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line. He was married in 1877 to Anna Shofer, of Tamaqua.
HON. THOMAS J. HIGGINS was born in Cass township, Schuylkill county, February 25th, 1853, and in 1863 re- moved to Shenandoah. He studied at Villenova College, Delaware county, Pa. In 1878, after spending several years as clerk, he opened his store on Main street south. He was married October 28th, 1879, to Elizabeth P. Reilly, of Philadelphia. He was the Democratic nominee for member of Assembly in 1880, but was defeated by a small majority. In the fall of 1880 he was renominated and was elected.
GABRIEL HIRSHLER, clothier, of Shenandoah, was born in Germany, May 20th, 1834, and came to Pottsville in 1850. For several years he traveled extensively by team, selling goods. He was married in Philadelphia, May 25th, 1858, to Barbara Lobred, a native of Germany. In 1863 he located at Hazleton, and in 1871 at Shenandoah. He has been in the clothing trade since 1863.
JOHN P. HOFFMANN was born in Germany, May 11th, 1826; emigrated in 1848 to Minersville, and located in Feb- ruary, 1863, at Shenandoah, where he assisted in opening and afterward working the Shenandoah City colliery. He has followed mining most of his life. He kept a hotel at Shenandoah from 1863 until 1877. He was married in Minersville in 1853, to Elizabeth Utter, who died October 31st, 1878, leaving two sons and two daughters. Mr. Hoffmann was elected chief burgess in 1868, and has been school director of the borough.
WILLIAM H. HOFFMANN was born in Germany, in 186c, and came to Shenandoah in June, 1871. In the fall of 1878 he established himself in the photographing business, which he still carries on in all its branches at 2972 Center street, W.
HENRY HOEHLER was born in Germany, December 22nd, 1861, and came to Middleport, Pa., in 1872; soon after which his father, George Hoehler, was killed by an explosion in Hines's colliery. In January, 1873, the family removed to Shenandoah. Henry worked about the mines until the spring of 1879, then engaged in butchering. His twin-brother, Philip Hoehler, is also a butcher.
THOMAS HOPKINS was born in Glamorganshire, South Wales, December 16th, 1849, and came to this county in 1863, first locating at St. Clair. In 1866 the family re- moved to William Penn, where Mr. Hopkins has since been mining. He was married September 8th, 1873, to Augusta Ingleman, of Shenandoah. She died September 15th, 1880, leaving one son and one daughter.
JAMES M. HUGHES, harness maker, was born in Mor- ristown, N. J., December 13th, 1826, and came to Schuylkill county in 1848, following his trade in Tamaqua, New Philadelphia and other places. He was married in 1857 to Lucy Wineland, of New Jersey. He served nearly four years during the war of the Rebellion with the "three months' men " and the 114th Pennsylvania volunteer infantry.
JOSEPH HULBE was born in Prussia, August 17th, 1848. In 1849 his parents emigrated to this county, locating at Big Vein, where his father was killed in the mine. Joseph was a miner until 1880. He was married in 1873 to Sarah Y. Shaw, a native of Tamaqua, who died in the early part of 1880. In 1876 he came to Shenandoah, and since the summer of 1880 he has kept Independence Hall, corner of Coal and West streets.
DAVID JAMES was born in August, 1815, in Wales, where he followed farming. He married Mary Davis, a native of the same country, and in 1854 came to Tamaqua, where his wife died. In April, 1857, he married Mrs.
Maggie Williams. In this county he followed mining principally, until his death in October, 1870. Four years later his wife removed to Shenandoah, where she still resides, engaged in the confectionery and notion trade.
THOMAS B. JAMISON was born in England, March 19th, 1843. He followed the slaters' trade in early manhood, and has since been principally engaged in rock mining. He came to Shenandoah in 1879. He is a member of the Shenandoah brass band. He was married in 1866 to Mary J. Thompson, who died in 1879.
