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Mr. Werley served the township as a school director for three terms, acting for several years as president and secretary of the board; and he also filled positions on the election board. He manifested much interest in the Sunday school for many years, officiating as superintendent for three years and as treasurer for four years at Ziegel Church and as superintendent at Weis- enberg church for several years. He has also been a faithful member of the choir at the for- mer church for upwards of twenty years. He is affiliated with the P. O. S. of A. Camp 467, Trexlertown.
In 1881, Mr. Werley was married to Mary Diana Gehringer, a daughter of Joseph, of Sei- berlingsville, and they had seven children: Leon, married Alma Lichtenwalner; Alma, married William Bleiler, after having taught school for seven terms; Frances E., taught school five terms; Irene, who died in 1893, aged six years ; Hallie; Stella; and Robert. Leon, the first
named, graduated from the Keystone State Nor- mal School in 1898 and taught public school for eight terms; he then attended Muhlenberg College and was graduated in 1909 with first honor, after which he resumed teaching for three terms.
ROBERT E. WERNER.
Robert E. Werner, Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Trojan Powder Company, of Al- lentown, traces his family history to John Wer- ner, his great-grandfather, who lived in Belfast, near Nazareth. John Werner was the father of the following children: Charles, Jesse, John, Jonas, George, Daniel and Polly.
Jonas Werner, son of John, followed farming in Moore township. He is buried at Moores- town church, of which he was a Reformed mem- ber. He was married to Sabina Marsh. Issue : Edwin and Jesse, who lived at Wind Gap; Levi, of Bethlehem; William, of Allentown ; Amandes ; Ellen, married to Augustus Ziegler ; Catharine, married to Stephen Osterstock, and Mary, mar- ried to Jacob Heckman.
Amandes Werner, son of Jonas, was born in Moore township, May 9, 1847 He is a car- penter by trade, and lives at Cementon since 1878. He is a member of the Reformed con- gregation at Cementon, in which he filled the office of deacon and elder. On May 19, 1877, he was married to Ellen Shoneberger, a daugh- ter of Joseph and Catharine (Solt) Shoneberger. They had seven children: Robert; Edwin H., died Nov. 5, 1900; George, of Moore township ; Thomas F., of Allentown; Howard J., died Nov. 7, 1900; Gertrude and Annie.
Robert E. Werner, son of Amandes, was born at Cementon, April 8, 1878. At an early age he learned the carpenter and millwright trade and was employed by the Atlas Cement Co., as foreman for four years. In 1907 he be- came superintendent of the Penn Trojan Powder works, which are located at Iron Bridge. The company employs upwards of one hundred hands. The plant is located on the old Troxell home- stead. Mr. Werner lives on the company's farm near the plant. He is a member of the Reformed congregation at Cementon, which he served as deacon. In 1900 he was married to Rosa Fens- termacher, daughter of William and Ellen (Bahl) Fenstermacher, and had four children: Fred A., Mabel E., Claude W., and Helen G.
WERT FAMILY.
The immigrant ancestor, "Konradt Wirdt," was a native of Switzerland. He came to Ameri- ca on the ship "Lydia," which landed at Phila- delphia, September 30, 1743. The following year
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his name appears on the list of the original mem- bers of the Heidelberg church, in what is now Heidelberg township, Lehigh county. The name has had various spellings, such Wirth, Werth, Wertz, Wirts, Wirt, and the present form is Wert. The ancestors name on the immigrants list is spelled as above written. He was a farmer in what is now Washington township. Among his children was a son Baltzer, whose name ap- pears on the Heidelberg township tax list of 1781, also in the Federal census report of 1790, which records him as having three sons under sixteen years, and one daughter. Baltzer, we are told, had been a terror to the Indians, and tradition handed down through many generations tell us that he was a man of undaunted courage and pos- sessed of great strength and endurance. He was married and had a number of children, one of whom was Christian, who was born December 17, 1776, at Slatedale; died April 17, 1851, aged 75 years and five months. He married Margaretha Rex, born September 7, 1777; died April 8, 1862, in her 86th year. Both are buried at the Heidelberg church. Unto them were born the following children: Christian, born March 15, 1797; J. George, born September 24, 1799; Jacob, born March 11, 1814; Conrad, born September 1, 1816; Stephen, born April 20, 1819; Elizabeth; Anna M., married J. George Kern; Maria, married William Kern.
