History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 33

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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Gottlieb Buehler married, Sept. 10, 1882, Frederica Breitmyer, born Jan. 12, 1858, daugh- ter of George Breitmyer, a native of Grosssach- senheim, Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany. Mr. Buehler first having met the lady of his choice on board ship while enroute to the United States. Of this union were born the following children : I. Tillie. 2. Bertha, married to Dr. Albert Schultz, of Ontario, Canada. 3. Katie. 4. Louis. 5. Anna. 6. Marion.

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BURGER FAMILY.

'The old trite statement that "three brothers" came here from the old country, is not only a matter of family tradition, but is borne out by record.

The brothers, Jacob, David, and Dewalt Burger, and emigrated from Germany in 1754. Two of these brothers settled in Northampton county and the other in the upper end of Carbon county, or the lower part of Monroe county, Pennsylvania.

Jacob Burger was one of the two brothers who settled in Northampton county, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

William Burger, son of Jacob Burger, was born Sept. 2, 1793, and died March 2, 1871. He served in the War of 1812. He married Lydia Carl, daughter of Jacob Carl, born April 4, 1804, and died March 22, 1888, aged nearly 84 years. They had two children, viz : (1) Wil- liam Henry Harrison, and (2) Jacob Henry Burger. William H. H., served in the Civil War, enlisting in Co. K, 47th Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteers, under Capt. Abbott as a corporal, Aug. 12, 1861. He was promoted for bravery and was discharged from service Oct. 19, 1863. He at once re-enlisted for three years and on account of wounds received in the battle of Cedar creek, he was taken to the West Phila- delphia Hospital, where he died in 1864.

Jacob Henry Burger, son of William and Lydia (Carl) Burger, was born Oct. 23, 1844. He was educated in the public schools and upon the breaking out of the Rebellion, he became a member of Company I, Fifth Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteers. Subsequently in 1863 he en- listed for three months in Co. I, 41st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and in August, 1864, he re-enlisted in Co. E, 202d Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteers. Mr. Burger was in active service and participated in several encounters with Masby's guerillas. After his discharge from the service he engaged in finishing buff and wax leather, kid and calf-skins, a business he continued until 1892. He then became one of the organiz- ers of the Allentown Shoe Manufacturing Co., of which he is the president. He and his family are active members of the United Evangelical Church.

Jacob Henry Burger married Cecelia H. Leo- pold. Their children follow: Clarence J .; Mark; James ; Mary A. (1868-1890) ; William A. (1870-1898) ; and James S. Burger, ( 1887- 1909).

William Burger was born May 24, 1826, in Hanover township. He became a brick-layer and cigar maker at Catasauqua. He removed to New

Jersey and enlisted at the breaking out of the Civil War, subsequently re-enlisting a second and a third time. On Oct. 19, 1864, he enlisted for three years as a member of Co. D, 19th Penn- sylvania Cavalry Volunteers. He was last paid May 14, 1865, when he was honorably dis- charged. He resided for some years in Western Pennsylvania and finally became an inmate at the soldiers' home, at Dayton, Ohio. There he died on June 3, 1878.

William Burger married Katie Hilyard, daughter of John and Sarah (Reimer) Hilyard, of Northampton county. Issue: (1) Salinda; (2) Alfred, and (3) -Harvey E. Burger.

Mrs. Katie (Hilyard) Burger married (sec- ond) Hiram Delp. They had one daughter, Emma Delp, who lives at Allentown.

Harvey E. Burger, son of William and Katie ( Hilyard) Burger, was born June 16, 1854. He learned the trade of cigar-making when only ten years old. In 1874 he engaged in business on his own account, but owing to the prevalence of a panic, he went back to the trade until 1885, when he formed a partnership with T. F. Horn and A. W. Sterner, under the firm name of H. E. Burger & Co. In 1891 the partnership was dis- solved and Mr. Burger continued the business up to the present time, giving employment to a number of people.

