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In 1891 he was married to Lillie A. Jacoby, a daughter of Edwin C. and Elizabeth ( Hoff- man) Jacoby. They are the parents of the fol- lowing. children: Edwin, a graduate of the township high school, a clerk in his father's store. He is married to Mame Roth. Issue: Dorothy ; Lottie M .; Harry R .; Hilda R .; Joyce F .; and Verna J.
MARVIN L. GRUVER, merchant of Coplay, a son of Joseph M. and Josephine (Laury) Gruv- er, was born April 7, 1886. He was educated in the public schools of his native place and at an early age became a clerk in his father's store, and continued with him until January, 1908, when he purchased the general merchandise store at 132 Third St., Coplay, of Calvinus Knerr. Here he has built up a fine business and employs four persons. Mr. and Mrs. Gruver are mem- bers of Trinity Reformed church. He takes an active interest in public affairs and was elected one of the first school directors under the new school code. He was re-elected in 1913. He holds membership in the following fraternal or- ganizations: Liberty Chamber, No. 45, O. K. of F., at Allentown; I. O. W. A. M. at Coplay ; Modern Woodmen of America at Cementon ; and St. Alban Commandery, No. 46, A. and I. O. K. of M., of Allentown. On Nov. 26, 1907, he was married to Daisy E Diehl, daughter of Alexander and Louisa (Roth) Diehl. Two
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children have been born to this family: Madeline D., born Feb. 22, 1911, died April 5, 1912; and Louise D.
Jolin Gruver followed the agricultural pur- suit in Northampton county, where he died in 1858, advanced in years and is buried at the Hammelton church in Monroe county. He was the father of a large number of children, among them were the following: Jeremiah, James, John, Abraham, Michael, Joseph, William and Peter.
Abraham Gruver, son of John, was born in Northampton county in 1807. He was a ma- chinist by trade and also conducted a farm. He had an inventive mind, having invented a shaker to the threshing machine, but never applied for a patent. He operated a threshing machine and did a great deal of threshing among the farms of his community. In 1843 he moved to Lehigh county. He was married to Susanna Fuchs, with whom he had the following children : John; Peter W .; Maria A. N .; and Catharine, mar- ried to Ezram Huttle; and Rebecca.
PETER W. GRUVER, farmer of Hanover town- ship, was born in Bethlehem township, Jan. 19, 1849. He received his education in the public school of his native place; Weaversville Acad- emy; Muhlenberg Preparatory School, and Swartz Academy, at Bethlehem. In 1871, started to teach in the public schools and taught 29 years, of which the first two terms were taught in Northampton county and the last 27 terms in Hanover township, Lehigh county. In 1874, he moved on the 45-acre farm where he still resides. This was formerly owned by Jacob Kemmerer, Conrad Koehler, John Ernst and Susanna Gruver. He has taken a great interest in political and religious affairs of his community. He has filled the office of auditor 17 years and assessor 3 years. He is a member of the Re- formed congregation of the Schoenersville church which he served as deacon for one term and elder for sixteen consecutive years. He was married to Henrietta Silvers, daughter of Jacob and Amelia Silvers. They were the parents of the following children: Annie, deceased, mar- ried to Robert Derlin; Sarah, married to Harvey Rabenold; Mary, married to Harry Freed; Wil- liam, married to Addie Deller; Charles, mar- ried to Ellen Kressley; and Welcome, died in infancy.
GUTEKUNST FAMILIES.
Michael Friedrich Gutekunst arrived in the province of Pennsylvania in 1766. He came on a ship from Amsterdam, Holland. He was prob- ably a native of Würtemberg. He settled in Saucon township, then Northampton, now Le-
high county. His occupation was that of a miller. He afterward purchased land with a mill, now in the Twelfth ward of Allentown. The tax lists of 1785 show that he was assessed for a grist-mill, fifty acres of land, four horses, and three cows.
