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ington, District of Columbia, May 8 to June 24: skirmish near Shusters Hill, Virginia, June 30: assigned to the First Brigade (Franklin) Third Division (Hentzelman) Army of Northeast Vir- ginia, July 2; moved to Shangster's station, Vir- ginia, July 18, and to Centerville July 19, and mustered out at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, July 27, 1861, at the expiration of term. Henry Clay Hughes re-entered the service as corporal of Com- pany F, Fifty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Vol- unteers, September 13, 1861; served in the Second Brigade, First Division, North Carolina Expeditionary Corps, December, 1861 to March, 1862; moved to Annapolis, Maryland, November 16-17, 1861 ; sailed to Hatteras Inlet, North Caro- lina, January 9, 26, 1862 ; moved to Roanoke Is- land, February 7; battle of Roanoke Island, Feb- ruary 7-8; expedition to Newbury, March 11-13; battle of Newbern, March 13-14; discharged on surgeon's certificate at Newbern, North Carolina. May 21, 1862. He was made first lieutenant of Company G, Seventeenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia, September 17, 1862, and served in General J. F. Reynolds' command during the invasion of Maryland by the Army of Northern Virginia, and was mustered out with company on September 28, 1862. He was second lieutenant of Compaany H, One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, November 4, 1862, and resigned at Newbern, North Carolina, on account of ill health on January 16, 1863. His fifth and last engagement was as first lieutenant of Company 1, Thirty-fourth Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteer Militia, June 3, 1863, and he served in the army corps of the Susquehanna and the district of the Lehigh during the invasion of the north by the army of Northern Virginia. This regiment was held in reserve at the time of the battle at Gettysburg. He was mustered out with the company on August 24, 1863, at the ex- piration of the term. Henry Clay Hughes was married to Kate A. Longacre, December 25. 1871, by N. B. Durrell. Hannah Hughes, unmarried, died March 8, 1884. Cathe- rine Dewces Hughes was married April 19. 1877, to Edmund M. Evans, son of David and Lavina Evans, by the Rev. J. P.
Tustin. Their children are Benjamin H., Ray R. and May. William Corson Hughes, unmar- ried. Francis Wade Hughes, died at the age of five years, on May 7, 1860. Mary Ann Hughes, married Hubert O., son of Dr. Joseph and Han- nah Blackfan, of Radnor, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1872, by the Rev. O. Perenchief.
John J. Hughes, son of Benjamin Bartholo- mew Hughes and his wife Mary Rambo, was born in Upper Merion, Montgomery county, Pennsyl- vania, January 12, 1830. He married Hannah, daughter of Hunter and Hannah Adams Brooke, of Gulf Mills, Pennsylvania, in May, 1851, by Mayor Henry of Philadelphia. They bought and moved to the farm "Wood Side," vacated by the removal of his father to Bridge- port. He was interested in the digging of iron ore, and burned lime on the adjoining farm, "Walnut Grove", for a period of two or three years, when he turned his attention to the cattle business in which he has been extensively en- gaged ever since. He is a vestryman of Christ Swedes church of Upper Merion. He has been a director of the People's National Bank of Nor- ristown, Pennsylvania, since its organization, and has served as vice-president about fifteen years. He is a Republican in his political views. In his young days he was very fond of sport, was often termed the "King" of fox hunters, kept good horses, had his kennel of hounds, and has held meets on his farm which have been attended by several hundred persons. Mr. Hughes and his family now reside in Norristown, Pennsyl- vania, whither they removed five years ago. The children of John J. and Hannah ( Brooke) Hughes are as follows: J. Hunter Hughcs ; Mary, wife of Winfield S. Stacker; Nathan B .; Anna B., wife of Jonathan R. Tyson ; Benjamin B .: Frances F., wife of J. Cloude Smith ; and Charles C. Hughes.
GEORGE W. JONES, one of the best known farmers and dairymen of the vicinity, resides at North Wales, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. The dairy is the especial department of Mr. Jones, being his favorite work. He is unmarried, and
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resides with his sister Emma Rebecca on the homestead farm. In the lifetime of their parents, the comfort of father and mother was a matter of solicitude to each, and since their death the comfort and welfare of each other has been their highest aim. In politics Mr. Jones is a Demo- crat of the old school, always going to the polls and voting his party ticket as a matter of prin- ciple, but never expecting or receiving any official position by way of recognition. Both are mem- bers of the North Wales Baptist church, and Miss Jones is much interested in church work.