Mr. Burger also conducts a grocery and notion store at the corner of Fourth and Washington streets, being assisted in the cigar manufactur- ing and store business by his son, Charles E. In politics, Mr. Burger is a Republican; was school director of the Tenth ward; and member of the common council for two terms. He holds mem- bership in the Knights of Friendship, No. 9; In- dependent Order of Americans, No. 791; and Lecha Work Tribe, Order of Red Men, Nc. 185. He was connected with the Allentown Beneficial Society, for 27 years, which was dis- solved in 1910. Mr. Burger was a member of Co. D, Fourth Regiment, N. G., which assisted in quelling the Reading riots of 1877. He re- enlisted a second time in May, 1877. He and family are members of Dubbs Memorial Re- formed church, of which he was deacon and el- der, and is treasurer since its organization in 1902. He was a member of the building com- mittee which erected the present edifice ( 1902) and is one of its active members. He was treas- urer of the Sunday school from 1902 to 1907, when he declined a re-election.

Harvey E. Burger married, Dec. 31, 1874, Lizzie Ziegenfuss, a daughter of Henry and Maria ( Headman) Ziegenfuss, of Allentown. Issue : (1) Charles E; (2) Katie M; (3) Harry E .; (4) Alfred R .; (5) Arthur J .; (6) Clara

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B. (7) Hattie R., and (8) Emma E., and George H., deceased.

Charles E. married Alice Knerr. No issue. They adopted his brother, Alfred's, daughter, Margaret. Katie M. married George Wind. Issue: Harry Abner and Esther Wind. Harry E. married Beulah Neumoyer. Alfred R. mar- ried Katie Schopniski. Issue: Margaret and Be- atrice. Arthur J. married Lizzie Weaver. Is- sue: Leroy B. Clara B. married Fred. Shell- hammer. Issue: Russel Shellhammer.

Samuel Burger was born in Northampton county, Pa. He was a resident of Allentown for many years. He was high constable of Allen- town borough from 1843 to 1848. He died dur- ing the sixties in Allentown. He and his family were Lutherans. He married Hannah Gabel. Issue: (1) William; (2) Stephen; (3) Ben- jamin; (4) Solomon (1882-1907) ; and (5) Cordelia Burger, who married (first) William Knerr, and (second) Mr. Ziegler.

CHARLES A. BURGER, engineer at the Lehigh county almshouse, was born Nov. 15, 1877, in Greenwich township, Berks county, educated in the public schools and brought up on a farm until 1901, when he secured employment with the Allentown and Reading Traction Co., as a conductor, and filled this position for seven years, after which he served as the dispatcher for five years. During this time he studied stationary engineering, and in April, 1913, received the ap- pointment of engineer at the almshouse of Lehigh county, which position he now holds.

Mr. Burger was married to Maggie M. Leiby, daughter of George and Missouri Leiby, and they had six children: Florence M., Charles E., who died at the age of nine years; Warren E .; Lester A .; George D .; and Kathryn M. They are members of Zion's church, in Maxatawny township, Berks county.

In politics, Mr. Burger is a Democrat. He is affiliated with the Knights of Malta, and Knights of the Golden Eagle.

Mr. Burger's father, Henry Burger, was a school-teacher in Greenwich township, who was married to Amanda Sarig, and they had an only child, Charles A. They reside at Kutztown.

BURKHALTER FAMILY.

Peter Burkhalter, only son of Ulrich and Anna Barbara Burkhalter, was born Dec. 2, 1731 and was brought to this country at the age of twenty-one months. He came into the posses- sion of his father's land and added to his hold- ings until he had a total of 474 acres. He was naturalized April 10, 1761. He was the largest contributor to the Egypt Reformed congregation in 1767, when he gave 4 pounds, 15 shilling, 10

pence, towards the purchase of a parsonage and in 1785 gave 29 pounds to the erection of the new church, at which time he was also treasurer. -

At the beginning of the revolution Mr. Burk- halter became active in the cause of liberty and was commissioned captain of the Whitehall com- pany of Associators of 100 men on May 22, 1775. At the election in Allentown for the sec- ond election district of Northampton county, comprising Northampton, Salisbury, Upper Sau- con, Upper Milford, Macungie, Weisenberg, Lynn, Whitehall, and Heidelberg townships, held on July 8, 1776, Mr. Burkhalter was elect- ed a member of the Constitutional convention, which met in the state house in Philadelphia, from July 15, 1776 to Sept. 28, 1776, and formu- lated the first constitution of Pennsylvania. On Sept. 14, 1776, he was appointed one of the commissioners of the county of Northampton, and on Nov. 5, 1776, was elected a member of the assembly. On Oct. 14, 1777, he was re- elected a member of the assembly, which then met in Lancaster, Philadelphia being in the hands of the British.

