumberland county bearing this name, among them the late 
esteemed Jacob Harris Swenk and his son, the present Dr. Charles Haas 
Swenk, of Sunbury, and Reese H. Swank, brother of Jacob H., of Turbut 
township, this county, descendants of Hans Michael Schwenk, as the name 
was originally spelled, the family being of German origin. The Schwenks 
settled in Montgomery county, Pa., at or near the Trappe, prior to the 
Revolution.
	The family is now widely scattered, but the reunions recently held 
have revived interest in the early history and brought many of the 
members together.
	Hans Michael Schwenk was born in Germany in 1596, and a letter from 
Germany now in the possession of a member of the family shows that they 
belonged to the nobility in that country and were considered as military 
people. One of the family was in the Royal Guards. He emigrated to 
America with his family in 1741, coming in the ship "Lydia," James 
Allen, master, which arrived at Philadelphia Sept. 20th, and the list 
shows that Hans Michael Schwenk was accompanied by his wife Maria and 
sons Nicholas, Jacob and George. The names of females and children under 
sixteen years of age were not recorded. On May 8, 1757, there is record 
of Michael Schwenk and his wife Maria Elizabeth standing as sponsors for 
their grandson Daniel, born Nov. 6, 1756, son of Nicholas and his wife 
Anna Barbara. At the time of his death Hans Michael  Schwenk had eleven  
grandchildren.  The line in which we are interested is traced through 
Nicholas.
	Nicholas Schwenk, born in Germany, died March 19, 1808, in Salford 
township, Montgomery Co., Pa., where he followed blacksmithing as well 
as farming. He and his brother George were naturalized Sept. 24, 1755, 
at a session of the Supreme court held in Philadelphia. On June 9, 1756, 
he bought of Adolph Pennepacker and his wife Susan 154 acres of land, 
the consideration being £500. On Dec. 7, 1768, he purchased of David 
Strieb and his wife Susan, of Whitemarsh township, two tracts of land, 
containing, respectively, twenty-three acres, 120 perches and thirty and 
three-quarters acres. One of these properties was a hotel, but he did 
not care to conduct it and on May 23, 1770, sold the hotel and thirty-
two acres, sixty-seven perches of land to Frederick Dickensheid, for 
£400. He sold two other tracts to Christian Moyer. His last purchase was 
made in 1792, when he bought the lot now owned by Dr. J. K. Keeler. He 
owned nearly all the land on which the village of Harleysville has been 
built.  On Feb. 1, 1798, he and his wife Anna Barbara conveyed their 
farm to their son George for £800.
	Nicholas Schwenk was a prominent man in his community, filling 
several official positions in the township.  Tradition says that he 
became blind in his old age. His will, - No. 100, recorded at 
Norristown, in Will Book 8, page 18, dated March 7, 1808, proved April 
7, 1808, refers to his children and grandchildren. His sons George and 
Jacob (the latter of Upper Providence) were the executors, and some time 
after the father's death they obtained the consent of their mother in 
writing and made public sale of her lot, which was sold to Daniel 
Harley; a deed conveying same was executed April 3, 1810. To his wife 
Anna Barbara Nicholas Schwenk willed £10 in gold and silver, various 
articles of furniture, clock and stove, a lot on which they lived 
(containing two acres, 120 perches of land) and the lot of woodland near 
Salford meetinghouse containing four acres, ninety-eight perches. In the 
will are mentioned his sons George and Jacob; his deceased daughter 
Elizabeth; his daughter Mary Magdalena, wife of Andrew Campbell; his 
granddaughter Elizabeth, wife of John Ziegler; Barbara, wife of John 
Stone; and his grandson Martin Begar, to whom he left £5. He mentions 
Elizabeth, wife of Abraham Markley; Mary, wife of Michael Wagoner; and 
Barbara Ott.
	It is probable that Elizabeth, wife of John Ziegler, and Barbara, 
wife of John Stone, were daughters of Andrew Campbell; Mrs. Campbell 
received the income of £200.
	Elizabeth Schwenk, daughter of Nicholas, and her husband, Martin 
Begar, died respectively, June 24, 1804 (aged fifty-three years, eight 
	
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months), and Jan. 17, 1806 (aged sixty-seven years, seven months, 
twenty-six days).  Mr. Begars two sons-in-law, Abraham Markley and 
Michael Wagoner, settled his estate.  The three daughters of Martin and 
Elizabeth (Schwenk) Begar were: (1) Elizabeth, born Aug. 23, 1779, died 
April 5, 1830; she married Abraham Markley (son of Isaac and grandson of 
Jacob), born Aug. 1, 1764, died Sept. 25, 1829, and they are buried at 
the Lower Salford meetinghouse. Their children were Elizabeth, Sarah, 
Samuel, Martin, Isaac, Abraham, Mary, Eli, Catharine, Joel, Jonas, and 
Abraham. Abraham Markley was a saddler by occupation, and lived in Upper 
Salford township. (2) Mary died Nov. 29, 1864, aged eighty-one years, 
six months, twenty-five days. She married Michael Wagoner, who died June 
1, 1860, aged eighty-two years, three months, twenty-two days.  (3) 
Barbara, Mrs. Ott died April 8, 1813, aged twenty-six years, one month, 
seven days.
	Nicholas Schwenk was a resident of Harleysville for over fifty 
years, but it is not known where he and his wife are buried nor where 
his son George and wife are buried. They are probably buried at the 
Goshenhoppen church in Upper Salford and have no regular tombstones, and 
the graves have undoubtedly been sadly neglected. However, interest in 
family history and the preservation of important dates have received 
much attention lately and systematic search has been carried on by the 
family reunion, resulting in the discovery of many names and dates from 
the Schwenkville, Keelor, Leidy, Goshenhoppen, Six-Cornered, Lower 
Skippack Mennonite, Limerick Center and St John's (at Norristown) 
graveyards. There are a number of Schwenks interred in the Schwenk-Grob-
Ziebler burying ground on the farm of the late Samuel Faust in Frederick 
township, Montgomery county, which has been much neglected, though the 
families interested contemplate restoring it and preserving the various 
records, straightening the tombstones, etc.
	Jacob Schwenk, son of Nicholas, was born in Frederick township, 
Montgomery  county.   On April 10, 1783, he married Elizabeth Reimer, 
only child of John Reimer, and he settled at Trappe with his wife and 
two children.  He then took possession of the old Muhlenberg property, 
which he probably purchased, and followed farming and tanning.  After 
giving up housekeeping at the Trappe he made his home with his son 
Samuel for several years, and early in 1828 moved to Milton, where he 
died about a year afterward.  His remains lie in Harmony cemetery. He 
and his wife had eleven children, six sons and five daughters. We have 
the following record of the sons: (1) John; the eldest married quite 
young, about 1817, and went west to Pittsburg.  (2) Jacob is mentioned 
below. (3) David learned the trade of hatter under his brother Jacob. He 
married and settled in the town of Limerick, in upper Montgomery county, 
later removing to New Berlin, Union county, and from there to 
Swinefordstown, now Middleburg, Snyder county. (4) Henry  also learned 
hatting, but never followed the trade. He left Trappe, and resided until 
his death with Abraham Slifer, a hotel-keeper at Flourtown, Whitemarsh 
township.  (5) Edward lived and died at Trappe.  (6) Samuel followed 
millwrighting while he resided at Trappe.  He removed to Conshohocken, 
where he kept store for a number of years, and then turned his attention 
to organizing building associations.  He married and had two daughters, 
Susan and Andora, both of whom married Jacob Hunsicker.
	Jacob Schwenk, son of Jacob, was born in the village of Trappe, 
where he grew to manhood and married. He was a hatter, and followed that 
trade and ropemaking at the Trappe from the time of his marriage, about 
1808, until his removal to Milton, in 1823 or 1824. There he resided 
until his death. He was largely engaged as a dealer in produce, which he 
bought in large quantities and transported by means of several 
canalboats, which he owned, to various eastern markets on the 
Pennsylvania canal.  On the return trip he brought goods for the 
different merchants along the route, railroad facilities at that time 
being few and inadequate, and he did a thriving business. He died May 
20, 1862, at the age of seventy-five years, and his wife, Elizabeth 
(Lewis), died Feb. 17, 1828, aged forty-one.  Their children were: 
Justus is mentioned below; Col. Thomas, born Feb. 3, 1812, in the 
village of Trappe, died Nov. 7, 1903, aged ninety-one years, nine 
months, four days, was a prominent man of his day, served as auditor of 
Northumberland county, and was a member of Governor Pollock's staff; 
William and Franklin, who were not married, lived at Milton (William 
died Aug. 19, 1879, aged sixty-four); Thompson died March 22, 1864 (aged 
forty), at Milton, leaving a wife and daughter, now deceased; Lewis died 
at Milton March 14, 1865, aged thirty-eight leaving two children, both 
of whom located in the west; Susanna married Cephas Girton and they 
resided at Milton.
	Justus Swenk, son of Jacob, was born at the Trappe, and moved to 
Milton with his parents when a boy. There he spent nearly all his active 
career, a few years prior to his death, however, moving to Lock Haven, 
where he died in April, 1887, at the age of seventy-six.  Early in life 
he engaged in rope-making, which he continued successfully at Milton 
until 1867, and for many years he was associated with his father in 
buying and shipping produce.
	Mr. Swenk married Hannah Harris, who died in 1871, at the age of 
sixty-one years, and to them were born ten children, seven sons and 
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and Mrs. C. C. Straub, of Milton, deceased; Mrs. Mary E. Frymier, of 
Williamsport, Pa.; Mrs. Anna Deffenbach, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,  deceased; 
Reese H.; Jacob Harris, deceased; and Thomas a merchant of Muncy, Pa., 
who is also operator for the Western Union Telegraph Company at that 
place.

	REESE H. SWENK, a well known citizen of Turbut township, was born 
Oct. 14, 1841, in Milton, Northumberland county, son of Justus Swenk. He 
attended school in his native locality, and when he commenced business 
life embarked in merchandising at Milton, following that line until 
1877. Meantime, in 1872, he had located on his present place in Turbut 
township, one of the old Irland homesteads, which contains 107 acres of 
valuable land located two miles east of Milton, in the locality called 
Pleasant Valley. He now devotes his attention to the care of this 
property. Mr. Swenk is a well known citizen of his locality, served nine 
years as school director of his township, and is an intelligent, 
progressive man in every respect.
	On Oct. 18, 1871, Mr. Swenk married Harriet E. Irland, daughter of 
David L. and Martha (Hayes) Irland, and they have one son, David Irland 
Swenk, who is in the employ of the Bell Telephone Company at Altoona, 
Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Swenk are members of the Presbyterian church at Milton.

