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Mr. Raup was united in marriage with Sarah J. Treaher, and the following children were born to them: Roland and Edward, de- ceased; Aaron, who resides in Sunbury, Pa .; Effie, deceased, who was the wife of George Hough; Charles, who is employed at the col- liery at Excelsior; Lottie May; Minnie; Mary, the wife of Chester Williard; Harry, who lives at Atlantic City, N. J .; and Ray, deceased. Religiously our subject is a member of the Lutheran Church, of which he is a deacon. In politics our subject is a Republican. He has served three years as a member of the board of school directors and also three years in the borough council of Mount Carmel.
J OHN CARL, who by reason of his years of experience in connection with the mining interests, is widely known throughout the vicinity of Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa., is superintend- ent of the collieries of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company. He is a son of Henry and Catharine (Kline) Carl, and was born in Prussia, October 2, 1835.
Henry Carl, the father of our subject, was born in Germany, in which country he fol- lowed the occupation of a farmer, also that of a weaver for some time. In 1853 he immi- grated to America and located at St. Clair, Schuylkill County, Pa., where he took up the trade of a weaver. He continued at that until 1881, when he removed to Shenandoah and there spent the remaining years of his life, dying in 1893, at the advanced age of eighty- five years. He was joined in Hymen's bonds with Catharine Kline, to whom were born the following offspring: Philopena, the wife of Peter Bauer; John, the subject of this per- sonal history; Frederick; Anna, the wife of Adam Bonnersborough; Conrad; Peter; and Henry. In religious attachments Mr. Carl and his family were members of the Lutheran Church.
John Carl, our subject, was reared in his native country and there obtained his intel- lectual training in the public schools, after which, at the age of eighteen years, he came to this country with his parents. He began work in the mines and continued at that until the outbreak of the Civil War when he took up arms for the cause of the Union. On April 27, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, 9th Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., but in the following August, he re-enlisted in the 7th Pennsyl- vania Cavalry. He remained in the service until the termination of the terrible struggle. He served with credit to himself and his regi-
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ment, was cool and collected at critical mo- ments, and was ever eager to discharge his full duty. After the close of the war he re- turned to Schuylkill County and was em- ployed in the capacity of a miner from 1865 to 1867, when he became a superintendent in the colliery. He was three years later sent to Berks County by the company by which he was employed to look after ore mines in that section, but he remained but seven months. Returning to Schuylkill County he again became colliery superintendent and served as such for seven years, when he was appointed to his present position with super- vision over seven collieries. He moved to Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, in March, 1879, where he has since been one of the most active and enterprising citizens. He is a man of high character, thoroughly con- versant with the ways of the world, and is highly respected by his fellow-men. Politically he is a Republican and is a member of the local school board.
On September 26, 1865, Mr. Carl was united in marriage with Elizabeth Kline, who was born in Bavaria, Germany, and was a daughter of Leonard and Lena (Best) Kline. Leonard Kline, a native of Germany came to America with his family and located at St. Clair, Schuylkill County, Pa., where he was an ore-worker in the mines. His union with Lena Best resulted in the birth of the follow- ing children: Mary, who died in Germany; Peter, who died in St. Clair; Christina, the wife of John Schaffer of Delaware, Schuylkill County; Helen, the wife of Frank Erb of Mahanoy City; Mary, the wife of Michael Hilbert, deceased, who resides in Mount Car- mel; Lena, the widow of Joseph Tabold; John of Mount Carmel; Nicholas, a resident of Mahanoy City; and Elizabeth.
Our subject and his worthy wife are the
parents of eight children, as follows: John, who married Polinda Kramer, and is a super- intendent of collieries at Mount Carmel; Peter, who married Carrie Philip, is also en- gaged in the same line of business; Mary. the wife of Charles Miller, who is engaged in the hotel business at Fountain Springs; Joseph; Lizzie; Millie; George; and Alice. Socially our subject is a member of the Ma- sonic Order, the Odd Fellows, and the Grand Army of the Republic. Religiously he is con- nected with the Lutheran Church.
J OHN P. WILLIAMS, a very success- ful, energetic and enterprising busi- ness man of Mount Carmel, North- umberland County, is a son of Abram and Anna (Whitehead) Williams. He was born near Centralia, Columbia County, Pa., De- cember 7, 1859.
