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SOLOMON S., son of Solomon and Rachael (Smith) Frederick, was born in Longswamp township, January 12, 1840, and died at his home at No. 1034 Hamilton street, Allentown, Feb- ruary 8, 1913. He was in his fourth year when his father died, and he became a member of the family of his uncle George. He worked on farms in Maxatawny and in 1860 came to Allen- town and entered the employ of Mosser, Keck & Company, at their tannery in East Allentown. In 1864 his brother, Benneville Frederick, formed a partnership with the late Levi Butz, in the planing mill and lumber business at Nos. 1016 to 1020 Maple street, and in 1885 Joseph Kline bought an interest in the firm, the name of which was then changed to Butz, Frederick & Company. After a few months Mr. Kline sold his interest to Solomon S. Frederick, who then left the employ of Mr. Mosser and devoted all his time to his new interests. He continued a mem- ber of the firm until 1892, when he sold out to Frank H. Frederick and Elmer E. Butz, who, with Joseph Frederick and Harry O. Butz, con- stitute the present firm. Since that time Mr. Frederick had engaged in several other enter- prises. He became an authority on property val- uation and gave the city the benefit of his experi- ence in one term which he served as city assessor,
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declining a renomination for the office. Mr. Frederick was a Republican in politics, and served several terms as a member of the common coun- cil, representing the Third ward; was a member of the school board, and for ten years served as a member of the board of directors of the Lehigh Valley Trust Company, in which his real estate experience made him a valued official. Mr. Fred- erick was a veteran of the Civil War, having fought in Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun- teer Infantry, under Captain John P. Dillinger. He was mustered into service, August 13, 1862, and honorably discharged May 19, 1863, after seeing eight months of hard service and engage- ments at Antietam and Chancellorsville, at the former of which he was wounded by a shot through the knee. He was past grand of Allen Lodge, No. 71, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, and a member of Unity Encampment, of the same order. He joined St. John's Lutheran congregation and served in the church council for a number of years. With the organization of Christ Lutheran church, in 1903, he transferred his membership there. He was a member of the first church council from 1903 to 1905, and again from 1906 to 1909. He was chairman of the building committee which had in charge the erection of the beautiful church edifice at Thir- teenth and Hamilton streets. Mr Frederick mar- ried, in 1864, Emelina, a daughter of George and Rebecca (Seip) Keck, and of the four children born to them the only survivor is Loeda B., and those who died were: Alice, Maria and Mrs. Martin Creitz. One sister also survived Mr. Frederick, Mrs. James Smith, of Fogelsville, Le- high county, Pennsylvania.
John Frederick was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, removed to Hazleton, where he lived a number of years, then made his home with his son, Reuben, in Fogelsville. He was a cousin of Benneville and Solomon Frederick, of Allen- town. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church. He married Catherine De Long, and they had: Reuben, of further men- tion; Nathan, a farmer of Whitehall township. By his first wife he had children: Calvin; Oscar ; Susan, married Mr. Tutton; Rebecca, married Joseph Custard. By his second wife he had: Corella, Nathan, Archibald, Cinderella, and Ida.
Reuben, son of John and Catherine (De Long) Frederick, was born in Longswamp township, October 12, 1818. He was baptized in infancy, his sponsors being Philip Frederick and Susanna Heimbach, and he was confirmed in the Lutheran faith in 1834. For some years he was a carpenter, then became a farmer and also operated a saw mill which was located in South Whitehall township,
at Schantz's Spring. He was a member of the Lutheran Church at Cedarville, and is buried there. He married, first, Susanna, born June 25, 1820, died in 1861, a daughter of Philip and Lydia (Larosch) Romig, and had: John B., born March 29, 1842; Sarah Ann, February 29, 1845; Clara E., September 21, 1849; Lydia, May 29, 1852; William, March 24, 1859. He married, second, in 1863, Judith, born October 12, 1834, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Hol- lenbach) Fenstermacher; she now lives near Dorney's Park, South Whitehall township. Children: Ida, married C. W. Romig; Richard L., of further mention; Annie, died unmarried at the age of twenty-four years; Tilghman G., of Reading; Lillie, married Joseph Jacobs; Ella, married Charles Rahmer; Reuben, died at the age of seventeen years; Robert J., of further mention.
