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Valentine and Anna Catharine Clader had nine children :
Christina, born in 1750, married George Gangawere, a soldier in the Revolution, born July 20, 1756, died March 2, 1852. She died Oct. 16, 1828, leaving forty-four grandchildren. Jacob.
Maria Magdalena, born Feb. 26, 1752, died July 10, 1813, married a Mr. Kern, of Heidel- berg township.
Catharine Barbara, born June 2, 1753, died
Oct. 30, 1835, married Peter Herz, of Allen- town.
Daniel.
Abraham.
Elizabeth, born March 9, 1761, died Oct. 2, 1820, married John Schadt, of Whitehall town- ship.
Anna, married Mr. Hartzell, of near Wilkes- Barre.
Anna Barbara, born April 24, 1767, died Sept. 6, 1847, married Henry Kramer.
Daniel Clader, son of Valentine, was in com- mand of a company of soldiers as captain in the Revolutionary War that was sent to the Sugar Loaf valley to join a force moving against the Tories and Indians. They were ambushed on the trail leading from Easton to the Susquehan- na, about seven miles from Nescopeck, between what is now Hazleton and Conyingham, in Lu- zerne county, on Sept. 11, 1780. Fourteen of the company were killed and three taken pris- oners. Captain Clader was killed, after having performed exploits which caused his name to be remembered for generations. It is said that he killed seven Indians before he was overpowered. The tree under which he was buried was mark- ed with his initials and could be seen for many years, but is now destroyed.
Abraham Clader, Daniel's brother, was a member of the company and was in the conflict, but escaped. Nothing is known of his later life.
Jacob Clader, eldest of the three brothers, was born Feb. 9, 1751, and died March 25, 1832. On March 1, 1776, he enlisted as a private in Capt. Rudolph Brunner's company of Col. St. Clair's Second Penna. Battalion, saw service in New York and Canada, was appointed corporal on July 1, 1776, and left Ticonderoga for home on Jan. 24, 1777. He became captain of a company of militia that saw service on the fron- tiers in November, 1781, and in May, 1782. After the war he kept an inn near the east bank of the Lehigh at Allentown and owned the ferry over the river. On Feb. 23, 1793, he purchased from Sarah, daughter of Caspar Wistar, a tract of fifty-three acres, along the Lehigh for £513, IOS, which is still owned by his descendants. He was one of the first persons in this section to engage in lime burning. He built a two-story house near the river, which is still standing. He is buried in the old Allentown cemetery.
Jacob Clader married, first, Salome, daughter of Henry Sherer, a cooper, of Hanover township, with whom he had eight children: Abraham. Barbara, born Sept. 29, 1782, married Jacob Bast, died April 13, 1832; Joseph; Sa- lome, born Sept. 23, 1787, died young; Su- sanna, born Oct. 3, 1789, died young; Sa-
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lome, born Jan. 16, 1790, married Peter Frantz, of East Penn township, Carbon county. Isaac, born Sept. 28, 1791. John, born May 14, 1793. He married, second, Margaret Kolb, daughter of Michael and Gertrude Kolb, born June 6, 1765, died Jan. 8, 1819. They had four children: Valentine, Jacob, Eve, married (1) Breslin, (2) Nagel, (3) Kidd, and Hannah, married a Mr. Breslin.
Abraham Clader was born July 20, 1780, and died May 4, 1836. His wife, Elizabeth, was born Oct. 27, 1780, and died Nov. 20, 1835. Their children were: Simon, Charles, Abraham, Frank, Margaret, married David Gausler, fa- ther of Major William H. Gausler, and Mrs. Daniel Knauss.
Joseph Clader was born May II, 1786 and died Feb. 26, 1849. He was a farmer and lime burner on the homestead, and married (first) Catharine, daughter of Daniel Gangewere. She was born April 22, 1792, and died Feb. 1, 1832. He married, second, Mrs. Susanna Colver, born March 25, 1784, and died July 28, 1853. They had no children. Joseph Clader had seven chil- dren, John, Levi, Paul, Daniel, Josiah, Owen, and Susan, who died in infancy.