On March 30, 1780, he was appointed one of four sub-lieutenants of Northampton county. On July 27, 1782, he was lieutenant-colonel, com- manding the Sixth Battalion of Militia on the frontier. After the war he was again elected to the assembly for four terms, serving from 1784 to 1788. About 1767 he built a large stone dwelling which still stands. He died Oct. 22, 1805, and is buried in the old Egypt church- yard.

Mr. Burkhalter married Eva Catharine Desh- ler, daughter of Adam and Appollonia Deshler. She was born in 1729 and died June 2, 1816. Their children were: John Peter Burkhalter; Magdalena, born April 17, 1765, died 1805, married Lieut. Col. Stephen Balliet ; Mary Bar- bara, born in 1755, died Jan. 23, 1824, married Henry Epply; Susanna, born Sept. 1, 1771; Adam, born Sept. 16, 1775.

John Peter Burkhalter, Jr., served as a private and ensign in the Revolution. He married (first) Dorothea Steckel, who was born March 2, 1764, and died May 3, 1798. He married (second) July 3, 1798, Charlotta Guth. He died in 1814. He had ten children :

Henry Burkhalter, born Aug. 23, 1780, died July 15, 1835. He married, Aug. 4, 1799, Bar- bara, daughter of Henry and Salome ( Newhard) .. Biery. She was born June 5, 1782, and died Sept. 23, 1834. They lived in Whitehall town- ship and had fourteen children :

Elizabeth, born March 5, 1800, died in in- fancy.

Esther, born Aug. 31, 1801, died March 2,

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1891. She married, Nov. 17, 1822, Peter Steck- el, and had children: Reuben P., Amanda, Anna, and Hon. Robert Steckel.

Charles Burkhalter, born Sept. 10, 1803. He became a prominent merchant in New York City and was noted for his many philanthropies. He endowed a professorship in the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Mt. Airy, Philadel- phia. He married Anna M. Havemeyer, sister of Hon. William F. Havemeyer, mayor of New York for three terms. Their only surviving child, Susan H., born Dec. 10, 1837, married Hon. Jacob A. Geissenhainer, member of con- gress from New York, son of Rev. F. W. Geis- senhainer, inventor of the hot air process for smelting iron-ore with anthracite coal.

Stephen Burkhalter, born May 14, 1806, mar- ried, Sept. 8, 1829, Euphemia Lerien. He was a merchant in New York City, where he died Jan. 13, 1866. They had five children: Steph- en, Jr., married, Feb. 16, 1860, Susan E. Van Auken ; Euphemia, died unmarried ; John Henry, married, August, 1875, Mary Brodhead; Charles M., died unmarried; and Rev. Edward Read Burkhalter, pastor of a Presbyterian congrega- tion in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who was born Dec. 21, 1844; graduated, Princeton, class of 1862; also a matriculate of the Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg; ordained at New Rochelle, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1870; received degree of D.D. from Princeton in 1895; married, July 12, 1870, Lucy Anna Denise.

Mary Salome, born Jan. 5, 1808, died 1854, married Charles Ruch, of Ruchsville, and had children : Reuben, Edwin, Sarah, married John T. Reil; Henry; Allen; Stephen, and Solomon.

David, born Dec. 19, 1809, married Mariana Marks, and removed to Crawford county.

Deborah, born Dec. 24, 1811, died Jan. 19, 1887, married Paul Newhard.

Henry, born Sept. 7, 1813, died Jan. 11, 1868, in Hamburg, Pa. His wife, Mary A., was born Feb. 18, 1818, and died June 17, 1891.

William, born Dec. 20, 1815. He settled at Tiffin, Ohio, served in the Civil War, and died in the service.

Elizabeth, born Jan. 31, 1819, died Jan. 8, 1900, married, Jan. 26, 1837, Joseph Newhard.

Reuben, born Dec. 24, 1821. He was a mer- chant in New York, and married (first) Lydia Holmes, (second) Rosamund Wilson, and had children: Anna Euphemia, and Lydia, married Joseph Thompson, of Orange, N. J., and by the second marriage, Charles, married Bessie Doug- las, of Orange, N. J.

