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THE MAUCK FAMILY. Mrs. Addie Mauck Slenker, of New Berlin, Pennsylvania, the senior member of the family writes (1896) : "The Mauck family came from Germany I have always understood, and there were only a few of the name, and those are not living here and I doubt if they have any information as to their ancestry."
Conrad Mauck lived in Berks county, Penn- sylvania, and departed this life September 3. 1823. He married Catherine Zohler, who was born February 5. 1765. She was the daughter ot Christian and Margaretta Zohler, and was born in Hanover township. Montgomery county, Penn-
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sylvania, and died March 2, 1829. They had two sons: Aaron, mentioned at length below : and John Henry. The last named was born May 25, 1810, and died June 29, 1859. He married Eliza Henkle, and they left issue as follows : Addie, who married James Slenker; Emma, who is unmar- ried ; and Ella, who died unmarried.
Aaron Mauck was born January 29, 1814. at New Berlin, Pennsylvania. He became a prac- ticing physician at Pottstown, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, from whence he removed with his family to Laurel, in the state of Delaware, where he resided up to the time of his demise. Dr. Mauck married February 14. 1838, Eliza Longnecker, whose family were residents of Middletown, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, her parents being Henry and Elizabeth (Kendig) Longnecker. To Dr. and Mrs. Mauck were born the following named children : Clarence, Edwin. who married, but had no children: and Alice, who became the wife of Thomas Hodson, an at- torney of Baltimore, Maryland, who was for some time a member of the senate of that state. Alice (Mauck) Hodson died either in the year 1879 or 1880. Dr. Mauck died either in 1858 or 1859, at the age of more than three-score years, and his wife. Elizabeth (Longnecker) Mauck, died either in the year 1900 or 1901, in Baltimore, Maryland, aged eighty-seven years.
Clarence Mauck, eldest son of Dr. Aaron and Elizabeth Mauck, was born in 1839. in Indiana, while his parents were sojourning in that state. His preparatory education was acquired in vari- ous sections of the country in which his parents resided for the time being. He was a student at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. March 27, 1861, and joined the First Regiment United States Cavalry, under the command of his maternal uncle, Colonel Henry Longnecker. His services began at Fort Columbus, New York ; from May 10 to June, 1861. he was at Carlisle Barracks, in Pennsylvania : he joined his regi- ment on July 19. 1861, and served therewith at Fort Wise, Colorado, until November, 1861, and at Fort Leavenworth Kansas, until February, 1862. He was in the field in Tennessee, Missis-
sippi, Alabama, Kentucky and Georgia, to Oc- tober 13, 1864, when he was wounded in action at Rome, Georgia, and was on sick leave on sur- geon's certificate of disability to November 26, 1864; on recruiting service to November, 1865 ; with regiment in Texas to September 1, 1867; on leave to November 1, 1867; conducting re- cruits to and with regiment in Texas (on expedi- tion operating against Indiana in Texas) to April 23, 1870 ; on leave to August 16, 1870; with regi- ment at Fort Concho, Texas, to May II. 1871 ; at Fort Richardson, Texas, to July 8. 1871 ; in the field on expedition against Indians in Indian Ter- ritory and Texas, to November 18, 1871 : at Fort Richardson, Texas, to June 14. 1872: in the field, operating against Indians, to September 30, 1872 : at Fort Richardson, Texas, to March 4, 1873 : at Fort Clark, Texas, to April 30, 1873; on scout in field, in Texas and Mexico after marauding Indians, to August 30, 1873 : at Fort Clark, Texas, to February 21, 1875 : at Fort Sill, Indian Terri- tory, to August 26, 1875 ; on leave to January 27, 1876; with regiment at Fort Reno, Indian Ter- ritory, to April 18, 1876: at Fort Elliott, Texas, to July 30, 1876; at Camp Robinson, Nebraska, to November 1, 1876; on Powder River expedition to January 5, 1877 ; with regiment at Fort Rob- inson, Nebraska, to May 26, 1877: at Fort El- liott, Texas, to September 20, 1878: in pursuit of and in operations against Cheyenne Indians to November 27, 1878: at Fort Elliott, Texas, to April 16, 1879: on sick leave and on surgeon's certificate of disability to April 23, 1880: com- manding post of Fort Stanton, New Mexico, May 25, to August 31, 1880; sick at post Sep- tember 20, 1880; on sick leave and on certificate of surgeon as to disability until his death at San Antonio, Texas, January 25, 1881. Lieutenant Mauck became known in the service as a cour- ageous and faithful soldier, and during the nearly twenty years of his service made an admirable record. The following is an abstract from the same as it appears in the office of the War De- partment at Washington :
"Clarence Mauck was appointed second lieu- tenant of First Cavalry March 27. 1861. He was
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promoted to first lieutenant May 9, 1861 ; cap- tain Fourth Cavalry, November 5, 1863; major Ninth Cavalry, March 20, 1879. He was brev- etted captain December 31, 1862, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Stone Run, Tennessee ; and major on October II, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services during the Atlanta campaign."
