History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. III, Part 1

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 854

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HISTORY

LEHIGH COUNTY

PENNSYLVANIA

AND A GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF ITS FAMILIES

CHARLES RHOADS ROBERTS, Member of Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Lehigh County Historical Society, Pennsylvania German Society, Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution, Historian Newhard Family.

REV. JOHN BAER STOUDT,

Member of Pennsylvania German Society, Society of American Folklore, Historical Society of Berks County, Lehigh County Historical Society, Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society, Historian of the Baer Family, Author of History of the Western Salisbury Reformed Congregation, Fifteen Years of Grace, Life and Times of Col. John Siegfried, The Riddles and Nursery Rhymes of the Pennsylvania Germans.

REV. THOMAS H. KRICK,

Member of Pennsylvania German Society, Historical Society of Berks County, Lehigh County Historical Society, Historian of the Krick, High and Overholtzer Family Associations.

WILLIAM J. DIETRICH,

Member of Pennsylvania German Society, Historical Society of Berks County, Lehigh County Historical Society, Bucks County Historical Society, and Author of Dietrich Families in America.

IN TWO VOLUMES-Illustrated VOL. III.

LEHIGH VALLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY, LTD. ALLENTOWN, PA. 1914

The Committee, finding that the proposed volume which was to contain the genealogy of the families would be too bulky, deemed it advisable to issue the same in two volumes.

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WILLIAM D. LABOLD.

William D. Labold, son of David and Eliza- beth (Freyman) Labold, is of French ancestry, and was born in South Whitehall township, July 28, 1840. After attending the public school he learned the trade of boiler-maker. When he be- came of age he enlisted in the Civil War, as a private in Co. F, of the 32d Regt., Penna. Vol. Inf., and he continued in the service by re-enlist- ment until 1865, when he was discharged. He resided for a time in Wilkes-Barre, then removed to Allentown, where he followed his trade as a boiler-maker, until he died March 27, 1880. He was buried in the Union cemetery. In 1871, he was married to Emma Hilyard, of Wilkes-Barre, and they had four children: Lizzie, married Llewellyn Roth, of Allentown, and they have a son, LeRoy I .; Sallie, who died in 1895, aged 20 years ; Charles E., at Allentown ; and Carrie M., who died in infancy.

LAWFER FAMILY.

The ancestor of this family was Christian Lauffer, who emigrated to this country in 1751, arriving on September 25th, in that year, on the ship Phoenix, having sailed from Rotterdam, Hol- land. The family is supposed to originate from the village of Lauffer, near Buhl, in Baden Baden. He settled in Northampton county and in the year 1762 we find his name as a tax payer in Lehigh township. The name was Christian Laufer and he was assessed for four pounds. In 1768 he was taxed upon 40 acres of cultivated and 120 acres of uncultivated land. On Nov. 13, 1771, he purchased a tract of 40 acres of land and in the year 1772 he paid I pound, 12 shil- lings tax in Lehigh township. Christian Laufer was born in 1730. He had six sons: Bartol, Christian, Henry, John, Peter, and Adam; and five daughters: Elizabeth, who married Fred- erick Rice and removed to Ohio; Susanna, wife of Simon Drumm, of Greensburg, Pa .; Cath- erine, wife of Jacob Christman, of Westmore- land county ; Mrs. Mary Wentzell, of Millers- dale, Westmoreland county; and Magdalena, wife of John Bash. In the year 1774 Christian Laufer moved to Westmoreland county, Pa., tak- ing with him his whole family, except his son, Peter, who remained in Northampton county.

He died about 1800 and is buried on the old Bash cemetery, near Pleasant Unity. 1 Bartol Laufer, married Mary Angle Drumm, daughter of Philip Drumm, who settled at Greensburg, Pa., and it is said he built the first brick house in that town.

Christian Laufer, Jr., born in 1770, died Oct. 2, 1823, in Pickaway county, Ohio.

Henry Laufer was born in 1753 and died in 1821. He married Barbara Alliman, who was born in 1771 and died in 1846. They lived in Unity township, Westmoreland county.

