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Daniel Shoop was married in Jackson township, June 5, 1852, to a native of that township, Catherine, daughter of John, and sister of George W. D. Enders, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. They had
eight children : Mary, deceased ; Aaron, farmer in Lykens Valley, married Lydia Bechtel, has four children ; Nathan, farmer, in Ohio, married Sallie Becket ; Henry, farmer in Powell's Valley, married Martha Hoover, has one child ; Emanuel, deceased ; Edward O., carpenter, married Susan En- ders ; Curtin, miner at Minersville, Pa., and John, farmer, married Mary Miller, and has four children. Mrs. Catherine Shoop died in Jackson township, in July, 1887. On June 18, 1881, Mr. Shoop married Mary M. Enders, a sister of his first wife, and widow of Aaron Sweigard. Of this mariage there is no issue.
Mrs. Shoop is a daughter of John Enders, one of the oldest farmers of Jackson town- ship. Her first husband, Aaron Sweigard, was a farmer and stockman in the same township. They had five children : Annie S., wife of Lewis Ziegler; Elizabeth and Charles, deceased ; Aaron, farming out West, and Catherine, deceased. Mr. Sweigard died in Jackson township in 1866. Mr. Shoop is a Democrat. He has never held any office in the township. He isa member and a trustee of the United Brethren church. He has been a diligent worker from boy- hood, and a wise manager. His success demonstrates bis ability. He is honored in the community.
. ENDERS, HENRY, retired farmer, was born in Jackson township, Dauphin county, Pa., January 26, 1828. He is a son of John Enders, and a brother of George W. Enders, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this book. He attended school in his native township during the winter, and worked on his father's farm in summer; he remained on the home- stead until he was twenty-two. Ile then re- ceived from his father seventy-eight acres of land, on which was built a house and barn, and made all improvements needful for a good stock farm. He has added to his land until he has now one hundred and fifty acres, well improved and cultivated. In 1891 Mr. Enders relinquished farming, re- moved to Jacksonville, and bought a dwell- ing, which he remodeled and improved at a cost of $2,000. In this comfortable and beautiful home he and his faithful wife reside, free from the burdens and cares of busi- ness, and quietly enjoying the fruits of their labor and prudent management in carlier life.
Henry Enders was married, in Jackson
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township, in 1856, to Susan, daughter of Peter and Eva (Mitzer) Sweigert, born in Powell's Valley in 1834. They have these children : Ellen M., deceased, wife of James Miller ; Oliver T., farmer in Jackson town- ship, married Mary Horsinger, has one child, Webster ; Charles R., farmer, Lykens Valley ; Ira A., farms the homestead, married Alice Warfield; Lester Alice, wife of C. Redinger, farmer, Jackson township; Selina, and one infant, deceased. Mr. Enders is a Democrat, and attends the United Brethren church. He possesses those qualities of head and heart which constitute a good man, and ren- der him successful and popular.
- ENDERS, SAMUEL, deceased, was born in Jackson township, Dauphin county, Pa., Oc- tober 16, 1816, and died February 23, 1896; son of Conrad and Elizabeth (Whitman) En- ders. His father, Conrad Enders, was the grandfather of G. W. D. Enders, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume.
Samuel Enders received his education in the public and private schools of his town- ship. He worked on the farm with his father until he was twenty-three, when his father gave him fifty acres of land on which the only improvements were a log house and a barn. Here he and his wife began life, young, strong, and ambitious, with will and courage to meet and overcome all obstacles. The old log house soon gave place to a fine frame dwelling, and a new barn and other needed improvements were added. Pros- perity attended their unremitting efforts, and their resources were husbanded by frugality and economy. Additions were made to their land, and the farm grew in productiveness under their skillful tillage. The final result was a farm of one hundred acres, with first- class improvements, constituting a home and a business among the best in the com- munity. Stock raising and the raising of market produce were Mr. Enders' specialties.
