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Mr. Johnson is a Republican. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal church, ex- cept Mrs. Johnson, who worships with the Evangelical church.
David Etien, father of Mrs. Johnson, died in November, 1855. His wife is still living. Of their four children, two are deceased : William, died in Illinois, aged about forty- five; Louisa Rebecca, died aged fourteen months. Their surviving children are : Mary Ellen, Mrs. Johnson ; and Hiram, who married Ella Dirr. Mrs. Etien was married, the second time, to Hugh Urich ; they had one child, Samuel Edward. Mr. Urich en- listed in company E, Ninth Pennsylvania volunteer cavalry, and died while in the service, aged about thirty-nine years.
HATTER, GEORGE W., furniture dealer and funeral director, Millersburg, Pa., was born at Donaldson, Schuylkill county, Pa., March
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3, 1859, and is a son of George and Mary (Haberacker) Hatter.
George Hatter (1), grandfather of George W. Hatter, married Kate Erdman. They had nine children : Daniel, Kate, John, George, Elizabeth, Moses, David, Samuel, and Amanda. Mrs. Hatter died aged about eighty-eight. George Hatter, Jr., father of George W. Hatter, and his wife, Mary (Haber- acker) Hatter, are both living, and reside in Schuylkill county, Pa. Of their seven chil- dren, one, Frederick, died in infancy. The living children are: Joel, married Elizabeth Wolfgang; Catherine, widow of Benedict Trefsger, and now wife of William Dinger; George W .; William, married Emma Miller; Samuel M., married Agnes Miller, and Andrew, married Leah Lewis.
George W. Hatter attended the public schools of his native county, and remained with his parents until he was eighteen. Although he had not attained his majority and his parents might lawfully and reason- ably have detained him at home, they were willing to relinquish their claim, and let him go forth into the world to make his own living. He looked about for some time and tried various occupations; among other em- ployments he worked for a time in the coal mines. He was not fully settled in any regular business until 1875, when he began to deal in live stock and in merchandise of different descriptions; he continued to be thus occupied until 1880. He afterwards obtained a contract for carrying the mails in Sullivan county, Pa., under an engage- ment for two and a half years, after which he returned to his native town. Finding there an opening for a furniture store, Mr. Hatter embarked in that line of business, and enjoyed a good patronage, building up a profitable trade in which he was engaged up to 1889 ; after this time he added to his enterprise the business of undertaker and funeral director. He continued this busi- ness at Donaldson until 1894, when he re- moved to Millersburg, established himself in commodious quarters, and began his suc- cessful career as furniture dealer and under- taker. Mr. Hatter has qualified himself for his business, especially in the undertaking branch, being the only graduated funeral director and embalmer in Millersburg or the vicinity.
George W. Hatter was married, July 1, 1876, to Jessie F., daughter of Lewis and Catherine (Moses) Miller. Of their five
children, one is deceased, Mary Rebecca, born September 28, 1879, died September 18, 1881. Their living children are: Ivan M., born July 26, 1877 ; Florence M., Febru- ary 17, 1881; Ernest C., December 17, 1885 ; G. Granville, August 25, 1889. In beneficial and fraternal circles Mr. Hatter is prominent as a member of Council No. 972. R. A., at, Tremont, Schuylkill county, Pa .; I. O. O. F., at Millersburg, and Washington Camp, No. 74, P. O. S. of A., at Donaldson, Schuylkill county. He is a Republican. The family attend the Reformed church.
Lewis Miller, father of Mrs. Hatter, died April 10, 1886, aged about seventy-four. His wife died October 14, 1888, aged about sixty-nine. Of their five children, one, Mary, died in infancy ; the others are : Leo- line, wife of William Bodley ; James K., married Lottie Uminitz; she died and he married Dora Mutchler; Florence E., wife of William Ludwick; Jessie F., Mrs. Hatter.
