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Robert Dalby Morgan, youngest son of Wil- liam and Margaret, was born Jan. 15, 1884, and received his preliminary education at Slat- ington. He then attended the Stroudsburg Normal School, and the Jefferson Medical Col- lege at Philadelphia, and afterward the Uni- versity of Maryland at Baltimore from which he was graduated in 1910. He was then engaged in hospital work at Baltimore and Lancaster for a year when he returned to Slatington and has since practiced his medical profession at that place. In January, 1913, he was elected a member of the Board of Health for five years, and since then has also served as Health Officer of the borough.
JOHN MORGAN, a deceased merchant at Slat- ington, son of John and Susan Morgan, was born at Garlieston, in Scotland, on April 5, 1836, and he emigrated with his parents in 1855, lo- cating with them at Slatington. He was em- ployed as a salesman in the company store of the
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old Lehigh Slate Co. for some years and then became the book-keeper in its slate office and after filling this position for a number of years he engaged in the mercantile business for him- self which he carried on until 1896 when he re- tired. He died June 29, 1906, and was buried on the family lot in the Fairview cemetery.
During the Civil War, Mr. Morgan was en- listed on October 16, 1862, in Co. D, 176th Regt. Penna. Vols., as a Ist sergeant and he served with the company until it was regularly mustered out of service on August 18, 1863. He was one of the owners and organizers of the Kern Farm Slate Co., and his estate is still financially interested in the affairs of the com- pany.
In politics, Mr. Morgan was a Republican. He manifested a great interest in the welfare of the public school system and devoted a great part of his time to the improvement of the local schools, and in this behalf he served for a num- ber of years as a school director, filling the of- fice of secretary and president of the board for a time. He was affiliated with Slatington Lodge 440, F. and A. M., having been a charter member at the time of its institution, and filling the office of treasurer at the time of his death (which he had served for a continuous period of twenty- seven years) also with the R. A. Chapter, No. 284, of Catasauqua, and with the Allen Com- mandery, No. 20, K. T., of Allentown.
Mr. Morgan was married on Dec. 20, 1864, to Effie J. Long, a daughter of Anthony and Eliza (Durling) Long, and they had nine children : Susan, George B., Jennie, Dr. Lemuel J., Dr. Oliver B., Anthony, Eliza, J. Andrew and J. Arthur. They were active members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Morgan, during his lifetime showed great interest in it in religious affairs including the work of its Sunday-school. Mrs. Morgan died Nov., 1911.
Dr. Lemuel graduated from the Slatington High school, and from the Pennsylvania Dental College; then took a post graduate course in the University of Pennsylvania. He is now engaged in the practice of dentistry at East Stroudsburg.
Dr. Oliver P. also graduated from the local high school, and from the dental department of the University of Pennsylvania, having taken a post graduate course in Dentistry at the Uni- versity. He was engaged in active practice for a time at Washington, N. J., and then went to Baltimore, Md., where he has since practiced his profession.
J. Arthur also graduated from the local high school, and from the Columbia University, at New York, where he received two degrees, and
he is now an Electrical Engineer, located at Louisville, Kentucky.
Susan, the eldest daughter, was married to Wil- liam Rupert. They resided in Texas where he died about 1890, and since she has made her home at Slatington. Jennie was married to Percy Carlton, and they reside at Baltimore, Md. These daughters were given a thorough education. They traveled together extensively in the United States, Canada and Mexico; and in 1910 they made an extended tour through Europe.
MOSSER (MOSER) FAMILIES.
Hans Michael Moser and His Descendants.
Hans Michael Moser emigrated from Germany to America, on the ship Duke of Wurtemberg, which landed at Philadelphia, Oct. 16, 1751. He brought his wife, Catharine, and four children with him. The "original list" of the ship's pas- sengers, records the names, births, ages, etc., are as follows: George Moser, born 1740, died 1806, aged 66 years; II years of age on arrival in America ; will probated 1807 ; no children ; settled in Gladwyne; buried at St. John's Center Square, Montgomery county.
Peter Moser, born 1742; died 1829; aged 87 years ; 9 years old on arrival in America; will probated 1830; 12 children ; settled in Pottstown ; buried in Pottstown graveyard.
