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Shraffler. 12. Name not known. 13. Mary, died in Perry coun- ty ; married a Mr. Fuller. 14. Christina, married Henry Long.
(II) Joseph, son of Henry Flickinger, was born in Perry county. Pennsylvania, December 9, 1818, died September 7. 1902. He grew up a farmer and for several years worked rented farms near Ickes- burg, his home. He later bought a farm near Marklesville. on which he lived forty-five years, until his death. He was a Republican and held many township offices and the county office of director of the poor. Both he and his wife were Lutherans. He married Nancy. daughter of William Campbell, son of the immigrant Campbell, a sol- dier under the great Wellington, prior to his coming to America. Wil- liam Campbell settled near Landisburg, Pennsylvania, when a young man, and there married. He was a carpenter, and a soldier of the war of 1812. He had eight children: William (2), died near Newport,
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Pennsylvania, a boatman on the old Juniata canal; George, a farmer and commissioner of Perry county, died near Newport; Sarah, married John Hummell; a daughter, married an Adams; Jane, married Major Shull, an officer of the Mexican and civil wars; Margaret, married David Crist, lived and died at Markleville; Nancy, married Joseph Flickinger ; a daughter, married Jerry Dunkleberger. Children of Jo- sepli Flickinger: 1. William Henry, now a retired merchant of Hart- ford, Kansas; he served during the civil war, in Company G, 208th Regiment. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; he married Elizabeth Tressler. 2. Levi H. C., of whom further. 3. Joseph Martin, now a merchant of Newport, Pennsylvania; married Frances Van Camp. 4. Darwin Crawford, now an engineer in a rubber works at Akron, Ohio; married Miss Parker. 5. Margaret, married John N. Kretzing, and resides in Juniata township, Perry county. 6. Miller Emery, now a merchant of Markleville, Pennsylvania; married Mary Lenker.
(III) Levi Hiram Campbell, son of Joseph and Nancy (Campbell) Flickinger, was born near Ickesburg, Perry county, Pennsylvania, Au- gust 20, 1843. He was educated in the public schools and Markleville Academy, teaching after graduation until his enlistment in the army. When the state of Pennsylvania, threatened by invasion, called for men, Mr. Flickinger enlisted, in June, 1863, in Company B, 36th Regi- ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The regiment arrived at Get- tysburg the day before the battle began, and during the three days' fight was engaged in guarding the supply train. After the battle they were detailed to bury the dead and clear the battlefield of the evidences of the fierce battle, so far as possible. In September, 1864, he re-en- listed in Company G, 208th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan- try, serving as corporal until the close of the war. He saw hard service, being engaged at Hatcher's Run, Warren's raid, siege of Petersburg. Fort Stedman, "Fort Hell," Fort Mahone, "Fort Damna- tion," "Fort Heaven," capture of Petersburg, and in pursuit of Lee.
After the war he returned to Pennsylvania and attended the acad- emy for a year, then returned, teaching during the school years and working at carpentering in summer. For twenty-five years he followed the profession of teaching, and won favorable commendation as an educator. In 1866 he purchased a farm of one hundred and sixteen acres, in Juniata township, and resided thercon until 1869. He then
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rented his farm and for a time bought and sold wool and merchandise. He then followed his trade of carpenter until 1878, then returned to his farm, remaining until 1894, engaged in successful farming opera- tions. In 1894 he was elected treasurer of Perry county, serving his term with honor. Since retiring from the treasurer's office he has continued his home in New Bloomfield. In 1907 he sold his farm and purchased a brick residence on Main street, which is his present home. From 1905 until 1913, when he resigned, Mr. Flickinger was general agent for the Susquehanna & Western Railway Company. He is a Republican in politics, and in 1882 was elected county auditor, serving three years, and from 1904 until 1907 was county treasurer, as stated. In religious faith he is a Lutheran; his wife is a member of the Re- formed church. Mr. Flickinger's life has been a useful, busy one, given over largely to the service of his county and country. For twen- ty-five years a teacher in the public schools, he trained the youthful minds of many whose names are not unknown to fame. As soldier and public official he gave more years of his manhood's vigor, and then retired to the quiet of private life, honored and respected. The war record of the Flickinger family is an honorable one, about twenty of the family. all closely related, offering themselves and serving during the war between the states.
