Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of the Nineteenth Congressional District, Pennsylvania, Part 70

Author: Wiley, Samuel T. , Esq., editor
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Press of York Daily
Number of Pages: 612


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munion with and in the faith of the Luth- eran church at Dover cemetery. At the time of his decease he left surviving four sons and five daughters.


George Daron, our subject, grew to manhood in Manchester and Dover town- ships, received his preliminary education in the district schools and supplemented this with a thorough literary training in the York County Academy, from which he was graduated at the age of 22. In 1854 he purchased the hotel at Dover, succeeding his father, and conducted it for a term of five years. In 1859 he removed to York and was more or less connected with cleri- cal official positions until 1865, when he was elected treasurer of the county. This position he filled with credit and efficiency. Subsequently, in 1868, he became clerk to the county commissioners for one year and in 1877 held the office of deputy prothono- tary for York county. Following in 1882 he was elected justice of the peace and was identified with that office for four years. In 1886 he was appointed deputy sheriff, served three years in this capacity and in 1891 was appointed steward of the County Almshouse, in which latter position he served one and a half years. In 1894 he was appointed to his present position of United States gauger, under the adminis- tration of President Cleveland. Mr. Daron has always been a strong adherent of the principles and policies of the Democratic party, has given liberally to the support and maintenance of that organization and in addition to the official positions already enumerated, has frequently been honored by his party with appointment or election to a number of minor positions. His coun- sel and activities in connection with the Democratic party have uniformly been of a high order. In addition to his public service, Mr. Daron has been a man of pub- lic spirit, interested in the material develop-


ment of his city and has been a real estate owner of considerable prominence. He is a stockholder in the York County Na- tional Bank and in the Eastern Market house, of which latter he was a director for a number of years. He was one of the early supporters and promoters of the Farmers' and other market houses of York .. Fraternally he is an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Red Men.


Mr. Daron has been three times happily married. On November 22, 1855, he was united with Mary A. Leathery, who died March 30, 1874. On November 22, 1876, he married Malvene Crisman, who died May 5, 1893; and on November 22, 1894, he married Leavie Getz. Mr. Daron has no children.


A UGUST SONNEMAN. For the past thirty or more years August Sonneman, packer and dealer in leaf to- bacco, has been prominently identified with the industrial and material develop- ment of the city of York. He was born near Eimbeck,in thetownof Sievershausen, Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, May 12th, 1842. He spent his boyhood with his par- ents in the Fatherland where his father, Carl Sonneman, was sexton of the Luth- eran church. Beside the duties of sexton, which were often varied and exacting, his father followed the occupation of weaving linen, in which business he was an expert and skilled craftsman. His mother was, 1 efore her marriage, Antoinette Wedekind, a daughter of Carl Wedekind of Sievers- hausen.


Under the care of these industrious and frugal parents, August grew almost toman- hood, when at the age of seventeen he was seized with the ambition to emigrate to America, where he was not only in hope but in fact to achieve success and fortune. Ar-


August Som


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riving in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1859, he obtained employment there in the tobacco business. In this he seemed to have been particularly fortunate, for ever since he has been engaged in that work he has met with a success that declares both he and it were admirably suited to each other. After working in this first place for a period of two years he removed to York. Here he followed his trade for four years more, at the end of which time he commenced the manufacture of cigars. This he steadily carried on until 1867, when he greatly in- creased his trade by adding to his already large business the packing of leaf tobacco. So profitable did this new departure prove that it gradually displaced cigar making and now forms his major and almost ex- clusive line of business.


On March 18, 1865, while his career as a manufacturer was still young, Mr. Son- neman married Charlotte Wauker, a daughter of Francis and Juliana Wauker, of York. His marriage, though terminated ten years later by the death of his affection- ate wife, was productive of four children, one son and three daughters, the youngest, Carl August Franz, born April 28th, 1873, died in childhood; the oldest daughter, Antoinette Julianna, born February 27th, 1867, was married November 5th, 1890 to William Grothe, of York, where she still resides; the second daughter, Wilhelmina Charlotte, born June 3, 1869, is the wife of Ferdinand Bloom, of the same city; and Charlotte Augusta, the youngest, born De- cember 7th, 1870, is the wife of Gustav Mehl, of York. On October 27th 1874, the subject of our sketch was married again, his second wife being Catharine Smith, who was born in Lubeck, King- dom of Prussia, Germany. To this mar- riage have resulted four children, two boys and two girls: Anna Catharine, born July 25th, 1875; August Carl Heinrich, born


November 5, 1878; Carl Wilhelm Franz, born March 10, 1880; and Louise Marie Katharine, born January 21, 1892.


