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Henry A. Newhard, son of Owen, died at Siegersville, March 2, 1912, aged 66 years. He
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was a coal, grain and lumber merchant, and was a director of the Allentown Trust Company, and a member of Jordan Reformed church. He married Catharine Bower, and had two sons: William B., and Elmer J.
William B. Newhard was born in 1876, near Siegersville, and was educated in the public schools and the Kutztown State Normal School. He is a member and deacon of Jordan Reformed church, and a member of the K. G. E., and Jr. O. U. A. M. He married, in 1898, Jennie, daughter of Clinton Guth, and has one child, Ida C.
ELMER J. NEWHARD was born near Siegers- ville, July 22, 1878. He attended the local schools and assisted his father in the coal and grain business. In 1897 he came to Allentown and entered the retail shoe business at 641 Ham- ilton, with his brother-in-law, as the firm of John J. Hauser & Company, and continued until December, 1912, when the business was discon- tinued. He was also one of the partners of the Roney & Berger Shoe Manufacturing Company, for eight years. Upon the death of his father he succeeded him as a director of the Allentown Trust Company. Mr. Newhard died Jan. II, 1913, after an illness of only one week. He was a member of Barger Lodge, No. 333, F. & A. M; Allen R. A. Chapter, No. 203 ; Allen Com- mandery, No. 20, K. T .; Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .; Allentown Lodge, No. 130, B. P. O. E .; Allentown Lodge, No. 1299, Loyal Order of Moose; Allentown Tent, No. 389, Knights of the Maccabees; Jordan Council, No. 746, Jr. O. U. A. M .; Red Men; Golden Eagles ; and Allentown Post, T. P. A. He was a member of St. Michael's Lutheran church and active in church work. He married Ellen J., daughter of Samuel Ritter, and had one daugh- ter, Alma. He was buried in Greenwood ceme- tery, with Knight Templar honors.
Michael Newhard, son of John, had six chil- dren : Maria Anne, married David Swartz; Abraham; John, married Anna Kleppinger, had no children; Mary, married Charles Young; Magdalena, married John Kuhns; and Sarah, married Rev. Abraham Bartholomew, and had sons: Rev. Albert Bartholomew, of Manheim; and Rev. Calvin Bartholomew, of Pottsville.
Abraham, son of Michael, was born Oct. 17, 1836, and married Mary Schall. He had eight children: Levi, of Fountain Green, Ill .; Senia, wife of George Kleckner; David, of Egypt; Mary, wife of Adam Beers; Jane, wife of Mi- chael Deibert; Francis, of Illinois ; Nathan, mar- ried Rebecca Diefenderfer; and Ellen, wife of Frank Van Billiard.
8. Juliana, daughter of Michael, Jr., was born
Sept. 23, 1776, and married, May 2, 1796, Henry Haas.
9. Peter Newhard, born Dec. 23, 1778, died Dec. 7, 1856, married Maria Remaley, and had eleven children. He lived in Washington town- ship.
IO. Maria Salome, born March 11, 1781.
II. Daniel Newhard, born Dec. 17, 1788, had children: Charles; Eliza, married Jacob Wick- ert; Mrs. Hettie Druckenmiller; Maria, mar- ried Stephen Schmidt; and Nathan. Nathan had children : Alfred, married Maria Berlin; Ben- jamin F., born 1845, died 1899, a miller near Emaus, who married Lydia Annie, daughter of George and Esther Klotz, born Oct. 19, 1846, died July 7, 1914, and had children: Irwin, Robert, Edwin, Frederick, and Minnie, married Harry Jones; William, who married Rosa Koch ; Joseph; Sallie A., wife of John Kuehner; and Jane, born 1850, died 1901, married William F. DeLong.
12. Jonas Newhard, born March 12, 1793, married Catharine Saeger, born July 16, 1794, died Sept. 17, 1842. Their children were: Reu- ben, born Sept. 13, 1814; Levina, born Nov. 12, 1817, married Eli Steckel; Eliza, born Jan. 22, 1816, died June 21, 1853, married Peter Hecker, born Oct. 28, 1809, died Oct. 4, 1899, and had three children: Capt. Lewis P. Hecker, William F. Hecker, and Mrs. A. W. DeLong; and Wil- liam Newhard, born Sept. 24, 1820, died Feb. 9, 1892, married Caroline Knauss, died Feb. 3, 1909, and had children: Elwood L., and Win- field. Elwood L. Newhard married Martha Snyder and had children: Libbie, Winfield, Mabel, Fred, Ruth, and George.
