History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 122

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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WALTER L. JONES.


Walter L. Jones, former alderman of Allen- town, Pa., and native of Wales, was born March 4th, 1840. At the age of two years he came to this country with his parents. He was educated


at Minersville where he had been engaged in the mercantile business for a number of years. On April 10th, 1857, came to Allentown and secured a position as clerk in the general store of Pretz-Guth & Company, leading mercantile dealers in the Lehigh Valley. He remained in their employ for several years, then entered the partnership of Burdge and Jones, located in the building now occupied by Henry E. Peters as a drug store on Hamilton street below Seventh, remaining with this firm for about nine years. He next became a railroad contractor and built eleven miles of the Dutchess and Columbia Rail- road, extending from Fishkill-Landing-on-the- Hudson to Pine Planes in New York, after which he returned to Allentown and served as chief bookkeeper and financier for Hersh, Mosser & Company, for five years. In 1875 he was elected as alderman from the Third ward and he continued to serve the office until his death. Mr. Jones was known as the "Republican War Horse of Lehigh," and enjoyed the distinction of being the only man who ever defeated "Matt" Quay by his own tactics, during the campaign of 1895, commonly known as the "Quay-Hastings Campaign." In that campaign the county con- vention for the election of delegates to the state convention consisted of 164 delegates of which number Mr. Jones had 123 and Quay 41. This constituted the worst defeat Quay ever suffered in his career and he remarked to U. S. Senator Best of Missouri that "Alderman Jones was the keenest organizer in America." The year ensu- ing this defeat, Mr. Jones carried Lehigh county for Quay, which incident has not been accom- plished by a political leader before or after.


Alderman Jones had been the acknowledged leader of Lehigh county for many years, but in recent years he had been less active. The first seventeen years of his incumbency he occupied rooms above the A. M. Springer & Company's store on Center Square; the next nine years he was located in the old Odd Fellows' Hall, and from 1901 to the time of his death, occupied a suite of rooms at No. 742 Hamilton street. Mr. Jones had tried between 27,000 and 28,000 cases as an alderman, which figure had not been reached by any other alderman in the country. The majority of cases which were brought before Alderman Jones were settled before him. He was in city council from 1872 to 1874.


Mr. Jones was a national delegate at Phila- delphia in 1896 nominating Mckinley and Roosevelt; was alternate delegate for Matthew Stanley Quay to the Chicago convention nomi- nating Benjamin Harrison for president; was delegate to a number of state conventions and a member of the Republican state committee for


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many years. When he assumed the leadership of Lehigh county, the Democratic majority was nominally 3,600 and through hard labor and ma- nipulation it was gradually decreased until finally Republicans were elected to office in this "Dem- ocratic Gibraltar of Lehigh County."


Mr. Jones was connected with the Royal Arcanum and Knights of Honor.


In 1865 he was married to Mary C. Kline, daughter of Charles and Caroline (Ludwig) Kline, and a granddaughter of the long deceased Benjamin Ludwig, a foremost citizen of Allen- town and who was prominently connected with the organizing of St. Paul's Lutheran church, on South Eighth street, and prominent in busi- ness and financial circles. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had eight children, five of whom are deceased :


(1). Minnie M., widow of Jacob Bumgard- er.


(2). Guy R., whose sketch follows.


(3). Helen, who married N. Guiley Finch, of Allentown.


Walter Jones, father of Alderman Walter L. Jones and a native of South Wales, came to America in October, 1842, and located in Carbon county. He died with his son, Walter L., in 1869, at the age of 85 years, and is buried in the Union cemetery, Allentown. He was pro- nounced the most noted singer in the British Isles and possessed a most excellent bass voice. Mr. Jones was tendered many high offers, all of which he refused. Mr. Jones was also a skilled mechanic. His wife was Mary Lewis, who died about 1878, aged 83 years and they had chil- dren :


Two, who died in infancy; (1) A daughter, who died in early childhood; (2) David, who was killed on the railroad in 1842, soon after coming to America; (3) Edward, who died at Tamaqua, Pa .; Sarah Ann, who married Hugh Griffith and resided in Allentown until her death in 1908, at the age of 75 years; John, who died at Minersville, Pa .; William, who died at Allen- town, and Walter L., before mentioned.


