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After completing his University studies he entered the employ of the firm of Linderman & Skeer, coal operators, of which firm his father was the senior partner, and upon his father's death, in September, 1885, he became the head of the firm and conducted an enterprise of extensive proportions until the spring of 1897, when the firm retired. Various other important enter- prises, however, claimed the attention of Mr. Linderman. On January 31, 1885, he was elected a director of the Lehigh Valley National Bank of Bethlehem, and at the death of his father, who was the founder of the institution, he was elected to the position of vice-president. Following the death of President Weiss he was elected his suc- cessor on March 5, 1888, and was at that time the youngest president of a national bank in the United States. He was a director in the Jurugua
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Iron Company in Cuba. On December 15, 1885, he was elected director of the Bethlehem Iron Company to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father ; was elected vice-president in 1888, and president in May, 1890. This company was merged into the Bethlehem Steel Company, one of the largest works in the county, which was capitalized at fifteen million dollars and he con- tinued its president until August, 1901. He was one of the foremost business men of this section of the state, and his ready understanding of bus- iness situations and recognition of possibilities made him a valued factor in community affairs, and as a promoter of a number of important en- terprises his labors proved of marked benefit to the locality in which he resided. He also took a keen interest in church matters, was a vestryman for many years in the Church of the Nativity (Protestant Episcopal) at South Bethlehem, and with his sister and brother erected a chancel in the church. He was a trustee of St. Luke's Hospital, which was the object of his liberal benefactions, and took a great interest in all affairs of his day and time. He was a man of winning personality, his heart ever warm with kindliness and sympathy for his fellows. Those in distress, of body or mind, found in him a ready helper. He aided many to the acquisition of home and establishment in business, but his bene- factions were bestowed so entirely without osten- tation that they went unheralded save by the recipients of his bounty.
Robert P. Linderman married, October 15, 1884, Miss Ruth May Sayre, who was born May II, 1864, a daughter of Robert H. and Evelyn (Smith) Sayre. Their children were: Ruth Eve- lyn, born August 23, 1885 ; Mary Evelyn, born July 15, 1889: Lucy Evelyn, born October 9, 1892; Evelyn, born September 27, 1893 ; Chris- tine, born June 17, 1895 ; and Robert Packer, born May 29, 1898.
WILLIAM E. BUCKMAN, D. D. S., who has gained an enviable reputation in his profes- sion, which he has practiced in Easton, North- ampton county, Pennsylvania, since 1857, was born in Wrightstown township, now Penn town-
ship, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, April 17, 1829, a son of George and Jane (Ely) Buckman, and grandson of Stacy and Mary (Brown) Buckman.
Stacy Buckman (grandfather) was born in Newtown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and was a lineal descendant of William Buckman, who came to this country with William Penn, the founder of the state of Pennsylvania, in 1682. Stacy Buckman followed the quiet but useful calling of agriculture during his entire active career, the greater part of which was spent in the town of Darby, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Brown, and the issue of this union was five children : George, Jonathan, Mahlon, Kirkbride, and Stacy Buckman. The death of Mr. Buckman occurred when he had attained middle life.
George Buckman ( father) was born in Darby, Pennsylvania, in 1803. In 1809, when he was only six years of age, his mother died, and he was reared by his grandfather, Stacy Buckman, in the town of Buckman, Bucks county, Pennsyl- vania. After attaining young manhood he estab- lished a business for the manufacture of plows and agricultural implements, and this line of trade he followed with a large degree of success during his entire life time, in the town of Buck- manville. He was a thoroughly reliable business man, and his name in the commercial world was synonymous with integrity and honorable deal- ing. Mr. Buckman was united in marriage to Jane Ely, daughter of William Ely, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and a member of the So- ciety of Friends. They were the parents of eight children, four of whom attained years of maturity, namely : William E., Mahlon B., Fannie, and Frank E. Buckman. George Buckman, father of these children, and his brother, Jonathan Buck- man, were twins, and at the time of his death, which occurred in 1892, were said to be the oldest twins in the United States. Mrs. Buckman died in the year 1861.
