Genealogical and biographical annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Part 70

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

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Jacob Zartman. son of Alexander, married An- na Margareth Roemm ( Ream ), and they had eight children, all born in Lancaster county, viz. : Henry, Martin, Anna Margareth, Susannah, Eva, Peter, Jacob and Ann Maria.

Martin Zartman, son of Jacob, was born in Lan- caster county, about 1769 ( ?). He came to North- umberland county and lived in Upper Mahanoy township before 1778. He married Susanna Fut- ler ( Fitler), and they had children: Elizabeth, Martin, Benjamin, William, Eve, Magdalena, Margaret and David.

Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of nuts - William Zartman, son of Martin and grand- father of Daniel R., was born May 28, 1485, in Northumberland county, Pa., and followed the work of farming. He married (first) a Miss Herb, and their children were: Adam, Daniel,

John Grier Mann, father of Mrs. Heinen, was born in 1805 in Doylestown township, Bucks coun- ty, followed farming, and died in 1883, at the age of seventy-nine years. He is buried at the Doyles- town Presbyterian Church. He married Lydia A. James, daughter of Levi James, of Bucks coun- ty, and to thiem were born five children: Isabella James married J. K. Lovett ; Francis T. married Sarah Rich, and died in 1905; Robert M. was wounded at the battle of Antietam and died of his injuries at the Philadelphia hospital, when twen- ty years old ; Anna R. is the widow of Henry J. Heinen; Elizabeth Polk, unmarried, died at Doylestown Dec. 14, 1909. .

WILLIAM A. HEINEN, brother of Henry J., was born Oct. 16, 1850, at Milton, and there received his early education in the public schools. Later he took a course at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. In his youth Mr. Heinen followed farming, but in 1879, upon the retirement of his father, he became a member of the mercantile firm of Hein- en, Schreyer & Co., with which he continued until 1880, after which he was engaged for some years in superintending his farm. In June, 1891, he be- came vice president and paymaster of the Milton and washers, and he is still serving in that ca- pacity. He is associated with a number of other . local enterprises of note, having served as director of the Milton Gas Company, the Milton Trust and

ident), the Milton Iron Company, the Milton Driving Park and Fair Association, the Milton Water Company and the Milton Bridge Company, and he is secretary of the Milton Creamery Com- pany. His substantial position makes his connec- tion with any venture an assurance of its legiti- inate business purpose and high character.

On Oct. 8, 1889, Mr. Heinen married Mary C. Shimer, daughter of Samuel J. and Catherine A. (Stout) Shimer, of Milton. They have five chil- dren, William S., Henry S., George S.,

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Lydia, George H., Abraham, Mary, Rebecca, Har- ner of Market street and Catawissa avenue, the . riet, Sarah, Abigail, Hannah, Joseph and May. first floor of which is used for store purposes, the William Zartman died April 30, 1857. He evi- second divided into flats and the third used as a dently married a second time. hall by the P. O. S. of A. He also erected two

Daniel Zartman, son of William and father of dwelling houses and a large warehouse. On June 9, 1908, lie formed his present partnership with

Daniel R., was born Sept. 29, 1811, and died Feb. 17, 1889. He owned and operated a tannery in R. H. Treon, and as Zartman & Trcon they are Rockefeller township. He married Esther Raker, conducting a large and growing grocery trade, hav- ing a fine store at the corner of Fifth and Market streets. On May 22, 1909, Mr. Zartman pur- chased Mr. Treon's interest, and he continues the business alone. Mr. Zartman's enterprising dis- position and success in his various undertakings who was born Jan. 10, 1812. and died Jan. 1, 1857. They were the parents of twelve children born as · follows: Harriet, a son that died in infancy, Sar- alı Ann, Alexander R., William (died aged twen- ty-one years), Mary Jane, Rebecca, Catharine, Abigail, one that died in infancy, Daniel R. and have made him one of the most active business nien Esther.

in the borough of Sunbury, and he is highly es- teemed throughout this section, his long career as a merchant having brought him into contact with a large proportion of his fellow citizens, among whom he is universally respected for his honorable dealings and creditable life.

On Nov. 3, 1881, Mr. Zartman married Ellen Bateman, daughter of Augustus and Mary (Mes- siner) Bateman, and they have had two children : Susan, who is married to Joseph Nesbit and has ber and worker, assisting in the building of Eman -. one child, Bailey Zartman : and Harry, who mar-

ried Minnie Cling and has two children, Beulah M. and Clifford.