Major Clarence Mauck was married at Con- shohocken, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1867, to Helen Wood, who was born December 25, 1841, being the eldest child of John and Elizabeth (Wells) Wood, both of Conshohocken. Their children were: Clara W., born at Austin, Texas, died at the age of five months ; Herbert Sherman, born April 9, 1871, at Fort Concho, Texas, mar- ried Anita C. Franco, of Guayaquil, Ecuador, and has one son, Frederico Franco Manck; Vic- tor, mentioned hereinafter ; and Mabel, born Jan- uary 19, 1875.
Victor Mauck, third child of Clarence and Helen (Wood) Mauck, was born at Fort Clark, Texas, December 6, 1874.
DANIEL NASH. The Nash family are old residents of Upper Dublin and adjoining town- ships of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. Daniel, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in the township mentioned, was educated there in such schools as existed at that time, and on leaving school turned his attention to farming, to which occupation he devoted him- self the remainder of his life. He was an indus- trious and thrifty farmer and was very successful in his occupation. Among his children, of whom there were a large family, was James, the father of the subject of this sketch.
James Nash was born on the homestead in Upper Dublin township in 1833, and died in 1894. He was educated in the ordinary schools of the neighborhood, which were far inferior to what they are at the present time, and after farm- ing for a livelihood for a few years removed to Springfield township. also in Montgomery county. He was a Democrat in politics, but not an office- seeker, but held the position of real estate assessor
for several years, for which his excellent judg- ment as to values especially fitted him. He mar- ried Miss Emily Yeakel, of Springfield township, a member of an old and prominent Schwenkfelder family. The children of Mr. and Mrs. James Nash : Elvie, Joseph, Harry and Daniel.
Daniel Nash was born on the homestead in Springfield township, March 1, 1875. He was educated at the Five Points School in that town- ship, and after leaving the neighborhood school, took a course in the Feirce College of Business, an old and useful Philadelphia institution. He graduated from it after completing the course he chose. He then engaged in the milk business, which he has pursued very successfully ever since. Mr. Nash is one of the most prominent young business men of Montgomery county. He married, June 27, 1901, Miss Sarah G. Matz, daughter of John H. and Emily (Harner) Matz, of Springfield township. They have one child, John Earl Matz.
In politics Mr. Nash is a Democrat, but has never sought or held a county office. He has, however, been the assessor of the township for several years and has also filled the responsible position of township auditor. He is a member of the Junior Order United American Mechanics, the Patriotic Order Sons of America, and the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his family reside in a pleasant home at Flourtown. They attend the Lutheran church.
THE LUKENS FAMILY. Jan Lucken, the progenitor of the family in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, is supposed to have been a native of Crefeldt on the Rhine. In June, 1683, he pur- chased from Benjamin Furley, an agent of Will- iam Penn, while in Rotterdam, two hundred acres of land in America, previous to his coming to this country. He came with thirteen families, princi- pally relatives (of whom eleven were known to have come from Crefeldt). They left Rotterdam for London and set sail on July 24, 1683, in the good ship "Concord," William Jefferis, master, a vessel of five hundred tons burthen, and arrived at Chester on the Delaware on October 6, 1683.
