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Lucy Glick was married to Hartman and lived in Saucon township, Northampton county, Pa.
Florence Glick was married and moved West.
George Glick's second wife was Margaret, the youngest daughter of Peter Herr. They had eight children: Sallie, Catharine, Susan, Lydia, Hannah, John, George and Thomas.
Sallie Glick married Thomas Mason and moved to Greenwich, Ohio.
Catharine Glick married George Reinhard and moved to Saucon Township, Northampton county, Pa.
Susan Glick married Isaac Gummery and moved West.
Lydia Glick married Leonard Beitleman and lived in Allentown, Pa.
Hannah Glick married Godfried Roth and lived and died in Allentown, Pa.
George Glick was married, moved West and died in Illinois. He had 4 children.
Thomas Glick was married, moved West and died in Illinois.
John Glick was born May 8, 1783 and died August 30, 1855. He married Catharine Schwander and lived for the greater part of his life in South Whitehall township, Lehigh county, Pa., near Cetronia. He was a farmer and an ex-
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tensive land-owner. When 70 years of age he moved to Tiffin, Ohio, where he died and is buried in the Schwander's Church yard. They had 8 children: Hetty, Reuben, Nathan, Judy, Aaron, Edward, Elizabeth and John.
CHARLES B. GLICK, JR., of Cetronia, Pa., was born Dec. 14, 1848 in South Whitehall Town- ship. He was a farmer, but since 1874 lives at Cetronia. He served the Cetronia Lutheran Church as a deacon and an elder and in 1886 he was chairman of the Building Committee that erected the present church edifice. He married Emma C. Henninger, a daughter of Tilghman and Judith (Grim) Henninger. They have these children: (1) Edwin C. H., who is the book- keeper for the American Steel and Wire Co., Allentown. He is married to Ella Albright. (2) Mayme E. R., is married to William H. Kebach, of Dauphin county, Pa. He is a clerk for M. S. Young and Co., Allentown. Ed- win C. H. Glick and wife have these children : Roderick E., and Emily L. Mr. and Mrs. Ke- bach have these children: Miriam and Anna.
Hetty Glick, daughter of John, was born Feb. 21, 1807, married to William Jacoby and they had three children, Uriah, Amatius, and Alvesta.
Reuben Glick, son of John was born Mar. 19, 1809, and died Jan. 1, 1892. He was one of the prominent men of Lehigh county; having been a charter member of the Lehigh County Agri- cultural Society; a noted fruit grower and a breeder of Jersey cattle. He was one of the first converts in the Evangelical Association in Lehigh county, and organized the first Sunday school in his community. He served the church faithfully in various ways and was a most respected cit- izen.
He was married three times. His first wife was Elizabeth Allen. They had seven children : (1) William W., who was never married; (2) Moses lived in South Whitehall and later at Howertown and Bangor, where he died in Au- gust, 1892, aged 59 years. His children were: Allen, Rebecca, Naomi, Charles, Uriah, Emma and Amanda. (3) Hannah, died when a child. (4) Joseph M., mentioned fully later on. (5) John W. was a soldier for three years in the 147th Regiment. After the Civil War, he moved to Omaha, Neb. He has a daughter, Jessie, also a son. He was born Sept. 12, 1840, and died April 26, 1913. (6) Edward A. is mentioned later and (7) James M., is a retired carpenter at Philadelphia. His wife is Emma Achenbach, of Girardville. Their children are: William, Ada, Joseph, Oscar, Cora, and Bertha. Reuben mar- ried, as his second wife, Elizabeth Rinker, nee Boyer. She was born at Howertown, Pa., Jan. 26, 1816, and died March 15, 1869. They had
three children, viz: Rev. Henry J. mentioned later; Elden B., mentioned later; and Ella, who was the wife of Rev. James D. Woodring, D. D., late president of Albright College, Myers- town, Pa. The third wife of Reuben Glick was Caroline Desh. They had no children.
EDWARD A. GLICK is a farmer at Cetronia. He was born on the old homestead at the Little Cedar Creek, Feb. 16, 1845. He was educated in the public schools and at the New Berlin Academy; and in 1872 he taught school in his native township. Since 1873 he has followed agricultural pursuits in South Whitehall, farm- ing the homestead of 80 acres until 1900, after which Col. H. C. Trexler purchased it and Mr. Glick continued in his employ for one year. Mr. Glick now owns a farm which was owned suc- cessively by R. Butts, N. Ebert, and H. Colt, buying it from the latter in 1902. - The farm comprises 55 acres.
He is a Republican and served as tax-collector for four years. He and family are members of the Grace United Evangelical Church at Cetron- ia. Mr. Glick having served it as a trustee for three years.
