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William Appel was a faithful member of the Reformed church. At the age of eighteen years he was made a deacon, and at his death was an elder and trustee of Amity Reformed church of Meyersdale, and a teacher in the Sabbath school. He was also on the board of trustees of Lancaster Theological Seminary. Fraternally he was a member of Somerset Lodge, No. 358, F. and A. M., the Royal Arcanum, and the Heptasophs. He was a strong Republican, and served the borough of Meyers- dale as treasurer of school funds, and three terms as school director.
William Appel married, June 14, 1870, Mary, born Decem- ber 22, 1848, daughter of William and Rosina (Brubaker) Zim- merman. William Zimmerman was a farmer of Jenner town- ship, and later a resident of Meyersdale, where he died Feb- ruary 1, 1885. He was a devoted member of the Reformed church, in which body he was an efficient officer and worker, as was his wife Rosina, who died October 7, 1872, in her forty- ninth year. Mrs. Mary Appel is a member of the Reformed church. The children of William and Mary Appel are: Rosa B., born April 19, 1877, married, June 20, 1895, Rev. A. S. Glessner, of Meyersdale. The children of this marriage are Martha Evelyn, Miriam Lenore, and Bertha Rosella Glessner. William Cecil, of whom more will be written. William Appel's busy and useful life terminated September 29, 1900. His funer- al on October 2nd was very largely attended, the business houses of Meyersdale being closed during the services. "The strong elements of William Appel's character were his indus- try, his economy, his honesty and his religion." Mrs. Mary Appel, his widow, still resides in her comfortable home on Meyers avenue, Meyersdale.
William Cecil Appel, second child and only son of William and Mary (Zimmerman) Appel, was born in Friedens, Feb- ruary 20, 1882. He was educated in the schools of Meyersdale and at Mercersburg Academy. After leaving school and until his father's death. he was a clerk in the store of the latter. Until
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attaining his majority the business was continued under the same name by Mr. Appel in the interest of the heirs and widow. In 1903 the present firm of Appel & Glessner was formed, con- sisting of William C. Appel and A. S. Glessner, his brother-in- law. They erected a handsome four-story modern brick store building on Centre and Clay streets, which is the home of their present large department store business. The first floor is de- voted to the display and sale of dry goods, notions and grocer- ies; the second to shoes and ladies' wear; the third to men's clothing and furnishings; and the fourth to carpets, etc. The store is well conducted, well arranged, popular and prosperous. Messrs. Appel & Glessner give it their entire time, with the aid of six clerks. The have few outside interests, preferring to concentrate all their energies on their one business. In politics Mr. Appel is a Republican. In church fellowship he is of the Reformed faith.
Mr. Appel married Bertha K., daughter of W. H. Deeter, or Meversdale (whose sketch appears on another page). She was born March 22, 1886. She graduated from the Meyersdale high school, and was a student at Wilson College, Chambers- burg, Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Reformed church. The marriage of William C. Apel and Bertha K. Deeter was solemnized by Rev. A. S. Glessner, June 1, 1905. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Appel-a daughter, Bertha D., Feb- ruary 26, 1906.
CLARK J. DUNCAN.
Clark J. Duncan, a prosperous business man of Windber, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, was born in Indiana county, in the same state, December 20, 1857. He received a good com- mon school education. He removed to Cambria county, Penn- sylvania, in 1885, engaged in the lumber business, which he fol- lowed for eight years, and then opened a hotel, which he con- ducted until 1898. He then came to Windber, Somerset county, and erected the Windber hotel. Three years later he sold the interior furnishings of the house, and commenced a wholesale business in the wine and liquor line, which he conducted very successfully until 1904. His religious affiliations are with the Christian Science church, and he gives his active support to the Republican party. He has always taken an intelligent in- terest in the public affairs of the community in which he lives, and has served as a member of the common council. He mar- ried, July 5, 1884, Clara Woodbaugh, daughter of Jacob Wood- baugh, of Indiana county, Pennsylvania, and there children are : Reuben P., born December 19, 1885; Cecil, March 25, 1887; Joyce, November 29, 1889; Jean, May 16, 1891; Clark B., Octo- ber 10, 1899; and Granel, October 5, 1900.
