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 78

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daughter of Henry Kimmel, Esq., one of the old and prominent families of the Cumber- land Valley. Two children: R. H. Thomas, Jr., editor of the Saturday Journal, and Miss Estelle Thomas, a prolific and entertaining writer, are the results of this union. In 1859 he became a Freemason, a member of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, in 1863, and an officer of the same in 1864, serving for thirteen consecutive years as district deputy grand master. In 1862 he was appointed deputy collector of internal revenue for the Fifteenth District of Pennsylvania, and continued in that office until 1866. During the civil war he served, on several occasions, in different emergency regiments, resuming his duties at home as soon as the exigency which called him to the field had subsided. On Monday, June 30, 1863, he was appointed a special aid-de-camp by Gov. Curtin, with the rank of colonel, and assigned to duty in the department commanded by Gen. Smith, who, at that time had his headquarters at Fort Washington, near Harrisburg. When the Con- federate forces were driven south of the Potomac, and peace again reigned in Pennsyl- vania. he retired from military duty and entered upon business pursuits. In 1870, he pur chased the Valley Democrat, and changed the name of the paper to the Valley Independent. In 1822 he bought the Cumberland Valley Journal, a rival newspaper, and consolidated the offices and papers under the name of the Independent Journal. In the fall of 1872, he es- poused the cause of the Patrons of Husbandry, an order then coming into prominence in this state, and during the following summer organized a large number of subordinate granges. Upon the organization of the State Grange, at Reading, in 1873, he was elected secretary, and has acceptably filled that position ever since. On January 1, 1874. he be- gan the publication of the Farmers' Friend and Grange Advocate, the organ of the Patrons of Husbandry, and an agricultural journal of high chareter, extended circulation, and great influence. Impressed with the idea that there ought to be a better understanding between the farmers and the manufacturers of the country, he in 1874 originated and or- ganized the Inter-State Picnic Exhibition, at Williams' Grove, Cumberland Co., Penn., which has, from the date of its inception, steadily grown in magnitude and importance until it stands almost unrivaled in the history of agricultural exhibitions in this country. The subject of this sketch filled the office of president of the State Editorial Association, and is now, and has been for several years past, its secretary and treasurer. Ile is also one of the officers of the International Editorial Association. He was the commissioner from Pennsylvania to the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, held at New Orleans during 1884 and 1885, and was likewise appointed a commissioner to the American Exposition to be held in London, England, in May, 1887. In all the varied positions he has been called upon to fill, R. II. Thomas has retained the full confidence of the general public, and esteem and respect of all with whom his official duties brought him into rela- tionship.

CHRISTIAN H. TITZEL, furniture dealer and undertaker, Mechanicsburg. Promi- nent among the leading business men of Cumberland County is the esteemed citizen, Christian H. Titzel, who was born on the old family farm in Upper Allen Township, one mile east of Mechanicsburg, July 7, 1845, a descendant of two of the oldest families of Pennsylvania. The name is of German origin and his ancestors were among the first to immigrate to Pennsylvania. Christian H. is a son of Christian and Polly (Rupp) Titzel, the latter of whom subsequently married John Wonderlich and had eleven children. Christian Titzel, father of our subject, was born in Tyrone Township, now in Perry County. Penn., July 28, 1800. the only child born to John and Mary Magdalene (Hecken- dorn) Titzel. Ile was a skillful mechanic, and for many years pursued his trade of house carpentering and bridge building; in 1827 he began merchandising, and in 1835 purchased a farm one mile east of Mechanicsburg; he served his fellow-citizens in various capacities, settling up estates, and acting as guardian for children: was county commissioner of Cumberland County from 1843 to 1846; he took a great interest in educational matters and in everything pertaining to his church (Reformed); he died on the old farm December 25, 1861; his widow died October 1. 1883, a member of the Reformed Church. To this couple were born seven children-four sons and three danghters: Jolin Martin Titzel, D. D., born at Mechanicsburg. Penn., March 19, 1832, is pastor of the Reformed Church at Lancaster, Penn. (he is a graduate of Franklin College, Lancaster, Penn., and in 1857 received from the theological seminary at Mercer, Penn .. the degree of A. M. from his alma mater); Benja- min, born October 13, 1833, is a farmer in Silver Spring Township, this county; Anna; Mary Elizabeth resides in Mechanicsburg: George W., born October 11. 1842, died August 1880; Christian Ileckendorn and Salome Frances. Christian II. Titzel's early life was spent on the farm with his father and in attending school winters until he was eighteen years old, when he served a two and a half years' apprenticeship with Samuel Werst. He then purchased a shop in company with his brother and carried on business under the firm name of Titzel & Bro. for three years, when he bought his brother's (George HI.'s) interest, and has since conducted the business alone. Our subject commenced with small capital, but by hard work, close application and honest dealing has increased his business until he now has the largest and most complete stock of domestic and imported furniture, etc., in Mechanicsburg. He also, in connection with the furniture business, established an undertaker's establishment, and stands at the head of his profession in this line. Mr.

