History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 98

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 948


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Mr. Hahn has been actively interested in local politics as a Democrat for many years. He served as a school director and as assessor of the town- ship; also as county chairman for four years. He officiated as sheriff of Northampton county, from 1902 to 1905, and afterward was elected county treasurer in 1908, an exceptional honor, for, until that time, no office-holder was subse- quently selected by the party to fill another coun- ty office, which evidenced the high estimation in which he was held by the electors of the county.


In 1880, Mr. Hahn was married to Mona, a daughter of Philip Andrews, and they have one child, a daughter, named Zenobia A., who was graduated from the Walnutport high school, and also the American Commercial College, at Allentown. Her husband fills the position of master mechanic of the Coplay Cement Com- pany.


HAINES FAMILY.


John Wilhelm Haines, (Haintz) born in Zweibrucken, Bavaria, emigrated to America in 1751. He purchased 300 acres of land near Trexlertown which he cultivated in connection with his trade of tailor. The cornerstone of the Trexlertown church was laid in 1784, and Mr. Haines was one of the building committee of this church. At his decease he was interred in the cemetery, adjoining this church. John Wilhelm Haines married Barbara Wink. Issue : William; Jacob; George; John; Peter ; Adam; Sarah (Mrs. John Koch) ; Maria, married (first) Mr. Bechtel, and (second) Mr. Erdel.


William Haines, the eldest son of John W. and Barbara (Wink) Haines, married Miss Bieber, daughter of Dewalt Bieber. Issue : Benjamin; Jacob; John; Solomon; Elizabeth ; and Julia Haines.


Jacob Haines, the second son of John Wil- helm and Barbara (Wink) Haines, married Maria Schmidt. Issue: William; Jacob ; John ; Benjamin; Christiana, (Mrs. Frederick Kline) ; Anna (Mrs. Philip Haffner) ; Rebecca (Mrs.


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Oliver Snyder) ; Sallie ( Mrs. Solomon Kuder ) and Polly.


George Haines, the third son of John W. and Barbara (Wink) Haines, became the owner of the property known as the Haines farm, at Haines tavern. He married Miss Schwartz. Issue: John, Isaac, and a daughter whose name is not recalled.


Peter Haines the fifth son of John W. and Barbara (Wink) Haines, was born Aug. 29, 1765, died Oct. 5, 1828. He purchased the Old Haines homestead and during his life was a farmer and merchant. He married Maria Bar- bara Becker, daughter of Gottlieb Becker. Is- sue : Jacob; Joseph (migrated to Ohio) ; James ; Charles B. (married Leah Schwartz, daughter of Jonathan Schwartz). Issue: C. Frank Haines, for many years connected with the Al- lentown Democrat; Simon, Mary, (Mrs. Wil- liam E. Esser), Eliza J. and Allen W. Haines; William, Jonathan, Thomas, Elizabeth (Mrs. Joseph Trexler).


Jacob Haines, the eldest son of Peter and Maria Barbara (Becker) Haines, was born Jan. 15, 1800. He married Elizabeth Siegfried. Is- sue: Joseph; Charles; Sallie ( Mrs. Daniel Schmoyer ).


Joseph Haines, eldest son of Jacob and Eliza- beth (Siegfried) Haines, married Sarah Schleg- el, daughter of Jacob Schlegel. Issue : Sallie, (Mrs. George Romig) ; Hattie, (Mrs. Henry Kuhns) ; Jacob S .; Susan (Mrs. Levi Fields) ; Joseph H .; Ida (Mrs. Edward Holben; Hiram H .; Rebecca ; Adora (Mrs. Adam Desch) ; Wil- son ; Alice (Mrs. Horace Haus).


Jacob S. Haines, the eldest son of Joseph and Sarah (Schlegel) Haines, a life-long farmer settled in South Whitehall township in 1881. In 1906 he purchased the Lafenus Lichtenwalner mill at Cetronia. He built his present large brick dwelling in 1911. He is a member of the Cetronia Lutheran Church and has served it as treasurer, deacon and elder for twelve years. -


Jacob S. Haines married Lillian Lichtenwal- ner, daughter of Joseph B. and Ellen ( Moyer) Lichtenwalner. Issue: Ira; William and .Ella Haines. Ira married Ida Grim.