Mary, born Dec. 18, 1821, married, Feb. 6, 1850, William Biery, of Seneca county, N. Y., son of Jacob. They had no children.

Christina, born Feb. 15, 1824, married John K. Clifton, of Easton.

Rebecca, born Aug. 8, 1826, died in infancy. Magdalena Burkhalter, born April 1, 1782, died young.

Peter Burkhalter, born Jan. 7, 1784, married Catharine Biery, born June 28, 1786, and settled in Indiana. Their children were: Henry, born Nov. 25, 1805; Edward, born Nov. 10, 1808; Solomon, born March 17, 1811; Anna Maria, born Dec. 11, 1812; George, born June 17, 1814; Joseph, born Feb. 8, 1816; Catharine, born Nov. 27, 1817; Elizabeth, born Jan. 27, 1819; Eli, born April 15, 1820, who married Adaline Miller ; Peter ; Henry ; and Reuben.

Salome Burkhalter, born Dec. 7, 1785, died April 20, 1856. She married Abraham Biery.

Magdalena Burkhalter, born Jan. 10, 1788, died 1867, married Henry Mickley.

Daniel Burkhalter, born March 25, 1790. He married Catharine Mickley, and removed to In- diana. His children were: William, born Oct. 15, 1812; Nathan, born Oct. 6, 1814, died Jan. 7, 1899, in Los Angeles, Cal .; Daniel, born March 23. 1816; Hanna, born Feb. 26, 1818; Eli, born Sept. 16, 1821; Mary, born Jan. 15, 1824; Sarah, born March 26, 1826, died March 23, 1904. She married Owen Schaadt; Steph- en, born June 8, 1827; Peter, born Aug. 20, 1829; James; Lydia; Catharine; one daugh- ter married Charles Moyer and another Irvin Jones.

Joseph Burkhalter, born May 25, 1792. He married Barbara, and removed to Ohio. Among his children were: Abraham, born Sept. 6, 1814; Joseph, born Nov. 6, 1820; Levina, born April 15, 1823.

Catharine Burkhalter, born April 8, 1794. She married Benjamin Kohler, and removed to Carbon county.

Elizabeth Burkhalter, born April 10, 1796, married Benjamin Boggs.

Charles Burkhalter, born Feb. 26, 1798, died Aug. 28, 1862. He married Magdalena Mick- ley, who was born Feb. 19, 1803, and died Jan. 25, 1876. Their children are:

Thomas, born Jan. 20, 1821.

Erwin, born Jan. 7, 1823.

Reuben, born May 9, 1826.

Charles, and Mary, married Thomas H. Gery.

Erwin Burkhalter married Sarah Marks, and had sons, Edwin H., Eli, and Horace. Edwin H. Burkhalter was born in Lehigh county in 1848. He married Amanda, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Cooper, and in 1873 settled in Montgomery county, Missouri. He later was in the saddlery business in Wellsville, Mo., of which city he was several times mayor. He died

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there, July 15, 1914. He had three sons: Dr. holder was made superintendent of all outside construction work connected with the interlock- Charles Burkhalter, of Highbee, Mo., and Harry and Erwin, of near Wellsville. His brother, . ing system. He erected the machines in more Eli, lives in Kansas City and Horace, near Wells- ville.

JACOB S. BURKHOLDER.

Jacob S. Burkholder, undertaker, of Allen- town, Pa., is a grandson of Jacob Burkholder, who lived between Roxberry in Franklin county and Newberg in Cumberland county. By occu- pation he was a farmer having been the owner of four farms. He was a member of the Lu- theran Church and is buried on a private grave- yard on the homestead. He was married to Martha Shoemaker. They were the parents of the following children: David; Adam; John; Daniel; William; Mary (Mrs. Jacob Cohr) ; and Rebecca (Mrs. Abraham Wengert). The sons all lived in the vicinity of Roxberry where they followed farming with the exception of William.

