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On April 28, 1877, he married Rosa Kern, daughter of Henry and Atillia Kern. They have nine children: (1) Celesta (died young) ; (2) Ida L. (married James Hausman, of Heidelberg, who have these children: Elwood, Edgar, Irene, Roy, Lawrence and Howard, [the last dying in infancy]; (3) Eugene M. (mentioned later in this history) ; (4) Elmira (married Luther L. Layton, of Heidelberg, who have two children- Roma M., and Lloyd L. [died in infancy] ; (5) Wallace E. (married Jane P. German, he being a painter and has one son-Harold H.) ; (6) Clydan H. (married Sallie M. Rehrig, he being a farmer in Heidelberg) ; (7) Albert B. (a painter) ; (8) Ella J. and (9) Erwin C.
EUGENE M. HANDWERK, farmer, teacher and Justice of the Peace, was born on the family homestead, September 5, 1881, but since 1907 he resides on his own farm of 45 acres at Ger- mansville, which was for many years a Grosscup tract. He is a progressive agriculturist.
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Mr. Handwerk had the advantages of a lib- eral education. After his graduation with first honors in the first class of his native township in 1899, he attended the Saegersville select school and was licensed to teach at the age of seven- teen years, beginning his teaching career at the Water Pond school house in Heidelberg. Later he attended the Keystone State Normal School, and 1901 entered Muhlenberg College from which he was graduated in 1904. In the fall of the same year he began teaching in the Kem- merer school building and has been teaching there ever since.
He has been serving the Republican party as township committeeman since 1909; and as one of the township auditors since 1908. In 1911 he was elected one of the Justices of the Peace of Heidelberg township, and since then has filled this office. He is a member of Central Lodge No. 636, I. O. O. F., at Jordan, P. O., of which he is a Past Grand.
He was married December 22, 1903 to Miss Gertrude M. Strauss, only daughter of Aman- des and Elvena (Hamm) Strauss, of Germans- ville, and they have one son, Earl Eugene.
Mr. Handwerk and his wife are active mem- bers of the Heidelberg church. He is a member of the Lutheran congregation but his wife is a member of the Reformed congregation. He has served as a deacon since 1911 ; also as the super- intendent of Germansville Union Sunday-school since 1908. He was the first president of the Young People's Society of the Heidelberg church.
In 1912 Mr. Handwerk was the leading spir- it in promoting and organizing the Handwerk Family Reunion of America, which in August of that year held its first reunion at Neff's, Pa. He is the president and historian of the reunion.
Aaron Handwerk, son of David, was born in 1846 in Washington township, educated in the public schools, and brought up on a farm until he became seventeen years old; then he' enlisted in the Civil War, (June 29, 1863), as a private in Co. I, of the 38th Regt. Penna. Vol. Inf., for thirty days, during the Emergency (discharged Aug. 1, 1863) ; and re-enlisted on Aug. 29, 1864, for one year in Co. H, 209th Regt. Penna. Vol. Inf., and was discharged at Alexander, Va., May 31, 1865. The two honorable discharges from the service are now in the possession of his son, Henry, which are prized very highly.
Upon his return home he engaged in farming for several years, then worked in a school-slate factory near Slatington until 1897, about a year before his decease. He served as a school di- rector of the township for two terms, and also as the township tax-collector for two terms.
When he ceased farming he located at Slate- dale.
He was married to Susan Dorward, daughter of Charles and Lydia (Peterson) Dorward of Washington township, and they had two chil- dren: Henry O., and Mary (married to James P. Kern, slate operator, at Slatedale, interested in the Thomas Slate Co., of which he is secre- tary).
