Historical and biographical annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, embracing a concise history of the county and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families, Volume I, Part 68

Author: Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther), b. 1846; J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Chicago : J. H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1018

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The Kutstown Branch, in 1870, from Topton, about five miles in length, on the bed of the pro- Virginville, Windsor Castle, and Hamburg, partly constructed about that time.

The Red Lion Branch of the Catasauqua & Fog- elsville railroad, about 1880, two miles in length, in Longswamp, for shipping iron ore.

The Schuylkill and Lehigh Railroad ( formerly Berks county), in 1874, from near Tuckerton to the Lehigh county line along the Ontelannee creek, a distance of eighteen miles.

'Formerly Smithsville.

Walnut-town

Klinesville (1825) 10

Krumsville1 (1885) 18

Weilersville (1812)

Maple Grove 12

settlers in the several townships, notably the Mer- posed line from Allentown to Auburn, by way of

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The Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad in years with a daily capacity of 600 barrels. In 1908 1885, from near Tuckerton to Hamburg, along the the plant was leased to the Vindex Corporation, Schuylkill· river, a distance of twelve miles. under the control of Charles Matcham, of Allen- town, an experienced manufacturer of cement.

EARLY IRON WORKS .- The Moselem Forge, in Richmond, the Brobst Forge, in Albany, the Dela- Mr. Matcham also organized the Allentown Port- plank (Union) Furnace, in Windsor, and the land Cement Company and secured a large adjoin- Mary Ann Furnace in Longswamp, were operated ing tract to the north and west with intention of for nearly a hundred years from the time of the 'establishing a costly, modern plant with a daily Revolution. capacity of 2,500 barrels.

NOTEWORTHY ENTERPRISES

LEESPORT FURNACE, established in Ontelaunee at Leesport in 1853, and carried on for about forty years. The plant was sold in 1899 and it has been carried on since by the Leesport Furnace. Com- pany.

BLANDON ROLLING MILL was built in Maiden- creek along the East Penn railroad in 1867. It has been successfully operated since 1892 by Simon Seyfert. Annual product, 22,000 tons; hands em- ployed, 225.

TOPTON FURNACE, erected at Topton in 1871, and in operation since then, excepting several inter- vals. The Empire Iron & Steel Company has owned and operated it since 1900. Production, 500 tons of iron weekly.

SHOEMAKERSVILLE CLAY WORKS, established in Perry, near Shoemakersville, in 1897, for manufac- turing glazed sewer-pipe, and the Schuylkill Valley Clay Manufacturing Company conducted opera- tions there for ten years.

BRICK COMPANY .- The Clay Works were pur- chased in 1908 by A. A. Gery and W. A. Gery, who organized the Glen-Gery Brick & Cement Company, for the manufacture of vitrified brick for building and paving purposes, and established a plant with a daily capacity of 60,000.

INLAID TILE COMPANY .- In 1907, the Reading Cement Inlaid Tile Company was incorporated by a Greek from Patras, in Greece, named Constan- tinn H. Geannakopoulos, and he established a small- plant in Reading at the southwest corner of Seventh and Chestnut streets. In June, 1908, it was trans- ferred to Shoemakersville, where a place was se- cured with a capacity of 200 square yards. The company manufactures all styles, colors and designs, and employs six hands. The machinery was im- ported. It is the only enterprise of the kind in the United States.

PUMPING STATION, established near the mouth of the Maiden creek in Ontelaunee, seven miles fron Reading, in 1889, for increasing the water supply of Reading. Daily capacity, 30,000,000 gallons. A large and costly filtration plant is being established at East Berkley by the Reading Water Board to be operated in connection with the Pumping Sta- tion.

KEYSTONE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, established in 1866, in Maxatawny, adjoining Kutztown. The buildings are large and commodious and the man- agement has been very successful. [See Kutztown, Chapter XI.]

CLAY WORKS .- A number of clay works have been operated in Longswamp at and near Mertz- town, during the past thirty years. Ochre has been produced in large quantities since 1882; and gra- phite since 1880.

IRON ORE MINES .- Twenty-five years ago over one hundred iron ore mines were carried on in Longswamp, Maxatawny and Richmond town- ships, yielding very large quantities of ore, but nearly all have been shut down. Only five are now in operation, with 100 hands and a production of 4,000 tons of hematite ore monthtly.

