History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 3

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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John Allen was born Aug. 22, 1852, at Guth's Station and was educated in the common schools of Catasauqua. He served an apprenticeship of three years as a blacksmith with Butz, Frederick & Co., and was then a boilermaker for Cole &

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Heilman for fifteen years. He then became a boiler inspector for the Hartford Boiler Insur- ance Company, which position he still fills to the satisfaction both of the company and business men. His territory covers eastern Pennsylvania, in which he inspects 1,000 boilers. He has been one of the foremost men in the upbuilding and improvement of the Tenth ward, in which he has built nearly 100 houses and from which he served as a common councilman from 1903 to 1905. While a member of council he succeeded in having the Tilghman street bridge erected, which project had been started 24 years before. Mr. Allen is a member of Barger Lodge, No. 333, F. & A. M., Allen R. A. Chapter, No. 203; Masonic Veterans Association ; Sons of Veterans; and the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican. He married, April 18, 1875, Ella Amanda, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Ramer) Schuman and had five children, two of whom are deceased. His three living children are: Mary G., supervisor of the primary schools of the city; Martha C., wife of Charles M. Wal- ters, auditor of the L. V. Traction Co .; and Les- lie, a student in hydraulic engineering at Lehigh University.

HENRY WILLARD ALLISON.

James Willetts Allison, father of Henry Wil- lard Allison, was born in the State of Pennsyl- vania, in the Valley of the Susquehanna, attended the common schools of that day, and after his marriage to Mary McLellan Boal, removed to Catlettsburg, Kentucky, where he conducted a general store, and subsequently removed to the heart of the iron operations of southern Ohio, locating at Ironton, where he spent the remainder of his days. He and his wife were the parents of eight children.

Henry Willard Allison was born in Catletts- burg, Kentucky, July 8, 1846, died in Allentown, Oct. 12, 1913. He attended the schools of that village, and when sixteen years of age became an employee of Linton & Keans, iron manufacturers, and later was an employee of the Norton Iron Works, at Ashland, Kentucky. In 1868 he en- tered the employ of Pardee, Brother & Company, of Hazleton, and went to that state to assume control of coal mining operations for the firm at Lattimer, remaining there seven years, and in 1875 was transferred to Allentown to assume control of the business of the Allentown Rolling Mills, then a Pardee iron interest. He was the secretary, treasurer and general manager of the company, a position he retained up to his death. He was a director of the Second National Bank ; president of the Board of Trade, serving from its organization in 1891 and for a number of

years thereafter; director of the old Rapid Transit Railway from the time of its organiza- tion until its absorption by the Lehigh Valley Traction Company in the early nineties. In the spring of 1888 his name was placed on the Re- publican ticket for the office of mayor of Allen- town, and he was elected to that high position, serving for two years, although elected for four, a new municipal bill having been passed in 1889, affecting Allentown and shortening the term of office. In 1893 he was again elected to the same office and served his full term, and in 1899 was nominated for a third term, but was defeated by Hon. James L. Schaadt. By virtue of the rec- ord of his father, who was an officer in an Ohio regiment during the Civil War, he was a member of the Loyal Legion- and the Sons of Veterans. He was a member of Barger Lodge, F. & A. M .; Allen Chapter ; Allen Commandry; Knights of the Golden Eagle; Lehigh County Agricultural Society, Livingston Club, which he was active in organizing, and of which he was the first presi- dent; Young Men's Ttemperance Society, which he was also active in organizing; and was a direc- tor of the Fairview Cemetery Association; direc- tor of the Allentown Hospital, at Allentown ; and the St. Luke's Hospital, at Bethlehem. Mr. Al- lison married, in 1879, Clara Unger, of Allen- town, her father, L. P. Unger, being the cele- brated portrait painter. They were the parents of five children, four daughters and a son, three of whom survive, namely: Mary Pardee, Jean, Marjorie, all of Allentown. The surviving brother and sisters of Mr. Allison are: General James N. Allison, retired from the United States Army, now editor of the Service Journal and sta- tioned at Governor's Island, New York; Mrs. J. P. Young, of Pittsburgh ; Mrs. F. J. Norton, of New York City; Miss Stella Allison, of Al- lentown.

ANDREAS FAMILY.

Martin Andreas emigrated from Alsace, on the Rhine, and landed at Philadelphia, Oct. 7, 1749, coming to America on the ship "Leslie." He settled in Heidelberg township (now Lehigh county) Pa. He served in the American Revo- lutionary army, as a teamster. He was married and had children as follows: Abraham, Peter, Jacob, William, Martin, and Salome.