When twelve years of age, following in the footsteps of his father, the subject of this re- view, John P. Williams, began to earn his living by working about the mines at Girard- ville. He worked his way up until he was made loader-boss at the Shenandoah City Col- liery which position he faithfully fufilled for some time. He then removed to Strong, the mining suburb of Mount Carmel, where on September 7, 1892, he took the position of assistant inside-boss at the Pennsylvania Co !- liery. Mr. Williams is also engaged in the ice business in Mount Carmel, being a mem- ber of the firm of Cross & Company, extensive dealers in ice, his son-in-law, Mark Cross. being the active manager of the business.
In politics Mr. Williams is an active Repub- lican. He was appointed postmaster at Strong a year after removing to Mount Car- mel and engaging in the mines at Strong.
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Fraternally our subject is a member of Shen- andoah Lodge, No. 112, P. O. S. of A., of Shenandoah.
Mr. Williams won as his wife Mrs. Mary Williams, widow of Hector Williams, and their family consists of four very bright and interesting children : Ruth, who married Mark Cross of Sunbury on June 17, 1896, and they have one child, Stuart; Abram; Letitia, and John. In mining and in general business our subject has exhibited excellent ability and he has pushed rapidly to the front. He is re- garded as one of the most energetic and pro- gressive of the younger business men of Mount Carmel and his friends unite in pre- clicting for him a very bright and prosperous business career.
Abram Williams, father of our subject, was a native of Wales where he was born in 1825. He left his native home and came to the United States when fourteen years of age. He first settled at Minersville, Schuylkill County, where he followed mining. Subsequently he went to the bituminous coal fields but later he returned to the anthracite fields and be- came a boss for the Rippler Colliery between Ashland and Centralia and he was a boss or superintendent in mines during the remainder of his active lifetime, excepting a brief period when he was engaged in the grocery business at Shenandoah. He was an earnest member of the Methodist Church in which he was very active. He died at the age of sixty-eight years, leaving these children : Jennie, born in 1850, who first married Thomas Gibson of Danville, Pa., and had one child, Anna, and whose second marriage was with William Wiest of Philadelphia; William, born in 1854; Abraham, born in 1857; Lizzie; John P., the subject of this review; and Adam. William is an assistant inside-boss at the Strong Col- liery and married Hattie Worthly who has
borne him a son, Lear. Abraham, who mar- ried Mary Harris, is a fire-boss at the Shen- andoah City Colliery and has three children : Annette, Lizzie and Abraham. Lizzie is the wife of Asbury Wilde, of West Pittston, Pa., a screen manufacturer, and they have five child- ren : Harry, Kenneth, Harriet, Eugene and Leon. Adam was born January 26, 1868, worked about the mines in various capacities and in 1894 removed to the Pennsylvania Col- liery where he has since been a stable-boss. He is a Republican and a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M. He married Cora Moll on January 28, 1893, and to them have been born four children, as follows: Anna; Harold, who died in infancy; Cora; and Addison.
ENRY BEDFORD, a prominent and highly respected citizen of Elkland township, Sullivan County, Pa., was born in Yorkshire, England, September 22, 1822, and is a son of Henry and Sarah (Secker) Bedford. Mr. Bedford has already passed beyond his three-score years and ten, the length of life allotted man; and, although he has had two strokes of paralysis, he and his friends still hope he may live at least to see the dawn of a new century and, if it be God's will, much longer.
Our subject's father came to America in 1822 and landed in New York City. Soon after he found employment in a starch factory at Bull's Head, New Jersey. He worked there for several years and then sent for his wife and children, who had remained in England. About this time he moved to Sullivan County, where he purchased a tract of land, now occu- pied by Thomas King. He built a suitable house and barns and busied himself clearing the land and cultivating the soil. In those
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primitive days the women were very strong, able-bodied and accustomed to working out- of-doors. It was so with our subject's mother. She was as handy with the axe as her husband and assisted him in clearing and tilling the land, besides rearing a family of children; thus she accompanied him in a befitting manner through all trials and tribulations to prosper- ity. They had both attained the age of about seventy when the final summons came for them to lay down their earthly burdens and enter into rest. Their children were all born before coming to America. They were: John, Ann, Richard, James, Harriet, Jonas and Henry. Our subject's father was a strong be- liever in the principles taught in the old En- glish Church. He was a sturdy, hard-working man, and was well liked by all who knew him.