John Laufer was born March 8, 1769, and died Feb. 18, 1851. His first wife was Susanna Kemmerer, born in 1774 and died in 1815. They had twelve children. His second wife was Bar- bara Erret. He lived in Penn township, West- moreland county, where he left many descend- ants.

Peter Laufer, son of Christian, was born Oct. 18, 1752, and died July 21, 1830. He is buried at Kreidersville church, Allen township, Northamp- ton county. He married Magdalena Susanna Grosher. In 1785 he was the owner of 150 acres of land in Moor township, and was by occupation a farmer and shoemaker. Peter Laufer's name appears as a private of the 8th class, spelled Law- fart, in Capt. John Deater's Company of the 3d Battalion of Northampton county militia, under the command of Lieut. Col. Nicholas Kern, in 1782, and on March 3, 1783. The name of his brother, Adam Lafer appears as a private in Capt. Nicholas Kern's company of the Flying Camp, on Aug. 6, 1776. Peter Laufer, shoemaker, in 1780, was assessed in Moore township for 292 pounds value of property. He was a member of the Reformed branch of the Stone church at Kreidersville, Northampton county. Peter Lau- fer had three sons and five daughters:

(1). Peter Laufer, Jr., born June 25, 1785, and died Aug. 29, 1855. He married Eva Bush. They are buried at Kreidersville. He had four children : Peter, Jacob, Maria, and Catherine.

(2). Adam Laufer, who was born in 1790, and married Elizabeth Koehler and moved to Monroe county. They had eight children.

(3). Rachel, daughter of Peter Laufer, Sr., married Henry Renner.

(4). Elizabeth, daughter of Peter, married Mathias Greber. She was born Nov. 14, 1779,

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and died Nov. 14, 1859. They resided near Petersville.

(5). Catherine, daughter of Peter Laufer, was born July 26, 1778, and died May 28, 1847. She married Michael Asch.

(6) Susanna, daughter of Peter Laufer, was born Dec. 8, 1782, and died in 1847. She mar- ried Andrew Lilly, of Petersville.

(7). Annie Maria, daughter of Peter Laufer, was born Sept. 20, 1792, and died March 18, 1877. She married George Marsh, of Kleckners- ville, Pa.

(8). Jacob Laufer, youngest son of Peter Lau- fer, Sr., married Elizabeth Strauss. Two years after his marriage, at the age of 28, he died of pneumonia, and a son Jacob, born three months after his death, was his only child. His widow afterwards married Jacob Shutt. His son, Jacob Lawfer, of Moorestown, Northampton county, Pa., who was the father of W. R. Lawfer, of Allentown, was born Nov. 1, 1814, and mar- ried, Oct. 12, 1834, Leah Steckel. He had three children: William R., and Jacob A., of Allen- town; and Elizabeth, wife of William H. Rice, of Moorestown.

William R. Lawfer was born Aug. 5, 1838. He married, Nov. 15, 1857, Hannah Klepping- er, daughter of John Kleppinger, and his wife, Anna Stedman. His youth was spent in his na- tive township, where he attended the common schools until the age of 13, then he entered the store of his uncle, Aaron Steckel, at Bath, at $3.50 per week. He remained there six months and in the spring of 1851, he was employed by Stephen Rader, of Bath, and with his successors, Flick & Smock, for four years. He then became a pupil in the Vandeveer Select School, of Easton, Dr. Thomas G. Apple, teacher, and subsequently in the Philip Lehman Select School, at Easton, taught by John H. Oliver; resumed his place in the business world and was employed in the gen- eral store of A. H. and Amos Hahn, in Bath, and afterwards by Joseph Wanamaker, of Kreid- ersville, with whom he remained for eight years. In 1865, he became a salesman in the store of Hon. Joseph Laubach, of Laubach's, now North- ampton; in 1866, became a resident of Allentown and entered into partnership with W. R. Steckel, under the firm name of Lawfer & Steckel. The business of dry goods and groceries was continued until 1874, when Mr. Steckel disposed of his interests to George W. Hartzell, and in 1876 Mr. Hartzell was succeeded by Jacob Lawfer, a brother of William R. At the expiration of three years the sons of William R. Lawfer, J. Harry, John N., and Alvin W., entered the firm of W. R. Lawfer & Co. They conducted an exten- sive department store, covering 4 acres of floor space, located at 611-613 Hamilton street. Mr.

