History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. I, Part 94

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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The organ was removed from the gallery to the front of the church in 1890, and in 1900 a new Hook and Hastings organ, with three man- uals, costing $8,000, was installed. The organ- ists of the congregation have been Solomon P. Newhard, J. S. Whitney, J. F. Ohl, F. Wolf ; M. S. Gabriel, 1871-76; Alfred H. Ettinger, 1876- 1897; David E. Miles, 1907-1909. The present organist, Professor Will Rees, was elected Dec. 15, 1909. The choir numbers 35 persons and the Junior choir has a membership of 30 boys and girls. The congregation numbers 789, and its benevolences exceed the contributions for con- gregational expenses. In 1913, the contribu-

tions for benevolence were $8,136.00, while the amount contributed for congregational purposes was $6,409.00. The congregation also supports a foreign missionary in Japan, Rev. Dr. Christo- pher Noss.

The present consistory is composed of R. H. Kramm, elder emeritus; Milton S. Gabriel, Al- vin Rupp and David A. Miller, elders; G. Fred Kuhl, Harry J. Lerch, Henry A. Reninger, John S. Mickley, Calvin M. Hillegass, John A. Rupp, Jacob W. Grim, Ernest B. McCready and Con- rad A. Herwig, deacons. The trustees are Ed- ward H. Reninger, Esq., Nathan A. Haas and John N. Lawfer. Reuben P. Steckel was trustee of the congregation for thirty-three years from 1880 until his death in 1913.

The Sunday school numbers 476 scholars and 38 officers and teachers. Oliver H. Mickley is superintendent, David H. Kratz, president of the Sunday School Association, and Mrs. Frederick C. Seitz, superintendent of the Primary depart- ment. The Sunday school orchestra is under the leadership of E. A. Donecker.

The societies of the congregation are: Ladies' Aid Society, .Missionary and Mite Society, Women's Home and Foreign Missionary So- ciety, Loving Service Circle, I. H. M. Circle and Lend a Hand Circle, The King's Daugh- ters and Sons (successors to the Young Peoples' Guild) and the Boys' and Girls' Mission Band.

SALEM REFORMED CHURCH.

After preliminary consideration of the subject relating to the establishment of a third Reformed church at Allentown for nearly a year, a joint committee, composed of members of Zion's and St. John's congregations, a lot of ground was leased on the corner of Eighth and Chew streets and a temporary frame chapel was erected on it which was dedicated Sept. 12, 1875, and named Salem's Reformed Church. A Sunday school was organized and George W. Hartzel elected superintendent. Members of the Reformed con- gregations, numbering 64, were admitted as mem- bers of Salem's church, and they elected the following consistory:

Trustee-Owen W. Faust.

Elders .- Aaron Butz, Elias Troxell.

Deacons .-- John Bartholomew, James F. Hun- sicker, Henry Hillegass, William B. Schaeffer. Treasurer .- A. L. Newhard.

Public services were then regularly conducted every Sunday in the church and Sunday school. Rev. A. J. G. Dubbs, of the Salisbury charge, was elected pastor and began the performance of his duties April 1, 1876; and $13,000 having

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been secured towards a church, the following building committee was appointed :

Rev. A. J. G. Dubbs

Conrad Paff

Solomon Boyer

Jesse Marcks

Thomas Steckel

Aaron Butz

Elias Lentz Elias Troxell

A lot of ground was secured, situated on the north side of Chew street, near Seventh and the cornerstone was laid on Whitsuntide, June 4, 1876; and on December 24th a brick edifice, 52 by 91 feet, costing $20,000 and seating 700 per- sons, was dedicated to the service of God, the entire week having been devoted to religious wor- ship and thanksgiving, and many appropriate gifts were received from different devoted mem- bers. The steeple was supplied with a fine, large bell, presented by Nathan Weiler, and with a clock by two young machinists (Knauss and Grammes). The membership of the church had increased to 500 in ten years; and of the Sunday school to 650, with William B. Schaeffer as the superintendent.

