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Dr. Slaymaker is a stanch Republican, but his professional duties give him no time to accept public office although he is unusually well qualified to do so. He belongs to the county and State medical societies. With his mother and sisters, the Doctor belongs to the Episcopal Church, of which they are liberal supporters.
JACOB B. KELLER. Among the old and hon- ored families who have made Lancaster county what it is, the name of Keller has considerable prominence. The founder of the family in the United States was Jacob Keller, who was born Nov. 14. 1706, and who came to America from Canton Basel, Switzerland. between 1725 and 1730. He purchased, May 7, 1730. a tract of land which now is included in Ephrata township. from John. Thomas and Richard Pena. sons of William Penn. He was a Seventh Day Bap- tist in religion. His death occurred March 10, 1794, and his remains were buried in Cloister cemetery. His wife, born Feb. 2. 1708. died May 24, 1787. At his death Jacob Keller left three sons, one of whom. Jacob. retained the homestead : Sebastian located in Elizabethtown ; and the third in the State of Vir- ginia.
Jacob Keller (2), was born on the old homestead at Springville. Cocalico township, at the head of Trout creek. Feb. 15. 1733, and died Ang. 20, 1804: his wife. Barbara (Landes) Keller, who was born July 3, 1736. died March 18, 1818, and both of them rest in the old homestead cemetery. Of their chil-
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dren, Jacob is mentioned below : Samuel, born May 21. 1763, was a miller at Keller's mill, in Cocalico vonship, and died Jan. 5. 1848. and John, born Aug. 30, 1706, located near Lititz, and died April 26. 1850.
Jacob Keller (3) was born on the old homestead. Sept. 14, 1761, and died April 12, 1830; his wife, Barbara (Huber) Keller, born in 1764, died in 1794. Iler sister, who became his second wife, was born Nov. 13, 1766, and died Dec. 1.4. 1849. He was the father of five sons and three daughters: (1) John, born Aug. 6, 1784, died July 27, 1875. He married first a Miss Hershberger, and second a Miss Zent- miver, and his children were, Lydia, Salome, John H., Daniel, Jacob H., Leah. Michael, Samuel, Eliza- beth, Henry and Mary. (2) Jacob, born Nov. 30, 1786, located at Springville, and died Aug. 14, 1841. He married Elizabeth Shirk, who was born Feb. 23, 1790, and died Feb. 6, 1872. 1 3) Samuel, born Aug. 7, 1791, died Feb. 27, 1855. His first wife Magda- lena Erb, born June IT, 1794, died Oct. 5. 1825. (4) Mary married John Hershberger, and had six children, Lydia, Jacob, Sally, Henry, Susannah and Leah. (5) Barbara married David Erb. at Hammer Creek. and had nine children, Samuel, Reuben. Ephraim, Israel, David, John. Levi, Elizabeth and Sallie. (6) Frederick, born Jan. 5. 1794, married Catharine Gross, had thirteen children, and died March 17, 1879. (7) Susanna. married Joseph Shirk and had ten children. Christiana. Leah, Maria, Sallie, Fianna, Annamahala, Lizzie, Jacob, Joseph and Reuben. (8) George is mentioned below.
George Keller, the father of the immediate sub- ject of this biography, was born Oct. 22, 1799, and died Jan. 15, 1849, aged forty-nine years, two months .and twenty-six days. He was twice mar- ried ; his first wife belonged to the Long family of Landis Valley ; his second wife was Christina Bru- baker, born Nov. 6, 1802. who died April 17, 1842; both are buried in the old cemetery at Springville. Of the children in the fainily of George Keller. the eldest son George, born in December, 1823, died at the age of sixty-two, leaving a large family: Jacob .B .: Leah, born in 1827, married Jacob S. Wissler. moved to Canton, Ohio, and died. the mother of seven children, Ezra S .. Jacob S .. Isaac, and four daughters : Susanna married David Mohler, and had ten children : Elias B., born in 1832, married Re- becca Hershberger. and had eleven children: Isaac, born in 1835, became a German Baptist minister, married a Miss Rudy, and had eight children ; and Annie, born in 1830, married Aaron Weidman, and lives at Reading, Pennsylvania.
Jacob B. Keller, a worthy representative of this old and established family, was born Oct. 31, 1825, and was the second son of George Keller. Reared on the farm, one of a large family, he early became accustomed to the duties of an agricultural life. and pursued it for a number of years. At school he was an apt pupil, and finished the common school course with credit, and then took up the profession of teach-
ing. but in 1860 he engaged in the milling business, six years later removing to Ephrata where he be- came a contractor and builder, and also dealt ex- tensively in real estate. A man of more than average intelligence. Mr. Keller has taken a great interest in his family ancestry, of which he has reason to be justly proud. for few. like him. can look back over former generations and find the record so universally in favor of sobriety, uprightness and good citizen- ship.
