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For the first six years of his life Charles H. Smith lived with his parents in the hotel at Kinzers. where he was born. Then his father retired from the hotel business and moved his family to Lancaster for one year, during which time he erected a new home at Kinzers, whither he again removed his fam-
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ily, and where Charles lived until 1885, when his fa- ther died. He was then thirteen years of age, and went to live with his sister, Mrs. Eckert, at Chris- tiana, Pa., where he attended the high school for two vears. Later he worked in a livery stable at Gap, Pa., for two years. In 1889, at the age of seven- teen he returned to Lancaster, and held the position of mail messenger for two years, his employer being John F. Brimmer, at Brimmer's Livery. During this time he took a night course in Weidler's Business College, after which Mr. Brimmer took him into his office, where he held the position of clerk and bookkeeper for all three branches of Mr. Brimmer's extensive business-livery, leaf tobacco business and manufacture of cigars. In 1898, when Mr. Brimmer sold out his livery business to G. Harry Reed, Mr. Smith became associated with the latter in the capacity of manager and as partner of the new owner, and on March 20, 1902, himself purchased the entire business from Mr. Reed. Mr. Smith is a Republican in politics, and is fraternallv connected with the Elks, Artisans and Roval Arcanum. He was married Ang. 23, 1891, to Miss Eva B. Marrow, daughter of John W. Marrow, and of this union there is one son, Wilbur Grant.
LINDEN HALL SEMINARY. Probably the best, and at the same time the briefest, descriptive account of Linden Hall Seminary is that to be found in the opening paragraph of the annual circular. It is as follows :
"This institution for the education of young la- dies, founded in the year 1704. came into existence at the request of parents living in Pennsylvania and Maryland, who desired to have their daughters in- structed in the elements of a polite education -- the opportunities for which were in that day very lim- ited-whilst their physical and religious well-being should at the same time be specially consid- ered and fostered. The recognition of the orig- inal demand upon it. and of the trust that was placed in it, has remained the aim and motive of the school. It exists only for the sake of its scholars. In their welfare it finds its mission."
As a school, however, the Seminary has had a continuous existence for more than a century and a half. From the very beginning of the Moravian Church in 1457, its history has been a history of ed- ucation, and wherever Moravian emigrants found a home in this country the church and the school house grew up side by side. This was what took place when a settlement was effected in Warwick township, Lancaster county. In 1748 a congrega- tion of the Moravian Church was organized, and the next year, 1749, a log house was built a little north of the creek, on "Lititz Springs." This house was used as a chapel, parsonage and school house. In 1754, George Klein, the owner of a large tract. of land, all of which he gave to the Moravian Church. built a two-story stone house, on the south side of the creek, on the site now occupied by the property
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of Peter S. Reist, Esq., on Main street, to which the chapel, parsonage and school were removed. The settlement was called Lititz by Count Zinzen- dori in memory of the barony of Lititz in Bohemia, where the followers of John Huss found a refuge on the estate of King George of Podiebrad, and organ- ized themselves in 1457 into the Church of the Mo- ravian and Bohemian Brethren.
The corner-stone of the Sister's House. now "The Castle" part of Linden Hall, was laid june 7, 1758. After its completion and dedication. May IS. 1702, the parochial school for girls was con- ducted in that building. In 1769 that part of the present "Hall" occupied by the Principal's study and the school dining room was built. and was known as the "Kinder Haus" (children's house ). This was enlarged in 1804. and the boarding school was moved into it after the building had been dedi- cated on Aug. cóth, of that year. Previous to 1794, however, the school had existed simply as a. para- chial or day school, but in that year Mrs. Marvel. of Baltimore, who was visiting Lititz. insisted that the Sisters should take charge of her little daughter Margaret, then nine years of age, in order that she might attend the regular parochial school. Little "Peggy" Marvel, as she was called, then became the first boarding scholar on Sept. 7. 1794, and the founding of the "Lititz Boarding School," as it was first called, dates from that time. As a school for girls there is probably none older in this country, and as a distinctively Boarding School for the high- er education of girls and young women it is recog- nized as the second oldest, having an uninterrupted history of 109 years ( 1903).
