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Ferd. S. Ritter 1860-62; 1863-64
William Umbenhower
1861-63
William Heidenreich 1862-63
Henry S. Eckert
1873-75
James L. Douglas
1875-76
Frederic P. Heller
1876-77
Jesse Orr
1877-79
Joseph Ganser
John L. Lawrence 1883-84
Michael McCullongh
1884-85
Hayward H. Heckman 1885-86
John A. Rigg 1886-89
John Stark
1877-80
Dominic Kremp
1880-86
John Sauer
1886-88
Charles F. Fink
1888-90
Joseph Goldsmith
1890-92; 1900-04
George W. Romig
1892-1900; 1904-12
Tenth Ward
Owen S. Swartz 1876-82
John L. Lawrence
1882-89
Peter S. Holl
.1889-98
John A. Rauen
1898-1902
Edward Taenzer 1902-05
Harry C. Weber
1905-10
Eleventh Ward
221
1879-80
Henry Miller .. 1864-65
222
HISTORY OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Northwest Ward
Lewis Briner
1847-49
William Peacock
1850-51
Herman Beard
1847-49
John Malsberger
1850-51; 1854-55
William Henry
1849-50
M. H. Nunnemacher 1851-52
Augustus C. Hoff 1851-53
N. V. R. Hunter 1851-52
Daniel Housum
1852-54
Peter D. Getz 1852-53; 1857-58
William Yeich
1851-53
M. A. Bertolet
1853-54; 1856-58
Charles Seiders
1854-55 1854-56
Cyrus J. Hunter
1854-55
John Fink 1855-57
Peter R. Lotz
1855-56
Peter Hoch
.1856-57; 1858-60; 1862-64
Philip Lotz
1856-57
Isaac Bertolet
1857-58
Reuben Goodhart
1857-58
J. Frederick Moers
1858-59
David Rhein
1858-59
George de B. Keim
1859-60
Adam Plank
1859-61
George Frees
1860-61
Samuel U. Hollenbach
1860-61
Frank M. Cooley
1861-62
Amos W. Potteiger
1861-62; 1863-64
Benjamin Weis
1861-62
1862-63
Charles Seiders
1862-63
Augustus S. Thompson
1862-63
Jacob Bushong
1863-64
Casper Reifsnyder
1863-65
Jacob Mishler
1864-65
Southeast Ward
John Goodman
1847-49
Jacob Young
1847-50
Thomas Barret
1849-50
Daniel Borkert
1830-51; 1864-65
Matthias Babb 1850-51
D. M. Eisenhower
1851-52
Frederick H. Miller
1851-52
Matthias Eisenbeis 1852-53
Jacob Geiger
1852-53
Hiram C. Ritter
1853-55
Robert Caldwell
1853-54
Joseph Rambo
1854-55
John Shaaber
1855-56
Solomon L. Snyder
1855-56; 1862-63
Aaron Steinbach
1855-56
Jacob Geiger
1856-57
Adam Kutz
1856-57
William S. Young 1856-58; 1861-62
1857-58
David A. Stout
1857-58
Nicholas A. Felix
1858-59
Isaiah Jennings
1858-59
William Harden
1858-59
James M. Roland
1859-60
Amos Seidel
1859-60
John Yerger
1859-50
Daniel Beyerle
1860-61
Joseph Shearer
1860-61
George W. Ubil
1860-61
William Eisenbise
1861-62
William S. Ritter
1861-62
Charles Breneiser
1862-63
Andrew Davis 1862-63
Solomon Brubaker
1868-70
Matthan Harbster
1869-71
John Tigh
1863-64
Sebastian Lieber
1864-65
Jacob Ringgold
1864-65
Southwest Ward
Isaac T. James
1847-48
Samuel Frees
1847-50
Philip K. Miller
1847-50
Reuben Haus
1848-50
Amos H. Deysher
1876-78
Jacob H. Boyer 1848-49
Abraham S. Whitman 1849-50
William Yeager 1849-50
William A. Wells
1850-51
Edmund Morris 1850-52
George Newkirk 1851-53
Samuel Spatts 1852-53
David E. Evans 1853-54
William Call 1853-55
John D. Morris 1854-56
Joseph A. McLean
1855-56
Jacob H. Deysher
1856-57
William L. Lotz
1856-57
Wm. B. Albright
1857-59; 1861-62
Lewis Hagenman
1857-58
Zeno Hoffmaster
1857-58; 1860-62
Wile Bright
1858-59
Martin Deysher
1858-60
Samuel Craig
1859-60; 1862-63
Smith P. Ubil
1859-61
Samuel M. Fillman
1860-62
Philip Albright
1862-63
John Hetrich
1863-65
Amos Deysher
1863-65
Redmond McManus 1863-64
Henry Seiders
1864-65
UNDER CHARTERS OF 1864 AND 1874
First Ward
Name Term
Charles Ringel
1865-66
Marks Drumheller
1865-67
Enos M. Reazor 1866-68
Daniel B. Rhoads 1867-69
Jacob Goodman 1863-64
Henry Seidel
1863-64
William J. Frame 1870-72
D. Young Jones 1871-73
John F. Weitzel
.1872-74; 1878-80
William A. C. Oaks
1873-75
Henry W. Corbit
1874-76
John Stieff 1875-80
Lonis Richards
1875-78
Levi Malsberger
1850-51
Adam Moyer
1851-54
Howard L. Miller
1853-54
Adam Waid 1853-54; 1859-61
George Heckman
1854-56
D. Bright Yerger
Jacob C. Hoff 1855-56
Henry Riegel 1856-57
1857-58
William Rhoads, Sr.
