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SAUL, CHARLES H., M. D., Steelton, was born in Dauphin county, Pa., in December, 1853; son of William Saul, a native also of Dauphin county. IIe receive his primary education in the Middletown schools, and at the age of thirteen years he entered the store of Rambler & Luckler as a clerk, where he remained eight years. In 1875 he entered the office of Dr. Mish as a student of medi- cine. In 1878 he was graduated from the medical department of the University of
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, and at once began the practice of his profession at Steel- ton, where he has since enjoyed an extensive patronage. Dr. Saul was married, in Sep- tember, 1890, to Caroline Smeller, daughter of Dr. George F. and Mary (Smeller) Mish, of Middletown Pa.
.. SNAVELY, JOHN H., D. D. S., and notary pub- lic, Steelton, was born at Newville, Cumber- land county, Pa., February 19, 1855; son of John and Susan (Gist) Snavely. When nine years of age he removed with his parents to Hockersville, and subsequently to Hum- melstown, where he received his education in the public schools. He then entered the office of the superintendent of the Philadel- phia and Reading Railroad Company at Columbia, as telegrapher, where he remained two years. In the early part of 1870 he began the study of dentistry with Dr. S. Mathews, of Steelton, with whom he subsequently became a partner in his business and has been engaged in the practice of his profession at Steelton for twenty years. Dr. Snavely was married, at Steelton, February 14, 1892, to Miss Ella M. Dunkle, daughter of Josiah A. and Mary Dunkle, of Steelton. They have six children : the first born died in infancy, Bertha B., Nettie E., Lottie M., Herman J., and Ruth B. For five years Dr. Snavely oc- cupied the office of justice of the peace and acceptably performed its duties, and in 1890 was appointed notary public, which office he still holds. In connection with his profession Dr. Snavely conducted a general store in Steelton for four years, and also carries on a general real estate business. He is also the agent of all the Trans-Atlantic steamship companies.
-- VANIER, GEORGE P ., superintendent of the chemical department of, the Pennsylvania Steel Works, was born in Omaha, Neb., June 6, 1862; son of Timothy and Eliza (Vincent) Vanier. IIe removed with his parents to Boston, Mass., in 1871, and re- ceived his education in the public schools of that city. His professional and scientific training was received in the Boston Insti- tute of Technology, from which institution he received the degree of Mining Engineer in the class of 1885. In June of the same year he came to Steelton and entered the employment of the Pennsylvania Steel Com- pany, and in 1886 was advanced to the po- sition of superintendent of the chemical
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laboratory, which position he has filled since that date. Mr. Vanier was married, in 1892, to Miss Helen Maloney, daughter of Thomas Maloney, of Harrisburg. They have one child, George Kenneth. Mr. Vanier is not active in politics. The family are members of St. James' Roman Catholic church.
/ ZEIGLER, WILLIAM L., physician, was born at Halifax, Dauphin county, Pa., February 18, 1855 ; son of Daniel Zeigler. Owing to the death of his father when eleven years old he began taking care of himself, and first found employment in the tanyard of J. Henry Shammo for two and a half years, after which he became a driver on the canal. Jacob Knouf employed him two years on the farm, and then he worked one summer at whitewashing, and after another turn at canal driving he found employment at Halifax in the store of Lodge & Landis for some years. He then attended a select school several terms and taught the Tyson's school one term, after which he returned to Hali- fax and worked for four and a half years in the store of J. B. Landis, during which time he studied medicine out of business hours with Dr. H. R. Caslow, and thus prepared himself for the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, from which he was graduated with honors. In May, 1881, he located in Steelton, where he was successful in his professional and business career. In his political views Dr. Zeigler is a staunch Democrat and is prominent and active in the party, having served as chairman of the Democratic County Committee. He served as a member of the school board two terms, and was chairman of the building commit- tee four years, and in 1891 was elected member of the city council from the Fifth ward, in which office he was active and in- fluential in securing important public im- provements. .