Samuel Enders was married, in Harris- burg, February, 1839, to Leah Etter, born in York county, Pa., in 1820; daughter of George and Kate (Fackler) Etter, both na- tives of York county, but residents of Dau- phin county at the time of their death. Mr. and Mrs. Enders had seven children: Isa- bella, wife of Daniel Wert; Aaron, farmer in Kansas, married Amanda Miller, had three children; Rebecca, wife of A. Zimmerman, had one child ; James, merchant at Ashland, Pa., married Susan Yeager, had six children ;
Louisa, deceased, wife of Daniel Bowman, had five children ; Charles W., lumber manu- facturer, at Elizabethville, married Phoebe Buffington, has four children ; Ann J., wife of Dr. Levi Enders, of Williamstown, Pa. Mr. Enders was a Democrat and attended the United Brethren church. Until the death of Mr. Enders he and his wife had the satis- faction of looking back over fifty-seven years of their united labors, sorrows and joys. Their comfortable situation, in a good home, with a competence for all their needs, among their children and their children's children, and hosts of friends, was a lot as happy as any that Heaven could bestow upon mortals.
-STRAYER, VALENTINE, farmer and stock- man, was born in Lebanon county, Pa., Oc- tober 27, 1827. His grandfather, Mathias Strayer, came from Wittenberg, Germany, when a youth. His father, Valentine Strayer, was a native of Lebanon county. He was a farmer; in his younger days he was a German school teacher. He farmed in Lebanon county, also in Halifax, Lykens, Washington and Jackson townships, in Dau- phin county. He owned a small farm near the town of Gratz, where he died. He mar- ried Catherine Bealy, and they had these children : John, deceased, farmer in Iowa ; Elizabeth, deceased, wife of Jonas Matter, of Ohio; Nancy, deceased, wife of George Doebler, school teacher, of Ohio; Catherine, wife of Andrew Sheets, of Iowa; Daniel, de- ceased, farmer, of Gratz; Lafayette, farmer, Jackson township; George, farmer, Iowa ; Valentine ; Lucinda, deceased, wife of Jonas Kiser; Mary, and one that died in infancy. The mother also died at Gratz. Mr. Strayer was a member and a deacon of the Lutheran church. He was formerly a Whig, and af- terwards became a Republican.
Valentine Strayer, the son, attended the public schools of his native township, and worked with his father on farms in various parts of the county. When he was twenty- two years old he rented a farm of one hun- dred and seventy acres in Halifax township, which he worked for four years. He also cultivated another farm in the same town- ship for one year, after which he removed to Jackson township and bought the farm which he now owns, and on which he built a dwelling and a barn, and made other im- provements. He was for twenty years en- gaged in raising stock and attending the markets of Lykens. His industry, enter-
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prise, and good management secured the success of his operations.
Mr. Strayer was married, in Jackson town- ship, November 6, 1850, to Christiana Straw, born in Schuylkill county, Pa., March 21, 1824; daughter of Benjamin and M. Eliza- beth (Grimm) Straw, natives of Schuylkill county, but residents of Jackson township when they died. Mr. and Mrs. Strayer
have no children. Mr. Strayer is a Repub- lican and has been tax collector for two terms, and inspector of elections. He is a member of the Lutheran church. Mr. and Mrs. Strayer are among those who were wise in youth and prepared for age and ease. They have been industrious, have lived carefully, and can now enjoy the comforts of life. They are worthy people, and are hon- ored in the community.
FRANK, ANDREW P., farmer, Elizabeth- ville P. O., was born in Jackson township, Dauphin county, Pa., September 5, 1847; son of Daniel and Gertrude (Keiter) Frank, of that township, He attended the public schools and worked on the farm at home until he became of age, when he bought and improved sixty acres of land, on which he erected buildings and made other improve- ments at a cost of $3,500. He was married, in Washington township, January 26, 1878, to Catherine Knerr, born in Mifflin township, July 17, 1834; daughter of Daniel and Mary Matter Knerr, of that township. Their chil- dren are : Bertha J., born November 29, 1884 ; Mabel M., born July 17, 1887; and Henry D., born May 23, 1893. In his political views Mr. Frank is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the Lutheran church, in which he is a Sunday-school teacher. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias.