Stephen Wert, son of Christian, was born near Slatedale, April 20, 1819, and died near Deiberts- ville, in Heidelberg township, on November 2, 1883, aged 64 years 6 months and 12 days. He was a tailor by trade and conducted a farm. He was a member of the Reformed congregation of the Heidelberg church, which he served officially and is buried in the cemetery adjoining the church.
He was married to Maria Hoffman, born July 21, 1819, died February 23, 1893. They had the following children: John; Wilson, died in infancy; Adeline, married to David Ebert; David; Amandas, who died in childhood ; Sarah, married to William Smith; Willoughby F., born May 25, 1858, died December 9, 1900, and Mary Elizabeth, who died in infancy.
John Wert, son of Stephen, was born July 17, 1849. He was a tailor until 1890, when he be- came connected with the slate industry and oper- ated the Royal Diamond quarry. In politics he was a staunch Democrat and in recognition of his worth was elected burgess of Slatington. He was an Odd Fellow and Patriotic Son of America. He died about 1909. He was married to Amelia C. Peter, who survived with the following chil- dren: Maggie; Lizzie, and James, who is the superintendent of a gas plant in New Jersey.
David Wert, son of Stephen, was born in Heid- elberg township, June 6, 1853. He was reared upon the farm and has always pursued that occu- pation, removing to Lynn township in March, 1879, where he owns a 110-acre farm located near the Lynnville church. He moved to Lynnville in 1902, 'since which time he has been retired.
He has been active in the Reformed congrega- tion of the St. Peter's Union church, at Lynn- ville, which he served as a deacon for a number of years, then as an elder and is at present one of the trustees, and as such assisted in the re- modeling of the church in 1913. He has also been active in Sunday school work and has been superintendent for a number of years.
Politically he has always been a staunch Demo- crat, having served as a member of the standing committee for a number of years.
He was married, in 1876, to Mary Ann Kern, daughter of Jacob and Julia (Krassley) Kern, of Heidelberg township. Unto them is born an only son, Wilson Alfred Wert, whose history follows :
WILSON A. WERT, EsQ., member of the Le- high county bar, and the present deputy pro- thonotary of the county, was born in Heidelberg township, August 26, 1877.
He was reared upon the farm and educated in the public schools of Lynn township until the age of sixteen years, when he entered Muhlen- berg College, as a freshman in the class of 1899. At the end of the sophomore year in the fall of 1897, he entered the junior class at Franklin and Marshall College, at Lancaster, Pa., from which institution he graduated in 1899 with the degree of A.B. In the fall of 1901 he entered the first year class in the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated in the summer of 1903 with the degree of L.L.B. Whilst he was pursuing his course in the law school in the sum- mer of 1902 he received the degree of M.A. from his Alma Mater. Immediately after his gradua- tion he took an examination before the state board of law examiners which had just then been made for the admission to the practice of law before the courts of Pennsylvania. He was successful in his examination and in January, 1904, he was admitted to the practice of the law before the courts of Lehigh county. He was also registered with the Philadelphia bar. Early in his practice he tried the case of Komp vs. Zimmerman, the famous line fence case about which there had been litigation for over one hundred years; also the case of Commonwealth vs. Vases Vasalick, in which the defendant was charged with murder in the first degree. After a trial of several days the defendant was acquitted.
Attorney Wert is an uncompromising Demo- crat and has been upon the stump for the party
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since his admission to the bar. He had never asked for an office for himself until in the winter of 1911 he was appointed to the office of deputy prothonotary under Maurice R. Schantz, which he is filling at the present time.
