History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. III, Part 110

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: 854

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The property is now owned by Col. H. C. Trexler. In Lehigh county he became interested in real estate and was a successful operator. He was a progressive and enterprising man. He was noted for his many acts of charity and took a great interest in poor boys and contributed liber- ally to their education. He was a great lover of home and family. He was a Democrat and a member of the Masonic Fraternity and of Zion Reformed church. He lived retired in Allentown until his decease, Aug. 13, 1895. He was interred in the Allentown cemetery.

Reuben Troxell married, Sept. 11, 1866, Caro- line Amelia Haines, daughter of Isaac and Han- nah (Walbert) Haines, of Upper Macungie township. She now resides with her daughter, Mrs. Ida L. Loose, in Allentown. Their chil- dren were: Lillian M .; Ida Louise; and Joseph I. P. Troxell, a druggist in Philadelphia. He married Lillian Christian, and has a son, Reuben Jr.

Lillian M. was educated in the public schools and Allentown College for Women, graduating in 1886. She then became an art student at the college, and also in New York, becoming an art-

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ist of note. She was proficient in oil, pastel, water color, crayon and china painting. In her moth- er's home are to be seen many evidences of her artistic skill. She married E. R. Hurd, of Nick- erson, Kansas. She died at St. Joseph's Hospi- tal in Philadelphia, on August 23, 1903. Issue: Beatrice and James Hurd.

Ida Louise was also educated in the public schools and the Allentown Woman's College. She became proficient in both music and art. She married Harry B. Loose, who is connected with the L. V. Railroad Company at Allentown. Is- sue : Henry F., and Joseph, both students.

Aaron Troxell, son of Peter, fourth, was born Jan. 23, 1815. He spent his youth on the farm and as a young man went to Philadelphia and became a tailor. He later came to Allentown, and went into the general clothing business, first at Sixth and Hamilton and later at 607 Hamil- ton street. He was a member of the town council in 1847 and 1848, and in 1853 was commissioned county treasurer. He was one of the founders of the Allentown College for Women and one of its first trustees in 1867 ; a charter member of Allen Lodge, No. 71, I. O. O. F .; a member of St. John's Reformed church, and of Barger Lodge, No. 333, P. V. A. M .; Allen Chapter, No. 203, R. A. M .; and Allen Commandery, No. 20, K. T. Mr. Troxell married, Sept. 3, 1837, Angelina, daughter of John Jarrett. Mrs. Troxell died May 1, 1892. They had five chil- dren, a son and daughter, who died in childhood ; Mrs. Alfred G. Saeger ; Mrs. Francis K. Smith ; and Mrs. Thomas W. Saeger. Mr. Troxell died May 8, 1901.

David Troxell, son of Peter, fourth, was born Aug. 19, 1819, and died Aug. 6, 1881. He mar- ried, first, Mary Schaadt, and second, Hettie Schaadt. He was a farmer and first located at Cementon and later near the Iron Bridge in South Whitehall. He is buried at the Jordan Reformed church, of which congregation he was a deacon, trustee and elder. Their children are: Alex- ander ; Oscar L .; Eli D .; Alfred; Frank, de- ceased ; Sarah, wife of Henry Yundt; Elmira, wife of Elias Guth; Louisa, wife of Rev. Frank Guth ; and Alice, wife of Van. Koehler.

ELI D. TROXELL was born in Whitehall town- ship, Aug. 18, 1848. He attended the public schools and the Allentown Academy, and worked on his father's farm and later was engaged in truck farming for himself. In 1886 he pur- chased the Koehler farm at Egypt, where he has been residing ever since and which he is farming at the present time. He improved the farm by erecting a new barn and house in 1886, with an additional new house in 1901. His farm is rich in sand deposit, which material is used for brick,

cement or plastering. Mr. Troxell has been en- gaged in the sand business for the last twenty-five years. He is a member of the Reformed church at Egypt and held the offices of deacon and elder.

He married Emma, a daughter of John and Lydia (Litzenberger) Koch, and they have a daughter, Lillie M., who was twice married, first to Frank Schaeffer, deceased and second to Samuel Haas.