Nathan Andres, grandson of Martin, was born Sept. 17, 1823, in Macungie township. He was reared upon the farm and attended the public schools. He was a life-long farmer in his native township. He died May 24, 1904, and was buried at the Western Salisbury church. He mar- ried Sarah A. Schantz ( 1827-1906). Among their children were: N. Peter, and Rev. W. J.

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Andres, who was born in 1849; he was educated in the public schools and the Keystone State Nor- mal school. He was principal of the Weavers- ville Academy for several years.

After the completion of his education he en- tered the ministry of the Reformed church and served pastorates at Moorestown and Bath, Pa. He married Annie E. Mory, daughter of John Mory, of Bath, Pa. No issue. He died in 1907 and interment was at Bath.

N. PETER ANDRES, son of Nathan, was born in February, 1853, in Macungie township. He was reared upon the farm and attended the pub- lic schools up to the age of 18 years. He re- mained with his father until 1878, when he en- gaged in the hotel business in Upper Macungie, and conducted Haines' Hotel for three years, then engaged in farming on 119 acres of fertile land, upon which he has been successful. He and family are members of the Western Salisbury Lutheran church which he served as a deacon and elder. He has always been an active and earnest church worker. In politics he is a Dem- ocrat and has served as tax collector.

He married Agnes Flexer, daughter of James and Mary ( Haines) Flexer. Issue: (1) Macie, married Robert Wescoe, Allentown. Issue : Paul and Catharine Wescoe.

(2) Helen Viola was educated in the public schools and the Allentown College for Women, also the Allentown Business College. She be- came Sunday school secretary, teacher and or- ganist of the Western Salisbury church, and is prominent in church work. She married Joseph Wehr.

(3) Louise Agnes was educated in the town- ship and Allentown public schools; received in- struction in fine needle-work, which she pur- sues at home.

(4) Isabelle May Andres, at home.

ANDREWS FAMILY.

Early in the nineteenth, century there were five families by the name of Andrews who lived along the Lehigh river about one mile below Slatington. Among them was Daniel Andrews, who was a cooper, and at the same time con- ducted a farm. He was married to a daughter of Michael Best with whom he had the follow- ing children: Daniel, Nicholas, Elias, Stephen, Maricha, wife of Samuel Hankee, Philip and Lydia, wife of Stephen Schaeffer.

Nicholas Andrews, a son of Daniel An- drews, was born in 1818 on the old homestead south of Slatington and died November 20, 1887. He was a blacksmith and followed this trade where he lived and at Cherryville. He owned the old homestead in partnership with his brother

Elias. He and his family were members of the Frieden's Church. He was married to Eliza Schneck with whom he had the following chil- dren: Eli, Lewis, Benjamin, Jane, Amanda, wife of Emmanuel Kern, and Adeline, wife of Henry Bentz.

Eli Andrews, of Slatington, a son of Nicho- las Andrews was born on the old homestead south of Slatington, January 21, 1842. He learned the shoemaker trade when twenty years of age and followed it for seven years. On Au- gust 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, 128th Regiment Pennsylvania Vol. Infantry under Captain Peter C. Huber. He served nine months and was in the battle of Antietam and Chancellorsville, being taken prisoner in the lat- ter battle. He was incarcerated in Libby prison at Richmond for sixteen weeks. Returning to Slatington he worked in the quarries for some time. He was also policeman for the borough for three years. He is a member of the G. A. R., Post No. 284, at Slatington, having filled the office of Junior and Senior Commander. On July 19, 1864, he was married to Amanda Sour- wine, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (New- hard) Sourwine. They had four children as follows: James P., Postmaster at Walnutport, Pa .; Lillie, wife of Tilghman Eckert, of Wal- nutport; Mary, wife of John Wassam, Jr .; William D., of Slatington. =

Elias Andrews, son of Daniel Andrews, had the following children: Amanda P., Wilson F., mentioned later ; Alfred J., Alice J., Francis E., Calvin H., and a daughter married to J. T. Schlosser.

Wilson F. Andrews, who was a prominent business man of Slatington, Pa., was the second among five children of Elias and Mary (Kuntz) Andrews. He was born about two miles south of Slatington on January 31, 1852, and grew up in an environment which played an important part in shaping of his future career pertaining to building and mechanical pursuits.