CAPTAIN GEORGE W. JOHNSON was born in England, in August, 1839; emigrated to Pottsville with his parents in 1846, and worked about the coal mines near St. Clair .. In June, 1863, he enlisted in Company C, 39th Pennsyl- vania volunteer infantry, and served most of the time thereafter as general messenger and private secretary to General James Nagle until discharged in April, 1865. He was afterward a clerk at Old Hickory colliery, near St. Clair. In the spring of 1869 he located at Shenan- doah, and was a member of the mining firm of Haas, Brenizer & Co. until 1879, since which Mr. Johnson has been in trade. He was for many years a member of the school board. He was married to Sarah Bradbury, a native of England, March 7th, 1858.
MATTHEW L. JOHNSON was born in Catawissa town- ship, Columbia county, Pa., September 6th, 1832. He has been a plasterer most of his life. He was married March 17th, 1859, to Elizabeth Price, of Columbia county. In 1861 he removed to Mahanoy City. In 1870 he opened a store there, and three years later engaged in the sale of sewing machines and musical instruments. In 1876 he came to Shenandoah, where he has since followed his trade principally.
REV. DAVID TODD JONES, of whom brief mention is made elsewhere, was born in Glamorganshire, South Wales, February 24th, 1840. In June, 1862, he was re- ceived into the Presbyterian College of Caermarthen, Wales, from which he graduated after four years' study. In March, 1867, he was ordained a minister at Swansea, South Wales. He was a minister at Mahanoy City from August 30th, 1870, until September, 1874. He then spent a year in Europe, and since January, 1876, has been pastor of the First Congregational Church of Shen- andoah. He was married September 26th, 1871, to Mary Morgan, a native of Neath, Glamorganshire, South Wales.
HENRY L. JONES was born in Lanasa, North Wales, July 20th, 1841, and married Jane Jones, a native of the same place, September 26th, 1865. In 1869 he emigrated to Ohio, and in 1870 came to Shenandoah. Mining has been his lifelong occupation. He was severely injured in Kehley Run colliery by a fall of top coal April 18th,. 1874.
JOHN K. JONES was born in South Wales, November 3d, 1842; emigrated in 1864, and located in St. Clair. His father, David, came to St. Clair in 1865, where he died in 1873, aged 74. Mr. Jones, for the past three years, has worked in the Shenandoah collieries.
THOMAS W. JONES was born in Wrexford, North Wales,. November 10th, 1835; emigrated to California in 1858, and spent several years in the gold and silver mines. In 1864 he came to Shenandoah, and he has assisted in opening nearly all the coal mines in this vicinity.
WILLIAM JONES was born in Bierfast, Wales, in 1820,. and has followed coal mining principally through life. He was married May 12th, 1841, to Winnie Bervan, a native of the same place. In 1848 he emigrated with his family to Schuylkill county, Pa., first locating in Miners- I ville. He spent several years in Wisconsin, and in May,.
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1870, came to Shenandoah, where he died January 11th, 1874. His wife still resides in Shenandoah.
JOSEPH J. JONES was born in North Wales, in January. 1850, and came from there to Shenandoah in the spring of 1869. He was married April 23d, 1874, to Betsey Ainsworth, a native of England, who died in February, 1877. He was married to Mary Davis, of Minersville, January 22nd, 1880. He is a miner.
WILLIAM J. KELLY was born in Pottsville, September 10th, 1855, and has always lived in the county. He is a miner. In 1872 he came to Shenandoah. He was mar- ried May Ist, 1876, to Anna Tray, of Pottsville.
JOSEPH K. KEHLER is a lifelong resident of Schuylkill county. He was born in Eldred township, May 10th, 1827, and married Catharine H. Hepler, of the same township, December 25th, 1846. He has been in trade most of the time since 1850. He located at Shenandoah in 1867, and has since been extensively engaged in a general mercantile business.
