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Virginia. He was a director of the Sunbury, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad Co. dur- ing its construction and held that position until the Pennsylvania Company purchased it. He married Anna M. Shindel and they had twelve children : Samuel S., William M., Jacob S., Eliz- abeth, was the wife of Hon. Simon P. Wolver- ton, Martin L., Susan A., Louisa, Mary, Catha- rine, Isaac N., John P. S. and Ann M.
Martin L. Hendricks was born in 1843, at Sunbury, Pa., and after liberal education en- gaged in business in his native city. In 1880 he became the first wholesale liquor dealer in that city and he carried it on until his death in 1911.
He owned a large and valuable collection of Indian relics. Northumberland county was the. home of Shickellamy the most famous Indian chief of his day, and in 1858 Mr. Hendricks dug up the remains of this chief who had been in- terred above the fort with a Christian burial by one of the noted Moravian missionaries of that time. When Mr. Hendricks dug up the grave he found Indian pipes, beads, tomahawks, paint and paint cups, bracelets, a horse pistol, etc., all of which were well preserved.
Mr. Hendricks was married to Esther Bright, but they had no children. They resided on Third street, Sunbury, in a log house built by G. Sherwood, from Philadelphia, in 1775. It is the oldest house now standing in Sunbury, Pa.
Andrew Hendricks, a lineal descendant of To- bias Hendricks, lived and died in Snyder county, Pa.
His son, Peter, was born there, and when twenty years old removed to Longswamp town- ship, Berks county, where he married Mary Weil- er, a sister of Nathan, Peter, Charles and Wil- liam Weiler. From that place he moved to Fogelsville and there followed watchmaking about four years, and in 1850 he went to Siegers- ville, where he followed his trade until his death.
In 1872 he was elected treasurer of Lehigh county and served the office three years. He was an influential Democrat. He had three broth- ers: George (who was in the Civil War and afterward lived at Bethlehem, Pa.), John (was also in the Civil War and afterward lived at Schuylkill Haven, Pa.), and Jacob (who lived in Snyder county).
He was a large heavy set man, having weighed 350 pounds. His children were: Alfred (of Macungie, Pa.), Frank (deceased), Kate (married Hon. Amandes Sieger of Siegersville), James (retired citizen of Philadelphia), and Orlanda J. (of Siegersville).
Orlando occupies the family homestead where he was born March 15, 1855. At the age of fifteen years he began to work about horses and
drive cattle from Steuben county, N. Y., seventy miles above Elmira, and about 1876 engaged in the horse business which he followed until in 1897. In 1875 he married Rosa, daughter of Tilghman and Flora (Schreiber) Neff, of Neffs- ville, and they have these children: Mary (mar- ried Frank Apple), James W., George, Hattie married Fred Kratzer), Florence (married Harry Walter), Annie, Bessie, and John.
James W. Hendricks, of Orefield P. O. (Siegersville), Pa., was born at that place in 1877. He began working at the cement mills when a mere boy. In 1899 he learned the tin- smith trade from George Wieand and continued in his employ for five years, and later he worked for Howard Kubus, at Fullerton, Pa. In 1911 he engaged in business for himself at Siegersville and there he occupies a Sieger homestead which is now 150 years old. The house is built of stone, and it is a landmark of the community in which it stands. He also carries on the barber trade in connection with his other business. He is a member of Lecha Tribe, No. 185, Inde- pendent Order of Red Men, of Allentown, and also of the Jordan Reformed Church.
HENNINGER FAMILIES.
John George Henninger Family.
John George Henninger, born in Alsace, Ger- many, April 13, 1737, died July 4, 1815. Mar- ried Catherine - -, born in Maxatawny town- ship, Berks county, June 15, 1748, died May 25, 1828. They had six sons and six daughters, the parents are buried in the graveyard at Grim- ville, Berks county, Pa.
Christian Henninger, son of George and Cath- arine, was born Sept. 4, 1767, died Oct. 9, 1841. Married Eva Catherine Gebhart, born Jan. 19, 1766, died Feb. 22, 1826. Children: Daniel, John, Peter, Christian, William, Mrs. Solomon Marks.