In religious affiliation, Mr. Sonneman is an active and valued member of St. John's Lutheran church, of York, of which he is one of the trustees and has served his church on different occasions as lay dele- gate to the Synod meetings of that church.


He has always taken a deep interest in the municipal affairs of his city and was honored by being elected a member of the first city council after York had passed from borough-hood to city-hood. In 1893, he was elected assessor from the First Ward and served with entire accep- tation until 1896. He has served in the councils of his city. Through the exercise of his clearheaded and practical judgment in local politics, he has not only helped to make our local self-government the ad- mirable and economic system which it is, but has won for himself a place of honor and respect among his friends and fellow- citizens. Personally, Mr. Sonneman is affable, uniformly courteous in his de- meanor, a worthy supporter of all meri- torious projects and is held in high esteem as a man of integrity and honor. He is one of the original stockholders and builders of the City Market.


D AVID A. MINNICH, the present postmaster of York, is prominent among the self-made men of the county. He is a son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Ness) Minnich, and was born at Dallastown, Pa., March 10th, 1857. The Minnichs are among the oldest settlers of York county, and have been equally entitled to merit for industry and frugality. The family is of German descent, and the founder of the American branch came to one of the town- ships about the year 1737. The early members of the family were mostly me-


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chanics, and for several generations fur- nished quite a number of carpenters. Coming down to the present century, we find some of them engaged in agricultural pursuits, of which number was Jonathan. He was born in 1813, and died 1865, and is interred in the Lutheran Reformed, now the German Reformed, cemetery, at Dallastown. Following in the foot steps of his early ancestors, he was a man of prudence and industrious habits, and a consistent member of the Reformed church. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Ness, bore him a family of seven children: Alfred, Pius N., Elizabeth, wife of Charles Cramer, Amanda, Cathar- ine, wedded to John H. Fuller, Jonathan, Jr., and David A., the subject of this sketch.


David A. Minnich was brought up in his native county, and obtained his education in the common schools. At eleven years of age he entered a tobacco factory and learned the trade of cigar maker, which he followed until 1892. In the latter year he was made foreman of Myers & Adams cigar factory, which position he retained until his appointment to the post master- ship of York. Mr. Minnich was one of 14 candidates for the coveted position, and after a long and hotly contested struggle, was appointed and commissioned by Presi- dent Cleveland, on July 2, 1896. His ap- pointment was satisfactory to the people regardless of party, and the termination of the contest, in his favor, was celebrated by his friends and a number of labor organi- zations in a public parade. He assumed charge of the post office on July 16, 1896, and since that date the functions of his of- fice have been efficiently performed. In politics Mr. Minnich has always been an active Democrat. He has always been an active partisan in his political faith and has represented his party in State conventions.


He has also been active as a labor leader, and served officially in both the Cigar Makers' Union and the American Federa- tion of Labor for a number of years. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Golden Eagle, Odd Fellows and Masons. In both latter organizations he has been the recipient of unusual hon- ors, and has passed all the chairs in the Odd Fellows.


Like most successful men, Mr. Minnich began life for himself at an early age, and under adverse circumstances. He has de- rived invaluable lessons, however, from the accumulated experience of business and contact with people, and this, together with keen foresight, and a patriotic spirit, has amply equipped him for any honors that the public might bestow.


On January 22, 1884, Mr. Minnich was joined in bonds of marriage with Jennie Hartman, daughter of Albert Hartman, a native and long time resident of York county. Their nuptial relations have re- sulted in the birth of two children, a son and a daughter: Earl A., and Grace E.


He and his wife are both worthy mem- bers of Christ Lutheran church.


