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John Radabaugh (2), the immediate subject of these lines, was educated in the schools at Wormleysburg, attending until he was nine years of age, and then went into the nail factory to earn his own living. He continued to work there until he was twenty- three years of age and then engaged in a butchering business, attending the Harris- burg markets for seven years. In 1865 he started farming, on March 16th buying the old Adam Eslinger farm in East Penns- boro township, a well located tract along the Susquehanna river. This be sold in 1872, removing to Marysville, where he began
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railroading and was connected with the P. R. R. & N. C. Co. for ten years. In 1889 he returned to farming, buying back his former farm of seventy-nine acres and an adjacent tract. making 116 acres in all. In 190t he settled on the farm for the second time and is prospering. He has leased thir- teen acres of his land. which has been found to contain the best kind of clay deposits used in brickmaking.
On June 24. 1857. Mr. Radabaugh mar- ried Sarah Jane Eichelberger, the ceremony being performed in Harrisburg by Rev. Mr. Bartine. She is a daughter of Jacob Eichel- berger, who was born in 1809 in Cumber- land county and had the following children : Adam, who died at Camp Hill; Jacob, a resi- dent of Riverton : Martin, living at Sun- bury: Joseph, of East Pennsboro township; Sarah Jane. wife of Mr. Radabaugh : Mrs. Mary Ann Bixler. of Wormleysburg. and Mrs. Catherine E. Gilmore, of this town- ship. Mr. Eichelberger died in 1888. aged seventy-nine years. He and his wife are buried at St. John's cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Radabaugh have had chil- dren as follows: Elmer E. died aged eigh- teen months : Ida is the wife of Franklin S. Strausbaugh, and lives in Baltimore ; Harry died aged eleven months; John A. married Margaret Siterly, and they live in East Pennsboro and have children-John E., Al- bert B., Ida Jane and Elmer W .; Jacob E. married Annie Herrold, and they have eight children, John W., Jacob, Mary Catherine, Ira F., William, Sarah, Norman C. and Nora A. Ira F. married Edith Hunter, of Huntingdon county, is a telegraph operator with the Pennsylvania railroad and has one son, Rupert.
Politically, Mr. Radabaugh has always been a Republican, as are his sons, and at various times he has been called on to fill
offices. While a resident of Marysville he served as judge of elections, and has been supervisor in East Pennsboro township one term and school director two terms. He is a man of upright character and a good and worthy citizen.
JOHN FOSKETT LEE, EsQ., one of the prominent and representative business men of New Cumberland, Cumberland county, was born Nov. 30, 1822, at Charl- ton, Worcester Co., Mass. At the age of four years he was taken by his parents to the adjoining town of Southbridge, where he was reared. ,
Mr. Lee was educated in the common schools up to the age when he was consid- ered old enough to earn tuition money to carry him through more advanced schools. He attended Wilbraham Academy with money thus earned. At the age of sixteen he commenced to learn the carpenter's trade, serving three years with Capt. Lemuel Hooker, and followed same for two years. In the spring of 1844 he came to New Cum- berland, joining his brother Frank, who was established here in the pump-making busi- ness. Until he bought the Strawn sawmill he continued to work for his brother in the shop,' and then became general manager. The firm name was Church, Lee & Free- man at first, later Lee & Ringlant, and then Frank Lee assumed the stock, later admit- ting our subject to partnership, but he later dropped out of the firm and Frank admitted John Church.
. When the Civil war broke out Frank Lee entered the service with his brother-in-law, Gen. John W. Geary, being made quarter- master of the 28th P. V. I., and remained in the army until the defeat of Gen. Pope, in front of Washington, when he resigned, having been taken sick.
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In 1860 John F. Lee bought his brother's stock and took in Christian Eberly as part- ner, the firm style becoming Lee & Eberly. In 1870 he bought out Mr. Eberly's interest and continued to operate the lumber business alone for some years, and then took in Owen Baylor, the firm becoming Lee & Baylor. During the war the firm did a large business, but in 1877 it was dissolved, and Mr. Lee gave his entire attention to his agency for the Northern Central railroad. with which he had been connected for some time, and which he continued for a period of thirty- two years. Since his election as justice of the peace, in 1876, he has continuously filled the office, and his decisions have met with almost universal approval.
Until 1860 Mr. Lee had been a Demo- crat, and for fifteen years previously had been a member of Democratic conventions, but he admired Mr. Lincoln and assisted to elect him, and became an advocate of the abolition of slavery. He has always been a leading factor in local politics, and has been frequently selected to confer with party man- agers of other localities, attending as a dele- gate many Republican conventions, and in 1884 was unanimously elected chairman of the county convention ; he has several times since filled the chair. He has served fre- quently as school director and for many years was president of the board.
