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of whom, Don Arthur, is deceased. Their living children are: Harry N., Mary E. and Lizzie R., who are twins, and Clara L. The twins and Harry N. attend the Hummels- town Academy. Mr. Cassel is a Democrat. The family attend the German Lutheran church. Mrs. Cassel was only three years old when her mother died. Her father is still living. They had three children, two of whom are deceased. Mr. Nissley was again married; his second wife was Cathe- rine Harper. They had cight children : Ira, Elma, Isaac Jr., Warren, Harper, Clara, Ida, and Cora.
. .. AUNGST, JOHN, farmer, was born in West Hanover township, Dauphin county, Pa., January 5, 1839. He was a son of John and Elizabeth (Bilit) Aungst. Both his parents are deceased ; the father died at the age of forty-seven years, and the mother ten years later. They had eight children: Daniel, William, Harriet, wife of Levi Runkle, Annic, wife of Jacob Sherk, Peter, John, Henry, and Sarah, wife of Daniel Strim.
John Aungst attended school at the For- ney school house. He helped on the farm in the summer months, and went to school in the winter, and in this way obtained his education and learned his business at the same time. At the age of seventeen he left the farm for the shop. He served an ap- prenticeship of two years with Jacob Lyme, to learn carpentry, at the close of which he returned to the farm, and was for three years employed in farm work. At twenty-two years of age he began farming on his own account, and followed that occupation through life. Mr. Aungst has served one term as supervisor, and four years as school director. He was a Republican. The fam- ily are members of the German Baptist church. Mr. Aungst was married, October 20, 1859, to Susanna, daughter of George and Dolly (Lutz) Smith, born March 17, 1841. They have five children : George II., born April 14, 1863; John A., December 10, 1864 ; Dolly J., January 13, 1873 ; Simon H. January 5, 1875; and Ezra C., July 28, 1879.
George Smith, the father of Mrs. Aungst, was born on the old homestead, July 9, 1817. IIe was a farmer, and continued to be ac- tively engaged in the cultivation of his farm until 1876, when he retired. Ilis wife, Dolly Lutz, was born December 27, 1818, and died at the age of fifty-eight. Their children are: Susanna, born March 17, 1811, now Mrs.
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Aungst; Samuel, born August 17, 1842, died October 18, 1845; Sarah, born July 24, 1844 ; Catherine, born September 21, 1846; Isaac, born September 22, 1849; Maria, born Feb- ruary 8, 1852, died September 6, 1853; Han- nah, born October 28, 1854; and Ezra, born July 23, 1859. Sarah is the wife of Jacob Fackler, Catherine of Mundel Fackler, and Hannah of Samuel Fackler; the Facklers are brothers.
KAUFFMAN, FELIX, farmer, was born in Conewago township, Dauphin county, Pa., November 15, 1842. He is a son of Samuel and Mary (Stivig) Kauffman. Samuel Kauffman was a carpenter, is also a farmer, and resides in Conewago township. Mr. and Mrs. Kauffman had nine children, three of whom are deceased : Henry, Elizabeth, wife of Rudy Harg, and one who died in infancy, unnamed. Their surviving children are : Felix; John; Catherine, wife of Levi Moyer ; Nancy, wife of Peter Swartz; Mary, wife of Jacob Shearer, and Elias. Felix Kauffman was educated in the schools of his native township. At the age of seventeen he be- gan to make his own way in the world. He was hired by the month as a farm hand for about five years, or until he was twenty-two years of age. In 1864 he enlisted in the United States army, at Harrisburg, and was assigned to company F, Two Hundredth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers. Cap- tain Hoffman was his commander. He en- listed for one year, and served his term. He was discharged May 30, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. He was with the army in the opera- tions and movements at and around Peters- burg, Va. He took part in two important engagements there, and in other minor bat- tles and skirmishes. He is still suffering from the effects of exposure during his ser- vice in the army.
