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Mr. Brubaker was married Jan. 1, 1861, to Mar- garet A. Smoker, by whom he had the following children: Cora, who married James E. S. Paxton, an engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, has her home at Honey Brook, and has had two children ; Annie, who married Dr. Daniel W. Mar- shall, a druggist of Reading; Harriet, who married Dr. W. N. Klemmer, a physician in Germania, Pa., and has one child; Gertrude, who married Charles M. Diller, a merchant of New Holland, and has had two children, one deceased.
Mrs. Brubaker was born in Earl township, Dec. 25, 1840, a daughter of Isaac and Nancy ( Ditlow) Smoker. Her father died May 6. 1862, at the age of seventy-one, and his widow passed to her rest in June, 1871. Both were buried in the New Hol- land cemetery. They were members of the Luth- eran Church, where he was a vestryman many years, and was instrumental in building the elegant struc- ture in New Holland. In his younger days he did a business in speculating, and carried on a hotel. To him and his wife were born: Ditlow, who died in St. Louis : John, Isaac and one other child, who all died in infancy : Eveline, who died unmarried at the age of seventy: Abraham G., deceased : Anna. who married Levi Kinzer ; Amanda D., who married first Dr. Daniel Henderson, and second. Jacob Ment- zer ; Louisa, who married Levi Watts; Amos mar- ried to Catharine Carpenter; Elizabeth, married to Henderson Wallace: George M., who married Fan- nie Vandersal ; and Margaret A.
The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Brubaker were Isaac and Nancy Smoker, both residents of Lancaster county, and farming people.
Roland S. Brubaker lived with his parents until he was ten years of age, when he went to Lancas- ter to attend school for three years. There he re- mained until he was fifteen, when he was taken into the store of Moses Eby, at Intercourse, and held that position for three years .. At the end of that period of clerking he went into the store of Diller & Bru- baker, at New Holland, where he was retained for three years. At the end of this time he bought out Mr. Philip R. Brubaker, and with E. C. and Amos Diller operated the store for ten years. At that time Mr. Amos Diller retired in favor of his son, William G. Diller, and for four years the firm was Diller, Brubaker & Diller. At the end of this time Mr. Bru- baker disposed of his holdings, and was retired for a year and a half, engaging in settling up affairs.
His next business enterprise was in the butcher business with John Mevers, with whom he con- tinued until the death of the latter in 1900. Since the death of Mr. Meyers, Mr. Brubaker has carried on the business alonc.
Mr. Brubaker was president of the town council 1
for the first three years after the incorporation of the borough. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brubaker are members of the Lutheran Church, of which he has been an elder for twenty years, and Sunday-schou: superintendent for forty years. In politics he is a Democrat.
WILLIAM YEAGER HALDY, proprietor of the extensive granite and marble works on North Queen street, Lancaster, is a worthy member of a family than whom none is better known or more highly respected in the city or county.
Lewis Haldy, father of William Y., was born Feb. 17, 1825, at Herbezeim, Lorraine, at that time 2 province of France, now a part of the German empire. In September, 1832, his widowed mother, with her son. three daughters and a sister. set sail in the ship "Pennsylvania," from Havre, France, for Phila- delphia, and on Sunday morning, Dec. 2. 1832, the vessel grounded on a sand bar off Cape Hatteras, ou the coast of North Carolina. After a day and a night of great suspense-for the vessel threatened every moment to go to pieces-passengers and crew were rescued by a passing vessel and taken to Charles- ton, S. C., where the unfortunates were cared for most kindly. Everything they possessed was lost in the wreck. but the good people of the city provided them with all necessaries, and looked after their personal comfort. After three weeks' time the Haldy family were placed aboard a vessel bound for Philadelphia, but were fated to not reach their desti- nation without further trials, for while in the Dela- ware river the ship they were on became frozen fast in the ice for six days. At last the "Quaker City" was reached, and a week later the emigrants were taken to Cecil county, Md .. by Henry Horstman, a brother of Mrs. Haldy. There Lewis remained until 1841, early in that year coming to Lancaster county, and locating in Strasburg, where he commenced to learn the tinner's trade. Not liking that line of business, however, he, in April of the same year, re- , moved to Lancaster City, and apprenticed himself to Daniel Fagan, a marble mason, who had his works on North Queen street. After learning the trade he went to Reading to work, but not long afterward lle returned to Lancaster, and for some time was ci- ployed by the Moderwells, who operated a freight line between Lancaster and Philadelphia. In 1840 he went into business for himself. on West Chestnut street, in the granite and marble industry, finally re- moving to North Queen street, and in 1884 he ad- mitted his son, William Y., into partnership. For nine months during the Civil war he served in the 50th P. V. I., as quartermaster, and in 1864 he went out with the emergency men in the ninety-days can.