In 1860 Mr. Lee was married, in New Cumberland, to Hannah James, daughter of Thomas James, and a sister of Owen James. Three children were born to this union : Sylvia, Mrs. James Sutherland, of Denver, Colo .; Thomas James, a coal operator at Phillipsburg, who married Caroline, daugh- ter of Judge Munson, of that place; and John F., who died when seven years of age.
Chapman Lee, the father of Mr. Lee. was a cabinet-maker at Charlton and at
Southbridge, Mass., where he died at the age of eighty-six years. He married Persis Foskett, a native of Charlton, Mass., who died at Southbridge, aged seventy-six years. Their family consisted of five daughters and four sons, all of whom have passed away ex- cept John F.
The Lee family is of English extraction, the Fosketts of Welsh origin. The name of Grandfather Jonathan Foskett appears on the rolls of the patriot army of 1776.
JAMES F. NAYLOR, EsQ., one of the substantial, representative and esteemed citi- zens of New Cumberland, Cumberland county, was born Feb. 13, 1837, in Lisburn, this county. His boyhood was spent in Fair- view township, York Co., Pa., on a farm just two miles from his birthplace, to which he was taken by his parents while small.
Mr. Naylor was educated in the local schools and taught school for one year, and then worked at the carpenter's trade. which he followed during the summers from his sixteenth year. When the Civil war broke out he was one of the first to respond to the call for soldiers, enlisting in April, 1861, in the 15th P. V. I., and went through the first campaign of three months. In Septem- ber, 1861, he re-enlisted, entering Company H, 47th P. V. I., under Lieut. Col. (later Lieut. Gov.) Gobin. Mr. Naylor faithfully served for three years and was honorably discharged at Berryville, Va., in 1864. He served a short time after, in the construction department, and assisted in the building of military roads and bridges. During his three years' service Mr. Naylor had many adventures and, with his regiment, bore many hardships. The 47th was stationed at Fort Jefferson, on the Dry Tortugas, was later sent to New Orleans on the Red River campaign, and later marched Soo miles to
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Morganza Bend. on the Mississippi river, where they camped for a time, going from there in transports to Washington, via For- tress Monroe : they were ordered to Wash- ington, D. C., to protect that city. Later this regiment took part in the Shenandoah campaign under Sheridan and went on many other dangerous expeditions. Mr. Naylor was promoted to sergeant and at one period was appointed assistant inspector of Beau- fort. S. C. The regiment made a record and no old soldier can help thrilling with pride as he recalls the gallant 47th.
At the close of this long and expensive war Mr. Naylor returned to his home and in 1866 was united in marriage with Miss Matilda Kline, of York county, daughter of John and Jane Kline. After his marriage he removed to Harrisburg and worked at his trade until 1870, in January of that year accepting the position of foreman at the State Hospital, at Danville, Montour coun- ty. He held the position for three years and resided there until 1894, engaging in general contracting. While residing at Danville he served as school director for six years and was president of the school board for four years. In 1894 Mr. Naylor removed to New Cumberland, where he has since been engaged in carpenter work and contracting. In 1901 he was elected justice of the peace, for a period of five years. In politics, he is a Democrat in national affairs, but independ- ent in local matters. While residing in Danville the family belonged to the Ma- honing Street Presbyterian Church, and they attend the M. E. Church in New Cun- berland.
Mr. and Mrs. Naylor have four children : Jennie, a teacher ; Jessie, at home; Mabel, Mrs. William Drayer, of New Cumberland; and Catherine, Mrs. Logan Reiff, also of New Cumberland.
William Naylor, father of James F. Naylor, was of Scotch-Irish descent and was born at Birmingham, Pa. At different times he was merchant, hotel-keeper and farmer, and died on his farm in York county in 1876, aged eighty-three years. He served in the war of IS12 and was stationed mostly at Baltimore. He married Miss Lydia De- pew, who was of French descent and a na- tive of York county. Her father, Isaac Depew, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war: her mother. Catherine Ketterman, was a native of Pennsylvania, of Dutch extrac- tion.
The children of William Naylor and his wife were as follows: James F., the subject of this sketch: John, who was a volunteer in the 2d Ohio Infantry, a brave soldier of the Civil war, and lost his life at the battle of Stone River : Jane, wife of James May, of Camp Hill: Isaac, another member of this loyal family, who belonged to the 130th P. V. I .. was wounded at the battle of An- tietam, and died eventually at his home in York county; and Catherine, Mrs. Kreitzer, of New Cumberland.
