Commemorative biographical encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania : containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early Scotch-Irish and German settlers. Pt. 2, Part 74

Author: Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901. cn; Dudley, Adolphus S. 4n; Huber, Harry I. 4n; Schively, Rebecca H. 4n; J.M. Runk & Company. 4n
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. : J.M. Runk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1180


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Franklin C. attended the schools of Hum- melstown, and when a young man learned the shoemaker's trade with his father. He was engaged in the shoe trade for over two years, and in 1873 removed his business to Steelton and conducted it there until 1884, since which time he has worked at his trade.


In his political views he is a Republican, and has served in important offices as school director and as member of the borough council three years, and also as justice of the peace, resigned the latter office in 1875, on account of its interruption of other busi- ness. In 1863 he married Miss Jennie E., daughter of Captain McCreary, of Gettys- burg, by whom he has eight children : John, living at Steelton, married Miss Battey; and they have two children; Grace, living at home; Jennie, wife of Charles E. Frasier, of Carlisle, and they have two children ; May, living at home ; Frank, at home, chemist ; Ralph, living at home, machinist; Luther, at home; Robert, at home. Mr. Earnest and his family are connected with the St. John's Lutheran church, of which he is an elder.


- ESHENOWER, JACOB J., farmer, Oberlin, Pa., was born in Dauphin county, October 12, 1839, and is a son of Jacob and Catharine (Bishop) Eshenower. The paternal grand- father, Christian, was a farmer and wagon maker. He was married, twice, the first time to Miss Shutt, by whom he had the following children : Catharine, Jolin, Chris- tian, Jacob, Andrew, Leonard, and Frederick. The maternal grandfather, Peter Bishop, was engaged in farming all his life and was married to Miss Catharine Shaffer. Their chil- dren are: John, Sallie, Peter, Catherine, and William. The father was born in Dauphin county, February 8, 1798, and while young learned the trade of blacksmith, which he followed for a few years and then engaged in farming. He married, first, Miss Ulrich. daughter of Michael Ulrich, by whom he had two children : John and Elizabeth.


He married, secondly, Miss Catherine Bishop, daughter of Peter and Catharine (Shaffer) Bishop. Their children are : Mary, Jacob J., and Catherine A. He filled the office of supervisor of Swatara township for some years and died June 18, 1869, and his wife in May, 1880. Both were members of the Lutheran church.


Jacob J. received his education in the public schools of Swatara township and then assisted his father on the farm until he was twenty years of age. During 1867 and 1868 he conducted the " Black Swan" Hotel, situ- ated along the Reading pike, west of Hum- melstown. With this exception Mr. Eshe- nower has farmed continuously during his lifetime. He married, first, Miss Susan II.


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Newcomer, November 3, 1859, by whom he had one daughter, Susan. His wife was born December, 1841, and died in 1861. He married, secondly, Miss Susina A. Brown, daughter of Henry and Rebecca (West) Brown. They have six children, all of whom are living : Edward, married to Miss Kate Reed, daughter of John and Sophia Reed ; Jacob, married to Miss Kate Kramer ; Carrie, Elenora, Grace V., and Martin W. In politics Mr. Eshenower is a Republican and has been judge of the election board and also member of the detective association. He is connected with the Lutheran church. Mrs. Susina Eshenower was born December 13, 1843, in West Hanover township, Dauphin county. Her parents were engaged in farm- ing and were both natives of Berks county. Her father married Miss Rebecca West, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Rambo) West. Their children are: John W., Mary, Susina, Elizabeth, deceased, and Uriah H., deceased.


