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acres of woodland, a part of the homestead; and in 1906 he purchased the Samuel R. Oswald farm consisting of 92 acres of land, including some woodland. He is a Democrat.
Mr. Hermany was married on February 21, 1890, to Amanda E. Oswald, daughter of Solo- mon Oswald. They are members of the Re- formed congregation of the church at Jackson- ville, which he served as deacon; also as janitor. They had seven children: Solomon L. (who graduated from the State Normal School at Kutztown, and is a school teacher in Lynn township since 1909) ; Charles E. (a student at the Keystone State Normal School) ; Robert A .; Anna A .; George W. (who died aged three years) ; Edwin J., and Milton S.
THOMAS G. HERMANY, son of Samuel, son of Samuel, who owns and occupies the homestead of the family, was born there September 19, 1877, and there he was reared upon the farm, working faithfully for his parents, and there he spent all of his life, excepting one year while working at Allentown. He began farming for himself in 1907, and bought the place in 1909.
Mr. Hermany is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Reformed congregation at the Jacobs church, which he served as a deacon ; and he has affiliated with the Washington Camp, P. O. S. of A., at Steinsville. He was married on October 13, 1901, to Bertha Dennenhower, daughter of Willoughby and Rosa ( Reinhard) Dannenhower, of Maxatawny township, in Berks county, and they have two children: George Thomas and Madeline Susanna.
HERRITY FAMILY.
The Herrity family of Lehigh county trace their history to Patrick and Mary (Curran) Herrity, of Cullahan county, Donegal, Ireland. Patrick Herrity was a farmer. They had six children, four of whom located in America as follows: Mary, married a Mr. Case, of West Chester ; James located at Bristol; Edward, lo- cated at Coplay, and Dennis located at Allen- town.
Dennis Herrity came to America in 1850, and settled in Allentown, where he still resides. For a number of years he was an iron worker, but now lives retired. He was married to Margaret Gallagher, who died in April, 1911. They had the following children: Mary; Patrick E .; Jo- seph; Dennis; Annie; Margaret; Thomas F .; Catharine; Edward; James, and Hugh.
PATRICK E. HERRITY, former chief of police and senior member of the firm of Herrity Brothers, retail grocers, was born in Allentown, February 7, 1867. His early education he re- ceived in the public schools of Allentown. At an
early age he started to work in the silk mills and followed the trade of silk ribbon weaver in Al- lentown and Bethlehem for five years. In April, 1891, he engaged in the grocery business at 601 Ridge avenue. This store he conducted with increased success until in the fall of 1899 when he and his brother Thomas F., formed a part- nership under the name of Herrity Brothers, and moved their store to the corner of Ridge Av- enue and Gordon Street. At the present time they are operating a chain of five stores in Al- lentown.
Mr. Herrity is one of the prominent citizens of Allentown. Politically he is an independent voter, having filled the position of select council- man of the Sixth ward for six years. He re- signed this office to accept the position of chief of police under the administration of Mayor Fred. E. Lewis. He filled this high office with great efficiency and marked ability and to the approval of his fellow citizens.
He is a member of the Board of Public Chari- ties since its organization and is the representa- tive of the First District, comprising the First, Sixth and Fourteenth wards. He was the lead- ing spirit in the organization of the Young Men's Temperance Society connected with the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, having been its first president and an indefatigable work- er in its success.
Mr. Herrity is prominently identified with the Knights of Columbus, serving it as lecturer of the council for two years. He is also actively identified with the Hibernia Fire Company of which he was president in 1888. In 1912 he was one of the leading spirits in the organization of the Ridge Avenue Bank.
On October 11, 1906, he was married to Cath- arine Barry, daughter of John and Margaret (Hanlon) Barry. To them the following chil- dren were born: Andrew, Thomas, Margaret, and Charles.