William S. Burkholder was a merchant at Mount Pleasant, Cumberland county, Pa. He took an active interest in politics, having been af- filiated with the Democratic party. He was school director, auditor, and supervisor of his native place. He and family were members of the United Brethren Church in which church he was class leader and superintendent for a number of years. He died with his son, Wil- liam, Jr., in Bradford, Pa. He was married to Annie, a daughter of Philip Snell, who owned the famous "Round Top Farm" on the South Mountain in York county. Their children were Joseph H., William H., and Jacob S.

Joseph N. Burkholder was a merchant at Harrisburg, Pa. He had these sons: Albert, William, and Jacob.

William H. Burkholder lived in Harrisburg where he was a broom manufacturer. Later he moved to Bradford, Pa. He has sons, Arthur of Bradford, Pa., and Charles, of Dunkirk, N. Y.

Jacob S. Burkholder, was born at Mount Pleasant, Cumberland county, Pa. When a young man he learned the machinist trade with the Jackson Manufacturing Company, of Har- risburg, Pa. After he was in the service of this company three years, he was placed in charge of the erection of the first interlocking machine built by the Union Switch and Signal Company, at Harrisburg. The machine was on exhibition at the Centennial in 1876 in Philadelphia. Mr. Burkholder had charge of the erection and ex- hibition of this machine. The Westinghouse Company became interested in the manufacturing of the interlocking machines and the Harrisburg plant was removed to Pittsburgh. Mr. Burk-

than twenty states for different railroads. He. filled this responsible position for fourteen years when he resigned and came to Allentown, Pa., to become connected with the Allentown Rolling and Construction Company. For some time he was the superintendent of outside construction, later he became the foreman of the machine shop. He continued in the employ of this com- pany until 1896 when he engaged in the under- taking and embalming business. He has built up a large business and is one of the leading undertakers of Allentown. His place of busi- ness is 113 North Eighth Street. In 1898 Mr. Burkholder graduated in the Dodge School of Embalming in Boston, Mass. Socially he be- longs to the following organizations: Barger Lodge No. 333, F. and A. M .; Foresters of America; Sons of Veterans and the American Mechanics. In 1895 he was married to Lizzie C. Bernhard, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Rei- chard) Bernhard, of Allentown. Her maternal grandfather, Jonathan Reichard, in 1867, was the first city treasurer. Mr. Burkholder has re- cently purchased the property at 814, 816, and 818 Linden street, where he will locate his home and undertaking establishment, which will be one of the most modern and up-to-date concerns of the kind in this part of Pennsylvania. He is erecting office, show-rooms, chapel, and morgue, where he can take care of everything in the most approved manner.

BUSS FAMILY.

John Buss, the ancestor of a large Northampton county family, was a farmer in Bethlehem town- ship, where he died in 1821. He was survived by his widow, Catharine, and a large number of chil- dren and grandchildren. His will is of record in the court house at Easton, in Will Book V, page 6. It mentions the following children : Mathias ; Henry; Daniel; Abraham ; Philip; John; Jacob; Elizabeth, married to Frederick Fry; Catharine ; Eva, who died before her father but she left issue, Magdalena and Susanna, who were yet minors. The will named the widow Catharine, and Mathias Greiss as executors.

Mr. Buss, a son of John, the ancestor, lived in Lower Nazareth township, Northampton county, at "The Hollow."

He was a farmer and the father of the fol- lowing children: Sallie, married Thomas Schna- bel ; Abraham, single and went west ; Jesse; Ed- ward, unmarried; Polly, married Charles Schna- bel, and Charles.

Jesse Buss was a weaver and lived at "The

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Hollow." He married Christina Brader. Both were interred at Nazareth, Pa. Issue: Simon ; Josiah; Horace; Hiram; Sabina; Susan; and Sarah Buss.

Charles Buss settled in Lycoming county, Pa. He had children, one of whom was Cecelia.

Jonas Buss was born in Bethlehem township, became a farmer, and married a Miss Wagner. They had a son, Amandes, who was born in 1839. He was a farmer, until he retired to re- side in Nazareth, Pa. He married Christiana Heller. Issue: Ida and Wilson A.

Wilson A. Buss, the son of Jonas, was born Oct. 24, 1866. He became the proprietor of the milk depot at Nazareth. He married Tessie Lawall. Issue : Herbert, Truman, Clarence, and Lila.