Mr. Flickinger married, August 23, 1866, Susan Elizabeth, born in Perry county, daughter of John and Susan Kretzing; children: I. Minnie Maude, married William B. Anderson, and resides in New Bloomfield. 2. John Joseph Flickinger, a conductor on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, with residence in Chicago; he married Emma Drufnick : children : Florence, Clarence Ray, Howard, and one deceased. 3. Kearney Emerson, now an employee of the Pennsylvania railroad, with residence at Newport; he married Ida May Johnson ; children: Goldie May, married Donald Soulouff ; and Jessie Maude. 4. Nannie Susan. married E. W. Swartz, and resides at Longfellow. Pennsylvania. 5. Henry Foster, a farmer of AAbingdon, Illinois ; mar- ried Josephine Bridson ; children: Everett Otts, Loyal Dean, Susan Marilla and Mun Levi. 6. Miles Howard, now manager of the elec- trical signal department of the Pennsylvania railroad, residing at Dun- cannon, Pennsylvania; married Annie Imhoff ; children: Jean Eliza- beth, and Leslie Howard. 7. Nevin West, now travelling salesman for
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Allentown Rolling Mills; he married (first) Emma Lee, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, (second) Eva Hademan; children: George (deceased), and Rose Elizabeth. 8. George Ernest, died in infancy. 9. Margaret S., married Joseph E. Leiter, whom she survives, a resident of Allen- town, Pennsylvania. 10. Mary Florence, married Frank E. Eckerd; she died March 11, 1913, leaving children: Sarah Geraldin, Mary Elizabetlı, Frank Raymond and George IIiram.
RODGERS This family, which is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, is de- scended from Matthew Rodgers, who with his wife Ann came to America from Ireland in about 1803. Matthew Rodgers was a ship carpenter from his early youth, and con- tinued his trade in this country, assisting in fitting out the fleet with which Commodore Perry won his memorable victory over the British on Lake Erie in September, 1813. Mr. Rodgers travelled from city to city in the pursuit of his business and was last known as a resident of Pittsburgh; after this the family lost trace of him. He and his wife had seven children, three sons and four daughters: Matthew, married, and resided near Philadelphia, where he died, leaving a daugh- ter Sarah, married to Joseph Longer, whose descendants now reside in that vicinity; Samuel, mentioned further; Robert, became a brick- maker, marrying and going to Iowa as a pioneer settler, and leaving a family there who are among the best citizens in the state; Margaret, became Mrs. Hood, of Philadelphia, and left children; names of the other daughters not given.
(II) Samuel, son of Matthew and Ann Rodgers, was born near Philadelphia, and received his education in that city, learning the trade of milling spices in the village of Milltown, in Philadelphia county. Here also he was married, spending his subsequent life in various places and at various occupations. For nine years he followed the pur- suit of farming in Chester county, after which he became state super- visor on the Pennsylvania railroad between Downingtown and Paoli; he remained thus for about six years, when he became interested in the milling business in Philadelphia county, where he continued for the subsequent seven years, the last five of which were passed in the bor- ough of Frankford. His next venture was the purchase of a farm at Gwynedd, in Montgomery county, where he remained for about four
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years, after which he again turned his attention to milling at Frank- ford. In 1860 he removed to Cecil county, Maryland, where he pur- chased a farm in the vicinity of Lewisville, on which he resided for about eight years, removing in 1868 to Mifflin county, where he be- came a resident of Lewistown. He bought the Mt. Rock mills in this place and managed them for sixteen years, finally selling out to Andrew Spanogle, and retiring from active business life. He died in 1885, at the age of eighty years. He married three times. His first wife was Sydney Hallerman, daughter of Jacob Hallerman; she died in 1844. The name of his second wife is not known. His third wife was Sarah Bragg. His children were: Julia Ann, became Mrs. Alexander Harrison; Maurice, married Isabelle Gilman, and had three children ; Eliza, became Mrs. Cool. and had one son; Isaac H., of further men- tion : Annie M., married Edward Miller, and had one daughter.
