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LYTER, W. H., was born in Halifax, March 28, 1840; son of Christian and Catherine (Bowman) Lyter. He was reared in Halifax and educated in the public school. His first business venture was in the dry goods business in Harrisburg, on Market Square, which he began in 1879 and continued for some time. Ten years later he formed a partnership with W. E. Fahne- stock under the firm name of Lyter & Fahne- stock, doing business on Market Square. in which they were active until the spring of 1894, when Mr. Lyter retired from the firm.
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He returned in October, 1895, and purchased the present business. Mr. Lyter is a mem- ber of the Board of Trade. In politics he is a Republican. He was married in 1877 to Miss Helen Elizabeth Eppley, daughter of David Eppley, of Harrisburg. They have three children: Grace E., Edward and Charles A. Mr. Lyter is a member of the Fourth Street Lutheran church.
-LUSK, CHARLES P., coal and wood mer- chant, was born at Freeport, Stephenson county, Ill., February 11, 1851. His parents, William J. and Sarah J. (Chrissman) Lusk, were both natives of Mifflin county, Pa., but settled in Stephenson county at a very early date. They removed from Freeport when Charles was a little over a year old, and lived at Earl, Lasell county, Ill., for ten years, where he received part of his educa- tion in the public schools of the place. In 1862 the family removed to Lewistown, Mif- flin county, Pa., and about four years after, removed thence to Port Royal, Juniata county, Pa., where they resided five years, and where Charles completed his education. In 1872 the family removed to Harrisburg, where the mother resided till her death, which occurred March 3, 1890. The father died at Livingston, Ala., April, 1879. They had four children : one died in infancy ; the living are : Mary E., wife of F. L. Showalter, residing at Indianapolis, Ind .; Charles P., and Annie M., widow of B. F. Gillette, re- siding at Osgood, Ind.
In 1872 Charles P. was engaged .as sales- man in the wholesale notion house of Wolf & Hench, and filled this position for a year or more. His next occupation was railway news agent. He was afterwards employed in the laboratory of the Pennsylvania Steel Company's works for three and a half years with headquarters at the Lochiel House. He next established a custom shirt factory. In December, 1894, he engaged in his pres- ent business .. He was married at Harris- burg, June 27, 1893, to Margaret A. Middle- ton, daughter of W. A. and Mary E. Mid- dleton. He is a member of Robert Burns Lodge, No. 464, F. & A. M., Harrisburg Con- sistory and of the Royal Arcanum. In political views he is a Democrat.
SAMPLE, JOHN B., merchant, Harrisburg, was born in Lancaster county, Pa., Septem- ber 16, 1853. He is a son of Alexander and Frances (Mason) Sample, also of Lancaster
county. Peter Sample, grandfather of John B. Sample, was a native of Maryland, and a farmer. He removed to Lancaster county, Pa., and married Miss Elizabeth Klinch, of that county, by whom he had ten children, the only one surviving is Alexander Sample.
Alexander Sample was born in Lancaster county, February 28, 1827 ; was educated in his native county and spent his boyhood on the farm. He was married to Miss Frances Mason, daughter of James and Hattie Mason, November 24, 184S. She was born January 24, 1828, and died February 3, 1886. They had nine children, two of whom are living : Peter H. and John B. The de- ceased children are: Harriet E., Esther E., Sarah M., James A., Nathaniel W., Charles S. and Caroline A. Alexander Sample was for many years a farmer in Lancaster county. He removed to Harrisburg, where he has been in business at intervals for thirty years. He was a partner of Oscar Jones in the ice cream and confectionery business at Carlisle for one year. He was in the St. Cloud Hotel in Philadelphia for two years, and from that house went to the Aldine Hotel, 1914 Chest- nut street. After thirteen years in Phila- delphia he returned to Harrisburg and with his sons, Peter and John, purchased a lot, and erected a large building which he now oecu- pies with a dry goods business. Mr. Sample has been a member of Brotherly Love Lodge, No. 896, G. U. O. O. F., for thirty years and belongs to No. 1, Household of Ruth. In political views he is a Republican. He is a member of the African Methodist Episcopal church, State street, of which his deceased wife was also a member.
