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Marie Rebecca Saladin was born in Lancaster, and received ber early education there, finishing her studies at the American Medical College, at St. Louis, from which she was graduated. She has been an earnest searcher after the truth, and made a close study of Christian Science, which she practiced with great success for three years in Denver, Colo., though she subsequently confined herself to medical practice. Dr. Van Ness was the only woman in Lancaster who ever enjoyed the distinction of being medical exam- iner for an insurance company, holding that position in this section for the Security Medical Life Insur- ance Company, of Binghamton, N. Y., conducting the examination of lady applicants for insurance. She belongs to the American Medical Association, at Washington, D. C. Dr. Van Ness is as thoroughly
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versed in literary matters as she is in medicine. Re- : ligiously she is a member of the Unitarian denomina- tion. Socially, professionally and religiously she is a model type of womanhood.
Almost forty years ago our subject became the wife of Dr. William Van Ness, who was born and reared on the Hudson. Both his grandfathers came over with Gov. Stuyvesant, when New York was known as New Amsterdam. Dr. William W. Van Ness is a graduate of Columbia College. New York, and is now living retired after an active practice ex- tending over forty years. during twenty of which he was associated with his wife, who practiced with him in New York for that length of time. She practiced ten years in Lancaster. Two children were born to this union. one daughter, now deceased. and one son, Rev. Thomas J. Van Ness, who is pastor of the sec- ond oldest church in the city of Boston, an Unitarian Church. He stands at the head of the six most prom- inent clergymen in that city. Dr. Van Ness may well feel a pride in the work of her husband and son in their respective callings, as well as in her own success in the learned profession of her choice.
SAMUEL L. OBERHOLTZER, one of the well-known citizens and leading farmers of Mt. Joy township, was born on the farm he now occupies July 12. 1859. son of Jacob and Barbara (Lehman) Oberholtzer, natives of the same township, and who were for many years residents of the same farm.
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Jacob Oberholzer, father of Samuel L., was born on the old farm Dec. 31, 1812, son of Samuel and Fanny ( Longenecker) Oberholtzer, natives of Dau- phin county, who moved to Lancaster county in 1797, locating on this farm. in Mt. Joy township, where their days were passed. They were members of the Mennonite Church. They had the following named children: John. Jacob, Samuel, Peter, Joseph, Christian and Elizabeth. Until 1862 Jacob Ober- holtzer farmed on the old homestead, removing then to an adjoining farm. He died after living some time in retirement. Dec. 31, 1897, and was buried in a pri- vate burying-ground on his own land. On Oct. 13. 1855, Jacob Oberholtzer married Barbara Lehman. in Lancaster, and they had the following children : Samuel I .. is a resident of Mt. Joy township : Jacob L. died at the age of five years ; Amanda I .. married Daniel B. Brubaker, a farmer of Mt. Joy township ; Miss Lizzie I .. resides with her mother and her sis- ter, Mrs. Brubaker. Mrs. Oberholtzer was born Oct. 6, 1835, in Mt. Joy township, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Lehman) Lehman, natives of Lancaster and Dauphin counties, respectively. Daniel Lehman died in Franklin county in 1886, his wife dying in 1846, at the age of forty-two years. Both Mir. and Mrs. Lehman were members of the Mennonite Church. They had the following children : Henry is a retired farmer, living in Ohio: Nancy married Peter Witmer, and lives in Dauphin county ; Barbara married Jacob Oberholtzer; Poily (deceased) mar- ried Christian Gish; Lizzie is the widow of Peter
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Horst, of Franklin county ; Fannie died young ; Kati .: married John Landis, of Franklin county, The sec- ond marriage of Mr. Lehman was to Nancy ( Shank: : Barricks, and they had children as follows: Sars. (deceased) married Henry Bricker: Daniel (le- ceased ) married Annie Shenk : Peter married Ante Zug, and is a farmer in Franklin county ; Lydia and Mattie both died young: Susan married Samuel Longenecker, a farmer of Dauphin county ; David married Annie Burkholder, and is a farmer in Frank- lin county. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Jacob Oberholtzer were Peter and Hettie ( Hoover, Lehman, and the maternal grandparents were Abra- ham and Maria Lehman, all of whom died in Lan- caster county. Jacob Oberholtzer was a man of large means, and his family is one of the most substantial of the old families who reside in this vicinity and who come from a fine old German ancestry. Although he was not formally connected with any religious body, he lived a Christian life, and was respected wherever he was known.
