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He was appointed postmaster of Ricketts in 1897 and he has been filling this appointment continuously to this time. He is a school-direc- tor of Forkston township, Wyoming county, hav- ing been first elected in 1908, and re-elected in 19II for the six year term under the new school code by the largest vote on the ticket. In poli- tics he is a Republican.
On April 21, 1889, Mr. Heintzelman was married to Agnes V. Dietrich, daughter of the late William J. and Susan (Seaman) Dietrich,
of Hamburg, Berks county, Pa., and they have two children : Carrie May and H. Clay.
BENJAMIN D. HEINTZELMAN was born in Slatington November 24, 1861. At the age of eighteen years he learned the carpenter trade under the instruction of his father and then work- ed with his father as journeyman for a number of years. In 1872 he began doing carpenter work for different coal companies and continued in their employ for twenty years; then entered the employ of the Lehigh Portland Cement Co. and worked for them five years. He was also engaged by contractors at Egypt. In 1888 he was employed by the B. & N. R. R. at railroad bridge work in Nebraska; and at Mitchell, In- diana, for six months by the Lehigh Portland Cement Co .; also for a time by Jas. K. Moser at Ridgewood, West Virginia. In 1907 he started farming operations at Egypt for L. Frank Peters on a 95-acre farm which was the Peter Solomon Steckel homestead, by whom the large house on the farm was built in 1816.
Mr. Heintzelman and his family are Luther- ans. He is a Democrat. In 1886 he married Alice Mace, daughter of Benjamin and Angelina (Klinger) Mace, and they have ten children : Foster (a carpenter, married to Annie Smith), Clare (married to Jennie Peter ) ; Charles, Maud, Stella, Henry, William and Millie, twins; How- ard, and Mary.
HENRY HEINTZELMAN, son of Daniel, grand- son of Daniel of Slatington, was born at that place on January 22, 1862, and educated in the local schools. He learned the carpenter trade, and also the painting and paper-hanging trades, when a young man, which he followed until in June, 1895, when he engaged in the undertak- ing business which he has since continued. His first funeral was that of Mrs. Henry Kuntz; and until 1912 he buried upwards of eight hundred people. He and his family attended the Evan- gelical Church. He is a member of these lodges : P. O. S. of A., Knights of Malta, Knights of Friendship, and the Royal Arcanum. On June 30, 1891, he married Allawilda Henritzy, a daughter of Lewis Henritzy (whose history ap- pears in this volume), and they have four chil- dren: Elizabeth M., Helen A., David H. and Dorothy E.
Lewis O. Heintzelman, of Slatedale, was born at Lehigh-Furnace, October 9, 1865. At the age of eighteen years he learned the under- taking business from his father and succeeded him in 1912. In 1911 he built for himself a handsome residence on the main street of Slate- dale. He and his family are Lutherans. He is a member of the P. O. S. of A. and the Im- proved Order of Red Men. On May 26, 1892,
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he married Martha Held, a daughter of Llew- ellyn J. and Sabina (Straub) Held, of Lehigh- ton, and they have four children: Florence M., Norman H., Elwood H., and Llewellyn D. (who died in infancy).
Eli S. Heintzelman of Allentown, was born in Allentown, March 10, 1844, and after his education he taught school for seven terms. In 1867 he engaged in the mercantile business at Pennsville (now Ashfield ), Carbon county, Pa., and there he continued for seven years. He was a justice of the peace for eleven years at the above place ; also school director and auditor of East-Penn township for a number of years in which district he was the recognized leader. He declined the nomination for high sheriff of Car- bon county by the Democratic party. At one time he acted as deputy state-controller of the J. O. U. A. M. In 1866 he married Hattie A. Gottshall (who died in 1869) and they had two children : Amandus P. (who died in 1874), and Annie E. (m. Corras Ziegler, of Allentown).
