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CHARLES B. HETRICH, son of John S. Hetrich, was born July 1, 1869, at his present home in Washington township, and received his education in the public schools of the locality. He was reared to farming and for eighteen years followed the bus- iness of huckster, going to the leading cities in the coal mining districts. In 1901 he began farm- ing on his own account on the old Hetrich home- stead, which comprises 140 acres on the road be- tween Rebuck and Greenbrier. Part of the house is one of the old structures in the neighborhood, a landmark of the community.
HETRICH. Johann Philip Hetrich, the an- cestor of a large family of this name in lower On Jan. 1, 1888, Mr. Hetrich married Katie Northumberland county, was a farmer in Wash- E. Keiffer. daughter of Jonathan and Sarah ington township, owning what is now the farm (Kehres) Keiffer, and they have had four chil- dren : John O., Irin R., Sarah P. and Mary D. John O. Hetrich is a graduate of the Keystone State Normal School. at Kutztown, Pa., class of 1909, and is engaged in teaching in Washington township. Mr. Hetrich and his family are Luth- eran members of Himmel's Church, which he is serving as deacon at present. He is a Democrat on political questions. property of Henry Kobel. He was born July 24. 1785, and died March 1, 1853. His wife, Cath- arine (Reitz), born Oct. 24. 1786, died June 25, 1854, and both were members of the Himmel Church in that township, at which church they are buried. Their children were: John, Mich- ael, Jacob, Nicholas, Samuel, Sallie (married Sam- uel Bobb), Mrs. Henry Hoffman and Mrs. Peter Reitz.
Nicholas Hetrich, son of Johann Philip, was John Hetrich, son of Johann Philip and Cath- arine (Reitz) Hetrich, was born Feb. 15, 1805, born June 1, 1829, and died Jan. 21, 1864. He is buried at Himmel's Church. His home was in Washington township, and he was a wool earder and weaver by occupation. To him and his wife Harriet (Schlegel) were born children as follows : William. Benneville S., Edward, Seville (married Samuel Smith) and Emma (married Hiram Ra-
and was a farmer on the place now occupied by his grandson Charles B. Hetrich. He married Catharine Snyder (Schneider), who was born Dec. 15, 1809, and died Aug. 18, 1866. Mr. Hetrich died June 22, 1871. They are buried at Himmel's Church, of which they were Lutheran members. Their children were as follows: William, Elias, del and Isaac Campbell).
John S., Daniel, Samuel, Peter and Sarah (mar- ried John Hoffman).
JOHN S. HETRICH, son of John, was born Dec. 1, 1830, on the old Hetrich homestead now owned by his son Charles B. He was a lifelong farmer and made his home at the old place. His activity in local affairs made him quite well known, as he served six years in the office of overseer of the poor and was also auditor of his township. Politically he was a Democrat. In religion he was a Lutheran and served as deacon and trustee of the church. He died July 21, 1904. In 1854 Mr. Hetrich mar- ried Eve Brosius, who was born June 2, 1834, daughter of Peter and Katie (Gonsor) Brosius, and granddaughter of Peter and Grace ( Hepler) Brosius. She is a well preserved woman, though in her seventy-seventh year, and continues to re- On Dec. 25, 1883, Mr. Hetrich married Mary Ann Seiler. daughter of Jacob Seiler. She died April 21. 1911. They had two daughters: Lizzie married Herbert H. Hilbush and went to live at Sunbury, this county, where she died Oct. 5, 1909, aged twenty-three years, eight months, eight days. side on the old home place with her son Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Hetrich celebrated the fiftieth anni- versary of their marriage March 12, 1904. a few months before his decease. They had the follow- ing family : Mary E .. who died in 1909. married Jerre Snyder and lived at Waverly, Nebr. (they leaving her Imsband with one son and one daugh-
BENNEVILLE S. HETRICH, son of Nicholas, was born July 24, 1855, in Washington township, and was there reared, being trained to farm life from boyhood. In the spring of 1899 he began farming on the place in Jackson township where he has since resided, which consists of eighty acres of good land. It was formerly the Nicholas Drum- heller farm, and the house on the property is an old one, 'having sheltered the pioneer for many years. One part is built of logs. Mr. Hetrich has made a success of his agricultural operations. He is also an experienced tradesman, having learned weaving and shoemaking, which he followed for a number of years before deeiding to give all his time to farming. He is active in local politics. being a stanch member of the Democratic party.
