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Charles Henry Shoemaker, second son of Jona- than, was born at East Texas, May 27, 1829, and died May 30, 1903, at Hummelstown, Pa. He was a pioneer slate salesman for Williams Broth- ers, of Slatington. In later years, from 1870 to 1890, he was a landlord at Hummelstown, Dauphin county, Pa., and also conducted a farm there, which he later sold to The Hummelstown Brownstone Company, who developed the brown- stone quarries. He married Miss Caroline Yeag- er, and had the following children :
Oscar Clinton, born April 22, 1857, died April 20, 1860.
Jacob Jonathan, born Oct. 26, 1858, died April 12, 1860.
Remetia T., born Oct. 2, 1860, wife of An- drew Jacks, of Allentown, and had three chil- dren : Charles, Helen, and Caroline, deceased. George Washington, born April 22, 1862.
William Franklin, born Sept. 27, 1863, mar-
ried Elizabeth Ebersole, and had nine children: Bessie; Carrie; Yeager; Robert; Lillie; Zelma; John, deceased ; Helen; Oscar.
Amanda, wife of Israel Bowers.
Mary, born Nov. 22, 1866, died Aug. 20, 1867.
Katharine, born Feb. 10, 1868, died Jan. 29, 1870.
Frederick, born Sept. 7, 1869, died January, 1904, married Agnes Wagner, and had one son, Carl.
Charles B., born May 10, 1872, married Cora Hartman, and has one son, Henry.
Elizabeth May, born Nov. 19, 1874, wife of Harry. C. Kepner and has two children : Charles and Anna.
Caroline A., born May 26, 1877, died Sept. 16, 1880.
Emma L., born July 5, 1879, wife of George S. Bolton, and has two children: Stanley and Caroline.
GEORGE WASHINGTON SHOEMAKER acquired his preliminary education in the public schools of his native town, and this was supplemented by attendance at the Hummelstown high school, from which he was graduated. He then resided in Tiffin, Ohio, where he served three years ap- prenticeship in J. F. Marquardt's drug store, after which he went to Philadelphia, attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and was graduated therefrom. He then located in New- ark, Ohio, and established a pharmacy, with Frank D. Hall, under the firm name of Hall & Shoemaker, which was conducted successfully for a period of one year. He then changed his place of residence to the city of Philadelphia, assumed the charge of a drug store located at the corner of Broad and Girard avenues and after serving in that capacity for one year removed to Allen- town in 1887, and purchased the drug business of Dr. E. G. Martin, at 722 Hamilton street, where he remained 26 years, and on May 14, 1914, removed to larger quarters at 804 Hamil- ton street. During these past twenty-five years the business has increased wonderfully, both in volume and importance, and he is now the pro- prietor of an establishment which is well equipped with a full line of selected drugs and other articles pertaining to that line of business. In addition to this enterprise he recently operated a stone-cutting yard and was a general contrac- tor in building of bridges, also furnishing cut stone for the same. He is a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows; Allentown Lodge, No. 130, B. P. O. of Elks; Improved Order of Red Men; Knights of the Golden Eagle; an active member and treasurer of the Good Will Fire Company ; the Livingston Club ;
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and a member of Christ Evangelical Lutheran church.
Mr. Shoemaker married, in 1892, Luella J. Weikel, only child of Alfred M. and Mary (Colver) Weikel, the former named being a son of Peter Weikel and wife nee Gruber, and the latter a daughter of Samuel Colver. Three chil- dren were born to this union: Alfred Weikel, Paul Colver, and Lorene Mary Shoemaker. Al- fred W. graduated from the Bethlehem Prepara- tory School in 1909,and from Lafayette College in 1913,and is now attending the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Paul C. graduated in 1911 from the Bethlehem Preparatory School, studied at Lafayette and is now a medical stud- ent at the University of Pennsylvania. Lorene M. is a student at the Frances Steitler School in Allentown.