-FETTERHOFF, CLARENCE, farmer, Enders, Pa., was born in Jackson township, Dauphin county, Pa., September 6, 1862. The grand- father was Col. George Fetterhoff. Philip, the father, was born in the same township, October 3, 1825. He has spent his life in farming and raising stock, in the Armstrong Valley, and is now living retired from active pursuits, at Fisherville, Pa. He married Sarah Sweyard, born in Powell's Valley, and they have four children: George, hotel keeper, at Halifax ; Isaac, farmer; Clarence, and Margaret, who died young. The father is a Democrat in politics, and he and his wife
are members of the Lutheran church. They are living quietly and comfortably at Fish- erville, enjoying the fruits of their hard la- bor in earlier life.
Clarence acquired his education in the common schools of his native township, and has always remained on the homestead. which he took charge of when his father re- tired. He was married, in Jackson town- ship, in August, 1884, to Sadie Rutter, born in Halifax township, September 5, 1864; daughter of Uriah and Sarah (Ryan) Rutter, farmer in Halifax township. Their chil- dren are: Nora, born February 28, 1886; Jennie, born October 5, 1889; and Mary, born September 24, 1890. Mr. Fetterhoff votes with the Democrats, and has been auditor for three years. He is a member of the Lutheran church.
MILLER, MICHAEL H., farmer, Enders, Pa., was born in Jackson township, Dauphin county, Pa., June 15, 1836. He attended the Miller school and worked on the farm with his father until he was twenty-four years of age. He then rented a farm of one hundred and forty-four acres for four years, after which he returned to the homestead and worked it until his father's death, when he inherited two hundred and two acres of land, on which he erected a fine brick house costing $3,000, a barn and other needful buildings. He was married, in Jackson township, in 1860, to Catherine Snyder, of that town- ship, born in 1840; daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Snyder. Their children are: Arabella J., Mrs. William Warfield, Jackson township, and she has six chil- dren; Ellen A., Mrs. Henry A. Warner, Jackson township; Ira O., farmer, married Julia A. Glaze, and they have four chil- dren; Harvey O., Washington township, married Agnes W. Boyer, and they have two children ; Jennie, wife of Harry H. Snyder, and they have one child; Edwin E. and Lizzie I., at home ; Elmer O., and Emma M., died young. Mr. Miller is a Democrat and has held several township offices. In relig- ious faith he is a Lutheran of the old school. and is a deacon in the church, and is also a member of the I. O. O. F.
-- WHITMAN, WILLIAM, farmer, Fisherville, Jackson township, was born in Jackson township, Dauphin county, July 3, 1823. Bartholomew Whitman, the grandfather, was born in Berks county, and removed to
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Dauphin county with his family, and located in Lykens Valley, afterwards removing to Jackson township, where he and his wife died. John, the father, was also born in Berks county, and was brought by his parents to Dauphin county when a child, where he attended the schools of Jackson township, and from early boyhood worked on the farm with his father. He also owned and operated a farm of two hundred and fifty acres in Armstrong Valley, and was ex- tensively engaged in raising stock. He mar- ried Catherine Maisner, born in Washing- ton township in 1806. Their children are: Mary, Daniel, William, Elizabeth, Catherine A., Sarah, deceased, John, deceased, La- vina, and Rebecca, died young. The father was once a Democrat, but became a Repub- lican, and served as supervisor for three years. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran church, in which he served as a deacon. He died April 14, 1884, in Jack- son township, and his wife died in the fall of 1886, in Powell's Valley.