Levi Clader, son of Joseph, was born Nov. 9, 1816, and died Feb. 4, 1900. He was a black- smith in Hanover township, as well as a tan- ner and lime-burner. He married Rebecca, daughter of Lorenz and Magdalena Schadt, who was born Aug. 7, 1821, and died Jan. 26, 1889. They had three children : Mary Jane, and Ellen Hannah, both deceased, and Alfred J.
ALFRED J. CLADER, son of Levi, was born Aug. 13, 1852, at the old Clader homestead in Hanover township. He was educated in the local schools and was engaged since 1872 in lime burning and stone quarrying, as well as farm- ing, on the 60-acre Clader tract, with the excep- tion of a short period of employment in Phila- delphia. He retired in 1910, and moved to Al- lentown, where he resides at 44 South Tenth street. He is a member of Zion Reformed church. Mr. Clader married, in 1875, Louisa L., daughter of Levi and Rachel (Seiberling) Lichtenwalner, of Lower Macungie township. They have two children: Gertrude Mabel, wife of Fred H. Reichard, a letter carrier, of Al- lentown, and Alice Rachel, at home.
Josiah Clader, son of Joseph, was born in 1823, and died in 1897. He was a lime-burner and had a stone quarry on the Clader tract, where he also erected several blocks of houses. He married Matilda Koch and had one child, Mary E., since deceased, who married James T. Cooley.
James Tinsman Cooley, the son of James and
Helena Cooley, was born in Hunterdon county, N. J., Sept. 10, 1850. His parents died when he was four years old and he lived with his un- cle, Benjamin Snyder, a farmer and saw-miller, until he was eight years of age, when he went to Philipsburg, N. J., where he learned telegraphy with James Moore. He became an operator for the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co., with whom he remained 25 years. In 1894 he removed to Allentown, where he opened a grocery store at 556 North Fourth street, which he still con- ducts. He and his wife, Mary E. Clader, had one son, Raymond C., who died June 20, 191I. He married, second, Nov. 17, 1898, Clara Re- becca, daughter of Emmanuel and Eliza (Swartz) Newhard.
Isaac Clader, third son of Jacob, was born Sept. 28, 1791, and died Nov. 23, 1864. His sons were: Joseph, Thomas, David, and John.
John Clader, fourth son of Jacob, was a blacksmith, and died from the effects of a kick from a horse.
Melchior J. Clader, son of John Clader, was a native of Hanover township. In early life he was a lime dealer, and later quarried stone ex- tensively, in which business he was succeeded by his son, George H. He died Dec. 27, 1910, aged 75 years.
Mr. Clader and family were Reformed mem- bers of the Rittersville church, at which place he is buried. His wife was Martha Kramm, daughter of William Kramm, of Salisbury town- ship. They had these children: Preston, Wil- liam, Robert, George H., Charles, Jacob, and Mary E.
GEORGE H. CLADER, son of Melchior Clader, was born in Hanover township, July 13, 1861. During early manhood he succeeded his father in the stone business at East Allentown, in which he continued for fifteen years, employing as many as thirty men. He quarried furnace stone, which he sold mostly to the Allentown Iron Co., the Allentown Rolling Mills, and the Crane Iron Co., at Catasauqua.
Mr. Clader is a member of the firm of Butz & Clader, contractors and builders, which was organized in 1907. They constantly employ a large force of men. Among some of the leading work done by this firm, may be mentioned the fol- lowing: School-house in East Allentown; Hor- lacher Hotel, East Allentown; addition to Hor- lacher Brewery ; Krause garage ; fire engine house of Twelfth ward ; Allentown Trust Co. building, the Excelsior reservoir, at Fourth and Oak streets; the concrete bridge in Center Valley, built in 1911, and they are now engaged on the new county court house.
Mr. Clader and family are members of the
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Reformed congregation at Rittersville. He is a member of the Foresters of America; the F. O. E., and Order of Owls. Mr. Clader is an in- fluential Republican and was deputy sheriff of Lehigh county under Sheriff Krause.
On Nov. 18, 1887, he married M. Alice Dei- bert. They had two children, both deceased.
