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At the age of twenty-seven he bethought him of the error of his way of living and abandoned the ranks of the bachelors. On February 9, 1886, he married Anna A., daugh- ter of Harry F. and Catherine S. (Harter) Long. They had four children: Ruth E., born October 17, 1887 ; Edna J., June 5, 1890; Edith May, August 10, 1891; Earl Harry, May 3, 1893. Mr. Holtzman is a Prohibi- tionist. He and his family are members of the United Brethren church.
Mrs. Holtzman's parents, Harry F. and Catherine S. Long, have had nine children : Three are deceased : Albert, died in infancy; Addie L., and one infant unnamed. The sur- viving children are: Annie A., Effie Irene, Bessie, Harvey H., Olive B., and Reese. Both parents are living and reside in Perry county, Pa.
WALTER, JOHN S., dairyman and farmer' was born in Derry township, Dauphin county, Pa., February 23, 1843. He is a son of Henry L. and Elizabeth (Shaeffer) Walter. They had four children: Susan, wife of Henry Angst; John S .; Joseph ; and Mary, wife of Eli Fackler. The mother died Sep- tember 18, 1878; the father in December, 1880, or January, 1881.
John S. Walter attended the public schools of South Hanover township, and also the academy at Palmyra, l'a., under Professor Witmer.
He was married, August 16, 1868, to Louisa Ann, daughter of Peter and Susan (Bren- eman) Hoerner. They have had thirteen children, three of whom have died: Ida, an infant; Peter, aged six months; and David, eight days old. The surviving children are : Ellen, born November 5, 1870 ; Elizabeth, July 29, 1871; John Henry, January 22, 1873; Susanna, May 3, 1876; Agnes, August 17, 1878; Ephraim, September 7, 1880; Sarah, December 31, 1882; Anna May, Oc-
tober 3, 1885; Harrison, July 2, 1888 ; Edith Irene, July 29, 1893.
For twenty-four years after his marriage Mr. Walter was engaged in farming and in running a grist and saw mill in Lower Pax- ton township. In 1894 he removed to his present homestead, and engaged in garden- ing, in connection with which he conducted a dairy. To these branches of business he is now giving his attention, with gratifying re- sults.
Mr. Walter has served efficiently as tax collector of Lower Paxton township for one terin. He also served seven years as school director in the same township. He is a staunch Republican. He and his family are members of the Lutheran church at Pen- brook.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoerner, the parents of Mrs. Walter, had seven children, two of whom arc deceased, John and Christopher. The remaining children are: Barbara, wife of Frederick Rhoad ; Louisa Ann, Mrs. Walter , Henry ; William; and Elizabeth, wife of Levi Hagbaker. Both parents are living.
. HOAK, GEORGE J., dairyman and farmer, was born in Susquehanna township, Dau- phin county, Pa., May 4, 1846. He is a son of Andrew and Lucetta (Wagner) Hoak.
He was educated in the public schools of his native township. At the age of fifteen he was already engaged in farming, when the late war broke out. Prompted by patriotism, he enlisted in company B. Two Hundred and First regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, under Captain McCarroll and Colonel Awl. He was sent with his com- pany through the Cumberland Valley io Camp Slough. At that place he suffered innocently the abuse of one of his superiors. the result of force of circumstances. Ile was sent with his company to Baltimore, Md .. thence to Washington, D. C., and thence to Alexandria, Va. Here he was confined in the military hospital for four months, and later in the regimental hospital. After dismissal from the hospital be returned to his regi- ment, and was sent to Philadelphia, then to Fort Delaware, and then to Harrisburg. where he was honorably discharged, June 21 1865. He has since suffered from a chronic spinal affection to such a degree as to unti! him for any physical exertion.
He was married, March 11. 1875, to Katie. daughter of Joseph and Sophia (Cassel) Wert. born October 16, 1352. They have had three
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children, one of whom, Emma, died January 7, 1879, aged five months. The living chil- dren are Cora Sophia and Jennie Lucetta. Mrs. Hoak died December 14, 1878. On March 27, 1881, Mr. Hoak was married to Clara Fisler. They have six children : Charles A., Blanche J., John A., Annie W., Ralph A., and Margaret H. Mr. Hoak is a staunch Republican. He and his family attend the Reformed church.
