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Children as follows were born to Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hoy: (1) J. W. is men- tioned below. (2) Elizabeth died when two and one-half years old. (3) David A., of Middlesex township, is engaged in wagon- making and blacksmithing. (4) Maggie J. of North Middleton township, is the wife of John E. Brawn, Jr. (5) Jesse Addison died in infancy. (6) Annie Rebecca, who lives in Steelton, is the wife of Wesley Feister. (7) Talbert was killed in the steel plant at Steelton. (8) Rosa is living at Philadelphia, wife of George Kriner. (9) Sarah Ellen is living at Carlisle, wife of Harry Stringfellow. (10) Samuel A. is at home.
J. W. Hoy attended the excellent schools of Silver Spring township until he was four- teen years of age, when he came to North Middleton township with his father, and worked for him until he was twenty-one years of age. In 1886 Mr. Hoy was united in marriage with Sarah J. Kutz, a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Keill) Kutz, of North Middleton township, and one child has
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come to this marriage. John Henry, born Jan. 1, 1899, a very bright, intelligent child, who promises to grow into a fine lad. In 1895 Mr. Hoy bought his father-in-law's farm of 130 acres in North Middleton town- ship, and settled upon it. making many im- provements upon it as the years have gone by.
In politics Mr. Hoy is a Democrat. has served as tax collector two terms, clerk and assessor three years, and inspector of elec- tions. In every walk of life to which he has been called he has proven himself a most worthy and excellent man, and he has many warm personal friends throughout the coun- ty. Mr. and Mrs. Hoy are members of Car- lisle Springs Evangelical Lutheran Church.
HASTINGS ALEXANDER EWING, who for the past twenty years has been en- gaged as cabinet-maker and undertaker in Carlisle, is one of the well known business men of the town, holding a high place in commerical circles because of his unques- tioned integrity and his practical, progress- ive spirit.
In the early days the Ewing family emi- grated from Ireland. Armstrong Ewing. the grandfather of Hastings A., resided in Middletown, Dauphin county. He began life for himself in the humble calling of boy driver on a tow-path, and for many years followed the canal, gradually advancing in his work. He married Eliza Zimmerman, of Perry county, and they became the pa- rents of five children, one son and four daughters : Alexander Black ; Mary, who be- came Mrs. John Bistline, and lives in Illi- nois; Miss Elizabeth; Jane, who married William Wells, of Baltimore; and Emma, wife of Edward Arney, of Carlisle. Arm- strong Ewing died at his home in Middle-
town. His widow passed away in Carlisle, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arney.
Alexander Black Ewing was born in Middletown, Dauphin county, March 23. 1831, and remained at home until he was eighteen years of age. The public schools afforded him good educational advantages for the time, and when he started out for himself he was better equipped than most boys of his age. During his boyhood, how- ever, when not in the schoolroom, he had driven mules on the tow-path, and for some time thought of following in his father's footsteps, and working all his life on the canal. The work, however, did not offer to the ambitious young man the good in- ducements other callings did, and when he was eighteen he went to Carlisle, and there apprenticed himself to learn the cabinet- maker's trade with Henry Fetter. He thor- ouglily mastered his trade, and continued in the employ of his instructor until 1853, when he started in business for himself at No. 159 West High street. This location prov- ing a good one, he continued in it for the remainder of his life. He met with great success in his work, because of his thorough mastery of the trade and his pride in turn- ing out flawless work. Whatever he at- tempted he did well. His death occurred Sept. 23. 1903.
In 1851, in Carlisle, Mr. Ewing was mar- ried to Eliza Jane Shrom, who was born in that city June 5. 1832. Of the children born of this marriage four died young ; Kate is Mrs. Samuel Gensler. of Carlisle; Flor- ence died unmarried Feb. 20, 1903; Grace is Mrs. William Kieffer, of Carlisle; Hastings Alexander is mentioned below ; May A. married Herbert Bender, of Car- lisle.
Hastings A. Ewing was born in the old
He G. Ewing
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home in Carlisle Jan. 14, 1866. He re- ceived a good education in the public schools of Carlisle, from which he was graduated with the class of 1883. and learned cabinet- making under his father, serving a regular apprenticeship. That his instruction was thorough goes without saying, and under the same careful guidance he began his busi- ness career. The old saying "like father, like son" aptly applies in this case, as both were masters of their trade, and both took pride in the high class of finished work leaving their shop. In 1893, while attending and directing a funeral, the father met with an accident which practically ended his personal supervision of the business. His son stepped quietly and modestly into his place, and after- ward practically conducted the entire estab- lishment, which he has continued to carry on since his father's death.