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James Claypool, a Quaker merchant, came on the same vessel. Of the passengers of the "Concord," the German and the Dutch settlers went immedi- ately to Germantown, where Daniel Francis Pas- torius had settled a few weeks previous, and soon after the arrival of the new settlers the town of Germantown was laid out, Jan Lucken receiving lot number six of the plan of fifty lots. In "Wat- son's Annals" it speaks of Jan Lucken being a con- stable in Germantown, and he was also sheriff for some time. Jan Lucken brought with him a rare old Dutch Bible, a copy of the third edition of Nicholas Beistkens, the first Bible published by the Mennonites.
Jan Lucken was probably married to his wife Mary (maiden name unknown) before he sailed to this country in 1683. Their children were: I. Elizabeth, born 7 mo. 28, 1684; she probably died young as her name was not mentioned in the will left by her father. 2. Alitze, born 5 mo. 10, 1686; she was married, 5 mo. 29, 1706, to John Conrad, died previous to her father and left issue. 3. William born 12 mo. 22, 1687-88; he was married, 9 mo. 27, 1710, to Elizabeth Tyson, daughter of Rynier Tyson, and they had a daugh- ter Elizabeth who married Thomas Potts, who was born in 1735, and was a member of and served in the continental congress. Thomas and Eliza- beth (Lucken) Potts had among their children a daughter Elizabeth, born in 1760, who married Robert Barnhill, who was born in 1754. To this marriage was born a daughter, Margaret Barn- hill, who was born in 1799, became the wife of Cornelius Van Schaik Roosevelt, who was born in 1794, and to their marriage was born a son, Theo- dore Roosevelt, born in 1831, who married Martha Bullock, born in 1834, and among the children born to them was a son, Theodore Roose- velt, born in 1858, and now (1904) president of the United States of America. He married Alice Lee, born in 1861, and secondly married Edith Kermit Carow, also born in 1861. 4. Sarah, born 7 mo. 19, 1689. 5. John, born 9 mo. 27, 1691 ; he married Margaret Custerd, 12 mo. 25, 1711 left no issue. 6. Mary, born II mo. 18, 1695 ; she mar- ried John Jarratt, formerly of Germantown, and
later of Horsham. 7. Peter, born I mo. 30, 1607 ; he married Gainer Evans, 10 mo. 29, 1712, and moved to Horsham township prior to 1734, and among his descendants was John Lukens, the sur- veyor general of Pennsylvania. 8. Hannah, born 5 mo. 25, 1698 ; she married, 5 mo. 30, 1716, Sam- uel Daniel Pastorius. 9. Matthias, born 8 mo.3, 1700; he married Ann Johnson daughter of Der- rick Johnson, 2 mo. 24, 1721, and he was ap- pointed executor of his father's will. 10. Abra- ham, born 7 mo. 16, 1703; he married Mary Maule (sometimes spelled Marle), 2 mo. 24, 1727. II. Joseph, born 9 mo. 13, 1705 ; he mar- ried, 7 mo. 30, 1728, Susannah Maule.
After having been in Germantown for a short period of time, Jan Lucken and Abraham Tunes (afterward spelled Tunis) together bought one thousand acres of land in what is now Towamen- cin township, Montgomery county. This was probably the first land taken up in Towamencin, and was a grant from Penn's commissioners of property to Benjamin Furley on June 8, 1703. This land was purchased nine days later by Abra- ham Tunes and Jan Lucken, and in 1709 was equally divided, each taking five hundred acres. This tract embraced the northern part of the town- ship and extended to the present Skippack road, and perhaps as far down as Kulpsville. There they settled, probably in 1709, and upon these lands Jan Lucken made the first improvements, and a portion of this land is still in the posses- sion of some of his descendants. Jan Lucken made his will in Germantown, October 9, 1741, leaving to his son Abraham three hundred acres to be taken off the southeast side of his tract, and the remainder he directed to be sold. Jan Lucken died in Germantown in 1744, and his wife Mary died there in 1742.
