Genealogical and biographical annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Part 53

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


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of the battalion dav meets at Knauertown the Joshua Knauer, son of Jonathan and father of inuzzle burst off and a fatal accident was barely (. Hull Knauer, was born Feb. 20, 1820. at Knan- escaped, one of the pieces coming down through ertown. Chester county, and died March 31. 1886, the roof of a porch that was crowded with people. aged sixty-six years. one month, eleven days. He This old Continental cannon was later stolen, succeeded his father, engaging in flour milling first from the Republicans and then from the Dent- and the manufacture of lumber and shingles, pur- chasing the old mills which had been in the fam- ily for so many years and which he continued to operate for many years. He was a mechanical genius, as the numerous appliances with which his ocrats, to "shoot out" of the country any Repub- lican or Democrat moving out. As there were no wheels under it Mr. Knauer's teams and log wag- on were used to haul it from place to place. Even- tually, to avoid strife and conflict between the two. mills were equipped showed, the elevators, con- parties, it was taken and sunk in Mr. Knaner's veyors, smut machine and other improved machin- mpper mill damn, in eighteen feet of water. But ery which he used being of his own invention. He


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invented and used in his mills the first high power


Although he is not a native of Milton Mr. Knau- apple grinder and hydraulic presses-now in use er is thoroughly identified with its various interests all over the country. His flour mill was known as and devoted to its welfare, taking part in a num- the best in that part of the country. There was ber of movements designed to promote the pros- ample water power, with several runs of burrs, in perity of the borough. He is connected with the addition to which he had a plaster burr, in those days, before the advent of phosphate, grinding and selling plaster to the farmers.


Mr. Knauer was a natural-born musician and a man of considerable note in that line in his day, and was a member of the Knanertown Band, an organization composed entirely of members of the Knauer family. Here again his mechanical skill was highly useful. He made all the druins for the band, of which he was the expert tenor drum- mer. His brother Jonathan, also one of its mem- bers, was an expert fifer, and served as such dur- ing the Civil war, in which several members of the band enlisted. Before the Civil war, when "bat- talion days" were held, this band was much in demand.


Joshua Knauer married. Rebecca (John) Davis, who was born Jan. 9, 1821, and died May 24, 1896. She was a descendant of Welsh Quaker stock. Griffith John, Sr., who was born in 1683 in Pem- brokeshire, South Wales, landed at Philadelphia Feb. 11, 1709. He moved to the district in Ches- ter county known as Welsh Barony and there on July 23, 1714, married Ann Williams, a daugh- ter of Robert Williams, surnamed "the King of Goshen." Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Knauer became the parents of eleven children, of whom are mentioned : Griffith, who lives in Reading. Pa. : Dorcas, mar- ried to Benjamin P. Fout: Hannah: C. Hull; Dora; Theodosia, married to Dr. Elwood Schin- er ; and Ida. Six are deceased.


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ent. In 1898, the business having outgrown the old accommodations, he purchased and remodeled the place he now occupies, a commodious and eon- venient building, known as the Knauer block. on Front street. IIe carries a large and up-to-date stock, and his store is a model of taste and neat- ness. His motto, "We never sleep," is typical of his enterprise and the business methods which have inade him a leader in his line. His patronage is not confined to Milton and the immediate vicinity, but is drawn from all the surrounding towns, and has been increasing steadily ever since he com- menced business. Mr. Knauer's jovial disposition has won him many friends among those with whom he has dealings, and his sincere desire to born.


please his patrons and give honest valnes has been a factor in his success recognized by all who know him.


Methodist Church and has for some years been one of the active workers in Milton. He is a thir- ty-second-degree Mason, having been made a Ma- son in Phoenix Lodge, No. 15, at Phoenixville, May 3, 1884, and transferred to Milton Lodge, No. 256. in 1897; is a member of Williamsport Lodge of Perfection : of the Chapter, Rose Croix: and of Williamsport Consistory. A. A. S. R., thir- ty-second degree ; he was made a Shriner at Irem Temple, Wilkes-Barre, May 13, 1903. Coming from a family of musicians, he is himself a born musician, has organized several quartettes, and is at present a member of the Temple choir, A. .. S. R., at Williamsport, singing first tenor.