On Dec. 6, 1888, Hastings .A. Ewing was united in marriage with Effie De Lancey. daughter of Oliver and Emma ( Shrom) De Lancey. They have had four children, as follows : Alexander B., one that died in in- fancy in 1892, Mary E., and William Joseph. The religious connection of Mr. Ewing and his wife is with the Episcopal Church, both being communicants in St. John's parish. In politics Mr. Ewing is a stanch Republi- can. Fraternally he belongs to Lodge No. 91. 1. O. O. F., of which he is past grand; to the K. G. E., No. 110, in which he is past chief: to the Mystic Circle, and to Tent No. 403, K. O. T. M., Carlisle. For the past eight years he has been a member of the Union Fire Co. of Carlisle, and he is a member of the Southern District Funeral Directors' Association. He is very popular socially, and is a welcome addition in the friendly gatherings of the best people of the city.
MCCLELLAN ZINN, a popular and en- terprising dealer in agricultural implements, was born in Centerville, Cumberland county. He remained with his parents until he at- tained his majority, assisting as a dutiful son in the home work, and acquiring his education in the schools near by. He was quite a favorite with his schoolmates, was a good scholar, courteous to his teachers, and all who came in contact with his geniality and his honesty became his friends. Arriv- ing at man's estate, he launched out to make his living. working at the painting trade. which he followed for some time in Carlisle ; later he and his father formed a partnership. trading as George Zinn & Son, dealing in agricultural implements ; and upon his father's withdrawal, some years after, Mr. Zinn took upon himself the business. He is noted for his pleasantries and witticisms, as well as for his square dealing, and has now quite a large and remunerative business.
Mr. Zinn married Anna Miller, daughter of Alfred and Jennie Miller, of Shippens- burg. Pa .. and later of Harrisburg. Mrs. Zinn is a lady of refinement and culture. and was educated in the public schools.
Alfred Miller, father of. Mrs. Zinn. was a resident of Shippensburg for some years, but about 1890 he moved to Harrisburg. where he is living at the present time, re- spected by all who know him.
Daniel Miller, father of Alfred, born about 1831, is at the present time in Ship- pensburg. and has been a lifelong resident of Cumberland county. He learned the black- smith trade. His wife was Jennie Gothard. daughter of William Gothard, of England. and a soldier under the King.
George Zinn, father of Mcclellan Zinn, was born at Meeting House Springs, north- west of Carlisle, and there lived under the
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paternal roof until he was twenty-one years old. After his marriage he settled in Center- ville. where he followed butchering for some time, and then he engaged in farming, and later in auctioneering. He is courteous and affable to all. He married Lucy Strah, and they had children as follows: Clara MI .. who married James Thompson, and has three children, Paul, Mary, and Myrtle ; Wil- liam. who married Laura Etter, and has three children, Lucy. Clark and Viola Anna; and MeClellan.
Grandfather Zinn was born in Lancaster county, but moved to Cumberland county and settled on the farm at the Meeting House Springs, a spot well known in the Indian troubles. His family consisted of five chil- dren : William, John, Catherine, Elizabeth and George.
W. WILLIS WONDERLY, one of the leading men of Silver Spring township, Cumberland county, Pa., was born in Mid- dlesex township, this county, March 30, 1854.
The earliest ancestor of whom we have any definite record is John Wonderly, grand- father of W. Willis, a native of Middlesex township, where he followed the trade of a blacksmith, and at one time conducted a hotel. He married Susan Hetrick, of the same township, and four children were born to them, two of whom died in childhood. Those who reached mature years were : Wil- liam D .. father of our subject, and Caroline, who married William Barnitz, a brick mant- facturer, of Carlisle, and had four chil- dren: John (who died at the age of thirty years in Texas, where he had gone to regain his health) : J. Ed- win (an attorney, who married Mar- garet Oyster, of Camp Hill), Susan ( un- married at home), and Grant (who mar-
ried Hermie Elizabeth Wertz, of Cumber- land county, Pa., and has two children ).