BENNEVILLE P. SHOEMAKER, a farmer of Whitehall township, was born in Lowhill town- ship, Aug. 29, 1858, and brought up on his fa- ther's farm, for whom he worked until he became of age. In 1880, he moved to Whitehall town- ship and engaged at farming; and in 1888 he took possession of the Charles Dubbs farm, which he stocked and has operated since in a successful manner. Under his management it has come to be one of the finest plantations in the township.
In 1888, Mr. Shoemaker was married to Susan M., daughter of John and Mary (Ruch) Koch, of the same township, and they have three chil- dren: Mary F., Annie S., and Daniel J., who died in infancy. They are members of the Egypt church.
GEORGE L. SHOEMAKER, chief engineer at Balliet's cigar box factory, Allentown, was born Aug. 4, 1873, at Catasauqua, Lehigh county. He attended the local schools until he became II years old; then he entered the horse-shoe works as "handy boy" about the place, where he remained for a time; afterward was employed in the Wah- netah silk mill, and in the Crane iron works until 1900. He then followed painting and paper-hanging for four years in and around Cat- asauqua. In 1904, he became assistant engineer at the Balliet cigar box factory, at Allentown, and was since promoted to chief engineer, which position he has filled until now. He is a member of the American Order of Steam Engineers; Le- high Council, No. 15, Order of Red Men (17 years) ; Knights of Friendship; and Lutheran church, of Catasauqua.
In 1896, Mr. Shoemaker was married to Char- lotte Haberman, of Lehighton, daughter of Moses and Emma (Walp) Haberman, and they had three children : Lottie, who died in infancy ; Mar- garet Amelia; and Dorothy Emma.
His father was Louis Shoemaker, an engineer
at Crane iron works, Catasauqua, for 45 years. He was married to Amelia Hearttagen, and they had eight children: Mary, married Howard Bel- lis; David; Abigail, married Marcus Snyder ; John; Charles; Jacob; Clarence; and George L.
ENOS J. SHOEMAKER was born at East Texas, Oct. 24, 1826. He was reared and educated in that section of the county, and learned the trade of tanner, which he followed for some time. For a period of five years he conducted the Eagle Hotel, at Emaus. In 1870, he came to Allen- town and engaged in business at Ninth and Ham- ilton streets, and later located at Ninth and Turner streets. He died June 15, 1909, and is buried in West End cemetery.
Mr. Shoemaker and family were members of Zion's Reformed church. In politics he was a' Republican, and a member of the I. O. O. F. He married Lucilla Wieder, daughter of Valen- tine Wieder, of East Texas. She died Oct. 30, 1891, and is buried in West End cemetery. They had two children: Alice L., who married Alfred B. Grim ; and Ida, who married Alvin Boyer, of Allentown.
SIEGER FAMILY.
This family is so closely identified with the village of Siegersville that the early history of the one includes the history of the other. The family traces its history to John George Sieger, who came from Bavaria on the Bilander Towns- head, landing in Philadelphia October 5, 1737. He followed the King George highway as far as the present village of Siegersville. He took with him (probably from Philadelphia) a horse, a wagon and some necessary farming implements. His wife's name was Anna Catharine Miller. They remained near the beautiful spring of that place until some time the following summer or early fall. There is a well established tradition that Mr. Sieger, having come from the "Hill Country" of Bavaria, was not altogether content with his location, hence he went farther north beyond the Blue Mountains into Carbon county. Here he remained about two years, when owing to an uprising among the Indians and remember- ing the beautiful springs of the Siegersville dis- trict he returned in the spring of 1740, and set- tled permanently where Siegersville now stands. Mr. Sieger was a linen weaver by trade and was known as the "birck weaver." The King's high- way from Macungie to Fort Allen at Weissport, passed about fifteen rods east of John Sieger's house or hotel, and is mentioned in the govern- ment records of "Seger's Inn." We have a record of two of the children of John and Anna Sieger. Samuel, morn July 2, 1760; died November 28, 1835, and a daughter married to John Hoffman,
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After the war he assisted his father in the trad- one of the progenitors of Hoffmansville.