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EARL HUNTER PERRY, M. D.
Earl Hunter Perry, M. D., of Salisbury, was born March 20, 1878, at Townville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, son of the Rev. James F. Perry, and grandson of James Perry, a na- tive of Maryland, by trade a millwright, and who served during the war of 1812 with the rank of colonel. James Perry mar- ried Mary Law, of Maryland, and ten children were born to them, two of whom are now living: Mrs. Nancy Murray, of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Sophia Norton, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Perry died at the respective ages of sixty-four and seventy.
James F. Perry, ninth child of James and Mary (Law) Perry, was born October 23, 1831, at Spruce Creek, Hunting- don county, Pennsylvania. and at the age of twenty-six entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, and bore all the burdens and endured all the hardships of the early circuit rider of that denomination, his circuit at one time embracing twenty- six preaching points. Mr. Perry married, September 2, 1856, Marry Elizabeth, born March 13, 1837, in Lionesta, Forest county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Hunter, who was a raft pilot on the river from Olean to Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1812 he was in charge of the transportation of supplies between Pittsburg and Erie, and it was his force that equipped Commo- dore Perry's ships with the munitions of war that rendered possible his victory over the British fleet on Lake Erie. The father of - Hunter was Poland Hunter, one of the orig- inal Holland Land Company of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Perry were the parents of the following children: Linna M., born June 5, 1857, graduated from the Beethoven School of Music, Meadville, Pennsylvania. She was a most capable and success- ful teacher of instrumental music until her death in Salisbury, February 16, 1906: D. E. Simpson. born July 12, 1861, studied at Allegheny College, entered the ministry at the age of twenty- seven. and is now rector of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal church, Blossburg, Pennsylvania; the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Gove City College, Penn- sylvania : Dr. Perry married Mand Townley, of Crawford county, and they have two children, Lytle F. and L. Ayleen ; Francis J., early learned telegraphy and rose rapidly to his present position, which is that of chief train despatcher or divison operator on the Pennsylvania railroad, with head- quarters at New Castle, Pennsylvania; he has charge of all telephone and telegraph lines and of the movements of trains on his division; he married Mary C. Bixler, of Ashtabula, Ohio, and they have three children: Linna M .. Leota J. and Gladys M .; Frances Luella. died December 26, 1863, aged three
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years. Earl Hunter, of whom later. The Rev. James F. Perry died January 9, 1906, having spent fifty years of his life in preaching the gospel in Pennsylvania and western New York. His widow resides with her son, Dr. Earl Hunter Perry, in Salisbury.
Earl Hunter Perry, son of James F. and Mary Elizabeth (Hunter) Perry. obtained his preparatory education in the schools of the different towns in which his father was stationed. At the age of thirteen he entered Le Bof Academy, Water- ford, after which he took a four years' course at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania. In 189S he entered the med- ical department of the Western University of Pennsylvania, spent a year at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and in 1902 received from the Medico-Chirurgical College of Phila- delphia the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He immediately be- gan practice at Kane, Pennsylvania, but in 1903 settled in Salis- bury, buying out the practice of Dr. A. F. Spicher. He is a general practitioner, but makes a specialty of diseases of the eve. He was at one time president of the Salisbury board of health. He belongs to the American Medical Association and the State and County Medical Societies, holding from the two last- named organizations the appointment of district censor. He affiliates with Meyersdale Lodge. No. 554, F. and A. M., and Salisbury Lodge, No. 982. I. O. O. F. He is a Republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Dr. Perry married, Angust 1, 1906, Frances F., daughter of Calvin T. Hay. of Salisbury (see Hay sketch). Mrs. Perry is a graduate of the Salisbury high schools.