His father was an all around man, running a farm, a saw-mill, a cider press in season, black- smith shop and carpenter shop besides being a natural adept at woodwork, which traits the sons inherited to a large degree. Being frail of physique, and not wishing to engage in any of the strenuous pursuits of his father, he decided to learn the general merchandise business and after holding various positions in grocery stores in Slatington and Allentown, he left home with the funds he had saved out of his earnings, for the Williamsport Commercial College where he took a course in business. Completing his course he returned home and with his brother Amandas P. formed a partnership and engaged in the gen-

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eral store business at Walnutport, erecting their own building. Upon the death of his wife which occurred in 1889, he sold out his interest to his younger brother, A. J. Andrews, and a year later purchased the stock of S. DeLong in the Alex. Weaver building, at Slatington, later erect- ing his own large store building, and which busi- ness he successfully conducted up to 1904 when he sold his entire stock to J. M. Nicklas, of New York City, and retired from active business. He served one year as a member of the Slating- ton School Board. He was a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M., also a member of Frieden's Re- formed Congregation, up to the time of his death on February 10, 1909. Surviving him are the widow, Ida V. (Saeger) his second wife, one son, Walter H., one daughter, Bertha J., from the first marriage, and two daughters, Clara and Arlene, from the second union.

WALTER H. ANDREWS, of Slatington, was born in Walnutport, Pa., February 13, 1880. He received the major part of his public school education in Slatington, graduating as salutato- rian of his class in 1898. Following this he took a course in business training at the Peirce School at Philadelphia, graduating in 1899. After leav- ing school he was employed in his father's wall paper and stationery store and six months later entered the employ of the Slatington Rolling Mill Co. under the management of the well known iron master, W. P. Hopkins. In 1907 he was elected Secretary as well as a director of the corporation, which position he held until Spring 1911, when the company went into vol- untary liquidation. A new company having been formed and incorporated largely through the efforts of Mr. Edwin German, of Slatington, the right title and interest was purchased, and Wal- ter H. Andrews was elected Secretary and Treas- urer of this new corporation known as the Slatington Rolling Mills. He was married in 1903 to Emma L. Kramer, a daughter of Wesley and Mary (Mushlitz) Kramer. The following children are born to this union: Earl W., Marian K., and Helen I.

ANEWALT FAMILY.

Valentine Anewalt was born Jan. 12, 1732, and emigrated to America on the ship "Snow Squirrel," which arrived at Philadelphia, Oct. 21, 1761. He settled in Allen township, North- ampton county, where he purchased from Thomas Boyd on July 1, 1778, for £670, a tract of 103 acres and 36 perches of land, a part of the 6,000- acre "Indian tract," and on Nov. 27, 1784, pur- chased from Frederick Beck, a tract of 20 acres and 10 perches for £100 specie. He was a farmer and weaver and in 1785 was taxed 13 s. 6 d. on

120 acres of land, two horses and two head of cattle. He served as a private in the Revolution- ary War under Col. John Siegfried. He was a member of the Lutheran congregation at Kreid- ersville church, where he is buried. He died Feb. 8, 1802, aged 70 years. He married, in 1753, Johanna Margret Kurtz, who was born Nov. 13, 1733, and died July 31, 1793. His second wife, Anna Barbara, was born May 14, 1743, and died Aug. 4, 1828. She had no chil- dren. Valentine Anewalt's will, dated Nov. 22, 1801, mentions nine children, as follows: Cath- arine, who married Henry Gerster, and removed to Franklin county; Margaret, who married a Mr. Jones; John, born in 1764, who settled in Somerset county, where he became a brewer ; Susanna, born about 1767; Jacob, born Feb. 6, 1769; Christina, born Oct. 19, 1770, who mar- ried Jacob Stapp; Peter, born Nov. 12, 1772; George, who in 1802, resided in Towamensing township; Conrad, born Feb. 14, 1778.

Peter Anewalt, third son of Valentine, was born Nov. 22, 1772, and died July 20, 1825. He was a farmer and weaver and owned 150 acres of land in Allen township and 145 acres in Lehigh township. He married Anna Barbara Waltman, who was born June 5, 1778, and died Aug. 4, 1853. They had four children: Peter, born April 7, 1797; Elizabeth, born March 19, 1799, married John Miller; Catharine, born Dec. 24, 1802, maried George Hower; Lydia.

Peter Anewalt, son of Peter, was born April 7, 1797, in Allen township, and died March 3, 1841. He married Elizabeth Bliem, who was born May 3, 1800, and died Oct. 11, 1856. He was a farmer and weaver in Allen township, and had seven children: Stephen, deceased, late of Bethlehem; Elizabeth, married to Stephen Klep- pinger ; Lucy, married to Henry Scholl, of Bath ; John C., of Allentown; George, of Bethlehem ; Samuel B., of Allentown; William, who died at Bath in 1862, aged about 28 years.