John Mann Jones (father) was the son of Hugh and Mary Jones, the mother not changing her name on her marriage, although not con- nected by the ties of consanguinity with her hus- band's family. John M. Jones was born on the homestead in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1805. He attended the schools of the district, and also gave his father needed assistance on the farm, acquiring habits of useful industry which served him well in later years. On relinquishing school studies, he devoted his time and attention to teaching school during the winter and assisting on the home farm during the summer. He mar- ried, March 22, 1831, Cordelia, born August 6, 1810, daughter of Edward Jones, of Gwynedd township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. After his marriage, John M. Jones located for a time in Gwynedd, near Kneedler's Tavern, on a farm. Their children : Benjamin Franklin, born July 27, 1832, married, October 29, 1857, Mar- garet, born November II, 1835, daughter of Wil- son and Mary (White) Dance, of the village known as White's Corner, in Upper Gwynedd township, farmers; Edward Agabus, born Janu- ary 3, 1834, married Jennie -; George Washington, subject of this sketch ; Arabella, born June 10, 1837, widow of Francis Myers, of Bucks county, and they have a daughter Tina; Emma Rebecca, born November 23, 1839, is un- married, and resides with her brother George; John Hugh, born February 23, 1849, married, and resides in Philadelphia ; Howard, born Sep- tember 25, 1851, died February 23, 1868.
Hugh Jones (grandfather) had the following children : Samuel, born June 15, 1790; Margaret,
born in June, 1792; Amos, born October 8, 1794; Jesse, born August 8, 1798; Catharine, born May 13, 1802; John Mann, father of George W. Jones, born June 4, 1805; Thomas, born November 15, 1808; William, born June 16, 18II.
George W. Jones, born July 25, 1835, at- tended school until he was grown to manhood and then assisted on the homestead in farm work. He is actively interested in all that relates to the welfare of the community in which he lives, and is highly respected by all who know him.
JESSE S. KRIEBLE, a life-long resident of Worcester township, was born October II, 1842, on the farm of fifty acres on which he now re- sides. He attended the schools of the neighbor- hood until he attained the age of eighteen years. He then spent two years at the academy at North Wales and at Freeland Seminary, now Ursinus .
College, at Collegeville, for one term.
Having acquired sufficient knowledge for the purpose, he taught school at Gwynedd Square, known as the Weslem School. He also taught three years at Anders' School in Worcester. After working for some time for his father on the home farm, he took a farm on his own account, and has been engaged in this occupation ever since.
Mr. Krieble is of the Schwenkfelder denomin- ation. In politics he is a Republican, but has strong independence inclinations. He has been school director in Worcester for a period of twen- ty-four years, a very unusual circumstance. He is a very active member of the Farmers' Union, of Worcester, one of the most influential farmers' clubs in eastern Pennsylvania, being its presi- dent. He is president of the board of directors of the Centre Point creamery, of which board he has been a member since 1881. He is a director of the National Bank of North Wales, and is a director of the Lansdale Water Company. He is a trustee of the Perkiomen Seminary, Pennsburg, a mem- ber of the executive committee and one of the vice-presidents of the School Directors' Associa- tion of Montgomery county.
In 1870 Mr. Krieble married Susan, daughter of William Krieble, also of Worcester. The couple have had five children, of whom four are
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deceased. Vernon K., who survives, attended Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, where he took the scientific course, having first graduated from the public schools of the town- ship and from the Perkiomen Seminary at Penns- burg. He was born March 4, 1885. Of the de- ceased children of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Krieble, Malinda died at the age of six years; Ida, at the age of fifteen months; Harvey, at the age of seven months.
Isaac S. Krieble (father) was the son of Isaac and Regina Schultz Krieble. He was their ·only child and was born April 22, 1806. He mar- ried May 5, 1831, Christiana, daughter of Will- iam Schultz. Their children : William, born June 8, 1832; a son born October 10, 1833, lived but two days; Carolinia, born September 28, 1834, died October 24, 1851 ; Phobe, born January 20, 1837; Noah, born December 4, 1838, died August 16, 1839; Sarah, born September 24, 1840; Jesse S. (subject of this sketch) ; Daniel, born Decem- ber 2, 1845; Enos, born February 1, 1847, died February 12, 1847; Amanda, born May 20, 1850; Selina, born May 30, 1853, married Amandas S. Rothenberger ; a son born died November 15, 1856. Isaac S. Krieble was a well known farmer of Worcester. Christiana Schultz, wife of Isaac S. Krieble, was born December 6, 1812, was the eldest child of William and Salome (Krieble) Schultz, whose other children were: Samuel, born September 13, 1814; Maria, born October 6, 1816, died February 27, 1833 ; William Schultz, died on Christmas day, 1817, his widow died November 4, 1869. William and Salome were married No- vember 14, 18II. William Schultz was born November 11, 1786, being the son of David and Anna Krieble Schultz, who were married May 17, 1781, and had in all ten children. David Schultz was the son of Rev. Christopher Schultz, a native of Silesia and son of Melchior Schultz, Rev. Christopher Schultz was a scholar of rare acquirements, a friend of Count Zinzandorf, and one of the leaders in the movement for emigra- tion to America, being an active spirit among the , Schwenkfelders. He settled with his two broth- ers near what is now the borough of East Green- ville. He died May 9, 1789. aged seventy-one,
his wife, Rosina, daughter of Baltzer Yeakel, and four children, Regina, Andrew, David and Sus- anna, surviving him.