WILLIAM C. KENEDY was born in Lycoming county, Pa., February 21st, 1823, and was engaged in lumbering and farming until 1850, when he removed to Shamokin, where he was one of the early merchants. In 1863 he located at Shenandoah and opened the first drug store here in 1864.
EMANUEL KOLB was born September 24th, 1850, in Ringtown. In 1868 he went to Philadelphia, where he was employed in a wholesale house three years. In 1871 he came to Shenandoah, where he has spent most of his time as a clerk, and is now connected with the Lost Creek store. He has been constable of the borough.
J. H. KURTZ was born in Easton, Pa., April 14th, 1830, and came to Pottsville in 1845. In 1846 he began learning the screen-making business. In 1852, in com- pany with D. L. Easterly, he started the second screen works in the county at Pottsville. He was married June 11th, 1854, to Barbara A. Hiesler, of Pottsville, and the same year opened a shop at Minersville. In 1860 he re- turned to Pottsville, and in January, 1869, he located at Shenandoah, where for a few years he was outside fore- man at Kohinoor colliery. Since 1873 he has been making screens, having been sole proprietor of the Shen- andoah Screen Works since 1877. He is one of the jus- tices of the peace of the borough.
GEORGE F. LEITZEL was born in Hamburg, Berks county, Pa., April 3d, 1838. For many years he followed the canal, latterly as captain of his own boat. During the late war he was in government employ, boating on the Potomac and James rivers. He subsequently kept a livery at Hamburg several years. He was married in August, 1862, to Hannah Adams, of Hamburg. In 1872 he became keeper of the United States Hotel, which he purchased in 1876 and still owns and leases.
WOLF LEVINE was born in Russian Poland, July 4th, 1845. He came to this country in 1864 and was a clerk at Pottsville from 1865 until 1870, when he opened his clothing store at Shenandoah. He was married, in 1875, to Julia Friedman, of Ringtown.
JOHN A. LEWIS has lived at Shenandoah since April, 1863. He was born in Port Carbon. He learned the carpenter's trade and has since made contracting and building his principal business. He was married in March, 1865, to a Miss McCard, of Port Carbon.
for West Mahanoy township in 1878, town clerk in 1879 and constable in 1880. He was also census enumerator in 1880.
JAMES EDWARD LOUGHLIN was born in New Bruns- wick in 1849, and in early life removed to Shamokin, where he married Mary Kerny. He served the last year of the Rebellion in Company A, 11th Pa. cavalry. In the winter of 1872-3 he located at Shenandoah, where he kept a hotel. He died in May, 1876. His wife suc- ceeded him in the hotel business and is still a resident of Shenandoah.
ALBERT J. LUBURG was born in Hamburg. Berks county, Pa., March 24th, 1844; came to Pottsville in 1854, to Mahanoy City in 1863 and to Shenandoah in 1875, where he has since been dealing in hardware, paints and oils. He married Miss Emma Swalm, of Mahanoy City, in 1869. He served as musician a year in Company C, 90th Pa. volunteer infantry.
JOHN W. MCCARTY was born in Rondout, N. Y., August Ist, 1857. He came to Shenandoah in 1865 and served a four years' apprenticeship at the printers' trade in the Herald office. In 1875 he opened his store on Center street, East. He was elected in 1879 for three years as a member of the board of education of the borough.
JOHN J. MCCORMICK, of Irish extraction, was born in Pottsville, April 23d, 1850, removed to New Castle in 1861, and was employed about the mines till 1865. He spent two years at school, then followed the canal for a season and was afterward employed as dry goods clerk at Mahanoy Plane. Since 1868 he has been in the em- ploy of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, and he is now a locomotive engineer. He was married April 13th, 1879, to Mary McCormick, of Philadelphia. He resides at Frackville.
AUSTIN MALEV was born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1842, and emigrated to Ulster county, N. Y., in 1863. He removed to the coal regions in Northumberland county, Pa., and in 1872 located at Shenandoah, where he has been keeper of the Railroad House, near the Reading depot, since 1874. He was married in August, 1865, to Mary Grimes, of Philadelphia. He has been constable several years, and is one of the justices of the peace of Shenandoah.
