History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. I, Part 82

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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In 1828 John Moore & Co. ran a stage which left Philadelphia from 124 N. Fourth street, every morning, except Saturday, at 6 o'clock, breakfasted at Jenkintown, dined at Ottsville, and arrived at Allentown early in the afternoon. The stage left Allentown at 5 a. m. every morn- ing except Saturday, and the passengers break- fasted at Hellertown, dined at Willow Grove and arrived at Philadelphia in the afternoon, The fare from Philadelphia to Easton, Bethle- hem, or Allentown was three dollars. Tick- ets for seats in the coach were sold at Daniel Kramer's, in Allentown.

In 1833 the Peoples Accommodation Line of Daily Coaches was started by Charles Brock, of Philadelphia; Jacob Shipe, of Easton; Charles Copp, of Allentown, and G. H. Goundie, of Bethlehem. The coaches left the Golden Swan Hotel, on Third street, near Arch, in Philadel- phia, at 5 : 30 a. m., and ran to Bethlehem, where a four-horse coach left immediately for Allen- town to Mr. Copp's Pennsylvania Hotel, from which point the return trip was begun at 5 a. m. In the summer of 1834 the start for Philadel- phia was made at 7 a. m.

On May 1, 1836, the Eagle line of coaches, owned by Walter C. Livingston, Charles Sea- greaves, Peter Cooper, Jacob Kern, George

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Weaver, Jacob Bush, and others, started busi- ness, running through Coopersburg, Quaker- town, Montgomery Square, and Germantown to Philadelphia. At Coopersburg connection was made with the stage from Bethlehem and Easton. The Allentown agent was John F. Ruhe. This line was very popular with the in- habitants of Allentown, as it was a more direct route than the former stage lines.

A line of stages between Easton and Reading, which had formerly made tri-weekly trips, be- came daily in 1837. The coach left Wm. White's Easton Hotel at 4: 30 a. m., and re- turning left William Coleman's hotel in Read- ing at the same hour. The route was as follows: Easton to Butztown, 7 miles; to Bethlehem, 5 miles; to Allentown, 6 miles; to Trexlertown, 8 miles; to Kutztown, 9 miles; to Reading, 18 miles.

Before Allentown was in existence the dis- tances from point to point from Reading to Easton were given in the almanacs of the period, as follows: To Parvin's, 6 miles ; to D. Levan's, 12 miles; to county line, 4 miles; to Trexler's, 6 miles; to Cedar Creek, 6 miles; to West Branch of the Delaware, 3 miles; to Bethlehem, 5 miles, to Easton, 10 miles. Total, 52 miles.

The stage route from Allentown to . Berwick was as follows: To North Whitehall, 8 miles ; to Lehigh Gap, 8 miles; to Lehighton, 8 miles; to Mauch Chunk, 5 miles; to Lausanne, I mile; to Conyngham, 21 miles ; to Nescopeck, 9 miles ; to Berwick, I mile. Total 61 miles.

In 1828, the fare from Allentown to Lehigh Gap was one dollar. In 1816, John Applebach of Cherryville, drove the stage from Bethlehem to Berwick. The fare was $4.00 and way passengers were charged sixteen cents per mile.

Among the stage drivers were William Diet- erline, "Father" Knauss, and one Nortz. On the afternoon of Sunday, June 27, 1852, a frightful accident occurred to a stage coach re- turning from Worman's Spring, where many persons had gone to avoid the heat. The coach was crowded, and while driving up the hill on Union street, the harness tore, and the over- loaded vehicle fell over the steep embankment be- tween Union and Lawrence streets. Two boys were instantly killed: Llewellyn R. A. Schantz, aged eleven (son of Widow Schantz, and brother to Rev. F. J. F. Schantz), and a boy named Held. Tobias, son of Jonas Reinsmith, had both legs broken, and Jacob, son of Oliver Snyder, had a leg and shoulder broken. Eli Steckel was also injured and many other passengers were more or less bruised.

