History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 36

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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ELMER EUGENE BUTZ, son of Levi and Eme- line (Schmoyer) Butz, was born Nov. 21, 1861, in Allentown. He was educated in the public schools and high school and when his books were laid aside he became an employee of Frederick & Butz. He worked in various departments of the planing mill for three years, thereby gaining a practical and thorough knowledge of the entire business. He then went into the office as book- keeper, and general clerical work, remaining in this capacity until 1892, when he purchased Mr. Frederick's interest in the business and became his father's partner. Since his father's death he has carried on the business alone, with his broth- er Harry, as assistant. Mr. Butz has upward of 40 men in the mill and an extensive business is

done. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Clover Club; Livingston Club, and of the B. P. O. E., also of Zion Reformed church, in which he has served as an elder for nine years.

SOLOMON BUTZ, of the firm of Butz & Clader, Allentown, is a native of Allentown. He was born March 21, 1870, son of Solomon Butz.

The subject of this sketch lived in Atcheson, Kansas, from 1877 to 1882, when he returned to Allentown, and at a suitable age learned the car- penter trade which he followed for fifteen years, part of this time, however, he worked as a fore- man. In 1898, the firm of Butz Brothers was organized which continued for four years doing contract work. Afterward, Mr. Butz, carried on the business alone until, in 1907, when the firm of Butz & Clader was formed. This firm has been most successful from the beginning and erected some large buildings. In 1914 the con- tract for building the new Lehigh county court house was awarded to them on their bid for $200,000

During the years that Mr. Butz was in the business alone he erected an addition to Hor- lacher's Brewery; Horlacher's Bottling Works, two rows of houses for Jacob Saeger, and two rows of houses for Thomas Schaadt & Son.

Mr. Butz is a member of the F. O. E .; Order of Owls; and politically he is a loyal member of the Progressive Republicans.

He married, in 1892, Hilda Reichel, daughter of Charles and Adrianna Reichel. They have the following children: Alvin L. H .; Irene ; Adelaide; Earl; Mary; Theodore; and Solo- mon.

DAVID K. CALDWELL.

David K. Caldwell, a native resident of Catasauqua, was born July 12, 1862, at the age of eighteen years he learned the blacksmith trade with the Crane Iron Company, in whose employ he was for one year. He was in the employ of the Davies Thomas Foundry and Machine Com- pany for a period of four years, and in 1884 he entered the employ of the Bryden Horse Shoe Company, and has been in continuous employ until this time. He is the foreman of the black- smith department. He and family worship in the Bridge Street Presbyterian church. In poli- tics he is a Republican. In 1883 Mr. Caldwell was married to Wilhelmina Kopp, daughter of George Kopp, whose widow, Josephine, later was married to Hon. Earnest Nagle. Three children were the results of this union: William, who is a core maker with the Bethlehem Steel Co .; Wilhelmina, a stenographer ; and George, a machinist.

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CAWLEY FAMILY.

Thomas Cawley, a native of Crewe, near Liverpool, England, came to America as the pioneer of his family when still single. He emi- grated to this country sometime before the Rev- olutionary War. He had two brothers, one of whom, James, came with him to America and is said to have settled in Conyingham Valley near Berwick, Pa. His descendants now live at Scranton, Danville, Lewisburg and in that sec- tion of the state. The brother that remained in England was possessed of a large estate and is said to have died suddenly without issue, but was survived by several sisters.

Thomas Cawley on coming to America, bought 500 acres of land at Springfield, Durham, Lower Saucon and Williams township. He was engaged in the manufacture of gunpowder dur- ing the war for independence and sold it to the colonies. The powder mill accidentally exploded and was rebuilt and turned into a grist mill. Thomas Cawley died in 1804 and is buried at Springtown. He was a Presbyterian.

His wife was Sarah Cavender and their chil- dren are:

(I). Jesse, who settled in Union county, near Lewisburg, and married a Miss Rohn, a sister of his brother, John's, wife. They had children: James, Benjamin, Tobias, John, Charles, Elizabeth and Mary.