Returning from the war, he located in his native township and engaged in farming, on wages. In 1868 he began farming on his own account. In 1869 he removed to Lancaster county, and was for twelve years engaged in farming there. He then removed to his present homestead, where he has con- tinued to the present time. Mr. Kauffman was married, October 15, 1870, to Elizabeth G., daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (Gieb) Martin. Of their three children, two are de- ceased : Sarah M., born August 6, 1870, died August 19, 1870; and Alice M., born May 25, 1873, died May 19, 1879. The surviving
child was born December 10, 1875. Mr Kauffman has served Lower Paxton town- ship for one term as school director. He is a Republican and belongs to the German Baptist church.
Jeremiah Martin, father of Mrs. Kauffman, is still living. He married Mary Gieb, born July 18, 1818, died July 2, 1890. They had twelve children, five of whom are deceased : Christian, Mary Ann, Fannie, Joseph, and one who died in infancy. Their living chil- dren are: Elizabeth G., who is Mrs. Kauff- man, Jeremiah, Addison, Jacob, Annie, Ben- jamin, and Barbara.
- FELTY, JOHN S., farmer, Linglestown, was married to Sarah E. Brightbill, November 25, 1893. He received his education in the public schools of his district. He engaged in farming on his father's farm until he was twenty-six years of age, when he began farm- ing for himself. The parents of Mrs. Felty are both living and have a family of six children : George, born September 6, 1869, deceased, John W., Andrew M., David E., Harry L., and Sarah E.
FISHER, WILLIAM, farmer, Progress, was born in Maxataning township, Berks county, Pa., April 28, 1818. He is a son of John and Susan (Wink) Fisher. The parents have both passed away, the father dying at the advanced age of seventy-seven years and the mother at the age of seventy one. They had a family of five children : William, James, Peter, Mary, wife of William Reno, and Jacob. Mrs. Fisher's parents are both de- ceased also, the father having died aged eighty-two years and the mother eighty-four years. They had these children : Joshua, Annie, Jacob, Elizabeth, Harriet, Catharine, William, Henry, Daniel, and George. Will- iam received his education in an old log school house near his home. He assisted his father in the tailoring business for a time and then worked on his grandfather's farmi until twenty-three years of age, when he began farming for himself. He lived in Maxataning township for eight years, and in 1849 moved to Dauphin county, and located on the old Baer farm, which he purchased and cultivated ten years. He then sold the farm and rented a small place in Lower Paxton where he stayed two years. He next bought a farm near Linglestown, where he remained three years and then sold it and purchased his present homestead in 1864.
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In 1874 he built his present residence. He was married in May, 1841, to Catharine Levan, and their children are: John L., Catharine, wife of John H. Sheesley, and George L.
-HOCKER, JOSEPH, farmer, was born in Lancaster county, Pa., February 19, 1839, and is a son of George and Mary Maria (Brubaker) Hocker. The father was born September 15, 1810. and died in 1872; the mother was born March 5, 1815, and died just one day after her husband. Their re- mains are interred in one grave at Crum's church cemetery. They had a family of twelve children : Annie Maria, born Febru- ary 20, 1835 ; Lydia, born October 10, 1837; Joseph; Martin, born November 10, 1840; Emanuel, born July 11, 1842; Wilhelmina Jane, born December 24, 1845; Mary Eliza- beth, born June 12, 1847; Susan Emma, born August 16, 1849; George Benjamin, born October 17, 1851; Henry Harrison, born February 1, 1854; Samuel Augustus, born March 27, 1856; Lizzie Ellen, born June 7, 1859. Four of the children : Annie Maria, Emanuel, Susan Emma, and Wilhel- mina Jane, are all deceased. Mrs. Hocker's parents are both deceased, the father died at the age of seventy-eight and the mother at the age of fifty-eight years. They had a family of eight children : Jacob, Elizabeth, Barbara, Samuel, Kate, Mary, Annie, and Lydia. Annie and Barbara are deceased.
