History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 124

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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Leopold Keim was born on the old homestead and in the same house in which his father was born. He was married to Mary Stahr, a daughter of Conrad and Sarah (Yost) Stahr, of Salisbury township. The latter was a soldier in the War of 1812, and during the active years of his life fol- lowed contracting and building. In 1868 Mr. Keim sold his farm and moved to Allentown, where he resided until 1882 when he made his home with his son, Dr. Charles J. Keim, in Catas- auqua. Where he died in 1890. He and his wife had reached the age of seventy-eight and sixty years respectively and were buried in the Fairview cemetery, Allentown. Mr. Keim was originally a member of the Lutheran denomination but later in life united with the Evangelical Church. To them were born six children : James F., Anna M., Sarah R., Charles J., George W., and Milton H., of these George W. and Milton H. died in in- fancy. Sarah R. and James F. died in childhood. Anna M. was married to Daniel Young. She died in Allentown when on a visit from Philadel- phia in 1871, aged 33 years. She was the mother of four children: Charles K., Allentown, Pa., John K., Washington, D. C., and Rev. Jacob K., a member of the Kansas Evangelical conference, and Lizzie, wife of William Heberling, who died without issue.

Charles J. Keim was born on the old home- stead, near Bethlehem, in Northampton county. He enjoyed special educational advantages; he attended the Moravian Parochial School at Beth- lehem, the Wyoming Academy, and John Lesher's preparatory school at Easton. He then entered upon a clerkship in a store at Butztown from where he came to Allentown. In 1862 he en- listed in Bethlehem, Company F, Fifth Pennsyl- vania Home Guards. Upon being mustered out of service, he engaged in the mercantile business at Allentown. Always having had a desire to be-

come a physician, he sold out his establishment, began the reading of medicine with Dr. M. E. Hornbeck, of Catasauqua, and in the spring of 1872 entered the Medical Department of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated March 12, 1875. Upon graduation he located in Catasauqua and practiced medicine for a period of thirty years, when he was succeeded by his son, Dr. Harry J. In addition to his large practice, Dr. Keim was deeply interested in municipal af- fairs. He was a member of the board of school directors for three years, of the town council for six years, during which period he presided over its meeting. In 1906 he was elected chief bur- gess, which office he served for three years. In 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic state convention at Harrisburg. In 1913, he was again elected to the office of chief burgess for a full term. He holds membership in the Lehigh county, the Lehigh Valley, the State and the American Medical Societies. He is a past com- mander of the local Knights of Malta. He and his family are members of Trinity Lutheran congregation. On December 12, 1863, he was married to Eliza C. Seider, a daughter of Ed- ward and Abigail (Rahn) Seider. She was born at Coopersburg. This union was blessed with two sons: Edward L., who died aged four years, and Harry J. S.

HARRY J. S. KEIM, M.D., eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, was born September 20, 1871. He was educated in the common schools of Cat- asauqua and Muhlenberg College, after which he entered the Medico-Chirurgical College, at Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1894. While at college he enjoyed the proud distinction of being a member of the operating staff of Dr. Pancoast, an honor seldom conferred upon a stu- dent. He also had charge of the dispensary two days a week. Upon graduation he was associated with his father until in 1905, when the latter re- tired. He is a member of the local camp P. O. S. of A., the Lehigh County, the Lehigh Valley and the State Medical associations, and the Medico- Chi Society. He is a member of the Catasauqua board of health.

On October 1, 1895, he was married to Fannie H., a daughter of Charles H. and Emma ( Meitz- ler) Heller. They had issue: Emma E. and A. Florence. She died in 1906, aged thirty-six years. He was married a second time January 5, 1910, to Mabel A. Richardson, a daughter of George J. and Alice A. (Scheiry) Richardson. Mr. Richardson is an Englishman. He came as a young man to Schuylkill county and later to Le- high county. Dr. Keim has in his possession the clock of his great-great-great-grandfather Keim;

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also a gun which has the name of Leopold Keim engraved upon it. By his second marriage, Dr. Keim has a son named Charles Richardson Keim, born Sept. 12, 1912.

KEIPER FAMILY.