RICHARD L., son of Reuben and Judith (Fens- termacher) Frederick, was born in Upper Ma- cungie, Lehigh county, September 6, 1866, and lived on the farm until he had attained the rage of nineteen years. He then learned the milling trade which he followed for fifteen years at Schantz's Spring. In 1887 he went to Catasau- qua, where he remained three years, then was in the milling business in New Jersey. In the spring of 1902 he came to Allentown and was engaged in the brick manufacturing business for five years in association with his brother Robert J. and Thomas L. Scherer. They operated under the style of the West End Brick Company and were incorporated for twenty thousand dollars. They were engaged in business under this name four years when the Frederick Brothers purchased the interest of Mr. Scherer and since 1906 conduct the business under the name of Frederick Broth- ers. They employ forty men and manufacture five millions of brick annually. Their office and yards are located at Fifteenth and Allen streets and their business is mostly local. Mr. Freder- ick married Mary, daughter of Tilghman and Eliza (Helfrich) Mertz, of Allentown, and they have no children. They are members of the Evangelical Church, are active in church and Sunday school work, and reside at No. 126 North Fourteenth street.
ROBERT J., son of Reuben and Judith (Fens- termacher ) Frederick, was born in South White- hall township, Lehigh county, July 26, 1878, and was reared to the pursuit of a farm life. In 1883 he came to Allentown and for some years worked in a brick yard, learning all the details of the business, and in 1900 engaged in the manufacture of bricks independently. In 1902 he became a member of the West End Brick Company. He married, first, in 1901, Anna R., born in 1879,
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died in 1902, a daughter of Frederick Seitz, of Allentown, and they had one daughter, Anna R. He married, second, in July, 1904, Louise L., daughter of James Roberts, of Allentown. Chil- dren: Pauline L., Robert, Jr., and Caroline S. They reside at No. 1425 Linden street.
Richard L. and Robert J. Frederick own the Peter and Susanna Butz homestead, in North Whitehall township, which consists of one hun- dred and sixty-five acres. Several excellent springs of water are on this farm, on which the Indians frequently congregated. An Indian chief had his camping ground on this farm. A stone house built in 1805 by Peter and Susanna Butz, also a barn built in 1817, are still standing and are in good condition. These acres are suc- cessfully cultivated by the Frederick brothers since their purchase of them in April, 1911. They make a specialty of dairy farming, have sanitary barn equipment and a herd of fine cattle of high breeds. They are large real estate dealers of Al- lentown, and have erected a considerable num- ber of buildings throughout the city.
Johannes Frederick made a will dated April 25, 1790, and this was probated June 14, 1792. He married Eva Barbara Hauck, born in Cole- brookdale township, Berks county, died November 14, 1826, being survived by fifty-nine grand- children and ninety great-grandchildren. They had six sons and seven daughters. Among these were: John, married Christian Fogel; Salome, married Samuel Stabp; Susanna, married John Nagle; Elizabeth, married John Rohn; Barbara, married, June 4, 1781, Martin Ritter, Jr .; Mary ; Daniel, born June 9, 1772, died November 19, 1841; he married Elizabeth Barbara Fuchs, born December 25, 1775, died February 7, 1850; J. George, born July 11, 1774, died October 25, 1851. He married Anna Catharina ,
born August 12, 1779, died January 15, 1875, and they had a daughter, Elizabeth, born June 15, 1812, died May 12, 1867.
Philip Frederick lived upon a farm in Lower Macungie township. He cultivated the tract upon which he lived, but he owned another farm in the same district. He was a blacksmith by trade. He was married to Maria ( Polly) Heffner and died at the age of 73 years. Their children fol- low: Joel, Stephen, John, Aaron, Mary, Lovina, Mellesena, James and Benneville.
Joel Frederick, son of Philip, was born Sep- tember 1, 1861. He had learned the blacksmith trade but for a number of years had been an en- gineer at the iron ore mines around Macungie, Pa. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and, like his father, was buried at the Lehigh
church graveyard. He died at the age of 37 years, two months and three days.
