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retired to pass his declining years in rest. He erected a residence at No. 529 East King street, Lancaster, and there entered into rest Oct. 27, 1887. He mar- ried Catherine Barr, who survives him, and is now living, at an advanced age, with her daughter Mrs. John Girven, of Mechanicsburg. They were the parents of seven children : Mary, the eldest, is the wife of John Girven, of Mechanicsburg, this county ; Josephi B. lives at the old homestead in East Lam- peter : Aaron is the subject of the present biograph- ical sketch ; Benjamin F. is a farmer of Manor town- ship ; Milton L. is a miller and coal dealer in West Hempfield ; Elizabeth is deceased ; and Ephraim E., the youngest of the family, is a farmer in Manor.
Aaron Weaver was born in East Lampeter March IJ, 1856. He grew up on the old home farm, and after his father's retirement and removal to Lan- caster was employed for some two years by his brother-in-law, Mr. Girven. In 1882 he and his brother, Benjamin F., went to Manor township, and settled on the Sener farm, to which reference has been already made, renting the same from their fa- ther, who had purchased it from Jacob Landis. For three years the brothers occupied it jointly, and dur- ing this time they made some costly improvements, erecting a fine residence, with good, substantial barns and tobacco houses. It was conceded to be one of the finest, best improved and most efficiently managed farms in that part of the county. In 1885 their father divided the property equally between them, Aaron Weaver receiving the southern half. He has still further improved his portion, and every- thing about his place tells of thrift, good sense, in- dustry and prosperity. While chiefly engaged in general farming, Mr. Weaver, since 1892, has en- gaged extensively in tobacco growing and packing, in which his quick perceptive power and excellent business judgment have insured his success.
Mr. Weaver was married, in November, 1889, to Miss Emma K. Landis, a daughter of Jacob S. Landis, of East Lampeter. She died in February, 1890. Mr. Weaver is a Republican in politics.
AMOS WALTON (deceased) occupied a lead- ing position among the representative farmers of Fulton township, Lancaster county, not only on ac- count of his financial success, but also, and more especially, because of his genial personality and ex- cellence of judgment and character. His birth oc- curred Jan. 6, 1840, and he was a son of Amos and Martha (Young) Walton. His grandfather was born in England, and came to this country at an early date. His family consisted of Amos (1). father of Amos (2), John, Jesse, Okum, Isaac, Elijah, Eliza and Emily.
Amos Walton, Sr., was married Sept. 15, 1827, to Martha, daughter of John Young. To them came children as follows : Mahlon, born July 17, 1828, a farmer who resided in Martic township and died in 1897; Levi, born Dec. 7, 1830, who died young ; Mary Ann, born Dec. 27, 1833,
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who married George Patten, of Martic town- ship, and died in 1896; Isaac, born Aug. 19, 1835, a resident of Mount Nebo, Martic township : Amos, our subject.
Amos Walton was reared upon the farm, and received his education in the public schools of the district. Starting out in life without a dollar, he began working at a salary of forty cents per day, yet before his death owned a fine farm of 190 acres, all in a good state of cultivation. Upon the place is a pleasant, three-story brick residence, commodi- ous barn, ample tobacco sheds and all necessary out- buildings, and Mr. Walton was justly regarded as one of the best farmers in his part of Lancaster county.
On Nov. 15, 1864, Mr. Walton married Miss Martha Alexander, who was born Dec. 2, 1841, daughter of John and Susan Alexander, of Martic township, of Scotch-Irish descent. Mrs. Walton was one of a family of eight children: Marris, who died while serving in the Civil war; Martha, the widow of Amos Walton; Mary Ann, married to Lewis Jenkins; Jason, deceased; Samuel, a mer- chant of Mount Nebo ; Rebecca Jane, wife of Harry Marsh, a merchant of Lancaster City, Pa .; John, a farmer of Martic township; Calvin, deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Walton had two children: Isaac Jason, who was born March 4, 1866; and Lewis E., who was born April 15, 1868, and died May 24, 1870. Amos Walton was a Democrat in politics. Kind to his family, honorable in all his dealings, a good neighbor and a public-spirited citizen, he was a man who enjoyed the highest respect and esteem of his fellow townsmen, and was an excellent ex- ample to the rising generation, a typical representa- tive of selfmade men. His death, which occurred Feb.27, 1902, was deeply lamented.
Isaac Jason Walton married Anna Martha Wil- son, of Fulton township, on Aug. 25, 1887. She was born Oct. 24, 1864, daughter of Hiram and Martha (Phillips) Wilson. Four children came to them: Edgar Earl, born March 19, 1888; Amos Lester, born March 8, 1889; Edna Martha, born Nov. 2, 1891 ; and Mary Elma, born Feb. 9, 1902. Isaac Jason Walton now owns. the farm where he resides with his family.
