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Mr. Kostenbader married Matilda Strickler, and seven children were the issue of this mar- riage: Dorothy, wife of Charles Gable, and mother of two children, Carson and Helen Gable ; August, unmarried; Herman, mentioned at length hereinafter ; Charlotte, Cecilia, Marie, and Helen.
Herman Kostenbader, Jr., second son of Her- man and Matilda Kostenbader, attended the pub- lic schools of his native town, and this knowledge was supplemented by a course at the Allentown Business College. He began his business career by entering the employ of his father, with whom he learned the brewery business, becoming thor- oughly proficient in all the branches. He con- tinued in his employ until 1902, when he was ad- mitted into partnership, which connection still continues. His ability and skill has been the means of materally increasing the business of the firm, which has steadily advanced from year to year, the output of their plant at the present time being about 12,000 barrels per annum. Mr. Kostenbader is a Lutheran in religion, a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Kostenbader was united in marriage to Helen Roth, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Seigfried) Roth, whose children are as fol- lows: Mary, unmarried; George, unmarried ;
James, who died at the age of fifteen years; Annie, unmarried; Lillie, unmarried; Harry, who married Annie Bogert, and they are the pa- rents of one child-Samuel Roth; and Helen, aforementioned as the wife of Herman Kosten- bader. Two children were born to Herman and Helen Kostenbader, Dorothy, and Carl.
August Kostenbader, son of Herman and Matilda Kostenbader, attended the public schools of his native town and the Allentown Business College. He then entered the United States Brew- ing Academy, was graduated therefrom with a diploma as a brewer, after which he became as- sociated with his father, and was admitted with his brother as a member of the firm in 1902. He attends the Lutheran church, casts his vote with the Democratic party, and holds membership with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Catasauqua Club, and the Pheonix Fire Company.
JACOB MACK BARCH. Successful as a farmer, and respected by all for quiet, unobtru- sive worth as a citizen, Jacob Mack Barch, of Butztown, Pennsylvania, is a type of a class es- sential to the well-being of every community. He is a grandson of Jacob Barch, whose son, also named Jacob, married Lizzie Rachel, daugh- ter of William Mack. They were the parents of the following children: Mary, Mahlon, Annie, Addie, Jacob Mack, mentioned at length herein- after; Laura, Florence, and Philip. All these children, with the exception of the two last- named, are married.
Jacob Mack Barch, son of Jacob and Lizzie Rachel (Mack) Barch, was born October 15, 1848, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he received his education in the public schools. His boyhood witnessed the outbreak of the Civil war, and so inspired was he by the patriotic enthusiasm called forth by the stirring events of that never-to-be-forgotten period, that at the age of fifteen he enlisted as a teamster in the Union army. At the close of the war he re- turned to Bucks county, where he engaged in the lumber business for two years, and then moved
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to Northampton county. Here he devoted him- self to general farming on a small estate which he hired of his father-in-law. So successful was he in this new occupation that at the end of three years he was able to purchase a farm of thirty- five acres, which by skillful care and cultivation he rendered highly profitable. Substantial proof of this is furnished by the fact that as time went on he added by degrees to his original pur- chase no fewer than one hundred and forty-five acres, thus making himself the owner of quite an extensive property. For many years he had attached to his farm a flourishing dairy which averaged from thirty-five to forty cows, but early in the year 1903, wishing to devote his whole time and attention to husbandry, he disposed of his dairy on advantageous terms, and has since been engaged exclusively in agriculture. His acres are cultivated with a view to the raising of general products, with results entirely satisfac- tory in every respect. Mr. Barch has never held any public office, feeling that he could best ful- fill his mission as a citizen by strict and con- scientious attention to the duties of his calling. He takes, however, a keen interest in local af- fairs, and is never unmindful of his political ob- ligations. In local matters he is not restricted by party considerations, but in national politics he affiliates with the Democrats. He has been for many years a member of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Barch married Susan Emmery, daughter of Joshes Emmery. The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Barch : I. Harry P., who was born September 22, 1873, educated in the public schools, and then went to the Bethle- hem Steel Works, where he took a thorough course in the construction of steel structures, and he is now one of the superintendents of the great East River bridge now in process of build- ing in New York. He married Sarah Slaten- bacher, and they have two children, Carl W. and Pauline Rebe. 2. A daughter, who was born September 25, 1874, and died the same day. 3. Annie Lizzie, who was born October 10, 1876, became the wife of James Long, and has one child, Charles Henry. 4. Joseph Ellsworth, who was
born May 17, 1878, and died August 13, 1878. 5. Mary May, who was born August 27, 1882, and died September 1I, 1882. 6. Walter, who was born February 19, 1884. 7. Jennie Susan, who was born July 12, 1886, and died January 14, 1887. 8. Charles Henry, who was born June 10, 1887, and died June 10th. 9. Florence, who was born September 5, 1889.