Mr. Zartman and his family are members of Zion's Lutheran Church. In politics he is a Dem- ocrat, and as such has been chosen to represent his ward in the borough council. In social connection he holds membership in the P. O. S. of A., Con- clave, Order of United American Mechanics, and Knights and Ladies of Honor.

Augustus and Mary ( Messiner) Bateman, par- ents of Mrs. Daniel R. Zartman, had a family of eight children, namely: (1) Sarah married James Bitterman, and has two daughters, Mabel and Maud ( Mrs. George Stroh). (2) Polly married Gideon Kremer and has children, Harry, George, Walter and Goldie. (3) Savilla has been twice married, and has two children, Charles and Jen- nic, by her first husband, C. Phillips : her second marriage was to Emil Bohn. (4) Edwin married Laura, Minnie and Clarence. (5) Ellen is the wife of Daniel R. Zartman, (6) Katie married George F. Markel and has two daughters, Lillian (married Samuel Wileye) and Lena (married Charles Rogers). (?) Marietta married George Radle. (8) Lillian married Daniel Smith.

ciation lasted until 1883, when Mr. Zartman sold . Mary Witmer and they have four children, Ida,

his interest to his partner and opened a general merchandise store, which he carried on for about a year and a half. At the end of that time he. en- tered into partnership with Johnson B. Miller, un- der the firmn name of Zartman & Miller, and they did business together for five years, selling general merchandise and meats. Mr. Zartman then pur- chased Mr. Miller's interest and continued the DANIEL DENGLER BOLICH, senior .mem- ber of the firm of Daniel D. Bolich & Son, of Mount Carmel, is at the head of one of the most. important mercantile concerns in that borongh, originally established by his father in 1864 and in business alone for two years. until obliged to sell out because of ill health, Vought & Co. being the purchasers. In abont a vear he bought back the business from that firm, aud conducted it until he sold out to U. A. Hartman, the present owner, .in . continuous successful existence since. His father 1904. Meantime, in 1895. Mr. Zartman had built a large three-story brick store building at the cor- engaged in the shoe business, carrying a compre- hensive stock, and the present owners have added

Conrad Raker, maternal grandfather of Daniel R. Zartman, was born in Montgomery county, Pa., and came thence about 1795 to Northumberland county, where he married. He located in Rocke- feller township, remaining there two years and then removing to Little Mahanoy township, where he made his home until his death. He was a prom- inent man in various ways, serving as county com- missioner in 1836-37. was a leading church mem- uel's Church in Little Mahanoy township and the "Stone Church" at Augustaville, both Lutheran churches, and proved himself useful in other capa- cities. He married Barbara Dunkelberger, and they had a family of ten children, as follows: John ; Kate: Frederick, born Dec. 21, 1804, who married Elizabeth Hoffman and had children, Con- rad H., Catharine ( wife of Samuel Frederick) and Harriet (wife of Sam. Dornsifc) ; Jacob; Wil- liam ; Enoch : Isaac: Maria; Esther, who married Daniel Zartman : and Mary.

Daniel R. Zartman spent his boyhood days at- tending school and working in his father's tan- nery. When a young man he became shipping clerk for James Martin & Co., of Rochester, N. Y., and upon resigning his position in New York formed a partnership with T. J. Vastine, of Sun- bury, the firm of Vastine & Zartman dealing in general merchandise and groceries. This asso-

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other lines, all of which they have found in de- 1864. He learned shoemaking, and followed that mand, their business showing a steady growth. trade as well as dealing in boots and shoes all his They have kept pace with the advance of the times, life. Upon settling in Monnt Carmel he engaged both in the variety of their merchandise and in in business as a shoe dealer, carrying on his store the methods of handling their trade, the increase until his death, which occurred July 27, 1872. of which shows the appreciation which their efforts

The year after his removal to that place, on Sept. to please customers has gained. Mr. Bolich has 27, 1865, he was appointed postmaster under Pres- lived at Mount Carmel from boyhood, but he is ident Johnson, and served nearly three years in a native of Barry township, Schuylkill Co., Pa., that position. He was a Republican, and in re- ligion a member of the Evangelical Church, in the work of which he was quite active. born July 22, 1850. The Bolich family was founded in this country by Andraes Bolich, his great-great- grandfather, who came from the Palatinate, in Germany, crossing the ocean in the ship "Nep- tune," with 171 other passengers, and landing at Philadelphia Sept. 24, 1754. We have a record showing that he located in Greenwich township,