Guy R. Jones, was born. in Allentown, Oct. 28, 1873. He was educated in the public schools and the Allentown Business College. At the age of eighteen he learned the upholstering trade which he followed three years. In 1895 he be- came associated with his father and had charge of the extensive insurance business of Walter L. Jones & Son. He was appointed by the gover- nor, May 1, 1913, to succeed his deceased father in the office of alderman of the Third ward; and in the fall of 1913, he was nominated by the Republicans for that office. Socially he is a member of Jordan Lodge No. 673, F. & A. M .; B. P. O. E .; Washington Camp No. 1I, P. O.


S. of A., and the Royal Arcanum. He resides with his mother at No. 103 South Eighth street.


JOHN M. JONES.


John M. Jones, a retired citizen of Slatedale, Lehigh county, was born September 7, 1851, at Waverly, which is now known as Slatington, Pa. He attended the common schools until he was twelve years old then began working in slate quarries, and by industry, economy and ability, he earned a competency which enables him now to live in retirement and comfort. He was the overseer of the old Lock Slate Co., for fourteen years, having secured a one-third interest in the company, which in 1905 was sold to the Shenton Land Company for $50,000. Mr. Jones and Mr. T. H. Shenton, had previously operated two slate quarries for two years and employed about sixty men and boys. The Sun Slate Company had leased two tracts from the Lock Slate Com- pany, and operated them for several years. In 1907 Mr. Jones retired from the slate business. He made a trip to Wales in 1869 and visited his father's birthplace and his kindred, spending six months in a most delightful manner.


For a period of thirty-four years Mr. Jones was a teacher in the Union Sunday school of Slatedale. He has been registry assessor of the western district of Washington township since the year 1890, but otherwise has steadfastly re- fused public office. He is a Republican. In the centennial year (1876) he was married to Ella Lewis, a daughter of John and Susanna (Wal- ter) Lewis, of Caernarvonshire, Wales. Nine children were born to them, Walter (who died small) ; Jennie .(m. G. R. Williams, and they have one daughter, Bessie, who has her home with Mr. Jones) ; Llewellyn (leader and teacher of the Slatedale band, and married to Emma Dorward (Llewelyn is a Welsh word which means lion-hearted) ; Sallie (m. D. R. Faust and they have a son Heston) ; Gordon (m. Ellen J. Remaly and they have a daughter, Claire-he was a professional baseball player for a time) ; Harrison (died when five years old) ; Thomas (died in his third year ) ; Morris, and Howard.


Ellis E. Jones, son of Ellis, was born in 1823, and at the age of nineteen he emigrated to the United States, locating at Slatington. Later he settled at Slatedale and here he died in Novem- ber, 1890, and is buried at Slatington. He was a slate worker, slate operator and slate con- tractor during the course of his active career.


He was married to Anna Moses, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Williams) Moses, of Caernarvonshire, North Wales, born in 1827, and died at Williamstown, at the age of thirty- three years. They had three children : John M.,


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Maria (who died young), and Angelina (mar- ried to R. R. Jones, and they had five children- Dora, Mabel, Bertha, Frank and Lizzie).


Ellis Jones, the father of Ellis E., and the grandfather of John M., lived at Caernarvon- shire, North Wales, and was a slate worker at that place. Among his children were: Robert, John, Griffith (who had a small farm in Heidel- berg township, Lehigh county, and in connec- tion with its cultivation worked in slate quar- ries in upper Lehigh county, and is buried at the Heidelberg church), and Ellis E., the father of John M.


JOHN L. JONES FAMILY.


