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He married on May 3, 1884, Isabelle Marks, a daughter of Peter Marks. Their children fol- low: Mabel and Elwood, both died on Jan. 21, 1892; Norman and Archie (twins) ; Claudie E., and Hilda L.
JOHN MARKS, son of Gideon, was born May 25, 1841, and has always lived in South White- hall township, where he followed farming. He and family are members of the Reformed con- gregation of the Cedarville church, and this Mr. Marks has served both as deacon and elder.
He married Emma, a daughter of Jacob Held. She died on April 21, 1913, aged 70 years, 9 months and 6 days. She is buried at Cedarville. Their children were: Ella C .; Oliver J., of Al- lentown; Clara R., married Henry Schlenker ; Lillie; John, of Allentown; Collie, married J. Knappenberger; George, of Chapman's ; Charles, of Fullerton; and Annie S. E., married Charles Albright.
John Nicholas Marks, who lived in Whitehall township, married Eva, daughter of John Schneider. He was a shoemaker and lived above Egypt, where his house was burned by Indians
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on Oct. 8, 1763, and he and his wife had narrow escapes from death. They had children: Cath- arine, born Sept. 5, 1766; Eva, born Nov. 8, 1771; John Peter, born June 15, 1775; and Daniel, born Dec. 12, 1778.
W. ROY MARSHALL.
The grandfather of W. Roy Marshall was Samuel Marshall. He was born at Wigtonshire, in Scotland, on Aug. 12, 1816; reared on a farm and carried on farming until in 1850 when he emigrated to Pennsylvania and settled at Slat- ington, in Lehigh county. After working in a quarry for nearly a year he visited his family at Wigtonshire and prepared them to emigrate also to Slatington. He remained abroad four months then returned; and four months after- ward his wife and six children made their great journey from their native home to a home in a strange land and take chances with the father of the family in the development of a new in- dustry in that far distant region from kindred and friends. The emigrating party consisted of the mother who was Mary Ann Davidson, a daughter of William, also of Wigtonshire; three sons-William (who married Mary Tambert), Alexander (who died six weeks after reaching Slatington), and Samuel S. (mentioned next) ; and three daughters-Margaret (who married William Morgan, whose parents emigrated from Wigtonshire to Slatington), Elizabeth (who married Alexander Bowman, the son of an early settled family in Lehigh county), and Ag- nes (who was married to Thomas Donnan, an immigrant from Scotland). The father died in 1892, aged 76 years, and the mother in 1879, aged 64 years.
The parents of Samuel Marshall's wife were William Davidson and Jean Morrow, and they had seven children: Alexander, Robert, Wil- liam, Mary Ann, Agnes, Jean and Jessie, of whom only Mary Ann emigrated.
Samuel S. Marshall, the third son of Samuel, a native of Scotland, emigrated to the United States in the year 1855 and located at Slating- ton. For a number of years he was employed as a slate-cutter and marbleizer until in 1889 when he received an appointment to a position in the Philadelphia Mint which he filled until in 1893 and then returned to Slatington. He looked after his personal interests until his de- cease in 1901. In politics he was a Republican, and adhered to the party principles with fidelity. He was married to Georgie E. Lynch (born in 1848 and died in 1900) ; and they had four chil- dren: W. Ray; Gilbert Dean (born in 1879 and died in 1908) ; George Lee (born in 1881, and died in 1901); and Mary Jeannette (born in
1883 and died in 1892). He and his family were members of the Presbyterian Church. He died March 19, 1901, and was buried in the Fairview cemetery where a unique monument marks the family plot.
Mr. Marshall became the owner of the old Armory Hall on Church street, near 2nd, in 1892 and he there established and carried on a restaurant business. In 1900 he razed the build- ing and erected in its place a modern opera-house for the purpose of supplying a convenient audi- torium for amusement, lectures and public meet- ings, which he conducted in connection with the restaurant until his death when he was succeeded by his sons, Roy and Gilbert.