The parents of Clara Fisler Hoak had eight children, of whom four are deceased : Charles H., died aged eleven years; Sarah H., aged two months; Maud J., one month and twenty-eight days; and Jennie, aged seven years. Their surviving children are : Calvin J .; Lizzie M., wife of William Bow- man; Clara, Mrs. Hoak; and Minnie F., wife of Harry Alleman. The mother died August 24,1894, aged sixty-three years, ten months and eleven days. The father is still living.
FRANK, JAMES, farmer, was born in Hali- fax township, Dauphin county, Pa., in 1856. He is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Whit- man) Frank. They had six children, of whom David and Henry are deceased. Those living are: Barbara, widow of John H. Yiengst, who had two children; James; Sarah, wife of William G. Gier, and Fred- erick.
James Frank was educated in the district schools of Halifax township. He then worked on his father's farm until he was twenty- three years of age. He then engaged in farming on his own account, and has made this his occupation since that time. He resided up to 1878 in his native town- ship; he then removed to Middle Paxton township, and after a residence of one year to Lower Paxton township. After residing there eight years he removed to Susque- hanna township, and located on the farm owned by Alfred Crum, where he has since conducted his farming operations.
He was married, October 24, 1885, to Mary, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Blessing. They have had two children, Harvey D. and William. In political views Mr. Frank is Democratic. He and his family are men- bers of the Reformed church. Mr. Frank is a successful farmer, because he is full of en- ergy and enterprise, and carries on his work with unflagging industry and by intelligent methods. Better than success is the good name and good will won from his neighbors
by his upright character and friendly dis- position.
Jacob and Elizabeth (Landis) Blessing had nine children : Mary, Mrs. Frank ; John ; Elizabeth, wife of Ira Hoover; Elmer ; Agnes, wife of James Ensinger; Levi, Clara, Alice, and Amanda. The mother died April 14, 1887. The father is still living.
- MECKLEY, JACOB, retired farmer, was born in Londonderry township, in 1830. He is a son of John and Catherine (Hoover) Meck- ley. Four of the ten children of these par- ents are deceased ; those surviving are: Jacob; Catherine, wife of John Dunn; Leah, wife of Daniel Siegler; Joseph; Michael; and Bar- bara, wife of Amos Young.
Jacob Meckley received his education in subscription schools and later in the public schools of Londonderry, Derry, and Lower Paxton townships. He learned carpentry with Jacob Breneman, at Union Deposit, West Hanover township, serving an appren- ticeship of two years. His pay was $5 per month. The third year he worked as a jour- neyman and received $10 per month; after the third year he received seventy-five cents per day and board. In 1860 he engaged in farming near the village of Progress, where he remained four years. The following six years he spent on the farm of James E. Elder, near the county buildings. After passing eight years on the Hoffer farm near Highspire, Swatara township, he returned to Susquehanna township. In 1891 he pur- chased and removed to the homestead on which he has made his residence since that date.
He was married, December 20, 1855, to Elizabeth, daughter of Christian and Annie Brubaker. They have had ten children, six of whom are living: Annie L., born October 4, 1856; Christian M., August 6, 1858; Cathe- rine B., May 2, 1860; Samuel J., February 29, 1863; Benjamin F., March 31, 1870, and Edwin A., January 18, 1873. Their deceased children are: Jacob Henry, died January 10, 1862, aged one month and fourteen days; Elizabeth Mary, August 18, 1865, aged eleven months and twenty-five days; David Bru- baker, July 19, 1868, aged seven months and seven days; John W., born November 10, 1865, died January 9, 1893, near Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa, at Mahera Station. Hle was sent to this mission station from Colon, Neb., under the auspices of the Chris- tian Alliance and Foreign Mission Associa-
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tion, of which the celebrated evangelist, Moody, was the head. He was married, Feb- ruary 16, 1892, to June O., daughter of Mrs. S. M. Schofield, of Colon, Neb. He and his young wife were both earnest and devoted Christian workers, and gave themselves to the noble and self-sacrificing work of carry- ing the gospel to the heathen. Soon after reaching the field of labor assigned to them in Africa, and before they had become accli- mated to the extreme heat and other adverse conditions of those regions, they were stricken with a malignant fever that proved fatal to both. They died on the same day, and are buried in that far-away land.
