History of Cumberland and Adams counties, Pennsylvania. Containing history of the counties, their townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc.; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc, Part 74

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Levi Kauffman, their fourth son, the subject of this sketch, was born at Little Washi- ington. Lancaster Co., Penn., September 13, 1833. At the age of thirteen he left home and entered the drug store of Dr. George Ross, at Elizabethtown, as an apprentice. At the end of four years he received, from Dr. Ross, a strong testimonial of his ability as a druggist, for aptness, intelligence and integrity of character. Mr. Kauffman remained in the drug business in Elizabethtown until April, 1854, when he removed to Mechanicsburg, and opened a new drug store in that place. A year or two later, in connection with his father, Hon. Andrew I. Kauffman and Henry G. Rupp, he entered the hardware bus- iness, connecting the drug store therewith, and continued therein until 1859, when he accepted the position of cashier in the banking house of Merkel, Mumma & Co., subse- quently chartered as the First National Bank, of Mechanicsburg, Penn. This position he resigned in 1862, when he was appointed by President Lincoln collector of internal rev- enue for the Fifteenth District of Pennsylvania, comprising the counties of Cumberland, York and Perry. He held that position until September, 1866, when he resigned rather than endorse the odious policy, known as "My Policy," of President Johnson. His letter of resignation, published in the Philadelphia Press of that date, gave clear evidence of his sterling patriotism. Early in 1864 Mr. Kauffman assisted in organizing and became cash- jer of the Second National Bank of Mechanicsburg, and hekl that position until he resigned in the latter part of 1869. The State Guard, a daily newspaper, started at the State capital during 1867, was a project of Mr. Kauffman, and one in which he invested a large sum of money; not proving a financial success he abandoned its publication in 1869. From 1870 until the time of his death, which occurred February 10, 1882, Mr. Kauff- man was engaged in the fire insurance business, having the State central agency of sev- eral large companies, his principal office being at Harrisburg, Penn. Mr. Kauffman never hesitated to perform any duty imposed upon him by his fellow citizens, his church or society. As burgess, town councilman, school director, and member of the board of trustees of Irving Female College, he was always on hand to take his full share of work and responsibility. Ile was noted for his public spirit and local pride in the town of his adoption, and many of the public and private improvements erected in Mechanicsburg were due to his foresight and energy. He was liberal to a fault. For more than thirty years he was a member of the Church of God, and faithfully filled the offices of superin- tendent of the Sabbath-school, deacon and elder. He frequently represented his church in the annual eldership of cast Pennsylvania, and on several occasions was a lay dele- gate to the triennial sessions of the general eldership of the church. Mr. Kauffman was a man of strong will, great energy. dauntless courage, inflexible in the right, and afraid of nothing but of being wrong. Fond of the sports of his children, as they were of playing and being with him. While abounding in ancedote, jovial at table, with pleasant voice, it was in harmony with the nature and power of Mr. Kauffman, who was a hero in action in every condition of life, and possessed of a will and energy that fitted him to be a leader in every party to which he belonged. Politically Mr. Kauffman, like the others members of his family, was a Republican, and assisted in the organization of that party in Pennsylva- nia. Ile took a keen interest and active part in the primary and general elections, fre- quently participating as a delegate in the party conventions. In 1864 he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Baltimore, and assisted in the nomination of Lin- coln and Johnson. His eldest brother, Hon. C. S. Kauffman, of Columbia, Penn., rep- resented Lancaster County in the State Senate from 1878 to 1882. Lieut. Isaac B. Kauff- man, his second brother, served faithfully in the war of the Rebellion in the Ninth Reg- iment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and died June 7, 1862, from disease contracted in the service. His brother, Andrew J. Kauffman, Esq., a member of the bar of Lancas- ter County, was appointed, by President Arthur in 1882, collector of internal revenue for the Ninth District of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Kauffman was married, February 5, 1856, to A. Elizabeth Coover, daughter of the

