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Immediately after the close of the war he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. S. B. Detwiler, of Montgomery county, subsequently attending lectures in the Medical Department of the University of Penn- sylvania, graduating with the class of 1868. Soon after his graduation Dr. Zern located at Weissport, where he was successful in the practice of his profes- sion from the start. He lived in Weissport for twenty- three years, after which he removed to Lehighton. Dr. Zern's popularity is attested by the number of times he has been chosen to fill political office. He was elected to represent Carbon county in the state legislature in 1878, and was re-elected in 1880.
During a part of Cleveland's first term he was post- master of Weissport, Pa. In 1893 he was elected bur- gess of Lehighton, and two years later he was the suc- cessful nominee for the office of associate judge of Carbon county. He was next delegated to represent his district (comprising the counties of Carbon, Mon-
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roe and Pike) in the state senate, being elected in 1902. He is a supporter of the Democratic party. Dr. Zern has also taken an active part in business affairs, and has been prominently identified with various enter- prises in and about Lehighton. He is the oldest direc- tor, in point of service, of the First National Bank of Lehighton, of which he is also the vice-president. He is the secretary of the Association of Lehigh Valley Railroad Surgeons, and was the first president of the Carbon County Medical Society. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society, and of the Amer- ican Medical Society. Upon the completion of the Panther Creek Valley Hospital, located at Coaldale, he was appointed as one of its consulting physicians.
Dr. Zern is a past master of Lehighton Lodge, No. 621, Free and Accepted Masons, having the honor of being elected its master when the lodge was consti- tuted, in 1900. He is also a past master of Carbon Lodge, No. 242, F. & A. M., Mauch Chunk, and is a past eminent commander of Packer Commandery, No. 23, of Mauch Chunk.
Dr. Zern was married to Ellen M. Edinger, a daugh- ter of Hon. Abraham Edinger, of Monroe county, in 1870. Four children were born to them: May, Wilmer, Harry and Katharine. The last named, who is the wife of Dr. Homer Heberling, of Lehighton, alone survives.
APPENDICES
APPENDIX I
POPULATION OF CARBON COUNTY FROM 1850 TO 1910.
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Districts.
1850
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
Banks township,
1,745
2,502
3,982
4,018
4,461
4,113
4,719
Beaver Meadow borough,
East Mauch Chunk borough,
833
1,585
1,853
2, 772
3,458
3,548
East Penn township,
688
801
862
933
1,109
1,182
944
East Side borough,
210
220
Franklin township,
1,624
1,912
1,741
2,040
2,342
2,346
Kidder township,
536
1,249
1,417
1,207
992
651
427
Lansford borough,
1,382
1,942
1,416
1,421
136
242
263
Lehigh township,
36
565
619
491
Lehighton borough,
1,485
1,937
2,959
4,629
6,316
Lower Towamensing township,
1,197
1,409
1,552
1,732
1,726
2,507
4,131
Mahoning township,
1,520
1,961
1,589
1,903
2, 248
2,501
2,378
Mauch Chunk borough,
2,557
2,966
3,841
3,742
4,101
4,029
3,952
Mauch Chunk township,
3,727
4,008
5,210
4,082
2,448
2,896
4,358
Packer township,
291
357
441
496
665
684
717
Penn Forest township,
415
580
504
653
627
486
417
Summit Hiii borough,
2, 816
2,986
4,209
Towamensing township,
1,629
801
913
931
933
914
840
Weatherly borough,
1,076
1,937
2,961
2,471
2,501
Weissport borough,
359
388
456
601
638
Totals,
15, 687
21,033
28,144
31,923
38, 624 44, 510
52, 846
APPENDIX II
ROSTER OF CIVIL OFFICERS OF THE COUNTY AND OF MEMBERS IN THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEGISLATURES.
The year given indicates date of election or appointment.
Representatives in Congress.
1852-Asa Packer. 1880-Robert Klotz.
1854-Asa Packer. 1892-William Lilly.
1878-Charles Albright. 1898-Laird H. Barber.
597
..
2,206
4,004
4,888
8,321
Lausanne township,
657
605
723
590
Parryviile borough,
...
1,378
1,530
598
HISTORY OF CARBON COUNTY.
State Senators.
1857-Thomas Craig, Jr.
1890-William M. Rapsher.
1869-A. G. Brodhead.
1878-Allen Craig.
1902-Jacob G. Zern. 1914-Elmer Warner.
Members of General Assembly.
1843-John Fatzinger.
1874-A. J. Durling.
1844-James R. Struthers.
1876-J. C. Kramer.
1845-Jesse Samuels. W. M. Rapsher.
1846-Peter Bowman. Alexander Lockhart.
1878-J. G. Zern. Michael Cassady.
1847-Peter Bowman.
1882-E. H. Snyder.
1848-Robert Klotz.
John J. Gallagher.
1850-William Lilly, Jr.
1852-James R. Struthers.
1854-Thomas Craig, Jr.
1856-Enos Tolan.
1857-Charles H. Williams.