Owen Heintzelman, son of Lorentz, was a carpenter and farmer in Heidelberg township. He owned the homestead where James Hunt now lives. His wife was Leah Rex, and they had five children: Amanda J. (married Oscar Peter ), Oscar B., Willoughby, Tevilla (mar- ried Nathaniel Smith), and Sophia (married Amandes Krum, of Allentown).
OSCAR B. HEINTZELMAN was born in Wash- ington township, June 19, 1865. In 1893 he commenced farming in Heidelberg and there he continued until in 1901, when he removed to Whitehall township where he has since farmed a 98-acre farm for the Allentown Portland Ce- ment Co. He and his family are Lutherans. Mr. Heintzelman is a member of the J. O. U. A. M., at Peters, in Washington. In the year 1891 he married Mary A. Semmel, a daughter of Moses and Leanna (Geiger) Semmel and they have the following children: Irwin O., Mabel L., Emma L., Clarence M., and Annie M.
Johannes Heintzelman, son of Johannes, was born August 25, 1825, on the old homestead, in Lynn located back from New Tripoli, and there he died January 22, 1900. He married Cath- arine Weiss, who was born in 1799, and died in 1885. Among their children were: John (who was never married) and Daniel ( whose wife was Sarah Snyder, and they had eleven children: Rosa, Anna, D. James, Lewis, Monroe, Mary (Zellner), Laura, Sophia, Louisa, Amanda and Ella.
Johannes Heintzelman, Sr., had another son, named Solomon, who lived in Lowhill. He was born in 1832, and died unmarried in 1901. His
grave is marked by a large and attractive monu- ment at the Lowhill Church graveyard.
PHILIP HEISS.
Philip Heiss, engineer at Allentown, was born at La Salle, Illinois, Nov. 14, 1866, where he at- tended the public schools until he became four- teen years of age; then he located at South Beth- lehem. After working in a brass foundry for ten years he studied engineering and was promot- ed to engineer of the plant which position he filled for thirteen years. He was next engineer of the Jacobs Electric Light Company, for two years; then located at Allentown, where he has since been employed as an engineer from 1905 until now, with the Bondy & Lederer cigar factory.
He is a member of the American Order of Steam Engineers; Lehigh Council, No. 15; of Ontario Tribe of Order of Red Men, at South Bethlehem ; and of the Reformed Church.
In 1902, Mr. Heiss was married to Susanna Stinner, daughter of Charles Stinner. Her fa- ther died at the age of 78 years, and her mother at 69 years. Both were buried in the German Catholic cemetery of Allentown.
His parents were born in Germany, but after they had emigrated to America, they settled at South Bethlehem, where they died, when the father was 65 years of age, and the mother 68 years. They had these children: Philip; Mrs. Emma Hoffman, residing in California ; and Mrs. Caroline Buchmiller, of Illinois.
HELD FAMILY.
The progenitor, John Held, was a taxable in Macungie township, in 1781. His son, John Jacob Held, in later years, lived in Lower Ma- cungie near the Rittenhouse Gap, where the Thomas Iron Company had ore beds. His chil- dren were: Henry, who located in South White- hall; John Jacob mentioned later; David at Weissport ; Katie (m. Conrad Carl) ; George was killed by a falling tree; John died of small pox and Judith married to a Keiser.
John Jacob Held, the grandfather of Albert L., was born May 10, 1810, in Lower Macungie, Lehigh county. He died aged 69 years. He married Elizabeth Reinert. She was born Oct. 24, 1811, and died March 5, 1886. Herself and husband are buried at the Cedarville church. Their children follow: Amandes W., Charles, Emma, Mrs. John Marks, all deceased; Mary, widow of Chrales Long; Frank and Benneville, of Allentown, and Elizabeth, deceased, was mar- ried to Charles Gessner.
Amandes W. Held, son of John Jacob, was born in 1835, at Spring Creek in Lower Macun-
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gie township. He was hired out on the farm at the age of 16 years to the late William H. Fogel and at the age of 19 became a clerk in the store of Simon Troxell, at Fogelsville. In the year 1860, he began manufacturing bricks, having brick yards at intervals at Fogelsville, Trexler- town, Alburtis and Litzenburg. After having taught school for two years at Fogelsville, (in 1878) he engaged in the grain and coal business at Litzenberg, succeeding P. R. Bear.
