History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. I, Part 118

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1158

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ST. MARGARET'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

On the 10th day of June, 1908, the opening service was held in the building on Main street, which it still occupies. From that date on to the present time services have been maintained regularly. Rev. J. P. Briggs has been the Rec- tor in charge from the beginning.

EMAUS BAND.

The first band in Emaus was organized by Frederick Iobst when a young man of 17 or 18 years of age, and when he had only recently emi- grated from the Fatherland. Among the first members were the Knausses and the Klines. The instruments used were chiefly trombones, bas- soons, bugles, trumpets, clarinets and French horns.

This organization remained in existence until the war clouds of the great rebellion appeared on the horizon, when politics disrupted it into a Democratic and a Republican band, the mem- bers siding politically. When the war broke out, the fragments of both were collected and united by John Z. Iobst, son of Frederick Iobst, who became the efficient leader, and under him the following went to Doylestown, where they enlisted on September 22, 1861, as the band of the 104th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and remained in service till August 11, 1862: John Z. Iobst; Stephen E. Albright; William Cox; Samuel Dankel; John W. Druckenmiller, Sylvester Engelman, H. H. Gallagher, George H. Gorr, Herman Knauss, Harrison Knauss, Joseph M. Lewis, John E. Mann, Jacob Richard,

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William Rohs, William S. Seip, Lewis Spon- lieimer, Henry S. Tool, Albert S. Tool, Eugene T. Tool and James H. Widrig. When this band was mustered out of service on August II, 1862, it disbanded shortly after it came back. The surviving members of it are John Z. Iobst and Lewis Sponheimer of Emaus, and James H. Widrig of Iowa.

Following this organization there were a num- ber of others under the leadership of Nathaniel Heller, John Weaver, Raham Shuler, Isadore Smoyer and Jerome Smoyer. The life of them was of short duration.

From the survivors and descendants of these bands the present Emaus Band was organized on June 18, 1892. The organization was made at the Central House, of which Captain A. J. Ad- rain was then the proprietor. W. B. Neu- moyer became its leader. The following were the charter members: W. B. Neumoyer, H. L. Reber, J. R. Jarett, Wm. M. Jarett, Austin A. Adrain, W. C. Wieder, James Knauss, John Kirschman, Charles Druckenmiller, James Mc- Elroy, Marcus Ritter, Howard Knauss, John Christman, Howard Kline and Herman Knauss; the last named being a survivor of the 104th Regiment Band.

From these 15 members the band has increased in membership to 37 and includes the following nine descendants from the members of the 104th Regiment Band: J. Robert Druckenmiller, H. F. Druckenmiller, Charles Druckenmiller, all four sons of John W. Druckenmiller ; and James George and Howard Knauss, all sons of a grand- son of George H. Gorr and Edwin Knauss, a grandson of Herman Knauss.

Under the leadership of Prof. W. B. Neu- moyer, the band has attained a high standard of efficiency. Its annual concerts compare favorably with those rendered by metropolitan bands.

Emaus was incorporated on August 1, 1859, and the territory included within the borough at that time is as follows: Beginning at a corner and thence by land of Edwin Kline, North 49 degrees, West 130 perches to a post corner, thence by the said Kline, Gideon Ritter, Henry Reinsmith, south 49 degrees west 192 perches, to a post, thence by land of said Rein- smith and Samuel Christ south 40 degrees, east 138 perches, to a maple tree, and thence by land of said Henry Reinsmith, John Schwartz, John G. Giering, north 4512 degrees, east 130 perches, to a stone corner, thence by land of Jacob Tool, north 28 degrees, east 2 perches, to the place of beginning. The court designated the public house of Simon Shoemaker for the first borough clection. This election took place on October

31, 1857, between the hours of 2 and 6 P. M. The following officers were appointed: Joseph Wilt, judge; J. G. Geiring and Moses Wieand, inspectors. The result of the election was as follows: Burgess, Frederick T. Iobst; Council- men, Raham Schuler, Abraham Fehr, Peter Eg- ner, Aquilla Knauss and Owen Bitting.