JOHN ROBERT FAIR.
John Robert Fair, of West Salisbury, is a grandson of Robert Fair, who was born in Belfast, Ireland, and subse- quently emigrated to the United States. His son, Conrad Fair, was born in Fairhope township, and was a laborer in the mines, burning the first lime ever consumed in that part of the county. Conrad Fair married Charlotte, daughter of Robert Patton, of Elk Lick township, and their children were: William Henry, married Elnor Snyder; Jennic. wife of Daniel Smalley; John Robert, see forward; Elmer, married Elizabeth Christman; Matthew, married Elizabeth Smalley; Anna, deceased; Avora, wife of Charles Clawson; Christopher C., deceased; Frank, married Ellen Fuller.
John Robert Fair, son of Conrad and Charlotte (Patton) Fair, was born April 23, 1861, in Greenville township, and until the age of eighteen attended the public schools of Elk Lick township. During his latter years in school he worked in the coal mines and continued to do so until 1897. From that year
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until 1902 he was employed in the general store of the Elk Lick Supply Company, and in the latter year bought out Frank Clare's hotel at West Salisbury. This building, which was de- stroyed by fire May 4, 1903, he rebuilt, changing the name to the Hotel Fair. In December, 1905, he leased the Chrystal House at Berlin, which he improved and refurnished, naming it the Hotel Berlin, and of this he is now the proprietor. In addition to this he has interests in the coal business in Somerset county. For seven years he was constable of the borough of Salisbury and also served on the police force. He was formerly a mem- ber of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, is a member of the German Reformed church, and his political affiliations are with the Republicans.
Mr. Fair married Emma C., daughter of John A. Kendal, of Somerset county, and the following children have been born to them: William, deceased; Bertha; Cora; Ollie; John, de- ceased; Asa; and Mary.
ALBERT REITZ.
Albert Reitz, cashier of the First National Bank of Salis- bury, descends from Hartman Reitz, who was born at Oscarban, near Frankfort on the Rhine, Germany, and in June, 1835, in the ship "Leondina," sailed for America and landed in Balti- more, Maryland, eight weeks later. He was a miller, having learned his trade in the old country. He later settled in Somer- set county, near Roxbury, where his brother George had estab- lished a milling business about twelve years previous. The old mill still stands and is referred to in the sketch of Joseph Reitz on another page of this work. Hartman Reitz married Sarah Geiger, of Berks county, and their children were: Conrad; Ellen; John; Elizabeth; Hartman H .. see forward; William; Joseph; Daniel; Henry; and Jacob. Hartman Reitz died Au- gust 30, 1883, aged seventy-eight, and Sarah, his wife, died March 6, 1894, aged seventy-two.
Hartman H. Reitz, son of Hartman and Sarah (Geiger)' Reitz, was born May 20, 1849, in Stony Creek township. On reaching manhood he engaged in the milling business; for a few years thereafter operated a planing mill in Salisbury, and for fifteen years has been engaged in the manufacture of Somer- set apple butter, owning the only factory in the county. He is a member of the German Baptist church, and a Prohibitionist. Mr. Reitz married, January 1. 1873, Mary A., born August 9, 1852. daughter of John Faust, of Somerset county, and their family consists of the following children: Harvey, born June 6, 1874, died July 29, 1899: Emma Cora, born July 16, 1876, wife of J. W. Kann; Albert, born February 19, 1878; see for- ward; John Edward, born June 10, 1879; William R., born July
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26, 1881; Ella M., born April 22, 1883; Elizabeth A., born June 18, 1888; Harry C., born September 18, 1890.
