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Joseph Henry, second son of Adam, was born in Lynn township, December 14, 1810. He lived on a farm in the Kistler valley for some years and then purchased the farm which is now owned by his son, Benjamin. He was a success- ful farmer and was accidentally drowned in the Ontelaunee creek near his home on July 5, 1871.
He was a Lutheran member of the Jacobs church at Jacksonville. His wife was Judith Kistler, born April 14, 1806, and died May 24, 1879, in the 74th year of her age. They had
nine children : Daniel, Catharine (m. Elias Wag- aman), Florenda (m. Reuben Ebert), Sarah (m. Jonathan Muthhard), Angeline (m. Elias Deng- ler, who died in Nov., 1913), Benjamin, Charles, Jacob, and Moses.
Christian Henry had the homestead in Lynn township, and he lived upon it all his life and at his decease was succeeded by his widow and chil- dren. He erected the present barn about the year 1846. He was a Lutheran member of the Jacksonville church. His wife was Caroline Straub and they had eight children: William, Amandus, Wilson, Lovina, Mary (m. Boyer), Sarah (m. William A. Brendle, at Beth- lehem), Carolina (m. Harrison Brendle, at Beth- lehem), and Amelia (married first to a man named Mertz, and upon his decease she married a second husband, Alfred Muthhard, at Lynn- port).
William Henry, eldest son of Christian, owned the homestead of 117 acres which was well adapted for the successful cultivation of po- tatoes, and there he farmed until his decease, December 9, 1909, at the age of 72 years. He was a Lutheran member of the Jacksonville church and filled the church offices. He was married to Sarah Raubenold, daughter of Jonas, a resident of Lowhill township, and they had seven children, all born on the place: Oliver F., Daniel A., George M., William A., James J., Carrie A. (m. Osville Rauch), and Robert S.
ROBERT S. HENRY, the youngest son of Wil- liam, was born on the homestead August 12, 1885, and educated in the township schools. He was brought up to farming, and in February, 1909, he bought the place, being the fifth genera- tion to possess the farm. The dwelling there was built by Adam Henry. Mr. Henry owns another farm of 120 acres (38 being woodland) in the township, which was the homestead of his wife's grandfather, Jacob Kerschner, and is known as an old settlement in the district.
He was a Democrat in politics, and a Lutheran member of the Jacksonville church which he served as a deacon. On August 12, 1908, he was married to Ella C. Heintzelman, daughter of Nathan and Fietta (Kerschner) Heintzelman, of New Tripoli.
Daniel Henry, eldest son of Joseph, secured the 115-acre homestead of his father in the Kis- tler valley, which is now owned by his son, Mon- roe D. He was a Lutheran member of the Jack- sonville church, he was married to Sarah Wag- aman, daughter of Joseph Wagaman and his wife (a Gehringer), and they had nine children : Harrison A., Rosa (m. Lewis F. Snyder), Jo- seph, Cordelia (m. Wilson Snyder), Monroe D.,
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Jonas (a minister of the gospel), Jane (m. Amandus Oswald), George, and Lizzie (m. Wil- liam Sechler).
Charles Henry, second son of Joseph, was born in 1848 and died in 1902, aged 54 years. He owned a 68-acre farm near Lynnport, on which he died and he is buried at Jacksonville. He was a Lutheran member of that church and served as a deacon and elder. His wife was Sarah Schlenker, daughter of Nathan, and she died in 1898, aged 51 years. They had six children: William F., Samuel M. (deceased), Dr. Charles O., Amanda (m. Andrew L. Smith, who occu- pied the homestead near Lynnport), Robert D., and Frederick C. ,
CHARLES O. HENRY, M.D., of Allentown, Pa., was born at Lynnport, January 6, 1876. He was educated in the public schools of Lynn town- ship; taught school two terms, then entered the Medio Chirurgical College, at Philadelphia, from which he was graduated with honors in 1899. In the same year he located at Denver, in Lancaster county, Pa., and there he practiced until in 1906, when he came to Allentown and located at No. 102 North Tenth street.
