Sullivan-Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....GUNTHER, Henry H. 1839 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
      HENRY H. GUNTHER, of Ricketts, Sullivan county, is an expert telegrapher and
  for some years has been in charge of the office of the Lehigh Valley Railroad at
  that point, his efficient discharge of duty winning the appreciation of his
  employers and the general public.
  
      Mr. Gunther is of German descent in both paternal and maternal lines. His
  father, Gotlieb Gunther, was born in Stuttgart, Germany, March 31, 1839, and
  came to America in early manhood, locating first in Philadelphia, where he
  learned the butcher trade, and for some time was employed as foreman over twelve
  other workmen in an establishment there. Later he removed to Catawissa, Columbia
  county, Pennsylvania, where he carried on a general meat-market business for
  many years, his death occurring in 1878. Politically he was a strong Democrat
  and he and his wife were both devout members of the Lutheran church. He was
  married in Philadelphia to Miss Mary Zeigler, a native of Munich, Germany, who
  was born March 30, 1837, and died October 13, 1897. Nine children were born in
  this family: Mary, Emma and Reuben C., who died in infancy; Elizabeth, who
  married H. T. Young, of Catawissa; William, who is a butcher in the same town;
  the next is one who died in infancy; Henry H., mentioned more fully further on;
  George, who was drowned at the age of four years; and A. T., who is in the
  laundry business at Catawissa.
  
      The immediate subject of this review was born April 18, 1868, at Catawissa,
  where he attended the common schools for some years. At the age of fourteen he
  began to provide for himself and for about five years he worked in the meat
  business. While thus employed he determined to learn telegraphy, and by night
  study he prepared himself for that line of work. When nineteen years old he
  secured a position as operator on the Pennsylvania Railroad at South
  Wilkesbarre, where he remained until 1890, and for three years he had charge of
  the office of the Lehigh Valley road at Penn Haven Junction, but since January,
  1893, he has held his present position at Ricketts.
  
      Mr. Gunther's marriage took place October 21, 1893, when he was united to
  Miss Annie H. Weaver, at Catawissa. She is a daughter of John Y. Weaver, of that
  city. Three children have blessed this union, namely: Elizabeth, Mary and Freda.
  
      In his political opinion Mr. Gunther is a Democrat and he and his wife are
  leading members of the Lutheran church at Ricketts. He is also identified with
  various social orders, having united with the Masonic fraternity at Monroeton,
  Pennsylvania, in 1895, the I. O. O. F., at Catawissa, in 1889, and in the same
  year joined the P. O. S. of A., and he has held the office of commander in the
  latter order.
  
  
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              History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
              by Thomas J. Ingham
                
              Compendium of Biography
                
              The Lewis Publishing Company
              Chicago: 1899
  
  
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