History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 60

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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to Tillie Knabb. They had two sons and one daughter, of whom Alvin is the only one living. He resides at Catasauqua, and is the father of three children.

John Eckert was a member of the Evangelical church, in which he was a class leader, exhorter, and trustee. His remains lie buried on the beau- tiful family plot in Fairview Cemetery, Cata- sauqua. He was the father of eleven children: Sarah, married to Philip Valker ; Tillie, married to Asher Schaffer; John, who together with his brother, Thomas F., was killed in a railroad ac- cident at Allentown, Sept. 2, 1881 ; Clara, mar- ried to Howard Berr Venuti; Ella, married to John Freed; George, the twin brother of Ella, died at the age of seven; Charles, who resides at Allentown, where he is in the employ of Swift & Co .: Rebecca, who died in infancy, and Irene, the wife of Wm. Lobach.

ROBERT EDGAR.

William Edgar was born in County Derry. Ireland, on December 21, 1851, and emigrated to Pennsylvania at the age of nineteen years, settling at Catasauqua. Three years later he visited his native land to remain for a short time only. He was followed by his intended wife, whom he met at New York upon landing, and there they were married. They resided at Catasauqua until he died Dec. 6, 1908. He was in the employ of the Crane Iron Co. for 35 years. His widow was Margaret Morrison, daughter of Daniel Morrison of County Derry, Ireland, ond she continues to reside in the home which they had occupied at No. 1010 Hower- town Road, Catasauqua.

Mr. Edgar and his family were active mem- bers of the Second Presbyterian Church. They. had ten children: Matilda (married George W. Young) ; William (died in 1908, aged 31 years and 3 days, leaving a widow, who was Mary Wilson and five children to survive him: Wil- son, Margaret, Caroline, Helen, and Matilda) ; Margaret (died in infancy) ; Samuel (died in 1909, aged 29 years) ; James; Robert; Jennie; Daniel; John, and Elizabeth.

Robert Edgar, the fifth son of William, was born at Catasauqua, April 12, 1882. In 1899 he commenced to work for the Bryden Horse Shoe Co., and since 1905 has been foreman of the shipping department, having charge of ten men. He is a member of the Bridge Street Presbyterian Church. On April 15, 1909, he married Harriet Mckeever, daughter of John Mckeever and they have a daughter, Eliza- beth.

John Edgar, the youngest son of William, was born May 31, 1890. He was educated in

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the public schools of Catasauqua and graduated from the North Catasauqua schools.

In 1911, he and his brother, Robert, built the "Edgar Building" on Front street, near Pine, a two-story brick structure, 70 x 24 feet, with a basement. The first floor is occupied by them in carrying on the "Edgar Restaurant," in a suc- cessful manner under the management of Mr. John Edgar.

EDWARDS FAMILY.

John Edwards, a native of Caernarvonshire, South Wales, was born Oct. 12, 1812. In 1849, he landed at Boston, Massachusetts. Being a slater by occupation he went to Delta, York county, Pennsylvania, where he was employed in the slate industry for about five years. The fol- lowing eighteen months he worked at his trade at Frederick City, Maryland, and in 1857 he lo- cated at Slatington, Pa., where he continued to live until his return to his native country in 1874. He died at Llauberis, Wales, on June 15, 1879.

John Edwards was married three times. His first wife was Mary Jones. They had five sons and one daughter. Three sons and the daughter died in infancy. The other sons, the second and third child are Hugh J., and William J. He married a second time in May, 1849; this wife was Jane Thomas and six weeks after their wed- ding they emigrated to America. Their union was blessed with two sons, Rev. Henry, born August II, 1850; and Samuel, born in February, 1852. The mother of these children died two weeks after the birth of her youngest son. On May 1, 1855, he married as his third wife, Ann Williams, who lived until April, 1888. No chil- dren were born to this union.

