History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 103

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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Christian Hausman was born Aug. 14, 1767, and lived in North Whitehall township, this county, where he was a farmer. He was mar- ried to Magdalena Peter and died on March 16, 1833, in his sixty-sixth year. They had these ten children: John; Daniel; Christian; George ; Johan Michael; Maricha Xander ; Salome Beck ; Sallie Klotz; Maria Shirey ; and Esther, married to Michael Woodring.

Frederick Hausman, a brother of the above named Christian, lived near Unionville, in North Whitehall township, and there he had upwards of 300 acres of land, and in connection with farming he carried on the business of dyeing woolen and linen goods. He and his wife, Mag- dalena Roth, were members of the Lutheran con- gregation of the Unionville church. Their chil- dren follow :

John, Jacob, Andrew, Elizabeth, married Con- rad Lentz.

married Philip Handwerk.

Barbara, born Aug. 16, 1800, married John Hausman, son of Christian.

Anna Maria, married John Frey.

married Daniel Frey, brother of John Frey.

Salome, married Henry Rockel.

Johannes Hausman, a brother of Christian and Frederick, was a farmer in Lowhill town- ship. He was the father of these children: Sol- omon, who was a weaver at Trexlertown, Pa .; Jacob, who had a son, Nathan (1815-1838), married Julianna Weida; and Maria, who mar- ried Jacob Gackenbach. She died aged 97 years.

John Hausman, son of Christian, Sr., and

Magdalena (Peters) Hausman, was born April 15, 1794, and he died upon his farm situated near Hollenbach's Mill, Oct. 21, 1867, aged 73 years, 6 months, and six days. His wife Bar- bara Hausman, was a daughter of Frederick Hausman. She was born Aug. 16, 1800, and died May 19, 1884, aged nearly 84 years. Their children were: Maria, married George Metz- ger; Henry; Menno; Joshua; Samuel, who died aged sixteen years. Daniel Hausman, son of Christian, Sr., and Magdalena (Peters) Haus- man, married Miss Fenstermacher. They lived in Lowhill upon a farm. Their children were: Boas and Hannah, the wife of James Keck.

Christian Hausman, Jr., son of Christian and Magdalena (Peters) Hausman, was born Feb. 3, 1797, and died Dec. 14, 1854. He was a farmer in Washington township. He and fam- ily were Lutheran members of the Unionville congregation and there they are also buried. He was married twice. The first wife was Bar- bara - (1797-1838), and the second wife was Anna Henninger and the widow of a Mr. Graul. He had issue by both wives. By the second wife he had Franklin; William; and Mary, who married Frank Roth.

George Hausman, son of Christian, Sr., and Magdalena (Peters) Hausman, was born Nov. 1, 1800, and he was an extensive farmer near Schnecksville, in North Whitehall. His farm was a homestead of the Hausman family. The barn on this farm was probably built by his father and it is still standing. He died March 8, 1872. He married Anna Hoffman, born May 3, 1806; died Dec. 1, 1877. Their children were: Oscar; David; Tilgman; Alfred ; Jane, married Nathan Everett; Mrs. Sabilla Jones, Mrs. Madina Eck; Leanda married Moses Peter ; and Clara married Alexander Peter. Tilg- man, Alfred, Leanda, and Clara are deceased.

Franklin Hausman, son of Christian, Jr., and Anna (Henninger) Hausman was born on the homestead in Washington township Aug. 18, 1843. He was a blacksmith and a farmer in Salisbury township for many years. He served the Jerusalem Church in that district as a dea- con, elder, and trustee, and died on Feb. 14, 1901. He married Mary Geiss, a daughter of David and Mary (Euberoth) Geiss, born Jan. 30, 1848, and died Aug. 27, 1907. Their chil- dren are: Percival C .; William I .; Harry F .; Wallace E .; Wayne D., born Nov. 25, 1877, died Dec. 12, 1910; Mamie M., married Edgar Butz; and Jennie I., the wife of Jacob Bleam. She was born Jan. 3, 1884 and died May 20, 1904.