LIST OF BURGESSES.

Frederick T. Jobst, 1859-64.

William J. Eberhard, 1865-65.

Isaac Egner, 1865-67.

Charles Seider, 1867-68.

Peter Gabel, 1868-69.

John Weaver, 1869-71.

Abraham Ziegenfuss, 1871-72.

Raham Schuler, 1872-73.

James Tool, 1873-75.

Jacob Schipe, 1875-77.

James Tool, 1877-78.

George Neimeyer, 1878-82. Rahman Schuler, 1882-83.

Wm. Hamman, 1883-84.

William Eberhard and James Tool, 1884-85.

John K. Lorentz, 1885-86.

Samuel Bean and Tilghman Weiden, 1886-87.

Samuel Bean, 1887-1888.

J. H. Bickel, 1888-89. James Tool, 1889-90.

W. H. Wieand, 1890-92.

T. H. Reinsmith, 1892-94.

Milton Marcks, 1894-95.

E. Marcks, 1895-96.

S. H. Kline, 1896-97. Henry Heilman, 1897-1900.

E. A. Stansfield, 1900-1903.

A. R. Weaver, 1903-1904.

E. Marcks, 1904-1906.

H. T. Wickert, 1906-1909.

Daniel R. Miller, 1909 -.

The following chronicle records the borough's growth and development.

In 1868 the old brewery was erected by Isaac Egner and Mathias Smith. In 1869-70 the fur- nace was erected. H. A. Knauss is superintend- cnt. 1870 the Free Methodist congregation was organized in town. 1871 the borough au- thorities instituted the water works. The sys- tem at present includes two reservoirs, one of 40,000 gallons capacity, the other of 250,000, besides three artesian wells. 1876 the Perkiomen Railroad was built through town. In 1882, the plant of the Donaldson Iron Company was erected. This plant is at present employing be- tween 600 and 700 men. It has a daily output of about 200 tons. J. D. Ormrod is the pres- ent superintendent.

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In 1882 Home Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany was organized.

In 1890 the borough erected a municipal elec- tric light plant, but owing to the high cost of producing the current, discontinued the plant and have since received the current for lighting and power purposes from the Allentown Elec- tric Light and Power Company. A contributory company of the Allentown holds the contract.

In 1891 the Central School Building was erected and the schools removed from the old building on Main street.

In 1891 the Mountain Water Company was organized and furnishes water to the western section of the. borough.

In 1892 the Keystone Silk Mill started opera- tions. It is now operated by Jonas Frederick.

In 1895 the Emaus Record, Emaus' first news- paper appeared, being published by J. D. Weav- er.

In 1898 the trolley line between Emaus and Allentown was built.

In 1901-2 the present town hall was erected.

In 1902 the Emaus Fire Company No. I was organized.

In 1903 the adjacent territory of the borough

was annexed, thus increasing the area of the borough to one square mile.

In 1903 the Emaus Bank was organized.

In 1905 the large cigar factory of Jeitles and Blumenthal was erected, Daniel Trumbore is the present superintendent.

In 1906-7 the silk plant of D. G. Dery was erected. This plant was enlarged this year. Charles Goldman is the superintendent.

In 1908 J. H. Frederick erected a silk mill in town. This plant has been enlarged this year.

In 1909 the Emaus Foundry and Machine Company located in town. It is expected that this plant will be enlarged this year by Messrs. James and Zettlemoyer, the present owners.

In 1909-10 the Emaus Gas and Fuel Company began the erection of its plant in town. John Roddick is in charge of the plant. In 1910 the Washington School Building was erected.

The population in 1912 was 3,501, in 1900 it was 1,468.

Emaus is well supplied with many and varied small industries, a large number of stores, places of business, fraternal and social organizations, the enumeration of which would carry far be- yond the scope of this work.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

BOROUGH OF FOUNTAIN HILL.

BY CLARENCE E. BECKEL.