JAMES O. HAINES.


James O. Haines, merchant of Slatington, Pa., a member of the firm of Haines Bros., was born in that borough, April 10, 1863. He received his education in the public schools of Mauch Chunk, Pa., where he resided in youth. He be- gan clerking in the general merchandise store of Kuntz & Co., at Slatington, where he remained for three years, after which he worked for three years in the machine shop of Wm. H. Stroh. En-


tering the employment of Kuntz & Haines he continued as clerk with them until 1896, when he was admitted as a partner under the firm of Kuntz & Haines Bros. In 1901 the senior mem- ber of the firm died and the firm was changed to Haines Bros. This is the largest and the lead- ing department store in the upper end of Lehigh county. The store is located at 650-652 Main street, Slatington. Mr. Haines is connected with the Washington Slate Company as a director and with the Blue Vein Slate Company, of Slatedale, as a director and secretary. Socially he is con- nected with the following organizations: Slat- ington Lodge No. 440, F. and A. M .; The Slatington Lodge, Council No. 68, Jr. O. U. A. M. of Slatington, and the P. O. S. of A., Camp 108 of Mauch Chunk. He and family are mem- bers of the Lutheran Church. He is a member of the choir for more than a quarter of a century. In 1886 he was married to Emma Engler, a daughter of John and Mary (Shimmel) Engler, of Portland, Northampton county. Mrs. Engler was a daughter of Jacob Shimmel, who in June, 19II, was 98 years old, residing at Mt. Bethel, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Haines have one son, Russel E., a student at college.


JOHN FRANKLIN HAINES.


John Franklin Haines, a prominent contractor and a life long resident of Allentown, Pa., son of William Haines, was born Jan. 7, 1860, in Allentown. His opportunities for acquiring an education were very limited.


At the age of eleven years, he entered the em- ployment of Gen. Frey, working in his brick yard, continuing there for a period of twenty years. His father dying in 1887, he became the head of the family, contributing to the support of his mother and family. He later was employed in the wool mill of Shimer & Pretz for some time.


He became a member of the borough council ; was constable for sixteen years. Entered the service of the L. V. R. R. Co. in 1896, as a road detective between Allentown and Philadelphia, and continued in this position for thirteen years.


He arrested many noted criminals, some of whom met the death penalty. At times he had forty men under him. Resigning this position in 1909, he contracted with the City of Allentown to collect and remove all garbage, which contract he still holds. He also owns a 70-acre farm in Salisbury township and operates the same. At this date he employs upwards of thirty-five men and fourteen teams, in both lines of his work.


Mr. Haines is a member of the Rescue Fire Department No. 8, of which he was president for some years. He is also a member of the State Firemen's Association, and has attended most of


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its conventions. Is also a member of several fra- ternities; is a staunch Democrat. His life motto has been the "Golden Rule."


John F. Haines married in 1883, Melinda Seipel, daughter of Aaron Seipel. They had one child, Mamie, who married Tillman Reuber, of the Allentown Fence Co.


Mr. Haines' father was William Haines, born 1838, who married Miss Ackerman, daughter of Henry Ackerman. Their children were: Henry who died aged 23 years; John Franklin, the sub- ject of our sketch; Emma, married Daniel Whitehouse and died at the age of 18 years; Anna, married Daniel Whitehouse as his second wife ; Agnes, married a Mr. Zellner, and has a son, who is a physician.


Daniel Whitehouse who married Emma and (second) Anna Haines, has children: Blanet, John Henry, Walter Allen; Esther Margaret, Robert Daniel, William Charles and Milton Al- len.


Blanet, married Joseph Wagner, John Henry married Helen Moyer, and William Charles mar- ried Catherine Seigler.


HENRY S. HALTZEL.