In October, 1849, Mr. Bolich married Sarah Dengler, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Schappel) Dengler, all of Schuylkill county. and granddaughter of George Dengler, a resident of Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa., as early as 1812; he Berks Co., Pa., some time about 1765, among the erected the first hotel in the town, known as the first settlers in that district. Where he spent the "White Horse Inn," later as the "Merchants Ho- intervening years is not known. Here he followed farming. He was a man of typical German char- tel," and now as the "Allen House." Mrs. Sarah (Dengler ) . Bolich died Jan. 26, 1876. She was acteristics. His will, on record in Will Book A, the mother of the following children : Daniel D. is page 11, in the Berks connty court house at Read- mentioned below: Susan E. is the wife of T. J. · ing, is dated March 16, 1780; he died in April, Klase and lives at Cranford, N. J. ; Tansem Eliza 1780. To his son Andrew ( Andraes) he bequeathed is the wife of Dr. James L. Seibert, of Bellefonte, the plantation and all the implements, with the Pa .; Charles I., who is a shoe merchant at Can- provision that he was to pay three hundred pounds ton, Ill., married Carrie Thornton; Newton A., sterling to his seven sisters. in installments. The now living in Deming, N. Mex., married Mary will was witnessed by Philip Arnold and Benedict Smith ; Michael O. is a resident of Kansas City, Koliler.

Mo .; Sarah E., who is unmarried, lives in Belle- fonte, Pa .; Abraham L. resides in Beatrice, Neb. ;

Andraes Bolich (2), son of the emigrant, lived upon his father's estate in Greenwich township, David William, of New York City, is a noted civil engineer.

having become the owner of that property upon his father's death. He was born in 1757, and died on his farm. The Federal Census report of 1:90 recorded Andraes Bolich a resident of Green- wich township and the head of a family consisting of his wife, one son under sixteen, and four daugh- ters. His wife's name was Margaretha. and among their children were Johan and Michael.

Daniel D. Bolich attended public school at Ash- land, Schuylkill county, until he came to Mount Carmel with his parents. He learned the shoe- making trade, working in his father's shop a short time and serving two years as deputy postmaster- continuing in his father's employ until the latter's death. He then succeeded to the business. to the conduct and expansion of which he has since de- voted all his energies. His store is located at No. 123 South Oak street. The boot and shoe branch of the business has been extended to include rub- hers, leathers and shoemakers' supplies, and other departments have been added from time to time until the stock now comprises lines of clothing, shirts, hats, underwear, trunks, etc., for all of which there is a good local demand. Since 1906 Mr. Bolich has had his eldest son as partner, under

Michael Bolich, son of Andraes (?), was born in 1770 upon the homestead in Greenwich township, and in time moved to what is now Barry township, Schuylkill connty, settling about three miles west of Ashland. He was one of the pioneers in that district, and took up about fifteen hundred acres of land, prospering by good management so that he left a large estate. He was a prominent Luth- eran and a leader in his district. He died in 1835, and is buried in Barry township. He was three times married, and his children were as follows: the firm name of Daniel D. Bolich & Son, and Henry, John, Daniel, Solomon, Michael, William, they do the largest retail business in Mount Car- Samuel, Charles, Andrew, Mrs. Rebecca Kantner, mel. Mr. Bolich is naturally best known in con- Mrs. Soloma Hepler, Mrs. Elizabeth Bickel and lection with this establishment, but he has various Mrs. Susan Hull. Many of the descendants of this other business interests in the borough and owns family continue to live in that region of Schuyl- kill county. valuable real estate there. He was one of the or- ganizers of the Union National Bank in 1894 and a member of the original board of directors of that

Charles Bolich, son of Michael, was born April 22, 1820. in Barry township, Schuylkill county, institution ; was one of the organizers of the Board and lived in his native county until his removal to of Trade and has been active in its various enter- Monnt Carmel, Northumberland county, in April, prises. during his twelve years of continuons ser-

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vice as president of that body, to which office he Polly, who married Robert Smith, and lived in was elected upon its organization, having been able Lower Augusta township; and Mrs. Benjamin Wil- to encourage and launch many plans for the pro- liains. motion of local commercial conditions. He is a Republican, but not active in politics, and a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church, which he has served as trustee and treasurer.

On Sept. 9, 1880, Mr. Bolich married' Emily Hartshorn, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine (Burchfield) Hartshorn, of Curwensville, Clear- field Co., Pa., and they have had three children : Charles H., Wayne (who died when seven years old) and Newton A. The family have a pleasant home at No. 49 East avenue.

JACOB W. SMITH, who died many years ago, was a native of the borough of Sunbury, North- umberland county, and belonged to a family which has long been represented there, but he passed the greater part of his active years at Selinsgrove, Snyder county, where he ranked among the most intelligent, progressive and influential citizens. He became prominent in the business circles of that section, and was higlily respected wherever known.