Water-Works .-- The first water-supply of the inhabitants of Allentown was obtained from the Little Lehigli and from springs, of which there were several in or near the limits of the town. A large spring was located on Lehigh street, just below what is now Lawrence street, which was used by residents of that vicinity over a hun- dred years. The American Steel and Wire com- pany used its water for a time and only a few years ago it was connected with a sewer. There were other springs near by, one in the Nonne- maker lot and another west of Lehigh street. East of Fourth street were two large springs, one at the foot of Chew street, on what was later the Elliger property, and one at Gordon street, on land owned many years by the Gross family, near the present Spinning Company plant. A small stream ran through the town along Gor- don street.

Wells were dug to supply the inhabitants, and, as early as 1763, Colonel Burd's letters to Judge William Allen mention a well in course of con- struction. Public wells were situated at the following points: Seventh and Linden, on Sev- enth, north side (this was operated by a bucket, all the others by pumps) ; Sixth and Linden; Seventh and Walnut, on Seventh below Walnut ; on the square in front of the present Chronicle office; Sixth and Union; on Hamilton, west of Sixth; at Hagenbuch's hotel, Eighth and Hamil- ton, and at the northeast corner of Tenth and Hamilton.

An act of the legislature was passed Feb. 13, 1816, authorizing the organization of a water company in which Peter Newhard, Charles H. Martin, Peter Snyder, William Boas, and Sol- omon Gangwere were named as commissioners, and it provided that the company should proceed with the work within three years and complete the same within five years so far as to have the water within the limits of the borough. It was further provided that if, after the year 1834, the borough should be disposed to purchase the in- terest of the company, it should be permitted to do so, the sum to be ascertained by seven dis- interested men.

Nothing having been accomplished in this be- half before the limitations of the Act, it was re- vived March 25, 1825, and John J. Krause, Henry Wilson, Abraham Newhard, Solomon Gangwere, and Michael Schneider were appoint- ed commissioners to secure the organization of a company. This act provided that the borough might purchase the works after the year 1843. Operations were begun under the revived act by securing stock subscriptions at $10 per share, and by Aug. 28, 1826, satisfactory results were

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obtained, as appears by the following list of subscribers :

No. of Shares. No. of Shares.

Abraham Worman, IO

Philip Brong, 3

John J. Krause, 5 Henry Ebner & Co., 10

Margaret Wilson, IO

Charles Davis, 5

James Hall, 2

Walter C. Livingston, 5

Conrad Knerr, John Bogart, commission-

Michael Schneider, Jr., 5

Jacob Newhard, 2

Bernhart Reese, 5

County,

Abraham Horn, I

Abraham Newhard,

William Eckert, 5

Peter Newhard,

William Ginkinger, I

Daniel Zeller,

Martin Schwenk, 2

Jacob Newhard,

Charles A. Gross, 2

John Wilson, 3

Selfridge & Wilson,

William Fry,

5 John Ealer,

John Rice,

Charles Seagreaves,

Peter Hoffman, 3

Peter Hoffman,

George Haberacker, 5

Andrew Krauss,

John S. Gibons,

John W. Jungkurth,

Charles Hutter, 2

Moses Horn,

George Keck, 5

Christian Brobst, 5

John F. Ruhe,

Andrew Gangwere, 2

Charles Kramer,

Andrew Klotz, 2

John Giltner,

John Spangenberg, 3

Keck & Saeger,

Louis Schmidt, 5

Peter Newhard,

3 2

Charles H. Martin, IO

Jonas Kuntz,

Gangwere & Schaffer, 10 Jacob Saeger, IO

Joseph Weiss,

Walter C. Livingston, 25

John B. Moser, I

John Miller, 20

Frederick Hyneman, 5

Frederick Heineman, 5

Charles Davis, 2

Jacob Stern, 5

Walter C. Livingston

and John Rice, 100

Henry King and John Rice, 20

John D. Roney, 5

Nicholas Saeger, 5

John Strassburger, IO

Abraham Rinker, 2

Joseph Fry, 2

Henry Weaver, 2

Andrew Gangwere, 3

Henry Reichart, 5

Corporation of bor-

Timothy Geidner, 2 ough of Northamp-

Peter Rhoads, C

ton, by John J.

