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Church, of which both she and husband are most valued members. In politics Mr. Muth is identified with the Democratic party, and has always taken an intelligent interest in public matters, but has never accepted office. Both he and wife are most highly esteemed in their community, are lios- pitable and social in their instincts, and have a very wide circle of warm friends.
ALFRED GATES, M. D., one of the successful young physicians of Lebanon, Pa., is a native of that city, son of Alfred and Ellen (Posey) Gates, the former of whom was also born in Lebanon.
John Gates, the grandfather of Dr. Gates, was born in Germany, and emigrated at an early day to America, locating in Lebanon county. He married Mary Matter.
Dr. Gates is the fourth in the family of six children born to his parents, the others being : John, who is a stove molder at Reading, Pa .; William, who is a blacksmith at Lebanon; Nathan, foreman of the Reading Stove Works; Elizabeth ; and Ellen.
Dr. Gates was reared in Lebanon, and graduated from the public schools. Under Dr. D. P. Gerberich he read medicine and prepared for entrance to Hahnemann College, at Philadelphia, and was a member of the graduating class of 1890. In 1891 Dr. Gates attended the New York Ophthalmic Hospital. in New York City, studying diseases of the eye, and the same year he opened up his practice in Lebanon. Few young physicians have met with more encouraging success than has Dr. Gates, and he is deservedly popular both with the profession and the public. Endowed with youth and ambition, thoroughly educated in his profession, he also possesses a pleasing personality as a physician.
On November 1, 1898, Dr. Gates was united in marriage with Evelyn Reinoehl, a native of Lebanon, the fifth child of George H. and Mary (Krause) Reinoehl. One son, Richard Reinoehl, has been born to this union. Mrs. Gates is a member of the Lutheran Church, and both she and the Doctor have a wide circle of friends.
MORRIS K. BEHM, one of the well-known young business men of the flourishing city of Palmyra, Lebanon county, and a member of the suc- cessful firm of Behm & Lauch, proprietors of the Palmyra Paper Box fac- tory, was born on the old Behm homestead at Behm's Corner, South Annville township, Lebanon county, November 29, 1873, a son of Rudolph Behm, one of the best known citizens of this county.
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Morris K. Behm was reared upon his father's farm, and attended the public schools of his district, and the Lebanon Business College, from which he was graduated in 1894. After leaving college, he entered the store of J. A. Loose at Palmyra, where he was engaged for about eighteen months. At this time he accepted a position in the shoe factory of W. L. Kreider's Sons, Palmyra, where he spent two years. For the succeeding three and one- half years, he was engaged as a clerk in the Bon Ton Department store, at Lebanon. In September, 1901, Mr. Behm and his brother-in-law, Joseph F. Lauch, established the Palmyra Paper Box factory, which, although as yet a new concern, is in a most gratifying condition, with excellent prospects for the near future. The keen insight, steadfastness of purpose and close atten- tion to detail, make Mr. Behm a most promising business man, while his partner is possessed of many desirable qualities, so that the firm has already gained the confidence of the commercial world, and built a good line of cus- tomers.
On September 30, 1902, Mr. Behm was married to Miss Lema Snyder, daughter of James Snyder, of Lebanon, for many years clerk of the county commissioners of Lebanon county, but now in the United States Revenue Service. Mr. Behm is a stanch Republican in politics, but his manifold duties prevent his taking a very active part in local affairs. Both he and his most charming wife are very important factors in the social life of Palmyra, where they have many friends.
