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Mr. Schaefer married Caroline Dauber, who was born in Germany in 1814. They were the parents of two children: Charles, mentioned at length hereinafter; and Elizabeth, who became the wife of Valentine Stiber, of Newberry, Pennsylvania, and died, leaving seven children. Mrs. Schaefer died in 1841, in Lycoming township, and her husband passed away in 1888, having been for more than thirty years a citizen of his adopted country.
Charles Schaefer, son of Adam and Caroline (Dauber) Schaefer, was born July 30, 1838, in Germany. He learned the trade of weaving with his father, whom he accompanied to the United States in 1854. They settled on a farm whereon he resided for many years, and in his new home he attended school and learned the trade of a mason, which he followed for some time. October 5, 1863, he began to work for the Northern Central Railroad Company in the capacity of section hand, and was in their service until his death, a period of forty-two years. During the last five years he had been stationed at the Breining crossing. Mr. Schaefer made numerous improvements in the old homestead, hav -
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ing in 1871 remodeled the entire residence. He held the office of school director. He was a deacon of the Lutheran church of Lycoming, which he served for fifteen years as treasurer. He also took great interest in the work of the Sunday-school connected therewith.
Mr. Schaefer married, February 1I, 1864, Julia Ann, born March 30, 1846, daughter of Valentine and Caroline (Stephen) Young. Their children are: Valentine S., who died in infancy; John Adam, born June 10, 1866, married Kate Heinlen and has two children, Watson and Clara Schaefer. Joseph Elmer, mentioned at length hereinafter .. Clara A., born April II, 1871, is the wife of David Beach, and has been the mother of five children: Elmer, Ruth, Victor, Ida, deceased, and Alice. Carrie, born February 10, 1874, attended the Muncy Normal School and became a teacher, serving eight terms in Hepburn township; she subsequently married David E. Lehman, a merchant of Hepburn, Penn- sylvania, and has one child, Sara Lehman. Charles Edwin, born June 28, 1876, was educated in the Muncy Normal School, and lives in Sche- nectady, New York, where he is a clerk in the office of the New York Central Railroad; he married Lillian Eddy and has no children. Harry W., born September 3, 1878, was educated in Muncy Normal School and lives at Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, where he is a clerk in the en- gineering department of the New York Central Railroad Company ; he is a member of the Lutheran church; he married Margaret Dauber and has two children: Brady and George Paul Schaefer. Ida, born Sep- tember 10, 1880, died September 26, 1881. Alice, born August 12, 1882, attended the Williamsport Commercial College and Muncy Normal School; she taught for three terms, and is now postmistress at Lyco- ming, also holding the position of clerk in the store of H. J. Stiber. Charles Schaefer, the father of these children, was found dead along the Northern Central Railroad track, south of Cogan Station, Thursday
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evening, August 31, 1905, by Charles Ball and William Witchey, who were on their way up the track. Heart failure was the cause of death. He was employed as a watchman at Breining's crossing, near Cogan Station, and his body was found about a quarter of a mile south of the watch box. The funeral took place from the Lutheran church, of which he was a consistent member, Sunday, September 3, 1905, at 10 a. m., the Rev. William Weicksel, pastor of the church, officiating. Mr. Schaefer was sixty-seven years, one month and one day old.
Joseph Elmer Schaefer, son of Charles and Julia Ann (Young) Schaefer, was born September 4, 1868, in Lycoming township, Lyco- ming county, Pennsylvania, and passed his boyhood on the farm, receiv- ing his preparatory education in the public schools. In 1885 he entered the Lycoming County Normal School at Muncy, where he was prepared for college, remaining four years. In 1885 he became an educator, teaching one term in Lewis township, two terms at the Quiggleville School, in Lycoming township, two terms at the Crescent School, in Hepburn township, and three terms in Pleasant Valley, and throughout these changes remaining in his native county. In September, 1893, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, Maryland, taking a three years' course, including a special course in diseases of infants and children, and graduating in 1896 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Prior to entering college he had for three years read medi- cine under the guidance of Dr. W. F. Kunkle, of Williamsport, his period of preparation being thus virtually the equivalent of a six years' course. After graduation he opened an office at Lycoming, and has built up a very large practice. Although Lycoming is the name of the postoffice, the place is better known as Quiggleville. Dr. Schaefer is examiner for the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Boston, and the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Philadel-
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phia. He is a member of the Alumni Society of the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, of Baltimore, also a member of the Lycoming County Medical Society. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church.
