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June 8, 1873, George C. Hollenbach married Miss Mary Steinbright, daughter of Henry and Mary (Nace) Steinbright. They had two chil- dren : Harry U. and George. George died at the age of twenty-three years and nine months. Harry U. Hollenbach married Mary Schmick and they live in Pottsgrove township, where he is a ma- chinist. They have two children living, George C. and Florence. Two of their children died.
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Hollenbach are mem- bers of the Emmanuel Lutheran church, in which he has served as a deacon and an elder for a num- ber of years ; and was superintendent of the Union Sunday-school at Sanatoga for twenty years. He belongs to Madison Lodge No. 466, I. O. O. F., and was past grand for thirty-one years. He also belongs to the Knights of the Mystic Chain,
Sparta Castle, Faglesville, and also to the Pa- triotic Sons of America, the Brotherhood, the True Blues and the Royal Arcanum.
Politically Mr. Hollenbach is a Republican and he represented the seventh congressional district in the state legislature in the sessions of 1893 and 1895. He served on the ways and means com- mittee, the game and fish, and the insurance com- mittee. He was a school director in Pottsgrove township for a number of years, was auditor in the same township and he served as a member of the Republican county committee.
Mrs. Hollenbach's father was born in Germany and her mother in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. They had two sons and one daughter : John Stein- bright, of Norristown ; Henry, of Gwynedd town- ship ; and Mary Ann, wife of Mr. Hollenbach.
ALBERT G. SAYLOR, of 214 High street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, was born in Limerick township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, about two miles from Trappe, November 16, 1826. He is the eldest son of Henry and Mary (Groves) Saylor, both natives of Montgomery county. They had five children, as follows: Susanna (deceased) ; Albert G .; Azariah. of Col- legeville; Dr. Henry A. (deceased) ; and Ada Eliza Saylor, of Pottstown.
Henry Saylor ( father) was born July 20, 1800. and lived on the farm near Limerick Square all his life. During the early part of his life he com- bined huckstering with farming but afterwards devoted himself entirely to his farm. He died April 21, 1877, at the age of seventy-six years. His wife survived him until 1880, being at the age of sighty years, four months and eighteen days, at the time of her death. Henry Saylor was a Democrat in politics and served as assessor of his township. Both he and his wife were members of the Lutheran church. Henry Saylor married Mary A. Groves, daughter of John Groves, in 1821. She was born in Montgomery county.
Henry Saylor (grandfather ) purchased a farm in Limerick township in 1708, and it is still in the possession of the family. He lived nearly all of his life in Montgomery county and died in mid- dle age. He was buried at Trappe. His wife was
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Susanna Schrauder, and they had two children : Henry and Susanna. The family is of German extraction.
John Groves (maternal grandfather) spent most of his life in Montgomery county.
Albert G. Saylor has lived all of his life in Montgomery county. He was reared on his father's farm in Limerick township, attending the old-fashioned schools. He afterwards taught school for a short time. He entered the general store of Mr. Henry McKinty, at Douglassville, Berks county, as a clerk, and three months later took a position as clerk for Daniel H. Beecher of Pottstown, remaining with him for four years. His next position was with Frederick Bickel for whom he worked until Mr. Bickel sold out his business to Mr. Umstead Wells, Mr. Saylor re- maining with him until after his marriage. In 1850 he opened a notion and millinery store in Pottstown, and in 1860 he added dry goods. Until 1884 he was actively engaged in his business and then, after carrying on the store for thirty- four years, he sold it to Landis & Snell. Since 1884 Mr. Saylor has lived retired.
In December, 1848, Albert G. Saylor married Miss Mary Ann Oberholtzer, daughter of Henry and Mary (Bechtel) Oberholtzer, of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. They had two children : Henry D. and Mary A. Henry D. Saylor is an attorney and is at present consul general at Coburg, Germany, transferred from Dawson, Yukon territory. He was state senator from Montgomery county. He married Dora Gerhart and they have three children : Albert G., Harold D. and Dorothy. Mary A. Saylor died April II. 1883, at the age of twenty-one years, six months. Mrs. Mary Ann (Oberholtzer) Saylor died in May, 1869, in her forty-fourth year. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Trans- figuration.
November 6, 1888, Albert G. Saylor married (second wife) Miss Mary Ann Sassaman, daugh- ter of Jacob and Salome (Stauffer ) Sassaman of Berks county, Pennsylvania. Both are members of the Lutheran Church of the Transfiguration.
Mr. Saylor belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has been a member of this
fraternity for more than fifty years. Politically he has always been a free and independent voter.