Samuel Sieger was a man of fine physique and served as bugler in the Revolutionary War. ing and general merchandise business and in later years he took charge of the business himself and branched out in other lines of business. His business comprised a hotel, general store, lumber yard, brick making plant (near the Jordan Creek at Sieger's Mill), a cattle yard, butcher shop, a blacksmith shop, lime kilns, cider press and man- aging a farm of three hundred acres.
His place was the trading post for the farmers and early settlers of a very large section of country. Tradition has it that one day Mr. Sieger's supply of gun shot was running very low in his store, he left for Philadelphia and in forty- eight hours he returned with twenty-five pounds of shot which he carried on his shoulders all the way. Samuel Sieger built the old stone hotel and store building which is still standing in Sie- gersville. He married Elizabeth Rex, born Janu- ary 5, 1757, died February 5, 1826. Twelve chil- dren were born to them of which number six died young. They were as follows: Michael, John, Peter, John George, Hannah, born March 17, 1795, died March 9, 1890, married to George Roth; Eva, born April 15, 1777, died April I, 1867, married to George Schoudt.
Michael Sieger, a son of Samuel and Elizabeth Sieger, was born September 25, died June 12, 1829, he was married to Juliana Kern. They had children as follows: Elias, Sarah, Peter, Thomas and Michael.
John Sieger, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Sieger, was born in 1785 and died in 1820. He was a prominent man in the township in his day, filling for a number of years the office of justice of the peace. He conducted a large tannery and in connection with his brother, Michael, did a great deal towards building up Siegersville. He was married to Barbara Schreiber, born Decem- ber II, 1787, died May 8, 1867. They had chil- dren as follows; Charles, James, Reuben, Samuel, Joseph, John and Polly, married to Elias Koons, of Lehighton ; and Mary, wife of David Kuhns.
Charles Sieger, a son of John and Barbara (Schreiber) Sieger was married to Anna Moyer with whom he had the following children: Wil- loughby, Mrs. Alfred Frey, Mrs. James Clause, Matilda and Leah, both of whom died young. James was married to Eliza Keck; he was the father of the sign painter, the late John Sieger, of Allentown. Reuben, prominent furniture dealer of Allentown, was married to Sarah Mohr. Joseph was married to Amy Kern. They had the following children; Frank, of Youngstown,
Ohio; Caroline, married Frank Wilson James, of San Jose, Mo .; William, deceased; Madison, of Siegfried, Pa. Elias, mentioned later ; Oliver, of Kane, Pa., and Elizabeth, wife of John Butz.
ELIAS SIEGER, a son of Joseph and Amy ( Kern) Sieger was born at Siegersville February 23, 1849. He learned the tinsmith trade under the instruction of his father, a successful merchant. In 1871 he started the tinsmith business for him- self at Coplay and has conducted a very success- ful business ever since. He is the only person engaged in this business at Coplay and regularly employs three men, doing a great deal of special work for the cement mills. On February 22, 1902, Mr. Sieger sustained a heavy loss through fire which completely destroyed his place of busi- ness on Front street, in Coplay. In the same year he built the large dwelling and store room at the corner of Second and Center streets. In politics Mr. Sieger is a supporter of the Demo- cratic party and has always manifested a keen interest in the welfare of the party. For seven years he has served as Burgess of Coplay. For four years he was a member of the borough council, for ten years he filled the position of school director ; he also served as auditor and assessor. He is a member of the Lutheran Church. In 1872 he was married to Louise Peters, a daughter of Joel and Mary A. ( Hauseman) Peters. Mrs. Sieger was born May 6, 1852, and died February 2, 1911. Ten children re- sulted from this union, of whom all but one are now living. Reuben is deceased. Annie married to Samuel Laubach; Joseph, married to Ada Schnurman, a tinsmith of Allentown; Harry married to Mamie Williams, has been in the em- ploy of the American Cement Company since he is 13 years of age. Clara married to Robert Beitel, jeweler of Catasauqua. Mark, at home assisting his father in his business; Amy, mar- ried to Percy Ruhe, editor of the Morning Call; Jeremiah, Effie, Charles, a student in Lehigh University, and Isabelle.
