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years in his native township, in company with his fa- ther operating a dry goods, grocery and grain busi- ness at Terre Hill. His next removal was to Breck- nock township, this county, where for eight years he devoted himself to farming. In 1869 he located in Lancaster, and began handling leaf tobacco, in which line he has built up a large and constantly increasing business, and he also deals in cigars. His goods are reliable and some of his special bran Is of cigars have a large sale. In his establishment, he gives employment to thirty men, and all modern methods are used in the conduct of his business.
On Dec. 27, 1855, Mr. Schnader was married at Mechanicsburg, Pa., to Eliza Killian, born July 8. 1837. near Mechanicsburg, daughter of Philip and Nancy (Cunningham) Killian, farmers of Lancaster county. MIrs. Schnader died Nov. 27, 1800, and was buried in Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster. Three children were born of this union : Walter R:, Albert P. and John J., the latter of whom died in infancy. Walter R. resides in the adjoining house to his father, with whom he is in partnership ; on June 21, 1882. he married Clara, daughter of Philip Schum. of this city. and they have one child-Ros- coe. Albert P. is unmarried and resides with his father. he, too, being in business with him. Since his sons were taken into partnership. Mr. Schnader has transferred the greater portion of the business to their shoulders, and has partially retired.
Fraternally Mr. Schnader is a member of Fari Lodge, No. 413. I. O. O. F., at New Holland, and Ledge No. 68. K. P .. at Lancaster. In political mat- ters he is a Prohibitionist, and was school director in his native townshin six years, and occupied the same office for three years in the city of Lancaster. giving the most complete satisfaction, his interest in educational affairs being deep and intelligent. For twenty-five years he has been Sunday School super- intendent of the Second Evangelical Church, now known as Bethany United Evangelical Church, of which he is one of the most honored members, and he is justly looked up to as one of the leading and generous supporters of that congregation.
FILBERT SMITH, one of the best known and most popular freight and passenger conductors in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., was born at Bainbridge. Lancaster county, Jan. 3, 1851.
Mathias W. Smith, his father, was a well-known grocer and much respected citizen of Millersville, who for several years filled the office of coroner. He died Aug. 24, 1895, aged seventy-nine years, five months and twenty-eight days. He was an earnest Christian, and an earnest member of Bethel Church, as was also his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Rapp, who was born Jan. S. 1818, and who died April 20, 1902, at the home of her daughter, Eliza- beth, aged eighty-four years, three months and twelve days. By her marriage with Mr. Smith she became the mother of ten children : Simon and Eliza, who died in infancy; Mary (Mrs. Conrad Page) ;
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Henry, who was drowned in the Pennsylvania canal : Jolin, in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co .: Filbert; Horace G., a railroad flagman living at Columbia; Sheaffer S., of York: Elizabeth. the wife of John Mathis, an iron mohler of Rovalton ; and Edward, whose home is in Philadelphia.
The paternal grandfather of Filbert Smith was a farmer, and a life-long resident of Lancaster coun- ty. The family of Rapp were also Lancasterians, Mr. Smith's maternal grandfather. Jacob Rapp. be- ing many years the sexton of the Lutheran Church at Elizabethtown.
On July 12. 1875, Filbert Smith was married to Mary C. Killinger, of Lancaster, the wedding taking place at Camden, N. J. Their union having been without issue, they adopted a daughter of his brother. John W. Smith, whose baptismal name was Pearl. On reaching womanhood she married D. Luther Black, a marble cutter of Columbia. Mrs. Smith was born June 10, 1858. Her father. John F. Killin- ger, was a hotel keeper of Harrisburg from 1875 un- til 1887. when he died, aged fifty-two years : he mar- ried Catherine Boot, who passed away in 1860. when a young woman of thirty-five years. Of their chil- dren Mrs. Smith was the third, the others being Anna, George. John, Edward, Emma. Salina, Sophia and Martha. Mrs. Smith. with her sisters Anna, Emma and Martha, are all that survive. Of these Anna is Mrs. Harry Reese, of Lancaster: Emma is the wife of Abel Barnett, of Philadelphia ; and Mar- tha also lives in Philadelphia. Sophia, deceased. was the wife of Harry Sanderson. After the death of Mrs. Smith's mother, her father married again, his second wife being Mary Peterman, who bore him one son, Valentine, since deceased.
