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Johannes, born 1724, died 1777, took out a warrant for 185 acres on Coplay creek, adjoining the above tract, on Jan. 24, 1754. He was a consistent member of the Reformed church at Egypt and appears in the account book of 1767 to have contributed to the erection of the par- sonage, not in the highest sum nor by any means in the lowest. In 1763 he was the tax collector for Whitehall township. In 1768 he was assessed for 128 acres cultivated land, 220 acres unculti- vated, besides four horses, four cows and four sheep. His wife's name was Elizabeth Catharine, whose family name does not appear upon the
records. They had five children, (1) George ; (2) Johannes; (3) Mary Margaret, married to John Fuhr; (4) Catharine, married to John Bertsch, and (5) Catharine Elizabeth, married to John Folk. By his last will, dated Feb. 24, 1777, and probated at Easton, May 20th, the same year, he provided that his land, consisting of about 450 acres, part unpatented, should be equally divided between his two sons, George and John, Jr. George not then being at home, it is provided that if he should not come again in a short time, then the upper place shall be rented to his son-in-law, John Bertsch, until George returns, but if certain information shall come that he is dead, then his son-in-law, John Bertsch, should have that part of his farm which his son, George, was to have.
His wife, Elizabeth Catherine, and Samuel Saeger were named the executors.
The appraisers of his goods and chattel were
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Jacob Frantz and Sebastian Miller.
In the inventory it is stated that one-half of his personal property should remain under the care of John Bertsch, son-in-law of John Schadt, deceased, until his son, George, returns home again.
George, who evidently was not at home in 1777 when his father made his will and who, no doubt, was serving in the Revolutionary Army, returned home about 1784 and received his share of the estate.
He married Salome Miller, daughter of Jacob, son of Sebastian. In 1811 he sold his farm to Nicholas Kremer, of Bethlehem, and with his wife and eight children went west. Since then none of their descendants have been found.
Their children were: George, born March 13, 1787; Peter, born June 27, 1788; Salome, born April 28, 1790; Magdalena, born Jan. 28, 1792 ; Susanna, born April 14, 1793; A. Maria, born May 3, 1796; Jonathan, born Aug. 30, 1801; Lea, born June 29, 1804.
Mary Margaretha was probably the oldest of the children of Johannes Schad. She was con- firmed by Rev. Daniel Schumaker in 1760. She was then about fifteen years of age. She was married to John Fuhr, probably of Heidelberg township.
The names of her children are; John, born 1771; Catharine, born in 1773; Barbara, born in 1774; Elizabeth, born 1779; Catharine Eliza- beth, born December 6; baptized December 12, and died, Dec. 13, 1776; Sponsor, Elizabeth Catharine Schadt, grandmother; Anna Maria, born April 16, 1782; Maria Margaretha, born Aug. 30, 1784.
Catharine, the second of the daughters of Johannes Schad, was confirmed by Rev. Schu- maker, at Egypt, in 1765. She was married to John Bertsch. The names of her children that appear in the baptismal register at Egypt are : Catharine, born July 23, 1778; Anna Mar- garetha, born April 19, 1781; Johannes, born Jan. 17, 1784.
Catharine Elizabeth, probably the youngest of the children of Johannes Schad, was married to Johannes Volck (Folk), of Heidelberg. They had one child, Elizabeth, born Aug. 18, 1787. Sponsor, Johannes Schad, and wife, Elizabeth.
Johannes, son of Johannes Schad and the second of the name, was born Oct. 14, 1760. He was baptized by Rev. Daniel Schumaker, the first Lutheran minister at Egypt. He died March 23, 1829. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Valen- tine Clader and sister to Captain Daniel Clader, a soldier in the Revolution, killed in the Wyoming
Valley, Sept. 11, 1780. Johannes, the second, received a warrant for the old homestead farm of 2201/8 acres in 1779, Dec. 19, paying £27- 17-O into the surveyor-general's office. It is at present owned by the Lehigh Portland Cement Company, of Ormrod.
Johannes, the second, served as a private in Captain Jacob Humphrey's Company of the Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment of the line commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Josiah Harmar, and had command of the company for fourteen days, in 1778. He was a member of the Reformed con- gregation at Egypt, and he and his brother, George, both contributed substantial sums to the erection of the second church building. His wife, Elizabeth, was born March 9, 1761, and died Oct. 2, 1829. Their union was blessed with six children, as follows: Jonas C .; Johannes, the third; Lorenzo; Catharine; Henry and Abraham.