Barbara Moser, born 1745; died 1848; aged 72 years ; 6 pears of age on arrival in America; will probated 1818; four children; settled at Pottstown; place of burial, unknown.
Burkhard Moser, born 1748; died in 1828 (?) ; aged 80 years ; three years old on arrival in America ; died intestate and without issue ; settled in Schuylkill county ; place of burial, unknown.
Christian Moser, born 1755, a few years after the arrival of the family in America; died 1839; four children; settled at Whiteplain; buried in St. John's cemetery, Center Square.
George Moser married a Miss Leber, had no children; she survived him forty-eight years. after her husband's death she lived at Evansburg, Montgomery county, until she was one hundred years of age; then her relatives fearing to let her live by herself at such an age, took her to the Trappe, where she died at the extreme old age of 104 years and some months. While she lived at Evansburg, her husband's brothers, ( Peter, Burkhard and Christian), called to see her, if a Mrs. Casselberry's statement can be relied upon (a lady of Evansburg, high in the nineties, in 1900, and who was possessed with excellent men- tal faculties).
Peter Moser had twelve children, five boys and seven girls, viz: Anna Maria, m. a Geiger ;
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Catharine, m. a Pyle; Margaret, m. a Neidig ; Eliza, m. a Yocum; Anna, m. a Egolf; and Lydia, m. a Brunner.
Barbara Moser, born 1745, and who died in 1848, was married to a Neuman, and had four children.
Christian Moser had four children, two sons and two daughters. Both boys died young. Mary married Jacob M. Hurst, and Elizabeth, Benjamin F. Harry.
Burkhard Moser was the second youngest child of Hans Michael Moser. At the time of the American Revolution he (being about 28 years of age) and his brother Christian (aged about 21 years,) joined the American forces under Washington and served their country the whole of that war. (Penna. Actives and War Rec- ords, at Washington, D. C.) The pay they re- ceived from the government was sent to Peter, their brother, who lived near Pottstown, Pa., then known as Pottsgrove. After the close of the war for Independence, they returned to Montgomery county, Pa.
Christian Moser settled in Whiteplain town- ship, buying a farm with the money he received from the government. Burkhard Moser, being persona non grata with the family generally, on account of his eccentricities and wild habits, went into the mountains about 1800, or a little earlier, and settled in that region of country now known as Tamaqua, Schuylkill county, Pa. He visited his brothers on several occasions subse- quently, and Peter visited him once or twice in his mountainous home. On the 17th day of Jan- uary, 1815, he purchased 420 acres of land from one James McCosckle and John Didier, paying $510 in silver for it. The deed gives the exact lines and posts, starting thus: "Beginning at a pine tree of Philip Mosser's land and thence by the same land of Burkhard Mosser." Peter Moser was the financial custodian of his brother Burkhard and gave him the money with which he paid the land. Burkhard Moser built a log house on this land, began to cultivate a portion of it, and lived upon it for thirteen or fourteen years, and paid the taxes on it up to the time of his death. He died in full possession with- out debts in 1828. Where he is buried or who performed his burial rites, it now appears that those who knew best (outside of God himself) are silent in death.
The coal company paid the taxes for two years after his death in his name, and then built a log house, still standing, on an elevation near Panther creek, and then claimed it on a squat- ter's claim.
This queer and eccentric old man, living alone in the mountains, naturally gave the impression
in the minds of the inhabitants of this sparsely settled region, that he was alone in the world without brothers or sisters or friends, and as the coal craze was just then beginning to manifest itself, the greed of the coal company had no bounds; they evidently buried his body and kept quiet. Peter died in 1829, ignorant of his broth- er's death; Christian died in 1838; and was completely blind for eight years before he died ; and being a devout Christian, thought little and cared less for all earthly estates. He often spoke of his mansions in Heaven. Thus by their death and burial, the true knowledge of their brother Burkhard Moser's estate was also buried.
Burkhard Mosser, Sr., came from Germany and arrived in this country about 1727 or earlier. He owned land in Schuylkill (then Northamp- ton) county.
