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Mr. Kramlich was married in 1870 to Lydia Smith, daughter of Daniel, farmer of Weisen- berg, and they had three children: Howard F. (still at home, assisting his father on the farm) ; Edward C. (who married Montana Freyman and died in 1909, at the age of 37 years) ; and Theodore J. (who died in 1903 at the age of 27 years). He and the family have been mem- bers of Ziegel church.
KRAMER FAMILY.
Bernhard Kramer, the immigrant ancestor of many persons of this name in the counties of Berks and Lehigh, settled in the Allemangel district, the name of an early locality which sig- nified "all wants" and embraced what is now Albany township in Berks county and Lynn township in Lehigh county, south of the Blue Mountains.
His wife was Susanna Catharine Lautz, or Lutz. An old baptismal certificate, which re- cords the birth and baptism of a son, Johannes, is in the possession of Daniel F. Kramer, in Bern township, Berks county, and this states that Johannes Kramer, son of Bernhard, was born September 1I, 1777, and baptized October 19th following, in the Weissenberg church, and that the sponsors were Johannes Turg Hand and his wife, Anna Margaretha.
Johannes Kramer, son of Bernhard, was born September 1I, 1777, and died at the age of 89 years. His wife was Catharine Ruhl, born in 1780 and died at the age of 68 years. Both were buried in the cemetery at Epler's church in Berks county. He was a stone mason and owned a small tract of land. They had nine children: Elizabeth, born 1803 and died 88 years old; Anna Maria, b. 1804 and died 75
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years old; Catharine, b. 1806 and died 82 years old; John, b. 1807 and died 93 years old; Mar- garet, b. 1809 and died 82 years old; Sallie, b. 1811 and died 93 years old; Daniel R., H. 1813 and died 72 years old; Susanna, b. 1816 and died 41 years old; and Jacob, b. 18194and died 76 years old. Their children were all married. The average length of life of eight of !them (excepting Susanna) was a most re- markable age of 85 years.
George Kramer, of Greenwich township, in Berks county, made his last will in July, 1778, and it was probated by the Register of Wills on October 22, 1787. It mentions George Adam and Christopher (Stoffel) as sons, and Anna Maria as the youngest daughter; but from its language it would appear that there were other children. The Federal census of 1790 would seem to confirm it, for there were ten heads of families recorded then whose name were Chris't, George (sr.) George (jr.), Geo. Adam, Fred'k, Daniel, John, Philip, William, and the widow Kremer.
John Kramer was a resident of Greenwich township, in Berks county, and there he owned a very large tract of 'land in the vicinity of the Schofer schoolhouse. He operated a distillery, disposing of his product (apple-jack) at Phila- delphia, for it is known that he made occasional trips to that place and doubtless for that pur- pose. He was a man of more than 'ordinary popularity, prominently identified with the State Militia, in which he held a commission as cap- tain. He was tall, with a fine physique; and he was a severe disciplinarian. On battalion days he appeared in his uniform and uttered his commands in a loud voice; and he moved about in a most dignified manner.
His wife was Sarah Shadel, and they had five children : John, Jacob, George, Mary (mar- ried William Adam), and Sarah (married Wil- liam Gehret). Both of the sons-in-law were carpenters by occupation.
George Kramer, son of John, was a farmer and carpenter in Greenwich township, Berks county. His wife was Catharine Dietrich, a daughter of George Dietrich who was a pros- perous miller and farmer of the same township ; and they had nine children: Mary, Sarah, Het- tie, Catharine, Franklin D., Carrie, Amanda, Chester U. and Rosa.
Jacob Kramer son of John, was born in Wind- sor township and died in Greenwich township, Berks county. He was buried at the Zion church in Perry township, where he had been a member of the Lutheran congregation. He was a farmer by occupation and owned different
farms. In 1899 he purchased the William J. Dietrich homestead at West Hamburg, at a public sale and shortly afterward sold it at a - profit to John S. Kline. He also had the farm now owned by his son Thomas. He was a Democrat and for a number of years served as a school director of Greenwich township, hold ing the office at the time of his death.