Henry Bedford, our subject, lived the or- dinary life of a boy on a farm in those pioneer days, and when grown to manhood, purchased 100 acres of the Thomas B. Merritt tract and laid the foundation of a fine farm. Later he added another 100 acres to it, this last pur- chase being off the Bishop White tract. All this was heavy timberland and in those days there was very little market for wood. Our subject had before him the gigantic task of clearing this land before he could cultivate the rich soil. This he accomplished, little by lit- tle, as by perseverance and patient effort he expects to accomplish all he sets out to do. He built a log house, like other pioneers of his day, and in time had the lower 100 acres cleared into fine fields, surrounded by wind- breaks. These fields he cultivated and they soon yielded him handsome returns; thus, by inheritance and by his own exertions, he became the owner of a fine farm of large di- mensions, the greater part of which he cleared in the subsequent years of his occupancy.
With the exception of the few years in which he dealt in horse-rakes he has followed gen- eral farming. He has been a hard worker and of sterling worth to all. On September 10. 1846, our subject was united in marriage to Martha Ann Vaugh, who was born in 1825 and died in 1856, leaving four sons as a legacy to her husband. Three of these sons are now Methodist ministers. ] Her children were: Rev. Sylvester, who married Elizabeth Rath- bone and now has a family of four children, Harry C., Dean, Anna, and Edna, located at Houghton, N. Y .; Rev. John N., who is a teacher in theology at Houghton, N. Y., where he lives with his wife, who was a Nellie Rud- duck, and has a bright little child named Alpha; Rev. Oliver, whose wife's name was Bertha Wing,-their home is blessed with two little ones, Clayton and Dena; and Sumner, who now has charge of the homestead farm,- he married Carrie Fields, and has the follow- ing children, Bruce, Lynn, Grace, Nellie and George, who died at the age of four. After the death of his first wife our subject contracted a second marriage, being united to Mary, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Brobst) Hun- singer, in 1859. She was born June 2, 1831, and has been a cheerful help-mate and com- panion for more than forty years, and is still a solace to Mr. Bedford in his old age. This second union was blessed with three children. namely: Cordelia, who died aged four years: Ulysses, who married Sarah Brackman, and was the father of twins, Edna and Edgar, now deceased; Clara, wife of Frank Black, who now reside in Delaware and have four child- ren, Floyd, Mabel, Della, and Lulu Edna.
Mr. Bedford was for many years a strong adherent to the principles of the Republican party, but, believing that intemperance does more to ruin our nation than anything else. he became an ardent Prohibitionist. He never
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sought office but was persuaded by his friends to serve as supervisor for a short time. Mr. Bedford was so firm in his belief in the doc- trines of the Wesleyan Methodist Church that his three oldest sons became Wesleyan Methodist ministers as before-mentioned. This church grew out of a separation from the Methodist Church, the result of its con- nection with slavery. Wesleyan Methodists oppose all kinds of oppression, believing God to be the governor of nations and that the supreme authority of His revealed will should be acknowledged by the constitutions of states and nations.
ILLIAM R. PAULES, M. D. The subject of this narrative is one of the foremost physicians of the Seven- teenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania and is a valued citizen of Danville, in which town he owns and conducts a large drug store. He was born in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pa., November 24, 1863, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Rumbaugh) Paules
David Paules is of German descent and was born in Lancaster County, Pa. His father was one of the leading agriculturists of his community and, having been reared upon the farm, it was but natural that David should follow that occupation. Attaining his major- ity he purchased a farm near the village of Marietta and by his good management and industrious efforts he has accumulated a small fortune and has one of the best farms in Lancaster County. In the spring of 1898 Mr. Paules retired to the town of Marietta to en- joy the emoluments of his past progressive and honored life. He formed a matrimonial alliance with Elizabeth Rumbaugh and a fam- ily of eight children was born to them, all of
whom received a liberal education and are popular and well-to-do citizens in the com- munities in which they reside.