William D. Wonderly, father of W. Willis, was born in Middlesex township Jan. 4, 1822, and received a common-school edu- cation there. At the age of twenty-nine years he married Sarah A. Kessinger, daugh- ter of Peter Kessinger, a resident of New Kingston. William D. Wonderly was orig- inally a blacksmith, but later became a farmer and was very successful in his agri- cultural ventures. Six children were born to himself and wife, two of whom died in infancy : John P. is with a farmer of Middle- ton township; he married Florence Flem- ming, of Boiling Springs, and had four children, William D. (a soldier in the Phil- ippines ), Helen (at home), and two who died in infancy. W. Willis is mentioned be- low. Samuel E. married Catherine Wagner, of Iowa, and they had eight children, Tol- bert (a butcher by trade), John (operating a crane at Steelton), Urie (a machinist in Harrisburg), Roy, Frank, Celia, Sarah and Opal (all at home). Tolbert K., residing at Denver, Colo., where he is a printer, mar- ried a Miss Blood, of Missouri, and had one son.
W. Willis Wonderly attended the com- mon schools of Silver Spring township, until he was eighteen years of age, when he left school and commenced to learn the carpen- ter's trade, following it for about five years. At this time he began farming the old home- stead, and for five years more was thus en- gaged. When twenty-two years of age he married Elizabeth J. Herman, daughter of P. Y. and Sarah ( Williams) Herman, of New Kingston, and three children have been born to them: Grace A. died in infancy ; Herman L. died in infancy ; George Arthur, now twenty years of age, is attending Dick- inson college, Carlisle, from which institu-
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tion he will soon be graduated ; he is a very promising young man and the pride of his parents' hearts.
After he retired from farming, Mr. Wonderly resumed his carpenter work and is now quite a prominent contractor of the township. For the past nine years, he has also operated the creamery above New King- ston, which he owns, and which is in a very flourishing condition. In religious matters Mr. Wonderly is a consistent member of the Lutheran Church, in which he holds the office of trustee. Although a lifelong Dem- ocrat. he has never desired or accepted polit- ical preferment, but he takes an interest in local affairs. Industrious, hard-working, thrifty. Mr. Wonderly has steadily forged his way to the front, and now stands among the representative farmers and business men of Cumberland county.
FRYSINGER EVANS, a young law- yer who is coming to the front in his profes- sion in Cumberland county, is a native of Pennsylvania, born at Sunbury, Northum- berland county. He is a son of Rev. Wil- liam W. Evans, D. D., a native of Lewis- town, Pa., and a prominent divine of the Methodist Episcopal Church, presiding elder of the Danville district. Through him our subject claims Welsh ancestry, while through his mother, who was formerly Alice A. A. Frysinger, of York, Pa., he has German blood in his veins. He is descended from Revolutionary stock on both paternal and maternal sides.
Frysinger Evans received his literary training principally at the Dickinson Pre- paratory School, Carlisle, Pa., and subse- quently took a special law course at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the Bar in Cumberland county in 1901, from which time up to the present he has
been in active practice in Carlisle, where he has already gained a good reputation for honorable services in his various transac- tions. From Dickinson College he received the degrees of A. B. and A. M. He still holds .membership in the Phi Beta Kappa and the Phi Kappa Psi.
In 1898 Mr. Evans was chairman of the Finance committee and member of the Executive committee of the Associated So- cieties of Red Cross. In 1899 he was ap- pointed vice-consul to Hamburg, Germany, but he did not accept. Mr. Evans has served in such positions from early manhood, hav- ing in 1895 acted as statistician to the For- estry committee of Pennsylvania, and in every incumbency he has proved himself worthy and efficient. He is at present serv- ing as treasurer of Dickinson College. So- cially Mr. Evans holds membership in the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolu- tion. He is a Republican in political senti- ment, casting his first vote for Harrison, and in religion is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Evans was married, in 1901, in Phil- adelphia, to Miss Edith Perrine Brewster, of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.
J. GRANT SCHWARZ, a leading busi- ness man and popular Democrat of Camp Hill, Cumberland county, comes of good German ancestry. His grandfather, Dr. Schwarz, came from his German home to America and located in New York City, where he was one of the first, if not the first, of that city's homeopathic physicians. After remaining there for a few years he located in Philadelphia. He married Cath- erine Bair, of Philadelphia, and their chil- dren were: Gustavus; Theodore, of Chi- cago; Amelia, who married James B. Grant, and lives in St. Louis; George W., who died
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in Philadelphia ; and Henry, who resides in Camden, N. J., but is engaged in business in Philadelphia.