(2) James, who remained about the home- stead, at Durham, and was a farmer. Their children were: Julian, wife of Samuel Jacoby, of Quakertown; Sarah, wife of a Mr. Parker, of New Jersey; Louisa, wife of David Sterner, of Salisbury township, whose daughter married James E. Gorman and their son, Clinton A., is president judge of Lehigh county; Yardly, who lived near Riegelsville.

(3) John, mentioned later ;

(4) Thomas, who remained in Williams township and had children: John, Thomas, Wil- liam, Absalom, Frank, Eli (father of Cyrus of Allentown), James, Eliza (m. Jacob Funk), Vi- oletta (m. Samuel Bachman), Maria (m. David Bergstresser), and Sarah (m. Jacob Bachman, a brother of Samuel).

John Cawley, a son of Thomas and Sarah (Cavender) Cawley, was born about 1780 and died during the Civil War, aged 80 years. He was a farmer and is buried at the Durham church in Bucks county. His wife was Mary Rohn, a sister of James A. Rohn, a veteran shoe- maker of Allentown. Their children are:

(I) John R., mentioned later.

(2) Albert, who lived on the original home- stead and died there.

(3) Sarah, who married Miller and resides at Easton, Pa .; and

(4) Hannah, who married Peter Bleiler and resides near Hellertown on a farm.

John Cawley, a son of John and Mary (Rohn) Cawley, was born in Lower Saucon township, Northampton county, in 1812 and died in Allentown in 1889, aged 77 years. He was a member of the Evangelical church and is buried in the West End cemetery, Allentown, Pa. He was a miller and farmer by trade. He owned and operated Cawley's Mill, which was located four miles north of Hellertown, near the Cawley homestead. He was twice married; his first wife was a Miss Hoover, and their children were: Elias, Wilson and Sarah. He was mar- ried a second time in 1846 to Mary Ann Har- lacher and their children are: Dr. James I., of Springtown, Pa .; Dr. Morris F .; Charles, of Easton, Pa .; Maria, wife of Aaron Cressman, of Springtown. She died in 1908, aged 84 years ; Elizabeth, wife of Philip Kuntzman, resides on the homestead of John Cawley, Jr .; and Susan, who was a dressmaker and never married.

DR. MORRIS F. CAWLEY, a son of John and Mary Ann (Harlacher) Cawley, was born at Cawley's Mill, Lower Saucon township, North- ampton county, April 15, 1857. The first ten years of his life were spent about his father's mill and farm near Hellertown. He attended the public schools, Muhlenberg College, and at the age of 15 years was granted a license to teach and took up that profession first at Lehigh Gap and later in the Second Ward, Allentown. He continued to teach until he attained the age of 25 years, in order to secure funds to com- plete his education. In 1885 he entered the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in 1888. After spending a year in the German Hospital in Philadelphia, he returned to this city where he opened an office at 419 North Eighth Street, and soon afterward removed to his late office at 31 North Ninth Street.

Dr. Cawley was devoted to his profession and in this way became identified with many medical organizations and with medical activites. He was a member of both state and national medi- cal associations and also of the Lehigh county Medical Association. From 1889, to 1896 he was secretary of the latter association and also served as presiding officer for a term. Since the establishment of a tuberculosis dispensary in this city he had been the chief physician and had been indefatigable in the fight against the White Plague. He also served in the capacity of ex- amining physician for the Metropolitan Insur- ance Company. His work in the stamping out

MORRIS F. CAWLEY, M. D.

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of epidemics brought him most prominently to public attention and some of his work in the treatment of typhoid and diphtheria epidemics should forever hold his name in remembrance in this community. All of them stamped him as a man of fine analytic qualities and of excellent judgment in his profession. One of his best known cases in his fights for the maintenace of ethical standards was in his recent trip to Ja- maica, where he gave the most important testi- mony against the Thompsonian Medical Insti- tute, a practically fictitious medical institute supposed to have its headquarters in this city and under whose diplomas men were practicing in that island as physicians. He served a three- year term as health officer of the city and since 1900 had been county medical officer.

