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In the latter years of his life he lived retired. He was an ardent Democrat in politics, and was elected a county commissioner in 1855, and later served a term as poor director of the county. He was a member of the building committee that erected the present Egypt church in 1850-51.
He married Hannah Keck, of Salisbury town- ship. To them were born the following chil- dren: Edmond Erdman; Maria, wife of Abra- ham Mickley; Eliza, wife of Martin Seipel ; Alavesta, wife of Edward Koehler; Catharine, wife of William Lerch; Amanda, wife of Clin- ton Breinig; Lewis B. Erdman; Ella, wife of Amandes App; Oliver F. Erdman; and Dr. J. D. Erdman, whose sketch follows.
With the exception of Edmond Erdman, Ala- vesta Koehler, and Ella App, the others survive at this time. It is a remarkable fact that when the first ten children of John Erdman died, they had all passed the age of three score years.
Lewis B. Erdman, of Allentown, Pa., was born in Whitehall township, Lehigh county, on Feb. 10, 1841. He attended the public schools of his native township, also Freeland Seminary. After leaving the seminary he became a clerk in a general store at Coplay, and later at Ruchs- ville. At the latter place he formed a partner- ship with his brother, Edmond Erdman, under the firm name of E. and L. B. Erdman. In 1884 he came to Allentown, and was engaged in different pursuits until the year 1895, when he
erected the store building at the corner of Sev- enth and Washington streets, and engaged in the grocery business for nine years.
In 1908 he was appointed city assessor, filling the unexpired term of C. D. Schall, who had re- signed. In 1909 he was elected to the same office for three years.
He is a member of Zion's Reformed church of Allentown, and served as an elder of the same for eight years.
He was married in 1872 to Alice M. Schadt, daughter of Owen Schadt, deceased. They are the parents of Ira T. Erdman, Esq., of Allen- town, Rev. Lee M. Erdman, of Reading, Rhea A. Erdman, and of a son, Guy, who died in in- fancy.
Ira T. Erdman, son of Lewis B. and Alice M. Erdman, was born at Ruchsville, Lehigh county, Pa. The parents removed to Allentown, where he attended the public schools, graduating from the high school in 1890. He entered Muhlen- berg College and graduated with the class of 1894. He represented Muhlenberg at the first inter-collegiate oratorical contest held in the city of Allentown, in 1893.
He taught school in Salisbury township and in South Allentown for a number of years, being principal of the latter schools for two years, while engaged in teaching and during vacation time he studied law; his preceptor being the Hon. Milton C. Henninger. He was admitted to the Lehigh county bar in 1899. Was elected prothonotary of Lehigh county in 1902, and since the expiration of his term of office has been engaged in the practice of law in the city of Al- lentown.
Rev. Lee M. Erdman, son of Lewis B. Erd- man, was born in 1883. He attended the public schools of the city of Allentown, graduating from the high school in 1900. He entered Muhlen- berg College, and afterwards Franklin and Mar- shall College, graduating from the latter institu- tion in 1904. He studied theology at the Re- formed Thelogical Seminary at Lancaster, Pa., and was ordained as a minister of that faith in 1907. After leaving the seminary, he accepted a call from St. Thomas Reformed church, of Reading, Pa., and has been its pastor up to the present time.
Rev. Mr. Erdman was married in October, 1912, to Miss Ella Nolde, daughter of Jacob Nolde, of Reading, Pa.
J. DALLAS ERDMAN, M.D.
Dr. J. Dallas Erdman, physician, of Allen- town, was born at Ruchsville, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, June 2, 1850. His preliminary education was obtained in the public schools of
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his native place, Muhlenberg College, and later took the medical course at the University of Pennsylvania, from which institution he gradu- ated in the class of 1872. He then located at Siegersville, where he practiced his profession for one year, removed from there to Macungie, where he remained until 1888, achieving success, and then took up his residence in Allentown, set- tling first at No. 27 South Eighth street, where he remained for sixteen years, and then removed to his present address, Seventh and Green streets. Dr. Erdman has made a specialty of chronic diseases, and in his treatment of same has been eminently successful, gaining for himself a reputation for skill and ability along the line of his chosen work, and his patronage is both exten- sive and distinctive. He has always taken an active interest in public school affairs, and was president of the school board at Macungie for ten years, and after his removal to Allentown, served as member of the city school board for seven years, one year of which time he was presi- dent of the board, and in the fall of 1913 was re- elected as a member of the new board of educa- tion. He served as attending physician for nine years of the county hospital.
