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Henry Roth, son of John Peter, a native of Washington township, Lehigh county, located in Monroe county, in 1861 and there he followed farming and kept a hotel, but spent his last years
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in retirement and died in October, 1897, aged seventy-eight years. His wife was Maria Hoates. She died in 1894, aged seventy-three years. Both are buried in Pleasant Valley cemetery. They were members of the Lutheran Church. Of their children, Henry died in 1896; Sarah is now the widow of Lewis Dorward, and a resident of Walnutport, Pa .; Eliza Ann married William H. Barthold, of Chestnut Hill township, Mon- roe county, and now lives in Effort ; Rebecca is the wife of Lewis Kunkel, who is living retired in West Pittston, Pa .; Peter is deceased; George is a resident of Walnutport, Pa .; John is a merchant of Little Gap, Pa .; William is next in the order of birth; and Alice died at the age of twenty-four years. Mr. Roth's parents, Henry and Maria ( Hoats) Roth, came to Polk town- ship, Monroe county, in 1861, and there made their home upon a farm throughout the remainder of their lives. After their death William pur- chased the old home, which he recently sold; he also bought his father-in-law's home, and also sold it again.
WILLIAM ROTH, late of Rittersville, was born in Washington township, Lehigh county, Oct. 4, 1857, and died in the fall of 1913. He was one of the enterprising citizens and proprietor of the Mansion House and a prominent musician at Kresgeville for many years until his removal to Allentown on April 1, 1907. After his removal to Allentown he engaged in the grocery business until in 1908, when on April I, of that year, he retired to Rittersville, where he had previously bought a fine residence, but continued to serve as the instructor of the Sciota Band, at Sciota, Monroe county. The first twenty years of his life he spent upon the home farm of his parents. In February, 1878, at Pleasant Valley, Monroe county, he was married to Mary J. Serfass, by whom he had six children; Edith, married J. B. Kunkel; Della, married Prof. Warren Zeigen- fus; Calvin, married Beulah Snyder; Mazie A., married Wallace Royer ; Jennie M., married Dr. Clarence C. Rogers; Benjamin, a stenographer.
Mrs. Roth was born in Polk township, Mon- roe county, Aug. 21, 1859, a daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth (Hawk) Serfass, who always made their home in that county, spending their last days with our subject. The father, who was a farmer by occupation and a Democrat in politics, died in March, 1894, aged seventy-seven years, the mother in 1890, aged sixty-eight, and both were buried in Jerusalem church cemetery. In their family were six children: Elizabeth, now the wife of Joseph Smale, a farmer of Polk township; Catharine, who married, first, Edward Brotzman, and, second, William Frantz, of Polk township; Adam, a blacksmith of Brodheads-
ville; Peter, a farmer of Eldred township, Mon- roe county ; Joseph, deceased, and Mary J., wife of our subject. Her grandfathers, Adam Serfass and Peter Hawk, were both life-long residents of Monroe county.
On leaving home Mr. Roth commenced teach- ing school in Polk township, where he followed that profession four terms. During the follow- ing eight years he was engaged in the huckster- ing business. In 1873 he commenced the study of instrumental music under the able direction of Prof. A. B. Bush, since when he had devoted considerable attention to that art, and had or- ganized and taught fifteen different bands, mak- ing a specialty of band music. He instructed eight at one time. He was a talented musician, and as an instructor had few equals. At Kresge- ville he had a full uniformed band-one of the best in this section of the state-of which he was at the head for a number of years. He did not confine his attention to music, however, but successfully conducted the Mansion House, at Kresgeville, the original one having been pur- chased by him in 1892, and coverted into a modern first-class hotel, heated by steam through- out and supplied with water. On the night or early morning of Sept. 27, 1899, while Mr. Roth and his son, Calvin, were absent in Stroudsburg, the Mansion House was destroyed by fire, en- tailing a loss to Mr. Roth of $2,500. On Nov. 21, 1899, the building of the new one was com- menced, and it is equal, if not superior, to the old one in all respects. There is a fine bar and a good stable attached. It is only a short distance from the Pennforest brook trout hatchery, and is liberally patronized by a good class of people. Mr. Roth also bought the American House, at Kresgeville, which he rented, and in addition owned nine acres of good land. Politically, he was a Democrat ; religiously he was a member of the Lutheran Church, and socially was identified with the Jr. O. U. A. M., holding membership with the lodge at Slatington, and the Farmers' Alliance.