In the "Pennsylvania Magazine of G. & B." vol. 5, page 373, appears the following in relation to the dividing up of the fifty-two lots of land in Germantown; they were all about equal size and were drawn for by lottery.
We, whose names are to these presents sub- scribed, do hereby certify unto all whom it may concern that soon after our arrival in the
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Province of Pennsylvania. in October, 1683, to our certain knowledge, Herman Op den Graff, Dirk Op den Graff, and Abraham Op den Graff, as well as ourselves, in the cave of Francis Daniel Pastorius, at Philadelphia, did cast lots for the respective lots which they and we then began to settle at Germantown, and the said Graffs (three brothers), have sold their several lots, each by himself, no less than if a division in writing had been made by them. Witness our hand on this 29 November, 1709. Lenerts Arets, Thunes Kunder, Abraham Tunes, Jan Lensen, William Streypers. Jan Lucken, Reyner Tyson.
Abraham Lucken, tenth child of Jan and Mary Lucken, married Mary Maule and had the follow- ing named children : 1. Margaret, born 2 mo. 12, 1728. 2. John, born 10 mo. 17, 1729 : 3. Matthias, born 9 mo. 18, 1731 : 4. William, born 2 mo. 23, 1733 : 5. Abraham, born II mo. 21, 1734: 6. David, born 2 mo. 27, 1737; 7. Joseph, born 5 mo. 14, 1739 : 8. Mary, born 3 mo. 22, 1741 : 9. Job, born 7 mo. 25, 1743. Mary Manle, of Marle, the mother of these children, was a daughter of Thomas and Margaret Maule, of Bristol town- ship. She died in 1813.
John Lukens, first son and second child of Abraham and Mary (Maule or Marle) Lucken, married about 1753 Rachel Robinson, who was born 2 mo. 22, 1727, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Robinson, of Franconia township, and to this marriage was born the following named children: I. Abraham, born in 1754; 2. James, born in 1756; 3. John, born in 1758; 4. Job, born in 1759: 5. David, born in 1761, died in 1828: 6. Elisha, born in 1763; 7. Edith, born in 1765; 8. George, born in 1768, married Esther Jones ; 9. Jacob, born in 1770.
David Lukens, fifth child of John and Rachel (Robinson) Lukens, married Mary Shepherd, daughter of William and Elizabeth Fronica (Ott) Shepherd, and to this marriage were born the following named children: 1. Dr. Charles Will- iam, born 9 mo. 24, 1790, married Sarah Pen- nock : 2. William Shepherd, born 3 mo. 6, 1793 : 3. Elizabeth, born 9 mo. 17, 1795; became the wife of George Shoemaker ; 4. Aaron, born 3 1110. 14,
1798, married Ann Foulke ; 5. Maria, born 6 mo. 3. 1801, became the wife of Robert Fowler ; 6. Rachel, born 7 mo. 25, 1804, became the wife of Samuel Tyson, M. D .; 7. Lewis Augustus, born 4 mo. 8, 1807, married Mary Thomas Wood; 8. Mark Anthony, born I mo. 24, 1810; 9. Edward, born 3 mo. 24, 1812.