Dr. Schaefer married, June 6, 1900, Ida L. Hinkleman, the cere- mony being performed by the Rev. Owen Reber, in the Lutheran church at Lycoming. Dr. and Mrs. Schaefer are the parents of two children : Harold Luther, born March 17, 1901; and Mildred Evangeline, born June 20, 1903.
Mrs. Schaefer is a daughter of Peter and Phoebe (Ludwig) Hin- kleman, both natives of Germany, the former born March 14, 1831, and died April 16, 1902, and the latter born December 20, 1837. Peter Hinkleman learned the carpenter's trade in his own country, and in 1853 emigrated to the United States, settling in Lycoming township, and later moving to Lewis township, where he became a well-to-do farmer. He was a Democrat in politics, and for many years served as supervisor and school director. He held the offices of elder, trustee and deacon in the Lutheran church. Mr. Hinkleman and his wife were the parents of the following children : Jacob, born May 19, 1859, resides on the home- stead. Adam, born May 21, 1861, married Anna Sander and had seven children, six of whom are living. John, born December 12, 1863, mar- ried Carrie Myers and had seven children, four of whom are living. Charles, born May 17, 1866, married Margaret E. Stiber and had five children, four of whom are living. Peter M., born November 20, 1868, married Mae Weaver and has five children. Elizabeth, born May 10, 1871, resides at home. George W., born October 17, 1873, died of heart disease at the age of nineteen, being taken ill while working in the cornfield. Ida L., born June 6, 1876, wife of Dr. Schaefer, men- tioned at length hereinafter. Harry L., born June 2, 1879, a member of the firm of Quiggle & Hinkleman, proprietors of a general store at
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Newberry. He married Abbie Quiggle and had four children, two of whom are living. Margaret, born May 15, 1882, resides at home. Mr. Hinkleman, the father of this family, died April 16, 1902. He is sur- vived by his widow, who is about sixty-eight years old and resides on the homestead.
Ida L. ( Hinkleman) Schaefer, daughter of Peter and Phoebe (Lud- wig) Hinkleman, was born June 6, 1876. She was educated in the common schools of Lycoming county and at Muncy Normal School. She taught seven terms in Lewis township, three terms at Corter's school and four terms at Bobst Mountain school. Subsequently she became the wife of Dr. Joseph Elmer Schaefer, as mentioned above. Both Dr. and Mrs. Schaefer are earnest church workers. The former is trustee and for the last ten years has served as superintendent of the Sunday- school. Mrs. Schaefer served for ten years as secretary of the Sunday- school, and is now teaching in the primary department.
ABRAHAM HENRY KIESS.
The ancestors of Abraham Henry Kiess, of Williamsport, had their original home in Germany, the land which has given to Pennsylvania some of her best citizens. The founder of the Lycoming county branch of the family was Christian Kiess, a native of Wittenberg, who in 1804 embarked for the United States. The voyage was long, even for those days of tardy sailing-vessels, dependent as they were upon the caprices of wind and wave, and not until he had endured for one hundred and two days the wearisome monotony of ocean travel did he first set foot upon the shores of the New World.
In his native country Christian Kiess had been a schoolmaster, but in his new home he determined to adopt the life of a farmer. He came
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to Lycoming county and settled on a farm near Warrensville. To the cultivation of this land he devoted himself for the residue of his years. He was the father of a large family, some of whom were born in Ger- many and were brought by their parents to the new home across the sea, where their descendants for many generations were to recruit the ranks of the good citizens of the republic.
. Among the sons of Christian Kiess was one whose name unfortu- nately seems not to have been preserved, and who was the father of George W. Kiess. George W. Kiess was a prominent dairyman and held the offices of supervisor and overseer of the poor in Lower Fairfield township. In the sphere of politics he affiliated with the Democrats, and his religious belief was that of the Baptist church, of which he was a member. Mr. Kiess married, in 1858, Barbara, daughter of Jacob and Mary Mutchler, the former a farmer of Blooming Grove. The death of Mr. Mutchler occurred when he was but thirty-one years of age, and his wife also died young. Both are buried in Blooming Grove cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Kiess were the parents of the following chil- dren: I. Abraham Henry, mentioned at length hereinafter. 2. Kath- arine, who was born January 24, 1861, is married to Charles F. Ulmer, alderman of Hepburn township, and has two children, Elma and Albert. 3. William P., who lives in Newberry, Pennsylvania, married Susan Quiggle, and has two children, Clarence and Mary. 4. Charles F., who is a farmer in Hepburn township, married Sally Shaffer, and is the father of Frederic, George, and Dorothy. 5. Edward, who died at the age of nine years, nine months and nine days. 6. Mary M., who is in business as a dressmaker. Mr. Kiess died in November, 1889, and his widow resides in Hepburn township.
