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Joseph Detwiler
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farms, two stone quarries, and a lime kiln, which has been operated since 1873, and he also has conducted, in his interest, hay and straw baling and stone crush- ing. He is also financially interested in the Union National Bank, to which he has given the support of his name as one of its directors, since its organiza- tion in 1860.
On Sept. 24, 1844, Mr. Detwiler married Anna Eberly, of Donegal township, and to this marriage the following named children were born: Elmira, who married C. G. Shirk, a retired farmer of Mt. Joy; Susan, who married Adam"B. Bear, a retired farmer of Rohrerstown. this county; Emna, widow of Calvin C. Budding, a lime manufacturer of Wrightsville; William B., the capable manager of his father's interests in farming, stone and lime, who also looks after the other real estate owned by Mr. Detwiler: Eva, who is the widow of Hon. H. H. Heise, of Columbia. Pa., whose sad death in a trolley car wreck, near Chickies Park. on Aug. 9, 1896. caused wide-spread regret : and Alice, who married H. H. Meyers, a farmer, and manager of the Farm- : ers' Creamery Company (he also raises gold fish).
Mrs. Anna (Eberly) Detwiler was born in East Donegal township, and died Feb. 12, 1801 : she is .
buried in Mt. Joy cemetery. Her parents were Henry and Anna (Leib) Eberly, of Mt. Joy town- ship, where the former was a farmer, and for many vears president of the Union National Bank of Mt. Joy. His death occurred in February, 1876, when he was aged eighty-one, and his wife passed away from earth in 1870, at the age of sixty-six. Both were leading members of the Evangelical Church, and they were interred in Eberly cemetery, which was a part of his estate. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Eberly were: Mary. Anna, Simon, Henry, Christian and Benjamin, all deceased but the last named, who is a hardware merchant in Mt. Joy.
Aside from filling the office of councilman for six years, Mr. Detwiler has refused public office. but he continues to be a busy man, for his active brain will not permit him to entirely lay aside business cares. Possessing much vitality and excellent health, he enjoys overlooking the various lines of work which are performed by younger, but no more capable, instruments. Of his family he has great reason to be proud, all of them occupying honorable positions in the business and social world. He has twelve grandchildren. and three great-grandchil- dren, who are the delight of his advancing years.
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DAVID HERR BARTHOLOMEW, proprietor of the Lancaster Planing Mill Co., and one of the leading business men of Lancaster, has been identi- fied with the industrial interests of that city through his business career, and has been no small factor in the development of many lines of commerce.
Mr. Bartholomew was born Jan. 4. 1848, near Strasburg. Pa., son of Mathew and Hester Ann ( Herr) Bartholomew, both of Lancaster county. The father was a millwright and followed that trade 58
all his life. dying at the age of fifty-seven. in 1863. The mother died in 1851, aged thirty-three. They were laid away in Strasburg cemetery. Their chil- dren were as follows: Amanda ( deceased ) was the wife of Robert E. Bunce; Mary C. married (first ) Jonathan Holt, and ( second) William Fichthorn. of Reading; Benjamin F. lives in Lancaster : John died in infancy, and David H. was the youngest.
David Herr Bartholomew had the educational ad- vantages afforded by the common schools of Lan- caster, and at the age of seventeen was prepared to ¡ enter upon his apprenticeship to the machinist trade. He was employed in a cotton mill in Lancaster for four years, and then embarked in the saw mill busi- ness and became a manufacturer of cigar box lumber, associating himself with his uncle, David B. Bar- tholomew ; this partnership continued until the death of the latter, in 1885, when Mr. Bartholomew en- gaged in the same line upon his own account, and still continues it, at present individually ; formerly there were three members of the firm known as the Lancaster Planing Mil! Co., David H. Bartholomew. John W. Holman and Frank Spicer. fr. The first location was across the street from the present site, but in 1896 Mr. Bartholomew sold that and pur- chased the valuable property and business which he has so ably managed ever since. The large brick structure now occupied was built by the firm of Wil- son & Bradbury, in 1870, and covers two acres of ground. It is well equipped, and the establishment gives employment to forty men, the output being sash, doors, blinds and general mill work.