MICHAEL D. MALONE, a lifelong resident of Schuyl- kill county, was born in Blythe township, June 15th, 1852, He followed mining until twenty years of age, and was afterward engaged in house building several years. He located in Shenandoah in 1872, married Bridget, daughter of Martin Franey, of that place, in 1876, and in 1878 opened his hat, cap and fur store at 34 South Main street.
LAWRENCE MANGAM, outside foreman at Knicker- bocker colliery, located in East Mahanoy township in 1878. He was born in Ireland in 1836, emigrated to this country in 1844, and married Bridget Boyl, of New Castle township. He was formerly a merchant. He was a member of the 25th Pennsylvania volunteers in 1861, and director of the poor of Schuylkill county from 1874 to 1877.
JOHN B. MOYER was born in Prussia, April 14th, 1844. Losing both his parents in childhood he, at the age of fourteen, emigrated with a sister, first locating at Schuyl- kill Haven. In August, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company G, 6th Pennsylvania cavalry; was promoted lieutenant and regimental quartermaster, and also did detached service as aide de camp in the 6th corps. He was wounded June 12th, 1864, and was honorably dis- charged in November, 1864. He subsequently served as
WILLIAM W. LEWIS was born in South Wales, March 5th, 1854. and came to Swatara in 1858, to St. Clair in 1860, and to William Penn colliery in 1871, where he is at present a contractor. Mining has been his principal occupation. He was married in December, 1874, to Mary A. Price, of Forrestville, Pa. He was tax collector | clerk and accountant in Pottsville, Heckscherville and
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Minersville until 1874; he then located at Shenandoah as superintendent of a general store for Hammer & Co. He carried on the business from 1878 until 1880. He is general agent for Charles Hoover's Union Mills, of Snyder county, Pa.
MOSES MOYER was born in Germany, in April, 1815; came to this country in 1836 and for many years kept a store at Beaver Valley, Columbia county, Pa. In 1864 he located at Shenandoah, where until recently he has been employed about the coal mines. He was married in 1840 to Catharine Miller, of Pottsville.
HENRY J. NEWMAN was born in Germany, January 11th, 1838, and emigrated to New York city in 1850. In 1855 the family settled on a farm in Sullivan county, N. Y., where Henry was married in 1860 to Sarah Wur- ster, a native of France. In 1872 he located at Shenan- doah and became proprietor of the Shenandoah Valley House, which he remodeled and considerably enlarged in 1876. His wife died in July, 1875, and on June 22nd, 1877, he married Amelia Fisher, of Minersville. He has held several offices.
REV. HENRY F. O'REILLY was born in county Cavan, Ireland, December 10th, 1842, and emigrated in early life to Philadelphia, where he was educated for the min. istry and ordained at St. Charles's church, October 18th, 1867. He was then stationed at the Susquehanna De- pot Mission a year, when he became pastor of the St. Charles church at Kellysville, Delaware county, Pa., and subsequently of the St. Francis church, of Philadelphia. In 1870 he was called to the Shenandoah Mission, and built the "Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary," of which he is the pastor.
LEVI ORME was born in Lancashire, England, July 31st, 1840, and emigrated to Schuylkill county in 1854. In 1859 the family located at St. Clair, where his father, John Orme, died in 1874. In 1862 he went to Ohio and enlisted in Company H, 52nd Ohio volunteer infantry. He was wounded at Falmouth, Va., and discharged in April, 1863. In May, 1878, he located at Shenandoah. He was married in July, 1860, to Elizabeth Dando, of Schuylkill county, who died June 16th, 1864. He was married January 4th, 1865, to Elizabeth A. Hardy, of Mercer county. He was one of the originators and an active member of the W. B. A. of this county and a nom- inee for sheriff on the Labor Reform ticket in 1868.