Mr. Hatter's business career is interesting. He began without material aid, carefully worked his own way and is now well estab- lished in trade, enjoying a liberal patronage without forebodings as to the future. He is among the substantial and honored men of the community, owing his success to his own self-reliant efforts. Since the foregoing was written Mr. Hatter has died.
ETZWEILER, JEROME, confectioner, Millers- burg, was born at Millersburg, Pa., Novem- ber 6, 1852, and is a son of John D. and Sarah (Henninger) Etzweiler. His grand- father, John Etzweiler, married Annie Gray, and they had these children : Rebecca, wife of Emanuel Frank ; John; Mary, wife of John Slaight; Salome, wife of J. Armbrus- ter ; Amanda, wife of John Walters ; Lydia, wife of Robert Ritchie; Theodore, an in- valid, and three children who died in in- fancy.
John D. Etzweiler, father of Jerome Etz- weiler, resides at Dimmsville, Juniata county, Pa. Mrs. Sarah Etzweiler was born in 1835, and died in April, 1883. They had six children : John, died aged two years ; Jerome; Charles, married Lizzie Schaffer, has four children ; Louisa, wife of C. W. Fralich, has two children ; William, married Emma Vandyke, has three children; Jo- siah, married Gertrude Krotzer, has one child. Mr. Etzweiler was married, a second time, to Jennie, daughter of James Cox.
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Jerome Etzweiler was a pupil in the pub- lie schools of his native town for a part of each year until he' was seventeen. During part of this time he was a very helpful as- sistant in the hotel kept by his father. After this time he was engaged in various occupa- tions, being industrious and enterprising, and willing to accept any respectable and rea- sonably remunerative employment. Even at that time he had the name of being an energetic and faithful workman, and he was seldom, if ever, without a job. He was for two years in the employ of the Northern Central Railway Company, and might have contin- ued in this service with every prospect of rapid promotion, since his services were prompt and faithful, and entirely satisfac- tory to the company, but Mr. Etzweiler was enterprising and ambitious, and had a strong desire to be at some business under his own control, being persuaded that his time and talents thus employed would result in larger benefit than if given to the business of an- other party. Scanning the situation at home, it occurred to him that there was good promise there for a well-conducted ice cream and confectionery business. Accordingly, on May 10, 1879, Mr. Etzweiler announced to the public his readiness to accommodate them in this line, and solicited their patron- age. The public generously responded ; the trade increased, and soon demanded larger facilities and accommodations, and in 1882 Mr. Etzweiler established himself in the spacious and elegantly furnished rooms in which he has since received his patrons. He was favored by his friends and neighbors, not only because they thought it well to pa- tronize the young men of their own place, and thus encourage them to stay at home and aid in building up the town, but princi- pally because of his skillful management, strict attention to business and honest deal- ing, coupled with a courteous manner and an obliging disposition.
Jerome Etzweiler was married, March 12, 1882, to Sarah E., daughter of George and Elizabeth (Enterline) Holtzman, born De- cember 22, 1851. They are blessed with three children : George L., born January 21, 1883; Mary Grace, May 22, 1886, and Will- iam H., January 15, 1888. Mr. Etzweiler is prominent among the Odd Fellows, holding membership in Lodge No. 183, Millersburg. He votes the Republican ticket and is .a school director in Millersburg. Mr. Etz-
weiler worships in the Evangelical church ; his family attend the Lutheran church.
George and Elizabeth Holtzman, parents of Mrs Etzweiler, are living. Of their eight children, Edward died October 11, 1895, aged thirty-seven, leaving a widow and two children, Charles and Pauline. Their other children are: Mary J .; John M., married Katie White; Simon, married Frances Klinger; Sarah E., Mrs. Etzweiler; Ida ; Kate; and Agnes, wife of Joseph Bowman. Michael Holtzman, grandfather of Mrs. Etz- weiler, married Elizabeth Novinger. They had six children: George, Jacob, James, Elizabeth, Leah, and Sarah.
