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April 24, 1795, George Reber, of Brunswig Township. bought a lot in Orwigsburg1. He settled in the valley be- tween what is now Auburn and Jefferson and farmed upon the tract of land, forty-one acres and one hundred perches, decded him by his father-in-law. Andrew Miller, May 23. 1808, in consideration of one hundred and sixty-six pounds, which he paid, the deed being cited as in Manheim2. George Reber kept a roadhouse on this tract, which after his death was run by several of his sons. Part of this original tract has been in possession of the Reber family ever since the
(Note 1-Pass book in possession of Attorney Christopher Loeser.) (Note 2-Miller History.)
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above date and adjacent lands have been added thereto by descendants. John Reber, underwear manufacturer, of Potts- ville; William Reber and Horace Reber, former clerk to the county commissioners of Schuylkill, of Pinegrove, Benjamin Reber, Auburn R. F. D. No. 2, and many others in Schuyl- kill County are descendants of George Reber and wife Anna Elizabeth Miller.1
THE WILDERMUTHS
Three brothers, Heinrich, Wilhelm and John Adam Wil- dermuth, came from Germany to Berks County, settling on this side of the Blue Mountain about 1760. John Adam, wf. Eve; Heinrich, wf. Christina; the latter baptized children, 1775, 1779.2 They took up land near Fort Lebanon. The chil- dren of Adam and Eve were: Adam, Lucian and George. Lucian, first wife of a Strauss, with whom he had five chil- dren and seven with the second.
Wm.3 Wildermuth (Lucian2, John1 Adam), b. March 14, 1785; d. May 29, 1869; wf., Catharine, da. of Andrew Miller (Heinrich), b. January 6, 1792, d. October 29, 1859. Their children were: John, Hetty, m. Pottberg, three children; Ella, wf. of John Heim; Charles, a prominent physician of Phila., m .; William, m., four children, Binghampton, N. Y.
Kitty Wildermuth m. John Alspach, had several children.
Louisa Wildermuth, m., Raudenbush, Cleveland, O .; eight children. Alice, m. Thomas Heim; Susanna m. Rev. Riegle, of the Evangelical church, Kankake, Ill; Hannah m. - Williams; second wf., Isabella Mengle.
William Wildermuth was a prominent boat builder at Landingville in the early days and lived at Orwigsburg on a lot adjoining that of his brother-in-law, Andrew Schwalm. where he and his wife spent their declining years.
John4 Wildermuth (William3, Lucian2, John1 Adam), b. November 8, 18II, d. November 9, 1899; wf., Susanna, da. of Peter and Susanna Alspach (born Gilbertin), b. March 6,
(Note 1-Miller History.)
(Note 2-Red church records.)
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1819, d. September 6, 1862. Peter Alspach d. December 6, 1829. Susanna, his wife, d. February 25, 1864. The children of John and Susanna Wildermuth were:
Charles W. Wildermuth, newsdealer and stationer, of Pottsville, Pa .; first wf., Delia Debo, one son, Fred., d. m. Mollie Snyder, four children, living in Philadelphia; second wf., Mary Foy, d .; c., Mame, wf. of Ed. Moyer, d., da., Dorothy; Delia, wf. of Hugh Davis, d., 1 da .; and Teenie, wf. of Charles Focht.
C. W. Wildermuth d. October 4, 1915.
Mary Wildermuth, d., wf. of David Allen, d., 1 da., d.
Hannah Wildermuth, wf. of John Bankus, soldier in the Civil War; no children.
Josiah Wildermuth, first wf., Susan, da. of Rev. Adams, of the Evan- gelical church; one son, m., two c .; second wf., Helen Sinton. Three daughters of John and Susanna Wildermuth's died September, 1851, in one week of scarlet fever and one of diphtheria, 1862, in Orwigsburg. In 1867, May 27, a son, George W., was drowned in Norwegian Creek, Pottsville, his body was found at Mt. Carbon, June 3.
Edwin Wildermuth, painter, d .; first wf., Emma Daubert; four c .; second wf., Kate Bankus; two c .: Susie Wildermuth, d., m. John Heim, no c .; Ella, 2d wife of John Heim.
Albert L. Wildermuth, wf. Mary Schlaseman; c .: Arthur and Ada. Employed in the Pottsville postoffice. John Wildermuth was a cabinet maker and carpenter and lived in Orwigsburg; he removed to Potts- ville where he died.