W. Roy Marshall, proprietor and operator of the Slatington Opera-House and Cafe since 1901, was born at Philadelphia on May 10, 1877. He was educated in the public schools, and graduated from the Slatington high-school with the class of 1904. He then registered in the law offices of the late John Rupp, Esq., at Allentown, as a student, but after having studied for one year he relinquished his efforts to become a law- yer and entered the employ of the Valentine Brewing Co. as a salesman and distributing agent at Philadelphia which he followed for a time, then returned to Slatington. His father having died in 1901, he and his brother, Gilbert, con- tinued the business of carrying on the Slatington Opera-House and Opera-House Cafe which the father had established. They continued the joint ownership and management until 1908 when Gilbert died and the sole ownership devolved upon the survivor who has since conducted both the opera-house and cafe in a successful manner.
Mr. Marshall has become a member of the following societies: B. P. O. E., of Allentown ; J. O. U. A. M., of Slatington; Foresters of America; and Knights of Pythias. In politics he Knights of Pythias, P. O. S. of A., and the J. identified himself with the Republican party. In 1912 he associated with other zealous Republi- cans in the cause of reforming and purifying party politics and took a prominent part with the "Progressives" of Slatington towards securing the nomination and election of their candidate for president of the United States, Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
On May 15, 1900, Mr. Marshall was married to Clara Robinson, of Catasauqua, a daughter of John and Jane (McClusky) Robinson. They are members of the Presbyterian Church.
MARSTELLER FAMILY.
The first Marsteller in America was Frederick Ludwig Marsteller, who arrived at Philadelphia on the ship Mortonhouse, on Aug. 19, 1729.
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He came from Darmstadt, Germany, and sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, for the new country, where William Penn had founded a government which permitted all to worship according to the dictates of their conscience. He settled on the Skippack creek, in New Providence township, Philadelphia county, now Montgomery county, where he bought land from David Williams and Richard Jones. He was one of the founders and deacons of the Lutheran church at Trappe, and his name appears in Latin over the door of this, the oldest Lutheran church building in America, erected in 1743. He was a warm friend of Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, who preached an English sermon at his funeral. He died Oct. 14, 1753, and was buried near the church he loved so well. He and his wife, Barbara, had seven chil- dren: Henry, born July 31, 1730, married, Dec. 13, 1753, Barbara, daughter of Adam Voss; Anna Margaret, born Jan. 6, 1732; Daniel, born Feb. 6, 1733; Frederick, born Aug. 5, 1734; George, born May 24, 1736, married, June 25, 1761, Elizabeth Küster; Valentine, born Dec. 26, 1738, married, May 22, 1766, Magdalena Henrich; and Philip, born Jan. 1, 1742.
Philip Marsteller located in Mill Creek town- ship, Lebanon county, in 1760, and was active in raising troops in 1775 and 1776 in Lebanon, where he then resided. He was a member of the first constitutional convention on July 15, 1776, and after this service was chosen a member of the Assembly. He was appointed paymaster of the militia, Aug. 20, 1777; the agent to superin- tend the purchase of flour for the French fleet, July 13, 1779 ; and assistant forage master, April 5, 1780. So well done was this latter service that General Washington sent Major Marsteller a letter thanking him for the faithful and prompt performance of his duty. He was one of Wash- ington's pall-bearers, and in 1803 removed to Virginia, near Alexandria, where he died about 1809. Some of his descendants reside in Fairfax, and Prince William counties.
Peter Marsteller, brother of Frederick, ar- rived in America on Oct. 5, 1737, and settled near his brother. He was a member of the Trappe church, where his children were baptized and confirmed. His wife, Anna Maria, was born Oct. 26, 1707, and died Nov. 9, 1777. Among his children were: Anna Maria, born 1738, married, Dec. 16, 1756, Andrew Hirster ; Catharine, born June 24, 1741; Elizabeth, born 1745, married, Jan. 27, 1763, John Keyser ; Mi- chael, born Oct. 25, 1749; and Ursula, who mar- ried, Feb. 5, 1754, John Henry Hummel.