1858-Samuel Balliet. 1859-Zachariah H. Long. 1860-William H. Butler.
1892-William F. Biery.
1894-Thomas Williams.
1896-Jerry N. Weiler.
1898-Thomas Craig. 1900-William R. Stroh. 1902-E. T. Brimmer. 1904-Robert Bacon. 1906-James I. Blakslee.
1908-Wilson S. Campbell.
1910-Edwin R. Enbody.
1912-Jacob W. Smith.
1874-James A. Harvey.
1916-Harry Zanders.
1843-N. B. Eldred. 1847-Luther Kidder. 1849-N. B. Eldred. 1853-George R. Barrett. 1853-James M. Porter.
Judges. 1855-George R. Barrett. 1870-Samuel S. Dreher.
1892-Allen Craig.
1901-Horace Heydt.
1913-Laird H. Barber.
1884-John Craig. J. W. Malloy. 1886-Daniel Bachman. A. W. Raudenbush.
1888-E. M. Mulhearn. 1890-Hugh Ferry.
1861-Thomas Craig, Jr. 1863-Zachariah H. Long. 1864-W. H. Stroh.
1865-Allen Craig. 1868-James Place. 1869-Wesley B. Leonard.
1871-C. S. Detrick.
1872-E. T. MeDonough.
1873-William Kistler.
599
HISTORY OF CARBON COUNTY.
Associate Judges.
1843-Asa Packer.
1874-Edwin M. Paxton.
1843-Jacob Dinkey. 1876-R. Leonard.
1848-Daniel Heberling.
1878-Charles Meendsen.
1851-Isaac T. Dodson.
1881-Harry E. Packer.
William H. Cool.
1883-Charles Meendsen.
1884-James Heberling.
1856-Dennis Bowman. John Lentz. R. Leonard.
1861-A. G. Brodhead. 1888-C. H. Seidle.
Tilghman Amer.
1889-Samuel B. Price.
1866-James Huston. 1893-Daniel Rouse.
Herman Hamburger. 1894-Jacob G. Zern.
1871-John Leisenring. James Huston.
1898-Eugene P. Williams.
1899-Edwin R. Enbody.
1873-Levi Wentz.
County Commissioners.
1843-William Kern. 1864-Charles Meendsen.
G. H. Dougherty.
1865-George Smith.
John D. Bowman. 1866-William Wagner.
1844-John D. Bowman.
1867-John D. Bowman.
1845-Jacob Andreas.
1868-B. F. Kleppinger.
1846-Christopher Shires.
1869-Charles Murray.
1847-John Lentz. Edward Reber.
1848-John Ziegenfuss. 1870-Levi Harleman.
1849-John Horn.
1871-Henry Beineman.
1850-Abraham Shortz.
1872-Samuel Harleman.
1851-Charles Gilbert.
1873-Daniel Kennedy.
1852-William Kern.
1874-Henry Boyer.
1853-James Broderick, Sr.
1875-Henry Boyer.
1854-H. B. Berryhill.
1855-Abraham Harleman.
1856-Joshua Bullock. Peter Hartz.
1857-Peter Hartz.
1858-Andrew Graver.
1859-E. W. Harlan. 1860-Enos Koch.
1861-Daniel Stemler.
1862-Abel Hewett. 1863-Peter Hartz.
Daniel Rouse. James Ash.
1878-Josiah Andreas.
John J. Gallagher. James Ash.
1881-Edwin Sensinger. Samuel Harleman. Amos Riegel. 1884-Anthony Coll. John Arner. Benjamin Williams.
600
HISTORY OF CARBON COUNTY.
1887-Jacob S. Hawk. 1902-D. O. Straup. David Ross.
Henry Miller. Dominick O'Donnell.
Thomas M. Ferry.
1890-Henry Miller. 1905-D. O. Straup. David Ross. John K. Lentz.
Daniel Cannon. J. C. Sendel. 1893-H. H. McBride.
William B. Anthony. Morris Trexler. 1896-Lewis W. Koons. Robert H. Bauman. John O'Donnell.
1899-Charles Rehrig. John O'Donnell. Jesse L. Gabel.
1908-John K. Lentz. Edwin F. Warner. David Ross.
1911-Wallace Drumheller. Thomas B. Craig. James Walker. 1915-Thomas B. Craig. James Walker. James T. Mulhearn.
Sheriffs.
1843-Charles Snyder.
1846-John Painter.
1882-Charles W. Lentz.
1849-Isaac Ripple. 1885-James Gallagher.
1852-John Lentz.
1888-Hiram Levan.
1855-Francis Stucker.
1891-Joseph S. Webb.
1858-Amos Riegel.
1894-Milton Setzer.
1861-Charles Packer.
1897-Robert Breslin.
1864-Reuben Ziegenfuss.
1867-Peter S. Keiser.
1870-Jacob W. Raudenbush. 1906-William H. Reber.
1873-Oliver Breneiser. 1909-August Begel.
1876-J. W. Raudenbush.
1913-Michael Hartneady.