Valentine Clader, fifth son of Jacob, lived in Northampton county, and was probably buried at Howertown or Stone Church. He was of the Reformed faith. He had the following children : William ; Tilghman ; Sarah, married Rev. Kreiss ; Samuel and Mary (Mrs. Beil, of Indiana).
Samuel Clader, son of Valentine, a resident of North Whitehall township, was born in 1825 and died in 1901. He was a contractor in lime for a number of years. He then moved to Cop- lay, where he was employed in the Coplay fur- naces, until his retirement.
He was a Reformed member of the Egypt church, and for a number of years he served as school director. He married Amelia Scheirer, daughter of David Scheirer, and wife. They had the following children: Maria, married O. H. Berger ; William H .; Mary, married Charles Johnson ; Lewis S .; John P .; Clara, married Frank Schlicher, and Charles M.
JOHN P. CLADER was born Oct. 15, 1871, in North Whitehall township. He was educated in the public schools of North Whitehall and Cop- lay high school. After leaving school he entered the employ of the United States Cement Com- pany. He was later employed by the Lehigh Valley Car Works; the Keystone Cement Co .; the Manning, Maxwell, and Moore Prospecting Co., and the Atlas Cement Co. He then became foreman for one of the mills of the American Cement Co., which position he holds at the pres- ent time.
Mr. Clader is a member of the Reformed Church, which he serves as deacon. In poli- tics he is a Democrat. He served one term as burgess of Coplay and two terms as a mem- ber of town council. He is a member of North- ampton Tribe, I. O. R. M., and Allentown Aerie, No. 110, F. O. E.
He was married, June 22, 1889, to Ida R., daughter of Josiah and Lucinda (Shoemaker) Fenstermacher. They have the following chil- dren: Frank A .; Ruth O .; Hilda M .; Miriam I .; Helen, died young; Amelia L .; Isabella, and May, both died young; Harry C .; John P., Jr .; Bessie, and Robert L.
SAMUEL CARLINSKY.
Samuel Carlinsky, merchant at Alburtis, was born at Laury's Station, in Lehigh county, on Dec. 7, 1884. When a boy, his parents moved
to Alburtis, and there he attended the public school until he became fourteen years of age ; then he entered the general store of his father and assisted as salesman and clerk until his father died in 1909, and carried on the business for the estate until his mother died in 1913. In the settlement of the estate, he became the pur- chaser, and since then has conducted a general store at Alburtis in a most successful manner, being recognized for his enterprising and proges- sive character. He is a member of the Fraternal Order of Americans, and in politics is a Repub- lican.
In 1911, Mr. Carlinsky was married to Mag- gie Bieber, daughter of Jeremiah and Violeta (Rohrbach) Bieber, of Rockland township, in Berks county, and they have one child, a son, Earl Franklin.
His father, Herman Carlinsky, was born in 1840, in Germany and there received a thorough education, becoming a graduate optician. When a young man he emigrated to America and lo- cated at Philadelphia, where he practiced his profession for a time. Then he removed to Laury's Station, in Lehigh county, along the L. V. R. R., and embarked in the general store, which he carried on there for many years, con- ducting also at the same time his profession as an oculist. For a while he filled the position of postmaster, and conducted the hotel. He next removed to Alburtis and there carried on a gen- eral store business until he died in 1909. Alto- gether he followed the life of an enterprising, successful merchant for upwards of forty years. He was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was married to Christiana Rohr and they had seven children: Samuel, above named, and six others, who died in infancy. Interments were made in the cemetery of the Zion's Lehigh church.
CLAUSS FAMILY.
The ancestor of the Clauss family was John Clauss, who died in 1748, at Volzburg, near Zweibruecken, Germany. His widow, Christina, emigrated to America in search of religious lib- erty, with her son, John George, and a daughter, sailing from Rotterdam, Holland, on the ship Phoenix, which arrived at Philadelphia, August 28, 1750. She was born at Kosteig, Alsace, in 1695, and died at Bethlehem in 1775.
