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Mr. Honeker married Ceicila Hohm, of Baiern, Ger- many, and to them were born the following children: Joseph, who is employed in Chicago as a clerk; Mag- gie; Albert; Annie; Lizzie, and Mary.
RICHARD M. WHITMAN, former chief of police of Reading, is descended from David Whitman, a blacksmith of Robeson township, Berks county.
Abraham S. Whitman, his father, who was a printer and publisher of Reading, died in that city in 1900. aged seventy-nine yeears, while his mother, Mary Eliza- beth (Reeser), daughter of Daniel Reeser, a drover of Berks county, passed away in May, 1901, aged eighty-one years. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Whitman, two of whom, Rose and Kate, died in early childhood. Those still living are: Daniel R .; Mary, wife of David Fox, of the Reading Hardware Com- pany, Reading; Esther, the wife of William Clark, of the Reading Hardware Company; Henrietta, at home; Lilly, the wife of James Johnson, of the Pennsylvania Railroad service; Richard M.
Richard M. Whitman was born in Reading, April 3, 1848. He received his education in the public schools, and then learned the printing business in his father's office, at the Times, and continued at printing for a number of years. He next took charge of the Daily News and remained there nine years, or until the paper was discontinued, when he became one of the proprietors of the Reading Daily Telegram and with this paper he continued three years. He was then twice elected to Common Council from the Second ward, resigning in 1890 to accept the position of high- way commissioner of the Western district of Read- ing. At the expiration of his term he was appointed chief of police, and served under Mayors Merritt, Yeager and Gerber, with an interval between Merritt and Yeager. During this interval he was employed on the Times.
Mr. Whitman was married Jan. 20, 1877, to Mary Catherine Shunk, daughter of John and Rachel (Savage) Shunk, the former a tanner and farmer of Heidelberg township, Berks county, and a nephew of the Hon.
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Francis Shunk, ex-Governor of Pennsylvania. Two one of the leading supporters of the old Reformed sons and two daughters have been born to this union: Daniel R., a toolmaker of Philadelphia; May; Jacob; and Mollie, wife of Clifford H. Price.
Mr. Whitman belongs to St. John's Lodge No. 435, F. & A. M., and to the Foresters of America. He is also connected with Liberty Fire Company, in which he has held several offices. In politics he is a Democrat. During his career as chief of police he made many im- portant arrests, and was a faithful and capable officer.
GEORGE A. RICK, president of the common branch of the city councils of Reading, is a native of that city whose connection with its business and public life does credit to his birth and ancestry. He is a member of an old Berks county family, being a descendant in the fifth gen- eration from Hermann Rick, the emigrant ancestor of the family, who came to this country in 1712, when twelve years old. From him Mr. Rick traces his line through John George, Charles, and John Rick, the latter for many years a member of the well-known firm of Rick Brothers, manufacturers of tacks and builders' hardware, which was established in the year 1867, and for many years main- tained its position as one of the leading industries of the kind in Reading and elsewhere. John Rick married Emma C. Ammon, and to them were born three sons and one daughter : George A., John, Paul A., and Margaret Julia, the daughter dying in September, 1904. Further details concerning the ancestors will be found elsewhere.
George A. Rick was born in Reading, Oct. 23, 1877, and there received his education in the public schools. After his graduation from the high school, June 1, 1895, he en- tered the office of William H. Dechant, civil engineer, with whom he remained until May, 1898, on the 9th of which month he entered the army in the volunteer service. He became a private in Company A (Capt. Samuel Wil- lits), 4th Regiment (Col. David Brainerd Case), Pennsyl- vania Volunteer Infantry, serving until Nov. 16, 1898; he was sent to Porto Rico.
Upon his return to Reading after being mustered out of the service, Mr. Rick engaged in the real estate and in- vestment business, which he has continued to the present time. He is a director of the Colonial Trust Company.
In 1906 Mr. Rick was elected to represent his ward in the common branch of the city councils, and in 1908 he was honored with re-election for another two years' term. Immediately following his re-election, in April, 1908, he was elected president of that branch of the city govern- ment, and he has occupied the chair ever since. He is a Republican in political sentiment, public-spirited and con- scientious in the discharge of his duties, and alive to the needs of the community in which his life has been spent.
On Nov. 12, 1903, Mr. Rick married Margaret Hunter, daughter of John and Marion Hunter, of Alva, Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Rick have two children, John Hunter and Margaret Marion. Mr. Rick is a Lutheran in religious connection, holding membership in St. Matthew's Evan- gelical Lutheran Church.