Major Cawley entered the service as a pri- vate of Company B, Fourth Regiment on June 21, 1878. He was appointed as assistant sur- geon on November 11, 1888, and was reappoint- ed on January 1, 1891, and December 18, 1896. He was appointed surgeon with the rank of major and assigned to the Fourth Regiment on December 20, 1904, and November 18, 1909. In the war with Spain he was appointed assist- ant surgeon of the Fourth Regiment on May 5, 1898, and surgeon on May 12, of the same year. In all the encampments and in the course of the trying service of the regiment in the war with Spain, Major Cawley became a man who was known as a surgeon worth while. He did not go in for parade or display but was always busy with matters pertaining to the sanitation and the welfare of the men, and to him their care and health became a passion. It was appreciated too, for among the guardsmen nothing but the best word can always be heard of him. While in Porto Rico in the war he was stricken with malignant typhoid fever and after the war was confined for several months in St. Peter's Hos- pital, Brooklyn, N. Y. He served in the Lat- timer Strike at MacAdoo and Drifton, Pa., was in the Homestead strike in 1892, and later was in the strike at Shenandoah and Tamaqua, for six weeks.

He served as treasurer of the First Baptist church for a number of years and also taught Sunday school for a number of years. As a Re- publican he was twice elected as school director of the Fourth Ward, which he served two years and was then elected to the Board of Control by the School Board, and later elected treasurer of the Board of Control, which position he held for two terms. These various offices he served from 1891 to 1897.

He was married Oct 10, 1889, to Jennie Mar- tin, born July 10, 1867, daughter of Dr. Frank-

lin Martin and Amanda (Rohn) Lewis, widow of Arnold C. Lewis, of Catasauqua, who hailed from a line of eminent physicians for three gen- erations.

The death of Dr. Morris F. Cawley occurred on January 8, 1912, at the age of 54 years, 8 months and 22 days. The services were con- ducted by. Rev. Wm. Ward West, assisted by Rev. W. E. Brooks, and interment was made in the West End Cemetery, Allentown.

Dr. Samuel F. Dixon, head of the state de- partment of health, conveyed the following ex- pression upon the death of Dr. Cawley: "The death of Dr. Morris F. Cawley means a great loss to the state." Col. O'Neill in his order said: "His death is a distinct loss to the medical department_and to this regiment, with which he was associated so many years."

The following editorial also appeared in one of the city papers: "Public service was the key- note of the life of Dr. Morris F. Cawley. If he had ever had a coat of arms there would have been inscribed upon it the motto of the Guelphs, 'Ich dien.' The greatest men have been those whose lives have been devoted to the welfare of the people. Judged by this standard the death of Dr. Cawley removes a man who truly was a leading man of this community and one whom we can ill afford to lose, especially since the safeguarding of the public health was his chief care, the subject of his constant study and atten- tion, and the object of his most zealous work. To Dr. Cawley the public health was above all things and he fought for it to the sacrifice of friends, professionally, and to the sacrifice of his leisure and his business."

JACOB CASTELINE.

Jacob Casteline was born Dec. 25, 1864, in Olberg, Holland, one of five children of Peter Casteline, a seafaring man, who lost his life on the Atlantic ocean in 1870, while saving the lives of others, and his wife, Bessie Pile. Mr. Casteline came to America with his mother in 1870 and they located at Paterson, N. J., where he was educated and where his widowed mother reared her children. She now resides there with her daughter, Mrs. Leonard Brewer, at 37 East Twelfth street. At the age of nine years he began working in the bleaching depart- ment of a calico mill at Paterson, where he re- mained until he was thirteen, after which he worked in various silk mills. From 1889 to 1900, he was with the Reed and Lovett Co., silk throwsters, at Weatherly, Pa. He then was one year with Fichter and Martin, at Bethlehem, and on Nov. 1, 1900, became foreman of the hard silk department of the Joseph S. Mack Silk

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Co., at Allentown, the firm name of which has since been changed to Lecha Silk Company, where he is now located.