John Sieger, son of John and Barbara Sieger, was married to Mary Young, the father of Mrs. Edwin Albright, wife of the late judge of Le- high county.
Samuel Sieger, son of John and Barbara Sie- ger was born in Siegersville March 20, 1808, died September 20, 1875. He was the promoter of the iron ore industry of Siegersville, and oper- ated four large farms giving employment to one hundred men. Two of the farms are at present in the possession of his grandchildren. He was married to Hattie Guth, who was born Septem- ber 30, 1909, died March 4, 1852. He married the second time, Leah Guth, and they had the
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following children: A. John F., Lewis A., Amandes S .; Josiah, Edwin and Tilghman.
John F. Sieger, son of Samuel Sieger was born on the old homestead in Siegersville. Like his father he was interested in the ore industry for many years. He took an active part in the po- litical affairs of his township and county. He held the office of school director in South White- hall township for many years. He also filled the office of poor director of Lehigh county very acceptably. He was married to Caroline A. Mickley, a daughter of Charles and Henrietta (Fegley) Mickley. The following children were born to John F. and Caroline Sieger : Hat- tie A., married Robert Henninger ; Charles S., deceased ; Elmer F., deceased; Minnie H., mar- ried to Wm. C. Walters; Harry V., mentioned later, and John L., deceased.
HARRY SIEGER, son of John and Caroline Sie- ger, was born at Siegersville, August 6, 1870. He was educated in the public schools of his native place and at the Millersville State Nor- mal School, from which institution he graduated in 1890. He taught school for ten years in Hei- delberg, North Whitehall, South Whitehall and Coplay. In 1902 he left the school room to ac- cept a position in the freight department of the L. V. R. R., at Coplay, and in May, 1911, he was promoted to the position of chief clerk in the freight department, having under his charge a number of assistants. Mr. Sieger is prominent- ly identified with the Democratic party. In 1901 he was elected to the office of school director, serving two terms. In 1907 he was elected jus- tice of the peace. Since 1910 he is a notary public, being the notary public of the Coplay National bank. Mr. Sieger was one of the or- ganizers of the Coplay Fire Company, serving it in the capacity of chief. He was also one of the organizers and is the secretary of the Coplay Building and Loan Association. He holds mem- bership in the following organizations: Porter Lodge, No. 284, F. and A. M .; K. of the G. E., No. 55; Allentown I. O. O. F .; Jordan Lodge ; and Lehigh Camp, No. 237, Woodman of the World. Mr. Sieger and family are very active workers in the St. John's Lutheran Church at Coplay. Mr. Sieger was the secretary of the church council for five years. He has filled the office of superintendent of the Sunday school since 1904. Mrs. Sieger has for a number of years been the superintendent of the infant department. In 1894 Mr. Sieger was married to Lutie Bal- liet, a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Nipsch) Balliet, of Ironton. To them two children have been born: Emory B. and Lee B.
Amandes Sieger, son of Samuel and Hattie Sie- ger, was born at Siegersville April 24, 1840.
He received his education at Allentown and at Mount Holly Academy, N. J. For a number of years he was engaged in the coal and lumber business, also in the mining and manufacturing of slate for roofing purposes. He was a member of the Democratic party and served two terms as a member of the state legislature. In 1874 he was married to Catharine, a daughter of Peter Hendricks, of Union county. They had the following children: Virginia, Ann, Hattie and Bessie.
Peter Sieger, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Rex) Sieger, located in Philadelphia and con- ducted a most extensive mercantile business.