Dr. Henry is a member of the Lehigh County Medical Society, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, the Lehigh Valley Medical Society and the American Medical Association ; also the Al- lentown Academy of Medicine. He is also a member of the Medical Staff of the Good Shep- herd Home of Allentown and since 1911 he has been the medical examiner of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, for the Allentown Dis- trict, holding similar positions with the Loyal Order of Moose; Order of Owls, Nest No. 72; Protective Home Circle; Ladies' Auxiliary ; Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen ; the Scran- ton Life, Minnesota Life, Germania Mutual Life, U. S. Life, Missouri State Life and the In- ternational Life Insurance Companies. Frater- nally, Dr. Henry is connected with Greenleaf Lodge, No. 561 F. & A. M., Constantine Lodge No. 1113 I. O. O. F., Livingstone Castle, No. 258, K. G. E., the P. O. S. of A., and the Loyal Order of Moose of Allentown.
Dr. Henry married twice: the first, on Jan. 22, 1896, Lizzie Reinhard, daughter of Henry and Sarah ( Knittle) Reinhard, of Wannamakers, Pa., who died Feb. 7, 1901, aged 26 years, and they had two children, Samuel and Ralph; and second on Sept. 27, 1903, Ella B. Kurtz, daughter of Henry and Sallie (Buffamoyer) Kurtz, of Denver, Pa.
HARRISON A. HENRY, the eldest son of Dan- iel, is a farmer in Lynn township on the Jacob Fetherolf homestead. He was born Jan. II, 1864 and worked on a farm until he became
twenty-one years old, when he learned the car- penter trade and followed it four years. In the year 1890 he began farming for himself where he now lives, having previously been his fa- ther's tenant for thirteen years. In 1903 he bought the place, which consists of eighty-eight acres of superior land. This farm had descended to Reuben Fetherolf from his father, Jacob, and Daniel Henry purchased it from him. The large barn and stone dwelling-house on the prop- erty were built by Jacob Fetherolf before 1825.
Mr. Henry is a Democrat in politics and served the township as a supervisor. He and the family were members of the Lutheran con- gregation at New Jerusalem for some years and he served that church as a deacon for six years, but after having removed to the present place, they connected themselves with the church at Steinsville. In 1886 he was married to Telliah L. Snyder, daughter of David Snyder, and they have six children: Morris, Edwin, Oscar, Claude, Elmer, and Helen (who died when eleven months old).
MONROE D. HENRY, of Lynnport, son of Daniel, was born Nov. 7, 1871, and educated in the local schools. He was brought up on a farm and began farming for himself in 1900, on the Henry homestead of 120 acres, being now owned by the third generation of the Henry family; and there he farmed until 1906, when he moved to Lynnport, where he has since lived. He is a Democrat in politics, and a Lu- theran member of the New Jerusalem church which he served as deacon for four years. On Dec. 19, 1896, he was married to Emma I. Hollenbach, daughter of Jacob Hollenbach (whose sketch appears in this publication), and they have two children :- Earl D. J., and Mary L. A.
MORRIS D. HENRY, son of Harrison A., farmer on the Daniel Henry homestead of 130 acres, which is now owned by his son, Monroe D., was born Sept. 18, 1887. He was reared upon a farm and since the spring of 1911 has carried on farming as his occupation. He is a Democrat in politics, and a Lutheran member of the Jacobs church, He was married on Thanksgiving day, 1909, to Maud Schroeder, daughter of Jacob and Etta (Faust) Schroeder, and they have a son, Roy C.
HEINTZELMAN FAMILY.
Hans George Heintzelman, of Germany, the pioneer of a large Pennsylvania family, emigrated to America on the ship "Eastern Branch," James Nevin, Captain, which arrived at Philadelphia, October 3, 1753. Where this ancestor settled immediately after his emigration is uncertain ;
Costrury, M.D.
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but in 1759 his name appears in the tax-list of Douglass township, Berks county. Tradition states that he settled in Lynn township, North- ampton (now Lehigh) county, about the year 1766. George and Catharine Heintzelman be- came the parents of a daughter on October 5, 1770. She was baptized at the Heidelberg Union church on November 9, of the same year, from which it is evident that he had settled in Lynn before the baptismal ceremony was performed.