John Eckert, 5 Krause, burgess, 500 Jacob Statler, 5 William W. Weaver, 4

The organization was known as the North- ampton Water Company. The first election was held June 4, 1827, at the house of Michael Schneider, when five managers were chosen to serve for the ensuing year, viz: Walter C. Liv- ingston, John Miller (fuller), Peter Hoffman, John Rice, and Charles H. Martin, of whom Livingston was chosen president and Rice sec- retary.

The company resolved to use the water from the clear and strong-flowing spring near the Little Lehigh, in the south part of the town, owned by Abraham Worman, afterward called "Silver Spring," or "Crystal Spring," with an

average daily flow of 4,000,000 gallons in the dry season, and purchased the site from the owner. Pumping-works were erected in the stone build- ing still standing near the foot of Ninth street, and a reservoir constructed at Fountain and Maple streets. The pumping was done by water-power from the stream of the Little Le- high driving a breast-wheel which communi- cated the power to the pumps, and this was used until 1858, when turbine wheels were intro- duced. This work was accomplished in 1828- 29, and pipes were laid along Hamilton street to Fifth. The number of shares subscribed had in the meantime been augmented, and in 1829 there were 1,941, making the stock of the com- pany $10,410. The deed from Abraham Wor- man to the company gave them the right "to enter and dig across his premises a trench to the large spring near his dwelling," and to use the water. It was not signed until March 19, 1831. On the 30th of April, of that year, Liv- ingston deeded to the Northampton Water Co. the lot of land "on which the reservoir or cis- tern had previously been constructed," 60 by 230 feet, on the north side of John street (now Fountain), bounded on each side by an alley. Two other lots adjoining were sold to the com- pany the same day by other persons.

From this time, for a dozen years, the affairs of the company progressed smoothly and satis- factorily. The pipes were extended on Seventh, Sixth, and Fifth streets as demanded, but in other respects very little was done towards im- proving the effectiveness of the works. In 1841 the capital stock paid in was $16,271, and the water-rents amounted to $1,060.

A new reservoir was supplied about that time but this proving unsatisfactory it was recon- structed. Subsequently for nearly ten years the management was not satisfactory and a new company was organized in 1850, called the Al- lentown Water Co., for the purpose of securing a forfeiture of the charter of the Northampton Water Co., but this was not successful. Then a re-organization was effected, an enlarged water- supply was obtained by the purchase of two mill properties, a new reservoir, 36 by 100 feet was built, and other improvements accomplished ; and in 1855 the name of the company was changed to the Allentown Water Co.

In 1869 the water works was purchased by the city. The plant had been offered in 1868, and at the spring election of 1869 the voters by a large majority had authorized council to make the purchase. Then it was placed under the management of a joint committee, with Chas. E. Christ as the first superintendent. In 1875 it was given to the water commissioners (J. W.

Leonard Nagle, 2

Moses Horn,

Michael D. Eberhart,

Henry Ebner & Co., 20

Jacob Stein, 2

Jonas Smith,

Selfridge & Wilson, 5

Godfrey and Christian Pretz, IO

John Smith, I

Jonas Kuntz, 2 5 Benjamin Ludwig, 3

of Le high 50

Christian F. Beitel, 1

John Miller (tailor), 5 Robert May Brooks, 10

Charles Kramer, 2

Charles L. Hutter, 3 Daniel Fried, 5

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Grubb, John R. Schall, Peter Brown, and J. O. Shimer), with R. A. Thayer as their first super- intendent. Steam power for pumping was intro- duced in 1881. The total cost of the plant to 1884 was $195,000; there were twenty-six miles of water mains, 100 fire hydrants, and 3,000 family hydrants. The capacity of the two reser- voirs 410,24I gallons; and the engines had a daily pumping capacity of 1,311,880 gallons.

In 1888 the plant at Fountain House was es- tablished, and the basin enlarged to 950,287 feet in 1896, with a capacity of 1,200,000 gallons, and the reservoir was supplemented by three standpipes, one on the hill beyond the power house, 15 feet in diameter and 150 feet high.

In 1898 councils bought the Schantz mill property in the eastern corner of Upper Ma- cungie township, four and a half miles west of the city, which included a large spring of super- ior water, for $14,000. The land was patented in 1748. Jacob Schantz became the owner in 1792, and he carried on the mill until his de- cease. His son, Hiram, secured it in the set- tlement of the estate in 1843, and David Koch bought it in 1888, who sold it to the city.