Treasurers.
1843-Peter Bowman. 1861-Conrad Kocher.
1845-Abraham Shortz. 1863-M. W. Raudenbush.
1847-Laurence D. Knowles. 1865-Patrick Sharkey.
1849-Isaac Ripple. 1867-A. G. Brodhead.
1851-James I. Blakslee. 1853-A. G. Brodhead. 1871-Edgar Twining.
1855-Samuel B. Price.
1857-Franklin Recd. 1875-T. D. Claus.
1859-Robert Klotz.
1869-James Sweeney.
1873-William E. Bevan.
1878-Max Schweibinz.
1879-Thomas Koons.
1900-J. H. Gombert.
1903-James H. Rothermel.
601
HISTORY OF CARBON COUNTY.
1881-Douglas McLean.
1884-Samuel Rickert.
1887-George Dolan.
1890-James T. Mulhearn.
1893-Levi Horn.
1896-Thomas M. Whildin.
1899-Lawrence Tarleton.
1902-Douglas Arner.
1905-Thomas M. Ferry.
1908-Milton A. Mummey.
1911-E. F. Eshleman.
1915-Henry Brobst.
Registers and Recorders.
1843-Robert Klotz. 1872-Alfred Whittingham.
1846-Oliver Musselman. 1875-Bernard Phillips.
1852-A. B. Nimson. 1881-James H. Handwerk.
1858-Edward K. Stroh.
1893-Henry E. Swartz.
1861-A. B. Nimson. 1896-Robert G. McMichael.
1869-William Graver.
Registers of Wills.
1902-Henry W. Bartels. 1915-William Arner.
1908-C. Curtis Doak.
Recorders of Deeds.
1902-Robert G. McMichael. 1908-Horace F. Keat.
1905-John McMichael. 1915-Thomas Evans.
1905-Warren Van Dyke.
Prothonotaries and Clerks of the Court.
1843-William H. Brown. 1864-J. H. Siewers.
1846-Charles Snyder. 1873-Thomas Kemerer.
1849-Dennis Bowman. 1879-George Esser.
1855-Stephen E. Sites. 1891-David G. Watkins.
1858-Robert Q. Butler. 1897-E. I. J. Paetzel.
1861-Thomas J. Heberling. 1900-William J. Zerbey.
Prothonotaries.
1903-James E. James. 1913-James Corkill.
1909-Henry W. Bartels.
Clerks of the Court. 1903-William J. Zerbey. 1909-John J. McGinley.
602
HISTORY OF CARBON COUNTY.
District Attorneys.
1843-James R. Struthers.
1886-W. M. Rapsher.
1850-O. H. Wheeler.
1889-Joseph Fisher.
1856-Samuel McLean. 1895-E. O. Nothstein.
1859-Allen Craig. 1898-Daniel W. Sitler.
1862-W. B. Leonard.
1901-Frank P. Sharkey.
1868-E. C. Dimmick.
1904-George E. Gray.
1874-E. R. Siewers.
1880-E. M. Mulhearn.
1911-Chester Setzer.
County Surveyors.
1850-Henry Boyer, Jr. 1868-Henry Boyer.
1853-S. E. Sites.
1872-William G. Freyman.
.
1855-C. H. Nimson. 1874-Josiah Xander.
1859-Hiram Belford. 1875-Charles Carroll.
1861-Oliver O. Bowman. 1878-H. B. Salkeld.
1863-Edwin Shortz. 1879-Henry Boyer.
1865-R. F. Hofford.
1882-Franz Mackl.
1866-James Harvey. 1907-William B. Tombler.
1867-C. H. Diekerman.
1915-Isaac Granger.
Coroners.
1843-Lewis Haney. 1846-John Horn, Jr. 1849-William H. Eberle. 1874-J. J. Smyth. 1852-A. G. Brodhead. 1875-A. M. Straup.
1855-L. D. Knowles. 1856-Patrick Sharkey. 1858-S. B. Hutchinson. 1859-Elwin Bauer. 1863-R. Leonard. 1864-Solomon Driesbach. 1865-John B. Longshore. 1866-Horace De Young. 1867-Elwin Bauer. 1868-James C. Kramer. 1870-Joseph De Frchn. 1871-John Painter.
1872-J. B. Tweedle. 1873-John Weston.
1882-P. H. Latham. 1885-J. A. Horn.
1888-W. W. Buck.
1891-W. L. Kutz.
1894-W. P. Long. 1901-J. H. Behler.
1904-G. Stuart Kirby. 1907-Edward G. Bray. 1915-Ira E. Freyman.
1876-P. D. Keiser.
1879-C. W. Lentz.
603
HISTORY OF CARBON COUNTY.
Superintendents of Schools.
1854-J. H. Siewers.
1857-Thomas L. Foster.
1863-R. F. Hofford.
1881-T. M. Balliet.
1887-T. A. Snyder.
1896-A. S. Beisel.
1902-James J. Bevan.
Inspector of Weights and Measures. 1913-R. J. Hongen.
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