History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 59

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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REV. ALFRED O. EBERT.

Rev. Alfred Oliver Ebert, of New Tripoli, son of Amandes and Sarah A. ( Moser) Ebert, was born in Lynn, February 19, 1870. His youth was spent upon the farm in Lehigh county. His

early education was received in the public and select schools of his native township, and then he taught school for three terms. During this time he prepared for Muhlenberg College, which he entered in the fall of 1889, and was graduated with the class of 1893; and in the fall of 1893 he entered the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Mt. Airy, graduating May 26, 1896, and in June Ist he was ordained to the ministry in St. John's Lutheran church, Allentown, Pa. The Auden- reid-Beaver Meadow parish, of near Hazleton, Pa., had extended him a call, and this he accepted on June 7, 1896.

With enthusiasm he took charge of the field, which needed a conscientious and painstaking leader, the field being home mission territory. St. Paul's, Beaver Meadow congregation, had been temporarily organized March 16, 1896, without having a permanent church home. By God's grace and blessing, Rev. Ebert gathered a nice congregation and aided them in securing their own church. In May, 1897, they purchased a lot, laid the corner stone August 22, and dedi- cated their church Dec. 26, 1897. The same year they also purchased an organ, which was dedicated Oct. 18, 1897. The Salem, Auden- reid congregation made marked progress during his pastorate. A debt of $800 was paid off; the floors were recarpeted, electric lights were in- stalled, stained glass windows were inserted and other repairs were made.

His work here, whilst strenuous, was never- theless most pleasant and successful. He ended his work in this parish to accept a call extended by the Shonersville-Rittersville parish, June 26, 1904, the same having been accepted to go into effect August 1, 1904. On September 25, 1904, his installation took place, the same being per- formed by Revs. W. D. C. Keiter, president of the Allentown Conference, and Rev. H. S. Feg- ley, his father-in-law. During his pastorate he raised exceptional large sums for benevolence and made substantial gains in membership in both churches. He resigned this parish, August I, 1906, to accept the call of the New Tripoli par- ish, consisting of Ebenezer, New Tripoli ; Jacob's, Jacksonville; Jerusalem, Albany town- ship, Berks county; St. Peter's, Lynnville and St. Paul's, Seiberlingsville congregations. He is now preaching to his schoolmates, companions and neighbors of his youth who look upon him with reverence and profound respect. His pres- ent parish was served by the late and lamented Rev. H. S. Fegley, whose homestead in New Tripoli is now occupied by Rev. Ebert, his wife Annie M., and their children: Paul F., Annie M., Alfred J., Luther J., Carl A., Ruth F., and Haen S.

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Peter Ebert, son of Philip, owned and occu- pied the farm now the property of Reuben H. Fister, near New Tripoli, Pa. He was married to Catharine Miller. They are buried at New Tripoli. Their children follow: Jonas, Peter, Joseph, Nathan, Polly, married to Joseph Huth. Of the sons, Peter, Joseph, and Nathan removed to the state of Illinois. Jonas was a farmer and a shoemaker at Hynemansville. He was born Aug. 28, 1798, died Sept. 13, 1877. He mar- ried Maria Bachman, born Nov. 27, 1798, died Sept. 6, 1887. They had the following children : Reuben, Nathan, Stephen, who lived in Weisen- berg; Daniel, Juliann, born in 1825; Mary Ann, Eliza Ann, Lydia Ann, and Sarah Ann.

Stephen Ebert, son of Jonas, was born April 7, 1833. He lived in Weisenberg township. He was married to Sabina, a daughter of Jonas Reitz, of Lynn township. She was born in 1832, and died in 1879. They had a daughter, Sarah L., married to John Bailey, who died in 1907, aged 46 years. They had six children.

Henry Ebert, whose name appears among the taxable residents of Heidelberg, in 1812, owned upwards of one hundred acres of land in that township. He made his last will and testament, Sept. 13, 1814. He died between that date and the probating of the will on the 15th of the fol- lowing month. He was twice married. The given name of his second wife was Barbara. He was the father of nine children, as follows: Henry, Peter, John, Jonas, Tobias, William, Elizabeth, and two other daughters.

