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JONATHAN SEIDEL, farmer in Pine Grove township, was born in Windsor, Berks county, in 1839, and was married in 1860 to Matilda Scheidy, of the same county. With the exception of about five years, when Mr. Seidel was keeping hotel in his native town, he has followed farming.
PETER S. SHOLLENBERGER was born in Hamburg, Berks county, Pa., January Ist, 1848. Since 1868 he has lived at Pine Grove. He was married April 3d, 1873, to Kate Leonard, a native of Pine Grove. He has fol- lowed the business of contracting and building for the past sixteen years.
DR. SIMON J. SEYFERT was born in Shartelsville, Berks county, October 25th, 1848. In 1867 he commenced the study of medicine, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, in March, 1871. He was married April 18th, 1871, to Ellen Schauer, of Reh- rersburg, and the next autumn located at Pine Grove.
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HON. FREDERICK E. STEES, of Pine Grove, was born Grove in 1846. He was married in 1848 to Teressa September 27th, 1841. He enlisted during the war for Blank, a native of Prussia. Mr. Wheeler has served as the Union, but was honorably discharged on account of school director in Pine Grove for fifteen consecutive years.
failing health. Since 1867 he has been in trade. He was elected member of Assembly in the fall of 1880, by the Republican party.
AMOS T. STINE, a descendent of one of the first settlers in Pine Grove township, was born in 1842, and removed to the borough in 1870. He enlisted at the breaking out of the Rebellion, and at the expiration of his term was discharged. He was married in 1862 to Susan Loder, of the same township.
JOHN SUTTON was born in Minersville, May 30th, 1859. He came to Pine Grove in 1876, where he has since been engaged in the drug business; he studied medicine five years.
HENRY W. TRACY was born in Windham county, Conn., in 1828. In 1852 he married Caroline P. Ray, of Hart- ford, and the following year moved to Dauphin, Pa. In 1862 he located at Pine Grove. He is superintendent of branches of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
JAMES WADE was born in Clearfield county, Pa., in 1839, and came to Pine Grove in 1862. He has been in the employ of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company since 1865.
MICHAEL F. WENRICH, born in Pine Grove township, January 13th, 1835, is a farmer and lumber dealer in that township. He married Rebecca Kramer, of Wash- ington township. He has often served in official capaci- ties.
FERDINAND WHEELER, of Pine Grove, was born in 1852, and married Susie M. Gorgas, of Dixon, Ill., in 1877. He succeeded his father in the furniture and un- dertaking business in 1878.
GUY WHEELER, manufacturer, was born in Morris county, N. J., in 1823, and became a resident of Pine
JACOB P. YODER, proprietor of a restaurant at Pine Grove, was born in Juniata county, Pa., in 1840. He removed to Berks county in 1846, and was married in 1864 to Melinda Christ, of Rehrersburg. He followed his trade as a wheelwright until 1878, when he removed to Pine Grove.
ANDREW WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN was born in Pine Grove, November 19th, 1843. Since 1863 he has been in the employ of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com- pany He was married in 1863 to Lydia Miller, of Pine Grove. She died in 1870 and he was married to Susan Criter, of Lebanon county, in 1870. He enlisted under the first call for three months' men during the Rebellion; served his time and was honorably discharged.
JOHN F. ZIMMERMAN was born in Pine Grove town- ship, in 1823. July 19th, 1843, he married Elizabeth Umbenhauer. In early life he followed canalling, but since 1863 has been in the employ of the railroad com- pany. He has served as chief burgess and councilman of Pine Grove borough.
WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN was born in Pine Grove town- ship, in 1809, and for several years was engaged in the cabinet making business, in Orwigsburg and Pine Grove. In 1848 he built and became proprietor of the Pennsyl- vania House. He was married in 1832, to Catharine Kline, of Reading. For several years past Mr. Zimmer- man has been engaged in the lumber business.