HENRY OLIVER HANDWERK, proprietor of restaurant, and fire insurance agent at Slating- ton, was born March 31, 1867, in Washington township. He attended the public school until he became eleven years old, then started to work in a slate factory at Slatington and continued working in different factories there until he was thirty-three years of age, excepting two years when he was engaged in the freight-train serv- ice of the Lehigh Valley R. R. Co. His last employment in slate operations was superin- tendent of the Blue Valley Slate Co. for seven years. He embarked in the business of con- ducting a first-class restaurant at Slatington, in 1909 and has carried it on successfully until the present time.
In March, 1913, he became the local repre- sentative of twelve standard fire insurance com- panies of the United States and Great Britain. He is a member of the P. O. S. of A., Knights of Friendship, and Modern Woodmen of Am- erica.
In 1884, Mr. Handwerk was married to Augusta V. Stettler, daughter of Prof. Frank J. Stettler (principal of the Slatington high- school for upwards of fifteen years, but now res- ident agent and district manager at Allentown, of the Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co., of New- ark, N. J.), and they have four children: George, A. (superintendent of a silk mill at Al- lentown) ; Carrie M. (public school teacher at Slatington since 1908), Helen A (graduate of the high school in 1911, and since then assisting her father in the restaurant), and Russell F. (who is now attending the high school).
Elias Handwerk, who is buried at the Heid- elberg church was married to Maria Bloss and they had two children-Milton and Frank.
Milton, his son, was a shoemaker in Washing- ton township and there also worked in the slate quarry. He was married to Sally Ann Reppert and they had four children: Francis P., Susanna M. (m. E. F. Roth), Franklin and James F.
Frank, the brother of Milton, was a soldier of the Civil War and is buried at Slatedale. He was married to Catharine Coffin, having been a carpenter and slate worker. Their children were Didama (died young), Ira of Siegfried, George,
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of Easton, and Maggie Della, married John F. Graver, of Allentown.
Frederick Handwerk was commissioned by Governor Simon Snyder, as captain of the Union Rifle Company, attached to the Sixty-eighth Regiment, Militia of Pennsylvania, Second Brigade, and Seventh Division. He was hon- orably discharged, Aug. 14, 1814. In the same year he was commissioned again and served for eight years.
He was a cabinet-maker of very rare ability and made many household clocks. He died in 1833. He was married to Catharine Scheirer. They had Allen, and Abbie, who became the wife of a Beil, from Northampton county who died soon after their marriage. She married, second, David Gilbert, of Dorneyville. Their only surviving child is Mrs. Frank Dorney, of Dorneys Park.
Allen Handwerk was born Oct. 12, 1825. His father died when he was but eight years old and Philip Handwerk, of Heidelberg, became his guardian. He was placed into a Bear family who lived near Unionville. At the age of eigh- teen years he became acquainted with Prof. Rudy, instructor in the Schnecksville Academy and from him learned the rudiments of educa- tion. At this time Allen Handwerk was learn- ing the tanning trade at Ballietsville, and in this connection pursued his studies under Prof. Rudy, for whom he had formed a strong attach- ment and for whom he had the profoundest re- spect and esteem. He soon became popular in his community as a penman and one possessed with more than the ordinary mind. He was an apt apprentice and became a skilled finisher of calf and other skins. He was pronounced a specialist and taught the trade which he so well understood to many others. He made regular trips on foot to the tanneries at Mauch Chunk, Millport, Lynnport, Ballietsville, Schnecksville, and Egypt. In about 1855 he became connected with the tannery at Ballietsville and in 1862 pur- chased the property from Stephen Graff, having already become the proprietor of it on April I, 1861. In that year his health began to fail, as shown by a certificate issued by Doctors W. S. Kohler and L. B. Balliet, and on account of it he sold the property to Edwin Kuhns, who owns it to the present time.
He was drafted by the Federal Government in 1863, and examined for the army Sept. 22, 1863, at Norristown, Pa., but was exempted from service because he was found suffering hy- pertrophy of the heart. On June 16, 1865 he was again drafted and underwent a severe ex- amination at headquarters. Provost Marshall found him suffering from cardiac hypertrophy of
the heart. Before he returned to Ballietsville he had his long black beard shaved off which in connection with the severe strain he had under- gone, caused his friends not to recognize him when he returned home.