Albert Reitz, son of Hartman H. and Mary (Faust) Reitz, was born February 19, 1878. in New Baltimore, Somerset coun- ty, Pennsylvania. He obtained his preparatory education chiefly in the public schools of Salisbury. In 1898 he entered Juniata Business College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, remain- ing three months. During the winter of 1897-98 he taught in Elk Lick township, and in the autumn of 1898 became clerk in the Valley Bank of Salisbury. In 1902 the institution was re- organized as the First National Bank, and Mr. Reitz was made cashier, a position which he still holds. He is also a stockholder in the bank. He was one of the promoters of the Improved Traction Engine Company of Salisbury, and is now its secre- tary and treasurer. He is secretary of the Citizens' Light, H. and P. Company of Salisbury, He is a member of the German Baptist church, and supports with his vote and influence the Republican party.
Mr. Reitz married, January 3, 1904, Emma May, daughter of Charles and Etta (Hoffman) Randolph, of Grundy Centre, Iowa, and they are the parents of one child, Albert Randolph, born August 7, 1905.
HARVEY H. MAUST.
Harvey H. Maust, of Salisbury, one of the leading busi- ness men of Somerset county, was born September 16, 1862, in Elk Lick township, his father and grandfather having both borne the name of Abraham Maust. His great-grandfather was Jacob Maust, a native of Switzerland, who settled in Elk Lick township at some period prior to the Revolution. The original tract of land on which he made his home is now occupied by Morris Maust and is known as the "old Maust farm."
Abraham Maust, son of Jacob Maust, was born May 23, 1793, on the homestead in Elk Lick township and followed agri- cultural pursuits. His wife was Magdalene Longnecker, of the well wnown Bedford county family of that name, and their children were: Abraham, of whom later; Samuel; Joseph; Jacob; Peter; William; Jonas; John; Elias; Elizabeth, wife of John Peek, of Addison township; Anna, wife of Michael Glotfelty ; Barbara, wife of Jacob Shrock; Sarah, wife of George Peck; and Margaret, wife of Jacob Miller. Abraham Maust, the father of this large family, died April 28, 1885, having nearly completed his ninety-second year.
Abraham Maust, eldest son of Abraham and Magdalene (Longnecker) Maust, was born November 9, 1831, on the home farm, and, like his father, always followed the calling of a tiller of the soil, both in Pennsylvania and in Maryland, whither
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he removed, taking up his abode in Garrett county. He has now retired from active life and resides on his farm in Gar- rett county. which is managed by his son Fearson. He is a member of the German Baptist Brethren church and has lived a life in accordance with the strict tenets of that religious body.
Mr. Maust married. April 10, 1854, Mary, born June 24, 1826, daughter of John Newman, of Garrett county, Maryland, and their children are: Anna Elizabeth; Ada, wife of Gillian Broadwater, farmer of Garrett county, five children, Eva, Mary, Irwin, Hillary and Nevin; Newman, lumberman of Roanoke, West Virginia, married Emma Broadwater; Harvey H., of whom later; Frank A., lumberman, married Ada Lichty, of Summit township; Fearson, manages the home farm in Gar- rett county, married - Keim; and Aaron C., lumberman, of Salisbury, married Alberta Stanton, two children. The chil- dren of Abraham and Mary (Newman) Maust owe much to their parents. The father, by the principles of integrity, industry and economy, inculcated in them habits that have been the foundation stones on which they have built successful careers, while the mother, whose gentle love and forgiving kindness were compel- ling forces in their lives, sowed in their youthful hearts seed which has borne abundant harvest.
Harvey H. Maust, son of Abraham and Mary (Newman) Maust, attended the schools of Garrett county, Maryland, whither his parents removed soon after his birth. His time, un- til the age of twenty-one, was divided between assisting his father in the labors of the farm and acquiring an education. He began his business career by purchasing, with four others, a tract of timber land, the combined capital of the five partners being only sufficient to cover the purchase price of nineteen hundred dollars. The first year they cut ties and peeled bark which, when sold, furnished means with which to buy and erect a sawmill on the property, and in the suceeding three years the tract was cleared at a profit of twenty-five thousand dollars. Mr. Maust has ever since been actively interested in the devel- opment of coal, timber and other properties in Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. He is one of the owners in the Maust Lumber Company, having coal and timber lands, with planing mills and yards at Boynton, Pennsylvania. Of this company Mr. Maust is general manager, and holds the same position in the Boynton Coal Company. He is president of the Improved Traction Engine Company and of the Light, Heat and Power Company of Salisbury. He was formerly vice-presi- dent of the H. C. Huston Lumber Company of Pittsburg, which he owned in common with H. C. Huston and J. L. Kendall, but ultimately disposed of his interest to William Kendall.