Burkhard Mosser, Sr., tradition states was married to an Oswald. He was one of the pioneers in Lynn township, Northampton (now Lehigh) county, in which district, on Dec. 22, 1748 one Simon Moser took out a warrant for 203 acres of land; again on Nov. 19, 1766 he took out another warrant for thirty-three acres in the same township. Michael Moser, June 8, 1754, took out a warrant for fifty-four acres in the same district.
On Dec. 13, 1785, Erhart Seisloff and his brother George, only surviving children and sons of George Seisloff, who with his wife and five or six children, in 1757, were massacred by the Indians, sold unto Burkhard Mosser, of Lynn township the farm, which belonged to their pa- rents, for the consideration of five hundred and fifty pounds of current and lawful money. The said tract of land was situated and bounded as follows: Beginning at a white oak thence by land of Jacob Kistler and George Kistler and Paul Hertzog, west ninety-one perches crossing a run to a chestnut oak, north seven degrees, west ninety-six perches to a stone, the land of Philip Sittler, south one hundred and eighty-nine perches crossing a run to a post, thence by land of Henry Finck, and Frederick Sechler, east one hundred and eighty-four perches crossing a run to a chest- nut oak thence by other land of the said Burk- hard Mosser, etc. This is conclusive proof that tradition is correct in stating that Burkhard Mos- ser, Sr., lived where aged Jacob Mosser, a de- scendant, now lives, on the public road leading to Lynnville. The deed to which reference is made . above was witnessed by Peter Kohler and Burk- hard Mosser, Jr., each of whom wrote his name clearly on the deed, the original copy is still in possession of the present owner, James A. Os- wald, of what is still locally known as the Seis- loff homestead.
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Burkhard Mosser died in 1807, leaving a fam- ily of six children, viz .:
Philip, Michael, Jacob, Burkhard, Jr., Anna Maria m. John Oswald, Barbara, m. a Mr. Sit- tler.
Burkhard Mosser, Jr., son of Burkhard, Sr., had a family consisting of ten children, viz .:
Jacob, John, Mary (Mrs. John Kerschner), Catharine (Mrs. Henry Frey), Mary M. (Mrs. Nicholas Boyer), Elizabeth (Mrs. Philip Brobst), Barbara (Mrs. John Whetstone), Re- becca (Mrs. A. Rabinold), Michael, Polly M. ( Mrs. George Longenberger).
All these children were born in this country ; and it is contended that the descendants of the various branches of this family erroneously claim to be the heirs of Burkhard Moser, the bachelor. It is true they are the direct heirs of Burkhard Mosser, Jr., who owned 220 acres of land ad- joining that of Burkhard Moser, the bachelor. It was the father (Burkhart Mosser, Jr.) of this family, who was sued by John Oswald ( his brother-in-law ) for trespass on his (Oswald's) property (who owned land adjoining that of Mosser), and against whom the fieri facias was issued, condemnation made, but never legally sold. The trespass consisted in Burkhard Mos- ser, Jr., going on his brother-in-law's land, cut- ting down the timber, making it into boards and planks and selling it at a profit. He died in 1849. Some of his sons owned land in Carbon and Schuylkill counties or leased it in 1734, I believe, to the Greenwood or Greenaugh Coal Co., and the Little Schuylkill Coal Co., for ninety-nine years, the lease expiring in 1883.
Lewis F. Mosser, miller and farmer at Mos- serville, in Lynn township, states:
"That Burkhard Moser and Philip Mosser were brothers; that they held land in common in Schuylkill county; that the land was considered valueless; that Philip Mosser sold his interests in the land to his brother, Burkhard Moser, for a blind halter and a silver dollar.
Philip Mosser frequently related the above incident to his grandchildren.
It is related that the Mossers and the Indian friendly ; that the savages had marked the bounds of the Mosser lands, that perchance, should other tribes come in that territory during the Indian tribe of that section have always been most Wars, 1755-1758, that they would not harm this friendly family.
Philip Mosser (son of Burkhard, Sr.), was born in the Goshenhoppen, and settled in Lynn township.
