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HECK, DR. LEWIS, was born in Franklin county, Pa., in 1810, and was the son of John Heck. He died in August, 1890, and his wife in January, 1894. Lewis received his primary education in a private school in Cumberland county, and continued there until he was eighteen years of age, when he began to read medicine with Dr. William Rankin, at Shippensburg, Pa. Whentwenty years old he entered Jefferson Medical Col- lege, at Philadelphia, and graduated from that institution at the age of twenty-two
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with honor. He first located in Buffalo, Perry county, and then in Fort Hunter, Dauphin county, where he practiced his profession up to 1855. In 1843 he became interested in the lumber business, and pur- chased the extensive saw mill plant built by Robert Dempsey, it being one of the first mills erected on the Susquehanna river north of Harrisburg. He conducted a large and profitable business up to 1876, when his son, J. Lewis Heck, succeeded him. In 1852 or 1853 he purchased the Emaline furnace, two miles above Dauphin, and rebuilt the fur- nace in 1854, when it became known as the Georgianna furnace. Here he burned char- coal for twelve years, when he changed it to an anthracite furnace and leased the plant. He was also largely identified with farming interests. He married, June, 1839, Miss Caroline C. (Wright) Heck, of Lancaster city. Their children are: Alice C., de- ceased ; Edward W., deceased ; Albert H., deceased ; Emma A., deceased ; George W., Mary Anna, and J. Lewis. A Democrat in politics, he served as school director, and was sent to the State Assembly by a large majority. The family attend the Presbyte- rian church.
-JONES, J. CHALLIS, miller and flour manu- facturer, Dauphin, was born at Dawley, Shropshire, England, July 8, 1864, and is a son of John and Amelia (Bailey) Jones. The father and mother are both deceased, the latter dying November 27, 1867. They had a family of six children : Frances. Mary, Henry James, Ruth Susanna, J. Challis, William Thomas, and Charles Samuel. The father of Mrs. Jones passed away February 22, 1893, aged sixty-two years, and is sur- vived by his wife. Their children are: Agnes Fraser, Theodora Caroline, and Charles Stewart. The father was county judge of Welland county, Ont., having been ap- pointed for life by the Crown. He was a man of sterling integrity and highly esteemed by his many friends and neighbors.
J. Challis received his education in his native country until 1878, when he moved with his parents to Canada, and located in Huron county, where he completed his edu- cational training in the high school at Wingham. He then went to Thorold, Wel- land county, and began to learn the trade of milling with his uncle James and Sir W. P. Howland, K. C. B., with whom he remained three years. He engaged in the milling
business for himself in 1886, at Thorold, Wel- land county, Ontario Province, and con- tinued there until 1888, when he moved to Dauphin and rented the " Robinson Mills." After operating them for two years he pur- chased the extensive milling plant and his present homestead. He was married, at Thorold, May 5, 1892, to Theodora Caroline (Baxter) Jones, daughter of George and Car- oline (Low) Baxter. He succeeded A. B. Wagner as school director and is a member of the Court Crescent, No. 128, A. O. of F., Thorold, Welland county, Ontario, Canada. Politically he is liberal, voting for the fittest candidates. He and his family are members of the Episcopalian church.
KENNEDY, BAILEY, farmer, was born in Middle Paxton township, December 25, 1826, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Brown) Kennedy. The parents of Mr. Kennedy are both deceased, the father dying at the age of sixty-five years and the mother when she was eighty-one years of age. Their children are: John, George, Margaret, James, William, Bailey, David, Thomas, Joseph, Ambrose, and Catharine. Mrs. Kennedy's parents are also deceased, and had a family of four chil- dren : John, Caroline, Barbara, and Daniel.