The parents of Mrs. Meckley are both de- ceased. Her father was born September 20, 1798, and died August 25, 1873; her mother was born November 17, 1798, and died July 27, 1871. They had eight children, of whom five are living : Christian, Elizabeth, Michael, Mary, and David. The deceased children are: Anna, wife of Christian Fortney ; Bar- bara, wife of Solomon Manley, and Fannie, wife of Conrad Page.
Mr. Meckley served efficiently for two years as road supervisor in Swatara town- ship. In politics he is identified with the Republican party. He and his family are members of the Church of the Brethren in Christ, or River Brethren.
SCHLOSSER, ANDREW, dairyman and farmer, was born in Lower Paxton town- ship, Dauphin county, Pa., January 19, 1861. He is a son of George and Catherine (Mountz) Schlosser, both natives of Europe. IIis father was born in Alsace, France, and his mother in the town of Willaugha, in Wurtemberg, Germany. They were mar- ried in Lower Paxton township March 19, 1857. They had six children, four of whom are living: David, Andrew, Joseph, and Emma Jane, wife of Charles Spees. Those deceased are: Clara, died aged fourteen years, nine months and eighteen days ; and Sarah Jane, aged two years and five months. The father died September 12, 1893, and the mother is still living.
Andrew Schlosser took the usual course of study in the public schools of Lower Paxton and Susquehanna townships. At the age of nineteen he was apprenticed to Reuben Morret, of Harrisburg, to learn carpentry, and served two years. . After finishing his apprenticeship and attaining his majority he concluded to choose an-
other occupation. He went upon the farm, and has since been continuously engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He was married, December 5, 1885, to Phoebe A., daughter of Montgomery and Mary A. (Yeager) Hughes. They have three children : Clara May, born January 22, 1886; Alice Pearl, June 19, 1887, and Rella May, January 26, 1893, died August 17, 1893.
Mr. Schlosser has served as election in- spector for one year in the South precinct of Susquehanna township. He is a Democrat. He belongs to Castle, No. 250, K. of G. E., at Harrisburg. He and his family are members of the Lutheran church.
HIESTER, A. O., son of Gabriel and Mary (Otto) Hiester, was born at Reading, Pa., November 11, 1808. His father, Gen. Ga- briel Hiester, was an officer in the war of 1812, and removed to Harrisburg in 1813 to become surveyor general of Pennsylvania. At twelve years of age A. O. Hiester was sent to Downingtown Academy, then in charge of Joshua Hoopes, a Hicksite Friend ; he was afterwards placed under the care of Rev. Mr. Ernst, a Lutheran pastor at Lebanon, Pa., and prepared for college by that gentle- man and Mr. A. E. Shulze, son of ex-Gover- nor Shulze. In 1824 he entered Dickinson College, and graduated in 1828. He was afterwards for many years a trustee of the college. After his graduation Mr. Hiester spent a year studying law, in the office of Judge Krause; at the end of that time tind- ing the study uncongenial, he abandoned it and spent six months at Huntingdon Forge, which was owned by Dr. Shoenberger, and the following six months with Reuben Trex- ler, at Long Swamp Furnace, in Berks county.
About this time Mr. Hiester was elected a delegate, with Dr. E. W. Roberts, to an in- fant school convention held in Washington, D. C. He traveled there in an old-fashioned gig and dined with Henry Clay on the day before the convention met.