Sarah Catharine, da. of William and Catharine Miller Wildermuth; m. David Paul; lived at Port Carbon. Parents of Levi Paul, music deal- er, Pottsville; Levi Paul, wf. Rosa Mary, d., c .: Howard May, music dealer, m .; Kathryn, single.
Samuel3 Leffler (John2, Conrad1) ; wf., Elizabeth, da. of William and Catharine Wildermuth ; c .: William, d., unmar- ried ; B. Franklin, d., widow resides at Fountain Springs, Schuylkill Co .: Uriah, m., has children, lives at Mechanics- ville, carpenter. Lizzie (Samuel) single, Landingville ; Mary, m. Daniel Paul. Port Carbon, one da. B. Franklin Leffler (Samuel), his sons are: George, m., editor and publisher of the "Trades Journal," New York ; William, single, physician, Mckeesport ; Aurelian, single, teacher of the High School, Mckeesport, Pa.
Conrad1 Leffler, of Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, where his son John was born, removed to Amity Township, Berks County ; he is buried in the Amityville cemetery. He was one of the Associators for the Province of Pennsylvania and a Colonel in the Revolutionary War.
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The Schwalms
First Schwalms In America
HE Schwalms originated in Schleswig Holstein, Prussian Province. The town of Neu- munster, on the Schwale river, forty miles from Hamburg, was the birthplace of many, among them Johannes Schwall. Near this vil- lage was a Schwalm feudal castle, the ruins of which can still be seen. Neumunster has a population of 31,347. Some of the Schwalm name lived in the vicinity of Essen, where the great Krupp gun works are located. The Schwalms were of the Reformed faith and suffered with others the religious persecutions that followed the Reformation. Those that saw their "Ultima Thule" in Utopian America. migrated to Switzerland where they lived until opportunity offered, 1709, to sail for the land where their chimerical hopes led them to believe no wrong could exist and where their iridescent dreams of freedom, plenty and liberty of conscience prevailed and would be real- ized. (The name Schwalle, Schwalbe, Schwall, Schwalm changed in Switzerland to Zwalle.) Those who came to Pennsylvania after 1728 were:1
Christian Swaller, August 25, 1735; ship, Billander; Capt. O. S. Mer- chant.
(Note 1-Ship Lists, Penna. Archives.)
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Hans Zwalle, September 16, 1736; ship, Princess Augustus; Capt. O. S. Merchant.
Anna Swalla, October 8, 1737; ship, Charming Nancy; Capt. Chas. Stedman.
Johannes Zwalle, September 26, 1794; ship, Dragon; Capt. George Spencer.
In the appendix of Rupp's "Thirty Thousand Immigrants" and the lists of names of more than one thousand French and Germans who came to New York before 1712, occurs that of Johannes Schwall (Schwalm), who lived in Livingston
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Manor, 1710, emigrating to America with the Palatines, 1709. He settled subsequently in the Schoharie Valley with Johann Conrad Weiser's contingent, the history of which settlement is referred to on a previous page.
Johan Schwalbe, from the village of Hunterstown, July 16, 17II, was in the company from Hunterstown, N. Y., Capt. John Peter Kneskern2.
Johannes Schwall came to Berks County (then Chester), Pennsylvania, 1728, with the second delegation of Palatinates and settled in the Upper Tulpehocken.
(Note-The name Schwalm, now spelled by many Swalm, beside the above variations, was also spelled Swallum. The various spellings have no orthographical significance, anglicized it is Swallow and should have been thus changed in the departure from the original Schwalbe.)
(Note 2-Report of New York State Historical Colonial Series, Vol. 1, pp. 974-'7; No. 4, p. 811., Part 1.)
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Samuel Swaller, m. to Margaretha Kroll, Conestoga, De- cember 16, 17381. (Son, doubtless of John Schwalle.)
Note-In an article on anatomy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Ed., Vol. 1, p. 927, p. 939, there is a reference to Schwalbe's Zeitschrift fuer Morphology und Anthropologie. These records are republished in the original in England, France and America annually. The Librarian of the University of Penna. says: "These articles appear in 600 Journals cach year, but the above has not been among them.)
The Schwalms in Bern Township were Mennonites, a German sect that flourished in that valley as early as 1735. when the Penns granted them a tract of twenty acres of land near the Blue Mountains, some, however, adhering to the Re- formed church. This sect known as "German Quakers" be- lieved that Christians should not hold office, take an oath, use physical force or resort to war. They did not baptize infants and hence there are no records in evidence as to their family history through the recognized church channels and court records or war rosters.