1857-58
Jacob Boyer
1858-59
Franklin S. Bickley 1858-59
William Krick 1858-59; 1862-63;
1864-65
D. Llewellyn Beaver
1859-60
Henry Eppihimer
1859-60
William Call
1860-62
J. Timothy Jackson
1860-61
Frederick S. Hunter
1861-62
Arnold Mellert 1861-62; 1863-64
William B. Hertzel
1862-63
John H. Kelly
James L. Douglas 1863-65
William I. Clous 1864-65
Hiram S. Getz
1864-65
Spruce Ward
George W. Bruckman 1847-48
Jacob Bushong
Peres Hain 1849-50
Charles F. S. Fisher
1850-51
Nathan M. Eisenhower 1850 51
George J. Kilmer .1875-76
Michael Rightmyer
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George H. Corbit
1876-78
Reuben D. Boas -
1902-06
Henry S. Gaul
1878-80
Glauser Miller
1878-80
Irvin Cramp
1908-10
1880-82
William J. Bobst
1880-86
Charles Broschkowsky
1880-81
Michael Shultz
1866-68
B. Frank Kupp
1882-84
James E. Yoder
1882-84
Matthew Rhoda
1884-87
Albert Moore
1884-86
D. Elmer Dampman
1887-95
Theodore Dickinson
1886-87
Aaron E. Killmer
1887-89
William Lott
1873-75
Daniel A. Kreisher
1887-89
Charles N. Frame
1889-89
W. Harry Orr
1889-90
John G. Mohn
1875-76
Morris E. Barber
1889-90
James B. Gabriel
1890-91
Wellington G. Woods
.1891-93
William Templin
1895-1905
James A. Clark
1905-07
George J. Butter
1907-11
Second Ward
Mallory Geiger
1865-66
Henry Schroeder 1865-66
Michael McCullough
1865-69
Valentine Wilk 1866-68
William Eisenbeis
1866-68
William Denhard
1868-70
Jacob Harner, Jr.