Joseph received his education in the pub- lic schools of Lancaster and Dauphin coun- ties. He assisted on his father's farm until he was twenty-six years old, when he began farming for himself in Upper Swatara town- ship. After living in various places for a few years he removed to the Paxtraia Hotel, on the Jonestown Road, where he remained ten years. In 1891 he purchased his present homestead. He was married, September 13, 1864, to Lydia (Keller) Hocker, daughter of Samuel and Katie (Shoop) Hocker. Their children are: George Albert, born April 14, 1869; Samuel Milton, born February 6, 1871; Joseph Edwin, born December 4, 1873; and Katie Florence, born July 31, 1888. In politics Mr. Hocker is a Republi- can. The family are members of the United Brethren church.
LYTER, SAMUEL, farmer, Penbrook, was born on the old homestead, May 9, 1845, in Lower Paxton township. He is a son of
Christian and Barbara (Shope) Lyter. The parents of Mr. Lyter had a family of ten children : Kate, Mary, Esther, Joseph, Sarah, Isabella, Barbara, Susanna, Samuel, and one who died in infancy. The father of the first wife is deceased, but the mother survives. Their children are: Emma, Samuel, Sarah, Frank, Ellen, and two deceased. The par- ents of the second wife had these children : John, Adam, Elizabeth, Daniel, Samuel, Annie, William, and Emma. The parents of Mrs. Lyter had a family of eleven chil- dren : Lydia, Peter, Ellen, Carrie, Charles, Aaron, Annie, Moses, Amelia, John and Al- bert, both of whom have passed away. Samuel attended the public schools of his native place until sixteen years of age, when he began farming. When twenty- eight years old he worked his father's farm on his own account, and in 1888 he pur- chased the old homestead, where he now re- sides. He was married, in 1873, to Miss Emma Page, daughter of Daniel and Mary Page, by whom he had two children: Jacob Edward, died in infancy, and Sallie A., wife of William Kiefer. He married, secondly, Miss Elizabeth Rabuck, daughter of John and Mary Rabuck. Their children are : Mary M., Barbara L., John H., and Katie J. He married, thirdly, Miss Annie, daughter of Daniel and Amelia Lyter. They had a family of fiye children: Charles, Martin, Harrison, Carrie, all deceased; and Agnes Louisa and Elsie Ruth. In politics Mr. Lyter is a Republican.
LOOK, MONROE M., farmer, Progress, was born July 12, 1862, on the old homestead ; son of George and Annie (Meyers) Look, daughter of Christian Meyers. The father is deceased and the mother now resides at Oberlin. They had a family of seven chil- dren : Reuben, deceased, John, deceased, Jane, Sarah, George, Emma, John, and Mon- roe. Mrs. Look's mother died February 19, 1890, and is survived by her husband. The parents had these children : Jeremiah, Ellen, Earl, John, Kate, all of whom are deceased, and Mary, William, Wellington, and Annie. Mr. Look received his education in the public schools of Lower Paxton township and then until he was twenty-three years old assisted his father on the farm. At that age he be- gan farming for himself and has been thus engaged ever since. He was married, Oc- tober 7, 1886, to Miss Mary A. Zimmerman, daughter of William and Sarah (Guldin)
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Zimmerman, by whom he has one child, Morris M., born May 18, 1887. He is a Republican, and the family are members of the United Brethren church.
-- MILLER, SAMUEL A., farmer, was born in Lower Paxton township, January 16, 1843, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Frantz) Miller. The father's first wife, by whom he had two children, died in 1845, at the age of twenty-three years. His second wife was Miss Maria Mader, who died December 24, 188S. Mrs. Miller's father was born December 9, 1819, and died January 25, 1869, and the mother was born January 10, 1826, and died September 5, 1875. Samuel A. first attended the public schools of his native township, and at the age of seventeen entered White Hall Academy, in Cumberland county, Pa. He next attended Collegeville Seminary in Montgomery county, Pa., for four terms, when he received a teacher's certificate from Prof. Hunsicker. He then taught school in Susquehanna township for four years, at Sinking Springs, Berks county, Pa., one year, and two terms in Lower Paxton township. In 1870 he engaged in farming, and since that time has continued in the same occupa- tion on his present homestead. He was mar- ried, September 16, 1869, to Sarah C. Fox. They have no children. Mr. Miller was elected secretary of the Dauphin County Mu- tual Fire Insurance Company in 1882, and has served in that capacity until the present time. He has been auditor and also school director. He is a member and past grand in Sbellsville Lodge, No. 1,080, I. O. O. F., and a member of the Grand Lodge of Penn- sylvania, I. O. O. F., and also a member of the Farmers' Alliance. Politically he is a Republican. He and his family are mem- bers of the United Brethren church.
