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Henry L. Wasser, son of Frank and Leah ( Hower) Wasser, was born in Allentown, Nov. 27, 1871. He received his education in the public schools of his native place and at the age of fourteen years he started to work in Shimers'
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hosiery mill in Allentown. The following year, 1889, he entered the employ of W. F. Mosser & Son, as an apprentice and later worked in all of the departments of the foundry and on the death of his father in 1907, succeeded him as foreman of the plant, having under his super- vision fifty men. He and family are members of Grace Evangelical church, in Allentown, and he is a member of the following social organiza- tions: Knights of Malta and the Knights of Friendship. On May 30, 1899 he was married to Katie A. Seip, a daughter of Reuben and Susan (Barto) Seip. They reside at 1423 Gor- don street, Allentown, Pa.
WALTER LEISENRING WATSON.
Walter Leisenring Watson, the superin- tendent and general manager of the Clear Spring Water Co., at Catasauqua, was born in Mon- trose, Susquehanna county, Penna., March 31, 1870, and is of Scotch descent. The Watson family is one of the old and honored English families. The name appears frequently in the literary, scientific and ecclesiastical annals of Great Britain. John Watson, a great uncle of Walter Leisenring Watson, founded the John Watson University of Edinburgh, and also en- dowed the University of Edinburgh. The founder of the American Watson family was Walter Watson, who migrated from Scotland in the first quarter of the Nineteenth Century and settled along the Hudson river in New York, where he stayed for some time and then returned again to Scotland. His son, Walter, who was born in Scotland in 1819, remained in America, and after his father's return to his native coun- try purchased a tract of one hundred and fifty acres in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, and erected a homestead which still remains in pos -. session of the family. He married Candace Hammond, and to them were born seven chil- dren: William, was twice married and had two children, Edward and Gertrude; Willoughby W .; Candace, who married and was the mother of two daughters; Culley, married to Orrie Washburn; Rose, married to Daniel Hanna; John; and Delia, married to Charles Tyler.
Willoughby W. Watson, the father of Walter Leisenring, was born in New Milford, Susque- hanna county, in 1842. He acquired his education in the public schools, began teaching at an early age and when only nineteen years was superin- tendent of the schools of Susquehanna county. He studied law in the office of Judge Fitch and subsequently became a partner of his preceptor. He soon became one of the leaders of the Susque- hanna Bar. In 1875 he was elected State Sena- tor, being the first Republican Senator elected
from the district. In 1883 he removed to Scran- ton and continued to practice law. Mr. Watson is not only a lawyer of high standing, but also a business man and financier. He is vice-presi- dent of the Trader's National Bank of Scranton, President of the Pennsylvania Casualty Company of Scranton, director of the Cement National Bank of Siegfried's, Pa., the Clear Spring Water Co. of Catasauqua, and of the Whitehall Port- land Cement Co. He is married to Annie Kem- merer, and they have six children: Walter L .; Charles ; Gertrude, who died in infancy ; Albert, married to Mabel Wheeler ; Annie, and Candace.
Walter Leisenring Watson was born at Mon- trose, Susquehanna county, Pa., March 31, 1870. He received his preliminary training in the pub- lic schools and the Scranton Preparatory School, after which he entered Swarthmore College, tak- ing the course of civil and mining engineering, and was graduated with the class of 1893. After graduation he accepted a position of mining en- gineer with the Mt. Jessup Coal Co. He re- mained with them for about a year, when he re- signed to accept the position of mining engineer and assistant superintendent of the Mid Valley Coal Company, at Mt. Carmel, in whose employ he continued for six years. In 1897 he came to Cementon, Lehigh county, and was superin- tendent of the Whitehall Water Co., and White- hall Land Improvement Co., and had charge of the construction of the Clear Spring Water plant and system. Since the completion of the Clear Spring water system Mr. Watson has served as its superintendent and general manager.