MICHAEL PETER was born in Hangard, Prussia, in 1834, where he learned mining. In 1853 he emigrated to Schuylkill county, and was engaged in mining for ten years. He was married, August 23d, 1859, to Teressa Stahl, also a native of Prussia. From 1863 he was a miner at Shenandoah for thirteen years, keeping a shoe store part of the time. In 1876 he opened his liquor store on Coal street west.
THOMAS H. POTTS, miner, was born in England, March 19th, 1853; emigrated to Schuylkill county in 1879 and has since been employed principally in rock mining at No. 4 colliery, near Shenandoah.
JAMES POWELL was born in England, April 12th, 1814, and was married February 8th, 1847, to Margaret Jones, of Wales. In 1864 he emigrated to this county, locating at St. Clair, and in 1870 removed to Shenandoah, where he died of paralysis September 17th, 1877. He was a miner.
has been for several years connected with the Mining Herald Company. Another son, Abner Powell, is a printer in the Mining Herald office.
THOMAS POWELL was born in South Wales, in 1805, and was married to Mary Jones about 1830. In 1849 he came with his family to Summit Hill, Carbon county, Pa., thence to St. Clair in 1863, and soon after located at Shenandoah, where he died in February, 1873. His lifelong occupation was mining. His widow is one of the oldest residents of Shenandoah.
JOHN J. PRICE was born in Wales, May 17th, 1850, and in 1869 came from there to Ashland, where he was a clerk in the dry goods store of J. B. Price until 1877, when he came to Shenandoah in the same capacity. In 1878 he purchased his store here, where he makes a specialty of dry goods and carpets. He was married in May, 1872, to Maggie Rees, of Ashland, who died in July, 1875. In 1877 he married Sarah N. Parry, also of Ashland.
DAVID R. REES was born at Neath, Glamorganshire, South Wales, March 29th, 1847, where he worked in the mines ten years, part of the time as inside foreman. He was married August 20th, 1865, to Margaret Davis, of his native place, and in the summer of 1869 emigrated to Shamokin, and thence to Shenandoah in the spring of 1870. For nearly eight years he was employed at Wil- liam Penn colliery. Since the spring of 1880 he has been fire boss at Indian Ridge shaft. He was for many years a leading member of the Congregational church and Sun- day-school, and is now a member of many secret orders and societies.
FRED. REESE was born at Mahanoy Plane, in 1837, and worked about the coal mines until 1859, when he went to California and spent fourteen years among the gold and copper mines, principally as engineer at the quartz mills. In 1873 he returned to St. Clair, and soon after married Mary A. Williams, of that place. From 1875 he worked at West Shenandoah colliery until the spring of 1878; since then he has been outside foreman at Turkey Run colliery.
JOHN A. REILLY was born in Newark, N. J., May 8th, 1844, and came to Schuylkill county in his childhood. In 1862 he went to New York and followed blacksmithing three years; then engaged in the wholesale liquor trade at Pottsville. Since 1871 he has been in the same bus- iness at Shenandoah. He was married September 3d, 1869, to Ellen Curry, of Pottsville. He is the present recorder of Schuylkill county, having been elected on the Democratic ticket in 1878 for three years.
MORGAN ROADS was born in Berks county, January 21st, 1823, and in his infancy removed with his father to Hamburg township. He followed boating principally on the Schuylkill canal until 1868, then became stable boss at the Mount Carmel colliery, Since 1871 he has been stable boss at the Shenandoah City colliery. He was first married, in 1844, to Louisa Strunk, of Reading; she died in 1861 and in 1862 he married Mrs. Fietta Sheidy, of Port Clinton.
ROBERT W. ROBERTS, inside foreman at St. Nicholas colliery, came to Shenandoah in 1879. He was born in North Wales October 28th, 1841, and is an experienced miner. He was married October 15th, 1870, to Mary Burgess, a native of Staffordshire, England. He was at one time a member of the board for the examination of candidates for mine inspectorships.