Mr. Wert has been most active in religious work since his youth. He has served his home Sunday school as superintendent for a number of years; represented his Sunday school in district and county conventions, and in the fall of 1909 he was honored with the election of president of the Lehigh County Sabbath School Association, in which capacity he served faithfully and effi- ciently until the spring of 1914, when he declined a re-election and was elected vice-president. Dur- ing his incumbency the county was organized in its various districts and Sunday school work pro- moted in its different phases where there had hardly been any teacher training classes. At the beginning of his term as president he turned over the work of at least forty teachers training classes, a number of adult Bible classes, cradle roll and home departments. In 1912 the county was brought into front line rank, which position it also held in 1913.
He was married, April 23, 1903, to Clorinda H. DeFrehn, daughter of Joseph and Catharine (Gensemer) DeFrehn, of Lehighton, Pa. Unto them are born four children, as follows: Ilerda C .: Wilson Alfred, who died in infancy; Viola M., Alfred D., and Edward D.
WERTMAN FAMILY.
Philip Wertman, the pioneer of the family of this name in Lehigh county, took out two war- rants for land in Lynn township ; the first on De- cember 15, 1749, for 197 acres, and the other on August 8, 1750, for 123 acres. In 1757 he joined other persons in a petition to the provin- cial government, praying for better protection against the marauding Indians; and in the re- turn of confiscated land in Northampton county during the Revolution in 1781, there appears the following item in the Pennsylvania Archives of the 6th series, volume XII :
"Philip Wertman of Linn township, the one halfe of a plantation in s'd township, contain- ing about 300 acres, a good frame house and barn thereon, about 100 (one hundred) acres there- of clear and under good fences and estimated at £2 per acre. The half interest, £300."
Among his sons were Jacob, Martin, and Mi- chael, and their names appear in the tax list of Lynn township for the year 1781. The follow- ing Wertmans appear on the tax list of this dis- trict for the year 1812: Jacob Wertman, Philip Wertman, and Andrew Wertman.
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and died December 25, 1822 on his farm in Lynn township, which is now the property of John A. Kuhns. His wife was Maria Elizabeth Brobst, born in 1787, and died in 1872, in her 85th year. Their children were : Elias ( 1815-1835), Daniel, Andreas, Maria (m. Philip Mosser), and Sa- lome (m. Mr. Hinkel).
Andreas Wertman, the son, lived near the homestead of his father, along the Blue Moun- tain. His wife was Polly Zellner and they had four children : Daniel, Lewis, David and Hettie.
Daniel Wertman, the second son of Andreas, became the owner of the homestead and carried on farming. He and his family were Lutheran members at the New Tripoli church where he served as a deacon. He was a Republican and filled the office of supervisor of the township. His wife was Hannah Mantz, and they had ten children : David, Nathan, Daniel, Aaron, James M., Uriah, Sarah (who died young), Catharine (m. Henry Zellner), Marietta (m. Eli. Moyer), and Sophia (m. Nathan Wagenman).
Daniel Wertman, son of Daniel, was a farmer and lived along the Blue mountain, and his farm (which comprised upwards of fifty acres), is now owned by Lewis F. Mosser. His wife was Mary Ann Gildner and they had four chil- dren: Ulysses, James (of Allentown), Emma (m. O. E. Kocher), and William J. He and the family were members of the Lutheran con- gregation at New Tripoli, and those of the family who died were buried there.
Uriah Wertman, son of Daniel, was born on his father's homestead in Lynn township in 1852 and began farming for himself when he was twenty-one years old. He was a tenant until 1896 and then bought a 50-acre tract along the base of the Blue mountain near Lynnport, where he has since lived and carried on farming.
He was married June 15, 1887, to Ellen Ev- erett, daughter of Samuel and Fianna (Kressler) Everett, and they had five children : Clara A. (m. Irwin Correll), Victoria F. (m. Thomas Cor- rell), Llewellyn P., Robert S., and James M. D.