On Nov. 6. 1846, Mr. Keller was married to Miss Rebecca Stupp. a daughter of John and Sarah ( Eckert) Stupp, of Berks county, Pa., and to this union were born four children : Emma, born Aug. II, 1847, who married William K. Seltzer, a prominent attorney and justice of the peace, in Ephrata town- ship ; Alice. born Sept. 7, 1862, married B. F. Bair, a stock-dealer, in Philadelphia: while Frank and James died in infancy.
Ever since the administration of President Lin- coin, Mr. Keller has been an active and ardent Re- publican, and he exerts a wide influence for his party in his locality. For many years he has been a valued and consistent member of the German Bap- tist Church. where he is one of the most cheerful supporters of all charitable and benevolent enter- prises. Although now living a retired lite in his comfortable home in the borough of Ephrata, Mr. Keiler has not permitted his intellectual faculties to become rusty, as during the year 1898 he compiled and arranged a neat genealogy of the Keller family in America, which he notes was prepared for his per- sonal satisfaction, but which must have required much study and research, and it is of inestimable value to all who are permitted to bear the honorable name.
SOLOMON H. GOOD, a successful farmer and butcher of Pequea township, and the present auditor of that township, is actively identified with various interests in his section of the county, and is well and favorably known.
Jacob K. Good, his father, was born in Lancas- ter county about IS15. and followed farming, dis- tilling and milling until his death, which occurred in 1897. He was a Republican in politics. and held the offices of school director and supervisor for some time. He married Miss Mary Havistick, daughter of Jacob Havistick, of Pequea township, and they had a family of eleven children: Joseph, now de- ceased : Susan, wife of Michael Hess, of Manor township; John, deceased : Elizabeth and Mary. who did not marry: Jacob, of Millersville ; Cath- crine and Barbara, both unmarried ; Sarah, widow of William Beshtold; Abraham, deceased; and Solo- mon H.
Solomon H. Good, whose name introduces this sketch, was born in Pequea township Jan. 21. 1861, and remained at home until he was about twenty- seven years of age. He was educated in the com- mon schools of the county. In 1884 he began the
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butcher business for himself, and has continued same ever since, together with farming, meeting with well deserved success in both branches. He has recently bought the Amos S. Kreider farm, of seventy-five acres, west of his home place. Like his father, Mr. Good is a Republican in politics, and he now holds the office of auditor, discharging the duties of that office with characteristic fidelity and a regard for the interests of his community.
On Dec. 25, 1887, Mr. Good wedded .Aliss Eliza- beth K. Good, daughter of Benjamin and Susan (Kling) Good, both of Pequea township, and they have one son, Benjamin Harrison.
H. C. HUBER, a prominent farmer of Provi- dence township, was born Dec. 19, 1863, son of Henry and Susan (Charles) Huber, who were natives of Martic township, Lancaster county.
Henry Huber, father of H. C., was born in 1833, and died in 1894. He followed farming all his life in Martic township, where, in 1856, he married Susan Charles. A family of nine children was born to this union, as follows: Annie; Aaron, of Lan- caster; H. C .; Morris, of Lancaster : Louisa, wire of Albert Eshleman, of Providence township ; Abra- ham, of Martic township ; John, of Conestoga town- ship ; Benjamin, of Manheim township ; and Milton, of Pequea township. The family is an old one in Martic township, where Grandfather Abraham Huber was a well-known farmer in his day. Their political connection is with the Republican party. In religion they are consistent supporters of the Men- nonite Church.
On Sept. 17, 1885, H. C. Huber was united in marriage with Miss Mary Eshleman, daughter of Eli and Susan (Mack) Eshleman, who had the fol- lowing children born to them: Martin Mack, of Martinsville; Daniel, of Drumore; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph G. Rankin, of Martic township ; Jacob P., of Pequea township; Susan, wife of Chester An- drews, of Columbia, Pa .; George, of West Lam- peter : Mary, wife of H. C. Huber; Eli, of Provi- dence township : and Lydia, wife of Martin Eshle- man, of Pequea township. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Huber, namely: Annie, Anna, and Mary and Ilarry, twins.
Mr. Huber was reared on the farm, and acquired his education in the public schools of his district. His interest in the schools has caused him to consent to serve as one of the directors in Providence town- ship. He is one of the most highly respected citizens of his locality, and is widely known as a man of good judgment and reliability.