John Henninger, son of George and Catharine, was a farmer in Maiden Creek, Berks county, and died, probably, about 1836. He was mar- and had a son, Daniel.
Daniel, son of John Henninger, was born in 1799, died in 1851, and was buried in Long- swamp union church. He was a shoemaker in Longswamp township. He married (first) - (second) Elizabeth, born in 1806, died in 1858, a daughter of Ludwig and Annie (Kline) Wiener. Children by first marriage: Horatio; Henry, of Reading, Pa .; John, migrated to Ohio; Rebecca, unmarried, lives in Kutztown. Chil- dren by second marriage: Frank W., of furth- er mention; Nicholas John; Mary A., married Seisloff.
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Frank W., son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Wiener) Henninger, was born Feb. 5, 1836, in Longswamp township. He attended the pub- lic schools and at the age of eighteen years was apprenticed to learn cabinet making. In 1856, he became a clerk for John R. Schall, of Trex- lertown, retaining this position until 1864. He then enlisted, Sept. 2, 1864, in Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-ninth Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Volunteer Infantry, for one year. At the expiration of his term of enlistment, he again became associated with Mr. Schall, this time as manager of his business at Bath, retained it until 1870, when he engaged in the coal business and followed this until 1874. He then removed to Allentown and became superintendent for O. Spencer, coal and lumber dealer, resigned at the end of one year and was engaged as a lumber salesman for three years. The next four years were spent in selling farm implements for John R. Schall. Since 1878 he has followed his trade of cabinet making, and since 1906 has been in the employ of the Kurz Furniture Company at Fullerton, Pennsylvania. In politics a Republican, he has been a jury commissioner for Lehigh county three years. He is a member of the Zion's Evangelical church, and has been a class leader and exhorter for more than a quarter of a century. Mr. Henninger married, in 1858, Caroline, daughter of Peter and Hettie (Hum- mel) Guth, and they have had: Herbert D. J., deceased ; Oliver J. P .; Lillie A. C., married Jacob F. Dietz; John H., deceased ; Frank W., of further mention; Mary, married Hugh Brigh- ton; Laura, married George F. Nagle; Charles W. A. M .; George H. H., married Blanche Snyder ; Eve, deceased, married William Voor- fries; Harry M., deceased.
Frank W., Jr., son of Frank W. and Caro- line (Guth) Henninger, was born at Trexler- town, April 2, 1866. He was educated in the public schools of Allentown which he left in 1874. At the age of fourteen years he was ap- prenticed to learn the shoemaker's trade, and fol- lowed this occupation as a journeyman until 1907 when he became superintendent of the Lehigh Valley Shoe Company, and there he had charge of seventeen employees. He is a Progressive in politics and a member of the Evangelical Church, in which he has been an officer for more than twenty-five years, and has been superintendent of the Sunday school since 1894. Mr. Hen- ninger married, Sept. 20, 1883, Annfe E., a daughter of Levi F. and Leah (Kreitz) Werner. Children: Estelle E., married Stephen Caine, a nephew of Hall Caine, and has: Earl and Caroline ; William F., died in infancy ; Lillian L., married Hon. Charles O. Hunsicker, and has: Mary and Annie.
GEORGE H. H. HENNINGER was born Septem- ber 1, 1874, the son of Frank W. Henninger - and his wife, Carolina Guth, daughter of Peter Guth, of Allentown, and obtained his education in the common schools of that city. As a young man he entered the employ of the clothing firm of Koch Bros., where he remained for five and one- half years.
In 1902 he engaged in business as a member of the firm of Kurtz & Henninger at No. 34 North Seventh street. In October, 1906, the firm be- came George H. H. Henninger and remained at that location until February, 1912, when the business was removed to 531 Hamilton street, where a general tailoring business was conducted, He is now connected with Bastian & Frederick.
