History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. III, Part 82

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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He married Susan Peter, daughter of John Peter, whose full history appears in connection with the "Peters Family." "Mother" Swartz as she is affectionately known by her friends and acquaintances who are legion, is now nearly eigh- ty-eight years "young." She is possessed of a clear mind, a retentive memory, and a sweet and kindly disposition. Among the Evangelical people gen- erally, particularly among those of Sei- bert church, of which she is one of the few orig- inal members, she is held in sacred affection. Mother Swartz, aged, but lovable in the evening of life, is at the old homestead, No. 516 North Ninth street, Allentown, where her daughter, Minnie S., and all the other of her children ad- minister unto her. This aged mother never misses church services, and with the Christian's unfaltering hope to meet her sainted companion and deceased children in "that house not made of hands eternal in the heavens," she awaits the Master's call. Twelve children blessed this


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union, as follows: Eleanor, widow of George Gross; Edwin V .; John and James, both de- ceased; Samuel P .; Laura, deceased ; Sarah, de- ceased, wife of James Baer ; Albert E .; Charles, of Palmerton ; Minnie S .; Benton, deceased ; and Owen S. W. J. D.


SCHWOYER (SCHWEYER) FAMILY.


The name Schweyer has been variously spelled by different branches and even by members of the same family. Tradition says the original home of the family was in France and that about the middle of the eighteenth century there came to America, four brothers, Christian, Heinrich, Samuel, and Esau Schweyer (Sweyer, Schweyer, or Schwoyer). But from authentic sources found in the Heraldic Library at Vienna we glean the following account of the Schweyer family, their origin and place of settlement.


"The Schweyer family sprang from Pomerania, the eastern province of the Kingdom of Prussia, and the founder of the same was living in the year 1172. His name was 'Edgar Schweyer,' which name, in the ancient Pomeranian language, meant 'saint.' He held the office of Fellerber (that is, 'high priest'), of the clan of Obetuter. His resi- dence was on the island of Hiddensoe. His wife, 'Thorga,' was the daughter of a count from the island of Rügen. Edgar was a brave warrior. On his shield he bore an eagle with outspread wings, the symbol of courage and sagacity. On his helmet he wore two buffalo horns, the symbol of the god Woden, representing great strength. These symbols were also assumed by his descend- ants, as their coat of arms. Edgar, in the year 1172, was converted to the Christian faith and baptized by the German missionary Orosius. He died on the island of Hiddensoe, A. D., 1213. He had three sons, namely: Pelagin, Orosius, and Anagas; the two first named entered a mon- astery. Orosius had large posessions on the islands of Hiddensoe and Rügen, and his descendants were still flourishing in the same place at the time of the Emperor Sigismund. About the year 1412 two brothers of the family, Wendel and George Schweyer, were the only persons surviv- ing of the name. Their descendants were still flourishing about the middle of the sixteenth cen- tury in Pomerania, and were still maintaining the old title of nobility. At the time when the good and glorious King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus, arrived at the court of Pomerania, two of the members of this family joined him at Hal- lem, these being Felix and Conrad Schweyer. Felix was killed in an assault on the city of Frank- furt, near the river Oder. Conrad remained in the army during the war, which lasted thirty years, and finally settled at Rebuick, in the Duke-


dom of Hessen. He married Francisca Kleinger, dropped his title of nobility and lived as a farmer at Rebuick. He died in the year 1672. The name of his son was Augustus Schweyer, farmer and hotel-keeper at Rebuick, whose wife was Eliza- beth Homer. He died in 1713, leaving three sons, whose names were: Nicholas, Leopold, and Christopher Schweyer. From there the family spread over the Dukedom of Nassau, Hesse Frankland (Franklin) and the grand duchy of Baden."