GERY COUNTRY HOME .- In 1904, A. A. Gery, of Reading, erected a costly country home in Onte- launee, along the Maiden creek, on the old Wily Mill property, which has become known as Glen- Gery.

TOPTON ORPHANS' HOME, established in 1897 by the Reading Conference of the Lutheran Minister- ium of Pennsylvania, on a commanding site in Longswamp, near Topton. The property comprises 115 acres. The Home is a three-story brick, com- modious structure, with modern improvements. Inmates, boys and girls, 90; all denominations.

KUTZTOWN FAIR GROUND, established in 1870, in Maxatawny, adjoining Kutztown, on the south, there for about thirty years. In 1905 a new place was established on the north side of Kutztown, with a superior half-mile track, and the first ex- hibition was held there in October.

CEMENT WORKS .- A large cement works was and the local Agricultural Society held exhibitions established in Richmond township in 1899 by the Reading Cement Company (composed of Reading capitalists), at a cost of $350,000. The property comprised 100 acres, in which there is a large de- posit of superior limestone, and the plant was LEESPORT BANK .- A number of enterprising business men of Leesport and vicinity organized a bank with a capital of $25,000, for the accom- modation of the neighborhood, and named it the First National Bank of Leesport. The following equipped with machinery. It continued in opera- tion for several years and employed from eighty- five to one hundred and thirty men and produced daily 450 barrels of cement. It was succeeded by the Vindex Portland Cement Company, which im- directors were elected as the first board and the proved the plant and carried on operations several bank was opened for business in July, 1909: A. 20

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F. Mogel, president; S. M. Deck, cashier; Charles ocratic ticket in 1876, Samuel J. Tilden, who was Dunkel, D. H. Reiser, Jacob Bagenstose, Charles supposed by the Democrats to have been elected, but counted out. This was a firm conviction of the Democrats in this township. O. Collins, James A. Reiser, O. A. Keim, James H. Wagner, James R. Keim, M. S. Rentschler, Joseph Naftzinger, Sassaman Schappell, Lloyd BOROUGHS .- The following boroughs were estab- lished in this section : Miller, James R. Weisner.

ELECTRIC PLANT .- William F. Krick established an electric plant at Sinking Spring in 1903 for sup- plying light to the residents of that town and also at Wyomissing and Shillington and extended wires in and to the places named. George F. Wertz, of Wernersville, established a similar plant at that place in 1904.

TULPEHOCKEN SECTION

The Tulpehocken Section comprises thirteen townships. The time of their settlement and erec- tion is set forth in the following table :

Bern

Bethel

ORIGINAL FIRST SETTLERS .- The first settlers in this sec- Settled Erected tion were Germans from the Palatinate, who en- 1733 1738 tered by way of the western boundary in 1723, nine 1733 1739 years before the territory was released by the In- Heidelberg 1733 1729 Tulpehocken 1723 dians. They had landed at New York in 1712, and gone up the Hudson river about an hundred miles, 1734 ADDITIONAL but having been grossly deceived and imposed upon Taken from Erected Bern, Upper Bern 1789 1820 Tulpehocken, Upper Tulpehocken there, they migrated by way of the Susquehanna river and the Swatara creek to the headwaters of Penn Bern and Bern, Upper 1841 1842 Heidelberg, Lower Heidelberg the Tulpehocken creek and settled in the vicinity of what is now Womelsdorf and Stouchsburg. The Centre Bern and Bern, Upper 1843 colony comprised thirty-three families, and among Tulpehocken Heidelberg, North Heidelberg 1843 1845 them were the Rieths, Fitlers, Scharfs, Walborns, Jefferson Tulpehocken 1851 Schaeffers, Zerbes, Fischers, Lashes and An- Tilden Bern, Upper 1887 spachs. And five years later, there were other DERIVATION OF NAMES .- The derivation of the names was as follows : German families who migrated from New York, by the same course, to the Tulpehocken settlement ; Bern, from the name of a canton in Switzerland, among them being the Hains, Schneiders, Loewen- whence some of the early settlers emigrated.