Hugh J. Edwards, the second son of John and Mary Edwards, was born at Bethseda, North Wales, Sept. 12, 1840. He came with his parents to America in 1849, and in March, 1857, he set- tled at Slatington, Lehigh county, Pa., there he remained until the outbreak of the Civil War, in which he served until 1863, when he enlisted in Company E, 112th Regiment, which partici- pated in all the engagements that fell to the lot of the Army of the Potomac, until the battle of Five Points, in which he was wounded by a shell in the breast. He was in the Lincoln Hospital, Washington, at the termination of the war. After his recovery and discharge from service, he re- turned to Slatington, Pa. Shortly afterward he went into the oil fields in Venango county, Penn- sylvania, with $600 of money, but six months later he returned to Slatington, Pa., minus his accumulations, which he had lost in the oil dis- trict. He worked as a slater until the early part

of 1867 when he located at Georgetown, Color- ado; but during the early seventies he removed to the Black Hills, near Cheyenne, Wyoming ; there he married a widow and lived until his death in 1898, aged 58 years.

William J. Edwards, the third son of John and Mary Edwards, was born Feb. 24, 1843. His biography is the same as that of his brother Hugh, until 1863, at which time Lee invaded Pennsylvania, and the subject was one of the first patriots to respond to the call in the com- pany which was raised at Slatington. He had enlisted for three months but Lee's defeat at Gettysburg caused the militia to be disbanded. In the middle of the summer of 1864, he enlisted again in Company I, 209th Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Volunteers. He was mustered out with his regiment at the close of the war, having par- ticipated in every engagement until in the battle of Fort Steadman, which was the last battle of his division.

After the war he returned to his home at Emerald, near Slatington, where he married Mary Reinsmith, a daughter of Daniel Schleicher. Unto them were born six children, namely: Elizabeth, married to Allen Rex, of Washington township; William, born August 6, 1874, lives at Slatedale ; Hugh W., born Nov. 25, 1875; Annie; Rufena died in infancy; and John, born in December, 1879, lives at Slatedale.

William J. Edwards, the father of these chil- dren, died of pneumonia in September, 1880, aged 43 years. He is buried at Slatedale.

HUGH W. EDWARDS, a slate operator at Slate- dale, Pa., was born Nov. 25, 1875, and is the third son of William J. and Mary Edwards. He obtained a common school education and when sixteen years of age he began working in the slate quarry. For ten years prior to 1905 he was foreman of a blackboard slate factory. In the latter year the Thomas Slate Company was or- ganized by five men, of which he was one of them. The company employs about . thirty hands, and is actively engaged in quarrying slate.

Socially Mr. Edwards is a member of the Knights of Malta, No. 92, of Slatington ; and the P. O. S. of A., of the same place, being a member of the latter lodge since 1891. He and family are active members of the Evangelical Church, in which he has served as a steward and is an exhorter. He has been an esteemed teacher in the Sunday school for many years.

On May 26, 1900, he was married to Cora, a daughter of Jeremiah and Sabina ( Rohrbach) Kern; the latter was a son of William Kern. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Edwards is born an only daughter, Ruth P.

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EGNER FAMILY.

The ancestor of this family was John Mathias Egner, or Eigener, who arrived at Philadelphia, Sept. 30, 1727, on the ship Molly, the third ship on record in the lists of arrivals of Germans at the port of Philadelphia. He settled first in Lancaster county, where his sons, John and Ma- thias, were baptized in 1733 and 1735 by Rev. John Caspar Stoever. As early as 1739 he se- cured a warrant for land in Macungie township, where he lived until his death. He was a member of the Lutheran congregation at Lehigh church, where he is buried. He was born in 1693 and died June 20, 1771. He and his wife, Anna Elizabeth had children: John, born June 15, 1733; Mathias, born June 29, 1735; Ludwig; Henry, born Jan. 8, 1739; Anna Elizabeth, born May 10, 1741 ; and Peter.

John Egner, his eldest son, and his wife Cath- arine, had children: Anna Elizabeth, born 1756; Mathias, born 1762; Peter, born 1765; John, born Nov. 19, 1769; and Maria, born Jan. II, 1772. John Egner died July 20, 1796. His daughter, Elizabeth, married Peter De Haven, and his son, Peter, married Susanna Stout, and had two children: David and Elizabeth.

Mathias, of John Mathias Egner, second son of John Mathias, married Maria Barbara Knap- penberger. She was born Oct. 30, 1742, and died Jan. 22, 1801. They had eleven children :

I. Mathias, born Oct. 29, 1762, married Miss Aughster and had a son, Charles, died unmarried ; and a daughter, Elizabeth, married (1) Jacob Ritter, and (2) Solomon Wieder.