The second son of Gottfried Roth was John Roth, of near Howertown, born Feb. 10, 1787, and died Dec. 14, 1870. He and his wife, Mar- garet, had the following children : John, Polly, Wallace and Susanna. Catharine Roth, born July 1, 1788, married Casper Peter, of Weisen- berg township, and had children: Jonas; David; Solomon ; Caspar ; Joel, and Elizabeth, wife of Sol. Mohr.
Henry Roth, the third son, was born Oct. 31, 1789. He married Rebecca Ebert. His children were: Morgan and Allen Roth, of Slatington.
Abraham Roth, the fourth son of Gottfried Roth, was born May 23, 1791, in Whitehall
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township. He married a Miss Hausman and removed to Lebanon county, and died at Jones- town. His children were: Nathan, died at Sum- mit Hill; William, a farmer, of Sharon Centre, O .; Julia A., died in 1906, married Gideon Fritz; Henry Roth, of Jonestown, who married Sarah Miller, and had a son, Grant C. Roth, of Newark, N. J.
The other children of Gottfried were : George ; Magdalena, who married Peter Shoemaker ; Christian, who married a Miss Riedy, and died before his father, who had a son, William, of Washington, D. C., and Daniel Roth, of Luzerne county, the youngest son of Gottfried.
George Roth, the fifth son of Godfrey, was born in Heidelberg township, Feb. 24, 1793. He was educated in the schools of the township, and as a young man from about 1812 to 1816, at the Wilkes-Barre Academy, in a frame building that stood in the public square, when Rev. Wm. Woodbridge, a congregational clergyman, from Connecticut, was principal. In 1838 the school became the Wyoming Academy. He married Hannah Schoudt, daughter of John George Schoudt, and his wife, Eva Dorney. She was born March 7, 1795, and died March 9, 1890. He became the owner of the Schoudt farm, near Kernsville, of which the title runs back to May 16, 1766, when Frances Rissel sold for £15 to Matthias Rissel, fifty-nine acres, and which Matthias Rissel by deed April 4, 1775, sold to George Jacob Rissel, for £150. George Jacob Rissel's heirs, Mathias and Eliza Rissel and Christian Henry granted to Henry Dorney 119 acres, who by will dated Jan. 6, 1804, and proved June 2, 1806, granted the same to George Schoudt, his son-in-law.
George Roth farmed the homestead, along the Jordan, near Kernsville, and died there Feb. 8, 1863. He was a member of the Jordan Lu- theran church, and a Whig in politics. He had three children: George, Cornelius and Eliza, born 1818, died 1886, unmarried.
George Roth, his eldest son, was born in North Whitehall, Aug. 30, 1820, and died Dec. 23, 1879. He was educated in the schools of the township and was a clerk in stores at Siegers- ville and Treichlers, until he took up farming. He was a Republican in politics, and for many years postmaster at Siegersville. He was a mem- ber of the Jordan Lutheran church. In Oc- tober, 1858, he assisted in the workings of the underground railroad of ante bellum days, and was known as one of the most outspoken, anti- slavery men in this region. He married, in 1844, Sarah Ricker, daughter of Joseph Ricker and Mary Buck, of Maxatawny, Berks county. They had one child, a son, William F.