V. Peter Newhard, second son of Michael, the emigrant, was born Nov. 15, 1743, and died Sept. 16, 1813. He was a gunsmith and farmer and during the Revolution his services were in great demand for the making of guns. He owned 345 acres of land near Laury's, and was a mem- ber of the Egypt Reformed church, where he was buried. He married, first, Magdalena Koh- ler, who died in 1777, leaving three children: Catharine Elizabeth, born Feb. 25, 1768; Mary Barbara, born Sept. 25, 1776; and Elizabeth, born Nov. 20, 1777. He married, second, Cath- arine Miller, born Oct. 6, 1758, died June 23, 1842, who is buried at Indianland. They had six children : Maria Margaret, born Sept. 2, 1779, married, May 17, 1796, John Dieter Bau- man, born 1772, died 1853, and had eight sons and four daughters, one of whom, Hon. Dennis Bauman, of Allentown, born in 1819, is still living in Allentown, aged 95 years; Peter New- hard, born Sept. 7, 1786, died Feb. 15, 1789; Salome, born Aug. 1, 1790, married Michael
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Deibert, and had children: Dennis, Reuben, Sol- omon, Mary, and James; Catharine Newhard, married George Kuntz; Magdalena, married Jacob Buchman; and Michael Newhard, born Feb. 28, 1800, died June 1I, 1853, married, 1823, Sarah Krauss, born 1802, died 1879, and had six children: William, born Feb. 6, 1825; Reuben, born June 29, 1830, married Susanna Clewell, and had children: William, Reuben, Mrs. Benjamin Kline, Mrs. Lewis Hohl, and Anna M., married Phaon F. Strauss, of Phila- delphia, whose children are Carrie and Mar- guerite; Moses, born July 5, 1834, married Amelia Seibert, and had seven children: Elmer, died Dec. 21, 1900; Emma F., born Nov. 14, 1867, died March 2, 1900, married Richard S. Kistler, and had one daughter, Helen; Allen; Frank S .; May, wife of George F. Erich; Ellen ; and Rosa; James, born Nov. 27, 1836; Mary Ann, wife of Joseph Scheirer; and Lydia, born Jan. 17, 1840.
VI. Maria Salome Newhard, daughter of Mi- chael, the emigrant, was born Nov. 28, 1745, and died Jan. 12, 1829. She married Henry Biery and had 13 children: Joseph, died in in- fancy; Henry, of Seneca county, N. Y .; Fred- erick, of Catasauqua; David; Salome, wife of Peter Mickley; Magdalena, wife of Peter Mick- ley; Margaret, wife of John Mickley; Peter, died young ; Barbara, wife of Henry Burkhalter; Abraham; Catharine, wife of Peter Burkhalter, of Indiana; John Jacob, of Seneca county, N. Y .; and Elizabeth, wife of Peter Steckel.
VII. John Frederick Newhard, third son of Michael, the emigrant, was born April 20, 1748, and died March 24, 1823. He was a farmer in the vicinity of Laury's, where he owned 130 acres. He married, first, Apollonia Dreisbach, born Feb. 1, 1850, died June 16, 1822, and sec- ond, Mrs. Catharine Newhard, his brother's widow. He had ten children :
I. Barbara, married Daniel Bachman.
2. Catharine Elizabeth, born May 9, 1774, married Frederick Newhard.
3. Peter Newhard, born Sept. 9, 1775, died Oct. 13, 1858, married, March, 1796, Catharine Frantz, born June 3, 1773, died July 16, 1851. Their children were: John, born 1801, died 1851; Magdalena, wife of George Miller ; Jos- eph P., born 1805, died 1894, married Maria Newhard; Salome, wife of John Miller, whose son, Samuel F., was sheriff of the county; Mar- garet ; Lydia ; Regina, wife of Josiah Kohler ; and Peter Newhard, Jr., who married Susanna Sae- ger, and had sons: Aaron, Stephen, Tilghman, and Willoughby.
4. John Frederick, born April 4, 1777, died young.
5. Michael, born July 11, 1778, died March IO, 1842, married Maria Koch.
6. Conrad Newhard, born March 15, 1783, died Nov. 1, 1853, married (first) Susanna Esch, born June 13, 1777, died April 19, 1837, and (second) Susanna Leinberger, born Jan. 28, 1788, died May II, 1870.