William J. Wertman, son of Daniel, and grandson of Daniel, was born at Mosserville March 23, 1876, where he has followed farming. He was a tenant two years under Lewis F. Mosser; then in 1900 he bought for himself a farm of 49 acres situated in Lynn township. After carrying on this farm for six years he sold it to Alvin Brobst, and Brobst sold it to Wilmer Brobst, the present owner. Since 1907, Mr. Wertman has been living with his father-in-law, Franklin Bennighoff. He has affiliated himself with the Junior Order United American Me- chanics. He and his family are members of the
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Lutheran congregation at the Ebenezer church where he served as deacon.
Mr. Wertman was married May 16, 1896, to Angelina C. Bennighoff, daughter of Frank- lin and Leanna (Zellner) Bennighoff, and they have one child, a daughter, Norma M.
WESCOE FAMILY.
The ancestor of the Wescoe family was Jean Philip Vesqueau, a native of Alsace-Lorraine, who fled into Holland and from thence to Penn- sylvania, and arrived at Philadelphia on the ship Phoenix, on Oct. 1, 1754, with his son, Francois. He settled in Upper Milford township, where he died Oct. 8, 1790, aged ninety years. The name became Germanized into Wesco, now Wes- coe, and his son, Frantz Wescoe, was assessed in Macungie township in 1768 for 225 acres of land, eighty-five acres of which was cleared Frantz Wesco was naturalized at Philadelphia, March 23, 1761. He died in 1809, aged about seventy-nine years. His will was probated at Easton on April 26, 1809. Frantz Wesco and his wife, Eva, had five children: Matthias, Elizabeth, Rosina, Susanna and Philip, who at- tained maturity. A son, John, who was bap- tized June 20, 1765, died in infancy.
Matthias, his eldest son, lived in Macungie township, where he was the owner, in 1788, of 179 acres of land, three horses and six cows. He and his wife, Susanna, had in 1790 three sons and three daughters. One son, John Henry, was born April 24, 1779, and baptized May 13th. His sponsors were Franciscus Wesgo and his wife, Eva. John Henry Wescoe married, Feb. 23, 1802, Margaret Andreas. Mathias Wesco subsequently moved west.
Susanna Wesco, daughter of Frantz, was born Sept. 3, 1753, and died July 6, 1834. She mar- ried Nicholas Hittel, who was born Jan. 22, 1748, and died May 10, 1825. They had eleven children :
I. Peter Hittel, baptized Aug. 1, 1772.
2. John Henry, born Aug. 28, 1775. His sponsors were Matthias Wesco and Anna Maria Lahr, both single.
3. Elizabeth, born Jan. 18, 1777, married George Good.
4. Susanna, born Feb. 14, 1779, married Philip Sourbier.
5. Philip, born Feb. 20, 1781.
6. John, born June 22, 1783.
7. Magdalena, born Oct. 6, 1785, married Christian Stahler.
8. George, born Feb. 6, 1788.
9. William, born March 17, 1790, baptized May 9. Sponsors, Frantz Wesco and wife, Eva.
IO. Daniel born July 7, 1794.
II. Jacob, born June 25, 1797.
Philip Wesco, younger son of Franz, was born April 17, 1763, and died May 6, 1844. He mar- ried Anna Margaret Stahler, who was born Jan. 19, 1767, and died March 19, 1848. He was a farmer and shoemaker and owned a tract of seventy-five acres in Macungie township. He had eleven children :
I. Solomon, born March 12, 1787, died Dec. 16, 1850. He married a Miss Schaeffer.
2. Sarah, born Aug. 14, 1790, died Feb. 28, 1866. She married, first, Henry Walbert, and second, Henry Larish, born Oct. 12, 1785, died April 2, 1871.