The ancestor was a farmer and owned a large tract of land. His last will and testament is of record at Easton, dated August 24, 1794, and probated on September 30th following. In the will is the statement: "I am now sick and weak in body, etc." The witnesses to the document were: Adam Miller and Johan Diter Heintzel- man, his son. No reference is made to his wife and doubtless she had preceded him in death. His estate was divided among the following eight children : Mrs. Dennis Rex, Johann Diter, Andrew, Johann George, Mrs. Adam Thomas, Mrs. Daniel Ehroh, Mrs. Andony Bock, and Mrs. Andreas Rau.
Johan Dieter Heintzelman was born August 29, 1756. He was a farmer in Lynn and there he died May 20, 1821. He and his family were members of the Lutheran congregation of the Ebenezer church at New Tripoli, where they are buried. His first wife was Maria, a daughter of Andrew and Magdalena (Seiberling) Miller, of Lynn, and their children were: Johannes ( re- mained in Lynn) ; Christian (settled in Ohio and among other children had a son, Jacob) ; and Andreas (who also settled in Ohio). His sec- ond wife was Elizabeth born February 24, 1770, and died February 13, 1863, at the advanced age of 92 years, 8 months and 19 days ; and to them were born seven children: Jacob, George, Johan Dieter, Daniel, Lorentz, and Elizabeth. Jacob, the eldest son, settled at East Lewistown, Ohio, and had three children: Dav- id, Catharine, and Polly; and Elizabeth, the daughter, was born in 1816 and died in 1898. She married Stanley Greenawald and lived at North Jackson, Ohio.
George Heintzelman was born on the home- stead of his father, Johan Dieter, June 30, 1797, and died on his own farm, situated along the Schochary, near Lynnport, July 4, 1889, aged 92 years and 4 days. He was a member of the Lutheran congregation at New Tripoli, where he was buried. He served as an elder of the Ebenezer church for many years. He was mar- ried to Rebecca Straub (1804-1884), a daugh- ter of Heinrich and Molly (Miller) Straub, of Lynn, and their children were: Catharine (m. Daniel Snyder), Mary Ann (m. Nathan Sny-
der, a miller), Daniel G., Polly (m. John Os- wald), and Caroline (m. Joseph Rauch) .
Johan Dieter Heintzelman, who bears his father's name, was born February 4, 1801, died July 23, 1889, in his 89th year. He was a farmer in Lynn and there owned the 58-acre farm now owned by Pierce Heilman. It was said that he possessed great psychic powers and gave relief to many sufferers from various ailments both man and beast. His wife was Anna M. Miller and they had twelve children: Joseph, Joll, Dan- iel, Samuel, Lucy, Sallie (m. Reuben Frantz), Rebecca, Lydia, Fianna (m. William Folck), Polly (m. Joseph Handwerk), and two others whose names are not known; but two daughters were married to David Roth and Moses Steiger- wald respectively.
Daniel Heintzelman was born December 27, 1802, and lived in Lynn upon his 80-acre farm. He died August 3, 1889, aged 86 years. His farm was located along the Blue Mountain, back from Mossersville. He was a carpenter by trade, recognized as an exceptionally good wood- worker and this trade was inherited by all his sons, also by later generations. He and his wife were buried in the cemetery at New Tripoli, having been members of the Lutheran church. He married Maria M. Straub (1810-1891), a daughter of Jacob Straub, and their children were: David, Gideon, Stephen, Daniel, Levi, Polly (m. Owen Ebert) and Lydia (m. Nathan Ebert). The Eberts were brothers.
Lorentz Heintzelman, son of Johan Dieter, was born January 20, 1805, and died June 20, 1873. He was buried at New Tripoli where he was a member of the Lutheran congregation, of Ebenezer church, which he served in vari- ous offices. He was a farmer and his 106-acre farm was located above Jordan Valley in Heidel- berg township. It is now the property of Reu- ben Fenstermacher. He built the barn which is 72 feet long, doing most of the carpenter work himself. He made his own threshing apparatus and did much threshing for the farmers of that community. He also operated a distillery and sold apple-jack to Philadelphia, making monthly trips for which he received eighteen cents a gallon. This was during the decade from 1830 to 1840. He served the Lutheran congregation of Ebenezer church in various offices. His wife was Esther Snyder, born in 1810 and died in 1884 and their children were: Elizabeth (m. Monroe Sensinger), Mary (m. Jarret Hand- werk), Owen, Reuben (of Lehighton), Eli, Phaon (of El Reno, Oklahoma), William, Dav- id (of El Reno, Oklahoma) and Angelina ( who died an infant).