7. Salome, born March 24, 1780.
8. Magdalena, born April 16, 1785.
9. Catharine, born Aug. 3, 1787, died June 3, 1866, married, in 1809, Jacob Lerch, and had eight children.
IO. Susanna, born July 8, 1796.
Jonas Newhard, son of Conrad, was born Aug. 6, 1805, and died Feb. 25, 1885. He married Lydia Leibenguth, born Aug. 8, 1802, died Aug. 2, 1871. They had these children: Stephen Newhard, of Cherryville, who married Sarah E. Kuhns and has two daughters: Mrs. Tilghman Hower and Mrs. Harley Hahn; Samuel New- hard, married Caroline Stem; Mary, married George Leibenguth; Fianna, married Aaron Benninger ; Lavinia, born 1840, died 1876, mar- ried Elias B. Zerfass, and had a son, James F., who married Elmira L. Anthony; James New- hard, married Elamanda Berlin and had two. sons: Clifford B., of Nazareth; and Harry, of Mahanoy City.
VIII and IX. George Jacob, born July 25, 1752; and Magdalena, born July 15, 1756.
George Jacob Newhard, youngest son of Mi- chael, Sr., was born July 25, 1752, and died Sept. 18, 1835. He married, May 18, 1773, Anna Maria Kohler, daughter of Jacob Kohler. She was born May 6, 1752, and died Feb. 6, 1823. They are buried in the old Allentown cemetery. George Jacob Newhard removed from Whitehall township to Allentown in 1773, where he lived at the northeast corner of Eighth and Hamilton streets. In the Revolution, he served as a private in the company of his brother-in-law, Capt. George Graff. He was a joiner by oc- cupation, and made writing desks, clock cases, and other articles of furniture. He served six years in the Legislature while Lehigh was still a part of Northampton county and in 1814 was. elected county commissioner. He had seven chil- dren: 1. Mary Elizabeth, born Dec. 28, 1774; 2. Catharine, born Aug. 29, 1776; 3. Abraham, born Oct. 26, 1777, died Feb. 28, 1863, married, April 5, 1798, Maria B. Reber, born June 9, 1776, died June 24, 1831, and second, Mrs. Mary M. Blumer, nee Scheirer, widow of Jacob. Blumer, born Jan. 18, 1787, died Dec. 29, 1858. He had six children : James, born Jan. 23, 1800; Thomas, born April 18, 1802, died Jan. 31, 1868, who was an undertaker, and married Maria Musselman; Samuel, born Feb. 7, 1804, had a
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son, Dilworth H., of Warren, Ohio; Maria
rebel raiders under Col. Imboden, on a foggy Anne, born Oct. 15, 1805, died Oct. 8, 1875, ' morning, while Capt. Newhard was calling the married Adam Koons; Ephraim, born Jan. 8, 1813, died 1818; and William Henry, born Feb. 22, 1818.
4. Susanna, born Oct. 28, 1779, died Aug. 24, 1854, married (first) Adam Rieb, born 1769, died 1833, and (second) John Romig. Her daughter, Catharine, married Martin Schwenk.
5. Peter Newhard, born July 26, 1783.
6. Mary Barbara, born May 16, 1786, died March 6, 1862, married, May 17, 1812, Jacob Kuntz, a famous gunsmith, of Philadelphia.
7. Jacob Newhard.
Peter Newhard, son of George Jacob, was born in Allentown, July 26, 1783, and died Feb. 19, 1860. As a young man he assisted his father and about 1812 opened the first hardware store in Allentown, on Hamilton street, east of Eighth. He was coroner of the county in 1816 and 1817, and in October, 1817, was elected to the State Legislature, and re-elected in 1818 and 1819, 1824, 1825 and 1829, the term then being one year. In October, 1833, he was elected State Senator and re-elected in 1837. In October, 1838, he was elected to Congress representing Lehigh, Schuylkill and Berks counties, and re- ceived in Lehigh, 2,411 votes, as a Democrat, to 2,359 votes cast for Walter C. Livingston, and was re-elected in 1840. He was chairman of the town council in 1824 and 1837 and burgess in 1843. He was also a trustee of the Allentown Academy. He married, in 1810, Sarah Romig, daughter of John Adam and Elizabeth Barbara (Newhard) Romig. She was born May 24, 1791, and died Dec. 3, 1876. They had four children, two of whom died young: Owen, born Dec. 19, 1814, died March 19, 1836; and Sarah E., born July 16, 1826, died in 1832. The sur- viving children were Edmund R., and Amanda A., who married Walter C. Smith.