Mr. Bartholomew is an excellent man of busi- ness, and thorough in his management of the large concern with which he has so long been identified. Under his ownership the business has been much en- larged, and is now one of the leading lines of indus- try in the city. In politics he is a Republican, and fraternally he is connected with the I. O. O. F., K. of P., A. O. U. W. and Roval Arcanum. For eight vears he served with usefulness in the city council. his administration being honest and clean. Mr. Bartholomew is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
In 1872, in Lancaster, Mr. Bartholomew mar- ried Miss Elizabeth Eckman, born in Lancaster, daughter of Henry and Anna ( Hoak) Eckman, the former of whom was for many years a shoemaker in Lancaster county. His father was a well-known resident of the county ; he was for many years af- flicted with blindness, but it is related of him that so thoroughly did he recall localities that he was able not only to harness his horse himself, but to drive without accident to any part of the county he desired. To Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew have been born the following children : Anna, who died at the age of eight years : David B., who is a carpenter but now is employed by the Pennsylvania Railway Com- pany, married Alice M. Raub; Miss Mary A., at home : Henry M., who married Hannah Hunter, and i is an architect in Lancaster ; Miss Amy C., Guy C.,
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and Miss Anna E., at home : Elizabeth, who died at the age of six years; Sarah E., at home; John W., who died at the age of six years, and Edith, who died at the age of four years.
JOHN ADLAI CANNON (deceased), of Lan- caster, thoughi cut off in the prime of his life, was for a number of years one of the most respected business men in Lancaster, and the establishment which he founded is now being conducted by his widow, who is the only lady embalmer in Lancaster county.
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Mr. Cannon was born July 23, 1858, at Wilming- ton, Del .. son of James Cannon, a farmer of Dela- ware, and came to Lancaster in 1890, locating on West King street. Engaging in business as an un- dertaker and funeral director, he introduced new methods and features in that line, and as a result of his intelligence and carnest attention to his profes- sion, established a lucrative business. He was a skilled embalmer, a graduate of Clark's College. In 1896 Mir. Cannon bought the grand old dwelling house that had been the home of the late Judge Hayes, at No. 27 South Prince street, and proceeded to remodel it. converting it into two dwelling houses. The porch and entrance which Mr. Cannon built on the portion now occupied by his widow. is one of the handsomest in the city. On Feb. 23, 1897, Mr. Can- non married Miss Amelia Elizabeth Long, further mention of whose family is made below, and two children were born to them : John Paul, now ( 1903) aged five years ; and Mary Amelia, aged three years. Mr. Cannon entered into rest, July 7, 1901, in his forty-fourth year, after a lingering illness, and his widow has bravely taken hold of his business affairs. and endeavors to follow the lines laid down by Mr. Cannon, who always kept abreast with the most ad- vanced methods. The establishment is equipped with the most modern conveniences. telephone, etc.
Taken from life in the midst of his usefulness. no citizen of Lancaster was more deeply regretted or more generally missed. Mr. Cannon was trustee of the St. Vincent de Paul, an association that looks after the poor of the church : a charter member of the Knights of St. Lawrence, of Wilmington, Del. : a member of St. John s. St. Michael's, St. Joseph's, and Leo XIII societies of Lancaster ; a member and one of the organizers of Council No. 16. Catholic Benevo- lent Legion, of Delaware ; and in business connection. a member of the State Board of Undertakers, and secretary of the Lancaster County Funeral Directors Association. He was identified with St. Mary's, St. Anthony's and St. Joseph's Catholic Churches, for he contributed to and was in fellowship with all of them, but he was a communicant and active member of St. Mary's, was buried from there, and his remains lie in the beautiful St. Mary's cemetery, near those of the lamented Very Reverend Father Bernard Keenan, who was for more than half a century the beloved priest of St. Mary's.
Frederick G. Long. father of Mrs. Cannon, was long a well-known citizen of Lancaster, and entered
into rest in May, 1894. in his seventy-fourth year. He married Miss Mary C. Gegg, of Lancaster, why. now makes her home with Mrs. Cannon, and they had twelve children, eight of whom survive, as fo !- lows: Louis G., who is a grocer, at Lime and Dauphin streets ; Joseph. a tinsmith and plumber, a: East Orange and Plum streets ; Mary A .. wife oi John Yeager, a baker of Newark, N. J. ; Frank ... a grocer, at East Chestnut and Marshall streets ; Amelia Elizabeth, widow of John A. Cannon ; Harry .A .. a salesman in Watt & Shand's New York Store in Lancaster : Albert. a salesman in Wanamaker's. New York City, and Rosa Helen, who makes her home with Mrs. Cannon. No family in the city can boast of members who have led more worthy lives.
MICHAEL P. THOMAS, an engineer in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was born in Columbia, Lancaster county, April 2, 1855. and is a son of Michael and Catherine ( Shillott) Thomas, of Bavaria. Germany, who were married in Lancaster, Pa., in June. 1854.