Jacob W. Smith was born in Sunbury Oct. 3, 1799. After studying at a select school in North- umberland he studied for the Lutheran ministry under Rev. J. Peter Shindle, but owing to throat trouble he had to give up the profession after fol- lowing it a short time, and he turned his atten- tion to business pursuits, in which he made a de- cided. suecess. Locating at Selinsgrove, Snyder Co., Pa., he engaged in the Inmber and grain trade, in which he built up .a large business, which he continued to carry on throughout his life. He took an interest in all matters concerning the com- munity, took a leading part in local politics as a member of the Democratic party, and was an en- thusiastic member of the Lutheran Church at Sel- insgrove, contributing liberally when the church building. was erected. His death, which occurred April 1, 1851, was regarded as a public loss. He is buried at Selinsgrove.

On Aug. 28, 1827, Mr. Smith married Mary Straub, who was born March 21, 1806, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Walter) Straub, the former of whom founded what is now the borough of Milton, James Smith, father of Jacob W. Smith, was born and reared in Bucks county, this State. He Northumberland county. Mrs. Smith died in Sun- served as a soldier in the Revolution, in what was bury Aug. 14, 1885, and was buried beside her hus- known as the Pennsylvania Provisionals, and the band. They had a family of ten children, only musket he used in the Colonial service is now in three of whom survive, namely: Emma J. is the the possession of one of his grandsons-a highly widow of Capt. Selin Davis: Caroline E., who is prized heirloom. In 1287 he came from Bucks unmarried, makes her home in Sunbury; Gertrude county to Northumberland, being a pioneer at I. is the wife of Dr. Charles Arthur, son of the well Sunbury, where in 1796 he built a hotel on the known writer T. S. Arthur, and they reside in San present site of the residence of Mrs. Louisa A. Francisco, California.

Moore (daughter of the late Ira T. Clement), con- dueting same for many years. His grandson John

LEWIS K. ETTINGER, one of the most val- J. Smith, of Sunbury, has the board upon which ued employees of the S. J. Shimer & Sons (Incor- the year the hotel was erected, 1796, appears. porated) concern, in the borough of Milton, is en- gaged in the capacity of superintendent at that important industrial establishment. His ability is recognized in all hi's business relations, and his high standing, won in years of honorable oecupa- James Smith served some years as elerk in the office of the county prothonotary. In his later life he made his home for several years with his son James, at Reading; Pa., but he returned to Sun- bury, where he lived with his daughter Catharine tion. is well merited.

(Mrs. Withington) until his death. He is buried . Mr. Ettinger is a native of York, York Co., Pa., in the old South Fourth street cemetery. He was born June 10, 1855. The family there is of long a member of the Lutheran Church. His wife, and honorable standing. His great-grandfather, Barbara Ann ( Vanholdt), was from Bucks county, Rev. Adam Ettinger, a elergyman of the Reformed her people living in Philadelphia and Bucks coun- Churchi, died in 1809. He 'married a sister of ty. An oil portrait of her now in the possession Rev. John Stouch. of the Intheran Church. of her grandson, John J. Smith, is in a fine state of preservation and highly valued . by the owner. James and Barbara Ann (Vanholdt) Smith had quite a large family, but a number of their children died when small. We have record of : Jacob W.,

Rev. Adam Ettinger, son of Rev. Adam, for sixty-two years a clergyman of York county. was one of the pioneer ininisters of the Evangelieal Church. He was born in York in 1787, and in the fall of 1813, under the administration of Rev. who lived and died at Selinsgrove: James, who John Walter, the first fellow laborer of Rev. Jacob Albright, founder of the Evangelical Association, teen preachers and 769 members in America. He

died in Sunbury, mentioned elsewhere in this work; John, a farmer of Upper Augusta township, joined that denomination, which then had but fif- who after his retirement lived in Sunbury, where he died ; Catharine, wife of William Withington ; became one of the original preachers of the Associ-

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ation in York county, traveling through that and was born in Darinstadt, Germany, and came to surrounding counties, and no minister of the gos- America with his wife and family in 1832, set- pel was a more devoted follower of the doctrines tling at what was then known as "Little York" and principles of the church of his choice than he, (now York), Pa. The voyage to this country, giving not only his time but his means to the sup- made in a sailing vessel, took fifty-five days. Mr. port of the cause he so faithfully advocated. In Kurtz had a forge and sawmill in Germany, and fact, to the church and its interests he was gener- was also an expert printer, and he was engaged as ous and philanthropic beyond his ineans. When a printer after coming to this country. His death ninety years old he preached a sermon at Milton. occurred at Aaronsburg, Center Co., Pa. He mar- He died in York in October, 1879, at the age of ried in Germany Joanna S. Brahm, whose father, ninety, and is buried there, in Prospect Hill cem- Godfrey Brahm, was a prominent man in Darm- etery. He was married early in life to Elizabeth stadt in his day, being secretary under the ruler of Miller, daughter of Conrad Miller, a soldier of the the Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt; he could speak Revolution and well-to-do farmer of Hopewell. nine languages.