WILLIAM F. ROTH was born in North White- hall, April 17, 1849. He was educated in the township schools, and at Freeland Seminary, now Ursinus College. From 1867 to 1897, he held cler- ical positions at, and did contract for, and was superintendent at the Crane Iron Works and the Bethlehem Iron Company. He superintended the construction of the Redington proving grounds, where the first armor made in America was tested, and assisted in the construction of the monster steam hammer, which was one of Mr. Fritz's greatest engineering feats. On account of his ability in handling bulky articles of great weight, Mr. Roth was selected to take to Chi- cago and install in place the Bethlehem Steel Com- pany's famous exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition, including some heavy armor, gun forgings and crank shafts.
In 1897 he removed to Allentown, and pur- chased an interest in the Allentown Leader, of which he became editor, and in 1912, he and his son, George R., became the sole owners. He was justice of the peace in Upper Macungie township a number of years, while living at Chapmans, and was a Republican in politics. He was a member of the Jordan Lutheran church and of the Lehigh County Historical Society.
He died at his home, 446 North Sixth street, Allentown, on Sept. 22, 1913, of Bright's disease, and complications that affected the heart. As a newspaper man he was an indefatigable worker, always fair-minded, and a believer in clean and honorable journalism. He was a lover of the out of doors, and an enthusiastic angler, and took great interest in the early history of his native township.
Mr. Roth married in 1872, Miss Annie R., daughter of Benjamin Rupp and his wife, Mary Rauch. They had four children: George R., of the Leader; William F., of Newark, N. J .; Miss Fannie R., and Leonard R. Roth.
George R. Roth, one of the proprietors of the Leader, served several terms as a select council- man from the Fifth ward and has been active in Republican politics. He married Annie I. Hart- zell.
Leonard R. Roth, wholesale coal dealer and treasurer of the Allentown Flint Bottle Company, married Elizabeth M. Kuntz and has one son, George R. Roth.
Cornelius Roth, second son of George, Sr., was born Nov. 1, 1822, and died at his residence at Kernsville in 1910. He farmed sixty-nine acres of the old Roth tract and built the present house in 1854. He was never active in politics always refusing to be a candidate for office. He married, in 1853, Caroline, daughter of Israel and Catharine (Boyer) Wescoe, who was born
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Feb. 20, 1833, and died Nov. 9, 1902. They had three children: Rev. Oliver C. Roth, a Lu- theran minister, of Chambersburg, who owns the homestead built by his grandfather, George, and who married Grace Harper and has two daugh- ters; Thomas P. Roth, and George F. Roth, who died young.
THOMAS P. ROTH, son of Cornelius, was born in North Whitehall township, Feb. 27, 1869. He was educated in the local schools and an academy at Taneytown, Md., and in 1897 began farming at his present location near Orefield. He makes a specialty of raising seed potatoes and does con- siderable truck farming, as well as representing several nursery companies. Quantities of mica have been found on his farm. In 1896 he was elected to a three-year term as auditor of the county. He married, in 1894, Sue H., daughter of Francis and Hettie (Yeager) Arnold, of Weisenberg township. They have two children : Caroline H. and Thomas A. Mr. Roth and family are members of the Lutheran church in Allentown.
John Henry Roth, third son of John Roth, Sr., was baptized Feb. 23, 1761, and died in childhood.
George Jacob Roth, youngest son of John Roth, Sr., married, first, Catharine Roth, daugh- ter of Daniel Roth. They had a number of chil- dren : Catharine, Eva, Hanna, Eliza, and Sarah, married George Nonnemacher. He married sec- ond time, Christina Hubler.
Magdalena Roth, youngest daughter of John Roth, Sr., married Frederick Hausman, of Heid- elberg township.
ROTH FAMILY, OF SAUCON.
