Biographical annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families, Part 78

Author: Genealogical Publishing Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Genealogical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 994

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Galion, Ohio; Mrs. Charlotte Elm, of Ship- pensburg; J. Heck, of Harrisburg; John E., . and Bella M. Although in her ninetieth year at the time of her death she was in the full possession of her faculties excepting that of sight. She was of so kind and loving a nature that she was beloved by a large circle. Mrs. Elm was educated in the schools of Shippensburg, which city has been her home all her life. She has two children: Paris Foster, a pharmacist in Philadelphia, and Margaret, wife of Ira Bryner, in the oil business at Coalinga, California. .

Mr. Ehn was a valued member of the Memorial Lutheran Church. His fraternal connections were with Cumberland Valley Lodge and Valley Encampment, I. O. O. F .; McLean Post, G. A. R., and Shippensburg Council, Royal Arcanum. He was a man of the highest integrity, one who left behind an honorable name and a memory which will long remain green.

BRADY McCULLOGH, who conducts a large farm in West Pennsboro township, Cumberland county, is a grandson of Will- iam McCullogh, and a son of John McCul- logh.

John McCullogh was born Oct. 12, 1803, in West Pennsboro township, and was reared to farming, which occupation he fol- lowed until he was thirty years old. He then went to Pittsburg. Pa., and for three years was captain of a steamboat plying between that city and New Orleans. He next went to Baltimore, where he was engaged in the packing business, remaining in that city until 1859, when he went to Westmoreland county, Pa. The last few years of his life were passed in retirement at Greensburg. where his death occurred Feb. 3. 1884. In the year 1845 he bought the old McKeehan farm in West Pennsboro township, known

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as Mt. Pleasant, where his son Brady now lives. He married Miss Sarah Dunbar, of Newville, by whom he had one child, Jane, who died at Newville. For his second wife he married Eliza C. Welty, of Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pa., and to this union were born six children : Welty, who is de- ceased : Eliza Jane, who lives at Greensburg, wife of W. T. Dorn; Brady, whose name introduces this sketch; Horace,; who was killed at Greensburg; Tabitha, who died at Greensburg; and Annie W., who was mar- ried in Greensburg to Denna C. Ogden, who resides in Greensburg. The eldest of this family. Welty McCullogh, was born Oct. 10, 1845. was a graduate of Princeton College, and was the first Republican elected to Con- gress from his district, which he represented from 1886 to 1888; he died in 1889, aged forty-six years. The mother died Dec. 18, 1882.

Brady McCullogh was born April 22, 1853. in Baltimore. He accompanied his father on the latter's removal to Greensburg, and when he took up work began in the mer- cantile line, in which he continued for thir- teen years. He then went to Cambria county. Pa., where he remained four years, and in 1884 he came to Cumberland county, settling on the old home place, which he bought from his father in 1885. This tract comprises 186 acres of valuable land lying in West Pennsboro township, and here Mr. McCullogh has successfully engaged in farm- ing up to the present time. He has been uniformly successful, and has gained a posi- tion among the most substantial citizens of his township, maintaining a high reputation for honor and integrity in all his trans- actions.

In 1876 Mr. McCullogh was married to Miss Ellen L. Storn, daughter of Louis and Margaret ( Pfaff) Storn of Germany, and

the following named children have been born to them : John B. died in infancy; Tabitha is at home; Welty and Horace attend high school at Newville; Annie died in infancy; Brady, John, Eliza C. and Denna C. O. are also at school. The family attend the Pres- byterian Church of Newville. Socially Mr. McCullogh is an Odd Fellow, holding mem- bership in Highland Lodge, No. 128, of Cambria county, and politically he sympa- thizes with the Republican party.

JOHN R. FOGELSANGER, who is equally well known as a successful farmer and minister of the Dunkard Church, in Hopewell township, Cumberland Co., Pa., belongs to one of the old pioneer families of the county and is a man esteemed and respected wherever known. He was born Aug. 10, 1833, in the vicinity of Mainsville, Franklin county, a son of David and Lydia (Deihl) Fogelsanger.