Dr. Paules was reared upon his father's farm, attended the district school until he was twelve years of age and then entered the high school and was graduated four years later. He then continued his studies at the Millers- ville State Normal School, from which he graduated with the class of 1883. He then engaged as a teacher, but not being satisfied with a position that afforded work only a few months in the year, he decided upon a medical career, and accordingly took up his studies with Dr. Norris, a prominent physician of Marietta. In 1886 he located in Danville and clerked in the drug store owned by Dr. S. Y. Thompson. He next entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia and was grad- uated with the class of 1890. He soon after entered upon the practice of his profession at Danville, and has since followed it continu- ously with marked success. He also owns a neat and well-kept drug store, which has proven a profitable venture. He purchased the Grier property on the corner of Bloom and Ferry streets and has enlarged and re- built the same into a handsome residence.
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Our subject wedded Florence Peifer. a daughter of George W. Peifer, and the follow- ing children have blessed their happy home, namely: Parvin Elwood, born July 24, 1892; and Mary Elizabeth, born June 15, 1897.
Dr. Paules is a member of Danville Lodge No. 780, I. O. O. F., and Lotus Conclave, I. O. H. His wife is a member of the Lutheran Church of Danville. Dr. Paules has labored diligently and industriously to perfect himself in his profession and has been remarkably suc- cessful. He is a popular man, has built up an extensive practice, and has won a place among the foremost of his profession.
SAMUEL McKAMEY.
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AMUEL McKAMEY, who for many years has efficiently served as fore- man of the Pennsylvania Canal yards at Espy, Columbia County, is a progres- sive and enterprising citizen and is held in high esteem. He is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Caldwell) McKamey, and was born in Espy, Scott township, Columbia County, October 16, 1830.
The McKamey family is of Scotch-Irish or- igin, and Samuel McKamey, the father of our subject, was born in the North of Ireland. He emigrated from that country with his wife and one daughter. They first located in New York City, but soon after removed to Ply- mouth, Pa., where he lived for a few years. He then came to Espy, Scott township, where he lived until his death, aged sixty-two years. His trade was that of a weaver, which he fol- lowed throughout his life with fair results. During the War of 1812 he served as one of the emergency men. He was united in matri- monial bonds to Elizabeth Caldwell, by whom he reared a family of nine children, all of whom have passed away but our subject, as follows : Mary, who married George Shuman, of Maine township, Columbia County; Catherine, who was the wife of Samuel Boone, of Catawissa Valley; Dr. Alexander, who served as lieu- tenant in the company commanded by his uncle, Capt. James Caldwell, during the Civil War,-his uncle having been killed in an en- gagement, Alexander was made captain and served in that capacity until the close of the war,-prior to the war he had practiced medi- cine and, after its close, he went to Williams- burg, Blair County, where he practiced until his death; Isaac, who was a boatbuilder and justice of the peace at Espy; John, who was a chairmaker and painter at Espy; the others died in infancy. In religious attachments
Mr. McKamey was an adherent to the faith of the Episcopal Church.
Samuel McKamey, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the public schools of his native town and early in life learned the trades of a carpenter and stairbuilder, which occupations he followed until 1873, when the Pennsylvania Canal Company built a boat- yard at Espy. He became one of the em- ployees of that company, for whose interests he worked faithfully and conscientiously, and in 1883 he was promoted to the position of foreman and general manager of the yard. He has since conducted that business in a very satisfactory manner, although the business transacted now is but a shadow of that done in former times, owing to the advent of railroads in this vicinity, which have usurped a large share of the traffic. About twenty-five men are constantly under the supervision of Mr. McKamey. By his excellent methods of hand- ling his men he not only derives the best pos- sible results from their labor, but also retains their goodwill and respect. When Lee's in- vasion into Pennsylvania caused such a stir among the residents of this state, he, with a number of other patriotic citizens, volun- teered his services and marched with them as far as Hagerstown, Md.
Mr. McKamey has twice been united in the holy bonds of wedlock, his first union be- ing with Martha Hicks February 12, 1856. by whom he had ten children, namely: Ella, Elizabeth and Anna all died of scarlet fever within four days; Lottie, who died at the age of two years; Susie, who died at five; Sallie, deceased, who was the wife of Seymour Phoe: Jennie, who was the wife of J. M. Lehman, of Espy; and Anna and Blanche, who are at home. Mrs. McKamey was called to her eter- nal resting place in March, 1875. aged forty- five years. In May, 1876, our subject married
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Mrs. Symantha Mordan, of Espy. Religious- ly, husband and wife are members of the M. E. Church, of which our subject is a trustee. Politically, Mr. McKamey is a Republican and has served as school director for three years. We are pleased to announce that a portrait of the subject of the foregoing biography ap- pears on a preceding page.