On Nov. 15, 1846, Lewis Haldy married Miss Mary Sabina Yeager, daughter of the late Frederick Yeager, and in 1896 this honored couple celebrated their golden wedding. Three children were born to them : Walter A., who was cashier of the Lancaster
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County National Bank, and who died Dec. 1, ISO1 ; William Y., of whom further mention will presently be made ; and Miss Mary W., at home. The father was called from earth April 12, 1800; the motner is vet living in Lancaster, enjoying the esteem and regard of a wide circle of friends and relatives, and beloved by her children.
Lewis Haldy in religious connection was a prom- inent member of the First M. E. Church, and in fra- ternal relationships was affiliated with Lancaster Lodge, No. 67, I. O. O. F., also with Washington Encampment, No. II, and for many years he was a member of the Tucquan Club. In the days of the old volunteer fire department of Lancaster he belonged to Friendship Fire Company, and at one time was its vice president. For many years he was a director of the Lancaster County National Bank, and in every walk of life he was a good citizen, always ready in 'his years of health and strength to take part in any movement for the good of the city in which he passed over half a century of his life. Probably the most noble and distinguishing characteristics of Mr. Haldy were his Christian benevolence and practical pat- riotism, and during the years of his active life in Lancaster there was seldom a movement in the in- terest of religion or charity in which he was not an active and influential factor. Not a little of the noblest work of his life was done as the coadjuter of the Patriotic Daughters, of which society he was in many ways the main reliance, in their self-sacri- ficing efforts to aid and comfort the volunteer sol- diers during the Civil war.
William Yeager Haldy, second son of Lewis, was born March 11, 1854, in Lancaster, in the old brick dwelling which is now the North Queen street front of Haldy's Marble Works. At the public schools of his native city he received his education, and was graduated from Lancaster high school July 1, 1870. Just seventeen days thereafter, he entered the em- ploy of his father as an apprentice to the granite and marble cutting trade, serving four years and eight months. On April 1, 1884, he was received into partnership by his father, the firm name becoming Lewis Haldy & Son, and during the last ten years of his father's life the son was practically in con- trol of the business. Since the death of the former the latter has carried on the concern under his own name.
In 1877 William Y. Haldy married Miss Ada F. Zook, daughter of Noah Zook, who with his brother, Abraham, was murdered, in 1866, at Vicksburg, Miss., whither they had gone to engage in the cot- ton trade. The body of Abraham Zook was found, but that of his brother, the father of Mrs. Haldy, never came to light. They were brothers of J. Gust Zook, the prominent leaf-tobacco dealer, whose sketch will be found elsewhere. To Mr. and Mrs. Haldy children were born as follows: Mary S., a graduate of the Lancaster high school ; Abbie F., who attended the Girls' high school, Lancaster, class of
1902; and Harry R. and Fred Zook, both of whom entered the Lancaster high school in September, 1001. The entire family are adherents of the First M. E. Church, of Lancaster.
Socially Mr. Haldy is one of the most popular citizens of Lancaster, progressive and loval. He be- longs to Washington Encampment, No. II, I. O. O. F. A thorough business man, and expert in his particular line. it is not a matter of surprise that the business established by the father, large as it was, should have grown to its present mammoth propor- tions under the management of the son on whom the mantle fell.
ROBERT S. KNOX, a prominent citizen and general farmer of Manor township, Lancaster coun- ty, Pa., who owns a farm of forty-five acres near Letort, was born in Lycoming county, Sept. 27, 1845, and is a son of John H. and Ann E. (Moran) Knox of Irish descent.
John Knox, grandfather of Robert S., was a native of County Antrim, Ireland, but at the age of twelve years he went to Scotland, and soon after- ward came to the United States, finding a home at Larry's Creek. Lycoming county, Pa., where he grew to manhood, engaged in farming ; he also op- erated both grist and saw-mills, and was altogether a successful business man. A bitter opponent of slavery as it then existed at the South, he was an active worker on the underground railroad, and his home was a safe harbor for many a dusky fugitive. To his marriage with Catherine Stewart, a native of Lycoming county, but of Irish extraction, were born four children, viz: Charles, who drifted to some point in Illinois ; Robert, a civil engineer and school teacher, who settled in Kansas : John H. ; and Jane, who was married to Hughes Russell, an ex- tensive farmer and miller of Lycoming county. The parents and children are all now deceased. They were all members of the M. E. Church.