Alexander P. Troxell, son of David, was born in South Whitehall in 1845. He carried on the butchering business for a number of years, and later purchased a 70-acre farm between the Iron Bridge and Meyersville, recently owned by Dal- las Frankenfield, where he carried on butcher- ing as well as farming, and conducted a meat market near the Lafayette Hotel, in Allentown. He also dealt in cattle and supplied the Allen- town butchers with cattle from New York. He served two terms as poor director of the county, having been elected on the Democratic ticket, and in religion affiliated with the Reformed church. He married Mary, daughter of Daniel and Eliza- beth (Colver) Frey, of South Whitehall. Mrs. Troxell died Jan. 21, 1913, aged 70 years. They had two children: Bertha, wife of Frank Mc- Intosh, of Allentown, and Alexander P.

ALEXANDER P. TROXELL was born May 24, 1883, in South Whitehall. He was educated in the public schools and learned the trade of bar- ber at Allentown at the age of fifteen years. He then clerked in stores and for two years was travelling salesman for a furniture house. At the age of 23, he made a European trip for his health, and subsequently became manager of one of S. J. Singer & Son's clothing stores at Allen- town. In 1911 he purchased the Edward Miller bakery at 720 Gordon street, which he conducted as the Star bakery and made a specialty of Moth- er's homemade bread until in 1913, when he sold out. He is a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church ; Allentown Castle, No. 55, K. G. E .; Lecha Monk Tribe, No. 201, I. O. R. M .; the Lehigh Saengerbund, and the Liberty Fire Com- pany. In politics he is a Republican, and has held several offices in the Tenth ward.

Ephraim Troxell, fourth son of Peter, fourth, was born Feb. 1, 1823, and died at Wilkes- Barre, May 11, 1903. In 1856 he removed from Fogelsville to Wilkes-Barre, and became identi- fied with many business enterprises there. He was one of the early promoters of the Harvey's Lake trolley line, and built a summer home at Harvey's Lake. He owned large tracts at the lake and at Clifton, and was interested in mining, in the North Street Bridge Company, and other enterprises. He was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal church. Mr. Troxell mar-

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ried, Feb. 18, 1845, Caroline A., daughter of Solomon and Anna (Stahler) Fogel, of Fogels- ville. Mrs. Troxell died Aug. 4, 1901. They had one son and one daughter.

Dr. Edgar R. Troxell, of West Pittston, mar- ried Maria Nugent, and has six children, Helen, Margaret, Edgar R., George, Elsie, and Gil- bert. Clementine Rosa Troxell, daughter of Ephraim, resides at Wilkes-Barre. She is a life member of the Wyoming Historical and Ge- ological Society, and the Lehigh County His- torical Society, and a member of the National Society D. A. R., the Huguenot Society, and the Y .- W. C. A., of Wilkes-Barre.

Daniel Troxell, the second son of Peter Trox- ell, second, (1724-1811), received from his fa- ther in 1783, a tract of 189 acres, and in 1790 a tract of sixty-two acres. On the first tract he erected in 1800, a substantial stone house, still standing and occupied by his great-grandson, James F. The house is thirty by forty feet, with an addition, twenty feet square. The barn on the tract was built in 1804 by Peter, the son. Daniel Troxell died in 1814, leaving a widow, Maria Veronica, and three children, Peter, Elizabeth, born April 5, 1777, died Sept. 15, 1831, who married, in 1795, John Blank, and Catharine, born Nov. 14, 1779, who mar- ried, June 17, 1798, John Biery.

Peter Troxell, the son, was born Sept. I, 1775, and died, Aug. 3, 1841. He farmed the land he inherited and built the house and barn on the north side of the Jordan, now owned by the Lewis D. Hunsicker estate. He was tre- quently designated by the nickname "Schnitz Peter," and was a well known and popular man in the vicinity. He was buried at Jordan church. He married Magdalena Siegfried, who was born Jan. 1, 1780, and died Feb. 20, 1860. They had ten children: Phoebe, who married Henry Jo, and moved to Indiana; Hannah, wife of Thomas Worman; Ursula, who married ( I) Elias Guth, (2) a Mr. Schlough, and (3) Rev. Yingst; Lydia, wife of Adam Troxell; Jere- miah, of Trexlertown, who married Eliza, daughter of Peter Troxell, and had children, Israel, Rose, and Alice; Isaac, who moved West; James; Abraham, Esq., of Columbia county, who died July 9, 1850; Peter, who mar- ried Leah Fenstermacher, and Magdalena, who married Joseph Guth, a tanner, and had two children : Mrs. App, and Mrs. Nolf.