Bailey received his education in the pub- lic schools of his native place. When twenty- three years of age he served with an engineer corps, assisting in the construction of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna railroad. In 1850 he managed his father's farm and in 1851 he and his brother William furnished wood to the railroad. He next worked on the Lebanon Valley Railroad with the engi- neer corps and then engaged in farming on the homestead, which he purchased in Sep- tember, 1882, and where he now resides. His parents were natives of Cumberland county, and the father, upon his removal to Dauphin, operated the old flour mill then owned by Judge Green. A brother James having drowned at the mouth of Stony Creek, his mother became anxious for the safety of the children, and they moved to Middle Pax- ton township. His father served in the war of 1812. Bailey was married, June 8, 1851, to Miss Barbara Ann (Seltzer) Kennedy by the Rev. C. F. Stoever. They have fourteen children, and all but three are living : Eliza- beth Jane, born July 20, 1851; Clarissa, born February 19, 1854; David Lewis, born Au- gust 8, 1855; Bailey, born September 8, 1858 ; Anna Maria, born January 9, 1862; Barbara,
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born March 7, 1864; George G., born May 3, 1865; Thomas F., born October 20, 1866; Caroline Ida, born January 13, 1868; Harry, born February 28, 1872; Alice P., born March 8, 1873; Stewart and Alice, both deceased, and one child unnamed, who died in infancy. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Kennedy has served as jury commissioner and school di- rector. The family attend the Church of God.
KINTER, ISAAC, farmer, was born in Sus- quehanna township, on the Elder farm, No- vember 17, 1825, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Miller) Kinter. The maternal grandfather was Hugh Boden, a native of Ireland, who came to this country in 1763. The parents of Mr. Kinter are both dead, the father dying February 16, 1833, and the mother October 25, 1865. They were mar- ried November 7, 1809, and their children were: Peter, John, Catharine, George, Samuel, Isaac, and Elizabeth, all of whom have died except Isaac and Samuel. The parents of Mrs. Kinter are also deceased. Her father, John Boden, was one of two twins; the other, Andrew, once served in Congress, The father was an attorney at Carlisle, Pa., and was appointed president judge of the district comprising Perry and Cumberland counties, but died very suddenly before his commission arrived. He was married, No- vember 25, 1811, to Miss Jane Boden. Their children are: Sarah, Clarissa Mary, Jane Elizabeth, Robert Clark, Hugh, Catharine Elvina and John C. The mother died Sep- tember 5, 1828, and Mr. Boden married, secondly, September 1, 1830, Miss Agnes Irwin. Their children are: Rececca J. and William Andrew. His wife dying March 13, 1836, Mr. Boden married, as his third wife, Miss Elizabeth Logue, on June 16, 1841. She died January 4, 1848.
Isaac received his education in the schools of his native place and those of Middle Paxton township, until he was eighteen years of age, when he went to York county and was engaged in hauling ore from that place to Harrisburg to be used in the manu- facture of rails. After being thus engaged for about seven years he returned to the old homestead and began farming for himself and has continued there to the present time. He married, December 15, 1852, Rebecca (Boden) Kinter, daughter of John C. and Irwin Boden. They have a family of twelve children : Samuel, George, William A.,
Elizabeth, Esther, Marshall, Catharine El- vina, Isaac, Sarah Virginia, Rebecca Agnes, Mary Jane, John B. and Edwin, both de- ceased. In politics Mr. Kinter is a Demo- crat and has filled various township offices, among them being president of the school board. The family attend the Presbyterian church.
- MCCARTY, JESSE, farmer, was born at Dauphin, Dauphin county, August 2, 1830, and is a son of Jesse and Mary (Walker) McCarty. The first of the MeCarty family to settle in this country were three brothers, one of whom was familiarly called "Big Dan," who came from Scotland. The father was born at Carlisle, Pa., and moved to Dau- phin county in 1829 and located at Dauphin, where he engaged in tanning. He was an industrious worker, a good citizen and earn- est Christian man. He died in May, 1857, and his wife in July, 1872. They had a family of nine children : Martin ; William ; John; David; Ann, wife of Isaac Williams ; Mary, wife of Joseph Gallagher; William Henry, all deceased ; and Jesse and Joseph, who survive. The father of Mrs. McCarty, who was of German descent, was engaged in the blacksmith business at Dauphin. He died November 29, 1874, and his wife sur- vives him. They had one child, Mrs. Mc- Carty.