1868-70
William Fix
.1869-71
George W. Grant
.1869-71
Henry Seiders
1870-72
George Field
1870-72
Levi W. Coller
1885-86
Michael Hasson
1871-73
Gregory Heine
1872-76
James J. Driscoll
1872-74
Philip Y. Gilham
1873-75; 1882-84; 1885-86
George D. Boyer
1873-75
Edward A. Howell
1873-75
Wesley C. Hall
1874-78
George G. Hoffmaster
1875-76
Simeon S. Sands
1875-76
H. A. M. Obold
1876-78
Samuel D. Missimer
1876-78
Daniel Whitman
1876-78
Isaac B. Greenleaf
1876-78
William C. Becker
1878-80
Philip Leisz
1878-80
Joseph B. Reinhart
1878-80
Peter MI. Snyder
1878-80
Paul Young
1878-80
John P. Miller
1880-82
Ellis L. Castor
1880-85
Marks Boyer
1880-82
Rufus Wolfskill
1880-82; 1898-99; 1900-02 1880-82
C. P. Pfaffman
1909-11
William Troop 1880-85
Fourth Ward
Henry Fry 1865-66
Daniel Spohn 1865-67; 1868-72
Edwin C. Hiester 1866-68
Harrison Maltzberger 1867-71
George L. Jenkins 1871-73
Adam Bard 1872-74
Abner K. Stauffer 1873-76; 1882-85
Thomas D. Stichter 1874-76
1875-76
Frank A. Tyson
1888-90
Richard M. Whitman
1888-89
Henry Whitman 1888-89
Henry D. High
1876-77
William R. Henninger
1888-90
John H. Thamm
1889-90
Aaron P. Arnold
1890-94
William H. Clous 1877-78
Griffith W. Jones
1894-96
John Jones
1877-78
Amos Miller
1876-78
George Mast
1876-78
William Dease
1876-78
Albert Babb
1876-78
Abraham B. Bechtel
1878-82
Conrad F. Kessler
1878-80
Isaac W. Levan
1878-80
Jacob Hillegas
1880-82
Edward O. Immel
1880-82
Albert C. Borgert
1882-85
David J. Greth
1882-83
Milford N. Ritter
1882-85
Frederick W. Lehman
1882-85
John S. Boas
1883-85
A. J. Fricker
1885-86
William High
1885-86
Fidel Weber
1871-73
Thomas Leinbach
1886-87
John H. Printz
1886-87
Cyrus G. Schultz 1886-87
Samuel M. Hartman
1886-88
Charles B. Wells
1886-87
Samuel D. Missimer
1887-89
Richard H. Pawling 1887-88
George W. Hassinger 1887-88
Samuel G. Heinly
1888-89; 1902-07
Richard H. Savage
1888-89
Henry M. Ahrens
1888-89
Monroe S. Eby
1889-90
Alfred L. Weitzel 1889-90
James Hangen
1889-91
Henry M. Heller
1889-90
Henry Dick
1890-91
Charles H. Fisher
1891-93
Oliver S. Geiger
1892-93
Peter J. L. Mckinney
1893-97
James M. Morgan
1897-99
Fred H. Witman 1899-1902
1907-09
William A. Thompson
Isaac D. Whitman
1882-85
Thomas J. Dott
1882-85
Israel S. Fry .1885-86; 1890-94; 1896-98
H. A. Harner
1885-88
James M. Roland
1885-87
F. X. Wolf
1885-87
John Smith
1887-88
George Beyerle 1887-88
Charles W. Kieffer
1887-88
William S. Monver
Amon L. Boyer 1875-76
William H. Houck 1876-78
G. M. D. Albertson William Morris
1880-82
Third Ward
Isaac Levan .1865-66
Charles Melcher 1865-67
Amos Huyett 1881-84; 1885-86
Jacob Miller 1867-71
Calvin Goodman
1868-70
John H. Printz 1869-71
Charles B. Wells 1870-76 Frederick R. Fritz 1871-73 1871-73
Daniel Beyerle
1873-75
William S. Ritter
1874-76
David F. Lotz
.1875-76; 1878-82
Charles Henninger
1875-76
Charles S. Herb
James J. Flemming 1906-08
Edward Fritz
Joseph Shirey 1876-77
Davis P. Harden 1876-78
224
HISTORY OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Benneville H. Brown
1878-80
Adam Frees 1868-70
Albert A. Heizmann
1878-80
Edward Frill
1870-72
Henry Koch 1878-80
Prince R. Stetson
1878-80
Cornelius Stamm 1873-75
Horatio R. Trexler, Jr.
1880-82
Joseph S. Riegel 1875-76
William G. Rowe
1875-78
Edwin A. Wilkinson 1880-82
Charles Rick, Jr.
1875-76
George M. Krick
1876-78
Joshua K. Righter
1882-85
Calvin K. Whitner
1882-85
William Brandt
1882-85
James A. O'Reilly
Benneville Hemmig
1878-80
William A. Fink
.1885-88; 1889-92; 1900-02
William Keppelman
1878-80
Isaac Geiger
.1885-86
Samuel Hantsch
1885-86
Harrison T. Witman
1886-87
Jeremiah S. Benner
1886-87
Ferdinand Winter
1880-84
Milton H. Schnader
1887-88; 1889-90
1887-88
George W. Raudenbush
1888-89
Henry A. Zieber
1888-89
Amos H. Phillippi
.1889-90
Alvin S. Schroeder
1885-86
Dr. H. L. Johnson
1890-92
John H. Keppelman
1886-90
Frank W. Eben
1892-94
William F. Reeser
1892-94
Otto Mellert
1894-97
Charles W. Bechtel
1886-87
John M. Archer
1897-1900
Harvey C. Johnson
1902-06
Charles H. Krouse
1906-10
Fifth Ward
Jacob Lehman
1865-66
Levi Wunder 1865-67; 1869-71
Peter Brown
1866-68
Jacob Schwenk
1867-69
William. I. Clous
1868-70
Michael Coller 1894-96
John F. Orth .1870-72;