Daniel G. Heintzelman was born in Lynn
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on December 22, 1825. He was a farmer and the homestead upon which he was born, lived and died is now owned by his son, Alvin G. The farm is - - acres.
He was school-director and assessor of his township; also served the Lu- theran congregation of Ebenezer church at New Tripoli as a deacon and an elder. He died Sep- tember 14, 1891, in his 66th year, and was buried there. He married Polly Straub, a daughter of Heinrich and Maria M. Straub, of Lynn. She was born Jan. 26, 1827 and died April 29, 1887, in her 6Ist year. Their children were: Nathan, Sarah (m. Edwin Snyder), David, John S., Monroe S., Daniel, Alvin G., Phaon, Levi J., Stephen, (deceased), and Mary (m. Edwin Hol- ben).
John S. Heintzelman, son of Daniel, was born on the old homestead in Lynn, July 27, 1854, and he died May 15, 1889, in his 35th year. He was buried at New Tripoli. . He was married and had five children: Henry T., James, Fran- cis, George and Ella.
Monroe S. Heintzelman was born February 7, 1857. At the age of twenty-one years he learned the carpenter trade and followed it four years. In 1882, he moved to Kressleytown, in Heidelberg upon the farm of his father-in-law, John Snyder, and after farming there five years he moved to another farm which was also owned by his father-in-law, situated along the Schoch- ary in Lynn. Two years later, in 1889, he moved upon his own farm of 66 acres, near Lynnport. This farm was the Lorentz homestead. In 1845 his nephew, John A. Reitz, purchased it, and he built the present brick-house in 1871. The bricks were manufactured upon the premises.
Mr. Heintzelman built the barn in 1893. The farm is named the "Ontelaunee Farm." He and his family are Lutheran members of the New Tripoli church, which he served as a dea- con. In 1881 he married Caroline Snyder and they have five children : William J. D. (m. An- nie Fetherolf, and had two children-Florence and Minnie, the latter deceased ) ; George M .; Emma L .; and Fred N. and Mary A., (twins, both dying in infancy).
Alvin D. Heintzelman was born September II, 1861. He worked for his parents until he was of age, then continued in their employ sev- eral more years. In 1892 he succeeded his father to the ownership of the homestead and is a suc- cessful potato farmer, having begun farming there for himself in 1891. The property had long before been a Straub homestead, and from them it passed to George Heintzelman, the grandfather of the present owner. The old log house (a picture of it appearing in this volume), is still standing, a landmark in the township.
He and his family are Lutherans and he served that congregation of the Ebenezer church at - New Tripoli, both as deacon and elder. He and his brothers are Democrats.
On May 12, 1889, he married Maria Holben, daughter of Solomon and Polly (Sechler) Hol- ben, and they have four children: Claude (m. Annie Wagner) ; Mabel L. (m. Warren A. Follweiler) ; Katie P. (m. Anson J. Bailey) ; and Charles E.
Levi J. Heintzelman was born Jan. 26, 1866. He owns the Daniel Greenawald farm of 100 acres in Lynn, situated along the foot of the Blue Mountain, which he purchased in 1901, and has since cultivated. He was married in 1906 to Jane E. Schott, a daughter of Philip and Caroline (Straub) Schott, and they have one son, Fred A. Philip Straub was an aged Civil War veteran and farmer of Lynn.
