Biographical annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, containing genealogical records of representative families, including many of the early settlers and biographical sketches of prominent citizens, Vol. I, Part 54

Author: Roberts, Ellwood, 1846- ed
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : T. S. Benham
Number of Pages: 826


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PROF. JOSEPH K. GOTWALS, A. M. The public schools of Norristown have long had a reputation second to none in the country. They have stood so high in the estimation of the people of the county-seat and its vicinity that there has


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for a long time been apparently little or no room for private institutions, and these, accordingly have not flourished to any great extent for many years. There has been a steady growth in the thoroughness and usefulness of these schools for a quarter of a century and longer. It is natural, under such circumstances, to seek to ascertain the causes of this growth and success, as mani- fested in the educational system of Norristown, and in so doing it is impossible to avoid the con- clusion that the excellent results that have been attained are due very largely to the wise direc- tion which has been given the schools by the man who has been a teacher in the borough for over forty years, and who has filled the position of su- perintendent for more than thirty-one years.


Joseph Kulp Gotwals was born in Lower Providence township, this county, October 15, 1832. He is the son of Joseph and Ann (Kulp) Gotwals, both natives of Montgomery county. Twelve children in all were born to them, five sons and seven daughters. Of these, four are now living: Joseph K .; Isaac, of Bridgeport; Roger D., of Eagleville; and Jane, wife of Isaac Z. Reiner.


The father of Borough Superintendent Got- wals was born near Trappe, where he grew to manhood and engaged in farming. He lived to a good old age, dying at Eagleville in 1871, in his eighty-second year. His wife survived him eight years, dying also in her eighty-second year. The couple were Mennonites in their religious faith.


The paternal grandfather. of Joseph K. Got- wals was Henry Gotwals, also a farmer by occu- pation. His wife was a daughter of Abraham Funk, a well-known Mennonite preacher. The family were of German descent, like most of the residents of that section of the county, they being an honest, industrious race who cultivated the simple virtues that adorn and dignify humanity. Henry Gotwals and his wife had a large family and both died at an advanced age.


Mr. Gotwals' maternal grandfather was Henry Kulp, whose wife was Esther Metz, who was born August 11, 1769. The couple were mar- ried April 8, 1788, and both died at an advanced age. They had a family of nine children.


Professor Gotwals was reared in Lower Providence township and attended the common schools of that vicinity until he reached the age of fifteen years, when he entered a private school taught by Rev. Harry S. Rodenbough, a Presby- terian, who was for many years the pastor of the Lower Providence church, a few miles above Norristown and was a very competent instructor, having formerly been a teacher in the Washing- ton Hall Boarding School at Trappe, which had at one time an excellent reputation as an educa- tional institution. Mr. Rodenbough took a spe- cial interest in Mr. Gotwals.


Under Mr. Rodenbough's care, he studied four consecutive winter terms. He was a diligent stu- dent and an apt pupil, and at the early age of twenty years, he had made such rapid progress that he passed a very creditable teacher's exam- ination, and was appointed to the position of teacher in the public schools of Silver Creek, Schuylkill county. He taught there very suc- cessfully a term, and then entered the Millersville State Normal School. He remained there but a short time, again engaging in teaching. He taught five years in Lower Providence township, and in 1859 went to Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, where he reviewed the higher branches under the direction of Professor Schneider, who was con- ducting a private school, and at the same time rendered assistance in the school, by instructing pupils in the intermediate grades. There he re- mained about a year and a half. In 1860 he came to Norristown and was elected principal of the Cherry street school. In 1865 he was elected principal of the boys' high school. He held this position until 1872, when he was made superin- tendent of the borough schools, which respon- sible position he has since ably and efficiently filled.


Under the wise supervision of Professor Got- wals the schools have been thoroughly organized, employing a corps of about eighty teachers. The most modern methods of instruction have been introduced and the work done in these schools compares favorably with that of any borough or city in the country. In recognition of Prof. Got- wals' long service as a teacher and his superior


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educational attainments, Franklin and Marshall College conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1872. He has long been an elder in the First Presbyterian church of Norris- town.


On December 25, 1860, Professor Gotwals married Miss Jennie H. Galbraith, daughter of Dr. James and Jane (Coulter) Galbraith, of Perry county. They had one daughter, Anna Gotwals, who was born June 7, 1863. She became the wife of Rev .. Robert H. Taylor, a Presby- terian. They resided at Westtown, New York, where he was pastor for thirteen years.