William E. Buckman, son of George and Jane (Ely) Buckman, acquired an excellent English education in the public schools of Bucks coun- ty, at the school of Joseph Foulk, in Montgomery county, and at a school conducted under the com- petent supervision of Buckman Brothers, in the
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vicinity of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied dentistry under the personal supervision of Dr. W. W. Trego, of Bucks county, Pennsyl- vania, began the practice of his profession in Lam- bertsville in 1854, and three years later located in Easton, Northampton county, where he has con- tinuously practiced ever since, a period of nearly half a century. During this time he built up a large and lucrative practice, and for many years has ranked as one of the most efficient dental surgeons in the city of Easton. Dr. Buckman has been an adherent of the Republican party since its formation, and was elected a member of the common council on the organization of the city, in 1887, and has been re-elected at each successive election to 1903. He is a prominent member of the Protestant Episcopal church, in the work of which he takes a keen and deep interest.
In 1861 Dr. Buckman married Josephine Else- good, of Philadelphia, a daughter of Colonel Wil- liam H. Elsegood, a native of England, who came to this country about the year 1832 or 1833. Their children are: William G., actively con- nected with the Leedon Carpet Manufactory, of Bristol, Pennsylvania ; Edward S., engaged in the capacity of clerk in the Simons Silk Factory of Easton, Pennsylvania ; Helen ; and Frank R., the efficient and competent superintendent of the Easton Cordage Company.
PETER BRADY. One of the most promi- nent among the representative men of affairs in the city of Easton, Pennsylvania, and one whose activities have been extended through the unusual period of almost sixty years, is Peter Brady, a civil and mining engineer, who has gained a wide reputation and at the present time ( 1904) prob- ably has no superiors in his profession. Irish by birth and parentage, he inherited those qualities of industry and perseverance which are character- istic of a large portion of that race. He is a son of Charles and Mary (Fagan) Brady, and was born in County Meath, Ireland, cn the 4th of April, 1824.
In early life Peter Brady engaged in mercan- tile pursuits in Dublin, Ireland, but being desir- ous of leading a professional life he attended the
Famous Engineering School at Castle Pollard, County West Meath, Ireland, for three years, and was graduated from that institution in 1845. The following two years he served as assistant engineer for the British government on public works, and in 1848, having decided that the op- portunities for a successful business career were far superior in the new world than the old, he emigrated to the United States, and since then has served under some of the most eminent engineers of this country. He was associated with Fisher and Sheafer, of Pottsville, who were considered among the most skillful surveyors of their day, in locating land warrants, and assisted in surveying a part of the coal regions of Pennsylvania. He was also associated with Professor Henry D. Rogers, who was the most prominent geologist of this country at that time, in making surveys and exploring for coal in the Mahoney and Trev- erton coal basins. In 1850 Mr. Brady went west with Colonel Ellwood Morris and made the first survey of the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad in Ohio, from Chillicothe; from there took part in the laying out of the Bellefontaine & Indiana Rail- road. He assisted in making out plans and pro- files for the letting of the Steubenville & Indiana Railroad from Steubenville westward, and while there was appointed principal assistant engineer of the Pittsburg & Steubenville road, with W. Milnor Roberts as consulting engineer, and they located the road from Steubenville to Pittsburg. He also prepared maps for the letting of the con- tracts of the road, and spent eight years in the construction and building, making many improve- ments in the surveys.
On June 14, 1859, he located in Easton, Pennsylvania, performed the surveying for the Lehigh & Delaware Water Gap Railroad, and there became acquainted with Mr. Firmstone, general manager of the Glendon Iron Company, and who learned of Mr. Brady's ability as mining engineer, and at once engaged him to make a sur- vey of the Hurd Ore Mine in New Jersey, where lines were in dispute. The line fixed by Mr. Brady became satisfactory to both parties, and saved a large law suit. After that time Mr. Brady continued to do work for the Glendon Iron Com-
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pany for more than thirty years. He has also been engaged in the same capacity for the Thomas and Crane Iron Companies. He served as chief engineer for the Wilmington & Reading Railroad and made its first location from Wil- mington to Birdsboro, and made many important surveys in the State of New Jersey, and is con- sidered as an authority in mining engineering. Mr. Brady received the appointment of land agent for the Duchess of Leeds and Lady Stafford, having charge of about ten thousand acres of land in Bradford and Lycoming counties, Pennsyl- vania, which he sold for those ladies.
