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of the place being organized in the year 1810. This bank has done much for the industrial and commercial growth of York, by a wise spirit of accommodation to those worthy of confidence. The policy of the bank is conservative but progressive, and is the result of the management of its past presidents C. A. Barnitz, James Lewis, G. Edward Hersh and others, all of whom were excellent business men and good financiers. The present president aims to conduct the bank upon the same wise, economic and safe business principles which have given it success and high standing, and has so far managed and directed its affairs in a manner worthy of public confidence and indicative of finan- cial ability.
In 1887 Mr. Hersh was united in mar- riage with Julia Mayer, a daughter of John L. Mayer, Esq., who was one of the most prominent lawyers of York county. To their union have been born two children, named Helen and Margaret.
The residence of Mr. Hersh, "Springdale," part of which property was once owned by James Smith Seguer, and called "Peacock Hall," was practically built by his great- grandfather, C. A. Barnitz, and here were entertained many men of eminence and dis- tinction in the early times.
In politics Grier Hersh is a Republican, but takes no decidedly active part in poli- tical affairs. He finds time from the various duties of his varied business inter- ests to give some attention to literary mat- ters, and has written an able and exhaustive historical article on "The Scotch-Irish of York County," in which the many sterling qualities of that race are clearly portrayed in connection with the story of the emigra- tion, settlement and growth of the Scotch- Irish element in York county.
R EV. CHARLES M. STOCK, pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran church of Hanover, Pa., is a native Pennsylvanian, a son of Rev. Samuel Stock and was born March 16th, 1855. The progenitor of the Stock family in this country was Frederick Stock, a Revolutionary soldier who settled in Lancaster county and afterward moved to the immediate vicinity of New Oxford, now in Adams county. Frederick Stock had a son named William who passed all his life at New Oxford and became a large land-holder. William had five children, three sons and two daughters. One of these sons was Rev. Samuel Stock, who was born at New Oxford. He received his education at Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg and fitted himself for the Lutheran ministry at Gettysburg Seminary. His pastorates were for many years in the counties of Blair, Bedford and Cumberland; and when he re- tired from the active work of the ministry he removed to Hanover, where he has con- tinued to reside up to the present time (1897).
Charles M. Stock, who forms the subject of this sketch, received his early education in the common schools of Bedford county and of Carlisle, Cumberland county. In 1869 he entered Gettysburg Academy, from which he was graduated five years later, in 1874. Leaving the academy he pursued the study of law for one year with his father-in- law, Hon. William McClain, of Gettysburg. At the end of that time, in 1875, he aband- oned the study of law and entered the Lutheran Theological Seminary of Gettys- burg, from which he was graduated in 1878. He was licensed to preach in October, 1877. ordained to the ministry of the Lutheran church in October, 1878, and immediately received a call to the Blairsville church, In- diana county, where he labored until Octo- ber, 1880, when he was called to Bedford, where he remained for seven years.
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He then left Bedford to accept a call, Oc- largely instrumental in securing the loca- tober, 1887, to the pastorate of St. Mark's Lutheran church of Hanover, where his efforts and talent have won for him the highest esteem.
In political affiliation Rev. Stock is a Re- publican. He manifests an active and abid- ing interest in the educational institutions of his community and largely through his ef- forts as the co-adjutor of Captain A. W. Eichelberger, Glenville Academy and its successor, Eichelberg Academy, werefound- ed and are maintained. In 1882 he was ap- pointed by Governor Hoyt chaplain of the Fifth Regiment, National Guard of Penn- sylvania, and has been reappointed by each succeeding governor since. He is a trustee of Eichelberg Academy, and a member of the Lodge of Students of London, Eng- land.
Mr. Stock is a 32nd degree Mason and has been variously honored officially and otherwise by that body.
C OL. CHARLES H. BUEHLER, de- ceased, a former well known veteran and merchant of Gettysburg,Adams county, was a son of the late Samuel H. and Cath- arine (Danner) Buehler, natives of Leban- on and York, Pa., respectively, and subse- quently residents of Gettysburg. The Col- onel was born in the latter town February 9, 1825, and died there March 23, 1896. He was of German lineage.