On Oct. 22, 1866 he married Christianna Re- becca Lattimore, and they began keeping house at Ironton. Later he purchased a tract of land located near Scheidy's store and there he lived until his death on Aug. 8, 1907. He and his family were for many years members of the Lutheran congregation of Egypt church. Their children were:
Emma E. C., born Dec. 19, 1869, died Dec. 7, 1889. William A. F., born Sept. 16, 1873.
Prof. William A. F. Handwerk resides at Egypt and is an esteemed public school teacher. He is married and has a family.
GEORGE A. HANDWERK, superintendent of the Lion Silk Company, of Allentown, was born at Slatington, Jan. 1, 1887, the son of Henry O. Handwerk and his wife, Augusta, daughter of Frank J. and Amanda (Seibert) Stettler. His father, a native of Slatedale, was superintendent of the Blue Valley Slate Co. for many years and is now in the confectionery and ice cream busi- ness at Slatington. He also handles life insur- ance and holds membership in the orders of Mod- ern Woodmen and Knights of Friendship. He has four children: George A .; Carrie; Helen, and Russell. George A. was educated in the Slatington schools and the textile department of the Pennsylvania Museum of Industrial Art, after which he took a course in textile work in the Scranton school and entered the employ of the Slatington Textile Company, where he re- mained as a weaver for four years, and as an in- spector and loom mechanic for three years. He was then employed at various mills for two years and with Reiling and Schoen, of Hoboken, N. J., for one year as chief inspector, and in charge of the loom order department. In January, 1913, he became superintendent of the Lion Silk Mill, at Allentown, where he is now located. Mr. Handwerk is a member of Salem's Evan- gelical church, and fraternally of the Knights of Pythias.
FRANK P. HANEY.
Frank P. Haney, of the Fourteenth ward, Al- lentown, was born in Bucks county, Pa., De- cember 13, 1862. At the age of eleven years his parents came to East Allentown and there he attended the public schools. He was in the employ of J. K. Mosser and Son, tanners, for fourteen years. Then he went to G. W. Rav- ert, a grocer in the First Ward, and learned the
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business, and in 1903 he started for himself. At that time he built his home where he now lives, 25 Third street. On November 3, 1907, ow- ing to increased business he removed his store to its present location at Third and Hamilton streets.
He and his family are members of Christ's Reformed Church, which he served as a deacon. Socially he is a member of the Eagles, Beavers, Maccabees, Owls, P. O. S. of A., and the Le- high Commandery No. 6 of the last order. He served one term as school director of Hanover and in 1911 after the organization of the Four- teenth Ward was elected as one of the first common councilman of that Ward.
Mr. Haney is married to Margaret Appel, a daughter of Martin and Nancy (Rice) Appel, of Allentown. Their children are: Catharine R., (married Herbert Schmoyer), Raymond, Fred- erick, Robert, deceased, Mabel and Esther, de- ceased, Hilda, Arthur, Nina, Chester and Nancy.
James M. Haney, the father of Frank P., was born June 17, 1817, in Bucks county. His parents for many years, lived at Quakertown, Pa. There he was married to Catharine Simms, a daughter of Jacob and Sally (Ott) Simms. They had two children: Jacob and George W., both deceased. After the death of Mrs. Henry, he married Catharine Knauss, a daughter of Charles and Hannah (Jordon) Knauss. She was born Dec. 2, 1830.
Mr. Haney died March 27, 1886. Their children were: Mary E., James W., Charles F., Samuel and Alphenus (all deceased ), Frank P., and Edwin A. Since his decease his wife has made her home with her son.
HANKEE FAMILY.
