Genealogical and biographical annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Part 10

Author: Floyd, J.L., & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, J. L. Floyd & Co.
Number of Pages: 1090

USA > Pennsylvania > Northumberland County > Genealogical and biographical annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 > Part 10

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

Several of the most important financial cor- porations in Shamokin count Mr. Leader among their promoters and founders, and he has been identified with their conduct in various capacities, his connection and influence being considered im- portant factors in their welfare. He was the lead- ing promoter of the Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Company, capitalized at $250,000, which was organized and began business in March, 1896, and has been its president since the organization ; he is also president of the First National Bank of Schuylkill Haven, of the W. P. Zartman Lum- ber Company (with offices at Shamokin), of C. C. Leader & Sons Company (dry goods and carpets). and of the Hillsboro Telephone Company of Hills- boro, Texas. He is a director of the Cement Block Company, of Shamokin, of the Mutual Fire In- surance Company, of Shamokin, of the Mississippi Telephone Company and of the Auburn Shale Brick Company of Shamokin: and a trustee of Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., and of Bethany Orphans' Home, Womelsdorf, Pa. Mr. Leader was the prime mover in the establish- ment of the First National Bank of Schuylkill Haven, which was organized in 1899, with a cap- ital of $50,000, and held the office of vice president until 1904, when he became president. He is a member of the building commission for the State hospital, including the district of Trevorton, Shamokin and Mount Carmel. His services in ev- lows: Mary Ann (who married Aaron Van Bus- ery position of responsibility have shown his selec- tion to be a wise one. Few men have done more for the community, though he has not gone into the realm of public life, confining his efforts to doing the best he can for his fellow men in his capacity of private citizen. His gifts to charity have been generous and well distributed, his in- terest in benevolent projects leading him to sup- port worthy organizations, and his sympathy for less fortunate fellow beings prompting many pri- vate beneficences.

In May, 1867, Mr. Leader married Amanda R. Ketner, of Schuylkill Haven, daughter of Benja- min Ketner, and they have had a family of five children : Emma May is at home; Charles Frank-

In politics Mr. Leader was originally a Demo- crat, but he now votes independently: he is a man of strong Prohibition tendencies, and a stanch advocate of reforms which have for their object the permanent elevation of the human race. He has long been a member of St. John's Re- formed Church, and has served many years as eld- er. For twenty-five years, from 1880, he served as superintendent of the Sunday school. During the Civil war he responded to the call when the in- vasion of the State was threatened, enlisting at Harrisburg and serving in an emergency regi- ment at Wrightsville, York Co., Pennsylvania.

SIMON PETER BROWN was a resident of the borough of Milton for forty years, during which period he was not only considered one of the sub- stantial citizens of that place but also one whose influence counted for much in the promotion of progressive enterprises. He made a great success of his own undertakings. and when he became in- terested in public institutions, those bearing on the general welfare of the community. he gave them the same thought which had made his per- sonal affairs prosper. Intelligent, broad-minded and public-spirited, he was a mian whose life, though unassuming and avoiding rather than seek- ing notoriety, was one of continuous usefulness to his fellow men as well as to those who had the right to claim his attention.

Mr. Brown was a native of Union county, Pa., born Aug. 14, 1843, son of Cyrus and Elizabeth (Wooltront) Brown whose children were as fol- kirk), Daniel, Reuben, Abram, Obediah (died young), Jeremiah (died young) and Simon Peter. The last named was a pupil in the schools of his home locality in Union county and later went to school at Lewisburg. He came to Milton about 1867 and there spent the remainder of his days. He began work in the borough as a clerk in the store of William Heinen, remaining there when it was conducted by the firm of Heinen, Etzler & Raush, and later by the Heinen & Schreyer Com- pany. But he did not continue long in the hum-

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

ble capacity in which he began his connection with er, and their union was blessed with the following the business. He became a partner, and after the children: Laura B., who is the widow of Simon death of Mr. Heinen the firm beeame Sehrever, Peter Brown: Amanda V., Mrs. Crane: Carrie Brown & Co., continuing thus until Mr. Brown

(deceased), Mrs. Hanam: and Robert C., who withdrew from the association, in 1894. Though married Bessie May Hottenstein and has two chil- unostentations in everything he did Mr. Brown dren, John A. and Robert S. Mrs. Robert C. Knauff is the daughter of Allen S. Hottenstein, granddaughter of Charles Hottenstein and great- granddaughter of Henry and Catharine (Spohn) Hottenstein. was recognized as a most efficient worker by all who had any dealings with him. Many of the most important movements in Milton counted him among their most effective promoters. He was one of the organizers of the Milton Water Company Though Mrs. Knauff has passed the threeseore and ten mark she enjoys good health and is active beyond the ordinary, and the same was true of Mr. Knauff. They made their home with their daughter, Mrs. Brown, spending their days in well deserved peace and contentment, surrounded by and served as director; was for years president of the Milton Gas Company and was one of the di- reetors of the Milton National Bank. He was a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics a Republican. His death, which oc- curred April 28, 1907, was a distinet loss to the all that goes to make life worth living. community.

