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William H. Bunn until sixteen years of age lived with his parents in Moscow, Chester county, where he was employed as a clerk for two years ; then he went to Philadelphia, where he was employed in a wholesale dry-goods store two years, and then lo- cated in Rockville. Chester county, and opened a general store, which he conducted one year. In 1851 Mr. Bunn came to Salisbury and for one year was engaged in general merchandising: thence he went to Pequea, where for four years he was occit- pied in the same line of trade, and then sold out and purchased a farm in Salisbury township. on which he resided four years. But the mercantile instinct was strong within him, and he was ever on the alert for an opportunity to re-embark in the business which had engaged his eariv attention, and which his tastes and keen insight into its methods had so eminently qualined him to pursue. Accord- ingly. seizing an opportunity of profitably disposing of his farm, in the fall of 1860 he opened up business at his present stand in South Hermitage and was the same year appointed post:master, having first been elected supervisor of the township for one term, and subsequently town auditor.
William H. Bunn was united in marriage April 21, 1853, in Bellemonte, Lancaster county, with Miss Sarah R. Flemming, and this congenial umon has been blessed with seven children, born in the following order : James R., who died at the age of three years : Ada C., who is married to William T. Irwin, a clerk, resides in Chester. Pa., and is the mother of two children ; Olivia, who is the wife of C. W. Dampenan, a clerk. resides at Point Pleas- ant, N. J., and is the mother of three children ; Jemey C. Bunn, living at home with her parents ; Thresia, residing at Gap. Lancaster Co., Pa., who is the wife of John D. Knox, a farmer, and has three children ; David. living with his father, and married to Mary C. Corbett. who has borne him one son, Robert O .: and Charles, a farmer in Eagle. Lan- caster Co., Pa., married to Lena Mast. who has borne him two children.
Mrs. Sarah R. (Flemming) Bunn was born in Salisbury township, Dec. 31, 1826. a daughter of James and Olivia ( Cowan) Flemming, natives of Chester and Lancaster counties, respectively, and parents of the following named family: Sarah R .. wife of William H. Bunn; Margarette C., widow of-
John Wilson and residing in Chicago, III. : William R., who died at the age of forty years : Joseph O., a resident of Lincoln, Neb. : Anna W., deceased wife of a MIr. Garrett ; James P., who died in Cincinnati. Ohio, when nineteen years old : Mary E., married to Davis Roseboro, a manufacturer of wagons at Wag- ontown, Chester Co., Pa .; Susan P., of Poughkeep- sie, N. Y., wife of Frank Woule; and Thomas P., deceased.
James Flemming, the father of Mrs. Bunn, was for years manager of the iron plants owned by the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, one of the early Free-Soil members of Congress from Pennsylvania and a strong anti-slavery man: Mr. Flemming was also the manager of the plants of James P. Paxton. The death of Mir. Flemming occurred in Salisbury town- ship in 1843, at the early age of forty years, ani that of his widow in March, ISO5. at the advancei age of eighty-eight. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Bunn, James and Rebecca (Oglebie) Flem- ming, were highly respected farming people of Chester county; and the maternal grandparents. William and Mary (Rutter) Cowan. stood equally high in the same vocation in Lancaster county.
William H. Bunn has been a Republican ever since the organization of . the party and an carnest worker in its ranks as well as a sagacious adviser in its councils. The long tenure of his present po- sition shows him to hold the confidence not only of the party's managers but that of the public in general. He has always taken a leading part in the pro- motion of the public welfare of Salisbury township. being public-spirited to an extreme degree and will- ing at all times to sacrifice his time and means for the benefit of the community of which he has so long been a member, and in which his name will be revered as long as Salisbury township shall endure. For twelve years he was treasurer of the Pequea Presbyterian Church, the teachings of which he has followed throughout his long and useful life.
ISAAC MURR. was born in East Earl town- ship and died in Intercourse. Pa., March 25, 1893, having spent his seventy years in Lancaster county in a most honorable and commendable industry. His remains rest in the cemetery connected with Ro- land's church.
Isaac Murr was a son of Jacob and Katie (Shai- fer) Murr. His father was born in Germany, and his mother in Lancaster county ; both are now dead. They had the following children: Caroline. now liv- ing in East Earl township, at the venerable age of ninety-five years, who has been twice married. to Ja- cob Usner and to Michael King : Henry. a resident of Paradise. Lancaster county: John. George, ja- cob, Michael, Louis, Isaac and Daniel, all deceased.
