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Mr. Berkhimer's grandfather, George Berk- himer, was born in 1773. He was the son of George Berkhimer, born in 1750.
HENRY FASSETT CONARD was born October 22, 1849, and is a son of Joseph Phipps and Rebecca A. (Shaw) Conard. The father was born December 24, 1812, and on the 12th of March, 1835, was married to Rebecca A. Shaw. He died November 26, 1897, and his wife in April, 1873. They became the parents of the fol- lowing named : Charles E., who was born Febru- ary 9, 1836, died on the roth of April of the same year ; Ann W., born June 13, 1837, married Jacob T. Buckman, April 14, 1859; Mary S., born De- cember 9, 1840, became the wife of Charles Shoe- maker, December 24, 1863; Alice S., born May IO, 1843, was married February 13, 1877, to John Walton ; Elizabeth R., born March 15, 1847. is the wife of Franklin Stackhouse; Henry Fassett is the sixth of the family : Elwood, born September
25, 1852, married Ella Burk, September 3, 1883 ; Israel S., born June 1, 1856, was married March 16, 1880, to Jane Cline ; John R. born January 8, 1860, died April 2, 1861. The father of this family was a strong anti-slavery man prior to the Civil war. He gave his political support to the Whig party in early life and when the Re- publican party was formed to prevent the further extension of slavery he joined its ranks and was one of its valiant supporters in his township. His ancestors were connected with the Federalist party. His farm contains fifty-nine acres of un- dulating land and the place is richly cultivated, re- turning golden harvests for the care and labor bestowed upon it.
Henry Fassett Conard attended the central public school at Blue Bell, where he completed a good education. In the meantime he assisted in the operation of the home farm until his nine- teenth year, becoming familiar with farm work in all of its departments. At length he succeeded his father in the ownership of the old homestead and engaged there in general farming and dairying. He is now assisted by his second son Eugene in the cultivation of the home place and he uses four horses in operating his land. Everything about his farm is neat and thrifty in appearance and in- dicates his careful supervision.
In his political view Mr. Conard is a Pro- hibitionist, giving his allegiance to the party be- cause of his earnest interest in the temperance question. Previous to his affiliation with the Prohibition party he was a Republican. He is a member of the Society of Friends, belonging to Plymouth Meeting, in which his ancestors wor- shipped for many generations.
Mr. Conard was married on the 6th of July, 1875, to Miss Sarah H. Nice, a daughter of Harper and Mary Kelter (Large) Nice, who were residents of Broad Axe, Whitpain township, Montgomery county. Her father was born March 29, 1815, at Branchtown, Philadelphia county, a son of Jolin and Sarah (Harper) Nice. The mother of Mrs. Conard was a daughter of Jesse and Katherine ( Kelter) Large. Harper Nice and Mary Kelter Large were married February 20, 1840, and unto them were born nine children:
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Lemuel. born March 29, 1841, was married to Rebecca Fisher, September 22, 1864 : Jesse Large, born June 12, 1842. married Mary Catherine Rossiter, October 9, 1861 ; Catherine Large, born December 26, 1843. was married November 5. 1867, to John N. Slingluff : John, bom August I. 1845, died September 12, 1863 ; Jacob Large. born October 13, 1848, was married to Irene Whit- comb, March 18. 1869: Harper. born March 26, 1850, was married to Annie Elizabeth Stout, No- vember 24, 1874; Eugene Edgar, born July 30, 1852. was married to Hester Wertzner, Novem- ber 4, 1875 ; Sarah Harper Large, born July 25, 1854. is the wife of Mr. Conard; and Horace Humphrey, born April 8. 1857, died November 4. 1859.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Conard have been born five children: Walter. married Bertha A. Bitting. a daughter of C. C. Bitting. They reside at Cheltenham. Montgomery county. Eugene Nice. born March 24. 1879. mar- ried Della Bertha Slingluff. a daughter of Henry G. and Flora (Kinsen) Slingluff. the wed- ding taking place April 10. 1901. They reside upon the old family homestead, Eugene Nice as- sisting his father in its operation. By his mar- riage he has one child. Veral LeRoy Conard, born June 20. 1903. Alice Rebecca, born January 30. 1881. is at home with her parents. Joseph Harper. born November 1. 1883. died Septem- ber 14. 1884. Mary Catherine. born December 30. 1885. resides at home. unmarried.