Marion

Bethel, from the name of a Moravian meeting- house in this vicinity, showing the religious nature and influence of the inhabitants.

Heidelberg, from the name of a distinguished place in the southern portion of Germany, whence a large number of the earliest settlers emigrated.

Tulpehocken, from an Indian word, Tulpewihaki, which means a land of turtles.

Bern, Upper, from its location, being the upper portion of the township from which it was taken.

Tulpehocken, Upper, named for the same reason. Penn, from the name of William Penn, who had been the proprietor of all the land in Berks county.

Heidelberg, Lower, from its location, being the lower, or eastern portion of the township in its division ; and

Heidelberg, North, from its location.

Centre, from its location.

Marion, from the name of a distinguished gen- eral, Francis Marion, in the United States Army.

Jefferson, from the name of the first Democratic President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, indicating the political opinion of the petitioners.

Tilden, from the name of the unsuccessful candi- date for President of the United States on the Dem-

Womelsdorf, in 1833.

Bernville, in 1851. Centreport, in 1884. West Leesport, in 1901.

TOWNS .- The following towns are situated in this section :

Name

Houses

Name

Houses

Bern (1880)

Obold3 (1835)

Blue Marsh (1775) 18

Rehrersburg (1818)

Brownsville (1864)

Robesonia (1855) 190

Fritztown (1812)

Schaefferstown (1836) 21

Lorah1 (1884)

Stouchsburg (1832)

Millersburg (1814)

Strausstown (1840) 84

Mohrsville Station (1860) ..

Wernersville (1855)

.200

Mt. Aetna2 (1810)

West Hamburg (1860)

guths, Noeckers, Werners, Schmidts, and Katter- mans. Numerous descendants of these families are still in this section.

In 1729 Conrad Weiser and his family also mi- grated from New York to the Tulpehocken settle- ment and his presence was a great help to the Penns in pacifying the Indians and preventing then from slaughtering the settlers. He was an accom- plished interpreter and a very useful man in var- ious ways. He took an active part in all local af- fairs, and he was chiefly instrumental in securing the erection of Berks county in 1752 out of the townships which had been previously established to the east and west of the Schuylkill river.

The pressure of immigrating German families was so great that they entered the territory in spite of the protest of the Indians. The Proprietaries apologized and made various excuses and finally in 1732 secured a release from them. By that time, numerous settlers were in every part of the section ; and before 1740, four townships had been estab- lished by the court at Lancaster, which embraced the entire section.

HIGHWAYS .- This section is intersected by num- erous roads, three of them being especially promi- 1Formerly State Hill. "Wohleberstown. "Hetrichstown.

Freystown (1830) 13 Shartlesville (1860)

Bender.

Berbe

Werk.

Christopher Beistr.

Peter Tybo.

Peter Kerbe.

Friberich Winter.

Nicholas Weyant.

Hans Boyer.

Christopher Sharp.

Hans Brorgelerhner,

Adam Stupp.

Freonard Anspach.

Felger.

Franz Henrich. Jacob @Le berger.

Harman Wafborn.

Michael Schmidt.

Hathins linnich-

Casper Rieth.

Johan Sobre.

Buthas Ansparts.

Adana OGurtz.

John Keller.

Manor.

Christopher. Kayser

QMartin Batdorff!

George Blets.

Conrad Goldman

Peter Schaeffer.

Lawrence AND Sebastian Fischer.

Conrad hong

George Fuel.

Michael Crust.

JohnTgonfard Birth.

Philip Braun.

Lutherun Cherek.

George Tech.

George Anruf.

J727.

Jacob Kapp

de Reformed

Jonas Kitzmaiffer.

Tulpehacken

Creek.

Wifebach.

Wirbolas Rieth.

Pluton Maner

Live.

Martin Heckadorn.

Kapp.

Michnel Hlleiser.

Conrad Weiser,

Ludwig Blum.

Jsning Cushwa.

Gulfshorken Valley Pioneer Homesteads. In23. Drawn by C.l. Lindenmuth.

Lyonned Holston.

Plamton Manor Line.

Jacob Defneffer.

Oftichel Rieth.

Nicholas inzer.

Christian Lower.

Christinn PUafborn.

Adam Diffebach

Adam Besch.

Essel.

Jacob Alederman.