John B. Sample received part of his cdu- cation in his native county, and completed it in the schools of Dauphin county. At the age of fifteen he took a position in the Jones House, now known as the Common- wealth Hotel, and remained there three years. The next two years he was at the Bolton House. Thence he went to the Gross House, now Harris House; thence to the Lochiel Hotel, where he was employed at in- tervals for eight years. He had a good rep- utation for honesty, and was respected by all who knew him. He was for three years at Niagara Falls ; then he went to Reading. where he was employed for six months in a hotel by Emanuel Long. Returning to Harrisburg he found employment for some years at the State Capitol and at the United States Hotel.
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In January, 18S1, he entered the railway mail service as weighmaster. He has the honor of being the first colored man em- ployed in the railroad mail service .on the Middle division. His first run was between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh ; then between IIarrisburg and Allentown, and from Har- risburg to New York. He was afterwards transferred to the Northern Central railroad where he was employed as clerk on the route between Harrisburg and Baltimore, and he successfully worked himself up to head clerk, in charge of the route, receiving a salary of one thousand dollars per year. After nearly twelve years' service he was compelled by failing health to resign his position. When he had regained his health he engaged in business in Harrisburg, with his father, where he has been up to the present time.
Mr. Sample was married, November 10, 1877, to Miss Maggie, daughter of William and Charlotte Weaver. They have had nine children, five of whom are living: Francis G., Ada E., Maria A., Alexander W., and Maud M. The deceased children were: Carrie A., Cora C., John G., and Blanche L.
His wife was born June 10, 1858, and died October 4, 1895. She was a good mother and a devoted Christian, a member of the African Methodist church, on State street, and of the Household of Ruth. William Weaver, the father of Mrs. Sample, was born in Dauphin county, and was for many years a shoemaker. He married Miss Charlotte Chester, daughter of George and Jane Chester, who was born in Harrisburg, by whom he had four children. Those living are: Jennie, wife of Rev. John Palmer, of Philadelphia ; Alda, wife of George Brisco, and Fannie, wife of James Auter. The father died in Philadelphia and the mother died in Harrisburg, Pa. The grandparents of Mrs. Sample were natives of Maryland.
MILNOR, GEORGE W., merchant, was born at Philadelphia, Pa., July 30, 1856. He is a son of Mahlon and Elizabeth (Neilson) Milnor. These worthy people were residents of Philadelphia until 1880, since which date they have resided at York, Pa. They had but two children : Elizabeth, wife of H. D. Rupp, a prominent merchant of York, Pa., and George W. The latter received the ad- vantages of a public school education in his native city. He began his business carcer as accountant and cashier in a large house- furnishing and fancy goods warehouse in
Philadelphia. The ability he displayed and his fidelity won for him the position of man- ager of the establishment. He left his na- tive city in 1880, and engaged in business for himself at York, Pa. He removed to Harrisburg, in January, 1884, and associated himself in the mercantile business with George Hoyer, under the firm name of Hoyer & Milnor. He was married, in Delaware, to Sallie L. Cavender, daughter of Thomas and Lydia Cavender. They have no children.
Mr. Milnor has represented the Fourth ward in the common council, and in April, 1895, was elected president of that honorable body. He takes an active part in all politi- cal contests on the side of the Republican party. He is a thorough business man, re- spected for his integrity.
- QUICKEL, HENRY F., was born in York Pa., September 5, 1856. He is the son of John Quickel, native of York, and Mary Jane (Axe) Quickel, of New Bloomfield, Perry county, Pa., and their only living child, one child having died in infancy. When Henry was two years old the family removed to Me- chanicsburg, where his early life was spent. He passed through the public schools and also took the course of the Cumberland Val- ley Institute. He then learned the trade of coach painter and followed this occupation almost three years.