William attended the schools in Jackson township in the winter months, and worked on the farm with his father until he was twenty-three years of age. He then learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, at which he worked for several years, taking contracts. He built several houses and barns in Jack- son township. He bought thirty-three acres of land from his father on which he built a dwelling house and barn. After his father's death he got the homestead of ninety acres, where he has his present residence. For a timber supply he bought mountain land, and has made important improvements on the homestead. In September, 1895, his barn was struck by lightning, and with its contents entirely consumed by fire, entailing a loss on building and crops of $3,000. He is now building a new barn. He was married, April, 1857, to Susanna Enders, born in Jack- son township, December 25, 1835; daughter of Philip and. sister of George W. Enders. Their children are: Isaac, William, Bertha, and Ellen, died in infancy. . Mr. Whitman enlisted at Harrisburg, September, 1864, in company A, Two Hundred and Tenth regi- ment, Pennsylvania volunteers, and partici- pated in the battles of Gravel Run, Hatch's Run, Five Forks, and was at Lee's surrender. Ile was discharged May 3, 1865, at Arlington Heights, and was present at the grand reunion in Washington. He was not sick a single day while in the service, and receives no pension.
In his political views he is a Republican, and served as supervisor, tax collector and assessor, one term each. His religious faith and fellowship are with the Lutherans, and be is a deacon in the church and a Sunday- school teacher.
- ZEIRN, CHARLES, deceased, was one of the most successful farmers in Jackson town- ship. He was born in Baden, Germany, De- cember 4, 1826, and when quite young came to this country with his parents and five other children. The father was a tailor by trade. Charles found employment in a store at Palmyra, Pa., as a clerk, where he spent ten years, and then removed to Lykens, where he had a similar position with Martin Bloom. He also worked in the coal mines for fourteen years. In 1870 he came to Arm strong Valley and bought a farm of one hun- dred and ten acres in Jackson township, on which he made substantial improvements, and which he cultivated up to the time of his death, January 23, 1895. He was mar- ried, at Harrisburg, in March, 1863, to Nancy Snavely, born in Lebanon county, Septem- ber 28, 1828; daughter of William and Annic (Long) Snavely. Their children are: Mary, wife of Frank Buch, moulder, Harrisburg ; Margaret, Mrs. Julius Bonner, Harrisburg ; Leah, wife of Fred. Brown, Harrisburg. He was a Democrat in politics and a Catholic in religious faith and fellowship. His widow survives and resides on the farm in Jackson township.
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-- SHEETZ, JOHN, farmer and postmaster of Carsonville, Pa., was born in Jefferson town- ship, now Wayne township, November 26, 1842. His grandfather, John Sheetz, was a native of Dauphin county, Pa., and a farmer. William J. Sheetz, father of the younger John Sheetz, was born in Dauphin county, November 20, 1805. He grew up on the farm, and when a young man came to Jef- ferson township, now Wayne, where he bought two hundred acres of land, on which he built a. brick dwelling and barn, and made other improvements, and carried on farming and stock raising. He was enter- prising and prosperous. Mr. Sheetz was married to Barbara, daughter of Christian and Margaret Zimmerman, of Jackson town- ship, born June 3, 1811. Their children are:
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Josiah, born March 22, 1831, farmer, of Wayne township; George, September 3, 1832, farmer, Wayne township; Mary B., May 7, 1834, wife of James Sweigert, Jack- son township; Samuel B., July 20, 1836, farmer, Wayne township; Julia A., April 8, 1839, wife of James Huffman, Jackson town- ship; Elizabeth, April 6, 1841, widow of Henry E. Welker, Wayne township; John ; Washington, June 15, 1845, resides on the homestead in Wayne township ; William, October 7, 1847, resides in Jefferson town- ship; Margaret, October 26, 1849; Sarah M., deceased, born September 8, 1852, wife of Emanuel Ludwig, merchant, Penbrook, Pa .; Catherine E., March 24, 1855, wife of Leon- ard Hawk, farmer, Wayne township. Mr. Sheetz was a Democrat. The family were members of the Lutheran church. He died in Wayne township, and Mrs. Sheetz in Jackson township.