The Schwalms did not engage in war, but they gave of their means and manufactured powder for the Revolutionary cause and also provided flour and grain for Washington's army at Valley Forge.
There is a time-worn tradition in the family that the only time General Washington is known to have sworn, was at the battle of Trenton, when he awaited a consignment of powder from Bern Township, Berks County, that was delayed by bad roads and overloaded army wagons of grain and he let fall a remark about the slowness of "Die verdammt Deutsch." (The powder was from the mill of Johannes Schwalm.)
There is no record of how many children Johannes1 Schwalm (1709) of Upper Tulpehocken had owing to causes aforestated. One son, Johannes2, married a daughter of Ja- cob Reber and settled in Bern Township. He is supposed to
(Note 1-Stoever's Records.)
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be the Johannes Zwally, widower, who married Catharine, daughter of Michael Shaffer, October 20, 1765.1
John2 Schwalm's children were Michael2 and Andrew.
John2 Schwalm lived on the Light (Lichte) farm, between Bellman's and St. Michael's church and a short distance from Mohrsville and Bernville. Adjoining their plantation was that of Caspar Phillips, who came to this country, 1735. The Phillips-Schwalm families were intermarried. A Phillips descendant says, John2 Schwalm lived in Upper Tulpehocken and took up a tract of land in Bern upon which Andrew3 lived.
CASPAR PHILLIPS' CHILDREN
Peter Phillips, m. Catharine, da. of Andrew3 Schwalm; Dr. Jacob Phillips m. Elizabeth, da. of Andrew3 Schwalm; Peter Phillips (Caspar) and wife, Catharine Schwalm, are buried at Bellman's church, Centre Township, two miles from Mohrsville. Their children were: Charles S., M. D., Womels- dorf: Reuben, Snyder County ; John, farm, near Reading ; Francis, N. J. ; several daughters and Samuel, of Bernville.
The children of Dr. Jacob Phillips and wife, Elizabeth Schwalm, were: Adam, d., Muncy, Pa .; John, Reading ; Dan- iel, killed in U. S. army, Gettysburg ; Benjamin, killed at Per- ryville, in battle ; Henry, d. at Myerstown, and several daugh- ters. A singular fact related of the two sisters, Elizabeth and Catharine Schwalm, who married the Phillips brothers, was that they both died on Good Friday, one in 1839 and the other 1849
Jacob Phillips lived on the Dyninger's farm on the out- skirts of Reading, a beautiful well-kept place.
Jacob Phillips d. June 17, 1852, aged 82 years.
Maria Elizabeth Schwalm, wf. of Jacob Phillips, d. March 15, 1849.
Maria Ann Gass (Gars), da. of Jacob and Elizabeth Phillips, b. March 2, 1822, d. June 10, 1862.
(Note 1-Marriages of Rev. John Walderschmidt, Penna. Archives, Series 6, Vol. 6.)
(Note 2-Michael Swalle, ranger on the Indian frontier along the Blue Mountains. The pay for his services is specified .- Penna. Archives.)
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Henry Gars (son-in-law of Jacob Phillips), b. May 12, 1817, d. Jan- uary 6, 1855.1
Letters of administration were granted on the estate of Jacob Phil- lips, of Alsace Township, Berks County, December 9, 1852, to Henry Gars, a son-in-law.
The same were also granted on the estate of Henry Gars, deceased, of Alsace Township, January 29, 1855, to Mary Gars, his widow, and Jacob Gars, his brother.
(Note-A son, Henry, of the above, lives at Adamsdale, Schuylkill County.)
John Phillips, slater, of Pottsville, is of this branch.
Henry and Mary Gars were the parents of four children: Sarah, Mary Ann, Eliza and Henry Gars.
Ex-Recorder, of Berks County, Reeser, of West Leesport, is a de- scendant of one of the Phillips-Schwalms.
BAPTISMAL RECORDS
The records of the Reformed church, one mile west of Stouchsburg, Berks County, give the following:
1788, July 10-Bap. Peter, son of John and Margaret Schwalm; spon- sors, Peter Batdorf and wf.
1791, August 24-Johannes, son of John and Amelia Schwalm; spon- sors, Daniel and Salome Loby.
1791, October 8-Daniel, son of John and Amelia Schwalm; sponsors, the same.