Abraham Ebert was married and had seven sons and one daughter, namely: Samuel, Daniel, Jonas, John, Peter, Joseph, Nathaniel, and Mary.

Conrad Ebert, mentioned in the tax list of 1812, was born Aug. 16, 1764, died Aug. 25, 1842, aged 78 years, and 9 days. He married Maria Barbara Ferber, born Jan. 2, 1774, died Nov. 8, 1841, aged 67 years, II months, and 6 days. They are buried on the Heidelberg church cemetery.

ECK FAMILY.

ORLANDO ECK, engineer at the planing mill of Butz & Frederick, in Allentown, was born Feb. 17, 1849. He received his education in the public schools and was brought up on a farm until he was 21 years old; then he entered the employ of Uriah Biery, a prominent miner, of Mertztown, and after working in the mines for a long time, was promoted to the position of engi- neer, which he filled fifteen years. He removed to Allentown in 1901 to take the position, of engineer of the planing mill of Butz & Frederick,

which he has filled until now. He is a Demo- crat, and a member of the Lutheran Church.

Mr. Eck was married to Sarah Elizabeth Ahn, daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Long) Ahn, and they have four children: Albert J .; Alice, m. John Boyer; Morris; and Elmira, m. George Keiser.

Charles Eck, his father, was a shoemaker, and carried on a shoe shop at Topton, Berks county, for many years, where he died at the age of 61 years. He employed four men and made pegged miner's shoes. He was married to Abolonia Ben- nicoff, of Whitehall township, Lehigh county. She died at the age of 64 years. They were mem- bers of the Lutheran church at Longswamp. They had five children: Orlando; Jefferson; Amelia, who died; William, engaged as a teacher in the Keystone State Normal School; and Willoughby. The grandfather, Joseph Eck, was a bricklayer in Whitehall township.

ALBERT J. ECK, engineer at Daenfer's Brew- ery, was born June 12, 1870, in Longswamp township, Berks county. After attending the public schools until he was fourteen years old, he secured employment with the Thomas Iron Company at the iron-ore mines in Longswamp township, Berks county, and continued there nine years, in this time learning stationary engi- neering. He then served as engineer at the Swartz ore mines for five years.

When 28 years old, he became the engineer at the Horlacher Brewery in Allentown, and after serving there three years he was selected to be the chief engineer of the Daevfer Brewery at Allentown, which position he has filled until the present time.

In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of A. O. S. E., No. 15.

Mr. Eck married Minnie Musselman, daughter of James and Elizabeth Musselman, and they have three children: Calvin, Florence and Mar- ion. He is connected with the Lutheran Church, but his wife with the Reformed Church.

MORRIS EUGENE ECK, son of Orlando Eck, was born Feb. 14, 1877, in Longswamp town- ship, Berks county. He attended the public schools and then worked in the ore mines of Long- swamp for a time, when he served as a station- ary engineer for eight years. He enlisted in Battery G, First United States Artillery, under Captain Geary, in the Spanish-American War, for a full term, and was honorably discharged. Upon his return he went to Allentown to fill the position of engineer in the Daevfer Brewery, where he has continued until the present time, ex- cepting a short period when he was employed in the wire mills as a steam-fitter. He has served as chief engineer since 1909. He is a member of

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the American Order of Steam Engineers, and the Order of Buffaloes.

In 1902, Mr. Eck married Gertrude V. Fegley. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

ECKERT FAMILY.

The ancestor of this family in America was Justus Eckert or Eckhard. He was a native of Schersfeld, Oberamt Meissenheim, Zweibrueck- en, where he resided in 1759. He arrived in this country at the port of Philadelphia, on Nov. 10, 1764, on board the ship Boston, Matthew Carr, master, which sailed from Rotterdam, Holland and stopped at Cowes, England, with 203 pas- sengers, natives of Germany and Switzerland. Prior to his settling in Allentown, he lived for some time in Montgomery county, where he was a schoolmaster, and in 1785 he was a resident of Allentown. In the first census return made in 1790, he is given as having three sons under 16 years of age. Justus Eckert died Oct. 9, 1811, in Allentown, and at the time of his death well up in years. His wife, Elizabeth, died March 10, 1811, in her 70th year of age. They are, no doubt, buried in the old Allentown cemetery, but no tombstone marks their last resting place. Their eldest daughter, Elizabeth Eckert, was born in 1768, and died at Philadelphia, April 16, 1826. The second child, Margaret Eckert, was born in 1770, and died March 14, 1833. She married Jacob Bischoff.