GABRIEL HOCKER MOYER is a Lebanon Countian, born and bred, his birth occurring in Palmyra November 9, 1873. He attended the public schools of his native town, and completed the course at the Academy which then flourished under the late Prof. Peter B. Witmer, where so many leading citizens of Pennsylvania drank of the fountain of knowledge. Afterward he studied privately under the tutelage of Prof. J. H. Alleman, now head of the schools at DuBois, Pa. In the fall of 1894, and after completing the course at the Lebanon Business College, Mr. Moyer began the study of law in the offices of Hon. C. R. Lantz, of Lebanon, and two years later entered the Law Department of Dickinson College, at Carlisle, from which institution he was graduated with credit in 1898, and soon thereafter was admitted to prac- tice at the Bars of Cumberland and Luzerne counties. Mr. Moyer's entry into politics dates from the fall of 1894, when he stumped the county for Governor Hastings. His reputation as a public speaker was then estab- lished, and when the loyal Republicans of Lebanon county, six hundred strong, made a pilgrimage, in the fall of 1896, to the home of President
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William McKinley, at Canton, Ohio, Mr. Moyer made the address in their behalf. In 1898 the eloquent young Palmyran spoke in various parts of the State for William A. Stone, who was subsequently elected Governor. Mr. Moyer was a delegate to the Republican State Convention in the years 1897 and 1901, each time leading the delegates' ticket at the primaries. In the fall of 1899 Mr. Moyer became the editor of the Palmyra Record, which paper he founded in connection with the present proprietor, A. G. Stauffer. Mr. Moyer severed his connection with the paper to become the deputy sheriff of Lebanon county, under Sheriff Harry Coppenhaver. In 1901 he was unanimously chosen as chairman of the Republican County committee. He resigned his position in May, 1902, and during the same year was ad- mitted to practice law in the Supreme and Superior Courts of the State, and on December 5, 1902, in the several courts of Lebanon county. On January I, 1903, he formed a law partnership with Eugene D. Siegrist, and the firm is now located in the city of Lebanon, occupying the splendidly equipped Funck offices, and enjoying a very lucrative practice. In 1897, Mr. Moyer served as district president of the P. O. S. of A., for the Western District of Lebanon county. He has been a member of the order for thirteen years, and has always taken an active interest. He is now a member of the State Camp Board of Building Trustees. He is also a member of the local Lodge of Elks. Mr. Moyer's parliamentary aptitude manifested itself at college, where he became president of the Allison Law Society. He was also a member of the Delta Chi and Theta Nu Epsilon fraternities. His versatility was shown in his selection as business manager of the Forum, the official organ of the Dickinson School of Law. His grasp of his chosen profession of the law was recognized by his instructors, and his graduating thesis, on Accommo- dation Endorsers and Their Liabilities, evoked much favorable comment. As a mere lad Mr. Moyer manifested considerable dramatic power. His en- actment of the role of Martin Luther in the spectacular drama, The Refor- mation, presented at the Academy of Music in February, 1894. led later to a professional engagement during which Mr. Mover took a leading role suc- cessfully. Personally Mr. Moyer is magnetic, of easy manner. affable, and of good address.
On November 28, 1901, Mr. Moyer was married to Bertha Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Samuel H. Smith, proprietor of the Hotel Washington. at Palmyra, Pennsylvania.
CHARLES M. FINK, the leading baker of Annville, was born about one and one-half miles north of Myerstown, Lebanon county, January 17. 1871, son of John W. and Susan (Strack) Fink, both of whom were born in
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Jackson township, the former of these in 1848, and the latter in 1849. The paternal grandparents were Philip Fink and Christian Strack.
Charles M. Fink was reared on the farm until he was fifteen years of age, and attended the public schools. Upon leaving the farm he went to Lebanon and started to learn the bakery business, and after working in two bakeries there, he went to Bethlehem. Northampton county, where he spent one year, and then, in 1888, came to Annvillle, securing employment in the bakery of Mr. Tschudy. Following this he entered into partnership with his brother in a bakery business, but the partnership was dissolved a few months later, when Charles went to Middletown, Pa., where he was employed for several months, going then to Campbelltown, Lebanon county, where he remained two years. In April, 1893. Mr. Fink located in Annville and estab- lished his own bakery. His industry and honesty combined with the high class of his goods, have enabled him to build up a large business which extends to the country surrounding Annville. His place of business is located on North King street, while his handsome brick residence is on Main street, east of White Oak street.