THOMAS F. HERRITY, of the firm of Herrity Bros., was born September 1, 1879. He was educated in the public schools of Allentown and the American Commercial school. When twelve years of age he started to work in the silk mills later also working in the thread mill. Upon the appointment of his brother Patrick E. to the of- fice of Chief of Police, Thomas F. became the manager of his brother's store on Ridge avenue and in 1899 formed a partnership with him under the name of Herrity Brothers.
Mr. Herrity is an independent voter, member of the Knights of Columbus and the Allentown Aerie 110, F. O. E. On September 14, 1909, he was married to Alice Boyle, daughter of Ed-
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ward Boyle, of Hazleton, Pa. They have a son, Joseph, and a daughter Mary.
HERTZ FAMILY.
Conrad, David, Peter, and Andreas Hertz, brothers and natives of Hessen, Germany, were the ancestors of the American Hertz families. Conrad located in Robeson township, David and Peter settled in Breckneck township, Berks county, Pa. The federal census report of 1790 records each as the head of a family. Conrad had four sons, and two daughters; David had three sons and three daughters and Peter had only four daughters.
Andreas Hertz crossed the ocean on the ship Dragon which landed at Philadelphia, Oct. 17, 1749. The name of Andreas Hertz and wife Catharine, appear among the list of communi- cant members of the "Blue Church" in May, 1750; also on the tax list of Allentown in 1768. In 1790 "Andrew Herts" was a taxable in Northampton county and had two sons less than sixteen years old and one daughter.
Peter Hertz, son of Andreas, was for many years a resident of Allentown. He was a mem- ber of the Reformed church, and his wife, Cath- arine Barbara belonged to the Lutheran church. She was born in 1752 and died of old age at Allentown, on Oct. 30, 1835, in her 83d year. She was married fifty-four years and left eighty- one grandchildren, sixty-nine great grandchil- dren. Among their children were:
Catharine Barbara, born Oct. 20, 1771. John Jacob. born April 17, 1773. Christina, born Oct. 30, 1774. John Peter, born April 1, 1780. John George, born March 9, 1792. David, born Sept. 6, 1793.
The sponsors of John Jacob were John Jacob Kleder and Christina Hertz.
Jacob Hertz, son of John George, was born in 1816 in Berks county. He lived in Oley township, Berks county, until 1849, when he and a brother David, moved to Bonfield, Kanka- kee county, Ill. There he followed farming until his death, in 1861. He was a member of the Evangelical church. His first wife was Mary N., a daughter of Peter Hangen, who was born in November, 1818, and died in August, 1847. She is buried at the Evangelical church in Upper Milford township. Their children were Oba- diah and Jacob. He was married second to a Miss Schreffler and they had Joseph, Peter, Dan- iel, and Regina.
Obadiah Hertz, son of Jacob, was born at Friedensburg, Berks county, Feb. 10, 1846. His early youth was spent upon the farm with his grandfather, Peter Hangen, in Upper Milford
township, Lehigh county; when but eight years old he came with the grandfather and his aunt, Susan Hangen, to Allentown, where Obadiah lived until 1863 at which time he located at Iron Hill, in Lower Saucon township, where he learned the stone-cutting trade.
On Dec. 25, 1867, he married Amanda Stout, daughter of William and Catharine (Gruber) Stoudt, of Maxatawny township, Berks county. In 1869 they came to Allentown where they since reside and he follows his trade. He was employed first by Schweyer and Wieder and later by W. J. Wieder. Their children follow: I. Mella R., married Rev. W. J. Edelman, a min- ister of the East Pa. Conference of the United Evangelical church. 2. Catharine M., married to Mr. Walter C. Lotte, whose history appears elsewhere in this volume. 3. Dr. William J., whose history follows. 4. Charles, who died Aug. 24, 1884, aged eight months. Amanda Stout Hertz died Dec. 14, 1911.
Rev. Daniel Hertz lived at Ephrata, Lancas- ter county, Pa., had three sons, who were doc- tors, viz .: D. Ehine, Dr. Silas, and Elam A.
David Hertz lived in Harrisburg, Pa., and among others had David, Mrs. Eve Neyer, and Miss Kate Hertz.
