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Before coming to America Mr. Benz was employed with his brother, but in the fall of 1850 he set sail SAMUEL H. SAILER, late a highly respected retired resident of Reading, was born in Alsace, 110W Muhlenberg township. Berks count" Nov. 25, 1832, son of Henry and Sarah (Hahn) Sailer. for the New World, the voyage lasting thirty-two days. He landed at New York City, but went at once to Philadelphia, where with his brother Charles he was employed at the Norris Machine Shop. After The Sailer family is of French Huguenot stock. and Philip Sailer, great-grandfather of Samuel H., was born in Alsace, France. whence. early in the eighteenth century, accompanied by his two brothers, he fled to America on account of religious persecu- tion. On coming to Reading, he located at Sixth and Franklin streets, where he conducted a meat mar- river, and nothing further is known of them or of their descendants. Philip Sailer married a native of Alsace, France. and of their three sons, Philip lost his life in the war of the Revolution; Frederick was a farmer in what is now Muhlenberg township; and Henry became the grandfather of Samuel H. some time there he learned the baker's trade, and this he followed steadily until 1859, when he engaged in the oyster business at Reading, to which city he came in 1856. He was located at a corner on Penn street, and for a time was a partner of Capt. Michael Walters. This business was carried on most suc- cessfully until the time of the first draft for the ket. His two brothers went west of the Susquehanna Federal army in the Civil war. He served nine months in the Company known as the Hounds-Ward Company, and later was cook for Colonels Knoderer, Wert and Davis. In 1865 he began in the baking business at Reading, having his establishment at No. 814 Walnut street. This he continued for nine years. and then until 1892 he was engaged in the hotel business on Seventh street, between Penn and Frank- lin streets. That year he moved to No. 928 Penn
Henry Sailer was born in Reading Feb. 29, 1764, and passed his life as a farmer on land owned by Governor Hiester. He married Anna Maria Magda-
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lena Rothenberger, who was born Dec. 12, 1770, and years, and then moved to Reading, where the rest they had two sons: Henry and John.
Henry Sailer, son of Henry and father of Samuel H., was born in what is now Muhlenberg township, Dec. 16, 1796, and worked on the farm with his father until the latter's death in middle life. The young man being entirely without means hesitated to accept Gov. Hiester's offer to continue on the farm, but the latter insisted upon a loan, and in a comparatively short time the money advanced so kindly by the Governor had been repaid, and Mr. Sailer well ad- vanced on the road to prosperity. A few years later when a valuable farm was offered at sheriff's sale the Governor again insisted on a loan that Mr. Sailer might receive the benefit of the low price asked for the land. Again he justified his benefactor's con- fidence, and in time became one of the representative farmers of the county. Selling his farm then to Charles Evans he moved to Reading. and passed his last days in retirement. He died March 20, 1880. He had accumulated eight farms, and at his death gave one to each of his children. In his religious con- nection he was a member of the Reformed Church. He married Sarah Hahn, daughter of Adam Hahn, a neighboring farmer, and eight children were born to them: Sarah, deceased wife of the late John H. Mertz, a farmer of Richmond township; Adam H., a farmer in Exeter township; Henry, a retired farmer in Muh- lenberg township; Samuel H .; William, a farmer of Oley township; Franklin, a farmer of Amity town- ship; Solomon, deceased, a farmer of Muhlenberg township; and Catherine, who married (first) the late William Lauer, and (second) Jeremiah Guldin, a re- tired farmer of Muhlenberg township.
Samuel H. Sailer attended the public schools of Berks county and Reading, and also a gradea school at Unionville, Chester county. Following the close of his school days he came to Reading, and learned the butchering business with William Lutz, following that business for three years. He then returned to the old homestead farm for six months after which he resumed work at his trade in Reading. After his marriage in 1857, Mr. Sailer worked on his father- in-law's farm in Exeter township for two years, and then moved to his father's Spring township farm. which he operated for thirty-three years. In 1890 he came to Reading, and located at No. 44 North Tenth street, where, having put aside the cares of business, he resided until his death Sept. 21, 1908. He owned a farm of 156 acres in Spring township, and another of ninety acres in Lower Heidelberg township.