Mr. Casteline is a Republican in politics, a member of the Reformed Church, and a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias, and F. O. E. He married, in 1893, Minnie B., daughter of Levi and Sarah Hortz, of Weatherly, and has five children: Grace E., assistant forelady at Bal- liet's cigar box factory ; Vernon W., a silk twister at the Lecha Silk Co., Arthur R .; Ruth H .; and Robert R.

CHRIST FAMILY.

Ludwig Christ, a butcher, lived at Emaus, and is buried there. He was a Moravian and his wife was Theresa Everett, born 1792, died 1865, and is buried on the Moravian Cemetery, at Bethlehem. They had the following children : Lewis; James; Samuel; Thomas; Eliza, mar- ried to a Mr. Emanuel; Lucy, married a Mr. Weaver; Sarah, married to Josiah Transue; Mary, married to Felix Fenner, and Emma, married to a Mr. Bender.

Lewis E. Christ was born at Emaus, Pa., May II, 1823. When a young man he came to Allentown, where he learned tailoring, which trade he followed at Philadelphia, Pottsville, and Allentown until sixty years of age, when he re- tired. He lived in Allentown until his death, August 9, 1907, at the age of eighty-five years.

Mr. Christ was a member of the Reformed Church, as are the members of his family. His parents and antecedents were Moravians, and he was reared in this faith. He was married to Elmira Fried, a daughter of Daniel and Susanna (Kramer) Fried. Mrs. Christ was born No- vember 7, 1827, and died June 6, 1905, at the age of seventy-nine years. They had the follow- ing children: Charles L .; Edward D., residing in Allentown, and Emma L., who married Dan- iel F. Confer, retired, and resides at 338 North Ninth Street, Allentown, Pa.

CHARLES L. CHRIST, son of Lewis E. and Elmira (Fried) Christ, was born in Allentown, June 29, 1850. He was educated in the Public Schools of this city and at an early age became a carriage painter, which occupation he continued until 1880, when he engaged in business with Al- bert P. Peters, as painters, under the firm name of Christ, Peters & Co., which firm is now the largest carriage manufacturing concern in Al- lentown.

Mr. Christ is a member of St. Alban Com- mandery No. 46, Knights of Malta and Allen Lodge No. 71, I. O. O. F. He and his family are members of Zion Reformed church.

He was married to Almira Wagner, a daugh-

ter of Charles Wagner. Mrs. Christ died Aug. 23, 1900, aged forty-seven years. They had the following children: Two, who died in infancy; Harry, Frank, George, and Ella, who married John Yingling, all residing in Allentown.

He was married a second time in 1901 to Flora M. Myers, a daughter of John and Mag- dalina (Fox) Myers, who were natives of Bad- en, Germany, and are aged residents of Allen- town. They are aged respectively, eighty-three and eighty-one years, and have the following chil- dren: William H .; Gustav A .; Flora M., wife of Mr. Christ; Ida L., who married Charles Beary, deceased, later Charles D. Finch, and re- sides in Montgomery county, Pa .; Alfred L .; Charles F .; Bertha A., who married Harry Mauger and resides at Emaus; and Ellen J., all residing in Allentown, with the exception of Ida L., and Bertha A.

HARRY L. CHRIST, son of Charles L. and Al- mira (Wagner) Christ, was born in Allentown, Feb. 2, 1873. He attended the public schools of Allentown and later learned the trade he has since pursued. At the age of fifteen years he was employed with the Allentown Steam Heat and Power Company and continued his services with this firm from the time he learned the trade, in 1888, until 1902, when he engaged in busi- ness at 22 North Sixth Street. He continued business at 22 North Sixth Street until the Spring of 1907, when he located at his present place, 729 Linden Street, where he has a modern store, carrying a full line of plumbing, heating, and gas-fitting material and employs eight men. Among his accomplishments are the installation of the heating system in the Allentown Hospital ; the residence of James K. Mosser; the heating and plumbing of Charles Mosser's residence ; the heating and plumbing of George Eckert's resi- dence, and the heating of the E. M. Young Building and of the Allen and Franklin Engine Houses.

