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He married, September 8, 1874, Mary J. Maurer, daughter of George J. and Eliza (Zimmerman) Maurer, of Stoyestown, Somerset county, Pennsylvania. George Maurer was a prominent and wealthy farmer of his township, operating a farm of two hundred acres. In his younger days he taught school, and at the outbreak of the civil war enlisted and served the Union cause with bravery and distinction. He was much in- terested in the public schools of his township and was its school director several terms. His farm is now being operated by his sons, Josiah and Robert Maurer. Two other sons, John H., and Franklin, reside in Dale borough, and one daughter, the wife of August Perlin, of Philadelphia. The children of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Stull are: 1. Howard W., formerly assistant postmaster at Johnstown, now assistant auditor in the foreign auditing department at Washington, D. C. He married Jennie Mc- Gaghan and they have three children-Margaret, Franklin. and Webster. 2. George B., a practicing physician and an alumnus of the Chirurgical Medical College of Philadelphia. He is now in practice at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and is assistant surgeon of the Harrisburg Hospital. 3. Annie May, deceased. 4. Ivella Pearl, at present a teacher in the Dale borough grammar school. 5. Arthur Maurer, a student.
HENRY EDMUND HUDSON, who died at the Hudson residence at No. 796 Railroad street, July 2, 1902, was one of the oldest residents of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania. He was an engineer in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and had a remark- able career in railroading, not alone in point of time, but in the fact that in all the years of his service he was never suspended from duty or fined, and never even earned a reprimand.
. Henry Hudson, father of Henry Edmund Hudson, lived in Cam- bria county, Pennsylvania, and was a surveyor by occupation. He married Esther Burke, and had children, all of whom are deceased, as follows: Henry Edmund, see forward. William, died in Altoona in 1901. Ter-
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rance, killed in an accident in the state of Indiana. James, died many years ago.
Henry Edmund Hudson, son of Henry and Esther (Burke) Hudson, was born near Loretto, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, August 28, 1823. He was but a boy when Prince Gallitzin lived in the northern part of the county, and it was his delight during the later years of his life to relate the incidents of his boyhood, particularly those in which the prince had a share. Mr. Hudson entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, as engineer, in 1852, on the Allegheny Portage rail- road, and after some years was transferred to the Ohio & Pennsylvania railroad, now the Fort Wayne. Mr. Hudson took charge of an engine on the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania railroad in 1858, and dur- ing the greater part of his years of service had charge of the fastest passenger trains. In all this time he was noted for his careful attention to the duties of his position, his skill and reliability, and he never met with a serious accident. At the time he retired from active service on the road he had in charge an engine which pulled some of the finest passenger trains in this country. This was on the stretch between Cone- maugh and Gallitzin, over the mountain. He was placed on the railroad pension list when he relinquished his duties, and a few months prior to his death he was placed on the Carnegie pension roll by Mr. Carnegie, who was his personal friend. Though advanced in years, his eye was as keen, his hand as steady, and his judgment as sound and correct, as in his prime, and he was the wonder of his more youthful co-workers. He was a consistent Christian, a loyal supporter of the government, and numbered among his friends such men of note as: J. Edgar Thompson, Thomas A. Scott, Andrew Carnegie, Enoch Lewis, Herman J. Lombart, George B. Roberts, Edward H. Williams, A. J. Cassatt, and Robert Pitcairn. He was a member of the Veterans' Association of the Pitts- burg Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and attended all the meet- ings of the association with the exception of the one held in Altoona a few weeks prior to his demise. At a reunion of this organization, held in Johnstown, May 21, 1903, Henry Wilson Storey spoke of Mr. Hudson as follows: "Henry E. Hudson was an active engineer for forty-eight years, and at the age of seventy-five years ran on the fastest passenger trains, making fifty and sixty miles per hour, with the same calm judg- ment as his younger co-workers. His equal is unknown in the annals of railroading for great carefulness and length of time in service."