John H. Knox was born April 15, 1815, was educated at Carlisle University, was a farmer, and also erected and conducted a cement mill. For years he was an active Republican: when the Civil war broke out he raised a company of infantry at his personal expense in April, 1861, was elected its cap- tain, and was assigned as Co. D, to the 11th P. V. I .. for three years' service. This regiment had its first experience at the front under Gen. Burnside, but early in the campaign Capt. Knox was seized with camp fever, and returned home, and died Feb. 2S, 1862.
To the union of John H. Knox and Ann E. Mo- ran, daughter of John and Mary ( Penny) Moran, were born four children, viz: Catherine S., wife of Henry Kehler. of West Hempfield township, Lan- caster county ; John M., a wholesale commission merchant, of Hazleton, Luzerne county : Robert S .: and James R., an expert machinist of Richmond. Virginia.
Robert S. Knox was reared in his native county
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and attended the public schools of Jersey Shore until seventeen years old. and then enlisted June 27, 1863, in the 17th Pennsylvania State militia for ninety days and was mustered in as corporal. In June, 1864, Corporal Knox enlisted in Co. F, 195th P. V. I .. served in Maryland and West Virginia, and was honorably discharged Nov. 7, 1864.
At the conclusion of his military career, Robert S. Knox went to Jeddo, Luzerne county, entered the mercantile establishment of G. B. Markie as clerk, and was also associated with the Lehigh Rail- road Company as shipping clerk for twelve years ; he then came to Lancaster county on a visit. but once here decided to remain. His first marriage took place in this county Jan. 30, 1879, to Annie M., daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Hostetter) Hershey, and the newly married couple at once set- tled on the present farm of forty-five acres, which they converted into a most desirable home. Mrs. Annie M. Knox, however, passed away Jan. 6, 1888, without issue, and May 30, 1892, Mr. Knox mar- ried Miss Annie Garretson, who was born in Flora Dale, Adams Co., Pa., and is a daughter of Joel and Anna (Cookson) Garretson. This union was blessed with four children: John M., born March 26, 1894: Robert G., born Nov. 7. 1897: James Stewart, born July 17, 1900: and Henry Kehler, . born Sept. 10, 1901, who died Nov. IS, 1001.
Robert S. Knox is a most public-spirited gen- tleman and has taken a great interest in the wel- fare of the community since residing in Manor town- ship; he has been on the school board for nine years, now serving his fourth term as a Republican member, and is a member of Gen. Welch Post, No. II8, G. A. R.
PETER H. SAUDER. Among the prominent citizens and worthy representatives of an old and honored county family of East Earl township, is Peter Sauder, who resides on the old farm first pur- chased by his grandfather, Henry Sauder, supposed to have come hither from his native Switzerland. His life was a pastoral one. his acres being many and his herds large. His death occurred in this lo- cality about 1822 or 1824.
Peter Sauder, son of Peter and father of Peter (3), was born in 1801, and died in 1864. His home through life was on the fine old farm located within one mile of the village of Goodville. where he followed agricultural pursuits, added to his acre- age, made improvements and reared a large family to become highly respected and useful citizens of this vicinity. He married Esther Hoffman, who was a daughter of George Hoffman, her death occurring at the age of fifty-seven years. Seven of their chil- dren grew to maturity: Henry, who is a resident of East Earl township, a retired farmer : Elizabeth, the wife of David Newswenger, of Caernarvon township : Esther, deceased wife of Levi Weaver : George, deceased. a farmer of East Earl township; Peter H .: Susannah, the wife of Emanuel News-
wenger. of Caernarvon township: and Mary, the wife of Abraham M. Brubaker, of East Earl town- ship. Both parents were consistent and worthy members of the Mennonite Church, and exemplified in their lives the simplicity and uprightness of their religious belief.
Peter H. Sauder, our subject proper. was born March 24, 1832, and grew from boyhood to youth and manhood with his interests always cen- tering in agricultural pursuits. The old farm has been his home and he owns 100 acres of the land, the old estate having been divided into two farms of some [40 acres each. Mr. Sauder is one of the most progressive men in the locality as he has also been one of the most successful. His interest has always been shown in educational matters and he has been a leading and influential member of the school board in his township.