In January, 1877, Mr. Quickel removed to Harrisburg and became a clerk in the hard ware store of Anthony King. He filled the place for fifteen months, at the end of which time he resigned and accepted a similar posi- tion with Henry Gilbert & Son. In 1882 he entered business for himself as dealer in boilers, engines, etc., purchasing the business of David Stevenson, Jr. He has conducted this business for the past thirteen years, and by his practical and reliable methods has achieved an enviable reputation as a business man, and made a marked success in his busi- ness career. He is justly regarded as one of the staunch, progressive and enterprising men of Harrisburg. He well merits the high esteem in which he is held and the liberal patronage extended to him.
Henry F. Quickel was married at Harris- burg, November 13, 1883, to Mary Ellen Det- weiler. They have two sons: Ralph D., born August 23, 1885, and Kenneth M., born April 26, 1890. In politics Mr. Quickel is a Republican. He and his family are consist-
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ent members of the Market Square Presbyte- rian church. Mr. Quickel officiated as organ- ist of this church from 1879 to 1886.
-FAHNESTOCK, W. E., was born in Pitts- burgh, Pa., April 6, 1866; son of Walter B. and Mary L. (Eppley) Fahnestock. The father was a native of Pittsburgh, the mother was a daughter of Daniel Eppley, of Harrisburg. W. E. was reared in Pittsburgh and received his primary instruction in the schools of that city. He completed his education at Cornell University, graduating from that institution in the class of 1887. In Septem- ber of the following year he came to Harris- burg and engaged in the dry goods business, forming a partnership with W. H. Lyter, under the firm name of Lyter & Fahnestock. The firm continued in business until Jan- uary 1,1894, when Mr. Fahnestock purchased the interest of his partner. He was promi- nently identified with the Masonic frater- nities, holding membership in the blue lodge, chapter, commandery, council and consistory. He was married, in 1888, to Mary L. VanOrder, daughter of Captain VanOrder, of Ithaca, N. Y. Their children are: Lena Ruth and Arnold VanOrder. Mr. Fahnestock attended St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal church, of which his widow is a member.
GLOVER, JOHN W., merchant tailor, was born in Perry county, Pa., October 22, 1820; son of George and Elizabeth Glover, the former a native of Perry county, the latter a native of Scotland. The father was a miller, and died on the farm on which he was born. They had five children, the only survivors of whom are John W. and Boyd, when last heard from residing in Kansas City. John W. received his education in Perry county, and came to Harrisburg, where he served an apprenticeship of two years at the trade of tailor, after which he entered business on his own account. He has been a continuous resident of the city since 1839, and has been in business for himself since 1841. He was married, in Harrisburg, April 20, 1843, to Helena H. Haines, a native of Philadelphia. They had these children : one who died in childhood; Edmund W., Brooklyn, N. Y .; Catherine, wife of E. A. Huber, residing in Sunbury, Pa .; John, deceased ; Helena, wife of H. C. Bosley, residing in Harrisburg; Maurice, residing in Steelton, and Beverly W. Mr. Glover in his political views is a
Democrat, and represented the Fourth ward, in common council for one term. Hle is a member of Perseverance Lodge, No. 21, F. & A. M., and attends the Methodist Episcopal church.
- GASTROCK, WILLIAM, merchant tailor, Har- risburg, was born in the province of Saxony, Prussia, June 16, 1833. He is the only son of William and Dorothy R. Gastrock, both deceased, and both natives of Germany, where they spent their whole lives. His boyhood was passed in his native land. Hc took the regular course of studies in the state schools, completing it at the age of fourteen, He then entered upon an apprenticeship of three years to learn tailoring. Having served his time he worked as a journeyman until he reached the age of manhood. .
In 1854 he left his native country and came to America. He landed at Baltimore and proceeded at once to Harrisburg. For forty-two years he has been a continuous resident of this city and for thirty-three years of this time has been prominently identified with its business interests.
