Genealogical and biographical annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Part 56

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

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deceased : William A. is mentioned below; Sarah (deceased ) married David Fegley.

· Northumberland county, was born in Oley town- ship, Berks Co., Pa., Feb. 1, 1793, son of Johannes

WILLIAM A. ZIMMERMAN was born Sept. 10, Daniel Zimmerman, grandfather of William A. 1858, on the homestead, and received his educa- Zimmerman, a resident of Rockefeller township, tion in the common schools. Since he was eighteen he has followed the carpenter trade off and on, having learned it through his own efforts (John) Zimmerman, and died March 26, 1842. in and by applying himself faithfully. He has fol- Northumberland county, aged forty-nine years, one lowed the trade in Sunbury and in his home town- month, twenty-two days. This record and. that of ship, and still maintains a carpenter shop. though his wife are to be found in the old cemetery at he also gives considerable attention to farming. having owned the homestead since the fall of 1893. He has ninety-three acres, under profitable culti- vation. In the summer of 1910 Mr. Zimmerman built an addition to his residence for his son Domer, who had just been married, doing all the carpenter work himself. He has a high reputation Sunbury. After his marriage he came to this coun- ty and settled in what is now Rockefeller township. and he followed farming as well as his trade of blacksmith, his shop being in Brush valley, near where his grandson. William A., Zimmerman, now resides. The latter owns his grandfather's old ledger, in which he kept the accounts and records as a mechanic.

On Oct. 6, 1878, Mr. Zimmerman married Su- san Shipe, daughter of John H. and Esther (Gar- inger) Shipe and granddaughter of Samuel Gar-

of his blacksmith business. the first account entered bearing date Aug. 20. 1816. He continued to fol- low his trade until his death, and prospered, own- ing the farm now in the possession of his grand- inger and his wife, whose maiden name was Con- son William A. and also an adjoining tract of rad. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman have had two eighty acres, now owned by Samuel Lantz. He children: Jennie, who is unmarried : and Pomer was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and E., a silk worker, who married Bertha E. Zartman.

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Mr. Zimmerman is a Lutheran, belonging to the bury. About 188? he bought his present farm of church at Plum Creek, which he has served a num- 100 acres in Upper Augusta township, formerly ber of years as member of the council. His family the Martz homestead, and there he has since car- are of the Reformed faith. In political sentiment he is a Republican, and he is at present serving . as one of the township auditors. He has served three years as school director.

George Zimmerman was born March 26, 1784, son of Georg and Anna Maria ( Moutz) Zimmer- man, and died Sept. 24. 1835. He is buried in the old graveyard at Sunbury. He lived in Upper Augusta township, where he engaged in farming, owning a tract of 300 acres, his land extending along Shamokin ereek from the gristmill down to the old Methodist Church, the old cemetery of which is still to be seen. A inan of pious dispo- sition, he was strictly temperate in all things and a devout member of the Lutheran Church. He was of tall figure. . Mr. Zimmerman's first mar- riage was to a sister of Henry Yoxtheimer, and by that marriage he had four children : Rebecca, Mrs. Daniel Haas; Sarah, who. died unmarried; Jere- miah, who lived at Shamokin ; and Catharine, Mrs. Oyster. His second wife, Catharine (Hartzell), died March 17, 1840, aged fifty-seven years, nine months. She was the mother of four children: George, Peter, Henry and Simon.