3. Christina, who married John Gaumer.
4. Joseph, born 1794, died 1856. He mar- ried Judith Haines, born 1793, died Nov. 3, 1857.
5. Israel, born Dec. 28, 1798, died Nov. 29, 1858. He married Catharine Boyer, born Nov. 7, 1812, died March 2, 1844.
6. Lea, born Dec. 16, 1800, died Aug. 18, 1869.
7. Catharine, married Peter Jacoby.
8. John, married Maria Hoffman.
9. Ann, married Dr. Jenkin Evans.
10. Jonas, born Sept. 8, 1807, died May 26, 1863. He married, first, Delia Breinig, born Sept. 9, 1815, died Dec. 24, 1837, and second, Sarah Meitzler (Mohr).
II. Theresa, born Oct. 6, 1809, died Jan. 16, 1891, married John Backenstoe.
OLIVER FRANKLIN WHITE.
George White was a laborer at the iron fur- naces in Allentown and Mauch Chunk, Penn- sylvania, and being a man of more than ordinary education for those days he became boss about the works. He was born at Ruxburg, Marion county, N. J. His grandfather was one of four brothers, who came from England. When a young man he taught English to some of the children of some of the better families around Siegersville, Pa., as private tutor. He married Hettie, a daughter of Solomon Brown, who was the owner of a farm near Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania. Joel, a son of Solomon Brown, and brother of Mrs. White, was a shoemaker and small farmer in Mechanicsville, and later. re- moved to Mulberry, Indiana. William, a son of Solomon Brown, was a commissioner of Lehigh county, prominent in Allentown and the sur- rounding country, and died while in the dis- charge of his official duties.
Oliver Franklin, son of George and Hettie (Brown) White, was born in North Whitehall, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1842. He received his education in the public schools of
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Lehigh county and in New Jersey, and his earli- est labors were connected with the iron industry. He obtained employment at the Allentown Mills and was occupied there for a number of years. He engaged in commercial business in 1869, when he opened a general store and in the seven- ties he sold his store and engaged in the butcher business, and was successfully connected with this enterprise until his retirement from active business responsibilities March 20, 1912, having in 1880, added general merchandise. The cause of education has always made a strong ap- peal to Mr. White, and he served several years as a member of the sectional school board of the First ward, and was president of the board of control. On this latter board-made up of two members from each section-on this board is where Mr. White did his most effective work and of which body he was president three terms between 1880 and 1886. For one year he served as president and vice-president of the Young Men's Christian Association, and was the only predecessor in that office of Judge Trexler. His religious connection is with the Emanuel Evangel- ical church of the First ward, in which he has served in all the various offices faithfully and for many years superintendent of the Sabbath school, also class leader, and he is a member of Camp No. 406, Patriotic Order Sons of America.
During the Civil War Mr. White demon- strated his patriotism in a practical manner, and suffered such hardships in the course of this struggle that he has never entirely recovered from their effects. In 1862 he went from Warren county, Pennsylvania, to Washington, District of Columbia, was there enrolled as a teamster, and sent to the headquarters of General Mc- Clellan, and served there during the Peninsula Campaign. He was then transferred to the United States Signal and Telegraphic Corps, for which he had charge of the teams. While in the discharge of these duties at Savage Station, and while suffering from a severe attack of typhoid fever, he had a narrow escape from death by exposure. With five others he was captured, and taken in a cart to Libby Prison, in Richmond, Virginia, two of his companions dying on the way there. This capture was ef- fected, June 30, 1862, and Mr. White was paroled Sept. 16, 1862. He returned to service as a teamster, feeling that his country had need of his services, but his health had been so great- ly impaired by illness and imprisonment, that he was unable to perform the duties of this po- sition, and he was assigned to those of a watch- man at the government saddler shop at Washing- ton, District of Columbia. While on his way to Washington, skirmishes between the two
armies frequently interrupted the journey. They were obliged to seek shelter wherever there ap- peared to be a favorable point, and were obliged to make use of all sorts of ruses to deceive the enemy. On one occasion they propped the body of a dead soldier against the door of the cabin in which they had sought shelter, to give the impression to the enemy that the place was well guarded.
