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FRANK BURROWS TROUT is one of the most prominent figures in the business and social life of Lancaster. and is a brother of H. L. Trout, Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions, whose sketch ap- pears elsewhere.
Mr. Trout was born in Lancaster, and was edu- cated in the public schools of that city. After gradu- ating from the high school he became an apprentice at bookbinding with the late George Wiant, and at the close of Iris apprenticeship was recognized as an expert finisher. He took charge of the State Bindery, at Harrisburg. Pa .. and after six months there re- moved to Washington, D. C., where he became one of the heads of departments in the Government book bindery, remaining there ten years. His next move was to Philadelphia, where for three years he was connected with the noted J. B. Lippincott Publishing Company. Then he came back to Lancaster. and, under the firm title of Trout & Shank, established a gents' furnishings store, shirt factory and laundry in North Queen street, where the Northern National Bank is now located. Continuing this until 1888, Mr. Trout bought the old Gruel Confectionery property, Nos. 166-168 North Queen street, which he com- pletely remodeled, and he has now erected the hand- some building known as the Trout Building on that
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site. . In 1898 he closed out the gents' furnishing business, but still retains an interest in the laundry business, which is now a company concern. How- ever, he has practically retired from business pursuits, and spends his time in looking after his varied in- terests.
Mr. Trout is a stanch Republican in politics. He is a member of the board of school directors of Lancaster from the First ward, now serving his sec- ond term. Fraternally he belongs to the Blue Lodge, F. & A. M., Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Hamilton Club, the County Golf Club, and the Lan- caster Road Drivers' Association, of which latter he is an enthusiastic member. for he not only loves a good horse, but always owns one. Socially he is popular everywhere : in brief. no man in Lancaster is more popular than Frank Burrows Trout. Re- ligiously he is a Presbyterian.
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JOHN LUTHER HAYS. In every commun- ity may be found representative citizens, who. as they begin to feel the weight of advancing years after an active life. have settled down in comfort to enjoy the fruits of former activity. Prominent in this class in Maytown. Pa., is John Luther Havs. who was born there Oct. 11. 1843, son of John and Elizabeth (Garst) Hays, natives of Adams county ยท and of Marietta. respectively.
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In young manhood John Hays came to Maytown. and here conducted a saddlery business. also en- gaged in raising tobacco. being among the first to believe in its successful culture. In the course of : time he hecame one of the prominent men of the : community. served as assessor for the township, up- held the principles of the Lutheran Church, and died in 1803. at the age of eighty-one : his wife survived until 1890. To this worthy couple were born : George. deceased: Maggie, who married Samuel Klair, and resides in Columbia : John : and Alice R., who married A. R. Houseal. a retired manufacturer of Maytown.
John Luther Hays remained under the parental roof until of legal age. assisting his father in the raising of tobacco. and then learned the carpenter trade, which became his principal business through life. Much of the excellent work to be seen ; in the building line in this vicinity testifies to the workmanship of Mr. Hays. and even vet he can show skill in the use of the tools of his trade.
Johnstin were: Elizabeth ; Harry, of London, Ohio: James F., a farmer of East Donegal ; and Winfield S., of Middletown, Pennsylvania.
The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Hays were Francis and Catherine ( Hawk) Johnstin, natives of Scotland : and the maternal grandparents were Will- iam and Esther ( Brenneman.) Lightner, of Green- castle. Pa., and of Lancaster county, respectively, the former a wealthy man who was said to have spent two fortunes, while the father of the latter was the noted Dr. Hans Brenneman.
In politics Mr. Hays is a Democrat, and has been one of the progressive and leading men in the vicin- ity. In 1864, with H. H. Klugh, he enlisted in the 195th regiment for service in the Civil war, and he was also a member and sergeant of Co. B. IL4th P. V. I. His life has been a busy and useful one, and he well deserves the ease which he is able to take, surrounded by the respect and affection of friends.
WILLIAM B. MOORE, who has followed the carpenter trade very successfully for many years in Christiana, Pa., was born in Sadsbury township 4mio. 20th, 1846, son of Walker and Anna ( Smed- lev) Moore, natives, respectively, of Sadsbury and Little Britain townships, this county.
Andrew Moore. the great-great-grandfather of. William B., came from the town of Armagh, Coun- ty Tyrone, Ireland, in 1723, and settling in Sadsbury township, Chester county, built the first mill to be erected in that part of the county. There he pur- chased land to the extent of a thousand acres, lying partly in Chester and partly in Lancaster counties. He was one of the Friends active in having the Meeting for Divine Worship established at Sads- bury in 1,24.