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Titzel married, November 9, 1860, Miss Clarissa M. Comfort, a native of Adams County, Penn., daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Brugh) Comfort. Mr. Comfort was a dry goods merchant of Mechanicsburg for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Titzel have one son, Daniel Comfort, born August 29, 1867, now attending the high school in Mechanicsburg; he is possessed of a fine talent for music, which he cultivates; he assists his father in business. Mr. C. H. Titzel is a grandson of Martin Rupp, born in Lancaster (now Lebanon) County, Penn., September 15, 1769, married in 1797 to Anna Sehnebele; he died July 18, 1843. Mr. and Mrs. Titzel are members of the Reformed Church.

COL. JOSEPH TOTTON, proprietor of the oldest and most reliable livery, feed and sale stables, Mechanicsburg, one of the representative men of Cumberland County, was born in Dillsburg, York Co., Penn., July 8, 1823, son of John and Hattie (McClure) Tot- ton. John Totton, by trade a shoe-maker, was born in Portadown, Ireland; enlisted in the English Army and had served nine years (during the French war) when he was brought to America in the war of 1812, but refused to fight the Americans and became a citizen, settling in Dillsburg, York Co., Penn., where he was married. Ile died in Dillsburg in 1847, aged sixty years, and his widow died in 1849, aged fifty-eight, a member of the Pres- byterian Church. The family consisted of six children-two sons and four daughters. Joseph, who is the eldest, acquired an education in a little schoolhouse in Dillsburg, and then learned shoe-making, and remained in his native town until 1854; then went to Ship- pensburg, but in 1857 located in Mechaniesburg, where he engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes until the breaking out of the late war of the Rebellion, when he raised the Cumberland Guards, which became Company H. Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves, and Mr. Totton was elected captain, and subsequently lieutenant-colonel. He remained with the regiment one year, when, being compelled to resign owing to impaired health, he re- ceived an honorable discharge. He came home, and a year later opened a livery stable and established his present business. In 1873 he was elected sheriff of Cumberland Coun- ty, and resided in Carlisle three years during his term of office, since which time he has resided in Mechanicsburg. Mr. Totton married at Dillsburg, June 8, 1848, Miss Lydia Wagoner, who was born in East Berlin, Adams Co .. Penn., daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Oiler) Wagoner, the former a blacksmith, born in Adams County, and the latter born in Hanover, York Co., Penn. Mr. and Mrs. Totton have had eleven children, nine now liv- ing: David E., born in Dillsburg, York Co., Penn., October 30, 1849; James M., horn in Monroe Township, this county, September 25. 1831 (he assists his father in the livery husi- ness); George B., born in Dillsburg, York Co., Penn. (is a farmer in Silver Spring Town- ship); Ellen, born in Shippensburg, Penn. (is the wife of Talbot Crain, and resides in Hogestown, this county); Anna M. (resides with her parents); Maggie (with her parents); Joseph, Jr. (book-keeper for C. N. Owen, Mechanicsburg); John and Frank (who both as- sist their father in the business). Mrs. Totton is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Totton is a member of Mecanicshurg Lodge, No. 215, I. O. O. F., and of Wildey Encampment, Mechanicsburg, and is the oldest member of the I. O. O. F. in the town, having been connected therewith forty-one years; is a member of the G. A. R., Carlisle Post, No. 201. Mr. Totton is one of the leading business men of the place. He is of Irish descent on his father's side, and Scotch on his mother's side.