Samuel L. Oberholtzer was but two years of age when the family moved from the old farm and lo- cated on an adjoining one. Here he remained with his parents. attending the district school, and assist- ing his father in operating the farm until his mar- riage, when he located on his present farm, the place of his birth, where he has continued ever since. He has been very successful in general farming, and during the past few years has paid considerable at- tention to poultry raising. As a representative citi- zen Mr. Oberholtzer has filled various public posi- tions with great efficiency, notably that of township auditor for six years ; for a similar length of time he was election inspector. In political belief he is a member of the Republican party. He belongs to the Mennonite Church, in which he was ordained a dea- con Dec. 25, 1900.
In November, 1883, occurred the marriage of Samuel L. Oberholtzer and Miss Minerva Weaver, who was born in West Donegal township, and died Feb. 6, 1896, at the age of thirty-two years. She was buried in Mt. Tunnel cemetery. She was a daughter of Henry and Catherine Weaver, natives of Lancaster county, who now live in West Donegal township, where the former is a retired farmer. The two children of this marriage were Katie W. and Walter W .. both of whom live at home. The second marriage of Mr. Oberholtzer was to Mrs. Lizzie B. (Lehman) Gantz, of Conewago township, Dauphin Co., Pa., who was born Oct. 1, 1855, in Lebanon county, daughter of Samuel and Caroline N. ( Bru- baker) Lehman, the former a native of Lebanon county, and the latter of Lancaster county. Mr. Leh- man moved to Lancaster county in 1888, and now is a prominent retired farmer, residing in Elizabethtown. He was born in 1820, and his wife was born in 1833. They were married in 1854, and had the following children : Lizzie B., now Mrs. Oberholtzer : Aman- da, who married Nathan Brandt, a farmer residing at Fontana, Pa .; Emma, who married Amos Risser,
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lives in Mt. Joy township : and David, the youngest, a telegraph operator in Lancaster city, who married Emma Shaub. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Oberholtzer were John and Polly ( Kinzie) Lehman. Mrs. Oberholtzer was married ( first) Oct. 21. 1875, in Lancaster, to Jolin E. Gantz, who was born in Lan- caster county july 12, 1854, son of John L. and Anna (Enterline ) Gantz, of Lancaster county, and died March 12, 1896. Mr. Gantz was a well-known agri- culturist 'of Dauphin county, and died on his farm. He was interred in Milton Grove cemetery. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gantz, namely : Allen L., who married Anna Longenecker, of Dau- phin county, and has two children, Carry and Walter : and Cleveland L. and Tillman L., both residing with Mr. Oberholtzer.
· The Oberholtzers are among the substantial and representative families of Mt. Joy township, well thought of in their neighborhood, and worthy of the kind feeling and respect which surrounds them on every side.
WILLIAM M. MEARIG. Among the citizens of New Holland, Pa .. is William M. Mearig, who was born in the village of Mechanicsburg, Lan- caster county, Feb. 15, 1868, son of George K. and Caroline (Miller) Mearig, both families being among the old and respected ones of Lancaster county.
George K. Mearig was born in Upper Leacock township and was reared to the trade of miller, but as he could not stand being near the water, he took up butchering. Shortly after his marriage to Caro- line Miller he moved to Mechanicsburg, where he died in 1800, at the age of fifty-five years, and he was buried in the Zion Lutheran cemetery. His widow, the mother of our subject, lives in Mechan- icsburg. The children born to these parents were : Albert, who died in inforcy; Elizabeth, who resides with her mother: and William M., of this sketch.