Isaac Murr was married in July. 1883. to Cath- arine Kurtz, who was born in Salisbury township. a daughter of Henry and Mary (Kurtz) Kurtz. Her parents removed in 1854 to East Earl town- ship, where they spent the rest of their lives. Her
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father died in 1883 at the age of seventy years ; and the mother, in 1889, at the age of seventy-nine ; both were buried in Rancks' Church cemetery. They were members of the United Brethren Church. Born to this union were the following children : Catharine, who is Mrs. Murr: Sylvester, who is a farmer and phosphate manufacturer in East Earl township; Sarah J., who maried E. J. Stunkard, of East Earl township; Mary A., who died young ; Emma C., who married Martin L. Hummond, a far- mer of East Earl township.
Abraham and Magdelina ( Martin) Kurtz, the paternal grandparents of Mrs. Murr, were born in Salisbury township. Her great-grandfather, Jacob Kurtz, was also a resident of Lancaster county. Her maternal grandparents, John and Katie (Sho- walder) Kurtz, were natives of Salisbury and Cone- stoga townships, respectively. John Kurtz was a son of Christian Kurtz, of Salisbury township.
Isaac Murr followed the blacksmith trade the greater part of his active life. In East Earl town- ship he worked with Daniel Geist, and while still a boy, came to Intercourse in 1858. In his later years he dealt extensively in horses and cattle, and became very prominent in the community. In his politics he was a Republican, and took a most intelligent and active interest in political affairs. He was a good citizen, an honest man, and a genuine gentleman.
CHRISTIAN E. GOSS, a farmer and teacher of Conoy township, and a man respected alike for his character, learning and industry, was born in the township of West Donegal, Aug. 29, 1857, a son of Joseph H. and Mary ( Erb) Goss.
The father was born in Londonderry township, Dauphin county, and the mother in Conoy town- ship. The senior Goss died in Conoy township in April, 1899, at the age of seventy-four years. He was a farmer, and in every way a most estimable man. For a year he served on the board of super- visors. His widow who was born in 1832, is now a resident of Elizabethtown, and is the mother of the following children : Amos, who died at the age of eight years; Lizzie, the wife of Abraham H. Meck- ley, of Columbia : Christian E .; Joseph H., a farmer, of Elizabethtown ; Mary, who died at the age of two years : Anna, the wife of David Gable. a merchant of Mt. Joy : Ella, the wife of J. W. Shireman, a farmer of Conoy township ; Emily, the wife of Prof. H. S. Brinser, of Bainbridge: Myra, the wife of Joseph Martin, a teacher of Middletown.
The paternal grandparents of Christian E. Goss were John and Lizzie (Haldeman) Goss, residents of Dauphin county, but in later years they removed to West Donegal township, Lancaster county, where they died. They were devoted to a farming life, and were honest and industrious to the last degree. Mr. Goss's maternal grandparents were Christ and Lizzie (Kraybill) Erb. natives of Lancaster county, and lifelong residents of Columbia.
Christian E. Goss and Miss, Martha Lindemuth
were married in West Donegal township, Dec. 25, 1884, and are the parents of the following children : irene : Clarence, deceased ; Mary, who is now living with her aunt; Christian ; Helen ; Joseph, deceased ; Raymond; Sarah: Paul; John. Mrs. Martha Goss was born in West Donegal township, Feb. 3, 1857, and was a daughter of Martin and Elizabeth ( Engle) Lindemuth, both natives of Lancaster county. Her father was a farmer, and died in 1884, at the age of sixty-five years. Her mother now resides in Eliza- bethtown.
Christian E. Goss remained at home with his pa- rents until he reached the age of twenty-seven years. When he was nineteen he began teaching, and for twenty-seven years he has taught school in the same township, nine at Stevens, sixteen at Wickersham, and two at Bainbridge. For two terms he was auditor, and for ten years has occupied the position of justice of the peace ; in the spring of 1900 he was appointed census enumerator for his district. In his politics he is Republican, and in his religion a mem- ber of the Church of God, of which he is now an elder in the local church.
Mr. Goss is a man of fine character, much intel- ligrence and is greatly esteemed in the community where he has spent his industrious and useful lifc.
JACOB C. McCONNELL, M. D., a popular citizen of Terre Hill, Lancaster county, is a native of Chester county, where he was born April 13. 1848, a son of Jacob and Abigail ( McCammant) McCon- nell, both of Scotch extraction, but of American birth. The family is an old one in Chester county, where its various representatives have been promin- ent in both farming and trade.
