History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Part 122

Author: Bell, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1868- ed; John, J. J., 1829-
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Chicago, Brown, Runk
Number of Pages: 1424

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ISAAO CAMPBELL, farmer, was born in Rush township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, May 9, 1818, son of Christopher and Sarah (Kline) Campbell. Robert Campbell was the first of the family to come to this county. He settled in Rush township and became one of the prominent citizens thereof. The father of our subject was born in 1795, and died in 1851; his wife died in 1841; they had ten children, of whom five are living: Rhoda; Catharine; Elizabeth; Lemuel, and Isaac. The last named received

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a common school education; he was married in 1848 to Hannah Campbell, daughter of Joseph D. Campbell, and had five children: John; Rebecca; Lemuel C .; James, and Flora H.

GEORGE BARNHART, deceased, was born in Northumberland county, Penn- sylvania, in 1807, son of Adam Barnhart, a native of New Jersey, who died in Chillisquaque township in 1843. Our subject was a farmer and school teacher; about the year 1844 he removed to Upper Augusta township, where he died in 1866. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and the father of five children, three of whom are living: Rachel Jane, widow of Herman Campbell; D. W., and Mary C.

J. M. ARTER, proprietor of the Shamokin Valley Mills, was born, Octo- ber 15, 1839, son of Jacob and Jane (Woodside) Arter. The father was born in Shamokin township, this county, and was a son of John Arter, who emi- grated from Germany and settled near Elysburg about the year 1800. Jacob Arter died, July 28, 1886; his wife's death occurred on May 31, 1879. Their children were: Mary; Margaret; William; Priscilla; J. M .; Valentine, and Joseph. Our subject purchased his present mills in 1877. He served nine months in Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-second Pennsylvania Vol- unteers, and is a member of the G. A. R. at Sunbury.

CHARLES P. RINEHART, farmer and dairyman, was born in Sunbury, Penn- sylvania, May 19, 1851. John Rinehart, grandfather of our subject, emi- grated from Germany to America when a young man, and was sold to pay his passage across the ocean. For this indebtedness he served three years. He married a Miss Oberhoff, also a native of Germany, who was sold to the same man and served five years to pay her passage across the ocean. After their marriage they located in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he became a naturalized citizen of this country. In 1812 they removed to Mont- gomery, where they remained a few years, and thence to Upper Augusta township, where they resided until death. Charles Rinehart, father of our subject, was reared on the homestead. For twenty-five years he followed the occupation of boating. During this period he lived in Sunbury, where he served in various borough offices. In 1868 he purchased the farm where his son, the subject of this sketch, now resides. His death occurred in Jan- uary, 1870. In his early life he was a Democrat, but from 1861 he voted the Republican ticket. His family consisted of seven children, five of whom are living: Martha, widow of G. W. Fisher, of Sunbury; Sarah C., wife of G. R. Krohn, of Sunbury; Susanna, wife of Charles F. Martin, of Sunbury; Mar- garet Louisa, wife of William Krisher, of Sunbury, and Charles P. The subject of our sketch was reared and educated in Sunbury, and from 1860 to 1868 was engaged in boating. Since that time he has been occupied in farming and conducting a dairy. In 1885 he married Ella, daughter of John Stroh, of Riverside, by whom he has two children: William and Mary. Politically Mr. Rinehart is a Democrat, and has filled the office of auditor of

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the township for three consecutive terms. He is a member of the Conclave of the Lance and Shield and the Royal Arcanum, of Sunbury. His wife and himself are members of the Lutheran church.

DANIEL KAUFFMAN, deceased, was born in Upper Mahanoy township in 1804, son of Leonard Kauffman, who died in Northumberland county. He received a limited education in the schools of that period, and was a farmer by occupation. He married Mary Ressler, and first settled in Upper Ma- hanoy township, where he remained until 1838, when he removed to Lower Augusta township, where he lived until his death. He became one of the prominent men of the township. Politically he was a Democrat, and served in the various township offices. He was a member of the Lutheran church, and gave of his means to help build churches in Lower Augusta and Ma- hanoy townships. His wife died in 1885; he survived her until 1889. Their family consisted of eleven children. Those living are: John R .; Daniel, of Sunbury; Levi, of Mahantango; Caroline, wife of James Coldron; Melinda, wife of I. J. Renn; Lucy, wife of Abraham Brosius, of Buchanan, Michigan, and Rachel, wife of I. T. Renn.