	IRLAND. The Irland family of Northumberland county traces its line 
back to David Irland, who was born in 1748 in Scotland, and on coming to 
America settled in Turbut township, this county, where he took up about 
one thousand acres of land. The house which he built upon his farm is 
still standing and in good condition. The location is known as Pleasant 
Valley.  During the Indian troubles he and his family were obliged to 
take refuge at Fort Augusta, at Sunbury, where they remained until the 
trouble was over, returning to the home in Turbut township as soon as it 
was safe. Mr. Irland died June 16, 1827, at the age of eighty-nine 
years, and his wife Lenora, born in 1739, died June 16, 1799, at the age 
of sixty. They are buried in the Chillisquaque cemetery. They were 
members of the Presbyterian church. Seven children were born to this 
pioneer couple: Robert, who died Oct. 31, 1845, aged eighty-three years 
(his first wife, Mary, died Aug. 12, 1808, aged thirty-seven years, and 
his second wife Elizabeth died Feb. 2, 1845, aged sixty-four years) 
John; William: Mrs. John Chesnutt; David, Jr.; Anna E., who died 
unmarried; and Elizabeth, who married William H. Sanderson (their 
children were William, John J., Mrs. Margaret Brown, and David).
	David Irland, Jr., grandfather of Mrs. Reese H. Swenk, was born 
while the family were at Fort Augusta, in 1779.  He died upon his farm 
in Turbut township in 1858, aged seventy-nine years. He was a well known 
man, and an active member of the militia in the early days. His first 
wife Sarah Teitsworth, born Dec. 4, 1787, died in 1818 at the age of 
thirty-one years. Her parents, John and Mary (Gallagher) Teitsworth, 
were married Jan. 10, 1787, and their children were born as follows: 
Sarah, Dec. 4, 1787; John, Jan. 15, 1790 (died Nov. 2, 1804); William, 
Oct. 12, 1792 (died Jan. 23, 1794); Elizabeth, June 17, 1795 Maria, Oct. 
9, 1797 (died Sept. 29, 1804) Thomas G., Nov. 3, 1800 (died Sept. 22, 
1803). Mrs. Mary Teitsworth, the mother, died Oct. 9, 1804. For his 
second wife David Irland, Jr., married Eleanora Sanderson, born in 1770, 
who died in 1842 at the age of seventy-two. Mr. Irland and both his 
wives are buried in the upper cemetery at Milton. Four children were 
born to the first marriage: David L.; Sarah, Mrs. Staddon; Eliza A., who 
died unmarried in 1845, aged twenty-eight years; and Mary, who died in 
infancy.  No children were born to the second union.
	David L. Irland, son of David, Jr., was born at the homestead in 
Turbut township in 1807, and in his day was a prominent man in his 
district, serving many years as justice of the peace. He followed 
farming on the place now occupied by his son-in-law, Reese H. Swenk, and 
in 1854 built the fine residence thereon which is still standing. He 
died upon the farm in 1873. In 1843 Mr. Irland married Martha Hayes, 
born in 1820 in Gettysburg, daughter of Robert and Martha (Agnew) Hayes, 
who died in 1904; she is buried at Milton. Mr. and Mrs. Irland had one 
child, Harriet E., now the wife of Reese H. Swenk. She is the only 
representative of the Irland family in this district at the present 
time.

	JACOB HARRIS SWENK,  who in his long service as trainmaster of the 
Sunbury & Shamokin division of the Pennsylvania railroad, became very 
well known to the citizens of that region, was born Aug. 18, 1846, at 
Milton, son of Justus Swenk.  He there attended the public schools until 
he reached the age of fifteen years. He then spent five years in the 
office of the Miltonian, in that borough, learning the printer's trade, 
and during that time also mastered telegraphy. In December, 1866, he 
obtained a position in the office of the Pennsylvania Railway Company at 
Jersey Shore, Pa., as telegraph operator. After only two weeks' service 
there he was transferred to Sunbury, Pa., in January, 1867, in the same 
capacity.  In 1870, after faithful service in various lines, he was made 
train dispatcher and division operator at that point, holding such 
position for thirteen years, and in the latter part of 1883 was relieved 
of his duties as dispatcher, being made assistant trainmaster, which 
position he filled along with that of division operator.  On May 1, 
1891, he was made trainmaster, which incumbency he filled until his 
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long service and the responsible nature of his work were the best 
evidence of his efficiency and of the value placed upon his services. He 
was one of the company's oldest employees.  Mr. Swenk had charge of 
over four hundred men, all engaged in responsible duties. 
	On Nov. 2, 1871, Mr. Swenk married Clara Haas, daughter of Daniel 
and Margaret (Zimmerman) Haas, of Sunbury, and they had two sons; 
Charles Haas and Raymond.  Mr. Swenk was for years a prominent member of 
St. Matthew's Episcopal church, which he served as (junior) warden for 
thirty years, and as treasurer of the parish house, which was built at a 
cost of $35,000.  He had charge of its management.  Outside of his work 
his greatest interest centered in the church, and at the time of his 
death he was its oldest vestry-man. He was also member of the choir for 
many years until a few weeks before the close of his life, and there was 
no more faithful attendant or sincere worshipper than he. As a member of 
the Young Men's club, he sought by this means to promote the welfare of 
the church and to build up an interest among the members of the 
congregation. He gave liberally of his time and money for the support of 
the church, and no matter how busy he might have been, was always ready 
to take up any task in the service of the church that might fall to his 
lot. The following "appreciation" gives some idea of the high esteem in 
which his services were held: 
	We, the Rector and Vestry; of St. Matthew's Church, desire to give 
an expression of our gratitude to Almighty God for the many blessings to 
this Parish through the life and Service of Jacob Harris Swenk, and also 
of our grief at the great personal loss we have each sustained in the 
death of our very dear friend. 
	For more than forty years Mr. Swenk has been actively identified 
with the life and work of St. Matthew's Church; as a member of the 
choir, as vestry-man and vestry's warden, but above all as a constant, 
unfailing attendant at the services of the church, he has been both a 
precept and example to the whole congregation. Eminently wise and 
conservative in counsel, of unfailing courtesy, most even tempered, he 
has largely assisted in tiding us through many dark hours in the years 
that are past.
	He had the unusual honor of being elected accounting warden of the 
parish in the same year in which he was called to the vestry. so that 
for twenty-nine years he has had oversight of the property and finances 
of the church.  An example of generous and faithful giving, he led us on 
to doing more than ever before for the Master's cause, and by his 
unremitting care of the property of the church during times of 
prosperity and stress, he aided materially in bringing the Parish to its 
present condition.
	We have resolved to spread this expression of our appreciation upon 
the minutes, to furnish a copy to his family, with the assurance of our 
warmest personal sympathy, and to request its publication in the local 
papers.
	C. M. CLEMENT
	W. L DEWART
	H. S. KNIGHT, Committee.

	Mr. Swenk was active in local politics to the extent of serving two 
terms in the borough council from the First ward. He was a Republican in 
political sentiment, and served as borough councilman. Fraternally he 
was a member of Maclay Lodge, No. 632, F & A.M., was a charter member of 
the Knights of Pythias in Sunbury, and an active member of the P. & E. 
Railroad Veterans' Association, which he served as member of the 
executive committee. A tall man of fine physique and commanding 
presence, he was frequently likened, in appearance and demeanor, to the 
late President McKinley. He was calm and deliberate in spirit and 
manner, and held the esteem of social and business acquaintances alike.  
His death occurred Feb. 4, 1911, at his home, No. 208 Arch street. He 
was buried in Pomfret Manor cemetery.
	CHARLES HAAS SWENK, M. D., a physician of Sunbury, who has been 
located in practice there since 1899, is a native of the borough, born 
Oct. 20, 1872, son of Jacob H. Swenk.  He received his early education 
in the public schools of Sunbury, graduating from the high school in 
1889. He then attended Bucknell College for two years, and took his 
medical course at the Medico-Chirurgical College, in Philadelphia, 
graduating from that institution in the year 1897.  Dr. Swenk was at 
Ashland, Schuylkill Co., Pa., for a year and a half, being physician in 
the Miners' State Hospital there for nine months, and was subsequently 
in Luzerne county for a year, returning to his native place in 1899.  He 
has fine offices at No. 243 Market Square.  Dr. Swenk's practice has 
grown steadily, and he deserves the success which has attended his work, 
for he is faithful to the best ideals of his profession and an earnest, 
conscientious physician in all that the name implies.  He is surgeon for 
the Mary M. Packer hospital, and president of the Sunbury board of 
health.  His worth has been recognized by his fellow practitioners, 
among whom he has excellent standing, as is demonstrated by his official 
connection with the Northumberland County Medical Society and the 
Medical Society of Sunbury, both of which he is serving as treasurer; he 
has held that position in the county society since 1902.  He is also a 
member of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and of the American 
Medical Association. Socially he holds membership in Maclay Lodge, No. 
632, F. & A.M., in the Alumni Association of his alma mater, the 
Americus Club and the Temple Club. He is a vestryman of St. Matthew's 
Episcopal Church, in the work of which he takes an active part.
	Dr. Swenk married Catharine Grant daughter of the late William T. 
and Rachel A. (Yoxtheimer) Grant, of Sunbury. 
	RAYMOND SWENK, younger son of Jacob H. Swenk, graduated from the 
Sunbury high school in 1903, and later took a course at State College, 
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civil engineering, and is at present engaged as rodman for the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Pittsburg. He is a member of Maclay 
Lodge, No. 632, F. & A.M.

	CAPT. JAMES BRYSON, who died in the prime of life while serving his 
country as a cavalry captain in, the Civil war, was a descendant of one 
of the prominent old families of Northumberland county. The Brysons are 
of Scotch-Irish descent and Presbyterians in religious faith.
	Robert Bryson, the Captain's great-grandfather, born in 1727, died 
Sept. 29, 1769, aged forty-two years. He lived in Delaware township, 
Northumberland county. His wife, whose maiden name was Esther Quigly, 
was born in 1728, and died in September, 1809, at the age of eighty-one 
years. They had children as follows: James, Rev. John, William and 
Samuel. Of these, Rev. John Bryson, born in January, 1758, in Cumberland 
county, Pa., died Aug. 3, 1855, in his ninety-eighth year; he married 
Jane Montgomery, and they had five children, Christian, Jane, John, 
Robert and Hetty.
	James Bryson, son of Robert, was born Jan. 29, 1757, and was a 
large landowner and farmer in Delaware township, where he died April 5, 
1847, in his ninety-first year. He is buried at Warrior Run Church.  He 
married Esther Graham, daughter of John Graham, on June 22, 1780, and 
the following children were born to them: Robert, William B., Mrs. 
Reineansin, Mrs. Nickson and a daughter, also married, whose name is not 
known. The mother of this family, born in 1751, died April 21, 1820, 
aged sixty-nine years.
	William B. Bryson was born Nov. 30, 1794, in Delaware township, 
where he died.  He was a farmer and blacksmith, following those 
occupations for many years. On Feb. 3, 1820, he married Rebecca 
Caldwell, who was born May 12, 1801, and died in Watsontown. They are 
buried at McEwensville, Northumberland county.  Fifteen children were 
born to Mr. and Mrs. William B. Bryson, namely: Margaret, born Nov. 10, 
1820; Capt. James, born Jan. 1, 1822; Esther G.; born Aug. 22, 1823, who 
married Andrew Russel (a son, William, resides at Watsontown, 
Northumberland county); Mary E., born Feb. 20, 1825, who married John 
Easton, of Union county, Pa.; Ella R., born Feb. 25, 1827, who married 
Samuel McCarty; Rev. Robert C., born Dec. 3, 1828; John C., born Nov. 9, 
1830; Hannah, born Aug. 16, 1832, who died in 1846, aged fourteen years; 
William, born Oct. 2, 1838, who married Mary Elsie (she still resides at 
Watsontown, Northumberland county); Jane, born May 22, 1835, who married 
Samuel Russel; Capt. Samuel, born Jan. 31, 1837; Rebecca, born Jan. 18, 
1839, who married William Wagner, of Winchester, Va.; Sarah, born Sept. 
3, 1841, who married William Klopp; Martha, born April 22, 1848, who 
married Dr. William Truckenmiller; and Priscilla, born Sept. 1, 1845
	Capt. James Bryson was born Jan. 1, 1822, on the old homestead in 
Delaware township, Northumberland county, and though he died in the 
prime of life, just at the age of forty, he was one of the most 
prominent young men in the county. He had entered the Union service as 
captain of Company D, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and died of fever at 
Louisville, Ky., in April, 1862, while on duty at that place. His death 
was a shock to all who knew him and was widely mourned in the vicinity 
of his home. His remains rest in the upper cemetery at Milton, Pa., 
where a fine monument marks his grave.
	On Jan. 1, 1852, Captain Bryson married Margaret Montgomery, 
daughter of William S. and Jane (Caldwell) Montgomery, the former born 
Dec. 17, 1808, the latter Aug. 13, 1808. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery had a 
family of five children: David C., Robert (of McEwensville, Pa.), Oliver 
(deceased), Edward L. (of Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Margaret.
	Four children were born to Capt. James and Mrs. Bryson: Agnes M., 
born in 1854, died in 1901; Clara J., born in 1856, died in 1902; 
Rebecca, born May 1, 1858, is the wife of William L. Wilson, a hardware 
merchant of Jersey Shore, Pa.; and William J., born in 1861, died in 
1864. Mrs. Margaret Bryson makes her home in Milton, Northumberland 
county, residing on Front street. 
	Rev. Robert C. Bryson, son of William B., born Dec. 3, 1828, died 
April 13, 1873, aged forty-four years, four months, ten days. He was a 
Presbyterian minister, and was located at Ashland, Pa., for some years 
as pastor. On Aug. 25, 1859, he married Ruth E. Arnold, daughter of John 
and Hannah P. (Yeager) Arnold, and she still survives, now making her 
home at Reading, Berks Co., Pa.  Four children were born to this union: 
Charles H., who is deceased; Myra, married to Gilbert Voris Russel; 
Robert C., who married Lydia A. Moore, and died in 1910; and Ruth, at 
home. 
	Capt. Samuel Bryson, the eleventh child of William B. Bryson, born 
Jan. 31, 1837, died Dec. 24, 1879.  He was a farmer by occupation. Early 
in the Civil war he entered the Union service as a private, becoming a 
member of Company D, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and after the death of 
his brother, Capt. James Bryson, of that company, was promoted to its 
command to fill his place. He served nearly four years in the war. On 
Dec. 23, 1868, he married Martha W. Dean, daughter of Judge Joseph Dean, 
who served two terms as associate judge of Montour county, Pa. The Judge 
was twice married, having three children by his first wife, whose maiden 
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Bryson and his wife were born five children: James, Howard, Janet and 
Fannie and Ada (both of whom are deceased). 