Presumably from one of these sons comes the branch in Maxatawny township, through Nicho- las Schweyer, great-great-grandfather of James M. Schwoyer. He was born Oct. 18, 1721, and died March 25, 1800. His children were: George ; Jacob, who was recruiting officer in Phil- adelphia, and served as lieutenant in the Fifth United States Infantry, during the War of 1812; Peter, who died in 1828; Christian, mentioned below; Henry; Nicholas, whose son Nicholas was given the old family Bible by his grand- father ; Valentine; and Barbara. Nicholas Schweyer, the great-grandfather, was an officer in the Prussian army. He was gathering arms and flannels to come to America to trade with the Indians, when he was arrested by the govern- ment and charged with inciting insurrection. He was disfranchised and his estate confiscated. He escaped and came to America, bringing with him the family Bible. His family followed him in care of a brother some years afterward. He was proven innocent and the franchise restored, but the estate was not looked after and was yet to be recovered.


From "30,000 names, German, Swiss, Dutch, French, Portuguese and other immigrants in Pennsylvania," edited by I. Daniel Rupp, Harris- burg, Pa., 1844, we learn that Nicholas Schweyer came to America Oct 4, 1752, on the ship "Nep- tune." Johannes (John) Schweyer came Oct. 13, 1768, on the ship "Betsy."


Christian Schweyer, son of the emigrant, Nich- olas, was born in 1780, and he made his home in Maxatawny township, Berks county, where he was a farmer in early life, and later became an inn-keeper at Rothrocksville. His wife was Eliz- abeth Keyser, born in 1784. He died in 1856, and she in 1858, and both are buried at the Max- atawny Zion's church. Their children were: Jonathan; John; Peter; Christian; Elizabeth, m. Isaac Kemp; and Matilda, m. Peter Boger. The Kutztown cemetery gives the record of two other children, as follows: "Zwei kindern von Christian Schweyer & seiner Ehe Gattin, Eliza- beth born Keyser," Jacob, born Oct. 19, 1805, died Jan. 11, 1827; and Esther, born Dec. 23, 1808, died Feb. 12, 1824.


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John Schweyer, son of Christian, was born in Maxatawny township, in 800, and died in 1893, at the age of ninety-two years. In his youth he learned the duties pertaining to a farmer's life, and that occupation he followed during his active years. When he was nearing seventy years of age, he retired, living at Rothrocksville. He was a member of Maxatawny Zion's church, belong- ing to the Lutheran congregation, and is buried there. His first wife was Elizabeth Helfrich, who died in 1844, aged thirty-four years. She was a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Hoch) Helfrich, of Lehigh county. Nine children were born to this union, as follows: James, Allen, Henry, Daniel, Jacob, Alfred, Francis, George and Mary who died in infancy. The Christian name of John Schweyer's second wife was Eliza- beth.


Allen Schweyer was a prominent and influ- ential citizen and for many years was a powerful factor in the Democratic politics of Berks county. He was engaged in the mining and contracting business and was widely known as a justice of the peace and tax collector, having held the office of justice of the peace for 30 years, and was a Demo- cratic candidate for sheriff many years ago. For forty-five years he conducted Schweyer's Hotel, and ten years later opened a general store at that place. Mr. Schweyer was born in Maxatawny township, Nov. 29, 1830. He was twice married. His first wife was Mary Oswald, who died in 1886 and is buried at Siegfried's church. They had eight children, as follows: Sallie, wife of Mil- ton Weaver, of Allentown; Daniel E., of Allen- town; John, who died at Schweyer's; Alfred ; James M .; Ambrose, deceased, who is buried at Allentown; Ellsworth, of Allentown; and Peter, of Allentown. All the children were born near Siegfried's church. In 1865, Mr. Schweyer moved to Kline's Corner, where he continued to reside until he died.


He married a second time, Eliza Long. He was a member of the Lutheran congregation of Zion's church, Maxatawny township; Lehigh Lodge, No. 326, F. & A. M., of Trexlertown ; Longswamp Lodge, No. 534, I. O. O. F .; and of Lyons Lodge, No. 102, K. of P.


Mr. Schweyer died Oct. 13, 1911, at his home at Schweyer's (also known as Kline's Corner).