John George Clauss, her son, was born Feb- ruary 28, 1722, and was aged twenty-eight upon his arrival in America. He settled in what was then Bethlehem township, now Upper Nazareth township, Northampton county, where he was a farmer. He was a member of the Moravian congregation at Schoenck, above Nazareth, where
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he was buried. He died February 13, 1763. He made his will February 5, 1763, which was pro- bated on February 28th, and in it he bequeathed his wife, Christina, one of his best cows, his best horse, and one-third part of his estate, and the use of the other two-thirds until his son, George, attained the age of twenty-one years. He had a daughter, Anna Mary, who died in 1758, a son, Philip, born in 1752, and died in 1781, and a daughter, Mary, who was born in 1755 and died in 1827.
His sister, Christina Sophia, was born Novem- ber 24, 1724. She married Christian Giese, and died June 13, 1814, and was buried in the Mor- avian Cemetery at Bethlehem.
His son, George Clauss, lived in Schoeneck and built there about 1780, the first brick house erected in Northampton county, which was torn down in 1904. A picture of this house and some of the original bricks made near the site of the house, are in the possession of George Knerr, of Allentown.
John Clauss, who appears to have been a brother of George, Sr., was born about 1730. He arrived at Philadelphia on October 10, 1752, on the ship Forest. In 1762 he was taxed seven pounds in Allen township. In 1772 he was taxed £3, 8, o as a farmer in Bethlehem township. In 1780 his property was assessed at £943. In 1785 he was the owner of 280 acres of land, four horses, and four cows. He was enrolled as a private in Capt. George Wolf's company of Northampton county militia in 1781 and 1782, although almost of the age of exemption from duty, namely 53. He died in 1796. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had the following children :
I. George, who was a shoemaker and lived in Bethlehem township.
2. Henry, born September 21, 1766, died June 8, 1853, aged 86 years. His wife, Elizabeth, born 1767, died January 22, 1844, aged 77 years.
3. Philip Clauss. He and his brother, Henry, received from John Penn, Jr., and John Penn, Esq., November 9, 1789, 279 acres in Bethlehem, which they deeded to Philip, February 2, 1804. 4. John Clauss.
5. Daniel Clauss, born January 7, 1771, died May 6, 1844, aged 69 years. His children were: Edwin, of Fogelsville; John, of Indiana Co., Pa .; George, of Breinigsville; Daniel, of Lehigh- ton; Elizabeth, married Joshua Seip; Lydia, married Jonas Faust, and Maria, married Aaron Winsch in 1813.
6. Abraham Clauss, born January 7, 1772, died May 8, 1847. His wife, Catherine Bar- bara, was born March 14, 1775, and died May 24, 1852. Buried at Farmersville. He was a farmer and carpenter and lived in Bethlehem
township and also owned a tract of 135 acres in Lower Saucon, along the Lehigh river, which he purchased from Peter Shimer in 1806. His children were: I. John, who died before his father, and left children. 2. Daniel. 3. Cath- erine. 4. Christina. 5. Charles. 6. Sarah (sin- gle). 7. Juliana.
His estate was equally divided between his seven children. Mary Clauss, single, who lived in Bethlehem township in 1827, bequeathed a silver table and teaspoon to Mary, daughter of her brother, George Clauss, of North Carolina, and also made a bequest to her sister Catherine, wife of Henry Bloom; of North Carolina.
Adam Clauss, of Lynn township, who appears to have been a brother of George, Sr., and John, Sr., of Bethlehem township, was probably attracted to Lynn by the settlement there of Moravian families. As early as 1757 he was a resident of Lynn township, as on July 9, of that year, one of his children was killed by Indians. This melancholy affair happened while three or four neighbors were cutting Adam Clauss' corn, and as they were eating their dinner they were fallen upon by a party of savages. Two men, two women, and one girl escaped ; but two men, three women, and children were killed. This occurred four miles from Fort Everett and near what is now Lynnport and the Indians were pursued by Lieutenant Jacob Wetherhold and seven men for four miles, when they came upon nine Indians, who shot at them. The lieutenant shot one and wounded another. The rest escaped in the thick forest, but the soldiers secured a mare and two saddles, bridle and halter, a keg of liquor, and cloth and a brass kettle and four Indian cakes baked in the ashes of wheat meal.