He is vice-president of the First National Bank of Salis-
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bury and of the Pennsylvania- & Maryland Steel Railway, now constructing an electric line which will eventually connect Frost- burg, Maryland, with Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He is inter- ested in numerous other enterprises, covering almost the entire range of the development of western Pennsylvania. He is con- servative and cautious in his methods, is a strong, reliant, self- made man and richly deserves the success he has won. He has served the borough of Salisbury in the common council and on the school board, and indorses the principles of the Republican party. He is an elder of the Reformed church of Salisbury.
· Mr. Maust married, October 1, 1891, Jennie Stanton, and they are the parents of two children, Florence and Bayard. Mrs. Maust is the only daughter of Eli and Harriet Stanton, of Grantsville, Maryland. She received her education in the schools of her native town, and, like her husband, is a member of the Reformed church.
WILLIAM R. SUFALL.
William R. Sufall, a painter and paperhanger of Somer- set, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, was there born, December 15, 1871, son of John R. and Rebecca (Haupt) Sufall and grand- son of John Sufall, who was a farmer by occupation. His father was a native of Somerset county and a carpenter by trade. He married Rebecca Haupt and they are the parents of children as follows: William R .; Marion, deceased; George; Amelia ; Laura; Eliza; and Parker, married Nellie Eva, daugh- ter of William Baker.
William R. Sufall was educated in the common schools of the county, and at the age of sixteen left school to learn the trade of painter and paperhanger. This occupation he has since followed and has been very successful. He married, No- vember, 1891, Miss Barbara Schrock, who was born in Som- erset, May 4, 1871, a daughter of Cyrus Schrock, a stock dealer, and Mary (Swank) Schrock, who were the parents of the fol- lowing named children: Edward; Laura; Wilson; Barbara; Calvin; and Guy. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Sufall have one child, Mary R., born February 19, 1904.
DAVID T. HITESHEW.
David T. Hiteshew, of Crum, is a son of Jacob Hiteshew, who was born about 1780 at Tawneytown, Maryland, and moved to Bradford county, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in farming near Schellsburg. He served in the army during the war of 1812. His political affiliations were with the Democrats and he was a member of the German Lutheran church. Mr. Hite- shew married, in 1813, Mary M. Zambram, and they were the parents of the following children: William, born in 1815; Eliz-
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abeth, born in 1817; John, born in 1818; Jacob, born in 1820; Julia A., born in 1821; Abraham, born in 1822; Mary, born in 1824; Gideon, born in 1825; David T., mentioned at length here- inafter; and Susanna, born in 1829. The death of Mr. Hite- shew occurred about 1840.
David T. Hiteshew, son of Jacob and Mary M. (Zambram) Hiteshew, was born in 1827 in Bedford county, and in early life followed the carpenter's trade. In 1861 he moved to Shade township, where he has since given his attention to farming and at the same time engaged in the lumber business. He is a Democrat and a member of the Evangelistic church. Mr. Hiteshew married, June 10, 1848, Catharine Dorr, who bore him the following children: Margaret, born April 27, 1849; William, born September 17, 1850; Ruth A., born April 9, 1852; John, born October 19, 1853; George, born October 6, 1855; Al- bert, born March 11, 1857; Mary B., born November 15, 1858; Hester, born June 6, 1860; Sarah C., born January 9, 1862; and Jacob W., born June 9, 1865. The mother of these children died and Mr. Hiteshew married, February 20, 1879, Sarah Ful- ler, by whom he became the father of two sons and two daugh- ters: Della, born December 23, 1881; David H., born October 11, 1882; Thomas C., born February 28, 1886; and Levina G., born April 12, 1889.