Mr. Saylor is a stockholder in the National Bank of Pottstown; in the Iron National Bank and the Security Company of Pottstown; and has been interested in the Pottstown Cold Storage Company and a director in the same since its or- ganization. He is secretary and treasurer of the Pottstown Fire Insurance Company. He has also been secretary of the Pottstown Cemetery Asso- ciation for thirty years. He is a stockholder in the March-Brownback Stove Company. He owns a number of properties in Pottstown and has been a useful and helpful citizen to the borough. Since his retirement from business he has devoted a great part of his time to securing manufacturing establishments and other industries for his city. Mr. Saylor started with practically nothing, for when a lad of seventeen he came to Pottstown with but fifty cents as his capital. He has builded his own fortune and is a self-made man whose success is creditable and enviable. He has been treasurer of his church council for more than thirty years and for many years he was super- intendent of the Sabbath-school. He has often represented his church at the synod and he is a member of the church council.
HARVEY BARLOW, wholesale grain dealer of Pottstown, was born in Linfield, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1857. He is the son of Joel and Mary (Christman) Barlow.
Joel Barlow (father) was also born in Mont- gomery county, Pennsylvania. In early life he was a carpenter but spent his later years on his farm, where he died. He married Mary Christ- man, also a native of Montgomery county, and they had one child, Harvey.
The paternal grandfather of Harvey Barlow was a farmer in Limerick township, Montgomery county. He died at a very early age. He married Susanna Hollowbushi and they had three children. After his death, his wife married (second hus- band) David Evans, and they had three children.
George Christman (maternal grandfather) was born in Montgomery county and lived at Limerick Station, where he died at the age of
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eighty years. By his first wife he had eight chil- dren. He married (second wife) Margaret Hulby. They had no children. In addition to farming he also engaged in the boating business on the canal.
Harvey . Barlow was reared on a farm in Lower Pottsgrove township and received his ed- ucation in the district schools and in the sem- inary at Boyerstown. He lived at home until he was twenty-six years of age, learning carpentering and mill-wrighting. After leaving home he fol- lowed these trades for one year and then engaged in the grain, feed and coal business at Sanatoga for three years. From 1889 to 1894 he was in the grain business at Linfield, being associated with Jared Evans. In the latter year the firm removed to Pottstown where they still continue the busi- ness. They buy grain, shipped from the west, while it is on the tracks.
March 21, 1883, Harvey Barlow married Miss Lizzie A. Schaeffer, daughter of Zephaniah Schaeffer, and they have one daughter, Evalin. Mr. and Mrs. Barlow are members of the Presby- terian church in which he was a trustee for many years. They reside at No. 79 North Franklin street, where he owns a beautiful home. Polit- ically Mr. Barlow is a Democrat.
Mr. Zephaniah Schaeffer and wife, parents of Mrs. Barlow were both born in Montgomery county, where he was a farmer. Mr. Schaeffer resides at the home of Mr. Barlow in Pottstown. His wife died about 1878. They had ten chil- dren, four of whom are now living: Ida; Lizzie A., Mrs. Barlow ; Ella, wife of Aaron B. Scheffey, of Phoenixville ; and Martha, wife of J. W. Binder of Pittsburg.
JOHN H. TWADDELL, the popular hotel- keeper of Royersford, claims descent from some of the royal families of Europe. He was born in West Philadelphia, December 19, 1858, and was reared in the fashion of city boys at that time, attending the public schools and a business college. He is the son of Charles and Mary (Hassom) Twaddell, both of Philadelphia, the father the son of James S. and Mary (Steel) Twaddell.
Three Twaddell brothers came to America during colonial times, landing at Marcus Hook, in Delaware county, and all three settling in Pennsylvania. The family was granted a coat- of-arms, of which John H. Twaddell has a fac- simile. In Europe the family were prominently identified with the ruling class in church and state.
James S. Twaddell (grandfather) established a powder mill in Philadelphia and became an ex- tensive manufacturer of that material, being a competitor with the Duponts, for more than a century located on the Brandywine, at Wilming- ton, Delaware. Mr. Twaddell accumulated a large estate, owning several blocks of houses in that city. In politics he was a Whig, but never aspired to political honors. His children : James, a merchant-miller; Sallie (Mrs Crabb), whose husband was a member of the Pennsylvania leg- islature ; Abigail (Mrs. Banks) ; Deborah (Mrs. Dr. William Crabb) ; Charles (father) ; John P., died unmarried; Susan, died unmarried. The family were Presbyterians.