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late John Coover, Esq., of Mechanicsburg. (See page 407.) Mr. and Mrs. Kauffman had five children, two of whom-Harvey and Willie-died in infancy. Their eldest son, Per- cival C., was born in Mechanicsburg August 13, 1857. He is a graduate of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; studied law in the office of Hon. Wayne MacVeagh; was admitted to the bar in June, 1879, and is now the junior member of the firm of Trout- man & Kauffman, attorneys at law, at Hazleton, Luzerne Co., Penn., representing, as counsel, many of the largest individual coal operators and companies in the anthracite region. Their second son, Walter Lee, was born in Mechanicsburg August 9, 1860. He attended Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penn., for several sessions, and is now assistant to the superintendent of the American Tube & Iron Co., and has charge of the offices of the company at Youngstown, Ohio. Miss Edith B. Kauffman, their only daughter, resides with her mother, at their residence on West Main Street. This family ranks among the first families in the county.

COL. DAVID H. KIMMEL, proprietor of restaurant and private boarding house, Mechaniesburg, is one of the pioneer children of Cumberland County and is a represen- tative of one of its oldest families. His grandfather, Valentine Kimmel, born in Lan- caster County, Penn., came to Cumberland County, Penn., when a young men. His fa- ther was a native of Germany and one of the earliest settlers of Lancaster County, Penn. Col. D. H. Kimmel, was born in Shippensburg, this county, March 15, 1835, the second son and seventh child in the family of two sons and seven daughters, of George and Mary (Swiler) Kimmel, natives of this county, members of the Church of God, in which the former was an elder and a deacon for forty-five years; he was a farmer by occupation. Our subject attended school winters and worked on his father's farm until he was seven- teen, when he came to Mechanicsburg, and learned the tinner's trade with George Bobb and Robert Wilson. He worked at the trade seven years, then formed a partnership in the boot and shoe business with D. A. Holmes, under firm name of Kimmel & Holmes, for three years; then engaged at the tinner's trade until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he was one of the first to shoulder a musket and enlist his services in defense of his country. He raised Company H, Sixteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, com- manded by Col. Ziegle, the first company organized for three years' service in the State of Pennsylvania. He was mustered out, by an order from the War Department, for the purpose of raising Company H, of the Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was elected cap- tain, and subsequently major, then lieutenant-colonel, and latterly colonel, remaining until close of the war, his regiment being one of the last mustered out. He was in 104 bat- tles, besides skirmishes; was with Sherman in his celebrated march to the sea. Col. Kimmel and his regiment composed of Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry, Lancaster and Sehuykill County boys, made one of the grandest charges on record. This was at the battle of Reedyville, Tenn., September 6, 1864, when they charged Gen. Debarell, who had 1,800 men and Col. Kimmel 240. The Colonel charged the General eight miles, pass- ing clear through the enemy's lines, capturing 400 horses and 200 men; of the Confederates there were 33 killed and wounded, while the loss in the Colonel's regiment was but 7 killed and wounded. A few days afterward Gen. Debarell sent Col. Kimmel word if he would meet him on an open field he thought that he (Debarell) and his 1,800 men could whip the Colonel and his regiment. The Colonel sent back word that he and his boys would meet him anywhere, and for him to appoint a place and date. (The Colonel's regiment rode gray horses, and was known as the "Gray Horse.") Strange as it may seem, the Colonel, though a large man, weighing 200 pounds, never received a wound, though he had a horse killed under him at Raleigh, N. C., when charging John- ston's rear. Of the original company of 106 men raised in Cumberland County, three- fourths were killed. The Colonel has complimentary letters from Gen. W. H. Sherman, Gen. Stanley, Gen. Kilpatrick, Gen. Gordon Granger. Gen. Jackson, and others. At the close of the war our subject returned to Mechanicsburg and formed a partnership with George Bobb, under firm name of Bobb & Kimmel, and engaged in the hardware business for three years; then opened his present hotel and restaurant. November 26, 1857, he married Miss Kate Hoover, a native of Mechanicsburg, Penn., daughter of John and Mary (Martin) Hoover, old settlers of Cumberland County. To this union have been born the following named children: Frank H., born March 3, 1859, a traveling salesman for Powell & Co., wholesale grocers, Harrisburg, married to Miss Mary Welzel, of Carlisle; Minnie E., residing at home with her parents; John G., born March 3, 1868, assists his father in business; Sarah B., residing at home. The Colonel is a member of Col. H. I. Zinn Post, No. 415. G. A. R. He has in his possession a Confederate flag, captured at the battle of Milledgeville, Ga. In his charge there he captured thirty-four guidons or small flags. The colonel stands high in the estimation of all, as a brave soldier. honest business man, and good citizen.