William Eckert, eldest son of Justus Eckert, was born Aug. 14, 1771, was a miller by occupa- tion, and had a mill in Salisbury township. He moved to Allentown in 1837. He was a veteran of the 1812 war. He died May 30, 1848, and was buried on Thursday, June 1, 1848, the day of the great fire at Allentown. Upon returning from the funeral one of his daughters carried the oil painting of his wife and himself to Frey's Meadows with other of the household goods, to preserve them from the fire. He lived on the west side of South Seventh Street, between Wal- nut and Union streets, where he had a large house, in which at one time he kept a store. He married, May 13, 1798, Susanna Reber, daugh- ter of John Reber. She was born June 21, 1780, and died Sept. 8, 1838. They had seven chil- dren :

John, born May 12, 1799, and died in in- fancy.

William, born Aug. 25, 1800, in Salisbury township. He died Dec. 14, 1865. He married Elizabeth Gutekunst, who was born Dec. 4, 1797, and died Nov. 19, 1870. They had seven children :

Sophia, born Oct. 11, 1822.

William, born Dec. 5, 1826, and died July

26, 1900. He married, Sept. 14, 1846, Lydia L. Eckert, who was born in 1826, and died Feb. 8, 1894. They had twelve children. He mar- ried a second time a Mrs. Ludwig; Sophia; Wil- liam; Eliza L., born Feb. 7, 1829; Augustus F., born Aug. 8, 1834, and Henry H., born Sept. 17, 1840.

Maria Eckert, daughter of William, Sr., was born Oct. 4, 1802.

Maria Eve Eckert, born May 21, 1804, and died Dec. 2, 1827. She married Gottfried Pretz, who was born July 10, 1798, and died Nov. 12, 1830. They had one daughter: Maria Louise Pretz, born Nov. 14,. 1827, who married Jesse Line.

Hannah Eckert, born Sept. 2, 1806, and died Sept. 8, 1878. She married John J. Krause, born June 19, 1787, and died Nov. 14, 1863.

Eliza, born Nov. 2, 1808, and died March 19, 1882. She married Charles Saeger, who was born Dec. 6, 1801, and died Aug. 10, 1859. William Saeger was their son.

Susanna Eckert, born Nov. 13, 1819 died June 24, 1850. She married Ephraim Grim.

John Eckert, second son of Justus, was born Aug. 28, 1776. He lived for a time on Lehigh street, but later built a stone house on the west side of Seventh street, between Hamilton and Linden streets, where he lived and had a frame store, adjoining, where he conducted his busi- ness, which was that of a tobacconist. Later he purchased the property on the southeast corner of Eighth and Linden streets, where there was a large apple orchard located, and built a new home on the corner. He was described as a man of medium height, somewhat energetic and frugal in his habits. He was treasurer of Zion Re- formed church and after the death of Peter Rhoads, Jr., in 1836, president of the North- ampton Bank, he was elected president of that institution, which office he filled until his death. By his industry and attention to business he amassed a considerable fortune. He married, August 18, 1799, Elizabeth Worman, daughter of Conrad Worman. She was born April 8, 1781, and died Nov. 19, 1834. On a visit to the Worman Spring, the source of water supply for the City of Allentown for many years, later known as Crystal Spring, he was stricken and died, Nov. 3, 1840, aged 64 years. The Friedens- bote of Nov. 4, 1840, has the following notice : "Am letzen Dienstag, in dieser Stadt, Herr John Eckert, Sen., letzheriger Praesedent Der North- ampton Bank, im 65 Jahre. Am Morgen jenes Tages ging Herr Eckert gesunt und wohl auf eine Wiese in der Nähe der Wasserwerke dieser Stadt und sank dort, vom Schlag gerührt, todt nieder. Herr Eckert war ein alter Einwohner

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dieser Stadt und als redlicher und guter Bür- ger allgemein bekann."