-ABERCROMBIE, WYMAN E., general super- intendent of the Steelton Store Company, was born in Quincy, Mass., and received his education in the form of a practical training for business in dry goods and jobbing in Boston, Mass., where he was employed for many years. In 1887 he came to Dauphin county and became the superintendent of the Pennsylvania Steel Company's storc,
which position he has filled since that date. He is also secretary of the Steelton Brick Company and is secretary and treasurer of the Steelton Flouring Mills. He was mar- ried, in 1876, to Miss Coffin.
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WENRICH, FRANCIS, retired, was born near Linglestown, Lower Paxton township, Dau- phin county, Pa., September 9, 1810. He is a son of Peter and Susanna (Umberger) Wen- rich. His paternal grandfather came from Germany and settled in Lebanon county. He was a soldier in the Revolution, partici- pating in the battles of the Brandywine and of Germantown, served in the military oper- ations on the frontiers against the Indians, and was subsequently at the massacre of Wyoming. He married Elizabeth Greiger : they had two sons, Peter, father of Francis, and Philip, besides several daughters. The elder Francis Wenrich died about 1825, and. with his wife, is buried in the Wenrich grave- yard.
Heinrich Umberger, ancestor of Susanna Umberger, mother of the younger Fran- cis Wenrich, came with his wife and two sons, Michael and John, to this country in the ship Hope. They landed at Philadelphia, August 28, 1733, and took up six hundred and forty acres of land, near where the city of Lebanon now stands. Michael Umberger had four sons: John, Henry, Adam, and Philip. John and Henry were soldiers of the Revolutionary war, serving as captains under Gen. Anthony Wayne. John was in the battle on Long Island, and was either killed or captured by the British, as he never returned or was heard of. Henry served through the war and returned home. Ile died aged one hundred and three years.
Adam Umberger, third son of Michael, had two sons, John and David, and two daughters, one of whom, Susanna H., is the mother of Francis Wenrich, having married Peter Wenrich, afterwards high sheriff of Dauphin county. The other daughter, Mar- garet, was married to Peter Heckert, of Lin- glestown, and died in Dauphin, aged ninety- two. John Umberger, son of Adam, mar- ried Elizabeth Wenrich, sister of Peter Wen- rich, the high sheriff.
Peter Wenrich, son of Francis and Eliza- beth (Greiger) Wenrich, was born near Lin- glestown, Dauphin county, Pa., in 1778.
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He was brought up on his father's farm, and received a rather limited education. IIe re- moved to Halifax township, where he re- sided until his election to the office of sheriff of Dauphin county; he then removed to Harrisburg. His official term was from Oc- tober 19, 1818, to October 16, 1821. He also became proprietor of the hotel which formerly occupied the site of the Lochiel House. Peter Wenrich was of moral character, a public-spirited citizen and a conscientious and efficient public servant. He died in Harrisburg, February 27, 1825, in the fifty- second year of his age. His marriage with Susanna, daughter of John Umberger, took place February 2, 1796. They had eleven children : John ; Peter ; Samuel; Francis ; David; Joseph ; Mary, wife of IIenry Sheafer ; Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Minshall; Susan, wife of Mr. Sloan ; Sarah, wife of William Scott, and Rebecca, wife of Albert Umberger.
In 1816, when Francis Wenrich was six years old, his parents removed to the bor- ough of Halifax ; two years later, his father being made sheriff, the family removed to Har- risburg. There he attended a private school taught by Patrick McCushion, was afterwards a student in the Harrisburg Academy, until he was fourteen, and later attended a private school at Halifax. After his father's death in 1825, Mr. Wenrich assisted his brother-in- law, Henry Sheafer, in the management of the hotel. Shortly after Mr. Sheafer took the contract for building the turnpike across Peters' Mountain, and employed Francis Wenrich to superintend the work. This be- ing completed, Francis engaged in contract- ing on his own account, and at sixteen years of age secured the contract of constructing two sections of the Lykens Valley railroad, projected and located some time before. Having finished this job in about a year, he was for some time employed as manager of the large store of Sheriff Samuel- France, at Millersburg, Pa. He was next engaged in superintending the construction of the rail- road from York, Pa., to Baltmore, Md., which occupied about one year. In 1846, in con- nection with his brother-in-law, Henry Sheafer, and Mr. Ehrman, he entered into a ' contract for the rebuilding of the Lykens Valley railroad and completed the work in about two years.
