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Mrs. John P. Rutherford was born near Cedar Falls, Iowa, Angust 26, 1864. Her parents were natives of Indiana. Her father, Alfred Hosier, was a farmer. ILis widow, Martha (Henshaw) Hosier, removed with her daughter to Argonia, where she was a milliner and dressmaker for sixteen years. In 1890 she came to Dauphin county and
made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Rutherford, for the rest of her life. Her death occurred in 1892 at the age of forty- nine years. Mrs. Hosier was a devout Chris- tian, born and educated as a Friend; later she united with the Presbyterian church, in which communion she died. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Rutherford was a farmer. Seth Henshaw, maternal grandfather of Mrs. Rutherford, was also a farmer, but has now retired from active business. Two of his children survive : Theresa A., wife of Rufus A. Walton, of Knightstown, Ind., and Will- iam H.
REED, JOHN B., was born in Dauphin county, Pa., August 31, 1832; son of Thomas and Mary (Gonse) Reed. His paternal grandparents were natives of Berks county, Pa. The grandparents on the maternal side were of the same county and by occu- pation farmers. Their family consisted of six children : Margaret, wife of a Mr. Mc- Elheny ; Catherine, wife of Daniel Barkert ; Ann; William; Mary, wife of Thomas Reed, and George. Thomas Reed, father of John B. Reed, was born in Berks county. He was for a number of years a weaver, but later in life engaged in farming. He was married to Mary Gonse, daughter of John and Ann (Kurtzmoyer) Gonse. Of their eight children four are living: John B., William, Samuel, and Eliza. Their de- ceased children are: Mary, died June 19, 1889, aged fifty-three years; Thomas, died in the army service in 1866 at the age of twenty-two years; Catherine and Sarah, died young and were buried at Wenrich's church. Mr. Reed died in 1883 at the age of seventy- eight years and his wife died in 1873, aged sixty-six years. They were members of the Lutheran church and are buried at Shoop's church.
John B. Reed made good use of such ad- vantages as the public schools of Lower Paxton township afforded. At the end of his school days he went to work with his father on the home farm, where he remained until he was twenty-seven years old. In 1860 Mr. Reed went upon the farm of Mr William Bomgardner, in Lower Paxton township, and cultivated it for eight years, after which he removed to the farm of James Raymond, in Susquehanna township, on which he remained four years. Mr. Reed bought the farm which is now his home from John Millison. He occupied it for
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four years and then removed to the farm of James Boyd; after eight years' occupancy of that place he returned to his own farm, where he has ever since resided and which he has tilled up to the present time. Mr. Reed was married, in 1860, to Miss Sophia, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Leasor) Elser. They have had five children : Mary, wife of Logan Mcclintock, deceased; Eliza- beth; Katie, wife of Edwin Eschenour; John C., saddler, of Oberlin, Pa., and Charles P., employed in the Harrisburg Car Shop. Mr. Reed is a Republican. In 1889 he was elected supervisor of Swatara township, and served five years; in 1894 he was re-elected to the same office. He and his family are members of the Lutheran church.
Mrs. John B. Reed was born in Lancaster county, Pa., August 26, 1826; her parents were natives of the same county. In carly life her father, Peter Elser, was a carpenter, but at a later period he was a farmer. Ile was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Sophia Leasor. Four of their five chil- dren are living : John L .; George L .; Kate, wife of William Paul, deceased, and Sophia, Mrs. Reed. Elizabeth died at the age of eleven years. Mr. Elser served as constable and as tax collector for a number of years. He was an elder in the Lutheran church. He died in 1886 at the age of seventy-five years; his wife died in 1881, aged sixty- seven years. They are buried in Lancaster county, at Brickerville church. Mrs. Reed's grandparents on the mother's side had a family of five children. They be- longed to the Lutheran church.