Mr. Hudson married, July, 1853, Murtilla Mclain, the Rev. Mr. Mullen, formerly of Johnstown, and later bishop of the Erie diocese of the Roman Catholic church, officiating. Mrs. Hudson was born in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1833, and was the fifth child of a family of six daughters and four sons. One of her sisters, Mrs. Ann Parker, lives in the fifth ward of Johnstown, and another, Mrs. Martha Dibert, lives in the second ward in the same city. Mrs. Hudson, who died in Johnstown, March 14, 1887, was a devoted wife and a most lov- ing mother. She discharged the duties of a family which was blessed with many children in a most praiseworthy and faithful manner, yet al- ways had time to spare for those in sorrow and affliction. She was never happier than when visiting the sick, or alleviating suffering in some form, and her death was deeply and sincerely regretted. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hudson were: Mary, deceased; Kate, George, Henry, twin of George, deceased; James, deceased; Anna, John, William, Lizzie, Mattie, Millie, deceased ; Frank, deceased ; Nellie.
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DAVID W. HARSHBERGER, one of Johnstown's successful busi- ness men, and for many years engaged in commercial enterprises both there and in the chief cities of his native state of Pennsylvania, was born December 17, 1844, at Franklin, Venango county, son of Isaac Harsh- berger, and grandson of John Harshberger, who was a farmer and land- owner in Somerset county and married Miller.
Isaac Harshberger, son of John and (Miller) Harshberger, was born November 24, 1811, and was reared on his father's farm in Somerset county, receiving his education in the schools of that period. He afterward moved to Cambria county, where he purchased a tract of land and engaged in farming. On this estate of one hundred and thirty acres he lived during the remainder of his life, with the exception of about ten years which were passed in Franklin, Venango county, where he owned and cultivated a large farm of two hundred acres. Eventually he sold this property and returned to his farm in Cambria county, where he ended his days. The estate was divided between his two sons, Samuel 1. and David W. Harshberger. Although not a politician he served sev- eral terms as justice of the peace greatly to the satisfaction of his fellow- citizens. He was an active member of the Evangelical church of Rich- land township, in which for many years he held the office of elder.
Isaac Harshberger married, April 11, 1834, Rebecca Fye, born Octo- ber 3, 1818, and they became the parents of five sons, only two of whom are now living: 1. Jacob, born February 17, 1836, served with distinc- tion in the Civil war, and died May 12, 1865, from an illness caused by exposure during the campaign before Petersburg. He participated in several battles. He married Margaret, daughter of Peter Varner, and their children were: Frederick, deceased; and Amanda, widow of An- drew Mumah. Jacob Harshberger's widow now resides at Lovett. 2. John, born July 15, 1838, died November, 1838. 3. Samuel I., born September 14, 1839, married Mary Livingston, seven children: John, William. Isaac, Samuel, Emma, Mary and Elizabeth. 4. David W., of whom later. 5. Daniel, born August 15, 1859, died at the age of twenty- seven. The death of Isaac Harshberger, the father, occurred in 1898, when he had attained the ripe age of eighty-seven years. He was a man of much nobility of character and was highly respected by his neighbors.
David W. Harshberger, son of Isaac and Rebecca (Fye) Harshber- ger, was reared on his father's farm and acquired his elementary educa- tion in the public schools of his native township. At the age of fifteen he entered the service of the firm of Nutter & Ayres, manufacturers of sugar hogsheads, and the money thus obtained he devoted to the comple- tion of his education, placing himself in a seminary at Greensburg, near Canton, Ohio. After finishing his course of study he returned home and became the assistant of his father in the management of the farm, teach- ing school during the winter months. He next became clerk in the drug store of August Zwinner on Main street, where the Hinchman block is now situated. When Mr. Zwinner sold out to Dr. M. G. Crawford Mr. Harshberger remained for a time with the latter, and then accepted a position with Colonel C. T. Fraser, by whom he was employed for about a year. He then, in partnership with B. L. Yeagley, opened a drug store on Main street, but after a time the firm sold out and Mr. Harshberger moved to Philadelphia, where he obtained a position with French, Rich- ards & Company, large wholesale dealers in drugs, with whom he re- mained three years. He then returned to Johnstown and engaged in the liquor business, subsequently going to Pittsburg, where he became clerk for the Honorable R. N. McClaran in the drug business at East Liberty.
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After engaging for a time in this new undertaking, he once more came back to Johnstown and resumed his position with Colonel Fraser. His next venture was to engage in the lumber business, after which he took the Johnstown agency for the Iron City Brewing Company. From his labors in these many enterprises he returned to the home farm and was a successful tiller of the soil until 1902, when he sold the property, settled in Walnut Grove, Johnstown, and opened a general grocery store, which he has since conducted with the assistance of his son, and where he is now doing a profitable and increasing business. In politics he is an ardent and stanch advocate of the principles endorsed and supported by the Republican party, and an active worker in the interests of the organ- ization. He has fraternal as well as political affiliations, being a member of Cambria Lodge, No. 278.