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ter, Mary Elizabeth and Henry B .; Mabel married officially for many years, being deacon and elder George E. Rebuek, who is farming the homestead of that chureh. His wife, Hannah, was a daugh- (he is a member of Lafayette Lodge, No. 194, ter of Benjamin and Kate ( Stein) Boyer, of Amity F. & A. M.) . Mr. Hetrieh and his family are township, Berks Co., Pa., and they had three chil- dren : Isaae, who is buried at St. Peter's Church; Daniel, of Dauphin connty, Pa. : and Jaeob. members of the Lutheran congregation at St. Pet- er's (Mahanoy) Church, which he has served as deacon, elder and trustee; he is in office at present.
SEILER. The ancestor of the Seiler family in this region was John Jaeob Seiler, born May 22, 1780, died March 1?, 1866. In his earlier man- hood he was a miller in Jordan township, North- umberland eounty, later settling in Jackson town- ship, where he lived on the traet now owned by E. J. Otto. He also owned the farm in Jaekson township which was afterward the property of his son William and is now owned by the latter's son Jacob, and was a prosperous man in all his under- takings. He married Elizabeth Heintzleman, and they had a family of ten children : Isaae, Jacob, Daniel, John, Elias (born July 5, 1818, died Aug. 6, 1872; wife Sarah, born April 9, 1822, died Ang. - 27, 1900), George, Peter, Katie ( married Daniel Zartman ), Sallie (married Jacob Wagner ) and Polly (married John Zartman).
Jacob Seiler. son of John Jacob, was born Sept. ter of Adam and Wilhelmina ( Fegley) Latsha, 22, 1804, in Lower Mahanoy township, and be- came a fariner, living on the old Seiler homestead in Jaekson township. He died Nov. 14, 1874, and is buried at St. Peter's Church. His wife, Eliza- beth (Ebright). was born Feb. 17, 1811, in Lower Augusta township, and died Dee: 8. 1900. They had children as follows: (1) Rebeeca married Dan- iel Wirt, by whom she had two children, John (who is an undertaker at Seven Points, Northum-
William Seiler, son of Jaeob, was born Jan. 13, 1843, on the farm where he passed his entire life, becoming a farmer himself. He passed away Sept. 28, 1898. He was the owner of the homestead for a number of years and built the present build- ings on the property. For a number of years he was actively identified with the administration of publie affairs in his loeality, serving as school director, tax collector, and in other offices, and he was a prominent Demoerat in political matters. In religion he was a member of the Reformed congregation at St. Peter's Church, which he served
JACOB SEILER, son of William and Hannah (Boyer) Seiler, was born Nov. 15, 1861, at the Seiler homestead, and was there reared to farm- ing. After his marriage he began agricultural pur- suits on his own account, at the old home in Jack- sen township which has been in the Seiler name for so many years. Jacob Seiler being the fourth generation to possess it. The present barn on the place was built by William Seiler in 1876, and the house in 1880. The tract contains 110 acres, ten of which are in timber. Like his family gen- erally, Mr .- Seiler has interested himself in loeal publie matters and church work. He is a Demo- erat and has held township office. He is a'mem- ber of the Reformed Church, to which his family also belong. is at present serving as deacon of the ehureh and has been interested in the Sunday sehiool, having served as seeretary and teaeher.
In 1903 Mr. Seiler married Kate Latsha. daugh- and they have one son, Rufus.
ALEXANDER ROSS, who has carried on a hotel at the corner of Second and Water streets, in the borough of Shamokin, sinee 1906, was for- merly for many years engaged in the principal industry of this section. the mining of coal. In his present enterprise he is in, partnership with Thomas T. Williams, and they are doing a fine berland eounty) and Sarah Ann (wife of Dr. business. having a fine brick hotel with thirty guest rooms.