In 1883 he moved his business to Fogelsville, and formed a partnership with A. S. Wenner, who is still engaged in the same business.
Mr. Held retired from the grain and coal business in 1890, and after spending several years in the lime business he retired and spent the re- mainder of his days at his late home in Fogels- ville, where he died on July 1, 1902.
He was actively identified with Lehigh Lodge, F. & A. M., at Trexlertown and Macungie Lodge, No. 231, I. O. O. F., and the Lehigh Encampment.
He was the honored superintendent of St. John's Union Sunday school of Fogelsville since its organization June 7, 1861, until in 1900, when he was obliged to retire, owing to failing health.
He married Maria L. Smith, a daughter of Eli and Susanna (Snyder) Smith. They had issue, viz: Richard, deceased; Alice, died in in- fancy; Rev. Cyrus E., of Sumneytown, Pa .; Phaon died in infancy; Frank J. E., of Allen- town; John O., of Weisenberg; Annie M. (m. W. H. Mohr) ; Albert L., mentioned later, and Edgar G., of Tatamy, Pa.
ALBERT L. HELD, of Fullerton, was born April 28, 1874, at Fogelsville. He was educated in the public schools, the James F. Guth Teachers' Training School for four terms, taught school four terms in Upper Macungie township, then entered the Keystone State Normal School at Kutztown, and graduated in 1897. He again entered the profession and taught three terms in North Whitehall, three terms in South White- hall, and since 1902 he serves the principalship of the Fullerton schools.
Mr. Held was elected organist in 1900 of the Jordan Lutheran and Reformed churches at Walberts, was organist at the Lehigh County Almshouse for 12 years ; was elected organist and choir leader of Mickley's Church in Dec., 1902, and he has been serving this position to the pres- ent time, also is the organist of the St. John's Union Church, at Fullerton since 1904. He is president of the Luther League of the St. John's Union Church at Fullerton since 1906; is secre- tary of the Missionary Society of the Mickley's church since 1908; is teacher of the ladies'
Bible class of Mickley's Union Sunday school since 1903; was teacher of the female Bible . class of St. John's Union Sunday school at Fuller- ton since 1907 and is teacher of the male Bible class since 1909.
Socially he is a member of the Macungie Lodge, No. 231, I. O. O. F. since 1898, and of Alpha Camp W. O. W., of Fullerton since its organization in Feb., 1909, having served as its first Consul Commander.
He married in 1900, Cora A. Christman, daughter of Thomas W. and Isabella ( Reinhard) Christman. Their children are: Grace E .; Ralph W., deceased; Frances L .; Pauline A .; Arlene M .; and Isabell R.
HELLER FAMILY.
The Heller families living in Lehigh and Northampton counties, Pennsylvania, are de- scended from Christopher Heller, who came to America in 1738 with six sons, according to facts established by researches of William J. Heller of Easton, Pennsylvania. A summary of the evidence adduced by him was published at Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1898, which record shows conclusively the relationship of the earlier members of said family; and gives the names of the second and third generations descended from Christopher Heller, ancestors from whom the several branches of the Heller family trace their origin.
On arrival in Philadelphia, all males over six- teen years of age entering the colony were re- quired to register their ages; and Christopher Heller was entered as aged fifty years in 1738, while Simon Heller, his son, was reported as aged seventeen. This same Christopher Heller was granted a tract of land on the 8th day of Septem- ber, 1742, situated in Saucon Township, North- ampton County, Pennsylvania, and he conveyed the same to his sons, Daniel and Christopher Heller by deed dated February 23rd, 1748, ac- cording to official records in the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg. The original patent bears date April 29, 1790, is recorded in Patent Book Volume XV, at page 285, and recites: "That in consideration of the monies paid by Christopher Heller unto the late proprietaries of the sum of seventy-five pounds, fifteen shillings, lawful money, now paid by Daniel Heller into the Receiver-General's office of this Commonwealth, there is granted by said Commonwealth unto the said Daniel Heller, a certain tract of land, called "Delay," situated at . Saucon, in Northampton county 176 acres. Said tract was surveyed in pursuance of a warrant granted to said Christopher Heller, dated 8th day of September, 1742, who, by deed dated the
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23rd day of February, 1748, conveyed the same to his sons Daniel Heller and Christopher Heller ; and the said Christopher Heller, by deed, dated 28th day of October 1785, conveyed his part thereof to the said Daniel Heller in fee."