On March 14, 1882. Mr. Brown married Laura B. Knauff, daughter of John and Susan (Clinger) Knauff, and she survives him, she and her mother occupying the beautiful home on East Broadway erected by Mr. Brown.

JOHN KNAUFF, late of Milton, who served as assessor of the Second ward of that borough, was born in 1833 in Lveoming county, Pa., but was long a citizen of Northumberland county.

Frederick Knauff, his father, was born in 1809

Judge Auten, son of William Maxwell Anten in Germany and was only a boy when he came to and Sarah (Allison) Auten, was born in Chillis- America, in 1817. He followed farming all his quaque township, this county, July 8, 1856. His original paternal ancestor in this country was Adrian Hendricksen Aten, who came from Hol- land and settled at Flatbush, Long Island, in 1651. Just when or under what cireumstances the let- ter "u" was inserted in the paternai name is not definitely known. Some of the descendants of this ancestor retain the original form of the name. _ life. His wife. Anna, of Schuylkill county, Pa., was born in 1810 and survived him, dying in 1885. Mr. Knauff's death occurred in 1875. He was a Lutheran in religion and a Demoerat in polities. To Mr. and Mrs. Knanff were born children as follows: John : Henry, who lives in Lewisburg : Peter, living in Jersey Shore, Pa .; Daniel, who lives in Scranton, Pa. : Abram, deceased : Susan, who married John Zere and died in 1860: Mar- · garet, Mrs. Wagner: Julia Ann, who married Peter Heilman and lives in Indiana (they have two children, Fred and Lloyd) ; Catharine, who married Edward App : and Matilda, who married Harry Noll.

John Knauff followed farming in his early life, later engaging in lumbering for a number of vears. For over twenty years he was connected with the Milton Car Works as foreman. during the time that.plant was under the management of Murray, Dougal & Co. Although a Democrat in a ward which is normally Republican by a majority of 100 Mr. Knauff was elected assessor a few years ago, the second time by a majority of 168, which statement needs no comment. He held this office during his last years, dying Aug. 1, 1910. His trustworthy character and efficient services were well appreciated by his fellow citizens.

On Feb. 9, 1856, Mr. Knauff married Susan, daughter of Henry and Susanna ( Wagoner) Cling-

VORIS AUTEN, of Mount Carmel, judge of the courts of Northumberland county, comprising the Eighth Judicial distriet, occupies a conspic- uous place among the leading citizens of that seetion of Northumberland county and the State of Pennsylvania. His success in both professional and business lines indicates the strength and ver- satility of his makeup, and his services as judge have established him firmly in the confidence of the people.

In the latter part of the eighteenth century. probably between 1780 and 1800. John Auten (Aten), deseendant of Adrian Hendricksen. set- tled in what is now Montonr county, Pa., along che bank's of the Chillisqnaque ereek, abont nine miles from its month, where were born Joseph Anten and William Maxwell Auten, grandfather and father of the Judge. John Anten assisted in building the first Chillisquaque Presbyterian elnrch. a log structure subsequently destroved by the Indians. His son Joseph married Elizabeth Maxwell.

William Maxwell Anten, son of Joseph and Elizabeth ( Maxwell) Auten, was born July r. . 1814. He received a common school education, and when about eighteen years old began to learn the trade of millwright, which he followed in con- nection with fanning throughont his active years. He made his home in Chillisquaque township until his death, which oeenrred. Jan. 8, 1891, after a se- vere illness of abont four weeks' duration. Mr. Anten was a man of considerable prominence in

1676147

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 35

his township, where he served one term as justice of the peace and several terms as school director, taking especial interest in the welfare of the pub- lic sehools. He was a Democrat and took part in the work of the party, serving as delegate to county and State conventions. In religion he was a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he was a conscientious Christian and an carnest stn- dent of the Bible, conducting himself in all the relations of life so as to retain the respect and good will of all his fellow men.

