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He was a Lutheran and served the church at Rittersville as deacon and elder. He and his wife and sister are buried there. He acted as a trustee in 1842, when the present church was erected. He also officiated as a school director of Hanover. He was a Democrat politically. He was married to Rebecca Osenbach, born July 13, 1813, and died October 1, 1906, in the 94th year of her age. Their children were: Angelina (1837-1849) ; Anna Maria (1838- 1868, married George Knoll) ; Clarissa (mar- S .; Elmira C. ( 1851-1859) and Matilda (mar- ried Albert Saeger). He died April 11, 1877, ried David Kratzer) ; Sophia (married Levi Wert) ; Sarah (married Harry Mill) ; Samuel in the 69th year of his age.
Samuel S. Stump, retired citizen of Ritters- ville, was born October 17, 1847. At the age of twenty-three years he learned the bricklaying trade with Samuel McHose, whose history ap- pears in this work. From 1879 until 1906 he was engaged at his trade with the Bethlehem Steel Co., and worked for a number of years as assistant foreman. He resided all his life at Rittersville. Ill-health caused him to retire in
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1906. In 1905 he built his large double-brick residence at Rittersville. He served the Lu- theran congregation of the Rittersville church both as a deacon and elder.
In 1870 he married Amanda L. Eberhard, daughter of Henry W. F. and Henrietta (Hof- fert) Eberhard, and they had six children: An- nie (married Llewellyn Kern, of Rittersville) ; Agnes (died an infant ) ; Ellen I. (married Mil- ton Scholl, of Salisbury ) ; Emma (married Harry Groman) ; Flora (married Arthur Gessner ) and Harry (their only son, who lives in Hanover, married Della M. Moyer, and they have two children: Hilda and Luther). His wife's fa- ther officiated as assessor of Hanover township for 40 years.
OTTO SUTHER.
Otto Suther, of Allentown, the general man- ager and superintendent of the Kaltenbach & Stephens Silk Ribbon Manufacturers, in East Allentown, is a native of Barmen, Rheinland, Germany, and was born in 1856. He learned the silk manufacturing business from his father, Ju- lius, who carried on that business in the Father- land.
Otto, the son, came to the United States in 1881, and engaged in the manufacture of silk ribbons at College Point, Long Island, where he continued for two years. He then connected himself with the establishment of Frowain Bros., in New York and there he was employed until 1888, when he became the superintendent for the Castle & Schadelle Works, also in New York; and in 1901 he identified himself with the present corporation, coming to Allentown in 1907.
Mr. Suther is a member of the Herder Lodge, No. 698, F. & A. M., of Brooklyn, also the Al- lentown Lodge, No. 130, B. P. O. E. In 1880 he was united in marriage with Sophia Meyer, a native of Barmen, in Rheinland, Germany. They have three sons: Otto (who is in the hotel business in Brooklyn), Julius, and Alfred M. The two oldest sons (Otto and Julius) are mem- bers of Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403, F. & A. M., of New York; also members of the Chapter, the Commandery and the Shrine. Alfred M. is a member of Greenleaf Lodge, No. 561, F. & A. M., at Allentown. Julius and Alfred are as- sistants to their father in the manufacture of silk ribbons at Allentown.
Hermann and William Suther, brothers of Otto, also came to this country. They reside in New York. Hermann is retired and William is engaged in the butcher business. They emigrated to New York after their brother, Otto.
BURTON W. SWAYZE, M. D., was born April 29, 1868, in Mahanoy City. He was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia, graduating at the Central High School of that city, grad- uated at Jefferson Medical College of Philadel- phia in 1891, remaining there until 1900, when he removed to Allentown, where he has since continued to practice. He is a specialist in chron- ic diseases, having a clientele covering a radius of 35 miles about the city. He is a writer of ability, and contributes articles to Medical Journals, and also writes short stories in the in- terest of social movements.
He is an active member of the First Pres- byterian church and president of the county Christian Endeavor Society, also a member of the Y. M. C. A., of Allentown.
He married in 1891, Winnie E. Smallwood Bucher, of Philadelphia. Issue: Margaret S. and Burton W. Swayze, Jr.
WALTER J. SWEENEY.
Walter J. Sweeney, manufacturer, of Al- lentown, was born at Cape May, New Jersey, in 1877, son of Prof. Charles R. Sweeney. After he left the high school at the age of seventeen years he learned the shoe manufacturing busi- ness in Philadelphia, where he had charge for four years of the cutting department of the ex- tensive factory of P. T. Hallahan & Sons. On Feb. 22, 1912, he went to Allentown and be- came a member of the firm of William Krell Shoe Co., which employs seventy-five people, and is mentioned in Volume I of this history. He is a member of three lodges: Knights of Malta, Independent Order of America, and Woodmen of the World. In politics he is a Democrat. He was married in 1899 to Lela Ramar, whose parents reside at Allentown. They have two children: Charles P., and Andrew C. They are members of the Reformed church.