1873-75
George W. Yeager
1871-73
Theodore F. Hayman
1900-02
Frederic P. Heller
1872-74
Harrison Harner 1873-75
J. Henry Cheetham.
1874-76
J. William Roe
1907-10
Jeremiah H. Boone 1875-76
Seventh H'ard
William Brison 1865-68
Jacob Schmucker
1865-67
Henry R. Hawman
1867-69
William P. Reid
1876-80
Samuel C. Mayer 1868-70
Abner K. Stauffer 1869-71
John R. Bechtel
1876-78
William A. Medlar
1870-72
John B. Goodhart
1878-80
William Stoltz
1870-72
Thomas Seiders
1880-82
Charles A. Saylor
1872-74
James K. Getz
1880-82
Edward Scull
1872-76
August C. Wertz
1880-82
Charles H. Schaeffer
1873-75
Jolın R. Miller
1882-85
Frank C. Smink
1874-76
Thomas O. Yarington, Jr.
1882-86
Frederick Shunk
1882-85
George J. Eckert
1876-78
John Strouse
1886-87; 1891-93
B. Frank Nagle
1876-78
Henry Loeb
.1886-88; 1899-1901
William H. Bitting
1887-88
Daniel Housum
1878-79
George E. Haak
1887-88
Joseph W. Richards
1878-80
Edward C. Eben
.1888-90; 1897-99
Jonathan G. Leinbach
1879-83
Edward Yeager
1889-90
Casper H. Lotz
1880-84
James Cotterel
1890-91
Wellington S. Levan 1880-82
Marion Larkin 1890-93
Amos B. Wanner
1882-84
Samuel A. Buckley
1893-95
James P. Sellers
1882-84
Edward W. Alexander
1895-97
John C. Hepler
1882-84: 1886-88; 1888-90
John S. Matthias
1905-11
E. S. Miller
1886-88
George B. Connard
1865-66
T. C. Dehart
1886-87
Daniel Miller
1865-73
W. B. Moser 1886-87
Aaron Getz
1866-68 John H. Ruth
1886-88
William T. Snyder 1887-89
W. Howard Wells 1887-88
William F. Shanaman 1887-89
Wellington M. Hiester 1888-90
Howard O. Sharman 1889-90; 1891-92
Israel L. Groman 1889-92
John S. Thompson 1892-94
B. Franklin Fink 1892-93
R. B. Harris 1896-1900
Adolph Eichner
1902-06
W. E. Mills 1906-07
Charles Spangler 1875-76
William Call 1875-76
William Grander
.1876-80
John Kissinger
1876-80
Daniel Moser
1880-82
Lew Wanner 1871-73
William S. Monyer
1882-86
Henry Bennethum 1875-76
Samuel Weitzel 1875-76
C. A. Golding
.1885-86
J. Heyl Raser 1876-78
Alfred Franks
1886-87
William Reiff 1876-78
B. Frank Dettra 1878-80
Luther Schick
1888-89
George P. Zieber 1878-80
Augustus Potteiger
1888-90
George L. Kestner
1880-82
Harrison Posey 1901-05
Lemon Buch
1884-86
Sirth Ward
Harry Whiteside
.1886
Wellington M. Saylor
1880-82
John H. Printz 1880-82
William G. Lash
1876-78
Charles Miller
1876-78
Jeremiah Y. Bechtel
1878-80
1885-87
Charles Miller
1878-82
Wm. G. Robinson
1880-82; 1883-84
James Weitzel
1880-86
Frederick B. Roe 1882-84
Charles W. Hendel
George W. Crouse 1882-83
C. Kaltenbach
1884-86
J. H. Schaeffer 1885-86
Edward Yeager
1886-87
Howard E. Ahrens
1886-87
John McKnight 1872-74
Levi J. R. Krick 1874-76
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Thomas D. Bausher
1886-88
David Henry 1876-78
Thomas B. O'Brien
1888-90
Isaac Rohrbach
1876-78
George B. Clouser
1888-89
Leonard Herbst 1876-78
John Luigard
1888-91
Edward M. Castor 1876-78
Maurice A. Arnold
1888-90; 1891-93
John C. K. Heine 1878-79
Isaac W. Keim
1890-91
Henry P. Herb
1878-80
Adam B. Waid
1891-93
Wellington W. Light
1893-95
Charles G. Willson
1895-97
John H. Millholland
1897-98
Robert D. Millholland
1898-99
Obadiah Romig
1880-82
Evan L. Shomo
1899-1903
George W. Sassaman
1903-09
L. Howard Gehris
1909-11
Eighth Ward
George Gehman, Jr.