Filbert Smith remained with his parents until his twenty-fourth year, and in 1575 came to Co- lumbia. Long before that date he had become ac- customed to hard work. When a boy of twelve he began driving along the towpath of the canal. and the next twelve years of his life were spent as a ca- nal boatman. On reaching Columbia he found em- ployment with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as a brakeman, and eight years later he was given a position as flagman. His next promotion was to the post of freight conductor, and in May. 1900, he was transferred to the company's passenger service. He is of genial disposition, sunny temperament and generous heart. is faithful to his friends and charit- able toward all. He is a member of various social and benevolent organizations, and among them are the I. O. O. F., the Order of Red Men, Knights of the Mystic Shrine, and the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors. He is a Republican politically, and in religious belief an active member of the United Brethren Church.
WILLIAM MAXWELL. Few families in Sadsbury township enjoy a higher measure of es- teem than the descendants of the late William Max- well, who for many years was a prominent citizen
of Lancaster county, a successful merchant. excel- lent farmer and one who was ever interested in the advancement of all educational and moral enterprises in his locality.
The late William Maxwell was born in Stew- artsville, N. J., some six miles from the town of Eastman, June 4, 1791, and after a busy and useful life of sixty years, passed away in his home on the farm now occupied by his daughter, in Sadsbury township, Feb. 4, 1851. His parents were Robert and Elenora ( Salone ) Maxwell, born in Ireland, but with a mixture of Scotch blood, a combination acknowledged to make the most robust and inteili- gent race of the present time. These parents came in their early married life to America, and settled in the State of New Jersey, where they engaged in farming and where they reared a large family. These were: Margaret, deceased, married Maxwell Kennedy, of Salisbury township, and had a family of twelve children: Elizabeth, deceased, married James Kennedy, and also resided in Salisbury town- ship ; Ellen, deceased, married Thomas Barton, and resided in Belvidere, N. J .; Anna, deceased, mar- ried Adam Ramsey; Jane died unmarried: Mary died unmarried ; John married Mary Maxwell; and William.
William Maxwell spent his early years on a farm, but he was liberally educated, passing through col- lege with: honors, becoming a thorough classical scholar. He then embarked in the mercantile busi- ness, in association with his brother-in-law. Adam Ramsey. this partnership continuing until 1817. Prior to his marriage, William Maxwell came to the farm which is still in possession of his children. the estate originally consisting of 260 acres, from which ninety acres were sold some fifteen years ago. Al- though he was left an orphan at the age of eight years, he became a useful member of society, was noted for his industry and close attention to business, living a particularly unobtrusive life. This, how- ever, did not prevent an active interest in educational and religious matters, his liberality assisting in the advancement of many beneficial enterprises. Al- though not connected by membership. he was a constant attendant and generous supporter of the Presbytcriam Church. His political interest was with the Republican party.
On Feb. 20, 1817, William Maxwell was married in Sadsbury township, to Hannah Templin, and the children bom to this union were: Ellen E., who was born Aug. 12, 1818, now resides on the old homestead ; Henrietta T., born Jan. 3, 1820, died June 6, 1902: Jane T., born Dec. 13, 1821, died March 31, 1902 : Robert, born July 13, 1823, married Mary Rea, and died in 1899, having been an elder in the Presbyterian Church for forty-five years; Richard T., who married Maria Stoner, died from a wound received during service in the Civil war ; Henry, borm July 2. 1830, died in 1856, unmarried; Mary T., børn April 23, 1828, died June 25. 1800; Edward, bon May 27, 1832, died in infancy ; Han-
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ford, born April 5, 1835. died Feb. 4. 1854, all of these having come into the world in the old home- stead which has for the survivors the pleasant asso- ciations of a life-time. The three daughters of William Maxwell were all ladies of education, in- telligence and refinement. Their memories of their parents were among their most precious recollec- tions. They were universally esteemed through the neighborhood, and all were leading and consistent members of the Presbyterian Church.