WALTON G. LEVAN, for many years a business man of Reading, bore a name not only to be found in the military annals of this country, but also well known in France in connection with the old Huguenot days. The family was founded in America by three brothers, Jacob, Isaac and Abraham, who fled from their native land in 1715 to escape persecution and came to Penn- sylvania, settling in Berks county, one near Kutztown, one in Oley Valley and one in what is now Reading. A warlike strain has run through their descendants and we find them among the defenders of liberty in both 1775 and 1861.
Abraham Levan, grandfather of Walton G., in the earlier part of his life resided in York, York county, a place then known as Little York. He was engaged in business as a hatter and dealt almost entirely, whether for laying in supplies or disposing of his goods when finished, in Baltimore, Md. Later he settled in Read- ing and carried on the same business there. He was
Church there, and when he died, at an advanced age, was buried in the cemetery, at the corner of Sixth and Washington streets.
Isaac N. Levan, son of Abraham, was born and. brought up in York and there learned the' trade of a hatter under his father. On moving to Reading, hr w- ever, he went into the nail cutting line instead, traveling through Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Virginia. He re- turned to Reading about 1869 and went into the hat business again, opening a retail establishment at No. 727 Penn street where he continued a few years, then bought the property No. 719 Penn street and there continued until his death, in 1892, at the age of seventy- three years. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Jos- eph Guiel, resident of Canada, where Mrs. Levan was
born, but later he removed to Connecticut. Mr. Guiel was a famous Indian scout and during the Rebellion his services were employed by the government. The last years of his life were spent in work among the Indians. Mr. and Mrs. Levan had children as follows: Walton G., John A., Edgar M., Annie A., Ella G. (m. Peter Weber, of Lancaster, Pa.), I. Newton, (of Wilmington, Del.), and Florence (wife of Dr. Charles W. Bachman, of Reading).
Walton G. Levan was born in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 27, 1846. He came to Reading with his parents when only a child, and after completing his education in the public schools began to learn the trade which his father and grandfather before him had followed. This was during the period of the war, and after serving six months of his apprenticeship he enlisted in Company B, 2d Pennsylvania Cavalry under Gen. David McM. Gregg. He served in all two years and six months and during that time was once seriously wounded, in the battle of Hunter's Run, Oct. 22, 1864. The in- jury was in the left leg and he suffered from its effects to the end of his life. Mr. Levan was honorably dis- charged July 20, 1865, and returning to Reading, re- sumed work at his trade where he had left off. He followed that line of work without intermission. in 1869 becoming associated in the hat business with his father at No. 727 Penn street. Continuing with him until 1874, in that year he opened an establishment of his own at No. 48 South Seventh street which he con- ducted until 1877. when he closed out his store and went back to the bench. He remained in the shop until March 9, 1895, when he and his son established a hat store at No. 903 Penn street, having both a manufacturing and retail concern. Nine years after, to a day, they moved to the present location. No. 847 Penn street. Here his son now carries on what has become known as one of the most progressive hat stores in the city. In the rear of the store there is a plant for manufacturing hats for the local trade, and as Mr. Levan was a skilled mechanic himself, and superintended his own workrooms. he established a splendid reputation for the output. His son, Isaac N. Levan, became a partner in the firm in 1897 and they did business under the firm name of W. G. Levan & Son. Mr. Levan was actively engaged in business until a few days before his death, though he had been suffering for some months with dropsy, from which he died Nov. 18, 1906, in his sixty-first year. He was one of the best-known men in his line in Reading.
Mr. Levan married Catharine Boylan, who survives him, residing at No. 704 Walnut street, while his son, Isaac N. resides in the home at No. 133 North Eighth street. They had one son, Isaac N. Levan, who mar- ried Mary A. Siegfried, and had three children, namely: Bertha A., Walton G. and William A. Mr. Levan was a member of Keim Post, No. 76, G. A. R.
ISAAC HOLLENBACH, a well known citizen of Reading, engaged in the building business, who resides at No. 600 Schuylkill avenue, was born in 1852 in Onte- launee township, Berks county, near Leesport, son of
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John and Mary (Hartman) Hollenbach, and grandson of John and Christiana Hollenbach.
John Hollenbach, the grandfather, was a farmer near Leesport, Pa., where many years of his life were spent, and was a man noted for his thrift and enterprise, being held in high esteem in his locality. He and his wife Christiana became the parents of these children: Benjamin; Samuel; Daniel; Rebecca, m. to Adam Gear- hant; Elithebes, m. to a Mr. DeTurck; John; and Kate, m. to a Mr. Schaeffer. In religious belief the family were Lutherans. Mr. Hollenbach was first a Whig in politics, and later became a Republican.