1865-66
Charles Hill
1865-67
Franklin S. Bernhart
1866-68
Christian Schick
1867-69;
1882-86
Henry Hiller
1868-70
Jacob R. Ritter
1869-71
Nicholas Heckman
1869-71
Daniel Mast
1870-72
B. Frank Boyer
1871-73
Andrew J. Fricker
1872-74
1888-89
David C. Keller
1873-75
Charles E. Wannamacher
1873-75
Solomon S. Kindt
1874-76
Francis Roland
1875-78; 1884-86
George Reisinger
1875-76
Christian Geissler
1875-76; 1878-80
Mayberry Moser
1876-78
Charles Orth
1876-78
William Griesemer
1876-78
Daniel S. Francis
1878-80
William K. Leithiser
1878-80
Hiester M. Nagle
1878-80
John P. Dauth
1880-82
Herman J. Croessant
1909-11
Tenth Ward
Hiram M. Trout 1876-78
Charles W. Hulshizer
1876-78
Thomas Lillis
1876-78
John F. Rote
1882-84
Edward W. DeHaven
1878-80
John Moyer
. 1884-88
Isaiah Hoyer
1878-80
Frank Aulenbach
1884-86
George E. Wisner
1878-79
Frank P. Esterly
1886-89
William B. Laucks
1886-90
W. A. Witman
1886-88
Adam D. Fasig
1888-89
Abraham Briel
1889-90
Thomas C. Ancona
1889-90
Adam K. Drexel
1889-92
Thomas West 1882-83
1883-84
William F. Ressler
1892-94
John M. Fritch
1894-96
William Kensil
1884-86
James Matz
1884-88
Kilbern H. Cleaver
1898-1900
B. F. Sheeder
1884-86
Daniel Auchenbach
1886-87
Robert Smith
1886-87
Zacharias D. Saylor
1887-96
Harry Hines
1887-88
Charles F. Yeity
1888-90
Jacob Hunsberger
1888-89
Theodore Homan
1866-68
Addy Gehry
1867-71; 1873-75
Harrison Smith
1867-69
John Stark
1868-72; 1873-76
D. S. Himelreich Daniel Ritter
1870-72
John S. Wagner
1871-73
John H. Clay
1871-73
Joseph A. Frees
1872-74
Samuel P. Mays 1876-77
William J. Woodland
1872-74
William H. Klineyoung 1877-78
Frederick M. Fisher 1878-79
James Y. Hartman
1874-76
John K. Howden 1878-80
1875-76 John S. Wagner
1878-80
Thomas McGovern 15
1902-07
Harry G. Davis
1907-10
Ninth Ward
Henry Miller
1865-66
John Barth
1865-67
John M. Weber
1889-94.
John B. Houp 1889-90
John A. Rauen
1896-98
Richard L. Lawrence
1898-1910
Eleventh Ward
Daniel K. Zwoyer .1876-79; 1883-86
Charles Rohrbach 1876-78
David Ranenzahn 1876-78
1879-80
Eli W. Fox
1880-84
William F. Weber
1880-81
Joseph K. Bauman
1880-82
John L. Lawrence
1881-82
William H. Sproesser
1882-84
George B. Clouser
1890-94
Luther Seiders
William H. Bellman
1884-86
John H. Close 1896-98
William F. Remppis
1900-02
William A. Smith
Jacob Duser, Jr.