He was married to Lovina Haas, a daughter of Abraham and Polly (Bachman) Haas. She died in 1863, aged 38 years. Their five children fol- low: Eli F., whose history follows; Annie, mar- ried to Samuel Rabenold, residing at Allentown ; Lewis, who is a retired farmer living west of Dayton, Ohio; Elemanda, widow of Charles Moyer, lives at Allentown; and William, who died in infancy.
ELI F. FREDERICK, son of Joel, resides at Al- lentown. He was born near Trexlertown, April 19, 1850. He attended the public schools of his native community and worked for his grand- father upon the farm until he was twenty-five years of age. Afterwards he was employed at the iron ore beds in the Macungie townships, working as engineer and foreman. He served in the last named position for Butz & Lichtenwalner for a period of ten years. On April 1, 1893, he came to Allentown and for twenty-one years was employed by H. Leh & Company, working as engineer, on the farm and in the store. In Sep- tember, 1913, he accepted employment as chief engineer with the Schneck Furniture Company. He is a confirmed member of the Lutheran con- gregation of Lehigh church. Socially he is con- nected with the J. O. A. M.
On January 31, 1874, he was married to Kate Wisser, a daughter of Benjamin and Christiana (Rauch) Wisser, who lived at Topton, Pa. They have two children, viz: Harry, a letter carrier in Allentown, who married Sarah Freehelfer and they have one child, Verna. Elizabeth L., mar- ried to William Reichard, a painter, of Allentown. They have two children: Miriam and Blanche.
TILGHMAN A. FREED.
Tilghman Albert Freed, a member of the I. X. L. Tire & Supply Company, of Allentown, was born in the city July 14, 1893. He attended the public schools, and, after assisting his father for a time in the grocery, learned the trade of silk weaving. He then became interested in automobiles and after operating autos for different parties until 1913, he associated with G. A. Heimer, of Allentown, in forming a partnership for trading in auto tires and supplies, and they started in business under the name of I. X. L. Tire & Supply Company, located at No. 44 North Sixth street.
Wilson H. Freed, his father, was born in 1867 at Dillingersville, Lehigh county, the son of Al- fred Freed, now a retired farmer, of Quaker- town. He was a grocer in Allentown for twenty years, located first at Seventh and Cedar streets, and later at Fifth and Auburn streets, which
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place is now conducted by his son-in-law, Roy Benner. He is now the owner and proprietor of the Palm Hotel, at Palm, Pa. He married Queen Ann, daughter of Tilghman Ritter and has four children: Lloyd, a ribbon weaver at East Greenville; Minerva, wife of Roy Benner ; Firman E .; and Tilghman A.
FRY FAMILY.
This is one of the very large families of Le- high and surrounding counties. A petition of record in the court-house at Easton Pa., bearing date, March 17, 1762, prays for the appointment of guardians for the minor children of Conrad Fry, late of Lynn township, who died leaving a widow named Hester, and the following named children: Jacob, Sarah, Esther, Moses, Aaron, Hannah, Joshua, Katharine and Elizabeth. Fred- erick Rosenberger was chosen guardian by the first four who were over 14 years of age; and Thomas Everett was appointed guardian for the others who were under 14 years.
The tax list of 1762 from Lowhill township contains the name of Jacob Frey whose descend- ants are numerous. In 1781 the tax list of the same district contains the names of Leonhard and John Frey. These doubtless were sons of Jacob Frey. The Federal Census Report of 1790 contains the names of Leonhard and Michael Frey as heads of families of Lowhill.
Leonard had three sons under 16, a wife and four daughters.
Michael had two sons under 16, a wife and one daughter.
The above-named census report records the following as heads of families, from Albany township, Berks county:
Francis Frey was the head of a family consist- ing of one son over, and one under 16, a wife and one daughter.
Moses Frey had two sons under 16, a wife and one daughter.