JOHN SCHIRMER. who follows farming in Whitpain township, Montgomery county, was born in Allfields, in the duchy of Baden, Ger- many, on the 12th of May. 1837. His parents were Killian and Joseppa (Yeoman Schirmer. The father was a farmer by occupation and at an early age John Schirmer became his assistant in the cultivation and improvement of the land which he operated. In the winter he was accorded the privilege of attending the parochial school in the home parish until his fourteenth year. After that his entire attention was devoted to farm work until he attained his majority. In the meantime he had mentally discussed the possibilities of the
new lorld and reviewed the situation as he under- stood it, and had resolved to seek a home and fortune beyond the Atlantic. Accordingly he sailed for the United States and settled in New Jersey. where he remained for eight months. On the expiration of that period he removed to Phil- adelphia, Pennsylvania. where he learned the frade of shoemaking. which he followed for more than six years. Leaving that city he took up his abode in Horsham township. Montgomery county, where he purchased a small farm of ten acres, continuing its cultivation for six years. He then sold the property and bought an adjoining tract of land of twenty-three acres, which he also cul- tivated and improved for a period of six years. He then disposed of his second farm and pur- chased his present property. comprising forty acres of rich rolling land which is highly cul- tivable and is now splendidly improved. He has Lived upon this place for twenty-six years and his labors have been effective in making it a very productive tract so that it returns to him a good income for his labors.
After coming to America Mr. Schirmer took out naturalization papers and became a citizen of the republic. He has always voted the Demo- cratic ticket and while he has never taken an ac- tive part in politics as an officer seeker he has always felt a deep interest in movements pertain- ing to the general welfare and his labors have been a co-operant factor in many measures for the public good. His religious faith is that of the Catholic church.
On the 27th of January, 1861. Mr. Schirmer was united in marriage to Miss Wilhelmina Kel- ler. a daughter of Anton and Katherine Keller. who were at that time residents of Philadelphia. but were natives of Canton Arkan. Switzerland. U'nto Mr. and Mrs. Schirmer have been born ten children. Mary Caroline. the eldest. born June 13. 1862. became the wife of John Ansel on the 18th of December. 1882. and they reside at North Wales. Montgomery county. John William Schirmer born December 27. 1864. married Elizabeth Haines and resides at North Wales. They had six children : Leon Haines. born Oc- tober 8. 188; : Roy William. deceased : Hazel Ivy.
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born September 8, 1891 ; Verda, who died in in- fancy ; Faguna; and Iris Edith, born July 25, 1901. Agnes Amelia Schirmer, born October 26, 1866, became the wife of Harry Irwin on the 18th of June, 1888; and resides at Burlington, New Jersey. They have two children: Agnes Wil- helmina, born March 9, 1889; and Anna Theresa, born November 21, 1891. Richard Schirmer, born December 17, 1868, married Miss Mary Myers, of West Point, Montgomery county, in July, 1894, and they now reside at North Wales. Their first child died in infancy and they now have a daughter, Margaret, who was born March 9, 1898. Clara Cecelia Schirmer, born February 13, 1870, is the wife of Isaac Elmer Manks, of Philadelphia, and their marriage, which was cele- brated December 24, 1887, has been blessed with one child, John Schirmer, born April 29, 1889. Ella Josephine Schirmer, born March 24, 1873, became the wife of William Condon of Philadel- phia, and they now reside in that city. Hannah Theresa Schirmer, born May 16, 1875; Wilhel- mina Blandina, born September 19, 1877; George Aloysius, born April 24, 1880; and Joseph, born November 2, 1882, are all at home with their parents.
FRANK WESLEY DUFFIELD, born at Jenkintown, September 25, 1861, is one of a fam- ily of twelve children, of Christian Bosbyshell and Mary Jane (Williams) Duffield, the latter a daughter of Richard and Maria (Castner) Williams.
