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After resting four days they started on the Perrysville campaign, by way of Shep- herdville, Bardstown and Springfield 10 Perrysville or, (Chaplain Hills), thence to Crab Orchard, Frankfort, Greenville, Mum- fordsville, Bowling Green, Ky .; Gallatin, Bellows Ford, Pilot Knob, Edgefield and Nashville, Tenn. They then moved on Christmas day, 1862, to Murfreesboro (Stone river), where they lost nearly half the regi- ment. From Murfreesboro they moved to Tulahoma, Tenn .; thence to Cowen, across the Cumberland mountains into the Crow Creek Valley; thence to Stephenson, Ala .; thence to Bridgeport, Ala., where they crossed the Tennessee river and Raccoon mountains into the Trenton Valley, Ga .: thence across Lookout mountain into the Chickamauga Valley, Ga .; thence to Chatta- nooga, Tenn., where, in September, 1863,
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they were in a number of engagements and remained in that vicinity until May 14, 1864.
They then began the Atlanta campaign, moving first to Ringgold, Ga .; thence to Tunnel Hill, thence to Buzzard's Roost, thence to Snake Creek Gap to Resaca; thence to Kingston, Cassville, Burnt Hickory, New Hope Church, Pumpkin Vine Creek, Big Shanty, Kenesaw, Smyrna, Chattahooche river, Peachtree creek, Atlanta, Eutaw creek, to Jonesborough, Ga., where Mr. Cordes re- ceived a serious gunshot wound in his left arm, necessitating amputation on the battle- field, after which he was taken a distance of twenty miles to the hospital at Atlanta, suffering intensely on the way. He re- mained in the hospital until October 23, 1864, when he was sent with others in freight cars to Chattanooga, Tenn., and was finally discharged at Columbus, Ohio, January 25, 1865, on account of disability resulting from wounds received in battle.
Mr. Cordes then returned to Harrisburg, and after a short stay entered Crittenden's Commercial College, Philadelphia, where he took a course in bookkeeping and telegraphy, which he completed in December, 1865. Through the friendly endorsement of Hon. J. D. Cameron he obtained a position in the service of the Northern Central Railroad Company, and was stationed at Harrisburg ; after six months he was sent to Marysville, Perry county, Pa., where he remained two and a half years. In September, 1868, he was located at Millersburg, and has been in the employ of the same company at that point ever since.
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Henry Cordes was married, December 25, 1866, to Kate, daughter of John and Cathe- rine (Sweigert) Shoader. Two of their chil- dren are deceased : John Henry, at the age of nineteen days, while Catherine Cecilia, who was born December 20, 1868, died March 27, 1895. Those who survive are also two in number: Florence Victoria, born June 8, 1872, wife of Benton M. Jury, of Millersburg, Pa., and Warren Ray, born January 9, 1875.
Mr. Cordes is a Republican. In 1892 he was elected to the office of director of the poor for a term of three years, and in 1895 was re-elected to the same office. He has been the commander of Post No. 212, G. A. R., at Millersburg for fifteen years, and still holds that office. IIe is a member in good standing of Lodge No. 183, I. O. O. F., at
Millersburg. Mr. Cordes and his family at- tend the Lutheran church.
John Shoader, father of Mrs. Cordes, died January 4, 1875. His wife survives him. Their children are: Frederick G., married Kate Harm ; Kate, Mrs. Cordes; John II., married Mary Flickinger; Harry B., mar- ried Lydia Hamilton ; Elizabeth, wife of Willis Shearer; William B., married Annie Flickinger, and Mary B. Mr. Shoader served in the United States navy during the Mexican war.
Henry Luebken, uncle of Mr. Cordes, with whom the latter resided when he first came to America, and from whom he learned his trade, emigrated to this country in 1832. He had learned baking in his native land, and was one of the first bakers in Harris- burg. He married Margaret Walters, daugh- ter of Philip Walters.
Henry and Margaret Luebken had twelve children, all of whom died in childhood, the eldest having lived to be eighteen years of age.