- MILLER, JOHN, farmer, was born in Lower Paxton township, August 15, 1815, and is a son of Andrew and Ann (Good) Miller, daugh- ter of Franz and Elizabeth Neidig Good. Mr. Miller is one of a family of eleven chil- dren and only two of them survive. He re- ceived his education inthe private schools of Harrisburg, and after leaving school went to New Cumberland, Cumberland county, to learn the milling business with David Em- mert, in 1835. Having acquired a good knowl- edge of the business he returned to Lower l'ax- ton township and assisted in his father's mill. In 1840 he engaged in business for himself,
and continued up to 1850, when he sold his interest in the mill and began farming. which occupation he followed until 1870, at which time he retired from active work. He was married, in 1840.to Miss Elizabeth Frantz, who died September 11, 1844. Their chil- dren are : Samuel A., and Mary, who died at the age of nine months. He married, secondly, Miss Maria Mader, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Mader. They have no children. In politics he is a Republican, and the family are members of the Bethel church.
- MOYER, BENJAMIN F., teacher and farmer, was born in Lower Paxton township, Sep- tember 9, 1841, and is a son of Daniel and Rebecca (Gettle) Moyer.
The parents are both deceased. The father was born June 10, 1797, and served as bugler in a company of United States cay- alry. He participated in the military parade at Harrisburg at which General Lafayette was present. When twenty years of age be learned the trade of milling, which he fol- lowed for a time and then engaged in farm- ing until 1872.
Mrs. Moyer's parents are also deceased. They had a family of four children, viz : Mrs. Moyer; Emma J., wife of Peter Fox ; David; Martha, and Caroline, deceased. Her father was married a second time and had two children by this marriage, viz : Susan, and Matilda, deceased.
Benjamin F. received his education in the public schools until he was twenty years of age, when he attended the academy at White Hall, Cumberland county. Later he attended the Palmyra Academy, Lebanon county, under Professor Witmer. He as- sisted for a time in his father's mill and then engaged in farming, but at the same time taught school during the winter. In 1867 he began farming on his own account, and has continued up to the present time. At the urgent request of the school directors of his district he taught school for twelve win- ters, beginning in 1869, and in 1895 he be- gan teaching again. He was married De- cember 17, 1866, and has a family of five children : Joseph D., born November 5, 1868, and died September 22, 1869; Sarah Jane, born March 9, 1872, and died April 3, 1890; Laura Irene, born October 1, 1870 ; Nevin W., born May 28, 1876; Cora M., born March 30, 1881. Mr. Moyer served efficiently as justice of the peace in Lower Paxton town-
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ship for one term .. He is a Democrat in poli- tics and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Wellsville. The family attend the German Reformed church.
NYE, DANIEL HENRY, farmer, Progress, Dauphin county, Pa., was born in Palmyra, Londonderry township, Lebanon county, July 23, 1844, and is a son of Solomon and Mary (Bowman) Nye. The mother died Oc- tober, 1895, aged seventy-three years, and the father still survives. They had a family of ten children : Samuel, deceased; John M., deceased ; Lizzie, deceased ; Daniel Henry, Christian, William, Mary, Joseph, Emma, and Jacob. The parents of Mrs. Nye are both deceased and had these children : Annie, Louisa, George, Samuel, Clemens, Sadie, all deceased, and Jacob, who has not been heard from for twelve years; Serena F., Mary, Sarah, and Susan.