Samuel H. Buehler, the father, was born July 12, 1783, and having learned the sad- dlery business in his native town, subse- quently moved to York and married Miss Catharine Danner. For a time he engaged in business there. In 1818 he moved to Gettysburg and opened a drug and book store, which he carried on until his death, in 1856. Mr. Buehler was actively and prominently identified with the interests of the Evangelical Lutheran church and was
tion of the Theological Seminary at Gettys- burg. He was one of the founders of Christ church, Gettysburg; was a member of the building committee and served as an elder from the organization of the congre- gation until the time of his death. In 1838 Mr. Buehler was elected a patron and also a trustee of Pennsylvania College, Gettys- burg, and in 1839 was chosen treasurer of the institution. At the time of his death, September 7th, 1856, he was serving, in addition, as trustee, having held the treas- ureship itself for seventeen years. Mr. Buehler was also the recipient of honors from the General Synod of the Church, serving at one time as its treasurer and for many years as the general agent for its various publications. Four sons and four daughters survived him.
Col. Charles H. Buehler was the tenth of the eleven children born to his parents. His education was obtained at Pennsylvania College, in his native town, which he at- tended until the close of the Sophomore year, when he withdrew from the institution and began an apprenticeship in the office of the Adams Sentinel. In time he himself embarked in the newspaper and printing business as associate editor with his brother David A., on the Star. On account of fail- ing health Mr. Buehler was compelled to abandon this business and in 1858 he em- barked in the sale of coal and lumber.
The breaking out of the war of the re- bellion and the evidence of prolongation of the struggle for the preservation of the Un- ion, which confronted the loyal people of the North, stirred the patriotism of Mr. Buehler profoundly and he was at the out- set active in the cause of the Union. He enlisted in the three months service and was given the captaincy of a company. In their brief service he showed most capable military qualities and when, subsequently,
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the Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment was organized, he was made its major and continued to hold his commission for a year and a half. He was then transferred to the colonelcy of the 165th Regiment and retained that command through the nine months of service for which the regiment enlisted. His record in his country's de- fence is brightened by the twin merits of military skill and soldierly valor.
Upon his return from the war, Col. Bueh- ler resumed his lumber business and in con- nection with that, held the agency of the Adams Express Company for twenty-six years. He was, in politics, a Republican of pronounced type and twice held the office of burgess of Gettysburg. At the time of his death he was prominently connected with the war associations of his town, serv- ing for a time as a director in the Gettys- burg Battlefield Memorial Association. He was also a leading member of Post No. 9, Grand Army of the Republic; a past master in the Masonic Order; and in his time pass- ed through all the chairs in the Odd Fel- lows fraternity.
In 1860 Col. Buehler married Anna, a daughter of John Fahnestock, of German extraction. Three sons were born to them, of whom Harry F. Buehler alone survives.
E' DWARD G. ECKERT, manufactur- ing chemist and proprietor of the Acme Extract and Chemical works, Han- over, Pa., son of Dr. Henry C. and Sarah (Leas) Eckert, was born February 21, 1856, at Hanover, in which town his ancestors for three generations were influential citi- zens and several members of the family, which came from the Palatinate during the early German emigration to Pennsylvania, have occupied prominent positions of use- fulness in various States of the Union.
David Eckert, his grandfather, was a successful business man, an ardent Whig
and a public spirited citizen of Hanover. Dr. Henry C. Eckert, his father, and the youngest son of David Eckert, after ac- quiring the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native town, en- tered Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg, where he evinced rare talent and ability, was graduated with honors in the class of 1846, and the same year delivered the an- niversary oration before his college literary society. Having a marked predilection for the study of medicine, he matriculated in the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College, at Philadelphia, and received the degree of M. D. from that institution in 1848. Immediately thereafter he entered upon the practice of medicine and soon acquired high standing in his native town and throughout Southern Pennsylvania for exceptional skill and ability in his chosen profession. Dr. Eckert was a diligent student of medicine all through his suc- cessful career, kept apace with the new de- velopments in medical science and wrote many articles on subjects pertaining to his profession, some of which found their way into the leading medical journals of his time. He was an active Republican and an ardent patriot during the eventful years when the civil war was gathering force and during the progress of the war his voice and pen earnestly supported the cause of the Union and the administration of Pres- ident Lincoln. He died in 1867.