F 'RANKIN L. SEIFFERT, assistant postmaster of the city of York, is the eldest son of John and Elizabeth (Hen- ise) Seiffert, and was born in Dover town- ship, York county, Pennsylvania, January 12, 1837. His parents were both of Ger- man descent and natives of York county, where his father was born in 1814 and his mother in 1813. John Seiffert was a weaver by trade and followed weaving during his life time. He was a Democrat in politics and served one term of three years as au- ditor of York county. He died March 29, 1888, aged 74 years. He wedded Eliza- beth Henise, who was a daughter of George Henise, and passed away Decem-


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ber 12, 1889, when in the 77th year of her age. To their union were born seven chil- dren, of whom three died in infancy. The four who grew to maturity and are still living are: Franklin L., Ambrose H., Sarah C., wife of John B. Strine, of York; and Rebecca E., who married R. H. Stough.


Franklin L. Seiffert was reared in York county, attended the common schools and took an academic course in the Cumber- land Valley Institute. At the close of his school days he engaged in teaching and brick-making, followed the one line of work in winter and the other in summer for nine years. He then in January, 1866, became book-keeper for Hoffheins, Shire- man & Company, of York, and remained with them for five years, when Mr. Shire- man withdrew from the firm and engaged in the manufacture of reapers and farm im- plements. Soon after Mr. Shireman's with- drawal from the firm, Mr. Seiffert became his book-keeper, and two years later ac- cepted the same position from Mr. Shire- man's successor, The York Manufacturing Company, with whom he remained until April 1, 1880, when he became clerk and book-keeper for George F. Baugher, man- ufacturer of water wheels. He remained with Mr Baugher and his successors until March 1, 1896, when he was appointed as- sistant postmaster of York, and has served acceptably in that position up to the pres- ent time. Mr. Seiffert is a Democrat po- litically, and has always supported his party and worked for its supremacy and the suc- cess of its principles. He served as school controller of his city for five years. He is a member of Heidelberg German Re- formed church. Mr. Seiffert has been con- nected for many years with the Odd Fel- lows and ranks high in that organization. He is a member of and has passed the chairs in Humane Lodge, No. 342, of which he has been secretary for the last


eleven years. He is a member and the present Scribe of Mt. Vernon Encamp- ment, No. 14, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has the reputation of being a safe and careful business man, and a good and useful citizen.


On November Ist, 1860, Franklin L. Seiffert married Elizabeth Jacoby, whose father, George Jacoby, was a resident of York county. They have two children, both sons: Carey A., in the employ of the York Wall Paper company; and Harry J., now in Bair Sons' bank, of York.


A LFRED A. LONG, M. D., who has been engaged in the active practice of his profession in the city of York for over twenty years, is a son of William N. allu Mary (Dampmen) Long, and was born in Honeybrook township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1851. The Long and Dampman families were pioneer set- tlers in their section of Chester, one of the three original counties of the "Keystone State," and the best ancestral record of the Longs is probably the one that is in the possession of Dr. W. S. Long, of Hadden- field, New Jersey, which shows them to be a steady and substantial family mostly en- gaged in agricultural pursuits but having a fair representation in business occupa- tions and professional life. William N. Long, like many of his ancestors was a merchant and passed his life peacefully and usefully, dying in 1861, aged 50 years. He married Mary Dampman, whose father, Peter Dampman was a well-to-do farmer of Honeybrook township, Chester county. Mr. and Mrs. Long had a family of five sons and five daughters


Alfred A. Long was reared in his native county, received his education in the pub- lic schools, Coatesville Academy, of Ches- ter county, and Pennington Seminary, of the State of New Jersey. In 1874 he com-


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menced the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Matthew A. Long, a well known physician of Pottstown, Mont- gomery county. At the termination of his office reading he entered the medical de- partment of the University of Pennsyl- vania, and was graduated in the class of 1877. In a short time after graduation he came to York, and having carefully pre- pared himself for the duties of his exact- ing profession he in due time built up a good practice which he has held and in- creased up to the present time. Dr. A. A. Long is a Republican politically, and while ever supporting the party of his choice in a proper manner has never allowed the ex- citements of political life to allure him from the quiet and steady practice of his profession. He is a member of the York County Medical Society. His choice of the city of York, as a better opening and wider field of usefulness than several other places to which his attention was called in 1877, was one of wisdom and judgment which has been attended with an ample measure of success. He is a member of the First Presbyterian church, of which his wife is also a member.


On May 6, 1884, Dr. Alfred A. Long, was united in marriage with Lillian M. Davis, whose parents are J. Rodney and Elizabeth Davis, residents of York, Pa. Dr. and Mrs. Long have one child, a son, named W. Newton, who was born May 29, 1890, and one son dead, Rodney D. Long, born July 4, 1886, died February 22, 1888.