Mr. Wenrich afterwards returned to Mil- Jersburg, and was employed as shipping agent for the Lykens Valley Coal Company, the . company then consisting of Simon Gratz,
George Thompson, Rock Thompson, Henry Sheafer and Henry Schreiner. In this po- sition he remained until 1861; he shipped over 225,000 tons of coal per annum for the Summit Branch Railway Coal Com- pany. In 1864 he contracted with the Sum- mit Branch Coal Company for the excava- tion and construction of the famous canal basin at Millersburg. After completing the basin he was employed by the company as shipping and sales agent. Since 1869 Mr. Wenrich has not been actively engaged in any business excepting the management of his extensive private interests. He was active and largely interested in the establish- ment of the Millersburg Bank, of which he is now the president. Mr. Wenrich began his business career at the age of fifteen with- out any money capital. His enviable suc- cess is due to his sagacity and foresight in business, and his correct and able methods. Young men will find in the record of his life encouragement and inspiration, and will learn from his history how one may rise from lowly conditions to honor and affluence.
Francis Wenrich was married, May 29, 1838, to Mary, daughter of Adam and Mary (Ditty) Light, born in Upper Paxton town- ship, January 17, 1814. They have had four children : Joseph, born April 14, 1841, died September 12, 1842; Ellen, born August 11, 1849, died March 30, 1863; Mary, born April 2, 1844, died October 16, 1864, and Isa- dore, their only surviving child, born March 8, 1839. Mrs. Wenrich, the beloved wife of Francis Wenrich, passed peacefully away, June 5, 1896, after a brief illness of four weeks, in the eighty-third year of her age.
Mr. Wenrich is a Republican, and was unanimously nominated for the office of county treasurer by the county convention of his party, but declined the honor. In matters of religious faith his preferences are with the Presbyterian church.
~BOWMAN, SIMON SALLADE, attorney-at-law, was born at Elizabethtown, Dauphin county, Pa., October 10, 1842. He is a son of John J. and Margaret (Sallade) Bowman. John F. Bowman, his paternal grandfather, was born in Lancaster county, Pa., May 10, 1771, the son of a farmer residing at Pequea creek, near Strasburg. John F. Bowman was brought up a millwright. In 1809 he removed to Halifax, where he was a mer- chant until 1830; at that time he removed to Millersburg, and continued to carry on the
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business successfully until his death, which occurred November 6, 1835. He was first married, in 1794, to a daughter of Isaac Ferrce, by whom he had four children : Eliza, Maria, George, and Josiah, who mar- ried Elizabeth Rutter. Mrs. John F. Bow- man died, and Mr. Bowman, in 1805, mar- ried Frances, daughter of John Crossen, born August 31, 1786. They had nine chil- dren : John J .; Levi; Louisa and Isaac; Mary E., wife of Rev. C. W. Jackson; Lu- cinda, wife of Dr. Hiram Rutherford ; Jacob, Emeline, and Benjamin. The second Mrs. J. F. Bowman died September 30, 1846, and was interred beside her husband in the old Methodist graveyard at Millersburg. Their remains have since heen removed to Oak Hill cemetery.