ELMER T. PRIZER, M. D., of Lancaster, has by his skill and magnetic personality, as well as care- ful attention to his profession, proved himself an ideal and successful follower of /Esculapius.
The Prizers came to America from Germany some time between the years 1720 and 1740. set- tling in Montgomery county, Pa. Benjamin Prizer,
one of the Doctor's ancestors, engaged in the manu- facture of flour near Phoenixville. Chester Co .. Pa. There John Prizer, father of Dr. Eimer T., was born. He married Harriet Towers. daughter of Michael Towers, a contractor of considerable note. of Spring City, Chester county, and four children were born to this union, one of whom died in in- fancy. Those living are Della, wife of John Deisher, a furniture dealer in Phoenixville, Pa. : Lura. wife of Henry Wells, in the Pennsylvania railroad ser- vice at Phoenixville : and Elmer Towers.
Elmer T. Prizer was born Nov. 24. 1867, near Phoenixville, Chester Co., Pa., and received his edu- cation in part at Kimber's Academy, at Kimberton, same county, and in part at the State Normal School in West Chester, afterward taking a course in medi- cine at Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, graduating therefrom in 1896. Immediately after that event the Doctor came to Lancaster, and, open- ing an office at No. 25 South Prince street ( formerly occupied by Judge Hayes), has since enjoyed a lucrative practice, having among his patients many of the representative families of the city and vicinity.
In December, 1806, Dr. Prizer was married to Miss Jessie Butler, daughter of James Butler, a retired iron merchant of near West Chester, and piece of the distinguished Judge Butier. One child, Rachel, has graced this union. Mrs. Prizer is descended from one of the oldest and most prom- inent Quaker families of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Prizer is identified with the Presbyterian Church. Socially he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons; of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; of the Knights of Malta: of the Knights of the Mystic Circle; and of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
JACOB L. GARBER. Not only is agriculture the oldest occupation in the world, but it is also the most important, for upon the failure or success of the crops of a nation depends its commercial prestige. Therefore, the calling of a farmer is one of importance and responsibility, and the progres- sive agriculturist of to-day is adopting every means to increase the value of his acres, and in return reaps large harvests. The latest improved machinery # used ; new methods of drainage are adopted. and a regular system of alternation of crops is pursued. so that each acre may bring forth abundantly. Among the farmers, of this class is Jacob L. Garber, of East Hempfield township. Lancaster county. who was born June 13, 1857, in East Donegal township. son of Christian S. and Annie ( Lindermentt ) Gar- ber, who died in 1882 and 1876, respectively.
Christian S. Garber was a native of West Done- gal township, but upon his marriage removed to East Donegal township, where he spent the greater portion of his remaining years, engaged in farming. After a useful and successful life, he died. in the respect and esteem of the entire community. To himself and good wife were born seven children :
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Mary Ann, deceased. wife of Amos Hustand; Jacob L., of East Hempfield township: John L., residing in West Donegal township; Eli L., resid- ing in Lititz, engaged in the creamery business ; Barbara, wife of John Hess, of Manheim township ; Katie, wife of Enos Hess, of Roseville, Lancaster county ; and Christian, deceased. The religious con- nection of the parents was with the Old Mennonite Church.
Jacob L. Garber was reared upon the farm, and received his education in the public schools of his district. When he reached the age of twenty-three the young man resolved to see something of the out- side world, and made a trip West, where he remained six months. and upon his return to Lancaster county he married and located upon the farm he now owns, renting it for two years. At the expiration of this time he removed to Penn township and purchased a farm of eighty-six acres, remaining there for seven years. In 1890, the farm he had rented previously coming on the market, he purchased it, and has since carried on general farming, developing the property, which contains ninety-seven acres, until it is one of the finest farms in the county.
In 1881 Mr. Garber married Lizzie Buckwalter, a daughter of Joseph Buckwalter, and eight chil- dren have been born to them: Harry B., born July 28, 1882; Annie May, Feb. 5, 1883; Alvin B., Oct. 6, 1885; Joseph B., Feb. 23, 1887 ; Lizzie, June 27, 1895; Ella and Jacob, twins, Alay 18, 1897; and Christian, Mav 7, 1899.
Both Jacob L. Garber and his wife are consistent members of the Old Mennonite Church. They are very worthy people, whose popularity in East Hemp- feld is well deserved, as they possess many admir- able qualities, which have made for them hosts of friends.
CHRISTIAN B. MILLER is a grandson of Christian Miller, who was born and reared in Lan- caster county, owned a 190-acre farm in Conestoga township, and followed farming all his life. He . was a member of the Old Mennonite Church. He married Elizabeth Kendig, of Strasburg township, and they became the parents of seven children: Abraham. father of Christian B .; Christian K., of Conestoga township: Susan, wife of John Frantz, of Manor; Amos, of Conestoga; Abner, of Cones- toga : Martha, wife of John Nestleroth, of Manor; and John, of Conestoga.