John Sheetz attended school in Wayne township during the winter months, work- ing on the farm during the summer. He remained on the home farm until he was twenty one, at which time he had accumu- lated over one thousand dollars. With sev- eral other young men he went into the oil business as a speculation, putting down wells, etc., which they soon found to be unprofit- able. Having lost his one thousand dollars he returned to his old neighborhood to begin life anew. With such help as he could get from his father and father-in-law, Mr. Sheetz bought fifty-seven acres of land in Jefferson township, which he improved and farmed until 1886. At the same time he carried on the manufacture of lumber with fair success.
In 1886 Mr. Sheetz went into a general mercantile business in Carsonville, which he conducted eight years with very satisfactory profits. During this time he also operated a saw mill and manufactured and dealt in lumber. In 1894 he sold his store and mill and bought a farm of one hundred and fif- teen acres near Carsonville, on which he made improvements costing $2,000, and engaged in farming and stock raising. In addition to this homestead he owns one hun- dred and twenty-six acres of land in Wayne and Jefferson townships and eleven hundred acres of timber land in Centre county, on which there is a saw mill, with a factory and other improvements.
Mr. Sheetz was married, in Jefferson town- ship, in November, 1864, to Sarah J. Parks,
born in Jefferson township, January 18, 1847; daughter of George Parks, farmer and lumberman and merchant of that township. They had ten children: Margaret, born April 14, 1866, died April 18, 1877; Emma E., born September 10, 1867, wife of Alfred Taylor, Chicago, Ill .; Carson A .; William H., born February 20, 1871; George W .; Mary A .; John E., born November 2, 1876, died November 30, 1879; Thomas R., born July 10, 1879, at home; Rosella C .; and Annie L., born August 11, 1884, died September 6, 1884.
Mr. Sheetz was postmaster eight years, under both of President Cleveland's admin- istrations. He was school director for three years, and for the same length of time audi- tor of Jefferson township. He is a Demo- crat. The family are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal church. Mr. Sheetz is a hard-working, enterprising and prosperous man, is widely known and universally pop- ular.
Carson Asbury Sheetz, eldest son of John and Sarah Jane Sheetz, was born June 29, 1869, at Carsonville, Dauphin county, Pa. He attended country schools during the winter and worked on the farm summers. At the age of fourteen attended spring and fall terms at Berrysburg Seminary. In the spring of 1889 attended Elizabethville Sem- inary under Prof. D. G. Lubold; taught school that winter at Rank's school house, Jefferson township. Left the following spring, 1890, for Quincy, Ill. Took full course of bookkeeping and accountant there at Gem City Business College. The fall of 1890 left Quincy for Chicago. Was cashier for H. M. Kinsley, Chicago, until July, 1891; later was employed as invoice clerk at Mandel Bros. dry goods store, Chicago. Shortly afterwards was taken down with an attack of rheumatism, and immediately went back home. Instead of returning to Chicago as was intended, was persuaded to teach the Carsonville school" that winter. In the spring of 1892 attended Fredericksburg Seminary, one term, leaving home July 22, same year, for Denver, Colo. At Den- ver took the full course of stenography at Woodworth's Shorthand College. January 1, 1893, accepted a position as stenographer with IIon. F. W. Owers, district judge of the Fifth Judicial District of Colorado, at Lead- ville. Left Leadville, July, 1894, for Crip- ple Creek, Colo. Accepted a position there as stenographer with C. S. Wilson, attorney
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for W. S. Stratton, owner of the Independ- ence mine. Remained in the employ of C. S. Wilson until February, 1895, when the position as head bookkeeper and settlement clerk for the Lawrence Gold Extraction Com- pany, Cripple Creek district, was tendered him, which he accepted. Remained with the Lawrence Company in the above capacity until the first of the year, the entire plant being destroyed by fire December 23, 1895. Immediately after the destruction of the Lawrence Works a proposition was, made him by J. H. Willard & Co., an old and established real estate firm, to enter into equal partnership with them, which was accepted January 1, 1896. The firm name was changed from J. H. Willard & Co. to the Willard Investment Company, with Mr. Sheetz as secretary and treasurer of the new corporation ; their principal office being at Victor, Colo., which is situated in the very center of the Cripple Creek gold mining district.