John George Sieger, son of Samuel and Eliza- beth (Rex) Sieger, was born in South White- hall township, March 12, 1800, died April 7, 1852. He was married to Elizabeth Stopp. To them the following children were born : Nathan, Ephraim, William, born March 15, 1834, died August 22, 1903, married to Sarah Hower, they had one son, William, of Catasauqua; Owen, Franklin G., saddler, of Allentown; Mary, mar- ried to Eli Metzger; Hannah, married to Josiah Kern and Atillia, married to Jonas P. Gaumer.
Nathan Sieger, a son of John George and Elizabeth (Stopp) Sieger, was born June 6, 1821, died August 26, 1897. In early life he followed the occupation of blacksmith. He owned 80 acres of the old homestead which he cultivated. He was deeply interested in the pub- lic school. He also took an active part in Church work. He was a member of the build- ing committee in the early eighties when the Jor- dan Lutheran Church was remodeled. He was married to Lovinia Guth, oldest daughter of Daniel A. Guth. She was born December, 1819, died in December, 1895. This union was blessed with the following children: George, died in in- fancy; Elouisa, married to Alfred Newhard; Matilda, died in infancy; Uriah F., of Frank- ford, Indiana; Amanda C., married to M. R. Schæffer and Henry N.
HENRY N. SIEGER, son of Nathan and Lo- vina (Guth) Sieger, was born near Siegersville, February 26, 1858. He was educated in the public schools and the Kutztown State Normal. He taught school in 1876 and later learned the trade of carriage blacksmith at Slatington, which he followed until 1892. He again taught for five months, resigning to enter the service of the L. V. R. R. as stenographer and clerk in the general baggage office. For a number of years he was engaged as traveling salesman for a slate company. For three years he was with the Washington Slate Company, and seven years with the Eureka Slate Company. In 1905 he and his oldest son, Robert H., formed a part-
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nership under the firm name of Henry N. Sieger & Son, jobbers and dealers in roofing and manu- facturing slate. In 1906 Mr. Sieger invented a snow guard which he and son manufacture. It is known as the S. and S. snow guard and is used very extensively. Mr. Sieger is a member of the Slatington Lodge, No. 440, F. and A. M. He is a past master by merit of Chapter 292 R. A. M .; Allen Commandery, No. 20, K. T .; Rajah Temple A. A. O. A. M. S., Reading; Royal Arcanum, Slatington Council 2092. He is also a member of the Heptasophs and Damascus Council Knights of Malta, No. 50. He and family are members of St. John's Lutheran Church which he has served in an official ca- pacity. In 1880 he was married to Annie Rob- erts, daughter of Abraham and Rachel (Louch- ner) Roberts, of Lehigh Furnace. Two sons have been born to them: Robert H., married to Eva Handwerk, in business with his father; and George N., a student in Lehigh University.
Ephraim Sieger, son of John George and Eliza- beth (Stopp) Sieger, was born April 14, 1825, died December 9, 1886. He was married to Clarietta Litzenberger, with whom he had the following children: Hiram, George, born in 1854, died October 10, 1902, married Amanda Merkel; Dr. Clinton, born November 6, 1853, married to Catharine Lerch.
Owen Sieger a son of John George and Eliza- beth (Stopp) Sieger, was one of the most skill- ful farmers of Lehigh county. He also carried on an extensive business in lime, stone and coal. In his earlier life he was a cabinetmaker. He was the father of Rev. George Sieger, of Lancas- ter, Pa., who has been president of the Lancaster Conference of the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania.
James Sieger was a cabinetmaker and sign painter in Allentown. He was married to a Miss Keck.
John J. Sieger, son of James, was born in Allentown in 1856. He was associated with his father in the sign painting business, and later succeeded him to it. He was the leader in his line of business, and was a member of the Re- formed Church and a Democrat. He died in 1909 and was interred in the Allentown cemetery.
He married Ida Koenig. Issue: James K., sign painter; John H., of whom below; Fred- erika, Joseph C., a machinist; Eliza J., Jacob, Anna and Gerald.