Mr. and Mrs. C. Hull Knauer have two sons: (1) Henry graduated from the Milton high school at the age of eighteen, immediately took and passed the examinations for entrance to Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., where he gradu- ated June 26, 1911, with the degree of B. S .. cum laude, making the four years' course in three and one-half years; he has entered the employ of the New York Central Railroad Company and will be located at Albany, N. Y. (?) C. Hull, Jr., is at home with his parents, a student in the Milton high school. By reason of the service of their ancestors in the Revolutionary war Mrs. Knauer and her sons are eligible for membership in the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution.


SIRVETUS O. REED, of Sunbury, Northum- C. Hull Knauer received his education in the berland county, is a teacher of long experience and schools of his native county. When a young man he. went to Phoenixville, Pa., where he acquired his early knowledge of the shoe and leather bus- iness, and in 1885 he came to Milton. Here he high standing there and also well known in busi- ness circles as a successful insurance man. repre- senting many of the substantial fire insurance companies. His work in both lines has made him opened a shoe and leather store, and he has been widely acquainted all over his section of the coun- engaged in the same line continuously to the pres- ty. He was born here, in Shamokin township. May 21. 1844, son of Farnsworth Reed, and is a great-great-grandson of Jacob Reed, whose poster- ity is now numerous in Northumberland county. Of this same stock is Dr. Jesse J. Reed, a prom- inent physician of Pillow. Pa .. whose line is also given in this article : and C. Oliver Reed, of Point township, this county. is likely of the family, though his immediate forefathers were located in Union county.


Jacob Reed. the emigrant progenitor, was born in England in 1700, and married a Miss Wolford, a native of Switzerland. They came to Berks county, Pa., where a son Jacob was born, and later removed to Lebanon, Pa., where a son Casper was


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settled. They took up about five hundred acres of land in what is now Shamokin and Ralpho town- ships, which land is still owned by their descend- ants. Jacob Reed was one of the fore- most men of his time in the community. He was a skilled mechanic, as a worker both in iron and wood, carrying on such work in connection with farming; having a black- smith and carpenter shop; lie had natural ability as well as training for mechanical work, and was successful and enterprising in everything he un- dertook. Much of the progress of the valley in his day owed its initiation to him. He was a pro- moter, in fact the chief advocate for the organiza- tion, of St. Jacob's Lutheran Church, which was named in his honor, and he was the largest eon- tributor toward its foundation and support, his skill as a tradesman enabling him to do much more than most of the organizers and supporters; his brother, Casper Reed, donated much of the land for the cemetery. In politics Jacob Reed was a Whig.


In Berks county Jacob Reed had married Eliza- beth Dreher, and they had a family of nine chil- dren : John, Jacob. David, Matthias, Salome (mar- ried John Hursh), Catherine (married. George Hower), Magdaline (married John Smith), Eva (married Daniel Haas) and Elizabeth (married William H. Muench, a noted schoolmaster of his time ; he had a crippled arm).


Casper Reed. brother of Jacob, married Mary E. Bansloch. They had a son, born in 1182, who married Hannah Renn. To them was born a son Jacob, May 22, 1806, who married Maria Jones, born Aug. 4, 1808. Their children were: Mary, born Oct. 29, 1828: William, April 13, 1830 : Lib- erty, Feb. 10, 1832; Angeline, Jan. 1. 1834: Al- fred, Feb. 7, 1835; Josiah, Oct. 23, 1836: Han- nah; June 13, 1838: Harriet, Oct. 13, 1841 : Ma- lissa, March 30, 1844: Jacob M., May 25, 1849; and Emma A., July 16, 1852.