John J. Bowman and Margaret, his wife, the parents of S. S. Bowman, are both de- ceased. They had seven children : Mary F., wife of T. J. Black ; Jennie E., wife of Prof. C. F. Fahnestock, of Chester, Delaware county, Pa .; Lucinda ; Dr. John F., of Mil- lersburg ; Simon S., Levi B., and Maggie. John Sallade, maternal grandfather of S. S. Bowman, was of Hugnenot extraction, and was born at Basel-on-the-Rhine in March, 1739. He and other members of his family came to America at an early date, and were among the first settlers of the Wiconisco. John Sallade died in November, 1827, aged eighty-eight. He was married, February 8, 1771, to Margaret, daughter of George Ever- hart, born in Berks county, Pa.
Simon Sallade, maternal grandfather of S. S. Bowman, by his excellent character and distinguished public services, made his name well known to all the citizens of Dau- phin county. He was born near Gratz, Dauphin county, Pa., March 7, 1785. He was four times elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; first, at the age of thirty-four, for the term of 1819-20 ; next for the term of 1835-1837, when he was fifty-one years old, and again in 1853, when he was in his sixty-ninth year. He served with ability and distinction in all these ses- sions of the Legislature. Mr. Sallade was the author of what was generally known as the " Wiconisco Feeder Bill," and to his zeal and tact this measure of importance to the material interests of upper Dauphin county owes its passage. Through the outlet pro- vided by this improvement, the Lykens Valley coal fields were developed. Through the influence of the canal commissioners,
Mr. Sallade was appointed superintendent of the construction of the Wiconisco canal.
Simon Sallade died at the old homestead, near Elizabethville, November 8, 1854, and is interred in the village graveyard at that place. His wife was Jane Woodside, danghi- ter of John Woodside, of Lykens Valley. She died September 3, 1854, and is buried beside her husband. Their children were : Margaret, wife of John J. Bowman, of Mil- lersburg; Ann, wife of Edward Bickel; Jane, wife of Daniel K. Smith; Simon, Jacob, John, George, and Joseph.
The story of the life of Simon Sallade is a familiar one in Lykens Valley. His socia- bility, hospitality, humor, uprightness and broad - charity are still talked about, and form a part of the traditional local history. His name is mentioned with grateful recol- lection of his goodness and acknowledg- ment of his greatness.
Simon Sallade Bowman, at six years, re moved with his parents to Millersburg, where he attended the borough public school until he was sixteen. He then entered Dick- inson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa., from which he graduated in June, 1863. He then enlisted in the United States army, at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, joining company G, Thir- ty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteers, under Capt. Thomas Bennett, and Colonel Trout. During his service he was detailed for duty in the office of Colonel Sallade, paymaster of the United States army, department of re- ferred claims. He continued in this posi- tion until February, 1866, during which time he attended the Columbia Law School, Washington, D. C He afterwards studied law in the office of Hon. A. J. Herr, of Har- risburg, and was admitted to the Harrisburg bar, April 26, 1866, having passed examina- tion before a committee composed of IIon. John J. Pearson, Hon. John C. Kunkel, Hon. David Fleming, and John S. Detweiler, Esq. Mr. Bowman then opened an office at Mil- lersburg, and entered upon the practice of law. He has obtained a large and profitable clientage, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him.
Mr. Bowman was married, July 29, 1866, to Anne P. Jackson, daughter of Addison and Hannah P. (Light) Jackson. They have seven children : Sumner S .; Edmund B .; Irene A., wife of J. S. Hopkinson, superin- tendent of the Northern Central railroad from Harrisburg to Sunbury ; Nellie M .. wife of Hay W. Bowman, editor .of the Millers-
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burg Sentinel ; Hannah, at present a student at Dickinson Seminary ; James Donald, and Robert Herr. Mr. Bowman is a Republican. He was elected to the office of burgess in 1892, and re-elected in 1894, and served with credit to himself and satisfaction to his con- stituency. He is a member in good stand- ing of Susquehanna Lodge, No. 364, F. & A. M .; also of Kilpatrick Post, No. 212, G. A. R. The family are members of the Meth- odist church, at Millersburg, Pa.
Addison Jackson, father of Mrs. Bowman, is deceased. His wife is still living. They had four children : Amelia, wife of H. H. Whitman; Annie P .. , Mrs. Bowman ; Helen, wife of E. H. Giffin, and John W.