During the late seventies he was president of the Lehigh County Medical Society; and he held membership in the State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. During the centennial year he was instrumental in establish- ing the Lehigh Telephone Company; served as its first treasurer for five years, and later was president of the company for three years. This company was later absorbed by the Postal Tele- graph Company.
Dr. Erdman is a member of the Salem Re- formed church. He also holds membership in Trexlertown Lodge, No. 326, Free and Accepted Masons; Continental Castle, No. 61, Knights of the Golden Eagle, of Macungie; Allentown Lodge, No. 90, Knights of Pythias; Alton Cas- tle No. 149, Ancient Order Knights of the Mys- tic Chain, of Allentown, in which organization he is a past state and past supreme officer, and is holding the office of General Commanding of the Military Rank of the Supreme Jurisdiction, also a member of the Degree of Naomi of the Mystic Chain; he is the Supreme Recorder of the Fraternal Order of Tigers of the World, of which organization he was one of the founders and wrote the ritual.
Dr. Erdman married, January 27, 1874, Maria J. Kohler, who died on Aug. 13, 1907, daughter of Dr. William and Catharine (Laury) Kohler, of Egypt. Children: 1. Elsie, married Frede- rick C. Badrow, of Westfield, New Jersey. 2. H. Guy, employed by the Standard Oil Com-
pany, married Blanche B. Riedy. 3. Niles K., died in childhood. 4. Miriam O., married Lloyd B. Leeds, a leading commercial photographer, of Allentown, Pa.
Dr. Albert Joseph Erdman, son of John and Ann M. (Roth) Erdman, was born in Upper Saucon, near Limeport, Pa., March 9, 1852. The grandfather of John was also named John, who was a descendant of Johannes Erdman, who came to America from Pfungstadt, in Hesse-Darm- stadt, Germany, in 1737, settling in Center val- ley, Pa., in 1750. John, the father of Dr. Erd- man, died in 1869, in Saucon township, Pa.
Dr. Erdman was reared on his father's farm, and attended the public schools, the Allentown Academy, and also private schools.
In 1870 he studied medicine at Catasauqua, Pa., with Dr. Riegel, then entered the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, and after grad- uating, located in Catasauqua for a year, then removed to Saegersville, where he practiced twen- ty-two years, then removed to Allentown, Pa., in 1895. He became widely known in public life. Was for seven years examiner for the U. S. pension bond; thirteen years physician of the Lehigh county almshouse and hospital; many years a school director; a valued member of the Lutheran church and in politics a Democrat.
Dr. Albert J. Erdman married, Dec. 24, 1874, Amanda E., daughter of George W. Bogh, of Catasauqua, Pa. Their daughter, Edna Grace, married Rev. Allen Benner, of Richmond Hill, N. Y. He died March 1, 1911, at his home in Allentown.
Aaron Erdman, son of Jacob and Catharine (Romig) Erdman, was born Nov. 8, 1813, in Upper Saucon, Pa. He attended the public schools, devoting his youth to farm labor. He then entered mercantile life, opening a general store at Upper Saucon, removing in 1838 to Macungie where he purchased a place, and did an extensive business.
In 1876 he transferred his store to his son and son-in-law, the firm being A. Erdman, Son & Co. Aaron then engaged in an exclusive hardware trade. He served his borough as a councilman, and stood high in the community.