In 1892 Mr. Fink was married to Mary Elizabeth Ream, daughter of David Ream, of West Lebanon. Mr. Fink is a member of the K. of P., and the Junior Order of Mechanics. Mrs. Fink belongs to the United Brethren Church, while Mr. Fink has membership with the Reformed Church.
DANIEL OLWINE, one of the successful and representative farmers of Jackson township, who owns a fine, well-improved farm of 109 acres, favorably located four miles north of Myerstown, being the old family home- stead, was born here October 17, 1858.
The parents of Mr. Olwine were the late John and Barbara (Harnish) Olwine, and he is a great-grandson of Jacob Olwine, who was one of the Hessian soldiers captured by Gen. Washington's troops, at Trenton, N. J., on the dark and stormy night of December 25, 1776. Later Mr. Olwine took the oath of allegiance to his captors and became an Amer- ican citizen. His son, Samuel Olwine, was born in 1784, and died in 1879, the father of five children, namely: Jonathan, Elizabeth, John, Mary and Katherine.
John Olwine, son of Samuel Olwine, was born in 1821, and died Jan- uary 15. 1881. In 1843 he married Barbara Harnish who died in 1900, and they had these children : Amanda, wife of John Behney: John H., a prom- inent farmer of this township: Susanna, wife of Isaac Phillipy, a shoemaker and farmer : Sara, wife of H. D. Hoffman, of Lebanon: and Daniel. John
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Olwine was a Democrat in politics, and was one of the solid, reliable men of his day, thoroughly trusted in business and much esteemed in private life. For a number of years he was an active member of Mt. Zion Lutheran Church.
Daniel Olwine was reared on his father's farm and was early instructed in farm work and encouraged in those habits of thrift and industry which bring their own reward in the accumulation of large means and establish- inent of a business reputation. Mr. Olwine had his own way to make in the world, and began in a sober, frugal way, retaining the respect of his com- munity through young manhood and middle life, and he is now the owner of oile of the best farms in Jackson township, well-improved, his substantial residence, barns and necessary outbuildings telling the tale that here reigns prosperity. This is the old homestead of his grandfather, Henry Harnish, where his mother, Barbara ( Harnish) Olwine, was born. On it stood the Ilarnish Woolen Mill, where, in its day, wool was brought from far and near. In politics Mr. Olwine believes in the principles of Jeffersonian Democracy.
On November 22, 1879, Mr. Olwine was married to Miss Rebecca, daughter of George and Rebecca (Backentose) Spangler, and a member of one of the old families of Bethel township, the other members of her family being John W., a farmer of Bethel township; and Emma, who is the wife of George Lettech. Mr. and Mrs. Olwine have six surviving chil- dren, namely : Annie, a dressmaker in Lebanon; Edward D., a teacher in the Jackson township schools; Mamie M., residing at home, a competent book- keeper ; and Sara, Raymond E. and William M. at home, a well educated. intelligent family. Their religious connection is with Mt. Zion Reformed Church, in which Mr. Olwine has been deacon and is one of its active sup- porters. The Olwines, the Spanglers and the Harnishes, are all leading families of Lebanon county, noted for thrift and good citizenship.
AARON O. GIBBLE, one of the well-known and enterprising farmers of South Jackson township, whose farm is located two miles southwest of Myerstown1, was born November 28, 1851, in Heidelberg township, on what is now the Oberholtzer farm, a son of John P. and Annie (Oberholtzer) Gibble.
John Gibble, the father, was born in 1824, in Heidelberg township, a son of John Gibble, who was also a farmer of this township, and was the father of these children : Samuel, John, Joseph, Daniel, Nathan, Elizabeth, Kath- erine and Lydia. Of these the daughters married into prominent families of
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the locality, Elizabeth being the wife of Jacob Minnich, of Lititz, Lancaster county ; Katherine, wife of John L. Myers, of Bethel township, Lebanon county : and Lydia, of John Lantz of Bethel. The great-grandfather was Samuel Gibble, and it was his father who emigrated from Germany and founded the family in this State.