JESSE HARNER, a highly esteemed retired farmer of Drumore township, now a resident of Lib- erty Square, in Lancaster county, was born in Mont- gomery county, Pa., Jan. 20, 1835, a son of Joseph and Mary (Slingluff) Harner, both of whom were natives of Montgomery county, he being of German, and she of Scotch-Trish ancestry.
Grandfather John Harner was an old settler of Montgomery county and there reared this family : Daniel, Joseph, Henry, John, Samuel, Sarah, Susan, Anna and Elizabeth. Of this family Joseph be- came the father of Jesse Harner and was born in 1783, and died in 1870. In 1822 he was united in marriage to Mary Slingluff, who was born in 1794
and died in 1849, the seven children of this union being: John S., whose sketch appears elsewhere; George, deceased ; Samuel A., whose sketch is given in another place : Mary Ann, who married Thomas Cully (See sketch) : Elizabeth, who married J. Har- rison Long and has passed away: Joseph, whose sketch is given elsewhere; and Jesse, the youngest of the family.
Jesse Harner was reared on the farm and re- ceived his education in the public schools of his lo- cality ; he became more interested in agricultural pursuits than in any other line of activity, and this resulted in a life spent in operating his farm. One of the best farms in Martic township is owned by him, and he also possesses a nice farm and store prop- erty at Liberty Square, where he resides.
Jesse Harner was married Jan. 3, 1860, to Miss Mary E. Sides, of Martic township, whose death on Oct. 1, 1885, brought grief to a large circle of friends. Her life was one of Christian excellence. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Harner were: Joseph G., born Dec. 14, 1860, residing in Phila- delphia : Benjamin F., who died in youth; Harry, deceased ; Annie A., born April 25, 1867, the wife of Harry Rutter, of Philadelphia ; and Clara E., born Oct. 1, 1870, the wife of H. C. Ambler, of Liberty Square.
In political circles Mr. Harner has always been a very active member of the Democratic party, and has efficiently served his township as school director. As one of the leading members of the Bethesda M. E. Church he has exerted a wide influence as trustee, steward, class leader and superintendent of the Sun- clay-school. Mr. Harner is a man who is well known in this locality, and his upright life and char- acter are an excellent example. His voice and vote are always to be counted upon when questions arise concerning temperance, as he has been through life opposed to the use of either tobacco or strong drink. Mr. Harner enjoys the esteem of the township where his life has been passed.
JAMES SWISHER, SR., late a retired farmer of Colerain township, whose years and industry commanded the respect and esteem his character so well deserved, was born Feb. 22, 1820, his parents being Henry W. and Margaret (Meginness) Swisher.
Henry W. Swisher was born in Colerain town- ship in 1794, and his wife, Margaret Meginness in 1788. She was an aunt of John F. Meginness, the originator of this work, and a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Fordham) Meginness. The Meginness family came from Ireland, and the Fordhams from England.
Henry W. Swisher was the son of John and Rachel (Woodrow) Swisher, both natives of Balti- more county, Md., their ancestors finding a home in this country as early as 1701. They were of Ger- man origin ; John Swisher was the son of Henry, was born in Germany, and came to this country long
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previous to the Revolutionary war. He settled in Colerain township as early as 1732, the title to his property running from William Penn. It is still in the hands of the Swisher family. It belonged first to Henry, then to John, and later to his son, Henry (2), the father of James, Senior.
Henry W. Swisher was married in 1816 and made his home on part of the original purchase. He learned the trade of a weaver and followed it for many years. In his later life he bought a farm south of the home where James, Sr., afterwards re- sided, and lived there until his wife died, in 1862. He then made his home with his son, James, until his own death in 1873. Mr. Swisher was a Lutheran but his wife, Margaret, always adhered to her an- cestral faith, that of the Friends Society. In poli- tics he was what he loved to style himself, a Jack- sonian Democrat, and was called to office in the town at different times during his life. To him and his good wife were born one son, and three daughters : ( 1) Elizabeth, born in 1817, married William Hollis, and settled in Bart township, where both died on his farm home; two of their children are living: Will- iam, of Bart township, and Margaret E., who is now Mrs. Nelson Boyd, of Little Britain township. (2) Rachel, born in 1824, married Washington Swisher, and located in Colerain township, where she died in 1864, her husband surviving until 1899; they had four children : James ; Mrs. Elizabeth McCauley, of Quarryville; Henry, of Colerain township; and George W., also of Colerain township. (3) Anna Ellen, born in May, 1830, married John Groff, and settled on one of the old homesteads, where she died in 1885 leaving eight children. (4) James.