Mr. Watson is a member of the Presbyterian church and has served the congregation as trus- tee and treasurer for eight years. He is a mem- ber of Porter Lodge, No. 284, F. & A. M., the Woodmen of the World and the Modern Wood- men of America. He was one of the organizers of the Charotin Fire Co. of North Catasauqua and served as its first president ; he also was one of the organizers of the Charotin Social Club in 1908, and is a member of its board of governors. In 1900 he was married to Margaret E. Boyer, a daughter of Reuben and Rebecca (Schaffer) Boyer, of Catasauqua. They have three chil- dren: Candace M., Margaret B., and Gertrude K. In politics he is a Republican.
WEAVER FAMILY.
Frederick Weber, who is believed to have been the emigrant ancestor of this branch of the family, was doubtless a German, for in the col- lection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and in the deed of conveyance of property to his son, George, in 1770, his name is written in German script "Freyedrich Weber."
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The date of his arrival is unknown, but it was probably prior to 1727, inasmuch as his name does not appear in the list of those who took the "Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, with the foreign arrivals, 1786-1808, printed in the Pennsylvania Archives, 2d Series, Vol. 17, 1890.
Among the earliest entries on the records of Augustus Evangelical Lutheran church (the Trappe church) is the baptism on April 8, 1731, of George Weber, born April 4, 1731, son of Catherine and Frederick Weber. From this and other entries wherein the names of Frederick Weber and Catherine, his wife, are referred to, it is probable that they lived at no great distance from the Trappe church, then in New Providence township, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania.
The honorable the proprietors granted unto Frederick Weber several warrants, dated June 8, 1743, for 100 acres in Lower Saucon, which township was formed out of Saucon in that year, and for which Frederick Weber was a petitioner. Another warrant, Feb. 13, 1747, for twenty-five acres and another warrant, Oct. 20, 1752, for thirty acres; all of these were in Saucon town- ship, Bucks, now Northampton county, Pa., and contiguous to another tract in the Lehigh Hills, containing fifty-six acres. Frederick Weber later made division of the lands aforesaid, between his two sons, George and Michael, in equal parts. Frederick Weber died in 1773, for, on December 23d of that year, his son, Jacob, applied to the Orphan's Court for proceedings in partition of his deceased father's land. In the petition he states that as his father died intestate, leaving five children, etc., he asked that the land be divided or that it be sold to him and he pay the other children their share. The latter method was adopted by the court and Jacob became possessor of the land. As no mention is made of Catherine, wife of Frederick, she probably preceded him in death.
The five children of Frederick and Catherine Weber were as follows; there were as the church records show, others who died prior to 1773: first, Jacob, the eldest, was born in 1727, for in the Trappe church records it is recorded that "on April 13, 1746, Jacob Weber from Saucon, aged nineteen, son of Frederick," was confirmed. The records of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran congregation, Lehigh county, Pa., records that on Dec. 18, 1750, Jacob Weber, son of Frederick Weber, was married to Johanna Margaretha Her- bold; second George Weber, born April 4, 1731, baptized April 8, 1731, received land from his father as above noted on which he resided un- til his death which occurred before that of his father and sometime between July 28, 1770, and
Sept. 8, 1770. (Will in Register of Wills office, Easton, Pa.) He was survived by a widow, Ann Barbara, who prior to March 7, 1772, married Anthony Stock, and three children, all under fourteen years of age, viz: Catharine, married John Moyer; Valentine; Mary, married, first, Desh; second, Heinle. Died about 1847.
The final settlement in this estate was not made until 1787. George Weber served as a private in Capt. Solomon Jennings' Rangers of Northampton county, Pa., 1763. Third, Michael Weber, born Sept. 29, 1738, died Dec. 24, 1826. Fourth, Ann Margaret Weber was married May 3, 1757, to John Arnold Eberhard (Everhard), of Egypt. She died Aug. 9, 1824, in the eighty- fourth year of her age. They were the great- grandparents of the late William White Cot- tingham, LL.D., for nearly sixty years superin- tendent of public instruction in Easton, Pa., and of William White Moon, now of Nazareth, Pa. Another descendant is Vilas Everhart of Easton, Pa. Fifth, Catharine, mentioned in a list of communicants in May, 1750.
