History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 116

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 948


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Moses Hollenbach, son of John, was born in Lowhill township, July 7, 1830. He learned the millwright trade, which was the principal vocation of his life, having followed it in many sections of Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon and Berks counties. He traveled many miles by foot with his working utensils upon his back. He was also the proprietor of "Hollenbach's Mill" for a number of years, being succeeded by his son, Thomas B., who was born in 1865. Moses Hol- lenbach was an honest and respected citizen and reared a family of nine children. He was mar- ried to Ellen Sheirer, who preceded him in death in 1885, as did some of their children. He died on Oct. 19, 1913, with his daughter, Mrs. James D. Reber, at Allentown. He was survived by two sons and four daughters namely: Frank H., whose sketch follows; Thomas B., Amanda, mar- ried to Peter Hoffman, of Neffs; Catharine, married to J. M. Diehl, of Birmingham, N. Y .; Emma, married to Dr. James Haas, and Sarah, married to James D. Reber.


FRANK H. HOLLENBACH, owner and pro- prietor of the Sand Spring or Wotring's Mill, is a son of Moses Hollenbach, who for many years operated Hollenbach's mill in Lowhill township, and a grandson of John and Maria Hollenbach. Moses was born July 7, 1830. In boyhood he attend the public schools and for a short time was a student in a private school at New Lexington. As a young man he learned the


trade of mill wrighting, which was his principal vocation in addition to which he superintended the running of his own mill and the tilling of 25 acres of land belonging to the mill. He was married to Ellen Scheirer, who departed this life Nov. 21, 1885. This union was blessed with nine children, of whom the following were living in 1894: Malissa, m. to Franklin Zimmer- man; Amanda, m. to Peter Hoffman; Franklin H .; Catherine, m. J. M. Diehl ; Thomas H .; Emma, m. to Dr. James Haas; and Sarah. In politics he was a Democrat and in religion a faithful member of the Unionville Lutheran congregation. The mill was erected by Michael Wotring, Sr., in 1832, who conducted it for many years, when he was succeeded by his son, Michael, Jr., who, after operating it a few; years, sold it. After passing through various hands it was purchased in 1886 by Moses Hol- lenbach.


Frank H. Hollenbach, was born in Lowhill township March 3, 1861. He received his early training in the township schools and at the age of sixteen learned the art of milling from his father, with whom he remained until reaching majority, when he entered into the employ of the Mauser Mill Co., at Triechlers. In 1886 he began operating the present mill property and by business tact and strict honesty, won the con- fidence of the community and built up a splen- did trade, and a handsome fortune. In 1888 he introduced the roller process and began making a fine brand of flour, which soon became very popular, selling it under the name of the Queen Ann, of which he manufactures about three thousand barrels per year. His trade is largely confined to the community, whose confidence and goodwill he enjoys. Like his father he is a Democrat in politics, and in religion an adher- ant of the Lutheran faith. He at present is serving the Unionville congregation in the capac- ity of an elder. In 1882 he was married to Anna L. Zimmerman, a daughter of Peter Zim- merman of Lowhill township. This union was blessed with two children, a son, Martin M., a bookkeeper, and a daughter, Carrie K. The latter is a young lady of culture and refinement, and is engaged in the profession of teaching. She was born Jan. 29, 1888, in N. Whitehall township. After completing the course of in- struction offered by the local schools she en- tered the Keystone State Normal School at Kutztown, from which she was graduated in the spring of 1908. In the fall of the same year she was employed as a teacher at Egypt and has continued there ever since. She is a mem- ber of the Unionville Lutheran congregation, and is very active in the Union Sunday-school.


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HENRY A. HOLLENBACH.


Henry A. Hollenbach, farmer of Lowhill township, was born April 3, 1858, on the place which he owns and occupies, and he was brought up on the farm and educated in the township school. He assisted his grandfather until his death in 1878, when he became the owner of the plantation by devise and he has carried it on until the present time. It comprises 60 acres. He has served the township as auditor and assessor, and filled the position of local Democratic committee- man for the last twenty years. For thirty-five years he has been prominently identified with the Sunday schools of Lowhill, acting first as super- intendent of the organization in the Pleasant Corner school, and then in the Water Pond school.