R. P. Haas, of Williamstown, Pa.) : after Mr. Wirt's death she married Henry Dornsife, by whom Mr. Ross was born Sept. 25, 1852. in Lower Augusta township. Northumberland county. where his father, John Ross, settled upon leaving New Jersey, his native State. He was a young man when he came to this eonnty, and here he passed she has ehildren. Henry I. (who has the largest restaurant in Kansas City, Mo.), Samuel Seiler (an attorney at law of Kansas City). Daniel Web- ster (who lives in California ) and Elizabeth Agnes (unmarried). . (?) Sarah Ann died Oct. 25, 1851. the remainder of his life, engaged in farming. aged fifteen years, seven months, twenty-six days. (3) George died in infaney. (4) Harriet married Elias R. Hilbush. (5) William is mentioned be- low. (6) Mary Ann inarried Benneville S. Het- rieh.
He died at the age of fifty years, and is buried at the Presbyterian church in Lower Angusta township. He married Margaret Messersmith. and to them were born the following children: Eman- uel, Augustus. Alexander. John. Frank, Jane (married Ezra Badman, and died Dee. 2. 1879. aged twenty-one years. eight months. eleven days), Mamie and Simon.
Alexander Ross received his education in the publie schools of his native township, and his first work was upon the farm. When sixteen years old he came to Shamokin, where he did railroad work for one year. after which he went into the inines and for thirty-seven years was employed at the collieries. In 1906 he built the substantial brick hotel at the corner of Second and Water streets. in Shamokin, where he has since done business,
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and the house is comfortable and convenient, at- Samuel Merchant, master, along with a number tracting a steady and profitable patronage. The of others from the Palatinate, their wives and ehil- proprietors are well known in Shamokin, where dren-in all three hundred souls, aeeording to the Mr. Ross has valuable real estate holdings, having met with considerable suceess in his business ventures. historian Rupp. On the "List of Ships Foreign- ers" his name is given as Christian Dappen, and his age as thirty years. In the Captain's book his naine appears as Christian Teppe. In his will his name is written, in plain English, Christian Deppe. Thus we find that there has been consid- crable uncertainty concerning the correct orthog- raphy of the name. It appears often as Deppe, Depew, and Dupec, and some genealogists declare its original forin to have been that of the old French Huguenot name, DePui.
On Sepi. 26, 1874. Mr. Ross married Emeline Newman, daughter of John Newman, of Shamno- kin, and they have three children: Charles, who is a miner: Ambrose W., a merehant in Shamo- kin ; and Mary J., married to James T. Dormer, of Shamokin. Mr. Ross is a member of the Re- formed Church and socially belongs to the Knights of Malta. He is an independent voter, support- ing the candidates he prefers regardless of their party affiliations.
JOHN T. ALBRIGHT, late of Turbut town- ship, Northumberland county, was in his lifetime one of the respected citizens of his seetion, where he followed farming for many years. He was a native of Lehigh county, Pa., born in 1832, and canie to Northumberland county with his parents when a boy.
Mr. Albright learned the trade of bricklayer, which he continued to follow throughout his active years, and as such assisted in building the Bap- tist church at Turbutville. In his later life he followed farming near the Paradise church in Turbnt township. He died in 1894, aged sixty-two years, two months, four days.
In 1856 Mr. Albright married Mary E. Huntz- inger, who was born Dec. 18, 1838, daughter of Rudolph and Mary ( Heuelrich) Huntzinger, and granddaughter of Jacob Huntzinger, a native of Lebanon county, Pa., where he died. Jacob Hnntz- inger married Elizabeth Bowman, and they had children : Rudolph, Harry, Martin, Jacob, Peter, Mary E. and Catharine. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. John T. Albright: David L. mar- ried Rosa Klapp and has one child. Ella (they reside in Lewis township, this eounty) ; Mary A. married Aug. F. . Heller and has two children, Bertha and Jessie: Charles M., who is engaged in farming his father's old homestead, married Susan E. Klapp and has two children, Florence K. and Edna M. The mother of this family, Mrs. Mary E. (Huntzinger) Albright, died Jan. 21, 1911. at her home in Turbut township, and was buried in the cemetery of Paradise Reformed Church, where Mr. Albright is also interred. He was a member of that church, and he and his wife were among the most esteemed residents of their com- munity.