Johan Michael Hausman, son of Christian and Magdalena ( Peters) Hausman, was born Jan. 5,

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1803. He owned and lived upon a large farm in Lynn township now owned by Levi Snyder. He died on July 17, 1855 in his fifty-third year. He was a member of the Lutheran congregation at New Tripoli where he is buried. He married in 1825 Anna Maria Hunsicker. Their children were: James; Messina (m. Willoughby Snyder) ; Joseph ; Sarah (m. Amanda Oswald) ; and Anna M. (Hunsicker ) Hausman.

Joseph H. Hausman, son of Johan Michael, was born July 23, 1839, and died Nov. 2, 1899. He lived in Heidelberg where he was a carpen- ter, also a farmer having a 30-acre tract. He was a member of the Lutheran congregation of Ebenezer Church which he served as a deacon. He married Polly Levan. Their children were: Jane (m. Phaton Fenstermacher ) ; James; Lew- is M .; Irvin; and Carl C. (1838-1841).

LEWIS M. HAUSMAN, son of Joseph H. and Polly (Levan) Hausman, was born in Heidel- berg Nov. 15, 1869. For nine years he oper- ated a steam saw mill in Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, and Berks counties employing a large force of men. In 1901 he began farming at German's Corner, where he lived two years; and in 1908 he purchased his present farm of 72 acres in Heidelberg which is a valuable tract. In 1892 he married Emma J. Hunsicker, a daugh- ter of Owen and Julia ( Handwerk) Hunsicker. Owen was a son of Henry Hunsicker, whose wife was a German. Mr. and Mrs. Hausman have an only son, Elmer L.

John Hausman, son of Frederick Hausman, was born Oct. 5, 1785 and he died May 19, 1847, aged 61 years, 7 months, and 14 days. He was a tailor by trade and had a farm in White- hall township. He was a tall erect man and was called "Gentleman John." He married Susanna Hoates and they had these children: Reuben ; Nathan ( 1821-1896) ; Edwin; Hannah married Joseph Hand; Sarah married John Eisenhard ; and Mrs. Sherer.

Jacob Hausman, son of Frederick Hausman, was born September 19, 1789. He was a farmer above Rockdale, in this county where he died April 27, 1869, aged 79 years, 7 months, and 8 days. He was married to Miss Remaly, and he is buried at Unionville. Their children were: Alexander, who had a cattle ranch near the Rocky Mountains; Mrs. Hankey; and Eliza- beth Keiser.

Andrew Hausman, son of Frederick Hausman, was born March 22, 1791, and he died on his farm near the Unionville church, Aug. 5, 1848, aged fifty-seven years. His wife Susanna George was born Dec. 13, 1787 and she died Jan. 23, 1866. Both are buried at the Unionville Church of which they were Lutheran members. Their

children were: Andrew; Judith; Levi died in 1902, aged 83 years (he married Polly Shoe- maker and they had an only child who died young) ; David; Moses, who died in 1894, aged 71 years; Susanna; William married Regina Mosser ( 1827-1855) ; (he had moved West and they had a son Franklin) ; Justina; Jonathan was married to Eliza Schaffer and was a farmer at Treichler's, Pa., where he died aged 84 years ; and Eliza.

Andrew Hausman, son of Andrew Hausman, was born on his father's homestead Sept. 24, 1815. He was a blacksmith near the Unionville Church for a number of years; and he was a deacon of the Lutheran congregation of the Un- ionville Church. In later life he retired to Al- lentown and there died at 221 North Sixth St., March 24, 1890. His wife was Catharine Ken- nel, a daughter of Michael and Barbara (Frantz) Kennel. She was born May 3, 1809 and died Dec. 18, 1892. Their children were: Sarah M .; Lewis A. of Allentown, who married Tillie A. Blose, who died April 28, 1882, aged 37 years; Henry L., married Mary Park, of Bethlehem, they reside at Rittersville and have sons-Harvey and Forest; Joseph P., was born July 13, 1845, and he married Luzetta, daugh- ter of Peter and Esther (Guth) Blank. Mr. Hausman for a number of years was an ore- mine superintendent. Their children were:

Robert F .; Jennie F .; Clara V .; Cora M .; Melbourne A .; and Daisy. Robert F. Haus- man (son of Joseph P.) married Maria Fritch and they reside at Alburtis, Pa. They have two sons-Claude and Ammon. Claude served in the U. S. Marine four years and while in serv- ice at Bremerson, Washington was married to Mary Adkinson, of that place. They have is- sue : Marie, Mary and Lydia. Ammon, the youngest son of Robert F. Hausman married Stella Reese, and they live at Red Lion, Pa. They have a daughter-Dorothy. Willoughby died in 1852, aged four years. Santus A. died when single of spotted fever at Kleins Corner, Berks Co., Pa., March 25, 1873, aged 23 years, 2 months and 12 days.

