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Mr. Weaver took a very active part in the "Home Week," anniversary proceeding of Cata- sauqua, June-July, 1914, and acted as chairman of the educational committee. The "Educational Parade," on Tuesday, June 30, 1914, was a great success.
Christian Weaver was an active and success- ful farmer for a number of years, first at Ma- cungie and then at North Whitehall, in Lehigh county. He was married to Elizabeth Clay- berger, and they had four children: Tilghman, John, Reuben, and Polly, m. David Kuhns. They were members of the Lutheran church at Egypt,
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which he served for a number of terms as dea- con, elder, and trustee.
Tilghman, the eldest son, was born in North Whitehall, and there received his education in the public schools. He was reared on a farm and followed farming all his life at Ormrod. He also burned lime and sold large quantities of it. He was married to Katherine, a daughter of Henry Ritter, and they had five children: Fi- anna, m. John Biery; Jane, m. Ephraim Hen- ning ; Charles H .; Tilghman F .; and Emma, m. William Bear. They were members of the Lu- theran church at Egypt, and he, like his father, served the congregation as deacon, elder, and trustee.
Charles H. Weaver, the eldest son of Tilgh- man Weaver, was born Sept. 8, 1849, at Orm- rod and educated in the township school. He was reared on his father's farm until he became of age; then he and his brother bought the farm and carried it on successfully until 1898 when they sold it to the Lehigh Portland Cement Co. for its valuable deposit of cement rock. He built a home at Ormrod, where he resides. He has since been in the employ of the Cement Co. He married Ellen J. Bertsch, a daughter of John and Malinda (Stopp) Bertsch, and they have two children: Preston C. and Elmer. They are members of the Lutheran church at Egypt. He served the congregation as deacon, elder, and trustee.
PRESTON C. WEAVER, the elder son of Charles H., was born at Ormrod, March 15, 1873, and educated in the township school. He was reared on a farm and worked for his father until he be- came twenty-two years of age, when he entered the employ of the Lehigh Portland Cement Co. and worked as cooper for eight years. He then established a fine, three-story frame hotel stand, with twenty-five rooms, at Ormrod, and has conducted a most successful business until the present time. He was married to Alice J. Mil- ler, a daughter of Calvin and Rose (Stephen) Miller. They have three children: Edna M., Helen J., and Norman P. They are members of the Lutheran church at Egypt.
Tilghman F. Weaver, second son of Tilgh- man, was born Sept. 8, 1849, at Ormrod. He received his education in the township school, after which he worked on his father's farm until he became of age. Then he engaged in farming for himself which he followed successfully until 1898. He next engaged in the bakery business with his son, William, at Egypt, and carried it on eight years; since then he has lived retired. The farm which he and his brother, Charles, owned jointly was sold by them to the Lehigh Portland Cement Co., for its valuable deposit
of cement rock. He was married to Sarah, a daughter of Adam and Celinda (Stopp) Bear, and they had three children: Katie, m. Howard Wotring; William J., and Tilghman A. Upon the decease of his wife, he married Mary, a daughter of Levi and Julia (Keck) Landis, with whom he has four children: Charles L., Minnie, m. Herbert Fogel; Emma J .; and Ellen S., m. Frederick Koch. They are members of the Lu- theran church at Egypt, and he has also of- ficiated as a deacon, elder, and trustee.
WILLIAM J. WEAVER, the eldest son of Tilgh- man F., was born at Ormrod, Feb. 14, 1879, and educated in the township school. He was rear- ed on his father's farm until he became eighteen years of age; then he entered the mill of the Lehigh-Portland Cement Co., and worked there three years. In 1899, he and his father embarked in the bakery business at Egypt and carried on the manufacture of bread, pies, and cakes for eight years, which they sold in the surrounding territory. He then engaged in farming and has conducted the operations successfully until the present time; since 1910 on the plantation of the Coplay Cement Co. Fort Deshler, the old, historic, stone building, which was used by the inhabitants of that vicinity as a place of refuge during the latter part of the French and Indian War, is situated on this farm.