Valentine Weaver, who was the first to angli- cize the family name, son of George Weber and Anna Barbara Weber (No. 2 above), was born in Lower Saucon township, Northampton county, Pennsylvania., Sept. 12, 1766. On August 14, 1781, he was indentured an apprentice unto Jacob Sellman, of Frederick, Maryland, to the tanner and currier's trades, and to be taught "to read, write and cast accounts," and at the ex- piration of his apprenticeship to receive "one new suit full, cloth clothes, one hat, two shirts, one pair shoes, one pair stockings, and five pounds specie." (See Minutes of the Court of Fred- erick county, Md.) Why he should have been sent so far from home to learn this trade when there were tanneries in abundance nearer home is not known. Upon completing his apprentice- ship, he located at Easton, Penna., where he en- gaged in the tanning and currying business until about the year 1805, when he removed to Stock- ertown, Northampton county, Pa., and erected the spacious stone dwelling still standing and the tannery nearby, which for 75 years was in operation and known as "Weaver's Tannery." Here he died Oct. 25, 1838, and is buried in the Forks churchyard, a mile distant. He was active in church, political and military affairs. He was an officer in the Lutheran Church and a member of the Democratic party. He took an active part at the various political gatherings, frequently acting as chairman of such meetings, and several ad- dresses to the voters of the county were issued in print over his name. In 1814 he was elected a county commissioner, the only public office he ever held. In 1808 he was a member of the 7Ist
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Regiment, Penna. Militia. He was married Dec. 4, 1788, to Christiana Weygandt, born December 13, 1771, and died May 8, 1849. The latter was a daughter of Captain Jacob Wey- gandt and Catherine Nowlane, his wife. Cap- tain Weygandt was an officer in the Revolu- tionary War, taking part in a number of promi- nent engagements. He founded and published the first newspaper in Northampton county, Penna., (1793), served three years in the State House of Representatives ( 1808-181I) ; a presi- dential elector in 1808, and county treasurer from 1813 to 86. He was born at Germantown, Pa., Dec. 13, 1742, and died at Easton, July 11, 1828, and his wife was born Jan. 17, 1751, and died Dec. 7, 1834.
Valentine Weaver and Christiana Weygandt Weaver had children, as follows:
A. Daughter, born Dec. 5, 1789, died Decem- ber 5, 1789.
B. Jacob Weaver, born Jan. 12, 1791, died at Nazareth, Penna., Oct. 3, 1870. He was asso- ciated with his father and succeeded him in the tanning and currying business until his retirement about 1856, when he removed to Nazareth, Pa. He was a member of the Easton Union Guards in 1824; the minority candidate for county treas- urer in 1829. He was interested in educational and religious affairs. He was twice married (1) on Aug. 16, 1817, to Elizabeth Geiger, born Nov. 27, 1789, died March 20, 1827; (2) on Jan. 29, 1828, to Margaret Reimer, born Sept. 27, 1800, died Jan. 20, 1888. In these marriages were born six sons and nine daughters, viz: Cath- erine, married Joseph Roseberry ; Elizabeth; Mi- chael, married Caroline Barnet; Anna Maria; Sabina; Jacob Weygandt, married Sarah Ann Frey; William Henry, married Elizabeth Re- becca Abel; Valentine Margaret Ellen, married Aaron Lerch; Martha Matilda, married James H. Wilhelm; Thomas Hart Benton, married Araminta Fogel; Ethan Allen; Julia, married Edward T. Grunewalt; Ann Sabina Hecht, mar- ried (1) Lucius Edgar Ricksecker, (2) Edward Cress; Mary Alice. Two of the sons served in the Union Army during the Civil War ; a grand- son of Jacob Weaver was the late Captain Wil- liam Herman Wilhelm, a graduate of West Point, who was mortally wounded in action near Lipa, Batangas Province, Luzon, P. I., June 10, and died June 12, 1901. Another grandson is Ethan Allen Weaver (son of William Henry above), the writer of these notes, a sketch of whom accompanies this.