Frederick Frey was a farmer near Wessners- ville, in Berks county, Pa. He is buried at the Frieden's church at Wessnersville. His children were:
Napoleon; Reuben (who was never mar- ried) ; Harry (lived in Hamburg) ; David (who is very old, lives at Reading) ; Rebecca moved to Ohio; Polly Reinert; and Mary Schmidt.
Napoleon Frey, son of Frederick, was born April 8, 1810, and for a time lived at Albany, Pa., and from there he moved upon the Paul Wagaman farm, which he cultivated. He was married to Catharine Billman, who was born Nov. 4, 1815, and died June 1, 1896, in her
8Ist year. He died Nov. 14, 1881. They are buried at Wessnersville, Pa. Their children fol- low: Jacob; Sarah (m. George Groff) ; Polly (m. C. Groff) ; Helena (m. first, Daniel Henry and second, Jacob Frey) ; Lucinda (m. P. Wag- aman) ; Emma (m. Moses Werley) and Lydia (m. Henry Nagel).
Jacob Frey a farmer of Lynn township, was born Nov. 17, 1835. He was a drover for some years in connection with farming. He resides in Lynn since 1859, where he owns a 138-acre farm which he operated until 1898, at which time he retired upon an adjoining tract of 20 acres where he now lives. He was a supervisor of his district.
In 1857 he was married to Sallie Ann Leiby, a daughter of Frederick Leiby. Their children follow :
Joseph (deceased) ; John, of Steins Corner ; Jacob, of Lehighton; Moses, of Weisenberg; Charles, who lives upon homestead farm; Rosa (m. David Lutz) ; Sarah (m. Jacob Snyder) ; Abbie (m. Jonas Clauss) .
Daniel Frey lived in the Stony Run, where he was a farmer. He was born in 1782, and died in 1860. His wife, Maria Susan Greenawald, was born in 1783, and died in 1857. Their chil- dren were: Benjamin, Gideon, Charles, John and Mrs. Isaac Neifert, who lived in Kansas.
John Frey was a carpenter in Berks county. He was born in 1824 and died in 1906, and his wife, Matilda Michael was born in 1821, and died in 1902. They are buried at Lenhartsville. Their children are : Sarah (m. Joel Boyer ) ; Wil- liam, a shoemaker at Klinesville; Eliza (m. Jonas Arndt) ; Maria (m. Facgus Fort) ; Len- ius of Kansas; John M. (m. Susan Gehringer ). They live near Grimsville, and Lewis A., a farmer near Germansville, is married to Louise German. They have a son, Edgar.
Gideon Frey, son of Daniel, was born in Al- bany township, June 8, 1810. He was a carpet weaver near Wessnersville, where his grandson, Aaron Frey, now lives. In 1839 he married Maria Schweyer, who was born in 1814, and died in 1881. He died Oct. 28, 1877. Their children were: Daniel S., James and Jacob.
Daniel S. Frey was born in 1842, and died in 1907. He was a carpet weaver. He first lived at Wessnersville, and in 1887 he moved from Eagle Point in Berks county to Allentown where he and his wife, Anna M. Derr, died and are buried. She was born in 1851, and died in 1912. Their children are: (1) Sallie E. (m. Revellon Diehl) ; (2) Edwin B. (married to Hattie B. M. Layton). They have two children, Mary M. and Elmer S. (3) Minnie (m. C. Ursprung) ; (4) William M., deceased; (5) Charles.
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James Frey was born in 1844 and died from apoplexy near Wessnersville on Jan. 4, 1913. He was married and had two sons and two daughters, namely: Henry of Kempton; Lewis, who is on the homestead; Mrs. Frank Kerschner, of near Wessnersville, and Mrs. Ellen Kocher, of Kutz- town.
Jacob Frey was born in 1846, and was a farmer near Wessnersville. He was married twice. His children were: Aaron, Jacob, Aman- da, and Kate.
Leonard Frey had a 117-acre farm near the Lowhill postoffice. Peter Frey, his son, succeeded him to the homestead. Among his children were: Michael, Peter and Magdalena, who married George Rau, who kept a store in Lowhill on the road towards Lynnville.