In 1879 he was married to Maggie Peter, daughter of Moses Peter, of Washington town- ship, and they had one child, Lewis, married to Daisy Millhouse (who have a son named Miles Henry, two having died in infancy).


His father, Lewis Hollenbach, was born 1834 on the farm mentioned and there brought up. He received his education in the township school and also at East Stroudsburg and Allentown, after which he taught school in Upper Macungie and Heidelberg districts for ten years. He also studied the business of a veterinarian under Owen Snyder and followed it in the surrounding coun- try for ten miles. He was a Democrat in poli- tics and attended many county conventions as a delegate. He died in 1867. He was married to Caroline Briner, a daughter of Solomon, of Breinigsville, and they had one son, Henry A. She died in 1904, aged 67 years.


His grandfather, Andrew Hollenbach, bought the farm mentioned in 1825 and cultivated it until his decease in 1878 when it became the property of his grandson, Henry A., by devise in his last will. He was a member of the Wei- senberg Church and served as an elder. He died at the age of 78 years. He was married to Mag- dalena Smith, a daughter of Christian, of Heidel- berg, and they had an only child, Andrew. She died in 1880, aged 76 years.


Christian Smith was one of the early taxables of Heidelberg, having taken up 190 acres, and been included in the assessment of 1781.


John H. Hollenbach, son of John, was born in Lowhill, Feb. 27, 1840. He taught school in Lowhill from 1859 to 1861 inclusive. After- ward he became a clerk in the store at Werley's Corner until he engaged in the mercantile busi- ness at Newhards where he remained three years. Mr. Hollenbach went west one year and upon his return, again engaged in business, conducting


a general store at Pleasant Corner for eleven years. He next kept store at Bittner's Corner for six years, then clerked in the store at Wal- nutport for eight years. In 1902 he came to Allentown and accepted the position as floor walker with Bittner, Hunsicker & Co.


He was married, first, to Annie, a daughter of Gideon Werley. They had one son, Albert M., whose history follows. He married, second, to Messina Zimmerman, a daughter of Solomon Zimmerman. They have three children, viz: Laura, married to Richard Heberly; Martha, single, and Fred, of Allentown.


ALBERT M. HOLLENBACH, son of John H., was born March 16, 1867, in Heidelberg town- ship. He was a carpet salesman for four years in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1890 he went to De- troit, Michigan, and followed the same business for two years. In 1892 he returned to Allen- town and was employed as a traveling salesman by Bittner, Hunsicker & Co., until on Feb. I, 1895, at which time he resigned to engage in the laundry business at Fountain Hill, this he has carried on successfully up to the present. A notice of his business is found in volume I, of this history.


Mr. Hollenbach is an active member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, of South Bethlehem. He has served it as deacon and is now an elder since 1907. Socially he is a member of the South Bethlehem Lodge, No. 267, K. of P. He mar- ried in 1897, Miss ¡Minnie ;M. Kressley, a daughter of Jacob and Maria Kressley. They have an only daughter-Margaret K. Hollen- bach.


MARCUS S. HOTTENSTEIN, EsQ.


Marcus Stephen Hottenstein was born in Al- lentown, Penna., on Aug. 19, 1876, the son of Charles L. and Amanda H. (Butz) Hotten- stein. Both his father and mother are descend- ants of some of the early German settlers in Berks and Lehigh counties. The first Hotten- stein in this section of the country, a descendant of Reidbold von Hottenstein, settled in Berks county in 1729.


Marcus S. Hottenstein acquired his early edu- cation in the Allentown public schools, graduat- ing from the high school with first honors in 1892. He also took first honors at graduation from Muhlenberg College in 1896. His legal studies, inaugurated in the office of Hon. Edward Harvey, were completed in the law department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated a Bachelor of Laws, with the distinction of cum laude, in 1899.


