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He is a member of St. Mark's church and is a member of the church council since 1911.
Harvey W. Sprague married, April 12, 1898, Elizabeth M. Nace, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bachman) Nace. Children: Marion, and Mark Sprague.
STAHLER FAMILY.
John Nicholas Stahler, a native of the Palatin- ate, Germany, emigrated to this country in 1738, arriving at Philadelphia on Oct. 27, 1738. He settled in what is now Upper Milford township, where, in 1744, he took up a tract of land con- taining 26 acres, 51 perches, and in 1759, he purchased from Henry Schiszler an adjoining tract of 14934 acres, obtaining a patent for both tracts Oct. 5, 1761, at £27, 5 sh., and 6 d. This land is situated about a mile from the road to Zionsville, and he lived here for fifty years, until he died in September, 1794. He was married to Maria Magdalena and they had six sons: An- thony, John Nicholas, Jr., Philip, Ludwig, Henry and Peter. In his last will and testament, dated Sept. 17, 1794, he appointed his son Ludwig as executor. His real estate was divided between two of his sons: Henry, who accepted 79 ac., 33 ps. at £540; and Peter, 86 ac., 67 ps. at £510.
Anthony Stahler, his eldest son, was born in December, 1739, and died Dec. 24, 1797. His wife Susanna was born in July, 1748, and died June 22, 1813. They had three sons: Anthony, Jr., John Nicholas, and Henry ; and five daugh- ters. John Nicholas, the second son, was born in June, 1752, and died Sept. 24, 1830. He was
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married to Barbara Baer, and they had three sons : Lawrence, Daniel, Jacob, and three daughters.
Lawrence Stahler, the eldest son of John Nich- olas, Jr., was born April 19, 1779, and died Aug. 15, 1854. He married Magdalena Rein- hard, daughter of John Adam. She was born Aug. 12, 1789, and died April 27, 1876. He served as a justice of the peace from 1812 to 1845. They had nine children: Joshua; Reu- ben ; Joel ; Daniel ; Asor; Mary, married Charles Kline; Annie, married William Reichenbach; Sarah, married Solomon Schantz; and Cillah, married Arah Ortt .
Joshua Stahler, the eldest son of Lawrence, was born Oct. 2, 1814. In 1837, he was mar- ried to Sarah Stahler, daughter of David Stah- ler. He taught school for eight years and sub- sequently learned the trade of blacksmith. He pursued his trade for ten years, when he became a merchant and landlord, besides farming and the surveying of land. He was elected justice of the peace as a Democrat in 1844, and re-elected in 1848. In 1851, he was elected register of wills of Lehigh county, and then he moved to Allen- town. In 1864, he was elected associate judge of the county, and filled the office for two succes- sive terms. In 1874, he was elected an alderman of Allentown, and re-elected in 1878. He was a member of the Reformed Church. He died Oct. 4, 1885. He married Sarah, daughter of David Stahler. She died Feb. 6, 1887. They had five children, all deceased.
Miss Josephine E. Kline, who became the fos- ter daughter of Judge Stahler, is a daughter of Henry W. and Theresa (Kuhns) Kline. Her mother dying when Josephine was nearly five years of age, she was taken to the home of Judge Stahler, who became her guardian. She was edu- cated in the schools of Allentown, and until the death of Judge and Mrs. Stahler, she made her home with them, and to them devoted her life, dearly loving and respecting them.
In 1888, she removed from the Stahler home to 733 Turner street, where she has since con- tinued to reside. She is a member of Zion's Re- formed church, and also of the various church societies, and withal a lady of culture and refine- ment; of a pleasing personality, and is noted for her many acts of charity and good deeds.
Daniel Stahler, the second son of John Nich- olas, Jr., was born March 31, 1781, and died Aug. 31, 1854. He established the first hotel at Dillingersville in 1812, then known as Stah- ler's; and then he was appointed postmaster of the new post-office there, the first established in Upper Milford township, and he held the office
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until 1827. He served as a county commissioner of Lehigh county from 1842 to 1845.