Charles (father) grew to manhood in Phila- delphia, where he married and lived all his life. He was in the powder mill with his father, con- tinuing in that business for some time after his parent's death, but later selling the mill. He was a Democrat in politics but never held office. He died July 3, 1873. His wife survived him, dying September 12, 1898. She was the daughter of John and Mary Hasson, both of Philadelphia, the father being a prominent contractor and builder of that city. Their children : John, Ben- jamin, Mary (mother) ; Peter, George, Alfred, James and Margaret, unmarried.
The children of Charles and Mary (Hassom) Twaddell : James, died at the age of fifteen years ; Sarah (Mrs. L. G. Dutton), who died leaving no children ; John H., subject of this sketch; Mary E., (Mrs. J. A. Passmore) ; Charles P., of West Philadelphia ; Esther (Mrs. A. P. Hill) ; William H., unmarried ; Emily (Mrs. R. C. Schaeffer).
John H. Twaddell remained under the par- ental roof until he was married, being previously · engaged for some time in the flour, feed and coal business in Philadelphia. After his marriage he
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bought a farm which he managed for two years, and then took a position as clerk in the Philadel- phia post-office. Later he went to Chadd's Ford, in Chester county, and engaged in the hotel busi- ness, later purchasing the hotel and remaining there seven years, then going to Kennett Square, where he bought another hotel. He was there three years, when he bought the Mansion House at West Chester, and was there fourteen months, and selling the establishment, as well as one at Kennett Square, and all his other hotel proper- ties. From West Chester he went to Atlantic City, and rented a hotel one year, and then re- turned to Chadd's Ford, where he remained a year. In April, 1901, he bought the American House at Royersford, where he yet remains. He has wonderfully improved his place of business, remodeling, refitting and refurnishing it. He now has a commodious hotel opposite the rail- road station, four stories high, of stone, contain- ing in all twenty-seven rooms, wtih hot and cold water, gas, electric lights and all modern appoint- ments. Mr. Twaddell has been successful finan- cially and otherwise, being a courteous and accom- modating landlord, whose patrons never find any- thing lacking that he can supply.
On May 27, 1879, he married Mary P. Oster- holdt, a native of Philadelphia, where she was born Sept. 1, 1860. She is the daughter of Will- iam and Catharine (Plunkett) Osterholdt, both of Philadelphia, he the son of Freder- ick and Matilda (Barr) Osterholdt. Frederick Osterholdt was the son of Frederick, Sr., of Heidelberg, Germany, who came to America with John Jacob Astor. He was a butcher by trade, and his descendants carried on the business which he established. He left Germany in order to avoid enforced military service and to escape from under the domination of monarchical tyr- anny. He left home without the consent of his family or their knowledge, selling his time to the captain of the vessel to pay his passage. He landed in New York, but soon came to Philadel- phia, where he amassed an immense fortune. His children: Frederick, Jr., Peter, Catharine (Mrs. William Myers). Dorothy (Mrs. Diehl), Henry, George, Eliza (Mrs. J. Haines), who is
now above ninety years of age. The family are Lutherans.
Frederick Osterholdt, Jr., grandfather of Mrs. Twaddell, was born in Philadelphia and reared in the butchering business which he con- ducted on an extensive scale and which his sons carried on after his retirement. He built a home- stead in which he lived over fifty years. He died at the age of seventy-nine years. His chil- dren : Frederick, yet living at the age of seventy ; William, now of Royersford; Mary ( Mrs. Keith- line) ; Edward, at the old homestead; Elizabeth (Mrs. William Cook) ; Henry, residing in Phil- adelphia; Matilda (Mrs. C. Wolf). The chil- dren of William and Catharine Osterholdt : Mary, wife of Mr. Twaddell; George B. Mc- Clellan, of Philadelphia ; Matilda G. (Mrs. Jo- seph R. Wilson) ; William, of Cleveland, Ohio; Joseph, died at the age of thirty-four years, leav- ing no children; Catharine H. (Mrs. Henry C. Bonsall) ; John T., at Royersford; Charles J., of Philadelphia, unmarried ; Walter, also of Phil- adelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Twaddell have five children, as follows : Gertrude, born February 27, 1881, wife of M. C. Eppihimer, of Royersford; Charles W., born December 16, 1883; J. Logan, born Decem- ber 30, 1886; William B., born February 2, 1891 ; Irma, born April 28, 1894. Mr. Twaddell and his wife are Presbyterians in religious faith. He is a Knight Templar, of Masonic Lodge, No. 475, of Kennett Square. He is also a member of Chapter 275, Royal Arch Masons, of Kennett Square, and a member of Upper Birmingham Lodge, No. 940, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows. He is also connected with the lodge of Heptasophis at Kennett Square, with the Knights of the Royal Arch, and with the Improved Order of Red Men, Winona Tribe. In politics he is a Republican.