Three brothers, John, Peter and Henry Adam Keiper, settled in Allentown prior to the Revo- lutionary War. John Keiper, the eldest, was born in Meissensheim, in Zweibruecken, Oct. 19, 1751. He was the first tobacconist in the town and was located at 36 South Seventh street. His sign, a boy with tobacco leaves and cigars, is owned by a descendant, Mrs. Annie E. Leisen- ring. He married Mary Catharine, daughter of Rudolph and Barbara (Weiss) Schmid. She was born Aug. 1, 1757 and died in 1841. Mr. Keiper died July 3, 1833. They had eleven children : Elizabeth, Jacob, John, Catharine, Peter, John, Sarah, George, Daniel, Anna, and David.

I. Elizabeth, born Oct. 24, 1776, died May II, 1854, married, Oct. 2, 1796, John Hains and had children: Reuben, who died in Philadelphia; Joshua and Rebecca, who died unmarried. Joshua married Matilda Stem and had two daughters: Annie, who married Henry A. Stillwagon and has one son, Fred H., Esq., of New York; and Hannah, who married Frank L. Stillwagon, and has a daughter, Miriam.

2. Jacob Keiper, born Oct. 28, 1778, died Sept. 19, 1785.

3. John Keiper, born Feb. 10, 1781, died July 6, 1785.

4. Catharine, born Feb. 12, 1783, married, March 2, 1806, Capt. John F. Ruhe.

5. Peter, born Jan. 27, 1785, married Mary Butz. He lived at Easton and had children: Dr. George, Dr. Christian, and Mrs. Mary Meixsell.

6. John, born March 4, 1787, was the father of Elias and Augustus Keiper. Augustus had sons: Henry and Edwin.

7. Sarah, born Nov. 5, 1788, married, Oct. 3, 1815, Joseph Fox Massey, born Jan. 14, 1785, son of Bartholomew Massey. They had four children : Charles Spofford Massey, born March 7, 1817, died 1881, married Clarissa Guth and had five children; Mary, died young; Ella R. M., wife of Frank Quinn; Jacob H., married Christianna Heist, and had a daughter, Clara, wife of R. L. Stuart, Esq .; Clara died aged 12 years; and Sarah C., married William B. Fry, and had a son, Howard, instructor in Lehigh University ; Mary Catharine, born Oct. 31, 1818, died young; Daniel K., born July 4, 1820, died young ; and Elemina R., born Aug. 8, 1822, died Dec. 10, 1906, who married Nelson Weiser.

Nelson Weiser, son of Martin and Mary A. (Stout) Weiser, was born Aug. 6, 1823. He was educated in the Allentown Academy and - became a printer, book-seller, editor and pub- lisher. From 1858 to 1874 he was a member of the firm of Trexler, Harlacher & Weiser, pub- lishers of the Republikaner, and which published the Weltbote from 1858 to 1868. He also pub- lished the first daily paper in this section, the Lehigh Valley Daily News. He was deputy postmaster under Mrs. Hornbeck, and from 1854 to 1857 was transcribing clerk of the Pennsyl- vania State Senate. He was a member of the State Legislature from 1864 to 1866, and while a member, the bill was passed organizing the Allentown Passenger Railway Co. He was a member and president of common council, and a charter member of Barger Lodge, No. 333, F. & A. M. He was also a member of Allen Lodge, No. 71, I. O. O. F., of the Columbia Fire Company, and of the Lutheran communion. He died in 1876. Mr. Weiser had four chil- dren: Annie E., married Capt. Thomas B. Leis- enring; Mary C .; Sarah M., died young; and Charles W. Weiser, the well known editor of the Democrat, who married Sarah Kistler and has children : Charles, Helen, and Nelson.

8. George Keiper, born June 18, 1791, mar- ried Mary Henry and had children: Mary A., married Tilghman Statler; Henrietta, married John Richards; Helena, married (1) Levi Frank, and (2) Jacob Geisinger, of Freemansburg; Em- ma, married Henry Wuchter, of Akron, Ohio; and Reuben, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, who had a son, George, of Brooklyn, N. Y.