Jacob Stahler, the third son of John Nicholas, Jr., was born Sept. 2, 1786. A daughter, Mag- dalena, was born in 1791, and another daughter, Elizabeth, in 1795.
Philip Stahler, the third son of John Nicholas Stahler, Sr., and his wife, Anna Maria, had eight children: Abraham; Elias, born 1792; Lydia, born 1785; Barbara, born 1787 ; Christiana, born 1791; Magdalena, born 1797; David, born 1800; and Daniel, born 1802.
Ludwig Stahler, the fourth son of John Nich- olas Stahler, Sr., was a justice of the peace by appointment from 1787 to 1821. He and his wife, Catharine, had three sons: Christian, born 1782; David; and John Nicholas; and five daughters.
Henry Stahler, the fifth son of John Nicholas Stahler, Sr., died in 1819. He and his wife, Margaret, had five sons: Anthony, Henry, Thomas, Cyrus, and Isaac; and five daughters.
Peter Stahler, the youngest son of John Nich- olas, Sr., was married, but had no children. He served as a justice of the peace from 1799 to 1809.
John Stahler, son of Daniel, and grandson of John Nicholas, Jr., was born in Upper Milford township. He was engaged as a drover early in life and later for many years conducted a hotel at Coopersburg. His wife was Caroline Wieder, a daughter of John Adam Wieder. She died in 1836, aged 26 years, and they had an only son, Daniel. He was afterward married to Cath- arine Wagner and they had a number of children.
DANIEL STAHLER, son of John by his wife, Caroline, was born in Upper Milford township, Feb. 25, 1832. In early life he was a farmer and also a drover, and he was later engaged in burning lime at Bingham, in Northampton coun- ty, which he carried on for many years. After- wards, he purchased the Landis mill and con- ducted it until his death, Oct. 5, 1888. He is buried at the Blue church, of which he and his wife were members. In 1854 he was married to Cecelia Stahr, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Engelman) Stahr, of Upper Saucon. Mrs. Stahler's father was a blacksmith and made locks, keys, cutlery, spindles, etc. He is buried at Frie- denville but his wife at the Blue church. They had two daughters: Emma, who married George Roth; and Cecelia, the wife of Daniel Stahler.
Reuben Stahler, second son of Lawrence, and grandson of John Nicholas, Jr., a prominent bank official at Allentown for twenty-four years, was born Nov. 8, 1816, in Upper Milford town- ship. He remained with his father attending the district school until his fifteenth year, when he
went to Shimersville, and served as a clerk in the store of John Treichler. After continuing there several years, he, in 1841, embarked in the mer- cantile business for himself and continued for fourteen years. In 1851, he was elected a justice of the peace of the township, and served four terms.
In November, 1869, Mr. Stahler removed to Allentown, and became cashier of the Allentown Savings Institution, which position he held until May 1, 1876. Then he was elected cashier of the Second National Bank, and served until May I, 1893, a period of seventeen years, when he resigned on account of old age; but he was made vice-president in appreciation of his long and faithful service. During this period he served as a councilman and school director of the Fourth ward. Mr. Stahler assisted in establishing the Pioneer silk mill at Allentown; also the Iowa Barb Wire Company. He had an interest in the Keystone silk mills at Emaus, and was the owner of much valuable real estate in the city.
Mr. Stahler joined the Evangelical Church at an early age. After becoming a member of Trin- ity U. E. church at Allentown, he served for a time as class leader. He was president of the Board of Stewards until his decease. He also served as president of the finance committee in the erection of the new church. He died Aug. 22, 1902.
In 1843, Mr. Stahler was married to Diana Engleman, daughter of Andrew Engleman. She died in 1900. They had one child, Elmira, who married Henry M. Erdman; and a grandchild, both of whom died. Mr. Stahler in his declining years was nursed most devotedly by a relative, Miss Sarah Stahler, who had been a member of his family for many years.