George Mearig, the grandfather of William M., was a native of Lancaster county, where he married Elizabeth Kolb, and carried on a tailoring business in this town for many years, a well-known and re- spected man. The maternal grandparents of our subject were Peter and Fanny (Rudy) Miller, both natives of Lancaster county. Mr. Miller was a blacksmith by trade, but his eyesight failed him, and he lived in retirement in Mechanicsburg during his later years.
William MI. Mearig was reared in Mechanics- burg, and was educated in the public schools of this town. For three years after the close of his school days our subject worked as a tinsmith. He then be- came clerk in a real estate office in Jenkintown, and in Philadelphia, where he worked for about six months. An opportunity offering he accepted a po- sition with the firm of Kuhns & Bowers, wholesale dealers in wood and willow-ware, in Philadelphia, and for some six months was employed as their traveling salesman, but since February, 1889, he has
been connected with the house of Lambert & Kirk, one of the drug firms in the city of Philadelphia. Mr. Mearig was almost a continual resident of Mechanicsburg up to the spring of 1902, when he moved to New Holland, Pa., where he now resides. His political affiliations are with the Democratic party, and from 1893 to 189; he was the postmaster in his native town.
On June 1, 1893, Mr. Mearig was united in marriage to Miss Mary Kohler, in New Holland. Three children have been born to our subject and wife, namely: George, Anna and John F. Mrs. Mearig was born in Trappe, Montgomery Co., Pa., April 9, 1865, a daughter of Rev. John and Louisa (Daum) Kohler, of Union county, Pa. Rev. Mr. Kohler was one of the well-known ministers of the Lutheran Church, and continued his work through a period of fifty years.
JOHN D. HOOD, who resides in Columbia, Lancaster county, is a native of Lewes, Sussex Co., Del., born july II, 1859, a son of John N. and Tane O. (Wolfe) Hood, whose four children were born in the following order: Hannah M., on the old homestead at Midway, Del .; Amanda B., also on the homestead; John D., of No. 403 Walnut street, Columbia, l'a .: and Thomas W., salesman for the Ross Brothers, sons of ex-Gov. Ross, at Slaford, Del. These children are all married with the ex- ception of Hannah M.
John N. Hood, whose post office is still at Mid- way, Sussex Co., Del., is a son of John and Hannah (Greene) Hood, and was born near Lewes, Del., March 2, 1817. Two of his uncles, Dr. William Hood, of North Carolina, and Dr. Stephen Greene, of Laurel, Del., were among the most prominent physicians of their day. . Among his living relatives are Hon. Judge Joseph Carey, ex-congressman, and Dr. John Carey, both of Cheyenne, Wyo .. and Theo- dore and Davis Carey, of the well-known publishing firm of Carey Bros. & Grevemyer, in Philadelphia. the Careys being his first cousins. The Hood fan- ily and the Wolfe family, with which Mr. Hood is allied by marriage, are two of the oldest and most prominent in the State of Delaware, his grandfather, Robert Hood, a gentleman of wealth and intelli- gence, having come from Pennsylvania.
John Hood. the eldest son of Robert Hood, was also a native of Pennsylvania. He bought, and for many years resided upon, a large and valuable tract of land lying on the coast near Rehoboth City, Sus- sex Co., Del. In politics he was a Democrat, and in the war of 1812 he served in the defense of his adopted State as captain of a company of volunteers stationed at Lewes. He married Hannah, daughter of Richard Greene, who came from Rhode Island, and settled on the farm which is now the Hood homestead.