Jesse received his education in the public schools of Dauphin. He spent some years at work on the canal and later built and be- came the owner of boats and engaged in freighting lumber and coal to Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York, continuing that occupation up to 1879. In 1863 he and his two brothers, William and Joseph, bought the present homestead, where he has resided up to the present time, and which, by con- stant and faithful work, he has brought up to its present standard of excellence. He married, at Dauphin, June 11, 1867, Miss Mary J. Novinger, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Fertig) Novinger. Their only child is George L., born July 29, 1868. Mr. Mc- Carty assisted in removing the Sunday- school library from the Old Cemetery church library to Dauphin. He is a self-made man and is well known for his honesty and gen- erous hospitality. In politics he is a Demo- crat and has served as school director and as assistant assessor. The family attend the Presbyterian church.
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MINSKER, MOSES, farmer and blacksmith, was born in Clark's Valley, Middle Paxton township, April 1, 1837, and is a son of Lud- wig and Henrietta (Keen) Minsker. For two generations the Minsker family have lived in the locality where Moses was born. The father was born in 1799, and had a family of ten children. They are : Benjamin ; Solo- mon ; John; Moses; Mary, deceased ; Aaron, deceased ; Sarah, deceased; Catharine, Har- riet, and Rachel. The parents of Mrs. Mins- ker are both deceased, and had a family of six children : Rebecca, John, Mary Ann, Edward, James, and George.
Moses received his education in the public schools of his native place until he was seven- teen years of age, and then assisted his father on the farm until the latter's death in 1857. He then was engaged in various occupations until 1871, when he began working for Henry M. Bayard & Co., with whom he re- mained seven years. He then located on his present place and erected a new house, black- smith shop and other buildings, and has continued to reside there to the present time. He was married, December 5, 1863, to Miss Mary Ann (Forney) Minsker. Their chil- dren are: Catharine, born May 29, 1877, and died September 6, 1878; William, born August 21, 1864; Susan E., born February 3, 1866; John, born August 8, 1867; Eliza Ann, born April 14, 1870; Mary Rebecca, born January 15, 1873; Hanna Alice, born January 20, 1875; Sarah Jane, born Septem - ber 12, 1879, and Moses, born October 2, 1882. Mrs. Minsker passed away November 13, 1893. She was a consistent Christian, a devoted wife and fond and indulgent mother, whose loss was felt by all who knew her. Mr. Minsker is a self-made man, and by his en- terprise and perseverance has accumulated a competency sufficient to enable him to spend comfortably his remaining life. In politics he is a Democrat, and the family attend the Evangelical church.
- SPONSLER, SAMUEL B., farmer, was born on the old homestead in Clark's Valley, Middle Paxton township, December 5, 1854. He is a son of George and Barbara (Bow- man) Sponsler. The father was born Octo- ber 30, 1821, and died June 6, 1894, while the mother was born June 18, 1826, and died August 8, 1872. They were married, De- cember 20, 1853, by the Rev. C. F. Stover, of Harrisburg, and their children are: Samuel
B. and Albert L. The father served as school director and as assessor. Samuel B. received his education in the public schools of his native township. He assisted on his father's farm until the latter's death, in 1894. He has served as telegrapher for several years under J. S. Fraim, of Dauphin, but was compelled to give up his position on ac- count of his mother's illness and death. He has been school director and auditor for his township. In politics he is a Democrat and attends the Lutheran church.
- SPONSLER, ALBERT L., farmer, was born in Clark's Valley, Middle Paxton township, April 10, 1858. He is a son of George and Barbara (Bowman) Sponsler. Albert L. re- ceived his education in the public schools of Middle Paxton township, and then worked on his father's farm: In politics he is a Democrat and attends the Lutheran church.