James Troxell, son of Peter, was born March 14, 1816. He was a farmer all his life and con- ducted the homestead farm. He built a farm house near Jordan Bridge on the property now owned by Uriah Seidel. He was a supervisor and a member of the Jordan Reformed church.

He served all the offices in that church and was on the building committee, when the church was remodeled. He died June 19, 1897, aged 81 years. He married, March 14, 1841, Maria Troxell, born Oct. 28, 1820, died Dec. 21, 1889, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Hittel) Trox- ell. Mr. and Mrs. Troxell had four children, as follows: Phaon, born July 12, 1842, who married Amanda Biery, and resides on Ninth street, Allentown; James F .; Salinda, born May I, 1852, who married Lewis D. Hunsicker, and Albert J., of Melrose, born Oct. 9, 1849.

JAMES F. TROXELL, son of James and Maria Troxell, and a retired farmer, was born Sep- tember 3, 1845. He was born on the family homestead, which continues in the Troxell name since 1742. Mr. Troxell acquired his educa- tion in the public schools. He began farming in 1867 and in 1889 he came into possession of his father's property. The farm consists of 109 acres and is conducted by his son, Harvey T., since 1905, at which time the father retired. Mr. Troxell is a Democrat and served as a school di- rector of South Whitehall township for seven years and as a road commissioner for another seven years. He is a director of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Lehigh county since 1896. He is a member of the Jordan Reformed church, in which church he held the offices of deacon, elder, and treasurer for many years, ren- dering it valuable services.

On Oct. 21, 1866, he married Elemina Koch, a daughter of Samuel Koch. Mrs. Troxell died July 20, 1912, in her 68th year of age. Their children are: Edwin J., a shipping clerk of Al- lentown; Annie, wife of Uriah Seidel; Ellen, wife of David DeLong; William G., of Guth's Station; Sarah, wife of Jonas Kuhns; Charles T., a bookkeeper for Gomery Bros., and resid- ing at Guth's Station; Harvey J., and Mary, wife of Edgar Wenner. .

EDWIN J. TROXELL, son of James F., was born at Troxell's Crossing, June 30, 1867. He work- ed upon the farm until in 1895, and then he came to Allentown where he now resides at 1335 Turner street. The first ten years after his removal to Allentown he was employed by the Krall Furniture Company but since 1903 he is employed by the Yeager Furniture Company as shipping clerk. Mr. Troxell is a member of these lodges: Allen Council No. 753, Independ- ent Order Americans; Allentown Castle No. 55, K. G. E., and he and family are members of the Reformed Church. On Sept. 28, 1895, he married Amanda Lorish, daughter of Reuben and Caroline (Schneck) Lorish. They have these children : James R. and Frank Troxell.

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WILLIAM G. TROXELL, proprietor of the ho- tel and store at Guth's Station, was born on the Troxell homestead, July 31, 1872. He was reared upon the farm and received his education in the public schools. At the age of 21 years he commenced to work in a cement mill, continuing there for eighteen months, and later was team- ster for a furniture factory in Allentown for five years. For nine years he was engaged as a foreman at Troxell's stone quarry, under lease of Ziegenfus & Heilberger, and in October, 1909, he took possession of the store and hotel at Guth's Station. He is connected with the fol- lowing organizations: J. O. U. A. M., K. G. E., P. O. S. of A. and the Royal Order of Buffaloes. He is a member of the Jordan Reformed church and served as a deacon.

On Dec. 23, 1893, he married Annie Miller, daughter of Calvin and Tevillia ( Deshler) Mil- ler. Their children are Bessie E., Arthur C., and Helen M.

Harvey J. Troxell was born on the home- stead, Jan. 28, 1878. He lived on the homestead during all this time with the exception of dur- ing 1905, when he worked at Sieger's Mill. In 1903 he was married to Lizzie Ruch, a daughter of John Ruch. They have an only daughter, Miriam M.

CHARLES T. TROXELL, of Guth's Station, was born Jan. 8, 1877, in South Whitehall. He was educated in the public schools and graduated from the South Whitehall schools in 1896 and the American Business College in 1898. He also took a course in surveying and civil engineer- ing with the Scranton Correspondence School and in 1904 utilized that preparation with the firm of Lelu and Bascom. He was then employed for three years and a half with the Krall Furniture Company and then entered the employ of the American Steel & Wire Company. In 1905 he became head bookkeeper with the firm of Gomery Bros., wholesale produce dealers. Mr. Troxell lives on a 461/2-acre farm at Guth's Station, for- merly the Jacob Fritz homestead, upon which he erected the present barn in 1912. He is a mem- ber of the Jordan Reformed church and of the F. O. E. He married, June 6, 1905, Perma, daughter of David and Kate (Fritz) Wert- man, of South Whitehall.