	JARED D. MAYES, of Milton, Pa., manufacturer and importer of 
monumental work, was born Feb. 5, 1876, at Lemont Centre county, Pa.; 
son of Jones B. and Mary Brown. Jones B. Mayes was also engaged in the 
above business at Lemont, Centre county, Pa., where he is now living 
retired. 
	Jared D. Mayes, one of six sons, learned the business under his 
father, and became a partner of his father under the name of J. B. Mayes 
& Son, at Lemont. This firm continued for a period of two years, and in 
March, 1904, our subject located at Watsontown, where he established a 
business in March, 1908, buying out the business establishment of W. H. 
Wetzel, formerly known as the H. N. Swartz Steam Marble Works. In 1909 
Mr. Mayes removed to Milton, where he built and equipped a fine plant 
located at No. 66 Bound avenue. This plant is fitted up with electric 
power and pneumatic appliances of various kinds, his equipment being 
adapted for the production of the best work known to the trade.
	Mr. Mayes married Sophronia Segner, daughter of Michael and 
Christina (Gault) Segner. They have these children: Mary Agnes, Anna 
Louisa and Jared D., Jr.

	EDWIN M. CAMPBELL, of Milton, Northumberland county, was born Dec. 
7, 1867, in Shamokin township, and comes of an old family of that 
section, the Campbells having been settled in Rush township for several 
generations.
	Joseph  Campbell, his great-grandfather, was born in Rush township, 
where he lived and died, and is buried at the Rush Presbyterian church. 
He was a farmer by occupation. His wife, Lovina, is buried in the 
graveyard of the same church, of which they were early members. Their 
children were the following:  Richard, who was drowned in the 
Susquehanna river, at Danville; William; Christopher, who died in Rush 
township; Martha, Sallie and Charlie, all of whom died unmarried.
	William Campbell, son of Joseph, was born Oct. 10, 1810, and died 
in 1884. He spent all his life in Rush township, engaged in farming. In 
March, 1837, he married Catherine Johnson, who was born Dec. 15, 1814, 
daughter of William and Elizabeth Johnson, and died in 1883. Mr. and 
Mrs. Campbell are buried at the Rush Presbyterian church. They had a 
family of six children:  Elizabeth, born Nov. 3, 1838, is the widow of 
Samuel Moore and makes her home at Snydertown; Joseph A., born April 10, 
1840, lives at South Danville, Pa.; John P. is mentioned below; Matilda, 
born Feb. 15, 1845, married Philip Miller and is deceased; Martha A., 
born Dec. 11, 1847, married John Hendricks; Margaret, born April 11, 
1852, married Daniel Acker and lives near Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania.
	John P. Campbell, son of William, born Oct. 13, 1842, attended the 
schools of Rush township and there passed his early life.  He remained 
at home with his father until he reached the age of twenty-one years, 
when he bought the old Mahlon Boughner farm in Shamokin township, upon 
which he made his home for almost a quarter of a century. It comprises 
132 acres of excellent land, and there he carried on general farming, 
with continuous success, until his removal in 1887 to the borough of 
Snydertown. He built a fine residence at Snydertown, where he has since 
lived in retirement.  He is a Democrat in politics, and since settling 
in Snydertown has served four years as roadmaster.  In religion he is a 
Lutheran, holding membership in Reed's church, of which he has been 
deacon.
	Mr. Campbell married Mary Sholl, who was born March 18, 1843, and 
died in 1879.  To this marriage was born one son, Edwin M. Mr. Campbell 
married for his second wife Emma Hile, daughter of William Hile, of Rush 
township.  There have been no children by this union.
	Edwin M. Campbell received his education in the schools of his 
native township and worked with his father until he attained his 
majority. At that time he commenced farming for himself, locating on his 
father's farm at Snydertown, which contains 160 acres. After cultivating 
that place for five years he moved to his wifes farm at McEwensville, 
Northumberland county, on which he was located for two years, at the end 
of that time settling in Milton, where he has lived since March 17, 
1896. He bought a fine residence on Walnut street which he and his 
family still occupy, and since taking up his residence in the borough 
has been employed in the car shops, where he has an excellent reputation 
as an intelligent industrious worker.  He is considered a substantial 
citizen, but he has never taken any part in public affairs. He is a 
member of the Woodmen of the World, belonging to the lodge at Milton.
	On Dec. 20, 1888, Mr. Campbell married Ella V. Dreisbach, and they 
have had two children, Pearl Elizabeth and Emma Mae.  Mr. Campbell and 
his family are members of Christ Lutheran church at Milton. In political 
faith he is a Democrat.
	Daniel Dreisbach, ancestor of the Dreisbach family of 
Northumberland county to which Mrs. Campbell belongs, married Catharine 
Grodurbel, and they came to this county from Northampton county, where 
his father kept a hotel and farmed, at Dry Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel 
Dreisbach had the following children: (1) George Washington. (2) Daniel. 
(3) Susan married Charles Leon, son of Jonathan Leon and grandson of Dr. 
Leon, and they had two sons who died young, 
	
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Elizabeth (who died young), Anna Maria, Catharine (married Levi Buch) 
and Fyetta (Mrs. Hagnour).  (4) Elizabeth married Nicholas Hower and had 
five children, George, Alfred, William, Aaron and Caroline.  (5) Kate 
married Daniel Balliet and they had three children, Kate, George and 
Caroline.  (6) Mary married David Stahlnecker and had five children, 
George, Daniel, Mary (Mrs. Moye), Julia (Mrs. James Frederick) and Sarah 
C. (Mrs. Murray).George Washington Dreisbach, son of Daniel, married 
Sarah E. Acor, a descendant of Andrew Acor, who came to Pennsylvania 
from New Jersey and settled in Montour county; he was between forty and 
fifty years of age at the time.

	THOMAS SATTESON was at the time of his death one of the oldest 
residents of West Chillisquaque township, living upon what is known as 
the Mount Zion farm. He was born Oct. 10, 1833, in Lebanon county, Pa., 
son of Jacob F. Satteson. His grandfather, who was of German extraction, 
lived and died in Lebanon county.
	Jacob F. Satteson removed to Northumberland county when his family 
was young, and settled in what was then Turbut township, now part of the 
borough of Milton. He did day's work until his death, which occurred 
March 23, 1885, when he was seventy-three years, five months, fifteen 
days old. He is buried in Harmony cemetery, at Milton.  His wife, 
Elizabeth (Kohr), died Nov. 8, 1896, aged eighty-three years, one month, 
twenty-eight days.  They had the following children: John, who died at 
Milton, Pa., served two years and eleven months during the Civil war, 
being a member of the 5th Pennsylvania Reserves, took part in the battle 
of Gettysburg, and was wounded in the right wrist at the battle of the 
Wilderness; Sarah married Adam Freymeyer and (second) David Knauer; 
James L., born in 1838, died in 1902; Jacob is living in Milton, Pa.; 
Thomas is mentioned below; one daughter died young.
	Thomas Satteson attended school at Milton, and when a young man 
followed boating upon the canal. He was thus engaged until 1868, except 
during the time he was in the Union service, having enlisted in Company 
E, 74th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, with which he served six 
months. In 1868 he bought the old Fidler farm of ninety-five acres, 
known as the Mount Zion farm, in Chillisquaque (now West Chillisquaque) 
township, and ever afterward gave his attention to its cultivation. He 
was a substantial and intelligent citizen, well informed upon the topics 
of the day, and interested in the progress of local events. At one time 
he voted the Republican ticket, but he was subsequently identified with 
the Prohibitionists. In religious connection he was formerly a 
Methodist, but there being no church of that denomination in his 
neighborhood he was long a member of the Evangelical Association.  He 
was a member of Henry Wilson Post, No. 129, G.A.R., and was a Mason for 
over forty years, having joined Milton Lodge, No. 256, F. & A.M., in 
1870.
	Mr. Satteson married Jane McDaniel, daughter of Samuel and Tamer 
(Harris) McDaniel, and they had the following children: William married 
Susan Snyder and has two children, Jennie and Homer; Elizabeth married 
Edwin Balliet (they have no children); Louisa A. is the wife of William 
E. Steiger and has two children, Ruth and Harry; Harry married Sallie 
Baumgardner, and their children are Grace, Ralph, Susan, Thomas, Bud and 
Bruce; Ella J. married Calvin Steiger and has children, Robert, Thomas, 
Albert, Mary and Margaret; James F. married Elizabeth Derr, and their 
children are Elizabeth, Paul and Mary; Charles married Annie Fetzer, and 
their children are Ethel and Franklin; Sarah and Annie are unmarried and 
living at home.
	Mr. Satteson died Nov. 22, 1910, and in the spring of 1911 Mrs. 
Satteson removed to Milton, where she makes her home at No. 454 Cherry 
street.