John N. Hood was married, in 1855, to Jane Oliver Wolfe, who was born Sept. 5, 1817, a. daugh- ter of Daniel and Mary ( Ball) Wolfe. The descent
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of Mrs. John N. Hood is clearly traced to the Ball family of which the mother of Gen. George Wash- ington was a member. Joshua B. Wolfe, brother of Mrs. John N. Hood, was with Gen. Winfield Scott at the taking of the city of Mexico, and was greatly distinguished for bravery throughout the Mexican war. Mrs. John N. Hood, as well as her husband, was an earnest worker in the Presbyterian Church, and the family has always been influential and dis- tinguished. Mrs. Hood died in 1885, at the age of sixty-eight years, and Mr. Hood is now living in re- tirement.
John D. Hood, whose name opens this biograph- ical sketch, remained on the home farm until 1881, when he went to Dakota, California and Oregon. He passed five years in the West, and during a part of this period carried on a cattle ranch in Clackamas county, Ore. In 1885 he returned home, passed sev- eral months in leisure, and the same year began rail- roading as fireman, from which position he was pro- moted to an engineer. In 1887 he was transferred from Philadelphia to Columbia, and this has since been his home.
Mr. Hood was united in marriage at Philadel- phia, Oct. 16, 1889, with Mrs. Kate HI. Hershey, a native of Columbia, and to this marriage have been born three children. viz .: John V., Marion B. and Harold W. Mrs. Kate H. Hood is a daughter of Christian and Sarah R. (Hinkle) Hershey, and a granddaughter of Christian and Catherine ( Bren- ner) Hershey. She was first married to Amos Hershey, a locomotive engineer, who died March 19, 1882, at the age of thirty-one years. He was born in Lancaster county, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hertzler) Hershey. To this first marriage were born four children, namely: Daisy : Christian, who married Maud Melville, and resides in Philadelphia ; Harry and William, both clerks in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Hood are members of the First English Lutheran Church, of Columbia. In politics Mr. Hood is a Democrat, and socially is a member of the B. of L. E. and the Pennsylvania Railroad Relief Association.
Christian Hershey, deceased father of Mrs. Kate H. Hood, was born in Manor township, Lancaster county, Feb. 5, 1824. He married Sarah Rebecca Hinkle, in Columbia, and to this union the follow- ing named children were born : Mrs. Kate H. Hood ; Harry, of Columbia : William, of whom further men- tion will be made ; Sarah E., wife of Clauston Shert- zer, a farmer of Washington borough, Lancaster county ; and Anna, who died young. The father of this family was a gentleman of wealth and respecta- bility, and was called away Nov. 10, 1899, his re- mains being interred in Mount Bethel cemetery.
William Hershey, the third child born to Chris- tian and Saralı R. (Hinkle) Hershey, is a native of Columbia, and at the age of twenty-two years began braking for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company ; a few months later he was made a fireman and filled that position five years, when he was promoted to
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engineer, and is now considered as one of the most trusty and faithful in the employ of the company. He is still single. He is a Master Mason, also a member of the Commandery and Chapter, and in politics is a Republican.
KIRK JOHNSON is known in Lancaster as a man who has done more probably than any other citizen of the county toward making it possible for a musical instrument to be placed in every home, however humble, in the city. He was born on his. father's farm in New Jersey, June 4, 1861, a son of John W. Johnson, a native of Port Republic, New Jersey.
John W. Johnson is now living retired after years of activity on his farm. He devotes much of his time to the church, in which he has been a class- leader and exhorter for sixty-one years. In politics he is a Republican. His wife, Sarah Adams, of New Gretna, N. J., had six brothers, five of whom became Methodist ininisters. To John W. Johnson and his wife were born ten children, as follows: Elizabeth, Mrs. D. E. Norris, of Atlantic City, N. J. ; William N., superintendent of the American Ice Company. Atlantic City: Bella, Mrs. Kirby, of Atlantic City : Carrie, Mrs. Cramer, of New Gretna, N. J. ; Ell- wood S .. with the American Ice Company; Kirk ; Morris L., manager of Kirk Johnson's store at At- lantic City; J. Newton, an attorney in New York City ; Virginia May, Mrs. Sommers, of Oceanville, N. J. : and Revilla, deceased. The mother died Jan. 24, 1898.