John L. Jones, a stone cutter and slater of Slatington, was born at Anglesea, in Wales, in 1830, where he learned his trade and when eighteen years old he emigrated to America. When the vessel reached the Atlantic coast it was shipwrecked where Atlantic City came to be lo- cated, and the rescued passengers were compelled to walk along the coast to New York City. From there he proceeded to Slatington and engaged in slate operations for a time, when he became the foreman of the old Lehigh Slate Company.


Mr. Jones was married to Ellen L. Jones, a daughter of Pierce Jones, of Festeurog, Merron- ethshire, North Wales, and they had four chil- dren: John H .; Elizabeth, married to Rev. Tedivil Williams, of Shamokin; Pierce H .; and Robert L. They were members of the Welsh Congregational church.


John H. Jones, eldest son of John L., the manager of the E. L. Jones & Company store at Slatington, was born in 1860. He received his education in the borough schools and when sixteen years of age he learned the trade of stone- cutter, which he followed four years; then he took charge of his mother's general store, which he has managed until the present time.


In 1889, he was married to Mary A. Easter- day, daughter of Stephen Easterday, of Cherry- ville, and they have five children: Ralph, Ruth, Edward, Harold, and Irene.


Pierce H. Jones, the second son of John L., was born at Slatington, March 25, 1866, and after attending school until fourteen years of age, he entered the store of his mother as a clerk and here he has continued until now. He was married to Jennie Roberts, and they have two children: Bernard, and Ellen. They are mem- bers of the English Presbyterian Church .ª


Robert L. Jones, the youngest son of John L., was born at Slatington, April 2, 1868. After attending school he learned the trade of tailor, which he followed several years until 1888, when he also became identified with his mother's store, and has continued with it until the present time.


He is a member of the Welsh Congregational Church, and of the Knights of Pythias.


JOHN W. JONES, a slate operator at Williams- town, Lehigh county, was born in 1840, in Carnarvonshire, Wales, and accompanied his parents to Slatington, Penna., in 1849. He be- gan working in slate quarries at an early age and continued there for a number of years. He then became a slate operator at Williamstown, near Slatington, and followed this business until he died, June 6, 1893. He was married to Mary A. Williams, a daughter of Henry and Laura (Evans) Williams, and they had seven children : Catharine, married to Henry Andrews; Wil- liam; John; Laura, married to George Litzen- berger; Mollie, married to William H. Neff; Arthur, of Philadelphia; and Hattie, married to John Cummings. They were members of the Baptist church at Slatington.


Mrs. Jones's parents were natives of Wales, and in emigrating to America they landed at Boston, Mass., where she was born; and thence they moved to Slatington, where he became prominently identified with the slate industry.


ELMER E. JONES.


Elmer Ellsworth Jones, engineer at Allentown water works, was born at Scranton, Pa., Sept. 14, 1868. He attended the public schools, and afterward the Drifton Industrial School, and the International School of Correspondence, where he took a special course in mining. He then entered the employ of Coxe Bros., at Drifton, and continued with them several years, first as a clerk and afterward as a machinist. He next worked for the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, as engineer, for twelve years, and mine foreman for five years. In 1909, he removed to Allentown, and worked as machinist and engineer for the Lehigh Valley Transit Company, until 1914. He then stood a competitive examination to become engineer of the Allentown water works, and was selected for the position from over one hundred applicants. He affiliated with the Junior Order of United American Mechanics in 1887, and was a charter member of the Order of Buffaloes at Allentown.


In 1890, Mr. Jones was married to Mary Howells, daughter of Lewis and Mary A. (Jones) Howells, and they have six children : Blodwyn H., married William J. Fenstermacher ; Irene H., married Thomas Edwards; Sarah H., married Archibald R. Miller; Ruth H .; Jennie H .; and Mary A. They are members of the Baptist Church.


Charles D. Jones, his father, was a native of Wales, Great Britain, where he followed mining until 1865, when he emigrated to Pennsylvania


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and there continued mining in the vicinity of Scranton until he died. He was married to Ruth Thomas and they had fifteen children, of whom the following reached maturity: William S., of of Philadelphia; Henry C., of Wyoming; Elmer E .; Charles I., of Wyoming; and Mary I., mar- ried to George B. Seidwell, of Ashley.