Christian Deppen settled near Womelsdorf, in Heidelberg township, Berks Co., Pa. In the tax lists of Heidelberg township Christian "Deppy" is assessed as follows: 1767, on 300 acres, 3 horses, 3 cattle, 3 sheep: 1768, on 150 aeres, 4 horses, 4 cattle, 5 sheep; 1779, on 220 acres, 5 horses, 15 cattle: 1780, on 395 acres, 5 horses, 12 cattle; 1781, on 395 acres, 5 horses, 8 eattle. The will of Christian Deppe, of Heidelberg township, is on record in the Berks county courthouse, as inade Sept. 27, 1745, and probated in 1782. the year of his death. It was witnessed by Philip Moyer, John Casper Recd, and Adam Kalbach, and it be- gins thus : "I, Christian Deppe, an aged yeoman of Heidelberg township, Berks county." As the will contains no · reference to his wife, it is pre- sumed she was dead at the time it was made. At the time of his death Christian Deppe also owned fifty acres of land in Northampton county. In his will he refers to his "eldest and beloved son, Johannes, who shall have fifty pounds over and above his other share." His children as named in the will were: Johannes: Barbara ( married Peter Zimmerman) : Anna (married George Yeakly) ; Treanic: Elizabeth ; Thomas ; Peter: David, who died in 1804 (his German will is on record in Berks county courthouse) : Joseph : Jaeob; and Abraham, who died in 1840 intestate, and whose heir was Richard Boone, of Heidelberg.
Joseph Deppy (one of the older sons of the pio- neer Christian) in the Federal Census Report of 1790 is recorded as a resident of Heidelberg town- ship, and as the head of a family consisting of himself. wife and three sons above sixteen years of age.
Christian. Peter. William and George Deppen, ratives of Berks county, were pioneers of North- umberland county. They located in that seetion now embraced in Jackson and Washington town- ships; in 1778 the name of Christian Deppen ap- pears among the list of pioneers of Mahanoy town- ship (both Jackson and Washington were origin- ally embraced in Mahanoy township). This Chris- tian Deppen and Peter Deppen, who were pioneers in Northumberland county. tradition states were
DEPPEN. Christian Deppen, the founder of this family in Pennsylvania, came hither from the German Palatinate, arriving (qualifying} at Philadelphia Sept. 16. 1736. He crossed the ocean on the vessel "Princess Augusta," from Rotterdam, sons of the ancestor Christian Deppy. The name
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of Peter is found in the will, but Christian is said possession of the land for which they had arranged, to have been a heavy drinker, and poor probably so the family lived in their wagon and with a on that aeeount, and for this reason he was not eousin until the land tangle was straightened out. mentioned in his father's will. He was unlike his brothers. Early in the nineteenth century he went to Mereer county, Pa., where he died. He was married three times, and among his children were son Washington and daughter Betsy.
Peter Deppen eame, as stated, from Berks to Northumberland eounty ; after living there a short period lie went to Ohio, finally settling in Mis- souri, where he was a prosperous farmer. His descendants in Missouri and the West are said to parents returned, after an absenee of ten weeks. be many. Among his children were sons Zetie Then Mr. Deppen beeame homesick, and after an- and Andrew.
William and George Deppen, mentioned above as having settled in Northumberland county, were grandsons of the ancestor Christian through his oldest son, John, and from these two spring all the Deppens now living in Northumberland eounty.
Whether Christian Deppy, the ancestor, was a Roman Catholic or not is uneertain, but tradition states that he was. His son Joseph was a Catholic, as were the latter's children, and a number of the family still adhere to that faith. Most of the name now living in Reading are members of St. Paul's Catholic Church. There were sixteen per- sons by the name of Deppen in the Reading eity directory for 1908.