Dr. J. R. Maxwell. only son of the late Robert Maxwell, has practiced medicine in Parkesburg, Pa., since 1888.
JOHN LEVERGOOD, M. D. The medical fraternity of Lancaster has numbered among its members some very prominent physicians in the past who have conferred great honor upon their noble profession. For four decades prior to 1891 Dr. John Levergood was one of the leading physicians and surgeons of the city, and a man who was very prominent in its municipal and educational life. His surviving widow was the daughter of one of Lancaster's leading public men in past years, Judge Emanuel Schaeffer.
Dr. Levergood was born in Lower Windsor town- ship, York Co., Pa., Feb. 13, 1826, and died in Lan- caster July 5, 1891, the greensward of Woodward Hill Cemetery covering all that is mortal of him. He was the son of Jacob and Frances ( Litzenberger) Levergood, the former of York, and the latter of Lancaster county, where Jacob died in 1850, his wife dying in Wrightsville, Pa., March 3, 1893, at the advanced age of ninety years. Jacob Levergood was an extensive farmer of York county and promi- nent in the public life of his community for many years. His children were: William, a retired school teacher of Philadelphia, Pa .; Jacob P., in the tobacco business, Wrightsville, Pa., where he is also justice of the peace ; and Jolin.
On Oct. 25, 1849, in Lancaster, Pa., Dr. Lever- good was married to Margaret Louisa Schaeffer, who was born in Lancaster. Pa., a daughter of Hon. Emanuel and Elizabeth ( Metzger) Schaeffer.
Emanuel Schaeffer was a native of this county, born Feb. 27, 1793. Having lost his father when young, his mother and her children became part of the household of his maternal grandfather, John Miller, an eminent citizen of Lancaster. once high sheriff of the county, and also a member of the State Senate. On March 14. 1781. John Miller was ap- pointed by the Supreme Executive Council of Penn- sylvania, a commissioner of purchase for the county of Lancaster, and was active in the patriot cause ; his descendants are, to-day, found in the McNeal, Schaeffer and Keller families in this county. At the age of fifteen, Emanuel Schaeffer was apprenticed by his grandfather to a harnessmaker, and after learning the trade, followed it until he had saved enough to go into business for himself. At the age of twenty-five he was married to Mary Metzger,
who died five years later, and he then married on March 8. 1827, a sister of his first wife. Elizabeth ! Metzger, who was born Sept. 3. 1803. and died Nor. 1 6, 1856, leaving the following children: Mary E .. deceased wife of John Herr : Margaret Louisa. Mrs. Levergood : Emeline R., deceased wife of Herr: Brady MeNeal : and Emanuel W., a retired saddler 1 of Harrisburg, l'a. The third wife of Mr. Schaeffer was Mirs. Winebrenner, a native of Ohio, and who died, leaving no children, in the State of Illinois. In 1841. Judge Schaeffer was appointed by Gov. Por- ter, associate judge of the courts of Lancaster. which position he held for the following five years, when he was reappointed by Gov. Shunk, and discharged his Juties with great fidelity for four years more. He was prominent in municipal affairs also, having serve! for thirteen years in the City Council. besides filling many other offices of trust. He was also connected with one of the financial institutions of the town. having been in 1841 elected president of the Lan- caster Savings Institution, and which position he held for many years. In religious matters he was exceedingly zealous. From the organization of the Church of God in Lancaster, he was an eller, re- ceiving his election annually, and he also acted as Superintendent of the Sabbath School, and was a delegate to the East Pennsylvania and General El- dlerships for a number of years. His death occurred Nov. 13, 1864. in Newburg, Cumberland Co., Pa., where he was at the time in attendance as a delegate to the Eldership of his church denomination.