January 22d, 1779, Friedrich Gutekunst, of Salisbury township, bought 143 acres of Michael Glass in Moore township, Northampton county, Pa. June 1, 1783 Frederick Gutekunst (miller) and wife, Margaret, sold this land to Henry Strauss (blacksmith) for five hundred pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania. The deed was delivered April 12, 1784, in the presence of Peter Hauck, and Johannes Kress and acknowledged before Peter Rhoads, one of the justices in said county.
After signing the allegiance paper on landing at Philadelphia, he did not write his name Mi- chael, but only Frederick Gutekunst.
The following is an extract from the Pennsyl- vania Archives, Fifth Series, Vol. 8.
Frederick Gutekunst (in that list of soldiers misprinted Gudergunst), was in the First Com- pany, Third Battalion, of Northampton county, Pa., infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Kern. The captain of the company was John Ritter, the lieutenant John Reed, en- sign, Jacob Erb. During the Revolutionary War every able-bodied man (under sixty) and boy (over sixteen) in Northampton county was enrolled and had to be ready to shoulder a mus- ket and march to the front whenever called.
Michael Frederick Gutekunst was drowned some time between 1785 and the taking of the census in 1790, as his widow, Margaret, with the children was then only enumerated. At the time of his death he owned a house and lot, 60 by 230 feet, on the West side of Lehigh street, Al- lentown, bounded by lots of John Meyer and Jacob Mickley.
He died without leaving a will. The orphans' court records at Easton, show that he left a widow and six children, namely: John, Adam, Christina, Susanna, Frederick, and Solomon. The last two were under fourteen years old when their father's property was sold and the final settlement made in 1796 by the administrators. Jacob Newhardt, one of the administrators, pe- titioned the court to appoint guardians for Fred- erick and Solomon Gutekunst, minors. Peter Hauck was appointed guardian for Frederick and George Graff, Esq., for Solomon.
Margaret, the widow of Frederick Gutekunst, was baptized and confirmed in Zion's Reformed church, Allentown, Oct. 13, 1792. She after- ward married Abraham Albert.
Whom John and Adam Gutekunst married
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is not known to the writer. Christina became the wife of Christian Gees. Christina became her full baptismal name was) went to Ligonier, Westmoreland county, Pa., and on Nov. 23, 1803, married Christian Krebs (now written Kribbs). She was the grandmother of the Rev. J. A. Scheffer, Allentown, and of the late Mrs. Rev. J. B. Fox, Slatington, Pa.
Frederick Gutekunst, Jr., married Eva Lehr (now written Lehr). He died a comparatively young man from an injury in lifting. It is in- ferred that he also was a miller. A daughter, Mary, was married to Joseph Kramer. Their son, Edward D. Kramer, was the father of Thomas J. Kramer, Allentown, and of Mrs. Wil- liam Strauss, Fullerton, Pa.
Solomon, Joseph, and Charles, sons of Fred- erick Gutekunst, Jr., migrated to Northumber- land county, near Milton, Pa., James, a son of Charles Gutekunst, was postmaster at Allen- wood, Pa. A daughter of one of those brothers. Josephine by name, married Frank Hagenbuch ..
Solomon Gutekunst was a butcher by occupa- tion and had a meat market in Allentown. He was the father of seven daughters and two sons. The sons both died before growing to manhood. The eldest of the daughters, Annette, married Samuel Finley. She lived to a good old age, and her tombstone is in Union Cemetery, Allentown. She was the mother of the late Mrs. Samuel Thompson and grandmother of Mrs. Elmer E. Edinger and Miss Nettie S. Thompson, Allen- town.
Eliza married Charles Eckert and was the mother of a son and daughter. The son is the well-known and esteemed, Miles L. Eckert, of Allentown, who married Emma N., only daugh- ter of the late Charles H. Nimson. Their son is the genial and obliging Nimson Eckert, Esq.