In 1890, Rev. George W. Richards became the assistant pastor and upon the retirement of Rev. Dr. Dubbs in 1892, became the pastor. In 1905, a Sunday school chapel, with a seating capacity of about 1,800, was built. In 1898, Rev. Rich- ards was elected to the chair of church history in the Seminary at Lancaster, and the following year Rev. A. R. Bartholomew succeeded him as pastor. During his pastorate about eighty of the members of the congregation assisted in organ- izing St. Andrew's congregation and about one hundred formed the nucleus of Dubbs' Memorial congregation. Rev. Dr. Bartholomew resigned in the fall of 1902, to become secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions. Rev. Theodore F. Herman became the pastor in January, 1903, and served until 1910, when he accepted the chair of Systematic Theology in the Seminary at Lancas- ter, and was succeeded by the present pastor, Rev. Gustav A. Schwedes.

The last services in the old church were held Nov. 3, 1912, after which the building was torn down and work begun on the present magnificent structure, erected at a cost of $100,000, the cornerstone of which was laid Aug. 10, 1913. The building committee was composed of the pastor, Frank A. Arner, C. Frank Stahler, H. G. Merkle, O. P. Schlosser, J. M. Grimley and Herbert J. Hunsicker. The architect of the building was A. A. Ritcher, of Reading. The congregation numbers over 1,600 and is the larg- est congregation of this denomination in the United States. The Sunday school enrollment is over 2,100, of which James F. Hunsicker is the superintendent.

CHRIST REFORMED CHURCH.

Christ Reformed church is a brick edifice situated on the southeast corner of Second and Court streets, in a district of the city form- erly known as the East Side. On this corner there was previously a small frame church which had been occupied by the United Brethren, and it having been determined by the East Pennsyl- vania Classis, on May 4, 1875, that a congrega- tion should be organized in this district, a com- mittee, consisting of the active Reformed pastors of Allentown, obtained permission to occupy this little church for religious services and Rev. Jared Fritzinger preached the first sermon there on March 5, 1876.

The encouragement was so great that a Sun- day school was organized on April 2nd, and in July following a congregation was effected, with the name of Christ Church, with not a single member from any of the older congregations who lived in the East Side, and very little financial aid. Rev. Fritzinger had been appointed a mis- sionary and he had secured a score of persons from that vicinity who were willing to become members, who purchased the little church for $1,500.

The following consistory was elected :

Elders .- Tobias Weiss, William Serfass.

Deacons .- William Cole, W. Beisel, T. Les- ter.

Trustees .- D. Moyer, A. Weiss, C. F. Dates- man.

The first communion was administered on Oct. 22, 1876 to thirty members. After laboring most faithfully for four years, Rev. Fritzinger was obliged to resign on account of illness and old age.

Rev. William J. Kerschner became the pastor in March, 1881, served most faithfully for nearly three years and got the congregation to be self- sustaining, which came to number IIO.

Rev. Moses H. Diefenderfer was elected as his successor in July, 1884, and "he won many people to the church who had hitherto scoffed at religion." The little frame church became too small to accommodate the increasing attendance and quite naturally he directed his efforts toward a new building "to the greater glory of God." A little child brought him a penny for the new church and this led a large-hearted member of another congregation to offer $500, and so the movement proceeded until enough money was secured to warrant the undertaking. A building committee was appointed with Major F. D. Beary as chairman; the cornerstone was laid Sept. 6, 1896; and the completed semi-gothic

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building, 39 by 110 feet, was dedicated May 2, 1897. The membership had grown to 305.

The services were conducted in the English and German languages until June, 1901, when the German was discontinued.

A bell was placed in the church tower in 1902, as a gift from Charles E. Wolf, an elder. A fine pipe organ was installed in 1905, one-half of the cost having been contributed by Andrew Car- negie. Other useful gifts were presented by dif- ferent members.