David Fogelsanger, the father, was born in Cumberland county Aug. 20, 1796, and was a son of David Fogelsanger, who was a pioneer in the county. The Fogelsangers emigrated from Switzerland long prior to the American Revolution, and some of them served in the Patriot army under Gen. Washington himself. David Fogelsanger, grandfather of John R., married Gertrude Minnich, of Lancaster county, Pa., and died in 1834, aged seventy-three years. On the . maternal side, our subject's grandfather was George Deilil, who moved from Lancaster county to Cumberland and located at Middle Spring, where he died, Feb. 22, 1826.

David Fogelsanger, father of John R., married Lydia Deihl Nov. 24, 1825, and they settled near Shippensburg, later re- moving to Mainsville, where the father died, March 20, 1849. Mrs. Fogelsanger was born May 8, 1800, and died in March, 1878,

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on the old Fogelsanger homestead in Frank- lin county. She was the mother of six chil- dren. namely : Elizabeth died in 1851 ; Catlı- erine is deceased: Lydia Ann became the wife of Joseph Railing: John R. is men- tioned below; Rev. David M., a preacher of the German Baptist Church, died June 18, 1891 : Mary A. died in infancy.

John R. Fogelsanger is one of the two survivors of his parents' family. He was reared a farmer boy and attended the dis- trict school at the old Union schoolhouse, in Franklin county, until he was eighteen years old. Then he was sent to a private school conducted by Cornelius V. Kelley, a noted teacher of that day. When he had made satisfactory advance in his books he returned to the farm and assisted his mother until his marriage, which took place Jan. 18, 1856, to Elvilah Reigle, daughter of Jacob Reigle, the latter born May 17, 1801, near Gettys- burg, Adams county ; he died May 26, 1885. The mother of Mrs. Fogelsanger was Susan Ickes, who was born Feb. 12. 1802, and died Aug. 25. 1870. They were married in December, 1827.

After marriage Mr. and Mrs. John R. Fogelsanger settled on the old Fogelsanger homestead in Franklin county, where he en- gaged in farming and stock raising. In March, 1874, he moved to the farm in Hope- well township formerly owned by Jacob Fogelsanger, which he purchased. This farm contains 227 acres, with good build- ings, large brick house and bank barn, all other buildings being also of a substantial character. In April, 1899, the dwelling burned down, but it was immediately re- placed by one of modern construction, de- signed to afford comfort and convenience of every kind. Mr. and Mrs. Fogelsanger had nine children, eight of whom lived to matur- ity : Jacob, C. is a farmer ; Catherine G. died

in 1859; Emma married W. J. Main, of Shippensburg; George A. is a farmer ; Charles E. is farming the home place : David R. is a clerk in the Geiser Manufac- turing Works at Waynesboro; Clarence J. is at home; Lydia A. is the wife of N. E. Mowery: Mary E. is the wife of John Pil- grim. Mrs. Fogelsanger died April 1, 1902. Since June 5, 1867, Mr. Fogelsanger has been a minister of the German Baptist or Dunkard Church, and as a spiritual teacher and leader has traveled over a great part of Cumberland and Franklin counties. He misses the comfort and Christian support of his faithful wife, who was not only bound to him in love and adoration, but also in Christian fellowship. The following history of the Ridge Church. "While and since it belonged to the Antietam District," was kindly contributed by Mr. Fogelsanger.

"In. the year 1750 the then known Conococheague Church was organized in Franklin county near Greencastle, by Elder Abraham Stouffer and George Adam Mar- tin. Prior to this organization the people were supplied with preaching by ministers traveling back and forth between German- town and Virginia. Elder Stouffer did not remain there more than twelve years when he again emigrated Eastward to a place called Bermudian. Conococheague and Antietam are two prominent streams flowing southward in Franklin county and emptying into the Potomac river in Washington county, Md. Quite a number of families from various places settled along the Antie- tam. Some were members of the church, others joined after they arrived, and in a few years it was changed from the Conoco- cheague to the Antietam, by which name it is still known. George Adam Martin and William Stover were the only resident min- isters for the first fifty years as far as known.