-FRECK, NEWTON C., lumber merchant, was born at the old homestead at Millers- burg, Upper Paxton township, Dauphin county, Pa., November 21, 1841. He is a son of Matthias and Eliza A. (Penrose) Freck. Matthias Freck was born at Baden Baden, Germany, in 1795, and came to America when he was fifteen years of age. He died May 28, 1868. He was very influ- ential in the establishment of the first public school at Millersburg, serving on the committee, which consisted of Jacob Seal, John J. Bowman, Dr. Rathbon, and others. His wife, Eliza A. Penrose, was born August 12, 1804. They had eight children : Joseph; Melvina, wife of John Johnson, deceased, and now widow of Samuel II. Loughabaugh; Rudolph, Roland, Rinaldo, Melancthon Paul, John Luther, and . New- ton Calvin. Mrs. Freck died January 10, 1892. She was the daughter of Joseph and Euphan (Pratt) Penrose. Joseph Penrose was the son of Col. Joseph Penrose, of Revolutionary fame, who commanded a regi- ment in that war, and who was a brother- in-law of Gen. Anthony Wayne, by the General's marriage with his sister.
Newton Calvin Freck received his educa- tion in the public schools of Millersburg, which he attended until he was about fifteen. He then began to learn the trade of machinist at Minersville, Schuylkill county, Pa., with William DeHaven, pro- prietor of the Minersville Machine Works. He had served about two and a half years of his apprenticeship when the business panic of 1857-58 caused the closing of the works. He returned home, attended the Millersburg school for about two years, and then engaged in farming for his brother
Roland, Upper Paxton township, and con- tinued there about two years. In 1862 he engaged in manufacturing and dealing in lumber, having formed a partnership with his brother Joseph, under the firm name of N. C. Freck & Co. His brother was an extensive coal dealer at Centralia, Columbia county, Pa. The firm dealt extensively in all kinds of lumber, and established a large and profitable trade in Eastern and Southern markets. The business was continued until 1890.
Mr. Freck was one of the projectors and one of the first directors of the Millersburg Bank, Millersburg, Pa. He was the chief promoter of the State Millers' Association, called and issued the circulars for the first meeting, which was held at Central Hall, Sunbury, Pa., January 8, 1878. At that meeting he was appointed chairman of the committee which drew up the by-laws by which the association has ever since been governed. Mr. Freck was nominated for president, but declined on account of his being but a young man in the milling business. He was one of the promoters of the Millersburg Water Works, and is at present one of the directors of the works. He is likewise interested in the Millersburg Electric Light Works. He was also among the promoters of water works at Mifflintown, and Patterson, Juniata county ; Steelton, Dauphin county ; Newport, Perry county, and at Womelsdorf, Berks county. He superin- tended the construction of the works at all these places. He is the inventor of an ingenious device for filtering the water. He is one of a company of six who are building the water plant at Newville, Pa., now nearly completed. He is ranked among the most sagacious business men, and the most proficient and successful me- chanical engineers. Mr. Freck stands equally well in all the relations of life, and his ability and personal worth are univer- sally recognized. In 1876 Mr. Freck was the Republican nominee for assemblyman in the northern district in Dauphin county. He was defeated at the election by three votes, which he claims resulted from the liquor traffic influence being on the side of his opponent, Mr. A. T. Englebert.
Mr. Freck was married, November 28, 1866, to Emma R., daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Rote) Wagner, who was born November 26, 1843. They have had three children : Paul W., born October 7, 1876,
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died October 8, 1886; Annie M., born Sep- tember 8, 1867, and Clark C., born January 11, 1870. Mr. Freck and his family are members of the Lutheran church at Mil- lersburg.
- BOWMAN, FRANK S., attorney-at-law and publisher, Millersburg, Dauphin county, Pa., is a son of Josiah and Margaret (Rutter) Bowman, being the youngest of a family of nine children, and was born at Loyalton, Dauphin county, January 24, 1844.