Christian B. Duffield (father) was a farmer at Jenkintown. When Frank W. Duffield was four years of age he removed to Southamptonville, in Bucks county, where they lived for a shore time, operating his brother's farm. Their next move was to the farm of General W. H. David, at Davisville, Bucks county.
Frank W. Duffield attended the public schools until his thirteenth year, when he commenced to do all kinds of farm work and remained at this laborious occupation until his twenty-second year, when he took upon himself the responsibilities and duties of married life. He married Ellen, daugh- ter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Conard) Walton, on
December 27, 1883. Mrs. Duffield was born July 30, 1855. Their children: Joseph Walton, who was born May 22, 1885, attended the George School; Eugene Miller, who was born March 22, 1887, and attended the Friends' School at Plym- outh Meeting; Mary Elizabeth, born July 12, 1890; and Grace Ola, born November 28, 1892, at Plymouth Meeting.
Frank W. Duffield is a Republican in politics. He has never held office but is actively interested in the success of the party's principles and candi- dates.
In religious faith the Duffield family in former generations were members of the Methodist church, both the father and grandfather being at- tached to that denomination, but Mr. Duffield at- tends Plymouth Friends' Meeting, of which his wife and her family are members.
Mr. Duffield operates his farm for general purposes combined with dairying. It is stocked with twelve head of cattle and five horses. He is one of the most successful farmers of the township, giving strict attention to keeping his farm in order and producing abundant crops of hay, grain and other articles.
Christian Duffield (father) was the son of George Duffield. George Duffield (grandfather) was the son of Jacob Duffield, who emigrated from England and settled near Bustleton, about 1750, and followed the occupation of farming.
The children of Christian and Mary Jane (Williams) Duffield were: Richard Edwin mar- ried Cecelia Shelmire, they having two children and residing at the old Conard property in Whit- pain township, on the Chestnut Hill road; John Ellwood married Clara Engle, of Moreland town- ship, they having four children and residing on the Chalkley Steyer farm, in Whitpain township; one died in infancy ; Ellen married Harvey Fes- mire, of Moreland township, and had seven chil- dren, he being deceased and his widow residing at Davisville, Bucks county ; Harvey Alfred married Anna Hallman who is a widow with one child; Frank Wesley, subject of this sketch; Frederick Bickley married Addie Hurlock, having two chil- dren and residing at Belfry on the Stony Creek Railroad; Harriet Ida, one of twins, married
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Thomas H. Fetter and has one child, they residing in Hatboro; Daniel Jeanes married and has one child, residing in Philadelphia; Flora Louisa, born October 8, 1875, unmarried and resides in Philadelphia.
JOHN MEREDITH CONRAD, son of Nathan and Martha (Lukens) Conrad, was born at the old homestead of the Conrad family in Whitpain township, February 18, 1848. He at- tended the public schools at Sandy Hill and the Ellis school on the DeKalb street road near Wash- ington Square. He also was a student for some time at Treemount Seminary, then in charge of Professor John W. Loch, Norristown. He mar- ried, March 5, 1874, Elma B., daughter of Lee and Mary S. (Wood) Garrigues, of Jarrettown, in Upper Dublin township, Montgomery county. Elma B. Garrigues was born March 1, 1850, and, after attending the public schools of the neigh- borhood, became a student at Millersville State Normal School, where she completed a course and returned to her home at Jarrettown.
John M. Conrad and wife have had five chil- dren : Mary Garrigues, born November 20, 1875, unmarried, resides with her parents ; Ellie Wood, born April 2, 1878, unmarried and resides with her parents ; Lee Garrigues, born June 12, 1881, met an awful fate, losing his life at the burning of Park Hotel, New York city, February 22, 1902, whither he had gone with his relative, Henry C. Conrad, his charred remains being afterwards found and interred in Plymouth Friends' bury- ing-ground; John Meredith, born February 12, 1889. resides at home and attends the Friends school at Plymouth Meeting : Ida Garrigues, born July 24, 1893, is a student at the same institution.
