History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 101

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: 948


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HENRY WILSON HARTMAN, son of Edward B., was born in Upper Saucon, January 31, 1871, on the farm of his maternal grandfather, where he was reared. After working some time on the farm he was employed in the wire mill at Allen- town for one and a half years and then on a farm at Friendensville, after which he returned to his grandfather's farm, which he worked on shares until 1909, when his grandparents died only 13 days apart, and he then inherited the 27-acre farm. He now conducts the farm, which con- tains buildings of a superior quality and in ex-


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cellent condition. Mr. Hartman is a Democrat in politics and was judge of election and road- master of the township. He is a member, with his family, of the Friedensville Lutheran congre- gation, of which he is a deacon and treasurer of and teacher in the Sunday school. He married, February 6, 1892, Rosa, daughter of Charles and Susanna (Weaver) Miller and has one child, Mary Ann.


Jacob Hartman had also sons, viz .; Jacob, whose children were Oscar and Mrs. A. F. Rinn ; Isaac; David, married Sarah Scholl, and Wil- liam, who had one daughter, Mrs. Jacob Fulmer.


George Hartman, of Milford township, mar- ried Mary Stichler and had children: William, John, George, Mary and Matilda. William S. removed to Upper Saucon, where he was a farmer and a member of the Lutheran Church between Limeport and Centre Valley. He married Sus- anna Jordan and had six children: Henry, who is the U. S. mail carrier on the route between Allentown and Coopersburg; Enos, who was killed on the P. & R. R. R .; Susanna, wife of Preston Frank; William, employed by the Beth- lehem Steel Co .; Frank G., and Mary, wife of Harvey Hersh, of Locust Valley.


FRANK G. HARTMAN, until recently proprietor of a foundry and machine shop at Locust Valley, who resides in Upper Saucon, was born in that township, June 25, 1869. He was educated in the local schools and employed on the farm, and at the age of sixteen years became an employee of the Bethlehem Steel Co., where he remained twenty years. In 1910, with his brother-in-law, he opened a foundry and machine shop, as Hersh & Hartman, at Locust Valley, which they con- ducted several years. Mr. Hartman also owns a farm on the pike between Centre Valley and Lanark. He is a member of the Lutheran con- gregation at the Blue church, with his wife, and of the P. O. S. of A. and the Republican party. He married Clara Estella, daughter of Peter S. and Emeline (Erney) Weaver, and has two chil- dren : Perma and Leanna. Mrs. Hartman's father has been an employee of the Bethlehem Steel Co. for over thirty years.


Conrad Hartman was a farmer in Lynn town- ship and owned the farm which is now occupied by Amandes Weaver. He died about 1824, and is buried at New Tripoli. His wife who (prob- ably) was a Straub, bore him these children : George; Henry; Jonas; Elias; Conrad ; Polly, married to Daniel Weaver; Elizabeth, married to Nathan Krause; and Catharine, married to David Klingaman.


Elias Hartman, son of Conrad, was also a farmer in Lynn and his homestead farm is now owned by Jacob K. Hartman, his son. He


built a brick house on this farm which serves the third generation. He married Louisa Kistler and they had the following children: Sallie, married to B. Kunkel; Samuel K .; Jacob K .; James; Mary, deceased wife of Dr. D. W. W. Foll- weiler; Matilda, died unmarried; Jonas; and Daniel, who died, aged 21 years.


James K. Hartman, son of Elias, was born Jan. 9, 1846. He was a shoemaker from 1864 to 1899. He employed from four to six men and made many mining boots which were sold to Dauphin and Schuylkill counties.


About 1882 he purchased the David K. Stein farm of forty-three acres, located along the Berks and Lehigh Railroad, and on it built the present barn in 1889. He is a Reformed member of the Jacksonville church, which he served in all its offices. Mr. Hartman gave his daughters the advantage of an education. Eva and Annie are graduates of the township schools, and Eva a graduate of the State Normal School, at Kutz- town, is a successful school-teacher of Lehigh county.