Lawfer was the originator of the department store in Allentown and was the senior member of the firm which he established.

After the death of W. R. Lawfer, his sons conducted the business for about a year, after which J. Harry Lawfer retired from the firm, and John N. and Alvin W. conducted the busi- ness for about 4 years, John N. then retiring.

W. R. Lawfer was also active in developing real estate interests and bought large blocks of land in the northern part of the city. He erected about 100 residences in that section of the city. He was a director of the Allentown National Bank for fifteen years, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Allentown College for Women, a member of the Board of Trade and one of the charter members of the Allentown Hospital. He was elected a hospital trustee on Dec. 27, 1897, and was active in the promotion of the hospital project when it required friends. He served as a common councilman from the Fifth ward in 1883 and 1884, and in the School Board. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Beth- any Orphans' Home of the Reformed Church at Womelsdorf, and was very active in furthering the interests of that institution. He was the originator of the annual excursions to the Home from the Lehigh Valley, which was started in 1897 and which have continued annually since then, thousands of people going there and help- ing the institution materially. He was also one of the originators, with three others, John Wana- maker, James K. Mosser, and Henry Leh, of the movement for purchasing the Dr. Tilghman Mar- tin property, Seventh and Hamilton streets, for Y. M. C. A. purposes, where the present build- ing now stands, at a business men's meeting and banquet held in Kauffman's Hall, on which occa- sion $16,000 was subscribed.

In 1866 he became a member of Zion Re- formed church, of Allentown, of which he was for twenty years treasurer, twelve years an elder, long superintendent of the Sunday school, and represented the congregation in Lehigh Classis and the Eastern Synod. He was one of Allen- town's most public spirited and prominent citi- zens for 34 years. Mr. Lawfer died at Allen- town, Sept. 11, 1900. Mrs. Lawfer died June 10, 1897. They are buried in the Lawfer plot in Fairview cemetery, Allentown. They had

four children :

(1) J. Harry Lawfer, born Aug. 24, 1858. He married, Aug. 17, 1882, Lilly S. Dannen- hower and has five children: Lilly Mabel, Wil- liam Levan, Miriam E., Stanley E., and Ruth A.

(2) John N. Lawfer, born Feb. 9, 1860, mar- ried, Dec. 1, 1881, Irene C. Saeger. They have two children : Emily M. and Harold S.

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(3) Alvin W. Lawfer, born Oct. 23, 1863, married, May 20, 1888, Miss Ida V. Engleman. He died March 6, 1912.

(4) Annie Lawfer, born Oct. 15, 1873, mar- ried, Oct. 23, 1900, Edward H. Wetherhold. They have one son, William E.

JOHN N. LAWFER, senior member of John N. Lawfer & Son, born February 9, 1860, at Kreidersville, Northampton county, Pa., was reared in Allentown, and acquired a knowledge

commercial circles of Allentown. The business enterprise with which he is connected is conducted along modern business lines, and its great increase in trade during recent years is in a large measure due to the capable and efficient efforts of John N. Lawfer. Aside from his extensive business interests, Mr. Lawfer devotes considerable of his time and means to benevolent work, more par- ticularly in behalf of orphans, being an active

WILLIAM R. LAWFER.

of the rudimentary branches of study in its pub- lic schools and Muhlenberg College, completing his education at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa. He received his business train- ing in his father's store, and after serv- ing in the capacity of salesman for some time, was admitted to a partnership. Mr. Lawfer, who is clear-headed and enterprising in his business methods won for himself a prominent place in the

trustee and potent factor in the success of the Bethany Orphans' Home of the Reformed church, at Womelsdorf, Pa., with which his father was for 25 years actively identified on its board. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Phoebe Deaconess and Old Folks' Home, of Allentown, and a trustee of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of St. John's Re- formed church, served in its consistory for a

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number of years and is now one of its trustees. Mr. Lawfer enjoys the acquaintance of a wide circle of friends, who admire him for his many excellent characteristics, and he and his family occupy an enviable position in the social life of Allentown. Mr. Lawfer so closely resembles his father in looks, disposition and physique that he was often taken for his brother.