Abraham Henry Kiess, son of George W. and Barbara ( Mutchler) Kiess, was born January 24, 1859, in Anthony township, and received
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his preparatory education in the common schools of Lower Fairfield township, afterward attending the Muncy Normal School, from which he graduated in the class of 1882. For three years he taught the Bobst Mountain and Carter schools in Lewis township, for one year was a teacher in Hepburn township, and for the same length of time took charge of a school in Pleasant Valley. He also taught in the Mountain avenue school, South Williamsport.
Deciding to enter mercantile life, he accepted a position as clerk in the store of L. L. Stearns, in Williamsport, remaining there three years, and was then employed as a log scaler by the firm of Shielly, Sprigon & Company for the space of one year. At the end of that time he entered the service of Deemer & Company, at Sparrow's Point, being employed in the capacity of lumber counter. This position he retained for two years, and then again became a clerk, this time with C. F. Fullmer & Company, dealers in agricultural implements. In 1892 he associated himself with D. Stumpfle, now head of the firm of D. Stumpfle & Sons, and was given charge of the West End stone and coal yards. This po- sition he has since held.
In 1888 Mr. Kiess was elected school director in the Eighth ward and served one term. In 1895 he was elected to the same office in the Tenth ward, and in 1901 became president of the school board. In 1902 he was chosen treasurer and is still serving in that capacity. He be- longs to the Knights of Malta, the Knights of the Golden Eagle and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. He is a member of the Baptist church, in which for nine years he served as trustee.
Mr. Kiess married, August 22, 1887, Ida M. Gorr, and they are the parents of three children : Emma, who was born August 12, 1888; Susan, who was born November 21, 1894; and Clyde, who was born September 7, 1897. Mrs. Kiess is a daughter of John and Susan Gorr,
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and was born in August, 1868. Her parents were both natives of Ger- many, and after coming to this country lived at Erie, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Gorr was a manufacturer of iron furnaces. Both he and his wife are now deceased.
H. M. KUESTER.
H. M. Kuester, a representative business man of Williamsport, was born at Elmira, New York, April 14, 1863, a son of John H. and Cath- arine (Mayner) Kuester. John H. Kuester was born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1828, and there reared and educated. In 1846 he came to this country and settled at Manaster, Wisconsin, where for a period of time he clerked in a store and afterwards engaged in the grocery business in partnership with his brother. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in the Civil war, and at the close of hostilities between the north and south went to Washington, D. C., and was there associated with J. Langdon & Company. From there he went to Elmira, New York, and assumed charge of the business of the above mentioned firm there, being associ- ated with the same for the long period of forty-one years. At the present time (1905) he is stationed at Phillipsburg, Center county, Pennsyl- vania, serving in the capacity of traffic superintendent for the company. He is a Republican in politics.
H. M. Kuester was educated in the common schools of Elmira, and afterward attended a commercial college, graduating therefrom in 1881. The following year he succeeded his father as shipper for the Macintyse Coal Company, shipping the last car load of coal in 1884. He then accepted a position as station agent at Troy, Pennsylvania, remaining one year. He then went to Gazzam, Pennsylvania, in the year 1885, and opened the mines there, also engaging in the insurance business. He re- 35
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mained until 1887, in which year he took up his abode in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and accepted a position with the Kettle Creek Coal Mining Company as cashier, and as general agent for the Western Insurance Company. Later he accepted a position as bookkeeper for the firm of A. H. Heilman & Company, filling that position until 1900, when he opened up an insurance office in this city, representing eight different companies, and is now in receipt of a more extensive business along those lines than any other man in the city of Williamsport, controlling the insurance of many of the largest and most desirable business and residence properties in Williamsport and vicinity.
Mr. Kuester married, November 12, 1885, Carrie H. Gorich, daugh- ter of Dr. Gorich, who was born in Germany, was one of Williamsport's most prominent physicians and health officer for many years, and died July 12, 1903. Three children were the issue of this union: Harriet M., born April 30, 1887; Matilda J., born May 10, 1890; and Kathryn, born January 4, 1892.