Christopher Heller, the founder of the Penn- sylvania families, was born about 1688, at Peter- sheim, in Europe. He emigrated to America in 1738, arrived in Philadelphia, presumably with his wife, his son Simon, and other children. He was granted a tract of land in Saucon Township, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, on the 8th day of September, 1742; named his son Daniel Heller as executor of his will; died there in 1778, was buried at Hellertown, Pa.
No record of his wife's name has been handed down to posterity, nor of his children other than those mentioned below, viz:
I. John Dieter, born in 1719, died in 1800.
2. Simon Heller, of whom see below.
3. Michael Heller, born 1724, in Europe; owned land in Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pa., near Hellertown; was known as Michael Heller, the elder, in the latter years of his life; died in 1803, and was buried at Heller- town, Pa.
4. Daniel Heller, born in 1726; was one of the two sons to whom the father conveyed homestead lands in Saucon Township, Northampton county, Pa., dated February 23, 1748; died in 1803; and was buried at Hellertown, Pa. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Keiper. She was born in 1732 and died Aug. 2, 1795. They are both buried at the "Lime-Kiln Schoolhouse." His sons were: John, Jeremiah, and Michael, the potter.
5. Ludwig Heller, born 1728, died in 1807, and was buried in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
6. Christopher Heller, born in 1731 ; was one of two sons to whom his father conveyed lands the 23rd day of February 1748, in Saucon Township, Northampton county, Pa. ; on October 28, 1785, he conveyed his interest to Daniel Heller, his brother ; died in 1805, and was buried at Upper Mount Bethel, Northampton county, Pa. He married Mary Keiper, and had sons: Joseph; Michael, who had an oil mill; Solomon; and Daniel.
Simon Heller, son of Christopher Heller, the emigrant founder of the family in America, was born in 1721, at Petersheim, in Europe; was seventeen years old when he arrived in Philadel- phia with his father, 1738; and in 1763 he pur- chased a plantation in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, Pa., to which he moved with his entire family. The inscription on his gravestone records the fact that he had sixteen
children. He died in 1783, and was buried at Plainfield Church, Northampton county, Pa.
His wife, Louisa Dietz, of Milford township, left issue, viz :
I. Sapronia, born Jan- uary 24, 1747, in Saucon township, Northampton coun- ty, Pa.
2. Elizabeth, born March 9, 1749, in Saucon township.
3. Jacob, of whom see next generation.
4. Abraham, born May 30, 1751, in Saucon township.
5. Margaretha, born
December 3, 1752, in Saucon township.
6. Sarah, born Febru- ary 18, 1754, in Saucon township.
7. Daniel, born July 15, 1755, in Saucon
township.
8. John, born October 29, 1756, in Saucon township.
9. Anthony, born Feb- ruary 1758, in Saucon township.
IO. Catrina, born March 4,
1759, baptized May 13. 1759, at Lower Saucon Church.
II. Maria, born Novem- ber 16, 1760.
12. Anthony. born March 20, 1762; baptized June 1762, Lower Saucon Church.
13. Simon, born 17. , in Plain- field township, Northampton county, Pa.
14. Louisa, born
15. Veronica.
16. Mary.
Jacob Heller, son of Simon and Louisa (Dietz) Heller, was born March 6th, 1750, as appears from the baptismal records of Lower Saucon Church, in Saucon township, Northampton county, Pa. In 1763, his parents moved to Plainfield Township of the same county ; he lived there and died in 1822, in Northampton County, Pa. He was married and had issue as follows :
I. Susanna. 7. Elizabeth.
2. George.
5. John.
3. Samuel.
4. Charles.
6. Jacob.
8. William was married and had issue, viz : Edmund, who died in Monroe County, Pa .; Caroline Heller, married a Unangst, and lived at Stockertown, Northampton County, Pa.