An old record says of Peter Schwalm, the above, "whose parents were natives of Switzerland where the name was an honorable one for many generations." Peter Schwalm and wife Catharine are buried on the cemetery of Bellman's church, near Bernville.
Jost (Joseph) Swallum took up 45 acres. 40 perches of land, July 30. 1772, in Northampton County, just across the Lehigh river from Berks.
Andrew3 Schwalm (Johannes2, Johannes1), b. about 1755, d. 1793, in Pinegrove Township ; wf. Susanna. b. 1765, d. 1810; both are buried at. Bellman's church, between Bernville and Mohrsville, Berks County. Andrew Schwalm was born in Tulpehocken Township, and is on the tax list of Heidelburg Township as a taxpayer, 1785. The only baptismal record found, which also corroborates his having lived in that town-
(Note 1-Tombstone inscriptions, Alsace church, outskirts of Read- ing.)
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ship, is : B., 1785, June 23; bap., July 24, Schwalb, Elizabeth. da. of Andrew Schwalb and wf. Susanna : sponsors, Christian and Elizabeth Michel.1
Andrew3 Schwalm removed to Pinegrove Township. Berks County. about 1788. where he took up land on the Swatara Creek, in what is now North Pinegrove. He was a farmer and miller by occupation and ran an oil, clover and lumber mill. In April. 1793, he was badly burned in an ex- plosion in his oil mill, from the effects of which he died after several days of suffering. His wife continued to live on the plantation until her death, 1810.
Letters of administration were granted the widow, Su- sanna. "relict of Andrew Schwalm. farmer, of Pinegrove Township, and Michael Schwalm, a brother-in-law." May 14. 1793.2
March 1, 1810, John Schwalm, eldest son of Andrew Schwalm, says: "His father died sixteen years ago intestate. leaving a widow, who has since died, and the following issue : John, Elizabeth, wf. of Jacob Phillips; Phillip, Catharine, wf. of Peter Phillips; and Andrew; the three last named were minors then under fourteen years of age. The tract of land was two hundred and nineteen acres situate in Pinegrove Township, adjoining lands of Andrew Schoope, Bernhart Zimmerman and others. It was appraised at three hundred and fifty-six pounds. John Schwalm took it at the appraise- ment3."
From the above it would appear that John. the eldest son, managed the mill and farm for his mother until her death ; the two daughters married and Phillip and Andrew were thrown early on the world as subsequent events prove.
John+ Schwalm (Andrew3, John2. Johannes1), b. March 16, 1788; married Susan Rahn; d. June 16, 1852, buried in the Evangelical cemetery, Womelsdorf ; he left a childless
(Note 1-Hahn's church, Heidelberg Township, built 1745.)
(Note 2-Berks County C. B. 4, p. 349.)
( Note 3-Orphans' Court Record Book, 6, p. 104.)
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widow. He lived for a time in Paxton Township, a part of Berks County, that was added to Dauphin. In Dauphin County lived also a John Schwalm, who may have been and doubtless was the son of John2 Schwalm (Johannes1) referred to hereafter.
(Note-George Rahn came from Rotterdam, September 24, 1737; ship St. Andrew, John Stedman captain.)
(Note-A Strausstown church record gives a John Schwalm as hav- ing married a daughter of Peter Weaver; he was of the third generation.)
Phillip Schwalm, b. March 24, 1790, d. October 17. 1849. He learned the trade of tailoring at Rehersburg, where he lived six years, removing subsequently to Womelsdorf where he engaged in the merchant tailoring business and became a prominent citizen. He was one of an incorporated board of directors of the Womelsdorf Academy, April 11. 1834, and a leading member of the Reformed church, the cornerstone of which was laid for the Lutheran and Reformed congregations June 30, 1792. He is buried in Zion's church, Union ceme- tery, Womelsdorf. The Womelsdorf Academy was carried on till 1851. He married Margaret Wingert, b. January 25, 1795; d. April 14, 1851 (Union cemetery.) The children of Phillip and Margaretha Schwalm were:
John Emanuel, b. October 19, 1818, who removed to Iowa where he died; Reuben Andreas, b. October 11, 1826, went West but returned to Womelsdorf, where he died; Israel Phillip, b. July 10, 1829. Daughters: Susan, Maria, m. John Miller, of Philadelphia; Anne; Louisa, m. Levi Monderbeck; both are buried in the Union cemetery, Womelsdorf.