Mr. White married, in 1866, Elizabeth K. Wieand, a daughter of the Rev. Daniel Wie- and. Mr. and Mrs. White have had children: Rev. John Franklin White, a minister of the Evangelical Association ; Emma Rosetta, married John Buchmiller, a grocer in Allentown.
Rev. John F. White, now stationed at Zion's church, Allentown, married Annie Oswald, of Allentown. Their children are: John, Paul, and Ernest.
WICKERT FAMILY.
The progenitor of this family was Jacob Wick- ert, who with his parents and one brother, emi- grated from Alsace, near the French boundary line. His brother's line has died out. Jacob was twice married. The first time to Susanna Schlos- ser, and the second time to Catherine Rice. Upon his second marriage he removed from Upper Mil- ford to Lower Macungie township, where he died in 1838. At the time of his death he owned three farms.
The children of his first wife were:
Jacob, he was born Cir. 1775 and was married to Margaretha Schaffer. She was born April 16, 1773, and died at Kutztown, Oct. 10, 1850. They had one son, Charles, who accidentally shot himself at Reading, and was buried in the potters field. Upon the death of her husband, Mrs. Wickert was married to John Levan.
John died prior to his father's death. He left three minor children: William, Levi, and Ca- therine.
Susanna was born April 4, 1785, and died April 4, 1855. She was married to Daniel Wetzel, and removed to Lycoming county. They had issue: Charles, Anna, Rebecca, Aaron, Dan- iel, Lydia, and Joseph.
Jacob Wickert was married a second time to Christina Rice and removed to Lower Macun- gie township. This union was blessed with eight children.
Solomon (February 19, 1786-March 15, 1841), was married to Elisabeth Diehl. They had no issue.
Henry (Jan. 22, 1789-May 22, 1862), was married to Lydia Eisenhard, a daughter of An- thony Eisenhard. She was born Jan. 27, 1792,
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and died June 27, 1875. Both lie buried at the Reformed Church, at Zionsville. They re- sided on the old homestead in Upper Milford township. They had issue: Henry, Reuben, Tilghman, Annie, Sophia, Elisabeth, Mary, and Sarah.
Peter was born Jan. 3, 1792, and died May 13, 1873. He was married three times. The first time to Susanna Schwartz, to them was born one son, Reuben. No descendants are now liv- ing. The second time he was married to Mag- dalena Wieder. She was born Sept. 11, 1788, and died March 7, 1847. This union was blessed with three children: Peter, Charles, and Julian. The third time he was married to Miss Dan- ner. She lies buried at the Salisbury church.
Anna Maria was born Dec. 22, 1797, and died Oct. 5, 1864, aged 66 years, 9 months, and 13 days.
Lydia was born Jan. 27, 1795, and died Aug. 22, 1866, aged 71 years, 7 months, and 13 days.
Christian was born Aug. 3, 1800, and died June 5, 1893, aged 92 years, 9 months, and 2 days.
Charles, was born in 1803, and died June 22, 1877. He was married to Christina Knause and removed to Republic, Ohio. She was born April 18, 1809, and died July 12, 1892. They had issue : Solomon, William, Edward, Paul, Re- becca, Maria, and Emma.
Thomas was born Dec. 22, 1808, and died in 1886. In 1832 he was married to Lucy Ann Wenner, of Salisbury township. They removed to Fremont, Ohio. They had issue: Franklin, James, Harry, Mary, Emma, Thomas, and Lucy.
To Henry, son of Jacob and Christina Rice Wickert, and his good wife, Lydia Eisenhard, were born eight children.
Henry succeeded his father on the old home- stead; he was married to Susanna Metzler. He was born Oct. 20, 1819, and died Sept. 12, 1885. His remains lie buried at Macungie. They had issue: Willoughby, Oliver, James, Martha, and Ellen.
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