Lewis A. Lukens, of this review, seventh child and fourth son of David and Mary (Shepherd) Lukens, was born 4 mo. 8, 1807. He married Mary Thomas Wood, who was born in 1808, and was a daughter of James and Tacy (Thomas) Wood, of Conshohocken, and to this marriage were born the following named children : 1. Alan Wood, born 2 mo. 21, 1836, married Elizabeth Nevius, of New York, resided at Elizabeth, New Jersey, and their children were : Lewis, who mar- ried Edith Clark and they were the parents of four children-Alan W., Edward C., Lewis N., and Elizabeth Lukens; Alan Nelson, who married Emma Banghart, and their children were-Dor- othy Van Dyke, and Clara Lukens; Rev. Frank Lukens, who married Edith Churchman, and their children are-Anna and John Lukens; Rev. Vic- tor Herbert, who married Elsie De Witt; and Frederick, who died in infancy. 2. Charles, who was born September 30, 1837, married Annie Mc- Farland, who was born I mo. 22, 1843 daughter of James B. and Margaret (Weaver) McFarland. 3. Lewis, born 7 mo. 12, 1840, died 3 mo. 18, 1857. 4. Jawood, born 3 mo. 8, 1843, further men- tioned below. 5. Frank, born 6 mo. 10, 1845, died 2 mo. 27, 1862. 6. Mary Shepherd, born 4 mo. 27, 1847, who became the wife of Charles Follen Cor- son, and died 7 mo. 9, 1877. 7. Clara, born 2 mo. 9, 1850, became the wife of Charles Heber Clark, and her death occurred 6 mo. 6, 1895. She had children : Mary L .; Arthur W., who is a gradu- ate of the University of Pennsylvania and at pres- ent engaged with the J. Ellwood Lee Company of Conshohocken ; Frederick L., who is also a grad- uate of the University of Pennsylvania, and at present a practicing attorney ; Robert, who resides at Cleveland, Ohio; and Eleanor Clark. The mother of these children (Mary Thomas Wood) Lukens, died 3 mo. 2, 1892.
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Lewis A. Lukens, father of the above men- tioned -children, learned the trade of a cabinet maker but never followed it, preferring to return to his native town, where with his brother Aaron he engaged for a short time in the lumber busi- ness. He then rented a forge in Annville town- ship, Lebanon county, where he engaged for ten years in the manufacture of malleable iron. In 1845 he disposed of his business interests in that vicinity and opened an iron store in Philadelphia, where he remained for a short period of time. He then removed to Bridgeport, on the opposite side of the Schuylkill river from Norristown, where he was engaged for four years in the lumber business. He then purchased a large farm in Whitemarsh township, and for about seven years was engaged in agricultural pursuits, In 1858 he entered into partnership with his brother-in- law, Alan Wood, under the firm name of Alan Wood & Company, establishing at Conshohocken the extensive business which has ever since been conducted by that firm and its successor, the Alan Wood Company. Mr. Lukens remained a part- ner until 1877, when he sold his interest to his sons, Charles and Jawood Lukens, and withdrew, living retired ever afterwards. In politics he was a Whig and Republican, and took an active inter- est in the success of Republican principles. He was a member of the Society of Friends, being an attendant at Plymouth meeting. He served three years as burgess of Conshohocken. He was a director of the First National Bank of Consho- hocken for seventeen years, and its president for four years. He was not only a successful busi- ness man, accumulating a fortune in the various enterprises in which he was engaged, but he was a most estimable man in every respect, fulfilling every duty with the most conscientious fidelity and care. His death occurred 9 mo. 14, 1899, at the age of ninety-one years.
Charles Lukens, second son of Lewis A. and Mary Thomas (Wood) Lukens, was born Sep- tember 30, 1837. He obtained his education in private schools in Philadelphia, and at the Acad- emy in Norristown, taught by the Rev. Samtiel Aaron. His first employment was with the firm of Alan Wood & Co., sheet iron and plate manu-
facturers at Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, and in which firm he later became financially interested and was concerned with the firm in its reorgani- zation and its incorporation as the Alan Wood Iron and Steel Company. During the active years of his connection with the firm, Mr. Lukens con- tributed much to its success by his wise counsel and good business judgment, but in the latter years of his life was not so closely associated with the active management of the firm, owing to failing health. He was a director in the J. Ellwood Lee Company of Conshohocken. Mr. Lukens was a Republican in politics, and served in several re- sponsible positions, including town council, the school board, and others. He was a member of Calvary Episcopal church, Conshohocken, serv- ing until his death in the capacity of warden and vestryman, and for a number of years he was a trustee of the Divinity School, Philadelphia. He was one of the organizers of Charity Hospital, Norristown, and its president until his failing health made it necessary to curtail his activities. He was a splendid type of the Christian gentle- man, his life reflecting modesty, affection, and that generous solicitude for his fellows which found its fruit in kindly interest and timely benevolence to those needing a friend.