BE ENJAMIN F. FRICK, Ex-Prothono- tary of York county, enjoys the dis- tinction of being the first, and so far, the only Republican candidate that has ever been elected to a county office in York in a straight political fight. He is a son of John P. and Hannah (Hershey) Frick, and was born in York county, Pennsylvania,


June 9, 1841. The Frick family is of Swiss origin, and the land of their nativity has al- ways sent to America a class of industrious, energetic people. John P. Frick was a lineal descendant of the progenitor of the Frick family in this county, and spent the early years of his life in Lancaster county, where he was born. He was a miller by trade, and after the pursuit of his vocation for some years in Lancaster county, he re- moved to York county, where he engaged in the general mercantile business. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and died in 1889 in his 80th year. He was one of the few early Republicans in York county who advo- cated the principles of that party before it had been formally organized in the Na- tional convention at Pittsburg. He was prominent, active and aggressive as a party leader, and his political services were timely and useful in the community where he re- sided. When the late Civil war commenced and the Internal Revenue Department in- creased its force he was made a deputy col- lector of revenue and held that position for several years. He married Hannah Her- shey, of York county, by whom he had seven children: William H., Benjamin F., John J., Abraham, Mary, widow of Martin Skinner; Daniel B., and Joseph H.


Benjamin F. Frick was reared in York county, received his education in the pub- lic schools and York County Academy. Subsequently, he learned the trade of ma- chinist, which he followed until 1861. In August of that year he enlisted in Company A, 87th Pennsylvania Volunteers, was made sergeant and served until 1863, when he was transferred to Company H, 39th United States Colored troops, with the rank of second lieutenant. The next year he was promoted to first lieutenant, served some time as assistant adjutant general with Colonel Bowman, and after Lee's


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surrender at Appomattox, had charge at Fort Fisher until December, 1865. He was honorably discharged from the Union service in the latter year. Mr. Frick par- ticipated in all the battles of the 87th Regi- ment from 1861 to 1864. On June 17 he was captured at Carter's woods, Virginia, and was incarcerated several weeks as a prisoner in the famous Libby and on Bell Island. After being discharged from the service, he returned home and became book-keeper for the Billmyer & Small car works, with whom he remained ten years. He then embarked in the coal business, which he followed up till 1881, and then opened an insurance office which has since become his principal pursuit. He repre- sents a dozen or more of the largest and strongest insurance companies in the United States, and has succeeded in build- ing up a large and profitable business.


On December 21, 1871, Mr. Frick wedded Emma Sechrist, a daughter of Jacob A. Sechrist, of York. To their union have been born seven children, one son and six daughters: Mary, deceased; Clara, a teacher in the York public schools; John, Hattie, deceased; Hannah, Frances and Susan.


Like his father before him, Mr. Frick has always been a Republican in politics. His strength in his own party and his pop- ularity with the voters of all parties was attested in 1893 when he was nominated by the Republicans for Prothonotary and elected in a county whose Democratic ma- jority runs from 2500 to 4500. His election was the record of the first predominance of a Republican county official over a Democratic opponent in York county.


Mr. Frick is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a trustee, and of whose Sunday school he was super- intendent for over twenty years. He is fra- ternally a member of the Masons, Junior


Order of United American Mechanics, Knights of Malta, Improved Order of Hep- tasophs, Royal Arcanum, Post No. 37, G. A. R., asd also the Union Veteran Legion.


T `HOMAS WOOD, secretary of the York Gas company, is a man of var- ied and successful business experience. He is a son of Thomas, Sr., and Sarah F. (Brevitt) Wood, and was born at Darlas- ton, England. His parents were both of English birth and parentage, and his father followed milling as an occupation. Tc Thomas Wood, Sr., and his wife, were born six children, of whom five grew to ma- turity: Mary, wife of Thomas Page; Su- san, married George Brevitt; Jane, wife of Richard Brevitt; Sarah M., wife of Robert Dungate, and Thomas. Of these five chil- dren who lived to manhood and woman- hood but two are now living, Thomas and Mrs. Dungate, who now resides in New Zealand.