John N. Lawfer was married, Dec. 1, 1881, to Miss Irene C. Saeger, daughter of Henry J. Saeger, and they became the parents of five chil- dren: Emily M .; Charles H., who died in in- fancy ; Harold S., now connected with his father in business ; Marian S., who also died in infancy ; and William R., who died June 18, 1913.

ALVIN W. LAWFER was born at Kreidersville, Oct. 23, 1863. He attended the schools of Al- lentown and was graduated from the Allentown high school in 1879. After leaving school he entered his father's store, and after some years, with his brothers, was taken into the firm. After the father's death the three sons conducted the store for a while, when the eldest son retired. John N. and Alvin W. continued the business until 1904, when John N. retired. Alvin W. Lawfer then became interested in forming the Lawfer-Harned Company. In 1908, he retired from business and endeavored to regain his lost health. He located in Denver, Col., for one year, when he returned and entered the insurance busi- ness, representing the Provident Life & Trust Company, of Philadelphia, and the Aetna Com- pany, of Reading, in which business he was en- gaged up to the time of his death, on March 6, 1912.

Mr. Lawfer was married, May 20, 1888, by Dr. S. G. Wagner, to Miss Ida Engleman, daughter of L. M. Engleman, of Coopersburg, Pa. He was an active member of Salem's Re- formed church, of which he was one of the organ- izers, and for 'a number of years taught the Young Ladies' Bible Class, which he founded and in the success of which he took a deep inter- est. He was one of the organizers of the Octette, which was the nucleus of the Arion Society, which he served as president. He was one of the first vice-presidents of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Lawfer was of such a genial disposition that it was easy to win friends and retain them ; hence he had such a host of friends in his business, so- cial and church relations, and his name will be long remembered in the wide circle of his ac- quaintances.

LAMBERT FAMILY.

John George Lambert the pioneer of this fam- ily, was married to Rosina Strauss. Lenhart

Lambert, son of John George, married Mary Nicolas. He died aged 92 years and is buried in the Nisky Hill cemetery, Bethlehem. The chil- dren of this family are: William, David, Aaron, Anna, (married to a Mr. Diehl), Lovina (mar- ried to a Mr. Keiper), Susan (married to Mr. Smith), and Rachel (married to a Mr. Weaver).

Aaron, son of Lenhart, married Catharine Frey, the issue of this family was nine children, three of these died young. They are: Lewis (married to Hattie Gangaware. They have one son, Harry) ; Thomas (deceased) ; Mary Etta (Mrs. Ferdinand Eberhart), Charles, Francis (married to Mary Wheeler), and John (married to Winnie Wheeler ).

Charles W. Lambert, son of Aaron, married Amanda, a daughter of Charles and Susan Gang- aware, they have these children; Ella (Mrs. Leslie Cruckshank) ; Emma E. (Mrs. Thomas Strohl), Erwin A .; Laura; (Mrs. Edward Stecker ) ; Thomas (married to Lottie Meyers) ; Margaret (married to M. Edward Fulmer), William C., and Maria.

Charles Lambert was employed at the Beth- lehem Steel works for 31 years, and is now an employee of the Ingersol Works, residing at Easton, Pa.

ERWIN A. LAMBERT was born in Upper Saucon township, June 18, 1876. He was edu- cated in the common schools. He engaged in the hotel business "at "Bethlehem, where he re- mained for some time afterward. He continued the same business at Allentown. In 1909 he purchased the wholesale liquor and bottling es- tablishment of E. A. Krause on Chestnut Street, Emaus, at which place he now resides and has been very successful in this venture. He mar- ried Daisy Neff a daughter of William and Priscilla (Eck) Neff.