John C. Hankee, a son of George and Ju- lianne (Colm) Hankee, was born in Lehigh township, Northampton county, September 5, 1827. For a number of years he followed boat- ing, and was also engaged in the construction of railroads. Later he was a contractor in Slate quarries. On May 12, 1849, he was married to Susan Fenstermaker, daughter of John and Susan (Rabert) Fenstermaker. This union was blessed with the following children: Susan J., un- married ; Loretta L., married to Richard Thom- as; George F .; Sallie Ann, married to John Dei- bert ; Sabina, died in childhood; Esther A., mar- ried to Frank Millhouse; Rosanna F., died in childhood, and Liva O., died in childhood. Mr. Hankee was a man that took a keen interest in the affairs of the county and township in which he resided. He was revenue assessor of Lehigh county and constable, tax collector and super- visor of Washington township. In the time of our
country's great peril he responded to its call and served it faithfully during the Civil War. He was a member of the Friedensville Reformed congregation, at which church he is buried. He died November 1, 1905.
George F. Hankee, son of John C. and Susan (Fenstermaker) Hankee, was born on the old Hankee homestead in Washington township, Oc- tober 15, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of his native township and learned the trade of machinist in Slatington. For a num- ber of years he was an engineer at slate quarries. Having taken up the study of music he was elected organist at the Weisenburg church in 1880, and served this church eleven years. In 1891 he was elected organist at Unionville church and served them 15 years. He then re- tired and lived with his sons at Egypt. He was a member of the Reformed church. He died June 3, 1911. In 1879 he married Flora Rem- aly, daughter of Joshua and Mary A. (Oswald) Remaly. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hankee, Harvey F, and Lancefort G.
HARVEY F. HANKEE, son of George F. and Flora (Remaly) Hankee, was born in Washing- ton township, October 11, 1879. He received his education in the public schools and the Ameri- can Business College. For four years he was employed by E. E. Long in the general mer- chandise business. In 1901 he and his brother, Lancefort G., formed a partnership to conduct the general merchandise business, occupying the place formerly occupied by A. K. Kelchner, where they are conducting a very successful busi- ness. He is a staunch Republican. For two terms he filled the office of registration assessor and one term as school director. At the present time he is filling the office of county auditor. He is a member of the Reformed congregation of the Egypt church and is very active in church and Sunday School work. He is the secretary of the joint consistories and secretary and treas- urer of the Reformed congregation. Socially he belongs to the following orders: I. O. R. M., No. 97, of Egypt ; O. I. A., No. 753, of Allen- town ; Modern Woodmen of America, No. 8576, of Cementon and the John Hay Republican Club of Allentown. In 1899 he married Agnes Guth, daughter of Allison and Sarah (Snyder) Guth. They have one son, Reynold G., born January 29, 1900.
Lancefort G. Hankee was born in Weisenberg township, September 20, 1881. He was edu- cated in the public schools and in the Normal School at Kutztown. In 1901 he formed a partnership with his brother in the general mer- - chandise business. He is a member of the Re- formed congregation of Egypt church, and of
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the following organizations: I. O. R. M., No. 97, Egypt ; I. O. A. M., No. 753, Allentown, and the Modern Woodmen of America, No. 8576. In 1907 he was married to Maggie Kline, daughter of David W. and Amanda E. (Schneck) Kline. They have one daughter, Pauline F. A., born November 30, 1909.
HENRY S. HART.
Henry S. Hart, late treasurer and auditor of the Crane Iron Works, and assistant treasurer and auditor of the Empire Iron and Steel Company of Catasauqua, was born in Owensboro, Ky., June 25, 1870. He was educated along business channels and came to this town from Birmingham, Alabama. At Birmingham he was connected with the public iron and steel com- pany. He became connected with the Empire Iron and Steel Company at Catasauqua, Decem- ber 1, 1901, and remained with the company until 1913, when he entered the automobile busi- ness.
He is a member of Porter Lodge, No. 284, F. & A. M., and Catasauqua Chapter, No. 278, of which he is a Past High Priest.