9. Rebecca; married Edward Bay Hineline of Harmony, N. J., and several others who died in infancy.
John Heller, son of Jacob, was born in 1779, at Mount Bethel, Northampton county, Pa. He was a farmer and owned lands in Northampton county; and left a considerable estate to his family. Died in 1884 in Northampton county.
He was married and left issue so far as known as follows:
I. Jacob.
2. -Heller, a daugh-
ter who married - Brown. Heller, a daughter, who mar- ried - Odenweld- er.
4. David Heller, resided in Allentown, Pa .;
at one time owned the Hotel property; and left a large estate.
5. Aaron.
6. Peter, of whom be- low. 7. John. 8. Samuel.
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Peter Heller, son of John, was born Septem- ber 17, 1816, at Stockertown, Northampton county, Pa. He received such education as was afforded by the local schools of his native village and left his father's farm to learn the trade of blacksmith and wheel-wright, near Senaca Falls, New York.
In 1838, he returned to Allentown, Pa., where he followed his trade for some years; he erected and operated a black-smith shop at the corner of South Sixth and Walnut Streets, where he carried on the business until 1838; and then purchased a livery stable nearby, on the same street. He continued the livery business for several years in which he ran coaches between the railroad station and hotels; and afterward re- turned to the black-smith's trade, which he con- ducted until the year 1884, when he retired.
During his residence in Allentown, he acquired considerable property; built his residence on an adjoining lot to his blacksmith shop, and there brought up his family. He was at one time Treasurer of Lehigh county from 1871 to 1873; was a member of St. John's Reformed church ; and was not only a liberal contributor to church enterprises, but an earnest Christian worker.
He died, November, 1906, at Allentown, Le- high county, Pennsylvania, and was buried at Fairview cemetery.
Peter Heller married Anna Hartz, daughter of George Hartz. She was born in 1819, and died in May, 1891, and had issue eight children, viz:
I. Charles H. Heller ; was Adams Express Company Agent at Allentown; and during the latter years of his life, was Traveling Passenger Agent for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. He mar- ried and had issue, viz: William, Florence, Charles H., Fannie, Howard, Robert, George, Ruth, LeRoy, Lulu.
2. Florence Heller, died 1902. She was mar- ried to Jacob T. Colver, a newspaper publisher.
3. John Hartz Heller, of whom below.
4. George Heller, was the first ticket agent of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company at Wilkes- Barre, Pa .; became District Passenger Agent for said railroad; and served in that capacity for more than thirty years; and died at Wilkes- Barre.
5. Elizabeth Heller, born at Allentown, Pa., married Owen Henry Laub, and for additional information see the Laub sketch.
6. Annie E., was born at Allentown ; married to Dr. Harry Y. Horn, who resides at Coplay, and had issue as follows: Matilda, Bella, George, Robert, Anna, Harry.
7. Harry Elwood Heller, was General Freight Agent of the C. B. & Q. R. R., at Kansas City, Mo., for more than thirty-three years ; mar-
ried Emma Thomas, of Detroit, Mich., and had issue, viz : Thomas H., and Margaret W.
8. Mary Irene Heller, born April 3, 1860, at Allentown; married Frank Walter Koch, of Al- lentown, Pa., the 24th day of July, 1886; and for whose further history see the Koch sketch.