The Harshbergers of the present day, in common with all represent- atives of old families, are in the possession of heirlooms inherited from their ancestors, and among these memorials of past generations is an ancient German Bible, which belonged to Isaac Harshberger and is now treasured by his descendants. This Bible contains valuable family rec- ords which constitute a mine of wealth for the inquirer into the Harsh- berger genealogy.
CHARLES MURR, deceased, late of Johnstown, for many years a leading cigar manufacturer of that city, was born in Bavaria, Germany, son of Godfried and Margaret Anna ( Hoffman) Murr, who emigrated to the United States and settled in Johnstown, whence they moved to Sax- onburg, Butler county, Pennsylvania. They remained, however, but a short time, and then returned to Johnstown, where Godfried Murr en- gaged in the grocery business on Railroad street. After carrying on a successful establishment for some years, he retired and passed his declin- ing days in the home of his son, Charles Murr.
Charles Murr was about twelve years old when his parents brought him to this country, and he had received his education in German schools. At an early age he became a clerk in his father's store in Johnstown, serving in that capacity for two years. He then learned the trade of a cigar-maker with a Mr. Floto, of Johnstown, and in 1870
engaged in business for himself, opening a cigar on Washington street. His trade increased so rapidly that he was soon able to erect a building and store of his own on the same street, in which he conducted what was, for those times in Johnstown, a large cigar-manu- facturing business, employing as many as twenty hands. The great flood of 1889, which brought financial ruin and loss of life to so large a part of the population of Johnstown, numbered among its victims Charles Murr. His factory and store were swept away and he himself, with five of his- children, perished in the waters. Among the many worthy citizens lost to Johnstown by this disaster it is safe to say that none was more sincere- ly mourned than Mr. Murr. He was survived by his wife and remaining children, and also by two sisters: Mary, wife of Godfried Lessenger; and Katrina. After the death of Mr. Murr, his widow, in partnership with her brother, Frederick Speck, erected the first briek business building put up in Johnstown after the flood, beginning the work of construction in the July following the disaster, all the brieks and other building mater- ials being shipped from Pittsburg. After the erection of this structure they carried on the business successfully.
Mr. Murr married Mary Speck, and their family consisted of the following children : Katharine, born April 17, 1871, died May 2, 1889.
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Emma, born November 25, 1872, died in infancy. Stella, born Novem- ber 27, 1873. Maggie, born February 12, 1875. Charles G. A., of whom later. Frederick, born August 23, 1879. Elsa, born September 30, 1881, died in infancy. Mildred, born December 25, 1883. Bessie, born June 27, 1885, died young. John, born March 3. 1886, employed as grocery clerk, by Fred Harmony, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Hilda, born Feb- ruary 20, 1889. Of these children, Stella, Maggie, Frederick, Mildred ard Hilda were lost in the flood.
Mary (Speck) Murr, widow of Charles Murr, was a daughter of Ja- cob Speck. a native of Germany, who emigrated to this country about the middle of the nienteenth century, making his home in Pittsburg. His wife was Catharine Graff, and their surviving children, with the excep- tion of Mrs. Murr, are the following: John Jacob, married Mary Got- hard. Sophia, wife of Albert Sadler, children ; Millie, Hettie, Charles and Albert. Herman, married Emma Berkley, children ; Merton, Samuel and Norman. Katrina, wife of Christopher Nehrig, children; Charles, Frederick. Emil, Mildred, Annie, Harry and Rebecca.
Charles G. A. Murr, son of Charles and Mary (Speck) Murr, was born December 10, 1876, and was brought up in Johnstown, acquiring his education in its public schools. He is at present employed as time- keeper for the Lorain Steel Company of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He married Anna L., daughter of R. P. Lohr.
JAMES STEWART GALLAGHER, whose name for many years has been a leading one in the business circles of Johnstown, was born January 16, 1846, on his father's farm, about five miles south of Greens- burg, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, son of James Gallagher, and grandson of Thomas Gallagher, a native of Donegal county, Ireland. born July 28, 1750. He and his wife emigrated from their native land in 1810, landing in Baltimore, Maryland, May 10, and after visiting their rela- tives in that section, came over the mountains in "Mountain Wagons" to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, first settling in Washington town- ship, but later in Unity, and purchased a farm which afterward came into possession of his son James. In Ireland Mr. Gallagher was an un- der-landlord and the proprietor of an inn. He was captain of volunteers under the king in his native country.