JONAS KOLLER, farmer, P. O, Mechaniesburg, was born in Shrewsbury Township, York Co., Penn., November 15, 1831, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Miller) Koller, also natives of York County, the former of whom, a mill-wright and farmer by occupation, died at the age of seventy-seven years and seven months, and the latter when aged seven- ty-one years. They were members of the Lutheran Church. They had five sons and

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four daughters. Jacob Koller had been previously married to a Miss Peterman, by whom he had two sons and two daughters. Jonas Koller, the subject of this sketch, is the youngest son and eighth child by the second marriage, and was but thirteen years old when his parents came to Cumberland County and settled near Oysters Point in East Pennsborough Township. In 1848 they moved to their farm near Shepherdstown, in Upper Allen Townsbip, where Jonas attended school during the winters and worked at farming and the trade of wagon-making, until his marriage with Miss Catherine Bingaman, March 9. 1856. She was born in Shepherdstown, this county, October 26, 1831. a daughter of Charles and Susan (Keiper) Bingaman, natives of Lancaster County, Penn., who settled in Shepherdstown soon after their marriage. They were members of the Reformed Church, and had six daughters who grew up. Charles Bingaman, who was a contractor and builder, died in 1876, aged seventy-four years. After his marriage, Mr. Jonas Koller settled at Kollerstown one-half mile south of Mechanicsburg, where he and his father built the first of two houses and the town was named for them. In 1873, our subject moved to his present farm of fifty-five acres in the eastern part of Mechaniesburg, where he has a beautiful residence. Mr. and Mrs. Koller have had five children, four now liv- ing: James B., Mary 11., Jacob H. and William M. The boys comprise the firm of J. B. Koller & Co., proprietors of the Cumberland Valley Spoke Bending, and Wheel Works. Mrs. Jonas Koller is a member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Koller became a Mason in early life, and later a Knight Templar and a member of St. John's Commandery, No. 8, at Carlisle. He and his family stand high in the estimation of all. The family are of Ger- man descent, our subject's great grandfather having come from Germany and settled in York County, Pennsylvania, at a very early date.