RICKERT, JOHN, farmer, was born near Gratz, Lykens township, Dauphin county, Pa., January 4, 1829; son of Henry and Sarah (Romberger) Rickert. Adam Romberger, maternal grandfather of John Rickert, mar- ried Mary Werner. She died, and he was married the second time to Miss Paul. He was the father of twenty-four children, twenty of whom were girls. Henry Rickert, father of John Rickert, died aged sixty-five years, five months and fifteen days; his wife died at the age of eighty-three. Their children were: Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary, William, John, Sarah, Rebecca, Jonas, and Lucetta.
John Rickert was only a few years in the public schools of his native township, re- ceiving a limited education. He was early thrown upon his own resources, and began to earn his livelihood at nine years of age. He first hired out to do farm work for Daniel Leopold, Lykens township, for three years, receiving one dollar a month for the first year, two dollars a month for the second year, and three dollars a month for the third year. For the next three years he was with George Rutter, in Armstrong Valley, Halifax township ; after this he was in the service of the Summit Branch Railroad Company until 1854. He worked the next year at the saw mill of Benneville, Witmer & Co., Millers- burg; then a year for the Northern Central Railway Company. After this he was en-
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gaged in various occupations until 1859. From that year until 1862 he worked for Peter Berl, Georgetown, Northumberland county.
On October 18, 1862, Mr. Rickert enlisted at Harrisburg for three years in company II, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsyl- vania infantry, veteran volunteers. The regiment was sent from Harrisburg to Har- per's Ferry, thence to Dumphreys, thence to Wolf's Run Shoals, thence back to Dum- phreys, thence to Chancellorsville, thence to Acquia Creek, and to the battlefield of Get- tysburg, where they remained a few days. Here Mr. Rickert received a dangerous wound in the groin and was sent to the hos- pital at Washington, where he lay two days and two nights, and was then sent to Tener's Lane Hospital at Philadelphia, where he was under treatment for six months. When dis- charged from the hospital Mr. Rickert re- joined his regiment at Bridgeport, Ala., and moved with it to Lookout mountain, thence to Chattanooga, from which point they set out on the Atlanta campaign. The regiment then moved with Sherman's army and shared in the encampments, marches and battles which have become famous in history. It went down to the sea and up the Atlantic coast, was at the final surrender and marched in the grand review at Washington, D. C. It was finally mustered out and the men honorably discharged July 15, 1865.
After his discharge Mr. Rickert was em- ployed by the Summit Branch Railroad Com- pany on the road for nine months, after which he was transferred to the round house, where he remained about one year. In the spring of 1867 he removed to Halifax town- ship, and farmed one year for Sawyer & Read ; then, returning to Millersburg, was employed by N. C. Frick & Co. for two years ; after that, until 1890, he was engaged in a variety of occupations. In 1890 he was put upon the pension roll. In 1877 he bought the ground and built the house where he now has his residence.
Mr. Rickert was married, July 31, 1853, to Sarah Aun, daughter of Abel and Mary (Keiter) Palmer. They have five children : Benjamin Franklin, born June 23, 1854, married Lizzie Keagy ; John Henry, born July 28, 1857, married Hannah Litich ; Elizabeth Salome, born October 3, 1859, wife of John Crawley ; George MeClellan, born March 17, 1862, married Annie Sharon ; James Mon- roe, born July 7, 1866, married Mary Carl.
Mr. Rickert is a Republican. Ile attends the Reformed church, and his wife the Lu- theran.
Abel Palmer, father of Mrs. Rickert, died aged about seventy. His wife is still living.
BENDER, WILLIAM, wheelwright and car- penter, was born in Armstrong Valley. Jackson township, Dauphin county, Pa., January 17, 1842. He is a son of Leonard and Elizabeth (Shoop) Bender.
Adam Bender, his great-grandfather, kept a hotel at Halifax, and later removed to where Elizabethville now stands. John Bender, grandfather of William Bender, married Elizabeth Gipple. They had six children :. Leonard, John, Elizabeth, Bar- bara, Katie, and Nancy .. John Bender laid out the town of Elizabethville, and named it for his wife Elizabeth. Leonard Bender, father of William Bender, was born in 1811, and is living at the time of this writing. His wife, Elizabeth Shoop, died February 2, 1872, at the age of fifty-four. They had six children : Samuel, married Barbara Shraeder; William; Susan, wife of Isaac Keiter; Sarah, deceased, wife of Emanuel Hoover ; John, married Sarah Snyder, who died, and he married Sarah Warfel, widow of James Warfel; Louisa, deceased, wife of David Griesemer.