Louisa L. married Ephraim Bast. They are the parents of Mrs. J. W. Ackerman, Chicago, Ill. Anna was the wife of Wm. Knerr, and Mary of Joseph Reinsmith. They had five sons: Henry Reinsmith, of Allentown; Charles ; Dan- iel ; Alfred ; and Solomon are dead.
Rebecca married the late Joseph Newhard, who was sheriff of Lehigh county. Matilda, the youngest daughter of Solomon Gutekunst, is the widow of Charles Keck. She is in her ninety- third year, has her home with an adopted daugh- ter in Brooklyn, N. Y., and visits her relatives in Allentown every summer.
Susanna, one of the granddaughters of Fred- erick Gutekunst, Sr., which name means a good art, profession, or trade, married Jacob Weber, the father of the late Solomon Weaver, who was the father of Jacob Weaver and grandfather of Dr. J. M. Weaver, of Allentown, Pa.
J. A. SCHEFFER.
ELIAS J. GUTH.
The pioneer ancestor of Elias J. Guth's family in America, was Lorentz Guth, who came to this county from the Palatinate, landing at Philadel- phia, September 19, 1738. He settled in White- hall, then Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and in the course of time purchased one thousand acres of land, which became the Guth homestead, and a considerable portion of this is still in the posses- sion of his descendants. In 1745 he erected a substantial stone dwelling house, which is still standing, and is one of the old landmarks of the county. His descendants are numerous and are now to be found in all portions of the United States, but principally in Pennsylvania.
Elias J. Guth, great-great-grandson of the pioneer ancestor, is one of the only two living children of the late Levi and Lydia (Wenner) Guth, and a grandson of William Wenner, of Wennersville. He was born the old Guth home- stead, May 15, 1853. He attended the district schools and was graduated from them, then, when eighteen years of age, became a student at the Keystone State Normal School, in Kutztown, and supplemented this training by an exhaustive course at the Allentown Business College. For a number of years he was engaged in clerical work, abandoning this in favor of teaching, a profession with which he was identified thirty- nine years. A detailed record of his professional work is as follows: One term in Weisenberg township; one term in Upper Macungie; seven terms in North Whitehall; and thirty years in his home township, South Whitehall. He has been an active worker in religious matters throughout his life, and is a member of the Jor- dan Reformed church, at Walbert, of which his brother, Rev. Frank A. Guth, is pastor. Elias J. Guth has done most excellent work in con- nection with Sunday schools. He was one of the founders of the Salem Union Sunday school of Iron Bridge, in 1874; in 1890 he was one of the organizers of the Guth's Station Union Sun- day school, and has been in office as senior super- intendent of this for the past twenty years. He has served as vice-president of the Lehigh County Sunday school Association, at Allentown. for one year. Liberal in all his views, he is especially so in all matters concerning the welfare and de- velopment of the community, and gives his politi- cal support to the Republican party. He served his township as assessor for a period of three years.
Mr. Guth was married, in 1876, to Elmira P., a daughter of the late David and Mary (Schadt) Troxell, and a granddaughter of Lo- rentz Schadt. They have had children: Olivia Grace, married John Wenner, has a son, Lu-
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ther, and lives in Allentown; Rena Blanche, married Clinto Bastian, has children: Margaret and Elias-and lives in Wescosville; Roscoe Melancthon, married Birdie, a daughter of Lewis Ritter, has children, now living-Ellis, Aster, and Lila-and lives near Guth's Station; Ben- ton David, married Ida, a daughter of Penrose Stewart, has children-Lawrence and Annie- and lives at Alsen, New York; Henry Levi, mar- ried (first) and has a child, Naomi, married (sec- ond) Clara Nadig, and lives in Chicago, Illinois ; Fremont Frank, who died in early childhood ; Edward Melville, is unmarried, and lives with his parents.
REV. FRANK A. GUTH, A.M., B.D.
Rev. Frank A. Guth, who lives at Mechanics- ville, since 1913, is a descendant of Lorentz Guth, who settled in Lehigh county, Pennsyl- vania, in 1738. A large stone house erected by him in 1745 is still standing, and is one of the landmarks of Lehigh county. The homestead is still in the family name and is now owned by Rev. Guth and his brother, Elias. The parents of Rev. Guth were the late Levi and Lydia (Wenner) Guth.