Besides the foregoing the following residents of the same territory contributed their support to this publica- tion: Rev. T. M. Jackson, Albert Kinsey, Daniel R. Mil- ler, M. D., Levi Miller and P. H. Werntz.
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SHENANDOAH AND VICINITY.
JACOB BAMBERGER, dealer in boots and shoes at No. 34 North Main street, was born in Memmelsdorf, Ger- many, February 22nd, 1830. He located at Shenandoah in 1869. He was formerly in the clothing business. He was married August 30th, 1859, to Minnie Stern, a native of Attenhousen, Germany. They have two children- Leo A., born August 8th, 1860, and Ida E., born May 30th, 1865.
PROF. GEORGE W. BARTCH, B. S., was born in Sullivan county, Pa., March 5th, 1849, and was educated at the Union Seminary of New Berlin and at the State Normal School at Bloomsburg, graduating from the former in 1871, and in both the elementary and scientific depart- ments of the latter in 1879. He began teaching in Sul- livan county in 1865. From 1871 he was principal of the grammar school at Danville three years, and in 1874 he was elected superintendent of the borough schools of Shenandoah, in which capacity he still serves. He was married February 16th, 1871, to Amanda Alice Guild, of Bloomsburg.
WILLIAM BEACHER, of German descent, was born in Center county, Pa., August Ist, 1838, and came with his father's family to Shenandoah in 1869, where he has fol- lowed mining. In the war of the Rebellion he served in the 27th and the 194th regiments of Pennsylvania.
GEORGE E. BECK was born in Pottsville, April 24th, 1847; came to Shenandoah in 1865, and was married to Mary A. Bowen in 1868. He is a carpenter by trade. He served in the civil war, enlisting in September, 1861, as drummer in Company K, 52nd Pennsylvania volunteer infantry.
WILLIAM A. BENSINGER was born in Orwigsburg, Feb- ruary 17th, 1837. For many years he was in the livery business at Ashland. In the civil war he served nine months as orderly sergeant in Company H, 173d Penn- sylvania, and subsequently as captain of Company A of 100 days' men, his company being stationed at Harris- burg and doing escort duty. In 1864 he was appointed assistant revenue assessor for his district. In 1873 he removed to Philadelphia and engaged in the wholesale liquor trade. In the spring of 1880 he located at Shen- andoah, where he keeps the Metropolitan Restaurant. He was married May 3d, 1863, to Maggie Morris, of Ashland.
JOHN BERNHART was born in Germany, May 28th, 1836, and was for several years employed at the Govern- ment coal mines as superintendent of the safety lamps and as a miner. He was married in 1860 to Louisa Woll, and emigrated in 1864, and the same year located at Shenandoah, where he followed mining and driving gangways a number of years. He subsequently became interested in the gas company of the place, laid all the gas pipe in the borough, and has had general charge of the gas works and repairs since 1875.
JOHN E. BEYNON was born in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, August 22nd, 1855. In 1873 he came to Penn- sylvania, stopping in Luzerne county until August, 1877, when he became a resident of Shenandoah. He was Howell Samuels, of Shenandoah. He has followed mining from his youth, and still mines a portion of the time. Since January, 1879, he has kept the Cambrian Hotel.
married August Ist, 1878, to Fraswith, daughter of to Schuylkill county in 1836. He learned the machinist
J. C. BIDDLE, M. D., was born near Bedford, Bedford county, Pa., June 6th, 1854, and was educated at the public and normal schools of that place. After teaching
for a time he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. D. S. Griffith, of Bedford, and graduated from the Jeffer- son Medical College, as president of his class, in 1877. He has since practiced at Shenandoah. He is a perma- nent member of the State Medical Society and of the American Medical Association.
DANIEL C. BLYLER, proprietor of the Central Hotel, was born in Schuylkill county, October 17th, 1851, but in childhood removed to Gratztown, Dauphin county, where he subsequently taught several years, and also served in official capacities. He was married July 17th, 1877, to Adelia S. Daniels, of Gratztown, and in April, 1880, removed to Shenandoah.