9. Daniel Keiper, born June 19, 1794, married Salome Bowman, and had nine children: Sarah A., died single ; Catharine, married George Ever- ett, and had two daughters: Annie M. and Jes- sie ; Annie, married (1) Major Walter J. Seip, and had a son, George, and (2) Joseph Hunter, and had a son, Robert; Emma, died single ; Clara, married Wm. H. Deshler, Esq .; Ellen, James, Frank and Myra, deceased.

IO. Anna, born Sept. 16, 1796, married John Wagner and had children: Amandus, married Maria Mertz; Tilghman, whose daughter, Louise, married Silas Lentz and had one son, Ray; John, died single ; Daniel; Henrietta, mar- ried Frank P. Good and had two daughters: Katie, deceased, and Hattie W .; and Annie B. Wagner, deceased.

II. David Keiper, born Aug. 15, 1801, died unmarried in 1871.

Peter Keiper, brother of John, Sr., was born in Zweibruecken, Oct. 21, 1755, and died Aug. 14, 1813. He was a shoemaker and at his death

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left a widow, Catharine, and seven children : John, born Feb. 2, 1785 ; Abraham, born Jan. 22, 1787; Catharine, born March 6, 1789; Mar- garet ; Peter, born May 8, 1793; William; and Elizabeth.

Henry Adam Keiper, the third brother, was born in 1757 and died Aug. 6, 1817, on Walnut street, near Sixth. He was a soldier in the Revolution and had children: Catharine, wife of Peter Good; Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Hagen- buch; and John, who had sons: Gabriel; Daniel and William. William Keiper married a Miss Knauss and had a son, Owen.

Owen Keiper, for many years landlord of the Lafayette Hotel, died in 1880. He married, in 1848, Mary Ann Moll, daughter of John and Eliza (Ueberroth) Moll. She was born in 1829, and died Dec. 19, 1909. They had four children : Allen W., Charles T., Walter O., and Mrs. Elenora Losch.

HARVEY L. KEIPER was born Jan. 16, 1871, at the Lafayette Hotel, Allentown, and died Saturday, March 13, 1913. He was educated in the public schools of Allentown, and after graduating from the high school in 1887, he be- came a drug clerk with the late August Weber, at 617 Hamilton street. A few years later he entered the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, from which he graduated in 1892. He remained with Dr. Weber until May, 1895, when he went into business for himself, opening Keiper's drug store, at 41 North Seventh street. Dr. Keiper was a man of marked ability, which early showed itself in the native ambition and inclination to master every phase of the business. He was al- ways a close student, and enjoyed the confidenec of both the public and medical fraternity.

Dr. Keiper was a public spirited man, and took a great interest in local politics. He served two terms as water commissioner, and was al- ternate from Lehigh county to the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis. Socially, he was a member of Allentown Lodge of Elks, Al- lentown Castle, No. 55, Knights of the Golden Eagle; Hancock Conclave, No. 120, Improved Order of Heptasophs; the Clover Club; and the Allentown and Pioneer bands. He was never demonstrative, but as a friend was substantial and sure.

Dr. Keiper's death took place at the Allentown Hospital, where he went to undergo an opera- tion. His death was due to kidney trouble, from which he suffered for several months. He was the son of the late Allen W. Keiper, who died 35 years ago, and his wife, Matilda, nee Hun- sicker, whose second husband was the late Owen

Keiper, who had large property interests in the Fifth ward.

Besides his mother, two sisters survived, Misses Gertrude and Lillian Keiper, and one half- brother, Frank W. Schaffer, manager of the drug store, who continues the business.

KEITER FAMILY.

Casper Keiter, son of Jacob and Margaret Keiter, was born May 23, 1782 and died Jan. 12, 1851. He had three children : Aaron E., Wil- loughby, deceased, and Eliza, married to Charles Quier, of Allentown. Aaron Keiter, son of Cas- per and Catharine ( Hoffman) Keiter, was born at Allentown, April 19, 1818. He was engaged in farming, later on turning to contracting until he was compelled to retire on account of ill health. About 1870 he had been elected as city controller by the Republican party. He had been a member of the Lutheran Church, which he served in vari- ous capacities. On August 3, 1861, he was mar- ried to Susan Mohr, a daughter of Daniel and Mary ( Haas) Mohr, from which union were born: William D. C. and Frank T. L.