Gustavus Schwarz was born in New York City, and was but a lad when his father removed to Philadelphia. His education was received in the exceptionally good schools of the city of Brotherly Love, and after leaving school he was employed for some years as a bookkeeper. He then entered the wholesale grocery business, in which he continued for the rest of his active life. He married Josephine Grant, daughter of Jo- sephi P. Grant, of Baltimore, and she passed away in 1881. He died in 1884. Both were much esteemed by a wide circle of friends. Their children were as follows: J. Grant; Edward A., who died in the South at the age of twenty-eight years; and Catherine C. and Josephine Grant, both living in New York City.
J. Grant Schwarz was born in Philadel- phia in 1860, and in the graded schools of that city acquired his literary training. For some time he worked for his father, and then went to Harrisburg, where he entered the wholesale grocery business on Walnut street. The firm is known as the Witman Schwarz Co., and does a thriving business. In time they established branches in Carlisle and Lewistown. Mr. Schwarz is a man of much executive ability and good business judg- ment, and his fine management of his busi- ness has redounded to his great financial success.
In 1885 Mr. Schwarz was married to Miss Helen S. Dunglison, of Philadelphia, and five children came to bless their, home : John Robley, J. Grant, Jr., Helen, Belle and Josephine G. Mrs. Schwarz died in 1901. In 1903 Mr. Schwarz married, for his sec- ond wife, Mary A. Hemler, of Harrisburg,
daughter of the president of the Merchants' National Bank of that city.
In politics Mr. Schwarz is an influential member of the Democratic party, but has no ambition to assume the responsibility of pub- lic office. He gives his attention strictly to his business affairs. Pleasant and courteous to all, he has many friends, who esteem him for his high principles and fair mindedness.
REUBEN MARTIN, a successful mer- chant at Barnitz, Dickinson township. Cum- berland county, who joined the silent major- ity in June, 1901, was one of the useful men of his day. Intelligent, progressive and en- ergetic, honest, upright and independent, he held a place in the community that few men are able to fill.
George Martin, his father. came from York county to Cumberland, and settled at Mooredale, where he opened a general store which he carried on with much profit for some time. He then bought a farm of 200 acres near Barnitz, where he made his home until his death. For some few years before his demise he had lived retired from active participation in affairs. He was the father of the following children: Jacob, Simon, William, George, Elizabeth, Mary and Reu- ben.
Reuben Martin was born in Dickinson township in 1848, and received his education in the district schools of his native town and in the village school at Plainfield. He was a lover of study, and had applied himself so diligently that he was competent to teach. which he did for several terms at Mt. Hope school, in Dickinson township. He then en- gaged in farming and in the stock insurance business for some four years, when he pur- chased the general store at Barnitz formerly conducted by Harry Brickerhoff. He proved
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himself well adapted for the commercial world, and met with great success in his 1111- dertaking. The post office was located in his store. He built himself a fine residence and made many improvements in his prop- erty, which had become quite valuable.
In 1879 Mr. Martin was united in mar- riage with Anna M. Morrison, daughter of Jolın and Jane ( Lockard) Morrison, of Dickinson township. She was born in the old Morrison home in 1853. and attended the Farmers Academy. Two children blessed this union, Irene and Guy, both of whom are at home. Reuben Martin was a Democrat, and stanch in support of his chosen party. He belonged to the Methodist Church, of which his wife is a faithful member. Ilis death was a severe blow. not alone to his family, but to his many friends and neigh- bors. Mrs. Martin has continued to carry on the general store, and has shown herself to be a woman of remarkable business ability and acumen. She has not only held the patronage secured by her husband, but has increased it, and with all her responsibilities, the difficult combination of business woman and careful mother, she has maintained hier womanly sweetness and is making a happy home for her children.
DAVID D. SNAVELY, whose practice through life has been to live according to the teachings of the Golden Rule, has met with success, and is now one of the leading men of Silver Spring township, Cumberland Co .. Pa. He was born in Hampden town- ship. this county, March 26, 1853.
The earliest ancestor of Mr. Snavely of whom there is any definite record is his pater- nal grandfather, George Snavely, a resident of Cumberland county, who, together with his brother John, took up a homestead of 250 acres, which he farmed throughout his
active years. He married Mary Searer, a native of Cumberland county, living near Fairview, and four children were born to them : George, who died at the age of forty- six years: Henry, who died in 1885; Mar- garet, who remained unmarried, and John.