John Reed, eldest son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Drelier) Reed. married Eva C. Gillinger. Their children were: Jesse, Maria (married John Lake), Jacob, Elizabeth ( married Casper Scholl), Han- nah (married Solomon Martz) and Eva C. (mar- ried William Zuern, of Colorado).


Of this family, Jesse Reed, boru in Shamokin township March 3. 1808, died June 18, 1884. In 1834 he married Charlotte. daughter of Joshua Farley, of Hunterdom county, N. J., and six chil- dren were born to them : Harriet S. (married John Shipman ), John W., Farley, Catherine, Oliver and William A.


. John W. Reed, son of Jesse, born Oct. 3, 1838. married in 1876 Bethiah, daughter of Robert Da- " vison, of Montour county, Pa. They have one daughter, Kate M.


was very enterprising and had good executive abil- ity, engaging successfully in various lines of work. He learned tanning and milling, and purchasing a tract of 250 acres in Shamokin township settled there and erected a carding and saw mill, which he operated in connection with the cultivation of farm land. He married Hannah Duttinger, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Leise) Dut- tinger, natives of Germany who emigrated to Al- sace township, Berks county, about 1800. in 1819 moving to Northumberland county and settling where Deiblers station is now located. To Mr. and Mrs. Reed were born seven children : Daniel. Maria (married George Young), Simon P., Elizabeth (married John Nathan Deibler), Julianne (mar- ried John Rohrbach ), William and John Jacob.


Simon P. Reed, son of Jacob and Hannah (Dut- tinger) Reed, was born in 1825. and in 1850 married Jane, danghter of Daniel Campbell. They had the following children: Daniel Jacob, Am- brose Alvernon (married Harriet A. Berger), Clara E. and Norman C.


David Reed, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Dreher ) Reed. was born on the Reed homestead in Shamokin township. He was a lifelong farmer, and owned 140 acres a mile east of Reed's church : he had thirty-five acres of land on Sham- okin Hill. Like many other members of the faut- ily he is buried at St. Jacob's (or Reed's) Church, at Reeds station, aud he was a Lutheran member of that church. Politically he was a Republican, though the family before the war were all Jeffer- sonian Democrats. His wife, Catharine ( Haas), was a daughter of Peter Haas, who was a Revolu- tionary war soldier : they had a family of fourteen children, of whom two died small and all are now deceased but Dr. Jesse J. Reed. Those who grew to maturity were as follows: Jacob, Mary ( Polly), Eve, Susanna, Lonisa, Daniel. Henry, Samuel. Dr. Jesse J., Malinda, Harriet and Oscar.


JESSE J. REED, M. D., of Pillow ( Uniontown), Pa .. was born in Shamokin township. Northum- berland county, Aug. 14, 1810. He was reared on the farm and obtained his early education in the old pay school at St. Jacob's ( Reed's) church, later attending Elysbarg Academy, where in time he became assistant teacher to the Rev. Jacob Wampole, who was a leading educator of his day and for many years taught in Elysburg Academy, in connection with preaching, having six congre- gations in that section. During the Civil war Dr. Reed enlisted in Company C, 131st Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served nine months. Returning, he was home only three weeks when he again en- listed, for the existing emergenev. in Company A, 28th Regiment. serving two months, when the reg- iment was discharged. He taught public school four winters (terms of four months). Dr. Reed took up the study of medicine at Shamokin with


Jacob Reed. son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Dre- her) Reed. was born in 1195. Like his father he Dr. E. S. Robins, with whom he remained three


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years, after which he attended Jefferson Medical parents of seven children : William, Abigail, Eliz- College, Philadelphia, graduating in the win- abeth, Jacob, John (who was burned to death),


ter oť 1865-66; he had completed his Farnsworth and Sarah. The last named, now


course, however. somne time before. Locat- (1911) over eighty years old, is still living at


ing at Centralia, in Columbia county, he. Riverside, this county; she married Dr. Samuel shortly afterward came to Georgetown ( Dal- Smith and after his death became the wife of Wil- matia), where he remained two years. In the liani Depew.