During this interval upwards of 4.000 young wo- men have gone forth from its walls prepared for the serious duties of life. Drawing as it did, its first pu- pil from Baltimore, the names of many of the carly and well known families of Maryland and Virginm are to be found on its rolls, and prominent names of families high in the councils of the nation, partic- ularly before the war of the Rebellion. are well rep- resented. The names, too, and nearly all the moth- ers, of the old and well established families of Lan- caster city and county, are to be found somewhere among the early records of the institution. Unfor- tunately many of these records have been either lost or destroyed, and though referred to in private or church diaries have not been found. A partial list of pupils between 1794 and 1804 reveals such well known Lancaster names as Steinman, Henry. Gun- daker, Clark. Watson, Carpenter. Fahnestock. Ell- maker, Forney, Lightner and Wilson.
Time and modern ideas have wrought many changes in this venerable institution. The changes from wood fires and tallow dins, to steam heat. elec- tric light. and other modern conveniences. have been very great. But high ideals of womanly culture and conduct have ever animated the spirit of the school life, and if the reminiscences left upon record by the pupils of a century ago are trustworthy, life at
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Linden Hall has always been peculiarly happy and productive of excellent results.
A list of the former principals is appended to this article. beginning with John Herbst. in 1704. to the present incumbent Charles D. Kreider, who entered upon his service of the school as assistant principal in 1897. and as principal in isos. The two men who served the school for the longest time, and who. therefore, probably impressed their personal- ity to a greater extent upon its work, were Eugene A. Frueauif and Herman A. Brickenstein : the for- mer was principal from 1838 to 1855, and again from 1868 to 1873. To him the school owes not only its name "Linden Hall." but the loval devotion of many alumnae. It was he who planted the first linden trees, and gave the best energies of his life to the work of the institution which he loved. Fol- lowing immediately in his footstep was the second. Herman A. Brickenstein, principal from 1873 to 1802. Many are the women today who rise up to call him blessed. His life, like that of his predeces- sor, was devoted to education and was an example and inspiration to all who knew him.
PRINCIPALS OF LINDEN HALL SEMINARY : John Herbst. 1704-1802: John Meder, 1802-1805: John F. Frucauff. 1805-1815: Andrew Benade. 1815- 1822: Christian Bechler, 1822-1824: Samuel Reinke. 1821-1820: John G. Kummer, 1826-1830; Charles F. Kluge, 1830-1836: Peter Wolle. 1836- 1838: Eugene A. Frueauf. 1838-1855: Julius T. Beckler, 1855-1802 : William C. Reichel. 1862-1808: Eugene A. Frucauff, 1808-1873: Herman .A. Brick- enstein, 1873-1892: Charles B. Shultz, 1802-1807: Charles I. Moench, 1807-1808: and Charles D. Kreidler. 1808.
CHARLES D. KREIDER, the present principal ( Ieog), came to his work well equipped to maintain! both the standard and reputation of Linden Hall. He was born and spent his boyhood in Lancaster city, receiving his preliminary education in the Lan- caster schools. After graduating at the Moravian College. he served six years as teacher at Nazareth Hall. the Moravian School for Boys at Nazareth, Pa .. and for a year as instructor at the Moravian College. Imbued with the spirit of Moravian edu- cational ideas, and familiar with modern method and practice. his work promises to preserve the well earnedl and established reputation of Linden Hall Seminary as Lancaster county's oldest and most widely known school for girls and young women.
JOHN SCHOCK. a prominent resident of Mt. Joy, now living in retirement, was for many years closely identified with the agricultural and com- merciai interests of Lancaster county in various lines, and enjoys the respect and esteem of his fel- low citizens for his many sterling traits of character.
grandfather. John Schock, a native of Germany was the pioneer in Lancaster county, where in 173.4. he settled for life in Manor township, near Cres- well, on land now occupied by one of his great- grandsons, John Schock. a farmer. It was inche- el in what is now known as Turkey Hill. and a: he gradually added to his possesions. at the time of his death he owned a large tract. His home was a rude house of hewed locust logs. Of the family of eight children born to John Schock and his wife. we have mention of John. Jacob, Henry and Abra- liam.
Abraham Schock, the grandfather of John. of this sketch, was born in Manor township, where he married and remained until 1;Ss. removing then to East Donegal township and locating at what is known as Schock's Mills. Here he engaged in farming and also conducted a gristmitt. His death occurred in 1820. By his first wife. Anna Grove. he had four children: Jacob, Henry, Abraham ani Anna, the wife of Thomas Bradley. all of these now deceased. His second union was with Anna Treicl :- ler. of York county, Pa .. and the two children of this marriage. John and Fanny, died young.
