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til Lee's surrender. After the war he was engaged discouraged the movement in his favor. Frater- in boating grain for a time, and later carried on nally he holds membership in Eureka Lodge, No. 404, F. & A. M., and Lodge No. 196, I. O. O. F., both of Northumberland ; and in Chapter No. 174,. R. A. M., of Sunbury. the coal business at Lewisburg, Pa., in 1881 coming to the borough of Northumberland, where he has since made his home. He dredged sand from the west branch of the Susquehanna for twenty years, On Dee. 25, 1895, Mr. Stannert married Ida U. Steffen, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Dangler) Steffen, of Snyder county, Pa., and they have one daughter, Mary Margaret. until his retirement, in 1905, when he turned the business over to his son, who has since continued the original line and added other branches, now having a large establishment. Mr. Stannert has long been one of the most respected residents of GEORGE M. HOWELL, general merchant, is Northumberland, and aside from business has be- a resident of the borough of Northumberland, Northumberland county, where he has his principal establishment. He began the business in partner- ship with his father, Charles M. Howell, as junior member of the firm of C. M. Howell & Son, and
come particularly well known for his active asso- ciation with religious work. He is an earnest member of the Methodist Church, has served as class leader, cxhorter and trustee, and has endeav- ored to lead an exemplary Christian life. He has still does business under that name. been one of the pillars of his church for many years.
The Howell family is of English origin and has been settled in America from early Colonial times,
In 1854 Mr. Stannert married Mary Paul, the first ancestor on this side of the Atlantic hav- daughter of Sampson Paul, of Lewisburg, and they have had eleven children : Ella (deceased), Thom- as, Wilson P., Lawrence, Mary, Clara, Harry, Wil- liam (deceased ), Herbert J., a daughter that died in infancy, and Nellie.
Herbert J. Stannert was born Nov. 12, 1871, and received his early education in the public schools of Lewisburg. later attending the North- tunberland high school and Williamsport Business College, from which he was graduated in 1894. From that time he assisted his father, who was engaged principally in the sand business, succeed- ing him in 1905. Mr. Stannert not only deals in lumber, brick, slate and sand, but also handles all kinds of mill work. His business has reached large proportions, forty men being now given employ- ment in the conduct of its various branches, Mr. Stannert being one of the busiest and most success- ful men in the borough. He has taken contracts of all kinds, having put up a number of buildings, including several dwellings, in Northumberland, does all kinds of cement work, and is daily in- creasing the extent and importance of his interests. He came to enter the lumber business, now his principal line, through contracting. Mr. Stan- nert has given his influence and aid to the pro- motion of various enterprises of importance to the general welfare of his locality. His standing in the community has been gained by able adminis- tration of his numerous undertakings, and his in- tegrity and honorable methods are recognized by all who have been associated with him. His con- nection with the public affairs of the borough has been continuous from his young manhood, he har- ing been a member since 1895 of the borough coun- cil, of which body he was president for some years. He is a leading member of the Republican party in his section, has been Republican borough chair- man since 1909, and was prominently mentioned for the senatorship of his district until he himself
ing been Edward Howell, who was born in Eng- land, baptized July 22, 1580, came to America about 1639-40 and first settled at Lynn, Mass. Later he moved to Long Island, settling at South- ampton, where he dicd. George M. Howell is di- rectly descended from him.
Charles Muirheid Howell, father of George M. Howell, was born July 17, 1851, at Van Camp, Columbia Co., Pa., and in 1889 settled with his family at Northumberland, Pa., where he became one of the foremost men of his day. He was a lead- ing business inan of that place, and in his later years took his son George M. Howell into partner- ship, under the firm name of C. M. Howell & Son. He died at Northumberland July 4, 1907. Mr. Howell married Frances E. McCollum, who sur- vives him and continues to make her home at Northumberland, and to them were born children as follows: Maude, wife of W. L. Gutelins, of Washington, D. C .: Edna, wife of Herbert W. Cummings, of Sunbury, Pa., ex-district attorney of Northumberland county ; George M .; Charles M., a graduate of Bucknell University, now a civil engineer : and Edward L., a student at Bucknell University.