Michael Frey, son of Leonard, owned and lived upon an adjoining farm to the homestead. His children were: Abraham (m. Hettie Werley, who still lives near Lyon Valley) ; Elias lived near Claussville; Jonas was a rake-maker in Lowhill; Michael conducted a saw-mill; Mrs. Peter Bittner ; Mrs. John Ebert and Mrs. Sam- uel Snyder.
Peter Frey, son of Leonard, was born March 25, 1778, and he obtained his father's homestead upon which he lived all his life. He was a mem- ber of the Reformed congregation of the Lowhill church. His wife was Anna Barbara Moser. She was born July 27, 1780, and died Feb. 7, 1856. He died October 5, 1859, in his 80th year. Their children were: Joseph, Michael, Nathan, Peter, Catharine (m. Reuben Kehm) Hettie (m. John Held), Maria (m. Solomon Rupp), and Sally Ann (m. Jacob Weiss, who was the father of the late Rev. Benjamin Weiss, of Lenharts- ville).
Peter Frey, son of Peter, was born Dec. 6, 1816. He succeeded his father to the homestead farm which he cultivated. He was a Democrat and served his township as school-director and supervisor. He and his wife and family were Re- formed members of the Lowhill Church.
His wife was Rebecca Derr. She was born Nov. 16, 1819, and died Sept. 10, 1898 in her 89th year. He died March 31, 1895, in his 79th year. Both are buried at the Lowhill church, which he served as a trustee for many years. Their children are: Tilghman D., Benjamin, who cultivated his father's farm one year, then died ; Annie (m. Henry L. Schmoyer, of Berks county) ; Lydia (m. Edwin Handwerk, of Heid- elberg township) ; Ida (deceased, was the wife of Silas H. Bittner) ; Phaon D. (m. Kate Ett- inger). He is the baker at the K. S. N. S., at Kutztown, and Sarah (m. James F. George).
Joseph Frey, son of Peter, was a farmer of
Lowhill township. He died at Kutztown in 1895, at the age of eighty-three years. He was married to Sydney Dornblaser, daughter of Jacob, of Upper Macungie. She died in 1886, aged 73 years. They had ten children: Caro- line (m. William Bieber) ; Sallie (m. Edward Jones) ; Henry; Benjamin (m. Ist Agnes Kram- lich, 2nd, Rebecca Laurisch ) ; Louisa ( twin sister of Benjamin, m. to Daniel Wisser) ; Sepharus (m. Elizabeth Herring) ; Lizzie (went to Illi- nois and married - Wallace) ; Edwin (went to Illinois) ; Revere( m. Susanna Kutz) ; Rosa (m. Amos Bieber). His grandfather was Peter Frey, a farmer of Lowhill township.
HENRY FREY, veteran of the Civil War and retired carpenter of Weisenberg township, was born Jan. 10, 1839, at Fogelsville, in Upper Macungie, where he was reared and educated un- til the age of sixteen years; then he worked for the farmers of the vicinity for two years; then learned the trade of carpenter, which he followed for twenty-five years. The Civil War having broken out he enlisted November 12, 1862, at Reading, in Co. I, 167th Reg't Penna. Vol. Inf., commanded by Capt. J. M. Shollenberger, and during his services he was promoted to 4th sergeant for meritorious conduct; and he was mustered out with the company at Reading, Aug. 12, 1863. Upon his discharge from military service, he resumed carpentering in Maxatawny township, Berks county, and followed it for two years, when he engaged in farming and carried it on in Berks and Lehigh counties not far from the county line for upwards of fifteen years when he resumed carpentering and worked for twenty years. Since then he has lived in retirement; at Allentown for two years, but from April 1, 1911, on his small, pleasantly situated farm in Weisen- berg township, about a mile south of Seipstown.
Mr. Frey was married to Priscilla Xander, daughter of Jonathan, and they had five chil- dren : Mary Jane (m. William Laudenslager) ; George W. (m. Allena Wetzel) ; Eugene (m. Louisa Bertolet) ; Charles (m. Emma Wisser) ; and Milton (who died in infancy). His wife died Jan. 14, 1913, at the age of 76 years.