Michael Reiss.

Abraham Hicks.

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nent: the Berks and Dauphin Turnpike, from Charles L., for a period of over seventy years. The Reading, via Sinking Spring and Womelsdorf, to plant was then sold, remodeled, and operated since Lebanon (occupying the old "Tulpehocken Road" by different parties. to Womelsdorf, which had been laid out in 1727, The Tulpehocken Paper Mill is a branch of the Reading Paper Mills, started by Jacob Bushong, in 1856, on the site of the old Kissinger grist-mill at the mouth of the Tulpehocken creek, and operated by him for twenty years. and subsequently extended northwestwardly, via Rehrersburg, to Pine Grove) ; the State Road, across the upper portion from Lebanon, via Millers- burg, Rehrersburg, Strausstown and Shartlesville, to Hamburg; and the Bernville Road, from Read- ing, via State Hill and Bernville, to Millersburg.

CANAL .- The Union canal was constructed in 1828 along the Tulpehocken creek in this section, via Bernville and Womelsdorf, to the Lebanon county line, a distance of about twenty-five miles, and operated very successfully for thirty years, with prominent store-houses at the two places men- tioned.

RAILROADS .- The Lebanon Valley Railroad was constructed in 1857 in this section from Sinking Spring westward to the Lebanon county line at Newmanstown, a distance of ten miles.

The Reading Railway, from the Schuylkill bridge above Tuckerton, to the Schuylkill county line, along the river, a distance of thirteen miles.

Trolley Line .- A trolley line of street railway was constructed in 1894 from Sinking Spring to Womelsdorf on the turnpike, a distance of nine miles.

NOTEWORTHY ENTERPRISES

CHARMING FORGE, established in 1749, in Tulpe- locken (afterward Marion) township, along the Grosch's Sunset House, by Francis Grosch, in 1876, and subsequently enlarged. His son-in-law, Dr. J. D. Moyer, has conducted the place since 1892. Tulpehocken creek, three miles north of Wommels- dorf; operated by George Ege from 1774 to 1824; and by Andrew Taylor and his sons William and B. Franklin from 1855 to 1885. A part of the forge site, including the water-power, was pur- chased by the borough of Womelsdorf in 1906, and years, purchased by Richard Hassler, who has car-

an electric plant was established for supplying the inhabitants with electric light on the streets and in their dwellings.

ROBESONIA FURNACE, established in Heidelberg on Spring creek in 1794 by George Ege and known for fifty years as the "Reading Furnace," during which time charcoal iron was manufactured. The frst anthracite furnace was erected in 1845. Since then it has been much enlarged and improved by the Robesonia Iron Company. Daily capacity, 160 tons ; men employed, 200.

HAMBURG VITRIFIED BRICK Company, established in Tilden, above West Hamburg, near the Reading railway, in 1891, as a common brick plant and car- ried on as such until 1896, when the Mack Broth- ers of Philadelphia purchased it and began the manufacture of vitrified brick. They have oper- ated it since then, running nine kilns, producing 10,000,000 bricks annually, and employing 75 men.

DAUBERVILLE ICE PLANT .- Henry Ahrens and John R. Gonser established a large ice plant in 1888 in the lower eastern portion of Centre township on the Irish creek near its outlet into the Schuylkill. The dam covers thirty acres and the storage-house has a capacity of 25,000 tons. It was destroyed by fire in 1892 and immediately rebuilt.

HEALTH RESORTS .- Lower Heidelberg township has become famous for its costly and successful resorts, established on the South Mountain for the restoration and preservation of health. In the or- der of priority they are as follows:

Wenrich's Grand View, first established by Dr. Charles F. Leisenring, in 1849. Greatly improved and operated by Dr. R. D. Wenrich since 1897.

The Walter Sanitarium, established by Dr. Rob- ert Walter in 1877, and enlarged several times, and become within .thirty years, under his management, one of the greatest resorts of the kind in the coun- try.

Preston's Sunnyside, established by Dr. James S. Preston, in 1880, and operated by his son James since 1882.

Hassler's Highland House, started in 1890 by James Schaeffer, and after he operated it for some ried it on since.