REV. WILLIAM D. C. KEITER, D.D., son of Aaron E. and Susan ( Mohr) Keiter, was born in Allentown, Jan. 30, 1863. He graduated from the Allentown High school 1880; from Muhlenberg college, 1884, receiving the degree of A.B. from the Lutheran Theological Semi- nary, Phila., 1887. The same year Muhlen- berg College conferred the degree of A.M. After his ordination, he established Trinity Lutheran Church, West Bethlehem, where he continued until Jan., 1910, when he was called as secretary of Muhlenberg College. Dr. Keiter served as secretary (1898-1902), then as president (1902- 1906) of the Allentown Conference; as trustee of Muhlenberg College since 1905; as trustee and secretary of Mt. Airy Theological Seminary since 1909. He is also president of the Joint Arbitration Committee between the General Council and the General Synod. In June, 1911, Augustana College, of Rock Island, Ill., conferr- ed the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity upon him. He was married to Millie S., daugh- ter of Charles H. and Eliza (Engleman) Ruhe on November 22, 1887, the issue being Rev. Charles R., married to Mabel E. Snyder, of Wildwood, N. J .; Ernest R., residing with the parents at Allentown.

FRANKLIN T. L. KEITER, son of Aaron E. and Susan ( Mohr) Keiter, is a native of Allen- town, Pa., being born Aug. 11, 1864. He re- ceived his preparatory training in the public schools of Allentown, graduating from the High school in 1880; entering Muhlenberg College in

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the fall of the same year, he left the institution at the close of the sophomore year, 1882, in order to take up the study of law. He was admitted to the bar of Lehigh county, April 16, 1886. Governor James A. Beaver appointed him alder- man, Nov. 10, 1890, to fill out the unexpired term of Isaac A. Kase, who had resigned as alder- man of the seventh ward. When the time for election approached in 1891, he was nominated by the Republican party for the office and elected for a period of five years. Since then he has been repeatedly elected thereto upon the expiration of his term of office. Prior to his appointment, he had served two terms as councilman. Later he was appointed by Governor Pennypacker as a member of the board of commissioners for the erection of the Homeopathic State Hospital for the Insane at Rittersville. He is a member of the Livingston and Clover Clubs, K. G. E., J. O. U. A. M., and I. O. O. F. He and his family are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Keiter married on April 23, 1891, Annie M. Blank, daughter of Benjamin F. and Emma R. (Stahr) Blank, the issue being one daughter, Madeline Marion.

KELLER FAMILY.

One of the branches of this family trace their genealogy to Christofol Keller and his wife, na- tives of Holland. On their way to America, Mr. Keller died. Mrs. Keller with her two children, landed at Philadelphia and settled near Kellersville, Monroe county. The daughter was married to Philip Bossard, and the son Christo- fol, Jr., was married to Miss Bossard, who with his wife resided for some years near Kellersville, where they purchased about six hundred acres. They were the parents of six children: Andrew ; Christofol, John George; and three daughters, who became the wives of Mr. Schafer, Mr. Die- trich and Mr. Shultz. Andrew and Christofol, the two oldest sons, settled near Cuba, New York. George, the youngest son, was" born March 5, 1774, and died Oct. 16, 1833. He was married to Rachel Dils, who was born Oct. 13, 1776, and died August 7, 1838. They were the parents of five children, three sons and two daughters. The two daughters died in infancy. John, the oldest son, was born Feb. 18, 1795, and died Sept. 29, 1854; married to Sarah Trach and resided about two miles south of Kellersville. Christofol, the second son, married Elizabeth Erdman, and resides near Zion cemetery. Jos- eph, the third son, born at Kellersville, Monroe county, Feb. 7, 1800, and died June 22, 1857. He was a man of a practical turn of mind and during his active career he was a merchant mil- ler, lumber dealer and hotel proprietor.