DAVID LINE, a retired farmer of Dickinson township, who though in his seventy-fifth year is as bright and alert as a man many years his junior, comes of a family long prominent in the agricultural life of eastern Pennsylvania.
In 1710, when the French Huguenots were settling in Switzerland, George Line sailed with his wife and son George for America, but died on the voyage. His widow and the young boy George settled in Lancaster county. Pa., where the latter grew to manhood and married. He was for many years the proprietor of the famous Green Gardens, in Lancaster county. In 1778 he came to Cumberland county and purchased
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540 acres of land from Gen. Jolin Arm- strong, paying £9.000, Continental cur- rency. While this sum seems exorbitant. it was, on account of the depreciation of Conti- mental money, only a fair consideration. as an evidence of which fact we have the peti- tion of the creditor for some other kind of money at the time the last payment came due (the money was paid in several pay- ments), as he said the amount due in Conti- mental money would scarcely pay his board during the session of the Legislature. oi which body he was a member. George Line made his home on this property until his deatlı. He married Salome Zimmerman. and of their children David remained in Lancaster county ; John married Anna Bar- bara Le Fevre, and settled in Cumberland county ; William is mentioned below : Abra- ham married Christina Eby, and settled in
Cumberland county: Elizabeth married a McFeely, and came to Cumberland county: Susanna married a Smith and settled in Cumberland county; Salome married a Houk, and came with her family to Cum- berland county ; George died unmarried.
William Line, son of George, was a min- ute-man in the Revolutionary war, being in the service at the time of the battles of Tren- ton and Princeton, after which it fell to his lot to take Hessian prisoners as laborers on his farm. He accompanied his father on his removal to Cumberland county. and made his home in Dickinson township until his death. He married Maria Bear, and their children were: George, Mrs. Nancy Musselman, Mrs. Catherine Eby, Mrs. Mary Spangler, Emanuel. Mrs. Sarah Tritt, Mrs. Rachel Snyder, Mrs. Susan Myers, David. Mrs. Rebecca Givler and Mrs. Lydia Myers.
David Line, Sr., was born Aug. 30. 1792. When he began work for himself he settled on a part of the family homestead.
where he erected the present substantial and commodious home. He married Sarah Myers, and they became the parents of the following children: John. deceased: Mrs. Mary Ann Greason, deceased; William, a physician, formerly at Nebraska City. Neb., now of Aberdeen, S. Dak .; George, who married Isabella W. Huston, lived in South Middleton township, and is now deceased; Mrs. Matilda Huston, deceased: David; Mrs. Sarah Jane Huston; Frances R., who died unmarried ; and Samuel C., a farmer of Dickinson township, now deceased. David Line, Sr., died Jan. 31, 1864, and his widow passed away June 1, 1882, aged eighty-one years.
David Line, son of David, Sr., was born in Dickinson township May 4, 1830. The home district schools afforded him his pre- liminary literary training, which was supple- mented by attendance at Burns Academy, at Good Hope, Pa. He spent seven years of his early manhood in Washington county, Iowa, returning home during that time for one winter's attendance at school. After his marriage he located on his present fine farm of 173 acres, which includes portions of both the Line and the Ralston home- steads. He has erected a fine brick residence and substantial outbuildings, and by his conduct of his farm showed that he had profited from the lessons learned under the able instruction of his father. In 1896 he retired from the active work of the farm, but still makes his home there. the place being managed by his son Marion M. Be- sides this property Mr. Line owns a good farm of 103 acres in South Middleton town- ship, occupied by his son David William, and 128 acres in Frankford township. this county.
Mr. Line has always been one of the public-spirited men of the township, and has
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been especially active in the interest of good schools being a firm believer in education : he has given his family every advantage in that line. He. himself. has never ceased to read and to study , and to-day is one of the most intelligent and best posted men in the township. In politics, he is an ardent Re- publican. His religious belief is that of the Presbyterians, and he and his family are members of the First Church of that denom- ination in Carlisle.
