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Mr. Lindsay's father, also named Alex- ander, came to the United States from Scot- land and first located in Perry county, Pa. There he married Mary Moses, and they subsequently settled in Cumberland county, near Newville, where Mr. Lindsay died.
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His widow then moved to Lexington, Ohio, to the home of her daughter with whom she lived until her death. This couple had a family of twelve children, eight sons and four daughters, all of whom are now de- ceased.
Alexander Lindsay, whose name intro- cluced these lines, was born in April, 1804, in Cumberland county, and grew to man- hood on the parental farm near Newville, where he was trained to practical agricult- ural work. His education was received in the district schools, such as they were at that day. After taking up farming on his own account, he bought and moved to a farm in South Middleton township, where he fol- lowed farming for many years, eventually retiring and moving to Carlisle. There his death occurred in 1873, and that of his wife in 1878. They were Presbyterians in relig- ious faith, and held membership in the Sec- ond Church of Carlisle. Mr. Lindsay was, in political sentiment, a Republican.
Mr. Lindsay married Elizabeth Wilt, and they became the parents of ten children, viz. : (1) John Wilt, who married Mary Belle DeWalt, died Dec. 7, 1902. on his farm in South Middleton township. (2) Matthew Henry, who married Elmira Hart- man, is on the old home farm. (3) Elizabeth and (4) Mary E., are deceased. (5) Sarah Belle lives at the old home in Carlisle. (6) Emma is the wife of Luther Cameron, of Chambersburg. (7) William A. graduated from Dickinson College in 1869. studied law with A. B. Sharp, was admitted to the Bar, and died one year later, in 1873. (8) Mary B. graduated from the Mary Institute in Carlisle and from the Millersville State Normal School in the class of ISSI, after which she taught twelve years in Pennsyl- vania, and for the past fifteen years she has taught school at Atlantic City, N. J.
(9) Harriet, the wife of E. J. Gardner, whom she married in 1875, died at Carlisle May 8, 1903. (10) Katherine lives at the old home in Carlisle.
Mrs. Lindsay was born Aug. 1, 1810, near Big Spring, Cumberland county, and during her girlhood attended the local sub- scription schools. She was a daughter of John Wilt, who was born probably in old Virginia, possibly in Cumberland county, Pa. His father settled in Cumberland coun- ty in an early day, and brought slaves with him from Virginia, where the Wilts were slave owners. He took up a large tract of land three miles southwest of Newville, along the Chambersburg pike and there passed the remainder of his days, his son Peter succeeding to the ownership of this place, while John settled on a farm near by. John Wilt married Elizabeth Rippey, who had a brother that served in the war of 1812, and died on his way home at the close of that struggle. Col. Rippey, of Pittsburg, who was an officer in the Civil war, was a cousin of Mrs. Elizabeth (Wilt) Lindsay. This family is of English descent. To John and Elizabeth (Rippey) Wilt were born five children, four daughters and one son, Eliza- betli being the second daughter.
SAMUEL N. MILLER, a member of the firm of J. R. Miller's Sons, dealers in coal and grain, with offices and elevators at Shiremanstown and New Kingstown, Pa., is one of the valued residents of Mechanics- burg. He was born Aug. 4, 1861, in Myers- town, Lebanon Co., Pa., son of Jacob R. and Sarah Ann (Noecker ) Miller.
Jacob R. Miller, the father, was born in 1832, in Berks county, Pa., and died May 20, 1897. He followed the milling business for a number of years and later established a grain and coal business at Shiremanstown,
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Cumberland county, at White Hill, Trindle Spring and later at New Kingstown, all lo- cated on the Cumberland Valley railroad. Until his death he continued in active busi- ness. He was an energetic, capable man, and was respected for his honesty and integ- rity. In politics, he was a Republican, and he served a number of years on the town council at Shiremanstown, and also as presi- dent of the village. He married Sarah Ann Noecker, who was born in 1831, at Molirs- ville, Berks county, and died in 1893. She was a daughter of John Noecker an early settler of Berks county. Their children were : Milton, deceased; Wilson N., who lives in Shiremanstown, of the firm of J. R. Miller's Sons ; Jacob Morris; and Samuel N.