George M. Howell was born Dec. 19, 1876, at Eckley, Luzerne Co., Pa., and began his educa- tion in the schools of Fayette county, this State, whither his parents moved in 1881. He also at- tended Bucknell University and State College, meantime moving with the family to the borough of Northumberland. His school days over, he en- tered into business life as his father's partner, under the firm name C. M. Howell & Son. Since the death of his father he has continued the busi- ness under the same name, and he still has his main office at Northumberland. where he has the leading general store in the place. He conducts two branch stores, one at Oneida. Schuylkill Co., Pa., and the other at Fern Glen (Gowen post of-
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fice), Luzerne Co., Pa., all under his personal man- he now resides Dee. 16, 1859, and has followed agement. Mr. Howell has been a highly sueeess- general farming and trueking all his life, He was the first tax collector eleeted in his township, and has the reputation of being a reliable, intelligent man, a valuable citizen of the district in which he inakes his home. ful business man, applying the most modern meth- ods to the operation of his stores, all of which are run on a profitable basis. He is a well known citizen of Northumberland, and identified with the Masonie fraternity, holding membership in Eureka Lodge, No. 404, F. & A. M .; Bloomsburg Lodge of Perfection, fourteenth degree; and Bloomsburg Consistory, thirty-second degree. He is a member of tlie Phi Gamma Delta college fraternity.
Peter Ent, great-grandfather of James B. Ent, was a native of Jersey, born Jan. 11, 1749, and died Feb. 28, 1829, aged eighty years, one month, seventeen days. He served as a flag bearer in the Revolutionary war. His wife, Sarah ( Kent), born Feb. 11, 1753, died May 14, 1821, aged sixty- six years, three months, three days. Their dangh- ter Susanna, who married William Brewer, was born May 16, 1784, and died Nov. 21, 1854, aged seventy years, six months, five days.
Charles Ent, grandfather of James B. Ent, lived and died in Columbia county, Pa., where he fol- lowed farming, owning two large farms there, in Roaring Creek Valley. He was born June 25, 1788, and died Jan. 1, 1849. He married Eliza- beth Mears, and his children, all now deceased, were : Peter, John, Jackson, Daniel, Charles, Thomas, George, Saimel, Sarah, Angeline, Caro- line and Mary.
Samuel Ent, son of Charles Ent, was born Feb. 13. 1813, in Columbia county, and died Nov. 9, 1869. In his earlier manhood he followed eabinet- making and the undertaking business and later engaged at the carpenter's trade, many of the old structures around Elysburg having been built by him. In 1863 he erected the old Elysburg Acad- emy building, now known as Odd Fellows Hall. He was a prominent member of the Democratie party, and served as commissioner of Northum- berland county in 1858-59-60-61. A member of the I. O. O. F., he originally belonged to Mount Tabor Lodge, at Shamokin, which he served as noble grand, and when Elysburg Lodge was or- ganized he became a eliarter member. In various ways he was considered one of the leading men of his district.
On March 30, 1836. Mr. Ent married Luey Clayton, daughter of William Clayton. She was born Dee. 17, 1814, and died March 31, 1883, and she and her husband are buried at St. Jacob's tinues as sueli. His only child, William A. Steel, ' ( Reed's) church in Ralpho township. They had children as follows: Elizabeth married Luther Hoover, and died in 1869, aged thirty-one years: Ellen S., born in 1840, died in 1863: William Clayton, born in 1843, died in 1869 (he served during the Civil war in Company F. 104th Regi- inent, Pennsylvania Volunteer Reserves) : Louisa married Freeman Haas : Adeline is living with her brother James B. ; Charles W., born Feb. 19, 1850, died Nov. 2, 1869 ; George B., born April 19, 1853,
is eity editor of the Herald. The business is lo- eated at No. 712 North Rock street, and a profit- able printing business has been established, book, legal, general job and commercial work of all kinds being turned out. On Jan. 12. 1911, Mr. Steel was appointed transcribing elerk of the Penn- sylvania Senate. He is a member of Lodge No. 355, B. P. O. Elks. Politieally he is a Republican. and is considered a high authority in the local political field. prominent in the councils of his died March 7, 1843: Dora married Simon G. Kase : party in Northumberland county.