	MAJ. FREDERICK A. REEN, a well known citizen of Watsontown borough, 
has lived there since the close of his service in the Civil war, in 
which he had a distinguished record. He is a native of Liverpool, Perry 
Co., Pa., born May 13, 1839, son of George Reen.
	Mr. Reen's grandfather came from Germany, his native land, and 
settled in Philadelphia, where he spent all the rest of his life. He had 
three sons, of whom George Reen was born in Philadelphia in 1803. When a 
young man George Reen moved to Perry county, Pa., near Liverpool, where 
he owned a farm and followed agricultural pursuits throughout his active 
years. He died in 1896, at the unusual age of ninety-three years. Mr. 
Reen married Clarentine Johnson, who was born in Perry county Feb. 19, 
1806, and died there April 29, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Reen are buried in 
that county. They had children as follows:  Samuel, born Jan. 31, 1831, 
who is living at Newport, Perry county; Harriet, born June 2, 1834, who 
married Abraham  Grubb  and  lives  near  her  old home in  Perry 
county; Christopher, born June 23, 1836, who served in the Civil war, 
and died in Michigan; Frederick A.; Anna Maria, born Dec. 5, 1842; and 
Gilbert, born July 21, 1845, who is living in Sacramento, California.
	Frederick A. Reen received his education in the pay schools in 
vogue in Perry county during his boyhood. He assisted his father with 
the farm work until his enlistment, May 4, 1861, for three years service 
in the Civil war, at which time he became a member of Company B, 7th 
Pennsylvania Reserves, which command was organized at Liverpool. He was 
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ond battle of Bull Run, at which he was wounded, and he was discharged 
on  surgeon's certificate April 30, 1863. Mr. Reen's second enlistment, 
Feb. 20, 1864, was in the 3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery.  In April, 
1864, the 188th Regiment was organized from the surplus members of the 
3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery.  It took the field at once, with about 
900 men, a large proportion of whom were veterans who had served in 
other regiments.  After the war had ended its enrollment was increased 
by an accession of men from the 199th Pennsylvania which had been 
mustered out, its recruits being turned over to the 188th. This was one 
of the three hundred famous fighting regiments of the Civil war, and 
lost 124 in killed and 456 in wounded.  It was attached to Durnham's 
Brigade, Brooks' Division, 18th Army Corps, and its colonels were, 
successively, George K. Bowen, John G. Gregg, J. C. Briscoe and Samuel 
I. Given. The fatalities of this famous command occurred as follows: At 
Proctor's Creek, Va., May 11, 1862, 2; Proctor's Creek, Va., May 13, 1 ; 
Fort Darling, May 14, 2; Fort Darling, May 15, 18; Drury's Bluff, May 
16, 25; Cold Harbor, June 1, 13, June 2, 6, June 3, 33, trenches, 3; 
Petersburg, assault, 3, mine, 2, trenches, 16; Fort Harris, Sept. 29, 
14; Chapin's Farm, Sept. 30, 3.  The regiment was also at Fair Oaks.  
Mr. Reen became a second lieutenant March 31, 1864; was promoted to 
first lieutenant July 22, 1864; to captain Dec. 14, 1864; and to major 
Nov. 26, 1865, being mustered out with that rank Dec. 14, 1865. At Fort 
Harrison, Sept. 29, 1864, he was wounded.
	When he returned to civil life Major Reen settled at Watsontown,  
Northumberland Co., Pa., where he has since made his home.  Later he 
became a teacher, following that profession for five years, and for a 
number of years was engaged in various lines of business, in 1896 taking 
the position of tax receiver of the borough, which he continues to fill.  
He has always been active socially, being well known in the Masonic 
fraternity.  He was made a Mason Feb. 21, 1866, in Adams Lodge, No. 319, 
F. & A.M., of New Bloomfield, Pa., and on March 22, 1871, transferred 
his membership to Watsontown Lodge, No. 401, of which he became 
secretary in 1873, serving also in 1874; he was again elected to that 
office in 1904 and is still serving.  He is a member of Warrior Run 
Chapter, No. 264, R.A.M., and also serves as secretary of that body. As 
a member of the G.A.R. he belongs to Bryson Post No. 225, of Watsontown, 
and became its first commander Sept. 30, 1881.  Major Reen has long been 
a prominent member of the Methodist church, in which he has filled all 
the offices, being at present president of the board of trustees, in 
which position he has served many years. He is an intelligent and well 
informed man, and his counsel is much esteemed in all the circles in 
which he is known.
	On July 12, 1866, Major Reen married Sarah E. Knight, who was born 
Mary 10, 1846, at Liverpool, Pa., daughter of Richard and Sarah (Berry) 
Knight the former of whom kept hotel at Liverpool for many years, during 
the time the canal was building; he died there.  Mrs. Knight's father 
was a drummer boy in the Revolutionary war, one of the youngest soldiers 
enlisted from his district. Major Reen and his wife had no children.  
Not long after settling  in Watsontown he bought ground on Elm street 
upon which in 1869 he erected the pleasant home which he has since 
occupied.

	REYNOLDS.  The name Reynolds has long been a respected one in the 
borough of Turbutville, well and favorably known in business and public 
circles, and two of its worthy representatives there at the present time 
are Henry Abram Reynolds, justice of the peace, and William N. Reynolds, 
merchant.  They are descendants of John and Hester (Foster)  Reynolds, 
who were married in October, 1797, at which time he was in his "twenty-
first year of age" and she was in her "eighteenth year of age."  Their 
children were born as follows: William, Jan. 20, 1799, at 10 a. m.; 
Grace, Dec. 30, 1801, at 5:30 a.m.; George June 12, 1803, at 10 p.m.; 
Philip, June 20, 1806, at 6 p.m.; Eliza, Dec. 27, 1808, at 7 p.m.; 
Henry, Dec. 16, 1810, at 11 a.m.; Hiram, Oct 3, 1812, at 4 p. m. Of this 
family, Grace died June 26, 1805.
	William Reynolds, son of John, born Jan. 20, 1799, in Montgomery 
county, Pa., lived for some time at Willow Grove, in that county, was at 
one time a resident of Schuylkill Haven, and later came to Turbutville, 
Northumberland county, where he was a pioneer innkeeper.  In his earlier 
manhood he had followed farming and shoemaking.  Some time before his 
death he moved to a farm in Anthony township, Montour county, where he 
passed the remainder of his days.  He is buried at the Warrior Run 
church. He married Hester Barrel, and they had the following children:  
Ella married Dr. Cotner; Mary married Isaac Reader, (second) George 
Christman and (third) D. H. Dreisbach; John lived and died at 
Turbutville; Himan lived for the most part in Turbutville, where he kept 
a hotel, later lived on a farm in Delaware township, and then moved to 
the Sulphur Springs hotel, in Lycoming county, Pa., where he died; 
George is mentioned below; William was a hotel-keeper in Pennsylvania, 
later moving out to Illinois, where he engaged in farming, and he died 
at Kingston, that state; Catharine married Jacob Smith and they lived 
and died at Schuyler, Pa.; Louise is the wife of D. P. Dreisbach and. 
they live at Turbutville;  Eliza married James Leech, a farmer, and they 
moved from Montgomery county to Northumberland county.
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Northumberland county, and passed most of his life at Turbutville, 
Northumberland county, where he died in 1876 and is buried.  He did 
laboring work and threshing, and was an industrious, respected citizen, 
his fellow citizens showing their confidence in him by electing him to 
various local offices. He was constable a number of years, councilman, 
and served in other borough offices, giving faithful service in every 
capacity.  In political affiliation he was a Democrat, in religion a 
member of the Reformed Church.  His wife, Rebecca (Dreisbach), daughter 
of Daniel H. Dreisbach, still survives, making her home, at Turbutville. 
She is now  (1910) sixty-three years old.  To Mr. and Mrs. George 
Reynolds were born the following children: Daniel, who is a resident of 
Williamsport, Pa.; Lizzie, married to Charles Moser; William N.; 
Augustus, of Turbutville; and George, a lawyer, who is now a prominent 
member of his profession in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
	WILLIAM N. REYNOLDS, son of George, a business man of Turbutville, 
was born Feb. 14, 1872, where he now lives. He was educated in the 
public schools of the borough, graduating from the high school in 1890, 
after which he learned the trade of tinsmith from Fred Heisler, at 
Dallastown, York Co., Pa. In 1898 he embarked in business on his own 
account at Turbutville, where he has since been located, occupying a 
large building and carrying a full line of stoves, ranges, heaters, 
pumps, cream separators, paints, gas generators, and other things in the 
same line, his stock being very complete and up-to-date.  He is agent 
for the celebrated Columbian stoves, ranges and furnaces, made by the 
Keeley Stove Company, of Columbia, Pa., and for the De Laval cream 
separators.  He deals in all kinds of house furnishing supplies, 
including a large assortment of enamel and tinware.  He installs 
plumbing and heating apparatus, also doing general job work, in which 
line he commands a wide patronage, keeping two men constantly employed.  
His business ability has been well demonstrated in the good judgment he 
has shown in the management of his establishment, being conservative yet 
progressive to such an extent that he wins and holds a high class of 
trade. Local enterprises have received his support and encouragement, he 
having been one of the organizers of the Turbutville National Bank in 
1910; he became a member of the board of directors, and is vice-
president. Politically he is a Democrat, and he is at present serving on 
the school board of the borough, and as secretary of that body.  
Fraternally he holds membership in the Maccabees and the Modern Woodmen 
of America.
	On June 24, 1897, Mr. Reynolds married Lillie Weaver, daughter of 
Jacob Weaver, of Watsontown, this county, and they have had four 
children: Earl, Gladys (who died when nineteen months old), Edna and 
Leona. Mr. Reynolds and his, family are members of St. James Lutheran 
Church.
	Henry Reynolds, son of John and Hester (Foster) Reynolds, was born 
Dec. 16, 1810, in the neighborhood of Willow Grove, Montgomery Co., Pa. 
He was a shoemaker, his brothers George and Hiram also learning the 
trade. For some time he lived near Turbutville, in Lewis township, 
Northumberland county, later moving to Lycoming county, and thence to 
Montour county, where he continued to live until his death.  He enlisted 
for service in the Civil war, but was accidentally killed March 15, 
1863, at Turbutville, before entering the army.  He and his  wife,  
Kitty Ann (Barrel),  who died March 28, 1880, aged sixty-three years, 
nine months, eighteen days, are buried side by side in the old grave 
yard, at Turbutville. She was a sister of Hester Barrel, wife of his 
brother William. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
Reynolds, namely: Theodore lives in Anthony township, Montour county; 
William is a resident of Kingston, Dekalb Co., Ill. (he was a soldier 
throughout the Civil war); Charles died young; George died young; Hiram, 
who served as a soldier throughout the Civil war, died when past forty 
in Denver, Cob.; Mary E. married John T. Kamp and they lived most of the 
time in Turbutville; Henry Abram is mentioned below; Alexander Smith 
lives at Kingston, Dekalb Co., Illinois.
	HENRY ABRAM REYNOLDS, son of Henry, was born Nov. 24, 1854, in 
Moreland township, Lycoming Co., Pa., and received the greater part of 
his education at Turbutville, Northumberland county. In his younger 
manhood he was engaged for twelve years in school teaching, two years of 
this time in Northumberland county and the other ten years in Montour 
county, but his principal occupation was long civil engineering, which 
he has followed for the most part in his native State. He was thus 
engaged for three years in Florida. He has been prominent in the 
administration of public affairs in Turbutville, serving nine years as 
assessor of the borough, and two years as member of the council, and in 
February, 1906, he was elected justice of the peace, which office he 
still continues to fill. He is a man of ability and intelligence, and 
his high character has won him the universal respect of his fellow 
citizens.
	On May 19, 1888, Mr. Reynolds married Margaretta Butler Wetzel, 
daughter of Henry E. Wetzel, of Montour county, Pa., and granddaughter 
of John Jacob Wetzel, of Montour county. Three children have been born 
to this union: Frances Helen, John Lloyd and Edward Levering. Mr. 
Reynolds and his family are members of St. James Lutheran Church. 
	