David Heintzelman, son of Daniel, was born October 18, 1827. He was a carpenter and cab- inet-maker by trade, and a mechanic of rare skill. It was said that he usually did as much work as two men ordinarily do. In earlier life he fol- lowed the carpenter trade, moving to Slatington in 1858; and in 1864 drifted into the undertak- ing business making the coffins himself as was the custom for undertakers in that day. His first funeral was that of Thomas Kern and he continued the business until he died. He built the first school-house at Slatington; also the Evangelical church at that place. He was prom- inently identified with civic matters of his bor- ough ; served as a school director for many years ; and had a reputation that was beyond reproach.
In 1851 he married Elizabeth Kern, a daugh- ter of Nicholas and Elizabeth ( Hartman) Kern. She died on June 25, 1882, aged 54 years, II months and II days. Their children were: Liz- zie (1851-1905), (m. Elias S. Leh) ; Henry ; Emma C. (m. H. A. Schertzinger, of Slating- ton), and Osville (born April 24, 1860, and died on July 13th of the same year). Mr. Heintzelman and all his family were members of the Evangelical church in which he took an ac- tive part. He died March 27, 1894, aged 66 years.
Gideon Heintzelman, son of Daniel, was born May 9, 1830. He was a carpenter and, like all his brothers, an exceptional wood-worker. For a number of years he lived at Newhards, in Washington township, but during his later years at the Leather-Corner Post, following the car- penter trade. All his sons learned and followed the same trade. He was a Lutheran and was buried at the Frieden's church at Hoffman's P. O.
He married Sarah Wehr, a daughter of Daniel
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Wehr. She was born Oct. 6, 1835, and died on Aug. 7, 1879. Their children were: William (of Portland, Oregon) ; Ellemenda (m. Charles Mertz) ; Benjamin D .; Oscar (of Butler Val- ley, in Luzerne county) ; Eugene (of Allen- town) ; and Mary (m. Wilson Mahrcolm, who live at Lehighton). Mr. Heintzelman died at Leather Corner Post on August 3, 1908, in his 79th year.
Stephen Heintzelman, son of Daniel, was born on December 27, 1833, in Lynn. He was a car- penter and farmer. At the time of his death he lived in Lowhill where he was buried. He died on January 8, 1882, at the age of 48 years and II days. He was a member of the Lutheran church. He was married three times. His first wife was Sarah Straub ( 1840-1863), a daughter of Jacob Straub, with whom he had a son, Lewis (a farmer near Germansville, married to a Fenstermacher and they have a number of chil- dren). His second wife was Sarah Krassly, born May 6, 1833 and died June 30, 1867, in her 35th year. She was a daughter of Jacob Krass- ly and was buried at the Frieden's church near Slatington, and his third wife was Hannah Krassly, a daughter of Elias and Maria (De Long) Krassly, born June 5, 1849, and died June 22, 1908, and buried at Cetronia in the graveyard adjoining the Union church. Their children were: Granville J., Howard M. (mar- ried to Dora Kuhns and they have eight chil- dren, George, Florence, Claude, Arthur, Charles, Mark, May and Ruth) ; Emma (married John Hellerick, and they have a son, Raymond, who resides at East Allentown) ; Laura (married Al- vin Wessner, residing at Bethlehem, and have a son, Raymond).
Daniel Heintzelman, son of Daniel, was born in Lynn, August 1, 1836. After following the carpenter trade some years he drifted into the undertaking business which he followed in Up- per Lehigh county for more than forty years, and in 1912 was succeeded by his son, Lewis O. In addition to the undertaking business he fol- lowed contracting in his time, having erected many buildings and given employment to large forces of men. In 1911 he built the high school building at Slatedale at an expense of $14,000. His home and farm are at the old Lehigh fur- nace in Washington. He is a ruddy-faced, heavy- set man, of a genial disposition and given to jok- ing occasionally. His wife was Mary A. Rex, born - - 31, 1836, and died on January 27, 1908. Their twelve children were: Wilson (of Ashland, Pa.) ; Henry (of Olympia, Washing- ton) ; Mary and Willoughby (deceased ) ; Lewis O .; Aaron B. (of Slatedale) ; James B. and
Flora A. (deceased) ; David O .; Emma E., Fi- etta J. and John G. (last three also deceased).