John Moore, son of Andrew, grew to manhood, and became prominent in the agricultural and re- ligrious life of Chester county. He married Sarah Downing.
John Moore (2), son of John and Sarah, made his home in Sadsbury township, where he engaged i in farming and blacksmithing. After his marriage he moved across the line into Lancaster county. He married Marv Walker, who was born in 1782. and died gth mo. 5th, 1843. He died the 5th mo. 14th, 1864. at the age of ninety.
Walker Moore, son of John (2), and father of William B., was born Ist mo. 14th, 1810, and he Mr. Hays was married in Cumberland county. Pa., to Miss Elizabeth Johnstin, and to this union . were born: Nellie J .. now occupying the important . post of matron of the Columbia Hospital: Maggie M., who died in ISO7: Charles B., who died in in- fancy; and Rosella. Mrs. Hays was born in May- town Oct. It, IS11. a daughter of James and Leah (Lightner) Johnstin, of Maytown and York county. : respectively. the former of whom was a mercantile clerk, and died at the age of thirty-three ; the mother still survives, although an invalid, and resides with died at the present home of our subject gth mo. 29th, 1890. He married Anna Smedley, who was born 9th mo. 4th. 1818, daughter of Joseph and Rachel ( Balance) Smedley, natives of Chester county, who removed to Lancaster county at an early day, and took a prominent place in the life of the times. Anna (Smedley) Moore died Ist mo. 10th, 18;6, and was buried in Bart Cemetery, as were also the remains of her husband. Both were members of the Orthodox Society of Friends. Their family consisted of the following children : Rachel. who Mrs. Hays. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. ' married William Wickersham, a farmer in London
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Grove township, Chester county : Sarah and Susan- nah, who both died young; William B .; Joseph S., a bookkeeper at Galena, Kans .. who married Clara Thoren, of Philadelphia : John W., deceased ; Anna, who married Howard Webster. a farmer of New London township, Chester county : Asahel, a farmer and surveyor, who lived and died in Lancaster coun- ty, and who married Hannah Mendenhall, of Ches- ter county ; Pascal, a carpenter, who married Anna Mendenhall. of Chester county, and is now de- ceased : Caleb, a carpenter in Quakerville, Kans., who married Mary Harvey, of Spring River, Kans. ; Joshua, who died young ; and Mary, who married Eugene Scott, a grocer at Malvern, Pennsylvania.
William B. Moore lived with his parents until 1864, when he began the carpenter trade with a cousin, Truman C. Moore, with whom he remained twelve years. He then bought a farm in Sadsbury township, on which he remained sixteen years, and which he still owns. In 1891 he gave up farming, and moving to Christiana, he has since followed carpentering, although practically living retired. For five years he efficiently served as supervisor, one year as tax collector, and at the present time he is treasurer of the Christiana Fire Co., and of the Christiana Building and Loan Association. His political faith is that of the Republicans. In his religious belief he adheres to the faith of his fathers and belongs to the religious Society of Friends. Photography has furnished him a pleasing recrea- tion, and he has many fine views of old buildings and interesting scenes in Lancaster county.
William B. Moore has been twice married. On 5th mo. 28th, 1874, in New London township, Ches- ter county, he wedded Phoebe J. Moore, who was born in Sadsbury township, Chester county, in 1847, and who died 4th mo. Ioth, 1876, the mother of one child, Anna F., born 12th mo. 6th, 1875, and died 7th mo. 10th, 1876.
Phoebe J. (Moore) Moore was a descendant of Andrew Moore, a farmer of Lancaster county. In 1762 he built a stone house, in what is now Christi- ana, as a home for his family. and this house stood until 1894, when it was taken down by Isaac Slocum, and the present house built on the site of the old one. Andrew Moore died in Harrisburg while on his way to Center county, Pennsylvania.
Jeremiah Moore, son of Andrew, was born in Sadsbury township. He was afflicted with lack of power of speech and hearing from birth. but al- though thus afflicted he made a success of life, and proved himself a good business man, being both a millwright and a manufacturer. His wife, Phoebe Jones, was born in Chester county.
Jeremiah Moore (2), son of Jeremiah and father of Phoebe J., was born 5th mo. 12th, 1803, in Ches- ter county. When he was four years old he was brought into Lancaster county by his parents, and remained in this county until his marriage, when he settled in Chester county. By occupation he was a farmer and undertaker. He married Elizabeth W.