The early life of John Levergood was passed un- der the strictest of Presbyterian training. His fa- ther sent him at the age of eleven to the York Acad- emy, the principal of which at that time was an old school Presbyterian preacher. Here he attend- ed for three years, and then was entered as a student at Strasburg Academy, whose principal was again an old school Presbyterian, in the person of the Rev. David McCarter. Here he studied for the following three years, and then took up the study of his pro- fession with Dr. Washington L. Atlee. of Philadel- phia, Pa., and with whose family he resided during the term of his reading. He passed the examina- tion and was licensed to practice his profession ir 1817. but continued with Dr. Atlee until the spring of 1848, at which time he began active practice for himself in the town of Wrightsville, Pa. It was here he married, and soon after removed to Lancaster. where he practiced with the exception of two years and three months spent in the army as surgeon. tin- til the date of his death. Before going into the army, he served his country loyally in the hospital service. being on duty in the Lancaster County Hospital. and resigning from that position to accept a sur- geon's commission in the regular army offered him by Gov. Curtin. He went to the front and served faithfully to the close of the war in alleviating the sufferings of the noble "boys in blue." Returning to his home, he was appointed by President An- drew Johnson examining pension surgeon of the
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Lancaster County District, in which position he served for two years.
Dr. I.evergood was a power in the municipal life o: his community, and was found ever ready to sac- rifice his valuable time and great executive ability in the furtherance of her progress. He was a mem- ber of the common council during the years 1880 and 188t, during which time he acted as president of the same. One of the measures which he carried through while a member of that body. and which resulted in a great financial saving to the city, was a joint res- olution instructing the Finance committee to refund city bonds to the amount of $200,000 at a lower rate of interest. This measure was carried and resulted in saving to the city the sum of $4.000. He also took an active part in the movement to abolish the old volunteer fire department, and to substitute the pres- ent efficient paid department. The public work of Dr. Levergood was probably more efficient in the line of his duties as a school director than in any other line, he having been a member of the board of education almost continuously from 1859 until 1889. In this body he is remembered as a splendid parlia- mentarian, and he left a code of rules governing that body which is in use at the present time. His decisions as president of the board were always just, and very rarely appealed from or reversed. In so- cial life he was a prominent member of the I. O. O. F., likewise a member of the Encampment. In po- litical faith he adhered to the principles of the party of Jefferson, and was an active worker in the ranks of that organization. The history of Lancaster county could not be written without mention of the services of this eminent man.
HARRY S. STOLL, foreman of a section crew on the Pennsylvania railroad, has his home in Florin, where he is highly esteemed by all who know him. Mr. Stoll was born in Elizabethtown, Pa., June 14, 1849, a son of John and Barbara (Harry) Stoll, na- tives of Wurtemberg, Germany.
John Stoll came to this country when a young man and settled in Elizabethtown, whither his wife had come the previous year. For forty-six years he was a section foreman for the Pennsylvania com- pany, and at his death had been on the retired list for eight years. He died Nov. 12, 1897, at the age of eighty years : and his wife Dec. 15, 1895, at the age of seventy-five years. They were both buried in the cemetery at Florin, having made that bor- ough their home since 1854. Mr. Stoll was a Dem- ocrat, and both were members of the Methodist Church. The following were their children: Mary married George G. Lindsay, who is in business at Marietta, Pa. ; Harry S. : John H. is a passenger and ticket agent at Mt. Joy; Frank is a "boss" section foreman at Landisville : and Reuben is deceased.
The paternal grandfather of Mr. Stoll was John Stoll, of Germany, where he spent his life in farm- ing. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Stoll also lived and died in Germany.