1905-09
Peter Helfrich 1880-84
. Henry Reiger
1880-82
Jervice W. Edes
1880-82
Lewis Heilman
1882-86
1890-91
George L. Mast
1891-93
Howard Thompson
1891-93
Joseph Witman
1895-99
William F. Ritter
1899-1900
John F. Larkin
1900-03
Walter B. Craig
1889-90
Jefferson Quinter
1889-90
Harry Dungan
1889-90
George J. Hain
1884-86
M. S. Umbenhauer
1886-88
John P. Martin
1886-87
I. Comley Fetter
1886-89
Joseph Goldsmith
1886-90; 1893-95
B. F. Hunsicker
1887-88
Conrad Bower
1884-86
E. N. Kline 1884-86
1884-
A. H. Kretz (resigned)
1882-85
William Loyd
1882-85
Thomas D. Castor
1882-85
John Sauer
1884-86
John H. Kline
1884-86
Daniel L. Strunk 1878-82
Lewis L. Moyer 1879-80
John Babst 1880-82
Henry Schofer 1880-82
John E. Steinel
Augustus Resch W. M. Smith
1888-89
E. B. Wingert
Joseph N. Vogel 1903-05
Christ. Bauknecht 1874-76; 1878-80; 1882-85
1869-71; 1873-75
Tames D. Long
226
HISTORY OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Christian Stolz
1879-80
PRESIDENTS OF COMMON COUNCIL
Term
Thomas Cronan
1879-80
Name
1847-49
Hayward H. Heckman
1880-82
Samuel Frees
1849-50
William A. Wells 1850-51
Ernst Nuebling 1880-82
James Y. Hartman
1882-84
Charles H. Koch
1882-84
Charles Eck
1882-84
Reuben Matz
1883-83
Charles M. Clouse
1884-86
H. S. Hartman
1884-86
Leo Rehr
1884-86
Samuel M. Fillman
1861-62
Lavinus Rhoads 1884-86
William B. Hertzel
1862-63
Henry Seibert 1884-86
1886-87
Lender Trickel
1886-88
Paul Kerschner
1886-88
William F. Weber
1887-88
Alfred Gunkel
1888-91
William H. Hippler
1888-90
John R. Laucks
1889-90
Abner K. Stauffer
1873-74
Charles B. Wells
1875-76
Wesley C. Hall
1876-77
John Rock
1891-93
William G. Rowe
1877-78
Samuel E. Cummings
1893-99
Jacob F. Hollenbacher
1899-1903
Jolın M. Alt
.1903-07
John Gallagher
1907-09
Isaac Haller
1909-11
Twelfth Ward
Samuel Millmore
1886-88
Spencer H. Smith 1886-88
1887-94
George W. Kinsey
1888-89
Adanı H. Fies
1889-92
Adam H. Beard
1889-90
James P. Yorgy
1892-1900
Charles J. Kestner
1900-02
Daniel Smith
1902-06
Michael Kestner
1906-08
Joseph W. Kellar
1908-10
Thirteenth Ward
Henry Seidel
1886-88
Benneville Rohrbach
.1886-88; 1903-05
Joseph Borky
1888-90
Jacob Bower, Jr.
1888-90; 1891-93
John B. Weidner
1890-93
Charles H. Ramsey
.1890-91
Mayberry K. Spatz
1893-97
J. Ashton Parker
1897-1903
Levi F. Templin
1905-08
B. Frank Bott
1908-11
Fourteenth Ward
Morris Arnold
1893-94
William R. Dunn
1894-96
John H. Mast
1896-1902
M. M. Lenhart
1902-04
Earnest V. Bechtel
1904-06
George A. Rick
1906-10
Fifteenth Ward
George W. Shaffer
1893-1901
Isaac Hollenbach
.1901-03
Heber Ermentrout
.1903-08
George A. Ritter
1908-11
Sixteenth Ward
Alfred Will
1895-96
John H. Bach 1896-1900
James M. Hutchison
1900-02
Howard R. Brown
1902-04
William G. Hintz
1904-06
Charles M. Smeck
1906-08
John A. L. Flemming
1908-10
Edward McCann
.1904-09
Levi Wunder 1866-67
Michael McCullough
1867-69
Addy Gehry
1869-71; 1874-75
Lew. Wanner 1871-73
Charles Gorkes
1890-91
H. G. Johnson
1891-93
Hiester M. Nagle
1878-79
Christian W. Geissler
1879-80
Edward O. Immel
1880-81
James K. Getz
1881-83
Amos B. Wanner
1882-83
Ellis L. Castor
1883-84
Lewis Heilman
1884-85
James A. O'Reilly
1885-87
I. Comley Fetter
1887-88
Samuel D. Missimer
1888-89
Alfred Gunkel