HOFFMAN, ISAAC W., ticket and freight agent for the Northern Central and Penn- sylvania Railroad Company, Millersburg, Pa., was born in Lykens, now Washington township, Dauphin county, Pa., March 5, 1837, and is a son of Jacob D. and Eve (Romberger) Hoffman.
John Peter Hoffman was the first Ameri- can ancestor of the Hoffman family. With others of his family and friends he came to this country from Germany in 1739, and his descendants were soldiers in the Colonial army and in the wars with the Indians. He settled in Lykens Valley, at the end of Short Mountain, where he built a small house and where some of his descendants are living at this time. Jacob D. Hoffman, father of Isaac W. Hoffman, was of the fifth genera- tion in the direct line of descent from John Peter Hoffman, and was born July 3, 1812, on the farm on which that ancestor first set- tled. On the same place Jacob D. Hoffman had his residence after the death of his father until 1855. For his education he is less indebted to schools than to his native talent, his quick and clear perception and ready observation of men and events. His knowledge was of that practical character which prepared him for action and leader- ship, when matters of importance were to be decided upon in the community. IIe farmed the old homestead until 1850, when he took charge of the large Elder and Haldeman farm in the immediate vicinity, at the end of Short Mountain. Jacob D. Hoffman was married, May 19, 1836, to Eve, daughter of Adam Romberger, born June 28, 1810.
He was one of the most influential Repub- lieans of his neighborhood. In early life he filled many of the offices in his native town-
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ship in the most acceptable manner; later he became prominent in county politics. In 1848 he was elected county commissioner to fill an unexpired term, and in the following year was elected to a full term of that office. He was twice elected sheriff, in 1854 and in 1866. Mr. Hoffman was also a man of great social worth, and his life was characterized by unfailing kindness and generosity. Those in need of help never appealed to him in vain. Few men draw to themselves more loyal friends than those who were attached to him. He died May 30, 1887. His wife died October 31, 1876, from the results of an accident, having been run down by an engine at Sunbury, Pa., May 30, 1876. They had nine children.
Isaac W. Hoffman received his primary education in the district schools. At sixteen or seventeen years of age he attended the Berrysburg Academy for one term, after which he was urged by the school board to take one of the schools in his native town- ship. This was in 1854, when the system of county superintendency first went into effect. Mr. Hoffman yielded to this request and taught a six months' term. After this he studied one term at the Harrisburg Acad- emy, and then taught a winter school in Lykens township, spending the next term in study at the White Hall Academy in Cumberland county, and teaching the win- ter school at Stauffer's school house in Lower Paxton township. The next summer found him at the Freeland Academy, Montgomery county, Pa., after which he taught a regular term in the Berrysburg Academy, and in the following winter taught the regular term of the district school of that place. He spent the next summer at the State Normal School, Millersville, Lancaster county, and in the following winter taught the Elder school, in Swatara township, Dauphin county.
Mr. Hoffman now determined to try another branch of business, and accepted an agency for the Osborne Reaper and Mowing Machine Company, of New York, in which he was active for one season. In the follow- ing winter he did important service at Hali- fax, where he taught the borough high school, and was instrumental in establishing the grading of the schools; so fully was he appreciated that he was retained for two terms in the superintendency of the IIalifax schools. On September 5, 1859, Mr. Hoff-
man received from the county superintendent a county certificate for professional teaching. In 1861 he was appointed route agent in the United States railway mail service. This position he held until November 30, 1865, when he was appointed agent of the North- ern Central Railway Company, at Millers- burg, Pa., and later was made agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at the same place, which position be still satis- factorily fills.