Abraham Miller, father of Christian B., was born in Conestoga township, and lived there until he was about twenty-two or twenty-three years old, when he married Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Buckwalter, of Manor township. Removing to near Millersville, in Manor township, he there engaged in farming until he was sixty years old, when he entered the mercantile business, following same for eight years. after which he retired from active life. Both he and his wife were members of the Old Men- nonite Church. He was always a Republican, held
the office of school director for a number of years, and was for a long time auditor of the township. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had the following children : Amos B., Jacob B. and Abram B .. all of Manor township: Christian P., whose name opens this sketch : and Martha, wife of Abram F. Witmer, of Manor township.
Christian B. Miller was born June 3. 1847, in Manor township, and when he was two years old moved to Conestoga township to live with his grand- parents, remaining with them until he was fourteen, when he returned to his father's home in Manor township. He received his education in the public schools. Mr. Miller resided with his parents until he was twenty-one years old, when, on Nov. 10, 1868, he married Miss Lizzie, daughter of Andrew Zercher. of Conestoga township. Soon afterward he began farming for himself, living four years on his uncle's farm in Conestoga, after which he moved to the farm where he has since resided, and which at that time belonged to his father-in-law. Andrew Zercher. He purchased it in 1876, and has since given his entire time to its management. The farm consists of 109 acres. near the center of Conestoga township, one of the best in the neighborhood, and he has recently built one of the finest barns in the vicinity. He is recognized by all as one of the pros- perous men of his community.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of eight children: Myra J., wife of Benjamin F. Kendig, of Manor township; Anna AI .; Jacob Z., who was married Tan. 16, 1002, to Ella Wissler, of Manor township. and lives at home: Landis L., who was married Nov. 28, 1901. to Katie Frey, of Manor township. and lives at Creswell; Lizzie B., who was married Nov. 20, 1002, to Ezra E. Wolgemuth. of Mit. Joy township, and resides there; Harry J., who was drowned in a spring on the place. when two years old; and Mary J. and Cora E .. at home. Mr. and Mrs. Miller, and three of their children, are members of the River Brethren Church. Jir. Miller was ordained a minister in that faith in 1889. by Rev. Jacob N. Graybill, and since his ordination has officiated at the Pequea Church.
JOHN FLICKINGER is proprietor of the Flickinger Mills, built by John Miller in ISor, and located on Mill creek, in Leacock township, twelve miles from Lancaster. They are operated at the present time by both steam and water power.
Mr. Flickinger was born Sept. 6, 1861. on the place where he is found to-day, son of William and Caroline (Moore) Flickinger, who were married in August, 1852. The father was born in East Cocalico township, this county, and the mother in Berks county. William Flickinger was engaged in the milling business from his early boyhood, and in 1856 located at the Flickinger Mills, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was born Feb. 2, 1828, and died Feb. 26, 1899. His wife was born Nov. 24, 1831, and died April 8, 1885. Both were
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buried in Roland's cemetery. They were members . been born six children, namely : Cora, Ada, Harvey, of the Reformed Church. Mr. and Mrs. Flickinger . Ira. Irene and Lillie. had the following family: (1) Richard. who died at the age of twenty-four years, was a miller by vo- : cation, and operated his father's mill No. 2. formerly known as Eckert's mill, in Leacock township: he had conducted the mill but one year at the time of his death. (2) Katie married J. D. Bair. formerly a merchant of Leacock township, now a resident cf New Holland. (3) John is mentioned below.
Richard and Anna (Zeigler) Flickinger were the paternal grandparents of John Flickinger. He was a drover, and died in East Cocalico township. and he is buried at Adamstown. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Flickinger were Jacob and Catherine (Switzer) Moore, both of Berks county, : where he was engaged in farming and milling.
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JOHN L. LEAMAN, who is spending the clos- ing years of an exceedingly industrious and earnest life at his home in Leacock township, Lancaster caster county, and settled at Honeybrook, where he | county, where for many years he carried on farming in an enlightened and progressive manner, was born in that township March 28, 1841, a son of John and Mary ( Landis) Leaman, of East Lampeter town- ship.