1889-90
Israel S. Fry
1890-92
George B. Clouser
1892-94
D. Elmer Dampman
1894-95
Griffith W. Jones
1895-96
James P. Yorgy 1896-98
Samuel E. Cummings 1898-99
John H. Bach 1899-1900
Rufus W. Wolfskill
1900-01
Charles J. Kestner
1901-02
Jacob F. Hollenbacher 1902-03
Richard L. Lawrence 1903-08
George A. Rick 1908-10
CLERKS OF COMMON COUNCIL
Name
Term
John W. Tyson 1847-52
A. L. Hennershotz 1832-58: 1859-61
Michael P. Boyer
1858-59
B. Frank Haas 1861-62
Nathan M. Eisenhower 1862-63
1863-72
Solomon A. Stout
1872-73
Charles S. Butler
1873-74; 1875-76
John C. K. Heine
1874-75
Jonathan Holt
1876-78
Henry H. Holl
1878-79
Luther Seiders
1879-80
George H. Felix
1880-83; 1889-90
Charles J. Tyson
1883-86
John H. Focht
1886-89
William F. Weber
1890-91
Alfred Gunkel
1891-94
Edward C. Eben
1894-95
Howard N. Goodman
1895-98; 1902-04
Luther Seiders
1898-99
Lincoln S. Ramsey
1899-1901
Englebert L. Missimer
1880-82
Augustus C. Hoff 1851-53
Adam Waid .1853-54; 1859-60
Hiram C. Ritter
1854-55
Joseph A. McLean
1855-56
John Fink 1856-57
Henry A. M. Filbert
1857-59
J. Timothy Jackson
1860-61
James Donagan
1863-64
George M. Hess
William S. Ritter
1864-65
George B. Connard
1865-66
Rufus W. Wolfskill 1901-02
Daniel Dillon 1880-82
Lewis Briner
John Ralston
Eugene C. Flemming
227
READING
CITY CLERKS
Name
George H. Felix
1884-89
Cyrus T. Fox
1889-90
Jacob Rapp 1884-86
Daniel Baus 1886-89
Charles M. Clous
1889-93
Adrian S. Loewen
1893-96
Albert Mierz .
1896-1900
Peter Texter, Jr.
1900-02
Martin Hauck 1902-05
Frank Menges
1905-08
Howard S. Weaver 1908-11
BOARD OF HEALTH .- An Act of Assembly was passed on April 22, 1873, specially authorizing the establishment of a board of health for Reading, with powers for the preservation of the public health. The board was made to consist of seven members, with an indefinite term of service and without compensation, who were to be appointed by the presidents of the city councils. The city was divided into four districts, with Sixth and Penn streets as the dividing lines. One member was to be appointed from each district and one from the city at large; and these five were to select two physicians. And provision was made for the annual appointment of a health commissioner by the board, with a compensation to be fixed by councils.
The board of health effected a permanent organ .. ization on March 10, 1874. The following persons have been members :
First District
Name Term
Charles Breneiser 1874-80
Dr. Wm. F. Marks 1880-
Second District
David Ermentrout 1874-82
Garrett B. Stevens 1882-83
Charles H. Schaeffer 1883-1902
D. N. Schaeffer 1902-05
B. F. Dettra 1905 --
Third District
Dr. W. Murray Weidman 1874-82
Thomas P. Merritt 1882 --
Fourth District
Dr. S. S. Stevens .1874-82
David P. Schlott 1882-1902
Daniel S. Esterly 1903 --
At Large
Dr. Martin Luther 1874-94
Dr. John N. Becker
1894 ---
Name Term
Dr. Israel Cleaver 1874-79
Dr. Frank Rieser 1874-80
Dr. M. Albert Rhoads 1879-94
Dr. William F. Muhlenberg 1880-83
Dr. Adam B. Dundor 1883-1902
Dr. S. L. Kurtz 1894-
Dr. Charles Roland 1902-
HEALTH COMMISSIONERS
Name Term
Charles F. Frick .1874
Howard L. Miller 1874-82
Roland Laing
1882-
NOTE .- The dash after the year indicates continuance in office.