He was married first in 1870 to Hope Oli- phant, of New Jersey. She was born in 1846 and died in 1879. Their four children are: (1) Sallie O. (m. Charles Strauss) ; (2) Elizabeth B., married G. Debbitt. Both died within four weeks time. (3) Mary V. (m. Eugene Abel) ; (4) Edward H. (m. Jennie Rau). He married the second time in 1895, Emma Trumbower, a daughter of John and Katie (Boyer) Trumbower of Upper Milford. Their children are: Ira E., Reuben W., Ella R., and Carrie S.
Joseph M. Glick was born in 1840, enlisted in Co. C, 133rd Regiment, Penna. Vol. Inf., serv- ing four months. In 1866 he settled at Girard- ville, Schuylkill county, Pa., where he passed the remainder of a busy and useful life. He was an extensive shoe merchant and one of the organiz- ers of the Citizens National Bank at Ashland, in 1875; also of the First National Bank of Gi- rardville. He also was connected with the Girard- ville Saving Fund and Loan Association, the Gi- rardville Gas Company and the Palace Theater Company. He served as Postmaster of Girard- ville for 14 years, and was a member of the bor- ough council. He was a staunch Republican in politics. He died May 17, 1894. He married Mary M. Hower, a daughter of John Hower, in 1866. She died in 1887. Mr. Glick married second, in 1889, to Miss Margaret M. Fudge, of Girardville. They had two sons.
They are buried at Girardville. Their chil- dren are: George W., a railway clerk; Mrs. Jennie Traylore; Reuben J., an attorney-at-law
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at Shamokin, Pa., and A. Hower, who is the manager of the Glick shoe-store at Girardville, Pa.
REV. HENRY J. GLICK was born Nov. 10, 1850, at the head of the Little Cedar Creek, in South Whitehall township. At the age of 15 years he was converted to God and joined the church. He was educated in the public schools and at Millersville State Normal School ; taught school in 1870, '71 and '72. In March, 1875, he was graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, but the call from God was upon him from his young man- hood, and he yielded to the clearly defined com- mand; and at the East Pennsylvania Confer- ence of the Evangelical church, which convened at Millersburg, Dauphin county, in 1875, he was licensed to preach, was received into the itiner- acy and stationed on the Montgomery Circuit. In 1879, at the annual conference, which met at Allentown, after the completion of the prescribed four years of study, he was ordained an Elder, and has served the following charges:
Montgomery, 1875-1877
Bangor,
1877-1879
Milford,
1879-1880
Williamstown,
1880-1883
Fleetwood & Friedenburg,
1883-1886
Catasauqua,
1886-1889
Shenandoah, 1889-1892
Hazleton, 1892-1895
Berlinsville, 1895-1897
Mohnton,
1897-1901
Mauch Chunk,
. 1901-1902
Millersville,
. 1902-1905
Pine Grove,
. 1905-1909
Royersford,
1909-1913
Lansdale,
. 1913 --
For eighteen years, from 1889-1907, he was a member of the Board of Examiners of Junior Preachers, and was president of the Sunday School and Tract Society, from 1896 until 1913, when the society was dissolved.
On April 19, 1877, he married Martha C. Kemmerer, daughter of William G. and Catha- rine A. Kemmerer, of East Texas, Pa. Unto them were born three children: Dr. William Henry; Asher Franklin, born April 1, 1882, died Aug. 7, 1884, at Fleetwood, Pa .; and Mar- tha Ella, born at Catasauqua, Lehigh county, Pa. She was graduated from Millersville State Normal School in 1905, and is now a public school teacher in Philadelphia.
Martha C. Kemmerer Glick died at Catasau- qua May 7, 1887, aged 28 years, 8 months and 17 days.
On Sept. 18, 1888, he married (second) Miss Savilla D. Heydt, daughter of George and Sarah Heydt, of Fleetwood, Berks county, Pa.
Dr. William H. Glick, son of Rev. Henry
J., was born at East Greenville, Pa., Aug. 25, 1879. After his education in the public schools and in Albright College, he graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1905. Afterward he served for one year as resident physician of the St. Francis Hospital, at Trenton, N. J. He then located at South Bethlehem where he has built up a large general practice ; and he treats all the eye cases of the Bethlehem Steel Co.
He is a member of the Northampton County Medical Society ; Pennsylvania State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is the medical examiner for the Scranton Life and the Colonial Life Insurance Companies, the American Assurance Company, the Continental Casualty Company and several other companies.
In 1906 he was married to Carrie L. Gernert, a daughter of Dr. E. E. and Mary (Kromer) Gernert, of Bethlehem. They have a son, Elmer William Glick.