Mr. Henninger is a member of Ebenezer Evan- gelical church. Socially he is a member of Le- high Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of the Sons of Vet- erans. He is a Republican in politics, and in 1910 was elected as a member of select council from the Fourth ward. He married, August 25, 1899, Blanche E. Snyder, daughter of Roger Snyder. They have four children: Miriam C., Gladys D., Claire E. and Roger M.
Tilghman Henninger was born April 16, 1823, and died November 1, 1887, aged 64 years, 6 months and 15 days.
He followed the occupation of a farmer all his life and lived on a tract of land now owned by his son-in-law, Samuel J. Henninger. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and in politics was a Democrat. His wife was Judith Grim and was born June 14, 1831, and died July 30, 1906. Their children are: Emma C., wife of Charles B. Glick, and Rosa A. A., wife of Samuel J. Kern.
John Jacob Henninger Family.
John Jacob Henninger was born in Alsace, Germany, Feb. 1, 1739, and died Sept. 22, 1823. He emigrated to America from Germany, and settled on a three-hundred acre tract of land near Crackersport, Lehigh county, now owned by James Hammel. He came to this country probably in 1750 or soon thereafter, and was one of the soldiers who went to the relief of the Missionaries who had settled in Gnadenhütten (now Lehighton). He helped to garrison Fort Allen (Weissport) in 1756. He married Cath- erine Kimmel, of Berks county, Pennsylvania, born August 15, 1757, died June 16, 1837. Chil- dren: Jacob, of further mention; Christian, born 1784, died 1826; Daniel, born 1788, died 1825 ; John George, of further mention.
All of these five sons married and raised families and occupied farms in South Whitehall township, most of them on the original tract pur-
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chased by Jacob Henninger, their father. Chris- tian, the fourth son of Jacob Henninger, the pro- genitor, occupied a farm near Wennersville, South Whitehall township. He was married to a daughter of John Peter Koehler. He became blind and died as a young man, but left to survive him five sons, to wit: Daniel, John, Peter, Chris- tian and William. All of these later on settled in the southern end of Lehigh county with the exception of William, who in 1851 went to the village of Republic, about six miles from Tiffin, Ohio. He purchased a farm there, and going there at that time was considered as going West. He has since died and of his family very little is known. Daniel, the oldest son of Christian, bought a small tract of land in Lower Macungie township, near the village of East Texas, and in connection with the cultivation of his small farm he carried on the trade of making and mending shoes. He left two sons, the oldest, Levinus, is still occupying the old homestead, and the other is Marvin D. Henninger, the prosperous mer- chant of South Allentown borough.
John, the second son, by trade was also a shoe- maker and carried on his trade on a small farm which he purchased in Upper Milford township, midway between the boroughs of Emaus and Ma- cungie. He had three sons: Llewellyn, John and Hiram, all of them deceased, and two daughters, one of them Tevilia Diefenderfer, who is still the owner of the old homestead. Her husband was Martin Diefenderfer, deceased, who was in his lifetime one of the best penman in the country. The other is Hannah Lauer, of Allentown, the widow of Milton Lauer, deceased.
Peter Henninger, the third son of Christian, was, upon the death of his father, reared at what is now known as Riegel's Mill, between Emaus and East Texas, by his grandfather, Peter Koeh- ler. He was, on the 30th day of July, 1839, mar- ried to Salome Anna Marcks, by Rev. Jeremiah Schindel. Shortly thereafter he purchased a small farm in Upper Milford township, one mile be- yond Emaus, on the road to Shimersville. He had learned the blacksmith trade with David Schall, at Trexlertown, as an apprentice. In course of time he erected a blacksmith shop on the homestead and carried on that trade there all his lifetime and up to within a few years of his death. He died in 1897, aged eighty-two years. He was known far and wide by the hobo frater- nity for his hospitality. No beggar was ever turned away empty-handed from his door. To him it would have been considered a sin to do otherwise than to give shelter and food to these "weary wanderers."