He married (first) Feb. 23, 1837 Miss Anna Breinig, and she was the mother of two sons: William B. (1), a physician of Macungie, and Augus (2) J., an attorney. She died Feb. 4, 1844, when he married (second) March 26, 1846, Miss Mary Weider, and their children were :
Sarah (3) (Mrs. A. K. Desh), Mary (4) Neumoyer ) and John (6), who was connected (Mrs. T. M. Probst), Emma (5) (Mrs. H. F. with his father in business. Aaron died Jan. 21, 1895.
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Elias Erdman was a farmer by occupation. He had lived in Allentown for several years in his early life, then removed to Upper Saucon town- ship, and finally into Bucks county, Pa. He had a son, Jacob M. Erdman, who now owns and cultivates a 23-acre tract of land situated in Up- per Saucon township. He is married to Alice Walbert, a daughter of Henry Walbert. They have two children, namely: I. Frank J., whose history follows. 2. John, who is a public school teacher at Lenark, Pa.
FRANK J. ERDMAN, who conducts a merchant and custom mill located on Auburn street and the P. & R. R. R., was born in Upper Saucon township, Dec. 12, 1876. He was reared upon the farm and when a boy attended the township public schools. He drove a milk-wagon for one year for J. C. Gerhardt. In 1897 he entered the employ of the East Penn Milling Company, and continued in their service as a miller until the spring of 1906. He then accepted a position on the P. & R. R. R. as fireman, which com- pany he served for two years. In January, 1908, he became the successor of the East Penn Mill- ing Company at Auburn street and the P. & R. R. R. and since that time he has conducted that mill in a successful manner.
On Nov. 14, 1896, he was married to Ida Gehman, a daughter of William H. and Mary (Reichard ) Gehman. They have an only daughter: Clara Erdman, now a student at school.
ELMER E. ERDMAN, undertaker at Catasauqua, was born Feb. 24, 1874, at Hatfield, in Mont- gomery county. He was obliged to quit school when nine years old and after working on a farm four years, he secured work in a cigar factory at Quakertown and continued there five years, and afterward he was employed as a cigarmaker in the factory of his brother-in-law, John Sack, until 1902. Having then become inclined to fol- low the undertaking business, he took a special course in the study of anatomy, and after assist- ing Charles Snyder, undertaker, for several months, he purchased the business from him in 1902 and has since carried it on in a most success- ful manner at No. 143 Front street, Catasauqua. During this time he conducted 1, 122 funerals. He has affiliated himself with the Modern Wood- men, P. O. S. of A., Odd Fellows, and Phoenix Fire Company.
Mr. Erdman was married to Ida Grace Eber- hard, daughter of Wm. and Caroline ( Hun- sicker) Eberhard, of Catasauqua, and they have five children: William; Grace; Marie; Helen ; and Ellsworth, who died in infancy in 1905.
William Erdman, his father, was born at Reading, in 1849, and there followed tinsmithing
and cigarmaking until 'his decease in 1912. His remains were interred at Zion's Hill, in Bucks county. He was married to Mary Fennimore, a daughter of Charles and Hannah (Stoneback) Fennimore, and they had four children: Jennie, m. John Sack; Elmer E .; Charles, who died at the age of 24 years; and Elizabeth, m. Oscar Bachman, at Philadelphia. His widow resides with Mrs. Sack, at Catasauqua.
Reuben Erdman, his grandfather, was a farmer in Bucks county, who resided at Zion's Hill.
GEORGE F. ERICH.
George Franklin Erich, a successful business man, is a native citizen of Allentown. He was born Sept. 28, 1878, and is a son of Henry K. and Elenora (Kuder) Erich, a native of Salis- bury township, Lehigh county.
After the completion of his education, George F. Erich engaged in the coal business, succeeding his father in 1902. The coal yards were located at Twentieth and Fairview streets. These he sold several years later and established himself in the lime business which he carried on in a success- ful manner until he organized the George F. Erich & Company, wholesale and retail dealers in building supplies, coal, wood, cement, lime, sand, etc.