Prof. Charles P. Sweeney is the Superintend- ent of the public schools at Darby, Philadelphia ; Member of the State Board of Examiners, and one of the State's leading educators, having been interested in education all his life. He was married to Emma Stevens and they had five children: Edna; Walter J .; Ralph H. (of Philadelphia) ; James C. (deceased ) ; and Henry S. (educated in the Michigan University and now Prosecuting Attorney of Emmett county, Michigan ).
SCHULTZ FAMILY.
Gregorius Schultz was one of a large number of persons who landed at Philadelphia, Sept. 12, 1734, having fled from their native country in
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Lower Silesia, Germany, on account of religious persecution. They were Schwenkfelders, so called from Casper Schwenkfield, a Silesian noble- man. He was at one with Luther upon the issues which the latter had raised with the Roman Catholic Church, but differing with the Lutheran doctrine upon certain points of belief a new sect was established, called Schwenkfelders. Gregor- ius Schultz, upon his arrival in Pennsylvania, re- paired to Macungie, Lehigh county, where he located upon the Jordan Creek, and a few years later he removed to Upper Hanover, 'then Phil- adelphia county) and purchased a large tract of land upon which he lived the rest of his life.
Gregorius Schultz married Rosina Yeakel, daughter of David Yeakel. He died May 9, 1772, and his wife, Rosina, died M -: ch 31, 1769. Issue : six children, one of whom, David Schultz, we refer to below.
David Schultz, the second son and youngest child of Gregorius and Rosina (Yeakel) Schultz, was born Sept. 3, 1743. He was a farmer and resided in Upper Hanover, Montgomery county.
He married Oct. 6, 1772, Catherine Hart- ranft, daughter of Melichior Hartranft. He died Jan. 25, 1810, and his wife "Catherine died Aug. 27, 1804. Issue: five daughters and one son, Gabriel. Gabriel Schultz, the only son of David and Catharine (Hartranft ) Schultz, was born Jan. 28, 1789, in Upper Hanover. He married Catherine Schwab. Issue: two daughters and four sons, one of whom was Daniel S.
Daniel S. Schultz, the fourth son of Gabriel and Catharine (Schwab) ) Schultz, was born in 1823, died Aug. 25, 1895. He married Sarah Yerger, daughter of Jacob Yerger. She died in Sept., 1911. Issue: Milton, born March 18, 1849, died Dec. 26, 1857; Malinda, born Nov. IO, 1851 ; Amanda, born Nov. 8, 1858; and John G. of whom below.
JOHN G. SCHULTZ, the second son of Daniel S. and Sarah (Yerger) Schultz, was born April 3, 1867, in Colebrookdale township, Berks county. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and assisted his father on the farm. At the age of fifteen years he was in the employ of various neighborhood farmers for three years. At the age of eighteen years he became a clerk in a general store at Gabelsville where he remain- ed for two years. He then established and oper- ated a creamery at New Jerusalem, conducting it for two years, then returned to Gabelsville, where he conducted a store for seven years. In 1898 he removed to Virginsville where he con- ducted a general store for three years. In 1901 he went to Trexlertown and purchased a store and operated it for ten years, selling the business in 1911 to J. D. Schmoyer. He then engaged in
the manufacture of ladies' underwear, and now (1913), has many employees, and does an ex- tensive business. In 1901 he built his present residence in Trexlertown, on the Fogelsville road. Since Jan., 1910, he has been a member of the board of directors of the Emaus National Bank. He was the prime mover in the organiza- tion of the Trexlertown Telephone Company, is a director, and also the secretary and agent there- of. In politics he is a Democrat, was school di- rector of UpperMacungie for four years, also secretary of the board for two years. He is a member of the Lutheran church and has been its treasurer for several years.
John G. Schultz married Oct. 1, 1891, Annie B. Baer, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Bliem) Baer. She died June 27, 1906, and was interred at Boyertown. Issue: Gertrude, a graduate of the Keystone State Normal School, class of 1910; Archibald, a graduate of the Upper Macungie township school, class of 1912; and Ruth Schultz.