Henry Hertz lived at Milton and had chil- dren as follows: George H., the father of Dr. William H., of Hazleton, Pa .; Isaac; Mrs. Elizabeth Pierce; Mrs. Sue Fegley; Mrs. Mary Angstadt ; Mrs. Kate Pierce; and Daniel Hertz.
Samuel Hertz lived and died at Pottsville, Pa., no further records.
Mrs. Catharine Geisenwhite lived at Har- risburg and had Mary and Sarah.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ettla lived at Harrisburg and had a son, Samuel, and a daughter, Mrs. Knor.
MILTON, PA., Sept. 20, 1899.
Dr. W. H. Hertz,
Hazleton, Pa .;
"DEAR COUSIN : Yours came to hand yesterday in- quiring about our family and how many brothers my father had: there were four brothers and two sisters. Your grandfather, Henry; and Daniel, who lived at Ephrata, Lancaster county, a minister ; my father David lived and died at Harrisburg; and Samuel, who lived at Pottsville, Schuylkill county. The two sisters were Catherine Geisewhite and Elizabeth Ettla, all have passed away. There were more brothers of our grandfather who came to this country. I often heard father talk about cousins in Berks county about forty-eight years ago. Two of them emigrated to Illinois and they stopped at my father's to rest their horses several days and came to town. I was then living in Harrisburg and they called to see me. One's name was John and the other David. They located near Chicago. They had children, boys and girls, one of them wrote to me about ten years after, that I should come out there, that there was the place to make money but I did
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not go and I have not heard anything from any of them since.
My love to you all, I hope this will find you all well.
"Your cousin,
DAVID HERTZ.
"HAZLETON, Pa., Sept. 21, 1899. Dr. William J. Hertz,
Allentown, Pa .;
"DEAR COUSIN : I will call you that, for I think you are. Well, I showed your letter to my wife and at her suggestion I wrote to my father's first cousin at Milton, Pa., he being the oldest living Hertz we knew, now about eighty years old. My father and mother are dead; mother died last spring. Father two years before her. I send you an exact copy of cousin David's letter, because it gives me more information than I ever knew before about my family history. He evidently made a mistake in the name, no doubt it was (John) Jacob, they evidently must be the two and the same persons for he describes their journey. I did not mention any- thing about the Illinois parties to him. He gave me this all from his memory. I simply told him you wanted to hunt up your family history. I will classify them as far as I can for you. My brother John lives at Easton with my two sisters at III South Fourth street. I hope with this information you will be able to place our history in order.
"I would be glad to see you at any time.
"Your cousin,
WM. H. HERTZ, D.D.S.
DR. WILLIAM J. HERTZ, a successful prac- ticing physician, was born in Allentown, Nov. 3, 1876. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, after which he studied phar- macy with the late E. J. Danowsky. After sev- eral years of this work he entered the medical department of the Medico-Chirurgical College at Philadelphia, from which institution he re- ceived his degree in May, 1898. After his graduation he became the resident physician at the Robert Packer Hospital, at Sayre, Pa., of which the late Dr. Charles H. Ott, was super- intendent and surgeon. At the end of his year of service he located in his native city, opening his office temporarily at 407 North Second street. From here he moved to 448 North Second street, conducting his office in connection with the Gem pharmacy in which he was interested. His growing practice caused him to relinquish the management of the drug store after about six months and he established himself at 502 North Second street, where he remained until Novem- ber, 1912, when he moved to his present location at 125 North Eighth street. While conducting his extensive practice he had as his assistant for six years Dr. J. Fred Wagner, and later Dr. W. C. Troxell, the latter succeeding Dr. Hertz in the Second street office.