LEVI HEINTZELMAN, son of Daniel, is a farm- er in Lynn township, and lives upon the home- stead of his father, situated at the foot of the Blue Mountain and embraces 80 acres of fertile and level land, with most excellent water. He was born October 23, 1840. In 1871 he began farming the homestead which he bought in 1875 and has since carried on. The present house was built in 1853 and the barn in 1860 by his father who purchased the farm from David Mosser. Samuel Benfield owned the farm from about 1792 until 1811, when he moved to Albany township. The present house is the third build- ing. The first was of logs and stood 150 feet from the present dwelling; the second was a stone building and stood between the first and the present one. The walls of the second one are still standing but are fast going into decay. Mr. Heintzelman is a heavy-set, medium-sized man.
On December 5, 1869, he married Sophia Fen- stermacher whose father, Jeremiah, is mentioned in this volume. They had a daughter Lydia Ann Matilda, born December 19, 1871, but died Sep- tember II, 1872.
Joseph Heintzelman, son of Johan Dieter, was born in 1828 and died on his farm situated in Lowhill township in 1898. In his early life he followed the trade of a shoemaker on his father's farm in Lynn township and there he continued to live until 1867 when he moved on his own farm in Lowhill. He was enlisted in the Civil War in October, 1862, but served only for a short time. He and his family were Lutheran mem- bers at the Ebenezer church at New Tripoli un- til their removal to Lowhill when they became mmbers of the Weissenberg church. He offi- ciated as a deacon and an elder of the church at New Tripoli.
His wife was Susanna, daughter of Benjamin Rauch, of Heidelberg, and they had twelve chil- dren : Sarah (m. Willoughby Snyder ), Polly (m. Aaron Hausman), Fietta (m. Joseph Kistler, Wilkes-Barre), Rosa (m. Joseph Boger), Lydia (m. Frank DeLong), Jane (m. Daniel Stump, Macungie), Emma (m. Harry Kocher), Alice (m. Willoughby Blose), Nathan J. Senia (m. Joseph Hess), Mary (who died young), Tilgh- man (who met with an accident in a barn by falling, and died from its effects when seven years old).
Nathan J. Heintzelman, son of Joseph, is a farmer in Lynn township near New Tripoli and was born there October 14, 1862. When a lad five years old, his parents moved to Lowhill township and there he lived until he became
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twenty-nine years old when he returned to Lynn township and began farming at Mosserville. He was a tenant farmer for John J. Mosser twelve years; then, in 1904, he purchased a farm lo- cated between New Tripoli and Lynnville, on the north side of the Schochary hills, containing 68 acres, which he has since occupied and suc- cessfully cultivated, more especially raising large crops of potatoes.
Mr. Heintzelman was married in 1881 to Polly Snyder, daughter of Daniel Snyder, and they have seven children: Daniel (who died when 17 years old), Mary (m. Henry Fenster- macher), Ella (m. Sylvester Wanamaker), Katie (m. Wilson Snyder), Daisy, Mabel, and Ralph G.
GRANVILLE J. HEINTZELMAN, of Ricketts, Pa., is a native of Lehigh county; was born at Slatington, June 26, 1868, son of Stephen and Hannah (Kressley) Heintzelman. His early edu- cation was obtained in the public schools in Heid- elberg township. At the age of fifteen years he learned the carpenter trade, following it for three summers, but attending school in the win- ter. In 1886 he entered the Allentown Business College and soon after his graduation, June 1, 1887, he accepted a position as bookkeeper with the E. W. Trexler Lumber Company, at Allen- town. He continued in their employ until April I, 1894, when he was transferred by Col. Harry C. Trexler, to Ricketts, in Wyoming county, Pa. to take charge of the office of the Trexler and Turrell Lumber Co., and there he has been serving this firm in a most efficient manner until now, but of late years as its general superintend- ent. Colonel Trexler is the only surviving mem- ber of the Company at Ricketts.
Mr. Heintzelman is active in church and Sun- day school work. In 1902 he was the principal spirit in the organization of St. John's Evan- gelical Lutheran Church, at Ricketts, and he has been a deacon of it from the beginning to this time. About the time of the organization of the church he also organized a Sunday school and he has been serving as its superintendent ever since.
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