(III) Isaac Hallerman Rodgers, son of Samuel and Sydney (Hal- lerman) Rodgers, was born near Downingtown. Chester county, Penn- sylvania, January 7, 1838. He attended the public schools of the county, and acquired a knowledge of the milling business in associa- tion with his father, with whom he resided until he was twenty-nine years of age. He then became a miller on his own account, purchasing the Logan steam flouring mills at Lewistown in 1885. In 1893 he bought the Brookland roller flouring mills at McVeytown, where he resided until his death, May 20, 1901. Mr. Rodgers was successful in his various enterprises, reaping financial profit and producing goods of the finest quality in his line of business, so that the products of his mills came to be very widely and favorably known. He became one of the most prominent citizens of the place, being liberal and public spirited in his views. He was a member of the Republican party. Hc attended the Methodist Episcopal church, of which all his family were attendants. On October 18, 1868, he was married to Sarah, daughter of Gideon and Elizabeth Brahim. of McConnellsburg, Fulton county, Pennsylvania. Children: Joseph L., died when about nine years of age: Jolin T .. of further mention; Anna Mary: Samuel, died in in- fancy.
(IV) John T. Rodgers, son of Isaac Hallerman and Sarah ( Bralım) Rodgers, was born June 28, 1871, at Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Hc received his earlier education at the public schools of Lewistown, sub-
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sequently attending Professor Riley's academy, and at the conclusion of his studies entered upon his business career by working in his father's mill. He acquired a thorough knowledge of the calling, com- ing to McVeytown in 1893, at the time that his father purchased the Brookland mills, and making his home in this place ever since. He has prospered greatly and has become the owner of the mill which he manages. His position in the community is a prominent one, and he is connected in various capacities with other large business enterprises in this place. He is a director in the bank, where his influence is keen and beneficial: and in politics he is also a leading figure, being now treasurer of the town council and having been formerly its secretary. He is a member of the Republican party. Mr. Rodgers is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to the Bright Star Lodge, No. 705. In religious circles he is held in high esteem, being a trustee of the Presbyterian church, of which both himself and his wife are members.
On November 27. 1902, he was married to Miss Jessamine Mack- lin, who was born October 9. 1879; she is the daughter of James and Jennie (Leattor) Macklin, residents of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Rodg- ers have two sons: James Macklin, born February 23, 1909; and John T. Jr., born August 12, 1910.
Ishmael Owens was born in Wales, April 20, 1748, and
OWENS was a brewer of malt and hops. He located in New Orleans, Louisiana, about 1769, and from there removed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He remained there for a while, when hie settled in Chester county, Pennsylvania, where he lived from 1774 until 1813, covering the periods of the two wars with Great Britain. Here he was married and here all his children were born. He served during the revolutionary war as a member of the Chester county light horse, and in after years was fond of recalling his experiences and de- scribing the events which came under his observation, frequently refer- ring to the battle of Brandywine and the massacre of Paoli. His chil- dren and grandchildren have recollection of his uniform, which was of bright blue cloth trimmed with yellow and adorned with large brass buttons. He wore a leather hat with a projection in front and plain behind, and carried a sword. He was in every respect a patriotic and
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exemplary citizen, and served both church and state to the best of his ability. He attended the Manor meeting house near West Chester, for, though he was an Episcopalian in his religious beliefs, he had no hesitaney in worshipping in the Presbyterian church.
It was while he was still living in Chester county that his oldest son, Morris, was drafted for service at Baltimore to assist in quelling the riots of July 27-28. during the first year of the war of 1812. The company in which he served marched all night in order to reach the scene of the troubles, but reached their destination after the fighting was all over and quiet had been established. In 1813 Mr. Owens re- moved to Middletown, Dauphin county, where he resided four years, before he made his final home in Lewistown, Mifflin county. Here he died in the year 1820 from the effects of a fall, being then seventy-two years of age. He was a man well preserved for his age, and in stature was inclined to be short and stout : it is not believed that he had other relatives in this country beside his immediate family, at the time of his death. He was buried in Millerstown, Perry county, where his wife was also buried over a quarter of a century afterward, in 1846. She was a Miss Catherine Stem before her marriage, born March 24, 1763. the daughter of Conrad Stem, of German descent. Children: Morris. born February 12, 1788; Henry, March 19, 1791; Elizabeth, October 10, 1792: David. March 1. 1794: Rebecca, June 26, 1796; William, November 28, 1797: Sarah, August 20, 1799: Rachel, April 5, 1801; Lewis, February 18, 1802: Owen, April 16, 1805, mentioned further ; Mary, August 5, 1807.