Henry Schock was born in 1703. in East Donegal township, and was a successful farmer. beginning his agricultural life, on his own account. on a farm of sixty-five acres, in East Donegal township: 25 time passed, he added to the same, until he owned 1)5 acres, which has since been sold to different parties. Two gristmills stood on his original place. and he had them operated for him and cultivated his land, and thus by thrift and energy accam :- lated a comfortable competence.
Henry Schock was united in marriage to Anna Greider, of Conoy township, who was born in isoo. and died in 1841. His death occurred in 1835, and both are buried in a private burying ground in Eas: Donegal township, located on a farm adioinin: their own, which was formerly owned by Mi :. Schock's grandmother Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Schock did not belong to any church but leane !! toward the German Baptist faith. Their family consisted of seven children : Abraham, who died in Lancaster county: Henry. who died in Lancaster . county : John of this biography : Jacob, who died in Lancaster county : Anna. the widow of Seivestes Crout, of East Donegal township : Martha. who mar- ried B. F. Hiestand, of this township, president (: the. Marietta Casting Company : and Mary, who died in infancy.
John Schock was reared on the old homestead in East Donegal township, where he remained unti: he was sixteen years okl. and had obtained his edu- cation in the neighboring public schools. For the six years following he was engaged as clerk in a store in Marietta, in which town he also engage i in.the lumber business for seven years : during the next seven years he carried on milling. on the odd! homestead, in partnership with his brother Abra-
Mr. Schock was born Jan. 7. 1825. in East Don- egal township, three miles west of Marietta, and comes of a family that has been well known in Lan- caster county for several generations. His great ham. In 186t, he came to Mt. Joy, where he has
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since resided, and took up the business of his father- in-law. John Patterson, dealing in coal. lumber, flour .cel grain, and later adding the oil business. Until : 05 be continued in these lines, but since then he has ved retired, his son Clarence now conducting the ":siness.
Mr. Schock's career has been one of successful activity in the mercantile world, and he has never given much time to public affairs, although he has served two terms as school director, in Mt. Joy bor- ugh, with satisfaction to all concerned. His record as a business man is one of which he may well be proud, for besides acquiring a substantial compe- ience in his active years, he gained and maintained the highest reputation for integrity and probity, as well as thrifty management. His political support is given to the Republican party.
On Feb. 10, 1852, Mr. Schock was married to Miss Mary Ann Patterson, and four chikiren have blessed this union: Percy P., editor of the Marierta Register, of Marietta, who married Sue B. Linde- muth, and has four chikiren, Marguerite. john P., Lewis L., and Mary ; Harry C., a prominent citizen of Mt. Joy, where he is connected with various im- portant enterprises, being president of the Mt. Jos Malting Company, president of the Union National Bank, and a member of the Council for three years, who married Fredrica C. Frank, and has four chii- ·Iren, Mary B., P. Frank, Caroline F., and Arthur P'. : Clarence, who still resides with his parents and carries on his father's business ; and John I .. , whose death occurred in 1885, after a brilliant career through the United States Naval Academy, from which he graduated at the head of his class, of 120 members, taking all the honors. He entered the Academy in 1877 and was graduated in 1881, fol- lowing which came his appointment as naval con- structor, with the rank of first lieutenant.
Mrs. Schock comes of an okl and distinguished family of Lancaster county, and was born in Rapho township, a daughter of John and Barbara Anna ( Coffinan) Patterson, the former of whom was, in his day, a prominent and well-to-do merchant.
ALEXANDER PATTERSON, deceased. Many of the beautiful homes of Lancaster county have been bereft of those who for many years were not only esteemed and revered as heads of house- holds but possessed the respect of the community in which their lives had been spent. Such in marked degree was the case of Alexander Patterson, who passed out of life Oct. 28, 1887, at the age of sixty- nine years. While sorrow fell upon the neighbor- hood. it most deeply touched the devoted wife.
Alexander Patterson was born at Big Chickies, Pa., in 1818, a son of Arthur and Catherine ( Ober- lin) Patterson, whose family consisted of : William. who married Elizabeth Wisler: Jane, who marriedl l'eter Lindemuth : Alexander and Elizabeth, twins. the former of whom married Elizabeth Hollinger. and the latter married Rev. John Arthur, of the M.
E. Church : Douglas, who died single; and Arthur, who became a physician and married Emily A. Hooper. The pioneer of this family in America was Arthur Patterson, who came from Ireland. in 1721, and settled on Chiquesalunga creek, in this county, married Ann Scott, who was a daughter of Abraham Scott, of Ireland, and became the father of Samnel Scott Patterson, who was also the father of a son Samuel, of this county.