Dr. J. C. McConnell was reared on the farm, and had his general school training in the public schools, and at the Millersville Normal, where he spent two years. At the end of that time he took up the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Ring- wolt, of Churchtown, and entered Jefferson Medical College in the fall of 186S, from which institution he received his degree in 1870. He pitched his tent at Terre Hill, where he has remained to the present time, winning many friends, and building up a good practice. His footing in the community is unques- tioned, and his success is complimentary in the high- est degree.
PLANK IRWIN, a retired miller at New Hol- land. Pa., was born at Honeybrook, Chester county, Dec. 5. 1819, a son of William and Christina ( Plank) Irwin. His father was born in Chester county, and his mother in Lancaster county.
William Irwin was a miller in Honeybrook, and during the war of 1812 was a member of the Light Horse. His death occurred in 1876, at the age of seventy-six. His wife died in the same year at the age of seventy-four. The husband and father was a. member of the Presbyterian Church, and the mother was associated with the Amish church. To William
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Irwin and his wife were born: James, William and John, all of whom are dead; Martha, the widow of Louis Emory, living in Coatesville, Pa. ; Plank.
The parents of William Irwin were Mr. and Mrs. James Irwin. This family came from Scotland, and James Irwin was a farmer. The parents of Mrs. Christina Irwin were John Plank and his wife, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Plank Irwin was married Dec. 5. 1866. to Lydia A. Kurtz, who was born in Salisbury, and died May 19, 1889, at the age of sixty years. She was a daugh- ter of Isaac and Julia ( Rhodes) Kurtz, of Salisbury township, Lancaster county, where the father was engaged in farming and held a very conspicuous station in the esteem of the people of his community.
the end of two years he closed his business interests in the West, and returned to Lancaster to accept the position of treasurer of The Lancaster Trust Com- pany, which position he filled with great accept- ability to both the officers and patrons of the insti- tition. Mr. Hertzler continued in that office from 1889, the date of the company's organization, until the death of John I. Hartman, on Dec. 26. 1899, at which time he was promoted to the presidency of this stable and popular financial concern.
It is generally conceded that no two men have contributed in a more marked degree to the success of The Lancaster Trust Company than John Hertz- ler and his predecessor. The careful, conservative course adopted by Mr. Hertzler is supported by the Plank Irwin remained at home with his parents until his marriage, when he engaged in the milling business, in which he worked for twenty-three years. : In 1884 he retired from active labors, and made his home on a two-acre tract in New Holland. Dir. Irwin belongs to the Lutheran Church. In his poli- tics he is a Republican. Notwithstanding his ad- : vanced age, he is still hale and vigorous, and in the fall of 1901, cut and shocked his own corn. His in- dustry and integrity have won him a fair share of this world's goods, and he is very comfortably sit- uated. other officers of the institution, and his field of use- fulness in this connection seems to extend far into the future. Although so much of his time and energy is necessarily given to the affairs of this company, he is interested in numerous other enterprises, and serves as president of the Hubley Manufacturing Company, treasurer of the Star Bail Retainer Com- pany, secretary of the American Guard Rail Fastener Company of Philadelphia, and a director of the Lan- caster County Railway & Light Company ( which controls all the lighting and trolley systems of Lan- caster county), as well as a director in a number of JOHN HERTZLER, president of The Lan- caster Trust Company, bears a name that has been honored in this State for generations. His grand- father, John Hertzler, a prominent farmer, lived and died in Rapho township, Lancaster county, leaving hoth his estate and his name to his son, who also the railway lines controlled by the Conestoga Trac- tion Company. Mr. Hertzler has developed an abil- ity to meet important business problems that has made his influence felt in all these various under- takings. He is also a trustee of the Reformed Theological Seminary, and the Lancaster Cemetery Company. and treasurer of the board of education lived a useful and quiet life there, dying at the age . of the Reformed Church of the Eastern Synod of of fifty-seven.
the United States. In addition to the above he is an active member of the first Reformed Church, and one of its most liberal supporters. In politics Mr. Hertzler has always been a stanch Republican, but he has never taken an active part in political affairs.
Through his marriage with Miss Emma Groff, Mr. Hertzler became connected with one of the old- est and most substantial families of the county. He was married in October. 1880, his wife being a daughter of the late Samuel Groff, who died in No- vember, 1895. Mr. and Mrs. Hertzler's three chil- s dren are John Walter, a student of the Lehigh Uni- versity ; Arthur Groff, also a student at Lehigh ; and Emma A.