Rev. Frank A. Guth was born on the Lorentz Guth Homestead, July 2, 1854, and was bap- tized and confirmed in the Jordan Reformed church by the late Rev. Joseph Dubs, D.D. At an early age he already showed decided intellec- tual ability, and his preparatory training was re- ceived in the public schools and under private tuition at home. He then attended the Keystone State Normal School, at Kutzown, which was then under the principalship of Rev. N. C. Schaeffer, D.D., LL.D., and followed this by teaching for some years in the public schools of his native county. He entered the preparatory department of Muhlenberg College, at Allen- town, in 1876, from that went to Ursinus Col- lege, at Collegeville, and was graduated from this institution with honors in the class of 1881. His next line of study was the theological course at Ursinus Seminary, which he completed in 1884, and was then licensed and ordained as a minister by the Lehigh classis. He received and accepted a call from Jefferson, York county, Pennsylvania, in May, 1884, was installed the following month and was a greatly beloved and successful minister there until 1900. In 1900 a weakness of the throat obliged him to tender his resignation, which was accepted with sin- cere and unfeigned regret; and from 1900 to 1913 he resided in Allentown. After two years of much-needed rest, Rev. Guth became a supply to the Shoenersville congregation, and also filled a vacancy in the North Bethlehem Reformed
church until, by the union of Rittersville and Shoenersville congregation, East Pennsylvania Classis constructed the Shoenersville charge, when Rev. Guth became the pastor of this flock. He remained in this pastorate until April 30, 19II, then accepted a call from the Jordan Charge, composed of the Reformed congregations of Jordan, Cedarville, and Morganland, and in this he succeeded the late Rev. E. J. Fogel, D.D., of Fogelsville. This was truly the spiritual home of Rev. Guth, as in it he had been baptized and confirmed.
The descendants of Lorentz Guth, the pioneer ancestor, have become very numerous, and the Guth family reunion has become a time-honored institution. Rev. Guth has been the president of this body for many years, and was again elected to fill this office at the annual gathering of the association in 1913. He was married, May I, 1884, to Louisa H., a daughter of the late David and Mary (Schaadt) Troxell. Two sons have come to bless the union: John L., who is now a junior in the Central Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church at Dayton, Ohio; Henry E., who is a student in the Medico-Chirurgical College, in Philadelphia.
LLEWELLYN H. GUTH.
Sylvester Guth, son of Daniel, was born Au- gust 22, 1821, on the Guth homestead, which was founded by his great-grandfather, Lorentz Guth, who came to America in 1738. Sylvester Guth was a cabinet maker and undertaker in South Whitehall, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, near the Jordan Reformed church. He covered a large territory and officiated at more than sev- enteen hundred funerals. He was the owner of the farm now in the possession of his son, Llewellyn H., active in church work, and in the interests of the Sunday school, he was superin- tendent of the Jordan Reformed Sunday school for more than a quarter of a century, and at various times filled all the offices in connection with the church. He was a member of the build- ing committee who had in charge the remodeling of the Jordan Reformed church in 1871. Mr. Guth married Elizabeth, a daughter of Isaac and S. (Mohr) Haas, and had children: Cecelia, widow of Thomas Wenner ; Edmond S., of Ce- tronia, Pa .; Amelia, widow of Frank Rhoads; Ellen M., married Dr. J. F. Kocher, of Wal- berts, Pennsylvania; Penrose, lives in Chicago; Griffith J., born in 1853, died at Philadelphia, in 1881; Llewellyn H., of further mention; Dr. Harvey W., of Altoona, Pa .; Laura A., mar- ried Irwin F. Keck, of Allentown; Minnie A., unmarried, lives with Mrs. Keck.