THE LLOYD FAMILY.
The Lloyd Family, representatives of whom are honored and re- spected citizens of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, trace their ancestry to Thomas Lloyd, one of the land commissioners appointed by William Penn in 1684 at the organization of the provincial government. His descendants subsequently located in Canada, whence David Lloyd came to the United States, having deserted from the British army because of sympathy with the American cause in the war of 1812. He settled in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from whence he removed to Muncy, where he served as justice of the peace and was identified with many enterprises of a public character. In 1816, at Muncy, David Lloyd married Mary
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Quinn, who bore him several children. He died in Muncy, in 1868, at the age of eighty-two.
Arthur Lloyd, third child in the family of David and Mary (Quinn) Lloyd, was born and passed his entire life at Muncy, Pennsylvania. He was a carpenter by trade, which occupation he followed successfully for many years. He was a Republican in politics. He was united in mar- riage to Elizabeth Brewer, who bore him several children, among whom were the following: Annetta, who became the wife of Lyman John- son; Sarah, who became the wife of Daniel Clapp; Annie, who became the wife of H. T. Sallada ; and William Q. Lloyd. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
William Q. Lloyd, son of Arthur and Elizabeth ( Brewer) Lloyd, was born in Muncy, Pennsylvania, June 21, 1850. He was educated in the public schools and Dickinson Seminary. He learned the trade of a shirt cutter, and was the first regular shirt manufacturer in Lycoming county, which occupation he followed for twenty years, being a member of the firm of Matthewson & Company, in 1872, and since that time has been engaged in business alone. Mr. Lloyd started the first laundry in Williamsport, and in 1879 erected a first-class steam laundry, in con- nection with which he also has a large and lucrative business in the manufacture of shirts. He is a member of the Order of Elks, and is a Republican in politics. Mr. Lloyd was married in 1874 to Mary E. Rothrock, daughter of George Rothrock, of Williamsport, and among the children born to them are the following: Harry, Rex and John Lloyd.
Rex Lloyd, son of William Q. and Mary E. (Rothrock) Lloyd, was educated in the common schools of Williamsport, attending the same until fifteen years old, when he began work in the laundry owned and managed by his father. On January 11, 1898, he assumed the man-
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agement of the business, and at the present time ( 1905) is serving in the capacity of secretary and assistant treasurer of the same. Mr. Lloyd married, November 27, 1900, Ida Geneva Thomas, youngest daughter of Charles A. and Sophia C. (Pepperman) Thomas, and two children have been the issue of this union: Repine Thomas, born February 22, 1903; and Charles William, born March 3, 1905. Charles A. Thomas, of the firm of Thomas Brothers, merchants, was born February 25, 1848, in Mifflin township, Lycoming county, son of John and Mary Ann Thomas, both natives of Lycoming county. He was reared in his native township, and received his education in the schools of the neighborhood. He learned the harness-maker's trade and followed that business in Sal- ladasburg until 1885. In April, 1886, he and his brother, Sylvester C., formed the present firm of Thomas Brothers. They are also interested in farming and have an interest in the grist mill at Salladasburg and are stockholders in the Susquehanna Trust and Safe Deposit Company. He was married, October 15, 1872, to Sophia C. Pepperman, daughter of Isaac Pepperman, by whom he has two children : Myrtle Grace and Ida Geneva (Mrs. Rex Lloyd). Mr. Thomas and his family are members of Grace Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Lloyd attends the services of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which his wife holds membership.
ABRAHAM UPDEGRAFF.