David Hausman, son of Andrew Hausman, Sr., was born in North Whitehall May 28, 1821, and he was a stone mason by trade and had a 40-acre farm near Ballietsville, this county. He was a member of the Light Horse Militia for three years beginning with 1859. His militia uniform was an exceptionally fine one, the cap was made of the skin of a black bear and a wild cat and a large red plume extended from the front over the cap. The cap on the inside bears the date "1859." The epaulets and his coat, and the cap are all in a good condition and are in

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possession of his son, Franklin A. Thomas Ruch was the captain of his company. David Hous- man and wife are buried at Unionville. He died in April, 1904, nearly 83 years of age. He was married in 1843 to Catharine Sheirer, born Jan. 24, 1822. Their children were: Franklin P .; Catharine A. S., born Aug. 10, 1847, was mar- ried to Aaron Balliet ; M. Amanda born Nov. 12, 1849, became the wife of Calvin Keck.

FRANKLIN P. HAUSMAN, son of David and Catherine (Sheirer) Hausman, was born in North Whitehall, June 22, 1845. He worked upon the farm until he was fifteen years of age, after which he learned the trade of a machin- ist and three years afterward began running en- gines at ore mines. Later on he was an en- gineer on the Ironton R. R .; the engineer for the Keystone American Cement Co .; The en- gineer for the Coplay Cement Co. and he was the locomotive engineer for the Coplay Iron Co. Mr. Hausman had charge of the power house of the American Cement Co. for nine years, and since 1912 has been the watchman at the Dery Silk Mill. Politically he is a Democrat and he was a councilman of Coplay borough for three years; school director for three years and since 1912 a member of the Board of Health. He was one of the building committee that erected the first Lutheran church at Coplay, in 1882. He and his family are Lutheran members of the St. John's Church and he served it as a deacon for nine years. On Aug. 17, 1867, he married An- gelina Moser, a daughter of Jacob and Polly (Frey) Moser of North Whitehall. They were the first couple to be united in wedlock by the Rev. J. S. Renninger after he became the pastor of the Unionville charge. Two children were born of this union, viz .; Laura K., the wife of James Fogel, of Coplay; and Oliver Franklin, a loom fixer and knitter who is the foreman in a large knitting mill at Allentown.

WILLIAM I. HAUSMAN, son of Franklin and Mary (Geiss) Hausman, was born Nov. 1, 1869 at Quakertown, Bucks Co. As a boy he attend- ed the public schools and when not engaged with his studies he assisted in the farm work, until 1880, when his parents removed to East Sal- isbury township, where he worked on the farm for seven years. In 1887 he removed to Allen- town and learned the trade of plumber, which line he followed for years. In 1890 he removed to Catasauqua, continuing his trade. In 1891 he formed a partnership with Mr. Shick, doing business as Shick and Hausman. They employ a large force of men and do all classes of plumb- ing and steamfitting. Mr. Hausman attends to the mechanical end of the work. He is an ac- tive member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and

also a member of the P. O. S. of A.

William I. Hausman married Rosa B. J. Bower, daughter of William and Eliza ( Romig) Bower of Salisbury township. Issue: Irene, a graduate of the Catasauqua High School; Paul, also a graduate of the same school; William, a pupil of the High School; Mark; Carson; and Marguerite Hausman.