John Snavely received his education in the common schools, and after completing his studies engaged in milling for a short time, and then began farming upon the place his son D. D. now occupies. About 1846 he was married to Mary Dietz, daughter of Daniel and Lydia ( Stoner ) Deitz, of East Pennsboro. The Stoners were originally residents of York county, whence they moved to Hampden township, Cumberland county. Seven children were born to John Snavely and his wife: Elizabeth remained unmarried and is still living: Mary Jane is at home; Lydia Ann married Levi Shettle, a farmer who at present is the proprietor of a boarding-house in Marysville, Perry Co., Pa .; Daniel died in childhood; David D. is mentioned below; John H., unmarried, is at home: Ellen is at home. The father died July 22. 1878. the mother on June 18, 1891. The farm is now worked by the children re- siding upon it.
David D. Snavely received his education in the common schools of Cumberland coun- ty, and when he was sixteen years of age worked upon the farm owned by his father until the latter's death. when he assumed the care of the family. Mr. Snavely resides upon a finely cultivated farm of forty-eight acres in Silver Spring township, and he is recognized as one of the leading farmers of his community. He has been a lifelong Democrat, and at the present time is auditor which office he has held for the past year, and fills with conscientious ability. The suc- cess which has attended his efforts can be attributed to his honesty, sobriety and in-
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dustry, and his cheerful bearing of the bur- dens laid upon his shoulders. While not a member of any church, Mr. Snavely is a man of deep religious feeling, and as before stated, endeavors to do his full duty to his Maker and his neighbor. in this way believ- ing he can best act the part of a good citizen and honorable man.
CARVILL HINSON REDDING, for many years a well-known coachmaker of Carlisle, Cumberland county, was a native of Baltimore, Md., born in 1814. He was of English descent, his grandfather having been a native of England who settled in Baltimore. He served as a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church in both Eng. land and America. Mr. Redding's father was a hotel-keeper in Baltimore, conducting a temperance house. He married a lady named Hinson, and both died in Baltimore. Carvill Hinson Redding was one of a fam- ily of eight children, three sons and five daughters, of whom we have the following record: William died March 24. 1900, in Baltimore ; another son went to sea. and was never again heard from; Mary Ann became the wife of Edward Wright : Eliza Jane be- came Mrs. Cann and died in Baltimore : Cor- nelia, Mrs. Rayberg, also died in Baltimore; Rebecca, Mrs. Newman, died in Baltimore; Octavia, who never married, also died in that city.
Carvill Hinson Redding grew to man- hood in his native city, received a common- school education, and there learned the trade of coachmaker, which he followed all his life. On leaving Baltimore he went to Gettys- burg, Pa., where he married Miss Emeline Buckingham, who died in Gettysburg, and before his removal from that place he re- married, his second wife being Mrs. Sarah ( Allison ) Hixson. They came to Carlisle,
Cumberland county, Pa., shortly before the Civil war, and there made a permanent home, Mr. Redding conducting a successful coachmaking establishment throughout his active years, being located on North Bedford street, and in a building which stood on the site of Bretz's livery stable, on North Pitt street. His death, which occurred March 5. 1900, was mourned sincerely among the many who had learned to esteem him during his long and industrious career in Carlisle, for he was justly respected wherever he was known. He was a devout attendant on the services of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Sarah Redding, who passed away in November, 1869, was a member of that Church. She was the mother of three chil- ‹ren : Rebecca, born in Gettysburg, who is the wife of Cornelius Zimmerman; Carvill. who died March 17, 1900; and Edward, a resident of Smithville, Ohio. By his first wife Mr. Redding had one son, Elias H.
CORNELIUS ZIMMERMAN, carpenter and bridge builder for the Cumberland Valley Railway Company, has been a resident of Carlisle since 1891, and is one of the re- spected residents of that place. He was born in 1835 in Washington county, Md., and comes of a German family long ago estab- lished in this country, three brothers emi- grating to America in an early day and set- tling near Lancaster, Pa. One returned to Germany, where he became very wealthy. Benjamin Zimmerman, father of Cornelius, was born in Frederick county, Md., and when a young man moved to Washington county, that State, where lie settled, follow- ing his trade of carpenter. He died there about 1877. He married Mary Wygand, also a native of Maryland, who passed all her life in that State. Cornelius Zimmer- man grew to manhood in the county of his birth, and received such educational advan-
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