Abraham Updegraff, son of Thomas Updegraff, was born in Will- iamsport, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1808. In September 1799, Thomas Updegraff with his wife and two children moved up the Susquehanna river in two canoes and located at Williamsport, where he established a tannery, and followed that occupation the greater part of his life. Abraham Updegraff was put to work in his father's tannery at the early
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age of eleven years and worked there for sixteen years. Early in 1834 he entered into a business partnership in the mercantile line with Jacob Grafius. In April, 1837, he bought the business interest of his partner and continued in business alone and very successfully for a period of twenty-four years. He was one of the organizers of the West Branch Bank in 1836, was chosen a director and served in that capacity for ten years. In June, 1848, he became president of this bank, and held that office until 1856, when he resigned. He was the main factor in the or- ganization of the First National Bank in December, 1863, and was its first president. He was manager in the first organization of the Will- ianisport Bridge Company, and held this office until his death. He was one of the two persons who laid out the Williamsport cemetery in 1850, and was a prime mover in establishing Wildwood cemetery, of which he was president at the time of his death. He was for many years prominently identified with the lumber interests of Williamsport, and was also connected with the Williamsport Water Works. For more than twenty years he served as president of the board of trustees of Dickinson Seminary. He was also for about ten years a member of the city council. Mr. Updegraff was very liberal in his contributions to all meritorious objects. He was very successful in business and left family property worth a large amount of money, the result of his up- right and straightforward business methods. He had sound judgment and fine executive ability, and his integrity and accommodating manner entitled him to the place he held in the public esteem. He was greatly respected and highly honored, and had many friends. He took great care in preserving the memory of his father, and had a neat little mem- oriam published, and placed therein a portrait of him as a token of his filial affection. Abraham Updegraff and his wife became members of the Second Presbyterian church in 1840, and for a long time he was
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superintendent of the Lycoming County Sunday School Association. He died April 17, 1884.
Mr. Updegraff married, February 12, 1835, Elizabeth Peterman, and of this union two daughters are living: Lizzie, the wife of J. M. Black, and Lucy L., the wife of James J. Gibson.
FRANKLIN BURROWS THRALL.
The Thrall family, worthily represented in the present generation by Franklin Burrows Thrall, a representative business man of Williams- port, Pennsylvania, was founded in this country by William Thrall (I), . a native of England, born 1605, died August 3, 1679. He married - Goode. In March, 1630, a Congregational church was formed in Plymouth, England, their minister being the Rev. John Wareham. March 20, 1630, the Revs. Mr. Wareham and Mr. Merrick, with many Godly families and people from Devonshire and other places, including William Thrall and wife, sailed from Plymouth, England, in the " Mary and John" for Massachusetts. May 30, 1630, Lord's Day, they landed at Nantasket Point. (Prince's Chronicles of New England.) In 1635 Mr. Wareham and the larger part of the church members settled in Windsor, Connecticut, William Thrall being one of the number. He lived in Hoytes' Meadow, town of Windsor, and some of his descend- ants have resided there ever since. William Thrall was one of the thirty men from the town of Windsor who fought in the great battle of the Pequod war, May 26, 1637. William Thrall was the father of two sons: Timothy and David, and other children. Matthew Grant, the ancestor of Ulysses S. Grant, was one of those who came in the ship "Mary and John," and he also settled at Windsor, Connecticut, at the same time as did William Thrall.
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(II) Timothy Thrall, son of William Thrall, was born at Wind- sor, Connecticut, July 26, 1641, died June, 1697. He married, No- vember 10, 1659, Deborah Gunn, who died January 7, 1694. They had nine children : Deborah, Timothy, Mehitable, Elizabeth, John, Martha, Thomas, Samuel and Abigail, twins.
(III) John Thrall, son of Timothy and Deborah (Gunn) Thrall, was born June 5, 1671, died April 18, 1732. He married, January 6, 1697, Mindwell Moses, born December 13, 1676, daughter of John and Mary (Brown) Moses. They had nine children: John, Moses, Aaron, Amy, Joseph, David, Joel, Charles. and Jerusha.
(IV) Moses Thrall. son of John and Mindwell ( Moses) Thrall, was born April 20, 1702, died August 24, 1770. He married, Feb- ruary 4, 1730, Elizabeth Fyler, and settled at North Bolton, adjoining Windsor. The town records of Bolton contain the births of the follow- ing children : Moses, born August 10, 1735; William, May 19, 1739; James, May 21, 1744; James, September 18, 1746; and Lemuel, Feb- ruary 5, 1748-49.
(V) Lemuel Thrall, son of Moses and Elizabeth (Fyler) Thrall, was born in the town of Bolton, Connecticut, February 5, 1748-49, died at Milford, Pike county, Pennsylvania, January 31, 1831. He served in the revolution as corporal in Lieutenant Ezekiel Wolcott's company from Bolton, Connecticut. They marched for the relief of Boston at the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. He was subsequently a corporal in Captain Wells' company of Hartford, Connecticut, under Colonel Wolcott. The regiment formed part of the army that occupied Boston after the enemy evacuated. About 1813 Mr. Thrall removed from the town of Bolton, Connecticut, to the Delaware Valley, and located near the Delaware river, in Sussex county, New Jersey, where he subse- quently taught school. Later he removed to Milford, Pike county, Penn-
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