Ely, of Solebury, Bucks county. who died 2nd mo. 12th, 1874, at the age of seventy-one. He (lied Ist mo. 11th, 1887, and was laid to rest be- side his wife in New West Grove cemetery in Chester county. They were both members of the religious Society of Friends. Their children were: Mary E., who married Benjamin McFad- gen, of Chester county ; Sarah M., who married M. P. Wilkinson, and after his death Joseph J. McFad- gen, both of Chester county; Anna M., who mar- ried David Balderson, of New Hope, Bucks county ; Levi P., who married Elizabeth L. Paxson, of Chester county, and is deceased : Elizabeth E .. who is the present wife of William B. Moore ; and Phoebe J., deceased wife of William B. Moore.
On 5th mo. 28th, 1878. William B. Moore mar- ried for his second wife. Elizabeth E. (Moore) Michiner, born 3d mo. 7th, 1843.
JOHN K. DJEM. who has lived retired since 1891, was for thirty years one of the most energetic business men of Intercourse, Lancaster county, en- gaged in several lines of industry. Mr. Diem de- serves special credit for the unusual success he achieved, as he commenced life with no financial assistance, and he is a self-made man in the truest sense of that often misused term.
Our subject is a native of this county, born April 6, 1842, in Salisbury township, and is of Ger- man descent in the paternal line, his grandfather, John Diem, having been born in Germany. The lat- ter married Hannah Kennedy, a native of Lancaster county. William Diem, father of John K., was born in Lancaster county, and here passed his entire life, dying in Salisbury township in 1880. at the age of seventy-two. He was a shoemaker by occupa- tion. He married Maria Moyer, also a native of Lancaster county, who died in 1890, aged seventy- eight years, and both rest in the Pequea Church cemetery in Salisbury township. Their religious connection was with the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Diem was one of the respected men in his commun- ity, and was active in local affairs, serving as town- ship assessor. Of his children, Catherine married Daniel D. Warfel, and lives in Salisbury township : Elizabeth, of Philadelphia, Pa., is the widow of James Ayres ; Mary, Mrs. David Kurtz, is deceased ; John K. is mentioned more fully below ; Ellen. Mrs. Foreman, resides in Lancaster ; Hannah is the wife of Edward Ranck. of Salisbury township : William is a contractor and builder in Chester county, this State : Hettie is the widow of William Cofroth, of Salisbury township ; Bellmina lives in Philadelphia : Christ. a contractor and builder, is a resident of Mal- vern, Chester county.
John K. Diem received his education in the com- mon schools, and remained under the parental roof until he was eighteen years of age, since when he has fought life's battles on his own account. Hay- ing served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade, he followed same for a quarter of a century, from
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1860 to 1885, in time taking up contracting and building. He also engaged in the undertaking busi- ness, conducting a large number of funerals in his locality. Meantime, in 1884, he added coal and lumber dealing to his other interests, and continued in that line until his retirement, ten years ago. Mr. Diem's patrons found him uniformly reliable and straightforward in every transaction, and this fact, taken into consideration along with a faculty for good management and sound judgment, accounts for the abundant success which rewarded him in all his undertakings. In the accumulation of a com- fortable competence he has retained the respect of all his associates, and he is passing his days among friends gained by years of upright living and devo- tion to duty. Mr. Diem owns a fine farm. which his son cultivates. Since 1901 he has been engaged in the wholesale tobacco business, packing, etc. His strict attention to business has prevented him from taking any active part in public affairs be- yond the casting of his vote, by which he usually supports the candidates of the Republican party.
Mr. Diem has been twice married. His first union, with Miss Margaret Parmer, was celebrated in 1863, in Salisbury township, and was blessed with children as follows : ( 1) Alfred E., of Philadel- phia, is an undertaker ; he has married twice, first to Miss Susan Hoar, subsequently to Miss Phoebe Betz. (2) Henry W. is married and living in Wellsville, Ohio, where he is foreman in the Penn- sylvania Railway Shops. (3) John W., a butcher of Lancaster, married Anna Bowermaster. (4) Mary A. is the wife of Ulysses Musser, of East Lampeter township. (5) Walter S., married and living in Gordonville, is a cigar box manufacturer. (6) Edgar E., a farmer of Leacock township, mar- ried Carrie Mowery. (7) Margaret married Amos Brubaker, a farmer of Upper Leacock township. (8) Emma is the wife of Jesse Bowermaster, of Lancas-
ter. (9) Susie married Daniel Bork, a boot and shoe merchant of Lancaster. (10) Annie E. mar- ried Milton Woodward, of Coatesville. Chester coun- ty. The mother died in 1881, aged thirty-seven years, and was buried in Leacock cemetery. She was born in Earl township, this county, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Bowers) Parmer. In 1884 Mr. Diem married, in Upper Leacock township, Miss Emma Bender, and they have had four chil- dren, Nettie V., Elsa G., Estella L. and Lloyd F., all still living at home. Mrs. Emma Diem was born in 1854. in Upper Leacock township, a daughter of Kinzer D. and Leah ( Berkenbine) Bender.