JORDAN FAMILY.


Frederick Jordan, the first of the family in this country, was born in 1744, and died in Mount Pleasant township (Jordan's Mill), Hunterdon county, N. J., August 20, 1784. He was buried in the church yard of St. Thomas P. E. church, Alexandria township, Hunterdon county, N. J. (Grave of wife to side.)


Frederick Jordan owned two grist mills, one at the Hickory Tavern and the other back of Frenchtown, N. J. The mill where he lived and ground grain for the army during the Revolution, (letters on this subject are in the possession of Dr. John W. Jordan), was burned down about 1849, and only the old dam and race are used by the present miller. After the seat of war was re- moved from the middle states to the south, he en- tered the army as a corporal and was promoted to sergeant a few months later. At the siege of Yorktown his regiment was highly praised by Washington, and after the capture, his regiment was one to demolish the fortifications.


Frederick Jordan's war record is given in offi- cial records as follows: Private; promoted ser- geant, Second Regiment, New Jersey Line; thanked in General Orders for gallant conduct at the siege of Yorktown.


He married Catharine Eckel, born December 28, 1750, in Bucks county, Pa. She was a daugh- ter of Henry Eckel, who was a native of Hanau, Hesse, and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1746.


Their issue were:


John, born September 1, 1770, and left issue. Frederick, born August 27, 1772, and left issue. Mary M., born August 20, 1776, and left issue. Henry, born August 14, 1781, and left issue. Catharine, born January 14, 1784; died July 1, 1784.


Frederick, son of Frederick and Catharine (Eckel) Jordan, was born in Hunterdon county, N. J., August 27, 1772; died February 1, 1861, in Lehigh county, Pa. He is buried in the ceme- tery of the Zionsville Reformed church. He was married, April 4, 1797, to Catharine Hartzel, of Bucks county, who had issue-one daughter. At this date he was living in Philadelphia and was in business. His marriage notice appeared in the Minerva, of Philadelphia, on April 4, 1798, viz : "On Tuesday morning, 4th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Pomp, Mr. Frederick Jordan, of this city, to the


amiable Miss Catharine Hærtsel, of Bucks county." He was later a farmer and justice of the peace in Upper Milford township.


He was married the second time to Catharine Stettler, who was born December 12, 1777, and died February 18, 1847. She was buried in the Zionsville Reformed churchyard. Their issue were :


John, born October 10, 1799.


Henry, born October 20, 1800.


Hannah, born January 15, 1802; Charles Knauss.


married


Elizabeth, born October 5, 1805; married


Samuel Gross.


Sarah, born September 1, 1807; married


Thomas Snyder.


Catharine, born February 26, 1810; married Joseph Krout, of Coopersburg.


James, born October 26, 1814.


John Jordan, son of Frederick and Catharine (Stettler) Jordan, was born October 10, 1799, and died December 19, 1881. He married Mary Stahr, who was born July 2, 1797, and died July 21, 1856. They are buried at Zionsville. They had issue :


Catharine, married Aaron Walker. They had no issue, and removed to the West where both died.


Tillina, married Cyrus Christman. They had issue three sons and three daughters.


Elmina, born October 25, 1830; married Wil- liam Muir, November 28, 1852. They had issue : Anne, died in 1857; Mary, living in Cleveland, Ohio; Emma, married A. V. Diefenderfer, of Orefield; Rev. John Muir; William, married Anne Wieder; Agnes, married a Mr. Smith; Martha, and Sallie, married Charles Glick.


Sarah, born September 25, 1835.


John Jordan, eldest son of Frederick Jordan, the immigrant, married Elizabeth Henry, and is the ancestor of Dr. John W. Jordan. Henry Jordan, the youngest son, had a son John who never married, and a son Charles, who had an only daughter.