He was married, in Harrisburg, April 22, 1866, to Wilhelmina, daughter of Frank A. and Katherine Elmer, natives of Wurtem- berg, Germany. They had three children one of whom died in infancy. Those living are : Louisa M., wife of Charles Warkotsch, residing in Philadelphia, and William A., who is associated with his father in business, in Harrisburg, Pa.
Mr. Gastrock is a Democrat. He and his family attend the German Lutheran church.
-HOUTZ, WILLIAM H., merchant tailor, was born in Bethel township, Lebanon county, Pa., December 15, 1833. He is a son of the late William and Nancy (Hunsicker) Houtz. His grandparents were both natives of Leb- anon county. The grandfather was a farmer and distiller. He hauled the product of his distillery to Philadelphia by team, where he disposed of it and loaded his wagon for re- turn with merchandise of various kinds. He had eight children, only one of whom sur- vives, John, a farmer living in Indiana.
William Houtz, the father of William H., was born in Bethel township, Lebanon county, Pa., January 1, 1803. He was a son of Henry Houtz. In his younger days he was engaged in farming. He also conducted a distillery for about fifteen years. He was married, in 1826, to Nancy, daughter of Chis-
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tian and Sally (Newcomer) Hunsicker, a native of Bethel township, Lebanon county. They had twelve children, nine of whom are living : Henry, David, William, Samuel, Lydia, wife of John Ritter, Daniel, Nancy, wife of John Yorker, Elias, and Elizabeth, wife of John Sholley. Twochildren died in in- fancy and Samuel died in October, 1894, at the age of sixty years. William Houtz died December 24, 1894, at the advanced age of ninety-three years, on the old homestead in Lebanon county.
William H. Houtz had very limited op- portunities for receiving an education. He is practically a self-made man, in the best sense of that word, for his success in life is the result of his own efforts, industry and energy. At the age of seventeen he learned the trade of tailor and has followed it through life. In 1848 he came to Harrisburg and en- gaged to work at his trade with Adam Mc- Afee, continuing in his employ for sixteen years. On August 7, 1864, he enlisted in com- any H, Two Hundred and First regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, and served in the army for nearly one year. He was discharged June 11, 1865. While on picket duty he was struck on the head by a fragment of a shell. After returning from the army he moved to Lower Paxton township, Dauphin county, Pa., and engaged in farming for four years ; then moved back to Harrisburg and worked at his trade for William Sayford. December 31, 1879, he moved to No. 306 Broad street, and engaged in business for himself. In 1884 he bought the large and commodious property lately owned by Mr. Ensminger, where he has carried on his business and where he still resides. He has been a mem- ber of Castle No. 40, K. of G. E., for twelve years, being one of the charter members. He is also a member of City Lodge, No. 301, I. O. O.F. He has been a member of the Improved Order of Heptasophs for about eleven years. Mr. Houtz is a Republican. He was married, July 5, 1852, to Mary, daughter of William and Magdalena Douglass. They had three children : Adam D., Mary E, wife of Robert Gher, and William B., died in 1861, at the age of five years and four months. His wife died June 5, 1875, at the age of fifty-two years. He was married, the second time, July 5, 1876, to Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel andMary (Mellinger) Stroh. They have no children.
William Douglass, the father of Mary (Douglass) Houtz, the first wife of William
H. Houtz, was a farmer of Scotch descent. He married Miss Gibble, a native of Lebanon county. They had four children, one of whom survives, John, living in Indiana. Their deceased children are: Jeremiah, Benjamin, Peter and Mary. For many years Mr. Doug- lass taught school in winter and served as pilot on the river in summer. He was mar- ried the second time to Miss Walter. They had five children : Uriah, Henry, Franklin, Archibald and Catherine.