In 1900 Mr. Weaver was married to Ivy Frantz, a daughter of James and Emma (Kohler) Frantz, and they had three children: Annie M., who died in childhood; George F., and Harry J. They are members of the Lu- theran church at Egypt, which he served as dea- con and trustee. He is a member of P. O. S. of A. camp at Egypt, and past president.
HENRY WEAVER.
John Weaver lived in friendly relations with the Indians and it is said frequently went hunt- ing with them. Occasionally he gave them food and by winning their favorable consideration in this way, they told him, in times of massacre, that he should remain in the house and not try to shoot them or set the dogs upon them, for they would not hurt him or his family; and the tradition in the family is that they never broke their promise to him.
Heinrich Weaver, a son of John, a stone mason and farmer in Lynn township and lived where his son, Henry, now lives, three-fourths of a mile north-west of New Tripoli. The farm comprised 52 acres. He employed a number of masons to assist him in his building operations, and he taught the trade to a number of appren- tices. His three sons learned the same trade. He was a Lutheran member of the Ebenezer
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church. His wife was Catharine Snyder and they had three children: Daniel, Jonas and Elias.
Daniel Weaver, the eldest son of Henry, lived where Amandus Weaver, his grandson, now resides. He was born March 13, 1808, and died June 13, 1872. His wife was Mary Hart- man, born in 1808 and died in 1886, in her 79th year. They had three children: Nathan, Lydia (m. Daniel Kerschner ), and Caroline (m. Phaon Bachman).
Elias Weaver, the youngest son of Henry, was a farmer in Lynn township and owned a farm adjoining that of his brother Daniel. His wife was Abbie Holben and they had four children: Moses, Nathan, Reuben, and one other.
Jonas Weaver, the second son of Henry, was a farmer and distiller in Lynn township. For a number of years he lived on the farm now owned by Benjamin Henninger and there his children were born. He bought his father's homestead after the latter had died. The farm on which he lived comprised 96 acres. In 1905 the farm passed out of the family name and Benjamin Henninger became the purchaser. He was born June 3, 1810, and died December 13, 1874.
His wife was Barbara Peter, born October 14, 1815, died June 12, 1882; and they had ten children: Sallie, Elias (who died small ), David, Daniel, Jesse, Henry, William, Lydia, Mary and Caroline. He and the family were Lu- theran members at the Ebenezer church.
HENRY WEAVER, son of Jonas, farmer, school director, and distiller of Lynn township, has al- ways lived in the district named. He was born October 1, 1848, and reared upon a farm, where he worked for his father until he became of age. During this time he attended the district school and also took a course in the Keystone State Nor- mal School at Kutztown. He and his brother, Jesse, remained at home with their father until the father died, and they continued there after- ward until 1897, when Henry moved to the place where he now lives. On this farm, there is a log house in which his father was born in 1810, and this house was apparently built many years before that time. It is one and a-half stories high and has no cellar. The frame house near by was built by Henry Weaver in 1898.
Mr. Weaver operates a distillery and cider- press and produces apple-jack and cider, of the latter 30,000 gallons annually. His farm com- prises about 100 acres, some of it being wood- land. Politically he is a Democrat, and takes a great interest in school affairs. He was elected a director in 1905 and is regarded as a man of superior judgment by the Board.
On May 20, 1877, Mr. Weaver was married to Mary, daughter of Edward and Abbie ( Hun- sicker) Krause, and they have two children: Milton J. (married to Ida Fenstermacher, who have four children, Henry L., Robert, Nieda, and Perma) ; and Cleveland H. (m. to Hattie Feinaur, who have three children, Mary, Ralph and Ida).
WEIBEL FAMILY.