James K. Hartman married (first) Elizabeth, a daughter of Edwin Schitz, and (second) her sister, Alvena, by whom he had two daughters: Eva and Annie. By his first marriage he had one daughter, Elizabeth, married to C. H. Kil- by, of Philadelphia.


Samuel Hartman, a grandson of Conrad, Sr., was a shoemaker by trade and owned an 80-acre farm, now owned by his son, Charles Hartman, of Lynn townhip. He married Sarah, a daugh- ter of B. Levan. Both are buried at Jackson- ville. Their children were: Albert and Jane, both deceased; William T .; Charles; Samuel ; Annie, married to Edward Klingaman; Alice, married Edwin Bachman and Milton.


William T. Hartman was born Dec. 19, 1864. He is a farmer near New Tripoli, having bought his present farm of forty-five acres in 1893. Earlier he had followed the trade of a shoemaker. He married Emma, a daughter of James and Lydia (Kistler) Fetherolf. They have these children : William E., John H., Mabel E., and Helen L.


Henry Hartman was born in Heidelberg town- ship (now in Lehigh county), in 1764. He was a farmer in the section now known as Fullerton. He was enlisted as a soldier in the War of 1812. He died in 1850, and is buried on the old Allen- town cemetery. His wife, Susanna Amheisel, came from Springfield, in Bucks county. Their children were: Thomas, Reuben, Esther, mar- ried William Stein, and the wife of Lewis Loux.


Reuben Hartman died in 1852 and is buried at the Ziegel church He was a blacksmith at New Smithville. His wife was Esther Sell, a daughter of John Sell. She is buried at Allen-


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town. Their children were: Henry, who died at Catasauqua, at the age of forty-five years; Frank S .; John, who died, aged thirteen; and Sarah, of Allentown, is the widow of Louis Wer- ner.


FRANK S. HARTMAN, of Allentown, is cashier for the Thomas Iron Company, at Hokendauqua, having entered the employ of the company on November 22, 1864, and served in various po- sitions, principally as chief clerk in the Hoken- dauqua office. He was appointed cashier Janu- ary I, 1901. He has been employed by the com- pany for nearly fifty years. In 1867, he mar- ried Ellen R. Andrews, a daughter of Jeremiah Andrews.


HARTZ FAMILY.


Jacob Hartz settled on what was later the line of the Lehigh and Susquehanna turnpike. The road was chartered in 1804 and built about 1808, and Mr. Hartz soon after erected a hotel which he conducted until 1820. It is known as the Spring Mountain House. He was a clock- maker by trade and a few of his clocks can still be found in this and neighboring counties. Col. Jacob Hartz was elected sheriff of Northampton county in 1829.


Peter Hartz and wife lived in Northampton county all their life and are buried at Bath. Among their children were the following: Han- nah (Mrs. William Krock) ; a daughter, married to William Young; another daughter, married to a Mr. Siegfried, and Abraham.


Abraham Hartz was born in Northampton county, Dec. 13, 1826. Later he moved to Co- play where he taught school for several years. In 1860 he erected a hotel at the corner of Front and Coplay Streets, which he conducted until he sold it to Mr. Kline. He then built a house on the same place where he resided and managed his farm in Northampton county until his death on July 2, 1865. He was married to Elizabeth Schader, daughter of George and Elizabeth Schader. She was born Nov. 21, 1825, and died Feb. 21, 1906. They were the parents of three children : Lillian A., wife of Dr. N. C. Peters, of Cementon ; Emma C., born Dec. 6, 1860, died July 18, 1863; and Milton J.


MILTON J. HARTZ, of Coplay, was born at that place Sept. 1, 1863. He received his edu- cation in the public schools of his native place. Owing to the death of his father while he was still very young he started to work at a very early age. He was employed by the Lehigh Valley" Railroad for a period of sixteen years. By pay- ing strict attention to the duties imposed upon him, he worked his way from the position of clerk to operator and later to station agent. In 1892 he resigned his position with the L. V. Rail- road to accept a position with the American Ce-


ment Company of Egypt where he became the head bookkeeper, which position he filled until the company was reorganized in 1912, when he resigned. In politics he is a Republican and has filled the office of assessor, school director, and a member of the board of health. He has also been the committeeman of his party in the borough of Coplay. He holds membership in the following organizations: I. O. O. F., 239 of Catasauqua ; Elks, of Allentown, and the Catasauqua Club. He and wife are members of Trinity Reformed Church, of Coplay, which he has served as deacon and trustee. On March 14, 1912, he was mar- ried to Sadie E., a daughter of Samuel I. and Margaret (Neff) Guth.