Major Edmund R. Newhard was born in Allentown, Dec. 12, 1819. He was educated at the Allentown Academy and entered the hard- ware store of his father as clerk, later became a partner, and in 1843 took over the business. He was appointed postmaster by President Polk on March 17, 1845, and was succeeded on Feb. 26, 1849, by Mrs. Maria E., widow of Congressman Hornbeck, in whose term he was chief clerk. While he was postmaster the office was destroyed in the great fire of 1848, as well as his hardware store. In later years he engaged in the lumber business and also conducted a saw-mill. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he recruited and be- came captain of Company K, 54th Regt. Penna. Vols. In October, 1862, while guarding the B. & O. R. R., they were captured by a band of
roll. All were taken to Libby prison, where he was one of the officers held as hostages by the Confederates to secure the safety of their spies, who had been captured and condemned to death. The Federal authorities were notified that if the spies were hung, every Union officer in Libby prison would meet a similar fate and the execu- tions did not take place. Capt. Newhard was exchanged after seven weeks' imprisonment, but his health was so shattered that he was taken to the hospital and honorably discharged.
In 1869 he was elected register of wills and re- elected in 1872. In 1873, he was appointed aide-de-camp on the staff of General Bolton in the National Guard, with the rank of major. He served five years in the guard and served in the Reading riot of 1877. He was also a member of city council and at one time was president of select council. He was a member of Zion Re- formed church, and of E. B. Young Post, G. A. R. He married, July 13, 1844, Elemina R., daughter of Dr. Jacob and Jane (Savitz) Mar- tin. She was born Dec. 14, 1824, and died Feb. 21, 1886. They had ten children, three of whom died young : Louis M., died at the age of twelve; Caroline, at the age of three; William H., in in- fancy. The seven surviving children are :
I. Alice J., who was educated in the Allen- town Academy, and taught school in Allentown several years. She married George T. Althouse, who died in October, 1887. Mrs. Althouse died in March, 1907, leaving two children: Horace S., an official in the Reading postoffice, who mar- ried Martha Parton and has two children: Par- ton, and Alice J .; and Edmund D. Althouse, of Philadelphia.
2. Anna Penn, married C. M. W. Keck, of Allentown, and had children: Raymond N .; Helen G., wife of Dr. Palmer J. Kress; Frank M .; and Charles W.
3. Ella Penn, twin sister to Anna P., resides with her sister, Mrs Colt.
4. Sarah E., married, Jan. 17, 1905, Henry Colt.
5. Peter Preston Newhard, of Reading, who died in December, 1913, married Alice Brader and had one child, Blanche, who married Harry Miller, and has a son, Harry.
6. Jennie Emily, married Thomas H. Hay- nor.
7. Harry Edmund, of Allentown, who married Matilda Bachman and has one son, Edmund Paul.
SARAH E. NEWHARD, widow of Henry Colt, was educated in the public and high schools of the city and taught school for five terms, while
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R. K. Buehrle was superintendent, after which she conducted a kintergarten school, succeeding Miss Hoxworth, and for over twenty-five years successfully conducted a private kintergarten. She is a member of St. John's Lutheran church, and resides at 106 North Ninth street. Her husband, Henry Colt, only child of Henry and Elizabeth (Sax) Colt, was born in Luzerne county, Sept. 15, 1822. His paternal ancestors came from England and settled in Windom county, Conn. His grandfather, Arnold Colt, married a Miss Yarrington, and became one of the prominent citizens of Wilkes-Barre. Henry Colt was educated in the select and high schools of Wilkes-Barre and studied languages and engi- neering under a graduate of Princeton, becoming particularly proficient in Latin and Greek. He taught school several years and assisted his father in civil engineering, and upon his death in 1851, was appointed to fill the unexpired term as county surveyor, and was subsequently twice elected to the office. He married, Dec. 8, 1856, Margaret B., daughter of Silas and Margaret Jackson, who died April 23, 1869. In 1859, Mr. Colt removed to Allentown and engaged in the lumber, bark and coal business. His lum- ber yard was completely swept away in the flood of June 5, 1862, after which he assisted in surveying the line of the Lehigh & Susque- hanna R. R. from Penobscot to Wilkes-Barre. In 1864, he resumed the lumber business and sold out in 1874 to the Heilman Boiler Works. Years ago, he purchased an old church property at Ninth and Linden streets, which he improved and where he resided many years, subsequently erecting modern dwellings on the site. He was a Democrat in politics and a member of the Episcopal Church. He died in Allentown, May 4, 1908, and was buried in Hollenbeck ceme- tery, Wilkes-Barre.