JAMES M. SCHWEYER, a prominent business man of Allentown, was born in Maxatawny town- ship, Berks county, in 1863. When only eight years old he began working in a neighboring ore mine at a salary of twenty cents per day, and continued thus until fourteen years old, when his salary was increased to seventy cents per day. At the age of seventeen years he was employed as a clerk in his father's general store and con-


tinued in this position until he was twenty years old, when he left home to begin life for himself. He located in Allentown in 1883 and occupied a clerical position with Farr, Haas & Company at a salary of eight dollars per week, and was thus employed for two years. In 1885 he be- came proprietor of Maple Grove Hotel in Berks county, conducting this with success for four and one-half years, when he returned to Allentown, and purchased the stock, good will, and fixtures of the grocery store at Seventh and Liberty streets. In 1894, he engaged in the wholesale liquor business at No. 129 South Seventh street, and in 1900 he removed to No. 104 North Sev- enth street, where he continues as a wholesale liquor dealer, and employs nine men.


Mr. Schweyer is a successful business man and has extensive business interests in Northampton, as well as Lehigh county. He had been associated with the Hon. Clinton A. Groman, in various large enterprises at Nazareth, Pa. They owned and operated an extensive lime-stone quarry and employed fifty men. They sold many thousand tons of lime-stone annually to the cement com- panies in the fertile Lehigh Valley. The farm on which the quarry is situated consists of IIO acres of valuable land. Mr. Schweyer is a direc- tor and the treasurer of the American Shoe Man- ufacturing Company, Allentown, which firm em- ploys 76 people.


Mr. Schweyer has membership in the follow- ing lodges : F. O. E .; K. G. E .; Loyal Order of Moose; Order of Owls; Tigers of the World ; Modern Woodmen of America; and the Knights of the Mystic Chain. He is a prominent and in- fluential Democrat of Lehigh county, having been active in party welfare and a liberal contributor of the party for many years.


James M. Schweyer was married, 1885, to Miss Maggie Frederick, daughter of George and Marietta (Fretz) Frederick. Her maternal grandfather was Reuben Fretz. Mr. and Mrs. Schwoyer are members of the Zion's Reformed church, Allentown."


JOHN W. SCOTT.


James M. Schweyer was married, 1885, to Hotel, Coplay, Pa., a son of John and Maria (Kelly) Scott, was born June 19, 1867. For a number of years he made his home in Philadel- phia. Before his marriage he traveled over a large portion of Europe and Australia. In 1900 he became the proprietor of a Saloon at Seven- teenth and Dickinson streets, Philadelphia. In 1907 he purchased the Columbia Hotel at Cop- lay, taking possession of it the same year. He has conducted it ever since. The hotel has twen- ty-one rooms. In connection with this business


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he also conducts a livery business, having from fifteen to twenty-five horses. He took an active part in the organization of the Coplay National Bank, of which he is a director. While he lived in Philadelphia he was a member of the school board. He is a member of the Red Men, the F. D. E. and the Elks. He was married April 18, 1894, to Annie D. Jennings, a native of Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are the parents of the following children: James W., Mary T., An- nie M., Margaret F., Gertrude E., Rose E., Viola C., and Evelyn D.


WM. H. SEAGREAVES.


William Henry Seagreaves, engineer at the Allentown Spinning Company, was born Aug. 18, 1858, at the borough of Macungie, in Le- high county. After attending the public schools of Allentown until he was fourteen years old he followed the employment of developing and caring for racing horses under Samuel Schnur- man, George J. Snyder and M. C. L. Kline for thirteen years. He then entered the Allentown Spinning Mill as shipping-clerk and after serv- ing this position eleven years he was promoted to engineer of the mill which position he has successfully filled until the present time. He has become affiliated with the American Me- chanics, Sons of America, American Steam Engi- neers and Rescue Hook and Ladder Company. In politics he is a Democrat.


Mr. Seagreaves was married in 1879 to Annie E. Weaver, daughter of Levi and Elizabeth C. (Christine) Weaver, of Springtown township, in Bucks county, where the father followed farming, and they have an only child, Claude. They are members of the Salem Reformed church.