On Nov. 30. 1864, David Line was uni- ted in marriage with Mary E. Ralston, a native of Cumberland county, and a dangh- ter of David and Lacey (McAllister ) Ral- ston. She died a sincere and consistent Christian, Nov. 12. 1876. Five children blessed this union, namely: James Edwin, born Nov. 7. 1866, is at home assisting on the home farm: David William, born Dec. 2, 1867. attended the public schools of Dick- inson township, then went West and attend- ed school there. and spent two years with a florist in Lincoln, Neb., after which he re- turned home. and he is now located in Cum- berland county as previously mentioned, and is mail carrier on Rural Free Delivery Route No. 4. in South Middleton, Dickinson and Penn townships: Samuel, born May 2, 1869, was educated in the public schools, married Mary Carothers, daughter of James Carothers, by whom he has a daugh- ter. Dorothy, and lives in West Pennsboro township, five miles north of Carlisle; Mar- ion Myers, born June 13, 1870, married Bertha Royer, daughter of Horris and Sarah Ann ( Kenney) Royer, of South Mid- dleton township, has two sons, David R. and Robert R., and is at present farming the old homestead; Sarah Ella, born June 25, 1872, was educated in the public schools, and .is now keeping house for her father. Mr. Line is highly esteemed in the county,
and has proved himself a worthy represen- tative of a line of substantial and honest men, all of whom have been a credit to the community in which they made their homes.
GEORGE LEWIS SCHUCHMAN, vice-president of the Lindner Shoe Com- pany, of Carlisle, has been a lifelong resi- dent of that city. He was born there May 11, 1843, son of George N. and Mary (Wonderlich) Schuchman, and is of Ger- man ancestry.
George N. Schuchman was born in 1801 in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, and there attended school until he reached the age of fourteen years. Later he learned shoemak- ing, and he was still a young man when he emigrated to the United States. He landed at New York, and thence came to Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pa., where he opened a shoe shop, and where he soon enjoyed what was then considered a flourishing business. The remainder of his days was passed in that city, and he reached an advanced age. dying Jan. 29, 1888. In Carlisle he married Mary Wonderlich, who was born in Cum- berland county in 1803, daughter of John D. Wonderlich, and they became the parents of a family of six children : William, who married Annie Johnson and died in Lincoln, Neb. , John, a resident of Carlisle, who mar- ried Elizabeth Pilkay ; Annie, who died un- married ; George Lewis; Fred, who married Ellen Nelson, and died in Springfield, Ohio; and Kate, Mrs. T. U. Smith, of Carlisle. The mother of this family passed away Dec. 30, 1889.
George Lewis Schuchman attended the public schools of Carlisle during his boy- hood, and early began to learn shocmaking with his father, with whom he worked for ten years. He then obtained employment in the shoe factory of Neidich, Green & Co.
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(now the Carlisle Shoe Company), with whom he remained twenty-three years, and when the Lindner Shoe Company was formed, in January, 1892, he was one of the organizers, and was made vice-president of the new concern. With the exception of one year he has held that office continuously since. Mr. Schuchman is one of the influ- ential business men of Carlisle, and has won a high place by steady work and honest methods, so that he commands the respect of his associates wherever he is known.
Mr. Schuchman was married in Car- lisle, on Jan. 27, 1876, to Miss Ella Ege, and they have had two children, Mary Ege and George W., both of whom are still at home. The family are members of the First Luth- eran Church of Carlisle, toward the support of which Mr. Schuchman is a regular con- tributor. In political faith, he is a Demo- crat.
The EGE family, of which Mrs. Schuch- man is a member, is one of the oldest in Cum- berland county, and likewise one of the most respected. Her grandfather, Michael Ege. succeeded his father in the furnace business at Boiling Springs, and lived there until his death. He married Mary Galbraith. Their son, Peter F. Ege, Mrs. Schuchman's father, was born at Boiling Springs Nov. 23, 1818, and was reared at that place and at Carlisle, attending school at both places. Later he was a student at Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa., from which he graduated, and he then took up the study of law at that institution, also graduating from that department. He was admitted to the Bar and practiced in Carlisle until- after his father's death, when he returned to Boiling Springs to take charge of the fur- nace. He remained there, continuing the furnace business, until 1858, when he re- turned to Carlisle, and there he passed the
remainder of his life, dying Jan. 3, 1881. He was an able man, and an upright citizen. and worthily upheld the reputation of the honored family to which he belonged. Mr. Ege married Miss Eliza Johns, presumably of Adams county, Pa., who died in Carlisle shortly before her husband, in September. 1879. They had a family of eight children. namely : Mary, Mrs. H. C. Crarg, of Wash- ington, D. C .; Porter F., of Washington, D. C .; Ella, Mrs. Schuchman ; Annie, Mrs. F. J. Papst, of Kansas City, Mo .; Ada, deceased, Mrs. J. P. Neibert, of Kansas City, Mo .; Laura, Mrs. Thomas McGuire, of Bal- timore, Md .; Edward S., who resides in Chicago, Ill. ; and Charles N., who died near Dayton, Ohio. The parents of this family were Presbyterians in religious connection. Mr. Ege supported the principles of the Democratic party, but was liberal in his views on politics as well as on other sub- jects.