Henry S. Haltzel, president of the Standard Home Supply Company, of Allentown, was born in New York City in 1878, and after receiving his preliminary education, went South and there directed his studies for the legal profession, but he became interested in the advertising business in 1898 and since then has become prominently identified with it. After residing for a time at Norfolk, Va., and Baltimore, Md., he located at Wilkes-Barre in 1900, and in 1905 removed to Allentown, where he has since resided.


During his residence in Pennsylvania he dis- played a most enterprising spirit in the organiza- tion and establishment of different business com- panies, among them being the firm of Isaac Benasch & Sons, in 1901, at Wilkes-Barre, as a branch of the Baltimore Furniture Company, the Haltzel Furniture Company, in 1904, at Pittston ; the Prince Furniture Company, in 1905, at Allen- town; the Prince Furniture and Carpet Com- pany, in 1907, at Rochester; the Lehigh Star Bedding Company, in 1908, the Allen Publish- ing Company, in 1912, and the Standard Home Supply Company, and the Spare Moments Pub- lishing Company, in 1914, all of Allentown, the last two named being located in a large brick building at Green and Penn streets, where an extensive business has since been developed which affords employment to several hundred hands.


In 1912, Mr. Haltzel was married to Marion Kline, a daughter of A. Kline, of Wilkes-Barre, and they have one child, a son named Robert


Kline. Mr. Haltzel has become prominently affiliated with the Masonic Fraternity, being a member of King David Lodge, No. 86, at Balti- mire; the Irem Temple, at Wilkes-Barre; and the Scranton Consistory, 32° ; also with the Elks, at Wilkes-Barre.


HAMM FAMILY.


John Daniel Hamm, from Switzerland, emi- grated to this country on the ship "Hampshire," which landed at Philadelphia, Sept. 7, 1748, and on the ship's list of passengers, is recorded as twenty years of age. The exact time when he settled in Allemängel, in the territory now em- braced in Lynn township, Lehigh county, is un- certain; but about 1761 he conveyed a deed of gift for the location of a church, which is situ- ated at Jacksonville, this county. The deed reads as follows: "Des Evangelische Reformir- ten Kirche (gannant als Jacobs Kirche) soll zwei Acker sein, und solche zwei Acker verschreib ich Frank und Frei, ohne einigen austant," etc. "Auch gebe ich das Recht an die Spring zu gehen um zu trinken. Dieses land das ich Geschenkt habe ist gelegen an der Konigstrasze, eine halben meile von des Abraham Langen Haus." This last pharse translated reads: This land which I presented lies on King street, a half mile from the Abraham Long's House.


John Daniel Hamm was born in 1728. He was a pioneer settler at what is now Jacksonville, and a farmer by occupation, and there he is buried on the old graveyard, but in an unmarked grave. He was an old man when he died. His wife, Anna Maria, also died at an advanced age. Among their children were: Andraes (Andrew), Daniel, Nicolas, Richard and Barbara, born in 1764, and married in 1787 to Jacob Koenig (1763-1829). [See Koenig family in this vol- ume.] The four sons fought in the War of In- dependence, from a district in which lived a number of Tories.


Andrew Hamm, in November, 1780, was a soldier in Capt. Matthias Brobst's company, 5th Penna. Associators of Militia from Northampton county. On Nov. 15, 1780, he entered active service of the 6th class in the 6th Battalion of Northampton county militia of Foot, under Capt. Frederick Sechler, on the frontier of said county. Andrew Hamm was honorably discharged Jan. 4, 1781, having received pay for one month and twenty-five days' service. He was a farmer in the vicinity of Lynnport where he owned land. The first Federal census in 1790 records him as the head of a family consisting of a wife, three sons under sixteen namely: John, Jonas, and Benjamin, and one daughter. Benjamin settled in Indiana, and during a severe winter visited his


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relatives in Lehigh county. [Mrs. John J. Jones a daughter of William and Hannah ( Hamm) Everett, stated that she was a school girl when her uncle made the visit.]


Daniel Hamm was an associator and militia man, in 1778, from Northampton county. He was a soldier in the Sixth class of Capt. Matthias Brobst's company in the Third Battalion.