-FRANTZ, MICHAEL A., farmer, was born in Dauphin county, January 15, 1830, and is the son of Michael and Elizabeth Frantz. The paternal grandfather was engaged in farming and married a native of Lancaster county, by whom he had four children : Michael, John, Elizabeth, and Snavely. The father was born in Dauphin county in 1789, and was married twice, first to Miss Elizabeth Maghdie, by whom he had two children, Mary and Elizabeth; and secondly, to Miss Elizabeth Walters, by whom he had a family of nine children, eight of whom survive. The children are : Samuel, Anna, Michael A., Fannie, Jacob, John, Maggie, Christian, and Sarah, deceased. He held several township offices and was connected with the Old Bridge at Harrisburg, and also with the con- struction of the turnpike from Harrisburg to Middletown. He and his wife were mem- bers of the United Brethren church, and he died June 5, 1865.


Michael A. received his education in the public schools of Swatara township. After leaving school he engaged in farming with his father, and since the age of twenty-three has lived on the old homestead. Mr. Frantz has also spent some time in the store and in real estate business. He was married, Janu- ary 15, 1861, to Miss Barbara A., daughter of Rev. David and Susan (Gall) Rush. They have one daughter who resides at home. In politics he is a Republican and has served as as-


sessor, and wasschool director for twenty years. The family adhere to the Methodist church. Mrs. Frantz was born in Lancaster county, October 20, 1838. Her father, who was a minister of the Gospel for forty years, was born May 17, 1805, and married September 2, 1829, Miss Susan Gall, daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Graff) Gall, who was born April 16, 1805. Their children are: David, Barbara, John, Harry, Magdaline, deceased, Martin, deceased, John, deceased, and Elias and Isaac, also both deceased.


- FENCIL, NATHANIEL S., dealer in stoves and tinware, was born in York Haven, York county, Pa., October 15, 1847; son of the late George W. and Mary E. (Roe) Fencil. The grandfather Fencil was a native of Ger- many, and came to America in 1800, locating in York Haven, Pa., where for many years he worked as a flour miller. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. The father was born at York Haven in 1804, where he was a mer- chant for many years. He removed to Dau- phin county, where he died April 17, 1881. The mother was a native of Sussex county, N. J., and died in 1895. They had ten chil- dren, seven of whom are living: Francis R .; Nathaniel S .; Rosa Belle, wife of John Guistwhite; Georgiana, wife of J. M. Curry ; Mary, wife of F. B. Wickersham; William, and George W. The father served as post- master at York Haven many years.


Nathaniel S. was reared and educated in the public schools of his native place. He was busily employed in his boyhood on the farm and in the cigar shop, and hence re- ceived only a limited education. At the age of seventeen he served an apprenticeship at the tinners' trade at Middletown, upon the completion of which he removed to Titus- ville, where he worked as a journeyman for two years. In 1869 he returned to Middle- town, and was employed in business for himself until the spring of 1873, when he removed to Steelton, where he has since been continuously in business, being now one of the oldest established and leading business men of the place. Mr. Fencil was married, at Middletown, Pa., November 7, 1872, to Anna C. Bippers, daughter of John and Catherine Bippers, of Middletown, both de- ceased. To them have been born seven chil- dren, two of whom died in infancy, and the survivors are : Clarence V., Jennie C., Mabel B., Mary, and Ellen. Mr. Fencil is a mem-


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ber of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. In political views he is a Republican. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal church.


GROVE, JOHN W., boss roller, Pennsylvania Steel Works, was born in Swatara township, Dauphin county, Pa., March 29, 1849; son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hall) Grove. The father was of German descent, born in Leb- anon county, Pa., son of Henry. He moved from Lebanon to Dauphin county, when he was sixteen years of age, and engaged in farming, but is now residing in Perry county. He served in the office of school director. His membership is in the Methodist Episco- pal church. Nine children were born to him, of whom six are living: Catherine E., Mrs. J. C. Snoddy, Penbrook; John W .; Jacob F., Steelton ; Susanna A., Mrs. Robert E. Lusk, of Harrisburg; Sarah, Mrs. John Leopold, Perry county ; Emma, Mrs. Will- iam Stark, of Perry county. The brothers are twins.