Michael Thomas, the father, was born June 28. 1828. in Bavaria, Germany, a carpenter by trade, and. · in 1852, came to America and settled in Columbia, : where he still lives retired from business. His wife was a sister of Frank Shillott, deceased (a sketch of whose life will be found on another page), and died in 1801, when sixty-five years old, devout in the faith of the Catholic Church. Their children, nine in number. were born in the following order: Frank. died in infancy; Michael P. and Ulrich, twins, of whom the former is the subject proper of this sketch, and the latter died when five years and six months old; Kate. in St. Francis Convent; William, who died in infancy ; Elizabeth, also in St. Francis Con- vent ; Charles, a car inspector in Lancaster ; Mary, wife of John Haller. of Thurlow, Pa., and Frank ( 2), i a brakeman in Columbia. The paternal grandpar- ents, Michael and Elizabeth Thomas, came to Coltin- bia, Pa., in 1855. from Germany. He was a butcher by trade. Michael was their only child. The mater- nal grandparents were Frank and Victoria Shillott.
Michael P. Thomas at the age of fourteen years began driving a team. and this was his occupation for three years ; he next followed boating on the river, five years, and then for fourteen months was em- ploved as brakeman by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company ; he then served as fireman for the same company seven years and six months, when he was promoted to engineer.
On Nov. 20, 1884. at York, Pa., Mr. Thomas married Miss Catherine Elsesser, and to this union have been born nine children, as follows: Anasta- sia. Elizabeth, Alfreda. William. Francis, Anthony. Damian, Agatha and Cuthbert Joseph, the three last named being deceased. Mrs. Catherine (Elsesser) Thomas was born in York county, Nov. 2, 1863, and | is a daughter of John and Barbara ( Moser ) Elsesser, natives of Bavaria, Germany, and York Co., Pa., re- ; spectively. John Elsesser was born in 1837, and his
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wife in 1835. John came to America in 1847 and for eighteen years conducted a hotel in York county, and is now living in retirement. The children born to John and Barbara Elsesser were named as follows, in order of birth : Mary, married to George Selack, plumber in York county : John, deceased ; Catherine ; Margaret, wife of John Kaufhold. of Columbia; Albert, George, Charles and Harry. all of York. The family are all pious members of the Catholic Church, to which they contribute liberally of their means in aid of its good work.
The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Thomas were Conrad and Elizabeth Elsesser, the former of whom died in Germany and the latter in York Co., Pa. ; her maternal grandparents, Abraham and Rachel Mo- ser, were natives of Maryland and York Co., Pa., respectively. Both died in York county.
Michael P. Thomas is in religion a true Catholic, and in politics a Democrat. He has led a consistent Christian life, and is greatly respected wherever known.
WILLIAM H. KENNEDY. When it comes to a question of prominence, substantiality and high es- teem, no citizen of Lancaster county is more justly representative than William H. Kennedy, of Fulton township. A self-made man, schooled in early years to the hard, practical view of life, by the application of those principles of industry and economy which in every age of the world have been rewarded, William H. Kennedy has also won his measure of success.
The birth of William H. Kennedy was on Dec. 13, 1858, in the township of his present residence, and he was a son of John and Elizabeth ( James) Ken- nedy, both also of Fulion township, where John Ken- nedy was long known as a farmer and also hotel keeper. John Kennedy came of sturdy Irish ances- try, and in his earlier years was engaged in rafting on the Susquehanna river. In his political convic- tions, he was always identified with the Democratic party, and is remembered as an honorable man and respected citizen. His marriage was to Elizabethi James, and they had a family of nine children, seven of whom grew to maturity: Mary, who is the wife of W. R. Maxwell, a coach-maker of Fulton town- ship: Hannah, who married William Walker, of Little Britain township; Virginia, who married R. S. Hamilton, of Little Britain township: John O., deceased ; William H. : Margaret, who is the wife of J. C. Gorsuch, of Norfolk, Va., and Ida. who is the wife of J. M. Eckert, of Erie, Pennsylvania.
William H. Kennedy had his early rearing on a farm, and until the age of sixteen years, enjoyed the advantages afforded by the public schools. At that age he commenced to learn the cabinet making trade, at Wakefield, Pa., under W. R. Maxwell, but a boy- ish love of adventure and a desire to see something of the world, led him to remain but a short time here. For a considerable period, Mr. Kennedy traveled over the country, working principally in the various railroad shops, gaining many experiences, but finally
he returned to Fulton township where on Jan. 4, 1882, he was united in marriage to Miss Laura Hen- sel, of Drumore township, and the four children born to this marriage were: John Russell, who is now in college : Henry Clay and Bertha M., at home, the other child having died young. Mrs. Kennedy was a daughter of Edwin F. and Mary J. ( Moore) Hen- sel, who were natives of Maryland.