JOSEPH BOEHM has resided in Shenandoah since 1864. He was born in Prussia, March roth, 1825, and came to this State about 1842, and to this county a year or two later. He was married to Marietta Haber, of Pottsville, September 14th, 1846. He has spent most of his life as a miner. He has held many offices, serving six terms as councilman and two years as chief burgess of Shenan- doah.
PETER BONENBERGER was born in Middleport, Schuyl- kill county, April 27th, 1857, and reared in Patterson. He has been a clerk most of his life. In 1880 he came to Shenandoah and since the spring of 1881 has kept the American House on North Main street.
GEORGE M. BOYER, painter, glazier and paper-hanger, was born in Tamaqua, November 19th, 1849, and came to Shenandoah about 1867, where he was married to Emma Dusto in May, 1874. He has been twice elected constable.
MICHAEL BRENNON was born in county Kilkenny, Ire- land, and came to this county in his childhood. He was a member of Company G, 48th Pa. in the late war, losing a leg at Spottsylvania Court-House.
JOSEPH BROWERS, a native and life-long resident of Schuylkill county, was born in Pottsville, December 26th, 1838, and has followed mining principally. He was married, in 1855, to Ann Franey, of Minersville. He enlisted April 18th, 1861, in Company F, 7th Pa. volun- teer infantry and served three months.
TIMOTHY BURNS was born in county Donegal, Ireland, in 1818. He was married in New York city in May, 1856, to Bridget Mahon, a native of the same county as him- self. In 1864 he removed from Minersville to Columbia county, Pa., and in 1872 located at Shenandoah, where he died October 31st, 1873, leaving a large family, who are still residents of the town. His eldest daughter, Anna T., has been for several years a successful teacher in the borough schools.
JOHN M. CARRELL was born in Albany township, Berks county, July 20th, 1839, and settled near Shenan - doah in 1872, having married Catharine Nester, of his native place, in 1861. He is engineer at Knickerbocker colliery, Mahanoy township.
JOHN CATHER was born in Ireland, April 4th, 1828; emigrated with his parents to Philadelphia in 1835, and trade and in 1855 established himself in the foundry bus- iness at St. Clair. Since 1865 he has been proprietor of the Shenandoah Iron Works. He was married, in 1860, to Jane Allison, of St. Clair. He has twice been elected borough councilman and has been several years a school director.
THOMAS CAVANAUGH was born in Canada, in 1852, but
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came with his parents to this county in his infancy. Since 1867 he has been a miner at Shenandoah.
MALACHI J. CLEARY is a native and lifelong resident of Schuylkill county, born in Pottsville, August 6th, 1841. He was formerly a clerk in Pottsville and Mahanoy City. Since 1871 he has been in the wholesale liquor trade at Shenandoah. He is a fancier of thoroughbred horses, always keeping two or three excellent specimens for his own driving.
RICHARD COOMBE, of English extraction, was born in Ireland, Nov. 4th, 1839, and emigrated to this country in 1846. He received his principal education at Millers- ville Normal School. He was formerly a teacher, but since 1862 has been outside foreman for the Suffolk Coal Company. He was married September 2nd, 1869, to Elamanda Raudenbush, of Schuylkill county.
FRANCIS CORRY was born in Pottsville, April 17th, 1861. About 1869 his parents removed to Shenandoah, where his father, Patrick, was for several years employed at Turkey Run colliery, and where he died in 1875. Francis is a miner.
ROBERT L. CUMNOCK was born in Scotland November 5th, 1813, where he was a cotton spinner. He married Margaret Goodlet, November 18th, 1833, and in 1849 emigrated to Lowell, Mass. In 1870 he came to Potts- ville and the following year located at Shenandoah, where he was in the jewelry business until the spring of 1881 He has eight sons and three daughters. Some of the former are drawing large salaries as agents for eastern cotton manufacturing companies.