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	DAVID L. BLY, present owner and conductor of the Watsontown ferry, 
is engaged in a business with which his family has been connected for 
the past fifty-five years.  The ferry has been owned in the family since 
1866. Mr. Bly is a son of James C. Bly and grandson of Capt. John Bly, 
whose father lived and died in Virginia. He was probably a farmer by 
occupation. The family is of Scottish descent.
	Capt. John Bly was born Dec. 18, 1814, in Virginia, and came to 
Pennsylvania in young manhood. He was one of the original settlers at 
Watsontown, Northumberland county, in which vicinity he resided for over 
fifty years, having his home in white Deer township, Union county, until 
1865, when he came across the river to Watsontown.  He was one of the 
first to promote the establishment of the ferry at that place, across 
the Susquehanna, conducting if from 1861 until his death. He bought it 
in 1866. For about fifteen years he was captain of a canal boat on the 
Pennsylvania canal.
	In 1835 Captain Bly married Lydia Rhoads, who survived him for many 
years, his death occurring in 1883, when he was within six days of his 
seventieth year; he was buried at Watsontown. Mrs. Bly died July 24, 
1902, at the age of eighty-eight.  She was a member of the Presbyterian 
Church, and her husband gave liberally to the support of the church. He 
was a member of the I.O.R.M.  Ten sons were born to this couple, all 
growing to maturity except Edwin, the youngest who died when seventeen 
months old. The others were as follows: Joseph, of Watsontown, who died 
in April, 1896, in his sixty-first year; David, mentioned below; James 
C., mentioned below; William R., mentioned below; Manoah, of Watsontown; 
Charles, of Watsontown; Alem, of Montoursville, Pa.; Phineas (twin of 
Alem), of Watsontown; and John A., of Buffalo, N Y., who died near 
Pittsburgh, Pa.  Four of the sons, Joseph, David, James C. and William 
H., served in the Civil war.  Only four now survive, James C., Charles, 
Alem and Phineas.
	Joseph Bly, brother of Capt. John Bly, lived in White Deer 
township, Union Co., Pa., and was a carpenter by occupation. He had a 
son William, of Hagerstown, Md., and daughters Hattie and Mary.
	Capt. David Bly, son of Capt. John Bly, was at one time engaged as 
a broker at Williamsport. He saw active service in the Civil war, 
enlisting in Company G, 11th Pennsylvania Volunteers, when the war broke 
out, and later becoming captain of Company B, 131st Pennsylvania 
Volunteers. He took part in a number of battles, notably Antietam, 
second Bull Run, Chancellorsville, South Mountain and Fredericksburg. He 
died at Williamsport in 1901, quite suddenly, of heart disease.
	William R. Bly, son of Capt. John Bly, was born in Union county, 
Pa., at White Deer, Dec. 1, 1844 and when thirteen years old left home 
to live with a relative in Turbut township, Northumberland county.  When 
seventeen years old he enlisted for service in the Civil war, becoming a 
member of Company B (commanded by his brother David), 131st Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, on Aug. 1, 1862.  He served nine months with that command, 
subsequently for three months in the 194th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and 
for one year in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry. On his return to civil 
life he engaged in the lumbering business on White Deer creek, after 
which he purchased the Bower homestead in White Deer Valley.  Upon the 
death of his father, in 1883, he purchased the Watsontown ferry and farm 
property, and operated the ferry for over twenty years, until his 
retirement about 1905, in which year he sold the ferry to his nephew, 
David L. Bly. He died at his home on West Third street, Watsontown, Dec. 
25, 1908, after a long illness, and was buried at Watsontown with 
Masonic rites, having long held membership in the Masonic fraternity, in 
Watsontown Lodge, No. 401; he was also a member of the G.A.R., belonging 
to Bryson Post No. 225. His religious connection was with the First 
Lutheran Church of Watsontown. Mr. Bly was a substantial citizen, and 
one of the stockholders in the Watsontown National Bank. He was twice 
married, the first time Dec. 23, 1869, to Mary Bower, who died Feb. 7, 
1884, leaving four children: Elizabeth, John, Minnie and William.  His 
second marriage, on Feb. 14, 1887, was to Annie M. Wallize, of 
Watsontown, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Clark) Wallize, who survives 
him. Three children were born to this union: Rhoads, now of Houston, 
Texas; Minnie, married to Harley Sterner, of Williamsport; and 
Elizabeth, who lives at home.
	James C. Bly, son of Capt. John Bly, was born in White Deer 
township, Union Co., Pa., Jan. 16, 1840, and attended the Leisz school 
in his home district. In his younger life he followed sawmilling and 
lumbering at Williamsport for about seventeen years, after which he 
farmed for eight years in Kelly township, Union county. He then moved to 
White Deer township, that county, where he lived for eighteen years, 
meantime beginning railroad work, with the Philadelphia & Reading 
Company. He was employed on the construction of the south bound track.  
For four years he worked in the planing mill at Watsontown. His brother 
David having purchased the White Deer gristmill, Mr. Bly assisted him in 
the milling business for nine years. In 1905 he came to his present 
location on Second street, in Watsontown, along the river bank, where he 
has a home of his own. On Aug. 1, 1862, Mr. Bly enlisted in Company B, 
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sontown, for nine months' service, his captain being his brother David. 
He was discharged at Harrisburg May 25, 1863. Mr. Bly's second 
enlistment was for one hundred days, in Company A (Capt. George H. 
Jones), 194th Regiment, with which he was connected from July 11, 1864, 
until his discharge at Baltimore Sept. 9, 1864, because of his third 
enlistment, Sept. 10, 1864, in Company D, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, for 
one year, under Capt. M. Breckbill. He was discharged June 17, 1865, at 
Nashville, Tennessee.
	On Jan. 21, 1868, Mr. Bly married Mary E. Campbell, daughter of 
John Campbell, who lived in White Deer township, and she died in 1883, 
aged thirty-two years, one month, eleven days, the mother of six 
children: Grace, Mrs. John Lupold; Bertha, Mrs. Elmer Sanders; David L.; 
Lillie L., widow of Harry Harding, who was killed on the railroad in 
1904; Mary, who is unmarried; and Charles, a traveling railroad 
telegraph operator.
	David L. Bly was born Aug. 12, 1875, in Kelly township, Union Co., 
Pa., and received his education in the public schools of White Deer. In 
1892 he commenced to learn telegraphy at White Deer, and followed the 
work for eleven years at that point. He then went to New Haven, Conn., 
where he was engaged as assistant car distributor for a period of three 
years.  In July, 1905, he bought the interests of his uncle, William R. 
Bly, in the Watsontown ferry, and has since devoted himself to its 
operation. He has installed a complete new equipment, and by strict 
attention to business is making a success of the institution which has 
so long been associated with the prosperity of the Bly family. Mr. Bly 
has a fine residence at the corner of Fourth and Elm streets, 
Watsontown, which he and his family have occupied since 1908. He is a 
well known Mason of his locality, being a member of Watsontown Lodge, 
No. 401, F. & A.M., of which he was master in 1908, and a member of 
Warrior Run Chapter, No. 246, R.A.M. 
	On Nov. 25, 1908, Mr. Bly married Amy R. Nicely, daughter of 
William A. Nicely, and they have one daughter, Ruth Mozley.

	MAURICE KEYSER, a truck farmer of West Chillisquaque township, 
Northumberland county, has a small but valuable tract in that township 
and attends the Sunbury markets. He was born Sept. 25, 1863, in 
Chillisquaque township, and comes of a family which has been settled in 
America since early Colonial times. 
	Dirck Keyser, the founder of the family in this country, was born 
in 1635 at Amsterdam, Holland, son of Gerretts Keyser, who married 
Cornella, daughter of Tobias Govertsz Van den Wyngant, a Mennonite 
minister. Dirck Keyser landed at Philadelphia in 1688, and settled in 
Germantown, where he was a pioneer manufacturer. He died there Nov. 30, 
1714.  His descendants are scattered all over the United States.
	John Keyser, grandfather of Maurice Keyser, was born Jan. 17, 1796, 
in Germantown, and died Feb. 24, 1880. When a young man he settled at 
what is now Freeburg, in Snyder county, Pa., later coming to 
Northumberland county, where he made his home at Chillisquaque, in the 
township of that name. There he bought a tract of land, but he followed 
his trade, that of shoemaker, during most of his active life. His wife 
was Elizabeth Hackenburg, daughter of Peter, and they were the parents 
of the following children: Peter, born in 1822, died in New York State; 
Samuel, born in 1823, died in Chillisquaque; Jacob, born in 1826, died 
in Chillisquaque; Daniel, born in 1828, is living in Sunbury; Mary, born 
in 1830, died in 1833; Alpheus W., born in 1832, died in New York State; 
Joseph was the father of Maurice Keyser.
	Joseph Keyser, born May 24, 1835, at what is now Freeburg, Snyder 
county, was about four years old when brought to Chillisquaque township, 
to the farm he occupied until his death, May 24, 1911. He was one of the 
oldest residents of his district, where he was well and favorably known. 
Mr. Keyser was a lifelong farmer and trucker, and attended the Sunbury 
markets as such. He also followed boating upon the canal to some extent. 
He married Maria Garber, daughter of Augustus Garber, of Union county, 
Pa., and they had a large family, namely: Annie, Mrs. William Whalen; 
Maurice; Ada, unmarried; Ella, Mrs. Charles Hall; Sarah, unmarried; 
Virgie, Mrs. Royer; Normand, who lives at Montandon; Augustus G., of 
Montandon; Joseph, living in Chillisquaque; and four deceased, Harry, 
Elizabeth, Carrie and Maria.
	Maurice Keyser attended the public schools of his native township 
and remained with his father until eighteen years old, since when he has 
been engaged in trucking on his own account. In 1905 he bought his 
present farm in West Chillisquaque township, twenty-two acres of fine 
land especially adapted to truck farming, which he has since followed 
most successfully, finding a steady demand for his products in the 
Sunbury markets. He is an industrious worker and a good business man, 
and enjoys the confidence of his fellow citizens. In 1904 he was elected 
school director and has since served continuously in that office; for 
two years he was secretary of the board. He is a Republican in his 
political views.
	Mr. Keyser married Mary Vandling, daughter of Peter Vandling, and 
they have the following children: Lucy, a graduate of the Montandon high 
school, who has been teaching the Chillisquaque school since 1906; 
Laura; Clifford, who is a member of the class of 1913 at Bucknell 
College, Lewisburg, Pa.; Lester; and Elizabeth. The family are Lutherans 
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	FRANKLIN S. FRIES, of Montandon, Northumberland county, who has 
conducted a blacksmith shop at that point since 1900, was born Jan. 1, 
1861, in Lewisburg, Union Co., Pa., son of Frederick Fries and grandson 
of Rev. Jost Heinrich Fries.
	Rev. Jost Heinrich Fries was born in 1777 in Germany, where he 
received his classical and theological education.  When a young man he 
came to America, where he became a highly successful preacher, his 
vigorous mind and high attainments, no less than his open honesty and 
true character, winning him a high place in the ministry.  Though blind 
for some years before his death his astonishing memory enabled him to 
continue his forceful preaching, and he commanded the confidence of his 
people to the end. He was a fearless preacher and a forceful writer, 
contributing many articles to the press. A quotation from one of his 
sermons shows the directness with which he addressed his remarks: "Money 
rules the world, ignorance Brush Valley. Like calves I have led you on, 
like oxen I now leave you.  Farewell." His death, which was caused by 
blood poisoning, occurred Oct. 9, 1839, when he was sixty-two years, 
five months, sixteen days old, and he was buried in Mifflinburg 
cemetery, in Union county; In his last illness, in full possession of 
his senses, he refused to take medicine, saying "I wish to die." He was 
twice married, and by his first wife, Catharine (Groff), had two 
children. His second wife, Susanna (Groff), bore him eleven children.  
One or his sons was Judge Henry W. Fries, who died in Wisconsin.
	Frederick Fries, son of Rev. Jost Heinrich and Susanna (Groff) 
Fries, was born in Union county Sept. 7, 1826, and died July 11, 1885. 
He was a farmer, living near New Berlin. A consistent and active member 
of the Reformed Church, he served many years as member of the 
consistory, and also acted as superintendent of the Sunday school. He 
married Elmira Hassenplug, who was born Feb. 17, 1829, and died Jan. 26, 
1907. Five children were born to them, as follows: Franklin S., born 
Jan. 1, 1861; Rachel C., born March 3, 1863, who married William H. 
Smith, and died Jan. 23, 1885; a daughter, born Nov. 27, 1864, who died 
in infancy; Alexander, born Aug. 5, 1866; and Sue M., born April 6, 
1868.
	Franklin S. Fries attended the schools of New Berlin and Union 
Seminary at that place.  He served his apprenticeship to the trade of 
black smith with William Derr, near Milton, Northumberland Co., Pa., and 
subsequently opened a shop of his own in that vicinity, where he 
remained until his removal to Montandon, in 1900. He has built up an 
excellent business, enjoying the good will and esteem of all with whom 
he has had dealings, in business or social relations.
	Mr. Fries married Adeline Elizabeth Berkheimer, daughter of Henry 
Berkheimer, and they are the parents of two daughters, Florence Emma and 
Pearl Eva.  Mr. and Mrs. Fries have also reared Harvey Berkheimer, who 
married Maggie McKean and has one child, Helen E.; they live at Milton, 
Pa.  The entire family are members of the Reformed Church.
	William Berkheimer, grandfather of Mrs. Fries, was born in Berks 
county, Pa. He married Mary Hillhart, and they had the following 
children: Samuel, who lived at White Deer, Pa.; George, who lived at 
White Deer; Frank, who died in Chillisquaque, Northumberland county; 
Henry; Jacob, who died in Chillisquaque; Mary, who married Andrew 
Fetzer; Margaret, who married Daniel Keiser; and Susan, Mrs. Shannon.
	Henry Berkheimer, son of William, was born March 28, 1827, and 
married Adeline Haupt, who was born Oct. 28, 1831. Their children were 
born as follows: William H., Nov. 26, 1851; Mary M., Oct. 4, 1853; Sarah 
J., April 20, 1856 (died Nov. 23, 1858); Isabella, March 23, 1858; 
Charles F., Aug. 2, 1860 (living in Jersey City); Clara, Dec. 11, 1862; 
Adeline E., Feb. 17, 1865 (Mrs. Fries); Horatio S., May 9, 1868; 
Jamella, June 19, 1870; James, Jan. 24, 1875.