JOHN H. SIEGER, son of John J. and Ida (Koenig) Sieger, was born Feb. 5, 1883, in Al- lentown, and was educated in the public schools, and graduated from the high school in the class of 1900. He studied civil engineering until 1901, when he secured employment with Lehr
and Bascom, where he continued until 1908, when he purchased Mr. Lehr's interest, and formed a partnership with Mr. Bascom, and did a general engineering business, as Bascom & Sieger.
He is a member of the Lutheran Church, of the Chamber of Commerce; Knight of the Mys- tic Chain, Knights of Golden Eagle, and in poli- tics is a Democrat.
He married, in 1902, Mary S. Christman, daughter of Daniel Christman, of Macungie. Issue : Henry, Ida and Harold J. Sieger.
SIEGFRIED FAMILY.
The Siegfried family were among the early German immigrants to the colony of Pennsyl- vania, their date of arrival is not known. To Johannes Siegfried, the founder of the Maxa- tawny branch of the family, was born a daugh- ter Catharine, in Oley, Nov. 14, 1719. She was married to Frederick Romig (See Romig Family). Johannes Siegfried died on his homestead in Sieg- fried's Dale, Maxatawny, in the spring of 1766 and his wife between the dates of June 17, 1766, and Nov. 10, 1767, the dates of making and pro- bating her will. They were Mennonites. Among their children were: Johannes ; Joseph ; Margaret, married to Jacob Moser, of Lynn township ; Cath- arine ; Susanna, married to Daniel Levan; Eliza- beth, married to John Rothermel; Magdalena, married to Anthony Fisher; and Anna, married to Jacob Fisher.
Johannes Siegfried, son of Johannes, died shortly before his father. His will bears the date of December 19, 1765, and was probated June 3, 1766. In it he provides for his widow Catharine, his three daughters, Elisabeth, Margaret and Su- sanna, and directs that the plantation be divided and that the "old place" and one-half of the land shall belong to his son John, and the other half to his son Jacob, and that his son Peter shall have twenty acres.
Joseph, son of Johannes, was born February 2, 1721, and died September 3, 1795. He was married to Anna Mary Romig (See Romig Fam- ily). They resided in Maxatawny township and had the following children: Catharine; Magda- lena, maried to Abraham Levan ; Johannes (Oct. I, 1758-April 4, 1821) ; Henry (1751-1822) ; Jacob; Abraham; Isaac; and Daniel. The home of Joseph Siegfried was a stopping place for the Moravian missionaries. Shortly before his death he was baptized by one of them and two days after his death, Sept. 5, 1795, he was buried in the Siegfried private cemetery by a Moravian pastor in the presence of a large concourse of people.
Joseph and Abraham Siegfried, the ancestors
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of the Siegfrieds, of Bath, came from Maxatawny township, Berks county, where the original fam. ily had settled. With their families, they left their native county and by night had arrived at the John Hiestand farm, near Siegfried's Bridge, where they contemplated buying land, but found it too swampy, and the next day proceeded as far as Bath, where the hills to the west of the town suited them much better. In 1792, Joseph bought the tract north of the Mauch Chunk road, with a grist and saw-mill thereon, from the Ralstons, who had purchased it from the heirs of Arthur Lattimore. This was known as the "Unity" tract and at present comprises the mill property, the farm of Robert Frey, and West Main street.
In 1794 Abraham bought the tract south of the Mauch Chunk road from Henry Berger, who had purchased it from the original owner, John Sterling. This tract comprises the farms of Isaac C. Worman, Henry Graver, John Rush, and a portion of that of James Dech.
Joseph was born in 1749, and died in 1825. He had five children: Joseph; John; Peter; Mary, wife of Samuel Smith ; and Catharine, who mar- ried Daniel Walter.
Abraham was born about 1764 and had five children: Abraham, Jr .; Isaac; Henry; Jacob ; and Susanna, who married a Schoenerberger.
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