Harry S. Stoll and Miss Lydia Geistwhite were married in Florin, Pa., Oct. 13, 1870, and they have become the parents of the following children: Ed- win B., a telegraph operator at Pittsburg, married Mamie Winters, and is the father of two children, Leroy and Ruth ; Elizabeth A. is the wife of Charles Warner, of Pikesville, Pa. ; Mary is deceased ; Har- vey 'is also deceased; and Dora and Bertha are at home.
Mrs. Lydia (Geistwhite) Stoll was born in MIt. Joy township, April 23, 1850. a daughter of John and Mary ( Hoffman) Geistwhite, natives of Dauph- in county, and Mt. Joy township, respectively. Her father came to Lancaster county, settling in the township of Mt. Joy where his life was spent. and where he died in March, 1846, at the age of forty- six years. His remains now rest in the cemetery at Florin. His wife was born in 1820, and is now liv- ing with her daughter in Florin. Both Mr. and Mrs. Geistwhite were members of the Methodist Church. They were parents of the following family: Lydia became Mrs. Stoll; Henry, who died at the age of twenty-three years, was working on the railroad ; and Elizabeth married Henry Musselman, a coach trimmer of Florin. Mrs. Stoll's paternal grandpar- ents were Joli and Elizabeth ( Winagle) Geist- white, both natives of Dauphin county, but whose latter days were spent with their granddaughter, Mrs. Stoll. Her maternal grandparents were Jacob and Mary (Shaffer) Hoffman, both of Lancaster county, where he followed the occupation of a fence maker.
Harry S. Stoll spent his boyhood days on the farnı, but for the past thirty-nine years has been in the employ of the railroad company. For five years he was assistant foreman, and for twenty-six years has been foreman of the section for the com- pany. An alert and active man, he has an eye for every feature of the service, and is regarded as one of the most valuable on the line. Mr. Stoll is a member of the Methodist Church, and in his poli- tics is a Democrat. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and is highly esteemed in that fraternal order.
JOSEPH DICKINSON COATS POWNALL, a retired farmer of Christiana, was born in Solebury township, Bucks county, March 26, 1840, son of Hon. Moses and Susanna ( Walker) Pownall.
Hon. Moses Pownall was born Aug. 5, 1815, and was a farmer and a merchant. From 1847 to 1849 he operated a store in Christiana, dealt in coal and lumber, and was interested in a planing mill in Co- lumbia until 1851. when a fire destroyed about $4 .- 000 worth of lumber for him. He was associated in the firm of Pownall, Dickinson, John L. Wright & Son. The year he was married he moved to Bucks county, where he farmed until 1845. going from there to Christiana to take up a mercantile business as noted above. In 1850 he was elected a representa- tive in the General Assembly, and was re-elected for
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the succeeding term. While in Pucks county he held the position of justice of the peace and sus- tained a good reputation as a business man. His death occurred Feb. 12, 1854. His widow, whose maiden name was Susanna Walker, was born June 20, ISzo, and died March 26. 1882. Both were bur- ied in Old Friends Cemetery. Sadsbury township, they being members of the Society of Friends. They had only one childI. Joseph D. C.
The paternal grandparents of Josephi D. C. Pownall were Joseph and Phoebe (Dickinson) Pownail, of whom the former was born Jan. 5. 1,91, and died in 1870. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Pownall were Asahel and Sarah ( Coats) Walker, being farming people of Sadsbury township.