Frederick Osterholdt, born at Heidelberg, Germany, who came to America young, died in 1844 at the age of fifty-three years, and was buried in an old Philadelphia cemetery. Twelve years later the bodies had to be removed, and his was found to be petrified and very heavy. He was identified in his lifetime with the militia of
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his state. His son Frederick married Matilda Barr, daughter of William Barr, who served through the Revolutionary war with distinction, being killed in battle. A son, William Barr, served in the war of 1812.
William Osterholdt, father of Mrs. Twaddell, was reared in Philadelphia, being also engaged in the butchering business from which he retired in 1895. He is still living in Philadelphia. He was a leading Republican, and an active party worker when younger. He was born October 24, 1837. Catharine (Plunkett) Osterholdt was born in Philadelphia, December 15, 1837. Her parents were John and Mary ( Mckay) Plunkett, both natives of Ireland. They were married in America, and settled in Philadelphia, where he was a maker of fine boots and shoes. Later he went to New Orleans, where he died of yellow fever, his wife dying some years after- wards in 1855. at the age of fifty-three years. They were both members of the Catholic church. After her husband's death, Mrs. Plunkett reared her sons with great care. She was a strong ad- vocate of temperance, and reared her sons with her convictions, from which they never departed. The children were: John, murdered during the rebellion ; Thomas, followed canal boating on the Reading canal; Maria, married H. G. Watson, a merchant at Chambersburg ; Elizabeth, married J. Kernan ; Margaret (Mrs. I. N. Sage) ; Cath- arine (Mrs. William Osterholdt).
The maternal grandparents of John H. Twad- dell were John and Sarah (Woodman) Hassom, he is a native of Delaware, and she of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was the son of John and Mary Hassom, of Delaware, whose family for gener- ations had been members of the Society of Friends. The children of John and Mary Has- som were: Peter, William, Mary (Mrs. John Snell), Betsey (Mrs. N. Cornish), and John, Jr.
John Hassom, Jr., the maternal grandfather of Mr. Twaddell, was married in Philadelphina, and settled in that city as a contractor and builder, remaining there during his lifetime. He was al- ways a member of the Society of Friends, and died 9 mo. 5, 1880. His mother was Rachel Springer, daughter of Peter and Mary Springer.
Peter Springer was the son of Carl Christopher Springer, a minister in the Old Swedes' church, at Wilmington, who was a native of Sweden. He owned large tracts of land which he leased for ninety-nine years and his descendants have not yet acquired their title.
The children of John Hassom, Jr. : Margaret, died in infancy ; William, died unmarried at the age of seventy years; John, died in 1903 leaving four children; George, died leaving four chil- dren ; Peter, of Passellville, Pennsylvania ; Mary E., mother of Mr. Twaddell ; Benjamin, of Hunt- ingdon ; Alfred D., of Philadelphia; James H., of Philadelphia, and Margaret, also of Philadel- pha, still unmarried.
JOHN S. FRITZ, the son of John and Cath- arine (Sassaman) Fritz, was born in Douglas township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1837.
John Fritz (father) was born on the home- stead in Douglas township, Berks county, in 1802. In young manhood he was a tailor but soon de- voted himself to farming, an occupation which he followed all his life, dying at the age of thirty- seven years. He was a Democrat, and both he and his wife were members of the Lutheran church of Pottstown. He married Catharine Sassaman of Douglas township, on September 4, 1820, and they had six children, three sons and three daughters, two now living. Mrs. Catharine Fritz died in 1895, at the age of seventy-two. They had six children : Ephraim Fritz, born Jan- uary 15, 1828, married September 1, 1857, Eliza- beth, daughter of Peter Egolf. They had one son, John (deceased). Ephraim Fritz died sev- eral years ago. The other members of the family are : John S .; Nathaniel, deceased; Almira, widow of Daniel B. Levengood, of Pottstown; Amelia, and Sarah, deceased.
John Fritz (grandfather) was also born in Douglas township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, where he lived all his life, and owned a farm of one hundred acres. He was a Democrat in poli- tics and an active member of the Lutheran church. He married Sarah Sands and they had six chil- dren : Samuel, Joseph, David, Catharine Holl-
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man, Sarah Keiser and John. He died at the age of eighty years.
The Fritz family is of German origin and emi- grated to this country in the early part of the eighteenth century, settling in Douglas township, Berks county.