- BOGNER, RILEY, farmer, was born on the old homestead, in Middle Paxton township, April 10, 1856, and is a son of Samuel and Anna Maria Bogner. The ancestors of the Bogner family were among the first settlers of Clark's Valley. Tobias, whose only pos- sessions were his rifle, axe and knapsack, located near the mouth of Clark's creek. His son, Jacob Bogner, was the father of Isaac and of Mrs. Anna Maria Bogner, the mother of Riley. Tobia's and his son Jacob, who was but sixteen years old, served in the Revolutionary war. The grandfather Bog- ner died November 22, 1874, and his wife survives. They had only one child. The mother of Riley died July 21, 1871, and the father survives. Riley was their only child, and received his education in the public schools, and beginning farm work with his grandfather he has followed that occupa- tion all his life. In 1880 he moved to the old homestead. He was married, June 10, 1879, to Elizabeth, daughter of Elias and Anna Mary (Schaffer) Fertig, and is the father of two children: Anna Maria and Isaac Fertig. The parents of Mrs. Bogner had these children : Elizabeth ; Milion : Maria, wife of John Kinter; Mary, wife of Dr. A. C. Coble, and Laura, wife of John De Walt. In politics Mr. Bogner is a Demo- crat, and has served as assessor and as audi tor in his native township. The family at- tend the Lutheran church.
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LYKENS TOWNSHIP.
GISE, JOSEPH D., farmer and stockman, was born in Lykens township, Dauphin . county, Pa., April 27, 1834. His grand- father, Nicholas Gise, was a native of Lehigh county, Pa., and a carpenter. He married in Lehigh county, and had a family of five sons and three daughters.
Among the sons of Nicholas Gise, was Benjamin, father of Joseph D. Gise. He was a farmer in Lehigh county, where he was born and spent his early life. While still a young man he removed to Dauphin county, locating in Lykens township, on a farm of eighty acres, which he greatly improved, and on which, besides farming, he made a business of raising live stock. Benjamin Gise was married, in Lykens township, to Rebecca Umholtz, born in Lykens township, December 25, 1810. They had ten children : Joseph D .; John B., at Gratz; Mary A., wife of Jacob Shiro, of Gratz; Sarah A., wife of B. J. Evitts, postmaster at Gratz; Amanda, wife of J. W. Hoffman, farmer, Lykens town- ship; Edward, Jacob, Henry, and Daniel, deceased, and two children who died in in- fancy. Mr. Gise died at Gratz in 1885. He was a Republican, and served as supervisor of roads. In all religious matters he took a deep interest, and was an active member of the Evangelical church, serving as deacon, elder and class leader, also as a local preacher. He was a prominent and very useful citizen, and an upright and devout Christian.
Joseph D.Gise attended subscription schools and was for one year in the public school of the township; he was also for two terms a pupil in the New Berlin Academy, Union county, Pa. He began to work on the farm in early boyhood, and was employed there until he was twenty-three years old. Dur- ing the latter part of this time he taught school for two terms. For fourteen years after leaving home he worked as a farm hand in summer and taught in the town- ship schools during the winter months. Throughout all that time he diligently pur- sued a course of private study and reading, with the view of acquiring a more liberal education.
Under the administration of President Grant, Mr. Gise was appointed and commis- ' sioned in the Internal Revenue service as storekeeper and gauger of the Fourteenth Congressional district of Pennsylvania, and entered upon the duties of the office under
an official bond of $20,000. He retained this position for seventeen years and per- formed its responsible duties with entire sat- isfaction to the Government and with the utmost credit to himself. After leaving the Government service Mr. Gise bought a farm of twenty acres in Lykens township, on which he made substantial improvements, building a fine dwelling house and barn, planting orchards, etc., and engaged in farm- ing and stock raising.