BENJAMIN DAVIS was born in Wales, December 25th, 1840; came to this county in 1865 and soon after located at Shenandoah, where he still resides. Mining coal has always been his occupation. He was married February 13th, 1873, to Caroline Jenkins, also a native of Wales.
MARTIN DELANEY was born in Queens county, Ire- land; emigrated to Schuylkill county, Pa., in 1847, and married Mrs. Bridget Watson (whose maiden name was Higgins), in 1848. In March, 1863, he located at Shen- andoah. He was employed at mining until 1873, when he began his furniture, undertaking and livery business. He has been borough councilman. His son, Martin Delaney, jr., was born in Pittston, Pa. He has lived at Shenandoah since the spring of 1863, and been a mem- ber of the firm of Delaney & Son since 1872. He was married to Maggie Cavanaugh, of Philadelphia, Novem- ber 27th, 1878.
MATTHEW DELANEY is a lifelong resident of Schuyl- kill county, born in Minersville in 1850. He came to Shenandoah in 1872, where he served two years as policeman. He has been a miner, but is now in the wholesale and retail liquor trade. He was married De- cember 29th, 1876, to Hannorah McDermot, of Shenan- doah.
WILLIAM A. DELCAMP was born in Minersville, March 19th, 1860. When only eleven years of age he began running a mine engine at Eagle Head colliery. In August, 1875, he came to Shenandoah, where he has since had charge of the pumping engines at Indian Ridge
LAZARUS J. ELLIS, son of Jonathan D. Ellis, was born colliery. He was married July 8th, 1880, to Marcella in Rhosllanerchrugog, Wales, in July, 1843, and came to Adams, of Scranton, Pa.
militia, in the fall of 1862 and in 1863 as first lieutenant of Company F, 53d Pennsylvania militia.
BARTHOLOMEW DILLMANN was born in Nassau, Ger- many, January 7th, 1833; emigrated to this county in 1854, and located at Shenandoah in 1862. In 1865 he became proprietor of the first stage line, which he ran daily from this place to Pottsville until about 1870. He was subsequently engaged in teaming and farming, but is at present in business on Main street, having in 1872 lost an arm and being otherwise disabled in the saw-mill at Kohinoor colliery. He was married November 29th, 1865, to Caroline Woll, of Pottsville. He has served in various official capacities, and is at present high constable of the borough.
JAMES DUFFY was born in Newark, N. J., March 26th, 1834, and came to Mount Carbon in his childhood. He has been a boatman on the Schuylkill and other canals, and during the Rebellion was in the government employ transporting supplies. In 1872 he located at Shenan- doah, and was for a time in the boot and shoe trade. He was married January 27th, 1861, to Mary A. Curry, of Pottsville. She has been for several years in the millin- ery business at Shenandoah.
WILLIAM DURKIN was born near Tunkhannock, Wyo- ming county, Pa., July 17th, 1845, but removed to Schuyl- kill county with his parents when quite young. He fol- lowed mining many years. He served sixteen months in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in February, 1862, in Company G, 48th Pennsylvania infantry. In 1865 he located at Shenandoah, where he keeps the Musical Hall restaurant at 127 South Main street. He was married September 28th, 1876, to Ellen Curry, of Pottsville.
JOSEPH EICH, a shoemaker by trade, was born in Bavaria, in 1833, and came to this county in 1855. In 1861 he enlisted in Company F, 6th Pennsylvania in- fantry, and subsequently re-enlisted in Company B, 96th Pennsylvania infantry, and served three years. In 1866 he settled at William Penn colliery, and in 1876 re- moved to the borough of Shenandoah. Since 1866 he has followed mining.
DANIEL ELLIS is said to be the pioneer Welshman of Shenandoah. He was born April 25th, 1828, in Sanlassif, Wales, where he followed lumbering and mining. In 1857 he located at Minersville, and was married in 1860 to Mary King, of Forestville, Schuylkill county. From the spring of 1863 he was a miner at Shenandoah until 1870. He has been collector of taxes for Shenandoah borough for the past six years.