PLUMBING INSPECTORS
At the request of the board of health, the office of plumbing inspector was created by an ordinance passed Nov. 9, 1895, which was modified by an-
William Clark
1877-78
Lawrence P. Ressler 1878-79
Levi J. R. Krick 1879-80
Bertolet Grant 1880-84
I. Comley Fetter
1890-96
Horace H. Hammer
1899-1902
Edwin L. Lindemuth
Charles C. Weltmer
1902-08
Caleb Weidner
1908-09
SOLICITORS
Name
Term
James Donagan 1847-48
George G. Barclay
1848-50
J. Bright Smith 1850-52
William F. Filbert
1852-53
Edmund L. Smith 1853-55
Charles K. Robeson 1855-57
Albert G. Green 1857-59
A. Lucius Hennershotz 1859-61
Wharton Morris 1861-62
1862-63
George J. Eckert
1863-64
Edward H. Shearer
1865-67
Daniel Ermentrout
1867-70
Edwin Shalter
1870-73
J. Howard Jacobs
1873-74
William M. Rightmyer 1874-75
Harrison Maltzberger
1875-77
Daniel H. Wingerd 1877-79
Christian H. Ruhl 1879-81
Benjamin F. Dettra 1881-83
Wayne Hayman 1883-85
William J. Rourke 1885-96; 1897-1903; 1904-08
W. Kerper Stevens 1896-97
Walter S. Young 1903-04
Henry P. Keiser
ENGINEERS
Name
Term
Matthias S. Richards 1847-48
Aaron Albright
. 1848-57; 1859-61; 1862-63
William Davis
1857-58
Christian Stolz
1858-59
D. S. Zacharias
1861-62; 1863-68; 1874-76
Samuel M. Rea
1868-74
Henry T. Kendall
1876-79
Levi Wunder
1879-81
A. Harvey Tyson
1881-85
Daniel Housum
1885-88
J. Gerhart Young
1888-89
Samuel S. Hoff
1889-94; 1897-99
Edwin C. Chamberlain
1894-97
Alexander Murdoch 1899-1902
Elmer H. Beard 1902-09
Edmund B. Ulrich
1909-12
MARKET COMMISSIONERS
Name Term
John Boyer 1847-49
William Keen
1849-50
J. H. Griesemer 1850-51
John Moyer 1851-52
William E. Wilson 1852-55
Daniel M. Weand 1855-56
John E. Yeager
1856-57
Isaac Heckman
1857-59; 1861-62 Daniel Setley 1859-60
B. F. Ermentrout 1860-61; 1862-63
William S. Young
1863-66
Jacob Goodhart 1866-68
Jacob Goodhart, Jr. 1868-70
Henry J. Smith 1870-73
Benj. Weiss . 1873-74
John Denhard 1874-75
Peter Texter 1875-76
James W. Longacre. 1876-77
1908-11
James B. Bechtel
1864-65
J. Glancy Jones
Term
1896-99
-
PHYSICIANS
228
HISTORY OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
other ordinance passed Jan. 11, 1896. The ap- pointees have been :
Name
Term
Thomas E. Weber 1896-99
John E. Drexel .1899-1902; 1905-08
T. Edward Delner 1902-05
1908-11
John D. Corbit
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
By ordinance, approved Feb. 23, 1899, whereby the city of Reading accepted the donation of the Reading Library (including the real estate and all books and manuscripts), situated on the southwest corner of Fifth and Franklin streets, a board of sixteen trustees for the management thereof was established, to be constituted as follows: The Mayor to be an ex-officio member ; ten members to be appointed by the city councils in joint conven- tion; and five members to be appointed by the "Reading Library." The first board was consti- tuted as follows :
Adam R. Leader, Mayor. c.r-officio.
Appointed by Councils
George M. Ermentront
Peter S. Holl
Charles S. Hunter
John H. Keppelman
Frank S. Livingood
James A. O'Reilly
John A. Rigg
William Rosenthal
Reuben G. Shalter
W. Kerper Stevens
Appointed by Reading Library
George F. Baer
Nathaniel Ferguson
Richmond L. Jones
John R. Kaucher
Abner K. Stauffer
The following is a complete list of the trustees since 1899 :
Name
Term
George F. Baer
1899
George M. Ermentrout
1899 -
Nathaniel Ferguson 1899
Peter S. Holl 1899
Charles S. Hunter
1899
Richmond L. Jones
1899
John R. Kaucher
1899-
John H. Keppelman
1899-
Frank S. Livingood
1899-
James A. O'Reilly 1899-1902
John A. Rigg 1899-
William Rosenthal 1899-1900
Renben G. Shalter 1899-1902
Abner K. Stauffer 1899-1907
William Kerper Stevens
1899-1902
Adam R. Leader, Mayor 1899-1902
Isaac Hiester 1901-
Albert S. Ibach 1903
Thomas P. Merritt
1903-
Henry W. Snyder 1903-
Edward Yeager, Mayor
1902-05
Thomas C. Zimmerman
.1904-
Edward R. Gerber, Mayor
1905-08
William Rick, Mayor
1908-11
Officers since Organization of Library
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