HARRY F. HAUSMAN, son of Franklin and Mary (Geiss) Hausman, is a confectioner of Allentown and was born at Quakertown, Pa., Dec. 18, 1872. At the age of eighteen years he learned the tailor trade at South Bethlehem, which he followed there for six years. In 1896 he engaged in the confectionery business at Sec- ond and Hamilton Streets and later on Second Street, Allentown; at the latter place he con- tinued the business until the death of his father. Then after a protracted sickness he was engaged for three years in the Singer Sewing Machine business, and on Jan. 7, 1906, he again engaged in the confectionery business at 609 Linden St., and continued there until 1912 when he removed to his present place of business at 1009 Hamil- ton St. He is the largest home-made candy man- ufacturer in Allentown, and enjoys the trade of a good class of people. Socially he is a member of St. Albans Commandery No. 46, Knights of Malta; and the Modern Woodmen of America. He was elected as a Democrat to the office of School director in Salisbury township in 1897; and later served the office of Assessor of the Third Ward, Allentown, and there he raised the assessment $1,500,000 after his predecessor had served the office for thirty-six consecutive years. Mr. Hausman has proven the courage of his convictions and the city was benefitted by his motto : "Carry out the law without fear or favor." He married Nov. 3, 1900, Margaret Balliet, daughter of Paul and Mary ( Hartman) Balliet. They are both members of the Luth- eran Church.

Henry Hausman, son of John and Barbara ( Hausman) Hausman and grandson of Christian succeeded to his father's homestead, and was a life-long farmer. He was deacon, elder, and trustee of the church at Unionville where he and wife, Lydia, nee Hunsicker, are buried. Their children were: Sarah A., married (first) Wil- liam Hoffman and after his death in 1896 she married Frank Henninger; Hettie married Tilgman Kuhns; Lewis R., of Schnecksville; Jane (m. Mr. Deibert) ; Alice (m. Lewis Baer) ; Thompson, died, aged 23 years.

Nathan Hausman, son of John and Susanna (Hoates) Hausman, was born in 1821, died in 1896. He was a farmer and distiller of Low- hill township. He married Julia Seibert. Issue :

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Phaon, married Matilda George; Amanda, mar- ried James Benninghaff; Wilson, died at age of three years; Amelia, married Joseph Rauch; Louisa, married Alfred Snyder ; Franklin, mar- ried Eliza Schuler ; Tilghman, married Martha Parke, and resides at Marion, Ill .; Henry, mar- ried Alice Bittner ; Alvin, married Mary Smith ; Sarah, married Amandus Follweiler; Maggie, married Henry Maxwell; John, married Emma Everett ; Solomon D .; and Schuyler Hausman.

Franklin Hausman, son of Nathan, son of John, who lives in retirement at Schnecksville, was born in 1853 on the homestead in Lowhill (now owned by Frederick Schellhamer) where he was brought up and worked for his father until he became of age. Then he bought the Holben farm of 122 acres which is situated on the road from Lyon Valley to Schnecksville, and he carried it on until 1905. He resided for a time at Slatington, and also conducted a hotel at Schnecksville for several years. He was mar- ried to Eliza Schuler, daughter of John, and they had twelve children: Cora (m. Franklin Bear) ; Sarah (m. Edwin Acker) ; Ida (m. Morris Schneck ) ; Mary (m. Henry Werley) ; Harvey M .; Alvin (m. Elsie Geiger) ; John (m. Eva Dieffenderfer) ; George (m. Beulah Semmel) ; Marcus (who went to Michigan) ; and three died in infancy.

HARVEY M. HAUSMAN, farmer of Lowhill, was born April 22, 1880, on the homestead where he was brought up, and educated in the town- ship school until he became twenty-one years of age. Then he went to Bethlehem to engage in the store business but remained only several months, returning home at the request of his father to assist in carrying on the farm, and there he has continued until the present time, ex- cepting for nearly three years when he was oc- cupied in the clay factory at Fogelsville.

In 1901 he was married to Messina Mohr, daughter of Llewellyn of Fogelsville. They had five children: Ella May, Arthur Harvey, Paul L. and two died in infancy.

SOLOMON DANIEL HAUSMAN, son of Nathan, a prominent and successful fur dealer in Lowhill since 1890, was born Nov. 27, 1864, on the Hausman homestead now owned by Frederick Schellhamer, in the afore-named township, where he was reared and educated until he became eighteen years old. Then he learned the trade of carpenter, following this trade until 1890. After this time he engaged in the business of buy- ing and selling the skins of wild animals which were caught in that section of the county covering many miles in area, and he has continued in it until now, a continuous period upwards of twenty years, with increasing success, which will ap-

pear from the following record and shows a total collection of 37,609 skins. The season ex- tends from Nov. I, to April Ist. The first sea- son he secured 342 skins (190 muskrat, 133 skunk, 8 mink, 6 opossum, 4 red fox, and one raccoon ) ; and the last season 4,363, (2,000 skunk, 1,896 muskrat, 378 opossum, 39 raccoon, 35 mink, 10 ermine, and 5 red fox). The extra- ordinary record in successive years in this busi- ness was as follows:

1891

342 hides

1903

2080 hides

1892

274

1904

1882

1893

588

1905

2017

1894

440

1907

1747

1896

493

1 908

3184

1897

705

1909

2700

1898

800

1910

3300

1899

922

19II

2500

1900

1194

1912

1800

1901

I522

1913

4363

1902

I 360

Total, ... 37609 hides

In 1896 he bought the farm of 30 acres where he has since resided. In the spring of 1913 he raised upwards of 500 chickens.

HEBERLY FAMILY.

Jacob Heberly was married to Eliza Barbara Guth, a grandaughter of Lorentz Guth. She was born May 13, 1763, died on July 28, 1843. They had a son, Adam Heberly.

Adam Heberly was a farmer in U. Macungie, near Chapman, where he was born March I, 1787, and brought up, and there he carried on farming until his decease March 19, 1855. He was married to Elizabeth Harner, and they had seven children: Nathan (m. a Miss Heilman) , Tilghman, Daniel, Moses (m. Mary Thomp- son), Joseph, Sarah and Mary (the second and last three having died unmarried ).

Daniel Heberly, blacksmith and farmer, of Weisenberg for upwards of forty years, was born March 8, 1821, in U. Macungie, near Chap- man, where he was reared on a farm and learned the trade of blacksmith which he carried on there until 1852. Then he purchased a farm of 52 acres in Weisenberg and cultivated it in connec- tion with his trade until his decease in 1895. He was married to Eliza Kuhns, daughter of George, of Weisenberg, near the Ziegel Church, and they had two children: Sylvanus F. and Amanda L. (who married James Sechler and died in 1885, aged 35 years). His wife was born May 16, 1827, and died Feb. 27, 1883.

SYLVANUS F. HEBERLY, U. S. gauger since 1895, was born Dec. 17, 1854, on his father's

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farm in Weisenberg, near Claussville, where he was reared and he received his education in the township school. He assisted his father until fifteen years old, when he learned the trade of blacksmith under him and worked for him until 1879; and from that year until 1894 he carried on the business for himself in the shop on the farm. Then he engaged in farming and this he has carried on until the present time. The farm contained 52 acres, and upon his father's decease in 1895 he became the owner by inheritance (since then having, however, sold off 30 acres). The place is recognized for its superior loca- tion and fine state of cultivation.

In 1895 Mr. Heberly was appointed one of the U. S. storekeepers and gaugers of the Ist Int. Rev. Dist. of Penna. and since then he has filled this appointment with entire satisfaction to the government. He served the township as a school director for two terms, and also as an in- spector of elections ; and the Ziegel Church as a deacon. He is a member of Claussville Castle No. 486, K. G. E., and has filled the office of treasurer since 1907. He was married to Wil- helmina Jane Boyer, daughter of Daniel, and they had one child, Richard D. His wife died April 15, 1913, aged 59 years, 4 months and II days.

Richard D. Heberly, only son of Sylvanus, was born Dec. 22, 1875, on his father's farm, and there he was reared. He received his edu- cation in the public school at Clausville, and also at Fogelsville, and the American Business College at Allentown. In 1895, he entered the service of the Central R. R. Co. of N. J. as a telegraph operator and continued with that company until 1906 (having acted as the station agent at North- ampton for the last four years) ; then he became the station agent of the Lehigh Valley R. R. Co. at Stockerton and he has continued in its service until the present time, having been promoted in 1912 to the position of agent at the Coplay and Cementon stations. He served as auditor of the borough of Stockerton for several years, and as a school director for one term. He is a mem- ber of Alton Castle No. 149, A. O. M. C., at Allentown, and of Allentown Castle No. 55, K. G. E. He was married to Laura P. Hollenbach, daughter of John, of Lowhill (employed with the firm of Bittner, Hunsicker & Co., at Allentown) and they had three children : Helen M. (engaged as a stenographer at Allentown), Floyd D. (as- sistant of his father as agent at Cementon Sta- tion), and Vera W. (who died in infancy).

George Kuhns, the father of Sylvanus Heb- erly's mother, was a farmer and carpet-weaver of Weisenberg. He was married to Lydia Bortz, of Macungie township, and they had four chil- dren: Charles (m. Polly Neff), Joseph (m.