Jacob Newhard, youngest son of George Jacob, was born May 4, 1790, and died Nov. 26, 1853. He was a chairmaker by occupation and made Windsor chairs, sofas, etc. In the War of 1812 he served as lieutenant and was later commissioned captain. He was treasurer of the county from 1822 to 1826, and burgess of the borough in 1835, 1836 and 1837. He lived at 36 North Eighth street, where he moved from Hamilton street after the fire of 1848, and in the rear of which stood a log building, which had been removed from its site at about 731 Ham- ilton street, in which Revolutionary soldiers who were wounded had been nursed. This building was blown down in a storm and from its logs were made rocking chairs, benches and mallets, as relics of Revolutionary days. Jacob Newhard was buried with military honors. He was thrice
married, (first) to Rachel Harlacher, on March 29, 1818, who was born in 1795, and died Dec. 21, 1820, (second) April 21, 1822, to Eva Romig, born Nov. 8, 1787, died Oct. 14, 1822, and (third) to Louisa Horlacher, born Sept. 15, 1802, died March 16, 1880.
He had five children : 1. Silas H .; 2. Rachel, born 1827, died May 21, 1831; 3. Albert T., born March 22, 1825, died April 26, 1897, mar- ried Lydia Goebel and had children: Joseph T., of Chicago; Eugene, Mrs. Emma Fisher, Mrs. William Shillinger, and Mrs. Francis Reppert; 4. Jacob Newhard, of Carey Ohio, who was a lieutenant in the Civil War and had children : Winfield J .; Jay P .; and Herbert, of Carey, Ohio ; Grove F., manager of Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co., of St. Louis; Horace B., assistant manager of the same firm; Mabel, librarian at .Virginia, Minn .; Persis, school teacher at Blue- field, Mich .; and George. 5. Mary Magdalena, born May 12, 1835, died July 12, 1866, mar- ried Ignatz Gresser, and had two children: George, deceased ; and Mrs. John C. Holman.
Silas H. Newhard, son of Jacob, was born Dec. 14, 1820, and died Jan. 22, 1882. He was educated at the Allentown Academy, and became a chairmaker, succeeding his father. He mar- ried Caroline, daughter of Jacob Blumer, who was born Dec. 16, 1821, and died March 28, 1910. They had three children: Frank J., George B., and John E., who was born Oct. 18, 1854, and died May 11, 1866.
Frank J. Newhard, eldest son of Silas, was born in Allentown, March 4, 1847. He was educated in the public schools and at the Allen- town Academy, and in 1863 entered the employ of Amos Ettinger as a tinsmith, with whom he remained until 1878, when he engaged in the tinsmith and stove business at 42 North Seventh street, with Seth Bernhard, as Bernhard & New- hard. He continued this business until 1890, when he retired and engaged in the occupation of collector for various business houses. Mr.
Newhard was married, in 1879, to Miss Emma J. Balliet, daughter of William H. and Louisa (Giess) Balliet. He is a member and a past grand of Lehigh Lodge, No. 83, I. O. O. F .; Past Chief Patriarch of Unity Encampment, No. 12; of the Past Grands Association; Lady Lincoln Rebekah Lodge; Chamber of Commerce ; and Jordan Lodge, No. 673, F. & A. M. Mr. Newhard has been a trustee of Lehigh Lodge, I. O. O. F., for over 25 years, treasurer of the Allentown Cemetery Association for many years, and a director of the Allen Mutual Fire Insur- ance Company for 36 years. He served two terms as jury commissioner of the county, was a member of city council, served several terms as
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school director and was city assessor from 1901 to 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Newhard are members of St. Michael's Lutheran church, of which con- gregation Mr. Newhard has been deacon and elder.
David Newhard, who lived on a 100-acre tract in Whitehall, was probably also a son of Mi- chael, Sr., but this has not been proven. He probably removed to Northumberland county, as a David Nyhart lived in that county in 1812. David and Eva Catharine had these children : Margaret, born Nov. 2, 1772; Barbara, born Dec. 17, 1773; Eva, born March 26, 1776; John Jacob, born June 22, 1783; Peter, born Feb. 14, 1785; Daniel, born Sept. 3, 1787; Maria Salome, born Aug. 4, 1789; and Maria Margaret, born Aug. 27, 1791.