BENJAMIN F. HOOKEY. of Conestoga Cen- ter, Lancaster county, descends from Benedict ·Huckev. as the name was then spelled, who came to
Benedict Huckey was a farmer by occupation. He first settled in Berks county, Pa., but in time mi- grated to Springfield, Ill., where he died at the age of eighty. He was a man of powerful physique. six feet in height and of massive frame. a fine specimen of manhcod. His family consisted of five children. Samuel, deceased, who was a foreman on railroad
The Hertzler family originated in Holland, and the several generations residing in America have been principally engaged in agriculture, its members becoming extensive land owners, excellent farmers, and most worthy and reputable citizens.
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John Hertzler, father of the gentleman whose name opens this sketch, married Miss Fanny Eshle- man. who was a daughter of John Eshleman, a re- tired farmer of Elizabethtown, and a descendant of one of the leading families of the State. They had three children: John, the third of his name, presi- dent of The Lancaster Trust Company ; Mary A., widow of Jacob Hertzler, a banker of Elizabethtown : and Elizabeth, wife of A. F. Murray.
John Hertzler was born in the old homestead in Rapho township, Dec. 16, 1856, and was educated in the public schools of his district. AAt the age of sixteen years he entered into the banking business in ' the United States from Berne, Switzerland. Elizabethtown, remaining there until 1880. and in the next year, at the organization of the Fulton Na- tional Bank, he became paying teller. From this po- sition he was promoted to that of cashier, remaining with the institution until 1887, when he resigned and went to Minneapolis, Minn., there becoming treas- urer of the Northwestern Milling Company. . \t
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construction : Christian, father of Benjamin F. : Ru- dolph, a retired merchant of Springfield. Ill., now (1902) eighty-six years old: Mary, who became the wife of a Mr. Yelk, of Springfield, Ill., both de- ceased ; and John, deceased, who was a carpenter at Paradise, this county, where he made his home and died.
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Christian Hookey was born Nov. 7. 1812, and died in June. 1898. He was a carpenter and followed that trade throughout his life. He married Chris- tianna Trissler, who was born March 7. 1818, and still survives ; they had a family of ten children, as follows: John, who died when two years old : Mary, who died in 1800, the wife of George W. Nagle, of York, Pa., deceased in June. 1901 : Benjamin F .; Elizabeth, who died when fourteen months old : Ellen, the wife of Frederick Wettig, a retired butcher of Lancaster ; Harriet, the wife of Aaron Fulner, of Lancaster: Emma, who died when nineteen years old: Anna, the wife of John Beverly, of Lancaster ; Margie, the widow of James P. Plucker, of Lan- caster : Samuel, who died when thirty-five years of age. The children of John and Mary (Huber) Trissler, maternal grandparents of our subject, all except Mrs. Hockey now deceased. were: Mary, wife of Henry Steigerwalt, both now deceased . Michael, a butcher of Lancaster : John. a butcher of Lancaster; Sophia, wife of William Hubbard. of Lancaster, both deceased: Catherine. wife of Will- iam Hensel, both deceased: Christianna, mother of Mr. Hookey : David. a butcher of Conestoga Center : and Harriet, wife of Henry Stauffer. of Philadel- phia, both deceased. The father of this family was a butcher by trade.
Benjamin F. Hookey was born at No. 231 East Chestnut street, Lancaster, April 29. 1841. He was reared and educated in that city up to the age of ten vears and then removed to Conestoga Center. where his education was finished. At the age of ten he went to work for his uncle David and after eleven years in his employ bought out the business, butcher- ing, which he has since conducted on his own ac- count. He has a well-appointed establishment. and does a wholesale as well as retail trade, slaughtering all his own stock. Mr. Hookey is a leader in his line in the county. He stands for everything which is to the advantage of the community, and is ever ready to lend bis support to this end.