winter of 1868 he came to Pillow (then known only as Uniontown), which is in Dauphin county, north of the Mahantango mountains. He has had a large field, over a radius of from six to twelve miles, and is now the only physician in the bor- ough. Dr. Reed has in his long and busy career be- come well and favorably known as a physician, and his kindly disposition and liberal mind have made him inany warm friends whose good will he enjoys. The Doctor is a Democrat and has always stood high in the confidence of his fellow citizens, liav- ing been chosen burgess of the borough of Pillow different terms, was a member of the town coun- cil, and was on the school board many years. He the township offices ; was at one time a director of was a deacon and elder of Salem Evangelical Luth- eran Church of Pillow, and is an all-around repre- sentative and esteemed citizen of his community. He is active for his years.


the Shamokin Bank: was well known in politics as a member of the Republican party and in re- ligious matters as a faithful member of the Bap- tist Church, which he served for years as a deacon Dr. Reed's first marriage was to Catharine Lein- bach, daughter of Dr. Benjamin H. Leinbach, of Pillow. She died in 1822, aged thirty-two years, the mother of five children: Elizabeth ; Clara A., who married Dr. Elmer M. Hoffman (he is now de- both at Northumberland and at Shamokin. where he joined in 1842. In 1843 he married Rosanna Miller, who was born Sept. 9, 1823, daughter of David Miller, late of Shamokin township, who was a descendant of George Miller, called "Hunt- ceased ) : Arthur Benjamin, a druggist of Philadel- er Miller." One of his sons, John Miller, settled phia : Vinnie C., who married Charles Kessler, of in Shamokin about 1785, purchasing 1,300 acres Glen Union, Clinton Co., Pa .; and Jay E. On of land there. Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth Reed April 24, 1878, the Doctor was married (second) to Addie A. Bassler, daughter of Rev. H. S. Bass- ler, who was a prominent Reformed minister of Ly- kens Valley, Pa., preaching in Berks and Lehigli counties at old Zionsville, Lehigh county, and at Boyertown, where he was long located. Rev. Mr. Bassler married Rebecca M. Dechant, daughter of the Rev. William L. Dechant, who is buried at. Oley, Pa., a foremost minister of his day and gen- eration. Dr. and Mrs. Reed have had an only son, Dr. Henry David Reed, now a prominent practi- tioner at Pottstown, Pa., where he is associated with Dr. Todd.


Matthias Reed, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Dreher) Reed, was born in 1490 in Shamokin township, He married Priscilla Farnsworth, of Irish Valley, moved to Rush township, and in 1833 returned to Shamokin township, where he spent


Farnsworth Reed, son of Matthias, was born Dec .. 17, 1824, in Rush township, and attended the public schools of Rush and Shamokin town- ships. After his marriage he lived in Shamokin township until 1866, when he moved to Point township, buying a farm of 200 acres on which he spent the remainder of his life, dying there Feb. 2. 1898. For a few years he conducted a sawmill at Trevorton. He was an energetic man and trav- eled quite. extensively, having visited twenty States of the Union, journeyed as far west as Ne- braska, and as far south as Florida. He was ac- . tive in the affairs of his community, filling most of


were the parents of nine children: Sirvetus O .: Maria Elizabeth, who married Charles P. Seas- holtz, of Upper Augusta township, and they had three children. Annie A., George G. and Clara C .: Clarissa A., who married George W. Van Devender. of Northumberland county. Pa. : Jacob A., of Ne- braska ; Sarah L., who married Thomas J. Vand- ling: Laura D., who married Charles M. Park: Harriet I., who married James B. Lesher, of Ne- braska : Elmer E., of Reading. Pa .: and George M .. of Laurel, Nebr. At the time of his death Farnsworth Reed had twenty living grandehil- dren. His widow, now (1911) eighty-eight years old. makes her home with her danghter. Mrs. Seasholtz. She has thirty-six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.