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This is one of the oldest German Baptist or Dunker Churches in America. Later the Wetch Run and still later the Back Creek Churches were organized into separate bodies, leaving the Antietam still with a large territory. The first meeting-house was built in the year 1795. called the Antietam or Price's Meeting-house. In this, since 1800. the ministers have been Daniel Stover, John Royer. Jacob Holsinger, Henry Strickler, Jacob Fahrney, Israel Senger, Daniel Keefer. David Fogelsanger and William Boyer. In the year 1842 the Ridge District was organized into a separate body and since that time the officers have been David Fogelsanger, minister : then William Etter and Joseph Gipe were chosen to the ministry. On March 20, 1849, David Fogel- sanger died, after serving the church four- teen years. Later William Etter and Joseph Gipe were advanced and in a few years William Etter was ordained to the full min- istry. In about 1852. Daniel Eckerman was elected to the ministry. In the year 1853 the Ridge Meeting-house was built by Jacob Fogelsanger, Rudolph Gunkle and Adam Shullenberger being deacons at this time. In a short time Daniel Eckerman was or- dained to the eldership, June 7. 1858; John Newcomer and Adam Shoemaker were chosen deacons. On Oct. 16, 1862, John Newcomer was elected to the ministry, and John Grove and Jolin Reuben Fogelsanger to the office of deacon. On June 5, 1867, John R. and David Minich Fogelsanger were elected to the ministry and Abram Hoch and Henry Cocklin to the deacon's office. In May, 1869. Jacob H. Fogelsanger was elected deacon. This year the Salem or Etter Meeting-house was built and dedicated Nov. 21. On May 24, 1871, John Monn was elected deacon, and Oct. 16, 1872, he was elected to the ministry. Henry G.

Etter was chosen deacon and John R. and David M. Fogelsanger advanced. On Aug. Ioth. Elder William Etter died. On April 1. 1875. John Monn died, and on May 18th, Henry Gelsinger was elected speaker, David B. Wineman and Daniel H. Miller were elected deacons. On May 27, 1879, D. B. Wineman was elected to the ministry and William G. Etter deacon. About 1881 or '82 Wendal Minich Fogelsanger and Harry S. Neff were elected to the deacon's office; April 15. Adam Shullenberger and H. S. Neff died; on June Ist, J. H. Fogelsanger died. and on the 18th David Minich Fogel- sanger died; on Nov. 8, David W. Allison was elected to the ministry, J. R. Fogel- sanger was ordained to the eldership, and H. G. Etter made assistant elder. The elders present were Jacob F. Oller and Jacob Hollinger. On June 2, 1892, Casper F. Hosfeld and John D. Garns were elected to the ministry and Calvin Baker and William H. Fogelsanger to the deacon's office. On Sept. 3d. Daniel C. Burkholder (deacon) and wife were received on certificate from Back Creek. On March 21, 1893, Daniel Eckerman died; on Oct. 27th Abram Hoch died. On June 7, 1895, C. F. Hosfeld and J. D. Garns were advanced. In 1897 Abram K. Hollinger (minister) and wife were re- ceived on certificate from Upper Cumber- land. On Feb. 27, 1902, Elder H. G. Etter died. On April Ist Elvilah, wife of Elder J. R. Fogelsanger, died. In March, .1904, David Hostetter (deacon) and wife were re- ceived on certificate. On May 28th, J. D. Garns was installed assistant elder."

JACOB M. LONGSDORF, one of the prominent retired farmers owning a pleas- ant and comfortable home in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county, was born April 9, 1836, in Silver Spring township, Cumberland

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county, son of George and Elizabeth Longs- dori.

George Longsdort was born in 1800, in Silver Spring township, and belongs to one of the county's fine old families, whose an- cestral history will be found elsewhere. He was the father of eight children: Margaret S .; William Zeigler. deceased; Henry, de- ceased : Emanuel; George A., deceased : Ja- cob MI .; John, deceased : and Saralı, wife of John Kast, of Nebraska.