On June 29, 1910 he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of William H. and Emma R. Boyd, of Reading, the latter of whom is now deceased.
HARTER FAMILY.
Martin Herter (also spelled Harder and Har- ter), emigrated to America on the ship "Phœ- nix," which landed at Philadelphia with 412 other passengers aboard, Wednesday, September 25, 1751. In the year 1781, his name appears among the taxables of Heidelberg township, Northampton (now Lehigh) county, Pa. The first Federal census report of the United States Government in 1790 records him as the head of a family made up of two sons over sixteen years of age, and two sons under sixteen years, and four females.
Doubtless this pioneer is buried on the very old part of the old graveyard at the Heidelberg church. This ancestor was a farmer, and part of his landed estate passed to his son Michael. Michael Harter had upwards of 300 acres of land. His grandson, Nathan Harter afterward owned 140 acres of this land and from him it passed to his son, Frank Harter.
The Harters from the beginning were mem- bers of the Lutheran congregation of Heidel- berg church, where many generations of the family are buried. The inscription on his tomb- stone reads :
Michael Harter Born Aug. 16, 1776 He was first married to Maria Eve Handwerk Children 3 sons and I daughter He married a second time Eve Koch They had I daughter Died August 6, 1857 Aged 80 yrs. II mos. 21 days.
The children were: Jacob; George and Mi- chael (who settled in Carbon county, Pa.) ; Lydia (m. Godfried Peter) ; and Polly (m. George Krause).
Jacob Harter, son of Michael, was born Feb- ruary 22, 1803. He was a farmer, succeeding his father to the homestead, upon which he spent all his life. He died January 7, 1882, aged seventy-eight years. His wife, Lydia Blose, was born November 18, 1806, and died August 27, 1871. They are buried at Heidelberg church, which he served as an elder.
He also conducted a distillery, which is still standing. He built a house on his farm which his grandson, Aaron J. Harter, now occupies. He was a tall, heavy built man, and weighed fully 250 pounds. Their four children were: Nathan, Owen, Maria (m. Jonas German), and Fianna (m. Levi Hunsicker ).
Nathan Harter, son of Jacob, was born Aug- ust 14, 1826. He had owned the Michael Har- ter homestead, and there followed farming all his life. He died in October, 1910, nearly 85 years old. He was a Republican and was school director and supervisor of Heidelberg township. He also served the Lutheran congregation of Heidelberg church as deacon, elder and trustee. His wife, Carolina Blose was born May 15, 1827, and died November 29, 1892, in the 66th year of her age. They had three children, namely: Anna (m. Nathan Handwerk), Fran- cis W., and Henry M.
Owen Harter, son of Jacob, had about 160 acres of his grandfather's homestead, and on this. tract (now owned by Benneville Blose) he erect- ed the present set of buildings. He served the township as school director and the Lutheran congregation of Heidelberg church as a deacon and an elder.
He married Matilda George, daughter of Peter and Polly (Greenawald) George, of Low- hill. Their children were: Catharine (wife of Rev. William Geiger) ; Alice J. (married Achil- lis Miller ) ; Tevillia (married William Krause) ; Oscar J. P. (mentioned later ) ; and Moses (at Twin Lake, Illinois).
Francis W. Harter was born December II, 1852, on the homestead. He was reared upon the farm and followed that pursuit all his active life. He is now retired and lives in Heidelberg township where he is one of the very substantial citizens. He has a good farm which is in a
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high state of cultivation. He served the town- ship as a school director, having been elected as a Republican. He was married in 1873 to Rosa Snyder, a daughter of Christian Snyder, and their children are: Aaron J., Carolina T. (m. William Krauss) ; and Emma L. (m. Robert E. Peter).