He was admitted to practice at the bar of Philadelphia county in June, 1899, and at the


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bar of Lehigh county in July, of the same year. He immediately entered into the active practice of the law at Allentown, where he remained for more than fourteen years.


In 1910, he commenced to take considerable interest in the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, and con- tinued to make investigations on the subject of monopolies and combinations until December, 1913, when the attorney general of the United States, Hon. James Clark McReynolds, now an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, tendered him the appointment of special assistant to the attorney general for trust cases. The appointment was accepted, and he is now located in the Department of Justice at Washington, D. C., devoting his time exclu- sively to cases arising under the Federal anti- trust Act.


Mr. Hottenstein is a member of Greenleaf Lodge, F. & A. Masons, of Allen Royal Arch Chapter, and of Allen Commandery, at Allen- town, Pa .; and of Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. Shrine, at Reading, Pa. He is a member of the Livingston Club, and of the Lodge of Elks at Allentown. At Muhlenberg he joined the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, and at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, he joined the Kent Law Club. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and of the American Bar Associa- tion ; and also a member of the Academy of Polit- ical Science in the city of New York; and of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He is affiliated with St. John's Re- formed church, at Allentown.


On June 18, 1901, Mr. Hottenstein was mar- ried to Nina B. Ruhe, youngest daughter of the late Charles H. Ruhe. They have one child, Louise R., who was born in May, 1904.


GEORGE H. HOLTON.


George H. Holton, late president of the Bry- den Horse Shoe Company, of Catasauqua, Pa., elder son of George and Hope Mary (Coumbe) Holton, was born in London, England, April 24, 1868.


Having received a scientific education in schools of Norwood, Survey, and the city of London, England, came to America in 1886, and was naturalized in the early '90's. Entered the iron and steel industry in the employ of the Pencoyd Iron Works, of Philadelphia. In 1889 he became inspector for G. W. G. Ferris & Co., of Pittsburgh, in eastern territory, and had charge of the inspection and testing of the cast iron seg- ments used in the construction of the first tunnel under the Hudson river, now known as the Ho- boken tunnel, originally undertaken by Pearson & Co., of London, England. From 1892 to time


of his death, he was connected with the horse shoe manufacturing branch of the industry, be- gininng as salesman for the Bryden Horse Shoe Company. His remarkable business ability and tact in dealing with his fellowmen gained for him rapid advancement to the offices of vice-president and sales manager, and at the death of Mr. Oli- ver Williams in 1904 he was elected president and treasurer of that company.


Aside from being an authority among his business associates throughout the country, Mr. Holton held a large place in the hearts of his townsmen and in the life of the community. At the time of his death on February 10, 1913, he was a member of the Catasauqua town council, a director of the National bank of Catasauqua, Pa., and for many years a director of the Cement National bank of Northampton, Pa., president and treasurer of Emanuel & Company, Catasa- qua, Pa.


He was a member of the Railroad and Engi- neers Clubs of New York city, the Pennsylvania Society of New York, Catasauqua Club, North- ampton Country Club, and vice-president of the Lehigh Country Club.


Few men in so comparatively few years have left so deep an impression upon a community and so strong a sense of helpfulness as did Mr. Hol- ton, and to have been taken away at the age of forty-four years made the loss to the commun- ity seem almost irreparable.


Mr. Holton married Jessica, youngest daugh- ter of the late Mr. Oliver Williams, and leaves besides his widow, three children, Oliver Wil- liams, Kathryn, and Jessica Williams Holton.


His death occurred suddenly at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, New York city.


Funeral services were conducted at Catasauqua by the Rev. George L. Gongaware, of Pitts- burgh, and interment was made in Fairview cen- etery, Catasauqua, Pa.


CHARLES H. HONTZ.