BETHANY ORPHANS' HOME, established in 1867 in Heidelberg, one mile south of Womelsdorf, by the German Reformed Church. It was destroyed by fire in 1881, and immediately rebuilt. The man- agement by the Board of Trustees has been very successful. In 1909 there were 155 orphans in the Home; thirteen from Berks county.

WERNERSVILLE STATE ASYLUM, established in 1894, in Lower Heidelberg, west of Wernersville. This is a very large and successful institution. [See Chapter VII.]

HOUSE OF GOOD SHEPHERD, first established at Fourth and Pine streets, Reading, in 1889, by the Roman Catholic Church, for the care of young girls; and transferred to Glenside in Bern town- ship, where a superior structure was erected, in 1900, on a commanding site along the river opposite North Reading. Inmates in 1909 were 180 girls; 47 Magdalens, and 20 Sisters. The property in- cludes four acres of ground.

PAPER-MILLS .- Henry Van Reed started a pa- per-mill near the mouth of the Cacoosing creek, about 1825, and it continued in the family in a direct BERKSHIRE COUNTRY CLUB .- The . Berkshire line from him, through his son, Charles, and his Country Club owes its inception to Alexander grandson, Henry Z., to his great-grandson,F. Smith, John J. Kutz and a few other gentle-

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men, who in 1897 obtained some golf clubs and Barron and in 1906 and 1908 by T. Iaeger Snyder. balls, and essayed to play "the royal game of golf" F. W. Nicolls won the Tennis Championship in 1903, on a six-hole course which John Reid, a profes- and Robert E. Brooke in 1904. The Silver Cup, sional golfer from Atlantic City, laid out on presented by George F. Baer, Esq., for the Tennis Championship, was won by Robert E. Brooke in 1905, and by Randolph Stauffer in 1906, 1907, and 1908. In the Handicap Shooting Match, Mrs. Wil- liam Seyfert won the 1905 Silver Cup, presented by E. E. Stetson, Hunter Eckert and Samuel R. Seyfert. grounds at Carsonia, where the present park is located. The Club was formally incorporated on May 10, 1899, by Wilson Ferguson, William Ker- per Stevens, Herbert R. Green, F. C. Smink, George F. Baer, G. Howard Bright, M. Brayton McKnight, J. Lancaster Repplier, John M. Archer, William Seyfert and E. L. Parvin.

Owing to numerous streams and marshes, it was found that the grounds at Carsonia were ill adapted for the purposes of a country club, and in 1899 ar- rangements were made with the Reading Suburban Real Estate Company to occupy vacant land sur- rounding the suburban town of Wyomissing, where a nine-hole course, 2,159 yards in length, was laid out by Alexander F. Smith (architect), and where the Club flourished until the end of 1902. The house built by John B. Mull along the Wyomissing boule- vard was occupied as a clubhouse.

The officers of the Club are: F. C. Smink, presi- dent ; William Seyfert, vice-president; Frederick W. Nicolls, treasurer; George W. Delany, secretary.

GLENSIDE .- In 1902, George O. Runyeon, C. Q. Guldin and A. J. Brumbach laid off seventy-five acres into about 1,700 building lots along the Bern- ville road in Bern township, near the Schuylkill avenue bridge, and called the place "Glenside." About sixty dwelling-houses have been erected since. Some years before, a previous attempt had been made to establish a suburban town here.

WERNERSVILLE BANK .- The Wernersville Na- tional Bank was chartered March 10, 1906, with a capital of $50,000. George W. Wertz was selected as president, and Leonard M. Ruth as cashier. In November, 1908, the total resources were $273,579.