Christian Roth, a son of Adam and Catharine Roth, was born Dec. 25, 1757, and died near Hellertown, Lower Saucon township, April 10, 1828, aged seventy years. He was buried in the old graveyard of Lower Saucon church. He was a soldier during the Revolutionary War in Capt. John Arndt's Company of Colonel Baxter's Bat- talion, of Northampton county, Pa., of the Fly- ing Camp. Mr. Roth was taken prisoner at Fort Washington. He was a farmer and also a land speculator in partnership with Nicholas Kramer. He had a large tract of land, including a farm upon which Grim's Mill is now situated. The North Penn Railroad crossed his farm about one mile north of Hellertown. He was a promi- nent man and a member of the Lutheran Church. His wife was Catharine Michael, who was born June 20, 1761, and died Oct. 10, 1844, aged eighty-three years. They had children, as follows : (1) Christian, Jr., born Nov. 10, 1791, died Dec. 30, 1816; (2) George, who lived on the
homestead in Lower Saucon township; (3) Nicholas, who died in Mercer county, Pa .; (4) Daniel, mentioned later; (5) Joseph, who died on a farm in Hanover township; (6) a son who died at an early age; (7) Christiana, who mar- ried Reverend Hoffeditz; (8) a daughter who married a Mr. Rothrock; (9) a daughter who married George Kram, and ( 10) a daughter who married John Beil.
Daniel Roth was born on the homestead near Hellertown, March 20, 1804. He died June 12, 1850, and is buried in the Allentown cemetery. He lived at Easton until 1834, then located at Allentown, where he followed milling until his death. He was a member of the old Whig party and served as township supervisor. He and his family were members of the Reformed Church.
His wife was Susanna, daughter of Solomon and Catharine (Riegel) Rinker, born Oct. 21, 1801, and died Oct. 10, 1861, aged sixty years. Mrs. Samuel Roth has in her possession a very old chest, brought from Germany by Catharine Riegel. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Roth had these children :
I. Samuel, deceased.
2. Henry Quintus, a machinist, who lived in Clarion county, where he died.
3. William, who was a brick manufacturer and died in Allentown.
4. CAPT. BENJAMIN C. ROTH, an aged resi- dent of Allentown, who was born in the First ward, June 10, 1837. He attended the common schools, the Allentown Academy and the Allen- town Seminary. Later he learned the trade of a carpenter and pursued it for a quarter century. He was then engaged in the manufacture of bricks for ten years, and was employed with the Allentown Paving Brick Company at Guth Sta- tion. He retired in 1910.
On April 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, First Pennsylvania Regiment, for three months and was discharged July 26, 1861. He re- enlisted, Aug. 13, 1862, as first sergeant in Com- pany D, 128th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volun- teer Infantry, under Capt. J. P. Dillinger, for nine months. He participated in the battles of Antietam and South Mountain, served three days in Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg and was discharged May 19, 1863, at Harrisburg. He enlisted a third time, July 1, 1863, as first lieu- tenant in Company D, Forty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Militia and was discharged Aug. 4, 1863. He enlisted a fourth time, Aug. 10, 1864, in Company E, 202d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers to serve one year, or during the war. On Aug. 3, 1865, at Harrisburg, he was pro- moted to the captaincy of Company E, 202d
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Regiment, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war,
After the close of the war he was placed on guard duty for three months, and was stationed at Tamaqua, Pa., and other places in the coal regions, during the reign of the Molly McGuires. From 1878 to 1888 he lived on the frontier, in Dakota Territory, at Clear Lake, where he had a claim.
Captain Roth is a Republican in politics and served in both branches of the city council from the First ward. On March 21, 1860, he mar- ried Mary J. Detweiler, a daughter of Daniel and Mary ( Lohrman) Detweiler, of Allen- town. Their children were: (1) Ida, who died in childhood; (2) Daniel, who is married and resides in Allentown; (3) Minnie E., who mar- ried Harry Schaeffer, who died June 23, 1909, aged thirty-seven years, and had a son, Ben- - jamin Clinton, and (4) Edgar, who died in Dakota, at the age of twelve years.
Samuel Roth was born in 1828, and died Nov. 2, 1894, aged sixty-six years. At the age of five years he came to Allentown. He was a miller by trade and was the founder of the S. & W. Roth Company, brick manufacturers of Allentown. They had three yards: One located at Third and Gordon streets; one in the West End, now conducted by the Mattern Bros., and the third was located in East Allentown. The firm was a prosperous one, employing 100 men, and were at one time the leading brick manu- facturers in this section. Mr. Roth retired a number of years prior to his death.