Samuel N. Miller completed his primary education in the schools of Shiremanstown, and then entered the Cumberland Valley In- stitute, and subsequently took a course in the Eastman Business College at Pough- keepsie, N. Y. After completing his com- mercial course he returned to Shiremans- town, and for five years was engaged in clerking in a hardware and general store in Shiremanstown, taking care of his father's interests. Later he became associated in busi- ness with his father and two brothers in their grain and coal enterprises, under the firm name of J. R. Miller's Sons, wholesale and retail dealers in grain and coal at Shire- manstown and New Kingstown. This firm is well known in business circles, having ele- vators well equipped for doing business at the various points along the Cumberland Valley railroad.
In 1887 Mr. Miller married Emma Booser, of Camp Hill, daughter of Henry O. and Elizabeth ( Longenecker) Booser, form- erly of Dauphin county. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have four children : Sarah I., Samuel Carrol, Edith and Ruth. The family home is a
beautiful residence at No. 514 West Main street. Both Mr. Miller and his wife are members of St. John's Lutheran Church at Shiremanstown, where he has been a ment- ber of the choir for the past twenty-five years. Politically, Mr. Miller is a Republi- can, and he is a member of the school board of Mechanicsburg. Fraternally, he is promi- nent in the Masonic bodies, being a member and Past Master of Eureka Lodge, No. 302. F. & A. M .; Past High Priest of Samuel C. Perkins Chapter, No. 209, R. A. M .; Past Thrice Illustrious Grand Master of Harris- burg Council, No. 7; Royal and Select Mas- ter and Eminent Commander of Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11. Knights Templar. Harrisburg; Past Most Wise and Perfect Master, Harrisburg Chapter, Rose Croix, ISthi degree; member of Harrisburg Con- sistory of the S. P. R. S .; of Zembo Temple. A. A. O. N. M. S., of Harrisburg, Pa .; and District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Council of the State of Pennsylvania, Dis- trict No. 5. He is also a member of Mechan- icsburg Lodge, No. 215, I. O. O. F. ; and of Irene Lodge, No. 425, Knights of Pythias, Shiremanstown. He is an honorary mem- ber of the Rescue Hook and Ladder Com- pany of Mechanicsburg and belongs also to the Business Men's League of the same city. In all business and social affairs he is a prominent factor, and he is a citizen who is held in the highest esteem.
GEORGE McCALEB, who has resided on his present farm in Newton township, Cumberland county, for over fourteen years, was born in that township, near Stoughs- town, in 1857.
Alexander McCaleb, Sr., his grand- father, was married in Adams county, this State, and came thence to Cumberland count- ty, settling at Springfield, in Penn township,
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where he and his wife both died. They were buried in the Presbyterian cemetery at New- ville. They were the parents of the follow- ing named children : John and his wife died in Santa Barbara, Cal .; Jacob and Robert died in Iowa; Joseph died in Clinton county, Pa .; Alexander is mentioned below; James was suffocated while digging in a well at Stoughstown, and was buried at Newville.
Alexander McCaleb, Jr., father of George, was born in 1821 at Springfield, and received a common school education. He was employed in a drug store for a short time in early life, and later engaged in well digging, an occupation which many members of the family have followed. For a few years he also worked as millwright near Spring- field, where he located. Later he took up farming in Newton township, on the McKee farm, where he remained four years. For the next nine years he lived along the Big Spring road, near the town of. Big Spring. Newville, and in 1865 he bought a farm of 157 acres in Newton township, upon which he lived for thirteen years. Selling this property he bought a small place near New- ville, where he resided until he sold off his household goods and went to make his home with his daughter, Elizabeth, Mrs. Charles Leib, in Bloserville, Frankford township.