The wife of Peter was a granddaughter of Conrad Marcks, mentioned in connection with
the Fries Rebellion against the "house tax," as it was then known, and the alien and sedition laws. Her father was Jacob Marcks, who was enlisted as a soldier and ranked as sergeant in Capt. Abra- ham Rinker's company in the War of 1812. She died, May 2, 1908, aged 86 years.
Peter Henninger reared a large family of whom only three are living: Martha Marcks, the wife of Edwin Marcks, foreman of the Donaldson Pipe Works at Emaus; Ambrose J., residing at Allentown, and Milton C., a practicing attorney- at-law at the bar of Lehigh county at Allentown.
Jacob, son of John Jacob and Catherine ( Kim- mel ) Henninger, was born August 14, 1782, and died June 6, 1869. He was a farmer on the farm in South Whitehall township, now occu- pied by Samuel Kern. He was a member of the Jordan Lutheran church, in which he held various offices. He married Catherine Schantz, born March 6, 1789, died July 3, 1853. Chil- dren: Jonathan, of further mention; Tilgh- man, born 1823, died 1887; Elias, of further mention ; Charles Reuben, born 1821, died 1883 ; Moses; Frank, of further mention; Sarah, mar- ried (first) Harrison Graul, (second ) Christian Hausman.
Jonathan, son of Jacob and Catherine (Schantz) Henninger, was born Oct. 14, 1810, and died Feb. 4, 1884. He was a farmer near Myersville, having a tract of land originally the Schneck homestead. He married, 183,2, Maria, only daughter of Daniel Schneck, and she was born July 19, 1815, died August 27, 1902. Children: Eliaz W., of further mention ; Franklin J., of further mention; Sarah M., born Feb. 21, 1851; Kitty Ann, born Sept. 9, 1853; Moses P., born May 8, 1860; and several who died young.
Ephraim L., son of Jonathan and Maria (Schneck) Henninger, was born on the home- stead, Oct. 6, 1840, and died January 12, 1901. He cultivated a farm of two hundred and fifty- seven acres, now owned by George Albright, on the public road from Allentown to Kutztown. About 1886 he erected a fine residence on this farm and retired from active responsibilities. He was a member of the Jordan Lutheran church, and in politics, a Democrat. He married (first ) Mary Ann Jane, born Jan. 21, 1847, died Jan. 4, 1891, a daughter of Tilghman Weber; (sec- ond) Mantana Rex, now living near Fogels- ville. Children by first marriage: Cora, mar- ried Oliver Stettler ; Daisy, married Irwin Poe, of Trexlertown; Clinton E. T., of further men- tion ; Katie, married Clinton Grammes, of Trex- lertown. By the second marriage he had: Stella and Esther.
Clinton E. T., son of Ephraim L. and Mary
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Ann Jane (Weber) Henninger, was born July 20, 1879. He attended the public schools and the Keystone State Normal School, and remained on the farm until sixteen years of age. He then learned the bakers' trade at Emaus, and followed this in several towns. In May, 1900, he removed to Allentown, and at the end of four years be- came the proprietor of the Myersville Hotel, in South Whitehall township. He is a member of the Lutheran Church at Mickley's, a strong Democrat, and has served a term of six years as director in this township. He is a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Owls, and the Junior Order of United American Mechan- ics. Mr. Henninger married, July 28, 1900, Hattie S., a daughter of Henry and Ida ( Hen- ninger) Albright, of Myersville. Children: Mildred J. I., born April 22, 1904; Aral Ephraim H., born August 20, 1908.
Elias, son of Jacob and Catherine (Schantz) Henninger, was born in 1815, and died in 1885. He succeeded his father in the homestead, and also built a house and barn on another farm he owned in the same township. He and his wife were members of the Jordan Lutheran church. He married Mary, a daughter of Sol- omon Rabenold, and had children: Amandes F., of further mention; Simon, a farmer in South Whitehall; Amanda, who married Dallas H. Reinhard.