It was in 1885 that Mr. Kennedy embarked in the patent medicine business, in Harrisburg, Pa., a line of activity for which he seemed to be peculiarly well fitted, for fifteen years prospering in this business. Mr. Kennedy is still the proprietor of a large drug house in Harrisburg, and also of one in Reading, . Pa., but he makes his home on his fine farm in Ful- ton township. This estate, both on account of its extent, its cultivation, its location and extensive and elaborate improvements, is one of the most attractive places in southern Lancaster county. His elegant, modern brick mansion, commodious and substantial barns, his sleek cattle and their comfortable housings, all testify to the excellent management of this ideal country home. Mr. Kennedy devotes his time to his interests here, his drug business in Harrisburg being under the efficient management of his brother- in-law, Philip K. Hensel, the firm narne being Ken- nedy & Co .. a house which stands high in commercial circles.
Mr. Kennedy is a stanch Democrat, and is liberal in his religious views, adopting no special creed, but he displays in a high degree the manliness of an ex- cellent citizen, and is the promoter of progress and development in his section, the encourager of benevo- lent and educational enterprises, and the protector of his home and family.
EBERHART J. LAMPARTER, for many years associated with the commercial activity of the flour- ishing city of Lancaster, Pa., was born in Wurtem- berg, Germany, July 6, 1846, a son of Eberhart and Elizabeth (Help) Lamparter, natives of the same lo- cality.
Eberhart Lamparter, the father, came to Amer- ica in 1853, and located in Lancaster. where he em- barked in the manufacture of glue, and continued in the same line until his death. From a small begin- ning, he increased his facilities and the capacity of his plant, to meet the demands of his constantly growing trade, until his house ranked among the foremost of its kind in the county. His death oc- curred in 1869, when he was sixty-one years of age, and his wife survived until 1898, when her death took place at the age of eighty-eight years. This couple, who are buried in Woodward Hill cemetery, were the parents of the following children: George, en- gaged in manufacturing glue at the old factory ; Jacob J .. retired glue manufacturer, large landowner and real estate dealer of Lancaster; Elizabeth, un- married and living in Washington, D. C .; Amelia. deceased at the age of fifty years : Pauline, unmarried and living in Lancaster; Judith, Mrs. Bauer, a
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widow, of Lancaster; Eberhart J .; Henry, de- ceased, and Sabina, deceased, married a Mr. Mertz.
Eberhart J. Lamparter of Lancaster, was reared upon a farm, attending the district school, and when eighteen years of age he was employed in a brewery, and engaged in that line for five years, in Lancaster, with Lawrence Knapp. Upon the death of his fa- ther, Mr. Lamparter took charge of the glue factory, and managed it for his mother, until her demise, when he purchased the property and is now sole proprietor of the business which is operated under the title of The Conestoga Glue Works. The build- ings and grounds cover eleven acres, all located with- in the city limits, and upon a portion of the old home- stead. All modern appliances are used in the conduct of the various processes of the business, and the prod- uct has gained a world wide reputation for its excel- lence. The present flourishing condition of the con- cern is due to the enterprise and excellent manage- ment of Mr. Lamparter.
Mr. Lamparter has never married, but is asso- ciated with a number of fraternal organizations. namely: the I. O. O. F., the K. of P., Seven Wise Men, Masonic order, in which he has taken sixteen degrees. His religious connections are with the Trinity Lutheran Church, in which body he takes an active part, and to whose support he is a liberal con - tributor. In politics, Mr. Lamparter is an Independ- ent, preferring to vote as his conscience dictates, rather than according to party lines, although he has devoted more time to his business than to public affairs. Pleasant in manner, a thorough business man, he has firmly established himself in the con- ficience of the general public, and numbers many friends among his fellow townsmen.
WILLIAM F. YOHN, a well-known drover of Mountville, Lancaster county, was born in that vil- lage Aug. 15, 1865, a son of Edward F. and Mary A. ( Baker) Yohn.