Mr. Keller was serving in the capacity of judge of Monroe county, when the county seat was to be selected. There was a spirited contest between the east and west ends of the county. The east end was in favor of Stroudsburg, and the west end of Kellersville. Judge Keller of- fered to donate the ground and erect the public buildings, in Kellersville was selected as the county seat, but the end he represented was de- feated by a small majority. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and a Democrat in pol- itics. He was married to Lydia Butz, born May 3, 1805, died Feb. 11, 1846. This union was blessed with the following children: George B .; Samuel S .; Catharine; Rachel D .; Anna M .; Christiana; Joseph ; Charles S .; Jacob T .; Emma L .; Isaiah; Edwin and Lydia. The mother of these children died Feb. 11, 1846. Mr. Keller then married Mrs. Mary Broadhead, who bore him two children: (twins) Franklin B., and Mary F. Mr. Keller died June 22, 1857, and Mrs. Keller died Jan. 14, 1867.

Isaiah Keller, residing at 465 Liberty street, Allentown, was born in Monroe county in 1842. He was reared on the farm and when he grew to manhood he followed the agricultural pursuit for many years. Later he moved to Allentown, where he was in the grocery business for a num- ber of years, and is now living retired. He was married to Rachel Shoemaker, a daughter of Michael Shoemaker, of Monroe county, who died Feb. 15, 1911, and is buried in Greenwood cemetery, Allentown. To Mr. and Mrs. Kel- ler the following children were born: Eliza- beth, wife of Walter Smith, a ribbon weaver; John A .; Amanda, wife of Charles Lewis, a plumber ; and Edwin, a silk weaver at Paterson, N. J.

JOHN A. KELLER, superintendent of D. G. Dery's silk mill, of Allentown, was born near Stroudsburg, Monroe county, Dec. 15, 1864. When he was quite young he moved to Allen- town with his parents, where he was educated in the public schools, graduating from the high school in 1882, after which he was employed by the Adelaide Silk Company in the warping de- partment for two years. He was next employed by the Standard Silk Company, of Paterson, N. J., and later by the same company at Phillips- burg, N. J.

In 1900 he connected himself with the D. G. Dery Silk Mill and took charge of the warping department. In 1903, he moved to Allentown to take charge of Mill A, of the same com- pany, and now has charge of the three mills of this company in Allentown. Mr. Keller is In- dependent in politics. He is a member of Salem Reformed church, and holds membership in the

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B. P. O. E., and the F. & A. M. In 1886, he was married to Mary Koenig, daughter of Henry and Fredericka Koenig. They reside at 338 North Ninth street, Allentown, and are the parents of two children: Harry I., married to Parmelia Hammersley, has charge of D. G. Dery's Mill C .; Arthur E., the D. G. Dery Mill A.

KEMMERER FAMILY.

Frederick Kemmerer, a native of Wurtemberg, came to America in 1742 with a brother, Henry. They settled in Lower Milford township, where Henry had a son, Henry, born in 1746, and later removed to the eastern part of Northampton county. Frederick secured by warrant of Aug. 17, 1742, a tract of 100 acres near Dillingers- ville, which was patented to Abraham Schantz on Sept. 6, 1796, and later owned by his de- scendants, Christian and Readon Schantz. Fred- erick Kemmerer was assessed £17 in 1762 and was naturalized April 11, 1763. He was for some time an inn-keeper in the township and was taxed as such £7.10.8 in 1772. He was a mem- ber of the old Lutheran congregation at Dilling- ersville from 1744 to 1760, after which he be- came a member of the Zionsville Lutheran con- gregation, where he was undoubtedly buried. His wife, Rosina, was born in 1716, and died Nov. 2, 1804, aged 87 years, at the home of her son Henry. They had seven children: Henry, born April 4, 1740; Rosina, born April 15, 1744; Frederick, born May 24, 1746; Christian, born 1747, died April 10, 1795, married Conrad Nei- meyer ; Jacob; George ; and John, born Aug. 31, I 760.

Henry Kemmerer, eldest son of Frederick, was born April 4, 1740. He was a farmer and car- penter and remained on his father's land until 1770, when he settled in Salisbury township, where he purchased 150 acres near the Little Lehigh river.

He served as a sergeant in the Revolutionary War, and towards the close of the war was com- missioned an ensign. He became a member of the Lutheran congregation of Salisbury church, where he was buried upon his death, Oct. 10, 1804. His wife, Anna M., was born Dec. 25, 1737, and died March 11, 1820. Their children were: Jacob, John, George, Catharine, Henry, George Adam, Martin, Anna, Mary, and Rosina.