Rev. Christopher Schultz was born at Lower Harpersdorf, Dukedom Liegnitz, Silesia, March 26, 1718. He was the youngest son of Melchior Schultz, who was born- in 1860; had two broth- ers, George and Melchior. In the spring of 1726, owing to religious persecution, this family and others left their homes and possessions and fled the country by night, came to Berthelsdorf, in Saxony, May I. Here young Christopher was a shepherd boy, and also learned the weaver's trade. He evinced a great desire for books and learning, and after many trials and perplexities he found a kind friend and teacher in Rev. George Weiss, who taught him the languages which young Schultz mastered with astonishing alacrity. The three orphan brothers, George, Melchior, and Christopher Schultz, joined some forty Schwenkfelder families, and turned their backs upon their native land, embarked for Philadel- phia, when after a tedious voyage of about five months, they arrived Sept. 22, 1734. At an early period Christopher Schultz became a lead- ing spirit among the Schwenkfelders, and was chosen as their Gospel minister in which capacity he served faithfully and efficiently to the end of his life.
He was the chief organizer of the Schwenk- felders into a formal religious body, composing their catechism, collating their hymn book, writ- ing their constitution and a "Compendium" of religious doctrines of faith of 600 pages.
The three brothers lived together in peace and under the blessings of Providence, they had con- siderably extended their landed domains, increased their flocks, and filled their coffers, so that the
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question which once engaged the attention of Abraham and Lot, now agitated the minds of the Schultz brothers. The result was Melchior and Christopher sold out to their eldest brother, George; the former went about three miles north and bought a farm there; Christopher, having married in 1744, now bought and settled on what is at present the fine farm of Henry S. Schultz, near Clayton, Berks county. Here he lived to the end of his days.
Christopher Schultz could work on the farm, or at the loom, exercise deeds of kindness, courtesy and condescension without compromising, his never-failing dignity. His life motto was, "Soli Deo Gloria." (To God alone the honor.) His will and testament recorded dated Oct. 24, 1788, A. D., is witnessed by his friends, Abraham and Gregory Schultz, and George Kriebel. His fam- ily, all of whom survived, consisted of his wife, Rosina, a daughter of Baltzer Yeakel, and four children: Regina, Andrew, David, and Susanna.
"Father" Schultz died on the 9th of May, 1789, aged 71 years, I month, 13 days. His last words, barely audible to the family and friends, were:
"A little while and ye shall not see me, and again a little while and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father."
Andrew Schultz, son of Rev. Christopher was born Jan. 29, 1753; married Charlotte, daughter of Jeremiah Yeakel, on Nov. 21, 1776. They had issue: Christopher, born Oct. 12, 1777; Suscannah, born Dec. 13, 1778; Regina, Lorn Aug. 1, 1780; Esther, born March 14, 1783 ; Maria, born Oct. 4, 1784; Christina, born Aug. 22, 1787; Henry, born July 3, 1793.
Andrew Schultz died Feb. 5, 1802, and his wife, Charlotte, died Feb. 11, 1825.
Dr. Henry Y. Schultz, son of Andrew, was born July 3, 1793. He owned and lived upon one of the Schultz homesteads, located near the Schwenkfelder Meeting House, near East Green- ville, Pa. He was a well known veterinarian. He met with an accidental death, being thrown from a shying horse. On Nov. 6, 1825, he mar- ried Elizabeth Strunk, and died Oct. 25, 1858. They had the following children: Joel, born July 26, 1826; Susan, born April 10, 1828; Jos- eph, born April 16, 1830; Anna, born Sept. I, 1832; Aaron, born Sept. 16, 1834; William, born Oct. 21, 1836; Elizabeth, born Sept. 7, 1838; Sarah, born Oct. 13, 1840; Lydia, born April 2, 1843; Peter, born June 18, 1846; John, born Oct. 27, 1848.
William S. Schultz, son of Dr. Henry Schultz, was born Oct. 21, 1836, and lives with his daugh- ter, Laura, wife of Elmer E. Bitting, at East Greenville. He was a carpenter and also fol-
lowed butchering. Early in life he was a Schwenk- felder, but later became a member of the Re- formed Church. His wife was Anna Hangen, daughter of Peter Hangen. She was born Dec. 25, 1834, and died May 4, 1898, aged 63 years and four months. Their children were: Annie, who married Irwin Gerhart; Olivia, who died in her fifth year; Amanda, who married William Ritter, of Allentown ; Laura, who married Elmer E. Bitting; and James H.
JAMES H. SCHULTZ, son of William S. Schultz, of Allentown, Pa., was born at East Greenville, Montgomery county, Pa., June 17, 1874. He was educated in the public schools of East Greenville. He learned cigar making at the age of sixteen years and continued in this voca- tion for three years. Later he was employed with C. M. Cawley, of Allentown, for six months. In 1903, he engaged in the butcher business at the corner of Fifteenth and Liberty streets, where he has since continued. He resides at 1525 Lib- erty street. Mr. Schultz is a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle and Knights of the Mystic Chain. He and his family are members of the Reformed Church.