Aaron O. Gibble was an only child, and he was reared on the farm and was educated in the common schools. When he was about twenty years of age, he took a trip away from home and spent some eighteen months near Akron, Ohio, engaged in farming. Upon his return to Lebanon county he was married on December 9, 1880, to Miss Alice Layser, a daughter of Reuben and Mary (Zug) Layser, born July 24, 1860. The two daughters born to this union are: Catherine May and Susan Alice, both young ladies, at home.
Mr. Gibble is one of the substantial men of his township, having through his own efforts accumulated much valuable property, owning a one-half interest in a fine farm of 123 acres in Berks county, in partnership with A. B. Oberholtzer. He is successfullly engaged in farming near Myerstown and has other interests, for the past ten years having dealt extensively in farming implements and machinery through Lebanon county.
Mrs. Gibble belongs to one of the oldest and most honorable families of Millcreek township. Reuben Layser, her father, was a son of David Layser, who reared six children, as follows: Reuben: David, deceased; Jeremiah, of Millcreek township; Joseph, a farmer of Heidelberg township; Elizabeth, the wife of Jacob Horning, of Washington, D. C .; and May, deceased. A family of eight children was born to Reuben Layser and wife, namely : Alice, the wife of Mr. Gibble: Emma, the wife of Daniel Light, of Lebanon county ; Elizabeth, the wife of Abraham Boltz, of Annville; David and Milton, cigar- makers of Richland: Ellen, Mary and Carmie, who are at home with their parents. Mr. Gibble is identified with the Republican party and is one of the school directors of South Jackson township. His daughters are charming and accomplished young ladies who are graduates of Myerstown high school, and the family is prominent socially.
ULYSSES GRANT RISSER, M. D., a leading physician and surgeon of Campbelltown, Lebanon county, was born December 7. 1871. on a farm about one mile south from the town of Lawn. in South Londonderry town- ship, a son of Christian and Catherine ( Hoffer) Risser, and a descendant of one of the oldest families in this section of the State.
The first records of the Risser family in America tell that Uriah and
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Jacob Risser, brothers, emigrated from Germany, crossing the ocean in the ship "Adventure," rightly named according to our modern ideas, by which they reached Philadelphia October 2, 1727. Another brother, Johannes, came over in the ship "Queen Elizabeth," sailing also from Rotterdam, reach- ing the United States September 16, 1738. Other members of the family to cross the sea were Peter, who tempted fate in the "Robert and Alice," and Philip, who crossed in the "Loyal Judith," both brothers landing in 1739.
Johannes Risser was the ancestor of the Rissers of South Londonderry township. He settled in Mt. Joy township, Lancaster county. His son Peter, born November 5, 1750, married Hannah Synder, born January 17, 1754, and they moved into what is now South Londonderry township and established the Risser homestead, about two miles south of Lawn, in the cor- ner where Lebanon, Lancaster and Dauphin counties join. His children were Christian, Peter, Feronica and John. Of this family Peter became the great- grandfather of Dr. Risser. Peter Risser was born on the old homestead, and married a Witmer, and they had children as follows: Jolin, born January 27, 1809; Annie, born July 2, 1810, married John L. Gish, of Donegal town- ship, Lancaster county; Christian, born March 20, 1812; Abraham, born September 19, 1814, married a Nissley; Elizabeth, born February 10, 1816. married Joseph Shenk; Peter, born May 3, 1818, married a Shenk ( first) and ( second) a Horst ; Joseph, born March 22, 1820, married Fanny Nissley; Samuel, born April 15, 1823, married a Stauffer ; Feronica, born August 29, 1826, married an Oberholtzer, and they live in South Londonderry township: and Mary, born September 29, 1828, married a Coble, a captain of a company during the Civil War.