In 1907 and 1908 he went to Europe, the lat- ter year accompanied by his bride, who before
her marriage was Miss Anna S. Schaeffer, the daughter of James Schaeffer, an enterprising farmer of Kutztown, (whose sketch appears in this publication), and they have two children, Charles S., and Isabelle A. S. He is an active member of Zion United Brethren church, of Al- lentown, and has served it as a trustee for a number of years. In addition to his post-grad- uate work in Europe, he took similar work at the Polyclinic hospital in Philadelphia, devoting con- siderable time to the eye, ear, nose, and throat.
Dr. Hertz was one of the organizers of the Ridge Avenue Deposit Bank, in Allentown, in 1911, becoming the president of the board of directors, which position he has filled with great success.
Dr. Hertz has become affiliated with the fol- lowing social and fraternal organizations: Jor- dan Lodge No. 673, F. and A. M .; Lehigh Lodge No. 83, I. O. O. F .; Knights of Mystic Chain, Alton Castle No. 145; Liberty Chamber No. 45, Knights of Friendship; Allentown Camp No. 6434, Modern Woodmen of America ; Allentown Lodge No. 129, L. O. O. M .; Allen- town Aerie, No. 110, Fraternal Order of Eagles.
In 1913 Dr. Hertz was honored by an election as president of the Lehigh County Medical as- sociation and in many ways he has labored for the welfare of his community in which he is an esteemed citizen.
HERTZOG FAMILY.
Philip Hertzog, of Germany, emigrated to America on the ship Robert and Alice, which land- ed at Philadelphia, Sept. 11, 1738. He settled at the present village of Zionsville, Lehigh county, Pa., where a warrant dated Sept. II, 1751, was granted to him for 102 acres of land. On these premises the lower part of Zionsville and the Reformed Church are located. The farm is also now divided into many smaller tracts. In 1762, this pioneer was assessed sixteen pounds tax in Upper Milford township. He died about 1785, and was survived by a number of children, among whom were one daughter, Christina, who mar- ried Wendel Wieand, born 1757, and three sons : Paul, Theobold and Philip. The three sons had served their country is the Revolutionary War, having been enlisted from Northampton county. Philip Hertzog was the lieutenant of the Fifth Company, Associators and Militia, of which Peter Kooken was the captain.
Philip Hertzog, grandson of the pioneer, was a farmer of Perryville, where he owned about 100 acres of excellent land. He was born July 4, 1777, and died April 4, 1855, and is buried at Huff's Church. He married a Miss Bitten- bender, born May 6, 1782, died Dec. 16, 1869.
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Their children were: John, settled in Green- wich township; David, a farmer in Rockland township; Jacob, also a farmer in Rockland town- ship; Solomon, a miller in Hereford township; Philip; and Catharine, wife of Samuel Landis.
Philip Hertzog, son of Philip, was born Nov. 27, 1805, and died Sept. 7, 1844, and is buried at Huff's Church. He was a farmer and black- smith, owning a good farm of about 100 acres near Perryville. He was also engaged in burn- ing rye whiskey, and was very successful in his work. He married Mary Rauch, born Feb. 22, 1807, died Jan. 29, 1849, daughter of David Rauch, of Hereford. Five children blessed this union: Mary, died unmarried; Catharine, mar- ried Thomas Bierman, of Philadelphia; Susan, m. John Hoover, of Pottstown, Pa .; Betzy, m. Charles Long, of Pottstown; and William R.
John Hertzog, son of Philip, was born in Hereford township, Berks county. He settled in Greenwich township, near Grimville, on a farm which passed to Peter Kline, a son-in-law; and after the latter had died it was bought by Benja- min Heffner, a son-in-law of Mr. Kline. Mr. Hertzog died about 1877, aged 70 years. He was married to Rachel Rauch. They are both buried on the Grimville Church cemetery. John Hertzog had been an elder of the Reformed con- gregation of that church for many years. Their children were: William; Mary, married to Peter Kline; Charles, married to Maria Schu- man; and Elvina, married to Lewis Behler, of Greenwich, who occupies the homestead of the long deceased William J. Dietrich, Sr.