Henry S. Stahler, the son of Isaac, who was the fifth son of Henry, who was the fifth son of John Nicholas, Sr., was born near Zionsville, March 16, 1837. After attending the public schools, he learned the trade of shoemaker at Macungie, which he afterward followed at Zions- ville for fifteen years. Then he returned to Ma- cungie and established the "Centennial Shoe Store," which he conducted for several years. In 1878, he removed to Allentown and after working in the factory of John E. Lentz & Com- pany until the shoemaker's strike of 1883, he re- sumed business for himself by opening a shop for custom-made shoes at No. 714 Hamilton street, and this he carried on until 1901. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Golden Eagles, and he served as a tax collector of the Fourth ward.
In 1858, Mr. Stahler was married to Mary A. Wieder, born 1836, daughter of John and
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Sarah (Gehoe) Wieder, and they had three chil- dren: C. Frank; Emma L., married Oliver Neumeyer ; and Ella J., married Frank S. Klick. They were members of the Reformed Church, which he served as deacon for many years. He died Dec. 1, 1905, and was buried in the Union cemetery.
C. FRANK STAHLER, son of Henry S., was born April 18, 1859, in Upper Milford town- ship. He attended the public school and learned the trade of shoemaker under his father. In 1878 he accompanied his father to Allentown and they worked in the factory of John E. Lentz & Company until the shoemakers strike of 1883; then, after clerking for a while, he acted as fore- man in the factory of the Allentown Shoe Manu- facturing Company, for ten years, and becoming identified with the Lehigh Valley Shoe Company, he filled the position of manager for eleven years. With this experience he embarked in business for himself by organizing the C. Frank Stahler Com- pany, for the manufacture of shoes and he has since directed its operations in a successful man- ner.
Mr. Stahler represented the Fourth ward in city council from 1899 to 1903, officiated as pres- ident for two years, and he also represented the ward as a school director from 1904 to 1908. He is affiliated with the Free Masons and Odd Fel- lows. He was an active member of the Macun- gie Brass Band from 1875 to 1880; and he was one of the organizers of the Arion Society of Al- lentown.
In 1887, Mr. Stahler was married to Annie R. Boyer, daughter of Charles E. and Susanna (Snyder) Boyer, and they had two children: Harold B., born 1888, died 1911, having become very prominent in musical circles by his accom- plishments ; and Marion G. They are members of the Salem Reformed church, which he has served as deacon and elder, and also as one of the building committee in the erection of its su- perior and costly stone edifice on Chew street. He has taken great interest in the Sunday school work as a teacher.
Henry Stahler, the third and youngest son of Anthony Stahler, was born at Zionsville. He was educated in the local schools of the village and learned the trade of carpenter, which he fol- lowed until his decease. He was married to Eliza Rice and they had nine children: Isaiah, An- thony, Henry, Samuel, Isaac, Hannah, Rebecca, Susanna, and Elizabeth. They were members of the Reformed Church.
Isaac Stahler, the fifth son of Henry, was born near Zionsville, in 1812. He was educated in the subscription schools of the vicinity, and learned the trade of shoemaker, which he followed in a
shop at his residence until his removal to Allen- town in 1878, and there he continued it until his decease, Sept. 3, 1893. He was married to Eliza- beth Schwartz, daughter of Daniel Schwartz, of Emaus. She died July 5, 1890. They had five children: Sarah, Irwin, William, Mary E., and a child which died in infancy. They were mem- bers of the Reformed church at Zionsville.
Sarah Stahler, eldest child of Isaac Stahler, was born near Zionsville, and there she received her education. She was the housekeeper and nurse for Reuben Stahler, the banker, at Allen- town, for many years, until his decease in 1902. She has been actively interested in the Trinity United Evangelical church and its Ladies' Aid Society. Mary E. Stahler has her home with her sister Sarah. She was greatly devoted to the care and comfort of her parents until they died, and she is also interested in religious and chari- table work. She is a member of Salem Reformed church.
PAUL STALEK.