In 1909, the property, including a two-story brick building, adjoining the church on the south

CHRIST REFORMED CHURCH.

was purchased as a parsonage; new heating and lighting systems were installed, and the exterior of the edifice was repaired. The total valuation of the church property is estimated at $30,000. The pastors have been :

Jared Fritzinger, M. H. Diefenderfer, 1876-1880 1884-1901

William J. Kerschner,

H. L. Fogelman, 1901-1907

1881-1883 Charles F. Althouse, 1907 --

The membership of the church in April, 1914, was 585; of the Sunday school, 500. Major

Frank D. Beary has been a most zealous superin- tendent in the cause of Sunday school work since 1893.

The only surviving charter member of the congregation is Mrs. Emma (W. H. H.) Trex- ler.

TRINITY MEMORIAL REFORMED CHURCH.

A chapel was built at the northwest corner of Lin- den and Poplar streets in 1889 by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruhe in loving remembrance of their son, Robert. They were members of St. John's Reformed congregation, whose activities led to the establishment of a congregation in this sec- tion of Allentown.

About Sept. 1, 1891, Lehigh Classis appointed a special committee of five ministers to canvass the neighborhood in order to secure the names of such persons as were willing to join in forming the fifth Reformed congregation at Allentown and this resulted in a meeting held on Oct. 5, 1891, when it was formally organized. The first members were:

Mrs. Anna M. Baker Maria Litzenberger

Dr. L. C. Berkemeyer Sarah C. Mest

Charles F. Berkemeyer James W. Roberts Blanche A. Berkemeyer Mary L. Schelly

Anna May Berkemeyer

J. F. Schoenberger

Mrs. Ida L. Good

Kate S. Schoenberger Lilly L. Schoenberger

Moses Guth

Mary H. Guth

Bertha Schoenberger

Milton P. Haas

Lena L. Haas

F. A. Schoenberger William C. Wieder

A Sunday school association was formed about the same time.

The present attractive edifice was erected in the place of the chapel in the year 1900 at an expense of about $25,000.

The following Reformed ministers have been the pastors :

C. Ernest Wagner, 1891 L. J. Rohrbaugh,

Stewart U. Mitman, 1891-95 Scott R. Wagner, 1903-06

1897-1903

William J. Hinke, S. Ezra Neikerk, 1906-12 1 896-97 J. J. Schaeffer, 1912 -- The membership of the church in April, 1914, was 400, and of the Sunday school, 575.

GRACE REFORMED CHURCH.

Grace Reformed church is a brick edifice on Cleveland street, in the Twelfth ward, Allen- town, erected in 1896, the congregation having grown out of the movement in establishing and carrying on the Salisbury Union Sunday school. The organization was made July 9, 1897, with 49 members who were mostly from the Salem Reformed church, among the more active being Harry Kleckner and wife, F. M. Young and

Harvey W. Good

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wife, Charles Fried and wife, Myron Kline and wife, Francis Buchecker and Miss Clara Krum, the organist.

The building was remodelled in 1913, and steam heat installed; and additional improve- ments were made in the winter and spring of 1914, costing $1,500.

The pastors have been :- P. A. DeLong, 1897- 98; D. E. Schoedler, 1899-1908; Franklin H.

Reformed church on May 25, 1900, and the first installation of a consistory took place there two days afterward. The first officers were E. S. Rambo, B. K. Hamm and J. S. Yeager, elders ; and George H: Horn, A. B. Lentz, S. A. Moyer, S. M. Sterner, O. B. J. Haines and M. S. Hart- ing, deacons.

In June, 1900, with a membership of 54, Rev. Robert M. Kern was elected pastor, and he has

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ST. ANDREW'S REFORMED CHURCH.

Moyer, 1908 to the present time. The mem- bership in April, 1914, was 250.

A Sunday school has been conducted from the beginning, with Franklin B. More as the super- intendent since 1900; members, 450.

ST. ANDREW'S REFORMED CHURCH.

After a number of preliminary meetings, this congregation was regularly organized in Zion's

·served the congregation since in a most efficient and successful manner.

The religious services were begun in the Acad- emy of Music at Sixth and Linden streets on July 1, 1900, and held there for six months, then (on account of the destruction of the build- ing by fire) in the Lyric theatre until the com- pletion of their church in 1903.