Charles Hertzog, son of John, was born Sept. 22, 1845, on the homestead in Greenwich town- ship, Berks county. He was a carpenter by trade and came to Allentown in September, 1867. There he had lived continuously except five years, during which he lived in Kutztown and at the Round Top (Spitzenberg) in Greenwich town- ship. He died at Allentown, Sept. 16, 1901, and was buried on his fifty-sixth birthday.
On Jan. 7, 1866, he was married to Maria Schuman, a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Dun- kel) Schuman, and granddaughter of John and Susanna Schuman, of Round Top. Five chil- dren are born unto them, as follows: M. Alice, died in infancy; Adam A., history follows; Har- vey, a baker of Allentown; Harry, died in in- fancy; and Thomas S., married to Mamie Geh- ris. They live at Allentown.
ADAM A. HERTZOG, of Allentown, Pa., was born July 22, 1868, in the city where he now resides. After his education in the common schools, he learned the wheelwright trade with Wolt & Haymaker. Afterwards for a period of five years he was employed by A. N. Wilt; and
for seven years with H. B. Sheldon. In 1900, he formed a partnership with C. B. Dauben- speck. This firm existed for seven years and were carpenters and building contractors. After the dissolution of the firm, in 1907, Mr. Hert- zog continued the business alone up to the pres- ent time. Among some of the buildings erected were the St. Paul's Lutheran church, Dubbs Me- morial church, the First Baptist church, at Sixth and Chew streets; the residence of Charles Kline, at Hamilton and Madison streets; and the Knabb's Drug Store, at Third and Hamilton streets, all located in Allentown. Besides the carpentering and contracting business, Mr. Hert- zog has control of the sale of the Uranium Water, which is said to possess great value for medicinal purposes. He has charge of the territory to the east of the Mississippi river.
He and family reside at No. 1236 Hamilton street. They are members of the St. Paul's Lutheran church, which he has served as a dea- con. Socially he has membership in the P. O. S. of A .; and the J. O. A. M. In politics he is Democrat.
On Dec. 25, 1889, he was married to Ellen C. Bogert, daughter of William and Sally (Bailey) Bogert, of Allentown. They have the following children: Eva, Gertrude, Arthur and Robert. Lillian, Minnie and Adam, Jr., are deceased, having died in infancy. The eldest child, Eva, was married Dec. 30, 1913, to Paul Renner, of Allentown, an inspector of electrical work.
John Hertzog, a grandson of the pioneer, was born in Pike township, Berks county, August 8, 1798, and died in Longswamp township, Jan. 3, 1874. He was a prosperous farmer, and a valuable iron ore bed was discovered upon his 100-acre farm. He was buried at the Long- swamp Church, of which he was a member of the Reformed congregation. His wife, Elizabeth Gregory, was born July 8, 1799, died Nov. 24, 1858. They had the following children : Levi; John; Richard; Daniel; Jacob; Mary, married to David Geist, who lived upon part of the Hertzog homestead; and Fianna, married to Charles Frey. They moved to Missouri.
Levi Hertzog, son of John, was born in 1822, and died in Lehigh county in 1901. He is buried at the Longswamp Church. He had two farms in Longswamp township, where he spent a part of his later life. He was one of the staunch supporters of the free school system in his locality and seen to it that his children were given an education. In 1850, he married Rebecca Fenstermacher. Their chil- dren were: John; Levi; Benneville; Dr. Wil- liam; Sallie; Jonathan; Dr. C. Frank; and Moses.
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Levi Hertzog, son of Levi, was born at Mertz- town, Pa., April 28, 1853. He was reared upon the farm and at a suitable age learned the milling trade at "Wagner's Mill," Berks county, After following the milling trade some years, he farmed until his health began to fail, when he moved to Allentown; there he became a teamster for the Trexler Lumber Company, having been a farmer on the E. W. Trexler farm before coming to Allentown. He now lives retired at 429 Allen street, Allentown.
He became a confirmed member of the Re- formed wing of the Longswamp Union church when a young man; is now a member of St. Andrew's Reformed church, Allentown.