On April 25, 1899, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Fryer, daughter of Amos and Mary (Master) Fryer, who reside at Shimersville, and a granddaughter of George Fryer: Her maternal grandfather was David Master, of Harlem, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Schultz have no issue. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Freyer had these children: Ambrose, Ammon, Alfred, Emma, and Elizabeth. George Freyer had six children: Amos, Charlotte, Mary, Catharine, Aaron, and Ephraim.
Dr. Joseph S. Schultz, son of Dr. Henry Y., was born April 16, 1830, and at the time of his death resided near the Zionsville railroad station. He was a veterinary surgeon and followed his fa- ther's practice. Mr. Schultz was popular in his community and was the organizer of the old Greenville Band and for seven years its leader. This band was famous in its days, having filled many engagements. Mr. Schultz was a Menno- nite at the time of his death, which occurred in May, 1901, at the age of 71 years, and was bur- ied at the Zionsville Mennonite church.
His wife was Ellemina Stauffer, daughter of Joseph Stauffer. Mrs. Schultz was born in 1833 and now resides with her children. To Mr. and Mrs. Schultz were born children, as follows: Horace S., born Nov. 4, 1856; Susan, married Daniel Foster, of Shimersville; Emma, married Jacob Kuntz, a notary public at East Greenville, Pa .; Ellmira, born 1863, died single; William, resides in Philadelphia; Ella, married Thomas Walker, of Catasauqua.
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HORACE S. SCHULTZ, son of Joseph S. Schultz, proprietor of the Schultz Music House, of Al- lentown, Pa., was born Nov. 4, 1856. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Hosensack and East Greenville. At an early age he displayed musical talents and consequently his education was directed along musical lines. He received his early instructions from Professor Harry Bechtel, and at the age of fifteen years he was engaged in teaching music. Later he studied the tuning of instruments and the latter profes- sion increased to such an extent that it necessi- ated the abandoning of music teaching. He was engaged in the profession of instrument tuning for more than thirty years, and in the fall of 1907, he became the head of H. S. Schultz & Company Music House, located at 41 South Sev- enth street. The firm employs eight people, car- ries a full line of musical instruments and enjoys a lucrative trade.
In politics, Mr. Schultz is a Republican, and served two terms as a member of the common council of the Third ward, Allentown.
Mr. Schultz and family are active church members and he is the present organist of the Salem Evangelical church, at Fourteenth and Linden streets. He served similar positions in connection with being choir master, in the Pres- byterian church of Allentown, for eleven years; Mennonite church, at Zionsville; Chestnut Hill ; Zion Hill; Trumbauersville; Applebacksville ; and Quakertown. Mr. Schultz served in these various churches for forty years. He is popular in his profession and was connected with the Al- lentown Band for seventeen years.
In 1878 he was married to Rebecca D. Stoudt, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Derr) Stoudt. They have five children, namely: Laura, who married Alvin M. Stover, of Philadelphia, Pa .; Herbert A., of Trenton, N. J .; Victor B .; Ray H .; and Wallace H., of Allentown, Pa.
JOHN TAYLOR.
John Taylor, a son of James and Ann E. ( Brebner) Taylor, was born in Tarland in Aber- deenshire, Scotland, June 7, 1857. He was the president and treasurer of John Taylor & Com- pany, Inc., department store; a director of the Allentown National Bank; the Lehigh Valley Trust Company; and was connected with other enterprises of Allentown, Pa. The family of Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor consisted of these chil- dren : Elizabeth, who married a Mr. Thompson; Robert, who is also married; James; David E., who married Mary McDougall, of Pittston, Pa., and has two children, Gordon and Esson; Wil- liam; Charles, who is married and resides in
Scotland; and John. Of these David E., Wil- liam and John came to America.