Isaac W. Hoffman was married, November 6, 1866, to Sarah Frances, daughter of Dr. H. G. and Elizabeth Martin. Their children are: Roscoe White, born September 5, 1867; Jacob Odin, born August 5, 1869, married Elizabeth Crawford; and Pauline, born De- cember 4, 1871. Mrs. Sarah F. Hoffman died December 17, 1874, sincerely mourned by her relatives and friends, and by all who knew her lovely character and unselfish life. She was a true Christian woman, conscien- tious in the discharge of duty, and doing good to all about her. Mr. Hoffman was married, the second time, November 6, 1879, to Marion, daughter of Jacob E. and Cath- erine (Bollinger) Meck. Their children are: Dean Meck, born November 11, 1880 ; Her- bert Spencer, born January 24, 1882; Mar- garet, born March 27, 1889, died December 7, 1891; Lois and Marie, twins, born June 26,1893.
Mr. Hoffman has served as director of the First National Bank of Millersburg, was one of the organizers of the Standard Axle Works, and the treasurer of that company for a year ; he was also among the organizers of the Millersburg Building Association,'of which he served as secretary during the whole term of its existence. He holds a prominent place in the International Asso- ciation of Ticket Agents, and is also active in fraternal organizations, being a member of Perseverance Lodge, No. 183, I. O. O. F .. of Millersburg, of which he has been seere- tary for twenty-five years; of Dauphin En- campment, No. 10, I. O. O. F., of Harris-
burg ; a member of Perseverance Lodge, No. 21, F. & A. M .; Perseverance Chapter. No. 21, R. A. M .; Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11, K. T .; Harrisburg Consistory, 32 , S. P. R. S., of Harrisburg ; Lulu Temple. A. A. O. N. M. S., of Philadelphia : Syrian Commandery, No. 133, A. & 1. O. K of M., of Millersburg. Mr. Hoffman is a Republican. He has served on the borough
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school board for twelve years, having been its secretary during all that time. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
The parents of the present Mrs. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Meck, are both living. They had six children : William North, died when one year old ; the living children are : James L .; Marion, who is Mrs. Hoffman ; Annie S .; Mary A .; Ida May, wife of Kimber E. Heckert, of Millersburg, Pa.
-LENKER, DANIEL Y., distiller, was born in Lower Mahanoy township, Northumber- land county, Pa., October 17, 1841. He is a son of Nicholas and Catherine (Yeager) Len- ker. Michael Lenker, great-grandfather of Daniel Y. Lenker, married Matilda Enter- lein. John Lenker, grandfather of Daniel Y., married Maria Bobb. They had ten children : Lydia; Nicholas; Daniel ; Adam ; Mary, wife of Andrew Ditty; Catherine, wife of Jonas Bonawitz ; John ; Jacob ; Eliza- beth, wife of Josiah Negley, and Michael, a minister at Lykens. Nicholas Lenker, father of Daniel Y. Lenker, was born Sep- tember 5, 1814, and died March 29, 1888. His wife, Catherine Yeager, was born April 16, 1817, daughter of Christopher and Eliza- beth (Radel) Yeager; she died February 11, 1895. They had ten children : Sarah, de- ceased, wife of Daniel Keppenheffer ; Isaac, married Kate Zimmerman; Mary, wife of Michael Metz; Daniel Y .; John Y., married Lydia Hidle, of Ohio; David Y., married Emma. Kunzelman ; William Y., married Susan Giebel; Elizabeth, wife of William Forney; Nicholas Y., married Lizzie Wise; and Catherine, wife of Charles Overholtzer.
Daniel Y. Lenker was four years of age when his parents removed to Mifflin town- ship, Dauphin county. He attended the com- mon schools of that township until he was thirteen, when they again removed to a place near Killinger P. O., in Upper Paxton town- ship. There the children had the advantages of the winter district school. Daniel not only helped on the farm, but also spent much time in his father's tailor shop, where he was a valuable assistant, saving his father many stitches, and gaining a thorough knowledge of the trade. He was employed in this way until he was eighteen, when he was permitted to supplement the instruction received in home schools by attendance for two terms at the academy at Freeburg, Snyder county, in the spring of 1860. Returning home, he
was engaged in tailoring with his father until he entered the army.