Matthias Buss of Northampton and Lehigh counties was a farmer. He died and was buried at Stone Church. His family were Lutherans. Their children were: Jacob, Matthias, John, Maria (Mrs. George Haupt) ; Catharine ( Mrs. Wentz) ; Susan (Mrs. Hauser).

Jacob Buss, son of Matthias, happened to be a life-long farmer and owned successively several tracts of land around Shoenersville, one of which is now owned by his grandsons, Asher and Mar- tin. The last farm he owned consisted of 100 acres. In religion he was a Lutheran and served the church officially. He married Sarah Shimer. Issue: Herman, George, Milton, William, Rob- ert, Oliver, Saralı (married Peter Kern), and Catharine (married Jacob Lowell).

Herman Buss, eldest son of Jacob and Sarah (Shimer) Buss, was born Sept. 17, 1839, died at Shoenersville on May 2, 1905, in his 66th year. His boyhood days were divided between work on the farm and attendance in the schools of the day. He subsequently attended the Weav- ersville Academy, and was a school teacher in early life. He became a farmer, succeeding to the homestead, which consisted of three tracts of land, and another farm of 100 acres in Hanover township. He built a barn on the 100-acre place which was destroyed by lightning July 29, 1902. In politics he was a Democrat. In religion he was a Lutheran, serving his church as a deacon, elder and trustee.

Herman Buss, married (first) Emeline M. Weaver, a daughter of Peter Weaver. She was born Sept. 14, 1841, died on Aug. 10, 1884. Issue : Oliver, Harvey F., Clara, Asher, Emily, Sarah, and Martin. He married (second) Ida Fatzinger. Issue : Gertie and Lizzie.

HARVEY F. Buss, the second son of Herman and Emeline (Weaver) Buss, was born July 30, 1866, in Hanover township. He grew to manhood on the farm, and was educated in the

public schools of Catasauqua and Weaversville and in the Weaversville Academy. He was em- ployed for a year in a drug store, and in 1889 began farming for himself on the 100-acre tract, where he remained until 1910. He owns two other farms, in all 161 acres. He is a member of the K. G. E., of Catasauqua.

Harvey F. Buss, married Dec. 24, 1890, Liz- zie Schaffer, daughter of Peter and Christiana (Bach) Schaffer. Issue: Omah F., Mamie I., Eva E., Herman P., and Verna M. Buss.

Herman Buss, son of Jacob, was born Sept. 17, 1839. He was a life-long farmer near Shoen- ersville, this county. He died on May 2, 1905, aged 65 years, 7 months, and 9 days. He was married and had the following children: Oliver E .; Harvey; Asher; Martin J .; Sarah, wife of Charles Billheimer ; and Emily, the deceased wife of Frank Fatzinger.

Oliver E. Buss, son of Herman, was born in Hanover township, Jan. 18, 1864, and departed this life Sept. 25, 1902, in his 39th year of age. He is buried at Shoenersville Church Cemetery. He was an iron worker. He was married to Mary Kiechel, who bore him the following chil- dren: Edward H .; Leon, of Emaus; Mabel ; and Warren, who with two others, died young.

EDWARD H. Buss, son of Oliver E., was born at Catasauqua, Dec. 19, 1888. He attended the public schools at Catasauqua, and later took a course in the International Correspondence School of Scranton, Pa .; also attended the Amer- ican Commercial School at Allentown. At the age of thirteen years he went to work in the Wahnetah Silk Company at Catasauqua, where he was employed for one year. In 1902 he en tered the employ of D. George Dery, and learned the trade of silk weaving, loom-fixing, and the silk manufacturing business generally. In the spring of 1909 he removed to Emaus, to become the loom-fixer for Mr. Dery in the mill at Emaus, and on March 1, 1914, he was promoted to the position of foreman of the weaving depart- ment of the Emaus mill.

Edward H. Buss was married to Florence Knauss, a daughter of James and Elmira (Erd- man ) Knauss, at Emaus. They have the fol- lowing children: Edward O. J .; and Blossom May.

Mr. Buss has membership in the I. O. O. F .; Emaus Encampment No. 15; and the St. Paul's Lutheran church.

BUTTERWECK FAMILY.

John Butterweck, of Lower Macungie, was born in 1754, and died in 1853. He married Maria Delp, and they had children: John ;

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 33

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