Mr. and Mrs. Eckert had eleven children:

John Eckert, the eldest son, was born July 9, 1800, and died July 31, 1875. He lived on Sev- enth street at the old homestead to the day of his death. He owned considerable property in Allentown-one tract extending from Chew street to Liberty street on the west side of Eighth. The property along the east side of Seventh street, beyond Liberty street, was also owned by him. The fire of 1848 originated in his barn on Hall street, the result of children playing with matches. In personal appearance he was tall and frequently wore a high silk hat. He was a man of decided opinions, and one of the wealthiest men in the city in his day. His first wife was Lydia Frantz. He was married a second time, on March 1, 1835, to Catherine Bachman. His third wife was Polly M. Hoff- man, who was born Nov. 20, 1809, and died Dec. 28, 1875. His children were:

Clarissa Matilda, born Dec. 24, 1820.

Henrietta, born July 25, 1822.

Mary, born Dec. 13, 1823, all three of whom died young.

Adam Henry Eckert, born Jan. 25, 1825, and died May 21, 1866. He married Ella Wilson, who after his death married Edward Deshler. He had one son, John T. Eckert, born Nov. 17, 1849, and died March 11, 1880.

He was a member of the Allentown Band in which he played the trombone, and was a cigar manufacturer. He married Hannah J. Remmel, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Rhoads) Remmel, of Allentown. Jacob Remmel was a veteran of the Mexican War. His brother, Edward, is now living at Mauch Chunk, aged 87 years. Mrs. Eckert died Sept. 28, 1903, aged 51 years. They had five children: Harry A., of Allentown ; Ed- ward F., died in 1894, aged 19 years; Dr. John T .; Charles R., of Allentown; and Hattie L., died at the age of three years.

DR. JOHN T. ECKERT, son of John T., was born Dec. 19, 1876, at Allentown; graduated from the Allentown high school in 1894; Muhl- enberg College in 1898; and the University of Pennsylvania in 1903, after which he located in Allentown, where he is a general practitioner and surgeon. He is a member of the Lehigh county and Lehigh Valley Medical societies; of Greenleaf Lodge, No. 257, K. of P .; Vienna Lodge, No. 847, I. O. O. F .; Allentown Castle, No. 55, Knights of the Golden Eagle; Alton Castle, No. 149, Knights of the Mystic Chain; of the Loyal Order of Buffaloes, and of St. John's Lutheran church.

Dr. John T. Eckert married, July 14, 1904,

Lulu C. Scheirer, daughter of Owen and Sarah (Kemp) Scheirer. They reside in a handsome residence at 438 North Sixth street, Allentown.

Lydia Eckert, born in 1826, and died Feb. 8, 1894. She married, in September, 1846, William Eckert, third.

Andrew Eckert, who died Feb. 17, 1907, in Ohio, and had children: Walter, Katie, and Harry.

Catharine Eckert, eldest daughter of John Eckert, Sr., was born March 21, 1802. She married a boatman named Gutekunst.

Elizabeth Eckert, second daughter of John Eckert, Sr., was born May 6, 1804. She died Oct. 8, 1873, unmarried.

Thomas Eckert, born Jan. 28, 1807, died Nov. 30, 1836, aged 29 years.

Annie Eckert, the third daughter, was born April 14, 1809 and died May 2, 1887. She married Manasses Schwartz. They had chil- dren : Sarah, John, Walter, Eliza, and Mrs. George Kramer.

Henry Eckert, third son of John Eckert, Sr., was born Nov. 14, 1811 and died May 26, 1853. He married Mary Stein, a milliner. They had one daughter, Mary Elizabeth, who married Rev. John Koehl. Their children were: Mrs. Emma M. Miller, of Easton, Mrs. Johanna Kistler, John and Charles Koehl. After Henry Eckert's death his widow married Thomas Bar- ber, of the Barber Foundry.

Rebecca Eckert, fourth daughter, was born Aug. 21, 1814. She married William Mattern. They were the parents of: Emma, David, Sallie, John, Tillie, and Lewis Mattern.