C. George Weaver, born June 15, 1793, died May 2, 1854. He was by occupation a tanner and was a member of the Easton Union Guards, 1824. He married Sarah Herster, of Easton,
born Jan. 7, 1796, died Oct. 20, 1816. In this marriage were born three daughters: Louisa, married William Cawley; Sabina Christiana, married John Frey ; Sarah, married John Slough.
D. John Weaver, born Nov. 21, 1795, died May, 1877. He was a tanner and currier and for the most of his life resided at the Wind Gap, Northampton county, Penna. He married, in 1817, Elizabeth Levers, born April 8, 1796, died November, 1875. They had issue, six sons and one daughter : Mary Ann Elizabeth; Valentine George, married Lydia Shiffer; Jeremiah, mar- ried Elizabeth Eley; Joseph Michael; John, mar- ried Matilda Mill; Ferdinand; and Thomas Jef- ferson, married Harriet Johnson. Three of the sons served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
E. Michael Joseph Weaver, born April 21, 1798, died July 3, 1799.
F. Charles Weaver, born March 8, 1801, died Sept. 2, 1870. He was a tanner and currier by occupation and for some time in partnership with his brother Jacob in the business at Richmond, Northampton county, Penna. He served in the State Militia and in 1835 was a candidate for brigade inspector. He was for some years a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death occurred at Jersey Shore, Penna. He mar- ried, March 24, 1825, Catherine B. Hummel, born Nov. 9, 1803, died July 2, 1891. They had issue, four sons and five daughters: Valentine . Weygandt, married Mary Mickley; Anna Eliza- beth, married Isaac W. Hales; Charles Carroll, married Martha Pringle ; Benjamin Hinds, mar- ried Mary Duff; Malinda Louisa, married John Ferron Brown; Mary Katherine, married Martin A. Thomas ; Philip Hilgart, married Kate Foust; Frances Rebecca, married James R. McMurray ; and Emma Beulah, married Henry L. Christ. Two sons served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
G. Michael Weaver, born Nov. 21, 1803, died April 17, 1876. He was a tanner by trade and during his residence in Plainfield township, North- ampton county, Penna., he served for some years as postmaster and justice of the peace. In 1835 he was a candidate for brigade inspector, First Brigade, 7th Division, Pa. Militia. In 1840 he returned to Easton and for twenty-five years was assessor of the "old Bushkill" and Fourth wards; he also served two terms in the borough council. He resided continuously for thirty-six years in the house in which he died, northwest corner Bushkill and Bank streets. He married, Nov. 7, 1826, Susan Catherine Whitesell, born April 17, 1809, died Jan. 15, 1888. They had issue, three sons and two daughters: Valentine, married Anna Margaret Haveling; Helen; Joseph ; Susan Cath-
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erine; and Jacob Weygandt. Two sons served in the Union Army during the Civil War; one of these, Jacob Weygandt, graduated at Lafayette College in 1859 and for all his lifetime was a teacher, for some years principal of the boys' high school, of Easton.
H. Susan Weaver, born Feb. 7, 1807, died March 12, 1879. She married, Sept. 24, 1835, Thomas Kreidler, died May 2, 1889, and had issue, two sons and four daughters: Christianna Louisa, married Thomas Jefferson Hay; Cor- nelius Weygandt, married Catherine Babp; Thomas Joseph, married Elmina Shall; Susan Catherine; Elizabeth Hinds, married (1) Jacob L. Hay, (2) Bartholomew Bietz; Margaret El- len, married Edwin Brown.
I. Christina Weaver, born March 5, 1810, died Jan. 19, 1890. She married, June 11, 1834, Jacob Haenchen. They had issue, three sons and three daughters: A daughter, died in infancy ; Emma Camelia, married Julius Deininger ; Philip Augustus, married Margaret Eisenbise; Daniel Webster ; Anna Catherine, married Samuel Rote ; and Constantine Bertrand.