Henry Jordan, son of Frederick and Cath- arine (Stettler) Jordan, was born Oct, 20, 1800, and died Jan. 29, 1877. He was a tanner in Upper Milford and later in life farmed a 50-acre tract. He married Ellen, daughter of Frederick Stahr. She was born Aug. 10, 1810, and died Dec. 12, 1887. They are buried in Zionsville Re- formed cemetery. They had nine children: Wil- liam, of Coopersburg; James, of Upper Milford ; Franklin; Milton ; Mary Ann, wife of Amandus Sieger, of Siegersville; Kate, wife of Lewis Sieger, of Guthsville; Amanda, wife of Charles Derr, of Indiana county; Dr. Alexander Jordan, of Rie- gelsville, and Frederick Jordan, of Vera Cruz.


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FRANKLIN JORDAN, son of Henry and Ella (Stahr) Jordan, was born in Upper Milford township, Pa., Sept. 10, 1829. At the age of 15 years he learned the carriage manufacturing trade. In 1854 he removed to Coopersburg, and in con- nection with his brother, Milton, established there a carriage-making industry, where they success- fully conducted the business for over 50 years. They employed 18 persons, and theirs was the leading industry in the village. The firm name was Jordan Brothers. They both retired in 1909.


He was a school director for 6 years. In re- ligion he is affiliated with the Reformed Church; also a trustee, elder and deacon.


Franklin Jordan married in 1865, Sarah Kline, daughter of Jesse Kline. Their children were: Emma H., who married Charles H. Stoneback ; Eden, of Allentown; Kate, who married M. L. Engelman; Charles H .; and Minerva and Lillie, who both died young.


Milton Jordan, son of Henry and Ella (Stahr) Jordan, a retired carriage manufacturer and lum- berman, residing at Coopersburg, was born Oct. 3, 1831, in Upper Milford township, near Vera Cruz. His opportunities for obtaining an educa- tion were very limited. He assisted his father in farm work until he was 18 years of age, when he learned the trade of coach-making with George Hinkle, of Macungie, remaining there for three years. His wages were $12.75 per year. In 1853, he entered the employ of George W. Watson, a leading carriage maker of Philadelphia. In 1854, he removed to Coopersburg, and with his brother, engaged in the carriage making business, continu- ing the business until 1909, when they both re- tired. He was for ten years extensively engaged in the lumber business. He also cut and cured his own material used in his carriage business. He was for over 30 years, a director of the Allen- town National Bank. He has been a member of the Reformed church of Coopersburg for over 50 years.


Milton Jordan married Deborah Kline, daugh- ter of Jesse Kline. Their children were: Wilson F., of whom below; Oscar J .; Victor; Minnie, who died young; and another, who died unnamed.


Oscar J., son of Milton and Deborah Jordan, attended the public schools and the Allentown Business College; studied medicine and resides at Philadelphia.


Victor K., son of Milton and Deborah Jor- dan, married Jennie Weaver, daughter of Dr. Weaver, of Coopersburg, and is engaged in the bottling business at Hanover, Pa. They have two children: Wilson and Herbert.


WILSON F. JORDAN, son of Milton and De- borah (Kline) Jordan, was born Aug. 1, 1863, at Coopersburg, and was educated in the public


schools. He and his two brothers were appren- ticed by their father to learn the carriage builders' trade, intending that each should acquire a sepa- rate branch of the business. Wilson F. became a trimmer, removing to Hellertown, Ja., where he engaged in the business for himself, continuing for 5 years.


He then, in 1891, removed to Bangor, Pa., and purchased the Slate Valley Hotel, which he suc- cessfully conducted for 5 years. He sold this property in 1896, and established himself in the bottling business which has expanded to large pro- portions, owing to Mr. Jordan's ability and en- ergy. He became a director in the First National Bank of Bangor, and stands well in his com- munity.


Wilson F. Jordan married in 1882, Jennie L. Stevens, daughter of John S. and Eliza Stevens. Their children were as follows: Oscar W., died aged twenty-three years; John M., deceased ; and Willis R., now treasurer of the Gabriel Hosiery Co., of Coopersburg. He married Louise Spear, and they have two children: Robert and Ger- trude Jordan.