In 1901, the electors of the city, by a vote of 3,876 to 11,757, authorized a loan of $225,000 for the improvement of the water service ; which was subsequently increased to $357,700.

The dimensions of the Schantz spring basin were enlarged to 180 feet wide by 490 feet long, with an area of 63,000 square feet, and a capa- ity of 2,700,000 gallons when filled to the height of the overflow. The pipe-line from this spring to the pumping station is five miles long. The value of the plant in April, 1914, was $1,250- 000.

Fire of 1848 .- At about half past three o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday, June I, (Ascension Day of that year), 1848, the cry of fire was raised in the streets of the borough and clouds of smoke from a stable in Hall street, between Hamilton and Linden streets (then called Hall alley), indicated the locality of the outbreak of the destructive element. The stable was the property of John Eckert, a tobacconist, where two of his apprentices were working, and it was fired by them in retaliation for a fancied wrong-having been denied a holiday on Ascen- sion Day. A strong breeze was blowing from the northwest, and every spark the moment it alighted on the dry and combustible roofs was instantly fanned into a blaze, and many buildings were soon wrapped in flames. The two hand engines of the town were promptly on hand, but owing to a scarcity of water and the very high wind, they were powerless in contending against the flames. The fire raged about three hours.

The smoke was seen for miles and brought a fire company from Bethlehem to the scene. The market-house on the square was torn down in order to prevent the spread of the fire eastward.

The Republikaner of Tuesday, June 6th, printed an account of the fire, of which the fol- lowing is a translation :

"TERRIBLE FIRE.

"35 DWELLINGS AND ABOUT 42 BARNS AND STABLES A PREY TO THE FLAMES. LOSS ABOUT $200,000.

"At 4 o'clock last Thursday a fire broke out in our town, which, owing to the high wind then pre- vailing, spread so quickly that in the course of an hour and a half nearly half the town was laid in ashes. The fire originated in the stable of John Eckert, either through incendiaries or the careless- ness of children, and spread from one stable to another so rapidly and did its work of destruction so thoroughly, that all the buildings on Hamilton Street, running westwardly from Market Square to Hagenbuch's hotel, excepting Laudenslager & Et- tinger's hardware-store, were destroyed. The fire- men exerted themselves to subdue the flames, but their efforts proved vain, and it seemed as if the whole town would be burned down.

"The loss in property is large, so large that Al- lentown will hardly recover from the stroke in a decade. The main business portion of the town lies in ashes. It is perhaps unnecessary to say that this block was the most beautiful in town, includ- ing a number of three-story brick buildings, among them the new Odd-Fellows' Hall. The loss falls so much more heavily by reason of the failure of property-owners to have their dwellings insured.

"Below follows a list of the sufferers, who for the main part have lost their all through this calam- ity. This list will be found in the main correct, since we sent a man to the spot to obtain a com- plete list of all who have been ruined by the de- stroying element.

"North Ward.

"The large three-story brick hotel on the north- west corner of Market Square, the property of Jesse Grim, and tenanted in part for hotel pur- poses by James Trexler, and in part by Messrs. Grim & Reninger and Selfridge & Wilson for store purposes, besides a frame store-house and five stables. The loss of Mr. Grim is put at $8,000; in- surance, $5,000. The store of Grim & Reninger was insured for $6,000; loss, $10,000; Selfridge & Wilson suffer a total loss, $4,000. The books and some of the goods in these two stores were saved. Mr. Trexler, the landlord, lost nearly everything, and saved only a little of his furniture. His loss is $1,200.

"The two-story brick store-house of Yeager & Weidner. A part of the stock saved. Loss, $7,000; insurance on building, $1,000.

"The two-story brick dwelling-house and jewelry- store of Joseph Weiss. Loss, $3,450; insurance, $1,533.

"The two-story brick stove and tinware shop of Thomas Ginkinger. Whole loss, $1,800.

"The double two-story dwelling-house and stable of Daniel Keiper. The house was occupied by Keiper and Ephraim Gangwere. A part of the household furniture was saved. Loss, $4,300, se- cured to the extent of $2,000.