Jacob M. Longsdorf passed his youth on the farm, and attended the district school in the old log school-house in Silver Spring township. during the winter seasons, until his eighteenth year. and he remained with his father until his marriage. After this event he settled on a part of his uncle Adam Longsdort's farm, the old Longsdorf home- stead in Silver Spring township, operating that farm for five years, and then moved to New Kingstown, where he remained until 1870. In this year he removed to the bor- ough of Mechanicsburg. where he bought a small tract of ten acres, and there engaged in a nursery business. growing and handling nursery stock extensively and successfully until 1898. At this time he disposed of his stock, but retained his little farm, on which is a good dwelling, barn and numerous sheds. Mr. Longsdort has been a very in- dustrious man, and has met with excellent success in all of his efforts.

On Dec. 22, 1859. Mr. Longsdorf mar- ried Mandilla Williams, of Silver Spring township, born in York county. Nov. 10, 1836, daughter of John W. and Wilhelmina L. Williams. They have no children. Both he and wife are members of Trinity Evan- gelical Lutheran Church, in which he has been a deacon for eighteen years, and an active worker in the Sunday-school. In politics he is a Democrat, and for three years

he was elected a member of the borough council of Mechanicsburg, from a Republi- can ward, this being a pretty fair indication of the esteem in which he is held by his fel- low citizens.

CHARLES H. MULLIN. In 1760 there came from the North of Ireland one James Mullin who settled in the part of Cumberland county that has since been erected into Franklin county, and engaged in the avocation of farming. Soon after the breaking out of the war of the Revolution he was found in the ranks of the patriots . battling for liberty and independence. He was a member of Capt. William Rippey's company, which was recruited at Shippens- burg, in the winter of 1775-76. It became part of the 6th Regiment commanded by Col. William Irvine, and saw its first service in Canada, where in July, 1776, Capt. Rippey was captured.

James Mullin was married and had a family of three sons-Sampson, Mannasseh, and George-and two daughters. George settled in Bedford county, where he became prominent in public affairs, and was elected to the offices of sheriff and State senator. His service in the senate was prior to the era of railroads, and he would journey to and from the capital on horseback, and on the way sometimes stop with his relatives in Cumberland county. Sampson and Mannas- seh were twins, and were born in 1788, in Franklin county. Both became papermakers, and afterward residents of Cumberland county. Sampson first engaged at this avo- cation at Chambersburg, but about the year 1819 removed to South Middleton, now Mt. Holly Springs, where his wife's uncle, Will- iam Barbour, several years before, had begun the manufacture of paper. There he spent the remainder of his days. Mannassch

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operated a paper mill at Mercersburg, Frank- lin county, for a number of years.

In 1808 Sampson Mullin married Han- nah Barbour, daughter of John Barbour, who bore him a number of children : James, William Barbour, Andrew Jackson, George, Fletcher, Alexander and Jacob. Sampson Mullin died in August, 1841; his wife, Hannah Barbour, died in 1833. and their remains are buried in the Old Graveyard in Carlisle.

William Barbour Mullin, the second son of Sampson and Hannah ( Barbour ) Mullin, was born in Franklin county in 1811. While he was yet a small boy his parents came to South Middleton, where he grew to man- hood and received such education as the country district schools of the day afforded. Like his father and his uncles, he became a paper-maker, and made paper manufacturing the principal business of his lifetime. In 1840 he bought from McClure & Knox the paper mill . which William Barbour, his maternal uncle, helped to build in 1812, and he operated it from that time till in 1869. He was also one of the five original pro- moters of the Mt. Holly Paper Company, which was organized in 1856.

William B. Mullin married Eliza Light- cap, daughter of Solomon Lightcap, who also was of Scotch-Irish nationality, and to them the following children were born : Charles Henry. William Alexander, Alfred Foster, Alica A., who married Rev. G. T. Gray; Emma, who married Prof. Harry; and, Marietta, who married Rev. W. H. Kieth.