On May 14, 1864, Mr. Brady was united in marriage to Maria F. Tierney, a native of Ireland, and daughter of Matthew Tierney, late of Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania. Their children are: Charles Matthew, a civil engineer ; Bessie, who re- sides at home with her parents ; Mary, in religion Sister Mary Deloras, in the Holy Child Jesus Convent, at Sharon Hill, Delaware county, Pennsylvania ; Nellie, now Mother Mary Cather- ine, of the Holy Child Jesus Convent, of Chey- enne, Wyoming ; and Rose, who resides at home. The family are zealous and consistent members of the Catholic church. Mr. Brady adheres to the principles of the Democratic party, to which he has always given an active and loyal support. He served as city surveyor of Easton, Pennsyl- vania, for several years.
CHARLES P. SIEGFRIED, a successful business man of Easton, Pennsylvania, is a repre- sentative of an old and honored family of Ger- man extraction. The pioneer ancestor of the American branch of the family was Joseph Sieg- fried (I), who was a brother of Colonel John Siegfried, of Revolutionary fame. Joseph Sieg- fried was united in marriage to Anna Maria Romig, a native of Northampton (now Lehigh) county, Pennsylvania, and among the children born of this union was a son, Isaac Siegfried.
Isaac Siegfried (2), son of Joseph and Anna M. Siegfried, was born in Berks county, Pennsyl- vania, September 14, 1763. He resided in var- ious portions of the State, and for a number of years successfully conducted his trade of mill-
wright. Subsequently he purchased a farm in the vicinity of Nazareth, which he cultivated and improved, and at the same time devoted consider- able attention to his trade. He was married, in Schoharie county, New York, to Anna Maria Hochstresser, who was born April 19, 1771. Their children were: Joshua, Paul, Joseph, Samuel, Elizabeth Catherine, Anna Maria, and Solomon. Both Mr. Siegfried and his wife were consistent members of the Dutch Reformed church. Mr. Siegfried died November 6, 1833; his wife died December 2, 1831.
Paul Siegfried (3), second son of Isaac and Anna M. Siegfried, was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, June 24, 1793, was reared. to manhood on his father's farm and received a practical education in the common schools of the neighborhood. During the war with Great Brit- ain in 1812 he served in the capacity of drummer boy. He was an upright conscietious man, and in all the relations of life fulfilled his duties in a creditable and acceptable manner. He married Johnanna M. Clewell, and among the children born to him was a son, Joseph W. Siegfried.
Joseph W. Siegfried (4), son of Paul and Johnanna Siegfried, was born in Bushkill town- ship, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1831. In early life he applied himself to obtaining a thorough know- ledge of the trades of miller and millwright, and these occupations claimed his entire time and at- tention until 1881. From that year up to the time of his decease he met with a large degree of suc- cess in the management of general mercantile pursuits at Cherry Hill, Northampton county. He was a man of industry and integrity, and was chosen by his fellow citizens to serve in various local offices. He held membership in the Mora- vian church at Schoeneck, and served as a member of its board of trustees for many years. Mr. Siegfried married Maria Saylor, who was born at Jacobsburg, Northampton county, in 1834. Their children were: James F. ; William ; Emma L., de- ceased; Oscar, deceased ; Charles P .; Howard, J., and Robert L. Siegfried. The father of these. children died July 8, 1893, and the mother passed away. August 8, 1895.
Charles P. Siegfried (5), fourth son of Jo-
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seph W. and Maria Siegfried, is a native of Bush- kill township, Northampton county, Pennsyl- vania, the date of his birth being August 13, 1865. During the early years of his life he was a stu- dent in the public schools of the township, and after completing his studies he gained his first business experience as a clerk in a store at Cherry Hill, of which his father was the proprietor. After serving in that capacity for a number of years he filled a similar position in the town of Bethlehem, and subsequently he settled in Easton, where he has remained up to the present time. In 1898 he established a grocery store in the busi- ness section of the city, which he stocked with a large and select line of goods, and his business interests have been so managed as to win the confidence of the public and the prosperity which should always attend honorable and well directed effort. His religious sentiments are in accord with the tenets of the Moravian church, which was the faith of his ancestors, and his political views co- incide with those advocated by the Democratic party.
On July 14, 1891, Mr. Siegfried married Sarah J. Messinger, a native of Bushkill town- ship, and daughter of Reuben and Mary Ann (Ealers) Messinger. 'One child, who died in in- fancy, was the issue of this marriage.