Charles Eckert, fourth son of John Eckert, Sr., was born Nov. 15, 1817, and died Feb. 26, 1885. He married, April 14, 1840, Eliza Gute- kunst, who was born Oct. 15, 1819, and died Jan. 16, 1853. He operated a grist-mill located near where the terminal railroad station now stands, of which Reuben Helfrich was the miller, and in connection with this conducted a coal yard and warehouses on the Lehigh Inlet. In those days a large volume of business was done on the canal and river and Mr. Eckert had two boats on the river. He was also a member of the firm of Weinsheimer, Newhard & Company, and had an office where he conducted an insurance business. His barn was located near Fourth and Walnut streets, where he had a hay press, and frequently shipped hay in large quantities to Asa Packer, with whom he did a great deal of business. He lived at Eighth and Linden streets and later built a home at the southeast corner of Fourth and Walnut streets. He also built a row of brick houses on Fourth street, between Walnut and Hamilton, as well as house No. 109 South

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Fourth street. He was one of the incorporators of Fairview cemetery and treasurer of the com- pany. With Tinsley Jeter he opened ore mines at Ironton and he was also one of the incorpora- tors and a deacon of the Presbyterian Church. He married, a second time, Miss Emma Belling, daughter of S. Philip and Eliza Belling, who died April 11, 1914, aged 79 years.

Charles Eckert's children in his first mar- riage were:

Jane E., born July 20, 1841, died May 27, 1854.

Sallie, deceased, married William S. Young, of Chicago.

Tillie, married (first) John Hamman, and (second) Mr. Cox, of New York.

Miles L.

MILES L. ECKERT was born in Allentown, Feb. 6, 1851, and was educated in the common schools, the high school, and the Allentown Academy. At the age of sixteen he entered his father's office, then located where the Leh build- ing now stands, where he engaged in the insur- ance business, besides assisting his father in con- ducting a mill, ware-house and coal yard. He has remained in the insurance business continu- ally and has built up a large clientage. He later removed to the Breinig and Bachman build- ing, where he is still located. He is a director and treasurer of the Fairview Cemetery Associa- tion since his father's death, and a member of the Allentown Lodge of Elks.

He married, Dec. 5, 1876, Miss Emma S. Nimson, daughter of Charles H. Nimson, and his wife, Elmira S. Hallman. They have one son, Nimson Eckert, a graduate of the law de- partment of the University of Pennsylvania, as- sociated in business with his father, who mar- ried Miss Mabel E. Stine, daughter of E. H. Stine, Esq., and has one child, Nimson Stine Eck- ert.

Charles Eckert, in his second marriage, had five children:

George W. Eckert, who was in the grain busi- ness and a well-known pigeon fancier. His pigeon loft at his home on Union street was one of the best and most modern. He died Jan. 4, 1908, in the prime of life. He married Alvena L. Mosser, and had three children: Charles, de- ceased ; Robert M., a mechanical engineer, and Kathryn.

Ada Eckert, born Sept. 6, 1860, died Aug. 21, 1886.

John W. Eckert.

Charles Tinsley Eckert, born May 25, 1862, died Jan. 3, 1912. He was a machinist and as- sisted his brother, John W., in the cement busi- ness. He married, in 1893, Miss Annie Lo-

bach, and lived at Fourteenth and Walnut streets. They had three daughters: Ada, Mabel, and Isabella.

Gertrude B. Eckert, married Edwin J. Crad- er, and has one son, John E. Crader.

JOHN W. ECKERT was born in Allentown, March 13, 1858. He attended the public schools of the city and entered Lehigh Univer- sity, where he took a full course in analytical chemistry, also making a special study of en- gineering and graduated in 1878. Having made a study of the analysis of cement, he wrote, at the age of nineteen, an essay giving an analysis of the raw material as found in Lehigh county for the manufacture of Portland cement, (and also made Portland cement of this material), and comparing it with foreign cement, which was published in the State Geological Survey re- port. In this essay he also gave the analysis.