John Flickinger and M. Elizabeth Evans were married Dec. 29. 1886. She is a daughter of John and Rachel ( Overly) Evans, and was born in Honeybrook, Chester Co., Pa., in 1864. To this union have been born W. Gordon and J. Harold. Mr. Evans was a blacksmith, was married in Lan- died in 1892, at the age of sixty-five; his remains rest in the Honeybrook cemetery. His widow, who was born in 1820, is still living, and has her home in ! . Honeybrook. They had the following family: (1) Margaret married William Moore, of Upper Lea- cock township. (2) M. Elizabeth is the wife of John Flickinger. (3) Amos W. is an undertaker in San Francisco. (4) A. Barton is a manufacturer of springs in Philadelphia. The paternal grand- parents of Mrs. Flickinger were Adam and Eliza- beth (Trego) Evans, and her maternal grand- parents were Samuel and Margaret ( Plank ) Overly. ! --
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Mr. Flickinger lived with his parents until his marriage. He belongs to the Reformed Church. and is one of the leading and influential citizens of the community.
DAVID F. ESHLEMAN. a leading and repre- sentative farmer of Manor township, was born in the village of Creswell. that township. April II, 1860. son of Amos and Mary ( Frey) Eshleman. He attended the public schools near his boyhood home. and as his early life was passed upon a farm he earlier became familiar with all the duties which fall to the lot of the agriculturist, and is to-day re- garded as one of the most thorough and skillful farmers of his community. At the age of twenty- two years he started out in life for himself as a far- mer, and in 1897 purchased his father-in-law's ; farm, comprising fifty-four acres of land under a : high state of cultivation, and well improved. Here i Mr. Eshleman is now successfully engaged in gen- : eral farming. He is a member of the Church of God, and is held in high regard by all who know him.
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Isaac Shank, father of Mrs. Eshleman, was born on a farm in Lancaster county Jan. 16, 1830. and was two years old when with his parents he removed to the farm near Central Manor, in Manor township, where he now resides, having made his home there ever since. With the exception of four years, im- mediately after his marriage, he followed farming until he sold his place, in 1897, to his son-in-law, Mr. Eshleman. He is one of the good, substantial citizens of his community, and is highly respected and esteemed. in 1860 he married Miss Sarah Frey, who was born Dec. 5, 1839, daughter of Rudolph Frey, and they have become the parents of three children: Sarah, now the wife of John Green, of Manor township : Barbara, wife of Christ Kline, of the same township; and Lizzie, wife of David F. Eshleman, whose name introduces this sketch.
John Leaman, the father, who was a farmer, and died on his farm in 1882. had lived retired during the last thirteen years of the seventy-two which had been given him. He was a man of considerable importance, and was a director of the Lancaster County Dank at the time of his death. His wife, who died in 1848, at the early age of thirty-six years, was buried in Mellinger's Cemetery. They were both members of the Mennonite Church. Born to this union were: (I) A son who died in in- fancy: (2) Elias, who died in 1892; (3) Esther, deceased wife of Emanuel Denlinger ; (5) Tobias. a retired farmer of Leacock township : and (4) John L .. whose name appears above. The father was married a second time, Barbara Landis becoming his wife, and the mother of one child, who died in infancy. Benjamin Leaman, the grandfather of John L., was a native of East Lampeter township, and was a farmer in his early life. John Landis. the maternal grandfather of John L. Leaman, was a native of Lancaster county.
John L. Leaman has been twice married, the first time on Dec. 5, 1861, when Anna Hershey be- came his wife. To this union came one child, An- netta, who died in infancy. Mrs. Anna Leaman. who died in October. 1863, was the daughter of Abraham and Barbara (Eby) Hershey, both of Lancaster county. The second marriage of John L. Leaman occurred Jan. 10. 1873, when he was united in matrimony with Mary Landis. To this union were born: (r) Violetta married Ezra Zim- merman, a farmer in Leacock township, and became
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childhood; Willis, Enos, Maurice and Edna, at home. (2) Hershey died in infancy. (3) Landis died in infancy. (4) Celia is the wife of Clayton Groff, and they have three children, Irwin L., Bethel M., and Lester L. (5) Freeland died at the age of six years. Mrs. Mary (Landis) Leaman 1
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was born in West Lampeter township Feb. 2, 1845, daughter of David and Barbara (Groff) Landis, of East Lampeter township. Her father, who was a miller, died in 1884, at the age of sixty-eight years. The mother passed away in 1800, at the age of sev- enty-two years, and was buried in Mellinger's ceme- tery by the side of her husband. Both were members of the Mennonite Church. They were the parents of the following family: David, a retired farmer of East Lampeter township ; Benjamin, who died at the age of twenty-three years; Lavina, the wife of Adam Landis, a retired farmer; Mary wife of our subject; Anna, who married Harry L. Groff, of Strasburg; and Frances, who died when thirteen years old.
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