His father, James Seagreaves, was born at Allentown and followed shoemaking in the em- ploy of Wm. Roney. He died at the age of twenty-five years. He was married to Sarah Smith, daughter of Jonas and Mary Smith. She died at the age of nineteen years. Both were buried in the Union Cemetery at Allentown. They had an only child, William Henry.


His grandfather, Peter Seagreaves, was a butcher and carpenter at Allentown and died at the age of sixty-eight years. He was buried in the Union Cemetery. He was married to Catharine Ritter, and they had nine children: Mary, m. Charles Fullentine; Annie, m. Geo. White; Emma, m. Frank Hodes; Sallie, died single; George; John; James; William and Charles.


Claude W. Seagreaves was born Aug. 5, 1884, and after attending the public schools learned the trade of machinist, being now in projectile


department of the Bethlehem Steel Company. In 1911 he was married to Eva Sefing, daughter of Christian and Ella (Craig) Sefing, and they have one child, a son named James Christian.


The parents of Mrs. Wm. H. Seagreaves had ten children : John ; Charles and Quintus, who both died young; Amanda, m. John Campbell; Ellen ; Annie E .; Sadie ; Adam, died young; Eliz- abeth, m. Preston Daniels; and Elenora, m. Levi Randt. Her grandfather was Martin Weaver, who lived in Springfield township, Bucks county, where he followed farming.


SAEGER FAMILY.


The name Saeger, spelled in olden times Sager and Seger, is found in old records of Germany and Switzerland as far back as 1388, when Con- rad Sager of Zug, was killed by Austrians, on a precipice. In 1402 Burki Sager was a councillor in Bern and in 1553 John Sager was Governor of Arberg.


John Nicholas Saeger, ancestor of the greater part of the family in this country, was born in 1694 and came from Reichenbach, Bavaria. His wife, Anna Barbara, was born in 1705, and with their seven children they sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, in the ship Richmond and Elizabeth, arriving at Philadelphia on Sept. 28, 1733. He settled upon a tract of 250 acres along the Coplay creek in Whitehall township, which he secured by a warrant dated March 28, 1737. The plant of the Lehigh Portland Cement Company is now located on this land. On Jan. 24, 1739, he se- cured by warrant a tract of forty acres adjoining his other land on the east. This land he farmed and improved until his death, when by his will dated October 22, 1753, and probated Feb. 5, 1762, it became the property of his two eldest sons. He was a Lutheran in faith and wor- shipped at the Jordan Lutheran church and at Egypt church. He died in January, 1762, ten of his thirteen children surviving him. Of his children, mention is made of each in order of age.


I. Anna Mary, was born in 1721 and was twelve and one-half years old on arriving in America. She married in 1740, John Frederick Snyder, of Heidelberg township.


2. Anna Barbara, born in 1723, married Peter Troxell, and died about 1750. She had two children, John Troxell, born Sept. 17, 1747, and died April 21, 1830, married Elizabeth Martin, and removed to near Emmitsburg, Md., with his father and Anna Barbara, born Sept. 12, 1748, died April 15, 1823, married Mathias Martin.


3. John Henry Saeger, born 1725, died in childhood.


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4. Samuel Saeger, was born in 1727, and was aged six years on his arrival at Philadelphia. He became the owner of one-half of his father's land, which, with his brother, he patented April 6, 1762. He added to his land, and became the owner of over 200 acres. He was deacon in 1767, and treasurer of the Lutheran congregation at Egypt and one of the building committee that erected a new church in 1785, to which he con- tributed £22, or $58.67. He was naturalized April 10, 1761, and was one of the leading men of Whitehall township in his day. He died in September, 1789. On Oct. 28, 1752, he married Anna Eva Eberhard, daughter of Frederick Eberhard. She was born in 1736 and died Jan. 9, 1792. They had seven children as far as is known, namely: John Nicholas, born August 15, 1760; Mary Magdalena, born Sept. 6, 1762; Catharine, born Jan. 23, 1765, died Sept. 21, 1851, married Nicholas Kern and had ten chil- dren; Mary Susanna, born March 10, 1767; Anna Mary, born June 17, 1774, died July 13, 1846, married Abraham Worman, born 1771, died 1846; Mary Charlotte, born October 30, 1776; and Samuel, born March 8, 1779, who married Mary Barbara Siegfried, and had six children ; Silas, born April 3, 1813; Tilghman, born July 11, 1815; Nathan, bern Oct. 24, 1805; Mary, born November 22, 1817; Lovina, born May 23, 1820, and Christian, born April 16, 1822.