JOHN R. KAUFFMAN, merchant and postmaster, was born in Upper Mahanoy township, October 17, 1828, son of Daniel and Mary (Ressler) Kauffman. He attended the public schools, and in 1850 established his present mercan- tile business in Lower Augusta township. He has also been engaged in farming, butchering, and the real estate business, with uniform success in advancing his financial interests. In 1886 he was appointed postmaster of Asherton. He was married in 1852 to Boann, daughter of John Shaffer, of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, and to this union eight children have been born, six of whom are living: Frank S., born in 1857, and married to Minnie, daughter of Isaac Smink, of Shamokin; Daniel S., a merchant of Millheim, Centre county; John R., Jr., attorney at law and secretary of the Buffalo Lumber Company of Bayard, West Virginia; Dora A .; Alferetta, wife of E. H. Long, of Spring Mills, Centre county, and Annie. Mr. Kauffman has always been an active member of the Democratic party, and has served as auditor and assistant assessor of his township. He was a candidate for sheriff, but was defeated for the nomination by George W. Strine, of Milton. He is a director in the Sunbury Nail, Bar, and Guide Iron Manufacturing Company, the Buffalo Lumber Company of Bayard, West Virginia, the Sun- bury Trust and Safe Deposit Company, and the Blue Wing Copper Com- pany of North Carolina. He is a member and elder of the Reformed church.

JOHN CAMPBELL, farmer, was born in Elysburg, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, December 7, 1823, son of Obadiah and Elizabeth (Shipman) Campbell. His grandfather came to this county in 1784 and settled at Elys- burg, where he purchased several hundred acres of valley land. He was a tailor by trade, but was not engaged at that after his removal to this county. He helped build the old Presbyterian church between Snydertown and Elys-

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burg, and was elder in the same for many years. His children were James; John; Albert; Obadiah; Joanna, and Elizabeth. They were all good singers, and sang at the memorial service held at Sunbury at the time of Washing- ton's death. Obadiah, father of our subject, was born in New Jersey in 1777. He acquired a fair education, and engaged in farming, lumbering, and building saw mills. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Ship- man, a native of New Jersey, and located on the homestead farm, where he became one of the well known and active men of his day. He was captain of a military company thirteen years, a member of the Presbyterian church, and leader of the choir for many years. Politically he was a Democrat, and served in the various township offices. He died, July 27, 1866, and his wife May 27th of the same year. Twelve children were born to them, four of whom are living: Obadiah, of Elysburg; John; Jackson, of Columbia county, and Joanna, widow of John McMintry, residing at Elysburg.

The subject of our sketch obtained a good education, after which he was engaged in teaching school and attending to his father's business. He pur- chased a farm in Shamokin township and lived upon the same three years, when he removed to Fulton county, Ohio, remaining there three years. In 1859 he returned to this county, and has since resided upon his present farm. He was married in 1853 to Mary Ann, daughter of John and Phebe (Mailey) Fuller, natives of Lancaster county. By this union they have seven chil- dren: Georgiana, wife of Henry Smith; Theodore Alvin, of Fisher's Ferry; Clara Jane, wife of Jared H. Yeager, of Rush township; Delmar F., of Seven Points; Charles W .; Warren L., and Miles H. Mr. Campbell has been an elder in the Hollowing Run Presbyterian church for many years; in poli- tics he is a Democrat, and has served in the office of school director.

DANIEL D. HEILMAN, farmer, was born in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1829, son of Daniel and Gertrude (Diehl) Heilman, natives of Northampton county, who came to this township about the year 1820, and located upon the farm now in pos- session of their son. The father was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was engaged as a cabinet maker, carpenter, and undertaker. He was a Democrat in politics and a member of the Lutheran church, in which he served as elder and deacon. His wife was a member of the Reformed church, and died in 1846, leaving ten children, seven of whom are living: Lydia, wife of Henry H. Malick, of Nebraska; Hannah, widow of William Malick, of Rockefeller township; Gertrude, widow of Henry Savage, of Mt. Carmel; Jeremiah, of Nebraska; Daniel D .; Maria, wife of Hiram Bloom, of Rocke- feller township, and Esther, wife of Andrew Hauk, of Kansas. He was again married, to Mrs. Christopher Ummel, who died in 1888, and two children born by her are living: Diana, wife of Peter Culp, of Rockefeller township, and Isaiah A., of Kansas. Mr. Heilman died in 1875. The subject of this sketch learned the carpenter's trade, and followed it in connection with

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undertaking and farming. In 1856 he married Elizabeth, daughter of David and Anna (Lantz) Hauck, natives of Montgomery and Northumberland counties, respectively. To this union were born four children: Margaret Annie, wife of Robert Charles, of Scranton; Clara Elizabeth, wife of Andrew Jackson Smith; Daniel F., and John C., who was killed in Indiana at the age of twenty-five years. Mr. Heilman is a Democrat in politics, and has served as overseer of the poor. He and his wife are members of the German Re- formed church, in which he is trustee, and has served as elder and deacon.