AVID FRED REICHERT, wholesale agent, is one of the representative German-American citizens who are so prominent and active in the ranks of the responsible business men of America. In- deed, it is sometimes said that to be a Ger- man-American means to be a better citizen than the native-born American and in that re- spect Mr. Reichert is one of whom any nation might be proud. Honorable and upright in every way, he takes a deep interest in the wel- fare of his county and is ever ready to forward its interests, either by personal service, or financially, as seems most desirable. Mr. Reichert was born in Trevorton, Pa., April 21, 1862. He is a son of John Charles and Caroline (Yuengling) Reichert, and grandson of Gottleib Reichert of Rohordorf, Germany, who spent his entire life in that country.
Not so with the father of our subject who was born in Rohordorf in 1819 and immi- grated to this country when a lad, starting out in life with less than one dollar, thus giving an example of the courage and get-ahead spirit which has so fully descended to his son, the subject of our sketch. Before leaving his na- tive country Mr. Reichert had learned the brewer's trade; but not immediately succeed- ing in getting work in that line he at once began to earn his living by hewing timber in and about the mines of Schuylkill County.
Pa., and spent two years in the mines at West Wood as a laborer. After a short time spent at that occupation, working at Swatara, near Tamaqua, Pa., he accepted the position of brewer with the Yuengling Brewing Com- pany of Pottsville, Pa., where he remained for five years. At the expiration of that time he removed to Northumberland County where he, in company with Gottleib Fritz, founded a brewery, now known as the Eagle Run Brew- ery and operated by Furmann & Schmidt. After three years of partnership, Messrs. Reichert and Fritz decided to separate their interests and that was done, the former selling out to the latter. Mr. Reichert then removed to Trevorton, Pa., where he accepted the po- sition of wholesale agent for the Yuengling Brewing Company in Shamokin and Trevor- ton, this being in the year 1857; and at the same time was united in the bonds of holy .matrimony to his present widow; he retained this position until his death on September 29, 1883. His wife, who is a daughter of Jacob Yuengling of Aldingen, Germany, and to whom he was married in 1857, is still living. Mr. Reichert was one of the founders of the Lutheran Church in Trevorton, Pa., and a regular attendant thereof. To his marriage four children were born: Mary, who is mar- ried to Clement Martz of Williamsport, Pa .; Caroline, who lives at home; David Fred, our subject; and Clara, the wife of Walter Grant of Philadelphia, Pa.
David Fred Reichert was educated in the public schools of his native town, Trevorton, and remained at home with his father until 1880, when he began to work in the mines; however, he only remained there for fifteen months, when he was so seriously injured that he was compelled to lay off for six months; at the end of that period he again entered the employ of his father and retained the position
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until his father's death. That event caused the transfer of the business to his mother for one year, during which time he remained as man- ager. At the expiration of that period the business was put entirely into Mr. Reichert's hands, his mother retaining a nominal interest in it. As a wholesaler of beer and liquor, Mr. Reichert has a large trade and in connec- tion with that he carries on a bottling busi- ness, putting up sodas, porters and beers. He is also interested in real estate in the vicinity of Trevorton. Politically Mr. Reichert is a Democrat and has filled several offices, show- ing the esteem in which he is held by his fellow-townsmen, having been township audi- tor for two terms, tax collector for one term, township treasurer for one term, and at the present writing he holds the position of town- ship school director. Following in his fath- er's footsteps, Mr. Reichert is a devout Lu- theran, and was largely instrumental in ob- taining the funds for the erection of the fine church of the Lutheran congregation which now adorns the town of Trevorton, and upon which was expended nearly $6,000, a large sum to be raised in a small town.
Mr. Reichert was married to Jane Dunkel- berger, daughter of Simon S. Dunkelberger of Trevorton, Pa., June 7, 1887, and their union has been blessed with the birth of five child- ren: Esther Mabel, born October 20, 1888; Bertha Clara and Frederick William (twins). born March 26, 1889; Charles S., born May 19, 1890; and Roy R., born September 10, 1896. As a good citizen, husband and father, Mr. Reichert stands among the first of Tre- vorton's influential men.
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