History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. III, Part 76

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 854

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John Schmeyer, son of John Jacob, was born in Macungie township, Feb. 10, 1797. He farmed on his father's farm, which he also later owned. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. On April 14, 1828, he married Elizabeth Bieber, b. Jan. 25, 1794, d. Oct. 8, 1874, the issue being a son, Charles B. He died June 26, 1869, and is buried at Lehigh Church.

Charles Benjamin Schmoyer, son of John, was born in Lower Macungie township, Lehigh county, Feb. 21, 1832. Receiving his education in the public schools, he afterward tilled his fa- ther's farm, which he also later owned. Politi- cally he was a Republican. On April 5, 1862, he was married to Rosa M., daughter of Samuel Albright, b. Feb. 9, 1844, d. June 10, 1885, the

issue being: Anna M. E. O., b. April 10, 1863, d. Oct. 14, 1871; Kate L. A., b. March 25, 1864, d. April 21, 1874; John J .; Samuel G., m. to Annie M. Koch; Charles W., m. to Jennie Bastian ; Henry E., b. March 2, 1872, d. May 16, 1874; Gertie R., m. to Elmer J. Schmoyer, of Allentown; and Peter D.

JOHN J. SCHMOYER, son of Charles B., was .born in Lower Macungie township, Lehigh county, July 25, 1865. Receiving his early schooling in the public schools, he then during 1882 and 1883 attended the Kutztown Normal School. Afterwards he assisted his father, and subsequently conducted the farm and also for a time operated the Albright mill. Having pur- chased the Barner farm, in the spring of 1900 he moved thither and resided there until 1911, when he removed near Macungie.

In politics he is a Republican, served as school director of Lower Macungie for two terms ( 1905-19II), is a director of the Trexlertown Mutual Fire Insurance Company since Decem- ber, 1912. Fraternally he is a member of the K. of M. He is a member of Lehigh Lutheran church, which he has served as deacon for one term, trustee for 4 years, and elder for 2 years, as well as secretary of the council. On Jan. 8, 1887, he married Kate E., daughter of David Barner, the issue being: Harry E., b. June 23, 1887, d. Aug. 17, 1913; Warren E., m. to Sadie M., daughter of Frank Schmoyer ; Morris Ray- mond, m. to Miriam C., daughter of Oliver J. Schmoyer.

PETER DANIEL SCHMOYER, son of Charles B., was born in Lower Macungie township, Lehigh county, July 12, 1877. Receiving his schooling in the public schools, he afterwards became porter at the Grand Central Hotel at Allentown, which position he held until 1898. Thereupon Mr. Edwin C. Merkle and he conducted the Orpheum Cafe for 9 months, and since then it has been conducted by Mr. Schmoyer alone. Politically he is a Republican; fraternally, he belongs to K. G. E. and F. O. E. He is a member of Lehigh Lutheran church. On March 5, 1901, he was married to Rosa L., daughter of George and Dina Smith, there being no issue. He resides at 29 North 14th street, Allentown.

Abraham Schmeyer, son of Michael, was born in Macungie township, Northampton county, July 10, 1783. He attended the public schools. Later he owned and operated what is now the Fusselman farm as well as a part of the farm of Elias Schmoyer, in Macungie township. He had been a member of the Lutheran Church. He married Susanna, daughter of Jacob Stephen, the issue being: Jacob, b. Dec. 6, 1802, m. to first, Lydia Danner, then his brother Solomon's

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widow, Mrs. Anna, nee Biery; Esther, b. April 2, 1804, d. Jan. 6, 1884, m. to Jacob Diefender- fer; John, b. Aug. 20, 1805, d. Feb. 9, 1871, m. to Sally Neitz; Solomon, b. March 23, 1809, d. Nov. 23, 1834, m. to Anna Biery ; Lydia, b. Feb. 17, 1811, d. Nov. 14, 1879, m. to David Leibensperger; Maria Polly, b. April 26, 1814, d. April 10, 1886, m. to Peter Sell; David, b. June 17, 1816, d. May 31, 1894, m. to Anna Matilda Steininger ; Abraham; Salome, b. March 23, 1819, d. Nov. 23, 1834; Michael, b. Jan. 18, 1822, d. April 13, 1895, m. to Eliza Mohr. Abraham died Nov. 20, 1848 and is bur- ied at the Trexlertown Church.