Edward F. Yohn was a son of John and Jane (Middleton) Yohn, and was born near Churchtown, Caernarvon township, this county. April 26, 1839. On May 5, 1863. he married Mary A. Baker, and to this union there were born the following children : Elnora, Jan. 23. 1864, married B. F. Musser, of Mountville ; William F. is mentioned in the opening paragraph of this sketch; John :\., a farmer of Wayne county, Ohio, married Emma Beam : Harry B., a graduate from Franklin & Marshall College, is now a practicing attorney at the Lancaster County Bar ; and Jennie :\., is unmarried and at home. Mrs. Mary A. (Baker) Yohn was a daughter of Henry Baker, a farmer and blacksmith, and was born in West Hempfield township, Lancaster county, Feb. 8. 1841, and died Oct. 19, 1875. The second mar- riage of Edward F. Yohn occurred June 14. 1881. his bride being Annie B. Johnson. a daughter of Samuel Armstrong, a contractor, and native of Ches- ter county. Pa., who was born in Sadsbury township, that county, Nov. 21, 1839. Edward F. Yohn set-
tled in Mountville at an early age, and engaged in the cattle business, which he carried on very extensively and successfully. He was one of the organizers of the Mountville National Bank, and a director from its organization until his death. He was a public- spirited citizen and charitable, and very well and favorably known for his strict integrity and honesty. In politics he was a stanch Democrat.
William F. Yohn was trained to the cattle busi- ness from the time he was old enough to handle a gad, until he was taken into the business by his fa- ther as a partner, and since his father's death he has been conducting the business for himself. On April 14, 1897, he married Miss Emma Ileise, daughter of B. Frank Heise, residing near Columbia borough, Pa., and to this union have been born two children ; Fanny C., April 25, ISO8, and Mary Ellen, Nov. II, 1900. Mrs. Emma ( Heise) Yohn was born on the Heise homestead, where her father still resides.
William F. Yohn is, fraternally, an Odd Fellow, and a member of the fr. O. U. A. M. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of one of the oldest and best known families in Lancaster county, and for this reason and because of his own intrinsic merits he stan Is very high in the esteem of the community in which he was born and reared.
JOHN E. SNYDER, an attorney of Lancaster, has attained a large law practice, to which he gives that close personal attention essential to success. He is the son of Edwin E. and Margaret C. Snyder, and grandson of Jacob and Margaret ( Erismian) Snyder. residents of Lancaster city. The father, a native of Lancaster, was for many years foreman in the cotton mills at Lancaster, and died in 1886, aged fifty- six years. The mother survives and is still a resident of that place.
John E. Snyder was reared in his native city, and at the completion of his education entered the office of David G. Eshleman as a law student. In 1887 he was admitted to the Bar and located at Lancaster. where he has built up a large law practice. For many years he has been a director of the North- ern National Bank of Lancaster. In politics he is a Republican, and for two years, in 1892 and 1893. was city solicitor. He is a member of the F. & A. ME .. I. O. O. F., and Mechanics. He was married in 1895 at Lancaster to Miss Minnie L. Esbenshade, daughter of Emanuel Herr Esbenshade, of Leaman Place, Lancaster county.
ADAM B. LONG, one of the foremost and most progressive citizens of Lititz, which city he has done much to build up and improve, was born at Neffs- ville, Manheim township, Feb. 2, 1855, son of Isaac and Sarah ( Bear) Long. He was educated in the public schools and at Lititz Academy, and for twelve years after graduating from the last named institu- tion followed the life of a farmer. Coming to Lititz he engaged in the coal and lumber business, and in 1891 became a partner in the firm of Bear & Long,
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composed of Albert R. Bear and himself. the concern succeeding Hess & Bear, and the house having been originally founded by William Evans, in the sixties. They carry on an extensive business in lumber for building, as well as in coal and phosphates, and their plant is the largest of its kind outside of Lancaster city. In 1893 he was one of the chief promoters and organizers of the Lititz Water Works. and was made treasurer of the company owning and operating the same, which office he still fills. The following year (1894), with five others, he formed the company which erected the Lititz Electric Light Works, the first plant of this description to be installed in the borough. Not content with being connected with three important enterprises so beneficial to the city of his residence, in 1897 he became prominently iden- tified with the founding of the Keystone Underwear Mill, of Lititz, which has a capacity of turning out two hundred dozen pairs of underwear daily. Of the company owning this establishment Mr. Long is secretary. In the year 1898, with thirteen others, Mr. Long applied for a charter and organized the In- dependent Telephone Co., of Lancaster county, Pa., which proved successful from a financial point of view, as well as from that of general utility. In 1901 the company sold out the plant to the United Tele- phone & Telegraph Co., at a good profit to the stock- holders. In the spring of 1901 Mr. Long was elected a director of the Lititz National Bank.
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