Paul Stalek, tailor at Allentown, was born Jan. 14, 1887, in Hungary. He attended the public schools until he was fifteen years old and then learned the trade of a tailor which he fol- he emigrated to America and first located at Bethlehem, where he worked at his trade for sev- eral months; but finding greater opportunities at Allentown he went to the "Queen City of the Lehigh Valley," and after following his trade for two years in the employ of the Ladies' Tailor- ing Company, he was encouraged to engage in business for himself. Accordingly he started a tailor shop at No. 101 West Second street, and there he has conducted a successful business until the present time. He was married to Verona Likly.
His father is Ferdinand Stalek, a carpenter by trade. He was married to Christina Nigrina, and they have nine children, all of them, except- ing Paul, residing in Hungary.
STAUFFER FAMILY.
Abraham Stauffer, a farmer, lived at Krauss- dale, Bucks county. He and his wife, Eva, were members of the Mennonite Church, and they are buried at the Upper Milford Meeting House. Their children were: Abraham, Samuel, Henry, Jacob, Hettie, who died unmarried, aged 54 years, and Betty, married to John Moyer, of Plumsteadville, Pa.
Jacob Stauffer, son of Abraham, who lived for a time at Spinnerstown, died at Milford Square where he lived for four years before his death in 1871, aged 71 years. He was married to
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Elizabeth Gehman. Their children were: Cath- arine, Abraham, Anna, Hettie, John, Daniel, and Lovinia Kummery of Allentown.
STECKEL FAMILY.
This family probably originated from Swit- zerland as the name occurs in the archives at Basel in 1615. The ancestor of this family was Peter Steckel, who arrived at Philadelphia in the ship Bilander Thistle, Oct. 28, 1738, at the age of nineteen years.
In 1742 he was already located in Whitehall township, as appears from the Egypt church records, his name (spelled Stoeckel ) appearing as a sponsor at a baptism on Nov. 21, 1742. He located on a tract of land in what is now North Whitehall township, adjoining land of Christo- pher Bear, and in 1755 resided on a tract of 356 acres. His name appears in 1758 as the owner of two draught horses. He was assessed in White- hall township, in the year 1762, to the amount of £25; in 1763, £16, and in 1764, £II on 200 acres of undeeded land. On May 20, 1768, he purchased from Peter Troxell, of Gwynedd township, Philadelphia county, his plantation at Egypt, containing 410 acres and thirty-three perches for £1420. On this tract was a large stone house, built by Troxell in 1756, which still stands, and a stone barn, built in 1758, eighty-five by thirty-seven feet, which was torn down in 1874, when parts of the clay threshing floor were found to be still in good condition.
In this year, 1768, Peter Steckel was the third highest taxpayer in Whitehall township, having been assessed £16, 9, o. Of his 410 acres, 150 acres were cultivated. He owned four houses, four cows and nine sheep and paid one-half penny sterling per acre, quit rent for his land. He was a member of the Egypt Reformed congregation, and in 1767 contributed £3 toward the purchase of a parsonage, being one of the most liberal con- tributors. He was one of the most progressive farmers of the vicinity and went to considerable expense in constructing in Archimedes' screw to water the higher ground on his farm. In 1772 he was assessed £17, 10, O, the second highest in the township. Peter Steckel died in the year 1784, aged sixty-five years. As the members of the Egypt congregation desired to erect a new church building, Christian Saeger expressed a willingness to deed the church one-half an acre of ground, but as he had no land adjoining the church he deeded one-half an acre to Peter Steckel, whose land adjoined the church property, who promised to deed an acre to the congregation. He died before he could fulfill his promise and in 1786 his sons, Henry and Jacob, carried out the wish of their father.
Peter Steckel married Mary Elizabeth Bear, a sister of Christopher Bear, who survived him, and whom, with his son, Henry, he appointed executrix of his estate by his will dated June 30, 1781. His land he bequeathed to his sons, Henry and John. To his son, Jacob, twenty acres, and £50 and to his sons, Daniel and Peter, £200, and to each of his four daughters, £50.
He had nine children who survived him, a son, Peter, Jr., having died in 1771 or 1772, after which he named his youngest child, born Nov. 8, 1772, Peter.
The children of Peter Steckel and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Bear, were:
I. Anna Elizabeth Steckel, born June 24, 1746, died April 26, 1831. She married John Schneider, born in January, 1745, and died June 19, 1803. They are buried at Kreidersville.