Charles Henry Hontz, chief engineer at the Dery Silk Mill in Catasauqua, was born Feb. 25, 1885, at East Mauch Chunk and there edu- cated in the public schools, while reared on a farm. After working for several years as a teamster in Mauch Chunk and a motorman with the Lehigh Valley Traction Company at Allen- town, he entered the Dery silk mill at Mauch Chunk and filled the positions of fireman, as- sistant engineer, and chief engineer until April, 1914, when he was promoted to the position of chief engineer in the Dery silk mill at Catasau- qua, which position he now holds. He married, in 1914, Mamie C. Boyle, daughter of Neil and Annie Boyle, of Allentown, where she was grad- .


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uated from the high school in 1905, and also from the American Commercial College. They are members of the Catholic Church.


His father, Hiram Hontz, was born at Mauch Chunk in 1834, where he was engaged in the dairy business for a time, and then in the lumber business. He died in 1911. He was married to Amanda Klotz, and they had fourteen chil- dren: Mary and Hannah, who have died; Ida, married Edward Deppy; Asa, Susie, and Emma, who have died; Fannie, married Franklin Trout ; Layton; Emily, married W. E. Armbruster ; Harry; Lizzie, married C. C. Brown; Georgie, married Thomas Harder; Charles H .; and Eu- gene. The widow resides at Lehigh Tannery, in Schuylkill county.


DANIEL G. HOPKINS.


Daniel George Hopkins, one of the most pro- gressive farmers in Lehigh county, and now en- gaged in conducting the six farms of George H. Hardner, in Lowhill, N. Whitehall and Upper Macungie township, together embracing 600 acres, was born June 27, 1872, in Greenwich township, Berks county, and when ten months old was taken to Reuben Shuler, a farmer of Weisenberg township, where he was reared until he became fifteen years old. He received his education in the township school and in American Business College, at Allentown. He was then engaged at farming until 1895 (excepting a short time when he followed teamstering). For four years previous to 1895 he had taken up the study of religion during his leisure moments and when he was licensed as a preacher by the Evangelical Association was appointed to the Pleasant Valley Circuit in Bucks county. He filled this position with great promise for two years but an increas- ing weakness of his voice obliged him to relin- quish his chosen profession and he resumed his occupation of farming. After conducting the farm of his father-in-law, Wm. J. Schantz, for one year and the 500-acre farm of the Lehigh Portland Cement Co. at Ormrod for three years and soliciting insurance for the Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. from his station at Slatington for a short time, he took charge of six large farms belonging to George H. Hardner, Esq. (which cover 600 acres of land in Lowhill, N. and S. Whitehall and Upper Macungie townships), on March 28, 1906, and since then has directed their operation in a most successful manner and placed them in a superior state of cultivation.


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Mr. Hopkins has identified himself with the Loyal Order of Buffalos, the Independent Order of Americans, and I. O. of Red Men at Allen- town ; also the Knights of the Golden Eagle, at


Claussville; and he has served Lowhill township as a school director.


He was married to Emma R. Schantz, daugh- ter of Wm. J. (farmer and experienced veter- inary surgeon of Upper Macungie, who carried on the business very successfully for upwards of 50 years) ; and they had five children: Clara E. (graduate in 1910 and post-graduate in 1911 of the Lowhill schools, and in 1912 of the American Commercial School at Allentown, and now fill- ing in a very capable manner a position of ste- nographer at Allentown) ; Eddie G. and Lila M. (who also graduated from the Lowhill school in 1913) ; Pearl Ada; and one died in infancy.


His father was Effinger G. Hopkins, of Green- wich township, who for some time carried on farming and butchering in Greenwich township, Berks county, then located in New York City ; and his grandfather was William Hopkins, a cigar manufacturer, of Maxatawny township, near Bower's Station, in Berks county.


The father of Mrs. Hopkins was married to Rebecca Medina Walbert, daughter of Nathan, a farmer of Weisenberg township, and they had three children: Albert F. (m. Lizzie Krasely) ; Achilles A. (m. Lizzie Reinert) ; and Emma R. He died 1899, aged 74 years; and his wife in 1904, aged 60 years.