In 1875, he was married to Elenora C. New- hard, daughter of Marvin C. and Matilda ( Hoover ) Newhard. Their children follow : I. Marquis E. 2. Martha M., married to O. F. Trexler. 3. Emma, died in infancy. 4. Laura, married to David Evans. Levi, a shoe- maker. 6. William Franklin. 7. Meda, who is a trained nurse.
MARQUIS EUGENE HERTZOG, son of Levi and Elenora C. (Newhard) Hertzog, was born in Allentown, December 19, 1875. He was educated in the public schools and worked upon the farm at Fogelsville. At the age of eighteen years he became an apprentice to the machinist trade at the Allentown Foundry and Machine Company, where he was employed five years. Afterwards for eleven years he was the directing engineer for L. F. Grammas & Sons; was chief engineer for two years with the Arbogast & Bastian Company for two years; was employed by the Allentown Rolling Mlil for about one year; and on Oct. 1, 1913, he entered into a co- partnership with Henry L. Guth, under the firm name of Hertzog & Guth. They are engi- neers and machinists and are located at No. 42 South Ninth street, Allentown.
On April 19, 1902, he was married to Ele- nora R. Knoll, a daughter of Willoughby and Lydia (Heilman) Knoll, a farmer of Berks county, Pa., who had the following children : I. Mary, married to Irwin W. Leiss. They have Beulah, Bessie, Paul and Mabel. 2. Reily. 3. Mabel, married W. H. Troxell. They have a daughter, Naomi. 4. Charles. 5. Elenora R. All the children of Willoughby Knoll live in Allentown.
WILLIAM FRANKLIN HERTZOG, the fifth child of Levi and Eleanora C. (Newhard) Hertzog, was born in Upper Milford township, July 18, 1887. At the age of eighteen years he began the machinist apprenticeship with F. L. Grammes & Sons, and he has ever since followed that
trade in Allentown where he resides at 8281/2 Allen street.
Socially he has membership in the following lodges: Allen Camp, No. 6, Sons of Veterans ; Livingstone Castle, No. 258, K. G. E .; Phil Sheridan Council, No. 287; and the Reformed Church.
On April 13, 1906, he was married to Clara S. Schaffer, and they have three children, name- ly: Paul S .; Roland L .; and Warren R.
Mrs. Hertzog is a daughter of Charles and Susanna (Shiffert) Schaffer, formerly of Vera Cruz. Mr. Schaffer had been a farmer and later a contractor. They had eleven children, viz: Sallie; Kate; Ellen J .; Clara S .; Edgar C .; Howard H .; Elmer H .; and Helen M. Three died in infancy.
HARVEY J. HERTZOG, of Emaus, was born Oct. 9, 1866, near Alburtis, son of David A. and Lydia (Schiffert) Hertzog. There he was reared and attended the public schools. He be- came an employee of the Thomas Iron Com- pany, at Alburtis, and was continuously em- ployed by them as engineer for seventeen years. In 1900, he entered the employ of the P. & R. Railroad as flagman, then was promoted to con- ductor on a freight train, which position he since serves.
He was married to Ellen C. Keck, a daughter of Charles and Sarah Keck. They have the following children : I. Gladys; 2. Russell, married to Laura Derr, (daughter of Samuel Derr, of Emaus), and they have three children, viz: Hattie, Carl and Paul Hertzog. Mr. Harvey J. Hertzog and his family are members of the Evangelical Church at Emaus.
HESS FAMILY.
The Hess family played an important part in the early history and development of the coun- try, and research shows that representatives of the family now living in our midst are descended from at least three distinct families of this name, between whom no relationship is known to have existed. These three pioneers were John Nich- olas Hess, from Zweibrucken, Germany, who settled in Springfield township, Bucks county; Frederick Hess, who settled in what is now Lynn township, Lehigh county; and Conrad Hess, an early settler in Mount Bethel township, North- ampton county. All three were men of prom- inence in their respective communities, and reared large families.
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