HARTZELL FAMILY.


Ulrich Hartzell was born August 20, 1705, and died, Feb. 11, 1771. It is not definitely known whether he was born near the Hartz mountains, in Germany, or whether his birth- place was near Zurich, Switzerland. However, he emigrated from Switzerland, and arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sept. 21, 1732, hav- ing made the voyage on the ship "Pink Plais- ance." On the same vessel were Paul and Henry Hartzell, who was buried at the Indian Creek Reformed church, near Telford, Pennsyl- vania, and Hans Leonard Hartzell. Ulrich Hartzell bought a homestead near Sumneytown, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, in 1767, hav- been naturalized Sept. 2, 1763. His grave is in what is known as Dietz graveyard, and the Rev. John Theobald Faber officiated at his fu- neral, Feb. 14, 1771.


John Mark, youngest child of Ulrich Hart- zell, was born Nov. II, 1746, died Feb. 10, 1771, and was buried at the same time, and in the same grave with his father. He mar- ried Elizabeth, born March 31, 1748, died April 27, 1835, a daughter of John and Catherine Nyce, and had children: George; Philip N., of further mention. Mrs. Hartzell married (second ) Philip Wentz; (third) Michael Hart- man.


Philip N., son of John Mark and Elizabeth (Nyce) Hartzell, was born Sept. 4, 1769, died Jan. 4, 1849. He was buried at Indian Creek Reformed church, near Telford. He married Elizabeth, born February 7, 1770, died March 17, 1885, a daughter of Abraham and Anna Bar- bara Gerhart, and is buried with her husband. Among their eleven children were: Philip Ger- hart, of further mention; Polly, born Jan. 29, 1794, died May 12, 1855. She married Jacob Cressman, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Cressman, and had children : Tobias, Hannah, Lydia, Jonas, John, Jacob, Polly, Elizabeth and Sarah.


Paul Gerhart, great-grandfather of Mrs. Eliz- abeth (Gerhart) Hartzell, lived in Alsace, at that


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time a province of France, prior to 1700. He had three sons and one daughter who emigrated to America: Peter, Abram, another son and Barbara -French Huguenots, came here between 1730 and 1737. Peter, son of Paul Gerhart, settled in Franconia in 1737. Abram, eldest son of Peter Gerhart, was born Dec. 8, 1745. Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Abram Gerhart, married Phil- ip N. Hartzell, as above stated.


Philip Gerhart, son of Philip N. and Eliza- beth (Gerhart) Hartzell, was born Nov. 19, 1800, died Dec. 29, 1851. He married Eliza- beth, born Dec. 25, 1807, died July 16, 1883, is buried with her husband in Indian Creek Re- formed cemetery, near Telford. Her father, Henry Kerr, was born near Doylestown (?), and married (first) Magdalena Cressman, who died March 9, 1809, and (second ) Annie Wentz and had one son: Dr. Marck G. Kerr, born Nov. 12, 1815, died June 19, 1888. Henry. Kerr died August 9, 1853. Philip Gerhart and Elizabeth (Kerr) Hartzell had eleven children: I. Mark, of further mention. 2. Maria, born Nov. 23, 1828, died August 7, 1904. Married Charles, son of Enos and Sophia Schlichter, and had children: Jane Mary, James, Emma, Ella and Frank. 3. Elizabeth, born April 18, 1831, died August 27, 1868. She married Charles G., son of Samuel and Sarah Brandt, and had: Charles Franklin and Anna Elizabeth. 4. Jacob, born August 19, 1833, died October 5, 1872, married Helen Stevens, of Westfield, Massa- chusetts, and had : Lucinda and Amelia.