James Swisher was reared on the farm, where he received the benefits of a country school educa- tion, and remained on the home farm until thirty years of age. In 1842 he married Miss Margaret Everly, of Colerain township, who was born in Bart township, July 20, 1815. Her parents both died when she was a child, and she was reared in the home of Martha and Hannah McFarland. Mr. Swisher bought the home of of Benjamin McGinnis, where he lived some eight years, and then sold it. In 1860 he purchased what was then known as the Samuel Smith home. It was a small place with a small frame house. He erected a large bank barn at once and a few years later built the present house. By purchasing adjoining tracts of land he secured a large farm, where he had a fine set of buildings. During his life time Mr. Swisher built three large barns on property owned by him.
James Swisher and his wife had no children of their own but they adopted and reared Margaret L., a daughter of Adam and Angeline (Lovett) Walker. She was born near Conowingo, in Lancaster county, in 1858. Her father died when she was a mere child, and she was taken to James Swisher's where she was reared and educated as a child of the family. In 1883 she married James Swisher, Jr., a nephew of her fos- ter parents. They resided in the home of Mr.
Swisher, where the younger man had charge of the farm, and took on his own sturdy shoulders much of the burden of the operation of the farm. To them have come two children, Rachel A., born in 1883, and Viella I .. , born in 1886.
Mr. Swisher was always a Democrat. Mrs. Swisher is a Baptist and he was reared in the Luth- cran faith. Mr. Swisher was a man of more than ordinary ability, and, though given but a limited education, he read much, and expanded his mind with a knowledge of practical business affairs. While past eighty when he died, on May 27, 1902, his mind remained as bright and clear as ever.
ISAAC H. KAUFMAN (deceased) was born in Petersburg, Lancaster county, Feb. 23, 1834, and died in Mountville Dec. 27, 1893, in the faith of the Mennonite Church.
His parents, Isaac and Anna (Hess) Kaufman, of Lancaster county, were agricultural people, and both died on Turkey Hill, in Manor township-the father in 1886, at the age of eighty-four years, and the mother in 1889, when eighty-two years old. Both were members of the Mennonite Church, and their remains were buried in Masonville, Lancaster county. To Isaac and Anna ( Hess) Kaufman was born a family of ten children, viz .: John, a farm- er of Manor township; Elizabeth, deceased wife of David Eshleman; Rudolph, of Manor township; Isaac H., whose name heads this sketch ; Edward, of Lancaster township ; Catherine, wife of Benjamin Witmer, of Millersville ; Amos, a farmer of Martic- ville ; Jacob and Daniel, deceased ; and Anna, widow of Abraham Taylor, late of Millersville.
Isaac H. Kaufman lived on the home farm until 1870, when he moved to Mountville and engaged in tobacco trade. He was the owner of three large farms, which he had cultivated by hired help, and he built, in 1868, the first tobacco warehouse in his neighborhood. On locating in Mountville he erect- ed the brick mansion now occupied by his family. He was one of the leading business men of the coun- ty, was progressive in all things and retrograde in nothing; was a director in the Columbia Na- tional Bank for many years, or until the Mount- ville Bank was organized, when he became president of the latter, and held that position until within a few years of his death, when he resigned to become a director.
Isaac H. Kaufman was joined in matrimony in 1858, in Lancaster City, with Fanny Herr, and to this union was born the following family: Uriah H., a merchant of Mountville; Anna M., wife of Christ Garber, a farmer of Mountville ; Adeline, wife of Joseph Charles, farmer of Manor township; Cath- erine, who died young : Henry, a railroad conductor in Philadelphia ; and Frances, wife of John Musser, a retired farmer of Mountville.
Mrs. Fanny (Herr) Kaufman is a native of Manor township and a daughter of Henry and Cath- erine (Herr) Herr, of Manor township, where the
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father was a farmer and died in 1885, at eighty-four years of age, and where the mother died in 1868, when fifty-nine years old. Both belonged to the German Baptist Brethren. To Henry and Cath- erine Herr was born the following family: Tobias, a retired farmer of Manor township, and a minister of the German Baptist Brethren; Mary, widow of Martin Bair, of Illinois ; Henry, a farmer of Manor township, Lancaster county, Pa .; Martha, wife of Nicholas Baker, of Sterling, Ill. ; Amos, of Neffsville, Pa., and a farmer; Fanny, now Mrs. Kaufman ; Abraham E., a farmer of Petersburg ; Catherine, who died young ; and Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Good, a re- tired farmer of Lancaster, and Christian, a tobacco merchant of the same city. The paternal grandpar- ents of Mrs. Kaufman were Christian and Mary Herr, and her maternal grandparents were Abraham and Catherine (Brandt) Herr -- both families farm- ing people of Manor township, and none better known or more highly respected in the county.