Kirk Johnson, after trudging across the country six miles to attend district school for a very limited period, was kept at home to help on the farm until he was twenty-one years of age. At that time, with no other capital than that probity which his father and his now sainted mother had so deeply implanted in his breast, he started out to brave the world and hew his own future. He succeeded in securing en- ployment with F. A. North & Co., the noted musical dealers of Philadelphia, and was sent to Paterson. N. J., where a branch house was established by the Philadelphia firm. In 1883 Lancaster was made the objective point for the operations of this company. and here MIr. Johnson opened a branch house, con-» ducting it for two years, when he embarked in buis :- ness for himself. The beginning was modest, but he kept on and persevered until his place of business. No. 2.4 West King street, became the center of at- traction for all lovers of music. He has thirteen em- ployes, and at his branch store in Atlantic City there are nine. During this long residence in the county of his adoption Mr. Johnson has not only proved an educational force in the world of music, but has been equally forcible and beneficial in the public schools of the township in which he resides. His beautiful home is on the Philadelphia turnpike, just outside the city limits, in the upbuilding of which populous section he was a pioneer. The three handsome sub- urban cottages which he caused to be erected there
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formed the nucleus for a number of handsome homes. And as a recognition of his ability and pub- lic spirit the people of Lancaster township elected him to membership on the school board, where he has served for six years, and is still in office. Mr. Johnson has taken a lively interest in the erection of the new school building, which was completed in 1000, and which is now pronounced the finest pub- lic school building in Lancaster county. In politics Mr. Johnson is a Republican, and in religious views he is a Methodist. as is also his wife. Socially he belongs to Hershel Lodge, No. 134, I. O. O. F., and : he is also a member of the O. C. A. M .. and the B. P. O. E. Mr. Johnson has taken a leading posi- - tion in the community as a man of integrity, public spirit and genial character, and his friends are ! legion.
In March, 1884. Mr. Johnson was united in mar- riage with Allan M. Tompkins, who was born in Haddonfield, N. J., a daughter of Andrew and Sallie Jane Tompkins. Five children blessed this union, Orville W., Nelson C., George K., Ruth and Kirk Devon.
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FREDERICK SAMUEL ENGLE. of the firm of F. S. Engle & Bro., millers, at Engleside, a southern suburb of Lancaster, has his home at No. 142 South Queen street, in one of the seven elegant dwelling houses which his father, the late Frederick Engle, built.
Frederick Engle was born July 11, 1835. and died Dec. 19. 1899. He was one of the best known citi- zens of Lancaster, and did much to aid not only in the material improvement of the city, but in that of ¡ the suburbs as well. Having bought the old Greaff hotel property, and much other property about Greaff's Landing. Mr. Engle proceeded to improve it, rebuilding the hotel and equipping it after the fashion of the best city hotels, providing electric lights, cail belis, etc. He also planted a grove of young trees, now grown to fine proportions, and making the place one of the most delightful resorts in the section. Mr. Engle received a common-school education, and worked in the cotton mills until sev- enteen years of age, at which time he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a molder. He went to New Orleans, and for about six months in 1857 worked at his trade in that city, then returning to Lancaster, where he pursued his trade until 1861, when he en- listed in the 10th P. V. I., becoming a member of Company E. He served in the three months call, after which he re-enlisted in Company K, 79th P. V. I. He served three years. and participated in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged. Hc was mustered out as sergeant after a four-years' service for his country. During the whole time of the Civil war he was never sick or wounded. and made an excellent soldier. Mr. Engle engaged in the bottling business from 1871 until 1897. from which time he lived retired until his death. in 1899.
Mr. Engle married Elizabeth Suter, daughter of
Rudolph Suter, who years ago kept a shoe store in East King street. Of this union five children were born, three of whom are living, as follows: Cather- ine, wife of E. H. Rowley; Lewis Hartman. asso- ciated with his brother in the flour-mill business : and Frederick Samuel.