John Troxell, third son of Peter, second, was a farmer in the township and he and his wife, Catharine, had children: Daniel, born Oct. 20, 1787, and Salome, born May 2, 1795.

Jacob Troxell, fourth son of Peter, second, married, Aug. 10, 1786, Anna Margaret, daugh- ter of Joseph Eberhard. He secured 128 acres from his father in 1783, situated along the "Huckleberry Ridge." He had children: Su-

sanna, born Jan. 1I, 1786, married Conrad Kerschner; Daniel, born March 26, 1788; John Jacob, born Jan. 30, 1789, and Anna Barbara, born June 28, 1790.

Lorentz Troxell, fifth son of Peter, second, was born in 1767, and secured from his father 104 acres in the north side of the Jordan in 1790, where he built a stone house, still standing. He was for some years an inn-keeper. He married, Dec. 3, 1793, Christina Reichard, and had four children. He died Sept. 20, 1826. One of his daughters married Abraham Diehl. His son, John Troxell, was a carpenter, cabinet-maker, and undertaker, and was frequently called "Shriner John," to distinguish him from "Du- vok John." He lived at Mechanicsville and married Salome, born 1798, died 1867, daughter of Peter Mickley. He had six children : Owen, Thomas, Edwin, Mary Ann, born 1821, died 1883, wife of Capt. Thomas Ruch ; Mrs. Edwin Snyder, and Mrs. Wert.

Owen Troxell, born Nov. 8, 1822, died March 3, 1891, was a tanner and lived at Me- chanicsville, where he later engaged in butcher- ing. He married Angelina Moyer, and had sev- en children : Levan S., John, Lewis, Ellen, wife of Albert Peters, of Philadelphia; Sarah, wife of Jonas Buck; Joseph, single; and Mary, wife of Clinton Moyer.

Levan S. Troxell, of Allentown, was born June 9, 1850, near Egypt. He is a carpenter by occupation, having learned that trade at the age of eighteen years and is a member of the Reformed Church. He married Louisa, daugh- ter of Charles and Mary (Gutekunst ) Geidner. She was born Jan. 22, 1855 and died Jan. 5, 1899. They had ten children : Charles O .; Harry F .; William H .; Howard M .; Clara S., wife of Samuel Reinhard; Florence M. E., wife of Morris Christman; Fred L .; Edwin J .; Es- ther A., wife of Charles Esterly, and Hattie E.

WILLIAM H. TROXELL, a member of the part- nership of Troxell Brothers, Allentown, was born in that city April 28, 1877. He attended the city schools and began to work in a silk mill at the age of twelve years, continuing there until nineteen years old, when he learned the shoemaking trade. The latter trade he has fol- lowed ever since as a member of the Troxell Brothers partnership, located at 347 North Sev- enth Street. They do model shoe repairing and employ two men.

Mr. Troxell is a member of Allen Council, Independent Order of America, St. James Com- mandery, Knights of Malta, of which he is a past commander, and the Order of Buffaloes. He is a member of St. Andrew's Reformed

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church, and has been the secretary of the infant department since its organization.

On May 28, 1909, he was married to Mabel Knoll, daughter of Willoughby and Lydia (Heilman) Knoll. Their children are: Naomi Ruth and Paul William.

HOWARD M. TROXELL, a member of the firm of Troxell Brothers, of Allentown, was born in this city, Aug. 6, 1879. His education was ob- tained in the public schools of the city and at an early age he commenced work in a silk mill, continuing there until fifteen years old, when he learned the shoemaking trade and has fol- lowed it since.

He is a member of Allen Council, Independ- ent Order of America, St. James Commandery Knights of Malta, and the Order of Buffaloes, and a member of St. Andrew's Reformed church.

On April 6, 1906 he was married to Meda V. Mohr, daughter of Tilghman and Elizabeth (Shedenberger) Mohr. These children were born to them: Harold T., Verna V., and Hazel E.