FRANK W. HELM, a merchant of New Prov- idence, is one of the leading citizens of Providence township and one of its most successful business men. He was born in Strasburg township Dec. 9, 1842, son of Daniel and Anna (Hoak) Helm, of New Providence, where the latter died in 1848.
Daniel Helm, the father of Frank W., is a re- tired farmer of Providence, and a son of John Helm, also a farmer, who was a son of John; this great- grandfather came of German parentage and fol- lowed the trade of shoemaker in this locality for many years. Daniel Helm married (first), in 1838, Anna Hoak, and the children of this union were as follows: John H., a resident of Iowa; Frank W .; Amos H., a physician of New Providence ; and Mary, who resides with her aged father. After the death of his first wife, in 1848, Daniel Helm married Miss Susan Eckman, of Strasburg township, and to this union were born the following children : Daniel E., a merchant of East Drumore township; Enos M., of New Cumberland, Pa .; J. Calvin, of Steel- ton, Pa .; Charles E., a physician of Bart township ; Elmer E., in Lancaster ; Thaddeus G., A. M., princi- pal in Franklin-Marshall Academy, in Lancaster ; and Rufus D., of Seattle, Washington.
Frank W. Helm was reared on the farm and attended the public schools. At the age of seven- teen, in 1860, he became a clerk in the employ of J. Hilderbrand, in New Providence, and later he was connected in the same capacity with John Tweed and Dr. Raub, entering into a partnership with the latter. Upon the death of Dr. Raub the firm name became Helm & Peoples, continuing thus for a period of five years, changing then to Helm & Raub, and again, five years after, to Helm & Bro., this partnership lasting until Frank W. Helm bought his brother's interest and took his son into the busi- ness. The firm now stands F. W. Helm & Son, and is a leader in its line in this locality, trusted in the trade and enjoying the patronage of the general pub-
lic. The foundation stone of the success of this firm has been business integrity, and the same meth- ods regulate its conduct now that have been in opera- tion ever since Mr. Helm assumed charge. In 1863 Mr. Helm was made postmaster of New Providence, and has been the incumbent ever since, with the ex- ception of the years of the administration of Presi- dent Cleveland. He has always enjoyed the confi- dence of his fellow citizens and has for twenty-six years served his township as auditor, a post he is at present filling. Under the organization of the Quarryville National Bank, in 1883, Mr. Helm was one of the directors; after the death of President Hensel he was elected to that responsible position, and since that time the financial condition of this in- stitution has commanded commendation and its posi- tion as a safe repository is well known.
In politics Mr. Helm is a stanch Republican, and wields considerable influence in his part of the coun- ty. He belongs to the Reformed Church, is its effi- cient Sunday-school superintendent and one of its honored elders.
On Sept. 18, 1867, Mr. Helm was married to Miss Emma Lefever, of Quarryville, daughter of Christian and Susan Lefever, and to this union four children were born, namely: Justus C., who mar- ried Miss Minnie Peters, of Quarryville, and is associated with his father in the mercantile business in New Providence; Susan Catherine, the wife of Dr. B. F. Wentz, of Philadelphia; E. Blanche, the wife of William Fisher, of Quarryville, a saddler ; and Pauline, a young lady at home. Although Mr. Helm is now one of the substantial men of his township, he began his business career with limited means, but having always closely applied himself to his business, saved his money and won his friends by honesty, industry and courtesy, he is now reaping the reward and enjoying the esteem of his fellow citizens and the comforts assured by ample means. His charities have been large and his kind treat- ment of others well-known, while his example has been of value, showing the power of an exemplary life.
HENRY S. BRUBAKER, a retired farmer of Rapho township, was born there July 2, 1836, son of Peter and Mary (Strickler) Brubaker, of the same township.
Peter Brubaker, the father, died Feb. 9, 1851, aged fifty years, and the mother died in 1874 at the age of sixty-six years. They are buried in the Eriss- mans Church cemetery, to which place their remains were removed from the old Brubaker homestead in Rapho township. The mother was a member of the Mennonite Church. There were born to this union : Abraham, who married Susan Miller of Rapho township and died in 1889 ; and Ilenry S. Mr. Bru- baker's grandparents were Abraham and Maria (Erissman) Brubaker, of Rapho, Lancaster county, both of whom died on the old homestead. Abraham Brubaker, son of Jacob, was of Swiss stock. On his
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mother's side Mr. Brubaker's grandparents were Abraham and Maria (Hostetter) Strickler, of Lan- caster county, the family being of Swiss origin. Abraham Strickler was the son of Ulrich Strickler.