John Taylor received his early education in the public schools of his native town, and later went to Aberdeen, Scotland, in order to become versed in mercantile systems and methods. He was em- ployed as a clerk in a dry goods store, continuing in that position for three years, and in 1875 emi- grated to America, locating at Scranton, Pa. At Scranton he secured employment as a salesman in the dry goods store of Lindsay & Liddel, continu- ing in that service four years at the end of which time he was made manager of their store at Pitts- ton, Pa. He had charge of the establishment at this place until 1883, when he removed to Dan- ville, Pa., where he took charge of a dry goods store until 1886, when he came to Allentown, and had since been a factor in the business life of the city. Together with John Clelland, John Simpson, and his brother, D. E. Taylor, he en- tered a dry goods enterprise and occupied a small store, with only two thousand feet of floor space, located at the southeast corner of the "Square." The prosperity of the business soon necessitated larger quarters and consequently they removed to a building owned by Charles Ruhe, containing six thousand feet of floor space. The continued growth of the business demanded still larger quarters and they occupied two buildings, which gave them a corner situation, and is a four-story building with thirty-five thousand feet of floor space. Here they conducted an extensive trade. In 1896, Messrs. Clelland and Simpson retired, and the firm name was then changed to John Taylor & Co. The business continued thus until 1903, when it was incorporated with Mr. Taylor as its president and treasurer, and continued with marked success.
Mr. Taylor was affiliated with the Republican party, was public spirited, and took an active in- terest in the city's welfare. He was an ex-presi- dent of the Livingston Club, the leading social club of the city and county, and was identified with the Masonic Fraternity and the Elks. He died Nov. 20, 1914.
Mr. Taylor was united in marriage with Miss Annie E. Miller, a daughter of James and Ellen ( Hittle) Miller, who lived in Stroudsburg, Pa. Their children are: a son, John Roderick, and a daughter, Elizabeth B. Taylor. Mrs. Taylor's two younger sisters are Cora and Jeanette. The former is the wife of Reginald Longnecker, of Allentown, and they have two children; Mar- jorie and Doris.
DAVID THOMAS FAMILY.
David Thomas, the founder of one of the Thomas families in Pennsylvania, was born in the parish of Neath, County of Clamorgan, South
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Wales, Nov. 3, 1794. He was the son of David and Jane Thomas.
David Thomas, Sr., was a highly respectable man, and although a dissenter, he held the office of church warden for some years, and was over- seer of the poor of his parish for sixteen years. He was a consistent member of the "Independent" Religion Community at Maesyrhaf Chapel for forty years, and his wife who survived him twen- ty years, was for sixty years a member of the same organization.
Young David's religion and moral training was of the strictest kind. Being the only son his parents afforded him the best education their means would allow. He soon outstripped all his schoolmates, owing to his industry and persever- ance. He was of very studious habits and his thirst for knowledge had created an ambition, which farming operations failed to satisfy.
At the age of 17 years, he entered the employ of the Neath Abbey Iron Works. For five years he worked in the fitting shops, and at the blast furnaces, and so well did he master the business, that in 1817 he was made general superintendent of the blast furnaces and the iron and coal mines of the Yniscedwyn Iron Works in the Swansea Valley.
Mr. Thomas remained in that position for al- most 22 years, working his furnaces successfully, meanwhile constantly experimenting with anthra- cite coal as a smelting fuel. He ultimately suc- ceeded by means of introducing a hot blast into the furnace.
In 1839 he was offered an engagement for five years in the United States, which he accepted, and soon after his arrival the Crane Iron Com- pany, of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, was organ- ized, a furnace was constructed and successfully managed under the supervision of Mr. Thomas. To his is justly due the credit of having built the first anthracite blast furnace.
In 1854 the Thomas Iron Company was form- ed, and the substantial works at Hokendauqua commenced. In 1855 he relinquished the super- intendence of the Crane Iron Works, and de- voted a portion of his time to the development of the work at Hokendauqua, which bear his hon- ored name.
Mr. Thomas was also a stockholder in the Carbon Iron Company, and the rolling mills at Catasauqua and Ferndale, of which he was presi- dent many years. He was for many years presi- dent of the Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad, and a director of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and also a director of the National Bank of Cat- asauqua. He was a man of uncommon activity and vitality.
In religion he was a Presbyterian, and no
sooner had be become settled in his new home in 1839, than he erected a small chapel which was followed by the organization of the Presbyterian Church, of which he was made ruling elder, which office he held until his death.
During the Civil War his influence and means were devoted to the Union cause. At the time of his death he was the oldest American iron- master in length of service, and was regarded as a leading authority on all matters pertaining to the trade. He contributed greatly to the building up of the iron industries of the country, and his name will be held in grateful remembrance by American iron manufacturers.
Among the people of the Lehigh Valley he left a notable reputation. Of him it may be truly said, he went down to the grave "full of riches, full of honor and full of years."
He died June 20, 1882, in the 88th year of his age.
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He married Miss Elizabeth Hopkins, daughter of John Hopkins, born Sept. 26, 1794, at Gilven- dre, South Wales, England. She died at Cat asauqua, July 9, 1888. Issue: Jane, born May I, 1820; Gwenny, born Feb. 27, 1824; and Samuel, John, and David.
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