Amandes F., son of Elias and Mary ( Raben- old) Henninger, was born on the homestead in South Whitehall, April 6, 1842. His educa- tional advantages were limited, and he was con- sidered fortunate if he could attend free school twenty days in one term. He was, however, sent to an English school in New Jersey for two terms, and this was the limit of his schooling with the exception of what he acquired by actual experience in later years. About 1866 he be- came the proprietor of the hotel and fifty-acre farm at Walbert's Station, Lehigh county, and the following three years he conducted the hotel and cultivated the farm. He sold this property, and in 1869, removed to Allentown, where he now resides in a fine home at No. 241 North Seventh street, since the early seventies. He is connected with the Novelty Hosiery Company, and the Excelsior Knitting Machine Company, of Allentown, well known throughout the coun- try. Mr. Henninger married, 1866, Anna, a daughter of Dr. Peter and Anna (Guth) Keiser, and they had one daughter, who died in in- fancy. Both are members of St. Paul's Lu- theran church, of Allentown.
Frank, son of Jacob and Catherine (Schantz) Henninger, was born on the Henninger home- stead, October 18, 1830, and died April 26,
1908. His early life was the usual one of a farmer's son, and, in association with his brother, . Tilghman, he cultivated the home farm until his removal to Hoffmansville. There he had a tract of eight acres and a comfortable home. He was deacon and elder in the Jordan Lutheran church for many years, and was a Democrat in politics. He married, Oct. 3, 1878, Sarah A., a daughter of Henry and Lydia ( Hunsicker) Hausman, and had one son, who died in infancy.
Elias W., son of Jonathan and Maria (Schneck) Henninger, was born Oct. 27, 1844, and died Jan. 16, 1906. He was a farmer until 1892, when he retired. He had three farms ad- joining each other in North Whitehall township. Mr. Henninger married, in 1870, Amanda M., a daughter of Michael Wotring, Jr., and had : Edwin L., who married Katie S. Guth; Sarah, died at the age of sixteen years; Ida C. Mr. Henninger was a member of the Lutheran Church, and his wife was a member of the Re- formed Church.
Franklin J., son of Jonathan and Maria (Schneck) Henninger, was born Nov. 24, 1848. At the age of twenty-eight years he succeeded his father to the farm of one hundred and twenty-nine acres, and cultivated this until 1884, when he retired. The large brick house on this property was built by Jonathan Henninger in 1860, and the barn in 1846. Mr. Henninger was a deacon, and is now an elder in the Jordan Lutheran church. He married (first) Amanda M., born in 1858, died in 1885, a daughter of Abraham and Maria (Erdman) Mickley; (sec- ond) Maggie M. Wotring, born in 1858, died in 1890; (third) Arabella C. Sieger, born in 1873, died in 1898. Children by the first wife: Junie M., who married John Hunsicker, and lives in Allentown; Rosa N.
Captain John George, son of John Jacob and Catherine (Kimmel) Henninger, was born on the Henninger homestead, Dec. 1, 1793, and died August II, 1880. He was a tailor by trade, but devoted the greater part of his time to farming. In 1812, he was employed to make clothing for the troops stationed at Baltimore, and at the close of the war resumed farming. In early life he became identified with the militia, serving eighteen years as captain of the infantry company of the Ruchsville Brigade. He was a strong advocate of the public schools system, a Demo- crat, and cast his first vote for James Monroe. He was active in church work. Captain Hen- ninger married, on Whitsunday, 1823, Susanna Catherine, born Oct. 8, 1801, died March 7, 1884, a daughter of Daniel Guth, a native of Bucks county. Children: Josiah, of further mention : Zephania, born 1827, died 1901 ; Solo-
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mon J., born 1829, died 1896; George, died in 1911; Edwin D., born 1838, died 1861; Bri- gitta, married Edwin Heilman, and lives in Al- len town, Pennsylvania.