George Zimmerman, son of George, was born in joining that of his brother Daniel. He was a first-

Upper Augusta, Aug. 18, 1815, and died May 13, 1887. His wife. Sarah ( Fasold), was born Feb. 18, 1818, and died May 2, 1863. Mr. Zimmer- man was a shoemaker and also cultivated the old homestead, owning the farm. He was an active Democrat, and served as school director, super- visor, tax collector, assessor, and overseer of the poor, being.a prominent man in the public affairs of his township. He and his wife were members of the United Brethren Church, of which he was a . trustee and steward. They had a large family, viz. : Mary Ann married Jacob Gass; Catharine M. owns the homestead of 100 acres in partner- ship with her brother Samuel and resides there ; Sarah died unmarried : George V .. who never mar- ried, lived in Upper Augusta ; William H. died in

infancy; Samuel is a resident of Upper Augusta ; 5. 1808. in Angusta township, Northumberland John died when two weeks old; Harriet F. died

aged eleven years : Alice died aged eighteen years: life. He was a tanner and farmer, owning 100 Clara married T. H. Lippiatt, of Sunbury ; Emma died of scarlet fever at the age of fourteen years. five months : Rachel A. married Jacob Deibler, of near Snydertown.

Samuel Zimmerman, son of George and Sarah, was born on the Zimmerman homestead April 2 4, 1848. He was educated in the public schools and went to learn the carpenter's trade when nineteen years old. following it abont eleven years, at Potts- ville and throughout the oil regions of Western Pennsylvania. Returning to his native township. he worked for several seasons at his trade in Sin-

ried on general farming. Mr. Zimmerman is a Democrat, and has served as tax collector since 1902; he was school director for a period of six years. He married Anna Mensch, daughter of Henry and Hannah ( Reish) Mensch, who lived in Upper Augusta, and seven children have been born to this union : Ralph, who is a farmer of Up- per Angusta township; Eva V., married to Dr. J. William Schultz, of Tremont, Pa .; Mabel, at home: George, of Reading; Clarence, at home; a son that died in infancy; and Carrie, at home. Mr. Zimmerman and his family are Methodists in religious connection.

Jacob Zimmerman was born March 19, 1764, in Maxatawny, Berks Co., Pa., and came thence after his marriage to Northumberland county, settling at Augustaville. He owned a farm of over three lindred acres, and being a tanner by trade oper- ated a tannery in connection with his large farm. He married Susanna Brown, daughter of Michael Brown, of "Swabian" Creek, Washington town- ship, Northumberland county, and to them were born three children : (1) John, who died Aug. 10, 1870, aged sixty-five years, lived on a farm ad- class mechanic; made spinning-wheels and fine guns, for which latter there was especial demand. and also made musical instruments. His wife, Mol- ly Fetherolf, was a sister of his brother Daniel's wife. They had one son, Peter, who died in Waver- ly, Nebr. (2) Daniel is mentioned below. (3) Jacob, born March 30, 1794. died unmarried Oct. 5, 1812, aged twenty-three years, six months, five days. Jacob Zimmerman, the father. died March 6. 1835, aged seventy years, eleven months, seventeen days. The mother died Feb. 27, 1854, aged eighty- three years, six months, eight days. Both belonged to the Stone Church at Angustaville, he being a Lutheran, and his wife a Reformed member. They are buried there.

. Daniel Zimmerman, son of Jacob, was born Oct.

county. on the homestead where he passed all his acres of land, now the property of Harry Zimmer- man, of the fourth generation. He died Ang. 27. 1883. aged seventy-four years, ten months, twen- ty-two days. He married Hannah Fetherolf. daughter of Peter Fetherolf, of Mahantango Val- ley, Northtimberland county. and she died Sept. 30, 1863, aged sixty years, six months, ten days. They are buried at the Stone Churen. Their fam- ily consisted of twelve children, namely: Jacob. of Union county. Pa. : John F .: Henry: Mary: Christian, who married Susan M. Reeser: Daniel F. : Peter : Elias, deceased : Samuel F., of Aber-

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deen, S. Dak. : William, who lived and died at generally do cabinet-making. Mr. Zimmerman is Allentown, Pa. (he had children : Jennie, Annie, a public-spirited citizen, and was active in helping Mary and Eve) ; Jeremiah, who died when young ; to organize Herndon into a borough. He is a Democrat in politics. and Hettie; who married H. S. Koppenhafer, of Sunbury, Pennsylvania.