John Weibel, the pioneer ancestor of the line of the Weibel family here under consideration, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, July 17, 1809. He learned the trade of tailor in the Fa- therland, and in early manhood emigrated to the United States, settling first in Philadelphia, from whence he removed to Catasauqua, same state, where he spent the remainder of his days. His first wife bore him three children: Angelina ; Emma, married John Seabold, of Philadelphia ; John, foreman of an extensive saw factory in Philadelphia. He married (second) Mary Meyer, born March 1, 1818, died Jan. 11, 1892, who bore him seven children: Matilda, married Or- lando Keen, now deceased, who resided in Allen- town, where Mrs. Keen resides at the present time; Charles W., of Catasauqua; Alfred, de- ceased ; Herman M., of whom further; Franklin, deceased ; Louisa, married William Greenawald ; Rosa, died in childhood.
Herman M. Weibel, son of John and Mary (Meyer) Weibel, was born in Philadelphia in 1835. He accompanied his parents upon their removal to Catasauqua, and there attended the local schools, later becoming a student at a school in Shoenersville. When seventeen years of age he began an apprenticeship at the trade of butcher, and followed this line of work for a number of years at Catasauqua, for a period of six years at Bethlehem, also at Allentown, in company with F. M. Kramer, for fifteen years, removing to that city in 1882. He established a business of his own on Washington street, near Seventh, Allentown, in 1902, and continued for three years, at the expiration of which time he was compelled to re- tire on account of failing eyesight. He married Emma B. Getter, daughter of Samuel and Lovina (Bader) Getter, who was a native of Williams township, Northampton county, Pennsylvania. Children: Abbott S., of whom further; Herbert H., a resident of Allentown, manager of the Le- high Telephone Company.
Abbott S. Weibel, son of Herman M. and Emma B. (Getter) Weibel, was born at Beth- lehem, Northampton county, May 14, 1878. He was educated in the public schools of Allen- town and the Allentown Business College. His first employment was in the freight department
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of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, where he remained for two years. He then turned his attention to the electrical business, placing him- self under the guidance of C. E. Missimer, and since 1894 has followed this line of work, having served with several parties, the principal one being the Electric Light Company of Allentown, where he had charge of the commercial lighting of the city. In 1904 he severed his connection with this company and established a business of his own at No. 627 Hamilton street, Allentown. Subsequently the Lehigh Electric Company, con- ducting business in both Allentown and South Bethlehem, and the Abbott S. Weibel interests consolidated, taking the old name of Lehigh Elec- tric Company, and purchased for its business the George Fetzer building at No. 18 North Sixth street, Allentown. Mr. Weibel became the presi- dent and manager of the new company, and later sole owner, which does the largest volume of busi- ness of its kind in the Lehigh Valley, and among the places equipped by this company with electri- cal appliances are the following: Arbogast & Bastian, Taylor Engineering Company, Mack Bros. Motor Company, Novelty Hosiery Co., A. H. Balliet Cigar Box factory, Lehigh Valley Shoe Company, C. A. Dorney Furniture Company, Eckert building and the new Hunsicker building on Seventh street. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member of Barger Lodge, No. 333, Free and Accepted Masons; Allen Chapter, No. 203, Royal Arch Masons; Caldwell Consistory, S. R., Thirty-second Degree, of Bloomsburg; Rajah Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Vienna Lodge, No. 847, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is a past grand, also a member of the Encampment. He is librarian of the Lehigh County Agricul- tural Society, also member of the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Weibel married, in 1897, Mabel Schall, daughter of Charles and Sarah (Snyder) Schall, of Northampton. Children : Helen, Ruth, Hamp- ton, and Marietta.
WEHR FAMILY.