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"The two-story frame dwelling-house of Abraham Newhard, and his carpenter-shop and barn. This house was occupied by Silas and Abraham Newhard. Only a little of the furniture was saved.

"The three-story brick dwelling of Abraham New- hard, occupied by Thomas Newhard and Stetler & George. Entire loss, $4,150; no insurance.

The three-story brick dwelling-house and drug- store of Dr. Danowsky, besides a laboratory and stables; very little saved. Loss, $4,500; secured, $1,500.

"The three-story brick dwelling-house and store- stand of Elias Mertz (or Mertz & Weaver), and stables. A part of the store-goods saved; loss, $8,- 000; insurance, $5,000.

"Two three-story brick dwellings and outhouses of Mr. Klein, one tenanted by Messrs. Huber & Wagner as merchants, the other by Messrs. Keiper & Gross, publishers of the Lehigh Patriot and Le- high Reporter, and booksellers. A portion of Messrs. Huber & Wagner's stock and the business books of Keiper & Gross, were saved. The store of the former firm was insured for $6,000; loss, $10,000. The two buildings were insured for $4,000, and valued at $6,000; the loss to the printing-house was $1,500.

"The three-story brick dwelling-house and hard- ware-store of Edmund R. Newhard. A part of the wares were saved. Loss, $9,500; insurance, $1,200.

"The two-story store 'and dwelling-house and stable of Mr. Peter Newhard. A part of the fur- niture was saved. Loss, $3,500; insurance, $2,000. In this building was the post-office, the greater part of the contents of which were saved.

"The two-story brick dwelling-house and shoe- store of Mr. George Lucas. In the latter nearly everything was saved. The building was insured for $1,000. Loss, $1,900.

"The two-story brick dwelling, store-house, and stable of Mr. Peter Huber. Nothing was saved ex- cept the books, some papers, and money. A large sum of money, as well as a large quantity of grain, is said to have been destroyed. Loss, $8,445; no insurance.

"The following also suffered losses, estimated as follows :

M. Schwarz, barn and contents, $500

Ephraim Gangwere, household furniture, 600

Charles Eckert, stable (insurance, $200), . 500 John Eckert, stable, 226

Widow Schaffer, stable, 500

Charles Seager, stable, 150

Reformed Church, 200

Silas Newhard, household goods,

300

Edwin Keiper, household goods,

100

Michael Uhler, dry goods, 2,500

Silas Newhard, household goods, 300

Hannah Dunlap, household goods, 45 The market-house, 500

"South Ward.

"The two-story stone dwelling-house and an ad- jacent frame building on the southwest corner of Market Square was the property of Mr. Joshua Hanse. Loss, $3,864; insurance, $2,000.

"The new Odd-Fellows' Hall, with the store- stock of Messrs. Weiss & Co., the saddler-shop of Charles Keck, and the restaurant of Henry Nagel No insurance. Loss to the Odd-Fellows, $6,528.

"The two-story brick dwelling-house, two stables, and the frame-work of a barn of Dr. C. H. Martin, and all his household goods. Nothing was saved Loss, $5,206; no insurance.

"The two two-story brick dwelling-houses, stable, and shop of John Q. Cole, one of the houses oc- cupied by the family of Mr. Brown, the toy manu- facturer. Mr. Cole had a great deal of willow- ware on hand, and he and Mr. Brown suffer es- pecially. Estimated loss of Mr. Cole, $3,280; in- surance, $1,500. Mr. Brown's loss is $550, with no insurance.

"The two-story brick dwelling-house and stable of Mr. Joseph F. Newhard. Estimated loss, $1,700; insurance, $1,000.

"The two-story brick dwelling-house, tobacco-fac- tory, stable, machine-shop, etc., of John F. Ruhe, as well as a large quantity of tobacco. Estimated loss. $4,755; insurance, $1,600.

"The two-story brick dwelling-house and stable of Michael Uhler. Loss, $1,100, with no insurance.

"The two-story brick dwelling-house and stable of Charles Scholl, besides tailoring materials and household furniture. Estimated loss, $1,400; no insurance.