Christian Risser, of the above family, was the grandfather of Dr. Risser, and he was born on the old homestead in South Londonderry township. Until 1838 he remained on the home farm, when he married and settled on a farm of 130 acres, adjoining the homestead. In 1856 he added 100 acres, and in 1859 he purchased all of what is now known as the Kelley farm, making a total of 290 acres, and one of the finest farms in the Lebanon Valley. In 1872 he purchased what was known as the Brubaker farm of 137 acres, in the same neighborhood, and moved to it where he lived until his death, which occurred September 14, 1902, when he was aged ninety years, five months, seventeen days. On November 29, 1838, he married Mary Nissley, born October 25, 1816, in Mt. Joy township, Lancaster county, and died February 25. 1877. She was a daughter of Martin and Maria (Hershey) Nissley, and was the third mem- ber of their family of nine children, the others being : Elizabeth, born in 1813. deceased ; Nancy, born January 29. 1815: Barbara, born March 11, 1819;
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Feronica, born January 26, 1820; Simon, born March 23, 1823; Christian, born June 24, 1824; Martin, born July 21, 1826; and Catherine, born Sep- tember 24, 1828. Grandfather Nissley was born November 17, 1784, and his wife in 1793. The children of the grandparents of Dr. Risser were: Anna, born February 14, 1840. died January 24, 1850; Martin, born July 26, 1842, died February 9, 1850; Christian, born January 17, 1844, died January 23, 1888; Isaac, born May 26, 1846, married Catherine Brandt; Mary, born October 3. 1850, married Christian Frank; Fanny, born September 4, 1852, married H. H. Shearer; Elizabeth, born October 16, 1854, married Peter Longenecker ; Daniel, born May 30, 1858. died January 22, 1890, married Lillian Reiley ; and Catherine, born August 9, 1861.
Christian Risser, son of Christian and the father of Dr. Risser, was born in the old homestead, now owned by Rev. Ebersole, in South Londonderry township. He married Catherine Hoffer, daughter of Jacob Hoffer, who was born at what used to be known as Mt. Vernon, one mile north of Conewago Junction, Dauphin county. The children of this union were: Ellen, the wife of Edward Gingrich, a farmer of Palmyra; Minnie, the wife of C. C. Gingrich, a well-known cattle dealer of Lawn, Lebanon county; Dr. U. G., of Campbelltown; Ada, deceased; Dora, wife .of Frank Hershey, of Waynes- boro: Christian, a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, now principal of the Windber, Pa., schools; Phoebe, now preparing to be a professional nurse at Philadelphia; and Herbert, a student at Franklin and Marshall College.
Dr. Ulysses G. Risser was reared on the farm and remained there until he was seventeen years of age. He attended the common schools and later the Kutztown Normal School; taught for three years and then entered the Lebanon Valley College at Annville, going from there to the Cumberland Valley State Normal School, and graduating at the latter in 1894. During the succeeding summer he read medicine in the office of Dr. M. B. Fretz, of Palmyra, and in the following fall he entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, where he was graduated in the class of 1897. Dr. Risser located at Campbelltown. and has continued here in the practice of his profession, gaining a large and lucrative practice on account of his skill and ability.
In 1894 Dr. Risser married Miss Minnie, daughter of E. H. Hartz, of Palmyra, of whom extended mention will be found in another part of this work. A daughter and a son have been born to this marriage, Blanche and Harold. Dr. Risser is a well informed citizen who has taken an active interest in the town's advancement. In professional life he has taken a leading posi- tion in the State and county medical societies, and has served as vice-president
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of the former body. For some years he has been the accredited medical ex- aminer for the North American, the New York Mutual and the Metropolitan Insurance companies.
SHINDEL. The first mention of the Schindel family in Germany is made in the second half of the thirteenth century. This family, which be- longed to the old German nobility and held the titles of Baron and Count, formerly had its seat, partly at Greibenstein in Neissen, partly in Schleswig, where already in olden times it had divided into the houses Dromsdorf, in the Schweidnitzian territory (from which the Geipe, Sadenwitz, Mendorff, Lau- terbach, Peterwitz, Sasterhausen, Bernstadt and Erbach branches arose, the latter with its parish church at Beerfelden). They had possession of their baronial estates until the Nineteenth century. At various times this family played important parts in the history of Europe, particularly in Germany, Austria and Denmark, where they were considerably spread out.