On the 9th of May, 1889, her husband was in- stalled pastor of the Westtown church, and dur- ing the same month their marriage was celebrated at the home of her parents, and immediately there- after they commenced their joint labors with the people of that church. Mrs. Taylor proved her- self an efficient and acceptable helpmate to her husband in his work and was recognized as an ideal pastor's wife. She was highly educated and an accomplished musician. Her gifts for organ- izing and carrying out plans for charitable work, and her quiet helpfulness to her family, were wonderful. Ever a welcome guest in social gath- erings, she was also a tender, loving friend in time of bereavement. She died December 25, 1901, in Norristown, leaving her sorrowing husband and parents and three children-Robert G., Jennie and Helen.


Professor Gotwals is a member of Lynwood Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a Democrat in politics, as were his progenitors generally, but he is not in any sense a partisan politician, preferring to devote all his time and attention to educational matters or church work. He was president of the Norristown Young Men's Christian Association for four years. He is a member of the State Superintendent's Associa- tion, and of the State Educational Association. He has also been a member of the Nauonal Edu- cational Association for a number of years. Pro- fessor Gotwals takes great pleasure in attending the annual sessions of these bodies, and partici- pates actively in their discussions and delibera- tions.


Mrs. Gotwals, in her young womanhood, was a teacher in the Arcadian Institute, at Orwigs- burg, where she and Mr. Gotwals became ac- quainted with each other. Her parents were na- tives of Juniata county, but passed most of their lives in Perry county. Of their children, three grew to maturity. The family were of that sturdy Scotch-Irish stock whose virtues have been im- pressed upon the people of that section of Penn- sylvania to the present day. Professor Gotwals has been a patient and persistent worker in the educational field. The success that has crowned his labors is the best possible testimonial to his ability as an instructor and school superintendent. He is a practical, earnest man, affable and cour- teous to all, unassuming in his manners, and highly esteemed by old and young in the com- munity that he has served so well.


JOHN KRAUSE WEIGNER, a prominent farmer of Worcester, was born in that township, September 25, 1866. He attended the public schools of that vicinity, after leaving which he turned his attention to farming and continued at that occupation near Lansdale for about a year. He moved to the place which he now occupies about eleven years ago.


Mr. Weigner married Araminta, daughter of Joseph Anders, who was born in Worcester on June 31, 1871. They were married in the year 1890. They have had eight children, as follows : Edna Laurena, born September 18, 1890; Jacob, born July 8, 1892 ;. Joseph, born November 21, 1893 ; Elva May, born October 12, 1895 ; Alverta, born April 21, 1897; Viola, born May 9, 1898; Marion, born November 5, 1899 ; and Lester, born March 22, 1903.


Jacob Weigner (father) was born in that vi- cinity, November 15, 1838, and is still living. He has been a farmer all his life. He is the son of John Weigner, and married Sophia, daughter of Henry Krauss, on February 2, 1864. Their chil- dren (brothers and sisters of John K. Weigner) are: Priscilla, born December 21, 1864 (de- ceased) ; John K., born September 25, 1866; Christiana, born December 31, 1867; Marion, . born April 25, 1870 (deceased) ; Ida, born Oc-


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tober 1, 1871 ; Laura, born August 8, 1873 ; Car- olina, born March 18, 1875; and Sophia, born June 23, 1877.


John Weigner (grandfather) married Maud, daughter of John Anders, April 11, 1837.


Abraham Weigner (great-grandfather) mar- ried Rosina, daughter of David Kriebel on Sep- tember 10, 1795.


Susana Weigner, widow, maiden name Seipt, came in 1834 to Pennsylvania with her children, Abraham, George and Rosanna. Susanna died September 18, 1855.


Joseph Anders (father of Mrs. Weigner) was born April 27, 1846. He is a farmer and resides in Worcester township. Her mother was Han- nah Kriebel, daughter of Abraham Kriebel. She was born September 3, 1846. The sisters and brothers of Mrs. J. K. Weigner are: Anna, born July 8, 1870; Hannah, born October 1, 1873, and died February 2, 1874: Margaret, born June 9, 1875, and died November 28, 1875; and George. born March 10, 1878. Both Mr. Weigner and his wife are members of the Society of Schwenk- felders and have a long line of ancestors of that faith.


JACOB PRICE NYCE, a well known citi- zen of Worcester, is a native of Lower Salford township, where he was born October II, 1867. He attended the public schools of the neighbor- hood. He learned the trade of a carpenter, be- ginning under his father's supervision, and work- ing with him until he was about seventeen years of age, and meanwhile attended school a portion of the year, as is usual in country districts. By the time he was twenty years of age he had suffi- cient practical knowledge of the trade to engage in it for a livelihood, and he has made it his occu- pation during life. After his marriage Mr. Nyce bought a small farm in Worcester township, on which he now resides and which he manages in connection with carpenter work. He is a Re- publican in politics.