William Deppen, one of the two grandsons of Christian mentioned as settling in Northumber- land county, was a native of Berks county, born Nov. 20; 1779. He and his brother. George set- tled near Herndon, in Jackson township, in 1810. He is buried at Stone Valley Church. in Lower Malianoy township, where he died. He was a hat- maker by trade, but followed farming in Jaekson township. His wife Magdelene (Seiler) bore him twelve children, namely: Abraham, Alexander, Isaae, John, David, William, Leah, Sallie, Caro- line, Lydia, Mary and Elizabeth (who died in infaney). The father. William Deppen, who is buried at Stone Valley Church, died Sept. 3, 1848; his wife Magdelene, born Sept. 15, 1790, died Feb. 2, 1862. Their son David, born Aug. 29, 1824, died Feb. 21. 1850.
Abraham Deppen, son of William, born Sept. . 8, 1812, died Ang. 13, 1899, and is buried at St. Peter's Church, in Malianoy township, where his GEORGE DEPPEN, son of Abraham, was born in 1836 at Locust Gap. Mount Carmel township, Northumberland county, and was reared in Jaek- son township, whither his parents removed during his early childhood. He attended the subserip- tion schools, and spent his early years in farm wife also rests. He was a farmer, and also dealt in land and eattle, meeting with such suceess in his operations that at the time of his death he had an estate valued at $100,000. He was a resi- dent of Herndon at that time. In 1832, together with a man named Mowery, he cleared the first work. In 1863 he embarked in the mereantile five aeres of what is now the site of the borough of business in Snyder county, Pa., and later engaged Shamokin. In 1844, with his family, he left in the same line at Herndon, of which town he Jaekson township in a Conestoga wagon drawn by is now one of the oldest residents. In 1868 he three horses and moved out to Wayne county, engaged in the grain and leather business, buying Ohio. They arrived a day or two too late to take and shipping grain and dealing in hides for sole
This, however, was only the beginning of a series of troubles. They lived for two years upon the farm they had taken up, but the rust killed the wheat erop, and they subsisted on eorn cakes and eorn bread, pork and chickens, unable to obtain money or other food. Mrs. Deppen became so homesiek that Mr. Deppen hitehed up his Cones- toga wagon and took her baek East, the four elnil- dren remaining alone upon the farm until the
other year the entire family returned to the old location in Pennsylvania. The last year in Ohio the wheat and eorn crops had both frozen, and the family lived principally on soft corn and pump- kins. It was in 1846 that they made the return journey, and when they arrived at Liverpool, Perry Co., Pa., the pair of horses he drove were Mr. Deppen's only possessions. He settled on the op- posite (east) side of the Susquehanna river, and. pureliasing five thousand bushels of potatoes on his father's indorsement, obtained a new start. In 1847 he went out to Ohio again to harvest his wheat erop, which was excellent. Just fifty years afterward he went back again, to visit his old farm, whieli he had sold to Alexander Deppen, who became a successful farmer thereon. The land improved greatly under cultivation.
In 1854 Abraham Deppen purchased half of the 300-aere island located in the Susquehanna river between Port Treverton and Herndon, the other half being owned by a man named Strickler, who was the first man upon it. It was first known as Striekler island. later as Strickler and Deppen isl- and. Mr. Deppen retained his interest until 1868 or 1869, when lie sold to Peter Ziegler, since whose deatlı his son George has owned it. The island comprises three hundred acres of the finest and most fertile land in the upper part of the State.
Abraham Deppen married Mary Snyder, of Upper Mahanoy township, born in 1811, died in 1868. They were the parents of four children : Louisa (married Dr. Reuben H. Muth), George (of Herndon, Pa.), Joseph (of Mount Carmel, Pa. ) and Alexander.