Dr. Edward G. Eckert obtained his early education in the public schools of Hanover and then became a clerk in a drug store. Being of an investigating turn of mind he developed a special fondness for experi- mental science for practical and commer- cial purposes. From his twelfth year un- til he arrived at the age of twenty-eight he was a faithful investigator in applied chemistry and during that period acquired a comprehensive knowledge in his chosen
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field of labor. He put this knowledge into practical use by originating in 1882 the Acme Extract and Chemical works, of which he has since been the sole proprietor. He first carried on a large trade with the cigar manufacturers, for whom he made coloring preparations, and then added con- fectioners supplies, consisting of harmless colorings, heat resisting extracts and bot- tlers supplies. He represents two Ger- man houses in the sale of essential oils and is the sole representative of the world in the sale of Chocolatine, a vegetable pro- duct of Mexican origin, and which possesses thirty times the strength of or- dinary chocolate. He obtains the mater- ials for these products and prepares them for the market at his Hanover establish- ment. Through his untiring energy and close attention to his business Mr. Eckert has abundantly prospered in his manufac- turing enterprise. He met with success from the beginning and has since expanded and enlarged his trade until his products now find ready sale to purchasers in nearly every State in the Union. Some of the most extensive manufacturers of this coun- try are his regular customers and he makes frequent shipments to foreign parts.
Mr. Eckert has always taken an active interests in the progress and development of his native town and is an earnest sup- porter of every enterprise intended to pro- mote the public good. He is identified with important real estate operations in Hanover, is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity, is a director in the Home Building and Loan Association and served for sev- eral years as a member of the Board of School Directors of Hanover, filling the office of President of that body with ability and credit, manifesting a devoted interest in the cause of public education.
In politics he is an enthusiastic Republi- can and is unswerving in his loyalty to the
policy and principles of the Republican party in which for nearly twenty years he has been an active and influential worker. He has been sent as a delegate to numerous county and State conventions, is widely known throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by the prominent leaders of his party and on account of his genial nature and generous disposition is univer- sally popular.
Mr. Eckert was married in 1880 to Miss Ida Garber, of Hanover. They have one child, Elizabeth, at present a pupil in the public schools.
C' HRISTIAN PHILIP HUMRICH,
the eldest son of John Adams and Mary Ann (Zeigler) Humrich, was born in Carlisle, Pa., on the 9th day of March, 1831, and received his education in the com- mon schools of that place, having entered the primary school taught by Miss Rebecca Wrightman-upon its organization under the free school laws of 1834and '36-on the 16th of August, 1836, graduating therefrom in 1847; and then entered the Preparatory Department of Dickinson College, from which he was graduated in July, 1852. He then entered the law office of Hon. Robert M. Henderson as a student at law, and was admitted to the bar of Cumberland county at the November Term, 1854, and has since practiced his profession in that, and the ad- joining counties. In addition to his law practice he has given some attention to ag- ricultural pursuits and historical studies, es- pecially the local territory of Cumberland and neighboring counties. In politics he is a staunch Republican, having helped to or- ganize that party in 1856, and has shared its fortunes ever since; and although he has been a candidate for a county office on three different occasions, and received a creditable vote in each instance, yet, the Democratic majority in the county was too
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large to overcome, and he was defeated with others on the same ticket. In local offices he has served as a town councilman and school director.
A leading paper speaking of his services in the educational field says: "On last Monday evening, December 7th, 1896,C. P. Humrich, Esq., entered upon his fortieth year of continuous service as a school di- rector of the borough of Carlisle, having taken his seat as a member of the school board on Monday, December 7th, 1857. He has also served as secretary of the school board since February 6th, 1860, and the minutes of the board are in his hand writing. His term of service expired on the 7th of June, 1897, having served in that capacity for thirty-nine and one-half years."