John Hollenbach, son of John, was educated in the district schools of Berks county, and as a boy engaged in agricultural pursuits on his father's farm, later en- gaging therein for himself, following farming all of his life. He died aged seventy-one years, while his widow still survives him, being the mother of five children: Catherine, m. to William Marks; Emma, who died single; Isaac; Sally, m. to Charles Gernant; and John, a retired farmer of Illinois.
Isaac Hollenbach's education was secured in the schools of Bern township, after which he came to Reading and pursued a course in the business college. He then returned to his native place and engaged in farming until 1891, in which year he came again to Reading and engaged in the butchering business, for one year, selling out to engage in the building business, at which he has since continued with much success. He has built many residences in the northwestern section of the city, among them sixteen on Gordon street, sev- en on West Green street, sixteen on West Greenwich street, and a row on Schuylkill avenue in the 600 block, in one of which he resides. Hollenbach street, one of the prettiest residence thoroughfares in northwestern Reading, was named after Mr. Hollenbach, and here, in company with P. Monroe Krick, Mr. Hollenbach built forty-three houses. He is well and favorably known in his section of the city, serving as council- man of the Fifteenth ward, but declining a renomina- tion on account of his varied business interests. He is a stanch Republican and a member of the North- eastern Republican League, and is fraternally connected with the Schuylkill Fire Company. In religious faith Mr. Hollenbach is a Lutheran.
WILLIAM H. MOYER, of the firm of Strunk & Moyer, feed merchants, of Reading, Pa., was born July 17, 1859, at Reading, son of David and Mary (Bin- gaman) Moyer.
David Moyer, father of William H., born in 1819, was a carpenter at Reading, following his trade here during the greater part of his life. He died in 1878, and his wife, Mary Bingaman, died in 1865. They had three children: Clara, David A., and William H.
William H. Moyer was educated in the Reading schools and began his business life as an employee of Aaron Yocum, in a flour mill, with whom he con- tinned for three years. Then began his association with John M. Strunk, for whom he worked eleven years, and in 1889 he was taken into partnership, and the present firm name was adopted. The business was founded in 1868 by Mr. Strunk, and by him was so conducted that it became favorably known all over Berks county. The warehouse is located at No. 924 Franklin street. The scope of the business includes dealing in flour, feed, grain, hay, straw, potatoes and poultry supplies, and their trade connections enable them not only to do a good business for themselves but to make it of interest to their customers. Their claim to promptness in business transactions is well substantiated. They make a specialty of handling Nut- riotone, a condition remedy for horses, cattle, sheep and swine. Their warehouse consists of four floors and the dimensions of the building are 24x24 feet.
valued employee at the Johnston foundry. Mr. and Mrs. Moyer have one daughter, Helen May, who is a pupil at the grammar school. In politics Mr. Moyer is a Republican. Fraternally he is a Knight of Malta; belongs to Camp No. 89, Patriotic Sons of America; and was secretary of the Rainbow Fire Company for some years. He is a member of the First Reformed Church at Reading.
DAVID DELONG, now deceased, was a well known farmer of Bern township. He was born in Berks coun- ty, Pa., son of David De Long, Sr., who was for many years engaged in farming in Lehigh county-a very prominent man there.
Mr. De Long was always identified with Berks county. He began his farming operations there on a tract of forty acres, which he purchased and to which he later added considerably. He was successful in his work, being both capable and industrious, and his long life of seventy-seven years was full of useful and kind- ly deeds.
Mr. De Long married Miss Mary Snyder, and they passed many years of wedded life, broken by the death of Mrs. De Long at the age of sixty years. A large family was born to them, all of them living in or near Reading, as follows: Mary, Mrs. Daniel Moser, of Bern township; Hattie, Mrs. Samuel Savage, of Read- ing; Catharine, Mrs. Reinart, of Reading, who has two children, George and Katie (m. Howard Zerr, who has two children, Luther and Helen Zerr); Joel, m. to Miss Matilda Althouse, and residing on the home- stead in Bern township; Lydia, m. to Frank Snyder, of Reading; and Sarah, m. to Levi Wagner. David De Long was a man who held the respect of the com- munity in which he lived, and was of no little influence in the Democratic party. He was a member of the Reformed Church.
DOTTERRER. In 1728 among the names of passen- gers on the ship "Mortonhouse," was the name of Johan Georg Doderer, also spelled, on the Captain's list, Hans Dirk Doddere. In 1756, according to the his- torian, Rupp, he had settled in District township, Berks county; and in 1759 his name appears on the tax list in that township. Tradition says he was an elder brother of Mathias Dotterrer, who came over in 1749.