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-RUPP, SAMUEL E., is one of the most prom- inent and enterprising young business men of his township. He is a native of Dauphin county, and was born in Swatara township, May 31, 1866. He is a son of the late Sam- uel and Fannie (Horst) Rupp. Mr. Rupp was brought up on the farm, and received a few months instruction each year in the township schools, being occupied with farm work during the busy seasons. This con- tinued until he was fifteen years old, when he enjoyed the advantages of a course at the Harrisburg Business College. He finished his educational training at the Lebanon Val- ley College, from which he was graduated in 1887. He then spent two years in traveling through the Western States, and visiting the Rocky Mountain region. Not' finding any locality which afforded him better business
opportunities than his own section of the country, he returned to Pennsylvania, and opened a real estate office in the College Block, Harrisburg. In December, 1895, he removed his office to No. 306 Market street, where he is doing a prosperous business in real estate. Mr. Rupp is not married, but has his residence on the old homestead in Swatara township, where he is delightfully situated, it being one of the finest farms in the county. Mr. Rupp's political views are Re- publican. He has good natural abilities and is trained to the best use of his talents. He has made a promising beginning of his career, and his future is bright with hope.
- ATTICK, JACOB A., was born in York county, Pa., September 19, 1846 ; son of Jacob and Jane (Shook) Attick. Jacob At- tick, Sr., was born in York county, Septem- ber 5, 1812; he was a farmer and was mar- ried to Miss Jane Shook, who was born in York county. They had nine children, seven of whom are living: Sarah, wife of Samuel Sall; William A .; Martin ; Harry H .; Jacob A .; Alice, wife of Simon Dacker ; Elizabeth, wife of Ross Ducher. The de- ceased children are : Hannah Mary and John A. Mr. Attick was justice of the peace for some years; he also served several years as super- visor. He died at the age of seventy-five years; his wife died September 6, 1878, aged sixty-four years; both died in Dauphin county.
Jacob A. Attick attended the common schools and was engaged in farm work with his father until he was twenty-one. He was then employed for two years in the Penn- sylvania Steel Works, after which he learned carpentry and worked at that business for about twelve years. For the ensuing ten years he was again employed at the Penn- sylvania Steel Works. In 1889 Mr. Attick undertook farming ; for three years he cul- tivated land near Middletown, Pa .; he then removed to the farm lately owned by Mr. Frantz, and at present by W. F. Rutherford, where he has since lived. Mr. Attick was married, April 24, 1870, to Miss Amanda W., daughter of Michael and Susan (Nissley) Barnhard, born in Dauphin county, Septem- ber 19, 1848. Of their thirteen children eight are living: William J., Susan, Bessie E., Ira R., Eva L., Sarah G., Francis C., and Ruth V. Their deceased children are : Jen- nie I., died at the age of twenty months; Edith A., Clara, Rosa, and one died an infant.
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Mr. Attick holds Prohibitionist views and votes with that party. He is a member of the United Brethren church.
Michacl Barnhard, father of Mrs. J. A. Attick, was a weaver, born in Dauphin county. He was married to Miss Susan Nissley, who was born in Dauphin county. They had two children : Amanda, Mrs. At- tick ; and Ellen, wife of Jacob Rupert. Mr. Barnhard was married a second time, and to this union there were born three chil- dren : Henry; Eliza, widow of William Smith, and Sarah, wife of George Fide. Mr. Barnhard died in January, 1893, aged eighty-six years; his wife died in 1890 at the age of seventy-six. Mr. and Mrs. Barn- hard are members of the Lutheran church.
ATTICK, DANIEL, was born in York county, Pa., December 15, 1821, and is a son of Peter and Catherine (Sudden) Attick. His ma- ternal grandfather, John Sudden, was a na- tive of York county, a farmer, and a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He had a family of seven children : John, Peter, Daniel, Han- nah, Barbara, Catherine, and Sallie. Mr. Sudden died at the age of one hundred and one years. His son, Peter Attick, father of Daniel, was born in York county, and was a weaver. He was married to Miss Catherine, daughter of John Sudden. Of their nine children four are living : Daniel, Abraham, Peter, and Catherine, wife of John Henry. Their deceased children are : John ; Henry ; Jacob, died August 20, 1887, aged seventy- five years ; George, died March 3, 1863, aged forty-four years; Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Sedler. Both parents died in York county.