John Hartz Heller, son of Peter and Anna (Hartz) Heller, was born August 3Ist, 1847, in Allentown, Pa .; he attended the local elementary schools of his native town, and the Allentown Academy. In 1863, he entered the employ of Barbel, Knauss and Fuchs, merchants, at Beth- lehem, Pa., and continued there until 1865; was with Weinshimer and Newhard, dry-goods mer- chants, at Allentown, Pa., from 1865 to 1867; with Guth and Kern, merchants, 1867-1869; D. N. Foster and Co., 1869-70; and with E. D. Leisenring, books and stationery, 1870 to 1877. In 1877, he secured a position as an assistant in the local office of the Adams Express Company, then became express-messenger between Allen- town and New York, in 1880, and from 1880 to 1883, clerk in their New York office. In 1877, he set up in business for himself at Allentown, Pa., as newsdealer ; and continued the same until 1898, when he was employed as chief clerk and Passenger Agent on the C. B. & Q. R. R., with an office at 836 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia; and has continued in the last named position from 1898 to the present time, 1913. Is a Democrat, member of the St. John's Reformed church, and of the Royal Arcanum.
He married Annie E. Quier, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Keiter) Quier ; died April 7th, 1913, in Philadelphia; and was de- scended from John Caspar and Elizabeth ( Hoff- man) Keiter.
Issue of Annie E., Quier-Heller, four chil- dren, viz :
I. John Stanley Heller, born May 25th, 1880, at Allentown, Pa., who in 1913 was a clerk in the Adelaide Silk mill at Allentown; and married Estella Sell.
2. Mamie E., died in infancy.
3. Edna R., died in infancy.
4. Lillian Elizabeth, born in 1891, at Allen- town, Pa., and lives with parents in Philadel- phia.
We find in Bushkill township, Northampton county, about the year 1800, Aaron Heller, a farmer, and his wife, Sally Ann, who lived and died there. He was a member of the Reformed Church and his wife was of the Lutheran faith. They had a son, Jacob A., of whom below.
JACOB A. HELLER, son of Aaron and Sally Ann Heller, was born Dec. 24, 1841, in Bush- kill township, Northampton county. His op-
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portunties for acquiring an education were very limited, alternating attendance in the public schools with helping his father on the farm. He remained at home until the age of twenty-one, when he rented a farm his father owned near Stockertown, Pa., eventually possessing one of his own. He continued the pursuit of agricul- ture in that locality for upwards of twenty years, when he sold his property and removed to the eastern shore of Maryland, locating at Ridgely, where he remained for a period of sixteen years, engaging in farming. real estate and building operations, meeting with fair financial success. He then returned to Northampton county, locat- ing at Nazareth, where he formed a partnership with James Ritter, doing business as Heller & Ritter, manufacturing carriages and doing gen- eral repair work. At the end of three years he sold his interest in the business in 1900, and re- moved to Allentown. He became interested in real estate enterprises. He was engaged in build- ing a brick house for his own occupancy, when he was taken ill and died in May, 1905, and in- terment was in Forks church cemetery, North- ampton county. In politics he was a Democrat, and in religion an active member of the Re- formed Church, having filled various church of- fices. He was a good citizen and devoted to his family. He married, at Forks, Anna Julia Young, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth ( Hel- ler) Young. Issue: Charles Harrison, who died in infancy ; and Anna Elizabeth, who died young. Mrs. Heller is an attendant of the Lutheran Church.
Michael Heller, third son of Christopher, born in 1724, married Catharine Keiper and had children: David, born 1751, died 1833; Mar- garet ; Simon, born 1758; Daniel; Mathias, born 1763 ; and Michael, born 1757, died 1828, called "Creek Mike."
David Heller married Elisabeth Ladenmacher and had sons: Michael, born 1777, died 1816; David, born 1778; Job, born 1780, died 1822; Yost, born 1783; and Joseph, born 1788. Yost married Elizabeth Shaffer and had three chil- dren: Jacob, Elizabeth, and Mary. Jacob was was born in 1804 and died in 1881. He married Sarah Bellits and had sons: William, Josiah B., Jacob, and John. Josiah B. was born in 1829, and died Dec. 5, 1898. He married Susan Hein- len and had children : George, born 1853; William J., born 1857; Arthur P., born 1864, died 1903; and Lizzie May, married Chester Seip.
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