Charles H. Mullin, the eldest child and the subject of this sketch, was born where now is the town of Mt. Holly Springs, Oct. 30, 1833, and he has always lived there. He received his education in the public schools, and early in life entered upon the business in

which paternal and maternal ancestors, for several generations before him, had already been engaged. Being a born and bred paper- maker, and a man of energy he soon became a leading spirit in Mt. Holly's paper manu- facturing enterprise. He became superin- tendent and later secretary and treasurer, and while he was absorbed in the duties and responsibilities of his post the years multi- plied till they have made of him one of the oldest and most prominent paper manufac- turers of the country.

Mr. Mullin finds some time to give to public affairs. He is a Republican in pol- itics, and while he has never held office, or aspired to any, his interest and activity in behalf of his party and friends have won for him a State-wide reputation. He seldom misses a county or State convention. In 1868 he was an elector on the Republican presidential ticket, and since 1876 has been a regularly elected delegate to seven consecu- tive national conventions, and in nearly all of them an active and influential factor. As a citizen irrespective of partisan politics, he is prominent, being frequently called upon to fill places of civic and honorary character. He has been a member of the Mt. Holly school board continuously ever since the town was incorporated in 1873. He has been president of the Cumberland County Agriculture Society for thirty-two years continuously, and has been a trustee of Dick- inson College for twenty years. also for ten years a trustee of the State Lunatic Asylum at Harrisburg.

During the war of the Rebellion Mr. Mullin enlisted in Cmpany A, 7th Pennsyl- vania Reserves, and went with his regiment to the front. With the view of being made an officer in another regiment he was soon afterward given his discharge, but, while his intended promotion was pending, there came

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legislative action that interfered with it, and business matters claiming his attention, he. for the time being, applied himself to them. In September, 1862, when the Con- felerates invaded Maryland, he raised a company of emergency men of which he became captain. This company became a part of the First Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia. Henry McCormick, Colonel, and did duty in the vicinity of Hagerstown, Md., before. during and after the battle of An- tietam.

In 1862, Mr. Mullin was married to Miss Elizabeth Parsons, of Mt. Holly Springs, and to their union were born the following children: Clara Roslie, who married Rev. W. P. Eveland, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and who is now stationed at Bloomsburg, Pa .; Eliza L .; Sarah G., who married J. A. Brandt, of Harrisburg ; Mary A., who married J. Kirk Bosler, of Carlisle; Evelyn P., and Alice A. Mrs. Elizabeth P. Mullin died in March, 1881, and the fam- ily now consists of Mr. Mullin and his three unmarried daughters. Fraternally he is a Knight Templar, a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the K. of P.

JOHN H. WALTERS, one of the re- tired residents of Mechanicsburg, Cumber- land county, is a representative member of one of the old settled families of this section. Mr. Walters was born Dec. 25, 1838, on a farm in Silver Spring township, son of Dan- iel and Margaret (Weibley) Walters.

The paternal great-grandfather of Mr. Walters was born in Germany, and emi- grated to America in 1740. He served in the Revolutionary War, and for a time re- sided in Cumberland county. Joseph Wal- ters, the grandfather, was one of the pio- neers of Silver Spring township, where he became a prosperous farmer and a man of

affairs. His tomb is in St. Paul's Lutheran cemetery.

Daniel Walters, father of our subject, was born in 1802 in Cumberland county, and died Nov. 11, 1870. He married Mar- garet Weibley, who was born in 1807, daughter of Peter and Margaret Weibley. early settlers of Cumberland county; she died Aug. 16, 1876. By trade Daniel Wal- ters was a carpenter, and he devoted his early life to that calling, but later he became a farmer and was a man widely known and esteemed. After his marriage he settled first in Hampden township, and later in Silver Spring, and resided on that farm un- til 1848. an extensive farmer and stock- raiser. He then moved to Upper Allen township, where he lived until 1852, when he returned to Hampden township, where he lived until 1859. That year he again returned to Silver Spring township where he died. He was a Democrat in political sympathy, and both he and his wife be- longed to the German Reformed Church.