Daniel Attick attended the subscription schools of his locality until he was sixteen years old. He was then for two years em- ployed as a farm hand. Thinking it would be of advantage to have a trade, he served an apprenticeship of two years at black- smithing. He then, at eighteen years of age, came to Dauphin county and hired on a farm for one year, and afterwards for two years more. After his marriage he took the farm of Philip Daugherty, where he re- mained for twenty-five years. He next re- moved to Paxton township, remained there five years, and in 1881 removed to what is known as the Gray farm, which has ever since been his residence. Mr. Attick was married, August 2, 1849, to Miss Mary Ann, daughter of Benjamin and Christiana (Lauderbach) Mefferd. They had twelve
children, of whom eleven are living: Will- iam, John B., Franklin P., Daniel, Sarah, Mrs. John Dieth; George W., James, Samuel, Edward, Ellen, and Ida C .; Susan died No- vember 2, 1891, aged thirteen years. Mr. Attick is a Democrat. Mrs. Daniel Attick was born March 12, 1831, and died March 15, 1890, aged fifty-eight. Her father, Ben- jamin Mefferd, was born in Dauphin county. His wife, Christiana Lauderbach, was a na- tive of Germany. They had four children : Sarah, wife of Isaac Houck ; Rebecca, wife of Daniel Seiders ; Mary, Mrs. Attick ; and Cornelia, who died July 15, 1894, aged fifty- six years. Mrs. Mefferd died November 18, 1894, at the age of fifty-eight. Both were members of the United Brethren church.
WALKER, JAMES RUTHERFORD, was born in Dauphin county, Pa., January 9, 1849; son of James and Susan (Kuhn) Walker. Thomas Walker, his parental grandfather, was born in Scotland. He was a cabinet maker, but later in life was engaged in farming. He married Mary, widow of Thomas Rutherford, by whom he had four children; the only surviving one is Susan, wife of Moses Foley. Their deceased children are : Jacob S .; James; Eliza, died in November, 1894; she was the wife of William Follinger; Rutherford died in infancy. Jacob Kuhn, maternal grand- father of James R. Walker, was born in Lan- caster county, and was a cabinet maker. For a number of years he kept hotel ; in 1825 he was steward of the Dauphin county alms- house. Mr. Kuhn's wife was Susan Kunkel. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn had ten children, but one of whom is living, Sarah, wife of Joseph Hoover, of Galesburg, Ill. The deceased chil- dren are: William, Jacob, Samuel, George, Mary, Catherine, Henrietta, Susan, and Ann. Mr. Kuhn had retired from active business, relinquishing farming, in which he had for some time been engaged, some years before his death, which occurred when he was seventy-six years old. They were members of the Lutheran church.
James Walker, Sr., was born in Dauphin county, Pa., October 9, 1814. He learned the trade of a millwright, and afterwards en- gaged in milling; in 1885 he abandoned the mill for the farm; after tilling the ground for three years he gave up all active busi- ness. At one time, in partnership with W. S. Rutherford, he had dealt in ice. The first wife of Mr. Walker was Miss Annie Riegel; they had two daughters: Mary, deceased,
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wife of Silas B. Rutherford ; and Ann, sec- ond wife of Silas B. Rutherford. Mr. Walker was married, the second time, to Miss Kuhn, born in Dauphin county, May 31, 1825; daughter of Jacob and Susan (Kunkel) Kuhn. Their children are: Jacob K., mar- ried Sallie, daughter of Peter and Barbara Fiske; Alice L., wife of Thomas R. Walker, and James R. Mr. Walker filled various township offices, having served as school di- rector, and also for many years as assessor. He was a Republican. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and a trustee of his congregation. Mr. James Walker, Sr., died September 10, 1895, aged eighty-one years; his wife died September 28, 1885; the remains of both are interred in the Paxtang cemetery.