George Newhard, the third brother who emi- grated, settled in Heidelberg township, where he secured 112 acres by warrant of May 30, 1750. In 1746 he was one of the founders of the Reformed congregation there and contributed 12 shillings to the church building. On account of Indian troubles he removed to Bethlehem township, where he owned a 200-acre tract and died there about 1800. George and Anna Cath- arine Newhard had ten children: George; Mar- garet, married William Daniel ; Frederick ; Dan- iel; Juliana; Catharine; Elizabeth; Christina; John; and Philip.
George Newhard, the eldest son, lived near his father for many years, but later removed to Hamilton township, Monroe county, where he died about 1830. He married Magdalena Stern- er, who was born April 18, 1738, and died Oct. 15, 1794. They had three sons: John, George, and Daniel, and two daughters.
John Newhard, eldest son of George, moved about 1806 to Hamilton township, where he died about 1824. He married Mary Henry, and had twelve children : George; John; William; Jacob; Adam; Joseph; Reuben; Salome, mar- ried George Custard; Mary, married John Kith- line; Julia, married Peter Storm; Elizabeth, married Samuel Flight; and Anna, died aged 14 years.
George Newhard, eldest son of John, was a cooper in Pocono township, Monroe county, and later moved to Wilkes-Barre. He married Lou- isa Walvert and had eleven children: John, born June 24, 1848, died March 6, 1861, mar- ried Louisa Belles, and had children: George, married Mary Jenkins; Charles, married Eva L. Shottner, and had one child, Edna L., of Ger- mantown; Stewart; Mathias; and Melissa, mar- ried Isaiah Belles; Amos, married Sophia Belles and had children: Arthur, Alice, Loretta, and Anna ; Mathias, married Sallie A. Row and had
children: James, Frank, Louisa, Phela, and Anna; Charles, married Elmira Nolen, and had children: George and Robert; Mary, married David Rinehard; Sallie, married J. Rinter; Catharine, married Alexander Parr; George and Simon, died young; Elizabeth, married Hampton Ward; and Phoebe, married Oliver Kurtz.
John Newhard, second son of John, was born in 1799 and died in 1849, near Warrior's Run, Luzerne county, where he had a saw-mill. He was captain of a local military company in Mon- roe county. He married Elizabeth Custard and had seven children: Levi L., whose sons are: Harry W., and Fred W .; John, married Ma- tilda McDermott, and had a son, Levi L., of Iowa, and a daughter, Sarah, who married An- drew Newhard, of Iowa; Isaiah, married (first) Levantia Corby, and (second) Phoebe E. Shot- well, and had sons: Levi H., and Roy L., of Wilkes-Barre, and William I .; Sallie; Anna; Mary ; and Harry.
Adam Newhard, son of John, married Susan Runbach and had children: Silas, John, Joseph, Washington, Sylvester, Phineas, Andrew, Mary, Sallie, and Julia.
Jacob Newhard, son of John, was born in Hamilton township, May 30, 1815, and died near Saylorsburg, in October, 1909. He was a shoemaker by occupation, and married Mary A. Daily in 1837. She was born in 1820 and died in December, 1890. They had 13 children :
I. Jerome, died in infancy.
2. Isaiah, died in infancy.
3. John D., sergeant of Co. G, 67th Regt., P. V., in the Civil War, died at Annapolis, Md., Dec. 24, 1862.
4. Joseph T., of the same company, was cap- tured in the war, and died in October, 1863.
5. Rev. J. Stewart Newhart, of Bangor, was elucated at Union Seminary, taught school and served for 28 years in the ministry of the Evan- gelical Association. He married (first) Mary J. Mengel, and had nine children, and (second) Mary E. Werner, and had one daughter. His eight surviving children are: Eugene A., mar- ried Emma Good; Anna M., married Amos E. Rhue, of Allentown; Carrie G., wife of Rev. I. F. Bergstresser, of Bangor; Hattie M., wife of O. F. Rinker ; Stewart J., of Tacoma, Wash. ; Dr. Harry S., of Bristol, Pa .; Bessie B., wife of J. W. Rupell, of Trenton, N. J .; and Sarah S. 6. Martha J., married (first) Prof. Peter R. Transue, and (second) Amos Frantz, of Say- lorsburg.
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