William Bender was at school for a few months of each year until he was fifteen ; but his periods of attendance at school alter- nated with seasons of busy employment, and from his sixteenth to his twenty-first year his time was wholly taken up with assisting his father, both on the farm and in the wheelwright shop. He thus acquired a practical knowledge of both agricultural and mechanical business. Thinking it well to try work away from home he was for a little less than a year in the employ of the North- ern Central Railway Company, after which he worked for a time with Levi Straw at carpentry.
On September 6, 1864, Mr. Bender en- listed at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, in Capt. Solomon B. Bowerman's company A, Two Hundred and Tenth regiment, Pennsyl- vania volunteers, under Col. William Sar- geant. The regiment was sent to the Army of the Potomac, and assigned to the Third brigade, Second division, Fifth corps. It was ordered from Baltimore to City Point, and from City Point to the front of Peters- burg, where it remained during the opera-
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tions at that point during 1864 and 1865. In the following spring the regiment was sent to Fort Stedman, thence to Hatcher's Run, thence to Gravel Run, where they lost their colonel, William Sargeant, thence to Five Forks, thence to Appomattox, where they remained for three days, thence to Petersburg, thence to Richmond, thence to Fredericksburg, thence to Harper's Ferry, thence to Arlington Heights, and thence by way of Washington to Harrisburg, where, the war having ended, the regiment ,was honorably discharged.
Mr. Bender, after his discharge, returned to Jackson township, spent a short time at home, and was then for about six months in the employ of the Northern Central Railway Company. Then for six months he worked at his trade with George Yeager, at Millersburg, after which he engaged at carpenter work with Theodore Dechant, and remained with him during the summer of 1866. The next year and up to the spring of 1867 he spent with his father, working on the farm or in the shop, wherever his help was most needed. After a short visit to Michigan, from which he returned in the the following June, he was again engaged at his trade until 1871; in the spring of that year he was occupied throughout the season with the building of a barn on his father-in-law's farm, in Halifax township. In the winter of 1871-72 Mr. Bender bought a tract of land at Lenkersville, near Millersburg, where he built his present homestead, to which he removed in the spring of 1873, and which has been his residence ever since.
For the next six years Mr. Bender was employed by David Kuhns, in carpenter work, and for three years after that by Mr. Bell, in bridge building. He then again worked for Mr. Kuhns, as a carpenter, and later did the same kind of work for Benja- min Jury. For four years he was again em- ployed by the. Northern Central Railway Company, then engaged for the third time with Mr. Kuhns, carpentry ; then he worked for John R. Miller, and afterwards engaged in carpentry on his own account.
William Bender was married, September 16, 1866, to Mary E., daughter of Jonathan and Joanna Hoffman. Mr. and Mrs. Ben- der have five children: Emma L., born August 19, 1867, wife of Clinton Tobias, has five children, two of whom are de- ceased, Ralph Lester, born September 3,
1866, died September 3, 1890, and Mary Edna, born February 27, 1888, died June 24, 188S, also Anna Dora, born November 18, 1887, Harry Edwin, August 28, 1890, and Mark, June 1, 1895; Charles Irwin, born July 14, 1869, married Lizzie Bilger; Annie Dora, born May 6, 1871, wife of Ramsey Beller, has two children, Rose M., born September 29, 1890, and Esther May, May 24, 1891; Harry Edwin, born April 3, 1875; and 'Sarah Florence, born February 13, 1885.
Mr. Bender is a member of Kilpatrick Post, No. 212, G. A. R., at Millersburg, and is a pensioner of the late war. He is a Re- publican. The family attend the Lutheran church.