On May 23, 1750, a proprietary warrant was given to Sebastian Mosser (the relation of this
person and aforesaid Philip is uncertain; some suppose them to be brothers; others, since on June 10, 1761, the above tract was conveyed to Philip, regard him as the father of Philip, which is altogether likely, since a Sebastian Mosser came to America Sept. 23, 1732, being under sixteen years).
One Johannes Mock, by warrant dated Aug. 13, 1746, obtained a tract of land called "Little Belt," which he deeded unto Philip Mosser under date May 2, 1763, the latter conveyed this land unto David Mosser, his son, on Jan. 29, 1798.
Philip Mosser by application Number 3918, obtained a warrant for a tract of land called "Emfworth," in Lynn, bearing date of April 27, 1769. This tract, with other lands he conveyed unto David Mosser, his son, on Aug. 2, 1805. A spring house built in 1794, by Philip Mosser is still standing at Mosserville, on the property of Mr. Lewis F. Mosser.
Mrs. David Mosser used to relate to her chil- dren that she remembered when in 1794 two companies of New Jersey soldiers, on their re- turn from the western part of the state where they had been to assist in putting down the whis- key insurrection, tired and hungry, encamped on the farms of Philip Mosser, Jacob Oswald, and Peter Hunsicker. The ovens at these farm houses were brought into requisition and Mrs. Mosser was actively engaged in baking for the soldiers who stood anxiously waiting for the bread to bake. After their hunger was appeased and they were rested they went on their way.
The children of Philip were: (1) Johannes ; (2) Sebastian. (3) Michael. 4. Philip. 5. Jacob, (with the exception of David, and Jacob, all of the sons moved to Center county, Pa., where they now pass by the name of Musser). 7. Mrs. Pike, of Center Co. 8. Mrs. Michael Uhl, of Schuylkill county. 9. Mrs. Samuel Everett, some of whose descendants are in Cleve- land, O.
David Mosser, son of Philip, was born De- cember 30, 1766, in Lehigh, then Northampton county. He died in Lynn township, Oct. 18, 1832, aged sixty-five years, nine months and eighteen days. He was a miller by trade, and operated a custom-mill and saw-mill, at Mossers- ville, where a post office was established in 1866. David Mosser had 180 acres of land, which he cultivated in connection with his other business. On April 25, 1798, he purchased the farm from his father Philip, who died in 1817. In this year David rebuilt the grist mill, and this is still standing. David Mosser was married to Cath- arine Oswald, who was born April 7, 1776, and died May II, 1857. Both are buried on the old graveyard at New Tripoli.
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David Mosser was in the milling business about forty years. He was succeeded by his son, Jo- seph. His land he divided between his sons, John and Joseph. His children follow: John; Jacob; Elizabeth, born April 9, 1800, m. to Henry Grim, of Allentown; William; Magda- 1807; Joseph; Catharine, born May 9, 1813, m. Joshua Seiberling; Esther, born May 24, 1816, m. Stephen Kistler, of Tannersville; Sallie, born March 6, 1819, m. James Seiberling; David, born April 4, 1822.
John Mosser, Sr., son of David, was born Jan. 17, 1796, at Mossersville, and died there, Oct. 29, 1852. He was a tanner and farmer for many years. He was the leading tanner in the entire county, and employed a number of men in that business. He used the bark-mill which belonged to his father, David Mosser. The mill consisted of a large stone, the top of which was about eighteen inches wide, by about six feet high. The stone stood upon a solid foundation of other stones. An upright shaft extended through the big upright stone. To this arrangement was fastened a pole about 14 feet in length and to the end away from the mill was hitched a horse which walked around the mill. This crude in- vention was the best apparatus they had to grind and break up their bark. The stone mill was also used to soften Spanish hides. John Mosser and his father were the pioneer tanners in this section of the country.
John Mosser's wife was Sophia Ebert. She as born Sept. 19, 1799, and died Sept. 18, 1883. They had six children: Catharine, Polly, m. Nathan Wetherhold, Mary, David, John, and Aaron.