Nicholas Hamm, on March 26, 1776, enlisted as a private in Captain Henry Christ's company, of the Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, commanded by Col. Samuel Miles, which was in active service in the battle of Long Island.


Richard Hamm was a private in Major Stu- art's company in the Fifth Pennsylvania Regi- ment of Foot in the service of the United States, comanded by Col. Francis Johnson, for the month of April, 1780. (References Pennsylvania Ar- chives, Fifth Series, Vols. II, III, IV and VIII.)


Jonas Hamm lived in Lynn township, near Rabert's Corner. He was a shoemaker by trade, which he followed for many years where his grand- son, Jonas Hamm, now resides. The old build- ings occupied by him are still standing. In the latter part of his life, he carried on farming. His farm contained upwards of 100 acres, which was divided into two parts, the homestead being owned by the grandson, Jonas, and the other part (some twenty acres), by another grandson, Edwin Hamm. His wife was Christina Schleicher and they had the following children: John; Benja- min ; David ; Kate, married to Henry Long; Han- nah, married to William Everett; Elizabeth, married to Joseph Moyer, at Lehighton ; Polly, married Theodore Kemmerer, at Lehighton; and Elemina, married to Daniel Koenig, and moved West. He and the family were members of the Reformed congregation of the Jacob's church at Jacksonville, where the burials were made of those who lived and died in the township.


John Hamm, son of Jonas, was born in Lynn township, and there lived where his son Jonas now resides. He was a shoemaker, carpenter and farmer by occupation, and had his father's home- ·stead.


He was buried at Jacksonville. His wife was Malinda Long, a daughter of Daniel Long. They had seventeen children : Amanda, William, Carolina, Daniel, Edwin, Alvin, Thomas, John J., Jonas, Theodore, Alice, Rose E., Albert, Mary, Katie, and Hannah, and one whose name could not be recalled.


Benjamin Hamm, the second son of Jonas, oc- cupied a property which was situated in the town- ships of Lynn and Heidelberg. He was a car- penter by trade but also carried on farming. His wife was Carolina Handwerk and their children


were: Lena, Sallie, Emelina, Jane, Mena, Cora, Elvin, Albert, and Osville G.


David Hamm, the third son of Jonas, lived in Lynn township and owned the farm now occu- pied by his nephew, John J. Hamm, where he carried on carpentering and farming. His wife was Leanda Brobst, and they had the following children: Andrew, Milton, Elmer, Henry, Ida, Emma, Elemina, Urana, Lena, and Susan, the last named dying young.


EDWIN HAMM, the eldest surviving son of John Hamm, carpenter and farmer of Lynn township, was born Feb. 1, 1862, on the home- stead of his grandfather, Jonas Hamm. He learned the trade of carpenter when he reached the age of eighteen years and has followed it until the present time, carrying on a farm in con- nection with his trade. He has been a boss car- penter since 1900, at times employing a consider- able number of hands. He erected many of the houses and barns in that section of Lehigh county, together with a number of buildings across the mountain in Schuylkill county; and also at Schnecksville, Kempton and other places. His farm embraces 52 acres, on which he raises many potatoes. He erected on it an improved dwelling in 1890, and an improved barn in 1896. In politics he is a Republican.


His wife was Montana Leiby, daughter of Reuben and Eliza (Wertman) Leiby, and they have five children: George A., Francis A., An- nie A., Carrie M., and Ralph, the last having died when nine years old. He and the family are members of the Reformed congregation at Jacksonville.


John J. Hamm, son of John Hamm, slater and farmer of Lynn township, owns and occupies a Hamm homestead of 37 acres near Lynnport, which was formerly owned by his uncle, David Hamm. An old log house on the place was erected before the Revolution which was used for a time as a distillery and then again as a dwell- ing until 1897, when Mr. Hamm substituted the present frame building. This farm was formerly the Follweiler place, and it was afterward owned by a Mr. Glace, a Mr. Everett, and David Hamm. The present owner became the pur- chaser in 1888. He is a Republican and has served the township as a supervisor and registry assessor. He was married in 1882 to Louisa Leiby, daughter of Charles and Sallie ( Wertman) Leiby, and they have six children: Katie A., married to Charles Follweiler ; Charles J .; Frank H .; Dora S .; Robert C .; and Meda M. He and the family are members of the Reformed congre- gation which worships in the Jacob's church, of which he was deacon for a time.