He is a member of the following organizations : Allen Lodge, No. 71, I. O. O. F .; Philip H. Sheridan Council, No. 287; J. O. U. A. M .; Alton Castle, No. 149, Knights of the Mystic Chain; George H. Schwartz Camp No. 2, and United Spanish War Veterans. He was a Corporal of Company B., Fourth Regiment, N. G. P., and served during the General Miles Campaign through Porto Rico in 1898.

Mr. Christ is a Democrat and served as School Director from the Second Ward for two terms, and in 1910 as a common councilman from this ward, and served as chairman of the section board of his district, for the four years of his incumbency.

Mr. Christ and his family are members of

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Salems Reformed church. He married, Feb. 18, 1892, Miss Sallie L. Remmel, a daughter of Ed- ward and Maria (Flick) Remmel, of Allentown. They reside at 136 South Penn street, which has been Mr. Christ's home all his life. They have one daughter, Florence E., who is a bookkeeper in her father's employ.

Edward D. Christ, son of Lewis E., at an early age, learned the cigar-maker's trade, fol- lowing this vocation all his active life, in var- ious places in the Western states. He was lo- cated at Albany, N. Y., for twenty-six years and at Allentown for forty years. He has been a member of the Cigarmaker's Union since 1880. He is now living, retired, with his sister, Emma L. Confer, at Allentown.

CHRISTMAN FAMILY.

Jacob Christman, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, arrived at Philadelphia, on the ship, Princess August, on Sept. 16, 1736, aged 25 years. He settled in Upper Milford township, near Sigmund's Furnace, where he died in 1761. His widow, Eva Margaret, afterwards married Francis Wescoe. Jacob Christman had seven children: Eva, married Melchior Bear ; George; Jacob; Susanna; John; Philip, and Henry. George, the eldest son, became the owner of a 104-acre farm in the township. Philip was a farmer and had six sons and three daughters. John Henry Christman, son of Philip, was born Feb. 3, 1777, and became a miller in Berks county, near Sigmund's. He had twelve chil- dren: Jacob, Henry, Jonas, Daniel, Nathan, Samuel, Ephraim, Polly, Susan, Rebecca, Sarah, and Lydia. Jacob Christman was a miller near Sigmund's Furnace, and married Elizabeth, daughter of George Mattern. They had seven children: James; Charles E .; Jacob L., of Ma- cungie; Maria, wife of Tilghman Schmoyer, of East Texas; Elizabeth, wife of Henry Hangen, of Reading; Elvina, wife of Joseph Schambach, of Norristown, and Sarah, wife of Jonas Hie- stand, of Zionsville.

Charles E. Christman, son of Jacob, was a farmer near Zionsville, and a deacon, elder, and treasurer of the Reformed congregation there, of which the first Christman had been deacon in 1757. He married Emmeline, daughter of Reu- ben and Sarah ( Mohr) Schmoyer, of East Texas. They had nine children: James, died young; Elizabeth J .; William H., born May 8, 1867, a farmer at Vineland, N. J., who married Hilda Anderson, and has three children. Sarah A. Charles F. Emma C., married Oscar Kuhns, of Allentown. Albert L., born Nov. 13, 1873, a clerk in the navy department, at Washington, D. C. Reuben J., born April 6, 1875, a hydro-

graphic draftsman in the service of the U. S. Coast Survey, now at Manila, Philippine Is- lands, and formerly at Alaska and Honolulu. Calvin E., born July 5, 1878, a telegraph opera- tor at New Rochelle, N. Y.