In 1857 Mr. Sailer married Catherine L. Schaeffer, daughter of Capt. Henry and Annie (Levan) Schaeffer, the former of whom was a large farmer and stock dealer in Exeter township. The children of Capt. Schaeffer were: Mrs. Mary Hartman; CatherineL., wife of Mr. Sailer, died in 1891; Rebecca is deceased; Jacob; Elizabeth; and Henry. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Sailer were: Mary Ella, wife of John A. Ruth, with the Hollenbach & Dietrich liquor store (they have one son, Arthur A., who is with the Heroy Tea and Coffee Store of Reading, and who married Catherine Lawen, and has one child, Ruth); Samuel S., a butcher by trade, employed by his brother Henry A., and who married Deborah Gass, and has a daugh- ter, Catherine; and Henry A., who is engaged in the butchering business at No. 401 South Fourteenth street, and who married Helen Gass, and has three living children, Carl, Brook and Annie.
Mr. Sailer was a member of the church in Alsace township, and is buried there.
JOHN JACOBS, who died in Reading May 12, 1894, was a native of Chester county, Pa., born in 1836.
Mr. Jacobs remained at home until he had finished his studies in the public schools, and had learned the trade of stone cutter, after which he went to Norris- town to work. He was employed there for several
of his life was spent. He worked for the Philadel- phia & Reading Railway Company, at first as a stone cutter and later as foreman, continuing in that po- sition until within the last six years of his life. He was a master of his trade, a fine workman and me- chanic, and his perfect reliability was fully appreciated by his employers. In politics he supported the Dem- ocratic party, and fraternally he was connected with the Red Men. A man of uniformly good character and. actuated by the best motives, his life was an exemplification of his religious faith, and he was a sincere member of the First Reformed Church of Reading.
In 1874 Mr. Jacobs married Mrs. Mary A. Bechtel Winter, widow of David Winter, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Henry Musser, so long Mr. Jacobs' pastor. Mrs. Jacobs was daughter of John C. Bechtel, a farmer of Exeter township of well known Democratic principles. She was born in 1826, and her only brother, Joseph, m. Lydia DeHart, and has two daughters: Catherine m. John Grieff; and Louisa m. the late George Fryberger. Mrs. Jacobs has no children. Like her husband she is a devout member of the Reformed Church, and one of its earnest workers. She has many warm friends.
EPHRAIM G. WERNER, senior member of the well-known firm of E. G. Werner & Sons, manufact- urers of paper boxes, shipping cases and dealers in merchandise, at Mohnton, Pa., established this great business at the corner of Wyomissing avenue and Chestnut street in 1890.
The business was begun in a very humble way, only one hand being employed, and the first product of the company was hat boxes. The demand for Mr. Wer- ner's goods soon became so heavy that in May, 1901, the firm began the manufacture of square boxes, the daily output being from 300 to 400. The firm now employ seventy hands in both factories, and turn out 10,000 boxes daily, their goods finding a ready sale at Reading and in the surrounding counties. The Mohnton factory, a fine two-story structure, 50x60 feet, is fitted with the latest and most highly improved machinery. Their Reading factory, at No. 313 Binga- man street, was opened in 1907, with Mr. J. C. Werner in charge, making a specialty of fancy goods, and turning out some of the best work in the State. The firm also carry on a general merchandise business, and in this line have also been very successful. In politics Mr. Werner is independent. He is a faithful and devoted member of the Salem U. E. Church, where he has served for many years as trustee, being now president of the board, Sunday-school superin- tendent of class No. 1, and leader of the English Bible class. He is one of the pillars of the Church, and is greatly honored by all who know him. Mr. Werner's fraternal connections are with the K. of P., No. 485, and the O. U. A. M.
To Mr. and Mrs. Werner there were born six child- ren: (1) John C. was admitted a member of the firm of E. G. Werner & Sons in January, 1907. He m. Sadie M. O'Neill, and they have had four child- ren, Alithea and Norman, living, and Paul and John, deceased. John C. is a member of Camp No. 211, P. O. S. of A., and of the M. W. A. For several years he has been a chorister of the Salem Evangelical Church. (2) Jeremiah died in infancy. (3) Mar- garet. a musician of ability, who was for many years organist of the church, is now a trained nurse, lo- cated at No. 1380 Wallace street, Philadelphia. (4) Irwing died in childhood. (5) Walter S., is also a member of the firm, admitted in January, 1907; he is a member of Reading Lodge, No. 549, F. & A. M., Reading; Reading Lodge of Perfection, Fourteenth Degree, and the M. W. A. He m. Mildred Hetrich, and they reside at Reading. They have one daughter, Dorothy M. (6) Anna M. died in infancy. Mr.
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Ephraim G. Werner was one of the organizers of more especially the First National Bank and the Reading the Mohnton National Bank, and one of its first dir- Trust Company, of which he was a director for many ectors, in which office he is still serving. He also. years until his decease in March, 1905. He was very highly served as chairman of the building committee when the present bank building was erected. He is chair- man of the Mohnton Cemetery Committee.