On May 6, 1860, Henry S. Brubaker married Anna Brubaker of Lancaster. There were born to this marriage : Benjamin F., who resides with his father, is married to Miss Macie Noll and has four children; Peter S., a farmer of Rapho township, married to Miss Katie Keener, and a preacher in the Zion's Children ( Brinser) denomination ; Elmer E., of Petersburg, Pa., married to Miss Louisa Breneman ; Henry A., farmer of Rapho township, who married Miss Fanny Ginder and has three chil- dren ; and Abraham G., single, at home. Mrs. Bru- baker was born in Rapho township and died in 1895 at the age of fifty-five years. She is buried in Eriss- man Meeting House cemetery. She was the daugh- ter of Benjamin and Maria Brubaker of Rapho township. The family are members of the Menno- nite church.
Mr. Brubaker owns three farms, all of which are valuable and highly improved. He is a shrewd, wide-awake man, thoroughly up with the times and a close student of events. He is highly respected as a citizen and is always ready to lend a helping hand to any improvement for the advancement of the com- munity in which he resides.
REV. EMIL MEISTER, the honored and be- loved pastor of St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Lancaster, is one of the foremost clergymen of the city, and is as prominent in social and educational work as he is in the church.
Mr. Meister was born in Freiburg, Baden, Ger- many, May 18, 1850, a son of Samuel E. and Bar- bara Meister, natives of the same grand duchy, where the father was a silk merchant in Freiburg until 1854, when he emigrated to Switzerland. Both Samuel E. Meister and his wife entered into rest years ago, faithful to the faith of Luther. Rev. Emil Meister spent his boyhood days in Switzer- land, and his literary and classical education was pursued in the Polytechnical College of Zurich, and the University of Heidelberg, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1868. For some two years after graduating he was engaged in business with his father, and came to this country to settle at Reading, where for a time he was connected with the Pilger Publishing House, and was engaged as editor of the Kutztown Journal. In 1872 Mr. Meister removed to Baltimore, as one of the publishers of the Baltimore Daily Wecker, the only Republican daily paper in the State of Maryland. In 1875 he again took up the study of theology, gratifying a long cherished ambition to devote himself to the ministry. He was ordained by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland in May, 1880, and his first pastoral charge was the First Evangelical Church of Baltimore. In August, 1880, he received a call to St. Stephen's Church,
in Lancaster, which he accepted, and at once began a work which has been creditable and successful.
St. Stephen's Church was organized in 1874, and the erection of a building was begun, which, how- ever, was not completed for some time, the services being held in the lecture room. This was the con- dition of affairs that greeted the young pastor on his arrival in 1880. His inspiring services put heart into the congregation, and the church was pushed to completion and dedicated the following spring. Later on a fine pipe organ was placed in the church. The building is 49x75 feet in dimensions, and 172 fcet to the top of the steeple. From a mere handful of people that received Mr. Meister, the congrega- tion has grown to four hundred members, and is to-day one of the most influential in the city, the Sunday-school also being correspondingly increased. The parsonage of St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, at No. 445 West Orange street, which is used as family residence only, is one of the finest in the city.
In January of this year ( 1903) Rev. Mr. Meister gave out a contract for a new church and parsonage at the corner of Ross and Ann streets, a new section of the growing city of Lancaster. This new church will be St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, and when finished will be a mission of St. Stephen's Church, and also under the auspices of Rev. Mr. Meister.
In 1871 Rev. Emil Meister was married in Read- ing to Miss Amelia Kleinschmidt, a native of Prus- sia. Of this union four children were born: (1) Wilhelmina died in Lancaster in 1886, at the age of eleven years, and was buried in the family bury- ing-ground in Reading. (2) Catherine is second in the order of birth. (3) Samuel L'., after graduat- ing in pharmacy, purchased goods and opened a drug store on West King and Mulberry streets, Lan- caster, in 1888, and two years later bought a second drug store at the corner of West Chestnut and Mary streets, conducting both with marked success. He was married July 15, 1900, to Miss Gertrude Wit- mer, who belongs to a prominent family in Para- dise township. (4) Mary, who graduated from the Lancaster high school in 1895, and later from the State Normal at Millersville, is a popular teacher of one of the Lancaster city schools.
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