Jacob Kemmerer settled on the Bucks and Montgomery county line and died in 1828.

John Kemmerer, born No. 24, 1765, was a farmer in Salisbury township, near Emaus sta- tion. He was a member of the Western Salis- bury Lutheran congregation and died Feb. 21, 1851. He married Magdalena Leibensperger,

who was born Nov. 25, 1772, and died April 14, 1844. They had eight children: John George, born Aug. 26, 1793, died Dec. 26, 1861, married Elizabeth Weaber, and owned the old homestead ; Solomon ; Maria, born Oct. 2, 1803, married a Mr. Troxell and moved to Indiana; David, born Feb. 16, 1806, owned the state fishery farm, which he sold and removed to Ohio, where his children, Allen and Sarah, had settled; Jacob, born Jan. 5, 1808, died in 1842; Catharine, born Dec. 25, 1809, married Joseph Gangawere; Esther, born Jan. 12, 1812, married Abraham Worman; and Elizabeth, married Aaron Butz.

Solomon Kemmerer, son of John, was born Feb. 4, 1802, and died No. 5, 1890. He was a farmer and owned 130 acres in Salisbury, about a mile south of Allentown. He was a member of the Western Salisbury Lutheran congregation, although earlier a member of the Allentown con- gregation, and later of Cedarville congregation. He lived retired for some years before his death. He married Anna Maria Kuhns, born Nov. 6, 1805, died Oct. 8, 1864. They had nine chil- dren : Maria, m. (first) Solomon Ludwig, (sec- ond) William Eckert; Eliza, m. James Butz ; Lavinia, m. James Backenstoe; Abraham J .; Lydia, m. R. Y. Wieder; Mary, died single ; Solomon ; Tilghman M .; and Rebecca, born 1846, died July 10, 1912, married Henry Moyer.

Abraham J. Kemmerer, son of Solomon, was born Feb. 18, 1834, and died Sept. 26, 1902. He was a miller and operated Kemmerer's Mill, near Allentown, from the time of his marriage until 1894, when he retired, living at 435 North Eighth street, Allentown. He was a Democrat and served as assessor and tax collector. He m. (first) Hannah Schmoyer, and (second) Ele- mina Grammes. In his second marriage he had two children : Queen, died in infancy, and Har- vey S. P., died, aged four years.

TILGHMAN M. KEMMERER, son of Solomon, was born in Salisbury on the homestead of his father, Jan. 6, 1843, and worked upon the farm until of age. In 1868 he went West to various states, working on farms and following various vocations for five years and eight months. Re- turning to this state, he, in 1876, was married to Ellen A., daughter of Moses Flexer, who died Jan. 15, 1878, aged 24 years, I month and 25 days. After his marriage he began farming in Whitehall, continuing on one farm for fifteen years. This farm of 110 acres he still owns. The issue by the first marriage was Annie M., of Al- lentown.

In 1892 he retired, moving to Coplay, where he is engaged in teaming. He is a member of the Lutheran Church. On April 12, 1879, he mar- ried, second, Catherine Schaeffer, a daughter of

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James and Maria (Folk) Schaeffer, of Upper Milford, the issue being: Solomon J., who died at the age of six years; Harvey T., clothier at Emaus ; Morris D., who died at the age of eight years ; and Albert J., of Coplay, who is clerking, and who married Gertie Durheimer, and has one child, Viola.

SOLOMON J. J. KEMMERER, retired, of Allen- town, was born March 9, 1841, in Salisbury township. Reared upon the farm, he worked for his parents to the time of his marriage, when he began to till the homestead farm of 140 acres for 24 years. In 1892 he removed to Allentown, living here ever since. He still owns the home- stead farm, which belonged to his father and grandfather, who bought the same in 1821 and moved thereon. A house on this farm was built by a Burkholder in 1802. It is a stone building. Mr. Kemmerer is a member of the Lutheran Church. On Dec. 14, 1867, he was married to Matilda R., a daughter of Stephen and Lovina (Trexler) Schmoyer, and has a son, Victor S.

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 124

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

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