Llewellyn H., son of Sylvester and Elizabeth
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( Haas) Guth, was born on the Guth homestead in South Whitehall, Lehigh county, Pa., Septem- ber II, 1855. His education was acquired in the public schools of his native township, at the Keystone State Normal School, the Muhlenberg College, and the Ursinus College, being gradu- ated from the last named institution in 1880. For several years he taught school in Rittersville and in his own township, then took up the study of embalming, and was graduated from the Phila- delphia School of Embalming, and from the Bos- ton School of Embalming in 1889. He engaged in the undertaking and embalming business at his home near Walberts, and his careful and sympathetic manner of officiating has won him many friends, and has enabled him to build up a successful business. Thus far he has had charge of almost 1,000 funerals. He is deeply interested in whatever concerns the welfare of the com- munity, and has served as a school director, and four terms as a justice of the peace. His politi- cal affiliation is with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Jordan Reformed church, in which he has served as elder. His fraternal connection is with the Patriotic Order Sons of America and the Knights of the Golden Eagle. As a member of the Lawrence Guth Reunion As- sociation, he has achieved prominence, and has been president of this honorable body several terms. Mr. Guth married Alameda R., born April 9, 1870, died January 7, 1912, a daugh- ter of William and Sybilla (Riegel) Biery. They had one child: Lawrence E., who is his father's assistant in the latter's business. Lawrence E. Guth is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Patriotic Order Sons of America, and married Estella, a daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Ludwig) Focht. They have one daughter, Margaret M.
DR. N. C. E. GUTH.
Dr. N. C. E. Guth, of Allentown, Pa., was born in South Whitehall township, Lehigh county, May 2, 1850. His education was acquired in the public schools, and the Millersville Normal School. Late in 1869 he commenced the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. A. P. Fetherolf, at Chapman's Station, Penn- sylvania. Subsequently he became a student at the University of Pennsylvania, from which in- stitution he was graduated on March 13, 1873, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then engaged in the practice of his profession at Per- kasie, Bucks county, Pa .; remained there three years, and then removed to Gilbert, Monroe county, Pa., where he was in continuous practice for a period of seventeen years. His health hav- ing become impaired, and accordingly removed
to Allentown in 1893, and has since that time been a resident there. In political matters he is a Democrat. He was a member of the Board of Health of Allentown, from 1906 to 1911, was then elected health officer of the city, and served in 1912 and 1913. For a long time he was a mem- ber of the school board of the Tenth ward, and served as president of this body in 1909 and 1910. He and his family are members of the Reformed Church, in which he has held official position for many years. The fraternal relations of Dr. Guth are as follows: Greenleaf Lodge, No. 561, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is past master ; Allen Chapter, No. 203, Royal Arch Masons; Allen Council, No. 23, Royal Arcanum.
In 1897 Dr. Guth became one of the or- ganizers of the Lorentz Guth Family Associa- tion, which held its first re-union, September 2, 1897, on the homestead founded by the American progenitor of the family, in South Whitehall. He delivered the first historical address concern- ing the family, and was president of the associa- tion in 1901 and 1902. August 28, 1902, the day the monument in honor of the founder of the family was unveiled, Dr. Guth delivered the principal address of the day. Annual meetings are held by this association.
Dr. Guth married, in September, 1874, Aman- da, a daughter of John D. and Catherine (Stauf- fer) Rosenberger, Bucks county, and they live at No. 527 Liberty street, Allentown. They have had children: 1. Herbert W., who was gradu- ated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and is the owner, and personally conducts a drug store on North Seventh street, Allentown. He married Minnie Kline. 2. Nevin H., after pass- ing through the public schools of Allentown, at- tended the Allentown Preparatory School, from which he was graduated in 1908. He then ma- triculated at Lehigh University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1912, with the de- gree of Mechanical Engineer.
HENRY D. GUTH.