ALEXANDER UNDERWOOD, retired, Mechanicsburg, proprietor of Mount Hope Magnet Ore Mine, near Dillsburg, York Co. Penn., was born on his father's farm in Wash- ington Township, August 16, 1813, son of Amos and Lydia (Bales) Underwood, natives of York County, and who had a family of eight children-six sons. Alexander, the second born, when nine years old, went to live with a friend of his father, James S. Mitchell, ex-congressman from Pennsylvania, and remained with him, attending school, until he was sixteen, when he was apprenticed to learn the saddle and harness-maker's trade with Stephen Packer at York Springs, Adams County. Three years later he returned home, and assisted his father (who was a farmer) until his marriage, November 30, 1837, with Miss Matilda Mumper, who was born in Carroll Township, York Co., Penn., daughter of Abra- ham and Mary (Lerew) Mumper, natives of York County. After marriage, Mr. Under- wood worked at his trade in York Springs. Adams County for three years, then located on a farm fourteen miles west of Baltimore, Md., where he remained five years; then returned to York, York Co., Penn., and engaged at his trade until 1868, when he bought 215 acres in Carroll Township, York County, where he has his mine. He employs from twenty-five to thirty men. He also has a mine which he leases to Augustus Longenecker. Mr. Under- wood located in Mechanicsburg in 1871. He owns a fine two-story brick building on Main Street, where he resides; a two-story frame residence and store on Main, near corner of High; a two-story brick house on Main Street, near the female college; three building lots on the corner of Market and Keller Streets; 240 acres farm land in Russell County Kas., and 640 aeres in Ida County, Iowa. Mr. Underwood started without the aid of any one. but by hard work. close application to business and honest dealing, has made life a success. His great-grandfather, Alexander Underwood, a Quaker preacher, came from England and settled in York County. Penn. Mr, Underwood has in his possession a cannon ball, a relic of the Revolution. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

GEORGE WAGONER, of George Wagoner & Sons, leading dry goods merchants,

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Mechanicsburg, was born near East Berlin, Adams Co. PenD., July 17, 1818. Ilis great- grandfather, Mathias Wagoner, a native of Ruthesheime, Hohenzollern, Prussia, had two sons who came to America: Jacob, who settled in Virginia, and Peter, who settled in what is now York County, Penn. The latter's son, Peter, a farmer and hotel keeper, married Miss Mary Arnold, and had six sons and seven daughters. Of these children, Samuel, born in Vork County, Penn., a blacksmith by trade, married Miss Lydia Odler, of York County, and had three daughters and three sons, of whom George is the eldest. They were members of the Lutheran Church. Our subject, when some seven years of age, went with his father to East Berlin, Adams Co., Penn., and there learned blacksmith - ing of his father. December 24, 1839, he married Miss Ann Smith, born near East Berlin Adams County, daughter of Martin B. (a miller), and Mary (Swigert) Smith. Hler grand- father, Abraham Swigert, was born in Alsace, France 'now Germany), April 12, 1748, and died February 24. 1813. son of Jacob Swigert, one of the old French Huguenots. Mrs. Wagoner's grandmother, Eleanor Housel, born April 21, 1764, died Angust 14, 1828. After marriage, George Wagoner moved to York Springs, Adams Co., and worked at his trade one year; then located between Dillsburg and Petersburg, York County, where he worked at his trade one year; then located at Dillsburg, where he remained engaged at his trade and in merchandising, until 1872, when he moved to Mechanicsburg, and here he has since resided. He and his wife had five sons, two living, Samuel M. and Edward S. Samuel M., born in Dillsburg, York Co., Penn., November 15, 1844, married, April 9. 1871; Miss Anna Shriver, of Adams County, Penn., daughter of Benjamin and Maria (Forry) Shriver (have two daughters: Cora M. and Florence K.). Samuel Wagoner, one of the firm of George Wagoner & Sons, is a member of Mechanicsburg Lodge, No 215. I. O. O. F .; Wildey Encampment, No. 29, Mechanicsburg; Treasury Integrity Council, No. 197, O. U. A. M., of Mechanicsburg. Edward Wagoner, born in Dillsburg, York Co. Penn,, in July, 1847; married Mrs. Maria H. S. Dyson, a native of Dillsburg, York Co., Penn., daugh- ter of Dr. George L. and Eliza (Eichelberger) Shearer (have one daughter, Maria S). Mrs. Edward Wagoner is a direct descendant of John Daniel Duenkle, chief justice of the courts of Strasburg, Germany. Edward Wagoner is a member of the Lutheran General Synod, and his wife of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the firm of George Wagoner & Sons and is also passenger agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. George Wagoner, subject of our sketch, is a member of llumane Lodge, No. 343, I. O. O. F., York County, Penn., and Berlin Beneficial Society, East Berlin. He and his sons are enterprising, representative citizens of Mechanicsburg. They carry a stock of $15,000, and stand high in the estimation of all as upright business men.