REV. JACOB LUTHER GRIMM, pastor of the U. B. Church at New Cumber- land, comes of German ancestry, and the founder of the family in America, the first one to cross the Atlantic, was Jacob Grimm, who settled in Washington county, Md. He was a relative to the Grimms of Ger- many who were distinguished for their lit- erary work.
The grandfather of Rev. Mr. Grimm died in Washington county, Md., and there Joseph Samuel Grimm, his father, was born. His education was the best afforded in the local schools of the time, and he was reared on his father's farm and also learned the trade of carpenter. It was while working at the carpenter's bench, as we have reason to believe his Master once did, that he felt the call that led him finally to adopt the min- istry, and he not only preached the Word
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until his death, but left behind him sons to carry on the work the weight of years made him lay down. He passed away in 1892.
The mother of Rev. Mr. Grimm was Sarah Huffer. a native of Washington county, also daughter of Jacob Huffer, a farmer. and she died in January, 1904, the beloved mother of children as follows: Rev. William O., who is deceased; Rev. John Wesley. a minister of the U. B. Church, of Spring Grove. York county. a member of the Pennsylvania Conference; Martha A., Mrs. Simon Gloss, of Salina, Kans .: Rev. Jacob L. : Sophia, widow of Mahlon Smith, of Washington county, Md. ; Amanda, Mrs. Hiram J. Smith, of Hagerstown, Md .; Sarah, widow of Albert Smith, of Wash- ington county; Elizabeth, a school teacher in Washington county : Emma, also a school teacher in Washington county; Joseph, of Rohrersville, Md. ; Harmon L., a farmer of Rohrersville. Md .; and Irwin Randolph, a farmer of Washington county. Three mem- bers of this family have devoted their lives to the ministry of the U. B. Church, a com- mentary of meaning on their home training.
Rev. Jacob L. Grimm was born Nov. 27, 1842, at Rohrersville, Washington coun- ty, Md., and attended the common schools and the Rohrersville Academy. He taught school for six years, beginning at the age of seventeen, during the summer seasons com- pleting his academic course. His study of theology was pursued along with his duties of teaching, and thus, by close application, he completed the four-year course. In 1866 he was licensed to preach, and was ordained in 1870, at the annual conference session at Mill Creek, Pa., by Bishop J. J. Glossbren- ner. His first charge was the Hagerstown circuit, and his second, the Boonsboro ( Md.) circuit, and he was subsequently at Hagerstown; Frederick, Md .; back to
Boonsboro: Baltimore, Salem Church : Bal- timore, Scott Street Church ; and Baltimore, Otterbein Memorial Church, where he erected a church and parsonage. .
Rev. Mr. Grimm was then elected pre- siding elder and served in this capacity for five years, finally returning to the Baltimore district and in 1902 coming to New Cum- berland as pastor of Trinity Church. His work here has been of a character to develop his church both materially and spiritually. His worth and work are appreciated by a large and intelligent congregation, and by the citizens of other religious bodies who are capable of understanding the aims and aspi- rations of a clergyman so earnest and so faithful as Rev. Mr. Grimm.
While always a man of peace, this learned man went out in defense of his State in 1864. enlisting for the 100-day ser- vice in Company B. 11th Maryland Volun- teer Infantry. He took part in the battle of Monocacy, when the forces under Gen. Lew Wallace defeated Gen. Early. On Sept. 7, 1899, he was elected chaplain of the G. A. R. at Philadelphia, and served one year. He is an interested member of that organiza- tion.
In Chewsville, Washington county, Md., Rev. Mr. Grimm was married, in 1870, to Miss Mary E. Harp, of that place, daughter of Jacob and Lydia ( Kline) Harp, farming people. The mother survived until February, 1904, dying in her ninety-fourth year. The children of Rev. and Mrs. Grimm are three in number, namely: Virginia, who married A. F. Kottcamp. of York, Pa. ; Odo R., who married Dr. H. C. Algire, of Baltimore, Md .; and Elsie May, who married Warren HI. Baldwin, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Rev. Mr. Grimm is one of the prominent members of his great church, and he is emi- nently fitted for the work that is his at
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