Elden B. Glick, of Cetronia, was born Dec. 16, 1851. He was educated in the public schools, the K. S. N. S., at Kutztown, and the Millers- ville S. N. S. He farmed upon the homestead for eighteen years. He is actively identified with the United Evangelical Church at Cetronia, and is the secretary of the Cetronia United Evan- gelical Sunday school since 1885, is a steward of the church since 1893, and is also an exhorter.
On Nov. 21, 1894, he married Sallie E. Wood- ring, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Romig) Woodring. She died Oct. 20, 1912, aged 62 years and 27 days. Their only child, Annie E., died, aged 5 years and 7 days.
Nathan Glick married Annie Brobst. They had two children: Uriah and Alvin.
Judy Glick married Reuben Romer. They had six children, and moved West.
Aaron Glick was born March 23, 1817. He died at Catasauqua, Pa., April 9, 1873. He was a prominent member of the Evangelical church and in the year 1870 was one of the building committee who erected the present church edi- fice at the corner of Second and Walnut streets, in Catasauqua. His wife was Mary Ann Boyer, a daughter of Jacob and Mary M. (Dreisbach) Boyer. They had six children: Thomas B., who served in the Civil War for three years; John J., who also served for ninety days; Jennie A .; Clinton J .; and Austin A., an attorney-at-law, who resides at Catasauqua, Pa.
Edward Glick was not married.
Elizabeth Glick married Edward George. They had five children: Milton, Clara, Rilla, Elizabeth and Edward.
John Glick, son of John, married Ellen Stone, and they had five children.
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Philip Glick (son of the pioneer Johannes) had a son, George, born in 1779 in Berks county, Pa. He accompanied his parents to Ohio in 1794, and in time he became the grandfather of the Hon. George W. Glick, Governor of the State of Kansas from 1883 to 1885.
Isaac Glick, son of George and father of the Governor, was born Sept. 19, 1803, in Ohio, and he died in Dec. 1878. His wife was Christina Reidenaur, who also hailed from a Pennsylvania family.
Hon. George W. Glick, the distinguished for- mer Governor of Kansas, was born at Green Castle, Fairfield county, Ohio, July 4, 1827. In the spring of 1849 he went to Kansas. As a law- yer, as a farmer, as a legislator, as a railway builder and as a Democratic politician, George W. Glick did things that have become part of Kansas history. He had been admitted to the bar in Ohio. In Kansas, in five years time he was at the head of the Atchison Bar. He was a law- yer of rare ability, and his quitting the profes- sion was not of his choice, but of necessity on ac- count of throat affection. It was as a farmer and member of the State Board of Agriculture that Glick did the most for Kansas. He was one of the first advocates of alfalfa growing and one of the first if not the first to insist that far- mers sow Russian hard wheat. His articles in the agricultural records, published from time to time, through a period of forty years, are to-day most valuable literature to farmers of the West. He advocated corn breeding, that is, getting good seed, and he was an expert on tame grasses, and a strong supporter of the meadow. Thoroughbred hogs and cattle interested him as far back as 1860, the year of the great drought. He was the first to urge the planting of Kaffir corn, in fact, to the agriculture of Kansas, Glick was a Thom- as Jefferson. His last appearance in public was at a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture.
Everything in the nature of Glick was Demo- cratic. It was often said of him that he was a Bourbon Democrat, in that he never changed. He belonged to the old school, and was delegate to these National Conventions: 1856, 1868, 1884 and 1892. He was first nominated for Gover- nor in 1868, and was defeated as he expected to be. In 1882 he was again nominated at the con- vention which met at Emporia, which was a memorable convention. Men of force and na- tional renown were there. He was matched with St. John, who was up for the third time. He was elected by 8,000 plurality, thus becoming the first Democratic Governor of Kansas. His administration was clean and upright, there was no graft nor scandal; and he is said to have been
the best Governor Kansas ever had. In 1884 as Chairman of the Kansas delegation he was the strongest factor west of the Mississippi and was a force in bringing about the nomination of Grover Cleveland.
In his habits he followed a high standard. He didn't swear, drink nor smoke. His likes and dislikes were very pronounced; and his nature was such that he could not help but fight any measure or organization that smacked of tyr- anny. He had quick wit. In the Democratic Convention in Topeka, in 1894, in a powerful speech he was reasoning and arguing against low prices, when a delegate yelled out : "What about hogs?" Glick retorted: "They always squeal when they're hungry." The house broke forth in a roar. Hogs, at that time were high priced and the Cherokee County delegate wanted to make a point but failed. For thirty-five years he resided in one house in Atchison. The last twelve years of his life were divided between his Atchison and Florida homes. His iron frame and vigorous intellect had now begun to yield to the persistent demands of time.