In 1862, August 1, Mr. Lenker enlisted at Harrisburg, in company G, Sixth regiment, Pennsylvania militia, under Captain Shers and Colonel Kieffer, and was moved with his regiment to the battlefield of Antietam, and thence to Fort Washington, where his term of enlistment expired, and he was mus- tered out. He reached home in September, 1862. After passing the winter at home, Mr. Lenker re-enlisted in May, 1863, and was made an orderly at Camp Curtin on the staff of the provost marshal, which position he held until June, 1863, when he was ordered with the Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania militia to Gettysburg. He was detailed with others to serve as spy, to locate the position of the enemy's forces ; while on this service he and fifteen of his comrades were captured and sentenced to be shot or hanged; but the de- feat of the Southern army at Gettysburg re- sulted in their being paroled. Barefooted and with hardly enough clothing to cover him, Mr. Lenker made his way on foot from Gettysburg to Dillsburg, and thence to his home, where be remained until December, 1863. He then entered the State University at Columbus, Ohio, and pursued a course of study until June 2, 1864; after which he came home, and again enlisted in the United States army at Harrisburg, joining company G, One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania volunteers, in which he served until the close of the war, and was mustered out at Newberne, N. C., in August, 1865.
In the winter of 1865 and 1866 he taught school in Lower Mahanoy township, North- umberland county, in the old weaving shop of his grandfather, the room in which the first free school opened in that township was held. In the spring of 1866 Mr. Lenker re- turned to Upper Paxton township and en- gaged with his father at tailoring, at the same time carrying on a small farming busi- ness on a place near Rife P. O., known as the Henry Pottinger farm, which he had bought. Ile continued in these lines of business until 1869, when he sold the farm and bought his present homestead near Mil- lersburg, known as the Haldeman farm, and once owned by Daniel Miller; there he en- gaged in farming, gardening and fruit rais- ing. He was also for some time a contrac- tor. In 1880 he took up the business of dis- tilling fruit brandies, essential oils, and rye whiskey, in which he has been successfully
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and profitably engaged up to the present time. Mr. Lenker has shown great energy and enterprise and much business ability, and is now rewarded by prosperity. His products are of the best, and find a wide market, and his trade is secure and increas- ing.
Daniel Y. Lenker was married, October 23, 1866, to Julia A., daughter of William and Amelia. (Year) Kootka, born November 25, 1844, at Kremnitz, near Berlin, Prussia. Three of their eight children are deccased. Their surviving children are: Mary V., born March 14, 1863, wife of George Hoffman, has three children, Guy Lenker, Harry P. and Esther ; Mildred, born March 3, 1870 ; Cathe- rine, April 24, 1872 ; Harry Cordes, Febru- ary 10, 1874 ; and Earl, July 24, 1881.
Mr. Lenker has served as school director for about twelve years. His political opin- ions are independent. He is associated with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of State Lodge, No. 22; he belongs also to Kil- patrick Post, No. 212, G. A. R., at Millers- burg. The family attend the Lutheran church.
William Kootka, father of Mrs. Lenker, was born in Carnnitz, near Berlin, April 1, 1810, and came with his family to America in 1853. He landed at New York, came to Wiconisco, in the Lykens Valley, and re- moved to Rife P. O., where he engaged in milling; he died in Millersburg, Pa., Sep- tember 19, 1886, aged seventy-six ; his wife also died in Millersburg, September 6, 1887, aged seventy-four. They had three children : Amelia, wife of Willard Harper, who was killed in the battle of the Wilderness, leaving one child, Thomas; his widow married George Falkenmeyer; William A., married Tina Sophia Weaver, has three children ; and Julia, Mrs. Lenker.