On May 30, 1849, Mr. McCaleb married Annie Zeigler, daughter of William and Margret Zeigler, of Newville, and they be- came the parents of the following named children : Alice received a good education, graduating from the Shippensburg Normal, and is now the wife of Solomon Shelton, a carpenter of Newton township; Bell is the wife of Samuel Fry, who is engaged in busi- ness in Harrisburg, and lives in West Penns- boro township; George is mentioned below ; Elizabeth is married to Charles Leib, a mer- chant of Bloserville; Laura is the wife of
Fred Mentzer, who is at present serving as deputy sheriff of Cumberland county; Al- bert died at the age of twenty-three, and is buried at Newville; Annie M. graduated at Shippensburg, taught for a time in Cumber- land county, and is now married to Ervin Weast, who is engaged in the baking busi- ness at Carlisle.
George McCaleb received a good practi- cal education in the common schools, which he attended until he was eighteen years old. He lived at home, assisting his father, until he was twenty-one. when he went west to Illinois, in which State he remained three years, engaged in farming. Returning home he again assisted his father for a year, and then, marrying, he settled on the Draw- baugh farm in Newton township for a year. From that place Mr. McCaleb and his young wife moved onto his father's farm. where they made their home four years, at the end of that time renting the Greene farm, one mile east of Oakville. After five years' resi- dence there they removed, in 1882, to their present home in Newton township, also near Oakville-the old McCum farm of eighty acres, which Mr. McCaleb bought. Here he sunk a well, and he has a very pleasant home and profitable farm. His land is fertile and well cultivated, and is especially known for the apples it produces, being the best in the section for that particular fruit. Mr. Mc- Caleb is an industrious and intelligent farmer, one who has placed himself in com- fortable circumstances by well directed ef- fort, and he is universally respected. He has taken quite an active part in local politics as an ardent Republican, and has served as an inspector and member of the election board in Newton township.
In 1882 Mr. McCaleb married Miss Elizabeth Heberlig, daughter of John C. and Catherine (Mowery) Heberlig, of
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Hopewell township. Cumberland county. Mr. Heberlig died in 1902 and was buried at Zion's Church; his widow is now living with her daughter. Mrs. Brandt, of Mifflin township. Eight children have come to Mr. and Mrs. McCaleb : J. N., who is engaged in burning linie, having a large business at the old Miller kilns ; Lottie; Lawrence, who at- tends school at Newville; Annie; Charles Orin; Lois; Chloe: and Mary. The par- ents are members of the Lutheran Church at Newville.
FREDERICK B. MENTZER, deputy sheriff of Cumberland county, and an enter- prising citizen as well as popular official, comes of a family that early settled in Penn- sylvania.
Mr. Mentzer's ancestors on the paternal side came from Hungary, and on the ma- ternal side from Germany, prior to the Revo- lutionary war. John Mentzer, his great- great-grandfather, was twice married, and this branch of the family is descended from the second wife, whose name was Christina Wasinger.
John Mentzer (2), son of John and great-grandfather of Frederick B., was born Dec. 15, 1780, in Lancaster county, and died Feb. 5. 1861, in Frank- ford township, Cumberland county, aged eiglity-one years. His wife was Eliza- beth Ernst, born March 14, 1793, daugli- ter of John Ernst, who came to Amer- ica from Germany when eighteen years of age; she died July 6, 1880, aged eighty- seven years. They had a family of nine chil- dren, as follows: Frederick; John, born Nov. 12, 1818, married (first) Eliza Seitz, and (second) Eva Householder, and died in 1879; Henry, born July 29, 1820, married Polly Lehman, of West Pennsboro town- ship, where they resided until they died,
both reaching old age; Simon, born Oct. 2. 1829, married Barbara Raudabaugh, of Frankford township, and lived and died there; David, born Nov. 24, 1832, married Ana Frey, and they lived in West Pennsboro township; George, born Feb. 27. 1835. married Henrietta Oiler and they lived on the Bloser Mansion farm; Barbara married Je !: D. Snyder, of Frankford township; Catherine married William Kost, and both are deceased; Miss Sarah, who lived with her brother George, is deceased.