On June 2, 1862, Mr. Zimmerman married John F. Zimmerman, son of Daniel, was born Rachel Kebauch, of Dauphin county, Pa., who died Feb. 5, 1829, on the homestead, learned the trade Feb. 21, 1877, at the age of thirty-three years, sev- of cabinet-maker and house carpenter, and has en months, fourteen days, the mother of four chil- passed most of his life in Augusta. During his dren : Calvin G., now of Seven Points, Pa. : Addie, later years, however, he has lived at Lewisburg and

who died in infancy; Laura, married to Monroe Williamsport, also spending considerable time Ziegler, of Herndon: and a son that died in in- with his daughter in Georgia. He has been twice fancy. In 1889 Mr. Zimmerman married for his married, first, in 1851, to Magdalena Kieffer, who second wife Mary Auchmuty, of Millersburg, died at the age of twenty-seven years, Feb. 27, Dauphin county. They have had no children. The 1863, while her husband was serving in the Civil family are members of the United Evangelical war. By this union there were two sons and one Church at Herndon. daughter, David A., H. Rebecca (who married T. H. Finn and lives at Way Cross, Ga.) and Aaron P. Mr. Zimmerman was married (second) in 1869 to Rebecca Campbell, who died in 1897, aged fifty-

Samuel F. Zimmerman, son of Daniel, was born in Rockefeller township in September, 1839, and was there reared to farm life. At the age of sev- enteen he learned the blacksmith's trade, which he four years. To them were also born three chil- followed in Rockefeller township until he went to dren : Landis I., who lives at Punxsutawney, Pa., has three children, Eugene, Myron and Hilda; Ellemeta died when sixteen months old; and Ira J. lives in Detroit, Michigan. John F. Zimmer- man was a Union soldier during the Civil war, serving in Company H, 177th Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Militia. He was mustered in at Sunbury, in November, 1862, and served nine months.

Henry Zimmerman, son of Daniel, born April 17, 1830, died March 23, 1863, while serving in the Civil war, at Yorktown, Va., of typhus fever, and is buried at the Stone Church, near his old home. He was in the same company as his broth- ers. He had children : Martin M., Morris, and Aliee, the last named deceased.

South Dakota, in 1887. There he farmed and raised stock until his retirement, in 1903. He has his home at Aberdeen, South Dakota. Before his marriage Mr. Zimmerman spent about two years at South Bend, Ind., where he was in the employ of the Studebaker Manufacturing Company, return- ing East to be married. He is a Democrat; was originally a Lutheran, but since settling out West has belonged to the Presbyterian Church. there being no Lutherans in his locality. He married Lucy Ann Martz, daughter of Isaac and Polly ( Emerick) Martz, of Rockefeller township, and she died May 6, 1908, aged fifty-eight years. 'She is buried at Aberdeen, S. Dak. To them were born seven sons, viz. : Warren II. : Reuben Clay, of Aber- deen, S. Dak .; Benjamin F., of Sunbury, Pa. : Charles M., of Ashley, N. Dak. ; Orville W .. who died aged four years ; Freeman A., of Aberdeen, S.

Daniel F. Zimmerman, son of Daniel, lived and died on the old homestead, passing away Nov. 29, 1905, aged seventy years, eight months, eight days. He, too, served for nine months during the Civil Dak .; and Frederick F., of Ashley, North Dakota. war in the same company as his two brothers. He

Warren H. Zimmerman, of Sunbury, Pa., was was twice married, first to Hannah Zerfing, who born in Rockefeller township, on the homestead, died Sept. 23, 1863 (aged twenty-nine years, nine May 22,' 1871. He learned the blacksmith's trade months, one day), and by whom he had one son, in his native township following it there until the William, and second to Sallie A. Reeder, by whom he had Joseph, Elmer, Tura, Katie and Harry.