Simon Wehr took out warrant No. 20, for 161 acres of land, dated October 3, 1753. On Aug. 15, 1767 he took out another warrant, No. 2793, for 25 acres; and on April 6, 1787, he took out the third warrant, No. 196, for 60 acres. All the land was situated in Heidelberg township, Le- high county. In 1781 the following names ap- pear among the taxables from that district : Simon, Michael, Lorentz, and Philip Wehr ; and the tax-list of 1812 contains the following names : Jacob, Michael, Conrad, Lawrence, and Peter Wehr. The name of Simon Wehr appears
among the heads of families who, in 1757, built the new Heidelberg church. They were mem- bers of the Reformed congregation from the be- ginning. On the old graveyard of this church are the tombstones of Lorentz Wehr and his wife, Juliana Borger. He was born March 16, 1743, and died July 1, 1795; and she was born Feb. 3, 1747, and died March 30, 1815.
Michael Wehr was born Feb. 3, 1768, and died March 29, 1852, in his 85th year. His wife, Maria, nee Bloss, was born April 14, 1779, and died January 3, 1836. They are buried on the new graveyard at the Heidelberg church where no less than six generations of the family have been buried. Michael Wehr lived upon the homestead situated in Washington, and now owned by Benjamin D. Wehr, a grandson. He was a farmer and his acres were many. Their children were: Michael, William, Daniel, Elias, Solomon, Julia (married Casper Peter), Mrs. Christophel Kern, Maricha (married Jonas Kern), and Salome (who was weak-minded and disappeared suddenly under mysterious circum- stances).
Michael Wehr, son of Michael, was a farmer in Heidelberg and owned the farm now the property of George Wehr, a grandson. His wife Maricha was a daughter of Jacob Metzger. Their children were: David S .; Reuben ; Owen (who settled at Columbia Junction, Iowa) ; Stephen; Wilson; Maria (married Benjamin Falck, who settled on Schwabian creek, North- umberland county, Pa .; Rydia (married Elias Hoffman ) ; Sallie (married John Werley), and Louisa, who was unmarried.
William Wehr, son of Michael, was born in 1805, and died in 1845. He was a farmer and also followed tailoring and lived upon the home- stead in Washington township. He married Elizabeth, a daughter of Simon Snyder. They had six children: Joel, Emanuel, William, De- metrius, Carolina, and Fietta.
Elias Wehr, son of Michael, was a farmer at Mountville, in Carbon county, Pa. His first wife was a Montz, and the second a Leichleiter.
Solomon Wehr, son of Michael, first located at Mountzville, but later lived at Summit Hill, Pa., and finally moved to Illinois, where he be- came a wealthy man, having sold his cattle ranch to a railroad company. His wife was a Guth and among their children was a son, Samuel.
Daniel Wehr, son of Michael, was born in the year 1807, and departed this life February 6, 1890. He owned a 142-acre farm, now owned bv Benj. D. Wehr, his son, which is situated in Washington township. He was a blacksmith by trade and carried on that business with farming. He served his township as a school director.
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His wife was Hannah, a daughter of Johannes Kern, and they had the following children: An- gelina (married David Smith) ; Sarah (married Gideon Heintzelman) ; Mary A. (died unmar- ried ) ; Abbie (married Moses Peter and after she died he married her sister, Amelia) ; Amanda (married Willoughby Koch) ; Leah (married Elias Deibert) ; Seniah (married Harrison Sei- bert) ; Benjamin D., Moses F. and Wilson ( who died young).
Moses F. Wehr was born September 6, 1849. He began farming upon the homestead in 1871, and the following year moved upon the farm of his father-in-law, Jacob Peter, where he lived for eleven years, then purchased a 126-acre farm in Lowhill, a part of which is now embraced in the Col. H. C. Trexler reservation. After farming this place for fourteen years, he, in 1907, sold it to the present owner and moved to where he now lives, near Siegersville.
In Lowhill he served as a school-director ; also Lowhill church as a trustee. He and his family are members of the Reformed church. In 1870 he married Lydia A. Peter, and they had five children: William H., Mary L. (the wife of J. L. Kressler) ; James (who died in infancy ) ; Henry P. (merchant at Guthsville) ; and Morris D. (a school teacher) .