Frederick Mentzer, son of Jolin (2), and grandfather of Frederick B., was born Aug. 31, 1813, and resided on his father's farm until his marriage, when, after numerous changes, he bought the Laird farm. which is now the property of his son Francis. In 1864 he retired from farming and purchased a confortable little home in the village of Bloserville, where he died July 7. 1874. He was a thorough-going man. one who could always be depended upon. and he enjoyed the esteem and respect of his fellow citizens, on a number of occa- sions being elected to local offices. He was a nian of exemplary life, and a leading mem- ber of the Lutheran Church. On Jan. 26, 1837. he married Martha Bowman, of Frankford township, whose father, Francis Bowman, was born Dec. 11, 1788, and died April 21, 1846. Her mother, originally a Miss Bloser, died Jan. 26, 1856, aged ninety-seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Fred- erick Mentzer had a family of six children, namely: William, born July 15, 1838, married Ellen De Sanno, and died Feb. 28, 1865, and his widow mar- ried William Lucas, of Peoria, III .; William graduated from the Jefferson Medical Col- lege, visited the medical schools of the prin- cipal cities of Europe, and practiced at Car- lisle; John, born May 29, 1842, married
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Anna Keck, of Perry county, and was accidentally drowned March 17, 1883, in Conedoguinet creek, his widow con- tinuing to live on the farm in West Pennsboro township; Abram, born July 14. 1844, married Sarah, daughter of Hezekiah Koch, of Mifflin township, and resides on Francis Mentzer's farm: David, born April 4, 1847, married Mina Chronis- ter, of Adams county, and they reside on the Francis Mentzer farm; Mary Elizabeth, born July 8, 1849, married A. P. Shimp. of South Middleton township. The family is of the greatest respectability and prominence in the county.
Francis Mentzer, second son of Frederick Mentzer, was born Feb. 4, 1840. and re- mained at home until after his marriage. After operating several neighboring farms he finally removed to Mount Rock. Penn township, and there spent seven years. re- turning to the old farm in 1870. Two years prior to this he had purchased the property of his father, and he lived there six years, then settling for eighteen months at Bloser- ville. During this period he visited the West, and upon his return, went back to the farm and there remained until 1885. when he removed to the place where he gow resides. In 1884 he bought an interest in the busi- ness carried on under the firm name of Shambaugh & Mentzer, which he sold to his son Frederick in the spring of 1886.
Mr. Mentzer has always been an enter- prising citizen and active business man, and has built many houses in this vicinity. He has been extensively engaged with his brother-in-law, Joseph Drawbaugh. in the lumber business. He has been prominent in the councils of the Democratic party in his locality, and has held a number of the local offices.
On Nov. 22, 1860, Mr. Mentzer married
Mary, daughter of William Drawbaugh, born Feb. 28, 1840, in Frankford township, her death taking place Nov. 11, 1881, caused by the accidental explosion of a lamp. The children left motherless by this tragic occur- rence were : Abner D., born Sept. 13, 1862, the present clerk of the Boiling Springs Hotel, married Lillian Gleim, of South Mid- dleton township: Frederick B., born March 18, 1865; Martha E .. born May 14, 1867, married Thomas A. Derrick, of Newville; William H., born May 21, 1870, died July 15, 1870; Harvey, born Dec. 17, 1871, dean in the department of Pharmacy at the Med- ico-Chirurgical College, of Philadelphia, Pa., married Catherine Musser, of Silver Spring township; Francis, born Dec. 31, 1873. a farmer of Frankford township, married Emma Wolf; Minnie Catherine, born Sept. 30, 1876, is the wife of H. S. Derr, of West Pennsboro township. On Dec. 21, 1882, Mr. Mentzer married Kate D. Mentzer, a cousin, daughter of John Mentzer, born Feb. 8, 1851. One daughter, Mamie, was born to this marriage May 19, 1884, and died May 4, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Mentzer with the family, all belong to the Evangelical Church. The whole family is held in high esteem.