Mr. Anten was twice married. By his first un- ion, with Sarah Kline, daughter of Joseph Kline, he had six children, namely: Joseph H .. Wesley, Isaiah, Catharine J. ( Mrs. Samuel Giffen ), John J., and a sixth which died in early infancy. The mother died in 1848, and Mr. Auten subsequently married Mrs. Sarah (Allison) Marr, widow of John Marr, and daughter of James Allison, who settled in Northumberland county in pioneer days. Seven children were born to the second marriage : James A., William M., Voris. Elizabeth (Mrs. W. B. Cox), Edward, George B. M. and Annie (wife of Angus Fairchild).

Voris Auten grew to manhood in his native township, gaining his early education there in the common sehools. Later he attended the academy and university at Lewisburg, taking part of the scientific conrse at the university and like many who follow the professions he taught school while preparing for his fife work. He was engaged for several terms as teacher in the common schools of his native township, and was six years thus · engaged in the Sunbury schools, meantime, .in April, 1829, commencing the study of law under Frank A: Marr. attorney, of Sunbury. He was admitted to the bar of Northumberland county in September, 1881, and in June, 1883, removed to Mount Carmel, where he has since been engaged in practice. In the fall of 1889 he was elected district attorney of the county, and was reelected in 1892, serving two terms. In November, 1901, he was elected judge of the county conrts. Such is a brief outline of his legal eareer. Of the steps by which he has attained his success, the consci- entions fulfillment of every trust reposed in him, the skillful handling of all his legal cases and his efficient discharge of every duty, we can best judge by results. He is a man who has done his best as a citizen. in both the relations which he has formed in the pursuit of his professional and business .interests, and those which the intelligent man feels called upon to assume as a useful mein- ber of society. He is a Democrat in politics. So- cially Judge Anten belongs to the I. O. O. F. and the F. & A. M.

On June 9, 1887. Judge Anten married Jennie Renn, danghter of Dr. George M. Renn, of Sun- bury, and they have had one daughter, Agnes Renn, who was born July 11, 1893.

WILLIAM M. LLOYD, of Shamokin, present treasurer of Northumberland county, is a ertizen who enjoys excellent standing in both business and official circles. Before taking his present office he filled that of justice of the peace for some time, and he has business interests which entitle him to be considered one of the substantial men of his community. He is a native of the county, of Welsh extraction.

Mathew Lloyd, grandfather of William M. Lloyd, was born in the south of Wales, in 1814. and came to America in 1834. He had married Mary Powell, also a native of South Wales, and on coming to this country they brought their fam- ily of three children, two sons and one danghter. Mr. Lloyd followed mining throughout his active years, and died in 1884 in Shamokin. Coal town- ship, Northumberland Co., Pa., where he is buried. Of the children, William died in Shamokin : Eliz- abeth married John Knittle, of Roaring Creek. Columbia Co., Pa., and died at Centralia, that connty : Thomas is the father of William M. Lloyd.

Thomas Lloyd, son of Mathew, was born April 14, 1852, in Nantyglo, South Wales, and came to America when very young, landing at New York. His first home here was at Minersville, Schuylkill Co., Pa., and later he was in Lyeoming county, this State, whither his father moved in 1858. In 1859 the family moved to Danville, Montour eonnty, remaining there until 1869, when they settled in Shamokin. Here and in the vicinity Thomas Lloyd has since resided. He worked at mining at the various places where the family lived, follow- ing that occupation, part of the time in connection with contracting, for twenty-five years in all. He then embarked in the grocery business. at Mar- shallton, in Coal township. Northumberland coun- ty. being engaged in that line for about seven years. in association with his son William MI .. under the name of Lloyd & Son. His nest vell- ture was in the hotel business, on the same site as he had his grocery store, and he continued in this line for thirteen years, making a success of it. Sinee settling at his present home he has devoted all his time to his real estate interests. He pur- chased property at Edgewood, in Coal township, in 1907 erecting thereon the fine residence he now occupies. at No. 1401 Areh street. In many ways Mr. Lloyd has proved himself a trustworthy and intelligent citizen. and his business reputation is unimpeachable.