5. Philip K., born Oct. 19, 1836, died March 15, 1900. He married Kate, daughter of Jacob and Phobe Souder, and had: Maggie, Kate, Hermina and Franklin. 6. Henry Kerr, of further men- tion. 7. Lydia, born March 19, 1842, married Abram C., son of Jacob and Mary Godshall, and had: Martha, Harvey and Elizabeth. 8. Franklin Kerr, of further mention. 9. Alfred, born June 30, 1847, died March 5, 1904. Mar- ried Mary Nichola and had: Philip, Alfred and Clifford. 10. Richard, born July 14, 1849, died Feb. 19, 1872. 11. William Harvey, of further mention.


Mark, son of Philip Gerhart and Elizabeth (Kerr) Hartzell, was born September 27, 1827, and died March 25, 1890. He married Kate Gerhart, daughter of Isaac and Hannah Ger- hart, and had: Winfield G., born Oct. 12, 1850, married Hattie D., daughter of Abram and Fan- nie Busbee, and has a child: Winfield; Lizzie, born Nov. 30, 1851, married Samuel S., son of Archibald and Agnes Smith; Charles Monroe, born April 16, 1854, married Lizzie, daughter of John and Lizzie Ahlum, and has: John Ros- coe; Kate, born Oct. 10, 1856, married John, son of Benjamin P. and Margaret D. Jones, and has children.


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Henry Kerr, son of Philip Gerhart and Eliza- beth (Kerr) Hartzell, was born in Rockhill " township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, May 6, 1839, and died Dec. 20, 1911. For a short time he studied in the medical department of the Jef- ferson College in Philadelphia, then pursued his studies in the University of Vermont, from which he was graduated in 1863 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For seven years he prac- ticed his profession in Guthsville, Pennsylvania, then removed to Allentown, Lehigh county, in 1870, where he was in the banking business seven years. Mining operations then claimed his at- tention, and he was one of the organizers of the Lehigh Valley Trust and Safe Deposit Com- pany, and a director in it. He was a member of the Reformed Church, an independent Democrat and a thirty-second degree Mason. Mr. Hart- zell married Mary A., a daughter of Dr. Tilgh- man H and Mary A (Kramer) Martin, grand- daughter of Dr. Jacob and Jane Martin, and great-granddaughter of Dr. Christian Frederick Martin, who was born in Prussia, Dec. 22, 1727, came to America and settled at Trappe, Mont- gomery county, Pennsylvania. They had chil- dren : Helen M., and Henry Kerr, Jr. He died Dec. 20, 191I.


Franklin Kerr, son of Philip Gerhart and Elizabeth (Kerr) Hartzell, was born in Rock- hill, Pennsylvania, Sept. 29, 1844. Studied med- icine in the University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated in 1868 as Doctor of Medicine. Took post graduate course and a special course in oper- ative surgery at Keene's School of Anatomy and had private instruction in microscopy from Pro- fessor Tyson, of Philadelphia. He had com- menced practicing in Guthsville, when, late in 1868, he passed an examination for assistant sur- geon in the United States Navy, and served until 1873. In 1871, being on the battleship "Palos," he took part in the war with Korea. Dr. Hart- zell then resigned and became cashier of the Girard Savings Bank, of Allentown, until 1877. From that year until 1886 he was assistant post- master in the city of Allentown, then teller in the Lehigh Valley Trust and Safe Deposit Company, and afterward assistant secretary and treasurer of the same institution. He is a Re- publican. Dr. Hartzell married, Oct. 7, 1877, Alice, a daughter of Reuben and Eliza (Stahr) Knecht, granddaughter of Thomas and Magda- lena Loudenberger, and of Rev. Lewis and Cath- erine (Wolfinger) Stahr, and a great-grand- daughter of John and Catherine Stahr. Dr. Hartzell and his wife have one son: Alfred Stanley, a lawyer.