His wife was Elizabeth Mengel, a daughter of Joseph Mengel of Windsor township, who was born October 3, 1834, and now has her home with her daughter Mary. They had four- teen children : Frank, Mary Anna and Louisa, who died small; Jacob M., Thomas, Senora (married Daniel Jacoby ), Salena (m. W. F. Mil- ler), Mary (m. George Adam), Malinda (m. Morgan Sausely) Samuel, Frederick, Agnes (m. William Warmkessel), and John.
JACOB M. KRAMER, prosperous farmer in the Kistler valley, was born in Windsor township. Berks county, December 11, 1860. In 1884 he began farming as a tenant on the place where he now resides in Lynn township, and he con- tinued there three years. Afterward he farmed in Upper Macungie, Washington, and Heidel- berg townships for eleven years; and in 1897 he returned to the farm in the Kistler valley, which he operated for ten years; and in 1907 he pur- chased the place. Samuel Kistler had built a large stone dwelling-house there in 1803, and Daniel Kistler a Swiss born, 45 x 100 feet, in 1868. The farm contains 207 acres.
Mr. Kramer was married May 24, 1886, to Mary A. Heil, daughter of Benjamin and Cath- arine (Frey) Heil, of Heidelberg township, and they have seven children: Thomas A., Milton J., Maud M. H., Katie E., Robert E., John B. and Annie S. They are members of the Luther- an congregation of the St. Peter's church at Lynnville, which he has served as elder since 1907. In politics he is a Democrat.
Henry Kramer, the ancestor of this family, was a farmer in what is now Upper Nazareth township, Northampton county, prior to 1807 a part of Nazareth township and prior to 1788 a part of Bethlehem township, where he owned 150 acres of land. He was born in February, 1724, and died Feb. 2, 1795, aged 71 years, and was buried at Hecktown church. He had three sons and six daughters.
Nicholas Kramer, son of Henry, was born Nov. 13, 1767, and died Dec. 16, 1836, aged 69 years. He was a surveyor and dealer in real estate and bought and sold many farms in this section. He had his headquarters at the Sun Inn, Bethlehem, where he entertained lavishly.
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He at one time owned the land on which Muh- lenberg College is now located, as well as other farms in Whitehall, near Allentown. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and married Maria Catharine Vogel, who was born Nov. 14, 1771, and died Aug. 17, 1833. They had seven children : Eliza, born Nov. 20, 1791; Daniel, born June 19, 1794, who had children: Walter, Robert, and Mary, married Dr. Tilghman H. Martin; Thomas J., born Oct. 19, 1799; Charles, born Aug. 31, 1801 ; Susan, born Aug. 27, 1803; Hannah, born June 9, 1805; and Jos- eph, born May 17, 1807, whose son, Edward D., was the father of Thomas J. Kramer.
Charles Kramer was born Aug. 31, 1801, and was educated in Allentown, where, as a young man he learned tobacco spinning with John Eck- ert. In 1822, he became a butcher and con- tinued in that business until his death, on April 16, 1865. His place of business was on the east side of Sixth street, between Linden and Turner streets. He was one of the committee of inves- tigation after the failure of the old Northamp- ton Bank, and one of the incorporators of the Agricultural Society. He married Juliana, daughter of William Miller, born Nov. 7, 1803, died Dec. 18, 1879. They had ten children: Franklin M., Maria, J. Allen, Tilghman W., Milton J., Eliza, Kate, Elemanda, George W., and John C.
I. Franklin M. Kramer, the eldest son, was born in Allentown, Jan. 23, 1822. He was edu- cated in the public schools and the Allentown Academy, and assisted his father in his business, succeeding him at his death and conducted it until he died, Jan. 30, 1894. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church and a director of the Allentown National Bank. He married Mary A., daughter of Major William and Elizabeth (Worman) Fry. She was born May 13, 1827, and died March 2, 1904.