I. Jonas C., born April 20, 1786, died 1811, single, at the age of 26 years.
II. John C. Schadt, son of John and Eliza- beth Clader Schadt, was born March 10, 1789, died May 31, 1853. He was married to Maria Bertsch, daughter of Christian Bertsch, a revolutionary soldier, born in 1797, died June 10, 1868. They were the parents of fifteen chil- dren.
I. Elizabeth, born Jan. 20, 1817, died Oct. 7, 1884, married to Charles Lichtenwalner.
2. Esther, born May 6, 1818, died April 25, I900. She was married to Solomon Stettler, and had eleven children. They resided on a farm at Fogelsville.
3. Maria, born July 16, 1821. She died in 1909. She was wedded first to Gideon Bortz, second to Isaac Scheip. She had one child with her first marriage; Sarah, who married Thos. Laubach, died in Georgia of yellow fever. Her children are in Florida.
4. Caroline, born March 20, 1824, died aged four years, five months, twenty-eight days.
5. Reuben, born June 29, 1838, died in in- fancy. Both are buried at Egypt.
6. Lucy Anna, born Oct. II, 1825, died aged forty-seven years, seven months, twenty-eight days and is buried at Indianland church. She was wedded to Joshua Kuntz. They had eight children.
7. Magdalena, born Aug. 29, 1827. She died aged thirty-one years, four months, twenty-five days and is buried on Union cemetery, Allen- town. She was married to Zachariah Kemmerer and had three children.
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8. Franklin, born Oct. 6, 1829. He married Caroline Breisch. In 1862 he went to Illinois with his family where he died four years later of consumption at the age of thirty-seven years. They had four children.
9. Moses B., born June 21, 1831, died Feb. 25, 1903, aged seventy-one years, eight months, three days. He married first Lucinda E. Sterner ; second, Mrs. S. Amelia Muse. He had four children with his first marriage: Oliver G. J. Schadt, Ph.D., tutor to the Imperial Russian family, born May 23, 1858; Allen M., born Dec. 22, 1860, died Sept. 10, 1881 ; Amanda C. J. Pope, born Jan. 8, 1856, died Jan. 30, 1908 ; Anna L. Dean, born Jan. 5 1867.
10. Caroline, born April 8, 1833, died aged twenty-three years, nine months and twenty-two days. She is buried on Union cemetery, Allen- town. She was the first wife of John Sterner. They had three children.
II. Tilghman, born Dec. 1, 1834, married Matilda Minnich, and had seven children: Jos- ephine, married Calvin Ritter; Sarah, married Oliver J. Fatzinger ; John, died aged 21 ; Mary, died aged 6; Charles F., married Lillie Bachman ; Emma, married Charles W. Fritchman ; Henry, married Mary Muschlitz; Elsie, died aged 24, married Ralph Cooper ; Allen H., died in infancy ; Stella; and Oliver S., married Catharine Walp. He is residing in Allentown, where he and his sons conduct the wholesale grocery house of T. Schadt & Sons.
12. Elemina, born Oct. 8, 1836. She died aged seventy-one years, four months, twenty-five days. She was married to Thomas Kuntz. They had six children.
13. Rophina, born June 1, 1840. She married first John Sterner ; second, Joel Peter. She has two children. She resides in Allentown.
14. Sarah Anna, born May 18, 1842, died at the age of sixty-six years, eight months, one day and is buried at Cherryville. She was married to Henry Treichler.
15. Amanda Jane, born June 19, 1845. She died at the age of thirty-one years, one month, twenty-eight days and is buried in the Fairview Cemetery, Catasauqua. She wedded George Mc- Intyre. They had two children, both deceased.