ALFRED C. KOSER, proprietor of "Koser's City Market," near corner Main and Market Square, Mechanicsburg, a representative of one of the oldest families of Cumber- land County, was born on Main Street, Mechanicsburg, Penn., May 12, 1847, son of John and Sarah (Rockafellow) Koser. John Koser, born in Mechanicsburg, Penn., was a butcher by trade. At the breaking out of the Rebellion, he was one of the first to shoul- der a musket in the defense of his country, enlisting in the spring of 1861, in Capt. Dor- sheimer's company of infantry for three months; returned home and re-enlisted, as ser- geant of Company C. Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was among the killed or missing at the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn .. in the summer of 1863. He and his wife had four children. Alfred C., the only son and eldest in the family, was but fifteen when his father was killed, but at that early age he enlisted in Company A, Twentieth Pennsylva- nia Cavalry. He weighed 160 pounds and claimed he was eighteen, passed and was pro- moted to corporal, thence to commissary-sergeant, and remained with this company six months; re-enlisting, he served to the close of the war. War reports as follows: "Private Company C, Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry, One Hundred and Eighty-first Pennsylva- nia Volunteers; enlisted second lieutenant, January 28, 1864; enlisted at the age of fifteen years, transferred to Company A, promoted to corporal and commissary-sergeant. Service -Assigned to First Brigade, Second Division, Eighth Corps, March 20, 1864; engagement at Newmarket. Va., May 15; Harrisonburg. June 4; Piedmont, June 5; Buffalo Gap. June 6; Staunton, June 10; Midway, June 11; Rose Mills, June 12; Cedar Creek, June 12; Lex- ington, June 13: New Glasgow. June 14: Otter Creek, June 16; Quaker Church, June 17: Lynchburg, June 18 and 19; Liberty, June 20; Salem, June 21. Detailed to service in charge of orderlies at Harper's Ferry, July 3 and 18; Ashby's Gap, July 19 and 21; Win- chester. July 20; Kernstown, July 23 and 24; Martinsburg, July 25 and 26. Second Brig- ade. First Cavalry Division-August 7; Berryville Pike, August 10; Fisher's Hill, Angust 15: Front Royal. August 16; Berryville, Angust 21, September 3 and 4; Smithfield, August 25, 26 and 29; Winchester, September 19; Fisher's Hill, September 22; Luray Valley, Sep- tember 24; Brown Gap. September 26; Waynesboro, October 2: Tom's Brook, October 8 and 9; Cedar Creek, October 19; Nineveh, November 12; Roods Hill, November 22; Som- erset, December 21; Gordonsville. December 23; Jack's Shop. December 23; Waynes- boro, February 28, 1865: White House, March 27; Stony Creek, March 30; Dinwiddie Court House, March 31; Hatcher's Run, March 31; Five Forks, April 1; South Side Rail- road, April 2 and 3; White Oak Road, April 4 and 5; Harper's Farm, April 6; Amelia Court House, April 6; Sailors Creek, April 7; Appomattox Station, April 8; Appomattox Court House, April 9. Mustered out, June 10. 1865. Had two horses shot under him -one killed at the battle of Lynchburg, Va., and the other had most of his neck shot away at Five Forks, Va." At the close of the war. July 1. 1865. he returned home and established his present business. Mr. Koser was married at Mechanicsburg, in December, 1868, to Miss Annie M Markley, who was born at Shiremanstown, this county, daugh- ter of Henry and Susan (Raudenbaugh) Markley, natives, respectively, of Cumberland and Lancaster Counties, Penn. Mr. and Mrs. Koser have one daughter: Grace Ella, born in Mechaniesburg, October 11, 1869. now attending school at Mechanicsburg. Mrs. Koser is a member of the Church of God. Our subject is a junior vice-commander of Col. H. I. Zinn Post, No. 415. G. A. R., Mechaniesburg. He has held various local offices of trust; was elected city councilman by the people of his ward for three years. In politics he is a Republican. His people are of German descent.

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JOSEPH LEAS, justice of the peace, Mechanicsburg, was born on his father's farm in Greenwood Township, Perry Co., Penn., January 27, 1822, son of Benjamin and Jane (Mathews) Leas. Benjamin Leas, born October 21, 1759, was twice married; on first occasion to Miss Susaunah Bowers, by whom he had thirteen children, seven sons and three daughters living to be men and women. His first wife died March 14, 1814, and he then married Mrs. Jane (Mathews) Purcell, who bore him three children-two sons and one daughter: George, who resides in Shirleysburg, Huntingdon Co., Penn .; Joseph, our subject, and Susannah, widow of Daniel Eshelman, residing in Greenwood Township, Perry Co., Penn. Benjamin Leas died February 21, 1828, and Jane, his second wife, died February 25, 1857. Joseph Leas began elerking in Millerstown in the spring of 1838. In 1841 he clerked in Frankstown, Blair Co., Penn., one year; then followed same occupa- tion at Dillsburg, York County, two years. In 1844 he went to West Hill, Cumberland County, returning in 1845 to Dillsburg, and in October, 1847, he came to Mechanicsburg and clerked for his brother, a merchant and postmaster. In 1854 Mr. Leas was elected justice of the peace, and has held that office ever since. In May, 1865, he was elected borough treasurer, and has held the office ever since, except one year (1879). He is presi- dent of the Mechanicsburg Gas & Water Company, and is a director in the Second National Bank. He was married, in 1853, to Miss Sarah Shurr, born in York County, Penn., and who died, leaving one daughter, Laura R., who resides at home with her father. Mr. Leas married Miss Emmaline H. Gould, a native of this county, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Rice) Gould, and to this union were boru three children: Harry G. (deceased), Faunie G. and Charles W. Mr. and Mrs. Leas are members of the Presbyterian Church. Our subject owns a house on North Market Street, where he and his family reside, and other property in Mechanicsburg. He was but six years old when his father died, and early started to earn his own way in life. At fourteen he drove horses on the canal line between Hollidaysburg and Philadelphia. His brother, Hon. George Leas, was elected a representative to the Legislature from Huntingdon County, Penn., and his half-brother, William B., was elected associate judge of Huntingdon County, Penn. The Leas are of German descent.