Isaac Krieble (grandfather), born February 5, 1779, was the eldest child of Abraham and Ro- sina (Hartranft) Krieble, whose other children were Christina, 1780; Maria, 1788; Susanna, 1796. Isaac Krieble married Regina, daughter of Melchior Schultz, grandson of Melchior Schultz who was a brother. of the Rev. Christo- pher Schultz. Isaac and Regina Krieble had but one child : Isaac S.
Abraham Krieble (great-grandfather), born March 30, 1750, was the eldest child of Christo- pher and Maria (Dresher) Krieble. He died De- cember 16, 1818, aged sixty-eight years, his wife having died four years previously. They were married February 12, 1778.
Christopher Krieble (great-great-grand- father) was the son of Christopher Krieble, who with his wife Maria came in 1734 to Pennsylvania with their children, the others being George, Susanna, Anna, Maria and Rosina. The chil- dren of the younger Christopher were: Abraham ; Rosina, born 1751; Jeremiah, 1755; Anna, 1758; Susanna, 1762. He died December 31, 1800, aged eighty years, his wife, December 30, 1772, aged forty-nine years. (Many more particulars of the Krieble and Schultz families are given in the "Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelders," by Rev. Reuben Krieble, published in 1879.)
Amandas S. Rothenberger, who married Se- lina, sister of Jesse S. Krieble, was born in Hor- sensack township, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1854. He attended the ordinary schools until the age of seventeen years. He then en- gaged in farming and was employed on that . of Mr. Krieble for twenty-eight years. He then bought the farm and resides on it at the present time.
Mr. Rothenberger is a member of the Schwenkfelders. He is a Republican in politics, and is an active member of the Farmers' Union.
Mr. Rothenberger's marriage with Miss Krieble occurred in 1879. They have had a fam- ily of six children, three being deceased. They are: Ada, born January 1, 1886, residing with
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her parents. In 1901 she graduated in the public schools of Worcester. She then attended the Perkiomen Seminary, where she graduated in June, 1904, making specialties of music and elo- cution. Amos, born September 20, 1891, is at- tending Anders' School. Marvin was born Jan- uary 21, 1897. Ella, born June 25, 1880, died at the age of four and a half years. Nora, born July 3, 1882, died at the age of two and a half years. Minie, born September 17, 1893, died at the age of three and a half years.
Mr. Rothenberger is the son of David and Susanna (Schultz) Rothenberger. He is one of a family of seven children, of whom he is the eldest. The brothers and sisters of Mr. Rothenberger : Edwin, married Amanda Krieble, daughter of Ephraim Krieble. He is a farmer of Worcester. They have a family of six children: Emma, Al- vin, deceased, Irene, James, Lawrence, and Os- car. Sarah Ann died at the age of thirty-three years unmarried. Thomas married Ellen K. Heebner, daughter of John S. Heebner. Thomas is a farmer of Worcester. They had two chil- dren : Wayne and Lillie. The mother died in March, 1893. Thomas then married Ellen K. Krieble, daughter of Abraham K. Krieble. They have had two children, Mabel and Irma. Asa married Amanda Merkel, daughter of Solomon Merkel, of Lehigh county. He is a farmer of Montgomery county. They have two children, Elmer and Frank. Elmira died at the age of two years. Levi married Andora Shoenly, daughter of Samuel Shoenly. He was a clerk in Philadel- phia, and is now deceased. His wife and child, Ida, survive. A son, Clarence, is deceased.
Amanda Krieble, another sister of Jesse S. Krieble, married Noah Seibert, son of Jonas Seibert, of Upper Milford township, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. Her husband was a farmer by occupation. Their son, William K. Seibert, born March 20, 1879, took a course in the Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia. He received his early education in the public schools in Worcester, graduating in 1895. He also grad- uated from Perkiomen Seminary in 1898, and from Lafayette College in 1902. On September 15, 1903, he married Miss Elsie M. Bechtel. Noah
Seibert died January 30, 1891. He was kicked by a horse and lived only two hours after being injured. He was born December 15, 1849.