In 1830-31, Mr. Hiester, then residing in Harrisburg, assisted in the erection of the rolling mills at the mouth of the Conedo- guinet creek, when his father, in partner- ship with Norman Cullender, built a large boiler plate and bar iron mill. He took an active part in the management of the busi- ness until 1836, during the most disastrous period, financially, that the ironmasters of
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the United States have ever known. In that year he leased the mill to Jared Pratt, re- moved to Harrisburg, spent a year there in settling up his iron business and then re- moved to Estherton Farm. In 1838 he was elected justice of the peace. His experience in that capacity furnishes an excellent illus- tration of the primitive, frontier-like condi- tion of many rural neighborhoods at that date. The favorite amusements of old and young were raffling and throwing dice for turkeys, ducks, and geese, gambling and horse racing. Fights at singing schools and disturbances of religious meetings were fre- quent. Horse stealing was common. To remedy this Mr. Hiester and four of his neighbors organized a society, which rapidly increased in number, and was carried on under his presidency until its object was accomplished. By his strict and impartial administration of the law he succeeded in correcting the abuses that had existed, and materially improving the state of society within the limits of his jurisdiction.
Mr. Hiester was for many years a director of the Branch Bank of Pennsylvania, until it was closed. He was a director of the old Harrisburg Bank until it was changed, and continued for years after on the board of directors of the Harrisburg National Bank. In 1851 he was appointed associate judge by Governor Johnston, to fill a va- cancy occasioned by death, and was twice subsequently elected to the same office by the people, for terms of five years cach. In 1861, under an act of the Legislature, he was appointed one of three commissioners by the Dauphin county court to hear testi- mony and report their opinion of the dam- ages sustained by individuals consequent upon Stuart's raid through the counties of Fulton, Franklin and Adams. The other members of the commission were Col. James Worrall and a gentleman from Lebanon county. They elected Mr. Hiester chairman. He was also chairman of the committee of arrangements of the first State Fair, held at Harrisburg in 1851. He was one of five commissioners, the others being Judge Watts, Judge Miles, H. N. McAllis, and Mr. Walker, to select a location for the State Agricultural College. After it was finished he was annually clected a trustee for about fifteen years. His son Gabriel, a graduate of the college, has taken his place upon the board of trustees. He was also for four years secretary of the State Agricultural Society,
and for six years a trustee of the State Luna- tic Hospital. Mr. Hiester was among the first subscribers to the Harrisburg Cotton Factory ; the Harrisburg Car Works, of which he was a director ; of the Harrisburg Street Passenger railroad, of which he was president ; and of the Fort Hunter Road Commission, of which he was secretary and treasurer from the time of its organization. Besides superintending the affairs of his own he was executor for a number of valua- ble estates, and frequently acted as trustee, guardian and assignee.
In 1845 Mr. Hiester joined the Methodist Episcopal church, and was one of the found- ers of the society at Coxestown. From that time to the time of his death he held, unin- terruptedly, the positions of class leader, superintendent of the Sunday-school, and treasurer of the board of trustees. For many years he was president of the Dauphin County Bible Society, and was president of the Dauphin County Sunday-school Associa- tion from the time of its founding. He was probably more widely and better known on account of his church work than in any other capacity.
Mr. Hiester's marriage to Miss Catherine M., daughter of John B. Cox, took place in 1835. He died May 6, 1895, at his resi- dence, Estberton.
BOWMAN, WILLIAM, farmer, was born in 1855. He is a son of Christian and Eliza- beth Brightbill Bowman. His parents had a family of nine children, two of whom, Andrew and Theophilus, have passed away. The surviving ones are: Henry; John ; Mary, wife of Jacob Fisher ; Susan, wife of Jacob Hain ; William ; Margaret, wife of Geo. Machen; Laura, wife of David Hain. Will- iam received his education in the public schools of Susquehanna township, and after leaving school engaged in farming, and has continued that occupation up to the present time. He was married, September 1, 1879, to Lizzie M. Fisler, daughter of Amos and Harriet Fisler. Their children are Jennie and William, Jr. In politics Mr. Bowman is a Republican, and is also a member of Council No. 398, Jr. O. U. A. M. The family attend the Lutheran church.