Josiah, son of Captain John George and Su- sanna Catherine (Guth) Henninger, was born Dec. 17, 1824, and died Oct. 1, 1898. He ob- tained a good education, and was occupied as a farmer until 1873, when he was elected steward of the almshouse, a position he filled with credit thirteen years, when he retired. He was an in- fluential member of the Democratic party, served as school director many years, and later was sec- retary of the school board. He was a member of Macungie Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married, in 1847, Sarah, a daugh- ter of John and Catherine Grim, and had chil- dren: William R., of further mention; Dora, married Edwin Bortz, of Allentown; Alvin, who died young; Sarah A., deceased; Oliver J., deceased.
William R., son of Josiah and Sarah (Grim) Henninger, was born on the homestead, July 8, 1848. He was educated in the township schools and the Millersville Normal School, and at the age of seventeen years engaged in teaching in his native township. He taught five consecutive terms, having been granted his permanent certi- ficate at the end of the fourth term. Later he was appointed clerk in the county home, a posi- tion he held twelve years, and, although he was re-elected, he declined in favor of the office of warden of the county prison, to which he had been elected at the same time. He held this of- fice until 1890, when he purchased a farm at Warminster, Bucks county, and followed truck farming ten years. He then sold his farm and returned to his native county, where he pur- chased the Harmony homestead at Myersville, where he still lives. Deeply interested in edu- cational matters, Mr. Henninger has served as secretary of the school board, and during his ad- ministration, there were many fine school build- ings erected. In political opinions he is a Demo- crat, and he and his family are members of the Stone church at Kreidersville, Northampton county. His fraternal affiliation is with Le- high Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Henninger married, Nov. 20, 1870, Eliza- beth, a daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Mill- house) Fenstermacher, of Lowhill. They have had children: Elmer W., who died unmarried, at the age of twenty-seven years; Robert J. D., a master mechanic in a large plant in Detroit, Michigan; A. Guy, commercial traveler for Bittner, Hunsicker & Company; Moulton D., organist at the Kreidersville church ; Mae L., married Bertrand Olmstead, of Columbus,
Ohio, now lives in Washington, District of Columbia.
Charles Henninger was born in South White- lıall township, in December, 1825. He lived on the farm now in the possession of his son, Oscar L., until 1875, when he retired and re- moved to Eckerts, in the same township. The farm consists of one hundred and fifteen acres, and on it are the houes and barn built by John Roth, the former in 1843, the latter somewhat earlier. Mr. Henninger was a Democrat and served as school director and assessor of his township. He was a deacon, elder and trustee of the Lutheran church at Mickley's. He mar- ried Adaline, a daughter of John and
(Resh) Roth, and they have had: Kate, mar- ried James Kemmerer; Rebecca, married R. Peter Steckel; Ida, . married Henry Albright; Oscar L., of further mention; Frank, married Eva Bortz, of Allentown; Laura, married Wil- liam J. Knerr, of Clausville; Edgar, married Carolina Wagner.
Oscar L., son of Charles and Adaline (Roth) Henninger, was born Feb. 2, 1863. His educa- tion was a liberal one, and was acquired in the public schools, Muhlenberg College, and the Allentown Business College, from which he was graduated in 1882. His early years were spent on the homestead farm, and he commenced cul- tivating this in 1885, and five years later pur- chased this valuable tract, which he greatly im- proved. In 1909 he set out a peach orchard of two hundred and fifty trees, and in the same year organized a milk route to Allen- town, which is in daily operation. He is a strong supporter of the Democratic party, and has served as school director for a period of twelve years, during this time being in office as president, secretary and treasurer of the school board. He was township commissionr for two years during the construction of the Egypt pike, and was appointed township assessor, making triennial assessment. He is a member of the Lutheran church at Mickley's, has served as deacon, and has been one of the trustees for some years. Mr. Henninger married (first) Ida R., a daughter of George and Susanna (Schmoyer) Wenner; (second), 1891, Sevilla, a daughter of James and Lucy (Gangwere) Hammel, of South Whitehall township. Chil- dren by the first marriage: Beulah, married Cleon Dorney ; Charles, married Alice Warm- kessel; Mabel, married Earl Getz; Malcolm; Vena, now deceased, who married Lewis Wag- ner, and had: Effie and Marcus. Children by the second marriage: Adam J. and George D.
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