EDWARD O. ROHRBACH was born March 17th, 1856, in Ashland, where he still resides. He learned the bakers' trade, but mining has been his principal business. He was married in 1880 to Harriet Snyder, a native of Ash-
MRS. MARY POWELL was born in South Wales, in 1824, and married Thomas Powell, of the same province,about 1845. In 1850 the family emigrated to this county, lo- cating at New Philadelphia, where Mr. Powell was killed in 1860 by a fall of coal in Tuckerthill colliery. In 1863 Mrs. Powell with a large family of children removed to Shenandoah. Her son, Joseph C. Powell, is a lawyer and land. He is a member of the Ashland fire department.
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GEORGE W. ROSE was born in Pottsville, December 25th, 1844, and learned the shoemakers' trade. In March, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, 56th Pennsyl- vania infantry. At the battle of Uniontown, November 2nd, 1862, he lost his left arm, and he was discharged March 26th, 1863. His father enlisted at the age of forty-eight, and served three years and eight months in the Union army, and his mother was three years matron of Harwood Hospital, in Washington, D. C.
JOSEPH P. ROWSE, dealer in flour, feed, grain, hay and provisions, on Center street east, was born in England, February 28th, 1847, and emigrated with his parents in 1852, locating at Tamaqua. From 1867 he was a clerk at Raven Run eleven years. October 15th, 1876, he married Hannah R. Mensinger, of Shenandoah, and in 1878 established his present business there.
WILLIAM H. RUMBLE was born on his present farm in Union township, January 29th, 1854. He is a coach maker by trade, but latterly has followed farming and dairying. He was married in November, 1872, to Louise Sides, of Lancaster county. His father, also a native of this county, has lived in Union township since his youth.
ERNEST A. SAUERBREY was born in Germany, Febru- ary 27th, 1841, came to this country in early life, and at the breaking out of the Rebellion was one of the "first defenders." He subsequently served as second lieutenant of Company G, 96th Pennsylvania volunteers; was wounded at the battle of Gaines Mills June 27th, 1862, and discharged. He was married February 2nd, 1863, to Agnes E. Fredericks, of Baltimore. Since 1876 he has been a shipper for the Suffolk Coal Company.
GEORGE SCOTT, JR., was born in Llewellyn, Schuylkill county, in 1852, and was married to Kate Patton, of New Mines, in 1872. He is an experienced miner, and has been foreman several years. He located at East Mahanoy township in 1880.
JAMES K. P. SCHEIFLY was born in Hamburg, Berks county, June 27th, 1844, and in 1849 removed with his parents to Tamaqua. He served in the toth and 27th Pennsylvania volunteer infantry during the Rebellion. PATRICK SULLIVAN was born in County Cork, Ireland, March 17th, 1840. He emigrated to Reading in 1854, and followed shoemaking until the Rebellion. He served in the 5oth Pennsylvania volunteer infantry through the war. In 1867 he removed to William Penn colliery, and about 1869 located at Shenandoah. In 1864 he was in trade at Alexandria, Va. He soon after went to the Pennsylvania oil regions and sunk the deepest well on French creek, but with unsatisfactory re- sults. In 1867 he engaged in hotel keeping at Slating- ton, Lehigh county, and was married to Ella J. Rudy, of Unionville, March 18th, 1868. Since 1870 he has been keeping the Scheifly House at Shenandoah. He was elected school director in 1876 and justice of the tion a miner, and is assistant inside foreman at Suffolk peace in 1878.
CHARLES SEADER was born in Berks county, December 5th, 1840, and was married in October, 1859, to Lucinda Schott, of the same county. From 1864 he was many years an express agent, and four years a policeman of Mahanoy City. In 1880 he removed to Shenandoah. He was drum major of the Citizens' Cornet Band of Mahanoy City while there, and occupies the same position in the Shenandoah Cornet Band.