On Dec. 6, 1863, Mr. Hookey married Barbara A. Groff, daughter of Mr. A. Groff, ex-coroner of the county, and they have had a family of eight chil- dren, as follows: Anna L .. wife of Henry MI. Hei- beck, of Strasburg: B. Frank. Charles Edgar, Mamie, and Esther E .. all deceased: John Arthur, resident of Mellenville, N. Y .. a mixer in the chem- ical department in the Atlas Match Company ; Wil- ber P., at home; and Emily, at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hookey have been members of the M. E. Church of Conestoga Center since 1860. He has long been a member of the board of trustees and for thirty-two years its secretary, having always
been a regular attendant. He is a member of Cones- toga Lodge. No. 334 I. O. O. F .. and represented the lodge to the grand lodge several times since 1862, the last time in 1902 ; a charter member of Kishaca- quillas Tribe. No. 65, I. O. R. M .. of which he has been chief of records for thirty years : a member of Mt. Nebo Castle, No. 158. K. of M. C. : of the Order of the Golden Eagle, A. Herr Smith Castle. No. 158; and White Cross Commandery. No. 159. K. of MI. He also belongs to Capt. George H. Hess Post. No. 571. G. A. R., Safe Harbor, and is the present com- mander, having filled that office two different times. and been its delegate to the state encampment at a number of sessions of the body. Mr. Hockey served in Co. A. 18th Pa. militia, having been mustered into the service Sept. 10, 1862, as a musician : he was mustered out after a short term of service. He also has the proud record of settling up more estares as executor. administrator. assignee, trustee under wills. etc .. than any other man in the community in which he resides, in all cases without any solicitation on his part : he is held in high esteem by his neigh- bors for honesty and uprightness and is a man whose services, advice and support in legal matters are sought after, and accepted. He has also been hon- ored by the different orders of which he is a member, by his election for quite a number of years in suc- cession as their representative to the grand bodies, which meet in annual session.
Mr. Hookey is a Republican in politics, has voted that ticket for forty years, and been an active worker in his district for more than thirty; he has repre- sented his district many times in the county con- ventions as committeeman, and has been return judge of the election board. He has been a candi- (late several times for the office of county commis- sioner and expects to be again at the coming election in 1905, with the prospect of being elected.
JOHN H. PARTHEMER. an honored veteran of the Civil war and an old and respected resident of Elizabethtown, was born at Middletown. Fa .. Oct. 15, 1835. a son of John and Anna ( Hotts) Parth- emer, natives of Dauphin and Lancaster counties, respectively. The father, a farmer. was born in 1799. and died in 1864 at the "White House Hotel." His widow survived him many years, dying in High- spire. Pa., in February, 1882, at the age of eighty- two years: they were both members of the Church of God. They were parents of the following family : Jacob. who died at the age of nineteen : Mary, who married A. Fetral. and died at the age of seventy- two years; Anna, who lived to be ten years old; Lizzie, who died in infancy : Henry, who lived to be seventy-one: Elizabeth, who died young: John H .; George W., who lives at Highspire.
The paternal grandparents of John H. Parthe- mer. Jacob and Elizabeth ( Alleman ) Parthemer, were residents of Middletown : his grandfather on the maternal side, John Hotts, lived in Lancaster county.
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John H. Farthemer was married in Harrisburg. Pa., Nov. 23, 1865. to Miss Anna E. Parthemer, and the children of this union were: Grant A., a tele- graph operator of Parkesburg, Pa .: Lillie F., who died at the age of thirteen months: William F., a telegraph operator in Lancaster: Frances M., who died at the age of twenty-two years; Clarence E., who died in infancy; Carrie E., at home; Wallace C., at home, who for the past year has been billing clerk in the freight depot of the Pennsylvania Rail- road at Elizabethtown.
Mrs. Anna E. ( Parthemer) Parthemer was born near Hummelstown, Pa .. Nov. 5, 1842, a daugh- ter of William and Catherine ( Sener) Parthe- mer, of Dauphin county. Her father was a prom- inent and very successful business man and farmer in his community, holding the office of tax collector. and dealing extensively in real estate for many years. He died in 1885 at the age of seventy-six years, his wife having passed away thirteen years before at the age of fifty-seven. They were members of the United Brethren Church, and were much esteemed in their own community by those who were the best ac- quainted with them. Mr. and Mrs. Parthemer had the following family: Sarah, who is living unmar- ried at Annville, Pa. : Mary, who died in infancy : Anna E .. who is married to John H. Parthemer : Samuel, a farmer in Kansas; Fanny, the wife of Samuel H. Gramm, of Grafton, W. Va., who has been State Senator, and is a Jumber merchant, and the vice-president of the First National Bank of Grafton ; Kate, the wife of George L. Hanschue, of Wrightsville.
Mr. Parthemer began working on the farm at the very carly age of seven years, and continued there until he was twenty-four years old, when he removed to Highspire, where he was engaged in farming for fifteen years. For three years he was engaged in farming at Duffy's Island. and two years in tobacco farming at Falmouth, Lancaster county. For a year he was on a rented farm in Dauphin county, and then came back to Falmouth, where he continued tobacco farming until 1876. For four years he was engaged in the same business in Elizabethtown, and then in 18So retired from active business.
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