CHARLES F. CHRISTMAN, manager of "Echo Farm," near Zionsville, was born in Upper Milford township, March 4, 1870. He was educated in the township schools and Kutztown Normal School and has been engaged in general farming on the 90-acre homestead since leaving school. He is a member of the Reformed con- gregation at Zionsville and superintendent of the Sunday school there .. He has also served as school director of the township. Echo Farm is a model of its kind and one of its principal fea- tures is the large number of chickens which are to be seen on this attractive farm.

SAMUEL B. CHRISTMAN.

The pioneers of this family hailed from Hol- land and settled in what is now Monroe county, prior to the Revolutionary War. The family was founded here by two brothers, one of whom having been Henry, who was captured by the Indians, but subsequently escaped.

David Christman, of this family, helped to clear a large tract of land in Monroe county. There he subsequently owned much land and became a man of much influence. He was mar- ried to Mary Andrew, and their children were: Elizabeth, Catharine and Thomas. Thomas was married to Mary Smale, and they had twelve children, among whom were: Aaron, Mary, Lu- cinda, Elizabeth and Edwin H. (the last born in Monroe county in 1852).

Henry Christmn, probably a grandson of one of the immigrants, was born in Monroe county, and there he followed farming and weaving. He was married to Susanna Correll, and their children were: Elizabeth (married to Abraham Altamose ), John, Samuel, Maria (married An- thony Christman), Christiana (married Jacob Boyer ), Henry and David. All of them are now deceased. The family were Lutherans and many of them are buried at the Jerusalem church.

John Christman was born June 9, 1809, in Monroe county. He was a tailor by trade and also carried on farming. He was married to Margaret, a daughter of John and Magdalena (Falstack) Stroll. Their children were: Ed- ward (who died aged 24 years) ; James S. (de- ceased) ; Emma E. (m. Capt. McCormick) ; Amanda (m. Jonas Beers) ; Levi J .; and Abbie A. (m. Henry Eschen).

James S. Christman was born Dec. 31, 1845, and educated in the public schools of Monroe

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county and in a private school at Philadelphia. Afterward he clerked in different general stores until 1867, when he engaged in the mercantile business at Hokendauqua. There he conducted a general store until his death on Aug. 10, 1909, having lived there for forty-five years. He was married to Ellen, a daughter of Samuel and Martha (Fulton) Mclaughlin, Oct. 7, 1875, and they had the following issue: Howard, Ira S. (who died aged 20 years) and Samuel B. He and the family were Lutheran members of the Mickley's church.

SAMUEL B. CHRISTMAN, a public school teacher of Whitehall township, was born at Hokendauqua, July 4, 1889. He was educated in the township schools and was graduated from the township high school in 1905, and also the Keystone State Normal School in 1908. He and his wife (Sarah Schuler Scott) are mem- bers of the Lutheran congregation of Mickley's church.

Mr. Christman is a member of the Auquasat Club of Catasauqua.

CLADER FAMILY.

Valentine Clader, the ancestor of this family, the name of which was formerly spelled Kloeder and Kleter, arrived at Philadelphia, on the ship, Lydia, Sept. 20, 1743. He was a native of the Palatinate, in Germany, where he was born June 17, 1726. He settled along the Monocacy creek, in Bethlehem township, and, after a few years, returned to his native land, where he mar- ried, Dec. 12, 1749, Anna Catharine Busz. He returned to America and lived in Bethlehem township, where he died Aug. 7, 1775, and is buried in the Dryland church cemetery at Heck- town. His widow, Anna Catharine, was born April 5. 1731, and died Dec. 22, 1794. She is buried in the old Allentown cemetery. She mar- ried, second, Peter Beissel, and on Nov. 15, 1780, purchased from Nathaniel Seidel, of Bethlehem, for £127, 16s., a tract of 31 acres, 152 perches. Her son, Jacob, sold 19 acres of this tract to John Keim, weaver, of Bethlehem township, on Dec. 31, 1785, for £171.

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 36

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