On the 12th of May, 1859, he was mar- ried to Amanda Rebecca Zeigler, a daugh- ter of Jesse Zeigler, and granddaughter of Philip Zeigler, of North Middleton town- ship. To this union there were born nine children, of whom six survive, viz .: Charles F., engaged in the insurance business; El- len King, Carrie Amelia, the wife of Jacob Humer; Blanche Zeigler, Mary Ann, and Christian P. Humrich, Jr., all of whom are now residing in Carlisle. Mr. Humrich became a member of the Good Will Hose Company on the 5th of March, 1859, was elected president of that organization on the 15th of April, 1862, and served in that capacity until June 20th, 1889, and is now chairman of the board of Trustees. He as well as his wife and all of his children are members of the First Lutheran church, of Carlisle.
The Humrich family is of German des- cent, the ancestor, Christian Humrich, a na- tive of the Palatinate, emigrated to Penn- sylvania in 1793, and on the 14th of June, 1802, before the Hon. Hugh N. Bracken- ridge, a Justice of the Supreme Court, then
presiding in the Circuit Court sitting in the city of Lancaster, Pa., "he abjured all alleg- iance and fidelity to Charles Theodore Au- gust Christian, the electorate Prince of the Palatinate in Germany" of whom he was a subject, and was naturalized. A saddler by trade, in 1807 he removed with his family to Carlisle, where he conducted that business and owned and kept the Black Bear Inn, until about 1824, when he retired from business and died in 1842 aged about 94 years. He was a successful business man, owning some of the most desirable pro- perty in and about the town; was actively engaged in the public enterprises of that day, and was a member of the building committee that erected the town hall, which stood on the Court House Square; he was awarded a vote of thanks by the Cum- berland Fire Company as appears by their minutes, and served for years as a vestry- man in the Lutheran church. He was mar- ried to Christine Foltz and had children: Anna Maria, born 24th of December, 1794; Catharine, born April the 18th, 1795; George Philip, born August the 19th, 1796; Sara Elizabeth, born March the 11th, 1798; Johannes, born August the Ioth, 1799; and John Adams, the father of the subject of this sketch, who was born September 3rd, 1800, as appears by the records of Trinity Lutheran church, of Lancaster City, Pa.
The last named, John Adams, was also a saddler by occupation and succeeded his father in business, which he conducted until 1830, the year of his marriage, when he engaged in the grocery and provision trade, from which he retired in 1840 and gave his attention to farming and the man- agement of his property until his death in February, 1880. He also was successful in business, a member of the Lutheran church, an old line Whig in politics, an active supporter of Gen'l Wm. Henry Har- rison, subsequently a radical Republican,
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and "an under ground railroad man," but never held an elective office. He was married in 1830 to Mary Ann Zeigler, by whom he was the father of four children: Christian P., John A., Samuel R. and Wm. A. Humrich, all of whom survive, except John A., who died in 1862.
Mary Ann Zeigler was the daughter of Philip Zeigler, whose father, Philip Zeig- ler, Sr., came from Germany in the year 1753 (as is believed) and located in that portion of Philadelphia, now Montgomery county, known as Upper Salford township, where he lived until his death in 1801. He was a farmer and land owner, naturalized in Philadelphia county in 1763, a warm friend of the Continental cause during the Revolutionary war, and the father of a large family. His son, Philip, married a Miss Dietz, a resident of the adjoining county of Bucks, and in 1801, being then the father of three sons and two daughters born in Montgomery county, Mary Ann being either three or five years of age, the family removed to Cumberland county and settled near Sterrett's Gap, in North Mid- dleton, now Middlesex township, where he resided until his death in 1839. He was a Democrat in politics, largely engaged in farming and the improvement of lands, raised a family of six boys and three girls all of whom married and settled in Cum- berland county, mostly on lands provided by their father, and some of his descend- ants now own and occupy the land their grandfather bought in 1801. The family with one exception, attained advanced years, Mary Ann, the mother of Christian P., dying in 1879, at the age of 83 or 85 years, and the youngest, Sophia, the wife of Jacob Wise, of Springville, this county, is still living, active and in the best of health, in her 83d year.