II. Catherine Steckel, born April 8, 1749, died April 8, 1830. She married John Martin Mick- ley.
III. John Steckel, married Mary Magdalena Newhard. He lived on a portion of the Steckel homestead, where he died about 1820. He had four children: ( 1) Salome, born Sept. 22, 1787, who married Jacob Biery and moved West; (2) Daniel; (3) Peter, and (4) Joseph.
Daniel Steckel, eldest son of John, was born Nov. 25, 1789. He acquired his father's home- stead, which he farmed until his death Aug. 18, 1877. He married, first, Salome Keck, with whom he had eight children: (1) Elizabeth, born Nov. 7, 1816, died young; (2) James, born Oct. 20, 1817, died young; (3) Levina, born June 21, 1819, married Charles Freyman; (4) Maria, born Sept. 9, 1820, married Monroe Music, had two daughters, and moved west; (5) Eli, born April 24, 1822, who married twice, had two daughters and died at Cleveland, O .; (6) Alex- ander, born Dec. 6, 1823, died unmarried; (7) Gideon, born Jan. 18, 1825; (8) Sarah A., born Feb. 15, 1827, died Sept. 30, 1902, married Joshua Miller and had children: Robert A .; Jane E., and Rosa, wife of Wm. Koehler. Daniel Steckel married, second, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Mary Frantz. She was born March 27, 1802, and died July 31, 1880. They had ten children : (1) Caroline, born Feb. 20, 1829, married Joseph Miller and removed to Akron, O .; (2) Esther, born March 5, 1830, married Charles Schaeffer, of Cementon; (3) Reuben, born March 31, 1831 ; (4) Mary, born May 5, 1832, married Stephen Albright. She had four daughters and still lives at Allentown; (5) Amos, born July 20, 1833, who studied law with Jas. S. Reese, Esq., and later removed to Bloom- field, Ia. He married twice and had a son, Wil- liam, a banker, and four daughters, Edith,
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Mildred, Helen and Stella. (6) William F., born Sept. 27, 1835, who served in the Civil War and was twice married. In his first marriage he had a daughter, Mattie, who married Prof. Whittle, of Arkansas. He married, second, Emma Kichline, and had a daughter, Emma, a practicing attorney. (7) Alfred P., born Nov. 14, 1836. (8) Rev. Lewis D., born Jan. 2, 1839, a Reformed church pastor at Greensburg, who married Barbara Peters and had a son, Abraham, an electrical engineer in New York City, and two daughters, Mary, wife of Doctor Berg, of Frederick, Md., and Martha. (9) Dr. Edmond F., born June 1, 1841, married Bessie Sharp and had three daughters, Elizabeth, Mabel and Minnie. (10) Henry J., born Dec. 27, 1844, married Ellen Shaffer and had three daughters.
Reuben Steckel, son of Daniel, was born in Whitehall township, March 31, 1831. He farmed the homestead until 1884, when he removed to Slatington, where he was in the employ of his brother, Dr. A. P., until his death. He was a member of the Reformed Church and active, both in the Egypt and Slatington congregations. He was the organizer of the Sheidy's Sunday school, of which he was superintendent many years and was succeeded by his sons. He died at Slatington, Sept. 10, 1897. He married Amelia L., daughter of Conrad and Lydia ( Rhoads) Leisenring. She was born March 28, 1838, and died March 27, 1907. They had ten children : Howard D., a teacher, of Slatington ; Rev. Oscar P., of Mahanoy City; Lydia E., wife of Israel J. Ritter, of Allentown; Abbie M., wife of J. Wilson Rabert, of Allentown ; Samuel L .; Reuben, superintendent of a slate quarry, at Slatington; Edmund C., teller of the Citizens' National Bank, of Slatington; Ger- trude, wife of Geo. A. Laub, of Allentown ; Hattie G., formerly a school teacher, and Amelia, who is now teaching school.