Lewis K. Ettinger received a common school

His father-in-law and mother-in-law then formed part of his household, and their home became a education, and learned the weaving trade with his place for religious meetings, and in summertime father. In 1875 he came to Milton and took a po- camp-meetings were held in the adjoining woods. sition in the Shimer establishment, making cutter

Rev. Adam and Elizabeth ( Miller) Ettinger had heads, for a dollar a day. There were only two children as follows: Daniel, who resided at York, men besides himself in the department, and by Pa., and who became a civil engineer; Jesse, who earnest application and intelligent attention to settled in York county, where he died; Catharine, his work he won promotion from time to time, be- who married Dr. William Bower and now resides coming foreman and continuing as such until 1902, when he was made superintendent of the at Mount Sterling, Ill .; Leah, who married John Sprenkel, of York, Pa .; George, living in Balti- plant. In this capacity Mr. Ettinger has about more; John, who died at Elizabethville, Dauphin 190 men to oversee, and he is one of the most Co., Pa .; Mary, wife of George Messersmith; Joel, trusted heads in the establishment, which has an who died at Baltimore : and William.

important place in the industrial prosperity of the

William Ettinger, son of Rev. Adam and Eliza- borough of Milton. He is a much respected and beth (Miller), was born Jan. 23, 1825, in York substantial citizen of that borough, a member of county, Pa., and learned the weaver's trade which . the Board of Trade, and in various ways identi- he followed in York and Center counties. fied with its best interests. Fraternally he holds After his marriage 'he lived in Shrewsbury, membership in Milton Lodge, No. 256, F. & A. M .; York county, for a few years, in 1853 set- in Warrior Run Chapter, No. 246, R. A. M., of tling in York, where he remained until his Watsontown; and in the B. P. O. Elks. He is a removal to Aaronsburg, Center county, in 1861. Republican in politics.

There he followed weaving and later conducted Northumberland county, where he had a meat In August, 1899, Mr. Ettinger married Mary a meat market. In 1876 he moved to Milton, Blanch Jenkins, daughter of John and Lucy ( Hull) Jenkins, the former a prominent citizen of Milton, market for about twenty-five years, becoming one connected with several local financial institutions of the best known business men in the borough. and well known in the Board of Trade, which lie He made his home there until his death, Nov. 20, served at one time as president.

1896, when he was aged seventy-one .years, nine months, twenty-seven days. Like his father he was

a member of the Evangelical Church, and he was. descendants of James Montgomery, who may a Republican in politics.

MONTGOMERY. The Montgomery family- truthfully be called the pioneer schoolinaster of On March 24, 1850, Mr. Ettinger was married, Northumberland county-is well and worthily rep-

in Center county, to Sophia M. Kurtz, a native of resented in and around Pottsgrove at the present time, and a full account, giving the record of many Darmstadt, Germany, born Oct. 17, 1831, who was only nine months old when brought by her parents of its living members and their immediate prede- to. America. Four children were born to MIr. and cessors, will be found elsewhere in these pages. Mrs. William Ettinger : (1) Joanna E., born Jan. The present article is iminediately concerned with 6, 1851, married Rev. L. K. Harris, an Evangelical the brothers John S, and William A. Montgomery, minister, and died in August, 1908. (2) Lewis sous of Hugh R. Montgomery and grandsons of K. is mentioned below. (3)' Anna Mary. born James. Herewith we give only an outline of the Jan. 2, 1861, married William Neagley, and they earlier generations, more complete mention of have one son. They reside in Milton. (4) Joel, which may be found in the article written by Dr. born Nov. 30, 1863, married Grace Anderson, of James R. Montgomery.

Chester, and they now live in Portland, Oregon.

In 1795 James Montgomery. the emigrant an- Ludwig Kurtz, father of Mrs. William Ettinger, cestor, married Sarah Sheddau, and they had chil-

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Genealogical and biographical annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Part 70

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