Jonathan Hoffman, father of Mrs. Bender, died June 29, 1884, aged seventy-two; his wife died December 30, 1893, aged sixty- nine years, six months and two days. They had twelve children : Nicholas, Mary E., James, Charles, Isaac, Daniel, Samuel, Jacob, Sarah, Susan, John, and Wellington.
RITZMAN, ANDREW, farmer, was born on the homestead in Upper Paxton township, Dau- phin county, Pa., February 18, 1829; son of Adam and Mary (IJawk) Ritzman. Andrew Ritzman, Sr., grandfather of Andrew Ritzman, Jr., and his wife Margaret, had two children, Adam and Daniel. Adam Ritzman, father of Andrew Ritzman, Jr., died in September, 1873, aged seventy-four. His wife was a daughter of Matthias Hawk. They had eleven children, of whom four are deceased : David, Annie, Jonas, and Martha. The sur- vivors are : Catherine, wife of Daniel Collier ; Susanna, wife of Christopher Yeager; Lavinia, wife of Jonathan Roedel ; Andrew ; Eliza- beth, wife of Moses Koppenhaffer; Hannah, wife of William Moyer; and Mary, wife of John Mattis.
Andrew Ritzman, Jr., received the amount of school education which falls to the lot of the farmer's boy when his services are early needed on the farm; it was ended by the time he was eighteen, after which he devoted all his time to farm work. After he became of age his father employed him regularly as a hand, paying him at first five, and after- wards eight dollars per month. He con- tinued to work for his father on these terms until he was twenty-seven years old. A new contract was then entered into, under which he was to cultivate the home farm on shares; this arrangement was continued for
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eight years. In 1865 Mr. Ritzman entered the employ of the Northern Central Railway Company as assistant section foreman and removed his family to the neighborhood of Millersburg. After serving as foreman for six years he was put on the gravel or repair train and was for five years in that position, making eleven years of service with the com- pany. His father having died during that time Mr. Ritzman bought the farm of the estate and resumed farming in 1878. The farm comprised one hundred and seventy- one acres, on which he has made valuable improvements, erecting his residence in 1890 and adding other improvements which have greatly enhanced the value of the property. By energy, enterprise and judicious manage- ment Mr. Ritzman has made his farm one of the best in the Lykens Valley, and is justly ranked among the most intelligent farmers of the township.
Andrew Ritzman was married, November 20, 1856, to Susanna, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Schaeffer) Seiler. They have one child, Mellie Virgie, born January 20, 1873. Mr. Ritzman and his family attend the Lu- theran church. In politics he is an ardent Democrat.
Joseph Seiler, father of Mrs. Ritzman, died at the age of about seventy-one years. His wife died aged fifty-six. Two of their twelve children, Elizabeth and Sarah, are deceased. Those surviving are : John ; Moses; Susanna, Mrs. Ritzman; Michael; Rebecca, wife of Isaac Osmond ; Phoebe, wife of Reuben Reu- benthal; Lydia, wife of Charles Snively ; Kate, wife of Louis Epply ; Abby, wife of Eli Charles; and Joseph Albert. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Ritzman were Michael and Sarah Schaeffer.
- KOPPENHAFFER, MOSES, farmer, was born in Mifflin township, Dauphin county, Pa., July 25, 1831. He is a son of Jonathan and Catherine (Hopner) Koppenhaffer. Michael Koppenhaffer, his grandfather, married Catherine Garrett, and they had a family of sons and daughters. Jonathan Koppen- haffer, father of Moses Koppenhaffer, died July, 1890, aged eighty-eight years and six months; his wife died in April, 1885, aged about seventy-two. They had eleven chil- dren : Emanuel, Angeline, Moses, Sarah, George, John, Elizabeth, Catherine, Mary Jane, Emeline, and Rebecca.