Aaron E. Mosser, son of John, was born on the Mosser homestead at Mossersville, June I, 1834, and died at Allentown, June 17, 1876. He attended a school of higher education at the Trappe, Pa. After his school days he clerked in a general store at Breinigsville. Upon mar- riage, he established a general store at Mossers- ville, which he continued for six years. There- after moving to Allentown, he clerked for a short time in Lawfer & Hartzell's store. There upon he associated himself with Frank Hersh under the firm name of Hersh & Mosser, hard- ware merchants, which continued to his death. Two years after his demise, his heirs sold their interests to Hersh Bros. and Dr. Grim. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. His wife was Jane A., daughter of Jacob and Cath- arine (Trexler) Breinig, a granddaughter of Jacob Breinig. The union was blessed with seven children : 1. Mary A., single ; 2. John J., of Allentown; 3. George E .; 4. Annie, m. to Oscar Trexler ; 5. Jennie, m. to James Gladhill ;
6. Harry, of Allentown; and 7. May, who died in infancy.
GEORGE E. MOSSER, son of Aaron, trading as George E. Mosser, of Allentown, was born at Mossersville, Pa., in 1864. Reared at the place of birth, he later clerked in the store, worked on the farm and at the Mosser tannery, where he learned his trade, serving three years. There- upon, in 1885, he went to Williamsport, where he worked in the tannery of James K. Mosser, then Mosser, Keck & Co. (a cousin of his fa- ther). Since 1888 he is engaged in the hide business at Allentown. He is a member of the Lutheran church. In 1890, he married Lizzie A., daughter of Charles W. and Mary (New- hard) Rau, of Northampton county, and they have the following children: Margaret M., died at the age of five years ; Aaron R. ; and George W.
Jacob Mosser, second child of David, was born Jan. 29, 1798. He lived at Allentown, where he was a tanner and a very substantial citizen. His wife was Salome Kistler and their children were: William, m. to Lucy Fish- er; 2. Catherine, m. to Samuel E. Albright; 3. Charles K., m. to Annie Mink; 4. Elizabeth, m. to Peter K. Grim; 5. James K., m. to Marie E. Keck.
William Mosser, fourth child of David, was born May 18, 1802. He moved to the line of Berks and Lehigh counties, where he operated a mill on the Ontelaunee. This mill consists of a stone building still in a good state of preserva- tion, and a saw-mill annex which was built by M. B. in 1793. William Mosser came into posses- sion of this property about 1828 and operated the same up to the time of his retirement, when he was succeeded by his son, William K. The mill is known as "Mosser's Mill" and the property contains 161 acres of good land, located in the potato belt. Mr. Mosser was a Lutheran member of "Jacobs" or Jacksonville Union church, which he served officially for many years, being treasurer, when the present church was built. He died at the age of 76 years. His wife was Susanna, daughter of Daniel Kuhns. Four- teen children were born to them, three of whom died when young. The remainder were: I. Thomas, late of Saegersville. 2. Mary, m. to Owen A. Miller, of Philadelphia ; 3. Charles, late of Missouri; 4. Lucy, deceased, m. to Joseph Clauss, of Allentown; 5. Catharine, deceased, m. to Wilson Peter, of Slatington; 6. James K .; 7. William ; 8. Sarah, m. to Dr. Aaron Miller, of Saegersville; 9. Amanda, m. to Owen Hoff- man, of Philadelphia; 10. Ellen, m. to Abraham D. Kistler, of Allentown; II. Albert, late of Al- lentown.
JAMES K. MOSSER, son of William, was born at Mosser's Mill, Dec. 21, 1834. In 1868 he
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moved to Schuylkill county, settling near Ring- town, where he was a leading business man for thirty-nine years, operating a mill, farm, huck- ster team, and was engaged in lumbering, em- ploying a number of men. A Republican in poli- tics, he served as school director and auditor. He had been choir leader of Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran church for many years, and was active in church matters. In May, 1907, he and his wife retired and moved to Allentown, where Mr. Mos- ser died in 1912. In 1859, he married Cordelia, daughter of Daniel and Persena (Lutz) Wanne- macher, from which union there was no issue. The children of Daniel and Persena Wanne- macher were: Cordelia; Sarah, m. to Aaron Hahn; Amandus, m. to Sarah Klingaman, of Saegersville; Albert, died single; and Emma, m. to Dr. William Miller.