In 1890, Mr. Nyce married Elizabeth W. Zepp, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Wile) Zepp. of Lower Salford. They lived in that township about six years, and then removed to


Towamencin township, living there about four years, and then removing to Worcester, to what was then known as the Fry place. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Price Nyce have had six children, five of whom are living, as follows : Katie, born in 1891 ; Minerva, in 1893 ; Jacob, in 1895 ; Idella, in 1897 : Clara, in 1899, and Clement, who died in infancy. (See sketch of Mrs. Esther W. Z. Keyser, sister of Mrs. Nyce, for further particulars of her family.)


Benjamin Nyce (father) was born in Lower Salford township, about 1836. He is a farmer and carpenter and resides at present near Led- erachsville. Mrs. Kate Nyce (mother) is a daugh- ter of George Price. She was born in Lower Sal- ford township and is now about seventy years of age. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Nyce were twelve in all. Three are deceased and the others are: Benjamin, Jr., about forty-six years of age, is a carpenter and lives near Kulps- ville ; Horace, about forty years of age, is farm- ing in Towamencin, and is also a carpenter by trade ; Jacob P., subject of this sketch; Henry, about thirty-five years of age, lives in Franconia, and is a blacksmith by trade; Clayton is a car- penter in Philadelphia; Jonathan, about thirty- three years of age, is a carpenter and builder and resides in Philadelphia : Wainbart, about twenty- nine years old, is a blacksmith and lives in Fran- conia ; Maggie, wife of Jacob Bechtel, a farmer, resides in Lower Salford ; Emma, wife of Monroe Bergey, a farmer, lives also in Lower Salford. Jacob P. Nyce is the sixth of the living children, -the three who died were. Annie, Mary and Katie, all dying in infancy. The brothers of Benjamin Nyce were Abraham and Jacob Nyce. The brothers and sisters of Mr. Nyce's mother are Henry Price (deceased) : Daniel, who is living in Philadelphia ; Abraham and Elizabeth, the wife of John Devere, who is living in Norristown.


GEORGE D. GODSHALK was born in Towamencin township, on May 24. 1855, and was educated in the public schools of Montgomery county. After leaving school he learned the trade of shocmaking and followed that calling for about fifteen years. He then became a farmer


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and butcher and now devotes himself exclusively to the last named occupation. He married Tillie Ellis, daughter of Sabine Ellis, of Philadelphia. They were married in Philadelphia. The chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Godshalk are: Clara, born in 1877; Ellis, born in 1881; Henry, born in 1886; and two who died in infancy. Mr. God- shalk is a Republican in his political affiliation.


Jonas F. Godshalk (father) was a farmer in Montgomery county, but is now deceased. He married Susan Delp, also of Montgomery county, who is deceased. They had nine children ; Charles D., a contractor of Lansdale; Harry D., a farmer of Lansdale; George D .; Jones D., de- ceased; Anna D., who married John Troxel; Emma, who married D. M. Stover, of Lansdale ; and Susa, unmarried. Two children died in infancy.


JOHN LEITENBERGER, a well-known1 business man and Republican politician who has served several terms in the Norristown town council, is the son of Christian F. and Jacobena (Wacker) Leitenberger.


Christian Felix Leitenberger (father) was born in Konniggratz, Wurtemberg, Germany, November 20, 1825. He grew to manhood in his native place and was employed in a large hotel from the age of eighteen to twenty-five years. He attended the public schools at inter- vals. When twenty-five years of age he shipped at Havre, France, on a sailing vessel, for Amer- ica. The voyage lasted twenty-six days and ended in New York harbor. Mr.Leitenberger went at once to Philadelphia and, after tarrying three weeks there, came to Norristown and se- cured employment on the farm of Mr. Reiden- baugh, also a native of Germany. After a year on the farm Mr. Leitenberger entered the em- ployment of Abraham R. Cox, the brewer, with whom he remained thirty-eight years. He be- came a Democrat in politics and adhered to that party until Cleveland's second administration when he joined the Republicans. Mr. Leiten- berger married T. Jacobena Wacker, who was born in Upper Heilbron, Germany, and at the age of eighteen, with her sister Magdalena, came


to America. She was born November 29, 1833. They had the following children: Louis, born September I, 1855, married Julia Newhoffer, of Philadelphia, where they now reside, their chil- dren being Louis J. (deceased), Annie, Amelia, and Emma (deceased) ; Annie, born January II, 1858, married John Parker and lives in Norris- town; Charles, born July 9, 1860, married Eliza- beth Dolan and lives in Philadelphia ; Elizabeth, born December 22, 1862, married John Long, their children being Carl Donald and Beta ; John, was born July 6, 1866; Mary M., born October 18, 1868, has attended the training school for nurses at the Charity Hospital at Norristown and will make nursing her life work; George F., born September 1, 1870, married Miss Bertha Pifer and lives in Norristown; Amelia H., who was born August 4, 1875, and taught school seven years in Norristown, married Howard M. Bate, of Conshohocken.