FRANCIS SANDER, of Allentown, who was among the brave soldiers of the Civil war that gave their lives in defense of the Union, was born in Whitehall township, Lehigh county, Penn- sylvania, and was a son of George Sander or Xander, as the name was originally written. In the father's family were seven children: Re- becca, who became the wife of Levi Everhard, and has four children ; Francis, the next in order of birth; Amanda, deceased; Matilda, the wife of Calvin Bleim; Hannah, the wife of Lewis Reinhard, and has two children; Emma, the wife of Harry Bortz, and has three children ; Uriah, who married Maria
Francis Sander pursued his education in the public schools, and afterward began learning the carpenter's trade under the direction of Bartholo- mew Balliet. He spent two years as an appren- tice, and afterward continued with his preceptor until the outbreak of the Civil war, when, his patriotic spirit being aroused, he offered his serv- ices to the government in defense of the Union, enlisting for three years as a member of Com- pany B, Forty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Guth. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the South, and was exposed to many hardships. Mr. San- der participated in a number of hotly contested engagements, and was killed at Sabine Cross- roads in the Red River valley in Louisiana, in 1864. He was buried in the south with the un- known dead, and left a widow and two sons to mourn his loss.
In early manhood he married Henrietta S. Balliet, a daughter of Bartholomew and Annie (Weiss) Balliet. Her paternal grandparents were John and Rachel Balliet, and her maternal
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grandparents were Leonard and Barbara ( Miller) Weiss. In the family of Bartholomew and An- nie Balliet were six children : Maria, the wife of Stephen Berger ; Edmund, who married Caroline Donner, and has three children; William, who married Louise Geise, and has five children ; Frank, who married May Schadt; and Allen, who married Sarah Long, by whom he has one child.
Mrs. Sander is the other member of the Bal- liet family, and by her marriage became the mother of five children, but George, Henry and Ellen died in childhood. David married Emma Rau, and had three children; George married Emma Moyer, and has three children-Miriam, Evelyn and Howard ; and Charles and Edward. For his second wife David Sander married Eliza- beth Gilbert. Frank Sander, the younger son, married Sallie Worman, and has four children, Mabel, Frank, Francis and Esther.
CHARLES M. SAEGER, superintendent of the Coplay Cement Works of Coplay, Pennsyl- vania, was born in Allentown on the 17th of Au- gust, 1856. His paternal great-grandfather, Nicholas Saeger, was a resident of North White- hall, and Joseph K. Saeger, the grandfather, re- moved from North Whitehall to Allentown in 1837. Soon afterward he established the Barber foundry and machine shops, setting up in the works the first engine used in Lehigh county, a small beam engine made by Rush & Muhlenberg, of Philadelphia. Joseph K. Saeger was married to Mary Magdalene Saeger, who died in Allen- town in 1855. His children were Mrs. Salinda Sieger, who became a resident of North White- hall ; Abigail, the wife of Daniel Keck, of Allen- town; Eli J .; Mrs. Catharine Sigman, deceased ; Mrs. Mary Mohr, of Macungie, Pennsylvania; Hiram, deceased ; Leah Anna, the wife of Rev. S. A. Tobias; and Louisa.