family went West, in 1887, after which he farmed for one year. Then for three seasons he conducted PETER ZIMMERMAN, son of Daniel, was born April 4, 1836, in Lower Augusta township, North- nmberland county. When twenty years old he eommenced to learn the trade of carriage- a grain elevator at Roscoe, S. Dak. In 1892 he returned East to Sunbury and followed his trade another year. Returning to Roseoe he worked for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Com- bnilder, which he has ever since followed .. He pany for a year, and he again returned East in served his apprenticeship at Berrysburg, and 1895. After working at carpentering and painting some time he connected himself with the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company being first employed as car repairman, then foreman of engine tenders, having charge of from fifteen to as many as twen- ty-five men. It is responsible work, and he has shown himself capable of handling it. Mr. Zim- merman has become quite a prominent citizen of Sunbury in his connection with its public affairs. In later worked at Mifflinburg for five years. He began business for himself at Zimmerman- town (Augustaville P. O.) in what is now Rocke- feller township, Northumberland county, and re- mained at that location for nineteen years, com- ing to Herndon, Pa., where he has since main- tained his stand. He not only does the wood work, but also painting and trimming, and the family

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1901 he was elected to the council from the Seventh sition since 1906. He has resided in Shamokin all Ward as an independent candidate, defeating the his life, having been born in that city Oct. 18, two regular party nominees, and he has twice been 1869. re-elected. He has taken an active part in the do- Mr. Gable is a representative of the fifth gen- eration of his family in this country, his great- grandfather, John Gable, a native of Hessen-Cas- sel, Germany, having come to America in boyhood with his parents. They settled in Berks county, Pa. John Gable served during the Revolutionary war in the Continental army, the Pennsylvania Archives, 5th Series. Vol. VII, page 1140, show- ing that one John Gable was a private in Capt. Philip Baker's company, Lancaster county militia, 1782; battalion and battalion commander not ings of that body, having served as secretary one year, treasurer one year, and member of the Fi- nance committee two years; since 190? he has been a member of the Supply committee. Mr. Zimmer- man was instrumental in the erection of the Fran- cis E. Drumheller, M. D., public school building in the Seventh Ward in 1910, the most complete and up-to-date school building in Central Pennsyl- vania ; it has eight rooms, and was erected at a cost of $35,000. Though independent in local affairs, he. is a Democrat on national issues. Socially he stated. belongs to Maclay Lodge No. 632, F. & A. M., of John Gable, grandfather of Frank A. Gable, was born in 1794 in the upper part of Berks county, and died in 1878. He served his country during the war of 1812. He was identified principally with Schuylkill county, where his first settlement Sunbury, to P. O. S. of A. Camp No. 194, also of Sunbury, to the Royal Arcanum and the Modern Woodmen of America. He and his family are members of the Lutheran. Church.

Mr. Zimmerman was married to Cora J., daugh- was at Orwigsburg, but he did not remain there ter of Valentine and Amelia (Hauck) Bartholo- mew, who lived in Rockefeller township. They have two daughters, Hazel May and Beulah Irene.