Adam Clauss was taxed in Lynn township in 1762, £9. He secured 136 acres by warrant in 1767. He was still living in 1781.
Christian Clauss, who was probably a son of Adam, owned 190 acres in Lynn township in 1785 and in 1790 had five sons and one daugh- ter. He served as a private in Captain Frederick Sechler's Company for two months and one day on the frontiers in 1781.
Adam Clauss, a farmer of Lynn township, born February 9th, 1781, lived near New Tripo- li. He died December 11, 1854. His wife, Eliz- abeth Behler, born May 18, 1779, died July 14, 1868. Among their children were:
Jonas, Jacob, Philip, Aaron, Levi, Mrs. Jonas Everett, Mrs. Tobias Everett, and Mrs. Jonas Fenstermacher. Jonas married Barbara Fenster- macher and had children: Phoebe, Katie, and Nathan. Philip lived in Heidelberg, near Ger- mansville. He married Polly Fenstermacher
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and had children: Levi, Sarah, Joseph, Jonas, Aaron, Mary, Medina, and Edwin.
Jacob owned a farm of 134 acres near Pleas- ant Corner. He married Magdalena Frantz and had two children: Nathan and Mrs. Elizabeth Long.
Nathan married Maria Delong and had eight children: Joseph, Franklin, Mary, Abbie, David, William, Jane, and Henry.
David Clauss' children are: Lewis, Alvin, Owen, Ada, Carrie, Cora, William, Ambrose, Harvey, Ralph, Clayton, Stella, Margaret, and Frederick.
Jacob Clauss was a farmer near Pleasant Corner, Heidelberg township, and had a farm covering 134 acres, which he sold to his son, Nathan, and the latter transferred it to his son, David, who in turn sold it to Henry Leibold. Mr. Clauss had a brother, Adam, who lived in Lynn township.
He was married to Magdalene Frantz, who was a very stout woman, and they had children : Nathan, and Elizabeth, who married a Mr. Long.
Nathan Clauss, was a farmer and lived on the homestead, one mile distant from Pleasant Cor- ner, in Heidelberg township. Mr. Clauss was a member of the Heidelberg Lutheran church, which he helped to erect, and where he is buried. His wife was Maria DeLong, daughter of Sol- omon DeLong, and their children are: Joseph, who resides on Gordon street, Franklin, Mary, Abbie, David, William, Jane, and Henry.
David Clauss was born in Heidelberg town- ship, Lehigh county, November 2, 1844. He farmed there until 1900 and then came to Allen- town, where he has since resided, and works in the employ of Clauss Bros., wholesale shoe merchants. He is a Republican in politics and served as school director and supervisor of Hei- delberg township. He and his family are mem- bers of the Heidelberg Lutheran church, in which church Mr. Clauss was a deacon and elder.
In 1865 he was married to Fietta Krauss, daughter of Daniel Krauss. Mrs. Clauss died many years ago. Their children are: Lewis, Oliver, Owen, Adda, Annie, and Cora.
He was married a second time to Christiana Miller, daughter of Owen Miller, and died in 1906. Their children are: William, Ambrose, Harvey, Ralph, Clayton, Stella, Margaret, and Frederick.
Oliver N. Clauss, a member of the firm of Clauss Bros., wholesale shoe merchants of Allen- town, and a native of Heidelberg township, Le- high county, was born October 24, 1870, and was educated in the public schools of his native town- ship and later pursued a business course. He
was employed as a salesman with his uncle, L. D. Krause, wholesale shoe merchants of Allen- town, and continued in his employ for a period of ten years, after which Mr. Clauss and his brother Owen D., formed a partnership under the name of Clauss Bros., and succeeded L. D. Krause in 1896. Since 1896 they have been conducting a successful business at 31 North Seventh street, employing fifteen men. This firm occupies stores throughout the eastern half of Pennsylvania and part of New Jersey.
Mr. Clauss is a director of Citizens Deposit and Trust Company since its organization and is a Republican in politics. He served as school director from the Eleventh ward since 1906 and is now a member of the board of control. Mr. Clauss and his family are members of St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran church and served in its consistory and is a trustee since 1898.