HON. WILLIAM MILES WATTS (deceased) was born in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn., August 1, 1809, and received his elementary education at Dickinson College, Car- lisle. Before maturing he immigrated to Meadville, Crawford Co., Penn., and studied medicine under Dr. Beemus. Finding this profession unsuited to his taste, he entered the office of John S. Riddle, Esq., a distinguished lawyer of Meadville, and was there admit- ted to the har. He commenced the practice of law in Erie City, Erie Co., Penn., and was elected district attorney of that county; was a member of the State Consti- tutional Convention of 1837, and also represented the county of Erie in that body. In 1838 he was elected to the Legislature by the people of that county as their representative. The session of the Legislature, during the winter of 1838 and 1839. was made memorable by the extraordinary political excitement throughout the borders of Pennsylvania, by the ontgoing of the Ritner administration and the incoming of the Democrats. There was an angry and vehement contest in both the Senate and House of Representatives for the political control, and it was boldly asserted by the Democrats that gross frauds had been perpetrated by the Whigs in the elections to the Senate and the House. Charles B. Pen- rose, Jesse Borden, Thomas Cunningham and others, who had been elected to the Senate by the Democrats, had, in consequence of their support of the recharter of the Bank of United States, and the improvement and educational law, been drawn from their party into the ranks of the opposition, and encountered its fierce displeasure. Thaddeus Ste- vens, the reporter and advocate of the obnoxious bill, William B. Reed, George Sharswood, Henry Spackman, Joseph Fisher, George W. Tyson and others, representatives from Philadelphia, were alike offensive, and thus originated the Buckshot war, which the Gov- ernor was induced to resist by calling out the militia force of the State. At this fearful crisis, Mr. Watts, being of athletic frame, undoubted courage and patriotic impulses, was selected to prevent the forcible demonstration of Henry Spackman, who had been chosen speaker of the Ilouse by the Whigs. He encountered vigorous attacks, and firmly defeated all efforts to remove the speaker. His personal and political affiliations were with such intellectual and reliable men as Joseph Clarkson, William B. Reed, Edward Olmstead, Joseph Fisher, George Sharswood, Frederick Fraley, Jacob Gratz, Henry Carey, Joseph Mellwaine and others, who laid the foundation of the Pennsylvania system of in- ternal improvements, of finance and the higher departments of collegiate and common schools. To the intellectual force and earnest efforts of such Philadelphians, and other conspicuous citizens of the State, are we indebted for our present prosperity and State prominence. Mr. Watts, after relinquishing his official connection with the State, re-