long, going thence to Pottsville. He was a car- penter, but did not follow his trade many years, being engaged as a merchant at Pottsville, where AARON P. ZIMMERMAN, son of John F. and Magdalena (Kieffer) Zimmerman, was born Jan. 6, 1862, in Lower Angusta ( now Rockefeller ) town- ship, Northumberland county, and there attended the public schools. He remained with his grand- father until 1878, after which he went to Sunbury, Pa., where he was in the employ of Ira T. Clem- ent for one year. In the fall of 1881 he went to Shamokin, where he engaged as a clerk with Seiler & Zimmerman, and where he remained continu- he became quite a prominent citizen. He teamed his goods all the way from Philadelphia. Mr. Gable lived retired for several years before his death, which occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Conner, at Girardville, Schuylkill county. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Ham- mer, died in 1855, at the age of sixty-two years. Both are buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Pottsville. They had a family of ten children, viz. : Lydia, who married Tobias Houser, died at the age of eiglity-four years; Incy married John ously until his removal to Lebanon, Pa., in 1898. Ilower; Rebecca married John Miller ; Mary mar- He was in the hardware business at that place for ried John Freehafer; Nancy married Thomas one year. In 1902 Mr. Zimmerman engaged in Conner; Harriet, now the only survivor of her business as a shoe merchant at his present location in Shamokin, No. 154 East Independent street, where he has since done business, carrying a high class of goods. He formerly resided in the Sixth Ward, and served two terms as school director from that Ward, but his home is now in the Third Ward. parents' family, is the widow of George D. Ben- singer and resides at Mount Carmel, Northumber- land county (her children are Sarah E., Clara B., married to J. L. Haas, Minnie, Maude and Hen- ry) ; Henry died Aug. 1, 1860; John is mentioned below ; Jacob died young; William died at Sham- okin Sept. 3, 1908.

Mr. Zimmerman married Lizzie Zimmerman, John Gable, father of Frank A. Gable, was born daughter of Sebastian Zimmerman, and they have Sept. 16, 1825, in Schuylkill county, and there re- had three children, Mabel, Helen and Ruth. He ceived a common school education. About 1863 is a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, of the P. he came to Shamokin, and thence went with ser- O. S. of A .. the Royal Arcanum and the B. P. O. Elks.

David A. Zimmerman, another son of John F. Zimmerman, has four children : Edwin, of Renova, Pa. ; Ella, at home ; Spencer, unmarried ; and Em- ery, who lives in Detroit, Michigan.

FRANK A. GABLE, assistant cashier of the National Bank of Shamokin, at Shamokin, North- umberland county, has been associated with that in- stitution since 1902 and has held his present po-

eral other men to Harrisburg, to enlist for service in the Civil war. They were not needed at that time, however, and Mr. Gable returned to Sham- okin, where for a number of years he was inter- ested in mining, becoming very well known in that connection. For several years he was superintend- ent for the late Thomas Baumgardner, of Lancas- ter, Pa., who owned the Enterprise Coal Company. Mr. Gable later operated the Colbert colliery suc- cessfully-during the W. B. A. strike, and in com- pany with John B. Donty also operated the Gar-

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field colliery, in the course of time selling his in- the war of 1812; his grandfather had been a mem- terests to Mr. Douty. From that time on he lived ber of the Continental forces in the Revolution ; retired until his death, in November, 1902; he is buried in St. Edward's cemetery. He was prom- inently identified with other business interests be- sides mining after coming to Shamokin, was one of the promoters of the street railway company and of a fire insurance company which was one of the first companies of the kind in Shamokin.

Mr. Gable married Caroline Sterling. daughter of John and Elizabeth (Wingert ) Sterling, and to theni were born children as follows : Louise. Joseph and Cecilia all died in infancy: Amelia Ida is un- married ; William married Maria Devitt : Alfred R. married Catherine Kennedy; Frank A. is men- tioned below ; Charles married Emma Moyer.

Frank A. Gable received his education in the parochial and high schools of Shamokin, and be- gan his business career as a clerk. On Jan. 13, 1902, he entered the National Bank of Shamokin as bookkeeper, in 1906 receiving promotion to the office of assistant cashier, which he has since held, George C. Graeber being cashier. Mr. Gable has given the greater part of his attention to business, the only important departure he has ever made from this rule being his two terms of service as borough treasurer. He is a Republican in political principle, but not active in party affairs. Socially he holds membership in Lodge No. 355, B. P. O. Elks, in the Knights of Columbus (of which he is district deputy) aud in the Crescoe Club. He is a mieniber of St. Edward's Catholic Church.