DR. ELLWOOD MAULSBY CORSON, son of George and Martha ( Maulsby) Corson of Plymouth Meeting, was born June 15, 1842. The earlier history of the family is given elsewhere in this volume under the head, "The Corson Family."
George Corson (father) was the fourth son of Joseph and Hannah (Dickinson) Corson. He was born January 4, 1803, at Hickorytown. Like his brothers, Alan W. and Joseph D. Corson, he- inherited the characteristics of his father and be- came a cultured scholar. He had remarkable mathematical talent at school, leading all the pupils in mathematical studies. On reaching manhood he engaged in storekeeping with Jon- athan Maulsby at Plymouth Meeting. January 24, 1832, he married Martha Maulsby, daughter of Samuel and Susan ( Thomas) Maulsby. Sam- uel Maulsby was an extensive farmer and lime- burner. After the death of his father-in-law,. George Corson bought the homestead and lime- stone quarries and continued the business until his death on November 18, 1860, in his fifty- eighth year. He and his wife, though not mem- bers, were frequently in attendance at Friends' meeting, and their children were brought up in accordance with the principles of the Society. George Corson was influential for good in his community. He bore faithful testimony against the use of intoxicating liquor, often given by em- ployers at that time to men who burned lime. He- was also an earnest opponent of the system of slavery, his home being a refuge for runaway slaves, and he pleading their cause whenever it was necessary. Of the children of George and Martha Corson, Susan, the eldest, died of con- sumption in her fifteenth year ; Mary died in in- . fancy : Dr. Marcus H. Corson died in his twen- ty-third year, also of consumption. Their father was a victim of this disease. Samuel Maulsby Corson studied law and practiced it for a time. but preferred literature, like his brother, Dr. Marcus H. Corson. He became a teacher in
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Whitemarsh township, being very successful in this occupation and greatly loved by his pupils. He took great interest in historical research and wrote many articles on local history for news- papers. He died August 7, 1881, in his forty- third year. Only three of the children of George Corson are living, Dr. Ellwood M. ; Helen, widow of Thomas Hovenden, the famous artist ; and Ida, wife of William De Caindry of Washington, D. C.
Dr. Ellwood Manlsby Corson, after an ex- cellent preliminary training, mostly in Friends' schools, entered on the study of medicine with his uncle, Dr. Hiram Corson, near Plymouth Meeting, in 1860. The Rebellion breaking out the next year, he and his cousin, Joseph K. Cor- son, Hiram's son, entered the Military Hospital at the corner of Broad and Cherry streets, Phil- adelphia, as assistants to the surgeons in charge. By day Ellwood M. Corson attended lectures at the University, and attended to the sick and wounded in the evening and at night until his graduation in the spring of 1863. Having been commissioned assistant surgeon, he was attached to the Sixty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol- unteers. After the battle of Antietam, he was taken ill with typhoid fever, and sent to Balti- more. After his recovery he was sent to New York, thence on a monitor to Charleston harbor. The vessel did duty daily, exposed to cannonad- ing until the Confederates evacuated Charleston.
After the war. Dr. Corson continued in the Marine Hospital, Philadelphia, as assistant to his uncle, Surgeon Maulsby, United States Navy. He resigned later and formed a partnership with his uncle, Dr. William Corson for the practice of medicine in Norristown, being associated with him until the uncle's death in 1886. For many years, Drs. William and Ellwood Corson were located on the lower side of Main street, nearly midway between DeKalb and Mill streets. Dr. Ellwood M. Corson, who occupies a prominent place in his profession, being a skilled surgeon as well as practitioner of medicine, is now located on DeKalb street near Oak, Norristown, his serv- ices being much in demand as a consulting physician.
He married, November 20, 1866, Margaret Livingston Wilkeson, daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Cady) Wilkeson. Mr. Wilkeson was the war correspondent and associate in the own- ership and editorial work of the New York Tribune for many years, and Mrs. Wilkeson a sister of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the emi- nent Abolitionist and Woman's Rights advocate. Dr. and Mrs. Corson have three children : Kath- erine Cady Corson, Bayard Wilkeson Corson and Livingston Corson.
Dr. Corson is a member of the board of direc- tors of Charity Hospital, Norristown, and takes an active interest in its work. He has an exten- sive and lucrative practice, his skill in surgery and medicine and his kindly, courteous manners commending him to all with whom he comes in contact. He is a Republican in politics, but in- dependent in his views, preferring to follow prin- ciple rather than mere policy in matters relating to party government.