JONATHAN D. ELLIS, Shenandoah's first postmaster, was born in North Wales, in 1816, and came from there to Minersville in 1855, thence to Shenandoah in 1863. He was among the first in organizing a Sunday-school and establishing religious services, and, having been a minister in Wales, he often preached to the Welsh in- habitants. He was influential in the establishment of the post-office and post route. He was nine years post- master and several times councilman of the borough. He erected two blocks of buildings. He died in March, 1873.
this county in 1855 and to Shenandoah in 1863. He was the first mail contractor and carrier here, and was for several years in the stationery business and telegraphing. He is now agent for all foreign steamship lines. He was married September 25th, 1875, to Anna Thomas, a native of South Wales.
CHARLES W. DENGLER, a lifelong resident of Schuyl- kill county, was born in North Manheim township, De- cember 26th, 1832. He was married about 1854, to Mary N. Kutz, of Pottsville, and was for many years in the boot and shoe business at Cressona, and ten years justice of the peace. In 1873 he located at Shenandoah, JAMES EMANUEL was born in South Wales, in 1824, came to the United States in 1845, and was married in and in 1876 and 1881 was elected justice of the peace. He served during the civil war in the Pennsylvania | 1855 to Ann Williams, of Ohio. During the Rebellion
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he served three years in Company A, 98th Ohio, and in the spring of 1870 located at Shenandoah. He is a miner.
JOHN H. EVANS was born in North Wales, September 25th, 1834; was married to Mary Williams November 7th, 1855, and in 1863 emigrated to New Jersey, thence to Lancaster county, Pa., where he was a slater. Since September, 1875, he has lived at Shenandoah, princi- pally engaged in rock mining.
DAVID FAUST was born in Rush township, in 1836, and was married in 1858 to Sarah E. Ham, of Tamaqua. He followed farming until 1862, when he removed to Mahanoy City and engaged in mining for several years. In 1873 he located at Shenandoah, where he has since been an insurance agent.
PATRICK J. FERGUSON, one of the most successful and enterprising business men of Shenandoah, is a life- long resident of Schuylkill county, born at Minersville in 1842. He was educated at the public schools of his native town and at the normal school of Port Carbon, and subsequently took a business course and graduated at the Quaker City Business College of Philadelphia. When a young man he was successfully engaged in teach- ing at Minersville for three years, receiving valuable tokens of esteem from his appreciative pupils at the close of his term. He afterward accepted a clerkship at a col- liery in Ashland, then owned by John Anspach & Co., of Philadelphia, remaining there about two years. In 1864 he located at Shenandoah, and was for nearly five years successfully engaged in the mercantile business. Since 1868 he has been station and express agent at Shenandoah for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Coming to Shenandoah in its infancy, the rapid growth of the town, and the consequent constant rise in real estate, have enabled Mr. Ferguson to make miany profit- able investments in lots and buildings. He has aided materially in the growth of the place, having invested over $30,000 in the erection of buildings, and he is the owner of the block and public hall known as the Academy of Music. He also owns several farms in the vicinity of Ringtown. He was married in May, 1874, to Mary A. O'Connor, a sister of Rev. Daniel O'Connor, of Girardville. Mr. Ferguson has always taken a laudable interest in the educational interests of the town, and has been a member of the school board almost constantly since the incorporation of the borough in 1866. He has also served in other official capacities. He is an influen - tial and respected citizen, highly esteemed as a neighbor and friend, affable in manner and accommodating in business, and his long continuance in the position of station and express agent attests the appreciation and confidence of the railroad company, as well as the esteem and satisfaction of the business men and the traveling public.