The term "Fountain Hill" is popularly applied to all the section of country west of Brodhead avenue and Broadway in South Bethlehem, and extending westward to the limits of Salisbury township. The corporate limits of Fountain Hill borough, however, are entirely within Le- high county. Roughly, the line begins at a point in the Lehigh River about where the up- per end of Calypso Island formerly was; thence extends southwardly taking in the Borhek farm, St. Luke's Hospital and the reservoir, and around the Fountain Hill cemetery to Benner street; thence along said street to the Emaus road ; along said road and Broadway to a point a few feet beyond Bishopthorpe street, where it joins the county line: thence along said county line diagonally across Fountain Hill to Uncas street and the Lehigh River.

The first written record of this locality is con- tained in the Moravian diary of 1742, wherein it is mentioned that "some of the women pulled flax at the Schweitzer's," referring to a Swiss squatter, Conrad Ritschi, who at an early date settled on the lands lying on the south side of the Lehigh. In the early days of the settlement its sylvan paths were frequently traversed by the Moravian Brethren in their pilgrimages between Bethlehem and Macungie.

In February, 1743, the Moravians opened ne- gotiations with William Allen for the purchase of the Simpson tract of 274 acres, the first land acquired by them south of the Lehigh, but be- fore the sale was consummated Mr. Allen in- sisted upon the removal of the Swiss squatter Ritschi, the first resident of Fountain Hill, and he was finally persuaded to depart. Subsequently other parcels of land were purchased on the south side of the river, and in March, 1769, the Brethren carried into effect a plan for placing the several farms in charge of tenants.

Conrad Ernst was the first tenant of the farm at the Crown Inn, later known as the Fuehrer farm, and Marcus Kiefer took the Weygandt farm, which was subsequently operated suc- cessively by John Christian Clewell, John Hof- fert and his son, Samuel Hoffert.

The Hoffert farm house stood north of east from Bishopthorpe. These lands were held by the Moravians until 1848, when the Fuehrer

farm of 98 acres was conveyed to Daniel Desh for a consideration of $95 per acre. This farm commenced at the Crown Inn, the site of the present Union depot in South Bethlehem, and extended westward along Lehigh street and Ostrum street, and southwestward to Seminole street. It also included the greater portion of the lands in the angle formed by Brodhead ave- nue and Broadway, South Bethlehem. At the same time the Hoffert farm, stretching off to the southwest over the farther part of Fountain Hill down to the Emaus road, and up to the present premises of the hospital, and beyond to the Fountain Hill cemetery, was divided; 107 acres being sold to C. C. Tombler ; 32 acres and 2I perches to his son, L. O. Tombler, and a small portion to Dr. F. H. Oppeldt.

In 1854 Daniel Desh sold his farm to Ru- dolphus Kent, of Philadelphia, who subsequently associated with himself in its ownership two other Philadelphia gentlemen, Charles Hacker and Samuel R. Shipley, the latter the founder of the Provident Life & Trust Co. Soon after acquiring the land Kent sold 10 acres to the North Penn. Railroad Co. Included in this parcel was the ground now occupied by the Union deport and round house of the P. & R. Railway, and that of the old E. P. Wilbur Trust Company building, now leased for office purposes by the Lehigh & New England Rail- road Co. Messrs. Kent, Hacker and Shipley laid out the balance of the farm into blocks, and in naming the streets adopted the Indian names which some of them still bear, notably Cherokee, Pawnee, Seneca, etc.

One of the first blocks sold, the one nearest the railroad bounded by Lehigh, Ottowa, Wyan- dotte and Lenni Lenape streets, was purchased by E. P. Wilbur and R. A. Abbott. The latter subsequently sold his portion to Mr. Wilbur. About the same time Robert H. Sayre purchased the block to the south of the Wilbur block, bounded by Wyandotte, Third, Lenni Lenape and Ottowa streets. Lenni Lenape street for- merly formed the southern boundary of the Wil- bur block, and has since been vacated. Other early purchases were made by John Smylie, who purchased the block adjoining the Sayre prop- erty to the west, and William H. Sayre, who ac-

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quired the southwest corner of Third and Wyan- dotte streets. Beautiful residences were erected on all of these by the owners between 1858 and 1864, and shortly thereafter by Dr. Frederick Martin and Dr. G. B. Linderman, the latter a wealthy coal operator from Mauch Chunk. The residence of Dr. Linderman, erected in 1870, was several years ago sold by his son, Gar- ret B. Linderman, to Charles M. Schwab, presi- dent of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, who made extensive alterations and improvements and now resides there.