Anna Margaret Marsteller, a sister of the brothers Frederick and Peter, married, at Trappe, Dec. 3, 1734, Nicholas Corper.
George Marsteller, brother of Frederick and Peter, probably came with his brother Frederick in 1729, although his name is not given in the ship's list, as he had a child baptized at Trappe as early as 1730. He located in Saucon town- ship, where he had secured a warrant for 200 acres on Jan. 7, 1735. He was naturalized April 10, 1741. Four of his children were bap- tized at Trappe church, but after his removal to Saucon, he became affiliated with the Lutheran church in that township, known as the "Blue Church." He was born in 1695, and died Oct. 17, 1751, leaving surviving ten children. His estate was appraised at £350, of which the widow received the use of £100, the eldest son received £45.9.1., and each of the other children received £25.14.612. His eldest daughter, Elizabeth, was born Aug. 31, 1729. George, his eldest son, was born May 14, 1731. Other children were: Mar- garet, born Feb. 9, 1733, married Nicholas Frantz; Catharine, born Feb. 1, 1735; Fred- erick; Eve; Nicholas; Henry; and John. All of these children removed from the township but Henry. Henry Marsteller was a farmer and shoemaker in Lower Saucon township and died about 1796. His children were: Henry, Samuel, Mrs. Barbara Leibfried, and Mrs. Kauffman.
Samuel Marsteller, son of Henry, was born Oct. 7, 1784. He was a farmer and weaver near Friedensville, where he died Dec. 17, 1847. He married Sarah, daughter of John Dieter Mil- ler. She was born Dec. 18, 1800, and died Aug. 23, 1882. They had twelve children: Samuel A .; Levina, died in infancy; Francis, married Caroline Clewell ; Charles, of Philadelphia, mar- ried Catharine Berger, and had two daughters: Emma and Clara; Eliza, married Frederick Koons; Caroline, married Jonathan Sterner; Reuben, married Susanna Smith; Jacob; David, married Amanda George; Sarah, married Abner Campbell ; Hannah, died unmarried; and Wil- liam H. H., who died aged ten months.
Samuel A. Marsteller, eldest son of Samuel, was born in 1822 and died in 1879. He was for some years a school teacher and later was en- gaged in iron industries in a clerical capacity. He married Leah, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Seip) Lazarus, of Whitehall township. They had ten children: Samuel S., of Baltimore; James L .; Robert J., born 1864, died 1901, who was secretary of the Lehigh Iron Company ; Mrs. Mary A. Edwards, of South Bethlehem; Ellen A., married Andrew J. Wester, of Phila- delphia ; Sarah A., married E. Lehman Ruhe, of Allentown; Elizabeth; Hannah B., married George Sircoulomb, of Lima, Ohio; Catharine, married John F. Gallagher, of Scranton; and Maude E.
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JAMES L. MARSTELLER, son of Samuel A., was born at Fullerton, Whitehall township, Sept. 27, 1849. He spent his early youth upon a farm, and secured his education in the township schools and the Allentown Collegiate and Military In- stitute. He then taught school for two terms, one term in Crawford county, Ohio, from 1869- 1870, and one term in Whitehall township, from 1870 to 1871. From 1872 to 1877 he was in the employ of the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, first at Mauch Chunk, afterwards at Ashley. He commenced the study of law Sept. 1, 1877, in the office of Edwin Albright, who afterwards for many years was judge of the courts of Lehigh county, was admitted to the Lehigh county bar on Sept. 1, 1879, and practiced in said courts ever since.
He is a member of the Lehigh county board of law examiners since 1882 and also a member of the Lehigh County Bar Association since its formation. He served one term as a member of Allentown city councils in 1887 and 1888, rep- resenting the Second ward.