The second branch of the Troxell family in Lehigh county, is descended from John Troxell, who was born in Switzerland in 1690, and emi- grated to America on the ship Samuel, arriving at Philadelphia on Aug. 30, 1737. He settled at Egypt, where he warranted a tract of 250 acres on Oct. 28, 1737. He was a member of Egypt Reformed church and with his wife, Mary, was active in church work. He died be- fore fulfilling all the conditions necessary to se- cure the land he had warranted and it was then secured by his sons. . His eldest son, John Peter Troxell, was born April 3, 1719, and was aged 18 on his arrival in America. He was natural- ized Sept. 26, 1748, and secured the land war- ranted by his father, with additional tracts, upon which he erected in 1756, a large stone house, near Coplay creek, at Egypt, which still stands, and in 1758, a stone barn, 85 by 37 feet, which was torn down in 1874. In this house services were frequently held by the Reformed congre- gation. Later he removed to Gwynedd town- ship, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) county, and Peter Steckel occupied the farm. On May 20, 1768, Steckel purchased the property of 410 acres for £1, 4s, 20d. In 1776, Troxell owned 170 acres, a grist-mill, and saw-mill in Gwynedd and sold it to Samuel Wheeler, and removed to Maryland. He died Jan. 25, 1799, and is buried at Tom's Creek, Md. His first wife was Anna Barbara, born 1723, daughter of John Nicholas Saeger. She died about 1750, leaving two children, John and Anna Barbara. His sec- ond wife, Catharine Maria Magdalena Schreib-

er, daughter of John Jacob, and Anna Magda- lena (Roth) Schreiber, was born Jan. 6, 1737, and died Jan. 9, 1806. She had seven children.

The eldest son of John Peter was John, born Sept. 17, 1747, died April 21, 1830. He mar- ried Elizabeth Martin, of Germantown, and lived near Emmitsburg, Md. The daughter by the first wife, Anna Barbara, was born Sept. 12, 1748, and died Sept. 15, 1823. She married Matthias Martin.

The children of the second wife were: Mary Magdalena, born May 17, 1761, died Dec. 5, 1825, married Christian Kuhn; Jacob, born 1765, died 1807, married Magdalena Crushion ; Elizabeth, born Feb. 6, 1767, died Feb. 18, 1809, married Peter Krise; Peter, born Oct. 23, 1768, died Dec. 4, 1856; Maria, born Feb. 15, 1771, died Aug. 4, 1794; George, born Feb. 27, 1773, died Jan. 20, 1832, married Elizabeth Crabbs, and Frederick, born Feb. 20, 1779, died Jan. I, 1853, married Catharine Wilson.

The other sons of John Troxell, Sr., were Nicholas and Michael. They secured 200 acres of land in Whitehall on Oct. 20, 1760, and were naturalized April 10, 1761. Michael Troxell later removed to Gwynedd, where he died in 1772. He and his wife, Anna Margaret, had these children: Juliana, John, Ann Mary, Nich- olas, Margaret, Magdalena, Peter, Catharine, Jacob, Henry, Michael, Christian, and Ann.

Nicholas Troxell remained in Whitehall town- ship, where he farmed his land lying north of Egypt. He died April 27, 1797, aged 72 years. He and his wife, Catharine, had nine children, among them Adam, Magdalena, Eva, and Peter. Magdalena married John Horn and Eva, born June 1, 1768, died April 22, 1840, married John Stafflet and had five children. Peter Troxell, son of Nicholas, died in Heidelberg township in 1816. He married Sibilla Veronica Hecker, who was born July 6, 1767, and died March 8, 1844. They had six children: Magdalena, born Sept. 8, 1790, married Jacob Jones; John, born Oct. 4, 1788; Peter, born Sept. 25, 1792; Susanna; Catharine, born March 6, 1795, and Solomon.

Adam Troxell, son of Nicholas, married (1) Anna Maria Hecker, born July 22, 1759, died Oct. 1I, 1812, and (2) Mrs. Eva Catharine Kern, nee Geiger, born Jan. 13, 1760, died Aug. 23, 1829. They had six children :

I. Nicholas Troxell, born Oct. 29, 1780, died Aug. 6, 1829. He married, in 1804, Maria Heller, born April 29, 1786, died June 18, 1856, and had four sons and six daughters.

2. Peter Troxell, born Dec. 30, 1781, died Dec. 11, 1830. He married, in 1806, Christina Koch, born in 1785, died Jan. 3, 1866, and had five children.