(II) Owen Owens, son of Ishmael and Catherine (Stem) Owens, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, where his parents resided for many years, on April 16, 1805. Ile was seven years of age when his father removed to Middletown, Dauphin county, and accompanied him afterward to Lewistown, in Mifflin county. Here he resided until the year 1829, when he settled in Wayne township, now Oliver, at what is now Lockport. He was a blacksmith, and it was he who opened for the first time the three locks for boats to pass through. He remained at Lockport for four or five years, when he removed to a farm which James Shepherd had previously owned; and in 1861 he located on the McFadden farm at what is now Granville.
(III) Walter L. Owens, son of Owen Owens, accompanied his
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father to Granville, where he opened a store in 1865; this was made a passenger station in 1866, and during the same year a postoffice was established there. The place had previously been known as Wolf- kill's Siding. Mr. Owens became a prominent man in the neigh- borhood and was one of the leading merchants of the town. He mar- ried Miss Mary E. Price, and had children as follows: I. Anna, de- ceased; married R. W. Kline; children, Charles E., Frank A. and Ethel. 2. Charles G., of whom further. 3. Blanche, married W. G. Satzler; no issue. 4. James H., married Miss Mumper ; children : Her- bert, William (deceased) and Elizabeth.
(IV) Charles G. Owens, son of Walter L. and Mary E. ( Price) Owens, was born November 11, 1866, in Granville township, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania. He received his education in the common schools of the township, and was reared on his father's farm, begin- ning work as a young man on the railroad. He subsequently entered the merchandise business, and for seven years has been connected with the store in Granville, where he has conducted a general trade with distinguished success. He now has full ownership of the store, and is besides in possession of other properties in the city. His influence in the community is a very strong one. On January I, 1911, he was appointed postmaster of Granville. In politics Mr. Owens is a Repub- lican, though he has never made himself conspicuous in his party or aspired to public office. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is also his wife, to whom he was married on March 7, 1895. She was Miss Arletta Emory, before her marriage, born November 1, 1869, in Perry county, and is the daughter of James and Mariah (Scyoc) Emory, also natives of that county. They have had six chil- dren, all born in Granville township, and all now at home with their parents : Cecilia, born January 26, 1896; Walter, May 8, 1898; Owen, January 29, 1902 ; Mary, August 7, 1904; Bruce, April 1, 1905 ; Merle, December 23, 1907.
Jacob H. Richard, of Maitland, Mifflin county, Penn-
RICIIARD sylvania, has behind him a long line of colonial and revolutionary ancestry. The Richard family was of Devonshire, England, stock. The first to come to America was Rich- ard Richard, who landed in Massachusetts in 1634, and it is thought
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that from him sprung all the numerous families of the name in the United States. Many of the name were prominent in the affairs of the various colonies before the revolution, and several were famous Indian fighters.
(I) John Richard, a descendant of Richard Richard, was an early settler in Mifflin county. He was one of the very useful men of his day, and was known far and wide by the thrifty housewives of Mif- flin and adjoining counties, as he was the maker of spinning wheels. He was also a wheelwright, and furnished very nearly all of the wag- ons that were in use during his day. Only two of his children are known by name: Elizabeth, and John, of whom further to be found below.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Richard, was born in 1798, near Beaver Springs, and died June 8, 1870, in Derry township, at the age of seventy-three. Under his father he learned the wheelwright's trade, which he followed for some time, or until Whitney invented the cotton gin, in Augusta, Georgia. Finding his occupation gone, superseded by the invention of the gin, he began farming. and remained at that peaceful vocation until his death. He married Sarah Cupples, a daughter of James Cupples, who was first sergeant in a Pennsylvania company dur- ing the revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Cupples were born in Mif- flin county and died there. He was of hardy Scotch-Irish descent, his emigrant forefather coming from Ireland in 1750, after having lived in Scotland until his young manhood, when he moved to Ireland and there married. it is thought. The wife of James Cupples was of Ger- man extraction, and they were members of the Lutheran church. Chil- dren of John and Sarah (Cupples) Richard: I. Reuben, married Ma- tilda Graham. 2. Nancy, married Benjamin Mowerey. 3. Mary Ann. 4. John Jr .. married in Ohio. 5. Hannah. 6. Samuel, of whom fur- ther. 7. James. married Sarah Bornman. 8. Sarah, married William Sager. 9. William, married Miss Roush. 10. Anna, twin of William. married George Elliot.