On June 3, 1896, Mr. Gable married Mary Bren- nan, only child of Edward and Annie (Walsh) Brennan, and they have had a family of eight children : Anna M., Caroline S., Margaret W., Ed- ward B., Frank, Louise, John J., and Natalie P. Mrs. Gable's father is a prominent mine inspector and banker of Shamokin.

HON. WILLIAM GABLE (deceased), who had' of Pittsburg. It was also in the battle of Chicka- the honor of being the second Republican in the mauga, after which Mr. Gable was promoted to history of Northumberland county to be sent as sergeant for service on the field. The regiment its representative to the Legislature, was born then joined the Army of the Cumberland, partici- June 26, 1837, near Pottsville, in Schuylkill coun- pating in its principal engagements under General ty, Pa., and died Sept. 3, 1908, at Shamokin, Thomas. In 1864 Mr. Gable went before the ex- Northumberland county. . Some early history of the family is given elsewhere, in the sketch of Frank A. Gable.

amining board at Nashville, Tenn., and received a commission as first lieutenant, being assigned to the 101st United States Colored Infantry and sent

Mr. Gable passed his boyhood in his native coun- to Gallatin, Tenn., to recruit a company. Then he ty, attending the public schools until he reached the joined the regiment at Clarksville, was ordered to Nashville and remained there, doing guard duty. until the regiment was mustered out. in 1866.

age of sixteen. He then took up mechanical en- . gineering, for which he showed considerable apti- tude, and his success in later years showed him to

and when the Civil war broke out he was among the first to offer lis services in the Union cause. He enlisted in 1861 in Captain Jenning's company, at St. Clair, the command being assigned to the 14th regiment ; it went to Camp Curtin, at Harrisburg, and made an unimportant tour of the "sacred soil of Virginia" to Martinsburg, Bunker Hill and Harper's Ferry, whence, the term of service having expired, it was sent to Carlisle, Pa., and mustered out. Mr. Gable returned to St. Clair at the end of this three months' term. About this time Capt. William J. Palmer, who was in command of the Anderson Troop in the Southwest, received per- mission to reeruit a cavalry regiment in Pennsyl- vania to act as bodyguard to General Buell. The organization was popularly known as the "Ander- son Cavalry" (named in honor of Robert Anderson. the hero of Fort Sumter), but was officially the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. As it was to be a picked body, representative of the entire State, each county was to be allowed to furnish eight men. William Gable applied from Schuylkill county and was accepted. His company was sent to Carlisle barracks, where it was drilled by officers detailed from the regular army. When General Pope was defeated at the second battle of Bull Run the An- derson Cavalry went to Chambersburg, pressed. into service a sufficient number of horses, and took part in the battle of Antietam, at the very be- ginning of which the Colonel was taken prisoner : he did not rejoin the regiment for more than a year. After the battle the regiment returned to Carlisle, and shortly afterward was transferred to Louis- ville, Ky., where it was equipped with horses and marched to Nashville, arriving in time to take part in the battle of Stone River : in that conflict it suf- fered the loss of seventy men, including two act- ing majors, Rosengarten of Philadelphia and Wara

After the war Mr. Gable engaged in cotton rais- be well adapted for such work. In 1860, the year ing in Arkansas for a time, but the surroundings he cast his first Presidential vote, he supported the were not congenial and after a six months' trial he Republican candidate, and from that time on to the gave it up and went to Washington, D. C .. to ap- end of his days he continued to be an ardent mem- pear before the examining board as a candidate for ber of the party, in which he was a leader for many the regular army. He called on Grant. who re- years. His father had fought for his country in ceived him cordially, and gave him the benefit of

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his influence to secure a position which would (Post No. 140) and of the Union Veterans' As- prepare him for the examination. But in the sociation. He was captain and commissary of the meantime Congress passed an act reducing the army, and that put an end to his ambitions in the military line. îth Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, from its organization until it was mustered out. He died at Shamokin Sept. 3, 1908, and is buried there.

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Genealogical and biographical annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Part 56

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