MOSES REITZ, merchant, Fisher's Ferry, was born in Lower Augusta town- ship, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1830. His grandfather, Michael Reitz, a native of Berks county, settled in Washington township in 1790, where he remained until his death. One of his children, Henry Reitz, is still living, a resident of Washington township. There were seven broth- ers and two sisters, all of whom lived to be over eighty years of age. Samuel Reitz, son of Michael Reitz, and father of our subject, was born in Washing- ton township in 1802. He was a mason by trade, but his principal occupa- tion was farming. In 1842 he married Rebecca Burrell, a native of this county, and after a short residence in Washington township removed to Lower Augusta, where his wife died in 1881, and he in 1887. He was a Democrat in politics, filled the office of supervisor several terms, and was for many years an elder in the Lutheran church. His family consisted of five children: Jonathan, of Nebraska; Solomon, deceased; Moses; Mary, deceased, and Catharine, wife of Jeremiah Hileman, of Nebraska. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in Lower Augusta township, and in early life was engaged in farming. In 1878 he embarked in the mercantile busi- ness at Fisher's Ferry, in connection with which he has served as postmaster eleven years. In 1859 he married Lydia, daughter of William Bloom, of Rockefeller township, who died in 1866, leaving two children: Mary Cathar- ine, wife of T. A. Campbell, and John. He was again married, in 1868, to Martha, daughter of Walter Speece, of Lower Augusta township, and by this union they have three children: Lizzie Jane; William Edward, and George Amon. Mr. Reitz is independent in politics, and has served in the office of township treasurer three terms.

I. J. RENN was born in Lower Augusta township, May 30, 1842, son of Jacob and Eve (Conrad) Renn. His grandfather, Adam Renn, was a native of Germany, who immigrated to America and settled in the above township about the year 1800. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, a Democrat, and a prominent member of the Lutheran church. His children now living are Abraham, of Rockefeller township, and Mary, wife of Abraham Leeser, of Sunbury. The father of our subject was reared on the homestead farm and in early life engaged in the butchering business, which he followed forty years. Politically, he was a Democrat. He died in Shamokin, February 28, 1889; his wife died in 1876. He gave the ground and helped to build

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St. Peter's Lutheran church, of which he served as elder many years. His first wife was Lydia Landau, and three sons by her are living: Hiram; John, of Winfield, Union county, Pennsylvania, and Henry, of Shamokin. The children by the second marriage are I. J., of Lower Augusta township; Samuel C., of Milton; Ira T., of Lower Augusta township, and Mary L., wife of Lewis Evarts, of Shamokin. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native township and received his education at the public schools. He has followed the occupation of butchering twenty-five years, and is also engaged in farming and the sale of agricultural implements. In 1863 he married Melinda, daughter of Daniel Kauffman, of this township. He is a Demo- crat in politics. He has served as justice of the peace since 1881, and has also served as overseer of the poor and township auditor. On the 4th of November, 1890, he was elected to the legislature from Northumberland county on the Democratic ticket, receiving eight hundred one votes more than the highest number cast for a Republican candidate. Mr. Renn and family are members of the Lutheran church.

IRA T. RENN, farmer, and proprietor and operator of a steam thresher, was born in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland county, Pennsyl- vania, December 14, 1850, and is a son of Jacob and Eve (Conrad) Renn. He received his education in the township schools and learned the miller's trade, which he followed for a number of years, after which he began farm- ing and stock dealing. He is the owner of two fine horses known as "Henry Clay " and " Black Hawk." In 1869 he married Rachel Kauffman, daugh- ter of Daniel Kauffman, of Lower Augusta township, and to this union have been born seven children: Roland D .; I. Bertram; Clayton Jacob; Amos S .; Ira T., Jr .; Grover Cleveland, and Franklin F., who was born on the 30th of July, 1888, and died on the 8th of May, 1889. Mr. Renn and wife are members of the Lutheran church, in which he holds the office of elder. Politically he is a Democrat.

W. P. SPEECE, farmer, was born in Lower Augusta township, North- umberland county, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1842, son of Walter and Sarah Jane (Snyder) Speece. His father was a native of Luzerne county and removed to this county when a young man. He was a millwright by trade and was employed in many of the large mills of the State; and after coming to this county he married and settled in Lower Augusta township, where he was engaged in farming until his death, November 17, 1861. His wife still survives him and resides at Fisher's Ferry. Three sons and one daughter were born to them; those living are: Martha, wife of Moses Reitz, of Fisher's Ferry; W. P., and Anthony S., of Little Mahanoy township. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in this township, and in 1868 married Matilda, daughter of Thomas Snyder, who is the mother of two children: Della May and Franklin K. Mr. Speece furnished a substi- tute in the war of the Rebellion. He is a member of Augusta Grange, P. of

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H., and of the Presbyterian church; his wife is a member of the Baptist church. Politically he is a Republican, has served as triennial assessor of the township, and for some years has been engaged in the flour and feed business.