WILLIAM C. LAMBERT is a graduate of the Bethlehem High School, class of 1907. He en- tered the employ of the L. V. R. R. Co., and for seven years was clerk at the Easton station. In 1913 he took the distributing agency for the E. A. Lambert Bottling Works at Coplay, and continues in this position.

LAMBERT FAMILY.

John Leonard Lambert, probably a son of Johannes Lambert, was born in Bucks county, Pa., in 1783, and died in 1875, at Bethlehem, aged ninety-two years. He was a farmer by occupation. He was married to Mary Nicholas, who died about 1863, aged 75 years. Both were members of the Lutheran Church. They had the following children: I. Charles, who lived and died in Monroe county, Pa. 2. Anna, mar-

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ried to Samuel Diehl. 3. William, who died during the seventies at Bethlehem. 4. Rachel, was married to J. George Weber, a German. 5. David, died at Freemansburg, Pa. 6. Aaron, Lovina, married Henry Keiper. 7. Susan, mar- ried William Smith, whose history with that of his descendants, appears elsewhere in this vol- ume.

Aaron Lambert, son of John Leonard, was born Sept. 30, 1820, in Williams township, Northampton county. He was a blacksmith by trade and followed it at Allentown and Cata- sauqua. He died at Easton on April 2, 1908, and is buried at Catasauqua on the family burial plot.

He was married to Catharine Frey, a daugh- ter of Jacob and Mary (Sautee) Frey, of North- ampton county. She was born June 11, 1821, died on May 8, 1900. Their children follow:

Lewis H., born Sept., 1841; died April 6, 1894.

Thomas F., born May II, 1843; died Nov. 21, 1908.

Zacharias, died in infancy.

Marietta, married Ferdinand Eberhart, of Cat- asauqua.

Matilda C., died in infancy.

Charles W., born Feb. 22, 1851, lives at Eas- ton.

James A., died in infancy.

Francis B., born June 11, 1859, lives at Erie, Pa.

John J., born Oct. 17, 1865, is a farmer at Rushton, Saskatchewan, Canada.

LAPP FAMILY.

Elias Lapp, a native of Northampton county, Pa., was born January 14, 1816. For many years he lived upon a 20-acre tract, situated be- tween Schoenersville and Weaversville. There he farmed and was engaged in burning and deal- ing in lime. He and wife were Lutherans, members of the Schoenersville church, and there they are buried. He served the church as deacon and elder. In politics he was a Demo- crat. He officiated as a supervisor for some years. He died July 5, 1886, aged 70 years, 5 months and 22 days. His wife, Mary Ann Hoch, was born June 23, 1819, and departed this life June 3, 1889, in her 70th year. She was a daughter of Henry and Susan (Frantz) Hoch. Their children were: Cyrus F., Belin- da (married Elias Benner) ; Elemina (1850- 1856) ; and Henry L. (of Bethlehem).

John Lapp was born in Moore township in 1818, and lived one-half mile east of Moores- town on a tract of land later owned by Frank Koehler. There he died in 1889, aged 71 years.

He was a stone mason all his active life. For a number of years he served his district as super- visor. In politics he was a Democrat.

His widow, Sarah (nee Fehnel), still lives and makes her home with her children. She was a daughter of Abraham Fehnel. They had these children: Lucy (married Tilghman Keich- lein) ; Hettie (married Edwin Quier, who re- side at Rittersville) ; Ellen (married Allen Leis- er, both deceased) ; Samuel (who lives in Lower Nazareth township) ; Jane (married L. J. Woodring of Allentown) ; Asabilla (widow of P. Hagenbuch, who lives in Williams town- ship) ; Emma (married J. E. Bickert, who live at Summerville, N. J.) ; George (deceased) ; and Harvey E.

The father of Elias and John Lapp was a school master and moved from Bucks county, Pa., settling in Moore township, Northampton county. There he married and raised these chil- dren : Elias, John and Peter. John and Peter are buried at Moorestown, in Northampton county.