2. Peter.

3. Henry, born Feb. 11, 1767, died Oct. II, 1835. He married, Jan. 28, 1798, Catharine Schneider, born Jan. 19, 1780, died July 6, 1861. Their children were: I. Thomas. 2. Sarah, born Nov. 15, 1798, died Oct. 14, 1877, who married Durs Rudy, and had children: Mary, wife of Peter Gross; Esther, wife of Nathan Gross, and mother of Peter Gross, the noted artist, of Paris; David; Oliver; Israel; and Charles Rudy, a famous linguist, of Paris.

3. Catharine, born Jan. 20, 1805, died June 13, 1901, married John Horlacher, and had two children: Mary, married Henry Sell; and Sarah, married Jacob Cooper. 4. Elizabeth, married ( I) Solomon Gangewere, and (2) Nathan Rau. 5. Esther, died unmarried. 6. Judith, married Charles Michael.

4 and 5. John and Conrad, twins, born July I, 1771. John married Catharine Bogert and had children: Jesse, married Esther Koehler ; Sam- uel, married (1) Theresa Stahler, and had a daughter, Angelina, married Francis Schwartz;

and (2) Sarah Lynn, and had a daughter, Hen- rietta, married William Dech; Leah, married David Engelman; Judith, married Jonathan Smith ; Anna, married David Erdman ; and Mary, married Abraham Heller.

6. Daniel was born March 29, 1774, and died Oct. 8, 1858. He married Christina Steininger and had two children : Isaac and Hannah, married Charles Kidd. Mrs. Egner was born March 15, 1772, and died Feb. 5, 1829.

Isaac Egner resided in Upper Saucon until 1859, when he removed to Emaus, where he was a coal merchant. He served as assessor, school director, councilman and burgess in Emaus, and was a member and trustee of St. John's Lutheran church. He was commissioned First. Lieut. in the 68th Militia Regiment on Jan. 20, 1838, by Governor Joseph Ritner. Mr. Egner married, Oct. 9, 1841, Matilda, daughter of Joseph Bach- man. Mrs. Egner died Aug. 22, 1893. They had two children : Gideon F .; and Sarah, wife of Newton H. Kemmerer.

Gideon F. Egner was born in Upper Saucon, Sept. 18, 1843. He assisted his father in busi- ness and on July 5, 1864, enlisted in the 195th Pa. Vol. Regt. in the Civil War. He was station agent for the P. & R. R. R. at Emaus from 1866 to 1869 and at Macungie from 1869 to 1887. He then became a partner in the Diamond Roller Mills at Bethlehem, in which he continued until his retirement from business in 1904. He served as elder in Solomon's Lutheran congrega- tion at Macungie and in Salem's, of Bethlehem, and St. John's, of Allentown. He was a director of the Macungie Savings Bank, secretary of the Millerstown Building and Loan Association, and six years a school director.

He married, Dec. 9, 1866, Sarah A., daughter of Charles B. and Anna (Schantz) Shimer, who died Sept. 13, 1890, and had two children : Min- nie E., who died in infancy; and Annie J. C., wife of George W. Hartzel.

7. Solomon, married Lydia Schuler and moved West.

8. Christina, born 1761, died 1835, married Elias Weber.

9. Catharine, married Caspar Wieder.

IO. Eva, married John Weaver.

II. Elizabeth, married John Hottel.

Thomas Egner, son of Henry and Catharine (Schneider) Egner, born Aug. 10, 1801, married Hannah Wieder, of Upper Milford township. Their children were: John Henry, born Nov. 9, 1827; David, born Aug. 13, 1830; Adam, born Feb. 1, 1832, died 1903; Mary, married Solomon Weaver; Daniel, of whom below; Sarah, born March 19, 1839, married F. W. Blank; Amanda, born Sept. 26, 1841, married Charles Schneider ;

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Willoughby, born Jan. 26, 1844, died 1863; Charles B., born Oct. 31, 1845 ; and Ambrose A., born Nov. 16, 1851.

DANIEL EGNER, son of Thomas and Hannah (Wieder) Egner, was born Aug. 8, 1836, in Up- per Saucon township, Lehigh county. He was reared on the farm, and attended the public schools. At the age of 25 years, he purchased a farm in his native township, where he remained until 1870, when he bought Young's Mill, operat- ing it for 9 years. He then bought a farm of 60 acres which he operated for 30 years, when he retired and moved to Coopersburg.