Thomas Wood grew to manhood in his native land, and after attending the schools of his district learned the trade of pattern maker, which he soon abandoned to learn engineering. He soon became an expert as an engineer, and in 1860 came to Phila- delphia as manager of the works of Dean, Reichley & Co., who were engaged in man- ufacturing iron, nails and railroad supplies, and a year later failed on account of the Civil war commencing and preventing the collection of large bills due them in the South. After the closing of these works Mr. Wood returned to England and acted successively as traveling salesman for Ap- perly & Co., cloth manufacturers of Strand for five years and as a salesman in a large ware-house at Birmingham for two years.


Leaving Birmingham, England, in 1869, he returned to Philadelphia, and a year later in the early part of 1870, came to York, where he took charge of the business


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of the Singer Sewing Machine company. Five years later he returned to Philadel- phia to spend two years there in the gen- eral office of the Singer company, and then came back to York, where he was engaged in the sewing machine business on his own account for about five years. At the end of the last named period of time, in 1882, he was elected as secretary of the York Gas company and has held that position up to the present time.


In 1847, Mr. Wood married Marianne Cassidy, of Birmingham, England. They had five children: Thomas, Margaret M., Florence, who died in infancy; and Nellie and Amy T. Mrs. Wood died in England in 1868, and two years afterwards Mr. Wood wedded Annie Funk.


In political affairs Mr. Wood believes in the principles of the Republican party. He is a member of the Baptist church and a teacher in its Sunday school. Mr. Wood is an active and successful business man. He is a stockholder in the York Gas and Water companies, and the York City Street Railway company. He is a prominent Mason.


O SCAR G. KLINGER, A. M., is the son of Gideon B. and Elizabeth Klinger and was born September 13, 1861, at Hopeton. He is of Eng- lish origin, his ancestors coming from Saxony. His great-grandfather was born in Cunningham, Pa., received a common school education and was a farmer in Lu- zerne county, Pa., all his life. He was a Democrat in politics, a member of the Lutheran church and an active Christian, being an office holder in that church all his


life. His children were William, Henry, Solomon, Gideon, Isaac and Sarah. He died in 1859. His father was born in Lu- zerne county, received a common school education and was a farmer and merchant by occupation. He is now engaged in the sale of fertilizers. He is a Democrat, an ac- tive politician and has served inlocal offices. He belongs to the Lutheran church, of which he is a leading and exemplary mem- ber and has long been officially connected with that church. He gives much attention to and takes an active interest in the reli- gious and educational interests of the county. His children are Maranda, Lee, Ella, Rodgers, Virginia and Oscar. The father and mother of the subject are both living and are universally esteemed in the community. The youngest of their chil- dren, whose biographical memoranda we chronicle, graduated at Pennsylvania Col- lege, Gettysburg, in 1886. He then studied logic at the University of Cincinnati for a year and took a theological course at the Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg, and subsequently studied at Cornell Univer- sity. Subsequently, he went as a home missionary to Cincinnati, where he re- mained two years, after which he became principal of Kee-Mar College at Hagers- town, Md., remaining there a year, and then came to Gettysburg to take charge of Stephens' Hall Preparatory Institute. He now fills the professorship of Greek and English in Pennsylvania College. He is a Republican in politics. In 1890 he was married to Elizabeth Mitchell, daughter of Robert Mitchell, and their children are Blanche Swope and Rodger Mitchell.


INDEX.


Preface,


4


Historical Sketch,.


5


CHAPTER I.


Geography,


5


Topography,


5


Geology,


7


Mineralogy


9


Botany,


10


Zoology,


IO


Political Divisions,


II


Natural Resources,


II


CHAPTER II.


Aborigines,


15


Early Settlements,


15


Border Difficulties,


17


Boundary Lines,


18


Pioneer Races, .


20


Development Periods,


25


Cities and Villages,


28


CHAPTER 1II.


French and Indian War, 29


The Revolution, .


30


Continental Congress,


34


Frontier Defense,


34


National Capital Site,


34


Whiskey Insurrection,


35


War of 1812,


35


Mexican War,


36


War of the Rebellion,


36


Subsequent Military History,


45


CHAPTER IV.


Agriculture, .


46


Turnpikes and Highways,.


49


Milling and Merchandizing, 50


Manufactures,


51


Banks,


53


Railroads,


55


Minor Industries,


57


CHAPTER V.


Early Schools,


58


Act of 1834,


59


Aboriginal Titles,.