John C. Anewalt, eldest son of Peter, was born in Allen township, March 22, 1830. He received a common school education and after clerking in stores at Petersville and Bath, opened a store at Siegfried with his brother-in-law, Stephen Kleppinger. He removed to Allentown in 1861 and became a salesman for Messrs. Keck & Anewalt, hat dealers, and after Mr. Keck's death, became a partner in the firm of Anewalt & Brother. He retired from the firm in 1881, when he and his son, Lewis L., conducted the retail business, S. B. Anewalt taking the wholesale business. In 1884, he retired from active busi- ness. Mr. Anewalt was connected with the legis- lative end of the city government for many years, first as a member of the common council from

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1886 to 1889, then as a select member from 1889 to 1895. In appreciation of his valued services to the city, finely engraved resolutions were pre- sented to him upon his retirement from office. His associates in the latter body presented him an ebony gavel, trimmed with gold, as a token of appreciation of his fair and impartial administra- tion as their presiding officer for a period of four years. He was one of the organizers and owners of West End cemetery, and was a member of St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran church. He died at his resi- dence at Eighth and Chew streets on Aug. 27, 1896. Mr. Anewalt married, Nov. 8, 1853, Miss Henrietta Goetz, who was born in Hanover town- ship Nov. 20, 1832, and died Sept. 30, 1880. He married, second, Mrs. Esther Bleam, nee Fehler. Mr. Anewalt had five children: Wilmer W .; Lewis L .; Harry P .; Elenora E., deceased, married Arthur L. Cooper ; and Alice A., wife of Rev. Morris F. Good.

WILMER W. ANEWALT, eldest son of John C., was born at Catasauqua, Feb. 16, 1857. He was educated in the public and high schools of Allen- town and as a young man became a clerk in the hat store of Anewalt & Brother. In 1891 he formed a partnership in the hat business with his brother, Lewis L., and continued in this business until his death on June 3, 1899, which was caused by injuries sustained in a trolley car accident while on his way home from business. Mr. Anewalt was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church, and in politics a Republican. He mar- ried, March 8, 1877, Lorraine, daughter of Ab- raham and Esther (Kemmerer) Worman, of Al- lentown. They had two sons, Charles L., and John A., who conduct a hat store at 615 Ham- ilton street under the firm name of Anewalt Brothers.

LEWIS L. ANEWALT, second son of John C., was born in Allentown, Oct. 7, 1861. He re- ceived his education in the schools of the city and entered his father's store as a young man, where he remained until he formed a partnership with his brother in 1891. After his brother's death, he opened a hat store at 617 Hamilton street, where he conducts a wholesale and retail business as Lewis L. Anewalt Company. Mr. Anewalt is an active member of St. John's Reformed church ; a director of the Citizen's Deposit and Trust Company; a member of the Chamber of Commerce; a member of Greenleaf Lodge, No. 561, F. & A. M .; Allen Chapter, No. 203, R. A. M .; Allen Commandery, No. 20, K. T., Caldwell Consistory ; Rajah Temple, A. A. O, N. M. S .; and of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution. He married, Nov. 2, 1884, Irene A. E., daughter of Wm. C. and Amelia C. (Fogel) Lichtenwalner. They have two sons,

Harold F., and Paul F., who are associated with their father in the hat and fur business.

SAMUEL B. ANEWALT, son of Peter Anewalt and his wife Elizabeth Bliem, has been for more than half a century a resident of Allentown, the greater part of which time he was engaged inl business as a dealer in hats. He was born in Allen township, Northampton county, March 20, 1835, and attended the local schools until the age of fourteen, when he learned the trade of a painter, at which he spent two years. He then became a clerk in a store at Siegfrieds, where he remained five years and in 1857 came to Allen- town and entered the employ of Coleman Keck, with whom he continued until the Civil War, when he enlisted June 19, 1863, in Co. H, Twenty-seventh Regiment, Emergency Troops, under Capt. Isaac N. Gregory, in which company he held the rank of corporal. The company went to Columbia and crossed the bridge over the Sus- uehanna to Wrightsville. Upon the attack of the Confederates on the town last named, they retreated with the regiment and burned the bridge behind them. They were shelled by General Ewell. The regiment later moved to Carlisle, then to Waynesboro, Boonsboro, Hagerstown, Greencastle, Mercersburg, and Chambersburg.

After his return Mr. Anewalt entered the hat business, forming a partnership with his brother, John C., under the firm name of Anewalt & Brother, which continued until 1896, when John C. died, and Mr. Anewalt continued the busi- ness, taking in his sons as partners, under the firm name of S. B. Anewalt & Company, until he retired from active business in 1908. Since that time the business has been conducted by his sons, William H. and Samuel, Jr. The present store building at Eighth and Hamilton streets was erected in 1869 and the firm is one of the oldest in the city.