Daniel Henry attended the public schools of his native place until he was twenty-one years of age, and then went to the Palmyra Academy for three years. He taught school four terms in Palmyra, and in 1869 was ap- pointed postinaster of that town by President. Grant. This position he held seven consecu- tive years, and resigned in November, 1875. In 1872 and 1873 he served as tax collector of Londonderry township. Being elected recorder and clerk of the court in 1875 by a very large majority he entered upon the duties of the office on January 1, 1876, and served three years. He has also served as school director. In 1879 he engaged in farming, and moved in 1891 to his present homestead, where he has followed that occu- pation up to the present time. On February 5, 1863, he enlisted in company J, Pennsyl- vania volunteers, in Harrisburg, under Cap- tain McMullin, of Lancaster, and Colonel Boyd. After being stationed in Carlisle, Chambersburg and various other places his regiment went to Alexandria, Va., where they embarked for Port Royal, S. C. He participated in the conflicts at Spottsylvania, the Wilderness and Cold Harbor. At the latter place his right arm was shot away, being struck by an eight-inch shell. He was honorably discharged on February 5, 1865. Ile was married, February 20, 1868, to Serena F. Illig, by whom he has nine chil- dren : Aurora B., born April, 1875, and died August, 1875; Allen B., born September 13, 1875, and died April, 1877; Amasa, born January 14, 1870; Annie M., born March
29, 1871; Alma Lacy, born January 24, 1873; Aaron, born January 24, 1878; Dan- iel B., born May 7, 1882; Serena B., born March 29, 1886, and Benjamin Harrison, born May 24, 1889. The family are mem- bers of the Lutheran church.
-- PAINTER, DAVID, blacksmith, Linglestown, Dauphin county, Pa., was born at Womels- dorf, Heidelburg township, Berks county, July 8, 1840. He is a son of Jacob and Bar- bara (Hassler) Painter. The parents have both passed away; the mother in October, 1877, at the age of eighty-one, and the father, February, 1881, aged eighty-one or eiglity- two. The father was a moulder by trade and also farmed for twenty years. By his industry and economy he acquired a con !- petency for his old age. He was a consistent Christian. His family consisted of thirteen children, five of whom, Robert, Emeline, Barbara, Stephen, and Samuel, are deceased. The surviving ones are: Joseph, Jacob, Thomas, Valentine, Pricilla, Sarah, Eliza- beth, and David. The father of Mrs. Painter died February 29, 1894, and the mother died at the age of twenty-seven years. They had only one child. The father by his sec- ond marriage had two children.
David received his education in the pay school and later in the public schools of his native township. At the age of twenty-one he began the blacksmith trade with his brother Jacob in Lower Paxton township. He enlisted in company C, First Penn- sylvania light artillery, under Captain Simpson and Major West. He served with distinction during the Peninsula campaign and at Yorktown, Williamsburg, and Fair Oaks; also at Harper's Ferry, and was dis- charged at Manorin Junction, Md. He then returned to West Hanover township and en- gaged in blacksmithing at Manada Furnace for three years and a half, when he removed to Colebrook, Lebanon county. Here he was engaged in farming for a time but soon moved to Lebanon city and worked at his trade. He next worked at Manada Furnace for five years, and then moved to his present home in Lower Paxton. He was married at Linglestown, March 8, 1866, to Miss Mary, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Powley) Bright- bill. They have a family of eleven children. two of whom have passed away : Jennie, born August 5, 1882, and died April 19, 1883; Elizabeth, born January 22, 1867, and died in infancy. The surviving ones are :
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Emma, born May 4, 186S, wife of Harry Smith; Margaret, born August 31, 1869, wife of Harry Moyer; Mary, born December 22, 1870 ; Sarah, born January 14, 1873; Valentine, born September 26, 1875; Cath- arine, born October 25, 1877; Susan, born January 21, 1880; David, born March 5, 1881, and Bessie, born December 16, 1885. Mr. Painter is a staunch Republican and is now serving his second term as supervisor. The family are members of the Methodist church.