	JOHN HOFFMAN, a retired citizen of Watsontown, Northumberland 
county, has been a resident of that place since 1884. He still owns two 
farms, one in Lewis township, near McEwensville, and another in Delaware 
township, and occasionally works on his land, but he gave up the arduous 
duties of farming many years ago.
	Mr. Hoffman was born Nov. 6, 1832, in Lancaster county, Pa., son of 
John and Mary (Kauffman) Hoffman. His grandfather died a number of years 
before his grandmother, who remarried, her second husband being a Mr. 
Stertzler, of Berks county, Pa. John Hoffman, the father, was born in 
1802, lived for several years in Lancaster county, Pa., and for some 
years was a resident of Maidencreek township, Berks county, where he was 
engaged in farming near Halfway House. Thence he moved in 1844 to 
Northumberland county, settling in Turbut township, where he had a farm 
of 127 acres upon which he spent the remainder of his life, dying there 
in 1858, at the age of fifty-six years. He is buried at Paradise Church, 
in Turbut township. He was a rugged man, apparently able to endure 
anything, and in the winter exposed himself fearlessly to the elements, 
but his hardihood in this respect proved his undoing, for his death was 
caused by drinking cold water while overheated after haymaking. He was a 
Lutheran in religious faith, a Democrat in politics.  Mr. Hoffman 
married Mary Kauffman, who was born in 1814, daughter of Daniel 
Kauffman, a prominent public man of Berks county, who lived at Leesport. 
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enty-nine years, the mother of the following children: Matilda married 
Thomas Carl; John is mentioned below; Susanna married Samuel Clapp; 
Jacob died in Montour county; Mary married Edward Kerchner; Adam died 
young.
	Jacob Hoffman, brother of John Hoffman, Sr., died near Blandon, 
Berks county. He was married, but had no family.
	John Hoffman was a boy when his parents came to Turbut township, 
Northumberland county, and there he attended the common schools. He 
worked for his father until twenty-four years of age, in the spring of 
1857 beginning farming on his own account, on shares. After eleven years 
work on that basis he bought a thirty-acre farm near Paradise Church, 
which he farmed for two years, at the end of that time selling out and 
again farming on shares, which he continued for another three years. 
Buying a ninety-one-acre farm in Lewis township, near McEwensville, he 
farmed that place for fourteen years, until he settled in Watsontown, in 
1884. He still works on his farm when occasion requires, but has not 
been actively engaged in agricultural pursuits since he took up his home 
in the borough. In addition to his Lewis township property Mr. Hoffman 
has a farm of 103 acres in Delaware township, which he rents out.  He 
also owned property at Springtown, Northumberland county. Mr. Hoffman 
has not been particularly active in public affairs, but he is interested 
in the welfare of the community and has served six years as school 
director. He is a Democrat in politics, and in religious matters he and 
his family are Lutherans. He served a long term of years as deacon of 
the Paradise Church.
	In the fall of 1856 Mr. Hoffman married Susanna E. Kerschner, 
daughter of John Kerschner, and she died May 9, 1909, at the age of 
seventy-three years; she is buried in the family plot at Watsontown, 
where the Hoffman monument has been erected. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman had no 
children of their own, but they adopted a daughter, Lizzie Ulrich, who 
came from Berks county, and who lived with them from the age of nine 
years. She is now the wife of C. J. Yagel, who is engaged in operating a 
gristmill at Exchange, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Yagel have a family of seven 
children, one of whom, George H., was adopted into the Hoffman family 
when a mere child and has been given the name Hoffman legally; he was 
born in the Hoffman home.
	George H. Hoffman resides with his foster parents, and is engaged 
as a dealer in live stock, poultry, etc. He married Florence S. Wertman, 
daughter of Wesley Wertman, of near Turbutville. Mr. Hoffman is a member 
of the Artisans Order of Mutual Protection and of the Knights of the 
Golden Eagle, and he is a Democrat in political sentiment. He owns an 
old left-handed sickle of a bygone style seldom seen nowadays, even 
among curiosities.

	HARVEY M. STAHL, superintendent of the Pomfret Manor cemetery at 
Sunbury, Northumberland county, has filled his present position since 
1899. He has previously been engaged in similar work at Lewisburg, Union 
county, and his experience fits him well for his responsibilities. He is 
an excellent manager, showing good judgement and taste in all the 
details of his duties at Pomfret Manor, and the various improvements 
which have originated with or been carried out by him have proved that 
he has marked ability in his line.
	Mr. Stahl was born Dec. 12, 1863, in Snyder county, Pa., and comes 
of an old family of that section of the State, his great-great-
grandfather coming from Switzerland and settling in one of the lower 
counties of Pennsylvania. His great-grandfather, Adam Stahl, was a 
farmer in Union township, Snyder county. He was a Mennonite in religious 
faith, and he and his wife are buried at Witmer's Evangelical Church in 
Snyder county.
	Frederick Stahl, son of Adam, was born in 1801 in Union township, 
Snyder county, and there passed his whole life, engaged in farming. He 
died in Union township in 1881, but is buried at Winfield, Pa. Like most 
of the early members of the Stahl family, he was a Mennonite in 
religious faith. His wife, Susanna (Shottsberger), of Union township, 
Snyder county, was born in 1803 and died in 1884.  Their children were 
as follows: Peter, Jacob, John and William all lived in Union township; 
Elias is mentioned below; Katie married John Sholly; Mary married Joseph 
Herald; Susan married Peter Sholly, brother of John.
	Elias Stahl, son of Frederick, was born in 1843 in Union township, 
Snyder county, and engaged in farming at Lewisburg, Union Co., Pa., 
where he is buried. He died July 1, 1903. His wife, Anna (Miller), still 
makes her home at Lewisburg, where several of their children also 
reside. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Stahl had children as follows: Alfred, who is 
a resident of Lewisburg; McClellan, of Kelly Point, Pa.; Harvey M.; 
John, of Lewisburg; Sarah, wife of Edward Bondeman, of Reading, Pa.; 
William, who died at the age of sixteen; Adam, of Montandon, 
Northumberland Co., Pa.; and Frederick, of Lewisburg.
	Charles Miller, father of Mrs. Anna (Miller) Stahl, was born in 
1801 and died in 1880. He came from Montgomery county, Pa., not far from 
Philadelphia, and settled in the vicinity of Keiser's Church, in Union 
township, Snyder county, about 1824.  Previous to his removal to this 
section he married Eva Reiter, and they had one child born in Montgomery 
county. Mr. Miller was a carpenter by trade.  He and his wife are buried 
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Shreiner's Church, in Snyder county; Sophia, deceased; Anna, Mrs. Stahl; 
and Matilda.
	Harvey M. Stahl was educated in the public schools of his home 
locality and at Freeburg Academy. He began work as clerk in a general 
store, being thus employed for six years, after which he was in the 
employ of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company for a time, as 
foreman in the freight department at Shamokin.  In 1897 he moved from 
Shamokin to Lewisburg, where he was engaged by the Lewisburg Cemetery 
Company until his removal to Sunbury, in 1899.  He arrived at Sunbury 
Aug. 20th, and has since been superintendent of the Pomfret Manor 
cemetery, where, at that time, 605 interments had been made.  Up to Oct. 
4, 1910, the number was 1,756.  From twelve to twenty men are employed 
in the cemetery works according to the season, and the work is 
thoughtfully planned and systematically executed, as the first-class 
condition of the grounds shows.  Mr. Stahl has inaugurated a number of 
improvements in the manner of handling the care of the cemetery, and he 
is at present contemplating a systematic record of burials, etc., which 
would be valuable to all interested.  His energetic and methodical 
performance of all the work at Pomfret Manor has won the appreciation of 
all concerned.
	On Oct. 27, 1887, Mr. Stahl married Ella Heintzleman, daughter of 
Elias and Deborah (Reichenbach) Heintzleman, of Union township, Snyder 
county, and granddaughter of John Heintzleman and his wife (who was a 
Reigel), also farming people of Snyder county. Mrs. Stahl is one of a 
family of eight children: Laura married S. A. Dinger, of Shamokin; Ella 
is Mrs. Stahl; Harvey married Miss Monday, of South Fork, Pa.; Katie 
married Joseph Shaffer, of Snyder county; John A. married Annie Foltz, 
and is a farmer of Snyder county; Annie C. married Charles Seachrist, 
and they are farming people of Snyder county; Charles married Miss 
Hopewell, of Northumberland, Pa.; Jennie married Clayton Steffen, and 
they are farming people in Snyder county.
	To Mr. and Mrs. Stahl have been born three children, two sons and 
one daughter, namely: Stella M. is a graduate of the Sunbury high school 
and of the commercial department of Susquehanna University, at 
Selinsgrove, Pa.; Roy E. is a member of the class of 1911, Sunbury high 
school (he has considerable local fame as an athlete); Norman W. is a 
member of the class of 1913, local high school.  Mr. Stahl and his family 
worship at the Lutheran Church. Socially he is a member of the Royal 
Arcanum.

	JAMES J. HOLLAND, a well known businessman of Shamokin, Pa., was 
born at Locust Dale Pa., March 19, 1866, son of Richard Holland.
	Richard Holland was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, and came to 
America in 1815, settling at Pottsville, Pa.  He became an employee in 
the mines and was superintendent of mines for a while.  He later went to 
what is now Brockville, Schuylkill county, and in company with George 
Clark and a Mr. Raisbeck opened up a mine there. Then they went to 
Locust Dale and opened up the old Potts colliery, and later the Marion 
colliery, which is about three miles west of the Potts colliery.  He was 
employed at different collieries until 1880, when he accepted a position 
with the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, being located at 
Tremont till 1883. At this time he went to East Franklin, working there 
until December, 1885, and on Jan. 1, 1886, he became superintendent of 
the Enterprise colliery for the late Thomas Baumgardner, continuing 
there the remainder of his life.  He was killed Nov. 24, 1886, near 
Excelsior, by the Empire freight train of the Northern Central railroad, 
and was buried at Ashland, Pa.  He was an energetic and industrious man, 
whose strict integrity and indefatigable devotion to business made him a 
valued employee.
	Mr. Holland married Margaret Monaghan, who died at Frackville, Pa. 
They had thirteen children, viz.: Edward, John, Michael, Mary, Stephen, 
Richard (assistant superintendent of the Susquehanna Coal Co.), Ellen, 
James J., Ann, Lawrence, and three who died young.
	James J. Holland attended the public schools of Locust Dale, Pa., 
and when fourteen years of age entered the office of the Potts colliery 
as a messenger boy. Here he remained for some time and then went to 
Tremont to work in the mines, from 1881 to 1886, when he entered the 
office of the Enterprise colliery for Thomas Baumgardner, taking charge 
of the pay department. When this colliery was sold in 1891 to Hon. W. L. 
Connell and others, he remained with them.  In 1893 he took charge of 
the Anthracite Store Company, at Excelsior, as manager, and in July, 
1909, he was also made manager of the Bernice Store Company, in Sullivan 
county, Pa.  He still retains these positions.
	Mr. Holland married Feb. 26, 1889, Clara E. Wean, daughter of 
Percival and Sarah (Henninger) Wean. Mr. and Mrs. Wean have lived at 
Donaldson, Schuylkill county, for sixty-five years.
	Mr. and Mrs. Holland have had children as follows: Estelle, nurse 
at the State Hospital at Scranton, Pa.; Margaret died young; Hilda, 
graduated in the class of 1910 from the Shamokin high school; Richard, a 
student at the high school; Edith, deceased; and Percival, deceased.  
Mr. Holland is an independent voter. He is a member of the Knights of 
Columbus, and of St. Edward's Catholic Church of Shamokin.