C HARLES E. EHREHART, ESQ.,
is recognized as one of the success- ful and progressive lawyers of York county, and the greater part of his public career so far belongs to the history of Hanover, where he is not only prominent in legal affairs, but has been intimately connected for several years with the ma- terial development and industrial progress of that old and thriving borough. He is a son of Rev. C. J. and Martha (Hill) Ehre- hart, and was born at Middletown, Dau- phin county, Pennsylvania, May, 1863. Rev. C. J. Ehrehart was a son of Thomas Ehrehart, of Adanis county, and received a classical education, being a graduate of Pennsylvania College. Leaving college he entered the Gettysburg Theological Seminary, from which he was graduated, and then became a minister in the Luth- eran church. His pastorates were Sha- mokin, this State; Middletown, Dauphin county, and Gettysburg, Adams county, in which latter place he died in 1868. He was a man of scholarship and culture and served as principal of the preparatory de- partment of Pennsylvania College for sev- eral years before his death. He wedded Martha Hill, and to their union were born four children.
Charles E. Ehrehart was but five years of age at the time of his father's death and subsequent to that event went to live with an uncle in Adams county, where he re- ceived his elementary education in the public schools. He later entered Susque- hanna Institute, from which he was grad- uated in 1880. After graduation he spent two years as a civil engineer in New Mex- ico and Arizona, and in 1882 returned east, locating in Fort Plains, New York, where he read law for two years under the pre- ceptorship of Wendell & Van Dusen. At the end of that time, in 1884, he completed his legal studies with A, W. Potter, Esq.,
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and was admitted to the practice of law in in each of these trades and is now con- I885. Immediately after admission to the Supreme Court he came to Hanover, where he has been engaged ever since in the continuous and successful practice of his chosen profession. His reputation as an able and reliable lawyer is well de- served.
In 1886, Mr. Ehrehart married Miss Fisher, a daughter of Michael Fisher. Their union has been blessed with one child, a son, named Charles F.
Politically Charles E. Ehrehart is a Re- publican. He is attorney for Hanover borough, of whose council he has been secretary for some time. He is a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran church. Mr. Ehrehart was instrumental, in .1892, in or- ganizing the Hanover and McSherrystown Railroad Company, of which he was an original director and is the present presi- dent. He was an early advocate of the Hanover Light, Heat and Power Com- pany, of which he is the present secretary and has been a director since its organiza- tion. He was also among the first to urge the formation of the Hanover Im- provement Company, of which he is a stockholder. Of ability and standing in his profession and of prominence and use- fulness in the business life of his borough, Mr. Ehrehart enjoys the respect and es- teem of the public.
H ON. WILLIAM H. LONG, a prom- inent member of the York county delegation in the State House of Repre- sentatives, is a son of Henry and Sarah (Funk) Long and was born at Hanover, York county, August 6, 1852. He is of Pennsylvania German descent. His father was born at Marietta, Pa., received a com- mon school education and engaged in shoe- making, hatting and silver-plating trades, conducting business on his own account
ducting a shoe and stationery business un- der the firm name of H. Long & Sons. He was an active member of St. Mark's Luth- eran church and in politics is a Democrat. He married Sarah, a daughter of John and Sarah Funk, by whom he had nine chil- dren: Leonard, Elder, Adaline, Elizabeth, Jane, Wm. H., John Luther, George Au- gustus, Albert Clayton, all living but the first three mentioned.
William H. Long received an ordinary common school education in the public schools of Hanover and chose as his occupation the trade of cigar making, which he followed for fifteen years. He then be- came interested in an individual freight line between Hanover and Baltimore. This line has been in existence about thirty-five years and Mr. Long, after being employed on it for a number of years, himself purchased it and conducted the business. Early in life he began to manifest an active interest in politics, like his father, affiliating with the followers of Jefferson and Jackson. His untiring service in the cause of his party, not only won for him local distinction but brought him in touch with the leaders all over the county. In time Mr. Long be- came the most prominent Democrat in his section of the county and it was but nat- ural that when, in 1894, he aspired to give the people of the county the benefit of his service in framing laws at Harrisburg that he should have received a cordial support, not only of the leaders in his own com- munity, but of other portions of the county. His nomination was followed by his elec- tion and his re-election in 1896. Mr. Long has become not only a leader of his own delegation, but of the entire minority rep- resentation in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, being selected the caucus chairman of the Democrats in the House.
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