SAMUEL L. STECKEL, slate operator, of Slat- ington, was born on the Steckel homestead near Egypt in 1868. He was educated in the public schools and at the age of eighteen years began teaching school. When less than twenty years old he became clerk in John C. Mack's slate office, and when the office was removed to Phila- delphia he accompanied it as head bookkeeper and remained there four years. In 1892 he returned to Slatington and engaged in the buying and selling of roofing slate and became connected with a number of successful quarries. He is an executor and trustee of the estate of A. A. Kern, his father-in-law, and is one of the leading busi- ness men of the borough, employing a large num- ber of men. Mr. Steckel is a member of the
advisory board of the Republican county com- mittee, and a prominent factor in the political life of the community. He served in the borough council several years and was for two years its president. He and his family are members of St. John's Reformed church and he has been superintendent of the Sunday-school since 1903. Mr. Steckel married, in 1891, Lillian C., daugh- ter of A. A. Kern, of Slatington. They had three children : Harry A., a graduate of the Bos- ton Conservatory of Music, who is a piano tuner with the Kramer Music House, of Allentown ; Mildred, died aged eleven years, and Rachel. Mr. Steckel has interested himself in the educa- tion of the motherless children of his brother, and has sent his nephew, H. B., through a medi- cal school.
Alfred P. Steckel, M. D., son of Daniel, was born Nov. 14, 1836, and was educated in the local schools and the high school at Siegfried. He was employed as a blacksmith for three years, after which he taught school in the winter and engaged in brickmaking in the summer, mean -. while studying medicine. In 1862 he entered Jefferson Medical College, where he graduated in 1864, and located at Slatington. On Sept. 14, 1864, he enlisted as assistant surgeon in the 211th Pennsylvania Infantry and served until honorably discharged at Alexandria, Va., June 2, 1865. In July, 1865, he returned to Slatington and prac- ticed his profession for twenty years, after which he devoted his time to the various business proj- ects in which he was interested. In 1875, he became interested in the slate business and in 1883 opened one of the largest general stores in the borough of Slatington. He was interested in the old Columbia, Little Franklin and Big Franklin quarries, and also laid out many acres of land in building lots and not only in this, but in other ways helped to improve Slatington and its surroundings. He was burgess in 1865 and 1866 and served in the town council and school board, of which he was treasurer. For many years he was the leading merchant and a moving spirit in the borough. He died Feb. 14, 1897.
Doctor Steckel married, June 2, 1866, Amanda E., daughter of Charles Peters and his wife;, Catharine German. They had eleven children: Wm. L., of Brooklyn, N. Y .; Margaret E., wife of William Sacks, of Catasauqua; Nevin D .; Mrs. Catharine Froneberger, of Knoxville, Tenn .; Fred P .; Ursula A., wife of Robert Werley; Emma L., wife of Dean Wilcox, of Scranton ; Horace B .; Estella M., wife of Frank Kinsey, of Hackensack, N. J .; Harvey H. and Earl H. Dr. and Mrs. Steckel became members
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of St. John's Reformed church and the doctor was a member of Samuel Kress Post, No. 731, G. A. R., and an active Republican.
FRED P. STECKEL, slate operator, of Slating- ton, was born in that borough, March 20, 1876, and educated in the public and high schools and Ursinus College, where he graduated in 1896. While at college he was captain of the baseball and football teams, and subsequently played two years as a professional ball player with the Brock- ton, Mass., team, in the New England League. In his home town he has taken an active interest in athletics. The illness of his father called him home to conduct his large business interests, which he superintended, after his death, until the death of his mother on March 3, 1907, when the slate business was incorporated as the Co- lumbia Slate Company, and the store business as A. P. Steckel & Co., of which companies he is now president and general manager, with offices at 667 Main street. Mr. Steckel is a member of Slatington Lodge, No. 440, F. and A. M .; Slatington R. A. Chapter, No. 292; Knights of Pythias; P. O. S. of A .; Knights of Friendship and Foresters of America. He served two terms in the borough council as a Republican, and is a member of the Reformed church. He mar- ried, Jan. 10. 1901, Ellen J., daughter of Wil- liam E. and Jane ( Morris) Roberts.
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