John W. was reared in Swatara township and when eighteen years old removed to In- diana and was there engaged in wagon mak- ing for a time, after which he was for two years employed in the Harrisburg Car Works. In 1871 he came to Steelton and entered the employment of the Pennsylvania Steel Works, since which date he has con- tinued in the employment of that company, and since 1882 has been in his present posi- tion. He enlisted in the Governor's Troop, of Harrisburg. Mr. Grove was married, in 1869, to Miss Amanda Nebenger, daugh- ter of William Nebenger, of York county. They have no children. In politics he is a Republican and has served in the school board one term and as tax collector three years. He is enrolled in the member- ship of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he holds the office of steward, and also officiates as chorister, and is interested in all branches of the work of the church.


-GRUNDEN, MARTIN H., was born in Dau- phin county, Pa., March 3, 1846; son of Charles Grunden. He attended the public schools until he was fourteen years of age, when he entered the store of H. Felix, at Harrisburg, as a clerk, where he remained two years. In February, 1863, he enlisted in company E, Twelfth Pennsylvania cav- alry, under Capt. D. A. Irwin, an ex-member of the Legislature, and now commander of


the Soldiers' Home, at Washington, D. C., and served until his discharge, July 20, 1865. He was then in the employment of the Northern Central railroad for one year, after which he was engaged in the dairy business for two years. He then entered the service of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, at Steelton, where he was employed for four- teen years. In 1894 he engaged in the coal business, in which he has since continued. In 1873 Mr. Grunden was married to Miss Alice, daughter of Jacob Hale, of Steelton, by whom he has three children : Rina, Alva, and Hale, who died February 11, 1894, aged twenty years.


HESS, CHRISTIAN, Oberlin, Pa., was born in Lancaster county, Pa., in 1820; son of Abraham Hess. Samuel Hess, the grand- father, was a native of Germany, and came to Lancaster county with his three brothers at a very early day. He was a farmer, and lived and died on the farm where his son. Abraham Hess, died. Abraham Hess, the father, was born in Lancaster county, where he was engaged in farming, and died in August, 1823. He married Catherine Ep- pler, daughter of Christian Eppler, by whom he had three children: Nancy, de- ceased, Christian, and Samuel, deceased. His widow married John Kingport, by whom she had five children : David, de- ceased, Daniel, Lydia, Fannie, deceased, and Abraham, living at Harrisburg. The mother died in the fall of 1869, aged seven- ty-three years.


Christian, at the age of five years, re- moved with his parents to Lebanon county. where he attended the public schools until he was seventeen years of age, when he re- moved to Dauphin county and worked on the farm, and subsequently learned the fuller's trade. He was afterwards engaged in milling grain for three years, after which he took up farming, which has been his occupation up to the present time. Mr. Hess laid out the borough of Oberlin, of which he has been a resident for forty years, and has built the greater portion of the town. He was one of the organizers of the Citizens' Passenger Railway Company. In political views Mr. Hess is independent. but is always active in public business. He is still interested and active in farming, and is a leading man in agricultural affairs. He was married, in 1843, to Miss Eshnauer, born in November, 1825; daughter of John


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Eshnauer, of Dauphin county, by whom he has eight children : Malinda, John H., and Samuel, all of whom are deccased ; Chris- tian, married Miss Carrie Bope, of Harris- burg, living at Mount Clair, Montgomery county, formerly a resident of Steelton; Catherine and Abraham, both deceased ; Elizabeth, wife of William Sull, of Oberlin; and Mary, wife of Thomas Puffer, of Cum- berland county. John Eshnauer, father of Mrs. IIess, was a native of Dauphin county ; by occupation a farmer and weaver, He married, first, Elizabeth Fishburn, of Derry township, by whom he had four children: Catherine ; John and Jacob, both deceased, and Elizabeth, wife of Henry Kaylor. He married, secondly, Susanna Pratz, by whom he has one child, Joseph, of Grantville, Pa.