He married Lydia Mohr, daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (Shiffert) Mohr. Their children were: Benjamin, who died aged 26 years; and Emma Rebecca, married E. H. Kohr. They had a daughter, Eva May Kohr, who married A. Stanley Gerry, and has one child, Eldridge Stan- ley Gerry.

Henry Egner, son of John Mathias, the emi- grant, was born Jan. 8, 1739, and died Nov. 2, 1824. He married Susanna Romig, born July 12, 1745, died Sept. 27, 1835. They lived in Macungie township and are buried at Lehigh church. They had eleven daughters, but no sons. Their daughters were: Elizabeth, born Nov. 4, 1767, died Nov. 4, 1848, married George Breinig ; Catharine, born Feb. 28, 1769, died Oct. 4, 1824, married Michael Hinterleiter; Susanna ; Magdalena, born Sept. 3, 1772, died Nov. 28, 1841, married Peter Breinig; Anna Maria, born June II, 1775, died March 5, 1853, married Philip Ruth; Esther, born Sept. 29, 1777, died March 21, 1868, married Abraham Butz; Sa- lome, born Nov. 12, 1779, married F. Wilhelm Kerchner; Christina, born May 30, 1780, died May II, 1848, married Daniel Yeager; Lydia, born March 20, 1783, died Dec. 13, 1863, mar- ried Jacob Trexler; Rachel, born 1787, married Jacob Wagonhorst; Judith, born Dec. 14, 1791, died Jan. 14, 1853, married Jacob Romig, Jr.

LEOPOLD EHLE.

Leopold Ehle, proprietor of the Ehle Cafe at 607 Front street, was born Nov. 15, 1864, in Dissingen, Mersheim, in Wurtenberg, Ger- many. He is a son of J. George Ehle, who had been a borough officer in his native town of Dissingen, and who emigrated to America June 28, 1873, and settled in Catasauqua. He was employed at the Crane Iron Co. and later at the Catasauqua Manufacturing Co. He died at the age of 54 years, and is buried in St., Mary's Catholic Cemetery. His wife, Mar- gareth Magdalena, nee Geiger, was a sister to John Geiger, who also emigrated to America, settling in Catasauqua, where he became the pro-

genitor of a large gamily. She died in March, 1907, aged 62 years. They had issue as fol- lows: Mary, deceased, married to Joseph Mertz; Leopold; Barbara, married to Peter Hauck; George, deceased; Marguerite, and John, de- ceased. Leopold, as a boy, attended the schools of his native county and also later the schools of Catasauqua. In his youth he learned the barber trade, which he followed until in 1894, when he became a landlord. While a barber his shop was located at the corner of Front and Bridge streets. In 1887 he was married to Francis Kopp, a daughter of George and Joseph- ine (Schneider) Kopp, both of whom were of foreign birth, Mr. Kopp, in France, and his wife in Baden, in Germany. This union is blessed with the following children: Josephine M .; Hortanse B., a graduate; Ernst; Leopold, and Marguante F. Mr. Ehle is a member of St. Mary's Catholic church, St. Nicholas Society and the F. O. E. His hotel is well equipped and contains thirteen well furnished rooms.

EHRICH OR ERICH FAMILY.

The founder of this family in Pennsylvania settled at an early day in the vicinity of Naz- areth, Northampton county, Pa., where there are now numerous descendants.

John Ehrich, born in 1795, died in 1854, was a carpenter and farmer of Salisbury township. He married Catherine Schmidt. Issue: Mary (Mrs. Waldman) ; Sarah (Mrs. Glass) ; John, who lived and died in Allentown; Henry A., de- ceased; Catherine, married her cousin George Ehrich. They are buried at Eastern Salisbury church; and Charles Ehrich.

Charles Ehrich, son of John and Catherine (Schmidt) Ehrich, was born May 5, 1826, in Salisbury township. He attended the public schools of his native place and assisted his father. He earned the carpenter and stone mason trade from his uncle and followed this vocation in various sections until the spring of 1868, when he removed to Allentown, becoming a building and concrete contractor, following this line for nearly twenty years. He was a member of the Evangelical Church and belonged to the I. O. O. F., of Allentown.