Nathan and Martha Conrad had the follow- ing children : Edwin, born May 17, 1840, married, February 14, 1867, Annie Yerkes ; Ellen M., born December 24, 1842, unmarried; Ellwood, born August 27, 1844, married Mattie S. Wood, March 20, 1873, and (second wife) Hannah Edmunds, in 1879; Lukens B., born December 5, 1845, died September 26, 1852; John Meredith, born Febru- ary 18, 1848, married Alma M. Garrigues, March 5, 1874; Rachel, born October 29, 1851, died
September 26, 1852; Nathan, born December 26, 1854, died unmarried.
Nathan Conrad (father) was born March II, 1808, on the old homestead now occupied by his son, John Meredith Conrad. He was the son of Henry and Anna (Osborn) Conrad. He mar- ried Martha Lukens Meredith.
Henry Conrad (grandfather) was the son of John and Ann (Rogers) Conrad, and married, February 27, 1787, Ann Osborn. John Conrad (great-grandfather) was the son of Henry and Catharine (Streypers) Cunreds, and died in Nor- ristown township in 1793.
Lee Garrigues, father of Mrs. John M. Con- rad, was the son of Benjamin and Ann (Lee) Garrigues, and was born August 1, 1819, and married, February 13, 1845, Mary Wood, born June 9, 1822, the daughter of Joseph and Rachel (Malone) Wood, and their children were: Anna Garrigues, born July 11, 1846, died July II, 1847; Edward Garrigues, born December 29, 1847, died in 1867; Elma B. Garrigues, born March 1, 1850, married Mr. Conrad; James San- ford Garrigues, born September 9, 1855, married Ida F. Rittenhouse, they residing on Stanbridge street, Norristown.
The Conrad family have always been attached to the religious belief of the Society of Friends and take an active interest in its affairs. Nathan Conrad (father) was an overseer and elder of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, of which John M. Conrad and his family are members, attending Plymouth Meeting. In politics John M. Conrad's forefathers were Federalists and Whigs. He is a Republican, but has never sought or held office: The homestead on which he and his family reside contains ninety-eight acres. He devotes his attention to general farming, combined with a dairy.
HORACE CENTENNIAL WOOD, who oc- cupies the old homestead of the Wood family, on Skippack turnpike, at Centre Square, in Whitpain township, is of the third generation of the family who has occupied it, he having been born there January 2, 1876. He was the youngest son of Charles Supplee and Andora (Tyson) Wood. He
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attended the public school at Centre Square until he was sixteen years old, helping on the farm during the summer vacations. After leaving school he assisted on the farm until his marriage.
On June 30, 1897, Horace C. Wood married Caroline Krauss, sixth child of Jacob and Sophia (Krauss) Weigner. Their children are: Charles Earle, born January 24, 1898, and Ruth Mildred, born November 17, 1900. Horace C. Wood and". his wife continued to live on the Wood homestead for one year, then removing to Worcester town- ship, where he farmed. In the following year Mr. Wood succeeded his father in the manage- ment of the home farm, which contains fifty acres of rolling land. Mr. Wood has a dairy of eigh- teen cows, stock of all kinds, and raises all kinds of vegetables and grains. He attends the Nor- ristown market. In politics he is a Republican but never sought office. The Wood family have. always been members of Boehm's Reformed church, of Blue Bell .:
Charles Wood (father) and Andora (Tyson) Wood, his wife, had two sons: Horace C. and Tyson Supplee, the latter residing with his parents at Norristown. Charles S. Wood (father) was born on the homestead. in Whitpain township, March 31, 1848, and died March 3, 1904.
Charles S. Wood (grandfather) was also born in Whitpain township, September 15, 1803. On February 11, 1840, he married Malinda Sup- plee, who was born in 1804. They had six chil- dren, of whom Charles S. Wood was the fifth. Charles Wood (grandfather) succeeded his father, Jonathan Wood, son of James Wood of Horsham township, who moved to Whitpain about 1780.