On July 1. 1872, Mr. Lloyd married Delilah Ann Dilliplane, daughter of Ezekiel Dilliplane. She is a native of Roaring Creek, Columbia Co .. Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd have had six children : William M .: Albert. now a member of the firm of Maliek & Lloyd, manufacturers of overalls and shirts at Shamokin, formerly superintendent of schools in Coal township (he married Nellie Ernst) : Lydia A .. unmarried : Thomas, M. D. :

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

Edward, D. D. S., of Shamokin ; and Harvey, M. defray the expenses of the passage. Two of the D., of Shamokin. Mr. Lloyd, the father, is a

eight children were killed in the battle of the member of the I. O. O. F. and of the Knights of Brandywine. Another, Lndwick, was the great- the Golden Eagle. grandfather of Grant Herring. He settled in Or- angeville, Columbia Co., Pa., in 1800. He was a teamster and was engaged in hauling produce and before the introduction of the railroad system in that section.

William M. Lloyd was born April 9, 1873, in Coal township, near Shamokin, and attended the schools of his native township. But as was com- goods from Orangeville and Pottsville to Reading mon in those days he commenced work at the age of eight years, as slate picker at the mines near Shamokin, following this vocation for four years. John Herring, son of Ludwick, was born in Orangeville, Pa., in 1808, and there resided throughout his active life. He was a carpenter by occupation, and for twenty years was a carpenter foreman on the Pennsylvania canal, between Nan- ticoke and Sunbury. Politically he was a Jack- sonian Democrat, casting his first vote for Jack- son, and adhered to the Democratic party until his death. For ten years he was justice of the peace at Orangeville. In 1889 he moved to Bloomsburg and for the rest of his years lived in retirement, dying in 1893. He married Rebecca Snyder, a sister of the late Sheriff John Snyder, of Orange- ville, and they had eight children, six sons and two daughters. Then he entered his father's grocery store, clerk- ing there for seven years, after which he engaged in the wholesale bottling business, in Coal town- ship. He conducted that business until 1900, when he was elected a justice of the peace of his native township, and he served in that capacity un- til lie was elected county treasurer, in November, 1908. Though a Republican, Mr. Lloyd was given flattering support, having a majority of 234 votes in his run for the treasurer's office. He is well and favorably known throughout the county, and his successful race for the position was undoubt- edly due in large measure to his personal popular- ity and his high standing for integrity and moral strength.

Mr. Lloyd is one of the owners of the well known "Windsor Hotel" at Shamokin, of which Mr. J. W. Henrie is in charge, and in this con- nection is well known to the traveling public; he is vice-president of the company which owns the hotel. He is president of the Miners' Building & Loan Association of Shamokin, of which Charles O'Connor is vice-president. Mr. Lloyd holds mem- bership in Shamokin Lodge, B. P. O. Elks, and also belongs to the West End Fire Company.

Mr. Lloyd married Julia Eagan, daughter of William Eagan, of Shamokin. and they have had a family. of four children : Letitia, Albert, Valeria and Lyman S.

George A. Herring, son of John, was born in Orangeville, Dec. 24, 1833, and obtained his edu- cation in the academy at that place. At the age of twenty years he moved to Bloomsburg, where he learned the trade of molder, which he followed for a period of four years in Bloomsburg, Illinois and Michigan. Returning home he engaged in carpentering with his father. building canal boats at Limeridge, Columbia county, and continued carpenter work and boatbuilding until 1864, when he purchased a col- liery, now known as No. 3, at Shenandoah. Schuyl- kill Co., Pa., in connection with J. W. Williams, Esq., operating it for a few years as a member of the firm of Williams & Herring. He then met with a serious accident which nearly resulted in his death and which terminated his connection with the mine. He disposed of liis interest and en- gaged in merchandising in Shenandoah up to the vear 1876, when he sold out. During this period he was elected treasurer of Schuylkill county, serv- ing from 1870 to 1873. He was one of the organ- izers and a director of the Shenandoah Water Company ; also a director of the Shenandoah Val- lev Bank. In 1876, owing to poor health, he sold his store and moved to Bloomsburg, purchasing

GRANT HERRING, of Sunbury, a dis- tinguished lawyer whose professional talent and attainments have gained him standing among the foremost legal practitioners of the day in Penn- sylvania, has been a resident of Northumberland county for only a few years. His reputation and achievements, however, entitle him to recognition wherever he goes. Bloomsburg, Columbia county. was his home for a number of years. For a con- siderable period he was prominent in Democratic himself to the practice of his profession. Mr. polities, but since January, 1899, he has devoted. a farm two miles from there and also renting a tannery, which he operated until 188 ?. He Herring was born May 19, 1862, at Centerville then disposed of the tannery, but has since (now Limeridge), Columbia Co., Pa., son of owned the farm. From 1881 to 188? he . George A. and Mary A. ( Hess) Herring. The served as deputy family is of German peasant origin.