In Florida he slipped on the stairway and broke his hip and he never recovered. His meas- ure was filled. He outlived all of those with whom he began his race of life and with whom he engaged in early political battles. Besides an aw- ful tragedy came into the family home. His be- loved grandson, George Glick Orr, was drowned on the Pacific coast while bathing. "The crowns of old parents are their children's children." This was so beautifully exemplified in the love the governor bore for his grandson. He once said : "Life's worth living to have a boy coming on to be useful in the world." He idolized the grand- son, and like the King of old, never smiled again after the Prince was drowned, so there was no more laughter in the George W. Glick home after the death of George Glick Orr, in 1909.
Governor Glick, aged, honored and respected, after being bed-fast for one year and two weeks, a patient sufferer, but with a clear and brilliant mind passed into his reward, April 11, 1911, in his eighty-fourth year.
Mrs. Glick, white-haired, handsome yet in her declining years, is at the old homestead in Atchison, where her daughter, Mrs. Orr, with affectionate and tender care administers unto her. This aged mother with Christian fortitude bears her last affliction with the many others common to every mother of the land, waiting with resig- nation and the Christian's unfaltering hope to meet in a few brief moons the heroic soul with whom she spent fifty-four years in the sacred bonds of wifehood.
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CHARLES GOLDMAN.
Charles Goldman, superintendent of the Dery Silk Mill, of Emaus, was born in Copen- hagen, Denmark, in 1856. He is the only son of Charles Goldman and his wife, Anna Cath- arine Mathiasan, but enjoys the proud distinc- tion of having twelve sisters. After attending the public schools of his native city, he spent one and a half years in Roskilde Seminary, and then studied designing in Kines art school. Upon the completion of his course he returned to his fa- ther's textile mill, and worked for him until he was called upon for military service. Finding military life disagreeable, he escaped from his post and came to America. He came to New York City in 1877. After a brief stay in New York he went to Buffalo, where he heard of a colony of Danes in Corry, Pennsylvania. He came to Corry, Pa., and found work among his fellow. countrymen. From Corry he went to Pittsburgh, where he worked in a coal mine for three months, when he went to Chicago, where he opened a barber shop. Not finding this trade to his taste, he began to roam over the country, mainly through the South. He was injured in a railroad wreck on the Erie Railway in 1881, and while convalescing in the hospital, he learned of the silk industry in Paterson, N. J., and re- solved to go there as soon as he was able. Upon reaching Paterson, N. J., he immediately found employment as a weaver, and was soon pro- moted to fixer and then foreman, and soon thereafter was made a superintendent. He now entered the firm of Benz and Goldman, ribbon manufacturers, and continued as a member of the same for four years, when the firm disbanded and he again accepted the superintendency of a silk mill. After a short time he entered the employment of D. George Dery, at Catasau- qua, and in 1906, when Mr. Dery erected the mill at Emaus, Mr. Goldman was given charge of the entire plant, and under his careful man- agement the mill has made a reputation for itself for the high grade of its work. Mr. Gold- man is popular among his hands and highly re- spected in his community. He is a member of the Emaus Mercantile Club. In 1889 he was married to Elisabeth Sharpley, the daughter of Samuel Sharpley, a silk manufacturer in Man- chester, England. This union is blessed with two children, a son, Charles, Jr., a fixer in the Emaus mill, and a daughter, Hellen, a student in the Emaus High School. They reside in their beautiful new residence on North Fifth street, Emaus, Pa.
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FRANKLIN GOLDSMITH.