Moses Koppenhaffer received his first
school instruction in the subscription schools of his native township; later he attended the public schools for a part of each year until he was twenty-one, being throughout those years of much assistance to his father in the work of the farm. After reaching his majority he served a two years' apprentice- ship at stone mason work with Solomon Schaeffer, Northumberland county ; after which he worked at his trade as a journey- man for about five years. At twenty-nine years of age Mr. Koppenhaffer went back to the homestead under an agreement with his father to cultivate the farm on shares for three years. In 1860 he removed to his father-in-law's farm in Upper Paxton town- ship, under an agreement similar to that which he had made with his father, which was the usual share and share arrangement between owner and renter. In this case it proved so satisfactory that it was continued for twenty-two years, and at the death of his father-in-law, Mr. Koppenhaffer made a simi- lar engagement for two years more with his mother-in-law. In 1874 he bought the farm at the administrator's sale and has had his residence there since that time.
Moses Koppenhaffer was married, Feb- ruary 15, 1855, by Rev. Frederick Woltz, to Elizabeth, daughter of Adam and Mary (Hawk) Ritzman. Mr. and Mrs. Koppen- haffer have had thirteen children, two of whom are deceased : Ann Tourney, died aged three weeks; Hiram, born June 23, 1856, was accidentally killed at Sunbury, Pa., while coupling cars, October 27, 1890. He was employed as yardmaster by the Pen- sylvania Railroad Company. Their surviv- ing children are : Adeline, wife of John Row, had six children ; Agnes, wife of Edwin Eby ; Sarah Elizabeth, born December 1, 1860. wife of Charles Holtzman ; Ann Eliza, born July 5, 1862, wife of Henry Rumberger : Charles Milton, born July 10, 1863, married Agnes Stratzer, had two children; Ebbie Jane, born May 28, 1866, wife of Clayton Lenker, has seven children ; Mary Ellen. born February 17, 1868; Augustus Edwin, born March 17, 1870, married Lettie Stepler. has two children ; Angelina, born October 5, 1871, married Harry Wise, has one child : Anna Verdilla, born October 10, 1873, and Carrie Malinda, born April 17, 1877.
Mr. Koppenhaffer is a Republican ; he is at present supervisor, having been elected for one year. He and his family attend the Lutheran church.
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- FEIDT, SIMON, farmer, was born in Upper Paxton township, Dauphin county, Pa., near the Mifflin township line, January 25, 1829, and is a son of George and Susanna (Lenker) Feidt.
George Feidt, his grandfather, married a Miss Snyder, and had six children : John, George, Daniel, Peter, Thomas, and Katie, who married William Lenker. George Feidt, Jr., father of Simon Feidt, was born November 26, 1800, and died July 7, 1862. He married Susanna Lenker, born May 4, 1800, died March 27, 1885. Four of their twelve children are deceased, two, who were twin daughters, lived only twelve hours, and died unnamed ; Amanda, born April 8, 1841, died March 12, 1843; Emanuel, born Janu- ary 30, 1825, died February 9, 1896; he mar- ried Amanda Smith in Illinois; Emanuel died in Texas, having removed, about 1892, from Nebraska, where he owned a tract of one hundred and sixty acres of land, on which his only child, John Henry, resides. The surviving children of Mr. and Mrs. George Feidt, Jr., are: William, born Octo- ber 13, 1826, resides at Salem, Ore., married a widow, Mrs. Krauch ; Simon ; Sallie, born November 11, 1830, wife of David Negley, has five children ; Hannah, born October 3, 1832, widow of Isaac Lenker; Mary and Leah, twins, born November 20, 1834 ; Mary, married J. W. Orndorff, has nine children ; Susanna, born April 18, 1837, wife of Jonas Diebler, has one child living; Lydia, born May 22, 1839, wife of Henry Walborn.
Simon Feidt had little experience in his youth to put him in contrast with other farmer boys. Winter school and summer work were his lot until he became of age ; at that time he arranged with his father to re- main at home to assist in or take charge of the farm work, as his father might require, for which services he was to be paid $100 a year. Both parties were satisfied, and the agreement stood until Simon was thirty-two years old, when the contract was changed, and he took the farm on shares for six years. During this time, in 1867, Mr. Feidt bought a farm of Benjamin Miller, in Upper Paxton township, to which he removed his family in 1868 and began a career of successful farm- ing. In 1874 he sold this farm to John Mattis, and in 1875 rented and removed to the Emanuel Hoy farm; in the autumn of the same year he purchased this farm at ad- ministrator's sale. At the cost of much labor and money he has greatly improved the
place, erecting suitable buildings and adding to the extent of the farm. In 1889 he bought fifty-two acres additional from Christian Hoy's administrator, which, with the origi- nal tract, makes one hundred and four- teen acres. This tract, by Mr. Feidt's indus- try, skillful tillage and good management, has been brought into the best condition. On it he has made his residence up to the present time.