To return to the Hoffert farm, the elder Tombler lived on the farm for two or three years, having built a new farm house which is now the front or main building of Bishopthorpe Manor. On Dec. 2, 1850, Mr. Tombler sold his property to Augustus Fiot, a retired music dealer of Philadelphia, who added a third story to the new house and made other extensive im- provements. Mr. Fiot was a native of France, and in his youth had resided near Fountainbleu, which name he gave to his villa. With its stately old trees, beautiful flowers and fountains, Foun- tainbleu for a number of years was the most beautiful spot in the vicinity of Bethlehem. Mr. Fiot added to his place by the purchase of a piece of woodland on the slope of the moun- tain, and ten acres of the 32 acres which had been bought by L. O. Tombler.

The remaining 22 acres bought by L. O. Tombler were sold Aug. 7, 1850, to Daniel C. Freytag, who erected a dwelling and resided there about four years. In April, 1856, he sold the property to Malvina F. Wheeler, wife of O. H. Wheeler, a Mauch Chunk attorney, and they lived there until the Spring of 1860 when it was rented by Tinsley Jeter, of Philadelphia, who purchased it in November of the same year.

Augustus Fiot, the owner of Fountainbleu, died in April, 1866, without issue, and devised his place to his brother, Julius Fiot, of Philadel- phia, who the same year sold the entire prop- erty consisting of 146 acres to Tinsley Jeter. Title did not pass to the latter, however, until three years later. In 1866 Mr. Jeter also pur- chased several blocks of ground from Messrs. Hacker; Shipley and Kent, which had formed a part of the original Fuehrer farm, and extended the streets laid down on the plan of lots made for these gentlemen, southwestwardly across the 22 acres on which he resided, and also across the Fiot property. These streets retained the In- dian names, while the new cross streets laid out by Mr. Jeter were given the names of persons who had been prominently identified with the growth of the locality, such as Freytag and Fiot.

It was about this time that the name Fountain Hill was first applied to this part of the town, the owners feeling the need of some distinctive name for the locality.

Bishopthorpe may be said to have had its begin- ning in 1867. Mr. Jeter, the owner of Foun- tainbleu, conceived the idea of opening a girls' school and tendered the property on favorable terms for this purpose. He submitted his plans to Bishop Stevens, who about this time had taken up his residence on Fountain Hill, and he was favorably impressed with the idea. At a meet- ing of interested persons held at the residence of R. H. Sayre on Dec. 11, 1867, Mr. Jeter's offer was accepted and the necessary steps were at once taken. The name "Bishopthorpe" was suggested by Bishop Stevens, who had lately been in England where he had been the guest of the Archbishop of York at his country-seat, named "Bishopthorpe." The new school was opened Sept. 5, 1868, with Miss Edith L. Chase, of Philadelphia, as first principal. For a period of several years prior to 1908 the school was discontinued, but on October Ist of that year it was reopened with Prof. Claude N. Wyant as principal.

The present sketch would be incomplete with- out reference to an institution, which for 25 years enjoyed the patronage of many notable peo- ple from far and wide. This was the water cure hospital which stood on the present site of St. Luke's Hospital, presided over by Dr. Francis H. Oppeldt, a native of Germany, who came to America in 1843 and located at Bethlehem. At- tracted by the remarkable spring of pure water he applied to the Moravians for permission to erect a building which was completed in 1846. It was a hotel-like structure capable of accommo- dating forty people, and the treatments consisted of hot and cold applications in various forms, in- ternal as well as external. The place at once acquired a famous patronage which continued until 1871, when financial reverses compelled the proprietor to dispose of the property. It was purchased in 1872 by the late James T. Borhek, and by him sold to Tinsley Jeter.