On March 13, 1913, he incorporated the G F. Erich Company, with a capital of $25,000. The officers of the company are: George F. Erich, president ; L. H. Rupp, vice-president ; and A. G. Newhard, secretary and treasurer. The exten- sive business of this company is located at 513- 539 St. Cloud street, Allentown, where the com- pany erected a two-story warehouse, 54XII0 feet, which is notable for its convenient arrangements. The warehouse proper is separated from the of- fice by a driveway, where trucks and teams are loaded.
Mr. Erich is also a member of the firm of V. S. Kemmerer & Company, builders and real estate operators. He is a progressive and successful business man ; is a director of the Penn County Trust Company ; a member of Greenleaf Lodge, No. 561, F. & A. M .; St. James' Commandery, Knights of Malta; Allentown Lodge of Elks, and chairman of the house committee; and a member of Zion Reformed church.
George Franklin Erich married, Oct. 21, 1902, May A. Newhard, daughter of M. K. Amelia (Seibert) Newhard. They have one child, Lil- lie V. Erich.
Charles Erich, his grandfather, was educated in the common schools of the day and upon be- coming of age, became a carpenter and later a stone mason and yet later a contractor in the curbing and flagging line.
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Charles Erich married Isabella Kemmerer. Is- sue : William H., a soldier in the Civil War, died in Andersonville prison; Charles F., born Feb. 12, 1847, resides in Philadelphia; Henrietta C., deceased, married Charles Giltner ; Mary M., deceased, married William A. Smith; Henry K .; Sarah A., died young; John and Catharine A., died young; Martin L., born March 7, 1860, at Cedarville; Alfred Jacob; and Wilson W., born April 11, 1865, died June 14, 1912.
Henry K. Erich, son of Charles and Isabella (Kemmerer) Erich, was born Oct. 26, 1852, in Salisbury township. He was educated in the pub- lic schools and was first employed by his father as his assistant. Later he was employed in the Al- lentown Woolen Mill, after which he established himself in a general store business. Discontinuing this he took up the stone flagging and curbing business in which he did much city work. He next established a coal business, in 1891, near Cedarville, but resided in Allentown. He con- ducted this until his decease on Aug. 23, 1910. He was buried in the Union cemetery.
Henry K. Erich married, May 28, 1872, Ele- nora Kuder, daughter of John T. and Maria (Gackenbach) Kuder, of Trexlertown. His widow resides in Allentown. They had six chil- dren: Charles Tilghman, born Aug. 6, 1874, married Minnie Huntzberger; William H., died in infancy; George F .; Annie M., at home ; Edna E., married Warren Bower, and has one child, Elenora Bower ; Ralph, died in infancy.
John T. Kuder, born 1831, died 1870, m. (first) in 1854, Maria Gackenbach, born 1835, died 1861, and had three children: Elenora, m. Henry K. Erich; Victor, of Chicago, m. Anna Schrader ; and Isadore, m. Aravesta Simon. He married (second) Caroline Becker, and had chil- dren: Millard, Gretta, and Susan Kuder.
CHARLES E. ERNEY.
Charles Ervin Erney was born Dec. 29, 1879, in Mountainville, Salisbury township. He was reared on the homestead, and educated in the public schools of the district. He was employed by his father in the sand, stone and lumber busi- ness, and later as partner, under the firm name of D. S. Erney & Son. On the death of his father he acquired the business, which he now conducts. Mr. Erney has met with success, and is one of the leading business men of Salisbury township. He is a member of Fairview Fire Company ; Mountainville Fire Company; Order of Owls, No. 72, of Allentown; Improved Order of Red Men and Haymakers. Mr. Erney and family are members of the Mountainville Lutheran church, where he served as secretary of the Sun- day school. In politics he is a Democrat.
He was married, Nov. 8, 1901, to Amanda L. George, daughter of Henry and Catherine (Smith) George, of Mountainville. They have the following children: Ruth Catharine; Eme- tin B., deceased ; Dena K .; and Charles E., Jr.