Thomas Gallagher married Isabelle McIlhaney, daughter of James McIlhaney, of Ireland. Their children were: James, of whom later. Thomas, a well-known merchant of Harrisburg; never married. John, lived and died in York, Pennsylvania, where his remains are interred in the cemetery of the Protestant Episcopal church. He married Amanda Day, who bore him two children: Isabelle and Mary. George, who was a business partner of his brother Thomas, died in Philadelphia and is buried in that city. He married a Miss Harbaugh, by whom he had one daughter, Elizabeth ; both mother and daughter are now deceased. Thom- as Gallagher, father of these children, died February 21, 1844, near Pleasant Unity, aged ninety-three years six months, and his wife died January 14, 1817; they were buried in the Unity Presbyterian grave- yard.
James Gallagher, son of Thomas and Isabelle (McIlhaney) Galla- gher, was born in Ireland, October 14, 1789, died March 3, 1881, aged ninety-two years and six months. He came into possession of the farm purchased by his father near Greensburg, Westmoreland county, Penn- sylvania, consisting of more than three hundred and fifty acres, and, having cleared it of timber, erected thereon a comfortable home. On
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this land, which is still in the possession of the Gallagher family, he passed the remainder of his life as a farmer, becoming one of the most successful in the county. He was a strong advocate of the principles of the Republican party. He was a devout member of the Presbyterian church, in the work of which he took an active part.
James Gallagher married, in this country, Elizabeth Foster, born December 14, 1802, died March 29, 1891, daughter of Thomas and Cath- erine (Harrold) Foster. Their children were: Thomas, George, William, John, Isabelle, Sarah Ann, Mary Jane, Martha, Elizabeth, James Stew- art, of whom later; and Robert Taylor. With the exception of Mary Jane, Elizabeth and James Stewart, all these children are now deceased.
James Stewart Gallagher, son of James and Elizabeth (Foster) Gallagher, was reared on the home farm, acquiring his preliminary edu- cation in the local schools. At eighteen he entered Elders Ridge Acad- emy, where he prepared for Washington and Jefferson College, matricu- lating at the latter institution in the same year and graduating in 1867. He then entered his brother's store in New Alexandria, and after re- maining three years went to Johnstown, where he established, in part- nership with his brother Robert, a mercantile business on Main street. In 1887 the partnership was dissolved, since which time Mr. Gallagher has been the local representative of the Arbuckle Company of Pittsburg. He served at one time as assessor for the city of Johnstown. In accord- ance with the traditions of his family, Mr. Gallagher is a stanch adher- ent of the Republican party, always furthering to the utmost of his power the interests of the organization. He attends the First Presby- terian church of Johnstown, to the support of which he is a liberal con- tributor.
Mr. Gallagher married Emma J. Rose, a daughter of Wesley J. Rose, of Johnstown. Their children are: James Wesley of the United States Steel Company, London, England, and Martha Rose, wife of Har- ry A. Hosmer, of the Cambria Steel Company, Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
JACOB L. REAM. now deceased, formerly a well-known and popu- lar hotel-keeper in the eighth ward of Johnstown, was born in 1826, in Kurkesson, province of Brandenburg, now a part of Prussia, son of An- drea Ream, who emigrated to the United States in 1857, settling first at Johnstown and afterward removing to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he passed the remainder of his life. Andrea Ream married
Hoffman, who bore him the following children: John, Frederick, Conrad, Jacob L., of whom later: and Caroline. The death of Andrea Ream, the father, occurred about 1861.
Jacob L. Ream, son of Andrea and (Hoffman) Ream, came in 1855 to the United States, proceeding direct to Johnstown, where he found employment with the Cambria Iron Company, by whom he was retained twelve years. At the end of that time he went into the hotel business, conducting the Hurlbert House for three years, after which he moved to the eighth ward, where he opened a hotel which he con- ducted successfully to the close of his life. He amassed considerable wealth, becoming the owner of much real estate in the eighth ward. In polities he was a strong Democrat, and at one time held the office of councilman for Kaptown. He was a member of the German Lutheran church, and all his life an active worker in its interests.