JOHN HENDEL'S SONS. The hat business has con- stituted a prominent feature of the industrial life of Read- ing from the beginning of the place, and of all the numer- ous successful plants which have been carried on here dur- ing the past 160 years none has surpassed that which was established by John Hendel and his brother in 1871 on Fifth street below Laurel, and which has been owned and operated by John Hendel's sons in an equally successful manner since 1895.
In 1860, fifty years ago, Levi Hendel and two of his sons, John and George, embarked in the business of manufac- turing wool hats at Adamstown, in Lancaster county (ten miles southwest from Reading), under the firm name of Levi Hendel & Sons, and there they carried on their fac- tory for four years. The sons retiring from the firm, they then established a factory at St. Lawrence, in Exeter township, Berks county, a short distance beyond the Black Bear Inn, and after operating it three years moved to Read- ing, where they erected a more commodious plant on Maple street south of Chestnut. They carried on business there successfully for three years, when they sold the plant and dissolved the partnership. John Hendel then secured a hat factory at the corner of Eleventh and Spruce streets but he remained there only a year when he and his brothers, George and Henry B., trading as John Hendel & Bros., purchased the large "Wyomissing Woolen Mills" on South Fifth street below Laurel, and equipped it with the most improved machinery, making it at that time (1871) one of the largest wool hat establishments in Pennsylvania.
Notwithstanding the growing uncertain conditions of the hat trade then, their enterprising spirit nevertheless as- serted itself and they developed their business into larger proportions and carried on their plant with a greater number of employees. In 1879 (Jan. 1) the senior partner, John Hendel, admitted three of his sons (Levi H., Daniel J., and James M.) as partners, and the firm name was then changed to Hendel Brothers & Sons. Subsequently other partners were admitted at different times, and the business was carried on extensively until 1895 when the founders re- tired, and the firm was reorganized by three of John Hen- del's sons (Daniel J., Edwin F., and Harrison P.), who purchased the plant and began to trade under the name of John Hendel's Sons.
In December, 1897, the firm determined to discontinue the further manufacture of wool hats and after re-con- structing the large factory and equipping it with the latest improved machinery for the production of soft fur hats, medium grade, embarked in the new business, and since then they have manufactured large quantities of fur hats, which are sold at New York City through their own sales agents and shipped to jobbers in all parts of the United States and Canada. They began with 225 hands, but gradually increased their production until they came to em- ploy 400 hands.
HARRISON P. HENDEL, the youngest partner, whilst on a pilgrimage with the "Shrine" to the Pacific coast in 1907, was accidentally killed with many other Shriners from Reading at Honda, Cal., on May 11, and his interest in the firm was purchased immediately afterward by his two brothers, the surviving partners, who have continued the business under the name of John Hendel's Sons, keeping up the superior reputation and credit of the establishment which their enterprising father had created. He was born at Reading Sept. 12, 1867, and acquired his education in the local schools and at Hackettstown, N. J. He then entered the office of his father's factory as a clerk, and filled this position in a most faithful manner until 1895, when he became one of the firm of John Hendel's Sons.
JOHN HENDEL was prominently engaged in the manufac- ture of wool hats for. thirty-five years, and came to be identified with different financial institutions at Reading,
esteemed for his superior character as a man; and he had an exceptional career as one of the leading successful manu- facturers at Reading for twenty-five years, having operated his large establishment in a most remarkable manner through all the costly fluctuations of that trying period. He was an earnest advocate of Republican principles and ap- preciated the great. importance of supporting the doctrine of protection to home industries. He was a member of Chandler Lodge, No. 227, F. and A. M., and of DeMolay Commandery, No. 9, K. T. He took an active interest in matters relating to the development of the Evangelical Church in this section of the State, and served for many years as a class-leader, steward and trustee.
Mr. Hendel was born at Adamstown, Lancaster county, Dec. 7, 1833, and, after receiving a limited education learned the trade of hatter under his father, an experi- enced hat manufacturer, and he was engaged at his trade at that place until 1860, when he formed a co-partnership with his father and his brother George. [For his sub- sequent career in the wool hat business, see previous sketch of John Hendel's Sons.] He married in 1853 Catharine Stieff, daughter of William Stieff, of Adamstown, and by her he had eleven children : Levi H., Daniel J., James M., John O., Mary A., (m. Walter A. Boas), George W., Charles W., Edwin F., Harrison P., Harvey H., and Cath- arine A. (m. George G. Guenther). John, George and Harvey died in their youth. James ably represented the firm for a number of years at New York City in the sale of their hats, and died in 1889, at the age of thirty-two years.