Mr. Roth was a Republican in politics and a member of the Evangelical Church. He was a liberal contributor to Emanuel Evangelical church. He resided at 247 North Second street, Allentown. His wife was Cecelia, daughter of Jacob and Salome Geisinger. Their children were: (1) William, died in infancy; (2) Ida, married Samuel Graybill, of Newark, N. J .; (3) Agnes, married H. B. Mickley and resides at Moscow, Idaho; (4) Rev. Quintus B., of Kansas, an Evangelical minister; (5) Salome, married H. E. Bohner, of Allentown; (6) Daniel J .; (7) Lizzie, married Clayton Landis; (8) Tillie, married Vere Hallenback, of Oklahoma, and (9) Caleb, died in childhood.
DANIEL J. ROTH, a stove and tinware dealer of Allentown, was born in Allentown, Jan. 6, 1872, and attended the public schools of the city. At the age of seventeen years he learned the sheet metal and stove business and was em- ployed as journeyman for seven years. In 1895 he engaged in his present business, located at 40 North Second street, and six years later he lo- cated at 212 Hamilton street, where he has since
conducted business, carrying a full line of stoves, heaters, ranges, cooking utensils, etc. He occupies a three-story building, twenty by ninety feet. He is prominently known in the city as a leading sheet metal worker, such as cornice, skylight work, etc. He employs three mechanics.
Mr. Roth is a Republican in politics and he and his family are members of Salem Evan- gelical church, in which Mr. Roth served offi- cially.
On Jan. 6, 1900, he married Emma Everett, daughter of Francis and Maria Everett. They had children: Samuel F., and Mark E., born Jan. 5, 1902, and died Nov. 9, 1908, aged six years.
J. TAYLOR ROTH, son of William and Maria ( Wasser) Roth, was born in Allentown, Nov. 14, 1868. He was educated in the common schools and at the age of twelve began working in a brick yard. He then was employed for two years at the Adelaide Silk Mills and as a ma- chinist by Charles Spangler for three years and W. F. Mosser & Son, after which he was em- ployed at the Allentown Spinning Company and the Pioneer Silk Mill. Subsequently he engaged in the manufacture of bricks with his father, but left this to become chief engineer of the Allen- town Water Works. He then became a ma- chinist at the Bethlehem Steel Company and again returned to brick manufacturing. In June, 1906, he became the sole agent in this vicinity for the Keystone National Powder Company.
Mr. Roth served eight years as a member of city councils as a Republican and is a member of Barger Lodge, No. 333, F. and A. M. He mar- ried Addie E., daughter of John L. and Amanda Moyer and they have one child, Dorothy M., who was educated in the city schools, high school and College for Women, and is an accomplished musician.
CLINTON N. J. ROTH.
Hon. Jeremiah Roth was born in Lower Sau- con township, Northampton county, May 20, 1833, the son of Jesse Roth, who died in 1876, and his wife, Catharine Gauff, who died in 1902. He was the eldest of four children, three sons and one daughter.
He was educated in the township schools and Bethlehem High School, after which he taught school for three years. About this time he first became interested in public affairs and was elected justice of the peace in 1864. In 1866 he moved to Allentown and engaged in farming and stock dealing. He became the owner of a fine farm of 200 acres, located northwest of this city, where he erected commodious buildings and where he made a specialty of stock raising. He
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was one of the first to introduce the use of electricity to operate farm machinery, (March 1894). He later disposed of most of his farm land to Joseph P. Gorman, which since has been sold as building lots. He subsequently purchased the Schreiber farm of eighty-six acres, in South Whitehall, just beyond the city limits.