Henry M. Harter is a farmer in Washington township since 1880. He has a 108-acre farm, which was the Nathan Kemmerer tract. He was born in Heidelberg in 1856. In 1879, he married Anna, daughter of William Metzger. They have three children: Beulah, William N. and Charles H.
OSCAR J. P. HARTER, of Allentown, was born in Heidelberg, August 4, 1861. He was reared upon the farm, and received a common school education, and then taught school for four terms in Hoak schoolhouse in his native district. In 1887 he became a clerk for C. A. Rex & Brother, merchants at Mauch-Chunk, and after remain- ing in their employ two and a half years he went to Allentown and was engaged in the gro- cery business two years, then he moved to Mauch Chunk, and resumed his employment with C. A. Rex, who at that time was alone in business. He filled this position five years and then re- turned to Allentown to engage in the grocery business for himself at 7th and Liberty streets. He continued there ten years and then moved to the corner of 7th and Allen streets, where he has continued to this time.
He and family are Lutherans. Socially he is connected with the Royal Arcanum, the Protec- tive Home Circle, and the F. O. E.
In 1886 he married Gertrude Lenker, daugh- ter of Benjamin and Susan Lenker, of North umberland county, Pa., where the Lenkers have been seated for many years, and are very numer- cus in Lower Mahanoy township. They have three children: Lillie M. (who graduated from Allentown High School in 1904, and is a public school teacher in Allentown) ; Stanley L., and Mary M.
AARON J. HARTER, son of Francis W., was born July 10, 1874, on the Michael Harter homestead. He remained there until he was twenty-nine years old. In 1903 he began ship- ping potatoes and selling farm implements. In 1904 he engaged in the retail coal business at Slatedale, which he continued until 1911. In 1908 he became general agent for the Baugh Fertilizer Company and now has charge of thir- ten counties of the State, besides continuing the sale of farming implements. 1
He and family are members of the Lutheran congregation of Heidelberg church, and he has served Kemmemers Union Sunday-school as su- perintendent since 1908.
He is actively identified with the Republican party; is assessor of his township since 1904; made a creditable run for County Commissioner in 1911, and is a member of the John Hay Re- publican Club, of Allentown.
He was married December 1, 1902, to Alice Metzger, whose father is Moses Metzger. They had three children: Florence L., Lillie M. (died in infancy) ; and Clarence M.
HARTMAN FAMILY.
Frantz Thomas Hartman, a native of Ger- many, settled first near Harrisburg and later in Upper Saucon township, where, in 1786, he owned a 270-acre farm and later acquired the Toland farm of 150 acres. His son, Jacob, built the present buildings on the Hartman farm and mar- ried Anna Staut, who died aged 93 years. Their son, Solomon Hartman, was born in 1800 and died in 1883. He farmed the 237-acre tract he inherited and was a member of the Lutheran con- gregation at Friedensville. He married Louisa Glick, of Whitehall township, and had nine children : Mrs. Justina Marsteller; Mary, wife of Wm. Kichline; William, died aged 33 years; Sarah A., widow of Owen Harvey; Lavinia, died unmarried in 1913; Daniel J., born March 28, 1843, a retired farmer of the township, who mar- ried Martha A., daughter of Fred. and Maria (Boyer) Frankenfield, and had one son, George Henry Hartman, born September 27, 1869, who married Minnie L. Albright; Franklin Levi, Solomon J. and Edward B.
Edward B. Hartman was born December 22, 1850, and early engaged in plow-making at Fried- ensville. He later was engineer at an iron mine and conducted a truck farm, after which he pur- chased the 60-acre Rothrock farm, which he im- proved and now conducts. He is a member of the Friedensville Lutheran congregation and is affil- iated with the Knights of Malta, Jr. O. U. A. M. and the Democratic party. He married (I) Mary A., daughter of Nathaniel Smith and had two children: Henry W. and Albert, who died aged II years. He married (2) Annie, daughter of Paul and Maria (Greenawald) Roth, and had two daughters, Lou and Mamie M.
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