In 1877, while yet at college, he became asso- ciated as a chemist with the Coplay Cement Co., of which David O. Saylor, the pioneer Port- land cement manufacturer of America, was then president. The output of the company developed from one hundred barrels a day to 125,000 bar- rels a year in 1885, and by 1890, to 170,000 bar- rels in six months.

In 1881 Mr. Eckert became superintendent of the Coplay Cement Company, which position he held until 1885, when, in company with Messrs. Frank Thompson, Alexander McGough, Dr. Filbert, R. W. Leslie, James Brand, and John W. Trinkle, he organized the American Cement Company of Pennsylvania, and located a cement plant at Egypt. The company purchased about 400 acres of land, comprising parts of the Laz- arus, Kohler, Rhoads, Schadt, and Woodring farms, besides other tracts, and reached a capacity of 1,800,000 barrels of cement a year. In 1898 the plant was sold for $3,000,000. Mr. Eckert continued with the company as president until 1912.

By his efforts, Mr. Eckert secured the first state road in Lehigh county, from Allentown to Walberts, and much of the success of the Lehigh County Agricultural Society, of which he was president from 1907 to 1914, was due to his en- ergetic efforts. He is a director of the Allentown National Bank, and a member of the Livingston Club, Allentown Lodge of Elks, Clover Club, and a charter member of the St. Leger Club. He is the owner of one of the finest farms in the coun- ty, the buildings on which are models of its kind. He is married to Miss Jennie Lisk.

Sarah Eckert, daughter of John Eckert, Sr., was born March 29, 1820, and died in 1837.

Owen Eckert was born July 23, 1823, and died in 1824.

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Evan Eckert was born May 4, 1827, and died July 29, 1860. He married Elizabeth Nagle and they had two sons, Edwin and James, and two daughters, Emma and Ella, of Buffalo, N. Y.

Another child of John Eckert, Sr., a daughter, died in infancy. He had six sons and six daugh- ters.

Frederick Eckert, youngest son of Justus Eck- ert, was born in September, 1781, and died Jan- uary II, 1821, in Allentown, of consumption. His wife, Sarah Reaser, died in Philadelphia, March, 1827. They had six children: Orlando, Elizabeth, Miles, born in 1808 and died April 24, 1835; Thomas, Sarah, and Frederick. Mat- thew Reaser, a printer of Philadelphia, was the guardian of Orlando and Elizabeth; William Eckert, of Miles and Thomas, and Abraham Newhard of Sarah and Frederick. Frederick Eckert was a merchant and his place of business was on North Seventh street, where the Hun- sicker building now stands, adjoining the old Northampton bank, which stood where the Al- lentown National Bank now stands. It was a brick building located on a 60-foot lot, 230 feet deep, and numbered in the city plan No. 342. This was sold December 6, 1821, to Philip Brang for $1,660. He also owned a lot on Hamilton street, which was sold to Dr. Jacob Martin for $103.75. His estate amounted to $6,115.11.

JOHN ECKERT.

John Eckert, the late husband of Mrs. Amelia Eckert, of Catasauqua, was born in Lieb- heim, Barien, in the Fatherland, Nov., 1835. His father, Johannes Eckert, was a butcher in Liebheim, where his sons learned the art of butchering. Three sons of Johannes, John, George, and Martin migrated to America Oct. 6, 1856. John located at Emaus and worked for Jesse Klein, a local butcher, and later for a period of Daniel Schwartz of Upper Milford. In 1860 he came to Catasauqua and was employed by Aaron Fretz of Ferndale. On Dec. 10, 1862, he was married to Amelia Reinsmith, a daugh- ter of Henry and Sallie Kemmerer Reinsmith, of Lowhill township. She was born Sept. 20, 1838. In 1863 he moved to Ferndale, but re- turned as soon as his new house on Second street was completed, when he took possession of it, and where he resided for 31 years. Here also all of his children, except the eldest, were born. He continued in the butchering business until his death, which occurred July 18, 1902. For one year he was associated with his brother, Martin, who now resides at St. Louis, Mo., and later with his son-in-law, Philip Valker. His brother, George, was also engaged in the butch- erng business in Catasauqua. He was married

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 59

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