HERBERT THOMAS BUCKLEY, who is engaged in the general commission business in Easton, was born in that city April 28. 1852, a son of Lewis A. and Sophia (Hect) Buckley. The father was born in Warren county, New Jersey, in 1805, and was a mechanic. When twenty-one years of age he left his native state and went to Easton, where he engaged in the iron and lumber business, developing an extensive en- terprise, with which he was connected throughout his active business career. He married Sophia, a daughter of Rev. John P. Hect, the Lutheran minister of Easton, and both have now passed away, the father's death occurring February 10, 1876, while his wife died August 13, 1887. They were the parents of four sons and two daughters. John H., the eldest, was a soldier of the Civil war in Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth
Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, and died in 1862. Lewis died at the age of eleven years. Mary died at the age of seventeen years. Annie died at the age of twenty. Herbert T. is the next of the family, and Wade, the youngest, is a resi- dent of Brooklyn, New York.
Herbert T. Buckley pursued his education in the public schools of Easton and in Lafayette Col- lege. He studied law in the offices of Judges Kirkpatrick and Scott, and was admitted to the bar in 1876. Immediately afterward he entered upon the active practice of the profession, in which he continued until 1900, when he estab- lished the general commission business of H. T. Buckley & Company, in which he is still engaged, having so directed his affairs that he is to-day one of the substantial citizens of Easton.
Mr. Buckley served as town clerk of the bor- ough of Easton, and was the first city clerk after the incorporation of Easton as a city. In politics he is a Republican, and has exerted a wide and beneficial influence in behalf of public progress, improvement and reform. Socially, he is con- nected with Easton Lodge, No. 152, F. and A. M .; Easton Chapter, R. A. M .; and Hugh DePayens Commandery, K. T. He is also well known in the musical circles of the city, and has been the organist of the First Reformed church since 1881. In 1881 Mr. Buckley was married to Miss Mary Seitz, a daughter of the late Henry W. and Mary Seitz, and by this union there are two children, Mary and Henry L.
DR. EVAN WILLIAM EVANS, a well established physician of Easton, Pennsylvania, is of Welsh origin, and his ancestral history is writ- ten in connection with that of his father, upon an- other page of this work.
He is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Rich- mond Northampton county, January 17, 1863, son of John and Mary (Horn) Evans. He began his literary education in the well equipped public schools of Easton, where his parents resided, and pursued his classical studies in Lafayette Col- lege. He was prepared for his profession in the Medical Department of the University of Penn- sylvania, from which he was graduated in 1884,
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the year of his attaining his majority. He served an interneship in the Philadelphia City Hospital, which afforded him excellent opportunities for practical experience to supplement the knowledge acquired in the class and lecture rooms. In 1887 he took a post-graduate course at Lafayette Col- lege, and then located for practice in the city of Easton, where he has built up an excellent patron- age, his ability and conscientious devotion to his patients commanding the patronage of a large class of the community. He is a highly regarded member of the County Medical Society and the State Medical Society. In 1891 he was appointed to membership on the board of United States Pen- sion Examiners at Easton. He is a member of the Masonic order, and has attained to the Com- mandery degrees. His political affiliations are with the Democratic party.
Dr. Evans was married, October 2, 1888, to Miss May Yeomans, daughter of Frederick Yeo- mans, and of this union was born a daughter, Elizabeth Yeomans Evans.
CHARLES J. MONTAGUE. The Monta- gue family, represented in the present generation by Charles J. Montague, a prominent business man of Easton, Pennsylvania, originated in Eng- land, and traces its ancestry to Peter, son of Eleanor Montague, born in 1603, in Boveny, par- ish of Burnham, Buckinghamshire. In 1621, when he was eighteen years of age, he emigrated to America, settling in Virginia, where he became the founder of that branch of the Montague fam- ily with which this narrative is concerned. He was possessed of high ability and strength of character, and became a man of broad influence, and large usefulness. He aided in establishing the first church and school in the colony of Vir- ginia, and was called to various positions of honor and responsibility. He died in 1659.