James is residing on the old home place.
James B. Ent attended the local public schools JAMES B. ENT, a farmer of Ralpho township, and Elysburg Academy, and throughout his aetive Northumberland county, was born at the place life has been engaged in agricultural pursuits, He
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On March 15, 1902, Mr. Howell married Jennie L. Eckert, daughter of H. T. Eekert, of Sunbury, and they have had oue son, George M., Jr., born Aug. 4, 1904. The family are Presbyterians in re- ligious association.
J. IRVIN STEEL, JR., of Shamokin, editor and publisher of the Shamokin Daily Herald, is a news- paper man "by inheritance," his father and broth- ers having all been successful publishers. His fa- ther, J. Irvin Steel, Sr., a native of Huntingdon, Pa., died May 29, 1904, at Ashland, Schuylkill county, where he resided for forty years. He started the Asliland Advocate, later known as the Er- ening Telegram, and also owned the Shamokin Dispatch. His wife, Mary (Gwinn), died in Ash- land twenty years ago. They had sons Charles E. Steel, of Minersville, Pa., cashier of the Union National . Bank; W. A. Steel, newspaper man in Seattle, Wash., and Cordova, Alaska; J. Irvin Steel, of tlie Shamokin Herald; Stewart Steel, of Ashland, printer ; and Harry G. Steel, of Cordova, Alaska, a newspaper man.
J. Irvin Steel, Jr., was born in 1865 at Ashland, .Selmylkill Co., Pa., where he was educated. Com- ing to Shamokin eigliteen years ago, he was asso- ciated during the first year of his residenee in the borough with his father, who owned the Daily Dis- patch. One year later he joined his brothers, Har- ry G. and Charles F. Steel, as one of the proprie- tors of the Daily Herald, a newspaper originally established in 1862 and published continuously sinee. It has been issued daily sinee 1888. About eight years ago Mr. Steel bought out his brothers' interests, becoming sole proprietor, and still eon-
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now owns his father's farm, a tract of seventy acres ehe gelebt hatte war alt warden 94 yahr und 11 tag." In 1747 he married Catharine Lyster (Lesher), and her tombstone records "b. 1730, d. 1812, having lived married 66 years and aged 82 years." (2) Jacob Yoder removed to the western side of the Schuylkill. On Nov. 6, 1757, at the age of twenty-two years, he enlisted in the Provincial service of Pennsylvania, and was a saddler three near Elysburg, and takes his produce to the Sham- okin markets, where he finds a ready sale for his crops. Mr. Ent has prospered by dint of perse- vering industry and devotion to his work. He is a man of solid worth, possessing the courage of his convictions, and votes the Prohibition ticket, and has served npon the local election board. He was the first tax collector of Ralpho township. In re- years in Capt. John Nicholas Weatherholt's com- ligion he is identified with the M. E. Church, be- pany. He was stationed in Heidelberg township, ing one of its active members, and socially he be -. Northampton county, in March and April, 1758 longs to the I. O. O. F. and P. O. S. of A.
[Pa. Arch., 2d Ser., Vol. II]. He served in the On Nov. 2, 1881, Mr. Ent married Ida Grim, daughter of Amos and Elizabeth (Gilbert) Grim, of Dauphin county, Pa., and they have had three children : Bertha, married to S. Kimber Fahr- inger (they reside at Tamaqua, Pa.) ; Harry, who died in infaney ; and Luey. American Revolution as a private in Peter Nagle's company, and later in Capt. Charles Gobin's com- pany, 6th Battalion, Berks county, Pa. He was in a detachment of the 6th Battalion to guard prisoners of war from the Hessian camp at Read- ing to Philadelphia. He married Maria Keim, (3) Samuel Yoder settled on a "plantation" near Lobachsville, about one and one half miles from Pleasantville, which he received from his father. He had children : John, Jacob, Samuel and Cath- arine. (4) Mary Yoder married Daniel Bertolet. (5) Catharine Yoder married. John Reppert. (6) Elizabeth Yoder was the wife of Mathias severance deserve the reward of prosperity. He Rhode and they had children: Jacob, John, Jos- eph, Abraham, Catharine, Maria and Esther. (?) Esther Yoder married a man named Cunius.