Willianı K. Mosser, son of William, was born July 24, 1839, died Dec. 15, 1905. He owned the homestead after his father, the present Mos- ser's mill, and farm, and an adjacent farm of 102 acres, these he cultivated to the time of his retirement. He was an esteemed citizen, and dur- ing his retirement he lived in a fine brick house, built by his father in 1839. He had been a suc- cessful potato-farmer. Dr. James Graber and he were instrumental in the erection of the Jack- sonville creamery. He and Wilson P. Krum, of Krumsville, operated slate quarries at Slate- ville, Williamstown, and Jacksonville. He had been a Lutheran member of the Jacksonville church, which he served officially from early man- hood to the time of his death.
He was married May 11, 1862, to Sarah, b. Sept. 4, 1842, daughter of Joseph and Maria (Wannemacher) Lutz, the issue being: 1. Lena, b. Dec. 4, 1863 ; 2. Adda, b. Jan. 12, 1865; 3. Charles, b. May 12, 1866; 4. William J .; 5. Sallie, b. Dec. 24, 1871, drowned March 28, 1873; 6. Clara, b. March 30, 1873; 7. Albert, b. May 12, 1874; 8. Edward, b. Feb. 7, 1876; 9. Nellie, b. Oct. 22, 1878; 10. Robert, b. Oct. 18, 1879; II. Daisy, b. July 16, 1884.
William J. Mosser, son of William K., was born Jan. 5, 1869. He succeeded his father on the old homestead, following farming and the milling business. On the 161-acre farm he raises annually thousands of bushels of potatoes. He is married to Caroline, daughter of Moses and Caroline (Long) Straub, and they have ten children: 1. Warren; 2. Milo; 3. Harry; 4. Robert; 5. Marguerite; 6. Clara; 7. George; 8. William ; 9. Florence; 10. Frederick.
Joseph Mosser, son of David, was born at Mossersville, May 28, 1810. He obtained the tract upon which the original homestead was sit- uated, also the mill. He followed the milling
trade and farming all his active life. He and his family were actively identified with the Lu- theran congregation of Ebenezer church, at New Tripoli, where they are buried. His wife was. Maria Krause. She was born November 1, 1813, and died Feb. 6, 1911, at the remarkable age of 97 years, 3 months and 5 days. He died April 23, 1893, in his eighty-third year. They had these three children: William F .; Rosa Anna, wife of Edwin Camp, deceased, of Newton Center, Mass., and Lewis F., who died in May, 1913.
William Franklin Mosser, son of Joseph, was. born at Mossersville, Pa., Dec. 26, 1833, died Jan. 6, 1908. He began his active life at Brein- igsville, where Mr. Gehman and he conducted a. general store. Later he returned to his home to. farm and help in the mill. Subsequently he bought a small store at Williamstown, near Slatington, which he conducted for three years. Thereupon he came to Allentown, and became in- terested in and established the Lehigh Axle Works in 1862 or 63 (now William F. Mos- ser & Son Iron Foundry and Machine Shop), in which he continued to the end of his life. During the Centennial, Mr. Mosser exhibited a. turbine water wheel, which stood high in public tests, but which dropped into disuse on account of the difficulty of securing proper water-rights. He was a Republican, serving as justice of the peace at Mosserville, fraternally was a member of F. & A. M., and of the Lutheran Church, which. he served as deacon and elder. He also served as one of the building committee when St. John's. Lutheran church, Allentown, was remodeled .. He was first president of the Allentown Steam Heat and Power Co. He was married to Louisa,. daughter of Peter and Catharine (Hartman) Seiberling, the issue being: 1. Alvena L., m. to. George W. Eckert, of Allentown; 2. Amanda. L., m. to Thomas E. Bechtel, of Italy; 3. Emma L., m. to William G. Keck, of Allentown ; 4 .. Rosa L., m. to G. T. Roth, of Elkin, N. C .; 5 .. Joseph, deceased ; 6. Charles F.
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