Franklin Goldsmith, contractor of Catasau- qua, Pa., was born June 28, 1850, in Pike town- ship, Berks county, Pennsylvania. He was a son of Christian and Maria (Herbst) Gold- smith. His father died when he was quite small and the mother with her son made their home with the grandfather, George Herbst, in Berks county, where he grew to manhood. For a number of years he worked on the farm and at the age of twenty years learned the carpen- ter trade. He was apprenticed to Henry Acker at Alburtis for two years, and in 1872, he ob- tained a position in the car shops at Fullerton. After working here for two years he went to Mauch Chunk where he remained until 1886
when he returned to Catasauqua and engaged in the contracting business for himself. The large number of public buildings and private residences erected by him is sufficient evidence of his suc- cess in his line of business. Mr. Goldsmith con- ducts a large planing mill in which he employs averaging ten men, but he employs in his various business 40 men. In 1885, he built his fine residence at No. 817 Race street, Catasauqua, and remodeled it in 1897. He built the beauti- ful residence of Ogden Frederick at Catasauqua, using seven different kinds of wood in its con- struction. He erected about fifty houses in Cop- lay and nearly two hundred in Catasauqua. The following school houses were erected by Mr. Goldsmith: Fullerton school house of 10 rooms ; the Egypt school house of eight rooms; the Northampton school house of ten rooms; the Catasauqua high school house of twelve rooms, which also contain an auditorium 70x90 feet in dimensions; and the Hokendauqua high school building. Among the churches erected by him are the following: St. Paul's Lutheran and Reformed churches at Catasauqua, also the Eng- lish Lutheran church at the same place; the St. Mary's Catholic church and the East End chapel, also of Catasauqua; and a large rector's house and school house for St. Mary's Polish Catholic church at Reading. In 1907 he erected the East End planing mill which gives employ- ment to 15 men. He and family are members of St. Paul's Lutheran church, Catasauqua, in which he has always taken a keen interest. For a number of years he served Hanover town- ship as school director.
In 1874 Mr. Goldsmith was married to Re- becca Dieter, of Hanover township. Mrs. Gold- smith was born July 15, 1852, and died Jan. 12, 1912. To this family the following chil- dren were born: George, Mamie, Frank, John,
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Benton, Stata, Minnie, Harry, Wayne and and give employment to thirty-two men, a large Clyde. GOMERY FAMILY. increase, which is proof positive that they are successful and capable business men. January, Solomon Kumerer, great-grandfather of Al- bert D. Gomery (as the name is now spelled) followed the occupations of farmer and stone mason, and in 1841 moved to Mahoning Valley, Carbon county, Pennsylvania. He married Su- sanna Steigerwald, of Lynn township, Lehigh county, who bore him two children: William, of whom further, and John. 1910, John E. Gomery moved to Philadelphia, where he is engaged in the automobile business, and is also a partner in the Allen Auto Company located at Tenth and Hamilton Streets, Allen- town. He is a member of Allentown Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Livingston Club. He married Emma J. Anewalt, daughter of Samuel Anewalt, of Allen- town.
William Kumerer, grandfather of Albert D. Gomery, was a resident of Lehighton, Carbon county, Pennsylvania, of Lynn township, Lehigh county, and in 1841 moved to Mahoning val- ley, Carbon county. His death occurred in 1886. He was married and had two sons, William; John, of whom further.
John Kumerer, father of Albert D. Gomery, was born in Lynn township, Lehigh county, Oc- tober 30, 1838, and was three years of age when his parents removed to Mahoning valley. At the age of seventeen he began working for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, and continued in the employ of this company until his death, November 19, 1910, serving in the capacity of engineer for the long period of forty-six years. It was when he entered the employ of the rail- road that his name was changed from Kumerer to Gomery owing to the fact that another em- ployee had a similar name. His remains were interred in a cemetery at Lehighton, Pennsyl- vania, in which city he resided for fifty years, and where his widow resides at the present time (1914). He married, in 1868, Anna M. Horn, daughter of Thomas and Anna Horn, and grand- daughter of John and Catherine (Blinn) Horn. Mr. and Mrs. Gomery were members of Zion Reformed Church at Lehighton, where he served as deacon and elder. They had the following children: John E., of whom further ; Albert D., of whom further; Mary, married R. P. Lentz, of Buffalo, N. Y.
John E. Gomery, a member of the firm of Gomery Brothers, wholesale grocery and fruit merchants of Allentown, was born at Lehighton, Carbon county, in 1872. He attended the Le- highton High School and the Lehigh University, and equipped himself for a business career by a course in the Pierce Business College at Phila- delphia. In 1894 he came to Allentown, ac- companied by his brother, Albert D. Gomery, and engaged in the wholesale grocery and fruit business, under the name of Gomery Brothers, which still continues. They commenced business with three horses and employed four men, and at the present time (1914) they have twenty horses
ALBERT D. GOMERY, member of the firm of Gomery Brothers, wholesale grocery and fruit merchants of Allentown, was born at Lehighton, Carbon county, in 1875. He attended the pub- lic schools of his native city and was graduated from the Lehighton High School in 1893. Later he was employed in the freight department of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, continuing for one year, and in August, 1894, came to Allentown and with his brother, John E. Gomery, engaged in the present business under the firm name of Gomery Brothers. He is also a partner with his brother in the Allen Auto Company of Allen- town, which branch is managed by his brother. He is a member of the Allentown Lodge, Be- nevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Clover Club of Allentown. He married, in 1909, Catherine Bittner, daughter of Wilson Bittner, of Allentown. They have an only daughter, Anna B.
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