Mr. Anewalt is noted for his high standard of citizenship and has taken a deep interest in Allen- town (the city of his adoption), its people and its institutions. He is public spirited, enterpris- ing and progressive. He was one of the organ- izers of the Lehigh Valley Trust Company and has been a stockholder and director ever since, serving as vice-president for twenty-three years and as president from 1899 to 1902. He is a staunch Republican, having voted the Whig ticket in 1856 and cast a Republican vote at each elec- tion since then. He has served as school director in Allentown for eight years and for a period served as president of the school board. He and family are members of St. John's Lutheran church and reside at Sixth and Chew streets.

Mr. Anewalt married, June 7, 1864, Caroline Keck, daughter of Solomon Keck and his wife,

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Anna, nee Saeger. They had seven children, namely: Annie, married Dr. Howard S. Seip; Kate R., married Edward M. Young; William H., who married Mary E. Everett; Mary, de- ceased, was married to Dr. George Lazarus, of Brooklyn, N. Y .; Emma, married Edward Gom- ery, of Philadelphia; Samuel B., Jr., married Jessie Balliet; and Edward F., who married Florence Rhoads, and is engaged in the gent's furnishing business at Reading, Pa.

APPEL FAMILY.

John Appel, son of Paul, was a farmer in Up- per Saucon township, and also conducted Ap- . pel's hotel, near Mountainville. He was born in Saucon and died in 1859, aged 55 years. He is buried on Fairview cemetery, Allentown. He married Mary E. Keck. They had two sons, Allen K., whose history follows, and Milton, who lived in Allentown. The latter had a daughter, Ida M., married to W. A. Haus- man, a resident of Allentown.

Allen K. Appel was born July 14, 1830. He was a school teacher in his earlier life, having been a graduate of Gregory's Academy, at Al- lentown. Afterward he followed farming and also was the proprietor of Appel's hotel, near Mountainville. He married Maria Knauss, born April 5, 1830, died June 5, 1912. He died Sept. 8, 1860. Their children follow: Mary E., who married Dr. Ervin Heyl, and after his death she married Reuben S. Leisenring, whose history appears elsewhere in this volume; John, deceased, who succeeded his father upon the farm which was the Henry Keck homestead, having been purchased in 1732. A little stone house on this farm was built before the middle of the eight- eenth century and it is still standing. George Keck began building the present large house in 1812, and while he was away in the war his faithful wife completed the house.

ARBOGAST FAMILY.

The ancestors of this representative Pennsyl- vania family came from Germany on the ship "Edinburgh," which arrived at Philadelphia, Sept. 16, 1751. His name on the ship's list of passengers is recorded as Johannes Arbengast. He was married and had among others two sons, Ludwig and Johannes. Johannes Arbogast, the son of Johannes, who emigrated, became one of the pioneer settlers in the territory which was embraced in the original Penn township, Snyder county. This territory . was included in old Northumberland county, which was organized in 1772. That this pioneer planned well and was a most industrious and prosperous citizen of colon- ial Pennsylvania is evidenced by his many re-

corded land purchases and by his last will and testament which covers two pages, viz, 145 and 146, in Will Book 2, in the register's office at Sunbury, Pa. The will is a model in many re- spects, and reflects the noble character of the testator, who divided a very large estate among his five sons and three daughters, and for his dear wife, Catharine, who survived him, he pro- vided most liberally.

The name of Ludwig Arbogast appears among a list of non-commissioned officers and privates of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, of the Con- tinental Line, in the Revolutionary War. On Oct. 13, 1776, he was wounded at the Block House, and was discharged March 23, 1783. In 1835, he was still living, and resided in Phila- delphia. Penna. Archives, Fifth Series.

The executors of the will were his sons, John and Ludwig Arbogast; and the witnesses to the document were his neighbors, John Moatz and Nich. Roth (or Rath). The will was made on the 15th day of April, 1811, and probated May 14th of the following month. It is evident that John Arbogast, the pioneer, passed from this life into his reward between these two dates. The names of the children follow in order as they are named in the will:

I. "I give and devise unto my son Nicholas, the sum of 400 pounds."

2. "I give and devise unto my son Peter, the plantation whereon he now lives, for which he shall pay out 100 pounds."

3 and 4. "I give and devise unto my two sons, John and Ludwig, whereon they now dwell, which I will and order shall be equally divided between the said John and Ludwig. (A long description as to how the land is to be divided then follows.) A public road passed through John's land to the town of Middleburg. John was to pay out the sum of 350 pounds; and Lud- wig was to pay out 150 pounds."

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 3

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