As a cattle breeder he was known all over the country, making a specialty of registered Jersey and Holstein cattle. In the course of his career he made a European trip to purchase cattle, re- turning with fine blooded stock. One of his Jersey bulls, Black Prince, of Linden, was bought for $15,000. He also had for many years flocks of Shropshire Down sheep. He was one of the first men to introduce western horses to eastern buyers, and for years exclusively supplied the Fire Department of New York City with horses, as well as many other eastern cities. He built and conducted the Allentown Horse Bazaar, where he handled many thousands of draft and farm horses.
Mr. Roth was elected president of the Le- high County Agricultural Society in 1884, and served continuously in that capacity until his death. He gave all his time and attention to the development of the society, and the great success of the society is largely due to his ener- getic efforts. It was through him that the change from the old grounds at Sixth and Liberty streets to the new grounds was made in 1889.
Mr. Roth took a prominent part in public affairs, being active in local, state and national politics. In 1894 he was elected a member of city council, and in 1886 elected on the Demo- cratic ticket to represent Lehigh county in the Legislature. He served on the agriculture, pub- lic institutions and coal and iron committees. He was re-elected in 1890, 1898, 1900 and 1902. While serving in the Legislature, he was one of the staunch supporters of George K. Jenks, the Democratic nominee for Senator during the memorable Quay fight. His strong personality made him many friends in the Legislature, irre- spective of party. He was president of the National Live Stock Breeders and Exhibitors As- sociation and member of the executive committee of the Mount Gretna Agricultural, Mechanical and Industrial Exhibition. He was for many years a director of the Second National Bank. A staunch member of Salem Reformed church, he presented three memorial windows to that con- gregation, in memory of two sons, and a daugh- ter, who died a number of years ago.
Mr. Roth died suddenly at his residence, 1103 Hamilton street, Jan. 22, 1907, and was buried at West End cemetery, Allentown. Mr. Roth
married, Aug. 24, 1868, Miss Angeline S. Mink, daughter of Nathan Mink. They had three children who reached maturity: Ida S. C., de- ceased, who married Josiah M. Werley; Oliver J., deceased, who married Cora Fenstermacher, and Clinton N. J.
CLINTON NATHAN JESSE ROTH was born in Allentown, May 6, 1876, and was educated in the common schools of this city. He was em- ployed by his father in buying and selling horses until the age of nineteen years, when he entered the employ of the Lehigh Valley Traction Com- pany, where he remained for four years. He then operated his father's farm in South Whitehall for two years, after which he was employed as a clerk by John Bowen, of Allentown. He then engaged in the grocery business for himself at Twelfth and Linden streets, where he remained for two years, when he sold out and entered the real estate business, in which he is still en- gaged.
In 1910 he bought the Henry Yundt farm at Sherersville, now called the Jordan poultry farm, where he raises chickens on a large scale, his stock carrying from three to five thousand. His incubators are capable of hatching eight or nine thousand eggs. He ships to New York ten cases of eggs weekly, and receives forty-five cents per dozen the year round. Mr. Roth is executor of his father's estate and still owns a considerable part of the old homestead as well as a farm of sixty acres near Bath. In 1908 he built his present beautiful home, at 1623 Highland street.
He is a member of Order of Eagles, Modern Woodmen of America and is a Democrat in politics.
He and his wife are members of Trinity Re- formed church.
He married Miss Anna Furler, daughter of Fritz and Josephine (Zimmerman) Furler, of Allentown, formerly of Switzerland, and has two children: Arthur Jeremiah Fred and Flor- ence Arner Josephine.
John Philip Roth came to America on the ship Phoenix and arrived at Philadelphia on Oct. 20, 1744. He settled in Lower Saucon township, near Hellertown, and married a Miss Lerch. His son, John Philip Roth, had children : John; Philip; William; Maria, wife of John Reinhard ; Mrs. Margaret Biery, and Susanna, wife of Joseph Koch. Joseph and Susanna Koch had children : Caroline, married William Wer- ner ; Matilda, married Prof. J. O. Knauss; Cath- arine, married Michael Hauser, whose son is James J. Hauser; Susanna, married Edward Kunsman; Charles, married Amanda Gaumer, and John, married Maria Slough. John Roth
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