18


Manors of Springettsbury, Louther and Maske,


Battle of Gettysburg,. 39


506


INDEX.


The Public Schools,


59


County Institutes,


60


Academic Schools,


60


Colleges, 61


Dickinson College,


61


Pennsylvania College,


66


Theological Seminary of the General Synod Lutheran Church,


69


Metzger College for Young Ladies,


70


York Collegiate Institute,


71


Parochial Schools, 72


Indian Industrial School,


72


CHAPTER VI.


York County Bar,.


75


Adams County Bar,.


87


Cumberland County Bar,


87


CHAPTER VII.


First Resident Physicians,


109


Physicians 1766-1896,


109


The Indian Physician,


II2


County Medical Societies,


113


York Hospital,


II4


Dr. Dady, The Imposter,


114


Medical Statistics,


117


CHAPTER VIII.


Lutherans,


118


Reformed Church,


119


Friends or Quakers,


123


Presbyterians,


124


United Presbyterians,


I26


Episcopalians,


I26


Baptists


I27


Catholics,


127


Moravians,


I28


Mennonites,


128


German Baptists,


I28


United Brethren,


129


Welsh Calvinists,.


129


Methodists,


129


Methodist Protestant,


130


Evangelicals,


130


Winebrennarians,


I3I


River Brethren,.


I3I


Dutch Reformed,


I3I


Cemeteries,


I32


CHAPTER IX.


Bibliography


I33


The Press,


137


The York Daily and Weekly,


136


The York Gazette,


140


York Dispatch,


I42


The Hanover Herald,


144


The Hanover Record,


I44


507


INDEX.


CHAPTER X.


Local Historians, .


146


Slavery and Redemptioners, .


146


Political and Civil Lists of Cumberland County.


147


Indian Local Names, I49


Meteorology,


149


Political Lists of Adams County,


149


Secret Societies, .


152


Odd Fellowship,.


152


Improved Order of Red Men,.


152


Knights of Pythias,


152


Temperance Organization,.


152 152


Knights of the Golden Eagle,.


152


Other Societies, ..


152


Insurance,.


152


Gettysburg National Cemetery,


I53


York County Civil Lists, ..


153 156


Population,.


156


City of York,.


157


Carlisle,


159


Gettysburg,.


I59


Boroughs, ...


160


Entomology,


I61


NECROLOGICAL BIOGRAPHIES.


Hon. Jeremiah S. Black. 165


Gen. William B. Franklin 209


James Williamson Bosler. 169


David Jameson. 210


Hon. Edward McPherson, LL. D. 175


Horatio Gates Jameson, M. D. 212


The Small Family. 179


Col. Hance Hamilton. 213


Spencer Fullerton Baird, LL. D. 181


Col. Robert McPherson 215


Molly Pitcher .. 184


William McPherson 216


Theodore G. Wormley, M. D., LL. D. 136


Archibald MeClean 216


Gen. Henry Miller ... 217


Hon. Thaddeus Stevens 220


Hon. Ellis Lewis .. 221


Ifon. Martin C. Herman 191


Edward Chapin, Esq. 222


William Leonhart 224


Hon. Lemuel Todd. 226


Hon. Daniel Durkee


196


Col. Henry Slagle 227


Hon. Robert J. Fisher.


199


Hon. Jacob Cassatt. 227


Oliver Stuck, Esq., 200


Patrick McSherry 227


Hon. Frederick Watts 202


Christopher Culp 227


Jacob Forney 203


Gen. William Reed. 227


James Underwood 205


Hon. Adam J. Glosshrenner. 228


Rev. Jacob Boas


206


John L. Mayer, Esq. 225


David E. Small. 207


Zachariah K. Loucks. 229


Rev. Lewis Mayer, D. D. 208


Hon. James H. Graham, LL. D. 231


Hon. John Gibson.


231


CONTEMPORANEOUS BIOGRAPHIES


Ahl, John, M. D.,


341


Billheimer, Rev. T. C., 327


Allewalt, J. Q.,.