Joseph D. C. Pownall was married Feb. IT, 1864, in Philadelphia, to Mary Haines Stubbs, by whom he had the following children: M. Wilmer, cashier of the First National Bank in Coatesville, Pa., mar- ! ried Phoebe Thompson, by whom he has two chil- dren, William T .. and Malcolm Thompson : Susanna died in infancy: Vincent S .. now in the hardware business in Coatesville, married Bertha Walton. by , whom he has had one childl. Ruth E. : M. Elizabeth married E. Clayton Walton, also in hardware bus :- ness in Coatesville : S. Edu is at home. Mrs. Pownall was born in Fulton township. Lancaster county, and is the daughter of Vincent and Mary (Haines) Stubbs, the father being a native of Fulton township. and the mother of Cecil county, Md. Mr. Stubbs remained all his life on a farm in Fulton township. where he died April 8. 1875, at the age of seventy- eight years. From 1834 he had lived retired from active work. His wife, the mother of Mrs. Powna!l. died Feb. 28, 1874, being seventy-one years and nine : months old !. They were buried in the Friends Meet- ing House Cemetery in Penn Hill. Little Britain ! township. Mr. and Mrs. Stubbs had the following children: Joseph died at the age of eighteen years ; Rebecca is the widow of Steven Richards, and lives in Cecil county .. Md. : Thomas is deceased ; Elizabeth Oxford is the widow of Dr. A. P. Patterson : Ver- linda married Thomas R. Neel, a retired farmer of Christiana. Pa. : Hannah is the widow of Samuel : Parry, and has her home in Oxford. Pa .: Sophia married Thomas Smedley, and is deceased : Pris- cilla is the widow of Clayton Harland, and has her home in Oxford. Pa. : and Mary H. is Mrs. Pownall.
The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Pownall were Vincent and Priscilla ( Cooper) Stubbs, farm- ing people of Fulton township. Her maternal grand- parents were Joseph and Rebecca (Reynolds) Haines, farming people of Cecil county, Maryland.
Joseph D. C. Pownall spent the first seven years of his life on the farm, and was then brought by his parents into Christiana. When he was eleven years of age he began clerking in the store of Mr. Coats, in which his mother bought a half interest. and remained there from IS51 to 1859. While en- gaged in that store he sold the powder that was used in the Christiana Riot of 1859. Mr. Pownall
was a student for a tiine in the State Normal School at Millersville. For a few years he was interested in a mercantile enterprise with T. B. Mercer, and for four years he was engaged in farming in Sadsbury township ; but then returning to Christiana, where he became engaged in a general mercantile business. in which he continued until ISS2. From ISSo to 1896 he was connected with brick and pottery mant !- facturing. With his family he belongs to the Soci- ety of Friends, and is counted among the solid and substantial citizens of the community. In his poli- tics he is a Republican.
HENRY S. HERSHEY, general manager of the Chestnut Hill Ore Mines, in West Hempfield township, Lancaster county, where his residence is also located, was born on the banks of the Big Chick- ies creck, in the same township, March 16. 1827, and is a son of Christian and Elizabeth (Strickler) Hershey, natives, respectively. of Donegal and Rapho townships.
Christian Hershey moved to Columbia, Pa., in 1846, and was there employed by a brother, Ephraim Hershey, in a mill. Christian Hershey became a man of considerable influence : was one of the board of directors in West Hempfield township, upon the adoption of the free school system ; was county com- missioner for Lancaster county prior to ISjo; and was also tax collector for the borough of Columbia for several years. His death occurred in Columbia in 1882, when he was aged eighty-two years, and that of his wife, who was born in isog, occurred in the same city in IS;t. They were among the founders of the United Brethren Church in Columbia, and their remains were interred in Mount Bethel ceme- tery. In politics Mr. Hershey was a Republican. The children of Christian and Elizabeth Hershey were as follows : Henry S., who is mentioned at the opening of this sketch : Peter, who was killed on the Mississippi river in 1850, by the explosion of the hoilers of the steamer "Princess :" Elizabeth, widow of Thomas P. Cooper, of Columbia, Pa. : Ephraim, deceased : David, an engineer in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railway Company, and residing in Philadelphia : Samuel, who was killed when six years old by a kick from a horse: Isaiah and Amos, who died young ; and Wilhelmina, who died when an in- s fant. The paternal grandparents of Henry S. Hersh- ev were Peter and Anna ( Brenneman ) Hershey, the former of whom was a farmer : he fell from and was run over by his wagon and was killed.
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