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turned to his birth-place and purchased one of the oldest iron-works in the State, belong- ing to the family of Peter Ege, on the southern boundary of Cumberland County, called " Pine Grove," and containing 20,000 acres. Here for many years he operated a forge, furnace, grist-mill, and carried on other industrial pursuits. During the civil war, this domain, lying northeast of South Mountain, between Carlisle and Gettysburg, became the track of the armies of the North and South, and was thus desolated by both. Mr. Watts cheerfully surrendered the contents of his mill, the provisions and shelter of his house to the Northern Government, and never claimed, or allowed others to claim any compensa- tion from either the Federal or State Governments for the large losses he sustained. Dur- ing the administrations of Gov. W. F. Johnston and A. G. Curtin, Mr. Watts was an inti- mate friend of both, and enjoyed their implicit confidence and affection. Each relied much upon the political sagacity of Mr. Watts, and many things which led to important results were advised by him. He was unswerving in his attachment to men whom he be- lieved to be lovers of the country, and firm adherents of its Republican institutions and the true policy of Pennsylvania, and was never remiss in his extraordinary influence to define them against an assailant. Mr. Watts married Miss Anna M. Reed, at Carlisle, June 28, 1847. She was born at Carlisle May 30, 1836, a daughter of Judge John and Sarah A. (McDowell) Reed. The former was born at Millerstown, Adams County, this State in June, 1786, and was appointed judge, under Gov. Findlay, of Cumberland, Frank- lin and Adams Counties, and held that office for many years. He died January 19, 1850, at Carlisle. His wife was born at Fort Harmer, May 21, 1787, a daughter of Dr. John and Margaret Sanderson (Lukens) McDowell. Dr. McDowell was a surgeon in the Revolu- tionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Watts had two sons and two daughters, viz .: Sarah R., wife of William J. Rose, of Harrisburg; Julia, wife of George S. Comstock of Hauck & Com- stock, manufacturers, Mechanicsburg; David Watts, engaged in iron at Harrisburg, Penn., married to M. B. Cameron; and Reed Watts, who died at the age of eleven years. Hon. William Miles Watts was more than ordinary, both mentally and physically. His mind was cultured by extensive reading and reflection, and his heart endued with all the graces of affection and charity.

ALEXANDER WENTZ, postmaster, Mechanicsburg, was born in Jefferson, York Co., Penn., only son and youngest child of Jacob B. and Catharine (Troxel) Wentz. the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Maryland, who died at the age of ninety- one. Jacob B. Wentz was a merchant, farmer and miller in the towns of York and Jef- ferson, York Co., Penn., and for some time in the city of Baltimore, Md. He was a member of the Masonic lodge at York, where he resided until his death. He died at the age of seventy-five years, his widow at the age of ninety-one. Alexander Wentz, the sub- ject of this sketch, remained with his father in York County, Penn., for some years and was there elected county treasurer. In 1882 he opened a general store at Dillsburg, but soon after located at Shepherdstown, this county. In April. 1868, he moved to Mechan- icsburg, where he still resides. He was employed in the internal revenue office for two years, and on the Ist of July, 1885, was appointed postmaster of Mechanicsburg, which position he now holds. Mr. Wentz has held various local offices of trust in Mechanics- burg, all of which he has discharged faithfully and to the satisfaction of the public. He aided in forming Mechanicsburg Lodge, I. O. O. F., and is a member of York Lodge, F. & A. M. at York, Penn. He married Miss Isabella, daughter of David Stuart, of Maryland, and to them were born two sons, one living. Annan, born July 14, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Wentz are members of the Presbyterian Church. He has been long known and highly esteemed as an honest citizen and business man.