Frederick B. Mentzer was born as above stated, in Penn township. and he received his education in the public schools, and in the select schools at Boiling Springs, under the supervision of Profs. A. J. Beitzel and S. S. Smith. After completing a very liberal and comprehensive course of study, hie en- gaged in teaching at Bloserville from 1883 to 1885, and then bought his father's interest . in the mercantile establishment of Sham- baugh & Mentzer and was engaged in this business for four years, selling out in 1887 to engage in the buying, selling and ship- ping of live stock, which he continued until
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1889. In this year he removed to Plainfield, West Pennsboro township, where he re- mained four years, and then purchased a property from his father in the village of Greason, and continued there in the stock business and the buying and selling of agri- cultural implements. He makes frequent trips to Kentucky, Virginia and other south- ern and eastern points in the interests of stock, and he is regarded as one of the lead- ing men in his line in this locality.
Mr. Mentzer is prominent also in politi- cal circles and has served as a member of the standing committee of the Democratic party, and in the spring of 1900, at the convention held at Carlisle, was elected chairman of the county committee. He has most capably held a number of township positions both in Frankford and West Pennsboro townships, and is in the confidence of the party in both localities. In 1901 he was appointed deputy sheriff of Cumberland county, and has most efficiently performed the duties attendant upon this office. During his first year he took part in the execution of Martin L. Frey, and passed through the trying ordeal with the utmost regard to law and order. In 1904 he was re-appointed deputy sheriff of Cumberland county. In 1896 he was chosen one of the five delegates to attend the State Democratic convention held at Allentown, proving a worthy repre- sentative of Cumberland county. In the spring of 1904 at a Democratic convention held in Carlisle he was elected delegate of the National Democratic Convention held in St. Louis, Mo., July 6, 1904.
On March 22, 1886, Mr. Mentzer was married to Miss Laurene A. McCaleb, of Newton township, daughter of Alexander and Annie ( Zeigler ) McCaleb, and they have two children living, Anna Mary, born May 12, 1890, and Myra Winifred, born Nov.
4, 1892. Two children are deceased : Fran- cis A., born June 28, 1900, died Feb. 27. 1901; and Frederick B., born March I. 1904, died March 6, 1904. The religious connection of the family is with the Evangel- ical Church. Mr. Mentzer has taken an active part in Sabbath-school work and in the efforts of the Christian Endeavor society, serving eight years as a teacher. At present he is president of the Keystone League of the United Evangelical Church of Carlisle. Fraternally, he is a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 260, A. F. & A. M .; Cone- doguinet Lodge, I. O. R. M .; and Council No. 502, Royal Arcanum of Carlisle, of which he is regent. Mr. Mentzer is a man of quick thought and ready action. On Jan. 1, 1904, while riding upon a Cumberland Valley railroad train, nine miles west of Carlisle, Mr. Mentzer rendered valuable assistance in a wreck that occurred at that time, being instrumen- tal in saving the lives of several people, among. whom may be mentioned, Rosie Middleton, of Phoenix City, Ala., a blind girl, who, in this wreck, sustained the loss of her right arm, and had it not been for the prompt assistance of Mr. Mentzer, she would have died from loss of blood. Mr. Mentzer is a man of pleasant social qualities and enjoys the esteem of a very wide circle of friends.
JACOB L. FELTY. Early in the eighteenth century the Felty family came from Germany and settled near Codorus, in York county, Pa. The grandfather of Jacob Felty, John Felty, followed the occu- pation of a farmer, and lived to be over seventy years of age. The maternal grand- father was Peter. Lefevre, an old settler of York county, of German descent. He and his wife Barbara lived to an old age, and are
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buried in Fairview township, York Co., Pennsylvania.