Mr. Marsteller has always taken an active part in politics as a Republican, was for years a member of the Republican county committee, chairman of the committee from 1899 to 1906, was frequently delegate to state conventions, and in 1904 was elected to the House of Representa- tives of Pennsylvania, and served at the general sessions in 1905 and the special session in 1906. He served in this time as a member of the judi- ciary general, appropriations and senatorial ap- portionment committees. In 1907, he was elected secretary and treasurer of the Allentown Trust Company, of Allentown, which position he now holds. He is a member of Jordan Lodge, No. 673, F. & A. M., and of several Republican clubs in the county. He is a trustee of the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane, at Farview, Wayne county, by appointment from Governor Tener, having been appointed in 1906, as a member of the house, one of the commissioners to establish the hospital. He married, in 1902, Lil- lie L., daughter of Tilghman and Elemina Hart- zell, of Allentown.
Jacob Israel Marsteller, fourth son of Samuel, Sr., married Justina Hartman and had five chil- dren : Oliver; Isaac; James F .; Emma J., mar- ried Richard D. Leisenring; and Sarah, married Milton Blose.
JAMES FREMONT MARSTELLER, son of Jacob I., was born in Upper Saucon township, Oct. 27, 1856. He was educated in the schools of the township, graduated from Bethlehem high school, and in 1877 graduated from Lehigh University as a civil engineer. Starting out in life without any capital but his excellent education, he then lo-
cated at Montevideo, Uruguay, South America, where he pursued his profession for one and a half years, when he returned to Pennsylvania, in 1879, and entered the employ of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. He remained with the railroad company until 1881, when he became engaged in the project of constructing a railroad to Mexico City for the Mexican National Con- struction Company. He returned from Mexico in 1882, and again became connected with the railroad company, on the P. & N. Y. division. He then took charge of mining operations for the Bethlehem Iron Company, at Madoc, Ontario, Canada, until 1883, when he went to Cuba, and constructed a railroad from the Juragua mines to the harbor of Santiago, for the Juragua Iron Company, a branch of the Bethlehem Iron Com- pany. Returning to the United States, he became assistant superintendent of the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company, at Pocohontas, Va., until 1884, when he became manager of the soft coal department of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, at Snowshoe, Centre county. From 1886 to 1887 he had charge of special mine engineering under Frederick Mercur, general superintendent of the company, at Wilkes-Barre. In 1887, he erected the large coke oven plant at Snowshoe, and in the fall of the year took charge of the Tift Farm Improvement for the L. V. R. R. Company at Buffalo, N. Y., where he remained until 1888. Upon Mr. Mercur's death in 1888, W. A. Lathrop became general superintendent and Mr. Marsteller became acting superintend- ent of the soft coal department of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company until 1892. In April of 1892, he removed to Friedensville, in Upper Saucon, where he purchased a 104-acre farm, which he operated.
In 1903, he became general superintendent of the Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Company, and lo- cated at Ebensburg, Cambria county. This com- pany was later consolidated with the Webster Coal and Coke Company, of which Mr. Marstel- ler then became general manager of the Northern division, and was also general manager of the Pennsylvania Beech Creek and Eastern Coal & Coke Company, when the Webster Company leased their holdings to it, and remained with the company until they went into the hands of a receiver, L. H. Watkins, and remained general manager until July, 1910.
Mr. Marsteller then returned to his farm and lived retired. He went extensively into the dairy business and had about forty registered Jersey cattle. In 1911, he leased the farm for three years to Titus Reiss. He resides in a fine, mod- ern home, which, with the barns and other build- ings, are considered the finest in the township.
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In 1911, he became vice-president and general manager of the Rock Hill Iron & Coal Com- pany, serving until Aug. 1, 1913, when he re- signed. Mr. Marsteller is a member of the Lu- theran congregation at Friedensville and is an Independent Republican in politics. He mar- ried, July 20, 1884, Minnie A., daughter of Dr. Henry S. Clemens, of Allentown, and they have one child, Justina Clemens Marsteller, born Dec. 6, 1886, a graduate of the Moravian Seminary and the Baldwin School at Bryn Mawr, who married Chester John Langdon, a mining engi- neer, in charge of his father's operations on the Huntingdon & Broad Top Railroad.