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3. Christian Troxell, born May 1, 1784, died Sept. 1, 1827. He married Barbara Horn, and had nine children.

4. Hannah, born Oct. 7, 1787, died March 17, 1819, married Feb. 21, 1804, Rev. John Go- brecht.

5. Jonas Troxell, born March 26, 1793, mar- ried Sarah Geiger and removed to Maryland.

6. Stephen, born Dec. 29, 1798.

Nicholas Troxell, eldest son of Adam, had ten children: Maria, born Feb. 11, 1805 ; Eliza- beth, born Aug. 24, 1806; Adam, born Feb. 17, 1808; Sarah, born Oct. 25, 1809, died Nov. 22, 1879, married Reuben Schreiber; Charles, born Sept. 6, 1811 ; Catharine, born March 26, 1813; Lydia, born Feb. 27, 1815; Susanna, born May 2, 1817, married Tilghman H. Troxell; Joseph, born Nov. 20, 1820, died Sept. 25, 1888, married Christianna Schreiber, and Nicholas, born Sept. 28, 1822.

Adam Troxell, the eldest son, born Feb. 17, 1808, died April 23, 1879, married Lydia Trox- ell, daughter of Peter Troxell, and Magdalena Siegfried. He lived above Egypt on the road to Ballietsville.

They had the following children: Sally Ann, born July 5, 1832; Kitty Ann, born Jan. 22, 1836; Louis I., born Mar. 7, 1838; Edmond T., born Mar. 14, 1840; Mary J., born June 24, 1841 ; Silas, born Nov. 12, 1845 ; Lucus, born Jan. 28, 1848; William A., born Dec. 15, 1849, and Lydia E., born Feb. 27, 1853.

Louis I. Troxell died March 19, 1911, aged 73 years, and 22 days, and is buried on the Egypt Cemetery. Mr. Troxell and his wife had the following children: Lillie, who married Jesse Warmkessel; Emma L., who married Wilson Butz; Cora, who married Irwin Koch; Oliver A .; Eva, who married Victor Schwartz, of Sie- gersville, and Minnie M., who married Harvey Snyder, of Fullerton.

OLIVER A. TROXELL, of Mickleys, Pa., was born Dec. 17, 1872, and was educated in the schools of Whitehall township and later at the American Business College, at Allentown. He entered the employ of F. G. Kurtz Furniture Company, of Fullerton, and continued in their employ for three years. In 1898 he engaged in the bakery business and continued this trade for twelve years-two years at Fullerton and ten years at Egypt. In 1912 he took possession of the homestead at Mickleys. He was a member of the Mickleys Choir for twenty-two years and also served as librarian in Sunday school.

Mr. Troxell is a member of the Fullerton Beneficial Society. On Sept. 30, 1893 he was married to Miss Sadie M. George, a daughter of Henry and Rosa (Schaadt) George, of Ruchs-

ville. They have two sons: George O. and Charles H.

Nicholas Troxell was a farmer who resided in North Whitehall township, between Egypt and Ballietsville. His wife was a Heller, and they had eight children: three sons, Adam, Nicholas and Joseph ; and five daughters, Mrs. Ruch, Mrs. Reuben Schreiber, Mrs. Tilghman Troxell, Mrs. Steckel and Mrs. Mickley. They were mem- bers of the Egypt church and there the parents were buried.

Joseph Troxell, the youngest son of Nicholas, was born in North Whitehall and there he at- tended the public school and learned the trade of shoemaker, which he followed at Catasauqua. He was married to Christianna Schreiber, and they had four children : Alfred M., Joseph N., Emma E., and Jerusha, married Martin Eckert. They were members of Mickley's church and there they were buried.

Alfred M. Troxell, elder son of Joseph, was born at Catasauqua, on Oct. 6, 1844, and there he attended school. When eighteen years old learned the trade of blacksmith, but he found that he could not follow it on account of the injurious effect of sulphur on his health. Then he directed his attention to shoemaking, with which he was more or less brought up in his father's shop, and he had become so proficient in it by that time that he was enabled to make a new pair of shoes during the first day of his new undertaking. He conducted a shoe shop at Front street, Catasauqua, until 1906, when he removed to Egypt and there he has continued in the busi- ness until the present time. In politics he is a Democrat, and as such has attended county con- ventions as a delegate and served as a school director in Allen township, and also as commit- teeman. He is a member of the P. O. S. of A.

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. III, Part 110

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: 854

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: 854