LEVI H. LENHER, physician, Mechanicsburg, is a native of Pennsylvania, born near Ephratah, Lancaster County, October 19, 1822, son of John and Mary (Hauck) Len- her, natives of Lancaster County, Penn., who had four sons and two daughters. who lived to be men and women. John Lenher, a machinist, was a member of the firm of Lenher & Pennel, Lancaster Locomotive and Machine Works, and built the first locomotive west of Philadelphia, called the "Hugh Keys." Levi H., the second child and eldest son, when fourteen years of age, entered the Franklin and Marshall Academy, at Lancaster. At six- teen he began to read medicine with Dr. John L. Atlee, and graduated at the Pennsyl- vania College, Philadelphia, in 1843. He then located at Ephratah, Lancaster Co., Penn., where he remained until October, 1847, when he moved to Churchtown, this county, where he resided until 1872, when he came to Mechanicsburg; went thence to Belmont, Wright Co., Iowa, where he remained three years; then to Harrisburg, Penn., for three and a half years; when he returned to Mechanicsburg and has here since resided. The Doctor was married September 25, 1845, to Miss Mary A. Martin, born in Lancaster County, Penn., daughter of William and Jane Martin. Mrs. Leuher died April 23, 1867, the mother of two children: J. W. Clarenee, a clerk in the Pennsylvania Railway recorder's office at Philadelphia, and Mary, who resides at home with her father. Janu- ary 28, 1869, the Doctor married Mrs. Susan Burnette, born near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Penn., and to this uniou have been born two children: Elsie Hortense and Victor. Dr. Lenher is a member of the K. P. Lodge, Churchtown, the I. O. O. F. and F. & A. M. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. The Lenher family is of German origin, and early settlers of Lancaster County, Penn. Dr. Lenher stands high in the estimation of all who know him as a physician and Christian gentleman. He is a member of the State Medical Society of Pennsylvania and the Cumberland County Medi- cal Society.

WILLIAM PENN LLOYD, attorney at law, ex-United States collector of internal revenue, etc., Mechanicsburg, was born in Lisburn, Cumberland County, Penn., Septem- ber 1, 1837, only son of William and Amanda (Anderson) Lloyd, both of Cumberland County, former of whom learned the trade of cabinet-maker, engaged in the drug busi- ness, and was postmaster of Lisburn for thirty years. William P. Lloyd worked on a farm and at cabinet-making, with his father, until his eighteenth year. He attended the public schools, Dickinson Seminary, Cumberland County Normal School, and Whitehall Academy-a single session at each of the last three-named institutions, amounting in all to about one year of academic instruction-teaching in the winter and attending school in the summer. At the age of eighteen he began teaching, and at twenty he began the study of law uuder Col. William M. Penrose, then a prominent lawyer at Carlisle, and continued teaching and studying until the outbreak of the Rebellion, when he raised a company for the three months' service, but the quota of the State being filled before it was ready to be mustered in, it was disbanded, and in August, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, First Penn- sylvania Reserve Cavalry. He served sixteen months as a private, was promoted to hos-