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LENKER, WILLIAM E., retired merchant, was born in Mifflin township, Dauphin county, Pa., March 9, 1833, and is a son of William and Eve Catherine (Feidt) Lenker. Philip Lenker, his grandfather, was twice married. His second marriage was with Ann Margaret Weaver; their children were: Jacob, Philip, William, John, David, Jonas, Susanna, Adam, and Sarah. William Lenker, father of William E., was born February 6, 1805, and died March 29, 1869. His wife, Eve Catherine Feidt, was born December 24, 1805, and died May 24,
1887. Four of their six children are do- ceased : Joel, born December 17, 1839, died August 27, 18-14; Aaron, born September 16, 1843, died October 13, 1846; Lavinia, born August 28, 1840, died February 25, 1892, wife of Thomas Matter; Susan, born May 16, 1831, wife of Joel Koppenhaver, who died, and she married Jacob Emerick ; she died December 27, 1894. The living chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. William Lenker are: William E. and Daniel, who was born Octo- ber 11, 1828, and resides at Aaronsburg, Pa.
William E. Lenker was educated in the district schools of Mifflin township, which he attended during part of each year until he was fourteen. At that age he went with his parents to Upper Paxton township, where he continued to attend the common schools until 1852. During his years at school he was also working on the farm, and assisting his parents to the best of his power in every busy season. On November 2, 1852, he entered Mt. Pleasant College, West- moreland county, Pa., and pursued the reg- ular course of studies there for two terms, after which he attended the Berrysburg Seminary for two terms. In 1855 he studied at the State Normal School, Millersville, Lancaster county, during the spring term ; then in the summer of the same year he helped his father as usual with the harvest work. After a term at the New Berlin Acad- emy in Union county, he taught a winter school at home, resuming farm work with his father in the spring. The following winter he taught school in Upper Paxton township, working again for his father in the summer, and receiving wages ; the next winter he taught again in Upper Paxton township. In 1858 Mr. Lenker rented his father's farm on shares, and continued this arrangement for nine successive years, teach- ing every winter either in Mifflin or Upper Paxton township. During that time he received a teacher's professional certificate from County Superintendent Ingram.
On February 12, 1866, Mr. Lenker and Samuel Lehman made arrangements for the purchase of the Lykens Valley store, and on October 1, 1866, they took possession and began business under the firm name of Len- ker & Lehman. Mr. Lenker remained on the home farm until the next spring, when he occupied his present homestead. The firm conducted the business for five years. In 1871 Mr. Lenker bought the interest of his partner and continued business by him -
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self until March, 1888. He then retired, leaving as successor his son, Francis Winfield Lenker, who has since conducted the busi- ness. Mr. Lenker has kept pace with the march of improvement, and has done his share in building up the place. In 1872 he built the fine dwelling in which his son now lives. In 1892 he remodeled his own resi- dence, improving, enlarging, and adorning it, and making it one of the most desirable homes in the region.
On October 1, 1857, William B. Lenker was married to Amanda, daughter of Jonas and Elizabeth Diebler, born October 16, 1837. Mrs. Diebler's maiden name was the same as that of her husband, although they were not at all related. Mr. and Mrs. Len- ker have two children : Francis Winfield, born April 12, 1861, married Annie Miller, has one son, Mark Homer; and Minnie Sa- villa, wife of Benton P. Negley, has two chil- . dren, Helen Amanda and William Isaac. Mrs. Lenker died December 21, 1886. She was faithful in all her round of duties, and gentle and loving in her ways. She made a profession of religion in connection with the United Brethren church, and honored this profession by a godly walk and conversation. She was one of a family of seven children, of whom she was the eldest; the others were Mary, Lizzie, John H., Sarah Jane, Cathe- rine, and Jonas Edward. Mr. Lenker was married, the second time, November 7, 1891, to Mary M., widow of Cornelius Hoy, and daughter of the Rev. Henry E. Hackman, Elizabethville, Dauphin county, Pa.
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