EDWIN MORRIS HARRY, justice of the peace at Norristown, his office being at No. 415 Swede street. was born in Norristown, February II. 1853. He was the son of Charles P. and Rebecca D. (Markley) Harry, both parents be- ing members of old families in Montgomery county. The couple had five children: Mary Harry, Dr. C. Howard Harry, Edwin Mor- ris Harry, Abraham Markley Harry, and Anna D. Harry, all of Norristown. Charles P. Harry ( father ) was a leading dentist of Norristown from 1839 until close to the time of his death, which occurred in 1886, at the age of sixty-eight years. His wife survived him five years and died at the age of sixty-nine years. Both were Presbyterians in religious faith. He was a church trustee and otherwise prominent in church work. During the invasion of Pennsyl- vania by Confederate troops prior to the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, he enlisted as an emer- gency man and served for a short time.
Rees Harry ( grandfather ) married Mary Snyder. He died in 1824, well advanced in years, leaving twelve children. He had a jovial disposition and was a great hunter.
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Abraham Markley (maternal grandfather) was a lifelong resident of Montgomery county. His wife was Mary Ann Darrah. He was super- intendent of the Norristown Water Company, of the Cemetery Company, the Norristown Bridge Company and of the Norristown Gas Company, and lived for many years at the Montgomery House, now the Hotel Montgomery, of which he was the proprietor. He died at the age of eighty-four years. He was of German descent and his wife was Scotch-Irish. They had five children.
E. M. Harry has lived all his life in Norris- town. He attended the public schools for a time but select schools principally ; also the Philadel- phia Polytechnic College of Civil and Mining Engineering ; and in 1876 was graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College, being vice-president of his class. He practiced dentistry in Norris- town for seventeen years. He was elected as- sessor for the second ward of the borough of Nor- ristown and served in that capacity for twelve years. He was appointed by Governor Hastings to fill out the unexpired term of O. N. Urner, justice of the peace, at his death in 1897, and is now serving his second term in that position.
Politically Mr. Harry is a Republican. He has for many years been active in the interests of his party, and has served as borough and county committeeman for a number of years.
December 7, 1882, he married Miss Tillie J. Quillman, daughter of Jacob F. and Henrietta (Meeh) Quillman, of an old Norristown family. Mrs. Harry is a member of the Evangelical Lu- theran church of the Trinity. He is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, and is Past Sachem of Beaver Tribe, No. 62. He lives at 323 Cherry street, where he owns his home.
The founder of the family in America was David Harry, a native of Wales, who came to Pennsylvania and settled in Whitemarsh, in what was then Philadelphia county, about 1698. He was married in 1699 to Lydia Powell, of Phila- delphia, who was the daughter of David Powell. They were married at Germantown Friends Meeting House, December 2, 1699. David Harry purchased from Thomas Farmer, in 1700, one
thousand two hundred and fifty acres of land sit- uated in Whitemarsh. His son Rees was born in 1701, and married Mary Price of Haverford, Oc- tober 12, 1727, in Haverford Friends Meeting House. He died in 1787, aged eighty-six years. He had a son, John, who was born October 14, 1736. He married Alice Meredith in 1768, and died August 12, 1800. His second wife was Letitia Jones, a widow, and they had one son, Rees Harry, who was the grandfather of Edwin Morris Harry.
The Markley family are of German origin. They were early settlers in what is now Mont- gomery county The father of Abraham Markley was Isaac Markley, who married a Miss Heiser. They lived near Jeffersonville, two miles above Norristown. He was a contractor and con- structed the Philadelphia & Reading turnpike. They had five children.
JOHN C. SNYDER, justice of the peace and dealer in groceries, glassware, chinaware, etc., at No. 404 East Main street, Norristown, is a na- tive of Bucks county, where he was born May 17, 1834. He is the son of Michael and Anna (High) Snyder, both of whom were natives of Pennsyl- vania and lifelong residents of the state. They had four children, three sons and one daughter, all of whom are deceased, however, except John C. Snyder.
His father was a farmer and lived in Bucks county all his life. He died about 1843, aged forty-six years. His wife lived much longer, dying at the age of seventy-three years. Both were members of the Lutheran church.
The maternal grandfather of Mr. Snyder came from Germany and settled in Bucks county, dying there in middle age. He was a farmer and had a family of three sons and four daughters.
The paternal grandfather was also a native of Germany, and died in Bucks county in middle age. He had a family of four sons and two daughters.
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