Levi Hendel was the father of John Hendel. He was born in Brecknock township, Lancaster county, in 1809, and having been left an orphan at the age of four years, was indentured to a neighboring farmer until his four- teenth year, when he was apprenticed to the hatter's trade under Philip Fichthorn, of Adamstown, the brother of his sister Theresa's husband, William Fichthorn. After becoming a proficient workman, he engaged in the busi- ness of manufacturing wool hats at Adamstown and he followed it until he died, in 1868. He married Susan Boll- man, a daughter of Jacob Bollman, farmer of Cumru (af- terward Spring) township, Berks county, and they had six children : John, George, Kate (m. Isaac Lausch), Henry, Louisa (m. William Humbert) and William. After the decease of his first wife, in 1862, he married Susan Will, a daughter of Henry Will, a coach-maker of Cumru township. and by her had two children, Emma (m. Isaac Y. Spang) and Howard (who died in infancy). And his grandfather was John Hendel, who settled in Lancaster county, at Adamstown, where he carried on the business of cabinet- making. He married Catharine Auman, and they had three children : Levi, John and Theresa (m. William Fichthorn).
DANIEL JACOB HENDEL, the senior partner of John Hen- del's Sons, manufacturers of hats at Reading since 1895, was born at Adamstown, Lancaster county, July 8, 1855. He received his preliminary education at Adamstown and Read- ing, and then took a course of advanced studies in Millers- ville State Normal School, for several years, until he was sixteen years of age. He then entered his father's hat factory at Reading for the purpose of learning the busi- ness in all its branches, and after serving a regular ap- prenticeship and working as a journeyman until he became of age he was appointed foreman of the finishing depart- ment, which imposed upon him as a young man a large share of responsibility. He managed this department for several years until 1879, when he was admitted as a part- ner, evidencing the skillful manner in which he had dis- charged his duties.
Mr. Hendel continued with the firm until 1895, attend- ing strictly to business and gradually assuming more and more responsibilities, when the firm was reorganized by the senior partner's three sons (Daniel, Edwin and Harrison), who purchased the plant and took upon themselves its management, for which they had been gradually prepared by their father, and in which they have since been very
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successful, trading under the name of John Hendel's Sons. aged fifty years; Samuel, who married Nancy Con- [See sketch of this firm.] He was made a Freemason in rath and lived and died on the farm near Werners- ville; Molly, who married Samuel Reish, of Cumru township, and had two sons, Samuel and Isaac; Ca- therine, who died at the age of eighteen years; and Joseph. St. John's Lodge No. 435, F. and A. M., at Reading, in 1883, and was advanced to the thirty-second degree in the Phila- delphia Consistory in 1891. He has also been identified with the Reading Commandery, No. 42, Knights Templar, of which he officiated as eminent commander, in 1894. Since 1906, he has served as a director of the First Nation- al Bank, of which his father had been one of the directors from 1879 to 1903.
In 1880 Mr. Hendel married Amanda M. Bachman, daughter of Charles S. Bachman (a successful merchant- tailor for many years at Reading) and Sarah F. Barndt, his wife, by whom he had three sons: George Stanley, Frederick Bachman and Harry Bachman-the last two having been twins, who died in youth.
EDWIN FRANKLIN HENDEL, junior partner of John Hen- del's Sons, was born at St. Lawrence, near Reading, March 30, 1866, and was an infant when his parents removed to Reading. He acquired his early education in the schools at Reading, and then attended an advanced school at Hackettstown, N. J. He learned the trade of hatter in his father's large establishment, where he was employed until 1895; then he and his two brothers, Daniel and Harrison, formed a co-partnership of John Hendel's Sons and pur- chased the hat factory of Hendel Brothers, Sons & Co., in- cluding its extensive trade; and since then this co-partner- ship has carried on the business in a very successful manner. Mr. Hendel was made a Freemason in St. John's Lodge, No. 435, in 1903 ; and in June of that year he was advanced to the thirty-second degree in the Philadelphia Consistory.
In 1887 Mr. Hendel married Mary A. Faber, daughter of John T. Faber and Savilla Miller, his wife, of Reading, and they have two children : Raymond Harrison and Catha- ine Marie.
JOSEPH EBERLY, whose death on Feb. 23, 1897. removed one of the most prominent and influential men of Lower Heidelberg township, Berks county, resided on an attractive and productive farm of sixty acres. He was born March 23. 1809, in Lower Heidel- berg township, son of Christian and Christina (Flick- inger) Eberly.