A granddaughter of Phillip Schwalm, with her aunt. Maria Miller, of Womelsdorf, afterward of Philadelphia. vis- ited Pottsville relatives in 1856. Her name was Susan Basil. She lived in Virginia and was a daughter of one of the chil- dren of Phillip Schwalm. The writer remembers that mem- bers of the family performed the friendly offices of maid for her during her stay, she having been accustomed to black people waiting on her and relating in the meanwhile stories to the children of the slaves on her father's plantation. There was a large family and the girls all married and removed,
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some of them, to Iowa. The children of Philip and Susan Kunkelman, nee Schwalm, were:
Coral Phillips Schwalm, Samuel Schwalm, Philip Schwalm, Marie Kunkelman, Emma Kunkelman.
Andrew+ Schwalm (Andrew3, John2, Johannes1). b. Au- gust 18, 1793. bap. 1798, d. June 5, 1857. He married Hannah Zerbe, da. of Andrew Miller and widow of Henry Zerbe1. 1819.
Andrew Schwalm was thrown on his own resources early. His father died in April and he was born August 8. 1793, and was a posthumous son ; he died June 5, 1857.
He worked among the farmers and assisted his brother John in the mill, but finally drifted to Buffalo, N. Y., where he learned carpentering and boat building. He returned and settled in Orwigsburg, 1818, opening a cabinet shop on the main street. After his marriage he returned to Buffalo and engaged in boat building for the Welland Canal, returning at intervals to visit his family. In 1832 he returned to Orwigs- burg and after engaging in partnership with his brother-in- law, William Wildermuth, in the building of boats for the Schuylkill Canal. he opened a boat yard of his own at Land- ingville. He also opened a general store on the main street, south of the cabinet shop where he ran a line of agricultural implements. a thrasher and straw cutter upon which he had a patent attachment, having a successful sale. He had large investments in the John, Richard and George Rickert's coal operations, near Middleport and New Philadelphia and for those days was considered a wealthy and prosperous business man. He was one of the first members of the Evangelical Association which had its inception in Orwigsburg, and with his wife is buried in that cemetery. He died of double hernia and tuberculosis. The children of Andrew and Hannah Schwalm were:
Catharine, b. November 27, 1820; d. June 6, 1903.
Mary A., b. July 18, 1822; living at the age of 93 (1915);
(Note 1-Zerbe-Miller History.)
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Hannah, b. March 7, 1824; d. April 1, 1824;
Hannah E., b. March 19, 1825; d. August 3, 1894; John A., b. December 19, 1826; d. June 3, 1894; Joseph M., b. February 27, 1828; d. January 15 1899; Sarah L., b. September 3, 1830; d. August 19, 1914; Esther, b. March 20, 1832; d. May 20, 1835;
Amanda, b. March 9, 1834; d. September 11, 1895; Susan J., b. April 21, 1837; d. September 12, 1879; Louisa, b. August 18, 1840; d. September 21, 1845.
FREDERICK HAESELER
Catharine Schwalm, b. November 27, 1820, d. June 6. 1903; m. Frederick Haeseler, b. 1814, d. February 26, 1880. Children :
John Schwalm Haeseler, wf. Catharine Bittle, of Cres- sona. They removed from Pottsville to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1870, where they live retired. He was a miller. Their chil- dren are :
Oscar Biddle, wf. Gertrude Blessing, son, Melville Blessing; one daughter d .; Sara C., of Cedar Rapids, la .; Henry F., wf. Emma K. Horne, son, John Arville, is a druggist, as is also his brother, Franklin P., wf. Anna E. Brenneman, da. Vera Elizabeth; both live at or near Chicago; Herbert G., wf. Georgie Wilcox, da's., Dorothy M. and Helen. Dora A. m. Ralph Meyers; Loren M. Haeseler. Herbert G. Haeseler lives at George- town, Col., of which city he was twice elected mayor.
Francis S. Haeseler, b. November 25, 1842; wf., Caroline Rausch; tobacconist and tax receiver, Pottsville, Pa .; re- moved to Haddon Heights, N. J. Their children are: Emily F., m. John Cunningham, of Haddon Heights, one son John ; and Maude H., m. George E. Gay, two children, Margaret H., Selwin F. ; live near Pittsburg.
(Note-John Rausch came from Germany before 1780 and located in Berks County and afterward near Ringgold. His son John was sheriff of Schuylkill County, 1823. Henry was deputy sheriff in 1834 and John Rausch sheriff in 1861. Mrs. Haeseler was a daughter of the latter.)