WEBSTER HERB YODER, shoe merchant at Mount Carmel, has been established in his pres- ent line of business in that borough for several years and has made a success of his venture, being one of the most progressive young business men of the community, one whose enterprise and per- , is a public-spirited citizen, ready to enter into projects affecting the general welfare as well as his own prosperity. Mr. Yoder is a native of Schuylkill county, born Dee. 24, 1877, in Eldred township, son of Lewis K. Yoder, grandson of Peter and great-grandson of Anthony Yoder.
The first of the Yoder (sometimes spelled Yod- der and Yotter in the German) name in America . were Yost and Hans (or Hance), brothers, who sought refuge in England from the religious per- secutions suffered in their native Switzerland. They brought little with them to America besides their Bible. Upon their arrival in the New World they pushed on into the wilderness beyond Oley ` hills, and finally settled on the Manatawny. Yost Yoder was one of the most active of the early frontiersmen of Pennsylvania. His chief ocenpa- tions were hunting and trapping, which he always combined with farming, or rather with the "clear- ing and cultivation of a plantation." It is cer- tain that he and his brother were located in Penn- sylvania before 1714. Nine children were born to Yost Yoder, and of seven of these the record is as follows: (1) Johannes Yoder, often called Yost, was born in 1718. After 1752 he removed to Reading, where he died April 7, 1812, and his remains were interred on his father's land at Yot- tersville (Yodersville). named after his family, now Pleasantville, in Oley township, Berks connty. The following inscription marks his grave: "Hier Rhuet Johann-es Yoder. Erwurde geboren 1718. Verelichte sich mit Catharina Lyster (Lesher) 1747 und zeughte 4 sohne und 5 toehtern. Starb den 7th April, 1812, naeh seiner 66 yahr in der
The wolves in Oley wrought great injury among the sheep and hogs of the settlers. It was custo- mary to make pitfalls and thus trap them. Many stories are told of Yost Yoder's efforts at their extermination. He sometimes disposed of five in a single night. He was a man of remarkable strength and powers of endurance, and possessed famous courage. He made. customary hunting trips every fall into the Blue Mountains with his trusty rifle and faithful dog. On his trail at different stages of his journeys he had places of deposit for supplies in hollow trees.
The Yoder Bible, dated 1530, was printed dur- ing the lifetime of Martin Luther. It was held continuously by the family until as late as 1860, and is now the property of Mary B. Yoder, daugh- ter of David, son of Daniel. It is well preserved, though unfortunately the lid and date are torn away. This prieeless treasure of their faith from the Fatherland was "as a lamp unto their feet" in their flight to America. The Yoders of Berks extended into New York and the West. In the list of representatives in the Fiftieth United States Congress was S. S. Yoder, of Lima, Ohio.
ITans (or Hance) Yoder, the emigrant brother of Yost, was the builder and owner of what is now known as Griesemer's mills (burned in 1847, and rebuilt the same year). This property in the early days was the homestead of the Yoders of Oley. The survey of the plantation under pro- prietary warrant to Hance Yoder was returned March 23, 1:14. At that time Oley township was
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the haunt of Indians, and of wolves, bear and throughout his active years, except for a few years other wild game. The wives of the German set- when he worked in the mines. In 1884 he made wilderness. One day while at work, extending their clearing in the forest, they having shut their children in the cabin as a protection from the beasts which roamed over their land, they were tlers also bore their part in the subjugation of the his home in Mount Carmel, where he has since resided. IIe married Sarah Herb, daughter of William and Catharine (Keliler) Herb, and they are the parents of six children, namely: Webster H. is mentioned below; Ehner, born Oct. 7, 1879, suddenly aroused by the report of a rifle in the lives in Mount Carmel; Frank, born Nov. 21, 1881, lives in Pottsville; Alice, born Sept. 22, 1888, is now clerking for her brother Webster; Jennie, twin of Alice, is engaged as a teacher in Mount Carmel; Helen, born Jan. 12, 1897, is at-
direction of their cabin. As it was not unusual for predatory bands of bloodthirsty Iroquois from the north to roam over the country they hastened in the direction of the shot to see their . cabin surrounded by a party of drunken savages, who .tending school.