III. Lorenz Schaadt, son of John and Eliza- beth Clader Schadt, was born Dec. 10, 1790, died Oct. 4, 1855. He was a stone mason and farmer; as broad as he was long and a man of prodigious strength. Tradition has it that to- gether with John Snyder of South Whitehall township and kindred spirits, his principal joy was to come to the village called "Ellsdoun," now the city of Allentown, and try conclusions with fists, with the strong men from Salisbury and
lower end of the county, their strife for the possession of the town, beginning at the Cross Keys Hotel, at Eighth and Hamilton streets, and extending down the latter street to Fifth street and back again. He was married to Magdalena Laubach, born in 1795, died March 6, 1854. Issue, 12 children, as follows :
Reuben, born July 22, 1815, died Oct. 4, 1876, married Sarah Ann Kuder, and removed in March, 1860, to Greenville, Mercer county, Pa. They had nine children :
Jonathan L., born April 8, 1840; Louisa L., born May 4, 1842, married J. E. Snyder ; Joseph L., born April 15, 1844; Erwin, born Oct. 25, 1845, died June 22, 1874; Sarah, born Jan. 26, 1848, married to H. W. Seiple; Alfred R., born March 15, 1850; Rosina, born March 5, 1853, married Reuben Baker ; Calvin F., born Oct. 12, 1855, and Alice H., born May 19, 1859, died May 7, 1864.
Deborah, born July 27, 1817, and died March 18, 1891. She was married to George Kennel. They had three daughters: Medina, Emma, El- mira.
Maria Anna, born, Jan. 1, 1820, died aged thirty-eight years, nine months, twenty-five days. She is buried on the graveyard of the Jordan Re- formed church. She was the first wife of David Troxell. She had nine children: Alexander ; Oscar ; Eli; Alfred; Sarah, wife of Henry Yundt; Frank; Elmira, married Elias Guth; Louisa, married Rev. Frank Guth; Alice, married Vin- cent Koehler.
Rebecca ( Polly), born Aug. 6, 1821, died Jan. 26, 1889. She was married to Levi Clader, of Hanover township. Three children: Alfred J .; Mary Jane, died Oct. 16, 1908; and E. Hannah, died Aug. 22, 1907.
Hannah, born Aug. 11, 1823, died Sept. 6, 1898, aged seventy-five years and fifteen days and is buried on the old graveyard at Egypt.
Moses L., born March 22, 1828, died April 28, 1876. He wedded Maria Wescoe. They had two children : Israel L., born Dec. 20, 1857, died Dec. 17, 1913, and Geo. B., born Aug. 3, 1862. He was a private in Company B, 176th Regiment. He was mustered in Nov. 7, 1862.
Elnora, born April 29, 1830, died May 26, 1914. She married Samuel Lobach, a blacksmith by trade. They resided in Ironton. Eight chil- dren : Frank, born April 8, 1856, died May 28, 1888; Chas .; Martin, died June 1, 1912; Rev. Albert S., died May 8, 1911 ; Elvina, married to Robert Newhard; Edward; Lovina, and Erwin, born Jan. 30, 1875, died in infancy.
Susanna, born May 12, 1832, died Sept. 9, 1913, was married first to Edwin Hummel; sec- ond to Wm. H. Clewell, born April 21, 1828,
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died March 27, 1906. There are four children : Edwin L .; Lovereen S., wife of Benj. Frey ; Caroline M., and Wm. J.
Josiah, born Feb. 16, 1834, died Jan. 15, 1878. He is buried on the Union Cemetery, Allentown. He was never married.
Charles, born Jan. 11, 1836, and died March I, 1908. He wedded Mary Brader. They had four children: Franklin; Ellen C., married M. M. Kuntz; William and Jennie E.
Elvina, born July 13, 1837, died March 20, 1863.
David, born Oct. 10, 1825; died Jan. 8, 1897 ; farmer on one of the ancestral farms, 1854, First Lieutenant Whitehall Troop, Oct. 16, 1862 to Aug. 16, 1863, Captain of Company D, 176th Pennsylvania in the Civil War; elected county
CAPT. DAVID SCHAADT.
treasurer in 1863; removed to Allentown the following year; 1867, with Owen Harmony, quarried and furnished the mountain limestone for the Lehigh county prison; 1868, deputy sheriff; 1875 to 1879 warden of the jail; regis- tration assessor for the Fourth ward until his death ; married Caroline Susanna Scheerer, born Nov. 30, 1836, died Aug. 31, 1879; two chil- dren: J. Alan Schaadt, born Jan. 6, 1862, artist on New York World, Texas Siftings, Philadel- phia Times and Philadelphia Press, died May 12, 1903, and JAMES L., whose history follows.