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pital steward of the regiment, then to first lieutenant of Company E, and next to adjutant of regiment, acting as assistant adjutant-general of brigade. In this capacity he served until September 9, 1864, when the regiment was mustered out at expiration of its three years' term of service. He was engaged in the battles of Drainsville, Harrisonburg, Cedar Mountain, Gainesville, Second Bull Run (both days), Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, Aldie, Gettysburg (second and third days), Shepherdstown, New Hope Church, Todd's Tav- ern, Childsberg. Richmond Heights and Meadow Bridge, Haws Shop, Cold Harbor, Bar- ker's Mill, Trevillian Station, White House, St. Mary's Church, and a score or more of skirmishes. Col. Lloyd returned home to Lisburn, and on the organization of the State Guards, under Gen. Hartranft, was appointed inspector-general, with rank of lieutenant- colonel. He resumed teaching and the study of law until April 18. 1865, when he was admitted to the bar of Cumberland County. He has since been admitted to practice in the courts of Dauphin, York and Perry Counties, the supreme court of Pennsylvania, and district court of the United States. September 16, 1866, he was appointed collector of internal revenue for the Fifteenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania, comprising the counties of York. Cumberland and Perry. The important and responsible duties of the position were discharged by Collector Lloyd in such a manner as to win the unqualified ap- proval of the General Government, and was made the subject of highly commendatory remarks by Gen. Cameron in the United States Senate. Hle resigned the collectorship August 1, 1869, to accept a position in the Dauphin Deposit Bank at Harrisburg, remaining nearly fifteen years, and until January, 1884, when he quit the bank and went to work on his farm near Mechanicsburg. A year later, regaining his health, which had suffered from continement in the bank, he opened his present law office (January 1, 1885). He is one of the executors and trustees of the estate of the late Ilon. Henry G. Moser, a director of Harrisburg Bridge Company, and of the Mechanicsburg & Dillsburg Railroad Com- pany. He has been commander of Col. H. I. Zinn Post, No. 415. G. A. R., since its or- ganization, March 4, 1884. Ile is the author of the "History of the First Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry," a very complete work, giving a graphic history of the three years' service of this regiment during the late Rebellion, etc. Mr. Lloyd was married, May 23, 1865, to Miss Anna H., daughter of Israel L. and Margaret (Moser) Boyer, and their fam- ily cousists of three children: Weir B., Mary E. and George E. Col. Lloyd is a Mason, a member of Eureka Lodge of Mechanicsburg, and a Knight Templar, St. John's Com- mandery, No. 8, Carlisle. His family is Welsh and English on the father's side, and Scotch-Irish on the mother's side. lle himself is known extensively as a prompt and capable business man and a genial and affable gentleman.

THOMAS II. MAUK, undertaker, Mechanicsburg, was born within eight miles of Stuttgart, at Lauffen, on the River Nager, Wurtemberg, Germany, December 22, 1833, a son of Gottleib and Gottleiben (Metzler) Mauk. The former was a cabinet-maker and undertaker, and the father of two girls and two boys: Gottleiben, Dorothea C., Thomas II. and Jacob. The last named resides at Broken Bow, Custer Co., Neb. Dorothea C. is the widow of Christian Metzgar, and resides in Philadelphia. Gottleiben resides in Ger- many. Thomas H. was but seven years old when his father died. He attended the com- mon schools until fourteen; he then learned the cabinet and undertaking trade until he was seventeen at Lauffen; then went to Stuttgart and worked until 1852; when he came with his brother Jacob to America, landing in New York after a voyage of eight weeks. Later he came to Philadelphia, where Thomas worked at his trade two years; then moved to Churchtown and remained eight months, after which he came to Mechanicsburg and worked for Samuel Worst, cabinet-maker and undertaker, three years. He then went to Shiremanstown and opened a shop of his own, and while there was married to Miss Eliza- beth Houmburg, May 3, 1856. Sbe was born iu Hessen-Cassel, a daughter of Beltzer and Charlotte (Holts) Houmburg. In 1859 Mr. Mauk came to Mechanicsburg and worked for Samuel Worst until 1865, and in 1866 formed a partnership with William S. Dicht in the furniture and undertaking business. In 1882 Mr. Mauk sold his interest in furniture but retained the undertaking business, which he has since continued. Ile has the leading es- tablishment of the kind in this part of the country. He is a member of Shiremanstown Beneficial Society. He and his wife are members of the Bethel Church. They have had ten children, viz .: John J. married Miss Malinda Myers, and is engaged in the undertak- ing, cabinet and furniture business at Mechanicsburg, Ohio; Thomas M. married Miss Louisa Walker, of Bendersville, Adams County, and is engaged in the cabinet and furni- ture business at Mechanicsburg. Penn .; Charles H. is engaged in the undertaking and cabinet business at York Springs, Adams Co., Penn .; Kate S. resides with her parents, as do Mary E., Edward G .. Samuel T. and Elizabeth C.

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