James Rutherford Walker took the ordi- nary course of instruction in the public schools, and completed his school education in the Harrisburg Academy, under Prof. Jacob Seiler. His academic course ended, he went into the mill with his father, who carefully instructed him in all branches of the milling business, which he has made his occupation up to the present time. Mr. Walker was married, in Swatara township, April 24, 1884, to Miss Sallie Jenkins, daughter of John and Elizabeth Peifer, born February 4, 1860. They have one son, James Boyd, born June 13, 1885. Mr. Walker is identi- fied with the Republican party. His frater- nity association is with the Knights of Malta. He and his family are members of the Pax- tang Presbyterian church. Mrs. Walker's father, Mr. John Peifer, was born in Dau- phin county, May 31, 1836. He is a carpen- ter, and is also engaged in farming. He re- sides near Paxtang street, and was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Christian Casslow. Mrs. Peifer died October 2, 1895. Mr. Peifer is prominent and active in town- ship affairs. He was elected to the office of school director, in which he served many years with credit and usefulness. He has also, for a number of years, been judge of elections.
RUTHERFORD, S. A., was born in Dauphin county, Pa., October 6, 1866; son of the late William S. and J. Eliza Rutherford. Mr. Rutherford belongs to the sixth generation of the American branch and is descended from the well-known family of that name who emigrated from Scotland and settled in the north of Ireland upon the accession of
William of Orange, in 1688, and from thence came to America in 1728. His parents are both natives of Dauphin county. Mr. Will- jam S. Rutherford was raised a farmer, and after reaching manhood was for ten years engaged in agriculture, at the same time carrying on a lumber business in Harris- burg. He was honored by election to va- rious township offices ; was for some years director of the poor; for ten years he was steward of the Pennsylvania State Hospital for the Insane. His last business enterprise was the ice business at Harrisburg. At the time of his death he was living retired from active work. His wife was the daughter of S. S. and Mary A. Rutherford, of Paxtang. Their family consisted of ten children, of whom six survive: Mary B., S. A., Eliza E., William S., E. F., and Margaretta S. The deceased children are: Jessie, died July 24, 1864, aged six months and three days; Ger- trude, died August 7, 1879, aged seven months and nineteen days; James, died July 28, 1873, aged twenty-eight days, and Martha, died March 31, 1875, aged three months and twenty-two days. William S. Rutherford died January 24, 1895, aged sixty-seven years, and his wife May 20, 1591, aged fifty years. Mr. Rutherford was an active Republican. IIe was a member of .the Pine Street Presbyterian church, of Harrisburg.
S. A. Rutherford received his education in the public schools of Harrisburg, Pa., from which he graduated in 1885, and in the Pennsylvania State College, where he took a course in agriculture in 1896. He served as clerk with his father in the ice business for about six months. In the spring of 1886 he came to the old Ruther- ford homestead, which has been in possession of the family for one hundred and forty-two years, and where he is living a retired life. He has a large interest in the Rutherford Ice Company, of Harrisburg, Pa. For the past three months Mr. Rutherford has been traveling in the South for the purpose of securing a suitable location for engaging in farming. He is a staunch Republican in politics.
-NISLEY, SAMUEL, was born in Dauphin county, Pa., December 24, 1818 ; son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rice) Nisley. John Nisley, his paternal grandfather, was a native of Dauphin county, and a farmer. His chil- dren were: John, Jacob, and Martin. IIc
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and his wife both died at an advanced age. John Rice, maternal grandfather of Samuel Nisley, was a native of Germany. He came to this country about 1800 as a sailor boy. He married, and had a family of three chil- dren : John, Daniel, and Elizabeth, mother of Mr. Nisley.