HOCKER, GEORGE, farmer, was born Feb- ruary 9, 1848, on the old homestead, in Swa- tara township, and is a son of George and Catherine (Cocklin) Hocker. The Hocker and Cocklin families were both of German descent. The paternal grandfather, Adam, was a native of Dauphin county, and was a farmer by occupation. He had a family of seven children, all of whom are deceased. The maternal grandfather was also a farmer, and reared a family of seven children, none of whom are now living. The father was born in Dauphin county, January 21, 1794, received his education in the schools of Hummelstown, learned the trade of tailor, and subsequently engaged in the hotel busi- ness in Swatara township. Later he began farming on the old homestead, where George was born. He was married, first, to Miss Magdalen Landis, by whom he had two children, both deceased : Eugene and Levi. His wife died in 1824. He married, secondly, Catherine Cocklin, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Hoover) Cocklin, November 5, 1835. Their children are : Margaret, George, and David, deceased. Most of his life he was en- gaged in farming, until 1858, when he re- tired. He died November 6, 1873, and his wife died in November, 1881. Served as tax collector and school director, and was also a member of the Lutheran church.


George was educated in the public schools of Swatara township, and then began farm- ing with his father, and until he was twen- ty-five years of age continued to do so. At that time he engaged in farming for himself. He was married, December 9, 1879, to Miss Edith A. Zimmerman, daughter of Henry


and Catherine (Hawk) Zimmerman. Their children are: Catherine, Florence, Walter, and George. After farming for fifteen years Mr. Hocker retired for eight years, when he again returned to the farm. He is connected in church fellowship with the Lutheran de- nomination. Mrs. Hocker was born in 1858, and her parents were both natives of Dau- phin county. Their children are: Solomon, Morris, Ellen, Ada, Samuel, Alice, Reah, B. L .. deceased, and Katie, deceased. Her father died in May, 1882, and her mother still lives at Steelton, enjoying good health.


HESS, JOHN, Steelton, was born in Cum- berland county, Pa., September 24, 1857; son of George Hess. He acquired his edu- cation in the common schools of his native county and when a young man engaged in floating lumber and sand on contract work, which he followed until 1880. From 1873- 74 he and his brother were engaged in truck farming, cultivating the Walmer Island, which he now owns. In the spring of 1880 he removed from Cumberland county to Steelton, and purchased the lot of ground at the corner of Front and Conestoga streets, where he has since carried on a coal and sand business, furnishing also all kinds of plasterer's materials and sand taken from the snag river beds. In his political views he is a Republican and takes an active part in movements of his party. In 1887-88 he served as member of the borough council of Steelton. Mr. Hess is a stockholder and di- rector and also one of the three executive committeemen of the Steelton Light, Heat and Power Company, and is also a stock- holder in the Harrisburg Trust Company. He is connected with several of the secret organizations and fraternities. In 1880 Mr. Hess was married to Miss Sarah Ames, of Cumberland county, by whom he has five children, three of whom are living: Bertha May, born in 1882; Sylvia Matilda, born in 1885; Linnie, born in 1892. David died at the age of fifteen months, and George died at the same age.


-HOFFER, JACOB, Steelton, was born in Lebanon county, Pa., in September, 1824; son of John Hoffer. The parents had eight children, two of whom are living : Catherine, widow of William Williams, of Harrisburg, and Jacob. Their deceased children are : Samuel, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, John, and Joseph. The father was one of the first


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settlers on what is now. Steelton. Jacob came with his father to Dauphin county, and received his education in the common schools of that county, and subsequently engaged in farming. He lived in Hanover township for many years and in Hummels- town and near Paxtang for some years. In 1846 he engaged in farming on the land now occupied by the Pennsylvania Steel Company, where he lived for a number of years. In 1862 he was drafted for service in the army and was attached to company C, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, under Captain John F. Peck. In 1863, at the end of his nine months' service, he was dis- charged and returned to his home. In the following spring he moved to the farm owned by Henry Kelker, which he con- ducted for six years. In 1870 he moved to what is now known as Steelton and built the house in which he has since resided. The same year he entered the employment of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, in which he remained for ten years and has since lived retired from active work on ac- count of old age and ill health. Mr. Hof- fer was married, in 1859, to Miss Traver, daughter of David and Sarah Traver, of York county. They have no children. David Traver, father of Mrs. Hoffer, died in York county in 1853, aged fifty-nine years. His wife was born in 1803 and died in 1873.