HON. JAMES L. SCHAADT was born Dec. 21, 1856, near Ironton, in North Whitehall town- ship, Lehigh county, son of Capt. David Schaadt and Caroline S. Schaadt; attended township
schools and Allentown Academy ; graduated from Muhlenberg College, June, 1874, with second honor; taught public schools at East Allentown and Rittersville, 1874 and 1875; Deputy Warden of Lehigh county prison, 1876 to 1878; studied law with Thomas B. Metzger, Esquire; admitted to the Courts of Lehigh county, April 10, 1878, to the Supreme Court Jan. 10, 1888, to the Courts of Northampton, Carbon and Berks counties, to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and the United States Courts; county solicitor for Lehigh county, 1887 to 1891 ; chairman of Democratic county committee, 1888 and 1890; active member of the Liberty Fire Company ; en- listed as private in Company D, Fourth Regi- ment Infantry, N. G. P., June 21, 1878; pro- moted to sergeant ; re-enlisted May 10, 1884, in Company B, as private; became company and regimental clerk and corporal; first lieutenant and quartermaster Fourth Regiment, 1888 and 1889; captain of Company B. Fourth Regiment, 1890 to 1896, declining re-election; commanded Company B at the Homestead riots in 1892; district attorney of Lehigh county Jan. 1, 1893 to Jan. 1, 1896; during his term he secured the conviction of Harry Johnson for murder in the first degree, being the first conviction since the organization of the county; mayor of the city of Allentown April, 1899 to April, 1902. During his term as mayor, the Soldiers' Monument was erected on Center Square in 1899; the city pur- chased the Holly Pump; asphalting of the streets was begun in 1900; many storm water sewers built; garbage collection and disposal, street cleaning, police patrol and ambulance service established; steam road roller purchased ; Allen- town Hospital opened; Lehigh Telephone Com- pany organized and established ; new houses built for the Pioneer, Franklin and Allen Fire Com- panies and the Liberty's house re-built and en- larged; a system of appointments to Police De- partment according to civil service rules inaugu- rated; bridges leading into the city constructed.
He married, in 1884, Julie Leberman, born Nov. 10, 1857 at Bamberg, Germany, daughter of Meyer Leberman, Esquire, born at Merzbach; Germany, Sept. 10, 1812, died May 1, 1883, in Philadelphia, and his wife, Fannie, born in Lounerstadt, Germany, June 28, 1814, died Feb. I, 1878, in Philadelphia. On her marriage, Mrs. Schaadt entered the law offices of her husband, being the first woman to engage in professional work in Allentown, and has constantly continued in the same.
Mr. Schaadt has been a life-long member of St. John's Reformed church, Allentown ; belongs to a number of fraternal beneficial organizations ; is a member of the Pennsylvania German So-
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ciety and the Lehigh County Historical Society ; is president of the Associated Charities of Allen- town, and of the Juvenile Court and Probation Association of Lehigh county, and is a trustee of the Allentown Hospital.
IV. Catherine C., born Feb. 27, 1793, died Jan. 21, 1864, married to Henry Frantz, born May 16, 1790, died Jan. 9, 1868, issue, six chil- dren :
Mary, born Dec. 5, 1813. She died aged. sixty-eight years, seven months, six days. She was wedded first to Nathan Moser; second, to George Frey. She had six children.
Elizabeth, born Nov. 26, 1815. She died aged forty-nine years, two months, fourteen days. She is buried on the Cedarville cemetery. She was married to Charles Kratzer, and had seven chil- dren.
Reuben, born Feb. 5, 1819. He died aged sixty-nine years, one month and seventeen days, and is buried at Unionville. He married Judith Peter. There were ten children.
Debora, born Aug. 11, 1820. She died Nov. 10, 1901, aged eighty-one years, one month, twenty-nine days, and is buried on the graveyard at Unionville. She was never married.
Tilghman, born Dec. 11, 1822, died aged seventy-eight years, five months and seven days, is buried at Unionville. He was wedded to Mary Kennel. Ten children.
Gloria M., born March 17, 1824, and died at the age of thirty years, ten months, twenty-one days, is buried in the old graveyard at Unionville. She was married eight years to Aaron Kennel. Three children.