Charles Ehrich married Jan. 1, 1845, Isabella Kemmerer, born Dec. 26, 1826, died June 9, 1887, daughter of Henry and Lydia ( Hoffman) Kemmerer, of Salisbury township. The pro- genitor of this family in Pennsylvania was a native of Wurtemburg, Germany. He settled in Salisbury township about 1744, on land now owned by his grandson, Martin. Charles Ehrich died April 26, 1887, and was interred in Union cemetery, Allentown. They had children: Wil-

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liam H., born Oct. 27, 1845, died during the Civil War in Andersonville Prison; Charles F., born Feb. 12, 1847, resides at Philadelphia ; Hen- rietta C., born Oct. 19, 1848, deceased, married Charles Giltner; Mary, born Sept. 28, 1850, married William A. Smith; Henry K., of whom below; Sarah A., born Jan. 9, 1855, died 1860; John, died in infancy; Catherine A., also died in infancy; Martin L., born March 7, 1860, of Cedarville; Alfred Jacob, of whom below; Wil- son U., born April 11, 1865, died 1912; Con- stance, born Feb. 23, 1868, died in 1872; and Emma J., born July 27, 1870, died 1874.

ALFRED JACOB EHRICH, son of Charles and Isabella (Kemmerer) Ehrich, was born Jan. 6, 1863, near Big Rock, Salisbury township. He was educated in the common schools of his native township and of Allentown. When quite young he learned the trade of tailoring and at the end of his three years apprenticeship he followed his trade for seven years. In 1890 he entered the employment of Shankweiler & Lehr, where for the past twenty-three years he has been a cutter in their tailoring department. He is a member of Bethany United Evangelical church and be- longs to the Loyal Order of Buffaloes.

Alfred Jacob Ehrich was married May 13, 1883, to Miss Florinda Boyer, daughter of David and Celinda ( Fenstermacher ) Boyer, of Weisen- berg township. Issue: Mary C., born Sept. 4, 1883, died June 27, 1910; Constant Alfred; Is- abella Helen; Elizabeth Florence; Marion Sa- rah; and Jesse Jacob, now studying medicine at Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia.

Constant A. Ehrich married Ida Snyder. Is- sue, a son Harold.

Isabella H., Elizabeth F., and Marion S. graduated at the Allentown high school, and also are graduates of the German hospital at Phila- delphia as trained nurses, and are now engaged in that profession in the German hospital, Phila- delphia.

WILLIAM EHRICH.

William Ehrich, son of Josiah, was born in Hanover township, Lehigh county, May 28, 1842.

Josiah Ehrich was born and reared in Salis- bury township. He was a laborer, and died Aug. 4, 1849, in Catasauqua. His wife was Miss Polly Ann Frane. She died at Catasauqua in her 66th year. They had the following children : Bessie, married William Clader, both deceased ; Carolina, married John Weaver, both deceased ; Diana, married Freeman Knecht, both deceased; Tilghman, deceased, married Elisabeth Funk; Mary, married Jacob Trapp; Amelia, married Andrew Kleichman, deceased; William; Frank- lin, deceased, married Lydia Ann Sigley ; Susanna,

died young; Sarah, married Jefferson Wolf, de- ceased. Mrs. Ehrich married, second, Frederick Wolf, and had one daughter, Amanda who mar- ried Paul Dieter.

At the age of six years William was left an orphan by the death of his father and was put among strangers. He attended school and worked on the farm for 12 or 15 years. He then worked in a brick yard at Catasauqua, and went through all the stages of brick manufacture.

On Sept. 20, 1896, he moved to Allentown and for seven years conducted a small store at Second and Linden streets. He now lives re- tired. On Jan. 10, 1863, he enlisted as a private in Co. F, 47th Regiment, P. V., for three years. He took part in the battles of Pocatalico, S. C .; St. John's Bluff, Fla .; Pleasant Hill, La .; Mun- sura Plains, La .; Winchester, Va .; Cedar Creek, Va .; Fisher's Hill, Va .; Berrysville, and others, and also served as sharpshooter with his regi- ment for 8 months, then as teamster at head- quarters.