Joseph Haeseler, b. August, 1844, d. August, 1845.
Albert S., first wf. Susan Smyth, d. May 18, 1893; one son, Fred. ; second wf., Annie E. Lippman, of a notable Phila- delphia family. Albert and son Conrad Frederick, photo- graphers, Philadelphia.
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Louisa H., m. Frank, son of Emanuel Hause, an early settler of Pottsville, who lived at Flowery Fields: Francis Hause, b. May 7, 1838, d. June 6, 1900; children :
Ralph E., clerk, Merchants' Bank, Pottsville, wf. Mary Wicks, one son, Francis; da's, Jennie and Dorothy, m. Gustave A. Muehlhof, drafts- man, C. & I. Co., no c .; Fred, tobacconist, wf. Verda Kehler, da. Marion.
Francis Hause, tobacconist, member of Borough Council and a soldier in the three years' service in the Civil War, was a self made man and amassed considerable property in Potts- ville, where he was prominent in business.
Charles S. Haeseler, wf. Laura Medlar, da. of John Medlar, of Pottsville. Children: Helen M., Mary Laura, Katharine S., Charlotte S., live in Philadelphia. He was for- merly in the tobacco business in Pottsville, Pa .; is employed now at Wanamaker's.
Helen, da. of Charles S. and Laura Haeseler, m. Charles A. Bridge- man, of Ambler, Pa., October 7, 1915.
George T. Haeseler, b. November 1. 1850, d. November 20, 1855, the result of an accident in his father's fulling mill. Joseph, George and Amanda are buried at Orwigsburg.
Anna Amanda, b. March 8, 1854, d. May 8, 1862.
Emma M., m. J. H. Super, C. & I. Co. police, Minersville.
Albert H., Physician, Allentown, m., has children: John Henry, Jr .; Katharine M .; Dorothy E .; Sarah Louise; Frederick H .; two deceased. Family resides at Minersville, Pa.
Sarah S., m. George W. Temple, of Pottsville; removed to Denver, Col., where he was a promoter and contractor and where he died. 1913, and is buried in the Baber cemetery. Pottsville; no children.
Katharine A., d. June 6, 1886, unmarried, aged 25 years.
Frederick S., d. November 8, 1870, aged four years.
HAESELER FAMILY
Henry Frederick Haeseler, wf. Amalia Schumacher, born at Nordheim, Hanover, Germany, 1785. Their children were: Charles Henry, b. May 20, 1810; Dorothea, Frederick, John Henry and Johanna. Charles Henry m. Louisa Henrietta
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Rühe, of Nordheim, 1829, whose father was the physician with whom he studied medicine prior to entering the Uni- versity of Goettingen from which he graduated. They came to America, 1834, with their young son. Charles Herman. They settled at Orwigsburg, Pa., where he entered the prac- tice of medicine with Dr. Benjamin Becker as a Homoeopath- ist. Their other children were: Henry, physician, d. in Coun- cil Bluffs, Ia .; Frederick and William, d .; Amelia. wf. of Major Jacob Wagner, of the 48th Regt. Pa. Vols. and subse- quently of the regular army. They had one son, Carl H. Wagner, lawyer, Pottsville, m. Mary Downey, no children.
Emma R., wf. of Adolph W. Schalck, d., a prominent lawyer of Pottsville; had two children, one daughter de- ceased, and Louise H., wf. of Dr. Wm. Francis Doyle, physi- cian, practicing in the Haeseler homestead, Garfield Square, where three generations of doctors, of the family have lived ; they have one son, Francis W.
Dr. Charles Henry Haeseler was twice married. His second wife was Eliza Geanslen, who long survived him.
Dr. Charles3 Herman Haeseler (Charles2 Henry, Henry1). was a successful medical practitioner, a graduate of the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, where he practiced before coming to Pottsville, where he became emi- nent in his profession. He was twice married. First wf .. Barbara, second wf., Ada, da. of Judge Heilner, of Tamaqua, who survives him. His children with his first wife were: Louise, now Assistant Superintendent of the Girls' High School, Philadelphia : Lieutenant Francis J. Haeseler, d., of the U. S. N., left a widow, one da. Herman, a successful mechanical engineer, of Philadelphia. Has four children : Louisa Amelia, Francis J., Mary and Ada 11., wife deceased.
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