On August 16, 1894, he was married to Es- tella Wilson, daughter of Charles and Emma (Rodenberger) Wilson, of Zion Hill, Bucks county, Pa., and their children are: Harold W., Ruth E., Paul O. D., Mary F., and Oliver C.
AMBROSE B. CLAUSS, a merchant of Allen- town, was born on the Clauss homestead in Hei- delberg township, Lehigh county, August 19, 1882, and was educated in the public schools of Heidelberg township. In 1896 he came to Al- lentown and accepted a position as clerk in a grocery store and continued at this profession for ten years. In 1906 Mr. Clauss and his brother, Ralph J., formed a partnership under the firm name of A. B. Clauss & Bro., and conduct a large grocery store at Twelfth and Linden streets, and employ four clerks.
Mr. Clauss is a member of the Woodmen of America and the Order of Owls. He is a mem- ber of St. Luke's Lutheran church.
On August 19, 1903, he was married to Lizzie Fatzinger, and they have one son, Arthur B.
RALPH J. CLAUSS, the assistant secretary of the Y. M. C. A., was born in Heidelberg town- ship, November 15, 1883, and was educated in the public schools and later in the high school at Schnecksville, Pa. He came to Allentown in 1897, where he has since resided. He learned the printing trade and followed this for five years. He entered into partnership with his brother, Ambrose B., under the name of A. B. Clauss & Bro., and conducted a grocery store at Twelfth and Linden streets, until October 1, 1910, when Mr. Ralph Clauss withdrew. Since October I, 1910, he is assistant secretary of the Y. M. C. A., and has charge of the membership, which is now I, IIO. He is a member of the Greenleaf Lodge No. 561, F. & A. M. He and his family are
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members of St. Paul's Lutheran church, and Mr. Clauss is a teacher in the Sunday school.
On April 28, 1908 he was married to Anne E. Hartzell, a daughter of John J. and Nora (Sei- fert) Hartzell, of Allentown, and they have a son, Richard H.
WILLIAM F. CLAUSS, a real estate operator in Allentown, and a native of Heidelberg township, was born May 8, 1881, and worked on the farm until December, 1896, when he came to Allen- town and was employed with Clauss Bros., wholesale shoe merchants, for ten years. In 1908 he became associated with Joseph F. Gor- man, an extensive real estate operator, and the following year, 1909, Mr. Clauss engaged in business for himself, occupying a suite of rooms in the B. & B. Building, and in the short time he is thus engaged, has established a remarkable record. He purchased seventy-one acres of the Jeremiah Roth Estate, which he divided into building lots. These lots are now practically all disposed of and are known as "Clauss' Addition" on the city map.
Mr. Clauss and his family are members of the Lutheran church. He is a member of the fol- lowing organizations : Fraternal Order Eagles, Order of Owls, and Order of Lyons. of
In 1903 he was united in marriage to Lillie V. Mosser, daughter of Abraham and Emma (Smale) Mosser, of Neffs, Pa., and they have children : Allen M. and Dorothy E.
Philip Clauss, a son of Adam and Elizabeth (Behler) Clauss, lived on the farm near Ger- mansville, Heidelberg township, now the prop- erty of Nathan Smith. He is buried at Ebenezer church. His wife was Polly Fenstermacher, and their children are: Levi, Sarah, Joseph, Jonas, Aaron, Mary, Medina, and Edwin.
Adam Clauss was a farmer near New Triopli, Lynn township, all his life and was born there on February 9th, 1781. For many years his farm was known as the "Heintzelman Farm," but is now owned by William H. Hoffman, a grain merchant, at New Tripoli, Pa.
Adam Clauss and his family were members of the Ebenezer Lutheran church. Mr. Clauss' death occurred December 11, 1854, at the age of 73 years, 10 months, and 2 days. His wife, Elizabeth Behler, was born May 18, 1779, and died July 14, 1868, in her 90th year of age. Mr. and Mrs. Clauss are buried at the Ebenezer church. Their children are:
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