Mrs. Horace C. Wood is a daughter of Jacob A. Weigner who was born in Worcester township, November 15, 1837. The mother, Sophia Krauss, was born in Upper Hanover township, January 15, 1841. They were married February 2, 1864, and had eleven children : Priscilla, born December 21, 1864 and died September 25, 1870; John K., September 25, 1866; Christanna K., December 31, 1867 ; Mary M., April 25, 1870, and died Sep- tember 24, 1870; Ida K., October 1, 1871 ; Laura K., August 8, 1873 : Caroline K., March 18, 1875 ;
Sophia K., June 23, 1877; Henry K., April 24, 1879; Ella K., December 31, 1880; and Emma K., August 21, 1882.
WILLIS R. ROBERTS. The name of Rob- erts is one of the most common among people of Welsh descent, because of the fact that Robert is one of the common first names so-called. The custom that formerly prevailed of using the con- nective "ap," for "son of," so that the children of Robert were John ap Robert, Thomas ap Robert, and so on, which in the course of time as an "S" was added to the surname and the "ap" dropped, became John Roberts, Thomas Roberts, etc., is at least partly responsible for the great number of Roberts families that now exist in this state and throughout the country.
The ancestor of Willis Read Roberts was. Aaron Roberts, born about 1682. It was not until recently that the names of the parents of Aaron Roberts were ascertained. In a letter of removal which the father of Aaron brought with him to this country in 1690, his name is given as Robert Ellis. It is believed that he afterwards. signed his name Ellis Robert, although it has been suggested that this may have been the sig- nature of one of his sons. Robert Ellis is said to- have come to Pennsylvania at the time that Hugh Roberts, a noted minister among Friends, one of the early settlers of Merion township, Montgom- ery county, Pennsylvania, returned to this coun- try after a religious visit to his old home in Wales. Hugh had previously located in Merion, about 1683.
The letter of removal given by the quarterly meeting at Tyddyny Gareg to Robert Ellis, as. the name was understood at that time, is very interesting, speaking of himself and his wife, Elin Ellis, as having been Preachers of Right- eousness to and amongst their neighbors, they having been "convinced of the Truth about twenty years before" (that is, about 1670). At the same meeting a very beautiful letter was given to Hugh Roberts, then returning to Penn- sylvania after a religious visit in which he had. ministered very acceptably to Friends in Wales.
The first son of Robert and Elin Ellis was.
Hieris R. Roberto
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Abel. He married Mary Prince, in 1701, and he signs the marriage certificate as Abel Robert. In the family column of names on his marriage certificate, immediately under the names of him- self and wife according to the custom of that clay, appear the names of Moses Robert, Ellis Robert, Aaron Robert and Evan Robert. These are the names of four of the children of Robert Ellis as given in the letter of removal which has been mentioned, and it may be taken for granted that these four were his children and the brothers of Abel Robert.
Willis R. Robert is the son of John and Mary Adamson (Read) Roberts. He was born in Nor- ristown, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1854. He was educated in the public schools and the high school of Norristown, and also took a course and received the degree of Ph. B. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was employed for a number of years at the office of the Norristown Herald, in the capacity of business manager. Later he secured a po- sition with The Religious Press Associa- tion, a prominent Philadelphia establish- ment, with which he has ever since been connected. He married, June 3, 1880, Margaret M. Jamison, born June 4. 1856. They have three sons : Willis Read, born May 1, 1881 : Victor Jamison, born January 29. 1883; and Paul Greir, born November 15. 1888. In politics Mr. Roberts is a Republican, but he has never sought public office, preferring to attend strictly to business. In religious faith he and his family are members of the First Presbyterian church of Norristown, he being an elder of the church. They reside in the old Jamison mansion at the corner of DeKalb and Airy streets.