John Nicholas Saeger, son of Samuel, born August 15, 1760, was baptized at Egypt, Sept. 7, 1760, by Rev. Daniel Schumacher. He mar- ried Feb. 12, 1793, Mary Magdalena Knauss, daughter of George Frederick Knauss. She was born Feb. 1, 1772, and died March 24, 1842. Mrs. Saeger is buried on the old Allentown Cemetery, while her husband is buried at Egypt. He died April 28, 1829. Their son, Joseph K. Saeger, was born in 1792. In 1837 he removed to Allentown and established a foundry and ma- chine shop at Third and Walnut streets, where he put up the first steam engine in Lehigh county, a small steam engine made by Rush and Muh- lenberg, of Philadelphia. He ran the business successfully for about twelve years, when he retired and Thomas Barber became the principal owner and manager. Mr. Saeger was active in militia circles, and became a Brigadier-General of Militia. He died at Allentown, Nov. 14, 1855. He married Mary Magdalena Saeger, his second cousin, daughter of Nicholas Saeger, and his wife, Eva Balliet. She was born April 18, 1792, and died Aug. 29, 1836, and was buried in the old Allentown Cemetery. He married the second time, Margaret, daughter of James Wilson. She was born August 1, 1799,


and died July 13, 1887. There were no chil- dren in the second marriage.


The children of Gen. Joseph K. Saeger were:


Horace, who died in boyhood; Sallanda, mar- ried Elias Sieger ; Abigail, married Daniel Keck; Catharine, married Mr. Sigman ; Eli J .; Mary, married (1) Jonas Mohr, (2) Elias Matter; Leah Ann, married Rev. Simon Tobias; Hiram, and Louise, who married Enos Starke.


Eli J. Saeger, son of General Jos. K. Saeger, was born Nov. 2, 1818. He came to Allen- town in 1834, and became a clerk in the store of Pretz, Saeger & Company, and later entered his father's foundry, where he assisted in erecting the first steam engine in the county. In 1840 he went into partnership in the mercantile busi- ness with John P. Boas, and in 1857 became president of the Catasauqua National Bank. He was also a justice of the peace for a number of years. He died Oct. 1, 1888. He married Sarah A. Spinner, daughter of George Spinner. She died Jan. 21, 1905, at Aukona, Indian River, Florida, aged 83 years. They had seven chil- dren : Mrs. Emma M., wife of David O. Say- lor, Richard N., Edgar E., Charles M., Walter J., George A., and Arthur E., the latter two of Florida.


CHARLES M. SAEGER, son of Eli J. Saeger, was born in Allentown, Aug. 7, 1856. He was educated in the public and high schools of Allen- town, and subsequently studied engineering, under G. A. Aschbach. In 1878 he became as- sistant superintendent of the Carbon Iron and Pipe Company, of Parryville, where he remained for about seven years, when he became general manager and superintendent of the Coplay Ce- ment Company. He married, December, 1880, Miss Sally A. Hess, and had four children : Louis. A., the eldest, was born at Parryville, Sept. 30, 1881, and was educated in the public schools of Allentown, and Muhlenberg College preparatory school. In 1899 he became an assistant in the chemical and physical laboratory of the Coplay Cement Company. On Aug. 12, 1902, he sailed for Spain to take charge of the laboratory of the Compania General de Asfaltos, at Barcelona. He assisted in erecting the mill at Pueblo, Spain, when he was taken ill with a fever, and died Jan. 31, 1903. The surviving children are : Bes -. sie M., Geoffrey A., and Charles Marshall, Jr.