Abraham Schmoyer, son of Abraham, was born in Macungie township, Lehigh county, Dec. 28, 1817, died Oct. 26, 1891. Having received his public schooling, he learned the carpenter trade, and worked for a number of years as a journey- man. Subsequently he turned to farming, which he followed to 1868. He had been director of the Trexlertown Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany for many years, was a Republican, and a member of the Lutheran Church, which he served in various capacities. He was married to Maria, daughter of David and Catharine ( Lichty) Gin- giner, b. Feb. 10, 1818, d. Sept. 26, 1891, the issue being: Massiann M., m. to Reuben Mohr, deceased ; Elias A .; Alfred D., b. June 10, 1847, d. Sept. 15, 1849; Elizann V., b. July I, 1855, d. June 8, 1870.

Elias A. Schmoyer, son of Abraham, was born in Lower Macungie township, Lehigh county, April 15, 1844. After his course in the public schools, he attended the Bucks County Normal and Classical School at Quakertown in 1859. He farmed his father's farm up to 1902, when he retired. Politically he is a Republican, and a member of the Trexlertown Lutheran church, which he served as deacon, elder, and trustee. On Nov. 12, 1867, he married Mary E., daugh- ter of Samuel G. and Catharine ( Moser) Al- bright, b. May I, 1848, d. Sept. 17, 1887, the issue being: Adam A., b. April 14, 1869, d. Jan. 4, 1874; Jacob A .; K. Elenora V., m. to Charles A. Huff, of Allentown; Ulysses A., m. (1) to Annie C. Grim, deceased, (2) to Cora E. Roth. He married a second time Mrs. Mary A. (Roth) Weickel, and resides in Lower Ma- cungie township.

JACOB A. SCHMOYER, son of Elias A., was born in Lower Macungie township, Lehigh county, Nov. 11, 1870. He attended the public schools to the age of 16. During 1888, he attended the Keystone State Normal at Kutz- town. Thereupon he worked for 3 years on his father's farm, then for 3 years he clerked with E. M. Loux & Co., at Allentown. Returning

to the farm after that time for another period of 2 years, he, on March 29, 1897, began work on the repair-section of the Catasauqua & Fogels- ville R. R., of which gang he is the present fore- man. Politically he belongs to the Republican party ; fraternally, he belongs to P. O. S. of A., and is a member of the Trexlertown Lutheran church, which he has served as a deacon. On Jan. 1, 1895, he was married to Annie S., daugh- ter of Jonas and Eliza (Smith) Bastian, from which union there has been no issue. Mr Schmoyer resides at Trexlertown, Pa.

John Schmeyer, a son of Philip, lived in North- ampton county, near Kreidersville. His father is said to have once upon a time been a gunsmith near Coopersburg. John Schmeyer was born Jan. 4, 1775, died Oct. 10, 1854. He is said to have been married twice. His second wife being Maria Eva Dietrich, b. May 8, 1788, d. June 19, 1853, whom he married and with whom he had six chil- dren: Jacob, who moved to Greenville, Pa., and later to Tiffin, Ohio; Samuel, who lived near Kreidersville; Joseph; John, who in 1852 moved to Medina county, Ohio; Kathryn, m. to Thomas Graffin ; and Sarah, who married Samuel Miller and resided in Berks county, Pa. Both Mr. and Mrs. Schmeyer are buried on the Zion's or Stone Church cemetery at Kreidersville.

Joseph Schmoyer, son of John, was born in Allen township, Northampton county, Pa., Aug. 12, 1812. He had been a farmer, residing in the vicinity of Bath, Pa., where he owned two farms, one of which is now owned by Cyrus Marsh, whose wife, Sarah, was a daughter of John Ed- win Smoyer. Joseph Schmoyer was prominently identified with the community, serving local of- fices. He had been twice married. His first wife being Maria Latschar, b. April 21, 1817, d. Nov. 23, 1868, with whom he had lived 32 years. His second wife was a Miss Scheiry. His children were: John Edwin; Thomas, m. to Susanna Edelman, of Bath, Pa .; William; Emma, m. to Abraham Fehnel, who reside on the other farm of Joseph Schmoyer; Mary A. E., m. to Lake Erie Huber, of 828 Washington avenue, North- ampton, Pa .; Mantana, m. to Samuel Lapp; Amandus, b. Nov. 19, 1845, d. Aug. 5, 1846; Henrietta Eva, b. May 23, 1847, d. Aug. 15, 1847; Christian Stephen, b. July 25, 1850, d. Sept. 15, 1850. Joseph Schmoyer died Oct. 28, 1888, and is buried at Kreidersville.