---- HOERNER, ALBERT, proprietor of the Bes- semer House, Steelton, was born in South Hanover township, Dauphin county, Pa., July 7, 1825; son of John and Magdalena (Ebersole) Hoerner. The parents were both born in South Hanover. The grandfather Hoerner was born in Prussia, April 19, 1743, and in company with four other mem- bers of the family came to America about 1780, settling first near Hummelstown, and subsequently removing to South Hanover, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying there October 10, 1821. He married Barbara Klick, who was born October 20, 1751, and died March 18, 1829. They had twelve children. John, the father, was born June 3, 1783. He was engaged in farming. He married Magdalena Ebersole, born October 20, 1788. The father was a major under General Forster in the war of 1812.


Albert was reared on the farm, educated in the public schools and worked with his father until he was twenty-one years of


age. He then spent one year at Annville, Lebanon county, learning milling, after which he returned to Dauphin county, and was engaged in this business for four years at Union Deposit and for three years at Fidler's Elbow. From 1852 to 1859 he con- ducted a hotel at Hummelstown, after which he was for three years engaged in mercantile business at Union Deposit. In 1862 he en- gaged in farming, at which he continued until April 14, 1882, when he opened the Bessemer House at Steelton. In 1863 he enrolled in the Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania militia, and served sixty days. In Febru- ary, 1865, he enlisted in company I, Eighty- seventh Pennsylvania volunteers, and served until the close of the war. Mr. Hoerner was married, in South Hanover, August 22, 1852, to Susan R. Ramsey, daughter of David and Catherine Ramsey, of South Hanover. They had nine children, of whom five are living : Julia A., Robert K., Edward K., Susan K., and Katie K. In political views Mr. Hoerner is a Republican. The family at- tend the Lutheran church.


KELLER, ISAAC B., superintendent of the Capital Shirt Company, Steelton, was born in Rockland township, Berks county, Pa., April 1, 1850; son of George and Louisa (Basl) Keller, both deceased. The parents were both natives of Berks county, where they spent their lives. The father was a weaver by trade, but for the greater part of his life was occupied in farming. He died in 1876, and his wife died in 1892. They had fourteen children, of whom eight are living: Augustus; Zachariah ; Obediah; Isaac B .; Mary, wife of Abraham Beaver ; Sarah, wife of Amos Barto; Louisa, wife of Charles Dry ; and Josephine, wife of D. E. Long. Isaac B. was reared on the homestead farm, and attended the district schools of his native township until he was eleven years of age, when he went to Reading, Pa., and learned the millinery, cloak, and dressmaking trade, at which he then worked for five years, and for the next five or six years he was a clerk in a dry goods house at Breinigsville, Lehigh county, after which he engaged in the manu- facture of shirts, in which he has been em- ployed since that time. He subsequently returned to Reading, and shortly afterwards returned to Lebanon, where, in 1886, he en- gaged in the manufacture of shirts with Simon C. Peters. In 1888 the Capital Shirt Company was organized, in which Mr.


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Keller took a large amount of stock, and was appointed the superintendent of the company. He was married, in Breinigsville, June 11, 1871, to Annie A. Clause, daughter of George Clause. They have nine children, of whom two died in infancy, and the sur- vivors are: Minnie Laura, wife of A. W. Kim, of Steelton; Daisy Louisa, Martin Lu- ther, Eva Victoria, Edna Bella, Henry Paul, and Isaac Lee. Mr. Keller is a mem- ber of Steelton Council, No. 933, R. A. In his political views he is a Democrat. The family are members of St. John's Lutheran church, of Steelton.