John Marsteller was born in Chester county in 1776, and as a young man came to Lehigh county, where he married, April 5, 1801, Eliza- beth Butz and settled near Alburtis. Thomas Marsteller, his son, was born in 1802, and died in 1882. He was a carpenter and undertaker, and married Lydia Hower. They had three sons: John, H. Frank, and Thomas. John Marsteller married Sarah, daughter of James and Salome (Eisenhard) Heinley.
WALLACE H. MARSTELLER, son of John, was born near Alburtis in 1861. He received his education in the schools of Lower Macungie and the normal school at Kutztown, after which he taught school for three years in Lower Macun- gie, and one year in Ohio. He was then clerk in a store at Alburtis and the same period in a Mertztown store. In 1886, he removed to Al- lentown, where he was employed as a clerk in Bittner, Hunsicker & Co.'s, and Harry Hunsick- er's bazaar store for twelve years, and in Hess Brothers' store for twelve and one-half years. In 1911 he engaged in the retail coal business at 118 Walnut street.
Mr. Marsteller was a member of the Seventh ward school board for one term and served two terms as a member of common council from that ward as a Republican. He is a member of Zion Reformed church, where he has been deacon, elder, financial secretary and trustee, as well as assistant superintendent of the Sunday school, and for fifteen years teacher of the Bible class. He is a member of Jordan Lodge, No. 673, F. & A. M .; Constantine Lodge, No. 1113, I. O. O. F .; P. O. S. of A., and K. of M. C. He married Miss Ida Shafer, who died in 1908. He married the second time, Mrs. Alice, widow of Rev. William Schoener, and daughter of Wil- liam Laros.
OSCAR MARSTELLER, chief engineer of the Lehigh Valley Shoe Co., was born April 18, 1866, at East Texas, in Lehigh county. He was educated in the township school and learned the trade of carpenter under his father, which he
followed until he became thirty-one years. Dur- ing this time he also learned engineering, and when he discontinued carpentering he served as an engineer in the establishments of Pretz & Weinsheimer, and the American Steel and Wire Co., until 1888; then he became chief engineer of the Allentown Steam Heat and Power Co., which he filled satisfactorily for seventeen years. In 1905 he secured a similar position with the Lehigh Valley Shoe Co., and this he has served until the present time. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, Knights of the Golden Eagle, Shoemakers Beneficial Association, and Amer- ican Order of Steam Engineers.
Mr. Marsteller was married to Lillie Mum- bauer, daughter of Charles Mumbauer, of Vera Cruz, and they have four children: Franklin G., Mamie Elmira, Charles Henry, and Harry Eugene. They are members of Grace Evangeli- cal church. He is one of the instrumental per- formers of the choir, playing the bass violin.
H. Frank Marsteller, his father, was born in 1827, in Lower Macungie township. He learned the trade of carpenter and cabinet-maker which he followed at Bethlehem. He then learned the undertaker business and carried it on at Cetronia and East Texas for a number of years. He lived in retirement for a time at Allentown and died July 21, 1897. He was married twice. His first wife was Elevina Schmoyer, by whom he had six children: Winfield, William, Olva, An- nie, Alvin, and John, the first three having died. Upon her decease, he married Emma R. Knauss, daughter of Daniel Knauss, and by her he had also six children: Oscar ; Henry B. F .; Eugene; Elizabeth, married Benjamin Lewis; and two died young. His widow is still living at the age of ninety-five years, and she resides at No. 1223 Chew street.
His grandfather, Thomas Marsteller, was also a cabinet-maker, by trade. He had three sons: H. Frank, John, and Thomas.
ALVIN P. MARSTELLER, son of H. Frank and Elemina (Schmoyer) Marsteller, was born June 6, 1858, at Alburtis. He attended school and at the same time assisted in farming his father's farm until the age of nineteen, when he began to learn the carpenter trade with his father. In 1881, he removed to Allentown and became car- penter and millwright at the Allentown Silk Mill, where he is still engaged. Mr. Marsteller married Rebecca J. E., daughter of Jonas Her- man, of Allentown, and had two children : Min- erva O. M., married Oliver J. Sensinger ; and Sula H., married George A. Schaffer. Mrs. Marsteller died in 1889 and he married, second, Annie Roth, of North Whitehall, who died April 14, 1909. Mr. Marsteller is a member of the
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Reformed Church, and of the Knights of Malta, Jr. O. U. A. M., Foresters, Moose, Pioneer Fire Company, and a beneficial society.