G. F. GARINGER, physician and surgeon, was born in Upper Augusta township, March 5, 1850, son of Charles Garinger. His grandfather, Samuel Garinger, was a native of Berks county and an early settler of Rockefeller township. Three of his children are still living: John, of Rockefeller township; Susan, wife of Lafayette Haas, of Danville, Pennsyl- vania, and Hettie, wife of John Shipe, of Rockefeller township. Charles Garinger, father of our subject, was born in Rockefeller township in 1822. He married Deborah, daughter of Frederick Haas, and located in Upper Augusta township, where he was engaged in milling and later became a con- tractor, which business he followed until his death in 1880. In early life he was a Democrat, later became a Republican, and was the nominee for sheriff of the county, but withdrew his name. His wife also died in 1880, surviving him only two weeks. They reared a family of eight children, seven of whom are living: G. F .; Emma Alice, Mrs. R. A. Gass, of Purdytown; Mary Catharine, Mrs. Wesley Jarrett, of Sunbury; Samuel L., of Shamokin Dam; Charles A., of Sunbury; Adelia F., Mrs. R. H. Savage, and Marga- ret L., Mrs. J. W. Bartholomew, of Sunbury. The subject of this sketch received his education at the schools of Sunbury and read medicine with Dr. D. W. Shindel, of the same place, after which he attended Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, graduating in 1873. He has since been engaged in the practice of his profession in Snyder and Lebanon counties, locating in Lower Augusta township in 1876. He married in 1873 Sadie, daughter of George Smith, of Troxelville, Snyder county. They have one child, Mary Adia. Doctor Garinger and wife are members of the Lutheran church, and politically he is a Republican.

JOHN WEITZEL, deceased, was born at Sunbury on the 24th of March, 1772, son of John and Tabitha (Morris) Weitzel, of whom extended mention is made in this work in the chapter on Sunbury borough. He was a merchant and miller at Sunbury, a Whig in politics, and justice of the peace from 1806 to 1830. In the later years of his life he resided at the farm upon which Joseph Weitzel, his son, now lives, and there he died on the 9th of October, 1835. He married Elizabeth Walters, of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, who was born on the same day that the battle of Germantown was fought. They were the parents of five children, two of whom, Joseph and William, are now living.

JOSEPH WEITZEL, farmer and miller, was born on the 5th of October, 1808, son of John Weitzel. He received an ordinary education and early be- gan life for himself; he has been employed as a millwright, farmer, and car- penter, operated a saw mill for a time and engaged in distilling fourteen

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years, and also embarked in the business of buying and selling grain and lumber. He married in 1832, Sarah, daughter of John Woodrow, a native of Middletown, who settled in Rockefeller township. She died, July 19, 1884; nine children were born to them, five of whom are living: Paul, of Scranton; Charles, of Sunbury; Lot B., of Kansas; Joseph, and George, of Philadel- phia. Mr. Weitzel is a member of the Lutheran church of Sunbury, and politically is a Republican.

SAMUEL BLOOM, a native of Northumberland county, was an active mem- ber of the Democratic party and served as treasurer of the county from 1834 to 1837. He was a prominent member of the Lutheran church, and con- tributed toward the erecting of Zion Lutheran and Reformed church at Augustaville; he was a charter member of the same, and treasurer of the church at the time of his death. He married Magdalene Dunkelberger, a native of this county, by whom he reared the following children: John; Daniel; Samuel; Jacob; Henry; Mary; Catharine; Magdalene, and Eliza- beth, all of whom are deceased except Elizabeth, Mrs. George Keiser, of Rockefeller township.

JACOB BLOOM was born on the farm now occupied by his son, Hiram; after his marriage to Julia Ann Bartholomew he settled in the same town- ship, and in 1836 moved to the farm where he was born. He was a life-long Democrat, served as justice of the peace ten years, also as school director of the township. He was a member of the Lutheran church and served as deacon, elder, and treasurer of the same. He was a self-made man, and be- came one of the prominent farmers of the township. He died in 1876; his wife still survives him. They reared a family of nine children, seven of whom are living: Deborah, wife of D. D. Conrad, of Rockefeller township; Sarah, wife of Samuel Sober, of Shamokin township; Mary; Julia Ann, wife of S. P. Malick, of Purdytown; Hiram; William, and Peter, both of Lincoln county, Nebraska.