Michael Frey, son of Peter, was born in Low- hill township, where he was a laborer and wood- chopper. He died in the woods while pursuing his avocation. He and his wife, Lydia Holben, were members of the Reformed congregation of the Lowhill Church, where they are buried. Their children were: Sarah, married to Levi Smith and Levi Frey.
LEVI FREY, late of Coplay, Pa., was born Aug. 29, 1844, in Lowhill township. He was a shoe- maker for some years near Werley's Corner. In 1867 he moved to Slatington and there he lived
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until 1869 then settled at Coplay, where he fol- lowed his trade successfully until one month be- fore his death, which occurred July 2, 1912, aged nearly sixty-eight years.
He was a councilman, school director and bur- gess of Coplay and was a most public spirited and respected citizen of that Borough. He and his family were active members of Mickley's Re- formed Church, since 1871.
On June 23, 1867, he married Sarah E. Haas, a daughter of Peter and Mary (Arner) Haas, natives of Macungie, but later of Lowhill town- ship. Mr. and Mrs. Frey were married for forty-five years and nine days. Two sons were born to their union, viz: Alvin R., who is the assistant superintendent of a cement mill in Cal- ifornia. He is married to Clara Roth, of Allen- town, and they have sons: Harold and E. Roy; B. Frank, of Cementon, is employed there in the cement industry. He is married to Effie, a daugh- ter of Victor Kohler and their children follow: Miriam, Hester, Forest, May, who died aged nine years, Amy, Alton, Olga, Kermit, Emery and Iva Mary.
Elias Frey the grandfather of Edwin H., of Emerald, Pa., was a farmer in Weisenberg town- ship, and he was a Reformed member of the Weisenberg Church, where he is buried. His children were: William; and Edwin, Henry, and Frank, who settled in Ohio; Reuben ; and Uriah, Sarah and Rosa who died young.
Reuben Frey, son of Elias, was born in Weis- enberg township, where he worked upon the farm until he was about 22 years of age, when sud- denly he removed to Ohio, where he follows the trade of coach-making.
The mother of Edwin H. Frey, is Savilla Moyer, a daughter of William and Sarah ( Rau- benold) Moyer, who was a farmer in Weisen- berg township. She was born Dec. 22, 1852, and has her home with the son, Edwin H.
EDWIN H. FREY, the proprietor of the Frank- lin House, at Emerald, was born in Weisenberg township, Jan. 17, 1876. He worked upon the farm until he was thirteen years old after which he clerked in the store at Sweitzer and later at Germansville, for a period of six years.
In 1897 he became a bar-clerk at Tamauqua, Pa., later at Buffalo, N. Y., and at Charleston, S. C. At the latter place he worked for the Leavy Club until he came to Philadelphia, where he accepted a position with the well-known Horn and Hart, restaurant proprietors. Later he served them at Atlantic City, N. J.
In September, 1902, he became a bar-clerk at the Mansion House, in Slatington. He continued there until Nov. 4, 1907, at which time he en- gaged in his present business.
He is a member of the Knights of Friendship, J. O. U. A. M., and the Slatington Hose Fire Company.
TILGHMAN H. FREY, son of Nathan, was born in Lowhill township, and began life as a farmer at Siegfried, Pa., in 1889, continuing there as a tenant until the spring of 1895, when he moved to South Whitehall township, upon the homestead of Daniel Henninger, Sr., which consisted of seventy-five acres of valuable land, situated near Muhlenberg College. He served South Whitehall township as a supervisor at the time of his death, having been elected as a Democrat. He and family were members of the Jordan Reformed Church, and he served the of- fice of deacon in that church.
He was married to Mary Henninger, a daugh- ter of Daniel and Mary (Lichtenwalner) Hen- ninger. Their children are: (1) Mary J., the wife of Edwin Minnich. They live upon Mrs. Frey's farm, and are the parents of two children, Elsie and Elvin. (2) Erma M., who graduated in 1913 from the township public schools, and is now a student in the State Normal School at Kutztown, Pa., (3) Carrie, who died aged 5 months.
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