BOWMAN, CHRISTIAN, farmer, was born in Penn township, Cumberland county, August S, 1824. He is a son of Christian and Mary (Moulder) Bowman. The father died at the
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age of ninety-three years and the mother at the age of sixty-six years. Their children are : Mollie, wife of John Longenecker; John, Samuel, Annie, and Christian. Chris- tian received his education in the subscrip- tion schools of Cumberland and in the pub- lic schools of Dauphin county. Since he left school he has been engaged continuously at farming. He was married, October 12, 1847, to Elizabeth Brightbill. Their chi !- dren are: Theophilus and Andrew, both de- ceased ; Henry ; John; Mary E., wife of Jacob Fisher ; Susan L., wife of Jacob IIain; William ; Margaret, wife of George Machen; and Laura K., wife of David Hain. In poli- tics he is a Republican, and has served for six years as school director and three years director of the poor. The family belong to the German Reformed church.
-BENDER, HAMILTON, gardener and farmer, was born in Susquehanna township. He is a son of David and Mary Rineard Bender. The father died September, 1877, and the mother is living. Their children are: Henry ; Ham- ilton ; Caroline, wife of Jeremiah Hummel ; Daniel; David, deceased, and also one child who died in infancy. Hamilton received his education in the public schools of Sus- quehanna township and then engaged in gardening and farming at which he has con- tinued until the present time. At the age of twenty-one years he married Miss Anna E. Reichart, daughter of Henry Reichart. Their children are : Emma, Margaret, David, Daniel, and Hamilton K., deceased .. In poli- tics he is a staunch Democrat. The family are members of the German Lutheran church.
-CRUM, ALFRED, retired farmer, Penbrook, was born in Lower Paxton township, Dau- phin county, Pa., in 1850. He is a son of Joseph and Rebecca Pottiger. The father died September 21, 1884, and the mother March 20, 1888. Their children are : Eliza, deceased, wife of John Reim ; Jonas; Mary, wife of Ephraim Cassel ; Thomas, and Alfred. Mrs. Crum's father died July 25, 1886, and her mother October 14, 1893. They had a family of five children, of whom Mary D. alone survives. Alfred received his educa- tion in the schools of Lower Paxton township and in the Linglestown Academy. After leaving school he engaged in farming with his father and continued until he was twenty- two years old, when he began farming for himself. IIe continued at this occupation
until the spring of 18SS, when he moved to his present residence in Penbrook.
He was married, September 5, 1872, to Miss Mary D. Rudy, daughter of Frederick and Maria Rudy. Their children are : Beckie, wife of William Myers, of Penbrook. and Ida M. In politics Mr. Crum is a Re- publican and has served as judge of elections and is now serving as town councilman of Penbrook. The family are members of the German Lutheran church.
GARMAN, JOHN, farmer, was born at his present home, January 3, 1820. He is a son of John and Catharine Wollaner Garman. The father died August 6, 1846, and the mother March 11, 1857. Their children are : John ; Mary, wife of John Stess; Sarah, wife of David Alter; and Susan, wife of Noah Hartzer, of Juniata county. John received his education in the schools of his native place. He then engaged in farming with his father, and continued in that occupation up to 1877, when he moved to Harrisburg, and engaged in the mercantile business for six years. At this time he came to the old homestead, where he has since resided. He was married, January 18, 1843, to Miss Emma McKeekan, daughter of Robert and Mary McKeekan. Their children are: John ; Wilhelmina, wife of Jeremiah Hanshaw; Emiline, wife of Andrew Cameron; James, Virdilla, Laura, and Robert, deceased. In politics Mr. Garman is a staunch Repub- lican. The family are members of the Lu- theran church.