J. Catherine Weaver, born Dec. 9, 1812, died Sept. 12, 1882. She married (1) John Price, of Pricetown, Penna., a widower, who died May 27, 1851 ; (2) on April 27, 1854, Jonas Gockley, of Reamstown, Lancaster county, Penna. He died at Lancaster, Penna., Nov. 11, 1881. They had issue : one son, Edward Hugo, married Sarah E. Richards.
K. Mary Ann Weaver, born Oct. 15, 1818, died Feb. 24, 1846. She married, Dec. 24, 1839, Adolph Groetzinger, and had issue: one daugh- ter, Augusta P., married (1) Nelson P. Kramer, (2) John F. Lovett.
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Ethan Allen Weaver, son of William Henry and Elizabeth Rebecca (Abel) Weaver, was born June 7, 1853, in Northampton county. He was educated in the schools of Nazareth and Easton and under a private tutor and graduated from Lafayette College with the degree of civil engineer in 1874, and Master of Science in 1877. From September, 1874, to April, 1875, he was an assistant in the chemical laboratory and pur- sued a post graduate course in chemistry. During the years 1875 to 1877 he was engaged in mis- cellaneous literary pursuits and journalism. On Jan. 24. 1878, he entered the employ of the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company and served fifteen years in the civil engineering department, with the chief engineer of construction, and since 1893 with the chief engineer of maintenance of way, as draughtsman, chief draughtsman, statistician, chief clerk, and assistant engineer.
On June 23, 1903, Governor Pennypacker commissioned Mr. Weaver a member of the com-
mission to erect a monument on the battlefield of Germantown, and on March 1, 1905, the gov- ernor commissioned him a member of the com- mission to direct and supervise the preservation of the historical archives of the state. He is at present a member of the Advisory Commission for the Preservation of the Public Records, which he was first commissioned on Jan. 31, 1906, by Gov- ernor Pennypacker, and re-commissioned by Gov- ernors Stuart and Tener.
Mr. Weaver is a member of the Historical So- ciety of Pennsylvania, the Moravian Histori- cal Society, the Historical Society of Bucks County, the Pennsylvania German Society, the Society of the Army of the Potomac, the Penn- sylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution, of which he was secretary from 1892 to 1910; a warrant member of Colonial Lodge, No. 631, F. & A. M., and one of its trustees, and a member of the fraternity since 1875, and a life companion of Jerusalem R. A. Chapter, No. 3, of Philadel- phia. He was one of the founders of the Chi Phi Fraternity at Lafayette College in 1874, and is an honorary member of the Yale University (Omicron) Chapter.
In 1890 he compiled and edited the General Historical and Biographical Register of the Chi Phi Fraternity (470 pp.), and in 1898 the De- cennial Register of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution (475 pp.), and has com- piled and edited several thousand pages of other genealogical, biographical and historical matter re- lating to the latter society. He has also written a memorial of Capt. Wm. H. Wilhelm, 21st Inf., U. S. A., killed in the Philippines in 1901, pre- pared for the Alumni Association of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point; memoir of Owen Rice, Captain 153d Regt., Penna. Vol. Inf., 1862- 63; genealogy of the Weygandt Family (Ger- mantown Branch), 1897, and a series of contribu- tions to the Easton newspapers relating to the history of that community (limited edition in book form). He married, in 1883, Miss Mary M. Patterson, and they had four children, one of whom, Kenneth P., born 1886, died in 1892. The three surviving children are Marguerite Eliza- beth, Gertrude, and Cornelius W. Mr. Weaver resides at 251 West Harvey street, Germantown.
Valentine W. Weaver, the eldest son of Charles, was born Jan. 9, 1826, and started life for himself in a general store. After continuing for some years in stores at Berlinsville, Easton and Catasauqua until he became twenty years old he learned the trade of machinist in the shop of the Crane Iron Works at Catasauqua, and his rapid progress led to his employment by the com- pany as agent of their extensive mining interests. Afterward he became identified in the successful
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management of different large furnaces, espe- cially at Alburtis, Macungie and Coplay, which was highly creditable to him, and also with a number of financial institutions. In religion he was a Presbyterian, and in politics a Republican. He was married in 1848 to Mary Mickley, daugh- ter of Jacob, of Whitehall township, and they had eight children: Charles, who died in infancy ; William M .; James W .; Valentine W .; Anna Elizabeth; Mary Jane; Catharine May; and Emily Rebecca. [For ancestors of Jacob Mick- ley, see Mickley Family in this publication.] James W., of Easton, is secretary and treasurer of the Thomas Iron Company. Valentine W. was born in 1857 and died at Coplay, Jan. 21, 1901. He married Annie Levan.