(I) Mathias Dotterrer, whose name on the passen- ger list is given as Mattheus Dotter, came to America on the ship "Jacob," Captain Adolph De Grove, from Amsterdam, last from Shields, England, qualifying at Philadelphia, Oct. 2, 1749. On the same ship were Nichlaus and Martin Dotter, who may have been sons over sixteen years of age. His son Mathias (1744- 1827), was about five years old at the time, and be- cause of his age his name would not appear on, the passenger list.
(II) Mathias Dotterrer, son of Mathias, born Jan. 22, 1744, became a pioneer of Lower Berks county. His name is variously spelled-Dotterrer, Dottero and Toderrow. On the red sandstone that marks his grave just south of the Hill Church, is the following inscrip- tion: "Mathias Dotterrer, son of Mathias and Cathar- ine, Born Jan. 22, 1744, Died June 30, 1827, aged 83 years, 5 months, 8 days." His wife is buried at his side her grave being marked by the following inscrip- tion: "Anna Maria, daughter Adam and Catharine Im- holtz, and wife Mathias Dotterrer. She was born May 17, 1743, married 1765, and lived in holy wedlock over 60 years. She had two sons, twenty-six grandchildren, forty great-grandchildren at her death, which occurred Feb. 24, 1825, aged eighty-one years, nine months, sev- enteen days." They had two sons: Daniel was executor of his father's will (on record in German in Will Book 6, p. 99); and Mathias.
(III) Daniel Dotterrer, son of Mathias, was born where he owned a farm, and he also owned a tract in
Mr. Moyer was married to. Louisa Zeigler, daughter July 4, 1766, and he died Sept. 13, 1844, in the seventy- of John and Louisa (Roland) Zeigler, of Reading, Pa. ninth year of his age. He lived in Earl township, Mr. Zeigler died in 1892. For years he had been a
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Rockland township, bequeathing the latter to his son Henry in his will made Oct. 29, 1834. This will is on record in Will Book 9, page 18; executors, his sons Mathias and Daniel. In the Will Index his name is spelled Daniel Dottero. He married Barbara Muthart (born June 28, 1763, died Dec. 3, 1843, aged eighty years, five months, five days), and their children were: Mathias, John, Daniel (1792-1840), Jacob, George, Hen- ry, Susanna and Catharine.
(IV) Jacob Dotterrer, son of Daniel, was born April 4, 1794, and he died in Earl township, Aug. 23, 1885, aged ninety-one years, four months, nineteen days. He and his family are buried in the cemetery at the Hill Church, of which they were Reformed members. In his earlier life he owned and cultivated a small farm in Pike township. By trade he was a carpenter. His wife, Sarah, daughter of Christian Sassaman, was born Dec. 21, 1797, and she died June 8, 1880, aged eighty- two years, five months, seventeen days. Four children were born to them: Maria, m. to Isaac Fry; John S .; Abraham, who lived and died in Pike township; Sarah, m. to Aaron Weller.
(V) John S. Dotterrer, son of Jacob, was born dur- ing his father's residence in Pike township, Dec. 7, 1822. His death occurred Dec. 12, 1881, when he was aged fifty-nine years, five days, and his remains were buried at Hill Church. In his earlier life he was a school teacher, teaching a pay school at Shanesville, but later he became a farmer, owning the farm of 167 acres in Pike township that is now the property of his son Jacob and the heirs of his son John. In politics he was a Democrat, and was always active in work for his party. For a number of years he served as school director in Pike township. He married Hettie (Esther) Weller, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Mest) Weller. born July 29, 1828, died July 28, 1882, aged fifty-three years, eleven months, twenty-nine days. her death occurring but eight months after that of her husband. Their children were: Catharine, who died unmarried; Jacob, of Pikeville; John W .; Daniel W .; Sarah, m. to Irwin Buchert, of Gilbertsville; Elizabeth, m. to William Hilbert, of Pikeville; Hettie, m. to Daniel Peter, of Viola, Del .; Amanda, m. to John Ritter, of Boyertown; and Augustus. of Pottstown.
(VI) John W. Dotterrer, son of John S., was a native of Pike township, born Aug. 16, 1852. He was first a farmer and then a merchant, later conducting the store and hotel (which he owned) at Hill Church, where he was also postmaster for more than a quar- ter of a century. He was one of the active Democrats in his district, serving as committeeman for many years, and at the time of his death was serving as road commissioner. He died May 14, 1907, and was buried at Hill Church, of which he was a Reformed member. From the date of its incorporation in 1873 until his death, a period of thirty-four years, he was treasurer of the Cemetery company. He was a man of influence in the community. His wife, Elenora Brower. was a daughter of John G. and Elmina (Haus- man) Brower, of Colebrookdale township. the former at one time a well known school master. They had these children: Laura, who died in infancy; Dr. Char- les B .; and Hettie, whose husband, Harvey H. Weller, succeeded Mr. Dotterrer in business at Hill Church.