Joseph D. Gise was married, at Berrys- burg, Pa., January 27, 1857, to Elizabeth E. Witmer, born in Uniontown, Pa., March 14, 1840; daughter of Benjamin Witmer, a tailor, of Uniontown. They have three children : Henry Day, professor in the high school, Schuylkill Haven, Pa., where he has been employed for eleven years, being a graduate in the class of 1878 of the State Normal School, Millersville, Pa .; George W., attor- ney-at-law, Schuylkill Haven, Pa., read law under Guy Farquhar, of Pottsville, Pa., and has a large practice; Mary A., died young.
Mr. Gise enlisted in the Union army at Harrisburg, May 25, 1862, in company I, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Penn- sylvania volunteers, Col. George B. Wiest- ling and Capt. Benjamin J. Evitts, and was mustered in as second lieutenant. He was discharged and mustered out August 5, 1864, having served on guard duty at Norfolk and Suffolk, Va., and at Gettysburg, Pa.
Mr. Gise is a Republican; he has held most of the township offices, and was twice elected justice of the peace, but declined to serve. He is a member of Kissinger Post, No. 376, G. A. R., at Gratz, and has also belonged to the I. O. O. F., to K. of P., to S. P. K., and the Grangers; he is interested in the Grange store at Gratz. He is a most worthy man, honored and esteemed in the commu- nity.
KISSINGER, JACOB, farmer and stockman, Gratz, Pa., was born in Lykens township, Dauphin county, Pa., November 14, 1843. His grandfather, John Kissinger, was a na- tive of Lykens township, farmer, who lived and died in that township. He married Elizabeth Klinger, of Lykens Valley; their children were: John, Jonas, Peter, Angeline, Susan, George, and Kate.
George Kissinger, father of Jacob, was born in Lykens township in 1817, and edu- cated in the subscription schools of the township. His life was spent in farming.
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He owned a farm of sixty acres in Lykens township, which he cultivated and improved, and on which he was engaged in stock rais- ing. He is still an active business man. He is a Republican and a member of the Lutheran church. George Kissinger was married in Schuylkill county, Pa., to Sarah Knerr, born in Berks county, Pa., in 1822. Their children were : John, in Northampton county, Pa .; Jacob; Catherine, wife of Ben- jamin Hoffman; Jane, wife of Reuben Steeley, Lykens township; Amos, farmer, Lykens township, and Amanda, died young. Mr. and Mrs. Kissinger still reside in the township. Mr. Kissinger took an active part in the Sunday-school-was teacher and treasurer for many years.
Jacob Kissinger attended the Kissinger school house in the winter and worked on the farm during the summer. He con- tinued work at home until July 1, 1863, when he enlisted in what was called the "Home Guards," at Gratz, Pa. He was in company C, Thirty-sixth regiment of these militia troops, and served eight weeks at Gettys- burg. Being then discharged, he returned home and remained on the farm until Feb- ruary, 1864, when he re-enlisted at Gratz for three years in company K, Ninth Penn- sylvania cavalry, Col. Thomas J. Jordan and Capt. J. Frank Miller. He was in the Atlanta campaign, and went with Sherman to the sea, and remained with Sherman's army, participating in marches and battles, until the surrender of Johnson, having been in forty-two battles and skirmishes. At the close of the war Mr. Kissinger was honor- ably discharged from the service at Harris- burg, returned home, and for two years as- sisted his father in cultivating the home farm. After this he cultivated a rented farm of eighty-five acres until 1885, when he bought the farm he now owns and occupies for $8,000. He has built upon it a dwelling costing $1,500, and made other important improvements. Besides farming, he carries on a stock and a dairy business.