HENRY FIRRING was born in Exeter township, Berks county, September 22nd, 1816, but has always resided near Reading, following farming. He was married March 3d, 1839, to Lavina Lembach, who died June 22nd, 1879. He served nearly three years in Company G, 6th Pennsylvania cavalry, during the civil war. He has one son and two daughters; the latter are residents of Shenandoah.
JAMES J. FRANEY, son of Martin Franey, was born in . Ireland, March Ist, 1847. The following year the family emigrated to Schuylkill county, Pa., and in March, 1863, removed from Heckscherville to Shenan- doah. Martin Franey was born in 1814, in Ireland, and was married there to Ellen Lawler in 1835. He for- merly followed mining. In the winter of 1867-8 the father and son, under the firm name of M. Franey & Son, opened a livery stable, and they embarked in the furni- ture and undertaking business in 1871, which they still continue. James J. was married February 10th, 1880, to Bridget Ferguson, of Shenandoah.
JOHN S. GAUL was born in Reading, Pa., August 23d, 1840, and in early life followed farming. He served in the civil war as musician and private in Company A, 48th Pennsylvania volunteer infantry. He was married November 6th, 1862, to Isabelle Lengel, of Berks county. In 1865 he located at Shenandoah, where he has since been a carpenter. He was the first constable of Shenan- doah borough.
HENRY GOODHEAD was born in England, April 10th, 1826. He has been a miner most of his life. He was married in August, 1843, to Eliza Hughes, and in June, 1863, emigrated to this country and immediately located in Shenandoah.
CHARLES GROSS was born in Prussia, August 28th, 1831, and came with his parents to Patterson, Schuylkill county, about 1847, where he resided twenty-five years, locating at Shenandoah in May, 1872. He followed mining principally until 1880, when he became proprietor of the Miners' Home. He was married June 21st, 1853, to Anna E. Stein, of Patterson. She died March 20th, 1880, leaving three sons and three daughters. Frank Gross, the second son, was born in Patterson, August 29th, 1858. He has been employed at Kohinoor colliery since 1874, and is at present assistant engineer.
THOMAS HARRIS was born in Pottsville, December 9th, 1843; removed to Ashland in 1854, and thence to Shen- andoah in 1877, where he is shute boss at the Shenan- doah City colliery. He has always followed mining.
RICHARD HARINGTON became a permanent resident of Shenandoah in April, 1863. He was born July 19th, 1826, in England, where he was a game-keeper seven years. In 1852 he came to this State, residing several years at New Philadelphia. He followed his trade as a stone mason here until about 1869, then engaged in other business, and in 1871 built the Harington block. He has lately retired from active business. He was married in May, 1867, to Eliza Morgan, of New Phila- delphia.
CHARLES HEIDEGGER was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 2nd, 1832. For a few years he was in the naval service of Austria. In 1856 he came to America, and lived in New York, Baltimore and St. Louis until 1864, when he came to Shedandoah, where he has since been employed at the coal mines as overseer of machinery.
NEWTON W. HEISER was born in Snyder county, Pa., April 27th, 1854. He removed to Ashland in 1861, and to Shenandoah in 1865. From the age of sixteen he was clerk and book-keeper in the Shenandoah Valley Bank until its suspension. He has since been connected with the gas company, most of the time as secretary and super- intendent. His father, Henry Heiser, was one of the first merchants of Shenandoah, purchasing the pioneer store of A. C. Miller & Co., and continuing the business several years.
EDWIN Y. Fox was born in Berks county, Pa., July 26th, 1850, and removed in the spring of 1862 to Tamaqua, where he learned engineering. Since 1867 he has been an engineer for the Gilberton estate at Gilberton, with the exception of three years spent as brakeman and FRANK H. HESS, liveryman, son of David Hess, has bia county, Pa., June 7th, 1849. He was for several years proprietor of the Shenandoah and Frackville stage freight conductor on the Philadelphia and Reading Rail- lived at Shenandoah since 1864. He was born in Colum- road. He was married May 28th, 1873, to Sarah A. Blew, of Mahanoy township.
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