(VII) DR. CHARLES B. DOTTERRER, of Boyertown, was born Jan. 12, 1880, near Hill Church, son of John W. and Elenora, and was given good educational ad- vantages. He attended the public schools in Pike township, and later the Pottstown schools, and then engaged in teaching in his native township for one term. In the spring of 1897 he attended Perkiomen Seminary, and continued there as a student until his graduation in 1898. He then entered the Medico-Chirur- gical College, Philadelphia, from which institution he graduated in 1902. While there he was awarded a gold medal for his high average in a competitive ex- amination. He then served one year in the Medico- Chirurgical Hospital, after which he took charge of
the practice of Dr. G. A. Weida, at Frederick, Mont- gomery Co., Pa., during the latter's service in the lower house of the State Legislature. He then began practising for himself at Zieglerville, and continued there until January, 1907, when he located in Boyer- town, quickly assuming a prominent place in the pro- fessional world. He has a most enviable record, and stands high in the estimation of his fellow practi- tioners. Fraternally Dr. Dotterrer is a member of War- ren Lodge, No. 310, F. & A. M .; Norristown Chapter, No. 190, R. A. M .; Reading Lodge of Perfection. He is a past master of Perkiomenville Lodge, No. 367, I. O. O. F., and since his location in Boyertown has be- come affiliated with Boyertown Lodge No. 708, I. O. O. F., which lodge rendered such invaluable services to the community at the time of the Opera House Fire in January, 1908. Dr. Dotterrer is very prosperous, and his automobile may be seen at all hours. He handles this machine with great skill. On Jan. 1, 1909, in partnership with Claude C. Graeff, P. D., he bought the large wholesale and retail drug store of Charles A. Smith, and when not engaged at his private practice spends his time in the drug store.
The Doctor is very public-spirited, and has taken an active part in public affairs. He is a member of the board of health, and since the resignation of Dr. Rhoads he has acted as its president. He was one of the incorporators of the Boyertown Electric Light Com- pany, serving as vice president until he was elected by an overwhelming majority as a councilman. He is a member of the Berks County Medical Society, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
On Dec. 17, 1904, Dr. Dotterrer married Mary Eliza- beth Wagner, daughter of Michael and Amelia (Reller) Wagner, of Obelisk, Pa. They have no children.
(VI) DANIEL W. DOTTERRER, son of John S., was born in Pike township, Nov. 27, 1854. He received his early education in the township schools, and later attended Professor Hankey's select school at Boyertown. He also attended Friedensburg Academy one term, then under the charge of Prof. S. A. Baer, and later Dr. Daniel Schoedler. In 1880 he began farming for him- self on the place where he now lives near Hill Church. He has a farm of eighty-eight acres, all in good con- dition. In politics he is a Democrat, and he wields considerable influence in the township, as he is a man of high repute and good judgment.
In 1879 Mr. Dotterrer married Ellen Drumheller, daughter of David and Lydia (Rhode) Drumheller, and they had children: Wilson m. Hannah Mest; Ida m. John Hess; Daniel died in infancy; David m. Annie Moyer; John (twin to David) is a cigarmaker; Mamie, Augustus and Elizabeth are at home.
GEORGE C. SUENDER, who resides at No. 1230 North Twelfth street, Reading, Pa., has served as ward assessor of the city for the past seventeen years. Mr. Suender was born in 1845. in Saxony, Germany, son of George and Catherine D. (Eisenhart) Suender.
George Suender was a spinner by trade, an occupa- tion which he followed in his native country, and in 1847 emigrated to America on the ship "Louisa Maria," Capt. Lew Schwenk. landing May 7th, of that year, after a stormy voyage of seven weeks, at Philadelphia. After coming to this country Mr. Suender engaged in com- mon laboring and huckstering, and in these occupations continued until his death in 1890, at the age of seven- ty-two years, his widow surviving until 1903, when she passed away, being eighty-four years old. They were the parents of children as follows: George C .; Charles, M. D., deceased; Catherine, m. to Charles Bast; and Louisa, m. to George Kramer. In religious belief the family were Reformed. In 1856 Mr. Suender was naturalized, and became a stanch Democrat.
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