WILLIAM H. WEHR, proprietor of the Jordan Roller Mills, in South Whitehall, was born June 28, 1871, and was educated in the public schools, and graduated from the American Busi- ness College of Allentown in 1894. He also at- tended the summer normal school at Ruppsville. After leaving the farm in 1891, he went to Allen- town and was employed by H. Leh & Co., hav- ing attended at the same time the American Business College in the evenings. In 1897 he learned the milling trade with T. B. Hollen- bach in Lowhill, and was then in his employ for three years; and the next two years he followed his trade at the Schantz Spring Mill.
In 1903 Mr. Wehr accepted a position with G. P. Kressler, proprietor of the Sieger Mill on the Jordan creek and two years later became the owner of this mill property. Mr. Wehr re- modeled the mill, installing the "Ideal" roller process. His leading brands of flour are the "Silver-White," "White-Rose," and the "Fancy Patent." Mr. Wehr also owns the homestead of the long-deceased Alexander Guth, which was afterward owned by the Atlas Cement Co. This property adjoins the four acres which belong to the mill, and the farm now consists of 57 acres of fertile land.
Mr. Wehr is a member of Jordan Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Herd No. 5, Loyal Order of Buffaloes, located at Allentown. On September
22, 1906 he married Mayme R. Wenner, daugh- ter of the late Phaon J. Wenner, and his wife Emma nee Stettler, and they have these chil- dren : Beulah M., Wilbur M. and Elmer P. They are members of the Jordan Reformed church which he served as a deacon.
David S. Wehr, son of Michael, was born in 1812. He was a blacksmith near Pleasant Corner. He owned a farm of 113 acres, which was sold after his death to Joel A. Wehr, who in 1900, sold it to Alvin Peter. His wife was Polly Wehr, born in 1819 and died in 1894; a daughter of Philip Wehr, who settled in Mich- igan with the rest of his family. They had four children : Mary (married Reuben Hunsicker) ; Violetta (married Levi Kistler) ; Senia (married Edwin Snyder), and Joel A. (farmer of Hei- delberg township.
Emanuel Wehr, son of William, was born March 26, 1834, in Washington township, where he has resided since 1874. He followed carriage building and also the undertaking business, at Slatington until his removal to Washington township, where he manufactured bricks for many years.
He made many spinning wheels, reels, and flax- breaks while he lived at Slatington. He was an expert wood-worker.
In 1896 Mr. Wehr was elected a supervisor and since then has filled this office. He also was a school director for fifteen years.
In 1856 he married Sarah Ann Blose and they have nine children : Rosa J., Sylvanius J., Aman- da E., Agnes F., Carolina, Ida, Alice, Birdie, and Arthur W.
WEIDA FAMILY.
The immigrant ancestor was Godlieb Weida, a German. He had settled in Rockland town- ship, Berks county, Pennsylvania, where in 1790, he lived with his four sons: Peter, Jacob, God- lieb, Jr., and Michael, each of whom was then the head of a family.
Peter Weida removed in 1803 from Berks county to what is now Lehigh county, settling upon 170 acres of land about two miles north of Weidasville, in Lowhill township, and there he lived until his death, Feb. 21, 1837, aged 76 years. In 1811, he bought the land upon which Weidasville was afterwards built. This country village perpetuates the family name. Peter Weida was married to Charlotte Stump, of Lan- caster, Pa. She died Jan. 18, 1837. They had two sons: John and George. The latter lived on the old homestead farm, which afterward was owned by Nathan Shire, who died there. He left a family, but none of them are now in the township.
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John Weida was born in Berks county and removed with his parents to Lehigh county, where he was a farmer and a merchant at Weid- asville. His farm was 150 acres. About 1818 they settled at what is now Weidasville, and there he died March 11, 1864, aged 70 years. He was for many years a justice of the peace ;. and he represented the county in the General Assembly.