having been refused admittance by the terrified children within retaliated by firing through the elosed door. Mr. Yoder at once made an attack with a singletree, and soon put them to flight with threats of revenge. Returning with increased numbers they demanded satisfaction, but Mr. Yoder's coolness won him friends among them who forced the others to desist. Hans (Hance) Yoder ยท was the father of four sons: Hans (?), Samuel, Peter and Daniel. The last named, born in 1718, died Aug. 21, 1749, aged thirty-one years, eight months, and was buried in the cemetery at Pleas- antville.
Anthony Yoder, great-grandfather of Webster H. Yoder, lived in the Mahantango Valley in Schuylkill. county, where. he followed farming. His wife was Sarah Howerter, and they are buried at the Howerter church in that valley. They had children as follows: Polly died unmarried; Eliza- beth married George Moyer; Judith married Sam- uel Neiswender; Susan married Daniel Wetzel; Eva married Daniel Stitzer: Kate married Henry Hoffman; Sybilla married Jacob Zimmerman; Sarah married Jonas Coppenhafer ; Peter is men- tioned below : Harrison and Reuben died in Schuylkill county.
Sebastian Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman being now residents of Sunbury, this county. To Peter and Harriet (Klock) Yoder were born these children : Mary E. died young; Lewis K. is men- tioned below ; Emma married Joel Hepler, who is deceased ; Julia married (first) Benjamin Fertig and (second) John Singmeister; Christiana mar- ried George Bennett; William H. died young; Peter is living at Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Webster Herb Yoder was a mere boy when his parents settled in Mount Carmel, so that he has practically been a resident of that place all his life. He attended the local public schools and when eleven years old began work as a slate picker, working as such for two years. He then entered the employ of Daniel D. Bolich, with whom he continued for ten and a half years, learning the shoe business thoroughly. For a short time after- ward he was in the service of Gimbel Brothers, at Philadelphia, on Dec. 30, 1902, embarking in business in Mount Carmel on his own account. He has been at the same location, No. 22 Sonth Oak street, ever since, and has built up a large business as a shoe dealer, making a specialty of the Crossett shoe for men, the LaFrance for ladies, and the Educator shoe, "for the whole family." Mr. Yoder keeps up with the times in the changes which occur in his line of business, and is ever ready to adopt new styles and new methods which promise satisfaction to his customers, who by long continued patronage show their appreciation of his efforts. He is secretary of the Retail Merchant:' Protective Association of Mount Carmel, and holds the respect of his fellow citizens of all classes who have had dealings of any kind with him.
On Oct. 6, 1906, Mr. Yoder married Isabella Anderson, daughter of George D. Anderson. He is an active member of the Church of God, of which he is a trustee, and he has been county sec-
Peter Yoder, son of Anthony, was born in 1827 and died May 16, 1868, in Upper Mahanoy town- ship, Northumberland county. He lived in the Mahantango Valley for many years, and was a retary of the Northumberland County Sunday stonemason by occupation. He married Harriet School Association for the past six years. Socially Klock, who after his death became the wife of he is a member of Lodge No. 630, I. O. O. F.
(of which he is a past grand), of Camp No. 231. P. O. S. of A., and of the Modern Woodmen Camp No. 8207. In political sentiment he is a Republican, but his activity does not go beyond the casting of his ballot.