A lot of ground, 100 by 110 feet, on the

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northwest corner of Ninth and Gordon streets, was secured for a church in August, 1900, and within a year afterward operations were started. The cornerstone was laid Nov. 3, 1901, and a superior, attractive and commodious stone struc- ture was solemnly dedicated March 15, 1903, the services having been continued for a week. Shortly afterward a fine pipe organ was supplied, The total cost exceeded $50,000.

The development of this religious body, not- withstanding similar other bodies, has been most remarkable; for starting with 54 members, it increased to 204 in four months, and at the end of the first year to 373. In April, 1914, the membership was 1,200, which evidences the pop- ularity and administrative ability of the pastor. The services have been conducted from the be- ginning until now in the German and English languages, alternately morning and evening.

A Sunday school was organized at the same time in the Eighth ward school building with O. B. J. Haines as superintendent, who has con- tinued to serve until now. The membership is 1,150.

DUBS MEMORIAL REFORMED CHURCH.

Dubbs Memorial Reformed church is situ- ated on the northeast corner of Fifth and Allen streets, and was erected as a memorial to Rev. Dr. A. J. G. Dubbs, the founder and first pastor of Salem Reformed church. The congregation was organized in July, 1902, with a membership of 65, of whom 36 were from the Salem church ; on Sept. 6, 1903, the cornerstone was laid, and the building operations were carried on so suc- cessfully that by April 17, 1904, the Sunday school room was dedicated. The membership of the church had increased to 200, and of the school to 360. The first elders were Dr. N. C. E. Guth and Israel Ritter ; and the first deasons, John C. Holman, Charles Laudenslager, C. J. Dilcher and Harvey E. Burger.

The lot was purchased in 1888 by the Young People's Society of Salem church and though re- garded then as apparently out of the way, it was found to be just in place when the movement for this church was inaugurated.

The building is a large and imposing brick edi- fice, 60 by 100 feet, with Sunday school annex at the rear, and a commanding steeple at the front. The church was completed at an expense exceeding $35,000, and it was dedicated June 18, 1912, making the ninth Reformed church in Allentown.

Rev. E. E. Kresge was chosen pastor Aug. 31, 1902; moved in September to Allentown, where he resides at No. 521 Tilghman street; was regularly installed on October 2Ist, and has

since served the congregation in a most efficient manner.

The introductory movement for the establish- ment of the Sunday school was started May II, 1902, in the Allen public school building; and on the 17th of May a permanent organization was effected with more than 100 persons in at- tendance. The officers then elected were: super- intendent, Dr. N. C. E. Guth; assistant superin- tendent, Charles R. Roberts; secretary, Cyrus J. Dilcher ; librarian, Seldon M. L. Gernert; treas- urer, Harvey E. Burger. Dr. Guth served as superintendent until 1906. He was succeeded by James A. Heiney, who has served since in a most faithful manner.

The membership of the church in April, 1914, was 723; of the Sunday school, 750; which shows the devotion and co-operative spirit of the congregation.

ST. PAUL'S REFORMED CHURCH.

St. Paul's Reformed congregation, which wor- ships in a chapel at Hamilton and Carlisle streets, was organized Sept. 1, 1912, with 77 members, and Rev. J. P. Bachman as pastor. The congre- gation owns the lot, 80 by 150 feet, on which the frame chapel was erected at a cost of about $1,200, as a temporary place of worship, which was dedicated Jan. 16, 1913. The Sunday school was organized in May, 1912, and now has a membership of 175, with George Horn as super- intendent.

ST. JAMES' REFORMED CHURCH.

St. James' Reformed congregation was organ- ized June 4, 1913, and on June 29, 1913, the chapel at Fifteenth and Union streets was dedi- cated. The membership at that time numbered 46, which has since increased to 82. Rev. Joseph S. Peters is the pastor and the consistory is com- posed of J. A. Wuchter, Granville Peters and Clark F. Dreshler, elders, and A. R. Kline, Charles A. Vogenitz, Alton Bowman, Fred N. Peters, Warren E. Koch and George K. Halte- man, deacons. The choir leader is Ray Schoenly, and the organist, Miss Pauline Schadt. The con- gregation owns a lot at Fifteenth and Walnut streets on which a church building will be erected at some future time. The Sunday school enroll- ment is over 150 and its superintendent is Frank M. Cressman.