Sirvetus O. Reed, son of Farnsworth, obtained his early education in the public schools of his native township. Shortly after the outbreak of he enlisted in the 131st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the many engagements in which his command fought. At the battle of Fredericksburg he was wounded in a bayonet charge, by reason of which he was eventu- ally discharged for disability, in March. 1863.


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the remainder of his life, dying there in 1859. He the Civil war, though only in his eighteenth year. was a farmer by occupation. Mr. Reed was a Whig in politics and in religious connection origin- ally a Intheran, later a Baptist, his wife also he- longing to. the latter denomination. For inany years he served as a deacon in the Baptist Church. Mrs. Reed died in 1857, and she and her husband are buried at the Summit church. They were the . After his army service Mr. Reed turned his at-


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tention to angmenting his early education, attend- to farming pursuits. His father dying when he ing the academy at Elysburg, Northumberland county, and later Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. For some time afterward he followed mer- cantile pursuits and lumbering, finally engaging in teaching, which he has followed for over thirty- six years in various graded schools (all but the primary grades). Out of school hours Mr. Reed has given his attention principally to the insur- ance business, in which he has built up a most sub- stantial patronage, representing many of the lead- ing fire insurance companies. Continental, of New York; National, of Hartford, Conn .: American, of Trenton, N. J. : and several others.


Mr. Reed married Agnes A. Beidelsbach, of Point township, Northumberland county, and they have had one daughter, Mary B., who is the wife of W. B. McCaleb. superintendent of the Philadel- phia division, Pennsylvania Railroad. Mr. Reed is a member of the Baptist Church, in which he is 'an active worker and holds office. Mrs. Reed is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In social connection he holds membership in the Knights of Pythias, the A. O. U. W. and the G. A. R. His political opinions are those of the Republican party. He is a public-spirited citizen in every- thing affecting the general welfare.


The grandfather of C. Oliver Reed was a native of Berks county, Pa., thence removing to Union progress in his line. He is a Republican in poli-


county, where he lived and died in White Deer township, owning land and following farming. He was a Lutheran and is buried at the White Deer church. His children were: Eve, who married Jacob Dershern and lived in White Deer township : Jacob ; Valentine, a resident of White Deer town- ship; Susan : and John, a farmer near Harris- burg, Pennsylvania.


Jacob Reed was born at his father's home in White Deer township in 1809, and died in 1869. . He was a farmer and had a tract of ninety-three acres. He was a member of White Deer Church, where he is buried. His wife Susan ( Cronrath) was a daughter of Daniel Cronrath, of Union county, and died in 1871, aged sixty-six years, four months. They had eleven children, as fol- lows : William died at Watsontown, Pa. : John died at Montgomery station, Pa. : Elizabeth died small : Harriet (deceased ) married Washington Delaney : Rachel married Joseph Ramer and they live in Mifflin county. Pa. : Charles is a resident of Kelly township, Union county; Daniel lives at Milton. Pa. : Helen (deceased ) married Frank Prince- hoff ; Enna married Charles Ramsey and died in Mifflin county, Pa. : C. Oliver is mentioned later: Sammel died aged two years.


was fifteen years old he helped his mother for nine years, after which he labored for six years among farmers in Union and Lycoming counties. At the end of that time he was married, March 16, 1885, to Emma Dieffenbach, daughter of David and Eliz- abeth (Truckenmiller) Dieffenbach. of Delaware township, Northumberland county, and grand- daughter of Solomon Truckenmiller, a native of Berks county. They have had one child, Elsie May. After his marriage Mr. Reed went out to Ogle county. Ill., where he remained for ten years, engaged as a farmer. and then went to Appanoose- county, lowa, where he farmed for three years. Removing to the central part of the same State. into Story county, he farmed there five years, in 1902 coming back to Pennsylvania. In 1904 he- purchased the George Ditzler farm. in Point town- ship, along the North Branch of the Susquehanna .. which is one of the best farms in the district. con- sisting of 140 acres, nicely located. with excellent buildings. Mr. Reed is a general farmer and has prospered deservedly. He owned four farms in Iowa, and made considerable in this field of specu- lation. For one tract of ninety-eight acres located at State College, at Ames, Story Co., Iowa, he paid $73 an acre, and sold it for $98 an acre after hold- ing it one year. Mr. Reed is modern and intelli- gent in his methods, and on the alert always for tics. While at Ames. Iowa. he and his family be- came members of the Christian Church.