HORN FAMILY.


Abraham and John Horn were brothers who settled respectively at Easton and Allentown. John Horn was born Jan. 10, 1754, and died Nov. 25, 1800. He married, Oct. 26, 1775, Magdalena Troxell, who was born June 20, 1756, and died June 13, 1823. They had eight children : John, born Aug. 18, 1776, died Aug. 8, 1824, married Elizabeth Herz; Catharine, born Nov. 29, 1777 ; Susanna, born Oct. 7, 1779; Jacob, born Aug. 12, 1781 ; Abraham, born Nov. 2, 1784; Barbara, born Feb. 18, 1788; Magda- lena, born Feb. 21, 1790; and Samuel, born March 28, 1796.


Abraham Horn was born Dec. 31, 1756, and died May 21, 1826. He was a sergeant in Capt. Thomas Craig's company in the Revolution, and became a lieutenant colonel in the War of 1812. He married Susanna, daughter of Melchior and Mary Hay. She was born May 18, 1760, and died June 28, 1827. Among their children were: Abraham, born Feb. 1, 1778, who became a cap- tain in the 1812 War, and later postmaster of Easton ; John, a Ist lieutenant in the same war; Catharine, born Dec. 21, 1779; Samuel ; Joseph ; and Melchior. Melchior Horn was born Dec. 29, 1786 and died May 31, 1863. He married Isabella, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Traill. She was born Oct. 10, 1786, and died


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April 24, 1841. They had ten children: Sybilla ; Robina; Robert T .; John J .; Isabella R .; Mel- chior H., of Catasauqua; Enoch H .; Philip H. ; Sarah and Maria. He married a second time and had a son, William P. Horn.


Colonel Melchior Hay Horn, who died at Cat- asauqua in 1890, was a descendant of Abraham Horn, of Easton, (born in Philadelphia) who was appointed a sergeant in Captain Thomas Craig's company, Second Pennsylvania Battalion,


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COL. MELCHIOR H. HORN.


Jan. 5, 1776, and served under General Arthur St. Clair in his Canadian campaign during the Revolution; he afterward served during the War of 1812, as lieutenant-colonel of First R. P. V. R. (Thomas Humphrey, Colonel). In this regiment under him served seven of his sons and sons-in- law, viz: Captain Abraham Horn, second; first lieutenant, John Horn ; sergeants, Melchior Horn, Samuel Moore, Jacob Shipe; musicians, Samuel Horn and Joseph Horn.


Abraham Horn, senior, married Susan Hay, a daughter of Melchior Hay, a pioneer settler of Easton, who came here in 1738. He was of Scotch descent, a son of Malcolm Hay, who emi- grated to Bavaria, where he married a German woman.


Melchior Hay became a large property owner on the South Side, where South Easton is now located. During the Revolution was one of the Committee of Safety, and served in the army as a captain.


Melchior Hay Horn, first, was a son of Ab- raham Horn, and his wife, Susan Hay, as stated above. He served in the War of 1812. He mar- ried Isabella Traill, a daughter of Robert Traill.


who was born in Sanda, Orkney Island, April 29, 1744. He left his home and sailed for Phila- delphia in October, 1763: After a passage of ten- weeks he arrived in the city of Brotherly Love. He came from there to Easton; he taught school ; studied law; served as sheriff of the county; was admitted to the bar of Northampton county in 1777 and became the third lawyer in Easton. He acted as clerk of the Committee of Safety, and was commissioned a major during the Revolu- tion. The children of Melchior Hay Horn and his wife, Isabella Traill, were: Sabilla, Robina, Robert, John, Isabella, Melchior, Enoch, Philip, Sarah, and Maria. By a second marriage he had one son, William.