Frederick Samuel Engle, who can boast of an- cestors who were patriots in the Revolutionary war. was born in Lancaster Sept. 17, 1871. The public schools afforded him facilities for a good education,. and when he left the class-room it was to assist his father in the bottling business. On April 1. 1001, Mr. Engle, associated with his brother, Lewis Hart- man Engle, took possession of the well-equipped modern gristmill at Engleside which had been their father's. and which became theirs by inheritance. Here they have built up an excellent business, which is constantly on the increase.
Mr. Engle is a member of Lancaster Aerie. of. the Fraternal Order of Eagles. His name appears on the membership roll of the Reformed Church, and he takes an active interest in religious work. Politically he is an ardent Republican. Liberal in all things, and of genial. kindly nature. Frederick S. Engle is of the type of men to which his father be- longed-whole-souled and deservedly popular.
GILBERT SMITH. The Smith family of Dru- more township has long been one highly esteemed in this locality, and one of its most worthy members is Gilbert Smith, of Liberty Square, a prominent farmer of this neighborhood.
Gilbert Smith was born in this township. Oct. 13. 1851, a son of Preston and Hannah (Carter) Smith. deceased. Their ancestry reaches back to both Scot- land and Ireland. Preston Smith was a son of Sam- uel Smith, who reared four of his five children to maturity. Preston, born in 1816, died March 3, 1883 ; and Howard, Elizabeth and Samuel, all of whom have also passed out of life.
Preston Smith was united in marriage, Feb. I, 1844, to Hannah Carter. of Martic township, born in 1821, and died Nov. 5, 1894. She was a daugh- der of Alexander Carter, of Martic township, and she became the devoted mother of eight children : Edwin. born Jan. 28, 1845, died in 1851 : Albert, born May 8, 1846, is a farmer of this township. and he married Harriet Martin ; Elmyra, born in 18448. died in 1850; Kersey, born in 1849, died in 1850; Gilbert; Oliver, born in 1853. died in 1864: Clar- inda, born Sept. 18, 1855, is the wife of J. Mar- tin Ankrim, of this township; and Nora, who was born Oct. 5. 1863, married George H. Brown. of Little Britain, more extended notice of whom is given in his sketch. During life Preston Smith was a well-known citizen, a Republican in his politics. and a Quaker in his religious belief.
Reared in a pious and intelligent home, Gilbert Smith was equipped with good principles when he started out in life for himself. although his means were limited. His education had been acquired in the
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common schools, and after leaving his books he started out for himself as a farmer boy. By the ex- ercise of economy, energy and honesty, he gradually accumulated means, until now he owns one of the finest farms of the township, consisting of 118 acres, well cultivated and suitably improved.
On Oct. 8, 1887, Gilbert Smith was married to Elizabeth Rea, of Sadsbury township, a daughter of William and Sarah ( Draucker) Rea, of Scotch-Irish and German ancestry. This family was one of the prominent ones in the early settlement of Lancaster county, James Rea, the great-grandfather, a son of an early settler, having located on the farm which is still in the possession of the family. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith, I Forace Rea. born March IT, 1890; and Eugene Carter, born June 13, 1895. Nine children were born to the par- ents of Mrs. Smith: Amor, a farmer of Bart town- ship; Mary, the wife of Samuel G. Fogle, of this county : Hannah, who resides on the old home place : Philip D., a farmer of this township, whose sketch appears in another part of this volume : Adam F., a farmer of Sadsbury township: Sara .A., a teacher in the Lancaster county schools; Elizabeth I., born Feb. 27, 1858; S. Emma. single, living at home ; and Tames, who is a teacher in a college. in New York City. William Rea was born March 5, 1St, and died Oct. 14. 1881 ; his wife was born Aug. 27. 1819. and died Nov. 8, 1889.
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