V. Henry C. Schadt, son of John and Eliza- beth Clader Schadt, was born March 30, 1796, died Oct. 26, 1869. He was married to Mag- dalena, daughter of Jonathan Knauss. She was born Feb. 15, 1803, and died March 1, 1888. They were the parents of the following children :
William, born June 15, 1822, died March 28, 1897, aged seventy-four years, nine months, thir- teen days. He was married to Clarissa Scherer. They had ten children.
Sarah Anna, born Feb. 21, 1824. She died in infancy.
Benjamin Henry, born Dec. 9, 1824, and died aged fifty-three years, nine months and twelve days. He married Eliza Mickley. They had seven children.
Esther, born June 10, 1830. She died aged seventy-two years, four months and twelve days, is interred in the graveyard of the Jordan Re- formed church. She was the second wife of David Troxell and had five children.
Maria, born March, 1832, and died April 4, 1897, and is buried in the West End cemetery,
Allentown. She was married first to Franklin C. Balliet, who died in 1869 at the age of thirty- eight. She married second, Allen G. Balliet, brother to Franklin. He died in 1885. He was lieutenant of Company B, Forty-seventh Penn- sylvania Infantry. They had no children.
Monroe, born March 8, 1834, died Aug. 26, 1901. . He married Catharine Butz. They had ten children. They resided on a farm at Sherers- ville.
Elizabeth, was born June 2, 1836 and died aged sixty-one years, eight months and seven days. She was married to Reuben Kemmerer. There are five children. They resided in Ashley, Lu- zerne county.
John J., is a blacksmith by trade and resides in Allentown. He was wedded to Anna Maria Berger.
Christiana M., born April 25, 1840, and died Oct. 9, 1890. She was married to Frank New- hard and had three children.
Mary Anna, born June 5, 1847. She is mar- ried to Solomon Ruch and resides at Sherersville. She has one child.
JOHN J. SCHADT, son of Henry and Magda- lena (Knauss) Schadt, was born in South White- hall, May 18, 1838. He attended the township schools in his youth and worked on the home- stead, but later was employed in the East Penn and Ferndale rolling mills. In 1871 he moved to Allentown, where he opened a blacksmith and horseshoeing shop on North Church street, above Linden, which he conducted until 1902, when he retired. He is a Democrat in politics and was elected county treasurer on that ticket in 1890. He was confirmed in the Reformed church by Rev. Dr. A. J. G. Dubbs. He married Anna Maria Berger and had eight children: Preston E., died in infancy; Alice M., married Wilson G. E. Jacoby ; Harvey R .; Minnie, mar- ried, first, Henry Landis, and second, John Hoff- man, Esq .; Esther, married John W. Cressy, of Bradford, N. H., and has two children, Richard W. and Cynthia S .; Edward J .; Annie M., and Robert J.
VI. Abraham, youngest son of John and Eliza- beth (Clader) Schadt, was born Sept. 19, 1799, near Ormrod, died March 19, 1870. He was married to Susanna Peter, a daughter of Philip Peter and his wife, Elizabeth, a born Stettler. She was born July 5, 1804, and died June 13, 1878. They resided on a farm at Ruchsville. They were the parents of the following children :
Owen, born June 18, 1824. He died aged sixty-six years, nine months and eighteen days. He was married to Sarah Burkhalter. They had ten children. He was director of the poor
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of Lehigh county, and for many years the hotel- keeper at Ruchsville.
Edwin, born Feb. 1, 1826, died single at the age of twenty-three years, ten months and twenty- seven days.
Fianna, born April 30, 1828. She died Feb. 5,
Susan, born July 9, 1836, and died July 9, 1878, is buried at Egypt. She was the first wife of Henry Kern. There were three children.
Adeline, born Oct. 31, 1838, died Dec. 9, 1881. She was the first wife of Alfred Ruch.
Abraham, was born Dec. 28, 1843, and died
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1897. She was married to Jonas Knauss. He was a miller by trade. There were five children. Thomas, born Nov. 18, 1830. He was wedded to Hannah Stofflet. There were five children.
Maria, born May 10, 1833, died June 18, 1862. She is buried on the old graveyard at Egypt. She was the first wife of Moses Guth.
Dec. 9, 1881. He was wedded to Celesta, daughter of Edward Kohler, Esq., of Egypt. There are three children.