A member of one of the Marsteller family branches settled in Hamilton township, Monroe county, where he married a Miss Schaeffer and both were buried at a Methodist church near Snydersville, of which they were members. They had twelve children: Simpson, of Brodheads- ville; Peter, of Hamilton township; Bolivar, moved West; Joseph, of near Stroudsburg, and later lived in the West; Barnett; Philip, of Ham- ilton township; Henry, of near Williamsport; Mary, married John Lesh, and lives on the home- stead; Lovina, married Geo. H. Weiss, of Brod- headsville; Rebecca, married Felix Storm, of near Brodheadsville; Mrs. Henry, of Henryville; and Sophia, married John Southers, of Williamsport.
Barnett Marsteller was born in Monroe coun- ty in 1818, and was a stone mason and farmer on the farm now owned by J. Davis Weiss, near Brodheadsville. He died in 1852 and was buried at the Pleasant Valley church. He married Julia A., daughter of Henry and Mary ( Huff- smith) Weiss, who died in 1877. They had four children: William H .; Rudolph W .; Mary A., died unmarried ; and Moses G., died in infancy.
RUDOLPH W. MARSTELLER, son of Barnett, ticket agent of the Lehigh Valley R. R. Com- pany, at Slatington, was born at Brodheadsville, April 5, 1850. He received his education in the schools of the town and at Schwartz Academy, Bethlehem, after which he taught school for two terms. In the fall of 1867, he became an employee of the Lehigh Valley R. R. Company, at Bethlehem, was located one year at Mahanoy City, and in 1868 was transferred to Slatington, where he has since remained. On Jan. 1, 1890, he was promoted to ticket agent, which position he still fills most acceptably.
Mr. Marsteller .married, in 1875, Tillie, daughter of Samuel Rittenhouse, of Bethlehem, who died June 21, 1877. They had one child, Dr. George H. Marsteller, who married Lottie N. Hornby, of Cambridge, Md., and has four children: Sarah S., Rudolph E., Mary F., and Mamie L. Mr. Marsteller married the sceond time, Aug. 8, 1878, Sarah A. Rose, of Allen- town. They had one child, Mary S., wife of F. F. Schoenfeld, of Mauch Chunk.
Mr. Marsteller and family are members of the Lutheran Church, in which he is an elder. He was a member of the borough council from 1891 to 1893 as a Republican, and is a member of the P. O. S. of A., Knights of Malta, and Royal Arcanum.
THOMAS F. MARSTELLER, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Filtchem) Marsteller, was born in
Williams township, Northampton county, in 1838. He received a liberal education and be- came a farmer and then a bartender at various places, until 1875, when he built the Pacific House, in Bethlehem, and operated that, in con- nection with livery stables, up to 1902. He then sold out and removed to West Bethlehem, where resided four years, when he removed to Allen- town and built a home. He served in the Civil War, having enlisted in September, 1861, in Co. B, 5Ist Regt., Capt. F. W. Bell, Col. John Hart- ranft, of Harrisburg. He participated in many battles, notably those of Bull Run, Camden, and Antietam. He was honorably discharged Sept. 6, 1862. Mr. Marsteller was a member of the Lutheran Church and in politics adhered to Re- publican principles. He died June 12, 1910, and was buried in Nisky Hill cemetery, Bethlehem. He married, July 1, 1865, Catharine, daughter of Thomas and Susan (Lambert) Brotzman and had one son, Robert L. Marsteller, born Nov. 25, 1865, at Uhlersville, who died at his moth- er's home, 1120 Hamilton street, Allentown, on Aug. 30, 1913, leaving a son, Thomas F., born in 1907.
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