In 1807 he married Elizabeth, a daughter of David Kuhns, an early settler of the township, and they had these children: Benjamin, Maria (married Stephen Hartman), David, Anna (married Benjamin Kocher), Peter, Elizabeth (married Dr. Wm. P. Hoffman), Solomon (lived at Reading), and Salome (married W. H. Wetherhold, a coachmaker at Reading).
Benjamin Weida was born in Lowhill. For many years he carried on the mercantile business at Weidasville, and for a long term of years he served as its postmaster. He was a well-known and respected citizen of his community. He is buried at the Morganland church, which he had served officially. He married first, Lydia, a daughter of John Guth and they had two chil- dren : John F., and Abbie (married Joseph Stein, who lived at Weisenberg), both being now deceased. His second wife was Carolina Peifer.
David Weida was born May 4, 1814. He was educated in the common schools; also in New Jersey and at the Allentown Academy. In 1838 he began commercial life in connection with his brother as a merchant at Weidasville, which he continued for a limited time. The cultiva- tion of a farm and the butcher business also en- gaged his attention, and he acquired a compet- ency by 1858 which enabled him to retire at Allentown, where he made his home.
In 1838 he married Carolina Krause, a daughter of Philip Krause of Heidelberg. She died May 11, 1854. They had two children: Owen J., and Sarah E. (married to Lewis D. Krause of Allentown). He married on Sept. I, 1857, as his second wife, Mrs. Jonas Haas, a daughter of Andrew Shifferstein, and she died March 1I, 1877. Mr. Weida served for a time as a director of the Allentown National Bank, and during his active career he also fre- quently served as administrator of estates and filled other important offices of trust. In poli- tics he was a Whig and later a Republican. He was a member of the Lutheran church.
John F. Weida, of Allentown, only son of Benjamin, was born at Weidasville, June 29, 1839. He was educated in the common schools and Muhlenberg College ; and also in a school at Reading. When he was a boy twelve years old he went to Philadelphia with a large team, and
bought a load of dry-goods, notions and gro- ceries, which he drove home. He succeeded his father in the mercantile business at Weidasville and continued it until 1869, when he moved to Allentown and accepted the position of cashier of the Macungie Savings Bank of Allentown, which he filled until the bank discontinued business. While he resided at Weidasville he was the post- master of the village. Since his residence at Al- lentown he was a member of the school board from the Seventh Ward.
He and his family are members of the Lu- theran church. On Nov. 26, 1861, he married Maria M. Dinkey, a daughter of Charles and Catharine (Mosser) Dinkey, who lived in East Penn township, Carbon county, Pa. They had five children: Emma C. (an esteemed school teacher at Allentown) ; Minnie M. and Charles B. (both deceased) ; Annie F., and Miriam M.
Joshua Weida, son of George, born Novem- ber 8, 1814, and died January 20, 1883, was a farmer in Lynn township and his homestead is now owned by George E. Weida, his grandson. He erected the brick house on the farm. He was a Lutheran member of the St. Peter's church at Lynnville and served on the vestry. His wife, Rebecca Reinhard, was born August 5, 1817, and died September 12, 1893, aged 76 years. Their children were: Lewis ( 1837-1907, mar- ried Sarah 1834-1906), Levi, Cath- arine (m. Levi Hunsicker), Sarah (m. Reuben Kunkel), Owen, and Anetta (m. Lewis B. Fen- stermacher ) .
Owen Weida, son of Joshua, was born in Lynn township in 1845 and died in 1908. He lived on his father's homestead and the farm came into his possession after his father's death. In 1892 he built the present barn. He was bur- ied at St. Peter's church at Lynnville, where he served as a deacon and elder of the Lutheran congregation. He was married to Mary A., daughter of Michael Werley (born in 1849), and they had five children: Henry (at Schnecks- ville), Sylvester (at Kutztown), Annie R. (m. Jonathan J. Wessner, at Quakertown, whose children are: Dalton, Homer, Leon and Gor- don), Emma (m. Harvey Kemmerer at Emaus), and George E.
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