5. John Christian Saeger, second son of John Nicholas Saeger, the immigrant, was born Jan. 26, 1731. He became the owner of one-half of his father's land, which he cultivated until his death. In 1768 he and his brother Samuel Sieger were each taxed upon 65 acres of cultivated land® and 85 acres of uncultivated land, three horses, 3 cows and six sheep. He was a prominent mem-


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ber of the Lutheran congregation of the church at Egypt, and contributed £22, or $58.67 to the new church built in 1775. He died Nov. 30, 1800, and was buried at Egypt. He married Mary Susanna, who was born Feb. 7, 1736, and died March 6, 1800. He had 10 children : Mar- garet, Eva, Catherine, Nicholas, Barbara, Chris- tina. Anna, Mary, Magdalena, Susanna, Jacob, and Daniel.


Margaret Saeger, eldest child, was born Nov. 25, 1755, and died May 9, 1814. She married George Frederick Knauss, and was buried in old Allentown cemetery.


Eva Catharine Saeger was born July 6, 1757, and died Jan. 7, 1815. She married, Jan. 16, 1780, John Jacob Steckel.


Nicholas Saeger was born May 16, 1759. He lived on a part of the old homestead and served in the Revolutionary War, attaining to the rank of lieutenant in the First Battalion, Northampton County Militia, commanded by Lieut. Col. Stephen Balliet. He was for many years a jus- tice of the peace, both in North Whitehall and in Allentown, to which latter place he removed about 1815. He died Jan. 7, 1835, and his re- mains now rest in Fairview cemetery. He mar- ried, first, April 18, 1781, Eva Balliet, duaghter of Paul Balliet. She was born 1760, and died March 20, 1797. He married a second time, Oct. 24, 1797, Maria, daughter of Michael Stof- flet. She was born May 17, 1770, and died Feb. 20, 1854. They had seven children: Mary Sus- anna, Daniel, John, Joseph, Salome, Magdalena, and Elizabeth.


Mary Susanna was born May 20, 1781.


Daniel was born June 5, 1783, and died March 30, 1853. He married Elizabeth Miller, and had six children: Henry, Reuben, Nathan, Dan- iel, Nancy, Elizabeth, John.


John, born June 10, 1785, died Aug. 4, 1856. He married Catharine Dinkey, March 18, 1806. They had no children. They resided on a large farm at Siegersville, where Mr. Sieger was jus- tice of the peace for about 30 years.


Joseph was born May 18, 1787; Salome, Dec. 5, 1789, and died May 18, 1818; Magdalena was born April 18, 1792, and died Aug. 15, 1836. She married Joseph K. Saeger. Eliza- beth, born Oct. 19, 1794, married Joseph Sieg- fried.


Joseph Saeger, son of Nicholas and his wife, Eva Balliet, was born May 18, 1787, and died Aug. 24, 1848. He married Anna Margaret Pretz, born March 11, 1791. She died Jan. I, 1858. Both are buried on Allentown cemetery. He settled at Saegersville in 1807, which was named in honor of Mr. Saeger, where he had a hotel and store business until 1831, when he sold


it to his son-in-law, Peter Miller, and moved to Allentown, where he engaged in the mercantile business with his brother-in-law, Christian Pretz, under the name of Pretz & Saeger. They had nine children: Reuben, Nathan, Joseph, Owen, Franklin, Edwin, Magdalena, Salome, and Mes- sina. Nathan, a mute, died in infancy. Joseph, Jr., a mute, was in business in Allentown with his brother, Owen. He later held a position in the court house. He married Maria Quier. Had four children: Milton, Albert, Frank, and Mrs. Senia Lerch. Owen Saeger was born Feb. 9, 1817, and died Feb. 6, 1864. He engaged in the hardware business in Allentown, and married Eliza Ruhe, and had seven children: Mrs. Ele- mina Shimer, Mrs. Mary Kleckner, Mrs. Chris- tina Trexler, Harry, Annie, Rebecca, and Frank- lin, who died young. Edwin, also a mute, was in his early years a teacher in the deaf mute asylum in Philadelphia, but later established a book bindery in Allentown. He married Hannah Turner, and had four children: Howard F., Mrs. Maggie Alsop, Mrs. Jennie Bradway, and Frederick.




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