John Edwin Smoyer, son of Joseph, was born at Kreidersville, Pa., Jan. 4, 1838. He was a farmer, his farm being now the property of Cyrus Marsh. He belonged to the Kreidersville Re- formed congregation. He had been married to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of John and Salome (Dreisbach) Dieter, the issue being: Sarah, m.

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to Cyrus Marsh; Alfred, deceased; Israel; Wil- son ; Sylvanus ; Andrew, deceased ; Aquillas ; Lou- isa, b. Nov. 30, 1861, d. Feb. 2, 1865; John, of Altenau ; Mary, wife of William Roth; and Jos- eph, b. Oct. 11, 1877, d. April 4, 1908. Joseph E. Smoyer died Oct. 28, 1888, and is buried at Kreidersville, Pa.

Wilson Smoyer, son of John E., of Ormrod, was born near Bath, Pa., Feb. 26, 1862, and fol- lowed farming until in 1897, when he accepted the position of stable-foreman with the Atlas Ce- ment Co., continuing there until 1902, when he accepted a position under his brother, Aquillas F., with the Lehigh Portland Cement Co. He is a member of the Reformed Church and a Red Man. In 1885, he married first, Jane Peters, who died without issue in 1898. He was mar- ried a second time to Lizzie Reichard and they have: William J., Blanche E., Alice M., and Ida R.

AQUILLAS F. SMOYER, son of John E., of North Whitehall township, was born near Kreid- ersville, Northampton county, May 27, 1873. When quite young he began working at the ce- ment mills as stable foreman, and since 1898 he has charge of the forty odd horses of the Lehigh Portland Cement Co. He owns an old Ritter homestead in North Whitehall township, con- sisting of 62 acres, upon which is a stone house, built over an excellent spring of water, about the time of the Revolutionary War. One house is still in a real good condition. Mr. Smoyer also has a property and nine acres of land at Bal- lietsville, which he possesses since 1911. He is a member of the Knights of Malta and the Loyal Order of Moose. In 1893, he married Ellen M., a daughter of Joel DeLong, of Schnecks- ville, the issue being: Edwin J .; Grace A .; Robert; Earl D .; and Dorothy. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smoyer are members of the Reformed Church.

FERDINAND SCHMALDIENST.

Ferdinand Schmaldienst, of Allentown, was born April 6, 1861, at Eisenburger, Comitat, Hungary, and there was a farmer until he emi- grated to America, landing at New York, early in May, 1900. He went to Allentown on May 18th and began working as a laborer. Dur- ing 1902, 1903 and 1904 he was engaged in the mercantile business at 222 Chew street, but rheumatic attacks compelled him to follow less strenuous employment. For seven years he was a salesman, the last four years sell- ing books in Lehigh county. In 1910 he en- gaged in building operation and now owns four dwellings on Railroad street, which he built.

He resides in his own home at 328 North Front street, which he purchased in 1907.

He and family are members of the Sacred Heart Catholic church. He is also a member of the St. Joseph's Society, and the Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor.

In 1887 he was married to Anna Pfigstl. They had four children, three dying young; the fourth, a daughter, Hannah, married Charles Schulter, who is mentioned in a succeeding sketch.

Andreas Schmaldienst, father of Ferdinand, was born in 1832 at Eisenburger, Comitat, Hun- gary and he died there in 1887. He was a farm- er; also an official of the church. His wife, Julia Waxwenter, was born in 1833 and died in 1872. They had six children, three of whom died small. The surviving children are: Fer- dinand; John (a shoemaker, who emigrated to America in 1908 and resides with his elder brother) ; and Theresa (who remained in her native country ).