Elizabeth Stroh, the second wife of William H. Houtz, was born January 26, 1848. Her parents were natives of Lebanon county: Her father, Daniel Stroh, was born in Feb- ruary, 1802. He learned wagon making and followed this occupation for many years. For twenty-six years he taught school. He was married, in 1833, to Mary, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Gebhard) Mellinger. They had seven children, four of whom are living: Leah, Mary, Elizabeth, and Sally, wife of John Connor. Three children died in in- fancy. In 1861 Daniel Stroh was elected recorder of wills of Lebanon county and served for three years. In 1865 he was ap- pointed postmaster of Annville, Pa. He held this office at the time of his death, having served six years. He died, in 1871, aged sixty-two and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. He was a Republican and was a member of the Lutheran church.
Mary Mellinger, the mother of Mrs. Houlz, was born in Lebanon county, February 20, 1814, and died in Harrisburg, August 25, 1884, at the age of seventy years.
-BERNHEISEL, LUTHER, merchant tailor, was born in Perry county, Pa., April 1, 1834. He is a son of George and Susan (Kepner) Bernheisel. His maternal grandfather, John Kepner, was a farmer, and one of the wealthiest men in Juniata county. George Bernheisel was a native of Perry county and a merchant. He was married to Miss Susan, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Loye) Kepner, who was also born in Perry county. Three of their children are living : John C., Cornelius and Luther. The de- ceased children are: Catherine, who died at the age of fourteen : Jacob, and Samuel, who died from wounds received at the battle of Lookout Mountain. Mr. George Bernheisel and his wife were members of the Lutheran church.
Luther Bernheisel received a limited edu- cation. He attended the public schools at
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intervals until he was about fourteen, when he began to serve a four years' apprentice- ship at tailoring with Patterson Alexander, in Juniata county. At the end of this term he was employed for a few months by Mr. Howell. He then worked a few months for Mr. Stroup, in Mifflintown, Juniata county, then seven months for Christian Metz, of Williamsburg, Blair county, Pa. He at- tended the first State fair held in Harrisburg and during his stay in the city visited some of his relatives. After this he returned to Blair county and spent eight months work- ing for his former employer, Mr. Metz. In 1856 Mr. Bernheisel went into the tailoring business for himself, purchasing the estab- lishment formerly owned by Squire Howell, at Pleasant Hill, Juniata county, which he conducted for a few years. He was next in business for some time at Green Park, Perry county, Pa., and lived there three years when the war broke out. Mr. Bernheisel enlisted, August 20, 1861, for three years, in company H, Forty-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers. He again enlisted at Fort Jef- ferson, in 1863. He was discharged at Camp Cadwallader, January 11, 1866. He was wounded at the battle of Cedar Creek, Shen- andoah Valley, under General Sheridan. He took part in the battles of Pocotalgo, S. C., also Sabina Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill, and King River, in Louisiana; Berryville, Cedar Creek, and Fisher's Hill, Va. During his service he was in eleven States, took eleven trips on the ocean and was in cleven battles.
After the war he returned to Green Park and was in the tailoring business there for a short period, and then for three years at Andersonburg, Perry county. He then re- moved to New Bloomfield, where he was en- gaged for three years, and from there to Newport. Three years later he bought out the business of David Care, at Harrisburg, and established himself at 106 Market street. After a few years he sold his business and was for twelve years with Mr. Coover, as manager of his tailoring department. Mr. Bernheisel was again in business on his own account for one year, at 121 Market street, and afterwards removed to the oppo- site side of the street, at the corner of Mar- ket Square. Later he was with Mr. Coover in the Harrisburg Manufacturing Company as cutter. While in this position he re- moved his family to the corner of Boas and Green streets. Between 1892 and 1893 he
resigned his position and established him- self in business at his residence, where he has built up an important trade.
Mr. Bernheisel was first married, at Will- iamsburg, Blair county, Pa., March 4, 1856, to Miss Catherine, daughter of George Winters, born in 1835, in Blair county. They had twelve children. Those now living are : Charles O., Susan, wife of Charles Snyder; Robert N., Frank W., Bessie M., wife of William Shoemaker, Rachel, Mattie, wife of George Briggles, and Lewis C. Their deceased children are: Alice E., died Feb- ruary 3, 1859, aged seven months; Edwin M., died October 10, 1862, aged two years ; Luther A., died August 24, 1865, aged one year ; Frank L., died December 16, 1868, aged six months. Mrs. Bernheisel died, February 1, 18SS, aged fifty-three years.