Jacob Kissinger was married, in Lykens township, in August, 1867, to Amanda Will- iard, born in Lykens township October 1, 1848, daughter of a farmer of that township, George Williard, and his wife, Lavinia (Deibler) Williard. Mr. and Mrs. Kissinger had eleven children : Harvey F., born No- vember 11, 1868, farmer, Lykens township; Mary, born February 8, 1870, wife of Frank Hoffman, Lykens township; S. Katie, born
June 9, 1872; Daniel, born January 10, 1874, farmer; Edmund O., born November 9, 1876. at home; Ida, born January 9, 1878, died January 19, 1880; Dora E., born December 13, 1880; Annie, born September 21, 1882, died in 1891 ; Charles W., born September 4, 1884; Jacob, born August 12, 1886; and Thomas H., born October 6, 18SS.
Mr. Kissinger is a member of Kissinger Post, No. 376, G. A. R., was commander of the Post one year, and has officiated as chap- lain, vice-commander, and lieutenant vice- commander. He has also been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Grange. He is a Republican ; has been four terms supervisor of roads and judge of elections, and has served in other township offices. Mr. Kissinger is also prom- inent in church affairs, being a member of the Reformed church at Gratz. He has been an elder for three years, and has represented the congregation at synods. He has served in all offices of the church, and is a diligent worker, and an honorable and influential citizen.
SITLINGER, ISAAC, farmer and stockman, was born in Schuylkill county, Pa., Septem- ber 15, 1833. George Sitlinger, his father, was born in Germany, and formerly spelled his name Zittlinger. He came to America when a young man and located in Schuyl- kill county, where he followed the occupation of harness making. He was a well educated man and taught subscription schools in the county, both English and German. He married Sarah Klinger, a native of Schuyl- kill county, by whom he had only one child, Isaac. He died in Schuylkill county. His politics were Democratic. He was a member of the Lutheran church. He was well known, genial and popular, enjoying the confidence and good will of his neigh- bors.
Isaac Sitlinger was in his early youth in- structed by his father and also attended the subscription schools of the township. When quite young he came to Dauphin county, and found work as a farm hand in Lykens township until he was fifteen. At this age he began work as a coal miner, and was in the employ of the Lykens Coal Company for over forty years. He was a faithful and diligent worker, intent on earning a support for his family and accumulating money for business purposes.
In 1874 Mr. Sitlinger bought a farm of
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fifty-two acres in Lykens township on which he built a fine barn, costing over $1,000, and which he substantially improved in other ways; since that date he has been engaged in general farming.
Isaac Sitlinger was married, in Lykens township, in 1852, to Maria Shade, born in Schuylkill county, June 23, 1834; daughter of Jacob Shade, a farmer, and Catharine (Klinger) Shade, his wife. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Sitlinger arc: Sarah, wife of Benjamin Shadle, Washington township ; Jacob, a miner; Clara, wife of Joseph Ras- patch, Wiconisco; George, farmer, Lykens township; Alvin, farmer on the homestead ; Ida, wife of Uriah Daniels; Samuel, a miner ; Elsie, housekeeper at home ; Lettie and Mag- gie died young. Mrs. Sitlinger died Octo- ber 23, 1889. She was a devout member of the Reformed church, and was zealous and active in all church work. She was exem- plary as a wife and mother, a lovely Chris- tian woman.
Mr. Sitlinger is a Republican. He was supervisor of roads for five years, and gave general satisfaction in office. He is one of the local party leaders, and is always active in political movements. He is a member of the Reformed church, and has been an elder for three years. He was formerly connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Mr. Sitlinger has an honorable record as a soldier in the late war. He enlisted at Harrisburg, in March, 1865, in company G, One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania volunteers, Capt. C. Harper and Colonel Lehman. He was detailed on guard duty at Fortress Monroe, Norfolk, and Roanoke Island, N. C. His enlistment was for three years, and he was mustered cut at Newberne, N. C., at the close of the war. He returned home much broken in health, and was for one year an invalid. The sight of his right eye is seriously impaired from exposure in the service. He is well worthy of a pension but as yet none has been granted to him. He is a substantial and reliable man, well liked by his neighbors.
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