(III) Samuel. son of John (2) and Sarah (Cupples) Richard, was born May 6. 1835. in Derry township. Mifflin county. He was reared on the farm and was educated in the Derry township public school and at Lewistown. As a young man he taught for three terms. In 1882 he purchased one hundred acres, the place on which he now lives, and
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has since that time done general farming, until his son Jacob took over the farm. He was drafted during the civil war, but offered a substi- tute. He is a Democrat, upholding the principles of that party, and is a member of the German Baptist Brethren church. He married, April 26, 1856, Mary Ann Howe, a daughter of Joseph Howe, of Cumber- land county, where he lived and died a blacksmith. She died February 6. 1902. Children : 1. Jacob H., of whom further. 2. Joseph L., mar- ried Miss Kripps : lives in Illinois, a farmer. 3. Rudy, married Pora Finkenbinder; he is farming at Lena, Illinois. 4. William, a steel moulder in Ohio; married (first) Miss McCalley; married (second) Miss Bair.
(IV) Jaeob H. Richard, of Maitland, Pennsylvania, son of Samuel and Mary A. ( Howe ) Richard, was born May 9, 1857, in Derry town- ship, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, near Maitland. His education was received in the public school at Maitland, and he was reared in the free life on the farm. When abont twenty-one or twenty-two he worked for two years at an ore bank. He entered the mercantile business at Maitland and remained in it for six years, from 1881 until 1887, after which time he bought his father's farm and has remained a farmer since. He owns ninety well tilled highly productive acres, on which he does general farming. He is a member of the Church of the Brethren, of which he has been an able minister since 1892. He was commis- sioned postmaster under President Garfield, which position he held to the entire satisfaction of the township. Besides being a sueeessful farmer, he combines with it stock raising, making the two net him handsome sums yearly.
He married (first) December 25, 1877, Mary M. Baker. daughter of Daniel and Susan (Ritter) Baker, longtime residents of Snyder county ; she died March 4, 1900. IIe married (second) Minnie Show- ers, February 18, 1904. Children by first marriage: 1. Annie, mar- ried Samuel Allen, and lives in Iowa. 2. Daniel, married Lilly Butler ; he is a mechanie at Burnham, Pennsylvania. 3. Howard, a farmer ; married Jennie Stuck. 4. Clarence, employed at Burnham, Pennsyl- vania ; married Lottie Edmonson. 5. Esther, married Lewis Edmon- son, who is employed at Burnham. 6. Samuel, employed at Burnham; married Hittle Goss. 7. John J., unmarried. Children by second mar- riage : 1. Paul, born 1905. 2. David, born in 1908.
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This name is found in the annals of Snyder county, MEISER Pennsylvania, as early as 1788, when Henry Meiser owned and operated a saw mill in Middle Creek town- ship. At about this time a frame grist mill was built on the south side of Middle Creek, at what is now known as Meiser's Station.
David, son of Henry Meiser, was a miller by trade, owning a mill at Meiserville, Snyder county, and later purchasing the grist mill at Meiser's Station. He was in business there for many years, and later retired to Chapman, in Chapman township, Snyder county, where he lived until his death. David Meiser's children were: Mary, who mar- ried John Snyder, and lived and died near Meiserville: Catherine, who married William Fryman; Sally, who married John Leitzel, and an only son, John S.
John S. Meiser was born and is now residing in Snyder county. For many years he has been the agent at Meiser's Station, and simul- taneously is engaged in farming and lumbering. He is a veteran of the civil war, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Patri- otic Order Sons of America, and the Lutheran church. On February 13, 1869, a son, Charles Ammon, was born to John S. Meiser and Mary Ann Jane Walter, a daughter of Jacob Walter, both living in Middle Creek township; Mary Ann Jane was born in 1850, and died April 13, 1881.
Charles Ammon Meiser was destined to become before many years one of the foremost figures in Central Pennsylvania commerce. Step by step he fought his way, staunchly keeping his commercial operations on the solid foundation of good Christian principles upon which he was building his life. After a common school education he attended the Freeburg Academy, and shortly thereafter began teaching in the pub- lic schools, which vocation he followed for five years. His first ven- ture into business took the form of a copartnership with one B. WV. Yoder. at Globe Mills ( Meiser's Station), but after six months the part- ners sold out and for a while engaged in farming at Kreamer. . \1- ready at this time it seems that the trading instinct was thoroughly aroused in the young merchant, for we find important changes follow- ing each other in rapid succession. Never slow to make a decision, we find him two years as a butcher in copartnership with his brother-in-
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