Jonas Hamm, the son of John, farmer and car-


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penter of Lynn township, was born July 5, 1867, on the place which he now occupies. He learned the trade of carpenter when he became of age and he followed it for twelve years with his brother Edwin. In 1898 he purchased the homestead comprising 67 acres, and has since become an ex- tensive potato grower. His father built the pres- ent dwelling house about 1891. He is affiliated with the Junior Order United American Me- chanics.


He was married, July 28, 1900, to Ida Rau, daughter of Edwin and Mary ( Philips) Rau, of Lynn township, and they have five children : Lil- lie; Paul; Roy, who died when five years old; Mazie, who died when four years old; and Lot- tie. He and the family are members of the Re- formed congregation at the Ebenezer church.


Johannes Hamm, shoemaker and farmer, was born July 17, 1796. He owned the tract of land in Albany township now in the possession of Monroe Snyder. He and his family were mem- bers of the Reformed congregation of the New Bethel church. His wife was Esther Wana- maker, born June 19, 1800, and died April 10, 1863, aged 62 years, 9 months and 21 days. They had the following children : Leah, married Daniel Snyder; John, referred to later; Jacob, married and lived at Pine Dale, Schuylkill county, no children; Benjamin, died in young manhood; Catharine, married Charles Mengel; Emeline, second wife of Charles Mengel ; Lucy, became the wife of Griffith Bachman; and Eliza, who is un- married. Johannes Hamm died Dec. 11, 1871, aged 75 years, 4 months and 24 days, and was laid to rest with his wife in the cemetery of New Bethel church. The name was spelled on the tombstone, "Ham."


John M. Hamm was born in Albany town- ship, Nov. 28, 1826. He was a shoemaker and a farmer. His son Samuel now owns the home- stead whereon he resided. He also owned a small tract of some 20 acres, now in the posses- sion of William Schroeder, and located near New Bethel church. The homestead consists of 160 acres, some of which is woodland. Here he re- sided until twenty years before his death. He was a Democrat and served as supervisor. He and his family were members of the New Bethel church, Reformed congregation, of which he was deacon and elder. He married Kate, daughter of Christian and Mary (Lutz) Knepper, born Nov. 28, 1827, and died Dec. 25, 1887. They were the parents of eight children, all living, as fol- lows: Benjamin K., of Allentown; James and John, of Carbon county; Charles; Samuel, of Albany township; Mary, married Walter Kel- ler ; Sarah, married Allen Lutz ; and Kate, single.


He died April 5, 1903, aged 76 years, 4 months and 17 days.


Charles Hamm, of this family, was born in Al- bany township, April 7, 1861. He began farm- ing for himself on his father's property in 1888 and remained there as tenant four years, adding another year on the Sarah Braucher farm. Then he bought his present property, the Moses Yeaser farm, in 1893, located along Pine creek, two miles west of Albany. His place comprises 133 acres and twelve acres of potatoes is the average annual production, besides a large poultry busi- ness.


Mr. Hamm is well known in Democratic cir- cles, and was elected a member of the township school board in 1907, and also served as township supervisor. He and his children are members of New Bethel Reformed congregation, but Mrs. Hamm is a Lutheran.


Mr. Hamm has been twice married: first to Emma L., daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Rein- hart) Braucher, of Albany, born May 1, 1869, and died April 6, 1902. She is buried in New Bethel cemetery, and they had seven children: Mattie F., Minnie T., Hattie L., George D., Libbie G., Elsie K., Clarence R. On Dec. 5, 1902, Mrs. Amanda (Frey) Graff, widow of Edward Graff, became his second wife, and they had five children: Herman C., deceased ; Annie M .; Anson M .; Abner H .; and Esther A.