MRS. ELLA SINGMASTER WEAVER, of Ma- cungie, is the widow of William Mickley Wea- ver, deceased. He was born July 18, 1851, at Catasauqua. He received his preliminary educa- tion in the local schools and at Williamsport ; then entered the Baldwin Locomotive Works at Philadelphia for the purpose of becoming an ex- pert mechanics, and after spending three years there in learning the trade in its several branches he received the responsible appontment of super- intendent of the large Lock-Ridge Furnaces at Alburtis, in Lehigh county, as successor of his father, which gave him the distinction of being the youngest furnace superintendent in eastern Pennsylvania. He filled this position for two years when he was selected to again succeed his father as the superintendent of the Macungie Furnace, and he directed the operations on this plant in a successful manner for twelve years until his decease, March 19, 1890.
While at Alburtis, Mr. Weaver assisted in organizing and establishing the Presbyterian church, and he continued his membership and support until he died. `He took an early in- terest in photography and became the first ama- teur photographer of distinction in Lehigh county. He secured many views of historic buildings in the vicinity of Macungie, among others, and some of them were selected for interesting embellish- ments of the history of the borough.
In 1881 he was married to Ella Singmaster, daughter of James, and they had two children: William Singmaster and Edna May. The son, William S., was born in 1886, received his edu- cation in Macungie, Shippensburg State Normal School, and Bethlehem Preparatory School, grad- uating from the latter in 1904; then engaged in the automobile business at Allentown for three years after which he directed his attention to farming and has since been so engaged; was married to M. Adelaide Hufford, daughter of George, of Allentown, and they have one child,
Elizabeth Adelaide. The daughter, Edna M., was married to Walter G. Linton, of Philadel- phia, and they have two sons, Donald W. and James.
Charles C. Weaver, the second son of Charles, was born at Richmond, near Easton, Pa., on April 12, 1830. He was an ore-mine operator in Lehigh county, and a resident of Allentown for many years. He was a Democrat and served as a street commissioner during the administration of Col. S. D. Lehr, then mayor of the city. He died May 15, 1905.
Mr. Weaver was married to Martha, daugh- ter of John Pringle, of Plymouth, in Luzerne county, Pa., and they had nine children: Wil- liam C .; John B .; Alfred E., who died in in- fancy; Frank D .; Elizabeth M .; Gertrude B .; Burton V., who died at age of twenty years; Valentine W., and Ruth C. They were members of the Lutheran Church.
FRANK D. WEAVER, of the firm of Shimer & Weaver at Allentown, a son of Charles C. Weaver, was born at Plymouth, on May 14, 1863. When five years old, he accompanied his parents to Lehigh county. They located at Guth Station on the C. & F. R. R., and there he at- tended the public school until he became seven- teen years old, when he entered the employ of Shimer & Laub, carpet merchants at Allentown, No. 637 Hamilton street, and continued there until the death of both his parents, and then, in 1893, Mr. Shimer retired from the partnership upon which occasion he sold his interest to his son, Joseph P., and Mr. Weaver. The transfer including Mr. Weaver was a well-deserved com- pliment to him for his faithful and efficient serv- ices. The business was then carried on under the name of Shimer, Laub & Weaver, until the decease of Mr. Laub, when it was changed to Shimer & Weaver, and so it has continued until now. Mr. Weaver has been intimately associated with the Shimer family for thirty-four years, and during this long period he has looked upon Mr. Shimer, Sr., as a father. He is a notable example of what a young man, with an humble start in life, can accomplish, fortified by industry, perseverance and integrity.
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