HIRAM BLOOM, farmer, was born in what is now Rockefeller township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1831, son of Jacob and Julia Ann (Bartholomew) Bloom. He early learned the trade of carpenter, which has been his occupation in connection with farming and operating a. custom saw mill. In 1852 he married Maria, daughter of Daniel Hileman, of Rockefeller township, by whom he has eight children: Urias, of Sunbury, register and recorder of Northumberland county; John F., of Purdytown, carpenter; William E., county superintendent of public schools; Laura, wife of Daniel Long, of Rockefeller township; Daniel E., of Sunbury, clerk in the First National Bank; Frances; Adella, and Florence Gertrude. Mr. Bloom is a member of the Lutheran church, in which he has held the offices of deacon, elder, and treasurer; he is a prominent Democrat, has served as township auditor over twenty years, and as school director, and was elected justice of the peace but did not serve.

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VALENTINE FAUSOLD, a native of Germany, immigrated to Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, about the year 1795. He served in the war of 1812, and in 1816 he removed to Northumberland county, locating on a farm in Shamokin township, where he remained until his death. He was twice married; to the first union were born three children: Susan, who married Abraham Wolf and is dead; Elizabeth, who married Henry Dornsife and is dead; John, also dead; the second union resulted in the following children: Catharine, who married Jonathan Kreigbaum; Jonathan, deceased; Peter, deceased; George; Lydia, who married Samuel Haupt; Charles; Mary, who married John Daughabach; Joseph, deceased; Sarah, who married George Zimmer- man and is dead; Henry, deceased, and Mary Ann, who married Daniel Kreiger. On the 15th of December, 1885, a reunion of the Fausold family was held in Farrow's Grove at Snydertown, this county, at which time about three hundred descendants of Valentine Fausold were in attendance.

JONATHAN FAUSOLD, son of Valentine Fausold, was born in 1805 in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and removed to this county when about eleven years of age with his parents. He married Catharine Bartholomew and to this union were born eight children: Elizabeth, deceased; Jonathan, de- ceased; Catharine; Mary A .; Simon P .; David; Hannah, and Lucinda. Our subject was a shoemaker by trade and followed the same in connection with farming until his death, which occurred in 1885. He was a Lutheran in religious belief and a Democrat in politics. His widow survives at this writing (1891) on the old homestead in Rockefeller township and belongs to the Lutheran church.

JOHN SNYDER, SR., was a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and was among the early settlers of Lower Augusta township. He was a prominent and influential man in the community where he resided, a Whig in politics, a justice of the peace for many years, and a consistent member of the Pres- byterian church; he improved a farm, built and operated a saw mill and distillery, and also kept ten teams for many years on the road transporting goods to and from Lancaster.

JOHN SNYDER was born in 1814. He married Martha Norvinger, of Dauphin county, this State, and located in Lower Augusta township. He was a millwright by trade and followed that occupation principally during his whole life, traveling all over the State. He became one of the well-to-do and influential citizens of his community. He filled various township offices, and in his early life was a member of a militia company, holding the position of captain. His wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and died in 1861; his death occurred in 1877. To their union were born eleven children, of whom eight are living: William; Matthew; Margaret, wife of Peter Shipman, of Trevorton; John N .; Henry C., a dealer in lumber and cattle; Susan, wife of David Devitt; Stephen D., a railroad engineer, and Lydia, wife of Charles N. Smith.

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JOHN N. SNYDER, farmer, was born in Lower Augusta township, North- umberland county, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1840, son of John Snyder. He received an ordinary education and learned the trade of miller, which he followed for twenty years, since which he has been engaged in farming. In 1868 he married Kate E. Seiler, daughter of George Seiler, of Lower Au- gusta township, by whom he has six children: Hubert E .; George A .; Claude; Elizabeth; Keturah, and Jennie May. In 1862 he enlisted in Com- pany C, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers; after a service of nine months he re-enlisted in Company H, Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was honorably discharged in one year, after having participated in many of the famous battles of the late war. He is a member of Bruner Post, G. A. R., of Sunbury, Lafayette Lodge, F. & A. M., and is a prominent and influential Republican. His wife and family are members of the Reformed church.

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History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Part 122

Author: Bell, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1868- ed; John, J. J., 1829- Publication date: 1891 Publisher: Chicago, Brown, Runk Number of Pages: 1424

Author: Bell, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1868- ed; John, J. J., 1829-
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Chicago, Brown, Runk
Number of Pages: 1424