	HARRISON RINGLER, of Milton, has been engaged as an insurance man 
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years and has established a fine business in the borough and surrounding 
region, his territory covering about five counties. Mr. Ringler was born 
in Milton Nov. 14, 1842, son of Eli and Margaret (Tobias) Ringler.
	Eli Ringler was born in Berks county, Pa., where the Ringlers have 
been settled since the early days. He became a school teacher there, 
later removed to Muncy, Lycoming Co., Pa., where he lived for a time, 
and thence came to Milton.  In his later years he did day's work. He 
died at an advanced age, at Cogan Station, Lycoming Co., Pa., and is 
buried in that county.  His family consisted of eight children, namely: 
Rudolph; Elizabeth, married to John Humphreys; Mary, married to Sam 
Irvin; Amanda, who died unmarried; William, of Philadelphia; Henry, of 
Philadelphia; Harrison; and Ella, married to Milton Potts, of 
Harrisburg.
	Harrison Ringler attended school in Chillisquaque township, this 
county. In his earlier years he worked among the farmers, later drove a 
canal team, and in 1859 went to New York State, where he engaged as 
canal boatman upon the Erie canal. During the Civil war he served in the 
Union army for three years as a member of Company D, 164th New York 
Regiment, Irish Brigade, enlisting Aug. 27, 1862; was wounded May 18, 
1864, at Spottsylvania courthouse, Va., and was discharged on account of 
his injuries Jan. 2, 1865. After the war he located at Milton and was 
employed by the American Car & Foundry Company (then Murray, Dougal & 
Co.) there for nine years, after which he clerked for B. K. Haag, 
continuing with him also nine years. In 1885 he began the insurance 
business, in which he has established a large and constantly growing 
trade, doing business over about five counties in Pennsylvania. His 
office is in the Buoy block. His business has prospered through 
systematic care and intelligent management, and he enjoys excellent 
standing among those who have had dealings with him.
	Mr. Ringler's first marriage was to Lydia Strine, who died in 
Milton, Pa., Aug. 3, 1891, the mother of three children: Harry, who died 
July 6, 1893, and was buried at Mifflinburg, Pa.; Grace, Blanche. For 
his second wife Mr. Ringler married Lillian McCollin.  He is a member of 
the Methodist Church. Socially he belongs to the G.A.R. and the Union 
Veteran Legion.

	MALICK.  Among the representatives of the Malick family  in  
Sunbury,  Northumberland county, are Charles A. and Solomon E. Malick, 
both of whom are employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, holding 
responsible positions at that point. They are sons of Solomon Malick and 
grandsons of David Malick, and belong to one of the earliest families of 
Northumberland county which has been settled in this region since before 
or about the period of the Revolution. The Malicks are of German 
extraction, and the early spelling of the name was Malick or Mehlig, but 
it is now found in various forms, Malick, Malich, Mellick, etc. One 
Jacob Malick and five brothers came to this country from Germany, four 
of the brothers, among whom was Jacob, settling along the Susquehanna 
river in what is now Lower Augusta township, in the region of Sunbury.  
They were among the pioneers in that section, where their descendants 
are now very numerous, several branches of the family being well 
represented. There is record of three brothers, Peter, Henry and another 
who died soon after his marriage, leaving a widow and one daughter. This 
does not quite agree, however, with the Federal Census Report of 1790, 
which records Peter, Henry and a Widow Melich as heads of families in 
Northumberland county: Peter Malich had one son and six daughters; Henry 
had one daughter; the widow had two daughters. Among the taxables of 
Augusta township, in 1768, were David and John Malick.
	According to one account, the Malicks came to Pennsylvania from New 
Jersey, settling in the woods in what was then Northumberland (now 
Columbia) county, at the present location of Lightstreet. At any rate, 
the pioneer Peter Malick lived there until the time of the Indian scare 
in 1773. The family were panic-stricken at the report that the Indians 
were approaching, on the warpath, and the men hastily got the horses 
together, the women collecting clothing, etc., which they tied to a 
young mare. The animal took fright at its unusual burden and ran, away, 
and was shot by the Indians. Eventually men, women and children had to 
make their way on foot to Fort Augusta, at Sunbury, which had been built 
in 1756, and there the family remained until the immediate danger was 
over. It appears that Jacob Malick, son of Peter Malick, Jr., obtained 
his land in that region through the family's escape to the fort for 
safety. Peter Melick, Sr., made a will, but we have not found it on 
record at Sunbury. Peter Melick, Jr., made his will March 6, 1789; it 
was probated June 5, 1789. He bequeaths to his wife Mary "Mellick," and 
to children: Son John (double daughter Christiana shall have); son Peter 
(double of daughter Charity); son Mickel (double of daughter Margaret); 
son Henry; son David; and daughters Cristana, Charity, Margaret and 
Elizabeth. Some children died young.
	One David Malick, born Oct. 4, 1759, died in 1834. His old family 
Bible is now in the possession of Mrs. William F. Keefer, of Sunbury, a 
distant relative of the Malicks, her mother having been a Malick.
	Jacob Malick, son of Peter, Jr. (he is not mentioned in will among 
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Peter, David and Maria (who died Sept 2, 1822 aged nineteen years, 
eleven months; buried at Augustaville Union Church).  Jacob lived near 
Seven Points, in Rockefeller township, in territory formerly embraced in 
Lower Augusta township and had a large acreage of fine, level land, the 
farm now owned by Levi Shipe.  He also owned the land on Shikellimy 
Hill, on the west side of the Susquehanna river. He was a Lutheran, a 
member of the Augustaville Stone Church, where he was buried, and in the 
construction of which he bore his part, helping to get out the timber. 
He hewed the main girder on New Year's Day, the weather being clear and 
favorable for the work. His first wife, whose maiden name was Epler, 
bore him children: John, Jacob, Henry and Daniel. By his second wife he 
had children as follows: Jeremiah settled in Iowa; Mary married Jacob 
Martz; Charlotte married William Raker, a merchant of Trevorton, Pa.; 
Sarah married a Mr. Dottery, of Mount Carmel, Pa.; Hannah died 
unmarried, at Herndon, this county.
	Daniel Malick (Melick according to tombstone records) was born 
March 20, 1819, in Lower Augusta (now Rockefeller) township, and died 
Feb. 8, 1891. He was a saddler by occupation, and lived about a mile 
above Seven Points, where he owned a farm of about one hundred acres. He 
is buried at the Stone Church before mentioned, and was long an active 
member of the Lutheran congregation there, serving as deacon, elder and 
trustee, which latter position he held at the time of his death. His 
wife Lovina (Raker), daughter of Jacob Raker, was born Dec. 1, 1824, and 
died Sept. 23, 1884.  Their children were as follows: Alice, who is 
unmarried, lives at No. 603 Catawissa avenue, Sunbury; Emma (deceased) 
married Jacob Shade, who lived at Paxinos, this county; Darius is 
mentioned below; Wilson died aged four years.
	Darius Malick, carpenter, of Sunbury, was born Jan. 16, 1857, in 
Lower Augusta (now Rockefeller) township, and there attended the public 
schools.  When twenty-one years old he went to learn the trade of 
carpenter, at Seven Points, and he has been engaged at carpentry and 
other wood work ever since. For nine years he was employed in the 
Pennsylvania railroad shops. His home has been in Sunbury since 1887, 
and in 1891 he built the large home now occupied by the family, at No. 
601 Catawissa avenue.
	Mr. Malick's first marriage was to Susan Conrad, daughter of 
William and Ann (Bartholomew) Conrad, and to this union were born 
children a follows: Nelson C., who married Olive McClow Cordella, who 
died in her third year; Emmery C., of Philadelphia; Laura E.; Annie M., 
wife of William Gross, foreman of silk mills at Littlestown; Pa. and 
Cora, who was adopted by Rev. A. S. Stokes, a United Evangelical 
minister, who had no family. By his second marriage, to Lizzie Hummer, 
daughter of Joseph and Mary (Kase) Hummer, farming people of Rush 
township, seven children have been born: Effa, Alma, Preston (who died 
in infancy), Ruth, Sadie, Greta and Alton W.
	This family belong to the First United Evangelical Church of 
Sunbury, of which Mr. Malick is one of the most prominent members and 
workers. He was one of the organizers of the congregation, and when the 
present church edifice was erected was a member of the building 
committee. When it was remodeled he was again a member of the committee, 
serving as its foreman.  For seven years he was a member of the board of 
trustees. Politically he is a Democrat.  He belongs to the Carpenters' 
Brotherhood.
	David Malick, grandfather of the brothers Charles A. and Solomon E. 
Malick, of Sunbury, was undoubtedly of this stock.  He was born in 
Rockefeller township, Northumberland county, lived in the vicinity of 
Augustaville, on the farm later occupied by Harry Wolf, and was a 
lifelong farmer.  He was a foremost member of Mt. Zion United Brethren 
Church, in Lower Augusta township, which was also called Malick's 
Church, so named after him, and he and his wife are buried at that 
church. Their children were: Sarah, who married George B. Conrad; and 
Solomon.
	Solomon Malick was born in Rockefeller township, Northumberland 
county, in 1832, and died March 20, 1882, aged fifty years. He is buried 
in the Pomfret Manor cemetery at Sunbury, which was formerly a part of 
the old South Fourth street cemetery.  During his early boyhood Mr. 
Malick went to school only a few months each year, spending the rest of 
the time at farm work, at home or with neighboring farmers. Later he 
became a pupil at the academy at Freeburg, Snyder county, where he met 
his wife, Mary Ann Roush, daughter of Andrew and Susan (Adams) Roush, 
and member of a pioneer family of that county. Mr. Roush taught school, 
and Mr. Malick taught music and singing, conducting singing schools in 
Selinsgrove, Sunbury, and other places in the adjacent territory. Later 
he read law in the office of George C. Hill, of Sunbury, was admitted to 
the bar in Northumberland county and became associated in legal practice 
with George W. Ziegler. He was in time admitted to practice in the 
Supreme court and became a prominent attorney.  His death, which 
occurred very suddenly, was caused by the bursting of a blood vessel 
while he was running for a train at Freeburg.  His home was for the most 
part in Sunbury, where he lived many years in the house immediately back 
of the jail, on Arch street. He was a prominent citizen of the borough 
and filled the office of chief burgess for two terms. A Democrat in 
politics, he was well and favorably known in the party, was a member of 
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was identified with the Lutheran Church. He and his wife had children as 
follows: William W. was killed in a collision at Weigh Scales, this 
county, June 24, 1884; F. Laura married Gilbert H. Cobb, who is division 
freight agent for Pennsylvania for the Pennsylvania Railway Company, and 
they live in New York City; Charles A. is mentioned below; Solomon F. is 
mentioned below; John F., a locomotive engineer, resides at Pottsville, 
Pennsylvania.  
	CHARLES A. MALICK was born Feb. 24, 1864, at Sunbury, and there 
received his education in the common schools.  In 1879, at the age of 
fifteen, he learned telegraphy, and has ever since been employed by the 
Pennsylvania Company. On Jan. 6, 1880, he became extra operator, being 
engaged as telegrapher until he was made train dispatcher, in 1887.  He 
filled that position until promoted to trainmaster, in 1901, at Sunbury, 
on the Sunbury & Shamokin division of the Pennsylvania road. He has a 
number of men in his charge, and has proved a trustworthy man in every 
capacity, winning his promotions by efficient and conscientious 
discharge of an his duties. He is a well known citizen of the borough 
and has several social connections, belonging to Lewistown Lodge, No. 
203, F. & A.M., to the Royal Arcanum, and to the Temple Club of 
Sunbury. 
	In 1890 Mr. Malick married Ida Weiser, daughter of Jacob and Martha 
(Potts) Weiser, and they have one child, Helen, who graduated from the 
Sunbury high school with the class of 1909. The family home is at No. 24 
North Second street Sunbury.  They attend Zion's Lutheran Church. 
	SOLOMON E. MALICK was born Dec. 27, 1865, at Sunbury, and there 
received his education in the public schools. He began to assist in the 
support of the family when he was fifteen years old, working in a 
sawmill for about a year, and on Dec. 13, 1882, taking a position with 
the Pennsylvania Railway Company, as night call boy.  In September, 
1883; he was appointed night telegraph operator at Mainville, on the 
Pennsylvania road, later was transferred to Catawissa as night operator, 
and on July 1, 1884, was transferred to the D. Y. yard at Sunbury, on 
account of the vacancy caused by  the  death of his brother, William  
B. Malick.  In the fall of 1885 he  became telegraph operator in 
the superintendent's office at Sunbury and was promoted until he 
attained the responsible position of train dispatcher.  In May, 1888, he 
was appointed extra train dispatcher, afterward night dispatcher, which 
position he filled about one year, on Aug. 1, 1890, becoming train 
dispatcher on the afternoon trip. On April 1, 1903, Mr. Malick was made 
assistant trainmaster on the Sunbury & Shamokin division, with 
jurisdiction between Sunbury and Lewistown Junction, Sunbury and Mount 
Carmel, Sunbury and Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes-Barre, Pottsville and 
Shenandoah branch. On July 5, 1905, he was assigned jurisdiction over 
the passenger trains in this territory, this being his present 
responsibility. His position is one of the highest importance, and he 
has proved himself equal to its demands in emergencies as well na in his 
regular line of duties. His continued promotions are the best evidence 
of his fidelity and its appreciation. He is a Mason, belonging to Maclay 
Lodge, No. 632, F. & A.M., of Sunbury, and is a member of the Veterans 
Association of the Sunbury division of the Pennsylvania road.  He also 
holds membership in the Temple Club.
	On Feb. 26, 1890, Mr. Malick married Mary Alberta Sarvis, daughter 
of Charles and Barbara (Wyan) Sarvis, of Lower Augusta township, and. 
they have one daughter, Florence Louise, who graduated from the Sunbury 
high school in 1909. The family home is at No. 330 Chestnut street 
Sunbury.