Major Fry was born in Bladensburg, Md., in May, 1800, and became a carriage maker in Allentown in 1822. He became active in militia circles, was burgess of the borough and state senator from 1852 to 1855. He had three chil- dren: Mrs. Mary A. Kramer, Alderman George Fry, and Ellen E., wife of Jacob J. Stein. Mr. and Mrs. Kramer had two children: John T and Fred F. Kramer.
JOHN T. KRAMER was born in Allentown, Oct. 19, 1860. He was educated in the city schools, and entered his father's place of business, which he conducted after his death, from 1894 to 1900, when he sold out and entered into partner- ship with his brother in the music store, known as Kramer's Music House. He was elected a
member of select council in 1898, in which he served five terms and was chairman from 1907 to 1912. He was a member of the finance com- mittee for eleven years and its chairman for five years, and in 1911 was a candidate for mayor of the city on the Democratic ticket. He is pres- . ident of the Fairview Cemetery Association, and is a member of Jordan Lodge, No. 673, F. & A. M., Allentown Lodge of Elks, No. 130, Le- high Democratic Club, and Lehigh County Ag- ricultural Society.
Fred F. Kramer was born in Allentown, April 17, 1863. He attended the public schools of the city and graduated from the high school in 1879. He became a clerk in a music store and on Oct. 17, 1887, engaged in the music business on Cen- ter Square. After having been located at sev- eral other sites, the business was permanently established in the Weightman building, at 544 Hamilton street, where the great fire of Oct. 13, 1893, completely destroyed the building. It was then rebuilt, and the business continued there. In 1904, Mr. Kramer, with his brother, John T., purchased the building, and the business has so increased that the entire four floors are now occupied in the handling of the firm's large trade in the sale of high grade pianos, player pianos, victrolas, and everything in the music line. Mr. Kramer is a member of St. John's Reformed church, Greenleaf Lodge, No. 561, F. & A. M., Allentown Lodge of Elks, No. 130, Lehigh Lodge, No. 83, I. O. O. F., and Lehigh County Agricultural Society, and is secretary of the Fairview Cemetery Association. He married, Nov. 12, 1891, Sallie A., daughter of C. Frank and Emma C. (Ruhe) Haines, and has two chil- dren : Dorothy H., and Frederick F.
2. Maria, married Peter S. Wenner, and had seven children: Mrs. Frank W. Weil, Chas. K., Robert W., Park B., Edw. F., Thomas P., and Harry C.
3. James Allen Kramer, who married Ele- manda Horn, and had six children: Harry F., married Emma Bowlby, and had six children ; Chas. N .; Howard S .; Jennie, married George D. Krause, and had three children; Laura J .; and Sallie, married Harry A. Blank.
HOWARD S. KRAMER, son of James A., was born in Allentown, May 16, 1856. He was edu- cated in the city schools and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, where he graduated in 1877, after which he was for thirteen years en- gaged in the drug business at Allentown. In 1890, he became a member of the firm of Wen- ner, Kramer & Company, dealers in china and queensware, at 527 Hamilton street, in which he remained until 1895, after which he was engaged
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in special work for five years, and secretary and manager of the Grape Capsule Company for five years. He then became a member of the firm of Peters, Jacoby & Company, in which business he is still engaged. He served as temporary secretary of the Y. M. C. A. for six months, and has been interested in and a director of the in- stitution since 1895. Mr. Kramer was elected coroner of the county, as a Democrat, and served from 1891 to 1894, during which time William Keck, the first convicted murderer in the county, and Harry Johnson, were sentenced to be hanged. In the trial of the Keck case, Mr. Kramer won high honors. He is a member of St. John's Lu- theran church and served in its vestry from 1895 to 1899. He is also a member of Lehigh Lodge, No. 83, I. O. O. F., and has been treasurer of Hancock Conclave, Order of Heptasophs since 1895. He married, March 3, 1881, Jennie, daughter of Lewis and Rosetta (Follweiler) Miller, and granddaughter of David Follweiler, many years a justice of Lynn township. They have one son, H. Stanley Kramer, a graduate of the Allentown high school, who married Ber- tha Bowman, and has a daughter, Ruth.