Mr. Ream married Catharine, daughter of Karl and Mary Spenkel, shortly after her arrival from Germany, of which country she is a na- tive. The death of Mr. Ream, which occurred in 1885. was sincerely
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mourned by all who knew him as that of an estimable man and upright citizen. Mrs. Ream, after the death of her husband, continued to carry on the hotel, which, after the flood, she reconstructed and enlarged. She finally, however, disposed of it, but still continues to manage her es- tate and look after her business interests. She is the owner of consid- erable real estate in the eighth ward, including her present residence on Franklin street as well as a number of other houses.
CONRAD GOLDE, a retired merchant of Johnstown, completes this year a half century of residence in that city, having been born Jan- uary 30, 1852, in Pittsburg, and brought to Johnstown at the early age of five years.
He is a son of Conrad Golde, who was born in Meins-on-Rhine, Ger- many, where he attended school until the age of fourteen, and learned gardening. In 1844 he emigrated to the United States, landing in New York and thence proceeding to Pittsburg, where he settled on a tract of eight acres between that city and East Liberty, and there for ten years engaged in gardening. In 1857 he moved to Johnstown and set- tled in Conemangh township, on nine acres which are now included in the seventh ward. He is entitled to the distinction of having been the first to place homegrown vegetables in the Johnstown market. He car- ried on the business of market gardening to the close of his life. He was a stanch Democrat, and a member of German Lutheran Zion's church. Conrad Golde married Catharine Sole, prior to leaving his native land, and the following children were born to them: John, wholesale flour and feed merchant of Latrobe, Pennsylvania ; married Angeline Beam. Conrad, of whom later. Henry, died in May, 1898, at the age of thirty- five: married Lizzie Fritz. William, of Elyria, Ohio, married Annie Brand. The death of Conrad Golde, the father, occurred in 1878. He was a man greatly esteemed for his many good qualities. His widow survived until December. 1896. Both are buried in Grand View ceme- terv.
Conrad Golde, son of Conrad and Catharine (Sole) Golde, attended the public schools of Conemaugh township from the age of six to that of thirteen. his first instructor being Sarah Haveson, and the one under whom he completed his course of study Mary Glass. After leaving school he assisted, until the death of his father, in the latter's gardening busi- ness, and subsequently for two years conducted it alone. He was then for seven years employed as a salesman by the firm of Wood, Morrell & Company, after which for another two years he devoted himself to the gardening business. This occupation he was forced to abandon by reason of the flood, and was then employed for seven years by the John- son Company, and for four years by the Cambria Iron Company. His next venture was the establishment of a grocery business, which he con- ducted successfully for six years, at the end of that time retiring from the mercantile arena. In 1901 he built his present home on the corner of Messenger and Horner streets. He belongs to Alma Lodge, No. 523, I. O. O. F., in which he holds the rank of past noble grand. He has always been an active worker in the organization. In the sphere of poli- tics he affiliates with the Democrats, adhering steadfastly to the prin- ciples of the party. He is a member of the First Lutheran church.
Mr. Golde married. December 17, 1878, in Johnstown, Lena. daugh- ter of the late George Doerr, and they are the parents of one son. George W., of Johnstown, married Carrie Fleming.
Mr. Golde, during his long residence in Johnstown, has been a wit-
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ness to the growth and progress of the city, and his memory is stored with reminiscences of its bygone days. He remembers that, during his boyhood, the last house on Bedford street was situated where Seifert's tailor shop now stands, and was occupied by a family named Shaffer. This is but one of the many recollections of the past which render Mr. Golde's conversation interesting and instructive to hearers of the present genera- tion.
MARSHALL G. MOORE, of Johnstown, superintendent of the mining department of the Cambria Steel Company, was born October 19, 1859, at Washington, New Jersey, only son of Samuel Austin and Catharine (Mattison) Moore, and grandson of John W. Moore, who in 1846 moved from Belvidere, New Jersey, to Slocum Hollow, now Scran- ton, Pennsylvania. The Moore family came originally from Sussex county, northern New Jersey.
Marshall G. Moore was still an infant when his parents moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania, which was his home until 1885. He received his preparatory education in the public and private schools of Scranton, and in September, 1880, entered Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, grad- uating in June, 1884, with the degree of civil engineer. In July, 1884, he entered the service of the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company, Scran- ton, Pennsylvania, as assistant mining engineer, and in October, 1885, became assistant engineer in the mining department of the Cambria Iron Company, now the Cambria Steel Company. In 1889 he was made mining engineer and in 1893 superintendent of mining department.
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