Della Hiteshew, eldest child of David T. and Sarah (Ful- ler) Hiteshew, graduated from the State Normal School at In- diana and is now a teacher in the public schools of Shade town- ship.
JACOB WALTER.
Jacob Walter was born in Somerset county, the son of Michael and Rebecca (Ketzmiller) Walter. He married Eliz- abeth Ankeny, the daughter of Jacob and Christine (Knable) Ankeny, and they have children as follows: Mary, married Christian Wilhen; Henry, married Louisa Meese; Frank, mar- ried Susan Weimer; Sarah, the wife of Samuel R. Critchfield; Lydia, the wife of Samuel Bittner; Christiana, married Henry C. Schnadier; Phoebe Elizabeth, married Westly Humbert; Louisa, married Frank Shaffer; Hearthe; Margaret; Samuel C., married Louisa Baker ; and Emma A., deceased.
WILLIAM A. MERRILL.
William A. Merrill, of Garrett, Pennsylvania, is· a son of Uriah A. Merrill, who spent most of his early life in Iowa, later moving to Pennsylvania. He married Katharine, daughter of Samuel Tressler, of Elk Lick township, and the following are their children: Alice (Mrs. Jeremiah Engle) ; William A., see forward; John, of Elk Lick; and Mary (Mrs. Milton Bowlby).
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Uriah Merrill died in 1902. Mrs. Uriah Merrill lives at Garrett with her son, William A.
William A. Merrill, son of Uriah and Katharine Merrill, was born January 24, 1869, in Iowa, but received his education in the public schools of Elk Lick township, Somerset county, which he attended until the age of sixteen. Up to the time of attaining his majority he worked in the mines and assisted his father on the farm. During the next two years he was purchas- ing agent for the Standard Extract Company, of West Salis- bury, buying wood and bark. December 12, 1892, he entered the mercantile business at Garrett, buying out W. L. Hoover and establishing himself as W. A. Merrill. In 1898 he reorgan- ized the business under the name of the Enterprise Supply Com- pany. From 1892 to 1895 he was engaged in the lumber busi- ness with S. A. Kendall, and from 1895 to 1898 carried it alone. In the latter year he went into the coal business under the name of the Enterprise Coal Company, with offices at Garrett, and in 1902 sold out mine No. 1 to the Somerset Coal Company. He associated with himself as partner in the coal and supply com- pany J. B. Walker, opening up Enterprise Mine No. 2, or "Ponfeigh mine," equipping it with electricity and making it one of the most modern and best mines in the vicinity.
In 1902 he helped to organize the Penn Marva Coal Com- pany under foreign charter, one hundred thousand dollars capi- tal, with offices at Garrett, Pennsylvania, and in Clay county, West Virginia. Of this company he became general manager, a position which he held until November, 1905, when he, with Mr. Mccullough, sold their interests to the other two partners. In 1902 Mr. Merrill helped to organize the First National Bank of Garrett and was made the first president, an office which he still holds. During the same year he helped to organize the Erie Coal and Coke Company, bought the Turner Coal and Coke Company and chartered, under the laws of Pennsylvania, with capital of one hundred thousand dollars. Later he became president and still retains that position. In 1903, in company with J. B. Walker, he bought the Garrett Electric Light, Heat and Power Company, which supplies Garrett borough with elec- tricity. He is the owner of about twenty buildings, including the Garrett Opera House; also owns large and valuable coal and timber land in Braxton and Clay counties, West Virginia, with a frontage of six miles on the Coal & Coke railroad. Since 1903 he has been member of the council. He belongs to Lodge No. 175, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of Johnstown. In politics he adheres to no party, but is an independent voter. He is a member of the Reformed church.
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