Kinzer D. Bender first married Mary Weidler, and of the children born to this union. Franklin is a retired farmer, now making his home in Mechan- icsburg; John, deceased, was a farmer of Upper Leacock township : Henry died young : Mary mar- ried Jacob Burkholder, of Upper Leacock township ; and William K. is a resident of Strasburg. The sec- ond marriage of Mr. Bender was to Susan Weidler, the sister to his first wife, and one son was born of
this marriage, Weidler, who died when grown to maturity. The third marriage of Kinzer Bender was to Leah Berkenbine, and to them were born: George, of Lancaster ; Emma, who married John K. Diem; Kinzer, of Upper Leacock township ; Anna, who married Edward Sutton, a traveling agent ; and Salome, deceased. The father died in Sep- tember, 1887, at the age of eighty-three years, and was buried in Heller's Church cemetery. The mother is still living in Lancaster City. She is a member of the Evangelical Church, as was also her husband.
JACOB C. PFAHLER (deceased). By their lives men win the imperishable respect, affection and gratitude of their fellow citizens. if deeds and daily habits are of noble type. When the name of Jacob C. Pfahler is spoken, it is with kindliness, respect and true regard. The career of Mr. Pfahler at Columbia was one of earnest endeavor, crowned with deserved success. For more than half a cent- ury he was a prominent citizen of that borough. As a youth of sixteen years. about 1831, with hope and ambition to live a worthy life, with principles of rectitude and righteousness firmly implanted in his nature, he came to Columbia, and there he continued to reside, one of the borough's most estimable citi- zens, until his death, Sept. 10, 1899.
Christopher Pfahler, his father. migrated from Germany, his native land, to America when a lad, and in 1803 settled in York county, Pa. There he followed farming and the trade of turner, which he had acquired in the Fatherland. He married Cath- erine Hilderbrand, and of their five sons Jacob C., born Jan. 13, 1815, was the eldest. Henry, late a resident of Columbia, was the last survivor.
As was common sixty or seventy years ago, Jacob C. Pfahler acquired a trade, that of a saddler, and that vocation he followed at Columbia for a period of sixty-five years. The most estimable char- acter which he developed won him the friendship and affection of all who knew him. During the war he served as burgess, and for several years was councilman. For a period of forty-two years he was treasurer of the Columbia Public Grounds Co. He was also treasurer of the Mt. Bethel Cemetery Co., of the Columbia & Marietta Pike Co., and of the Pennsylvania Bible Society, holding these offices at the time of his death. In his younger years he was a Democrat, but later in life supported the principles of the Republican party. Mr. Pfahler was a man of deep and sincere religious convictions. Early in life he became connected with the Presbyterian Church, and in 1870 became an elder in the church, continuing in that official capacity until his death.
The marriage of Jacob C. Pfahler and Sarah J. Schnaeder was solemnized at York, Pa .. in 1839. The wife died March 23, 1868, aged forty-nine years. Two children were born to them : Charles H., who died unmarried in 1891 : and Mrs. Jemima M. Truscott, who died. July 5, 1901, and who was
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the solace of Mr. Pfahler in his declining years. Ill health had obliged him in IS81 to retire from active life, and his later years were made pleasant by the ministrations' and care of his daughter. She suc- ceeded him as treasurer of the Pennsylvania Bible Society.
Jacob Pfahler possessed those charitable and broad views of life which distinguished the true nobleman. His business talents and application had gained for him a deserved competence. but financial success only deepened and mellowed the governing principles of humanity and charity which marked his entire career. His loss has been keenly felt not only by his immediate friends but by the wide circle of acquaintances with whom his memory will linger long as an inspiration to that which is best and highest in mankind.
PETER FOREMAN. The history of the Foreman family in America begins with the com- ing of Frederick Foreman from Germany, to make his home in Perks county, Pa., where he worked as a day laborer, and lived to be over eighty years old. His religious affiliations were with the Luth- cran Church, and his career in life, though lowly, was in every way honorable.