Monroe Schadt, son of Henry C., and Mag- dalena (Knauss) Schadt, was born March 8, 1834, in North Whitehall township. In 1859 he moved to Whitehall township on the Jonathan
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Knauss homestead of which he became the owner and which he conducted up to the time of his death Aug. 26, 1901. He was a member of St. John's Reformed congregation, Mickleys, of which he was a liberal supporter and which he
Walter B .; Milton, married to Lizzie S. Koch; Preston B., married to Annie S. Gernerd ; Alfred B., married to Barbara Kelchner ; Paul B .; Lloyd H. B .; Howard B .; Katie B., married to John Mickley ; Carrie M., married to Elmer Hoffman ;
Julie Schaadt
served as deacon, elder and trustee. In 1858 he was married to Catharine Butz, a daughter of Samuel and Kate (Lentz) Butz. She was born April 21, 1842. This union was blessed with the following children : Samuel B .; Ida, married first, to John Strauss ; second, to George Thomas ;
Eva J. B., born April 20, 1877, died Sept. 2, 1877.
WALTER B. SCHADT, son of Monroe and Catharine Schadt, was born in South Whitehall township, Aug. 27, 1861. Like many of the suc- cessful business men of the county he was reared
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on the farm. Later he began working 'in-plan -; ing mills and in 1892 he became a member of the Kurtz Furniture Company, of Fullerton, of which he is the president. He has charge of a large number of the machines in the factory. Mr. Schadt filled the office of school director for six years, in Whitehall township. During his term of office the schools of this township have been raised to a high standard, the high school being one of the best in the county. He and family are devoted members of the Reformed church at Fullerton. Mr. Schadt filled the office of trustee and Mrs. Schadt is the president of the Aid Society. In 1910 Mr. Schadt was elected a dele- gate to the State School Directors' Convention, at Harrisburg. In 1883 he was married to Hannah Diefenderfer, a daughter of Owen and Pauline (Frederick) Diefenderfer. They had the following children: Helen, married to Mel- ville Sterner ; Marguerite, married to Ira Kurtz ; Frederick; Thomas D., a patternmaker ; Robert D., connected with the L. V. R. R. Co .; Carrie, married Robert Renner; James D., clerk in the Merchants' Bank; Samuel D., and Lillian.
SAMUEL B. SCHADT, son of Monroe, was born in North Whitehall township, Oct. 2, 1858. He was reared on the farm and worked for his par- ents until he was of age. He worked in the Fullerton car shops one year, and in 1882 he commenced farming in South Whitehall town- ship. He later moved to Coplay and has fol- lowed farming ever since. He is the owner of the Edward Schreiber homestead and for a num- ber of years he has rented about eighty acres of land from the Coplay Land Company. In 1907 he built the large cement barn, the old barn having been destroyed by fire. Politically he is a Democrat and served in the borough council three years and school director nine years. He is a member of Porter Lodge, No. 284, F. & A. M., of Catasauqua; Catasauqua Chapter, No. 278, Royal Arch Masons; P. O. S. of A., No. 407, of Coplay, and Minsi Tribe, I. O. of Red Men, No. 357, of Northampton. He and his family are members of the Reformed church at Mickleys. He is married to Sallie M. Biery, daughter of Ludwig and Matilda S. (Diefen- derfer) Biery. To them the following children were born: Harry B .; Lewis B., married to Emma Schultz; Katie M., married to William H. Leh, employed by the L. V. R. R. Co .; Sallie B., married to George H. Johnston, cashier for the L. V. R. R. Co., at Coplay.
HARRY B. SCHADT, son of Samuel B. and Sallie M. Schaadt, was born at Mickleys, Dec. 19, 1880. He was educated in the public schools of Coplay and Allentown Business College. He worked on his father's farm until 1901.
.. From 1901 to 1904 he was employed by the L. V. R. R. as car inspector at Coplay. Since 1905 he is employed by the Gallia Silk Company a loom fixer. In 1909 he was elected burgess of Coplay for a term of three years, but, owing to the new law, his term was extended until Jan. 1, 1914. He and his family are members of the Reformed Church, in which he took an active interest in the choir, Sunday school and Young People's Society. Socially he belongs to the following organizations: P. O. S. of A., Camp 409; Catasauqua Lodge, No. 269, I. O. O. F .; Woodmen of the World, of Coplay. In 1905 he was married to Ida Fuehlbrugg, a daughter of Augustus Fuehlbrugg, of Scranton, a native of Germany. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Schadt: Samuel B. and Lewis H.
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