4. Tilghman W. Kramer, born Dec. 31, 1829, died Dec. 12, 1898, many years internal revenue collector, married Mary A. C., daughter of Reu- ben Guth. They had two sons, both deceased.
5. Milton J. Kramer married Louisa Stettler. Their daughter, Mary J., married Charles E. Berger, and had one daughter, Louise.
6. Eliza, married Edw. Lawall and had chil- dren: Lizzie and Julia.
7. Kate, married Edw. S. Shimer, and had children : Edward S., and Alice.
8. Elemanda, married (first) Henry Smith, and had six children: Charles, for 30 years in the marine service; Harry; Julia, married Chas. H. Kleckner ; Elizabeth, married (first) Henry Krause, and (second) Al. H. Raber; Mary, mar- ried Solomon Reinsmith; and Lillian, married Samuel Koch. Elemanda married (second) Hugh Eschbach and had two children: Dr. W. W., and Robert.
9. George W., married Amanda Schwartz and had one child, Julia A.
10. John C., married Kate Leh, and had one son, George.
Edward Kramer resided in Allentown where he conducted a hotel for many years. He died in 1912. Alexander Kramer, a son of Edward Kramer, learned the moulding trade in early life which he followed for a number of years. Later he was in the restaurant business in Allentown, where he died, aged fifty-six years. In politics
he adhered to the principles of the Democratic party. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and belonged to the Fraternal Order of - Red Men. He was married to Hannah, daugh- ter of Henry and Maria ( Hedamen ) Ziegenfuss, who now makes her home with her son, Alfred H. To Mr. and Mrs. Kramer four children were born: Alfred H .; Annie, wife of Joseph Addis, of Allentown, a plumber by trade; Katie, wife of Fred Ruth, a bricklayer, of Newark, N. J. Issue: Earl, Paul and Grace; Lillian, wife of John Hogan, an employee of the L. V. Trac- tion Company.
ALBERT H. KRAMER, son of Alexander and Hanah Kramer, was born Dec. 22, 1876. He received his education in the public schools of his native place and at the age of ten years lie started to work in the pottery works of Allen- town. Later he was employed as bobbin boy in the silk mills, and for three years in a restaurant. On May 10, 1898, he enlisted in Company B, 4th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served during the Spanish-American War as a private, under Captain Frank Medler and Colonel Case. After his return from Porto Rico, where he did guard duty, he went into the restaurant business. For three years he was assistant steward at the Liv- ingston Club, Allentown, during the winter, and during the summer months he conducted the restaurant at Dorney's Park. Later he was stew- ard of the Elks Club for three years.
In the spring of 1910 he opened the restaurant in Central Park, Rittersville, which he has since conducted. His partners in the restaurant busi- ness are C. A. Schumm and E. O. Smith. He is also the proprietor of a penny arcade at the same park. He has a half interest in the Osen- bach & Kramer Hosiery Mill, of Rittersville. Their factory consists of a two-story frame build- 40x40 feet, and employ fifteen hands.
Mr. Kramer is a member of the Rittersville Lutheran church. He is affiliated with the fol- lowing fraternal organizations: Spanish-Ameri- can War Veterans; F. O. E .; and the Moose. Mr. Kramer is married to Mamie Reedy. They are the parents of three children: Albert A., Edward W., and Charles H.
L. T. J. KRAMER.
Israel Kramer lived at East Allentown, and died there in 1876, at the age of sixty-seven years. His wife was Lydia Dilgard and they had these children: Isabella, Mary, Henry, William and Tilghman. All of them have died.
Tilghman Kramer, son of Israel, was born in 1836. He followed boating for 35 years, and owned his own boat. He died at East Al-
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lentown, Dec. 10, 1895, where he had lived for many years. He was married to Catharine Young, a daughter of Jacob and Susanna (Freed) Young. Their two children were: Lovine T. J. and Alfred T., of Allentown.