Henry D. Guth, of Allentown, Lehigh county, Pa., was born August 7, 1856. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Allentown, the Allentown Academy and the Muhlenberg Pre- paratory School. Upon the completion of his education he entered the employ of the Phila- delphia and Reading Express Company as a clerk, and remained in the service of this company until it sold out. He then became chief clerk for the United States Express Company, this association being uninterrupted for a period of twenty years, when Mr. Guth resigned on June 27, 1911. As a favor to the company he remained in office until January, 1912. Mr. Guth is financially con-
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nected with the R. H. Guth bindery, at No. 742 Hamilton street, of which his nephew, R. H. Guth, is the active head. Mr. Guth is a member of Zion's Reformed church, and is an earnest and consistent student. His reading is wide and diver- sified, and his private library is unusually large and comprehensive.
EDWARD B. GUTH.
Daniel Guth was born in South Whitehall, Lehigh county, and is buried in the graveyard of the Jordan Reformed church. He was a far- mer at Jordan Bridge, and this property is now the property of his son, Manassas. He married, and had children: Oliver; Ephraim; Benjamin ; Manassas; Uriah, of further mention; Levina, who married Nathan Sieger ; Mrs. Eli Troxell ; Mrs. Edwin Erdman.
Uriah, son of Daniel Guth, was born in South Whitehall, Lehigh county, and removed to Allen- town, where he established himself in the carpet business at Eighth and Hamilton streets.
Charles Guth, whose home was near Crackers- port, Lehigh county, lived on the land now owned by his son, Lewis. He was a man of in- fluence and prominence in the community, being known as "Squire" Guth, and was in office as jus- tice of the peace a long time. For many years he was engaged in teaching school, and was also station agent at Walberts. As a member of the Reformed church, he held a number of offices, and was an elder many years. Squire Guth married Mary Smith, and had children: Lewis, mentioned above; Josiah, died in Missouri; Amanda, married Tilghman Hummel ; Carolina, married Aaron Guth.
Lewis S. Guth was born April 6, 1838, and was reared in South Whitehall, Lehigh county. For more than twenty years he was section boss, and now lives on a six-acre tract near Crackers- port. Active in religious matters, he served as deacon and elder in the Reformed Church. Mr. Guth married, in 1869, Amanda Woodring, and has had children: Tilghman, lives in Chapmans ; Alice, who died in 1903, married John Dech ; Lloyd, lives in Kuhnsville; Caroline, died un- married at the age of twenty-one years.
Edward B. Guth was born at Eighth and Hamilton streets, Allentown, Oct. 4, 1861. His education was acquired in the public schools of Allentown, and in the Allentown Business Col- lege. When he entered upon his business career he obtained a position with the United States Ex- press Company, rose through various grades until he held positions of great trust and responsibility, and was finally obliged to sever his connection with this company, June 18, 1910, because of impaired health. His business associations now
consist of membership in the firm of R. H. Guth & Company, bookbinders, at No. 742 Hamilton street. His religious affiliation is with the Zion Reformed church. Mr. Guth married, June 21, 1888, Minnie D., a daughter of Allen O. and Ellen ( Hoffert) Frankenfield, and they have had children : Raymond H. and three others.
SAMUEL J. GUTH.
The grandfather of Samuel J. Guth was Jona- than Guth, who had children: Hiram; Fran- cis; Samuel ; Esau, of further mention ; Carolina.
Esau Guth, son of the preceding, was born in 1824 and is buried in the graveyard of the Jor- dan Reformed church, of which he had been a member. His death occurred in 1873 at the age of forty-nine years. He owned a farm of sev- enty-four acres at Siegersville, which he culti- vated, and was also proprietor and personal man- ager of Levan's Hotel, in North Whitehall town- ship, for a period of eight years. He married Caroline Barner, of Salisbury township. They had children: Hiram, born in 1850, died in 1910; Rosa, married Edward Wotring; Allison, a resident of Egypt, Pa .; Ellen ; Theodore; Lou- isa; Israel, died young; Agnes, married Peter Ruch; Emma, married Daniel Schaadt; Samuel, of further mention.
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