David S. Erney, father of Charles E., was born in Lower Milford township, May 5, 1843, and died in Salisbury township, June 7, 1909, aged 62 years. Mr. Erney taught school, later enter- ing the sand, stone and lumber business. He married Catherine Reinhard, born Oct. 30, 1849, in Lower Milford township, daughter of Abra- ham and Elizabeth (Mace) Reinhard. They had the following children : Agnes, m. Frank Wag- ner, a merchant of Upper Saucon; Harvey, m. Sallie Ritter; Annie, m. Allen Trump; Louis, m. Ida Person; Alice, m. William Rinker; Thomas, m. Cecelia Eisenhard; Oliver, at home ; Sallie, deceased, m. Clinton Jacoby ; Charles E., of whom above; Gertrude, m. John Birch; Ed- min, m. Cora Reiss; Warren, m. Blanch Polite ; Charlotta, m. Henry Krauss, son of Oscar Krauss, of Allentown, who has one child, Gerald; and Helen, at home.
David Erney, father of David S., was a native of Lower Milford township. He married Eliza- beth Shaffer, and both are buried at the Blue church. Their children were: Irwin, of Indian- apolis, Ind .; John, m. Sarah Rothenberg, and is now a farmer at Limeport; Thomas, deceased, m. Amanda Shaffer; David S .; Levi, a truck farmer at Camden, N. J .; and Albert, a druggist at Philadelphia.
ERWIN FAMILY.
Henry Erwin, the ancestor, was a prominent paint manufacturer at South Bethlehem. He was born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1842, son of John Erwin, also a native of the Emerald Isle, and of Scotch descent. The latter was a laborer in Ireland, and in 1843 he emigrated to the United States, locating at Summit Hill, Carbon county, Pa. There he was employed in the coal mines until he purchased a farm near Lehighton, which he cultivated until his death, aged 62 years.
His wife, Nancy, was a daughter of William and Margaret (Davis) Dougherty, also natives of Ireland. She preceded her husband in death, leaving seven children.
During the Civil War Henry Erwin had en- listed in the 28th Penna. Inf'try, but the railroad conductor would not honor the pass given to Er- win by Col. Burnham, and having no money, he was obliged to return home. His parents then pleaded so earnestly with him that he remained at home and made no further effort to join the army. His brother, Thomas, was a member of the 12th Penna. Inf'try, and was wounded at
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the battle of Antietam, from the effects of which he never recovered. John, next to the youngest son, served in the 4th Penna. Cavalry, and after his return was killed in the coal mines. Matthew Erwin obtained the homestead farm in Carbon county; William, deceased, lived in California ; Annie, in Europe, and Mary lives in the west.
Henry Erwin at the age of 18 years learned the blacksmith trade at Mauch Chunk, and later came to Janesville and became a machinist and boiler maker in the Janseville Locomotive Shops. There he remained until 1864, when he accepted a position with a coal company, and had charge of the mining machinery at Yorktown.
In 1866 he located at Lehighton and opened up a blacksmith shop; and the following year, 1867, he located at Bethlehem where he engaged in mining ore, leasing ground near Bath. He changed his place of business from time to time and about this time he became the proprietor of a metallic paint and iron ore mine near the Le- high Gap, in Carbon county. He manufactured about thirty shades of paint, and for this pur- pose used about fifteen kinds of minerals, some of which he imported. He also operated mines in the other parts of this state, New Jersey, and Virginia.
He was president of the Bermuda Ochre Company, which corporation had a capital of $32,000. The company owned 900 acres of land. In about 1903 he retired from active busi- ness and died on Feb. 12, 1912.
Mr. Erwin was married to Jennie Gormley, of the Nescohoning Valley, Pa. She continues to reside in the family residence in West Bethlehem. Their children are: Jennie (m. George H. Walt- man) ; Harry; John, a dentist of Brooklyn, N. Y .; Joseph, dentist of Bethlehem; and Margaret (m. Judson Small, of Brooklyn, N. Y.)
WILLIAM H. ERWIN, son of Henry, is a man- ufacturer of dry mineral colors of Bethlehem. He was born in the year 1866. Early in life he learned the manufacturing of paints from his father, whom he assisted until 1903, when he and his brother, Harry, succeeded the firm of Henry Erwin and Sons.