Melchior Hay Horn, second, was born in Easton, Pennyslvania, April 9, 1822, and died at Catasauqua, Feb. 28, 1890. His early life was spent at Easton, where he was educated at the famous Vanderveer school. A number of years he was employed in Winter & Yohe's store. He was in business for himself for a short time, but this venture not being a marked success, he worked at his profession, as a surveyor and engi- neer, and then entered the employ of the Farm- ers and Mechanics' Banks, of Easton, as teller. In 1857, when he was thirty-five years old, he was chosen as cashier of the newly organized bank of Catasauqua. Here he served as cashier until 1888, when he became president of the in- stitution, which position he held until his death in 1890. At the breaking out of the Civil War he was on the staff of Governor Curtin, and was immediately called into service, to aid in forwarding troops to the front. In 1862 he was elected major of the Fifth Regiment (Col. H. C. Longnecker), and in 1863 he was elected colonel of the 38th Pennsylvania Militia (the Iron Regi- ment), and was sworn into the United States service. He took great interest in local affairs. In 1858, shortly after his arrival in Catasauqua, he was elected a school director, and as he had taken great interest in school affairs at his old home at Easton, where educational matters were more advanced, he was able to be of great bene- fit to the town in that capacity. He was re- elected for eighteen consecutive years, until he was unwilling to longer serve. He served one term as burgess of the borough.


He was largely instrumental in the establish- ment of the English Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, and was for many years super- intendent of the Sunday school of that church.


Colonel Horn was one of the foremost citizens of Catasauqua, always ready to be of help to others. He was one of a group of strong men in the early days of Catasauqua who worked for the welfare of the town in a way that should be


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made a pattern for the men of our more selfish generation.


Melchior Hay Horn was married to Matilda L. Heller, of Easton, on Oct. 12, 1845, and their children were: Susan Butz, married to Martin L. Dreisbach in 1874, they have two children: Matilda Elizabeth and John Martin, all living at Easton. William Heller Horn, unmarried, now employed in the City of Mexico. Rev. Ed- ward Traill Horn, D.D., LL.D., Professor at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Mt. Airy, Philadelphia; married to Harriet Chisolm, of Charleston, S. C. Their children are: Profes- sor Robert Chisolm Horn, Ph.D., professor at Muhlenberg College. Rev. William Melchior Horn, pastor of Lutheran Church in New York City. Isabella Traill, (deceased) ; Harriet Emily ; Rev. Edward Traill Horn, Jr., a Lutheran mis- sionary in Japan; Mary Gregg; and M. Hay (deceased).


FRANK MELCHIOR HORN, born 1852, cashier of the National Bank of Catasauqua, a graduate of the high school of Catasauqua, class of 1868; Worshipful Master of Porter Lodge, F. A. M. in 1895; a member of the Catasauqua Club; Charotin Club; Livingston Club, and of the Le- high Country Club; a member of the Pennsyl- vania Society of the Sons of the Revolution; of the Pennsylvania German Society ; Allen Com- mandery K. T .; Allen Council; and a noble of Rajah Temple, at Reading.


He married in 1882, Elizabeth F. Williams, eldest daughter of John and Emma Caroline (nee Heilig) Williams, of Catasauqua. Their chil- dren are: Melchoir Hay Horn, 3rd; Emma Williams, married to Cornelius Van Imogen, of New York, in 1911 ; Susan; and Eleanor Traill; Dr. Harry Yohe Horn, of Coplay ; Isabella Traill Horn, (deceased) ; Charles Robert Horn, of Catasauqua.


DR. HARRY Y. HORN, of Coplay, was born in Catasauqua in 1859. He was educated in the public schools of Catasauqua, graduating from the high school in 1875, and in Lehigh Uni- versity. He then entered Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, from which he gradu- ated in 1879. He began the practice of his profession the same year at Laury's Station, and after the death of Dr. Buebner, at Coplay, the following year, he removed to that borough where he has built up a large practice. Dr. Horn is surgeon for the Lehigh Valley Railroad and the Atlas Cement Company, and is on the staff of the Allentown Hospital. He is a member of the Lehigh County Medical Society, Lehigh Val- ley Medical Society and the State Medical Asso- ciation and is frequently called into consultation with physicians of nearby towns.




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