Charles Schulter, a native of Eisenburger, Comitat, Hungary, was born in June, 1863. He is a shoemaker by trade. His wife Theresa Lagler, was born in September, 1862, and died August 28, 1911. They had five children, two of whom are living, namely: Charles and Ther- esa.

Charles Schulter, son of Charles, was born January 7, 1888. He came to this country, landing at New York, February 28, 1906, and on March 30th he went to Allentown. He is a carpenter by trade.

On September 4, 1909, he was married to Hannah Schmaldienst. They have two sons: Charles, Jr., and Alfred. He is a member of the German Beneficial Union and the Allen- town Turner Liederkranz.

SCHNEIDER FAMILY.

Casper Schneider, the first of the Schneider family to come to the United States, was a native of Reiskirchen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. With his two children, Philip and Elizabeth, he- emigrated to America in the year 1846, and set- tled at Reading, Pa., where he followed his trade of cutler, in the employ of different people. Subsequent to his making his home in Reading, he was married a second time. His death occur- red somewhere about 1875, and he now lies bur- ied in the Aulenbach cemetery, at Reading. His. daughter, Elizabeth, was married to Frantz Ap- ple, a native of Germany, and the two resided in Reading.

Philip Schneider, a son of Casper Schneider, was, like his father, a native of Reiskirchen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, where he was born

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July 10, 1838. Coming with his father to the and the adjustment of the estate. Since that United States in 1846, he passed most of his childhood in Reading, and there later learned the trade of shoemaking. He removed to Allentown, Lehigh county, on election day, 1872, after first casting his ballot in Reading. In Allentown he CHARLES SCHNELL. was employed by John E. Lentz and Company for a number of years and later by D. A. Fluck, at Richlandtown, for five or six years. After this time he engaged in business for himself upon a small scale, making his shoes by hand for many years, until, in 1892, he introduced the use of machinery. Mr. Schneider was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church, of Allentown, and was active in church affairs, serving as deacon and elder for many years. He was twice mar- ried, his first wife being Sarah Mathias, of Boyertown, Berks county, where she was born in 1836. Mrs. Schneider died in 1878, at the age of forty-two years, and Mr. Schneider's death occurred April 8, 1908, at the age of seventy-one years. He now lies buried in the Union cemetery, of Allentown. To Mr. and Mrs. Schneider were born seven children, as follows: Elemina, married Mrs. Henry M. Erb, of Allentown; James M., of whom forward; Kate, later Mrs. Frank Nickum, of Allentown; Lizzie, later Mrs. William Peters, of Allen- town; William M., of whom forward; Mary, later Mrs. Milton Kline; and Annie, later Mrs. Howard F. Weaver. Both Mr. Kline and Mr. Weaver being residents of Allentown.

JAMES M. SCHNEIDER, son of Philip and Sarah ( Mathias) Schneider, was born Aug. 21, 1861, in Reading, Pa., and received his educa- tion in the parochial school of St. John's Lu- theran church, of that place. When he was but eleven years of age he began assisting his father in the manufacture of shoes, and continued to work for him after the establishment of the new shoe factory. He is now the senior member of the successful firm of Philip Schneider Company, of Allentown. Besides his interest in the shoe busines, he is prominent in the financial circles, being a director of the Merchants' National Bank since 1909. He is a member of the Democratic party, and active in politics, having served for six years in the city councils, for two years on the common council and the remaining four in the select council. Mr. Schneider was married and has two children: George and Margaret Schneider.

WILLIAM M. SCHNEIDER, the second son of Philip and Sarah ( Mathias) Schneider, was born at Stony Creek, near Reading, where for a time he was engaged in farm work. After the re- moval of his parents to Allentown, he entered his father's shoe factory until the latter's death

time he has travelled a good deal both for the good of his health and for pleasure. He is a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church.

Charles Schnell, a plasterer by occupation, was born in Upper Saucon township, Lehigh county, on Dec. 1, 1856, and while reared on a farm attended the public schools and also the school at the Blue Church. He then learned the trade of plasterer under O. Bitting at Coopersburg, and there he has followed it and also did contract work until the present time. In connection with plastering, he owns and con- ducts a farm of fourteen acres, which is situated along the "pike" between Lanark and Centre valley.