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Mr. Bowman received a good classical education, after which he read law in the office of IIon. Robert A. Lamberton, Harris- burg, Pa., and was admitted to the Dauphin county bar in April, 1866. He has also been admitted to all the neighboring bars. As a newspaper man Mr. Bowman has been more than ordinarily successful. In June, 1884, he established the Millersburg Sentinel, which was a success from the start, and is now a journal of large circulation and wide influ- ence. Mr. Bowman is a talented and enter- taining writer. His style is formed from the best literature and standard classic models, as he has possibly the largest and best se- lected literary library in his end of the county. His scrap books, which he has been making since the age of fourteen, alone form a rare and valuable collection. From these certain data and articles have been copied and furnished to some distinguished scholars. He has observed the rule to purchase a book when visiting a new city or community, and as a result has books picked up in many parts of the country. As an example, he purchased a copy of " Robinson Crusoe," in the city of Elmira in 1878. At this time he tried a case in court in Elmira with Hon. David B. Hill as associate counsel. He owns part of the library of that distinguished scholar and critic, R. Shelton Mackenzie, late of Philadelphia. Mr. Bowman is an enterprising citizen, and has filled various offices of trust in his community. He was a delegate from his county to the Democratic State Convention, at Pittsburgh, in 1874, the year after the adoption of the new State Constitution. He was always an admirer and active supporter of the lamented Will- iam A. Wallace. He was appointed post- master of Millersburg by President Cleve- land, in February, 1895, and commissioned for four years.
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Frank S. Bowman was married, September 14, 1869, to. Mary C., third daughter of
Simon Wert, a prominent citizen and highly esteemed Christian gentleman, now deceased. of Millersburg. Two children were born to this union : Hay Wert, born June 30, 1870, and Linn, born April 28, 1874. Hay is now editor of the Millersburg Sentinel, and is showing rare ability as a writer for one of his years. Linn Bowman is a member of the Junior class at Dickinson College, and ranks high in his class. He has the minis- try in view.
Mrs. Bowman died December 5, 1893, under the most touching circumstances. A true Christian mother, a devoted wife, an ardent worker in the Methodist Episcopal church, her loss was keenly felt by all who knew her. Editor Bowman, of the Sentinel, was married, June 6, 1895, to Miss Nellie M. Bowman, daughter of Chief Burgess Simon S. Bowman. It affords us pleasure to con- clude this sketch by saying that the family of Mr. Bowman is one of the most cultured and intelligent in Dauphin county.
-. BOWMAN, LEVI B., tinsmith, was born at Elizabethville, Dauphin county, Pa., De- cember 14, 1846; son of John J. and Mar- garet (Sallade) Bowman. John F. Bowman, his paternal grandfather, was born in Lan- caster county, Pa., May 10, 1771, and was the son of a farmer residing on Pequea creek. He was brought up as a millwright, but in 1809 removed to Halifax, where he was engaged in mercantile business until 1830 ; he then went to Millersburg, and was there a successful merchant until his death, November 6, 1835. Mr. Bowman was first married, in 1794, to a daughter of Isaac Ferree, whose farm adjoined that of his father. Their children were : Eliza, Maria, George, and Josiah, who married Elizabeth Rutter. Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Bowman were the parents of Frank S. Bowman, attorney- at-law, at present postmaster at Millersburg and editor and proprietor of the Millersburg Sentinel. Mr. John F. Bowman was married, the second time, in 1805, to Frances, daugh- ter of John Crossen, born August 13, 1786. Their children were: John J .; Levi ; Louisa : Isaac; Mary F., wife of Rev. C. W. Jackson : Lucinda, wife of Dr. Hiram Rutherford ; Jacob, Emeline, and Benjamin. Mr. Bow- man was a representative man in upper Dauphin county, in high repute for upright- ness and honesty ; quiet, but genial and much esteemed. He never sought or would accept any local or general office. His see-
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