381


Brickley, Dr. O. C.,. 328


Alleman, Horace M., M. D.,


403


Beck, Paul J.,. 339


Brindle, Capt. John P., 340


Biddle, Hon. Edward W.,


242


Bosler, J. Herman,


245


Baker, John R.,. 344


Bittinger, Dr. J. H., 258


Brame, Rev. Ira Franklin, 346


Ifellman, Bennett. 322 Bowman, Henry N., 347


Rev. Charles Nisbet, D. D .. .. 187


Rev. Joseph A. Murray, D. D. 189


William Daniel Himes 189


Hon. James Smith. 192


Col. Thomas Hartley 194


Hon. Henry Nes, M. D .. 208


Birch, Prof. T. Bruce,. 342


Grand Army of the Republic,


East and West Indian Trail,


508


INDEX.


Bowman, Dr. John W., 355


Benner, Maj. H. S., ... 361


Brenneman, Henry C., 365


Baker, John E., ... 379


Boyd, Hon. Stephen G.,


386


Bond, William S.,.


390


Bressler, Wilbur J., D. D. S., 396


Barshinger, Dr. M. L.,. 400


Bahn, Prof. John E.,. 412


Bittenger, Hon. John W 438


Benner, Hon. George J., 433


Buehler, Col. Charles H., 443


Lollinger, D. A .. 453


Black, Hon. Chauncey F .. 457


Bucher, Dr. Frederick C .. 469


Brown, Hon. Gerard Crane. 473


Buehler, Guyon H. 476


Blasser, Jared F.


481


Bushmen, Samuel M. 491


Carl, Jere, 266


Cochran, Richard E.,. 267


Callender, Rev. Samuel N., D. D., 324


Conrad, J. J.,. 379


Dick, Wallace Peter, M. A., 270


Dale, Dr. James A.,. 272


Dromgold, Walker A. 318


Delone, Charles J., 393


Dougherty, Dr. Milton M., 413


DeHoff, Dr. John W. 419


Durbin James Greene.


166


Dietz, Christian . 469


Diven, Samuel Lamb, M. D. 490


Daron George


497


Elliott, Isaac A., 274


Ehrhart, D. D.,. 384


Ebert, Martin Luther, 417


Eichelberger, Captain A. W., 420


Eckert, Edward G.,. 444


Ehrehart, Charles E. 44.


Elcock, Joseph 482


Farquhar, Arthur B. 237


Floyd, Rev. David Bittle,. 277


Frysinger, Rev. W. Maslin, D. D. 283


Fastnacht, Rev. Abraham G.,. 297


Freas, Rev. William S. 321


Frey, Samuel C., 333


Farquhar, Benjamin Hallowell,. 373


Fegley, Rev. Henry N. 389


Flora William H. 477


Frick, Benjamin F 502


Gardner, Franklin 248


Gable, I. C., M. D., 265 Glessner. James G.,. 275 Gross, Israel F., 335 Gerry, Dr. Elbridge H., 352


Gilbert. Maj. Calvin, 360


Gibson, Milton B.,. 371


Gardner, Edward J.,. 393


Grove, Eugene A., M. D., 398


Gross, Prof. George W., Sc. D., 411


Gotwalt, Samuel, 415


Glossbrenner Ivan. 462


Goodyear, Jacob M. 480


Henderson, Hon. Robert M., LL. D. 252


Himes, Charles Francis, LL. D.,. 253


Heiges, Hon. George W. 293


Hays, John 310


Hagerty, Rev. Andrew Neely, 357


Heiges, Dr. Jacob D., 363


Hoober, John A., D. C. L .. 368


Hoover, George W. 394


Hench, S. Nevin,. 397


Heilman, Rev. A. M., 408


Henderson, William M., Jr., 408


Houck, Rev. W. J.,


412


lay, Jacob, M. D.,


427


Heller, John W., 431


Haines, Hon. Harvey W. 432


Hersh, Grier, 441


Humrich, Christian P. 445


Himes, William A. 455


Hemler, Rev. P. P. 473


Heiges, Prof. Samuel B. 478


Ileiges, John M. 478


Hubley, B. F., M. D. 487


Hemminger, George, M. D.


496


Tones, Robert L., 301


Keyworth, William A. 367


Kerr, Rev. J. J ... 377


Krise, Dr. C. W .. 393


Klinger, Oscar G., A. M. 504


Lanius, Capt. W. H., 288


Lloyd, Hon. William Penn,. 309


Lilly, Rev. A. W., D. D. 362


Lafean, Daniel F. 375


Long, Samuel S.,. 404


Lindner, John, Jr .. 425


Latimer, Hon. James W., 432


Long, Hon. William H. 448


Lewis, Clay Eli 463


Long, Alfred A., M. D 501


Moore, Maj. Joseph Addison,. 256


Mohler, John Frederick, Ph. D., 276


Moore, Johnston, 302


NcKnight, Rev. Harvey W., LL. D. 303


Manifold, Samuel M., .. 315


MeIlhenny, William B., 354


McCoy, John, 416


Musselman, J. Elmer,. 392


Miller, Rev. Jacob O., D. D.