Alexander Patterson was reared on the farm and in his youth attended the best schools of the dis- trict. At the deathof his father he went into the business of drover, one which at that day was most necessary and remunerative. As he was very suc- cessful. he continued on the road until about one vear after his marriage, but in January, 1851, he moved to Mt. Joy borough where he resided for the rest of his life. For some time previous to his death, he did little more than trucking in a small wav. For many years he filled the position of school director, as he always took a deep interest in educational mat- ters. His political affiliations were with the Repub- lican party. and in every way he fulfilled the duties of a good citizen.
Alexander Patterson was married Jan. 7, 1850, 111 Philadelphia. to Elizabeth Hollinger, who was born in Elizabeth township in 1828. a daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Zortman) Hollinger. of Eliz- abeth township, this county. The former died at the old home where they lived in Alt. Joy township, at the age of sixty-five, the widow surviving until 1885, when she passed away at the age of eighty- one at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson, and was buried in the beautiful cemetery of Mt. Tov. Both parents were consistent members of the Lutheran Church. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hollinger were: Elizabeth, the widow of Al- exander Patterson : Jacob, a farmer, near Paris, Ill. ; Eli, who died on the old farm in 1880 ; and Mary A., the wife of Frederick A. Ricker. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Patterson were Adam and Barbara Hollinger, the former of whom was a farin- er of Lancaster county. Adam was the son of Jacob Hollinger, who came to this country in 1736, and later took part in the Revolutionary war. The ma- ternal grandparents. Alexander and Catherine Zort- man, came to this country from Germany.
Mrs. Patterson has passed through some very sad experiences. It has been her lot to smooth the brow and calm the dying hours of her beloved hus- band, her mother, her brother Eli and his two chil- dren, and also of Douglas Patterson, her brother-in- law. and to see them pass out of her home, never to return. Mrs. Patterson is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, where she gives liberally to advance every benevolent enterprise.
GEORGE O. ROLAND. It is only within the last few years that the people generally have come to realize how very closely the general prosperity of the country is connected with the careful manage-
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ment of the banking institutions of the land, and with this knowledge has come a demand for men of ability to stand at the head of the banks of the pres- ent dav. New Holland has been and is at the pres- ent time peculiarly happy in the character of the men to whom its financial interests are committed, and among them we find our subject.
George O. Roland, the able and genial assistant cashier of the local bank, was born in Earl town- ship, Sept. 13. 1850, is a son of Hon. Jonathan H. and Elizabeth G. ( James) Roland, and a grandson of Henry and Margaret ( Seeger ) Roland. The grandfather was a native of Earl township, and in his time a very successful farmer. His wife was born in New Holland.
Hon. Jonathan H. Roland was a native of Earl Charles Arnold, his father, was born in West Greenwich, R. I., and died at the carly age of . forty-four. years. He married Eunice B. Waite, who was born in 1804, and who was a daughter of . Gideon and Martha Waite, and through this con- township, a successful farmer, and a broad-minded gentleman of the old school, being so well informed on men and affairs, that he was often consuited by his neighbors on various intricate and complicated questions. His integrity was unquestioned, and his : nection Gideon W. Arnold was a first consin of loyalty to his convictions supreme. In 1857 he was a member of the State Legislature, and his name is associated with several noted bills that passed that body in his term. Elizabeth G. James, his wife, was a native of Honeybrook, Chester Co., Pa., and died Feb. 19, 1860. Her remains are resting in the . New Holland cemetery. The Hon. Jonathan Ro- land, who was born in June, 1812, passed away Dec. 18, 1864, at the age of fifty-three. Both husband and wife were members of the Lutheran Church. Of their children Henry died at the age of twenty- eight ; John is a cattle dealer in New Holland : Anna M. is the wife of E. C. Diller, of New Holland : Mary married Theodore A. Kinzer, of Lancaster. Pa .; Elizabeth J. resides in New Holland ; George O .: William S. was killed in a railroad accident, was superintendent of a surveying corps, and was a man of more than ordinary ability and prominence.