CYRUS F. LAPP, son of Elias, carriage builder at Rittersville, was born in East Allen township, December 1, 1840. At the age of eighteen years he learned his trade of carriage making at Bath, Pa., and has now followed it for fifty-three years. He carried on the business at Stocker- town, in Northampton county, for twenty-eight years, employing eight men. In 1893 he located at Rittersville, where he erected large buildings, and established a large business. It is known as the Central Carriage Works.

Mr. Lapp is a Democrat. . He served Pal- mer township in Northampton county, on the board of education for six years; and after sett- ling in Hanover he served the school board for three years. He and wife are Lutherans; ear- lier they had been connected with the Forks church, where he served as deacon and elder. In Hanover they became members of the church at Schoenersville and there he served as an elder also.

In 1862 he married Rebecca Dech. She is a daughter of Jacob and Eva (Reeser) Dech. They have four children: Byron H. (of Han- over) ; Lillie I .; Charles M., and Carrie I. (married Henry Kelcher, of Hanover town- ship).

HARVEY E. LAPP, truck farmer and poultry fancier of Iron Bridge, is a native of North- ampton county, Pa. He was born December 29, 1875. At the age of nine years he began to work, and for several years was employed as a core-maker at Fullerton. In the year 1905 he began farming as a tenant in South

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Whitehall and he continued there until 1911, when he purchased the Edmond Guth home- stead, which is now 17 acres. This tract of land is situated between the Jordan Bridge and Sie- gersville, along the Allentown and Slatington trolley line. A large stone house on this farm was built about the close of the 18th century. The condition of the house and its appearance reflects in a high degree the skill of our pioneer mechanics.

Mr. Lapp has become interested in fancy poultry since 1902, and makes a specialty of Wyandottes and water fowls. He won ten silver cups and until this time he has never had his birds on display in Pennsylvania, New York or Maryland without receiving a prize. He is a member of the J. O. U. A. M. of Newburg, Pa.

On February 5, 1903, he married Bertha Buss, a daughter of Robert and Emma (Hix- son ) Buss (1855-1902). Her paternal grand- parents were Jacob and Sarah (Shimer) Buss. They have four children: Robert E., John H., Mirion D., and Emma R., and are members of the Jordan Lutheran church.

LANDIS FAMILY.

In Hirzel, Switzerland, there stands an an- cient Landis homestead, built in 1488. The fam- ily was one of the prominent Mennonite families in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

The progenitor of the Landis family emigrated to America in 1717, and settled at Shelly, in Bucks county. In 1790 there were twelve per- sons of this name in Bucks county, as heads of families, which, in the aggregate, consisted of 64 persons.

The earliest name found in Lehigh county was Peter Landis. He was assessed £4 in 1762, in Upper Saucon township. Jacob Landis, born Jan. I, 1756, died June 1, 1847, and was buried in the old Mennonite cemetery, between Coopers- burg and Centre Valley, as was also his wife, Barbara (Mayer) Landis, born October, 1759, and died April 7, 1844.

Jacob Landis, of Lower Saucon, in 1790, had two sons and one daughter. David Landis had a son, Solomon, who had a son, Alfred F., a farm- er, who settled in Upper Saucon township. He married Annie Steininger, and their children were: Robert; Myron S., of whom below; Stel- la; Rosa, Hattie, Lucy, Alfred, Orpha, Alice, Martha, and Ernest.

MYRON S. LANDIS, son of Alfred F. and Annie (Steininger) Landis, was born Feb. 13, 1879, in Upper Saucon township, Lehigh county. He assisted his father on the farm, and attended

the public schools. In 1896 he entered the em- ploy of the P. & R. R. R. Co., as station agent, at Bingen, Northampton county, serving to the present time (1913), as passenger, freight, and express agent, as well as telegraph operator. He is a member of the following named orders: P. O. S. of A., No. 511, Coopersburg, of which he is past district president ; Jr. Order of A. M., No. 1069, Coopersburg; Independent Order of Telegraph Operators; and Modern Woodmen of America. He married, April 20, 1897, Emily Young, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Windt) Young, of Centre Valley. Issue : Benson, Adelia, and Dorothy.

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. III, Part 1

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society Publication date: 1914 Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 854

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 854