John Leitenberger was born in Norristown and grew to manhood there, attending the pub- lic schools until he was thirteen years of age. He then entered the Good Intent Worsted Mill of Thomas Liversidge. After a few months in the mill he went to the Pennsylvania Tack Works and remained one year. He then went to James Hooven & . Sons' Tube Works, afterwards en- tering John K. Thomas' blacksmith shop as an , apprentice, and remained with him for five years. Mr. Leitenberger worked with Joseph Chislett in his blacksmith shop in Conshohocken for eight years, and with his widow and stepson two years, making ten years in that shop. On March IO, 1897, he rented a shop on the ground where his present extensive shop stands, and worked in it until the year 1900, when he leased the land for a term of ten years and erected his present place of business, which is a machine and blacksmith shop, with all modern appliances. He has three forges and employs five men. He builds carts and wagons and does machine work as well as horse-shoeing. Wagon-making is his specialty.


In politics Mr. Leitenberger is a Republican. He was elected to the council at twenty-five years of age and served nine years continuously. He was chairman of the fire and water committee


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four years and was active in creating the office of chief of the fire department, of which the late John Slingluff was the head. He was chairman of the accounts committee one year, of highways two years, and borough regulator for two years. He was a member of every committee of the council during his term and on the finance com- mittee six years. He has been a delegate to county conventions many times.


Mr. Leitenberger is a member of Charity Lodge, No. 190, of the Masonic order ; has be- longed to the Montgomery Lodge of Odd Fel- lows fifteen years and is a member of the Nor- ristown Encampment of Odd Fellows. He is an active member of the Fairmount Fire Company and was its vice president for five years. Other organizations to which Mr. Leitenberger belongs are the Royal Arcanum, being a past regent ; Tecumseh Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men ; and Norristown Maennerchor.


The parents and sisters of Mr. Leitenberger are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church of the Trinity, Norristown.


GEORGE W. LUKENS, son of Abel and Naomi (Jenkins) Lukens, was born in Philadel- phia, February 24, 1844. He attended the public schools of Montgomery county until he was four- teen years of age and two years in Norristown, and was then employed as a clerk in the mercan- tile establishment of Robert E. Taylor, at Norris- town, remaining there for three years. At the beginning of the Civil war he enlisted as a mem- ber of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Colonel William J. Palmer, and in 1863 re-enlisted and remained until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Stone River, Mur- phreesboro, Lookout Mountain, and was with Sherman at Atlanta. He served under General George H. Thomas. He enlisted as a private and was discharged as a sergeant.


In December, 1869, George W. Lukens mar- ried Catharine Harley, daughter of Samuel and Anna Harley, of Lower Salford township. They have three children : Laura H., born December 20, 1870, married Joseph McElroy, and they reside in Philadelphia ; Jennie H., born in June, 1872,


married Adis Munyan, of Philadelphia ; Ann H., born in September, 1877, is unmarried and re- sides with her parents. Joseph and Laura Mc- Elroy have three children : Elizabeth, George and Caroll. George Lukens is a Republican.


The great-great-great-grandfather of George W. Lukens was Jan Luken, who emigrated from Holland and landed at Chester, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1688, afterwards settling at German- town. He brought with him an old Dutch Bible, printed by Peter Sebastian in 1598, which is still in the possession of the Lukens family. The chil- dren of Jan Luken were : Elizabeth, born July 28, 1684; Elias, born in 1685; William, in 1687; Sarah, in 1689; John, in 1691; Mary, in 1693; Peter, in 1696; Hannah, in 1698; Matthias, in 1700; Abraham (great-great-grandfather), in 1703 ; and Joseph, in 1705.


Abraham Lucken (great-great-grandfather) purchased, in 1729, one thousand acres of land in what is now Towamencin township and lived there until his death in June, 1776. It was dur- ing his lifetime that the name was given the modern spelling, Lukens. Of his children, John, the second child, was the ancestor of George Lukens.


John Lukens (great-grandfather) was born Tenth-month 17, 1729. He purchased one hun- dred of his father's one thousand acres and lived on this until 1814. In 1805, however, he had sold it to his son, George, who occupied it until 1849.