The first four years of the life of George O. Roland were passed on a farm, and he was then brought to New Holland, where he acquired his literary education in the public schools, At the age of eighteen, he took a place as a clerk in a drug store. which he held for three years. He was then var- iously employed until he was twenty-six years of age, when he and E. C. Diller engaged in the dry goods business, which they conducted successfully for some years. During this period Mr. Roland had secured a practical business training and had made a thorough study of finance. In 1882 he saw the first opening to gratify his tastes. and he accepted a position in the Bank of New Holland, soon rising to his present responsible position of assistant cash- ier. With his personal affairs well in hand. Mr. Rol- and has yet found time to devote to public affairs, taking an active part in politics and holding strong- ly to the principles of the Republican party. Mr. Roland has held the office of school director in the borough, but cannot be said to be an office-sceker.
Mr. Roland was united in marriage in December.
1877. with Miss Katie B. Hull. a native of Lititz. and a daughter of Dr. Levi and Catherine ( Kauff- man) Hull, both deceased. This happy home has been brightened by the birth of two children : Seeger, now a clerk in the railway mail service ; and Ralph. , who is connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Philadelphia. Mr. Roland is promin- ently identified with the Masonic fraternity, and : belongs to the Philadelphia Consistory; he is also a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle.
GIDEON W. ARNOLD, who was the pioneer in the establishment of the cotton mill industry in Lancaster county, came of old Rhode Island stock.
: Morrison R. Waite, a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and a nephew of Gen. Charles G. James, who was a representative in Congress from Rhode Island for sixteen years. Five children were born of the union of Charles and Eunice B. ( Waite) Arnold, and of these only one survives, Ira W. Arnold, now living at Woon- socket, R. I. Those who have passed away were Gideon W., John A., Nathaniel P. and Anna E. Mrs. Eunice B. Arnold died Jan. 11, 1902, aged ninety-seven years and nine months. She was a remarkably well-preserved old lady, and often dis- cussed the days of the war of 1812, the historic gale of 1815, and the Mexican war. During the progress of the latter, her home was in Moosup, Conn .. and she often spoke of the excitement then being less than during the war of 1812. She was present at the celebration of the fiftieth wedding anniversary of her son, Ira W. Arnold, on Jan. 14, 1894.
Gideon W. Arnold, son of Charles, was born in West Greenwich, R. I., but in his early manhood removed to Lancaster, Pa., where as previously stated, he was the pioneer, with his uncle, Charles G. James, of Rhode Island, in establishing the cot- ton mill industry, an industry that grew to immense proportions under the firm name of F. Schroeder & Co., of which Mr. Arnold was the "Co." Mr. Arnold's name will be held in cherished memory by thousands of people in the county, as thousands were benefited by the remunerative employment he gave during a long and busy career. Quiet and unassuming in manner, Mr. Arnold was possessed of far more than ordinary intelligence, and he was a past master in the business of manufacturing cot- ton goods. His was a successful career, and vet. in all his successes he was ever mindful of the in- terests of those who so largely contributed to those successes-his employes ; and these, we know, hold him in grateful memory. He had the interests of
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all his people at heart, and no one, rich or poor, wer approached him in the proper spirit without receiving a kindly smile and a word of encourage- ment.
Mr. Arnold was married, on Dec. 16. 1850, to Miss Margaret, daughter of the late Jacob Gable, and the ancestors on this side lived for generations in Lancaster. Five children were born of this union : Ada Eunice, wife of Pressley E. Cham- bers. a prominent clothing manufacturer of Phila- deiphia : Charles Jacob, who died in early child- hood; Walter J., who entered into rest May 27, 1902: and Frank W. and Ira W., of Lancaster.
Mrs. Arnold, the widow of Gideon W., lives in the fine and commodious home which her husband erected thirty-seven years ago, at the corner of South Queen and German streets-a home that bears ample testimony to the liberality and enter- i prise of one of the best citizens Lancaster has ever known-Gideon Waite Arnold.
SAMUEL E. GROSH, a prominent carriage manufacturer of Lititz, Pa., was born in that place Oct. 10, 1833, and is descended from one of the old and highly respected families of Lancaster county. His paternal great grandfather. Valentine Grosch (as the name was originally spelled ), emi- grated from Germany to this country and took up his residence in Lancaster county, Pa. The grandfath- er, Peter Grosch, a farmer of what is now Mechan- icsville, married Catherine Conrad, and they became the parents of eight children, as follows: Joseph, a farmer of Ohio ; Charles, father of Samuel E. : Tim- othy. a butcher ; Abraham, a cabinet-maker : John. a shoe-maker : Andrew. a teamster; Elizabeth, and Sophia.
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