St. Luke's Hospital was chartered by the Leg- islature in 1872 at the instance of the Episcopal Church authorities, who had fostered the idea, and in 1873 its basis was broadened by an amend- ment to the charter permitting of the selection of trustees from among other denominations. In October, 1873, the hospital was opened in a building purchased and fitted up on Broad street (now Broadway), South Bethlehem. Through the kindly aid of Asa Packer and others the Op- peldt water cure property along with an adjacent tract were purchased from Mr. Jeter in 1875,

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and on May 24, 1876, the hospital was removed to its present location. The first members of part of the general migrations of the Germans to the Board of Trustees were the Rt. Rev. Cort- landt Whitehead, Robert H. Sayre, Tinsley Jeter and John Smylie. In the 40 years of its existence this beneficent institution has done a remarkable work, during the year ended Sept. 30, 1912, the number of house and dispensary cases treated numbering 2,643. The total number of cases admitted since the opening of the hospital were 57,667. The Board of Trustees is consti- tuted as follows: Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, LL.D., President, ex-officio; Rt. Rev. Charles L. Moench, First Vice-President; Warren A. Wilbur, Second Vice-President; Albert N. Cleaver, Secretary; Warren A. Wilbur, Treas- urer ; James C. Hayden, Rev. M. A. Tolman, Frank Firmstone, John Fritz, H. W. Allison, A. G. Saeger, H. J. Seaman, John W. Eckert, C. M. Dodson, H. C. Trexler, H. H. Mitchell, Henry S. Drinker, LL.D., Leonard Peckitt, Ed- win Thomas, A. C. Dodson, R. E. Wilbur, C. M. Schwab, M. L. Connelly, Rev. F. S. Hort, J. W. Fuller, Jr., H. S. Snyder, David J. Pear- sall, and Rev. Gilbert H. Sterling. William L. Estes, M.D., is the efficient director, and Physi- cian and Surgeon-in-Chief.

The Fountain Hill Cemetery is yet another public enterprise worthy of mention. The com- pany was incorporated in June, 1872, and the cemetery dedicated on July 7th by a service at the site in which Lutheran, Moravian, Reformed and other ministers participated. The first in- terment was made Aug. 28, 1872.

Fountain Hill's first water supply was de- rived from the waters of the springs above Foun- tainbleu, collected in a small reservoir con- structed by Tinsley Jeter, and distributed through pipes to some of the residences, and even down to the railroad station. Another private com- pany was the Cold Spring Water Company formed by Dr. G. B. Linderman, which also supplied the needs of a few residences. The Beth- lehem South Gas and Water Company, organ- ized in 1867, began to supply water from the Le- high in 1875. The site of the reservoir and fil. tration plant on the hillside above St. Luke's Hospital is visited by hundreds of people who are attracted by the fine views and pure air.

The religious history of Fountain Hill has centered largely around the Church of the Na- tivity (Protestant Episcopal), located at Third and Wyandotte streets. Prior to 1862 religious

services were held at intervals at private resi- dences, and in that year Rev. E. N. Potter, son of Bishop Potter, was sent here as a missionary to aid in the building of a church. This was the beginning of the Church of the Nativity. The corner-stone was laid in August, 1863, and the completed edifice dedicated by Bishop Stev- ens April 19, 1865. Fountain Hill proper has but two churches, St. Paul's Lutheran and Grace Reformed.

In this connection it is worthy of note that Fountain Hill is the residence of the Bishop of the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania of the Prot- estant Episcopal Church, the Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, LL.D. Leonard Hall, located on Dela- ware avenue, is maintained by the Diocese as a school for the Episcopal clergy.

Fountain Hill was incorporated as a borough in June, 1893. Its present Chief Burgess is Prof. Barry MacNutt. Town Council is com- posed of Arthur R. Ueberroth, President; J. A. Titlow, Secretary; Richard M. McGovern, Treasurer ; W. L. Trumbauer, Jacob Bingel, Harry L. Felker, A. J. Earich, and David J. Leidig. The other officials are: Engineer, Frank H. Villie; Solicitor, Clinton A. Groman ; Supervisor, Nicholas Brown; Tax Receiver, Jo- seph L. Boyer ; High Constable, Howard Bingel ; Constable, Daniel B. Keller. The municipal building is located on Clewell street.