Daniel Walters and wife had a family of ten children, seven of whom attained ma- turity: Levi died Jan. 2. 1885: Jacob died in 1856: Margaret still survives; Wilson P. resides in East Pennsboro township: John H .; Daniel resides near Monmouth, Ill .; and Mary L. is the wife of F. Rankin Hus- ton,'a prominent citizen of Mechanicsburg.

John H. Walters passed his youth on the home farm, and attended the district schools in Hampden township. continuing to assist his father until his twentieth year, when he came to Mechanicsburg and entered into the employ of Thomas B. Bryson, with whom he remained for fourteen years. In Novem- ber. 1862, he was drafted in Company A, 158th P. V. I., under regimental commander Col. D. B. Mckibben. His regiment was sent to North Carolina, where he was en-

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gaged for a time in scouting and served faithfully through the ten months of his enlistment. After his honorable discharge he returned to his home in Silver Spring township, and resumed his work at the ware- house in Mechanicsburg under the same firm, remaining with them until 1876. He then entered the employ of E. Rankin Huston, who, at that time, was extensively engaged in the painting business.

During the following ten years Mr. Wal- ters continued in the painting department, and then accepted a different position, that of messenger in the First National Bank of Mechanicsburg. Later he was made teller of the bank, and held that position until 1902, when he retired and since then has occupied himself in looking after his vari- ous interests.

In 1878 Mr. Walters was married to Jennie A. Zeigler, of Monroe township, Cum- berland county, daughter of Philip and Martha ( Bender ) Zeigler. Politically, Mr. Walters is identified with the Democratic party, but votes independently in local mat- ters. For one term he was a member of the borough council, representing the Second ward, and in 1886 he was elected burgess of Mechanicsburg, for the term of one year. His public offices have been performed with a fidelity which has reflected credit upon both himself and his city. Both Mr. Wal- ters and wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is serving as trustee and elder.

JOSEPH E. GREEN, dealer in coal and wood and a successful business man of Carlisle, Pa., with office and yards on West Pomfret street, comes of an old and reliable family of the State.

John Green, his grandfather, came from Ireland when a lad and settled in Cumber-

land county, Pa., prior to his marriage to Miss Barbara Raudabaugh, who, it is sup- posed, was born in this county. By calling he was a farmer, and resided in Newton township, Cumberland county, living to be seventy-six years of age. He had a family of seven children, all of whom are deceased.

Samuel Green, the father of Joseph E., was born in 1817. in Newton township, near the head of the Big Spring. and died in March, 1892. When a young man he learned the tailoring trade, and followed it until he was forty-five years old, being en- gaged in the neighborhood of Big Spring for a period of seventeen years. He then engaged in farming in Penn township, con- tinuing there for six or seven years, and for twenty-five years in all carried on farming at various places in Penn and West Penns- boro townships. He was elected to the office of county auditor on the Democratic ticket and served faithfully for three years. In religious belief he was a Presbyterian. He married Mary Kelley, daughter of John and (Vanderbilt) Kelley, of Newton Tp., Cumberland county, who was born in 1821, and died in January, 1903. John Kelley was a member of another old Irish family who settled in the Cumberland Valley at an early date. He also lived many years in the vicinity of the Big Spring, and was engaged at farming. He was familiarly known to his friends as Col. John Kelley. Mr. and Mrs. Green are buried in the cemetery of the Big Spring Presbyterian Church at New- ville. They had a family of eleven children : Ellen, widow of Christian Tritt, of New- ville; Matilda (deceased), who married Jo- seph Knettle; Jennie, wife of William Moore, of Harrisburg : Joseph Edgar : John C., a retired farmer of Harrisburg, who mar- ried Clara Richey; his twin sister Mary (deceased), who married Alexander Ross;

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Biographical annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families, Part 78

Author: Genealogical Publishing Co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Genealogical Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 994

Author: Genealogical Publishing Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Genealogical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 994