Eli J. Saeger, the father of Charles M. Saeger, removed from North Whitehall to Allentown in 1834, and accepted a clerkship with the firm of Pretz, Saeger & Company. He was afterward employed in his father's foundry, and in 1840
turned his attention to merchandising, becoming a partner of John P. Boas. As the years ad- vanced, his business interests increased and were attended with a high measure of success. In 1857 he became president of the Catasauqua Bank, and filled that position until hi's death. He also became president of the Coplay Cement Com- pany, and occupied that position up to the time of his death, which occurred in November, 1888. He was thus closely associated with the industrial and financial interests of the county, and fostered many local enterprises and interests that proved of marked benefit in community affairs. He had filled the office of justice of the peace for a num- ber of years, and in the discharge of his duties was ever found reliable, prompt and faithful. He married Miss Sarah A. Spinner, a native of Lehigh county, and they became the parents of eight children : Emma M., the wife of D. O. Saylor; Richard M .; Edgar E .; George A .; Charles M., our subject, and Walter J., twins ; Arthur E .; and Lewis H., deceased.
Charles M. Saeger attended the public schools of Allentown until he had completed the regular course by graduation from the high school. He then took up the study of civil engineering, which he followed for three years, and in 1879 he re- moved to Parryville, Carbon county, Pennsylvania, where he entered the employ of the Corban Iron and Pipe Company, remaining with them until 1885, in which year he entered the services of the Coplay Cement Company and has been general manager up to the present time. He is also one of the directors of the company. The original plant covered thirty acres, but this has been in- creased until three hundred acres are now com- prised with the grounds of the company. The first mill was built in 1861, and since then there has been a gradual increase in the business and in its equipment. In 1885 Mr. Saeger assumed man- agement as general superintendent, and the fol- lowing year he doubled the capacity of mill A; in 1895 mill B was erected, and in 1898 mill C was added to the plant. All these have been equipped with the latest improved machinery, and modern methods are followed in the production of
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cement. The business has now grown to mam- moth proportions, employment being furnished to seven hundred men, and all of the limestone and cement rock are quarried on their own grounds. The business has been developed along substantial lines by Mr. Saeger during the nine- teen years of his superintendency, and to his effort as controller of the operations of the plant the splendid success of the enterprise is largely attributable. He displays keen sagacity, a ready recognition of opportunity, and a quick utiliza- tion of the advantages that arise in the trade world, and his business ability and executive force have made him one of the leading and repre- sentative men of Allentown.
In 1881 Mr. Saeger was married to Miss Sallie A. Hess, of Parryville, Pennsylvania, and to them were born six children, of whom three are now living : Geoffrey A., C. Marshall, and Bessie M. The family is well known in social circles in Allentown, and Mr. Saeger belongs to the Livingston Club.
DR. LEWIS W. MOYER, an eminent and successful medical practitioner of East Mauch Chunk. Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, whose speciality is diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, in the diagnosis and treatment of which he has achieved prominence and renown, is a na- tive of Schulykill county, Pennsylvania, born in 1864.
The earliest ancestor of the family of whom there is any authentic information was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and during the strug- gie for independence served his country faith- fully and loyally. His son, Jacob Moyer (or Meyers, as the name was originally spelled) served in the war of 1812, and by his enlistment in this service displayed his patriotism and hero- ism. He was a resident of Berks county, Penn- sylvania.
Jacob S. Moyer (father) resided in Schuyl- kill county, Pennsylvania. During the early years of his life he served an apprenticeship at the trade of blacksmith and later became the owner of a shop, but never followed this line of
work to any great extent, his attention being de- voted principally to the occupations of farmer and hotel keeper. He conducted a hotel for a num- ber of years at McKeansburg, Schuylkill county, where his son Dr. Lewis W. Moyer was born, and for fifteen consecutive years conducted a hotel and followed agricutural pursuits in Schuylkill county. By his marriage to Eliza Knettle the fol- lowing named children were born: Emanuel, Francis, Alfred, Mrs. John F. Cook, Lewis W., mentioned hereinafter. Jacob S. Moyer, father of these children, died in Schuylkill county, in 1898, aged seventy-six years, having passed the allotted age of three score years and ten as laid down in the scriptures.