George Lukens (grandfather) married Esther Jenes, of Whitemarsh township, Twelfth-month 12, 1805. Their children were: Abel (father) ; Edith, born in 1809; William Lukens ; Mary, born in 1811, and married Samuel Rhoads ; Seth, born Third-month 20, 1814: Sarah, who mar- ried C. Todd Jenkins; Hannah, who mar- ried Aram Drake; Eliam, who lived in Iowa; Comly, who lived in Illinois. Seth Lukens married Mary, daughter of James Hamer, M. D., of Skippackville, and their chil- dren are : Fannie, who married Edmund P. Zim- merman ; Esther, who married George W. Bock- ius ; Anna M. : David H. ; and Carrie A.


Abel Lukens (father) was born in what is now Kulpsville, Montgomery county, August 9,


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1807. He attended school and worked on his father's farm until he was about twenty-three years of age. For the next ten years he was en- gaged as a drover and butcher. In 1840 he rented the old Golden Lamb Hotel, on Second, above Callowhill street, Philadelphia, and remained as its proprietor for fifteen years. For one year he was janitor of the National Clubhouse, Philadel- phia, and then rented the North Pennsylvania Hotel, at Third and Willow streets, Philadelphia, where he was engaged in business for eight years. He removed to his farm in Kulpsville but at the end of one year and a half took charge of the North Wales Hotel, which he conducted for eight years. At the expiration of that time he re- tired from active life. He resided on his farm, where he was born, during the summer seasons for the remainder of his life and lived with his son in North Wales during the winters. He died in 1887 and was buried at Montgomery cemetery, near Norristown.


In October, 1830, Abel Lukens married Naomi, daughter of John and Ann Jenkins. Mrs. Abel Lukens died October 7, 1877, at the age of sixty-eight years. Her father owned most of the land upon which the borough of Lansdale was afterwards built. The children of Abel and Naomi Lukens were as follows: Jane T., born September 29, 1831, married, July 17, 1856, Rob- ert E. Taylor, who died May 8, 1871, his widow still residing in North Wales; one, born No- vember 18, 1832, died in infancy ; Sarah J., born March 28, 1834, married, October 31, 1854, David Jones, they being both deceased; Rachel, born July 12, 1835, married in April, 1857, H. C. Stout ; Charles J., born July 8, 1837, died young ; Esther Ann, born October 5, 1839, died young ; William Henry, born January 18, 1841. married, in January, 1862, Anna Little, of Philadelphia ; George W. is the next of the family; Edward, born November 27, 1846, married, June 10, 1874, Lucy A., daughter of Alexander and Josephine Riddle, who died August 16, 1881. Jane T. and Robert E. Taylor had two sons, Robert deceased and William. David and Sarah J. Jones had one daughter, Mary A., born September 9, 1864. H. C. and Rachel Stout had one son, Abel L., born in


October, 1859. William Henry and Anna Lukens had two children: Elizabeth L., born May 22, 1863 : and Robert B., born July 8, 1870. Edward and Lucy A. Lukens had one son, Carroll T., born May 21, 1880.


The Lukens family have always stood high in Montgomery county. John, of Horsham, was a government surveyor in colonial times, and was chosen by the Philosophical Society to assist David Rittenhouse. The family have generally either belonged to or been in sympathy with the Society of Friends.


FRANK S. GODSHALK is a native of Montgomery county, having been born at North Wales, in Gwynedd township, December 20, 1859. He attended the public schools of the county until about seventeen years of age, work- ing on his father's farm when school was not in session. About 1888 he purchased the Frank H. Godshalk farm and has resided thereon ever since. He married Lizzie G., daughter of Jacob Tyson and they had three children : Kate and Norman, deceased, and Harry.


Charles H. Godshalk (father) was born Jan- uary 31, 1834, and died at Reading, Pennsylvania, August 3, 1893. He is buried at Skippack Church, Montgomery county. He was a farmer of Montgomery county. He married Mary Schall, born July 12, 1834, in Montgomery county, who is still living at Skippack, Pennsyl- vania. She is the daughter of Jonathan Schall, who was born March 18, 1804, and died March 27, 1877. Mr. Schall was a farmer in Montgom- ery county and married Sarah Nice, also of Montgomery county, who was born October 9, 1807, and died September 1, 1895. The children of Charles and Mary (Schall) Godshalk are: Elias, deceased; Morris ; Ella, deceased; How- ard ; Romanus, deceased ; Sallie ; Venie, who mar- ried George Ballman and resides in Reading, Pennsylvania : Charles and Oler, deceased ; Geor- gia ; Mary; Elma, deceased; and Frank S., the subject of this sketch.




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