John Roberts (father ) was the son of John and Rachel ( Shoemaker) Roberts. Ile was born at Norristown, November 8. 1823. and died De- cember 20, 1864. He married November 1. 1849, Mary Adamson Read, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Corson) Read. She was a most estimable woman, and survived her husband nearly thirty years. She was born September 14, 1824, and died February 4, 1804. Their chil-
(Iren were: (1) Elihu Read, born December 12, 1851, married September 3, 1891, Isabella Web- ster, born August 19, 1856, of Philadelphia. They have one child, Gene Roberts, born No- vember 9, 1893. (2) Willis R., subject of this sketch. (3) Nellie Jones Roberts, born Novem- ber 17, 1858, died March 11, 1863. (4) Joseph, born April 4, 1864, died January 2, 1865. Elibut Roberts and Isabella Webster were married Sep- tember 3, 1891. He is a prominent citizen of Norristown, an earnest Republican, and has represented the third ward for many years in town council. He has been president of that body for a number of years, and is a model presiding of- ficer.
John Roberts (grandfather) was the son of Joseph and Hannah ( Rees) Roberts. They re- sided near where Norristown has since been lo- cated. in Norriton township. John Roberts was born Ninth-mo. 8, 1769. He married Twelfth-mo. 10, 1801, Rachel Shoemaker, a member of an old Montgomery county family of German descent.
Joseph Roberts (great-grandfather) was the son of Aaron and Sarah (Longworthy) Rob- erts. Joseph Roberts was born in Norriton town- ship, Ninth-mo. II. 1729, and married, Eleventh- mo. 13. 1757, Hannah Rees, of an old family of Welsh descent.
.Aaron Roberts (great-great-grandfather), born about 1682, married, Eighth-mo. 6, 1727, Sarah Longworthy, of an English family. He was the son of Robert Ellis, whose certificate from meeting at Tyddyny Gareg, in Merioneth- shire, Wales, is dated Fifth-mo. 28, 1600, and Elin (Ellen), his wife. Robert and Elin Ellis had seven children, as follows: Abel, Moses, El- lis, Aaron, Evan, Rachel, and Jane, all of whose surnames were Roberts, or at that time Robert. When they came to Pennsylvania in 1690, Rob- ert Ellis and his wife were probably both of mid- dle age (probably forty or fifty years old) when they came to this country in company with Hugh Roberts. Aaron, who was their fourth child, was probably eight or ten years of age at that time. AAaron bought land in Norriton township,
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in or near what is now Norristown, in 1714. His marriage with Sarah Longworthy, of Radnor, took place in 1727.
The maternal grandparents of Willis Read Roberts, Thomas and Sarah (Corson) Read, re- sided at what is now known as Mancill's Mill, in Upper Merion township, a short distance be- low Port Kennedy, for many years. Thomas Read was a native of Delaware county, Pennsyl- vania, as were also his parents, William and Susan Read. Sarah Corson, his wife, was the fourth child of Joseph and Hannah (Dickinson) corson, who lived beyond childhood. She was born December 13, 1793, in Plymouth township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, on what has since been known as the Campbell farm, near Hickorytown. In 1816 she married Thomas Read. They lived for a short time at Hickory- town, and then removed to Pawling's Bridge, in Chester county, Pennsylvania, next to the farm and mill in Upper Merion township, and finally to Norristown, where both died, Thomas on Sep- tember 23, 1856, Sarah on May 8, 1859. Their children were: Susan, born October 6, 1817, died at the age of seven years ; Sarah, born September 13, 1819, married Charles Jones ; Hannah, born January 2, 1822, married George Schultz, and was for many years a widow and died September 16, 1901; Mary Adamson, mother of Elihu R. and Willis R. Roberts; Edwin, died in infancy ; Louis Wernwag, surgeon-general of Pennsyl- vania, and one of the most eminent physicians and surgeons of his time; Joseph Corson, mar- ried Minnie Burrins ; Alan Wright, who resided abroad and died unmarried December 29, 1901, at Copenhagen, Denmark. Sarah Corson Read belonged to a family distinguished in the line of medical and other attainments. She was a sister of Dr. William Corson, of Norristown, and of Dr. Hiram Corson, of Plymouth Meeting, as well as of Allan W. Corson, a celebrated teacher, hor- ticulturist and mathematician, of Plymouth Meet- ing. All her children are deceased.
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