HENRY A. WOLF, a farmer of Jordan town- ship, Northumberland county, has passed all his life there. He was born in that township in June. 1853, son of Henry Wolf, and belongs to a family which was settled there in 1778, when Upper Ma- hanoy township was formed from Mahanoy, which formerly included all the territory in Northumber-
Lewis K. Yoder, father of Webster H. Yoder, was born Feb. 28, 1856, in Eldred township, Schuylkill county, near the Northumberland coun- ty line. When a young man he learned shoemak- ing, and has followed that trade principally land county south of Line Mountain.
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Jonathan Wolf, the first of this line of whom one-third interest, in the properties; Henry A .; we have record, was a taxable of this district at the time of the separation, in 1778.
. Anthony (Andoni) Wolf, son of Jonathan, was born Nov. 16, 1768, and was one of the early set- tlers in Jackson township, living where Michael later resided. This homestead farm is near Peit- er's Evangelical meeting house, and is now owned by Isaac Wolf, son of Michael. Anthony Wolf died March 29, 1852, and is buried at St. Peter's Church, Malianoy.
Michael Wolf (nephew of Anthony) was born Dec. 9, 1801, and died March 1, 1862. He was a farmer, owning the property which now belongs to his son Isaac. His wife, Mary M., born Feb. 21, 1795, died Feb. 7, 1882. They are buried at St. Peter's Church, Mahanoy. Their children were: Isaac, who is now (1910) one of the oldest residents of Jackson township ; Samuel, born Nov. 18, 1830, who died May 10, 1902 (his wife Sarah, born July 6, 1841, died Jan. 20, 1885) ; Sophia; and Catharine, who married Jacob Hepner. .
George Wolf, son of Anthony, was born in the lower end of Northumberland county, and made his home in Jordan township, where Edward Sehlegel now lives. The buildings which stood on the property in his time have, however, all been destroyed. He was a wool hat maker by trade. He died from the effects of a eold which he contracted after having a tooth extraeted. To him and his wife, Esther (DeTurck), were born the following children: Catharine, who married Jacob Merkel and lived in the Mahantango Val- ley ; Hettie, who married Daniel Weaver and lived in Juniata eounty, Pa .; Jeremiah, who lived in Lower Mahanoy township; Henry; and George, a farmer of Jordan township, whose children were Luzetta, Aliee, Amos D. (1860-189?), George, Nathaniel, Henry, Morris, Minerva, Kate and William. ` Mrs. Esther ( DeTurek) Wolf was a lineal descendant of Isaac DeTurek, a French Huguenot, who eame to New York about 1709-10 and in 1712 became the first settler in what is now Oley township, Berks Co., Pennsylvania.
Lydiann ; Daniel, who lives on the tract belonging to his brother Henry (he married Emma Leffler and has two sons, Edwin and John) ; Elias; Re- becca Mary; and four who died young.
Henry A. Wolf attended the pay schools con- ducted in the home district during his boyhood and later the free schools, and he was reared to farm life. When eighteen years old he began farming for himself, having had unusual training of the most practical kind. He was only eleven when hired by his uncle, Gabriel Adanis, for whom he continued to work until he was eighteen. Ile farmed the property of his uncle Gabriel for twelve years, and meantime also burned and hauled lime. In the spring of 1884 he came to his present plaec, a farm of 136 acres in Stone Valley, in Jordan township, formerly known as the Isaac Wentzel farm, and there he has since lived and worked, following general farming with steady suceess. He has prospered, and acquired other property, owning a traet of thirty acres, also in Jordan township, which was formerly the farm of Henry Witmer, and a third pieee, of forty acres, which was the John Wentzel home. All of his tracts are limestone soil and very productive under his management, which is thoroughly up to date. Mr. Wolf is a hard worker and deserves the success which has attended his efforts, and he is one of the most esteemed citizens of his locality. He has served as supervisor, and is at present one of the auditors of his township. He has also been an active member of the Reformed congre- gation at St. Paul's Church, Urban, to which his family also belong. Mr. Wolf is now serving as elder of the church, and is also one of the trustees. Though he has never had any instruction in ninsie he plays very well, and for twenty-three years he served as organist of his church, his daughter Mrs. Baum succeeding him. In politics, like all of his family, Mr. Wolf is a Republican.
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