Dr. Lewis W. Moyer was indebted to the com- mon schools of McKeansburg for his early edu- cational advantages. Completing his studies at the age of sixteen, he accepted a position as a teacher. He then took a special course in the Kutztown Normal School, and with this extra preparation he again filled a position as teacher, remaining in that capacity for three years, after which he became a telegraph operator on the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. He took up the study of medicine under the excellent pre- ceptorship of Dr. B. F. Salade, of New Ringgold, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, and then matric- ulated in the University of Maryland, graduating in that institution with the class of 1887 .. He first located at Barnesville, Pennsylvania, where he remained one year, after which he took up his residence in East Mauch Chunk, where he con- ducts a general practice, making a specialty of the eye, ear, nose and throat, having taken a post- graduate course in the Philadelphia Polyclinic in that branch of medical science. Dr. Moyer made one trip a week to Philadelphia to attend lectures at the Medico-Chirurgical College in or- der to further his studies on his specialty of elec- tro-therapeutics. His office is equipped with all the modern appliances for alleviating pain and curing disease, including a complete electrical ap- paratus and X-ray machine, and he has had re- markable success with the X-ray as well as the violet-ray and high-frequency current. He has
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treated successfully several cases of cancer and nervous diseases.
Dr. Moyer is a member of the Carbon County Medical Society, of which he was president in 1893; the Lehigh Valley Medical Association ; the State Medical Association of Pennsylvania ; the Board of Censors of the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia ; the United States Board of Pension Examiners of Carbon County, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has fre- quently read papers pertaining to his profession before various medical societies. His degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts were con- ferred upon him by Mt. Hope College, Ohio. His chief diversions from the cares and responsibil- ities of a professional life are hunting and fishing, and he holds membership in the Carbon Recrea- tion Club, their handsome clubhouse being lo- cated on Lake Harmony.
Dr. Moyer married Miss Susan E. Sorber, daughter of George Sorber, of Schuylkill coun- ty. They have two children : Irene M., a gradu- ate of East Stroudsburg, State Normal School, and is now a teacher in the public schools of East Mauch Chunk, and Raymond S., who is a student in Bucknell University. '
EDWIN H. CHRISTMAN, a native of Mon- roe county, Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1852, is the leading contractor and builder in Lehighton, Carbon county, Pennsylvania, where he resides and conducts an extensive business. He has erected many buildings ranging over the Lehigh Valley, which stand as monuments to his genius and craft, and are as substantial as though built of marble, the principal ones being the T. A. Snyder building, which cost not less than fifteen thousand dollars, and the Bethany Evangelical church. The former was the Michi- gan State House building at the Buffalo Exposi- tion, which Mr. Christman took apart and re- moved to Lehighton, and there reconstructed.
Mr. Christman is a descendant of one of the old and highly respected families of Monroe coun- ty, Pennsylvania. His great-grandfather was an immigrant from Holland, being one of the pion-
eer settlers of the region now known as Monroe county, and one of his brothers, Henry, was cap- tured by the Indians, but subsequently escaped. David Christman (grandfather) was a member of his father's family when he located in the then wilderness now known as Monroe county, and assisted in the clearing and developing of the land. Subsequently he became the owner of con- siderable land, and was one of the prominent and influential citizens of his day. He married Mary Andrew, and their children were Elizabeth, Catherine, and Thomas, all of whom were born in Monroe county, Pennsylvania.
Thomas Christman ( father) was educated in his native county, and upon attaining the age when he felt it incumbent upon himself to earn his own livelihood, he applied himself to the mastery of the trade of carpenter, and this line of industry he followed during his entire business career. He was an expert mechanic and a practi- cal farmer as well, owning and operating a farm at intervals. He was a man of considerable in- fluence and popularity in the community, and was elected to fill all the important offices in his township. He was a member of the Lutheran church, in which body he held the offices of deacon and elder at various times. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary Smale, a na- tive of Monroe county, daughter of William and Barbara Smale, the former named having been a prosperous farmer, who exerted a powerful influence for good in the community. Twelve children were the issue of this marriage, nine of whom attained years of maturity, and the fol- lowing named are living at the present time : Aaron, Mary, Lucinda, Elizabeth and Edwin H. Thomas Christman and his wife are both deceased, and their demise was lamented by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
Edwin H. Christman, one of the two surviv- ing sons of Thomas and Mary Christman, was reared, educated and learned his trade in his na- tive county, where he resided until the year of his marriage. He then removed to Lehighton, Carbon county, established a contracting and
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building business which has proved both suc- cessful and remunerative, and he has remained a resident of that borough up to the present time (1904). He is a member and has served in the capacity of deacon of the Lutheran church, and he is also a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
Mr. Christman was married, in 1882, to Miss Emma Miller, born November 15, 1856, daugh- ter of George Miller, of Broadheadsville, Penn- sylvania, a representative of one of the substan- tial families of Monroe county, whose religious affiliations were with the Lutheran church. . Seven children were born of this marriage, five of whom are living, namely: Laura, Thomas, Har- vey, Raymond and Naomi Christman.