The Schindel coat of arms is a red shield, with three shingles of silver, set in the form of a triangle: the crest, a gold crown in midst of red open wings, the three silver shingles surrounded by a green wreath.
Part of the following data is taken from "Ledler's Grosses Lexikon," Vol. XXXIV, p. 1593, published in 1742, and "Kneschke Deutsches Adels- Lexikon," Vol. VIII, p. 175 (Leipzig, 1878).
In 1241 members of this family took part in the battles against the Tar- tars.
Frantzko von Schindel is cited in an old document of 1317 as a witness.
Martin von Schindel died in 1446, when a student at the University of Leipzig.
Henry von Schindel was in 1518 a counselor of Prince Munsterberg and captain in Steinan.
Casper von Schindel. Imperial Major, was in 1546 commander of the auxiliary troops, sent to Emperor Charles V by the Silesian deputies to fight against the Turks in Hungary.
In the middle of the Seventeenth century a branch of the family pos- sessed the strong fortress of Kreibelstein, near Waldheim, Saxony, but in 1672 this castle was in other hands.
Heinrich von Schindel in 1574. in consideration of a certain sum of money, gained possession of the castle and estate of Bernstadt, together with the crown lands belonging to it, and subsequently converted these into a feoff in trust. In 1604 they reverted to the princely house of Oelose, and the
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von Schindels received as a feoff in trust Cuntzendorff, Wasnitz and Nan- chese, lying in the Oelsnian possession.
Count Hans Freidrich von Schindel of Colunkaw was chamberlain in 1653 to Sylvinus, Duke of Wurtemberg and Oells.
Under King Christian V, in the second half of the Seventeenth century Viglas von Schindel came to Denmark, where he became Lord Chamberlain in waiting and principal Master of the Horse; and by his advice the King founded a Knights Academy ( for cadets) in Copenhagen, in 1691. In con- sideration of this, the Frizian House was presented to him.
In 1735 Baron Carl Otto von Schindel was appointed Royal Danish Admiral.
In the year 1742 Freidrich Wilhelm von Schindel was appointed a royal Danish colonel of cavalry and commandant at Hald and Fladstrand. Of that branch of the family of which Viglas von Schindel was the head, and who settled in Denmark, Charlotte Helene was made a countess, April 19, 1710, for services rendered the Queen.
The history of the particular branch of the family to which the Schindels of Lebanon. Lehigh, Northumberland and Lancaster counties belong, as well as those of Hagerstown, Md., is as follows :
In 1678 there lived in Gemmelsbach, Province of Erbach, Conrad von Schindel and his wife Barbara. There was born to them a son, on October 18. 1685, to whom they gave the name Johann Conrad. This Johann Conrad von Schindel was married on January 10, 1710, to Susanna Trexler, of Euerle- bach, in the same province. After his marriage he moved to Euerlebach, the home of his bride. There were born to them ten children, six sons and four, daughters. The youngest of these children was Johann Peter, who was born in Euerlebach February 28, 1732, and died in Lebanon May 29, 1784. In 1751 he left his home, came to Pennsylvania, and settled in what is now known as Lebanon, being then yet included in Dauphin county and later in Lancaster county. His brother. Johann Michael, born July 31, 1728, died in 1777; he emigrated in 1755. In 1771 Johann Conrad and his brother Johann George, nephews of J. Michael and J. Peter, also came to America, and settled in Pennsylvania. Some of their descendants moved to Virginia, Ohio, and other States. Many of the descendants of Johann Peter have omitted the letter "c" from the name Schindel, preferring to spell it Shindel, while others retain it, and the title "von" has been dropped.
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