Dr. William Harvey Hartzell, youngest child of Philip Gerhart and Elizabeth (Kerr) Hart- zell, was born in Rockhill township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 22, 1851. He was


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but five weeks old when his father died, and until the age of seven years he was in the care of his mother, and was then placed with stran- gers until his seventeenth year. During this period he attended the district school from four to five months each year. Later he attended the Washington Collegiate Institute at Trappe, and in 1871 matriculated at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, from which he was


Transit Company. He has served as a member of the School Board and of the Board of Health. As Democratic nominee for mayor in 1888 Dr. Hartzell was defeated by a small majority. He served as treasurer of the Democratic County Committee. He was elected president of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, at Scranton, in 1904; was president of the Jefferson Medical Alumni Association in 1901; in 1905 declined


DR. WILLIAM H. HARTZELL.


graduated in March, 1873. He at once estab- lished himself in practice at Adamstown, Lan- caster county, removing to Harleyville, Mont- gomery ยท county, in 1877, and to Allentown in 1881. He soon attained distinction as an effi- cient doctor. He was chief physician of Allen- town hospital three years, having been identified with it from its organization; was a trustee of the Norristown Insane Asylum, 1894-1901 ; was chief surgeon of the Lehigh Valley Transit Com- pany and of the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley


to become resident chief of the male department of the State Hospital for the Insane, at Norris- town. He is the author of "A Chart of Nervous Diseases," and has written numerous articles for medical journals. In 1911 he toured the United States, including California and the ex- treme West, and in 1914 spent some time in the Holy Land, while he was touring Europe, Asia and Africa. His membership in organizations of various kinds is as follows: Lehigh Valley Med- ical Association; Lehigh County Medical So-


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ciety; American Medical Association; Mason, past high priest and trustee of Allen Chapter, No. 203, Royal Arch Masons; past thrice illus- trious grand master of Allen Council, No. 23, Royal and Select Masters; in 1895 was eminent commander of Allen Commandery, No. 20, Knights Templar; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Jan. 26, 1910, Dr. Hartzell was elected president of the Citizens' Deposit and Trust Company, having been a director since its organization, and vice-president since January, 1907. He is a member of St. John's Reformed church. He resigned as president and director of the trust company Dec. 13, 1913. Dr. Hartzell married, Nov. 10, 1874, Mary Louisa, daughter of Harry and Rachel Stauffer, of Lancaster City, Pennsylvania. Children: I. Harry Stauffer, born Feb. 1, 1876, was gradu- ated from Lafayette College in 1897, and is expert chemist for the Coplay Cement Com- pany; married, Jan. 1, 1903, Bertie Belle, a daughter of Amabel and Sallie Bonneville. 2. Elizabeth Kerr, born August 4, 1877, died Nov. 14, 1905; married, June 17, 1903, Howard S. Foering, professor at and principal of the Beth- lehem Preparatory School, and had one child: Louise Julia, born Nov. 27, 1904. 3. Dr. Rein- hard Keelor, was born August 3, 1879, was graduated from Muhlenberg College in 1899, and from Jefferson Medical College of Philadel- phia in 1902. He is now engaged in practice in Reno, Nevada. He married, in September, 1903, Jennie A., a daughter of David and Amanda Kuntz, and has one child: William Kuntz, born Jan. 19, 1908. 4. William Harvey, Jr., born June 20, 1882, was graduated from the Allentown high school, and is at present the Le- high county agent of the Charles S. Schierin Com- pany, of New York City. 5. Edward Frank- lin, was born Nov. 16, 1887,and was graduated from Lafayette College in 1909. He is an ex- pert Engineer for the New Jersey Zinc Company at Palmerton, Pennsylvania.


ALFRED S. HARTZELL, of Allentown, with of- fices in the Commonwealth building, was born at West Bethlehem, Sept. 16, 1878, and is the only son of Franklin Kerr Hartzell. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Allentown, the Muhlenberg Preparatory School, and was grad- uated from Muhlenberg College in 1897. He then registered in the law offices of Kauffman & Renninger, remaining in that office until the death of the senior member of this firm, when he completed his course of law under the pre- ceptorship of Hon. Clinton A. Groman, the president judge of the courts of Lehigh county, who at that time was district attorney of Lehigh county. Mr. Hartzell was admitted to the bar on May 20, 1901, and now enjoys a general prac- tice. He is a Republican in politics.