In 1881, Mr. Schnell was married to Matilda Mack, a daughter of Daniel D. and Selina (Brunner) Mack, of the same township, and they have three children : Oliver F .; Wallace D., and Carrie T., m. S. J. Walbert, of Allentown. They are members of the St. Paul's Lutheran church. He is a Democrat.

His father was Charies Schnell, who was born in Germany and when twenty-eight years old emi- grated to America, locating in the Saucon valley, where he worked in stone quarries and iron-ore mines for many years. He then purchased a farm of ten acres in Upper Saucon township and car- ried on farming there for a time. After living in retirement several years at Bethlehem, he died in 1904, and was buried in the Mennonite cemetery at Coopersburg. He was married to Mrs. Rose Stoyer, widow, nee Hill, a native of Germany and they had ten children: Abbie, Charles, Rosa, Lydia, Emma, Matilda, Sallie, Amelia and two died in infancy. They were members of the Mennonite Church. In politics, he was Republican.

SCHNELLER FAMILY.

Dr. John S. Schneller, of Catasauqua, is a great -- great-grandson of the celebrated Mo- ravian missionary, George Charles Schneller, who was born in Dresden, Saxony, March 19, 1740. His wife, Hannah, nee Miller, was born April 28, 1754, and died at England March 7, 1832.

They were sent as missionaries by the Mo- ravian Church to the West India Islands, and were stationed at St. Johns, Antigua and St. Kitts. They came to St. Kitts Jan. 23, 1788, where they lived and labored until 1813, when he returned to Europe, where he died on the 15th of September of the same year. They had

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issue : Rachel, born at Antigua, Dec. 13, 1785, and died April 10, 1848; David P., born at St. John's, Sept. 3, 1787, and died Sept. 21, 1842; John Thomas, born July 27, 1789, and died Sept. 29, 1789; George Charles, born at St. Kitts, Nov. 26, 1790, and died Dec. 25, 1874, and John, born Aug. 16, 1793, and died Sept. 25, 1793.

George Charles Schneller, Jr., was educated in the Moravian schools at Bethlehem, Nazar- eth, and Lititz. As a young man he worked at the Luckenbach Grist Mills. At one time he carried letters in Bethlehem, but for many years was a lock-tender at the Lehigh Canal. He was married to Mary Brown. She was a daughter of Gottlieb Brown and his wife, Re- becca, nee Otto. Mr. Brown was born Oct. 16, 1760, and died Jan. 21, 1825, and Mrs. Brown was born April 30, 1765, and died Jan. 4, 1828. Mrs. Schneller had a brother, John, living at Bethlehem. He was born Dec. 14, 1792. She was born Dec. 22, 1800, and died Oct. 2, 1860. To them was born thirteen children: Charles; George; Sidney; Samuel, b. Nov. 3, 1822, and died May 8, 1886. He was an undertaker, lived at Bethlehem and was a prominent member of the Moravian congrega- tion; John Gottlieb, born 1828, and died 1848; Amelia C., born Aug. 24, 1833, was married to M. A. Day, a Methodist Episcopal minister, died July 25, 1903; Adalaide A., born June 18, 1839, at Lock No. 42, died April 15, 1841 ; Re- becca R., born April 20, 1836, and died Jan. 5, 1910; James O., born May 13, 1845, at Lock No. 42, died Aug. 4, 1845; Louisa P., born April 2, 1838, and died Aug. 2, 1838; Sarah Sophia, born March 18, 1831, was mar- ried to Wm. Nash of Connecticut, and died Oct. 3, 1907; Thomas, born February 10, 1835, died March 30, 1835; Matilda, born Jan. 9, 1825, died Aug. 5, 1832; Hannah Amelia, born june 6, 1826, died July 17, 1832; Peter O., born Oct. 22, 1842, who is post master at Mount Brook, Florida, had his name by act of assembly changed from Schneller to Sneller.