ST. MARK'S UNION CHURCH.

St. Mark's Union Church is situated on Hel- lertown avenue, in South Allentown. A meet- ing was called in behalf of organizing another congregation in this community on Feb. 12, 1885, which was held in the public school building, with Harrison Bortz as president and M. J. Moll, secretary. The matter received favorable

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consideration and Rev. G. E. Sandt, James Bar- ner and Henry A. Scholl were appointed as a committee to secure a proper lot for a church.

An organization was effected soon afterward and a constitution adopted, and the following consistories were elected :

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REFORMED

Elders-

James Barner Frederick Lishock Samuel Ruhf F. A. Lynn

Franklin B. Gehris David Leibensperger

Deacons- Deacons-

Jacob Leibensperger George H. Moyer

William Schlosser James M. Carl

George Reinbold John Mohry

Trustee- Trustee-

Edwin Miller Frederick Aubend

James Barner donated a lot 60 by 80 feet for a Union church soon after the meeting. Earnest steps were taken in putting up a building, and this was consecrated. The property is valued at $10,000.

The pastors have been:

LUTHERAN REFORMED

C. E. Sandt, 1885-1905 Jared Fritzinger, 1885-93 M. H. Diefenderfer,

I. B. Ritter (Supply) 1905-05 (Supply) C. A. Kerschner, 1906- C. E. Schaeffer, 1893-98 P. A. DeLong, 1898-1900 J. P. Bachman, 1900-08 John B. Stoudt, 1908-09 Charles Freeman (Sup- ply) 1910 J. F. DeLong (Supply)

1910-12

J. P. Bachman 1912-

The combined membership of the two con- gregations is 750, the Lutherans being the larger.

An active Sunday school has been carried on with the superintendents alternating every year. The members number 300.

LUTHERAN.

ST. PAUL'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.

In the same year that Allentown was founded, in 1762, the Lutherans and Reformed erected a building of logs which served as a house of wor- ship for both congregations. The first Lutheran pastor was Rev. Jacob Joseph Roth, who had been a Catholic studiosus, and was from Siegen, in Germany. On Oct. 8, 1763, the day of the massacre by Indians in Allen and Whitehall townships, Rev. Roth was preaching at Allen- town and the alarmed inhabitants of the vicinity crowded into the town in such numbers that the service was interrupted and the pastor was com- pelled to assist in organizing a military company for the defense of the town. Rev. Roth was re- ceived into full membership in the Lutheran Min-

isterium on Oct. 17, 1763. This is the first mention of the Allentown church in the Halle Reports. Rev. Roth died and was buried May 13, 1764, at Upper Saucon church.

From 1764 until 1769 the pastorate was va- cant and dependent on occasional visits from neighboring clergymen. In 1769, toward the close of the year, Rev. Jacob Van Buskirk be- came the pastor of the congregation. He was born at Hackensack, N. J., Feb. 11, 1739, the son of Capt. Jacob Van Buskirk, of Dutch de- scent. He studied first for four years with his pastor, Rev. John A. Waygandt, then at the col- lege of New Jersey and afterwards with the Dutch Reformed pastor at Hackensack, Rev. Mr. Schuyler. He was ordained Oct. 12, 1763. He became assistant to Rev. Muhlenberg, pastor at Germantown in 1765 and in 1769 removed to Macungie, taking charge of the Upper Milford, Upper Saucon, Salisbury and Allentown congre- gations. He remained pastor until 1778.

During his pastorate the Reformed congrega- tion erected a stone church building, while the Lutheran congregation continued to occupy the log building. Rev. Van Buskirk died Aug. 5, 1800, and is buried at North Wales.