"The two-story brick dwelling-house of Cath- arine Graff and household furniture. A total loss, $750.

"The butcher-shop and barn of Mr. Martin Schwenk. Loss, $600.

"The turning-shop of Reuben Kauffman, with finished work. Estimated loss, $220.

"The new two-story brick dwelling-house of Wil- liam Scholl, on Allen Street, opposite Mr. Rees' hotel. Loss, $500.

"The two-story dwelling-house of Mr. George Good, on Allen street, with all its contents. Loss, $850.

"The frame dwelling-house of Albright & Wood- ring, on Allen Street, with contents. Loss, $300.

"The following persons besides the foregoing have lost property as indicated :

H. C. Longnecker, $300

George F. Ruhe, house furniture, 100

Henry Ruhe, cash, 50

Reuben Reiss, furniture, 250

Reuben Strauss, furniture, 150

Nathan Laudenslager, sundries, 150

Charles Beidler, smithy, 60

Henry Ebner, stable, 75

Andreas Wind, stable. 280

The Allentown Hose House, 150

James Seagreaves, two stables, 550

William Kern, stable, 250

Dr. Tilghman H. Martin, barn,

Ephraim Grim, stable, 975

M. U. R. Hunter, stable, 150

420

George Keiper, stable, 300

Richard Levers, 55

John Neiligh, furniture, 200

Sarah Hittel, furniture, 100

John Wolf, furniture, 20

Charles Keck, tailoring goods, 300

Weiss & Lochman, fancy goods, 1600

Henry F. Nagle, tools, 350

Patrick McGlown, scaffolding, etc., 100 C. L. Lochman, tools, 50

"The above losses were estimated by a committee appointed at a citizens' meeting. It can be seen that the above valuations are low, and if the full value of the lost property were given it would sum up the loss to at least $250,000. As it is now made, the loss does not appear higher than $145,000, of which $42,000 is covered by insurance.

A meeting of citizens was held the morning

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after the fire to take measures for the relief of the sufferers. Hon. Henry King was president, and J. D. Lawall and J. M. Line, secretaries. Committees were appointed to ascertain the losses, to prepare an address to the country, to succor those in need of immediate assistance, and to demolish the tottering walls left by the fire. Thanks were expressed by resolution to all who assisted in preventing the spread of the flames, especially the Bethlehem firemen. On June 3d a second meeting was held, at which a financial committee and collectors were appointed to se- cure donations. The country responded liberally in answer to the cry of distress that went up from smitten Allentown, and the report of the financial committee, made Feb. 1, 1849, showed that they had received and disbursed $13,497.49. Money was sent from various points in Lehigh county, from Philadelphia and New York, from Montgomery, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northumb- erland, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Carbon, Huntingdon, York, Crawford, Berks, and Bed- ford counties, from Ohio, from New Orleans, and from Washington, D. C. (through Hon. S. A. Bridges).

The address prepared by the committee read as follows:

"FELLOW CITIZENS: A dire calamity has befallen us; one of which no human prudence could fore- see, nor human power and energy avert. A fire, originating in an obscure corner of our town, driven onward by a strong gale of wind, has swept through the centre of our prosperous and beautiful place, and left it a mass of blackened walls and smouldering ruins. From the height of prosperity, have all within its range been suddenly prostrated to comparative want and wretchedness-the labour of many years, in three short hours completely de- stroyed, while many, very many, have been stript of everything except their trust in God, and their strong reliance on the benevolence of their less unfortunate citizens at home and abroad.

"From the best estimates that have been made, we ascertain the actual loss to be an amount equal to one-fourth of the assessed value of all the real and personal property in our town, which contains nearly four thousand inhabitants. To replace this we do not even hope-to restore the sufferers to the position which they occupied before this calam- ity we deem impracticable; but we do hope by the aid of those who can "feel for other's woes" to lift from the ruins amidst which they now sit, help- less and almost hopeless, many of those who have lost their all, and enable them to begin the world again with renewed confidence in God and their fellow men. To our fellow citizens we appeal for that assistance which you can so easily afford, which will relieve so much suffering here, which our grate- ful hearts will never forget, and which Heaven will not fail to reward.

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. I, Part 82

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