His father, Jacob Nisley, was born in Dauphin county, and was a farmer. His first wife was a Miss Nisley, daughter of Jacob and Mary Nisley. They bad five children. Mr. Nisley's second wife was, Miss Egle, by whom he had three children, all of whom are deceased : Jacob, died in 1894, aged eighty-seven; Barbara, wife of Jacob Snavely, died in 1842, aged fifty years; Susan, wife of John Mumma, deceased, and again married to Michael Barnhard ; she died in 1893, aged eighty-three years; and Abra- ham, died in 1890, aged seventy-six years. Mr. Nisley was married the third time, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Eliza- beth Rise; of this marriage there were four children : Samuel; Kate, widow of Henry Gause; Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Blackville ; and John. Mr. Nisley was a Mennonite. He died in 1826, aged 78 years. Mrs. Nisley died in 1824, aged forty-eight years.
Samuel Nisley lost his parents when he was very young, and on this account had but limited opportunities for securing an education. As is usual, a guardian was ap- pointed for him, but he found a home among strangers, and was brought up as a farmer's boy. Thus he learned the business, and finally became a farmer on his own account. Mr. Nisley was married, November 2, 1841, to Miss Maria, daughter of Frederick and Catherine (Diebler) Shaffner. Their living children are: Catherine, wife of Wendell Gross; Elizabeth, wife of Dr. D. B. Traver ; Jacob A., married to Rhoda Hull; Fred. J., married to Sallie Johnson; Mary, wife of Moses Young; Carrie, wife of John Whit- man. Their deceased children are: Will- iam H., died December 5, 1846, aged two years, eight months and twelve days ; So- phia, died January 6, 1852, aged twenty-five days; Samuel Otterbein, died July 7, 1861, aged two years, three months and twenty- one days ; Fannie S., died January 22, 1870, aged thirteen years, six months and twelve days. After his marriage Mr. Nisley was engaged in farming, near Linglestown, for ten years. In 1851 he removed to Harris- burg, where he was employed in the round- house of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com-
pany for nine years. In 1865 Mr. Nisley removed to Steelton, where he was employed for six years by Donald Cameron as post fence maker; also for a few years by Mr. Dunkle. He then entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Steel Works, where he was engaged for about twenty years in various departments. After this he retired from ac- tive work. Mr. Nisley is a Republican. For sixty years he has been a member, and for forty years a class leader in the United Brethren church, of which Mrs. Nisley also is a consistent member. Mr. Nisley has long been a trustee of the church.
Mrs. Samuel Nisley was born in Dauphin county, October 13, 1816. Her father, Fred- erick Shaffner, was also a native of Dauphin county, and was a farmer. His wife, Cathe- rine Diebler, was born in the same county. They had ten children, of whom six are liv- ing : Jacob, married to Miss Elizabeth Reily ; Isaac, married to Miss Mina Rogers; Philip, married to Mariah Alleman ; Catherine, wife of George Miller, who died, and she then married Daniel Hicks; Barbara, wife of Solomon Ulrich; Lavinia, wife of Levi Reider. Their deceased children are : George, died in 1883, aged 62 years ; Martin, was killed in the army; John, died in 1861, aged twenty-five years; one child who died in infancy. Mr. Shaffner died in 1888, aged ninety-four years. Mrs. Shaffner died in 1859, aged sixty-two years.
GERDES, HENRY, deceased, was born in Bilderbach, Westphalia, Germany, August 18, 1830 ; son of Henry and Elizabeth Gerdes. Henry Gerdes, Sr., was a high school teacher in Germany, and occupied the position for life. His children were: Andrew, a school teacher, in Germany ; Elizabeth, wife of Sam- uel Uhland; the deceased children are: Her- man; Annie ; Barnhard, who died in Har- risburg, March 29, 1894, aged sixty-one years, and Henry. Henry Gerdes, Sr., died in 1847.