In May, 1902, the Club purchased from George F. Baer sixty acres of farming land, situated in Bern township, near Reading, between the Schuylkill river (just north of Hain's Locks) and the Bernville road. A nine-hole golf course, 3,090 yards long, abounding in interesting features, was laid out by John Reid, as well as five tennis courts. In addi- SCHUYLKILL SECTION tion, there is a swimming pavilion, with bathhouses, The Schuylkill Section comprises six townships and shooting grounds and traps, also a fine base-ball and the time of their settlement and erection is set diamond and grounds. A spacious clubhouse, equip- forth in the following table : ped with all the essential comforts and conveniences, lockers, shower-baths, etc., including furnished ORIGINAL rooms for members, occupies a commanding site Brecknock Settled (110 feet above the river level) within 2,500 feet Caernarvon 1700 1729 of the Schuylkill. It is surrounded by broad porches, Cumru 1720 1729 and affords an extended view of the grounds and Robeson 1732 of the charming scenery of the surrounding country. Union 1705 It is located upon an ideal spot. The reception hall, ADDITIONAL parlor and dining rooms are large and splendidly Spring Taken from furnished, and well adapted for luncheons, teas, din- Cumru ners, dances and all social purposes. There is also a DERIVATION OF NAMES .- The derivation of the names was as follows: first-class café in charge of an experienced steward. Ample stable and shed accommodations are provided Brecknock, from the name of a district in Wales ; but the name had been given to a township in Lancaster county, of which the portion cut off in the erection of Berks county was a part. for horses, vehicles and automobiles. A private road has been constructed from the Bernville road direct to the clubhouse. The club automobile con- veys members from the clubhouse to the Schuylkill avenue cars at Windsor street. Many members are conveyed by launch or boat from Hain's Locks. The grounds and clubhouse were formally opened to the members on June 13, 1903, and instantly met with approval. In May, 1909, there were 360 members.

Erected

1741

1729

1737

1752

Erected

1850

Caernarvon, for the same reasons, as above stated.

Cumru, from the name of a district in Wales, whence the first settlers had emigrated.

Robeson, from the name of Andrew Robeson, the first settler of this vicinity, who had taken up a large area of land.

The Silver Cup, presented by George F. Baer, Esq., for the Women's Golf Championship, was won Union, from the circumstance of uniting two por- tions of territory in forming the township, one from Lancaster county, embracing about 5,600 acres, and. the other from Chester county, embracing about 7,500 acres. in 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906 by Miss Eliza- beth Smink; in 1907 by Miss Margaret Moss, and in 1908 by Mrs. Caroline Derr Archer ; and the Sil- ver Cup presented by F. C. Smink, for the Men's Golf Championship, was won in 1902, 1905 and 1907 Spring, from the circumstance of a large spring by Alexander F. Smith ; in 1903 and 1904 by A. Ellis of water, situated near the central portion of the

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township, which frequently disappeared or sank

RAILROADS .- The Reading & Columbia Railroad away in dry weather, on account of the limestone was constructed in 1864, extending from Reading fissure.

This formation was the only new township estab- lished in this section. A previous effort had been made in 1845 for the division of Robeson township, and though successful by petition to the court, the proceedings were set aside by a public election, which was held on March 7, 1846. The establishment of the new township, named Hay-creek by the court, after the strong stream of water in this vicinity, developed so much opposition that the objectors, headed by Levi B. Smith, of Joanna Furnace, se- cured the passage of an Act of Assembly by the State Legislature which directed the submission of the question to public vote, and the vote was unan- imous against the division of the township.

BOROUGHS .- The following boroughs were es- tablished in this section :

Birdsboro, in 1872. Wyomissing, in 1906. West Reading, in 1907. Mohnton, in 1907.

TowNS .- The following towns are situated in line. this section :

Name

Houses

Name

Houses

Alleghenyville (1870)

Monocacy (1852) 44

Beckersville (1852)

Montello (1896) 18

Browerville (1820) 8

Morgantown (1770) 48

Geigertown (1828)

Oakbrook1 (1885) 115

Gibraltar (1836) 75

Seyfert (1881) 40

Gouglersville (1855) 20

Sinking Spring (1831) .230

Hendelton (1880) 24

Springmont (1895) 23

Millmont (1885) 65 Weitzelville 18

FIRST SETTLERS .- The first settlers in this sec- tion were Welsh, and it is believed that they took up land in the vicinity of Morgantown before 1700, having migrated up the Schuylkill Valley from the Welsh settlements in Chester county. Its earliest settlers along the western bank of the river were Swedes, they having entered the section opposite the Molatton settlement in Amity township shortly

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Historical and biographical annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, embracing a concise history of the county and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families, Volume I, Part 68

Author: Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther), b. 1846; J.H. Beers & Co Publication date: 1909 Publisher: Chicago : J. H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1018

Author: Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther), b. 1846; J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Chicago : J. H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1018