The first marriage of Mr. Sauder was in 1861. to Miss Annie Wanner, a daughter of Daniel Wan- ner, of East Earl township; her death occurred in 1874. Eight children were born to this union : Ma- ria, the wife of David Martin, of East Earl town- ship: Alice, the wife of Henry Newswenger, of Salisbury township : Annie, the wife of John Shetz- ley, of East Earl township; Moses, of East Earl township : Susannah, the widow of Eli Martin. of East Earl township : Emma, unmarried : Barton W., who married Hittie Martin, and farms the old home- stead ; and Margaret, the wife of Morris Banshman, of East Lampeter township.
For his second wife Mir. Sauder married in Sep- tember, 1875, Barbara Hurst, a daughter of David and Leah (Musser) Hurst, a native of Ephrata township, and a most estimable lady and devoted wife and mother. The two daughters born to this marriage are Barbara and Leah, both at home. The family is one of the old and honored ones of the county and has long been prominent in the Mennon- ite Church.
AMOS GILBERT, mayor of Quarryville, was born July 7, 185S, in Eden township. His parents were ]. Harding and Hannah H. (Whitson) Gil- bert, of Lancaster county, where both were born, Mr. Gilbert in 1824 and Mrs. Gilbert in 1828.
The father was reared in Lancaster county, and after arriving at maturity conducted a tannery for many years in Eden township. In 1858 he pur- chased a farm, which he conducted in connection with his tannery business. He was elected a jus- tice of the peace in his township, and held that office for over thirty years, and to within a few years of the time of his death, in 1893. His aged and worthy wife still resides on the homestead. Of a family of seven children, five are living, as follows: May, born in Lancaster county, who is the wife of Albion Walter, a farmer of Bart township, and has one daughter, Emma: Edward M., a leading lawyer of Lancaster City ; Hugh W., born in Lancaster coun- ty, a leading business man and postmaster of his
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borough, who married and has a family of five chil- dren : Joseph H., born in Lancaster county, who is . unmarried and is engaged in the laundry business in Oxford, Chester county, Pa. Two of the children, George and John, died when young.
Amos Gilbert was reared on his father's farm, and was educated in the schools of the district. In 1886 he married Miss Hannah Dickinson, a young lady born and raised in Lancaster county. She was the daughter of James and Ruth Dickinson, a lead- ing Quaker family of the county. After their mar- riage Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert moved to Quarryville, where he purchased a creamery which he still suc- : ine Marshall, who is now the mother of eight chil- cessfully conducts. Mrs. Gilbert died in 1893, leav- ing her husband and three sons, E. Dickinson, J. Roland and James D., to mourn her loss.
Mr. Gilbert has always been identified with the Republicans in politics, and is prominent in that party. In 1889 he was elected mayor of his borough. and he still hokis that position. When the borough was first organized he was elected a school director, and held that office for seven years. In 1902 he was elected a delegate to the State convention. He is : a member of the Masonic Order, Washington Lodge, No. 156, of Quarryville.
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In 1897 Mr. Gilbert was married to his present wife, who was Miss Olive Gravbill, of Duncannon. and a lady of fine mental and social qualities. No children have been born to this union. Mr. Gilbert takes a prominent part in the social, business and political circles of his vicinity, and is well and fa- vorably known throughout the county. His family is one of the pioneer Quaker families of this part of Pennsylvania. His father, J. Harding Gilbert, is es- pecially well remembered by the older members of the community, as an honest and an upright citizen, and the same may well be said of his son, for no man has ever charged him with any unfair transaction or treatment of a fellow-citizen. He is very popular and possesses the friendship and esteem of the en- tire community.
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SYLVESTER FRYBARGER. This native- born citizen of Salisbury township, Lancaster coun- ty, veteran of the Civil war and general farmer, was born Dec. 14, 1841, a son of George and Lydia A. (Sterlinger) Frybarger, natives respectively of Ger- many and Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.
George Frybarger was but two years of age when he was brought to America by his father, John G. Frybarger, in 1804, and put in charge of John Kurtz to be reared. George Frybarger, who was born in 1802, was a school teacher in his earlier years and later a farmer, and died March 19, 1873 : his wife, who was born in 1804, died Oct. 17, 1872, the remains of both being buried in Asbury church cemetery. To their marriage were born six chil- dren, namely: William L., deceased; Catherine, widow of Martin Dein and still living on the old home place in Salisbury township; Lydia A., de- ceased wife of Levi Bowers; Mary, deceased ; Syl-
vester : and George, a carpenter at Kansas City, Mis- souri.