Peter Foreman. his son, and the grandfather of Peter Foreman, whose name appears above, spent the most of his life in Berks county, where he was born. A few years before his death at the age of seventy-two, he came into Lancaster county to make his home. A shoemaker by trade, he followed that occupation the most of his life. Elizabeth Styer, his wife, was a native of Lancaster county, and be- came the mother of a large family of children : John, the father of Peter Foreman; Samuel, a collier in Caernarvon township : Daniel. who is living at Mor- gantown, Berks county, where he followed the car- penter trade for many years; Katie, who married Adam Styer, of Caernarvon township; Eliza, who married Nona Quaintance, of Reading, Pa .; Mary, wife of Charles Thomas, of Philadelphia : Sarah, who wedded Thomas Murphy, and lives in Illinois ; Rebecca, wife of William Conway, of Caernarvon township, and who now has her home in Phila- delphia : Ellen, a twin sister of Daniel, and who died unmarried.
John Foreman was born Nov. 4. IS16, and died Oct. 2, 1893. Although born in Berks county, the most of his life was spent in Lancaster county, where he owned an eighty-acre farm two miles northeast of Churchtown. A successful farmer and a self-made man, he was an enterprising and public- spirited citizen of the community, taking a deep interest in the welfare and progress of his lo- cality. His farm was wild and uncultivated when it came into his possession, but under his industrious . and practical management was thoroughly im- proved, and equipped with buildings, machinery and everything needed for its perfect cultivation.
Mr. Foreman was married March 14, 1837, to i
Rachei Pierce, a daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Pierce. Mrs. Foreman was born in Lancaster coun- ty Nov. 6, 1816. and died April 20. 1898. The: had a family of twelve children, as follows: Eliza- beth died unmarried: Catherine is the widow of Thomas Nelnis. of Chester county: Martha and Margaret, twins, of whom Martha married Wash Woods, of Pittsburg, and Margaret became the wife of Jolin Menzer, of New Holland: Elizabeth (2) died unmarried : Peter ; Abraham is a laborer at Morgantown: Sarah is the wife of Frank MIc- Clellan, of Pittsburg : John died young : Mary Jane married J. L. Black, of Morgantown : Clement lives in Birdsborough, Pa. ; and Abner died young.
Peter Foreman was born Dec. 25. 1844, and spent the first sixteen years of his life on the farm. receiving his education in the public school. At that age he began working for wages, and was en- gaged in this way until he was twenty-five years of age, when he married and rented a farm, beginning that career in which he has passed his life. For some years he operated rented property: but in 18844 bought his present farm, consisting of seventy acres just north of Churchtown, which he has great- ly improved with fine farm buildings. making it one of the fine country homes in this part of the county. Mr. Foreman and his worthy wife began at the bot- tom with little resources, and they have, by patient persistence in industry. thrift and integrity, risen to an enviable standing among the leading and influ- ential people of the county. While following gen- eral farming in the main, Mr. Foreman has made a specialty of tobacco culture, and is said to be the most extensive tobacco grower in the eastern part of Lancaster county. The Havana Seed is raised by him, and he furnished the tobacco for the Lan- caster county exhibit at the World's Fair at Chicago. Mr. Foreman also deals in fertilizers in connection with his farming. In his politics he is a stanch Re- publican, and takes a deep interest in the welfare of the party. He is a member of the township board of education, and has served as supervisor. He has also been a member of the Republican county committee.
Mr. Foreman was married Feb. 8. 1870. to Miss Susan Foreman, a daughter of John and Mary ( Bartman ) Foreman, natives of Lancaster and Mont- gomery counties, respectively. Most of their mar- ried life was spent in Lancaster county, but their last years were passed in Chester county, where the father died at about the age of seventy years, and the mother at about sixty-five years. The father was a forgeman in the iron business. They were both members of the Methodist Church. Jacob Bart- man, the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Foreman. was an undertaker and cabinet maker, and also owned a farm in Montgomery county. Of the chil- dren of John Foreman, Henry is a resident of Safe Harbor, Lancaster county : Matilda is the widow of Tohn Slater. of Philadelphia : Catherine married the Rev. Ben Christ, and died in Minnesota: William
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was a soldier in the Civil war, and was killed in the Seven Days' battle in front of Richmond; Mary is the widow of Isacher Freeman, and lives in Chester county : Susan is Mrs. Foreman ; Edward is in Phil- adelphia ; Mahlon is in Philadelphia; and two chil- dren died in infancy.
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