ROBERT WILSON, retired, Mechanicsburg, who has been identified with Mechan- icsburg since the fall of 1830, was born in Baltimore, Md., November 29, 1810, only child of Robert and Susan (Armstrong) Wilson. When our subject was but three years of age his father (a native of Maryland) died, and after his death Robert, with his mother, moved to Harrisburg, Penn., where she subsequently married John Wright, a tinner by occupa- tion, by whom she had one son and two daughters. Robert Wilson Iearned the tinner's trade with his stepfather. In the fall of 1830 he came to Mechanicsburg and opened a tin and stove store. He was married here, December 23, 1831, to Miss Sarah Schock. Mrs. Wilson still enjoys good health and is as lively as many young ladies are; she was born in Berks County, Penn., August 6, 1811. To this union were boru eight children, seven living: George W. (married to Miss Susan Hoover, they reside in Mechanicsburg), Elizabeth (wife of Dr. Robert N. Short, Mechanicsburg), William H. (baggage master on the Cumberland Valley Railroad), Julia (wife of Jacob Hurst. a merchant here), Mary (wife of John Ringwalt, proprietor of the " American House." Mechanicsburg), Ida (who resides with her parents), and Susan (wife of Eugene Gardner, local editor of the Inde- pendent Journal. Mechanicsburg). Robert Wilson is a self-made, self-educated man; his life has been full of activity and enterprise. He was elected by the people of this county, in 1842, county recorder and clerk of the courts for three years, discharging his duties faithfully and to the entire satisfaction of all. He has filled various local offices of trust in Mechanicsburg, and at one time was postmaster. Iu 1847 he, with Peter Ritner (son of ex-Gov. Ritner, of Pennsylvania), were appointed collectors and general agents for the

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Cumberland Valley Railroad. At that time business on this road was conducted in a very different manner than now, there being no station agents, and Messrs. Wilson and Ritner were both freight and passenger agents, collecting, as conductors, for passengers and freight. In 1869 Mr. Wilson retired from active business life, since which time he has been acting as administrator for various estates. He has lived to see this county un- dergo many interesting and important changes, and his life is an example to our young men, who know hut little of the difficulties and trials that the pioneers of this county had to contend with. Mr. Wilson was a Whig in his younger days, but since the organization of the Republican party has been one of its strong supporters. He and his wife are mem- bers of Trinity Lutheran Church.

FREDERICK WONDERLICH, dealer in stoves and tin-ware, Mechanicsburg, was born four miles northeast of Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn., July 13, 1828, son of Fred- erick (a farmer) and Catharine (Snyder) Wonderlich, also natives of this county, and members of the Lutheran Church; they had a family of three sons and three daughters, of whom Frederick and William (twins) are the youngest. When Frederick was two years old his parents moved to Carlisle and kept hotel, and two years later (1833) came to Mechanicsburg and opened a hotel. Our subject attended school and assisted his father in the hotel until he was seventeen, when he began to learn his trade with George Bobb, and two years later worked as journeyman at Carlisle, Churchtown; Landisburg, Perry Co .; Petersburg, Adams Co .; Columbus, Lancaster Co .; Allentown, Lehigh Co .; Cata- sauqua, Lehigh Co., Penn .; Staunton, Va .; then returned to Mechanicsburg, in 1852, and that year formed a partnership with his brother, William, and engaged in the stove and tinware business until 1860, when he sold out to his brother and went to Mount Pleasant, Iowa: four months later he went to Rochester, Fulton Co., Ind., where he purchased a farm and engaged in agriculture until 1865, when he returned to Mechanicsburg, but that summer worked at his trade in Harrisburg, Penn. In 1868 Mr. Wonderlich formed a part- nership with George Hauck in the tinware and stove business, but at the expiration of two years sold out and formed a partnership in the same business with his brother George, who died in August, 1885. Mr. Wonderlich was married, in 1852, to Miss Catha- rine Hartman (who died in 1858), a daughter of John and Susannah (Messinger) Hartman. To this union were born two children: Harry H., married to Miss Amelia Gross (is a butcher at Liberty Mills, Ind.); and George A., who died, aged four months. In 1860 our subject married, for his second wife, Miss Jane Hartman, sister of his first wife, and they have two daughters: Susan I., wife of George A. Edleblut, a painter, of Mechanicsburg; and Dora C., wife of James Koller, a manufacturer, member of the firm of J. B. Koller & Co. Mr. Wonderlich is a member of the American Mechanics Association and Shire- manstown Benefit Association; his wife is a member of the United Brethren Church. He is an enterprising business man and stands high in the estimation of all who know him. His family is of German descent, his ancestors coming from Germany and settling in what was then Lancaster County, Penn .. at an early date.

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