HASSLER, EDWIN O., dairyman and farmer, Harrisburg, Pa., was born in Lower Paxton township, September 4, 1843. He is a son of Samuel and Susan (Mumma) Hassler. The father was born May 1, 1802, and died Octo- ber 30, 1870; and the mother was born Janu- ary 31, 1808, and died October 12, 1875. They had a family of thirteen children, five of whom have passed away : Emanuel A., born August 28, 1827; David, born August 26, 1829, and died August 6, 1830; Cornelius, born July 1, 1836, and died in 1836; Mary, born in 1832, and died February 3, 1833; Samuel, born March 18, 1831, and died Janu- ary 6, 1887. The surviving ones are: Susanna, born January 2, 1834, widow of Abraham Miller; Wilimina, born June 24, 1837. wife of Isaac Beinhower, of Oberlin ; Elizabeth, born July 5, 1839, wife of John II. Kramer ; Catha. rine, born July 4, 1841, widow of Joseph
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Vogel, now wife of John Etter, of Cumber- land county ; Edwin O .; Harriet, born De- cember 8, 1846, wife of Jonas Giell ; Elias M., born September 2, 1848, and Emma E., born December 26, 1850. The mother of Mrs. Hassler died November 5, 1875; the father remarried and now resides in Missouri. They had a family of twelve children, seven of whom have passed away: Martin Luther, Robert, Morris Monroe, Charlotte, Roswell WV., Jessie May, and Rollin Gale. The sur- viving ones are: Rebecca, Elizabeth, George, Joseph, and Jennie.
Edwin received his education in the public schools of Lower Paxton and Susquehanna townships, and then assisted on his father's farm until he was twenty years old. In 1863 he began to learn the trade of carpentry with Henry Shoop, at Harrisburg, from whom he received $50 per year for his services. After working at his trade six years he engaged in farming, first in Susquehanna and then in Lower Paxton township. In 1895 he moved to his present home. From January 23, 1865, to July 4 of the same year, he was with com- pany A, First division construction corps, and was located at various times in Georgia, Ala- bama, North Carolina, and Kentucky. He was married, March 5, 1868, to Miss Mary Felty, daughter of John D. and Susan Felty. Their children are: Edwin, deceased ; Sam- uel F., born September 28, 1868, and J. Elmer, born October 4, 1869. The son Samuel F. is a physician in Harrisburg. He received his primary education in the public schools of Lower Paxton township and then entered Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa. He then taught school five terms, and next at- tended college at Bloomsburg, Pa. Sep- tember 23, 1891, he entered Jefferson Medi- cal College, of Philadelphia, from which in- stitution he graduated May 9, 1894. He also took a course at the Maternity Hospital, and attended the City Hospital, of Harrisburg, one year.
Mr. Hassler's first wife was born Septem- ber 3, 1845, and died November 26, 1871. He was married, secondly, July 26, 1877, to Miss Rebecca Stover, daughter of Joseph A. and Elizabeth (Smeltzer) Stover. Their chil- dren are: Gertrude M., born April 6, 1878; Colin E., born April 3, 1879; Lottie J., born August 1, 1881 ; Emory O., born October 31, 1882; Charles Blaine, born August 23, 1884; Hilda E., born January 22, 1886; Frank Stanley, born August 2, 1887. Politically he is a Republican, and has served as school di-
rector for three years. He is a member of Lamberton Lodge, No. 708, I. O. O. F., Har- risburg ; member of the Patrons of Hus- bandry, of Pennsylvania ; master of Dauphin County Grange, and a member of the Horti- cultural Society, of Pennsylvania. The family are members of the United Brethren church.
- HOERNER, ISAAC R., hotel proprietor, Pro- gress, Pa., was born in South Hanover town- ship, January 25, 1845. He is a son of John and Mary Rauch Hoerner. The parents were members of the Lutheran church. The mother died September 12, 1892. Isaac R. received his early education in the public schools of his native place, and then attended White Hall Academy, Cumberland county, of which institution David Denhugh was principal, and Captain Vale, of Carlisle, instructor. From 1852 to 1864 Mr. Hoerner resided in Lebanon county. After complet- ing his education he engaged in farming for fifteen years. Next he entered the hotel busi- ness, and in 1887 also engaged in mercantile pursuits, which he has conducted very suc- cessfully in connection with his hotel. He was married, December 31, 1872, to Miss Anna M. Bitner, daughter of Joseph and Susan (Long) Bitner, of Washington county, Md. Their children are : Irene Idilla ; Mary Minerva, and I. Grant. Mr. Hoerner is a member of Lodge No. 629, I. O. O. F. He was postmaster at Progress during President Cleveland's first administration. In politics he is a Republican.
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