William H. Sheetz, second son of John Sheetz, in February, 1888, went to Pough- keepsie, N. Y., where he took a course and graduated in the school of stenography of Eastman College; thence to New York, where for five months he was stenographer in the Merchants' Exchange National Bank ; thence to Suffolk, Va., where he wasstenographer and clerk in a wholesale feed and coal house for seven months; thenee home to Carsonville, where in the winter of 1889-90 he taught school ; in April, 1890, he went to Valparaiso, Ind., where he attended the Normal School four months; thence to Denver, Colo., where he worked as stenographer with the Denver Fire Insurance Company ; thence to Pueblo, Colo., where he was seven months as stenographer in the law office of Gerry & . Campbell; thence, in 1891, to Aspen, Colo., where he worked in the law office of L. S. Smith in the same capacity for two years; thence to Cripple Creek, Colo., where he was stenographer in a law office for two years; and on January 1, 1895, came to Leadville, Colo., where he now is of- ficial stenographer of the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District of the State of Colorado. While in the several law offices, he has spent all his leisure hours at reading law. He was twenty-five years of age on February 20 last, and is single.
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The three children, George W., Mary A. and Rosella C. are living in Carlisle, Pa. George W. was born July 20, 1872, at Car-
sonville, and resided on the farm with his parents until the age of seventeen, when he taught school in Rush township for a year. During the winters of 1890 and 1891 he taught in Jefferson township. In 1892 he attended Schuylkill Seminary, and again taught the following winter. He is now a junior in Dickinson College, having entered the Freshman class in 1894. During his first year at Dickinson he was awarded the first prize for "Dramatic Declamation," an honor which was well deserved, as Mr. Sheetz possesses rare ability, and never fails to entertain the many audiences before which he recites. Mary A. Sheetz was born December 8, 1873, and attended the home school nine years, the Elizabethville Semi- nary one term and the Schuylkill Seminary one term. The two succeeding years were spent at Millersburg high school, from which she graduated in 1893. The following win- ter she taught the home school, and in 1804 entered Metzger College, Carlisle, as a stu- dent of art and music, but at present is con- tinuing music only. Rosella C. Sheetz was born November 2, 1882, at Carsonville. After living with her parents up to the age of twelve she moved to Carlisle with her brother George W. and sister Mary A., where she is at present attending the pub- lic schools.
-Row, JONAS, farmer and justice of the peace, was born in Mifflin township, now Washington township, Dauphin county, Pa., May 11, 1839. His grandfather, William Row, was of English descent, and was a car- penter and farmer. He married Barbara Rudy, also of English extraction. His son, Jacob Row, father of Jonas Row, was born in Lykens Valley, in 1812. He owned, improved and worked a farm of ninety acres in Wash- ington township in connection with which he carried on a butchering business, also a store at Matterstown. He married Susan Matter, born in Mifflin township. They had nine children : Jonas; Catherine, widow of Daniel Carle; Susanna, wife of J. Matter, of Harrisburg; Melinda, widow of Samuel Kop- penberger ; Amanda, wife of Henry Bechtel, plasterer, Elizabethville; Sarah, wife of John Lebo, Schuylkill county; Adam, deceased ; Samuel, of Schuylkill county; Isaac, resides on homestead, at Matterstown. Mr. Row first held Democratic views in politics, but changed for a time to the Republican party, and finally returned to the Democratic party.
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