Frederick Jordan, youngest son of Henry Jor- dan and his wife, Ellen Stahr, was born July 7, 1847. He married Elmira Dillinger, who was born March 13, 1857, and died Dec. 12, 1899.


DR. HENRY D. JORDAN, their son, was born at Coopersburg, Oct. 14, 1875. He was educated in the common schools of Coopersburg and Emaus and the Emaus high school. He attended the Drexel Institute, of Philadelphia, for two terms, and later graduated from the South Jersey Insti- tute. He then entered the Medico-Chirurgical College, where he graduated May 24, 1902. He practiced medicine in Philadelphia for four years, during which time he was a teacher in the depart- ment of biology and chemistry in the Medico- Chirurgical College, doing special research work in nervous and mental diseases and surgical path- ology while thus engaged. He located in Allen- town in 1906, and now resides at Sixth and Allen streets.


Dr. Jordan is a member of the Lehigh County Medical Society, American Roentgen Ray . So- ciety, American Medical Association, and the Al- lentown Academy of Medicine. Socially, he is a member of Barger Lodge, No. 333, F. & A. M .; Allen R: A. Chapter, No. 203; Allen Command- ery, No. 20, K. T .; Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. 'M. S .; Vienna Lodge, No. 847, I. O. O. F .; Philadelphia Lodge, No. 2, B. P. O. of Elks; St. Alban's Commandery, Knights of Malta; and the Lehigh County Historical Society. He married, June 25, 1905, Miss Marguerite S. Snyder, of Lock Haven, Pa. Dr. and Mrs. Jordan are mem- bers of Grace Episcopal church.


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CHARLES JENDRICKS.


Charles Jendricks, butcher, of Coplay, son of Charles and Matilda (Fendri) Jendricks, was born near Sharva, Russia Poland, January 6, 1859. He came to America in 1888 and located at South Bethlehem, where he engaged in the butcher business. At the same time he con- ducted a retail coal business. In 1910 he came to Coplay and took charge of the Meat Market at 45 Second street, the only meat market in Coplay. By paying strict attention to his busi- ness he has built up a large trade. September 28, 1892, he became an American citizen. He is a member of Amethyst Council, No. 846, K. G. E., Royal Arcanum of South Bethlehem and Ontario Tribe, No. 280, I. O. R. M., of South Bethlehem. In 1881 he married Elizabeth Mer- man. To this family the following. children have been born: Charles, married to Martha Shoemaker ; Dora, died aged 16 years; Sophie, died aged sixteen years; Mary, married to John Fisher, of Catasauqua; John; Edward; Clara and Rosa.


CHARLES C. KAISER.


Charles C. Kaiser, treasurer of the Dent Hardware Company, of Fullerton, one of the leading business men of Lehigh county, was born in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1851, and is a son of George C. C. and Elizabeth Braun Kaiser. George C. C. Kaiser, the father of Charles C., was born in Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 5, 1823. He was a manufacturer in Germany and in 1854 emigrated with his family to America. He re- mained in New York until 1856, and then moved to Scranton, where he was engaged in the mer- cantile business until his retirement fifteen years before his death, which occurred while on a visit to his son, Charles C., in Allentown. He was a stalwart Republican and took a great interest in the welfare of his city. For many years he represented his party on the political platform, making many German addresses. He was a councilman of Scranton, soon after it was or- ganized as a city. He was a member of the Lu- theran Church, having been one of the organizers of the First Lutheran church in Scranton, and for many years served it as treasurer. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the I. O. O. F. His wife, Elizabeth Braun, was born March 24, 1820. She was a daughter of Peter Braun, of Merstein, Hesse Darmstadt, who was personally decorated with the Legion of Honor, by Napoleon Bonaparte. They were the parents of three children: George, died Jan. 3, 1865, aged 15 years; Charles C., and Sophie, who died in infancy.




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