BIOS: Frederick BORDER, Hollsopple, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford & Somerset Counties, PA; v.3; Bedford County by E.
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; Lewis Pub. Co.,
NY/Chicago 1906; ppg. 429/30

Frederick BORDER.

Frederick Border, of Holsopple, is a grandson of John Border, a native of
Germany and an early settler of Bedford county, Pennsylvania.  He followed
the trade of a wagonmaker in connection with farming, his farm being
situated about four miles from Schellburg [sic].  He was three times
married and was the father of twenty-two children.
Daniel Border, son of John Border and his first wife, who was a Miss
Black, was born about 1800, in Bedford county, and learned the carpenter's
trade at Schellburg [sic].  In 1834 he moved to Conemaugh township, Somerset
county, and there followed his trade during the remainder of his life.  He
served three years as tax collector of the township, and was captain in the
state militia until it was disbanded.  He was a Democrat and a member of
the Lutheran church.  Mr. Border married Charlotte, daughter of M. Goeb,
the first newspaper editor of Somerset county, and their children were:
John, born 1830; Frederick, see forward; Catharine, born 1834; Magdalena,
born 1836; Charlotte, born 1838; Mary, born 1839; Daniel, born 1840;
Joseph, born 1841; Rebecca, born 1842; Ella, born 1844. After the death of
his wife Mr. Border married Mrs. Catherine Yeoman, widow of Joseph Yeoman,
who bore him one son, Edward.  The death of Mr. Border occurred in 1875, in
Conemaugh township.
Frederick Border, son of Daniel and Charlote (Goeb) Border, was born
September 23, 1832, in Bedford county, and was about two years old when the
family took up their abode in Conemaugh township.  He was educated in the
old log school house at Davidsville, and learned the carpenter's trade, at
which he worked until twenty-five years of age.  In 1859 he engaged in
mercantile business in Johnstown, but after several years in business there
sold out and went to Baltimore, Maryland, in the wholesale fruit business. 
In the spring of 1888 he disposed of the business to his son Grant, who is
still (1906) conducting it, and moved to Benson borough, where he has since
given his attention to farming.  He is a director in the Benson National
Bank.  At one time he held the office of tax collector.  He is a Republican
and a member of the Lutheran church. 
Mr. Border married, in 1855, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Hoffman, and
their children were: Arabella, died in childhood; Agnes (Mrs. Talman), a
widow, one son, Carroll Talman.  Lucy (Mrs. Gideon Bantz), of Baltimore,
Maryland, children: Harold, Dorothy and Davis.  Grant, a merchant of
Baltimore, Maryland, married Kate Spicer, who bore him five children: one
daughter and four sons--Gervis, Guy, Harley and Grant.  Harley, engaged in
the brokerage business in Baltimore, Maryland; unmarried.  Anna, married
Daniel Parsons, a lawyer of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, one child, Reginald
Parsons.  Another child, who died in infancy.  After the death of the
mother of these children, Mr. Border married Mary E., widow of John Keyler,
of Jenner township.