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leather, etc., and has built up a large and luera- istration of the borough government ever since it tive trade in that line, being one of the most sub- was instituted. He was elected a eouncilman at the first general election held after the organiza- tion of the borough, and has served continuously to the present time, being the oldest councilman in point of service, though the youngest in years. Ile has served two years as president of the coun- cil, and has been chairman of the ordinance, finance and street committees. Politically Mr. Deppen is a Democrat, and has considerable influence in the party. He is a member of the Reformed congre- gation of Zion's Church, at Herndon, and useful in the work of that organization as he is in every- thing else which interests him. He is at present serving as secretary of the church eonsistory. stantial citizens south of the Line Mountain in Northumberland -county. The scope of the busi- ness has beeome so extended that many commodi- ties are now handled, Mr. Deppen shipping grain and coal in large quantities, and dealing exten- sively in hay, feed, flour, leather and stoneware, while he also trades in wood pumps, shingles, terra cotta and galvanized pipes, his line being very comprehensive and a great aeeommodation to the loeal trade. He has always been recognized as a most progressive man, and has amassed a com- fortable fortune. Mr. Deppen is one of the oldest justices of the peace in Northumberland county, in point of both age and service, having been first elected in 1865, though he did not take his com- mission at that time beeause the recorder had re- turned it just a day or two before he called for it, he delaying acceptance. He holds seven commis- sions, one for one year (by appointment) and six for five years each. He is a Demoerat in politics, as are also his sons, and is a Lutheran in religious faith, though all his family adhere to the Reformed faith.
JOHN ERNEST DEPPEN, son of George, was born May 15, 1881, at Herndon. He began his eduea- tion there in the publie schools, later attending Susquehanna University, at Selinsgrove, for two years. After assisting his father in business for a time he took a position as traveling salesman in New York and eastern Pennsylvania, and has since been successfully engaged in that capaeity. He has been a member of the 12th Regiment, Pennsyl- vania National Guard, since 1898, and holds the rank of first sergeant.
In 1868 Mr. Deppen married Mary Mertz, of Freeburg, Snyder county, who died Aug. 17, 1898, at the age of fifty-one years, the mother of a large family of children, eleven of whom survive: Lizzie J. (married Harris Snyder), Laura (married How- ard J. Engle), George E. (an attorney at law of Sunbury, Pa.), Henry C. (who manages his fath- er's business at Herndon ), Charles P. (car in- spector at Herndon), Susan MI., Carrie L., John E., Nettie I., Laurence R. and Abraham E. Ruth Aliee died in infancy.
JOSEPH DEPPEN, son of Abraham and Mary (Snyder) Deppen, was born Dec. 2, 183?, in Upper Mahanoy township, Northumberland county. He received a limited education, the school he attended being taught in a gristmill in Dauphin county. When he became of age he engaged in the dror- ing business, which he followed for three years, and afterward followed merchandising at Herndon for nearly two years. In 1869 he moved to Mount Carmel, where he earried on the hotel business for fifteen years, being proprietor of what is now
HENRY C.' DEPPEN (best known as "Harry" Deppen), son of George, was born Dec. 26, 1875, the "Commercial House." He prospered and ac- in what is now the borough of Herndon, then a cumulated some means, and he has long been eon- sidered one of the substantial men of the plaee, being one of the organizers of the Mount Carmel Savings Bank, which he is still serving as director. In 1867 he married Eva Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hoff- man, of Jordan township, born Jan. 17, 1841, who died Jan. 18, 1896, and to them were born four children, namely: Lizzie, Ada, Joseph and Gert- rude. This family are all members of the Luth- eran Church, and Mr. Deppen is an active Demo- crat in polities. part of Jackson township. He obtained his edu- cation in the local publie sehools, and has been assisting his father ever since he was nine years old. He has continued to be associated with him, and is now the active head of the extensive busi- ness, into which he has infused new life by his energy and enterprising spirit. A number of the lines recently added to the original trade were taken up experimentally as promising ineidental gains to the bulk and returns of the business, and have proved. most profitable. The Deppens have the ALEXANDER DEPPEN, a retired farmer now liv- ing at Dornsife, was born Aug. 16, 1839, in Wash- ington township, Northumberland eounty, son of Abraham and Mary (Snyder) Deppen. He was reared to farm life, and when twenty years old began farming on the upper part of White island. where he remained in all for thirty-three years engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1889 he eame bulk of the borough trade in eoal and feed, and their patronage extends all over the Mahantango Valley. Aside from this enterprise Mr. Deppen is interested in several loeal industrial concerns, and he and his brother George have been asso- ciated for some time as established agents for a number of the old-line high-class fire insurance companies. Mr. Deppen's business activities, how- to Jaekson township, and he has since carried on ever, have not made him indifferent to the public two large farins, though he is now retired from welfare, and he has been prominent in the admin- active labor. He made his home in Herndon
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