Sylvester Frybarger lived on the home farm with his parents until his marriage, when he went to housekeeping in another dwelling on the same land from September until April, and then in another dwelling elsewhere in the township, meanwhile working out for the neighboring farmers until his enlistment. His marriage took place June 2. 1362, in Salisbury township, to Miss Sabina Fellenbaum, who has borne him twelve children. namely: Elmer E., of East Earl township, and married to Cather-
dren ; Laura, who was married to Isaac Means, had four children, and is now deceased ; Matilda J., wife of John Lowery, a produce merchant of East Earl township, to whom she has borne three children ; John H., residing in Nankin, Ohio; Anna M., and Mary E., who died in infancy ; George M .. and S. Clayton, still at home ; Walter H., a farmer in Salis- bury township and married to Mabel Palmer, who has two children: Emma, wife of John Spots, and the mother of three children; Lydia S., who died young ; and Hannah M., still residing with her par- ents.
Mrs. Sabina (Fellenbaum) Frybarger was born in Earl township, Lancaster county, March 1. 1843, and is a daughter of Edwin and Hannah J. ( Clark) Folienbaum, of Salisbury township, the former of whom died May 6, 1865, when forty-six years old, and the latter, Dec. 14, 1865, at the age of forty- five : they were buried in Rauck's church cemetery. Their children, ten in number, were born and named in the following order: Edwin, a laborer in the Middletown pipe mill. Middletown, Pa .; Sabina, now Mrs. Sylvester Frybarger; George, a farmer in Ashland county, Ohio: Susan, wife of Isaac Palmer : Thomas, a farmer in East Earl township: John, in Missouri ; William, deceased; Amos, in Ohio; Sarah J., wife of Benjamin Roland, in Ash- land county, Ohio ; and Margaret, now Mrs. Roland, of Elkhart, Indiana.
In the spring of 1863, unable longer to brook the outrageous contumely of the Rebels at the South, Mr. Frybarger responded to the call for ninety-day volunteers, enlisted, and was stationed at Hagers-% town, Md., and while there received word that he had been drafted in Salisbury township and had ben assigned to Co. C, 83d P. V. I. He took part in his first engagement three weeks after leaving home, was on picket duty for some time, was all through the Rappahannock Valley campaign, was at Cold Harbor and in front of Petersburg. Va., and in fact in all the marches, skirmishes, sieges and en- gagements in which his regiment took part, without receiving even a wound, until honorably discharged at Harrisburg, Pa., July 3, 1865, when he returned to his home, and the day after his arrival cradled, tied and shocked two acres of grain.
Mr. Frybarger continued to work out for the neighboring farmers until .1866, when he purchased
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his present farm. to which he has since devoted his entire attention. and which is now as fine a farm of its dimensions as there is to be found in Salisbury township.
In 1875 Mr. Frybarger met with a serious acci- dent, being thrown from his horse and breaking his right leg, which necessitated amputation above the knee, but otherwise he has enjoyed excellent health and is remarkably active considering the loss of his limb.
Mr. and Mrs. Frybarger are consistent members of the United Evangelical Church, and in politics Mr. Frybarger is a staunch Republican. He has al- ways led an industrious life and is deservedly worthy of the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow citizens of Salisbury township.
JACOB MELLINGER. Among the early set- tlers of Lancaster county, whose descendants still bear the old name with honor, respected by their fellow-citizens, were the ancestors of the Meilinger family, who with courage and enterprise did much to develop the natural resources of this part of the great State of Pennsylvania.
To go no farther back into ancestral history than the father of Jacob Mellinger, we reach across a long space of years, as John Mellinger was born on Oct. 19, 1790, and lived until Sept. 12, 1855. His wife was born in Manor township. May 2. 1799, and died in Strasburg township, March 16. 1871. These parents reared a family of nine children : Christian, born Oct. 20, 1816, who lived in Leacock township at the time of his death; John B., born Sept. 19, 1818. in Strasburg township, who died there Nov. 19, 1845, a farmer : Benjamin, born Oct. 12, 1820, who lived on the old homestead with his brother Jacob, and died there Nov. 16, 1883: Eliz- abeth, born May 12. 1823, who married Abram Den- linger, of Millersville, and died at the age of seven- ty-five: Jacob; Abraham, born July 6, 1829, who died Nov. 16, 1833: Ann, born June 30, 1833, who died about 1897, the wife of John E. Hershey, of Paradise township : Mary, born June 26, 1836, mar- ried to Bishop Isaac Eby, of Kinzers, Lancaster county ; and Susanna, born Feb. 5, 1839, who died unmarried.
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