George Charles Schneller, Jr., died Decem- ber 25, 1874, aged 84 years. Charles George, son of George Charles, was born Nov. 10, 1821, and died at Catasauqua July 13, 1909. He was educated in the schools at Bethlehem. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a tinsmith and served for seven years, at the end of which he was given credit to the amount of one hundred dollars with a neighboring black- smith for faithful service for which amount he could order the tools necessary to carry on his trade. He started in business for himself at Springtown, Bucks county, from where he

moved to Pleasant Valley, and soon thereafter to Catasauqua, and opened a place of business at the corner of Second and Mulberry streets, and continued there until he removed to the corner of Front and Strawberry streets, where he re- mained until in 1887 he retired from business. In connection with his trade he also sold stoves. He was a public spirited man and helped to build up Catasauqua. He held numerous borough offices, besides serving as school director for a period of 16 years. He was a director of the Catasauqua National Bank from 1878 until the time of his death. In politics he was a repub- lican. He was an active member of the Evan- gelical church and solicited the funds for the erection of the first church building in Catasau- qua. He served the congregation in almost every capacity and was a delegate to the Con- ference at Indianapolis in 1894. At the time of his death he was not only the oldest, but one of the most highly respected citizens of Catasauqua. In 1849 he was married to Mary Huebner. She was born December 16, 1823, and died Jan. 8, 1892. Both are buried in Fairview Cemetery. To them were born six children: Henry D., died at the age of 16; John P .; Emma E .; Charles; Laura, died in infancy, and Mary M. The latter was married to Richard A. Heil- man and was the mother of four children: Charles G., Ruth, Endy and Mildred, of whom Endy and Mildred have died.

John P. Schneller, son of Charles George, was born at Catasauqua, Sept. 16, 1852. He learned the trade of a tinsmith in his father's shop, worked journeyman for seven years and in 1880 engaged in business for himself. In 1885 he sold out and traveled through many of the states in the Union. In 1887 he returned to Catasauqua, and in 1888 built his present place of business, 120 Front street, where he conducts a tinware store in connection with his general trade. He was married three times. In 1874 to Sarah J. Bliem, a daughter of J. C. Bliem, an Evangelical minister. She died in 1876, in her 23rd year, leaving one child, Robert H., who died in his 15th year. He was married a second time in 1878 to Mary A. Hower, a daughter of Harrison and Maria Kleppinger Hower. She died in 1882, aged 23 years. She bore him two children: Ella, a stenographer in the Catasauqua National Bank, and William H., an attorney at the Lehigh County Bar. He was graduated from Schuylkill Seminary 1905 and from the University of Pennsylvania 1908, and was in the following year admitted to the Lehigh County Bar. On March 12, 1912, he was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He has his office in

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the Lehigh National Bank building. In 1885 he was married a third time to Louis Elisabeth Croll, a daughter of Henry C. and Sarah (Seep) Croll, of Krumsville, Berks county. To them were born four children: Jennie M .; Henry D., who died in his sixth year ; Stanley G., and Nel- son K. Mr. Schneller is one of the leading members of Emanuel Evangelical Church, and an ardent prohibitionist in politics. He has served his party as county chairman, state dele- gate, advisory committee, and was one of the nominees for presidential electors in the cam- paign of 1908.

Charles William Schneller, the father of Dr. John S., and brother to John P., is a hardware merchant in Catasauqua, and enjoys a large trade, and also a director in the Lehigh Na- tional Bank. He is married to Mamie C. Shaf- fer, a daughter of Conrad and Mary (Schwartz) Schaffer. This union is blessed with two chil- dren, Dr. John S. and Charles, who is associated with his father in business.

Dr. John S. Schneller, M. D., was born in Catasauqua, Dec. 31, 1885, attended the bor- ough schools, was graduated from the Catasau- qua High School in 1902, Muhlenburg College in 1906 with the degree of B.S., and University of Pennsylvania in 1910 with the degree of M. D. After graduation he was elected resi- dent physician of the Allentown Hospital and continued in that capacity until in July, 1911, when he opened an office for general practice at Catasauqua. In his practice, which is rapidly increasing he is meeting with more than ordinary success. He is a member of Porter Lodge, No. 284, F. & A. M., the Alpha Tau Omego frater- nity and the Alpha Kappa medical fraternity. He is a member of Lehigh County Medical So- ciety, the State Medical Association and the Na- tional Medical Association.

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. III, Part 76

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society Publication date: 1914 Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 854

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 854