For a number of years Mr. Hartzell has been the solicitor of the Security Building Associa- tion, and was one of the incorporators and the first secretary of the Allentown Democrat. He served this corporation as solicitor until it changed partnership in April, 1910. He has membership in the Alpha Tau Omega College Fraternity. In the summer of 1909 he became one of the organizers of the Allentown Forum and serves as its treasurer.


Jacob Hartzell (I) had a son Jacob (II). The latter was born in the Locust Valley, Pennsyl- vania, and was a farmer and miller by trade. He married Elizabeth Ott and they had these chil- dren: Jacob (III) ; George W .; Emma, mar- ried to Abraham Schantz; Mary, married to William Collady; Matilda, married to Lyman Ashby; and Rebecca, married to Peter Davis.


George W. Hartzell, Sr., was a resident of Allentown, where for a time he was engaged in the mercantile business and later was a traveling salesman. He also served as alderman of the Tenth ward, Allentown. He was married to Sarah Schantz and they had these children: Rev. Jacob, who settled in Virginia; Irene, deceased ; wife of Rev. Elmer Krause, of Chicago; and George W., Jr., of Allentown, who is married to Annie Egner, of Macungie.


Jacob, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Ott) Hart- zell, was born in Locust Valley, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1831, died at Allen- town, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, in August, 1895, and was interred in West End cemetery. He was educated in the public schools of Locust Valley and the Allentown Seminary. He re- moved to Philadelphia where he conducted a dry goods and grocery store from 1854 to 1867, then lived in Hollyville for a time, from whence he went to Felton, Delaware, and there operated a saw mill and cultivated a farm. Removing to Dillingerville, Lehigh county, he was engaged in farming two years, then became timekeeper in the Glen Rolling Mill at Allentown, a posi- tion he filled two years. He next entered the employ of M. S. Young & Company, with whom he was associated for twenty-two years. He was Republican in his political views, and a member of Bethany Evangelical church, a liberal contri- butor to this institution, and a teacher in its Sun- day school for more than twenty years. Mr. Hartzell married Mary A., born in 1833, a daughter of John and Mary (Ziegenfus) Som- mers, of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and who now resides with her daughter, Rebecca, married to Alvin P. M. Fegley, in Allentown. Children: John S., of further mention; Jacob, born in 1856, lives in Boulder, Colo .; George, born in 1858, lives in Easton, Pennsylvania; Mary E., married Wallace Mertz, of Allentown ; Rebecca,


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married A. P. M. Fegley; Matilda, born in Harvey, born to one of the sons of Matthias, 1864, died in 1896; William, born in 1866, resides in Philadelphia; Emma, born in 1867, died in 1870; Sarah A., born in 1870, died in 1888; Howard, born in 1872, died in 1889; Annie, married George R. Roth, of Allentown.


John S., son of Jacob and Mary A. (Som- mers) Hartzell, was born at Philadelphia, Dec. 4, 1854. He was educated in the public schools of Felton, Delaware, and the Allentown Business College, and then entered the employ of the Le- high Valley Railroad Company, his first posi- tion being that of clerk, after which he was in succession, ticket agent, passenger and freight solicitor, and remained with the company from 1874 to 1901. He resigned his position in order to engage in the real estate, insurance and build- ing business, with which he has been success- fully identified. He is a Republican in politics, and his religious affiliation is with the St. Mat- thew's Lutheran church, of which he has been a member since 1876, and which he has served as elder and trustee. Mr. Hartzell married in Allentown, Oct. 3, 1876, Amanda M., daughter of Peter and Elizabeth ( Moser) Grim. Chil- dren: Lizzie, married Tilghman A. J. Kelch- ner, of Allentown; Florence G., married Lyman P. Clark, of South Pasadena, California; Ralph G., cashier of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com- pany at Allentown, married Edna B., daughter of Milton H. and J. Amanda (Hollis) Landis; Katie S., married H. I. Moyer; Mary and Hat- tie, died in infancy; John Edgar, a law student at the Lehigh University.




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