Mr. Lukens was married to Annie McFarland who was born I mo. 22, 1843, daughter of James B. and Margaret (Weaver) McFarland. Their children are:
Margaret, born 6 m110. 7, 1868.
Charles Frederick, born 7 n10. 18, 1870, died 9 mo. 10, 1871.
William Weaver, born 10 mno. 18, 1871. He was educated primarily in the Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia. and this knowledge was supple- mented by a full course in the University of Penn- sylvania, he being a graduate from the College Department in the class of 1892. He at once be- came connected with the Alan Wood Iron and Steel Company, in whose service he has continued up to the present time, and on January 1, 1904, he was appointed assistant secretary and treasurer. He married Isabella Macomb Wetherill, daugh- ter of Francis Dreen and Caroline (Jacobs) Wetherill, I mo. 12, 1899, and their children are :
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Francis Dring Wetherill, born 10 mo. 5, 1899, and Charles (2), born 2 mo. 21, 1902.
Dr. George Thomas, born 6 mo. 14, 1875, at Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. He received his early education under private tuition, and then en- tered the Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia. After completing a course in that institution he became a student in the University of Pennsyl- vania, taking the regular college course, and grad- uating from the Department of Arts and Sciences in 1896. He then entered the Medical Depart- ment of the institution and was graduated there- from in 1900. He then carried his medical educa- tion still further by serving three years in the capacity of resident physician at the hospitals in Philadelphia. In 1903 he returned to Consho- hocken and entered upon the practice of medi- cine there. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a member of the Episcopal church.
Mary Shepherd, born 7 mo. 7, 1878.
Charles Lukens, the father of these children, died October 30, 1902.
Jawood Lukens, fourth child of Lewis A. and Mary Thomas (Wood) Lukens, was born at Annville Forge, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, 3 mo. 8, 1843. His early educational training was under private tuition. At the age of twelve he attended the Academy at Norristown, which was under the preceptorship of the Rev. Samuel Aaron, and subsequently was for some time under the instruction of Professor John W. Loch, of Norristown. At the age of seventeen he entered the employ of Alan Wood & Company at Con- shohocken. In 1862, wishing to study the techni- cal branches of mechanics and civil engineering, Mr. Lukens entered the Polytechnic College of Philadelphia, and graduated from that institution in 1864. He then spent two years at the practice of his profession in various parts of the country. In 1866 he returned to Conshohocken and again became connected with the firm of Alan Wood & Company, continuing until 1874, when he be- came a member of the firm. He continued his interest with this firm up to the year 1881, when he disposed of his interests. In 1881-82 he spent some time traveling abroad, and upon his return built and established the Longmead Iron Works
at Conshohocken. He successfully operated the same up to 1894, when the interests of the estab- lishment were incorporated under the name of the Longmead Iron Company, with Mr. Lukens as president and treasurer. Upon the incorpora- tion of the company the works were enlarged and their capacity increased.
In 1883 the Conshohocken Tube Works were established with Mr. Lukens as president and treasurer, and were operated under his direc- tion up to 1897, when the interests of this insti- tution were consolidated with the Longmead Iron Company, with Mr. Lukens as president of the consolidated interests. The combined establish- ments are now one of the leading industrial in- stitutions in Conshohocken, and give employment to upward of five hundred operatives and skilled mechanics. The importance of this industry to the borough of Conshohocken, and the men who have been instrumental in their growth and de- velopment, have long been recognized as an im- portant nucleus to the enterprise and progress of the borough. In addition to his many and varied interests, Mr. Lukens keeps himself well in- formed with the progress of the times and takes an active interest in numerous institutions. He- is a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, a member and director of the Frank- lin Institute of Philadelphia, a member of the Union League Club, the Manufacturers' Club, and the Art Club of Philadelphia. In politics. he is a Republican, has always taken an active. interest in local affairs, and at the present time (1904) is serving as a member of the borough council. He is a director of the First National Bank of Conshohocken, and the Quaker City Na- tional Bank of Philadelphia.
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