	JOHN K. ERDMAN, though now retired from active agricultural 
pursuits, still makes his home on his farm in the Irish Valley, in 
Rockefeller township, where he owns a large and valuable tract. He has 
made his home there since 1885.  Mr Erdman was born March 26, 1841, in 
Upper Mahantango township, Schuylkill Co., Pa., son of George Erdman and 
grandson  of Johan Georg Erdman.
	The emigrant ancestor of this family, Johannes Erdman, of 
Pfungstadt Hessen-Darmstadt, came to America in 1734. Where he first 
settled has not been learned, but in 1750 he was on the property now 
known as the old Erdman farm, near Center Valley, in Lehigh county, Pa.  
His wife's name was Anna Catharine. He died Oct. 30, 1760, at the age of 
seventy-eight years. He seems to have had a number of children, but the 
lineage of only one son, Andrew, has so far been ascertained with 
certainty. This Andrew (Andraes) married Ann Maria Frederick, and they 
had nine children; namely: Jacob, George, Abraham, Andrew, John,-Yost; 
Catharine, Sybilla and Anna Margaret.  Of these, Catharine (who married 
Jacob Barnhart), Anna Margaret (who married George Sober) and Abraham 
removed to Armstrong, Westmoreland Co., Pa., at an early day, and their 
descendants have been lost track of.  Sybilla married Henry Bitz and 
removed to Lower Mount Bethel, Northampton Co., Pa. Andrew and Yost 
settled in Hilltown, Bucks Co., Pa., and George in Upper Saucon Lehigh 
Co., Pa.; he had two ;sons, John and Jacob.  The Northumberland county 
branch of the family is descended from Andrew. 
	Georg Erdman, grandfather of John K. Erdman, was a native of Lehigh 
county, born Feb. 24, 1787, and was one of three brothers, Abraham, 
Andrew and Georg, to move from that locality into the Mahantango Valley, 
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town, in Schuylkill county, Pa.  All three were farmers, and their lands 
adjoined. Abraham had, among other children, Benjamin and George; Andrew 
had sons Jacob, George and John; and there were also Abraham and Elias, 
sons of either Abraham, Sr., or Andrew.
	Georg Erdman had a large farm, upon which he built a house and a 
barn, and his son Nathan succeeded him there. He died Aug. 5, 1858, and 
he and his wife are buried at the Salem (Herb) Church, at Rough and 
Ready, in Schuylkill county. He was a Lutheran member of that church.  
He married Anna Catharine Schneider, who was born July 6, 1792, daughter 
of Johann Nicholas and Anna Maria Schneider, and died Aug. 20, 1842. 
They had a large family: Daniel; George; Solomon, born March 19, 1822, 
who died Nov. 18, 1859; Elias, born Jan. 29, 1824, who died Sept. 24, 
1856; Nathan, who died March 7, 1897, aged seventy-one years, six 
months, eight days (his wife Rachel died Dec. 1, 1897, aged seventy-four 
years ten months, nineteen days); William; Lydia, who married William 
Kehres; Catharine, who married William Kehres; Polly, Mrs. Knorr; Dina, 
Mrs. Isaac Rebuck; Mrs. John Smith; Rebecca, Mrs. Michael Brown; and 
Harriet, Mrs. Moses Hartman who survives.
	George Erdman, father of John K. Erdman was born in 1818, and died 
in 1882, at the age of sixty-four years. He is buried at the Blue church 
Paxinos. He lived on the hill road leading from Paxinos to Shamokin, 
where he had a small farm and he owned a, tract of 125 acres at Bear 
Gap, which he rented.  He was a devout church member, and held the 
office of deacon. His wife Mary (Knorr), daughter of John Knorr, of 
Mahantango Valley, bore him the following children William K., a 
carpenter by trade, justice of the peace and active in Democratic 
politics, who live at Shamokin; Caroline, who married Joseph Kaseman; 
John K.; Daniel; Elizabeth, who married David Startzel; Catharine, who 
married J. B. Repley; Mary E., born in 1852, who died in 1873; Frank, a 
carpenter and contractor, who lives on the homestead near Weigh Scales 
(he is now serving his second term as a county commissioner); Ida, who 
died young, in 1863; George and Albert.
	John K. Erdman was reared on the farm. When nineteen years old he 
commenced to learn the trade of carpenter, in Shamokin township, and he 
followed that calling for twelve years, after which he returned to farm 
life, locating in Ralpho township. There he lived from 1871 to 1883 
cultivating a farm of fifty acres Which he sold, and for one year 
thereafter lived at Stonington where he farmed as a tenant In 1885 he 
came to Rockefeller township, settling on the farm which he has since 
occupied.  He owns 212 acres, well located, of which 115 acres are under 
cultivation, devoted to general crops. Since 1902 Mr. Erdman has sold 
his produce at Trevorton.  Before that he went all the way to Shamokin 
to market.  In 1908 he retired from active labor, but he continues to 
make his home on the farm.  This was formerly the John Dunkelberger 
homestead, and earlier owned by a Yordy.  Mr. Erdman is a highly 
esteemed citizen, and has received many evidences of the confidence his 
fellow citizens have in  his  ability and trustworthiness.  While in 
Shamokin township he was elected overseer of the poor, and since coming 
to Rockefeller township he has been chosen to serve as school director 
and supervisor.  In politics he is a Democrat.  During the Civil war he 
served a nine months term as member of Company C, 131st Regiment 
Pennsylvania Volunteers.  He and his family worship at the Augustaville 
Lutheran church, of which he has been deacon and elder.
	In 1867 Mr. Erdman married Annie Lewessa Reply, daughter of John 
and Rachel (Campbell) Reply, and she died in 1878, the mother of five 
children: Della, Rebecca M., Joseph E.,  Charles  W.  and  Mary  R.   In  
1880 Mr. Erdman married (second) Mary  F. Vastine, daughter of Hugh 
Vastine, of Rush township, this county,  and they have  had nine 
children:  Hattie C., Sallie I., Elenora B., Alice L., David A., John H. 
R., Peter C., Kimber H. and Frank C.

	LUTHER E. ROAT, of Milton, who has been a merchant in that borough 
since 1894, was born in 1870 in Liberty township, Montour Co., Pa., and 
is the oldest son of Henry and Rebecca (Muthart) Roat.
	Jacob Roat, Sr., his great-grandfather, was a native of Berks 
county, Pa., where the name is commonly found with the original 
spelling, Roth. In his young manhood he moved to Schuylkill county, Pa., 
where he passed the remainder of his life, dying about 1850.  He was 
twice married, Jacob, the grandfather of Luther F. Roat being a child of 
the first marriage, while David and Mrs. Cooper (of Danville, Pa.) were 
born to the second marriage. Mr. Roat's second wife died in Danville 
about 1890, at the advanced age of ninety years.
	Jacob Roat, Jr., was born in Schuylkill county, and moved to 
Columbia county, Pa., thence in 1842 removing to Liberty township,  
Montour county, where he followed farming until his death, which 
occurred at the age of 55. He married Margaret Heimbach, and they were 
the parents of seven children:  (1) Philip, who died in 1872, married 
Kate Wirth.  (2) Lewis, who, died in 1907, married (first) Miss Jane 
Auten, who died in 1873, leaving two daughters, Margaret and Edith, and 
one son, Clarence.  His second wife, Kate Stine, was the mother of two 
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liam and Edward.  (3) Andrew married (first) Elizabeth Blue and their 
children were Frank (of Milton, Pa.), Emma (married John Billmeyer) and 
Sarah (married William Gearhart and has two sons, Charles and Harry).  
For his second wife Andrew Roat married a Miss Dye, by whom he had one 
son, Grant, who married Lottie Dietrich. (4) Phoebe married Henry Buss 
and died in 1908. They had children as follows: Robert, who lives in 
Battle Creek, Mich.; Ramsey, who married a Miss Glase and had a son, 
Clay, who married a Miss Weaver; Lewis, who married a Miss Billmeyer and 
has had children, Charles (who married Carrie Mohr and has three 
children, Gladys, Edna and Mildred), George, Mame (married John Bissel 
and has one daughter, Thelma) and Grace (married to Bruce Gold); Anne, 
who lives with her father; Charlotte, who married Alfred Bare and has 
two sons; Etta, who married David Watt; and Hurley, who married a Miss 
Houtz. (5) Mahala married Peter Billmeyer and has four children, Frank, 
Emma, Blanche and Harry. (6) Elizabeth married John Kelley and had 
children: Elizabeth, Audrey, Henry, Phoebe, Ida, Mahala and Margaret. 
(7) Henry is mentioned below.
	Henry Roat, youngest son of Jacob Roat Jr., married Rebecca Muthart 
daughter of William and Lydia (Martin) Muthart, natives of Berks county 
who later settled in Montour county. Mrs. Roat had the following 
brothers and sisters: Martha; who died in 1906; Catharine, who married 
Joseph Y. Sechler; Elmira, who married Oliver Caldwell (both are 
deceased); and Augustus, who married Jane Clemens and lives in Kansas. 
Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Roat: Luther E.; William, 
who married Julia Hagenbuch and has one son, Paul W.; Lewis H.; George 
P., who married Elizabeth St. Clair; Annie, who married Charles Ruckle; 
Augustus M.; Blanche M.; and Frank, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
	Luther E. Roat was educated in the public schools of Montour 
county, at Pottsgrove Academy, and Williamsport (Pa.) Commercial School, 
preparing to enter the sophomore year at Muhlenberg College. For six 
years he taught school in his native county. In 1894 he came to the 
borough of Milton, Northumberland county, where he opened a notion store 
in the Piper block.  The next year, 1895, he moved his business to the 
room formerly occupied by the Reise Clothing Store, and was there 
established until 1903, meantime, in 1898, enlarging the store.  In 1903 
he removed to the adjoining room, where he still has his notion 
business. In 1905 Mr. Roat purchased from J. P. Hackenberg the retail 
china store which in 1907 he removed to the room adjoining his notion 
store, at that time removing the partition between the two rooms and 
throwing the space into one large room. His business in both lines has 
expanded to such an extent that he now requires the services of nine 
people regularly, with additional help on Saturdays.  Mr. Roat has 
proved himself one of the most enterprising business men of his adopted 
place. He has not only made his trade prosper to his own advantage, but 
decidedly to the accommodation of his fellow citizens, and he has the 
universal good-will and patronage of the community. As a substantial, 
useful resident of Milton he is respected by all who know him. He is a 
member of the Trinity Lutheran church, which he has served for some time 
as member of the Council; is a Republican in political sentiment but not 
active in party or public affairs; and socially he holds membership in 
the Modern Woodmen of America and the Grand Fraternity.
	In February, 1896, Mr. Roat married Mame Hoffman, daughter of Jacob 
and Amanda (Shalter) Hoffman, who had a family of seven children: Ella; 
Mame, Mrs. Roat; John, who married Anna Ficks, who died in May, 1895, 
leaving one daughter, Mary, who lives with her aunt, Mrs. Roat; William; 
Harry, who married Mary Martz and has two children, Florence and 
Willington; Emma, who married Warren W. Moser and has one son, Ralph; 
and Charles, who married Blanche Coteur and has two children, Owen and 
Bernice.