In June, 1912, his brother Harry retired from active business, but the firm name continues the same. The manufacturing plant is located on a five-acre tract and about twenty people are em- ployed. The paints are shipped all over the country, but the principal market is in New York and Chicago. The firm makes a specialty of red and ochre paints. They also deal largely in im- ported umbers and siennias. The annual output is 25,000 barrels.
Mr. Erwin and family are members of the Methodist church. He was married in 1897 to
Olivia S. Stem, a daughter of William and Eliza (Kemmerer) Stem, who was a former treasurer of Northampton county. They have the follow- ing children: George, Eliza, Margaret, Henry who died in infancy and William.
HARRY ERWIN, of Bethlehem (West Side) was born Nov. 23, 1873. He was educated in the public schools and from the age of eighteen years until in June, 1912, he was employed in the Erwin paint establishment. He had been a member of the firm of Henry Erwin & Sons, and after his withdrawal in 1912, he became associ- ated with D. A. Wilhelm & Company, paint manufacturers at Reading, Pa. Socially he is af- filiated with the Royal Arcanum.
In 1905 he married Anna Kindt, a daughter of Stephen Kindt. Two children were born unto them, namely: Henry and Lucy J. Irwin, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin reside at 1103 Broad Street. They are members of the Reformed church.
ESCHBACH FAMILY.
In 1737, one Peter Eschbach and his son, Christophel, came to this country on the ship St. Andrew. In 1752 Christophel was assessed as a single man in Hereford township, Berks county. Christian is buried in the Mennonite graveyard, at Balley. He was born in July, 1717, and died April 27th, 1789, aged 71 years and II months. His children were: John, Christian, Heinrich, Abraham, Peter, Martin and Elizabeth.
John Eschbach was born October 24th, 1764, and died Feb. 28th, 1826. He married Eliza- beth Latchsaw, who was born May, 1765, and died September, 1844. Their children were: Abraham, Peter, Christian, Henry and John. Barbara married John Bliem and Catharine married Jacob Fox.
Christian Eschbach, Jr., was born June 3rd, 1766, in what is now Washington township, Berks county and died October 31st, 1838. He was a carpenter, cabinetmaker and undertaker, and lived at Barto, Pa. He married Froene Moyer, born July 30th, 1737, and died Septem- ber 13th, 1838. They were Mennonites, and are buried at Bally. Their children were Wil- liam, Henry, Jesse, Nancy, wife of Jacob Yoder, and Betsy who died single.
Henry Heinrich Eschbach was born January 4th 1771, and died March 11th, 1841. He and his wife, Maria Anna Moyer, had one son, Elijah and several daughters.
Peter Eschbach, son of Christian, had sons, Christian, Isaac, William, John and a daughter, Susan.
Martin Eschbach son of Christian, had one daughter, Jane, wife of Daniel Dobb.
Elizabeth Eschbach, daughter of Christian,
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died April 24th, 1792, aged 19 years and seven days.
Abraham Eschbach, son of Christian, was a farmer in the upper part of Montgomery county. He lived, at the time of his death, where Yerk- er's clover mill is located. It is stated that he was born in the vicinity of Hoffmans, a place in the upper part of Montgomery county. He was a member of the Mennonite church.
Abraham Eschbach was married twice, first to Mary Bechtel, by whom he had four sons, viz: Abraham, Jr., David, Joseph and John. By his second wife Agnes Wallace, who hailed from Montgomery county, he had Hugh W., Robert, James, William and Mary who was married to a Mr. Sterner.
Hugh W. Eschbach, son of Abraham, was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., January 27th, 1817. He was a live stock dealer and a member of the German Lutheran Church. On December 7th, 1867, he married Ellen A. Kramer, daughter of Charles and Julian ( Miller) Kramer, of Allen- town. He died at Allentown, Pa., April IO, 1899, at the age of 82 years, and is buried on Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Eschbach was born and died March 4th 189-, aged 52 years. Mr. Eschbach is buried on Fairview cemetery and his wife on the old Linden Street cemetery. They had two sons: Robert W. and Dr. William W.
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