TILGHMAN STATLER, a venerable and esteemed resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in which city his entire business career has been spent, and whose enterprise has met with a well- merited success, is a native of Lehigh county, born January 23, 1818, a son of John and Han- nah (Hartzell) Statler, and a grandson of Solo- mon Statler, who was numbered among the pio- neer settlers of this locality. John Statler (fa- ther) was a native of Lehigh county, a miller by trade, and by his marriage to Hannah Hartzell, also a native of Lehigh county, four children were born to him, Tilghman Statler being the only one living at the present time ( 1904).
His educational advantages were obtained at the common schools of Northampton and Le- high counties, and after laying aside his school books he served an apprenticeship to the trade of carriage maker under Jacob Lukenbach, of Beth- lehem, during which time he supplemented the knowledge gained in the common schools by at- tendance at night school. At the expiration of his term of apprenticeship he came to Allentown and purchased the small wagon shop which was the property of Stephen Barber. He there began the manufacture of carriages, buggies, and all kinds of light vehicles, and in addition to this had a large repair trade, the proceeds from which greatly increased his income. As his trade in-
creased in volume and importance he enlarged his facilities, and in 1842 he completely tore down the old frame shop end erected on the site a brick shop, twenty-six by one hundred and fifty-two feet, and three stories in height, in which he placed all the machinery necessary for the proper execution of his work. The ground which he purchased and on which his plant is located ex- tends one hundred and thirty-four feet on Sixth street, and one hundred and fifty-five feet on Lin- den street, and in connection with the main build- ing there are ample warehouses, extra sheds and repair houses, and also sheds for storing lumber. During the busy season of the year the plant fur- nishes employment to from ten to twenty men, who are under the personal supervision of the proprietor, although now, owing to his advanced years, he takes no active part in the work. Mr. Statler was a competent and skillful workman, and his ability and enterprise soon won the recog- nition it deserved, and placed him among the rep- resentative business men of that section of the county. In addition to his factory property he is the owner of five dwelling houses, from the rental of which he derives a goodly income. For twenty consecutive years he was an efficient and capable member of the city council of Allentown, and this fact fully attested the confidence and es- teem in which he was held by his fellow citizens. He is the oldest member of the Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows in the Lehigh Valley, having joined that organization in the year 1840, sixty- four years ago. Mr. Statler and his wife are members of the German Reformed church, and he is a Democrat in his political views.
In 1839 Mr. Statler married Mary Keiper, of Allentown, daughter of George and Nancy Keiper, and the issue of this union was seven children, three of whom are now living, namely : I. Eugene, who married Carrie Mohr, and their children are: Ralph, a medical practitioner, who married Mabel Scharf, and they are the parents of one child, Edward Tilghman Statler ; and Ed- gar, a physician, practicing his profession in the Chicago Hospital. 2. Jane, whose first husband was George Dunkle, and her second husband Eli-
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jah Davenport, no issue. 3. Clara, wife of Adam W. Sandt, and they are the parents of one child, Mary Sandt. George and Nancy Keiper, parents of Mrs. Statler, reared a family of five children, as follows : I. Reuben, who married and his son, George Keiper, married Ella Hampton, and are now the parents of three children-Mary, Lula, and Benjamin. 2. Mary, aforementioned as the wife of Tilghman Statler. 3. Helen, wife of Jacob Guseinger, no issue. 4. Emma, wife of Henry Wuchter, and their family consists of five children-George, unmarried; Anna, unmarried ; Harry, unmarried ; Minnie, wife of Hugh Thorn- ton, no issue; and Sallie, wife of Edward Gibbs, no issue. 5. Henrietta, wife of John Richards, and mother of four children-Josephine, Martha, wife of Robert Mohr; George, and John Rich- ards.
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