John S. Fritz was reared on the farm in Berks county and attended the district schools. His father died when the son was six years of age. Until he was grown he worked on his mother's farm and then worked out by the month until 1872 when he bought sixteen acres of land in Berks county. He sold this land in 1883 and removed to Pottstown, entering the employ of his brother Ephraim in his coal-yard. In 1895 he left the coal-yard and ever since has been helping his son, Daniel L., who is a grocer in Pottstown. He lives retired.
December 10, 1859, John S. Fritz married Miss Mary Levengood, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Bechtel) Levengood. They had four chil- dren : Mary Emma died at the age of thirteen months. Anna Miranda died at the age of seven years. Daniel L., a grocer in Pottstown, married Jennie Engel and has three children : John E., Ralph E. and Bessie E. Ephraim L. married Luhu Schick and has three children : El- mira, Daniel and Allen. Ephraim L. is engaged in the livery business in Pottstown.
Mrs. John S. Fritz died in 1875, at the age of thirty-six years. She was a member of the Re- formed church. John S. Fritz belongs to the Em- manuel Lutheran church, where he was a deacon about twenty years. Politically he is a Democrat. He lives at 110 King street, where he owns a fine brick home. He built another house by the side of his own for his son Daniel L.
JAMES W. GILBERT, who is now living re- tired in Pottstown, was born in Phoenixville, Chester county, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1864. He is the son of Washington and Catharine (Royer) Gilbert, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania.
Washington Gilbert (father) was by trade a tinker and a tinner. He removed from Chester county to Montgomery county many years ago,
residing in Upper Pottsgrove township. He lived there on a farm until he went to Pottstown, where he died February 20, 1892. His wife is still liv- ing in Pottstown. Both were Lutherans. Wash- ington and Catharine (Royer) Gilbert had two children : James W. and George, of Lehighton, Pennsylvania.
James Gilbert (grandfather) was a tinker and a farmer in Upper Pottsgrove township, Mont- gomery county. He was born in Falkner's Swamp, New Hanover township, Montgomery county, and was of German descent. His wife was Sarah Bickel and they had one son, Washing- ton Gilbert.
Samuel Royer (maternal grandfather) was a printer by trade but later became a farmer. He resided north of the borough of Pottstown. He married Miss Van Buskirk, and they both lived to be advanced in years and had a large family. Samuel Royer belonged to the State Militia.
James W. Gilbert removed from Chester county with his parents when he was eight years of age and spent the remainder of his boyhood days on the farm in Upper Pottsgrove township, attending the schools of the vicinity. He was elected constable in his township, and after remoy- ing to Pottstown was elected and served two terms in the same office, also being a member of the police force of the borough of Pottstown for several years.
James W. Gilbert married Miss Ida Dierolf, daughter of Mabray and Hannah ( Weiler) Dier- olf. They have two children : May and Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert reside at No. 509 North Charlotte street.
Mrs. Gilbert's parents were natives of Berks county, where they still reside, being engaged in the occupation of farming.
Mr. Gilbert is living retired.
JOSEPH HENRY CAREY, of Pottstown, was born in that borough, July 7, 1858. He is the son of Manning Force and Mary ( Missimer) Carey.
Manning Force Carey (father) was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and was a butcher by trade. He removed to Montgomery county
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when a young man and settled in Lower Potts- grove township, where he lived until he married. He then removed to Pottstown, and attended market there for a number of years. He died in 1879, at the age of forty-seven years .. His wife died in Philadelphia, in 1900, at the age of sixty- five years. Both were Lutherans. Mrs. Mary (Missimer) Carey was born in Limerick town- ship, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Carey and four children : George W., of Philadelphia ; Joseph Henry, of Pottstown; M. Force Carey, of Philadelphia ; and Fred M., of New York city.
Joseph Carey (grandfather) was born in Pennsylvania and was a stone quarryman. He was killed by a blast when he was fifty-five years of age. He was a local Methodist preacher, and after his day's work was finished he would walk seven or eight miles to Pottstown and conduct revivals, preaching and exhorting. His wife was Lydia Gruver, who lived to be about seventy- nine years of age. They had four children. After the death of Mr. Carey, Lydia (Gruver) Carey, his wife, married David Ganger (second hus- band) and they had two children.
George Missimer (maternal grandfather) was born in Limerick township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and farmed there for many years. During the last years of his life he lived retired in Pottstown, where he died when he was ninety- four years old. His wife was Susanna Christ- man and they had a large family. He was a sol- dier in the war of 1812. The father of George Missimer was Frederick Missimer, the son of Cassimer Missimer, who was the immigrant. He came from Alsace, France. Cassimer Missimer was the founder of the family in Montgomery county and in America.
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