Lovine T. J. Kramer, common councilman of the Fourteenth Ward of Allentown, was born there November 7, 1858. He was employed as foreman at Noxon, Luzerne county, Pa., in the large Mosser tannery for a period of seventeen years. In 1905 he returned to East Allentown and is now employed as foreman in the stone quarry of C. H. Ziegenfuss & Co., at Greisemers- ville. He resides at No. 273 Walnut street.
He is a member of Camp 115, P. O. S. of A., since 1881 ; also of the East Allentown Fire Company. He served as a school director of Hanover township for ten years and in 191I when East Allentown was admitted into the city as the Fourteenth Ward, he was elected on the Democratic ticket as one of the Common Councilmen.
Lovine and Emma Kramer have these chil- dren: Florence M., and George T. (married to Gertrude Freshner, who live in the Four- teenth Ward in which he is serving as a police- man).
KRATZER FAMILY.
John Kratzer was a farmer in Whitehall town- ship. He was married and had a son, Charles, who also lived in Whitehall at what is known as "Kratzer's," situated along the Slatington trolley road, in what is now South Whitehall township. The latter had a son, Lewis, who was born near the "Kratzer schoolhouse," in May, 1846; is employed as carpenter by the Donald- son Iron Company, at Emaus, for the past quar- ter of a century. He is a member of the Lu- theran church at Emaus, where he resides. He married Ellen E., a daughter of William and Mary (Wieder) Romig, and their union was blessed with seven children, viz: Charles, died young; Wilson, of Emaus; Edward, a painter by trade; Harrison J., history follows; Emma, who graduated from the Emaus high school in 1913, is now a public school teacher; and Fred- erick and Robert, both employed in the silk mill at Emaus.
HARRISON J. KRATZER, of Emaus, a son of Lewis and Ellen E. (Romig) Kratzer, was born in that old Moravian settlement, first known as "Emmaus," on June 22, 1885. He attended the Emaus high school, but went to work at the age of fourteen in the Keystone Silk Mill, where he was employed for seven years. Afterward for four years, he was employed by the Unity Silk
Company, Allentown, and for a while was em- ployed by the Chester Silk Company, at Chester, Pa. In 1909 he accepted a position with the D. G. Dery Silk Company, at Emaus, where he has been employed up to the present time.
Mr. Kratzer was the chief of the fire depart- ment of Emaus, in 1909; was a state delegate to the Harrisburg Democratic convention in 1911 ; is a member of the Mystic Star Lodge, No. 73, I. O. O. F., and the Emmaus Encampment, No. 15, both of Emaus. He is a member of the Emaus Fire Company, No. 1, was one of the or- ganizers of the Firemen's Relief Association, of Emaus.
CLAUDE H. KRATZER.
John Kratzer, of Plainfield township, New Jersey, located at Moorestown, in Northampton county, Pa. He was born in 1800. He was an undertaker until about 1869, when he was paralyzed, which disabled him and left him an invalid until he died in 1874. He is buried at the Moorestown Union Church, of which he and family were Lutheran members. He served the congregation as deacon and elder.
He married Susanna Shook, who died about 1877. They had seven children: Jacob, Re- becca, Henry, Carolina, David and Elias (twins), and Peter.
Henry Kratzer, son of John, was born in Plainfield township, New Jersey, in 1835. He was a carpenter, and helped to erect many der- ricks at the slate quarries in Northampton coun- ty, Pa. He was active in religious work, serv- ing both the church and Sunday-school at Moorestown, actively for a number of years. He died at Pen Argyl, of typhoid fever, and was buried at Moorestown.
On New Year's evening, 1865, he married Matilda A. Johnson (born in 1845, in Moore township). She is a daughter of Henry and Dorothea (Hoch) Kratzer.
They had five children: Victoria (who died when five years old) ; Mary (m. Edward Mil- ler) ; Lillie (m. Albert Heckman) ; Deborah (m. Nelson Rice of Allentown) ; and Claude H. (mentioned later.) Edward Miller and Al- bert Heckman reside at Nazareth, Pa.
Mrs. Kratzer's grandfather, Jacob Hoch (who died aged 92 years) often spoke about the Indians, and how he gave them tobaccoy which pleased them very much, and made them friendly with the Hoch family.