. REIMERT, HIRAM, plasterer and butcher, was born in Pottsville, Schuylkill county, April 5, 1834. He is a son of Samuel and Susanna (Spoon) Reimert. The father was born August 25, 1813, and died at the age of sixty-two years; the mother was born July 18, 1812, and died at the age of sixty-three years. Their children are: Hiram, Hezekiah, Louisa, John, William, Annie, George Wash- ington, and Oliver. Mrs. Reimert's mother died at the age of forty-eight, and the father survives. Their children are: Mary Ann Christ, George, Samuel, Edward, John, Daniel, Benjamin, Henry, and Emma. Hiram re- ceived his education in the public schools of Schuylkill and Dauphin counties. Heaided his father on the farm and at the business of butchering for a time, and in 1851 he began the trade of plasterer with Henry Hoffnagle, of Linglestown. After following his trade for twenty-one years, including his appren- ticeship, he began the butcher business at Linglestown. He has served as tax collector of Lower Paxton township; was a charter member of Lodge No. 629, I. O. O. F., Lingles- town, withdrew and helped to organize the Shellsville Lodge, No. 1,080, I. O. O. F., of which he is now past grand. He was mar- ried, February 12, 1863, to Miss Mary Ann (Knupp) Reimert, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Eshnauer) Knupp. Their chil- dren are: John H., born May 7, 1864; George Washington, born September 26, 1867 ; Mary A., born November 11, 1872, wife of Harvey M. Juillard. Mrs. Reimert attends the United Brethren church, while her husband and children attend the German Reformed church.
REED, ROBERT L., carpenter and farmer, Linglestown, Dauphin county, Pa., was born in Liverpool township, Perry county, April 12, 1856. He is a son of Elijah and Mary (Cram) Reed. The father enlisted in 1862
in the Seventeenth Pennsylvania cavalry under Capt. Andrew Vand, and died in the Regimental Hospital from a sickness con- tracted while in the service. The mother died August 13, 1891, aged sixty-five years. They had a family of six children : Joseph, deceased ; Elias, deceased ; Emma, deceased ; James, born September 28, 1853; Robert L., and John, born March 4, 1858. Mrs. Reed's parents are both deceased. The mother died at the age of twenty-seven, and two years later the father married Miss Mary Swartz. The children by the first marriage are : Eliza- beth, Millard Fillmore, and Josephine; and by the second: Henry Clay, Fannie A., Lin- coln, Harriet, Naoma, and Edith. The father died September, 1882, at the age of sixty-four years.
Robert L. received his education in the place of his birth until he was nine years old, then attended the school of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, at White Hall, Cumberland county. Later he attended the Loysville Or- phans' Home, in Perry county, and then re- turned to his mother in Buffalo township, Perry county, and assisted on the farm until 1877. For a time he was engaged in brick- making in Center township, Perry county, and in 1878 removed to Ohio, where he was engaged as a teamster until 1879, when he removed to his native county and located at Millerstown. Some time afterward he farmed for seven years in Perry county, and in De- cember, 1889, engaged in railroad business as foreman, removing to Harrisburg in 1890. They purchased the present homestead in October, 1895. He was married, March 13, 1878, to Josephine Clouser, daughter of Fran- cis B. and Mary J. (Mccullough) Clouser. Their children are: Francis Irvin, born April 7, 1880; Naoma Edith, born July 28. 1883; Charles Hamburg, born May 2, 1889, Mr. Reed is a member of the Knights of St. John and Malta, No. 93, of Harrisburg. In politics he is a Republican. The family are members of the Methodist church.
RICKER, URIAH, retired tanner and farmer, was born in Swatara township, January 27, 1836. He is a son of John S. and Catharine (Snyder) Ricker. The father was a native of Franklin county, and his grandfather served as a teamster in Washington's army. At the age of sixty-four years the father died, and the mother passed away in May, 1867. They had six children, two of whom died in infancy : Alfred, deceased; Cathe-
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