He married, Aug. 15, 1868, Miss Senia Su- sanna Kidd, born Oct. 27, 1843, in Hanover township, daughter of Jos. and Susanna (Brong) Kidd. Mr. and Mrs. Ehrich are members of the Lutheran Church. He is a Republican and a member of. G. A. R. Post, No. 13, Allentown. They have one child, Anna Senia, born in Cat- asauqua, April 14, 1869. She married Alfred H. Marks, born in Hanover township, in 1865, who is driver for Fire Company, No. 7, of the First ward, Allentown. They have one child, Rev. Edwin Oliver Marks, born in Allentown, Jan. 26, 1888. He is a graduate of the Allentown High school, Franklin and Marshall College, and the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church at Lancaster, and is pastor of a Reformed congregation in Johnstown, Pa. He married Mary Arbogast, of Allentown. Mr. and Mrs. Marks had two children, who died young, Ber- tha May, aged six months, and William, in in- fancy.

EISENHARD FAMILY.

Andrew Eisenhard, the ancestor of this family, was born Sept. 22, 1715, and settled at an early date in Macungie township. He was naturalized April 10, 1761, and a few years later secured by warrant a tract of 300 acres of land in the township. He later added to this and at the time of his death on March 14, 1770, he owned 400 acres, which his eldest son, Andrew, secured at its valuation of £550. His wife, Anna Maria Eisenhard, was born Aug. 20, 1718, and died Feb. 14, 1760. He married the second time, March 14, 1764, Dorothea, widow of George Volck, nee Dewees, a native of Amity township,

Friedrich Eberthan

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Philadelphia county, where she was born Aug. 18, 1722. Andrew Eisenhard and his wife were members of the Moravian Church and are buried at Emaus. He had seven children: Andrew, Joseph, Jacob, Margaret, Simon, Samuel, and one other name unknown.

Andrew Eisenhard, the eldest son, became the owner of his father's tract of land and married, Jan. 28, 1772, Elizabeth Jarrett. They had a number of children, among them Susanna, born Aug. 12, 1785; Elizabeth, born March 12, 1787; and Henry, born Feb. 3, 1788.

George Simon Eisenhard, son of Andrew, Ist, was born Feb. 7, 1752, and died Sept. 14, 1818.

Samuel Eisenhard, youngest son of Andrew, Ist, married Catharine Jarrett. She was born March 7, 1757, and died Sept. 14, 1823. Samuel Eisenhard died Sept. 14, 1818, leaving surviving his widow and ten children: Henry; Jacob; John ; George ; Magdalena, wife of Henry Haas; Catharine, wife of Henry Paul; Andrew; Han- nah, wife of Philip Hittel; Susanna, wife of John Albright; and Lydia.

Andrew Eisenhard died in April, 1817, leaving a widow, Johanna, and eleven children. He owned 117 acres in Macungie. His children were: John; Jacob; Daniel; Mary, wife of Henry Koch; Elizabeth, wife of George Fred Kuhns; Andrew ; Henry ; George; Dorothy, wife of Daniel Baumer ; Lydia, wife of Henry Wick- ert; and Gertrude.

Henry Eisenhard, son of Andrew, was a farmer and mason in Macungie township. He was born in 1793 and died in 1885, and was buried at Trexlertown. He married Mary Schmoyer and had seven children: Mary, who died single; Henry; Jonas; Lewis; Elvina, married Charles Ritter ; Susanna, who died at the age of eighteen years; and Paul.

Lewis Eisenhard, son of Henry, was a tanner and carpenter in Macungie townhip, and a mem- ber of the Lehigh church Lutheran congregation. He married Mary, daughter of Conrad Ainey and wife, nee Bogert.

OSCAR O. EISENHARD, son of Lewis, was born March 13, 1862, at Chapman's Station. He at- tended the schools of his native township as well as others in Whitehall and Fullerton and was employed for several years on a farm, after which he was employed as a furnaceman in the Allen- town Rolling Mills for one year. In 1882, he began to learn the business of a confectioner, and was employed by M. E. Brobst & Company, and by a Philadelphia firm. In 1902, he went into the confectionery business and after having con- ducted both manufacturing and retail business with Calvin Haas and John L. Landis, sold out in 1908 to H. F. Hausman and started in business

at 1009 Hamilton street. In March, 1912, he went into the manufacturing business at 38 North Sixth street, which he still conducts. Mr. Eisen- hard is a member of St. Michael's Lutheran church, where he has served as deacon. He is a member of Greenleaf Lodge, No. 561, F. & A. M .; Allen Chapter, No. 203, R. A. M .; Allen Commandery, No. 20, K. T .; Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .; Mary Livingstone Chapter, No. 167, O. E. S .; and Carroll Council, Sr. O. A M., No. 71.

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 60

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