Claude H. Kratzer, of Allentown, was born at Pen-Argyl, Pa., December 26, 1885. He was educated in the public schools at Nazareth, and the Medico-Chirurgical Pharmacy, in Phila-
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delphia, graduating in 1906. He then acted as the manager of the Claud Pharmacy in Philadel- phia, until 1907, when he became the successor of the J. J. Murry pharmacy at Allentown, lo- cated at the corner of Second and Liberty streets, and built up a large business. He has a mod- ern drug store. Socially, he is a member of the Knights of Friendship, and the Loyal Order of Moose.
AMMON J. KRATZER, carpenter and farmer, was born May 28, 1850, at Friedensville, in Up- per Saucon township. He attended the public school and worked on a farm until he became eighteen years old, when he learned the trade of carpenter under Joseph Mory, at Center Val- ley, and this he has followed in that vicinity until the present time. By his thrift he secured a farm in the township, which he occupies and carries on in connection with his trade. In poli- tics he has been a Republican and he has served as registry assessor of the township for three years. He married Mary Rudolph, a daughter of Henry and Lovina (Snyder) Rudolph, of the same township, and they have one child, Victor Henry, who married Annie, daughter of James A. and Eunice (Cressman) Hillegass, who have their home with him. They are members of the Reformed church at Friedensville, which he has served as deacon and elder.
His father, Joseph Kratzer, was brought up on a farm, learned the trade of tailor, which he followed for a number of years; then by his in- dustry and economy he was enabled to buy a farm in Upper Saucon and this he cultivated until he died at the age of seventy-five years. He married Sarah, daughter of Jacob Mory, and they had four children: Ammon J .; Sarah, who died single at the the age of 53 years; Mary, who resides at Quakertown; and one who died in in- fancy.
His grandfather was John Kratzer, of White- hall, where he was born and carried on farming.
KRAUSE FAMILY.
Johannes Krause was born in Germany, Janu- ary 9, 1712, and emigrated to America about the middle of the eighteenth century. He settled in Heidelberg township, Lehigh county, Pa., where he was a farmer. He died June 12, 1795, and is buried in the old graveyard of the Heidelberg church, of which he had been a member. He had a number of children.
John Philip, son of Johannes Krause, was born Jan. 3, 1753, and died Jan. 9, 1798. He mar- ried Miss Heckman, and had children: Jo- hannes, who married, had a daughter, Kate, who married Mr. Handwerk; Daniel, and George,
of further mention; Philip, married and had : Polly (Maria), who died in 1911 at the age of 97 years; Salinda, and Caroline; John Adam, married and had: Nathan, Amos, Levi, Peter, William, Fianna, Sarah, and Maria; Frederick, of further mention; and several others.
Daniel, son of John Philip Krause, was a farmer near Saegersville. He married Maria Rex, and had: Daniel, of further mention ; Gideon ; Polly ; Catharine, and Sallie.
Daniel, son of Daniel and Maria (Rex) Krause, succeeded to his father's homestead. He and his family were Lutherans. He married Mary Klotz, and had: Lewis D., of further mention ; Fietta; Louisa; Mary; Owen, and William.
LEWIS D. KRAUSE, son of Daniel and Mary (Klotz) Krause, was born on the homestead in Heidelberg township, in 1843. Up to the age of sixteen years he attended the public schools of his native township, then was clerk in a store in Slatington, until 1879. He then engaged in the wholesale shoe business in Allentown, following this for twelve years, then added a retail depart- ment, and continued the business for a further period of sixteen years. In 1904 he became presi- dent of the Citizens' Deposit and Trust Com- pany, and filled this office five years, and since 1910 he has served as vice-president of the com- pany. He has been a member of the Evangelical Church since 1867, and during this time has filled all of the various church offices. Mr. Krause married, in 1862, Sarah E., a daughter of David and Carolina Weida, and they have had: Emma L., living with her parents; Oliver; Charles W., and Samuel D., who died young.
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