treasurer of Columbia county, and for the following three years as treasurer. In 1894 he was made deputy collector

Christopher Herring, the emigrant ancestor, came to this country with his wife and eight .of internal revenue for the Twelfth District of children before the Revolutionary war. They Pennsylvania, with office at Scranton, under his were "redemptioners," their services being sold to son Grant, and he has since held that office. Po-

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

litically Mr. Herring is a firm supporter of Demo- body. He was appointed Collector of Internal cratic principles and has frequently served as del- Revenue for the Twelfth district of Pennsylvania, egate to State conventions from Columbia and Schuylkill counties. He was a delegate to the con- vention which nominated Pattison for governor, the first time he was elected, and the delegation from Schuylkill county, being the last to cast its vote, had the distinction of naming the Democratic candidate, as the vote was very close. Mr. Herring married Mary A. Hess, who died in 1893 at the age of fifty-seven years, and they became the par- ents of three children: Grant; Ida, who resides with her father at Bloomsburg: and John, who died in March, 1890, at the age of twenty-two years. The latter was graduated from Lafayette College in June, 1889, and during his junior year in college received honors in oratorical contests ; upon leaving school he began the study of law with his brother and continued it until his death.

Grant Herring attended the common schools of Shenandoah until 1876, when he entered tlie Bloomsburg State normal school, to prepare for college, remaining there until 1879. He then took a classical course in Lafayette College. graduating ' legal methods in all the courts. His standing, be-

therefrom in June, 1883, with the degree of A. B. ; later he received the A. MI. degree from his alına mater. He is an excellent speaker and a fluent writer, and in his junior year took first honors in the oratorical contest. In September, 1883, he began the study of law in Bloomsburg with E. R. Ikeler, Esq., afterward president judge of the Twenty-sixth Judicial district of Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar in Columbia county Feb. 5, 1885. He formed a partnership with Mr. Ikeler on the same day, under the firm name Ike- ler & Herring, and they continued together for four years, until the former was elected to the bench. He has been admitted to the County, United States, State and District Supreme courts. He built up a good corporation practice, becom- ing solicitor for the Farmers National Bank, attor- ney for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Com- pany, for the Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company, of Berwick, and a number of other prominent firms.

Mr. Herring was active in the councils of the Democratic party for some years. He was del- egate-at-large from Pennsylvania to the Demo- cratic National Convention of 1892, which nomi- nated Cleveland, and was delegate from his district in 1896 to the convention held at Chicago, where he was an. earnest advocate of sound money doc- trines throughout the financial excitement which characterized that period. He received a number of honors from the party. He was elected to the State Senate from the Twenty-fourth district, which he represented. in that body from 1890 to 1894, serving in the extra sessions called in 1893 by Governor Pattison for the investigation of State officials. He was the youngest member of that

assuming the dnties of this office Feb. 3, 1892. On Aug. 12, 1898, he was appointed president judge of the Twenty-sixth Judicial district (suc- ceeding his former preceptor and partner, Mr. Ike- ler, in that position), and soon after was one of three judges to decide a contest at a judicial elec- tion in Schuylkill county. He was not a candidate for the election which took place the following November, and in January, 1899, resumed the private practice of his profession, which he fol- lowed alone at Bloomsburg from the time he and Mr. Ikeler dissolved partnership until he came to Sunbury, April 22, 1907, and formed a partner- ship with Hon. S. P. Wolverton. They practiced together for two years, since which time Mr. Her- ring has practiced alone. His office is in the Boss- ler building, at the corner of Market and Fourth streets, Sunbury. Mr. Herring's success in han- dling the cases intrusted to him has come as the result of indefatigable devotion to the interests of his clients, and his thorough familiarity with cause of his brilliancy and conscientious devotion of his best efforts to any work he undertakes, is of the highest, and he has a forceful personality which attracts the most substantial elements in any community. Mr. Herring was made a trustee of the State normal school at Bloomsburg in 1895. and again appointed in 1898; since the latter year he has also been a trustee of the State Hospital for Injured Persons, located at Fountain Springs, in Schuylkill county.

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

Genealogical and biographical annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Part 10

Author: Floyd, J.L., & Co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Chicago, J. L. Floyd & Co. Number of Pages: 1090

Author: Floyd, J.L., & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, J. L. Floyd & Co.
Number of Pages: 1090