DANIEL W. HAMM, son of Benjamin K., of Allentown, was born in Albany township, Berks county, Feb. 13, 1877. He was educated at Al- lentown, graduating from the high school in 1896, and from Muhlenberg College in 1901, when he became a teacher in the city schools. In 1910 he became an instructor in and since 1913 has been principal of the high school. He served the Federal government in the Bureau of Forestry in 1902 and 1903, having been stationed during the summer months of those years in the state of Maine. He is a member of the Reformed Church; also of Greenleaf Lodge, No. 561, F. & A. M .; Livingstone Castle, No. 258, K. G. E .; and Lecha Wonk Tribe, No. 2011/2, I. O. R. M.


On Nov. 18, 1903, he married Jessie L. K. Cassel, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Lucas) Cassel, of Lansdale, Pa., and they had four chil- dren: Miriam C., deceased; Evelyn C. M., whose twin sister, Dorothea, died in infancy ; and Frederick.


HAMMEL FAMILY.


Johannes Hammel, of Germany, emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1746, locating in what is now South Whitehall township, near Crackersport, Lehigh county. There he slept for six nights near


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a spring in the wilderness. After living in that locality for a time, he and his two youngest sons left that section, but the oldest son Philip Ham- mel tarried there. In later years one of the brothers of Philip Hammel visited the latter, but where the ancestor and the sons had settled, is not remembered.


Philip Hammel, tradition states was born in Germany before the emigration of his parents and he was a "Redemptioner." He acquired several hundred acres of land near Walbert's Station in South Whitehall. His homestead which has since been divided into several farms, is now owned by his granddaughters, Mrs. Oscar Henninger and Mrs. Amanda Wisser.


Philip Hammel was a farmer, stone mason and cooper, following these trades in connection with tilling the soil. He adhered to the German Reformed faith, and was an official member of the Jordan Reformed church for many years.


He married a Steininger, daughter of Leonard Steininger, a pioneer of South Whitehall, who owned about 1,000 acres of land in the vicinity of Crackersport. They had Paul and Joseph, also five or six daughters.


Joseph Hammel, son of Philip, was a life long farmer, and lived on a part of the homestead. He was a member of the Jordan Reformed Church, which he served as an elder.


He married Sallie Guth, a daughter of Peter Guth. Their children were: James; Hannah (m. Edward Frankenfield) ; Polly (m. William Measemer) ; Owen; Phaon ; and Sarah (m. John Albright ). All the above are deceased, except Owen and Phaon of whom forward.


Owen Hammel, who occupies the John Schaadt homestead in Whitehall, was born March 4, 1835. He was a carpenter for ten years. In 1860 he began farming the 110 acre tract upon which he has since lived. He built the present barn, and John Schaadt built the house on this property. He is a mamber of the Reformed church. His wife, Sallie, is a daughter of Peter and Susanna (Shoemaker) Lineberger. Their children are: Amanda, wife of William H. Meyer, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume; and Mary, wife of Calvin Lazarus, a farmer of Whitehall township.


PHAON HAMMEL, a retired farmer, resides near Crackersport, in South Whitehall. He was born Dec. 12, 1836, in the house built by his grandfather, Philip Hammel, in 1832, it being the second dwelling house on the Hammel home- stead. There Mr. Hammel spent the first 30 years of his earthly career, working for his pa- rents. On Nov. 18, 1866, he married and in 1868 he began farming on a 60 acre farm near Crackersport. There he was a tiller of the soil


for 45 years. He built a house on this farm in 1874, also made a number of other improvements. In later years he purchased a 32 acre tract, also near Crackersport.


Mr. Hammel is a natural born mechanic. He is a blacksmith, carpenter, stone mason and sad- dler. He built for himself two wagon sheds, a bake-oven and other buildings. He sold his farm stock at public sale in the spring of 1913, and retired upon a two acre tract at Crackersport and there he built a wagon shed in 1913.


Phaon Hammel is an intelligent and good citizen, possessed of a striking personality. Not- withstanding his advanced years he is hale and of robust health, clear in mind and understand- ing and able to do a hard day's work.




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