GEORGE O. MARTZ. of Shamokin. secretary- of the Roaring Creek Water Company. was born in that borough June 4, 1842. son of Solomon Martz and a great-grandson of David Martz. The early- members of the Martz family in America came from Germany and settled in Berks county. Pa., whence David Martz moved into Northumberland.


David Martz and his brother Jacob moved from Berks county toward the close of the eighteenth century, settling on Shamokin creek. three miles south of Sunbury. He was a blacksmith, and fol- lowed his trade in connection with farming. He married Barbara Miller, and they had a family of seven children, five sons and two daughters : David. Henry, Peter, Abraham and George. all of whon: but Henry moved to Dayton, Ohio. where they lied : Susan, who married John Richstine. and Elizabeth, who married Abraham Arter.


Henry Martz, son of David, was born on the. homestead in Shamokin township. Northumber- land county, and was a farmer by occupation. He married Elizabeth Fagely, daughter of Chris- tian and Magdalena Fagely, pioneers of Shamokin township. Mr. and Mrs. Martz both died in Sham- okin and are buried in St. Peter's graveyard. They had six children: Hettie, Katie, Mary Ann.


C. OLIVER REED, of Point township. Northnin- berland county, was born on the Reed homestead in Kelly township. Union county, Nov. 5, 1855. He was educated in the public schools and reared George, Solomon and Nathan, all now deceased


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but Nathan, who resides in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. George O. Martz received his education in the public schools of the home locality, and was ten years old when he moved with his parents on to the home place in Shamokin township. When he was seventeen years old he went to Locust Gap, where he took the position of bookkeeper with Haas & Bowen, proprietors of the Locust Gap colliery. In January, 1864, he came to Shamokin to take a similar position at the Cameron colliery. where he subsequently became outside foreman. In 1869 he became a member of the firm of Haas. Fagely & Co., who then operated that colliery, and in July, 1872, the firm of Fagely & Martz. merchants. was organized. Subsequently he became a member of the firm of Patterson, Llewellyn & Co., who oper- ated the Big Mountain colliery, and he continued his interest in the coal business until a year be- fore that colliery was purchased by the Philadel- phia & Reading Coal and Iron Company. In 1872 he commenced the line business, about 1888 com- mencing the manufacture of wood-burned lime, transportation in central Pennsylvania at that for building purposes, burning the first made in that part of the State. Solomon Martz, son of Henry, was born March 22, 1818, in Upper Augusta township, Northum- berland county, and when seven years old went to live with his uncle, Solomon Fagely, in Shamokin. township, remaining with him until he was eigliteen years old. He then entered the employ of luis uncles Amos, George and Nathan Fagely, who had a store at Mauch Chunk, elerking there six- teen months. Returning to Shamokin he engaged with William and Reuben Fagely in a similar ca- pacity, continning for a year, after which he went to Mount Carmel to work for Solomon Fagely, who kept a tavern there. He remained with him a year. At that time a stage line was started be- tween Mount Carmel and Shamokin, and he was appointed driver and mail carrier, working as such for a few months. He then took the same position on the stage line between Pottsville and Northumberland, for one year, and he was the last survivor of those connected, with this method of time. Returning to Shamokin, he was elected su- pervisor of Coal township, having charge of the roads from Mount Carmel to Trevorton, and filled that office two years. During the next seven years he was engaged in hauling coal over the railroad from Shamokin to Sunbury for William and Reuben Fagely, under contract, at the end of that time settling on the farm at Reed station where he director of the Shamokin Are Light Company. sec- passed the remainder of his days. He died Oct. 4, 1894, in his seventy-seventh year, and is buried at Reed's church.




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