Peter (2) son of Peter (I) the emigrant, was born in Nansemond county, Virginia, in 1631 or 1632, and inherited from his father large tracts of land on the Rappahannock river. He married Elizabeth Morris, and their children were: I. Mary, born about 1661, who married Thomas Paine, October 23, 1682; 2. Peter, born 1666,
died 1702; 3. William, born 1670; 4. John, bap- tized May 21, 1682. Peter (3) second child of Feter (2) was father of Thomas J. (4), whose second wife, Penelope (family name unknown) bore him a son William (5). William Montague was born June 14, 1730, and lived in Middlesex county, Virginia. He married, December 21, 1754, Catherine, daughter of Abraham Montague. Their son William (6) was born about 1758; he served during the Revolutionary war, and was wounded in a naval engagement on Chesapeake Bay. He resided near the village of Montague, Vriginia. He married, January 14, 1790, Eliza- beth, daughter of Edward Valentine, of Augusta county, Virginia. Their son William V. (7) born September 3, 1797, married (December, 1824) Mary Ann Barrack. They removed in 1828 to Norfolk county, and thence in 1829 to the town of Norfolk. His wife died September 29, 1840, and William V. Montague in 1841 married Esther Hatton, a widow, and removed to Princess Anne county. He died in Norfolk, September 10, 1865, and his wife died in the year following.
Robert V., (8) son of William V. Montague (7) by his first wife, was born September 28, 1827, at Montague, Virginia. He was well edu- cated, having graduated from William and Mary College. He at once entered upon an active and useful career and was called to various public positions. January 28, 1847, he was married to Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of John and Ann Robertson, of Princess Anne county, Virginia. On account of failing health, Mr. Montague re- moved with his family in 1855 to New York city, and thence to Easton, Pennsylvania, where lie made his home for the remainder of his life. There he was appointed assistant postmaster, a position in which he acquitted himself with great ability and strict fidelity to the trusts committed to him, until his death, April 4, 1866. He was a man of unsullied personal character, and a con- sistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he was a Republican.
Mrs. Montague, a woman of strong character and sweetly amiable disposition, left with lim- ited means and a large family of small children, gave herself unsparingly to their rearing, and
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through her unselfish devotion was enabled to afford them all an excellent education, and lived to see them well established in life. Her death occurred February 14, 1894. She was the mother of ten children, of whom the three first named were born in Virginia : I. Elizabeth Virginia, born in February, 1848, became the wife of Dr. E. L. Evans, now deceased. 2. Mary Lewis, born in February, 1850, and died May 14, 1894, became the wife of Prof. J. J. Hardy, of Lafayette Col- lege, Easton. 3. Helen Walker, born July 4, 1851, and died June 22, 1874, became the wife of J. Wesley Evans. 4. William Barrick, born in New York city, April 17, 1854. The remaining chil- dren, named as follows, were born in Easton, Pennsylvania : 5. Robert John, born December 25, 1856. 6. Alice Josephine, born September 4, 1858; 7. Harry Howard, born August 6, 1860, died Au- gust 26, 1860. 8. Frank Leslie, born October 6, 1861. 9. Charles Jennings, born October 26, 1863. IO. Lelia Virginia, born September 22, 1865, who became the wife of Frank E. Crater, of Easton.
Charles Jennings Montague, youngest son of Robert and Margaret Elizabeth (Robertson) Montague, received his education in the public schools of his native city. He was but three years of age when his father died, and when he was only twelve years of age he began the carving of his own livelihood in order to aid his mother. He entered the book and stationery store of the late William Maxwell, July 10, 1876, and here, while laboring industriously, he took advantage of his opportunities to read liberally, to compensate in some degree for the want of adequate school in- struction, and his ambition and diligence enabled him to acquire a fund of information which proved an ample equipment for business and social life. He remained with Mr. Maxwell until the death of that estimable man, and shortly after- wards (January 1, 1902) purchased the business, for the conduct of which he had developed every necessary ability. Mr. Montague is numbered among the most enterprising citizens and business men of Easton, and is held in high esteem for his high character and excellent personal qualities. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fra- ternity, affiliated with Easton Lodge No. 152, F.
and A. M .: Easton Chapter No. 173, R. A. M .; Pomp Council No. 20, R. and S. M., and Hugh de Payens Commandery No. 19, K. T. He is also a Noble of Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Reading, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Montague was married, June 7, 1888, to Miss Mary A. Siegfried, and to them were born three children-Charles Leslie, Lelia Virginia, and William Maxwell.
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