The Eberly family, which is of German descent, was founded in this country by Peter Eberly, who emigrated from Wittenberg, Germany, in the latter part of the eighteenth century, and soon after land- ing settled in Lower Heidelberg township, on the farm now occupied by Peter Peifer, near Fritztown.
Peter Eberlv, grandfather of Joseph, was also a farmer of Heidelberg township. and purchased 250 acres of land near Cushion Hill from pioneer Welsh settlers. His wife, who was a Newcommer, of Lan- caster county, Pa., accompanied her parents from Ger- many when a child. Peter Eberly and his wife are buried in a private cemetery on their property at Cush- ion Hill, this burying ground being surrounded by a three-foot wall, and they have rough sand stones, on which there, are no inscriptions, for tombstones. They had six children, namely: Peter, who settled in Lancaster county, had a grandson, Peter (resides at Mohnton, Pa.); Michael was a farmer of Lancaster county; Christian: Daniel lived on the farm now occu- pied by Peter Peifer at Fritztown; one daughter married a Mr. Hauschen (?), and located in Cumber- land county; and a daughter of whom there is no record.
Joseph Eberly was a lifelong farmer, and owned the tract of sixty acres, on which was situated the Eberly sawmill, which later became a grist mill, and was finally turned into a factory, being abandoned in about 1901. Mr. Eberly was a well known and in- fluential citizen, and had the respect and esteem of all. He was a Republican in politics, and his sons are now following his party principles. Mr. Eberly was a member of St. John's Reformed Church, where the family have a nice burial plot.
In 1837 Joseph Eberly was married Martha Sharman, born Jan. 22, 1815, who died Feb. 22, 1894, aged seventy-nine years, one month, daughter of Hen- ry and granddaughter of John Sharman. of Cumru (now Spring) township. To Mr. and Mrs. Eberly were born these children: Samuel, born Jan. 26, 1838; Emanuel, born Feb. 21, 1840, a coachmaker at Fritz- town, m. Mary Fisher, daughter of William Fisher, and has a daughter, Catherine; Christian, born Aug. 3, 1842; Enoch, born Jan. 3, 1844; Eliza, born Aug. 27, 1846; Henry died aged nine years, ten months; Joseph, born Jan. 29, 1852, died Jan. 23, 1907, aged fifty-five years, m. Annie Wenrich; and William, a carpenter, and deacon of the Reformed Church at Sinking Spring, m. M. Alice Gromis, and has one son, Wellington.
Samuel, Christian, Enoch and Miss ElizaEberly are all unmarried, and reside together near Montello, on the Lancaster road in Spring township. They are highly esteemed in the community, and are in com- fortable circumstances.
DAVID D. BABB, a highly esteemed citizen of Lower Alsace township, Berks Co., Pa., who is en- gaged in blacksmithing and operating a well-cultivated truck farm, was born June 25, 1837, in Alsace (now Lower Alsace) township, son of John and Mary (De Hart) Babb.
John Babb. son of John, Sr., and grandfather of Dav- id D., married and had the following children: Jesse, who in early life was a farmer, removed to Reading where he died aged seventy-eight years; Benjamin. a tailor of Reading, where he died when eighty years of age, married and left a family of children; John, father of David D .; Sarah married Peter Fies, a wheel- wright by trade, who kept the "Black Horse Hotel" for many years, and they had five children-Rachel, Sarah, Benjamin, Mahlon and Jerre; and Rachel married Ang- ustus Eidel, a farmer of Oley, where she died aged seventy-five years.
John Babb, father of David D., who was a black- smith by trade. conducted the "Centre Hotel" for many years, and there his death occurred. He married Mary De Hart, daughter of John De Hart, and to this union there were born sixteen children, as follows: David D .; Sarah, m. to Jacob Bauer, a farmer of near Baumstown; Emma, m. to Henry Christian. a farmer of Alsace township, whose death occurred in Read- ing; Mary, m. to Richard Long, a cooper who died in Reading; Elizabeth, who died in Reading, m. to Dallas Leinbach; Savilla, who died unmarried in Reading; Rose, m. to Daniel Reider, a brick layer who now lives in Nebraska; Caroline, m. to Fred Heine, who resides at Omaha, Nebr .; Daniel, a farmer of near Green Tree. Cumru township, m. to Amanda, daughter of Daniel Zieber; George, m. to Isabella Foulk, deceased; James, a farmer who resides near the old homestead, m. to Hettie, daughter of Jerre Fick; John, who was killed at the second battle of Bull Run, during the Civil
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