434


Mayer, Jacob A., .. 436


Mckinnon, Dr. Matthew J 449


McGuire, Rev. Francis W. 451


McElroy, Henry 452


Milleisen, Joseph. 452


Moyer, Rev. Elmer W. 454


Meisenhelder, Edmund W., M. D. 459


Myers, Captain Solomon 461


Mowers, Rev. Alfred B.


475


McElroy, Robert J. F.


479


509


INDEX.


Minnich, David A. 499


Norcross, Rev. George, D. D., ... 240


Niles, Rev. Henry Edward, D. D., 249


Nixon, Henry B., Ph. D.,. 313


Nes, Charles I.,. 388


Niles, Heury C.,


335


Neeley, S. S.,


429


Neely, Thomas G. 470


Neiman, John.


471


O'Neil, Dr. John W 311


Passmore, H. E., 325


Peters, Rev. Morgan A., 330


Patrick, Prof. W. H.,. 334


Plank, Benjamin, 350


Plank, John W., 351


Peffer, William H., 410


Quay, Hou. Matthew S. 305


Quinby William P.


492


Reed, George Edward, S. T. D., LL. D ... 244


Ross, N. Sargent, .. 268


Robbins. Maj. William M., 356


Ritchey, Vinton Henry, 369


Rupp, Solomon S., 376


Rees, Richard,.


407


Recse, Rev. J. W. 472


Stewart, Hon. W. F. Bay, 255


Stubbs, Vincent G.,. 263


Spangler, Edward W., 282


Shindel, R. Hathaway,. 295 Spangler, B. F., M. D., 299


Spangler, Hon. Benjamin K., 312


Steck, Rev. A. R.,.


314


Smith, Rev. George L., .. 316


Schlueter, Rev. Clement A.,


326


Smead A. D. B ..


331


Schall, Jacob D.,.


338


Safford, Lilian R., M. D.,


343


Stubbs, Lewis K.


353


Schall, Michael, 364


Spangler, Dr. Charles F., 366


Strawbridge, Joseph R.,. 370


Snyder, John J., M. D., 374


Sheely, William Clarence, 399


Shulenberger, Ephraim A., D. D. S., 401


Small, J. Frank, M. D, .. 404


Smyser, Samuel, 406


Stahle, Col. James A ..


422


Swope, Hon. Samuel MeCurdy, 430


Stock. Rev. Charles M., 442


Sadler, Hon. Wilbur F 456


Strine Hon. E. Z .. 485


Smith, Rev. Joseph D. 486


Steacy, John W. 493


Sell, Lewis D .. 495


Sonneman, August 498


Seiffert, Franklin L. 500


'Taylor, Prof. Martin S. 345


Trimmer, Daniel K.,. 380


Taylor, Rev. Andrew E., 409


Tanger, J. C ... 484


Thompson, A. D. 4S6


Taylor, Professor E. E. 489


Valentine, Rev. Milton, LL. D., 261


Van Cleve, Rev. W. S ..


300


Vale, Captain Joseph G., 382


Vandersloot, John E.


460


Weakley, Hon. James M. 250


Wetzel, John Wise, 259


Wood, Rev. Charles James, 260


Wanner, Nevin M., 262


Walker, Rev. Herman Henry, D. D., 273


Weiser, Charles S., 280


Whiting, Henry Clay, Ph. D.


297


Watts, Edward Biddle, 310


Weber, Rev. H. H.,. 337


Weaver, Rev. William Henry, 348


Weber, Rev. Gerny, A. M., 357


Williams, J. Lawrence, 385


Williams, Howell, 415


Wagner, William H., M. D. 463


Wasbers, Henry 465


Webb, William E., M. D. 483


Wood, Thomas


503


Young, Hiram,


290


Yeagley, John H., M. D., 418


Young, Hon. James L., 435


Ziegler. Edward D.,


286





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