Mr. Bernheisel was married again, October 1, 1891, to Miss Susan E., daughter of Josiah and Salome (Lenhart) Sheets. They had two children, Harry S. and Harvey Da Foe, who died June 19, 1894, aged four weeks.
Mr. Bernheisel is a member of Post No. 58, G. A. R., and for many years has been a member of the U. V. L., No. 67. He is a Republican and a member of the Messiah Lutheran church.
The parents of the first Mrs. Bernheisel were natives of Blair county. Her father was a farmer, and was also engaged in mer- cantile business.
The parents of the second Mrs. Bernheisel were natives of Dauphin county. Her father was a farmer, and still resides in Dau- phin county. He has held various town- ship offices and is a director of the Halifax Bank. His politics are Democratic. He is a member of the Lutheran church.
MCCREERY, GEORGE J., merchant tailor, was born in Harrisburg, December 20, 1834; son of William and Ann M. (Jones) Mc- Creery. He removed with his parents to Westmoreland county when he was a child, and there was reared and received his edu- cation in the public schools of Ligonier Val- ley. He served part of his apprenticeship at the tailor trade in his native township, but completed it at Philadelphia, where he worked at his trade of tailoring and cutting until 1885. For the past ten years he has conducted a merchant tailoring business in Harrisburg. He was married, in Pottsville, Pa., October 3, 1867, to Catherine L. Kurtz, of Pottsville, to whom no children have been
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born. Mr. McCreery is a member of Will- Albert F., born January 9, 1877, living in iamsport Lodge, No. 106, F. & A. M. In Harrisburg; Martin Luther, born December 29, 1879, living in Harrisburg; Paul, born January 12, 1882, living in Harrisburg.
political views he is a Republican. He and his wife attend the Pine Street Presbyterian church.
- FROEHLICH, JOHN, merchant tailor, was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, July 31, 1835. He is a son of Herman and Mary (Rohde) Frochlich, both of Germany, who lived and died in their native land. The father was born August 1, 1800, and died June 24, 1848; the mother was born in 1813, and died January 16, 1876. These parents had four children, three of whom are living: Martha Elizabeth, wife of Henry Bickel, re- siding on the old homestead; John, and Annie E., wife of John Lindenberger, living in Rock Island, Ill.
John Froeltlich grew to manhood in his native land. He was educated in the State schools, and learned the trade of tailor. At twenty-two years of age, in 1857, he left the paternal home to seek his fortune in the New World. He reached New York September 4, 1857, and proceeded to Harrisburg, where he took up his residence on September 8. For the past thirty-nine years he has been an honored resident of this city, and for over thirty years he has been one of its represen- tative and progressive business men. In 1871 Mr. Froehlich paid a visit to his native land, and after spending four months there with friends and relatives returned to Harrisburg. He was married, in Harrisburg, September 29, 1859, to Christiana Miller, daughter of the late John and Elizabeth (Knouse) Miller. They have a family of ten children : George H., born February 22, 1861, married Jose- phine Mayer, has one child, resides in Brook- lyn, N. Y .; Mary Anna, born April 23, 1863, wife of Isaac M. Over, has three children, Helen, Annie, and Rebecca, lives in Harris- burg; Anna Amelia, born July 27, 1865, living at home; Frederick William, born March 30, 1867, married June 6, 1893, to Miss Annie II., daughter of the late Jacob and Mary A. Elder, of Harrisburg, was edu- cated in the Harrisburg publicschools, learned the system of cutting, taught in the cutting schools of Philadelphia and New York, and January, 1893, was admitted to a partner- ship in his father's business; John Herman, born February 10, 1870, living in Harris- burg; Charles Martin, born September 5, 1872, living in Harrisburg; Edward Henry, born October 27, 1874, living in Kane, Pa .;
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