The Board of Education is composed of A. M. Strohl, President ; Wm. Bachert, Vice-President ; John J. Rodenbach, Secretary; Albert Grad- wohl, Treasurer, and George Vogel. John S. Stettler, the principal, assisted by a corps of effi- cient instructors, has supervision over the train- ing of about 200 children. The main school building, named after Bishop Stevens, is located on Seneca street.

The health of the community is carefully guarded by a Board composed of Albert Grad- wohl, President; Harry Clark, Secretary and Registrar, and Daniel Reed, Health Officer.

The Fire Department, designated as Fountain Hill Hose Company, No. I, is equipped with a hose cart and a steamer. Harry Koch is Chief of the Department.

Fountain Hill is continuing to carry out the original intention of its founders, in making of it a residential section, and its only industrial ef- forts are confined to two silk mills and a machine shop. At this time the population of the bor- ·

ough is about 1,500 people.

CHAPTER XXIX.

BOROUGH OF MACUNGIE.

By O. P. Knauss.

This is the second oldest borough in Lehigh county. It is situated in the southern section of Lower Macungie township, at the foot of the South mountain, nine and a half miles southwest of Allentown. The Swabia creek flows through the northern part of the town and the East Penn Branch of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway, opened in 1859, passes also through the northern section. The population at present is about 800.

Peter Miller, who resided in Upper Hanover township, Montgomery county, Pa., founded Millerstown in 1776. He purchased 150 acres of land from Lewis Larose in November of that year, and upon a part of this tract he laid out the village, naming it after himself. He sold twenty- three lots on each side of Main street, and each lot contained two acres of land, subject to ground-rent. On February 2, 1782, he sold the balance of his land and the revenues arising out of the ground-rents of said lots to Bartholomew Hoover, who obtained a patent for the land from the State of Pennsylvania, dated July 23, 1784. In November of the same year Hoover and his wife, Mary, reconveyed the entire tract to Peter Miller.

As Macungie, which is the name of the town- ship in which the village is located, signifies "bear swamp" in the dialect of its original In- dian inhabitants, the country in the vicinity was probably an uninviting morass, inhabited by wild beasts.

The town being no new upstart, inasmuch as its existence is coeval with the life of our nation, its inhabitants should be inspired with patriotic pride when they recollect that their town was laid out and settled in the year of the Declara- tion of Independence. The town had the further patriotic distinction of being officially made one of the places where the militia were trained on stated days, when such training was obligatory on the part of all citizens liable to military duty ; and battalion days at Millerstown gave the place fame and excitement. But by their famous re- sistence of the collection of the Federal Tax, in 1799, the inhabitants may have sacrificed some of the prestige to which the year of the town's foundation entitled them. On December 26th, of that year, the first borough election was held

at the public house of Charles H. Knauss, now the post-office and hardware store building. These were elected: James Singmaster, Burgess ; Harrison Miller and J. Peter Haas, Justices of the Peace; S. R. Rittenhouse, J. Peter Haas, Peter J. Weiler, Solomon Ohl, and Solomon Gorr, Councilmen.

The present borough officers are: Dr. H. M. Schell, Burgess; John L. Reinhard, President; William H. Klotz, Treasurer; A. E. Moyer, Secretary; John F. Wieder, C. H. Neumoyer, John Singmaster, Wm. Rohrbach, John H. Beid- ler, Councilmen ; O. J. Knauss and H. W. Schantz, Justices of the Peace; Edward Feinour, Constable; O. H. Lohrman, Street and Water Commissioner, and Health Officer; Howard L. Hertzog is postmaster; O. P. Knauss is Regis- trar of Vital Statistics.

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. I, Part 118

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society Publication date: 1914 Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 1158

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1158