Henry Gerdes, Jr., was educated in his native country, and engaged in mercantil. business. Ilis three years of military service. required by law, were passed in the special troop of the Emperor, which is composed ex- clusively of men of large statue, well pro- portioned, without blemish and fine appear- ance. Mr. Gerdes came with his family to this country in 1867, settled at Harrisburg, and found employment at the pattern shop at Steelton, where he remained until his death, January 6, 1895. Ile was the first
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pattern maker ever employed at the Penn- sylvania Steel Works, serving under Henry Cassel, and remaining with the - company twenty-seven years. Mr. Gerdes was married, September 26, 1865, to Miss Amelia, daughter of Albert and Elizabeth (Casting) Lauder- mache. They have nine children, seven of whom are living : Albert, married Miss Mag- gie, daughter of Michael and Annie Palmer ; Amelia, wife of Albert Gratz; Oscar, Joseph, Ida, Arthur, and Bessie. Their deceased chil- dren are: William, died September 5, 1868, aged nine months; Adolph, died October 4, 1891,aged fifteen years, killed by falling from tree. Mr.Gerdes was a Republican. He was a member of the Catholic church.
Mrs. Gerdes survives her husband, and re- sides in Steelton, Pa. She was born in West- phalia, Germany, July 24, 1843. Her parents kept a general store. They had six children, only two of whom are now living : Albertina, wife of Abraham Shaffer, resides in the Father- land, and Amelia, Mrs. Gerdes. Their deceased children are: Wilhelm, Dora, and Adolpha Elizabeth. Mrs. Gerdes' father is deceased ; her mother died aged sixty-four. 'The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Gerdes was a farmer and stock dealer. He had a family of six children, of whom two survive: Florence and Ludwig. The deceased children are: Henry, Joseph, and twin children, born deaf and dumb. Both grandparents died suddenly in Ger- many.
RUTHERFORD, JOHN EDMUND, was born in Swatara township, Dauphin county, Decem- ber 17, 1838. His parents were: Samuel S. Rutherford, born in Swatara township, De- cember 17, 1803, died January 23, 1872, and Mary A. Rutherford, born in the same town- ship, June 14, 1810, died December 14, 1884.
Mr. Rutherford received his education in the public schools of his native township and the Mt. Joy Academy, Lancaster county.
After leaving the academy, he taught one of the district schools in Swatara township for two terms, and after the breaking out of the war served a short period with the Pennsylvania State militia at the time of the battle of Antietam. In the spring of 1863 he took service in the quartermaster's department of the volunteer army, and re- mained in that position until May, 1866, do- ing service during that period in the States of Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and South Carolina, in the latter State being connected with the Freedman's bureau.
Returning home in 1866 he followed the occupation of farming until 1875, and then, in connection with that business, went into the coal business in Harrisburg, continuing both until 1879, at which time he took charge of Senator J. D. Cameron's Lochiel farms, and subsequently the Senator's Derry farms, and other landed estate.
Mr. Rutherford has been a director and the vice-president of the Steelton National Bank since its organization in 1886, and is also a director of the Steelton Brick Com- pany and the Middletown and Highspire Electric Street Railway Company. He was first married, February 18, 1868, to Miss Ann H. McPherson, daughter of John and Ann (Hammond) McPherson, of Frederick, Md. Their children are: Samuel McPher- son, born September 5, 1869; Robert M., born November 25, 1871; Nannie HI., born May 2, 1874; Mary Agnes, born October 7, 1877, died December 5, 1881. Mrs. Ruther- ford died April 3, 1882, aged thirty-eight years. Mr. Rutherford was again married, March, 1887, to Miss Delia Mccullough, daughter of James T. and Catharine (Mitch- ell) Mccullough, of Maryland. They have no issue. Her father was a prominent law- yer and her grandfather was a physician. In his political views Mr. Rutherford is an Independent Republican, and in religious belief a Presbyterian.
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