John Felty, father of Jacob, was born in Codorus township, York county, and was a millwright by occupation. His death oc- curred in 1873. when he was fifty-five years of age. He was the father of the following children : (1) William married Mary Fink, now deceased, and lives in York county, where he follows farming; he has a family of five boys. (2) Barbara, deceased, mar- ried Jacob Podimore, who is now living in York county, with his only child. (3) Levi is deceased. (4) John married Mary Don- aldson, and moved to Minnesota, where he is a farmer, and has five children. (5) Mary married John Kimmel, deceased, and lives in Riverton, the mother of five children. (6) Anna married Henry Seipe, a farmer, and they live in Conewago township, York county. (7) Leah married George Hood, and lives in Steelton, Dauphin county, where Mr. Hood is in the iron business ; they have three children. (8) Jacob L. is our subject.
Jacob L. Felty was born in Conewago township, York county, in 1849, and re- ceived his education in his native township, after which at the age of seventeen, he went to Dauphin county, where he learned the carpenter's trade. This he followed for a period of nine years, and at the end of that time removed to Cumberland county, and engaged in farming. For some years he worked on a farm belonging to George Upp, his father-in-law, later purchasing this farm, containing forty-eight acres, on which he now resides. He has been successful in his work, and his pleasant, genial manner has made him many friends, with whom he is very popular. In politics, Mr. Felty has al- ways been a strong Democrat, while in relig- ious matters he and his family are members of the Lutheran Church.
In 1875 Mr. Felty was united in marriage with Leah Upp, and their children are: Henry, a successful farmer in Barnes coun- ty, N. Dak .; Ida, living at home : Gertrude, at home; Mervin E., a graduate of the Ship- pensburg State Normal School, who is a school teacher, and who is now finishing his third term, having taught the first two years in Kohlertown (his home school), plainly showing his success as a teacher, but desir- ing a change, he thought wise to accept the Allen "Dale School," in the same township.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN VAN SCYOC, a prosperous and public-spirited farmer of Southampton township. Franklin county, was born in Fannett township. that county, May 4, 1858, son of Benjamin and Barbara Ann (Emery) Van Scyoc. The Van Scyoc family is of French origin. and when the ancestors of the American branch emigrated to the Colonies, they settled on a farm near Philadelphia.
Benjamin Van Scyoc, the great-grand- father of Benjamin Franklin, was a mer- chant and surveyor in Philadelphia. He took up a large tract of land in Fannett township. Franklin county.
Jolin Van Scyoc, son of Benjamin, was born in Philadelphia. He settled on his father's land in Fannett township. and lived there until his death, April 1, 1857, at the age of seventy-seven. By occupation he was a farmer. His children, fourteen in all, were : Nancy, Margaret, Rachel, William and Samuel, who all died in Illinois; Smith, who was killed in the army ; and John, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary, Jane, Holmes, James and Benjamin, all of whom died in Franklin county. Five of the sons enlisted for serv- ice in the Civil war, John and William in Illinois regiments, and Smith, Samuel and Benjamin from Pennsylvania, making a rec-
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ord of which the family may well be proud.
Benjamin Van Scyoc, son of John and father of our subject, was born in Fannett township in 1829, and he died April 19. 1900. His entire life was devoted to farm- ing. He married Barbara Ann Emery, who was born in the same township as her hus- band, in 1838, daughter of James Emery. who married Elizabeth Stake, of Lancaster county; she is still living. The Emery fam- ily came originally from Ireland, and the Stakes from Germany. To Benjamin and Barbara Ann ( Emery) Van Seyoc were born children as follows: Samuel C., of Franklin county; Mary A .; James Sheri- lan; Alice C .. wife of James Kyle; Nancy A .. who married A. Schumaker; William M .: Harry H .; Rebecca J. ; and Benjamin F. During the Civil war Benjamin Van Seyoc served fourteen months in Company F. 49th P. V. I., gallantly risking his life at the call of his country.
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