Simon Feidt was married, November 14, 1861, to Sallie Hoy, daughter of Christian and Leah (Novinger) Hoy. They have three children : James Peter, born September 8, 1866, married Sarah W. ShrefHler, January 18, 1896; George Harvey, born November 13, 1868, married Lillie A. Lebo in Novem- ber, 1889, has two children, William Elmer, and Mary Esther; Christian Walter, born December 26, 1874. Mr. Feidt is a Democrat. He and his family attend the Reformed church.
Christian Hoy, father of Mrs. Feidt, died December 31, 1888, aged seventy years, five months and thirteen days. His wife died June 29, 1881, aged sixty-three years and two days. Seven of their thirteen children are deceased: Samuel, died in infancy ; Vesti Jane and Mary Jane, twins; David; Eliza- beth ; Ann, wife of John Diebler, Mifflin township ; Emanuel, married Emma Cathe- rine Diebler, had three children ; the father, mother and one child, died within a period of five weeks; Susanna, wife of Daniel S. Feidt, had four children. The surviving children of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy are: Sallic, Mrs. Feidt; James Peter, married Amanda Wert, has four children; Christian Alfred, married Katie Freimoyer, has four children ; Charles Edwin, married Mary Weaver, has six children ; Leah Catherine, wife of George G. Snyder, has four children ; Ida Rebecca, wife of Charles Dreibelbiss, has two children. Peter Hoy, grandfather of Mrs. Feidt, mar- ried Susanna Lebo; they had thirteen chil- dren, Katie, Jacob, Rebecca, Henry, Peter, Polly, John, Elizabeth, Susanna, Daniel, Sallie, Christian.
- MARK, ADAM ELLENBERGER, was born on his grandfather's farm, near Belle Grove, Lebanon county, Pa., September 7, 1827. The grandfather, Henry Mark, died com- paratively young, but his wife lived to the advanced age of ninety-one years. John Mark, father of Adam Mark, married Cathe- rine Ellenberger; they had seven children :
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Daniel, married Jane Hain ; Adam E .; Sarah E., wife of Abraham IIerr; George E., mar- ried Priscilla Maulfair; John E., married Mary Maulfair; Eliza E., wife of John Light, and Amos E., married Susan Miller.
Adam E. Mark spent his youth on his grandfather's farm, and, like most farmer boys, received such instruction as could be obtained in schools open for only a few months during the winter season; during the remainder of the year he was busied with such farm work as can be done by a bright, active boy. It was thought desirable to give Adam a trade; he was accordingly apprenticed to a harness maker at Jones- town. He had been but a short time in the shop when his plans were changed, and he returned to Belle Grove, and entered. the store with his brother David, where he con- tinued for three years. At this time his brother died, and Mr. Adam E. Mark bought the brother's interest in the store, and con- tinued the business for two years longer. In 1857 Mr. Mark disposed of his business and removed to Millersburg, where he was em- ployed by his cousin, G. M. Brubaker, as clerk for five or six years. By this time he was ready to begin business again on his own account, so he bought back his former store at Belle Grove, which he continued for three years, and then returned to his cousin, and was employed as clerk for two years. During this time the death of his father-in- law, Jacob Light, occurred at New Market Forge, Lebanon county, Pa., and opened the way for him to engage in mercantile busi- ness at Syner P. O., near that place. He carried on that business for about two years, then sold the store, and in 1867 returned the third time to Millersburg, entered into part- nership with his cousin, Mr. Brubaker, in the iron and hardware business at that place, and continued in the firm until about 1875. Then the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Mark bought a part interest in the general store of John R. Bowman, with whom he continued in business until he was elected manager and bookkeeper by the Millersburg Standard Axle Works. This position he held until his death, which occurred January 3, 1881.
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