Lydia Heffner ), Eliza, and Caroline (m. Henry Bleiler ). He died 1876 in the 81st year of his age ; his wife died in 1863.

Daniel Boyer, the father of Mr. Heberly's wife, was a farmer of North Whitehall, near Rockdale, married to Susanna Miller. The chil- dren: Wm. H. (m. Lucinda Frailey), Ellen Elizabeth (m. Henry F. Beidler), Wilhelmina, Thomas and Charles (the last two having died young).

HECKER FAMILY.

The Hecker family originated from Nassau Dillenberg, where the family lived for many generations. John Conrad Hecker, son of John and Juliana Hecker and grandson of Hendrick Hecker, was born in 1610. He and his wife, Katrina, whom he married at Dillenberg, had three sons: Conrad, John Henry, and John Christian. Conrad, born in 1635, had four sons: John Eberhard, born in 1660; Frederick Chris- tian; Philip; and Conrad. John Eberhard was the father of Johannes, born in 1695 and died at Tiefenbach, Jan. 9, 1742; John Sebastian, of Neukirchen, born in 1706; and John Conrad, of Tiefenbach, born in 1710.

Frederick Christian Hecker had a son, Johann Wigand Hecker, born at Dillenberg, who was Equerry to Prince Christian, the last of the Nas- sau Dillenberg Princes, from 1724 to 1739. By his wife Anna Juliana, Johann Wigand had, be- sides other children, a son, John Aegidius Heck- er, one of twins, born at Dillenberg, Jan. 26, 1726. He was educated at the University of Herborn, where he graduated in 1750, and the following year emigrated to America in the ship Neptune, which arrived at Philadelphia on Sept. 23, 1751.

He became pastor of the Reformed congrega- tions in Springfield township, Bucks county and Lower Saucon township, Northampton county, and later of the congregation in Moore township, near Petersville, where he died and was buried beneath the altar of the old church. He had seven children: Adam; Yost Wilhelm; Jonas ; Anna Maria, wife of Adam Troxell; Sibilla Veronica, born July 6, 1767, died March 8, 1844, wife of Peter Troxell; Mrs. Bartholomew and Mrs. Koch.

Adam Hecker, his son, who was born in 1756 and died in 1815, lived in Lehigh township, where he owned 150 acres of land. His children were: Jacob, John, Henry, Kate, Mrs. Lau- denslager, and Mrs. Riegley.

Anna Maria, wife of Adam Troxell, was born July 22, 1759, and died Oct. 11, 1812. Her children were: Nicholas; Peter; Christian ; Hannah, wife of Rev. John Gobrecht; and Jonas.

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Sibilla Veronica, wife of Peter Troxell, had children: John; Magdalena, wife of Jacob Jones; Peter ; Susanna; Catharine; and Solomon Troxell.

Yost Wilhelm Hecker, son of John Aegidius, removed to Whitehall township, where he died in March, 1821. His wife, Regina, died in February, 1827. They had ten children : Adam, born 1791; Elizabeth, born 1793; Paul; John; Egidius; Jacob; Mary; Mrs. Woodring; Mrs. Butz; and Mrs. Kreiling. John removed to Sterling City, Ill.

Adam Hecker, son of Yost Wilhelm, was born June 2, 1791, and died April 29, 1865. He married Maria Goebel, who was born Sept. 17, 1785, and died Aug. 26, 1853. They had five children: William H .; Joseph; Mary, wife of Jonathan Schwartz; Catharine, wife of John Beitler ; and Mrs. Eliza Gilbert.

Joseph Hecker, son of Adam, was born March 19, 1823, and died Feb. 9, 1890, in Allentown. After attending the public schools, he learned the tanner's trade with Peter Ludwig, and in 1853 entered the employ of Peter K. Grim, at Allentown. In 1863, he purchased the business of William Bader, at 804 Hamilton street, where he was in the currier business until 1890, when he retired. He served in the militia in the Civil War. He also dealt in seeds and was a member and elder of Zion Reformed church. He was treasurer of the Lehigh County Agricultural So- ciety from 1886 to 1890. He married Sarah, daughter of John Beitler, and had one son, John W. Hecker.

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 103

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

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