KEISTER, WILLIAM A., merchant, Steelton, was born in York county, Pa., November 23, 1848; son of Samuel Keister. The father was born in 1809, son of Adam Keister, a native of Germany, and one of the pioneers of York county. He married Margaret Wagner; both lived to old age. The father was a tanner by trade and followed that oc- cupation until 1865, when he went West and engaged in the lumber business. He mar- ried Miss Anna Wickersham, born in March, 1810, daughter of John Wickersham, of York county, by whom he had fourteen children, of whom thirteen are living: Matilda, Re- becca, Margaret, Lydia Ann, Louisa, Clinton, Calvin, Mahala and Malinda, twins; Will- iam A. and Martha Jane, twins; Maurice and Elcinda, twins, the latter deceased, and Eu- seubius. The father died in 1882 aged sev- enty-three years. William A. received his education in the schools of York county, and learned the trade of shoemaker, which he followed for several years. From 1872 to 1873 he was clerk in the store of Bauchman Sons & Co., and served in the same capacity with H. Gregory until 1877. For the suc- ceeding three years he was traveling sales- man for A. R. McCowe & Co. In 1881 he opened business in New Cumberland, under the firm name of Kauffman & Keister and continued there until 1882, when he came to Steelton, where he has since continued to conduct a general mercantile business. Mr. Keister was married, in 1882, to Miss Prowell, daughter of James W. Prowell, of York county, to whom has been born one child : Walter, born in 1883.


LEHMAN, SIMON C., confectioner, Steelton, was born in Dauphin county, Pa., December 3, 1856; son of Daniel Lehman. The father was born in Lancaster county, in 1821, and


was a hotel keeper. He kept the hotel at Buck's Lock while the Pennsylvania canal was being built, and also kept the Farmers' Hotel at Highspire, where he died in 1861. He married Susan Detweiler, who died in 1886. They reared six children, of whom four are living: J. J. Lehman, at Highspire ; C. Lehman, deceased, whose widow and four children survive him; W. C., Middletown ; Frank, deceased, whose widow and two sons survive him; Simon C., and D. L., living at Urbana, Ohio.


Simon C. attended the common schools of his neighborhood, and when a young man was a clerk in the store of his brother, J. J. Lehman, at Highspire, for one year, after which he was employed in the steel mills at Steelton for a number of years. In 1885 he established a business at Highspire, which he conducted until 1887, when he removed to Steelton and purchased the property in which he now resides, and engaged in the confectionery business, which he has since carried on. In his political views he is a Republican, and takes an active part in the interest of his party. In 1887 he was mar- ried to Miss Maggie J., daughter of Jacob Snavely, of Oberlin, Pa.


JONES, WILLIAM MCHENRY, secretary and treasurer of the Steelton Planing Mill Com- pany, Steelton, Pa., was born April 12, 1844, in Northampton county ; son of Robert Evan and Caroline (Dietrick) Jones. Will- iam was reared in his native county until he was seventeen years of age. His educa- tion was received in the public schools and in Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. In 1860 he moved to Union county, and in 1861 enlisted in company E, Forty-seventh Penn- sylvania volunteers, and served three years. After the close of the war he took a com- mercial course in Eastman's Business Col- lege, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and then clerked for Wallace, Smith & Co., Lewisburg, until 1858. In 1878 he established a dry goods and notion bazaar in Lewisburg, and con- tinued until 1878 when he moved to Steelton, Dauphin county, where he conducted a real estate business for a time. About 1895 he became connected with the Steelton planing mill. He was married, in 1868, to Caroline Criswell, daughter of James Criswell, of Lewisburg. They have three children : Katie, Edith C., and Criswell Jane. Mr. Jones is a stockholder in one of the banks and is connected with Sergt. S. W. Lascomb




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