After 1778 the congregation was without a pastor until 1783, when Rev. John Christian Leps is mentioned in the synodical minutes as pastor at Allentown. He was a native of Den- mark, and had resided in the Danish West In- dies. He arrived in Philadelphia in 1773 and was engaged by Dr. Kunze as teacher in a sem- inary which he endeavored to establish. The seminary failed and Rev. Leps was ordained pas- tor at Loonenberg, now Athens, New York, in 1774. In 1778 he was still in New York, but longed to return to Pennsylvania. He did not remain long at Allentown, for in 1787 he was living in Virginia.

Rev. Carl Christopher Goetz, a native of Worms, was the pastor at Allentown and at Jordan church from 1785 to 1788. He had been chaplain in a cavalry regiment in Europe, pastor at Altenkirch, Nassau-Weilberg, court preacher to two Lutheran Princes at Solms-Braemfels, and inspector and pastor at Neu Saarvard and Her- bigstein.

Rev. Van Buskirk preached in Allentown sub- sequently, and in 1793 George Frederick Elli- sen, a candidate from Germany was examined and licensed as a candidate to have charge of the four congregations in which charge Allentown was included. In 1796 his name was on the roll, but he was not at synod; in 1797 it disappears from the roll, and his license, not having been renewed, expired.

In 1794, during the pastorate of Licentiate

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Ellisen, the old log church was abandoned and the erection of a larger structure was begun on the site of the present church. The cornerstone was laid June 24, 1794, and the building was

of Whitehall. Leonard Nagle, of Allentown, was the treasurer. The subscriptions were se- cured by John Roth, Sr., and Godlieb Shreader, and collected by Philip Klotz and George Adam

Grosstup

BRICK CHURCH, BUILT 1856.

consecrated Sept. 4, 1795. The trustees of the Blank. Mr. Klotz and Andrew Young collected congregation were John Horn, Peter Hertz and Henry Schantz, of Allentown, and John Roth,

£99.0.3 at Philadelphia. The collection at the laying of the cornerstone amounted to £25.1.3.

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The congregation received a legacy from Dr. Gottlieb Bolzius, of £26.17.6. Rev. Abraham Blumer, the Reformed pastor of Zion church, contributed £1.10.0, and many members of his congregations contributed. The cost of the build- ing was nearly £1300 sterling. The carpenter work was contracted for by George Rhoads and Conrad Marks received £50.0.0 for the smith work. The old church was sold at vendue on June 1, 1795, to Valentine Fatzinger for £17.0.0.

Rev. John Conrad Jaeger became pastor of the congregation in 1800 and served it until 1831. Rev. Jaeger was born near York, Pa., Oct. 14, 1768. In 1792 he was licensed as "catechet" for the congregations at Greenwich, N. J., and

which proposal was accepted and the salary in- creased to $150. After his father's death, in 1832, he became pastor of the two other churches in the charge, after which he preached every fourth Sunday morning and every other Sunday evening. He remained pastor until April II, 1852, when he resigned, retaining, however, his country congregations. Rev. Yeager was born Sept. 23, 1802, and trained and educated for the ministry by his father. He remained active in ministerial life for 58 years, in which time he baptized 6,859 children, confirmed 3,875, mar- ried 2,000 couples and buried 2,763 persons. He died at Allentown, Aug. 1, 1888. He was a man of stalwart physical proportions, earnest

ST. PAUL'S EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH.

Williams township, Northampton county, and in 1800 purchased a farm in Allen, now Hanover township, where he lived until his death, Nov. 8, 1832. His charge included Christ church (Hanover), Dry Lands, Friedens, in Upper Sau- con and Allentown. In each of his four churches Rev. Jaeger preached once in four weeks, on Sunday morning only. The Allentown congre- gation paid him $100 annually. In 1827, his son, Rev. Joshua Yeager, was licensed to preach, and assisted his father in his whole charge until 1831, when the father resigned at Allentown and Friedens church, of which his son then became pastor. Rev. Joshua Yeager settled in Allen- town and offered to preach every other Sunday,

and eloquent, and was greatly respected and be- loved by his congregations.

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. I, Part 94

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