FRANK SEGLER was born in Australia, October 22nd, 1841, and became a miner. In 1871 he came to New York, and since 1872 has been mining at Shenandoah. He was married July 4th, 1875, to Mrs. C. Ringhizer, of Shenandoah.
DAVID SHAPPELL, one of the early settlers of Shenan- doah, was born in Hamburg, Berks county, September 22nd, 1825, and removed in 1844 to Middleport, where he was married to Margaret Billy in 1846. He located at Shenandoah in 1863. He is a carpenter and house builder, and has erected many of the buildings of the town.
PETER J. SHEETZ was born in Prussia, October 12th, 1850, and in his childhood emigrated with his parents to Schuylkill county, where he has followed mining princi- pally. In 1865 he located at Shenandoah, where he was married to Ella Dunn August 27th, 1872.
THOMAS F. SHELLEY was born in Pottsville, June 16th, 1849, removed to St. Clair in 1858 and to William Penn, near Shenandoah, in 1865. In 1872 he located at Shen- andoah, where he has been a carpenter and joiner. He is now keeping the Palace Restaurant, Main and Center streets.
MORGAN SHOENER was born near Orwigsburg, October 23d, 1843. During the Rebellion he served in the 173d and 116th Pennsylvania volunteer infantry. He was taken prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness, and suffered nearly nine months in Andersonville prison, and in Florence, S. C., after which he served till the close of the war. Since 1869 he has been working at the coal mines in this region. He located at Shenandoah in 1876, and was married to Eliza Brown in 1877.
PETER H. SHULTZ, M. D., was born in Danville, Pa., October 22nd, 1848, and was educated at the public schools of that place and at the Williamsport Seminary. When about nineteen years old he began the study of medicine, and graduated from the Jefferson Medical Col- lege of Philadelphia in June, 1868, soon after which he located at Girardville. In 1876 he removed to Shenan- doah, and he is the oldest resident physician of the place. He was married October 14th, 1868, to Eliza B. Robbins, of Shenandoah, who died January 10th, 1881, leaving two sons and two daughters.
JAMES SNEDDEN was born in Scotland, in 1827, and emigrated to Pennsylvania about 1854, where he soon after married Jane Penman. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in one of the first Pennsylvania regiments. In 1862 he was wounded and taken prisoner, and he soon after died in a rebel prison. His widow lives at Shenandoah.
STEPHEN F. TERRILL was born in Llewellyn, Pa., March 17th, 1851, and was married to Kate Wentz, of St. Nicholas, November 28th, 1872. He is by occupa- colliery in East Mahanoy township, where he located in 1878.
JOHN TOOLE was born in Minersville, May 3d, 1854, and came to Shenandoah with his parents in 1864, where he has since resided. He was married April 29th, 1874, to Bridget Connors, a native of Schuylkill county. In early life he was employed in and about the mines. He served for a time in the police force of the borough, was in the clothing business in 1879, and in 1880 embarked in the bottling business on Centre street, East.
MICHAEL VALERIUS, stone and marble cutter and paver, was born in Prussia, November 17th, 1836. He was married November 24th, 1862, to Mary Woll, and in 1864 emigrated to this State, and soon after located at Shenandoah, where he has spent many years in coal mining. His first wife dying, he was married in July, 1877, to Mrs. Elizabeth Verlin, of Schuylkill county. Mr. Valerius is also engaged in merchandising on Jardin street.
MICHAEL WALSH was born in 1835, in Ireland, where he was a farmer. He was married in July, 1854, to Mar-
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garet Comber, also a native of Ireland. In 1870 he emigrated to this county, locating at Mahanoy City, and was engaged in mining until he lost his life by a fall of top coal in Ellengowan colliery, August 5th, 1872. His family live at Shenandoah.
HENRY WARNICK was born in Pottsville, in 1841. He served through the war of the Rebellion and was twice wounded. In 1865 he removed to Shenandoah, and he has since been employed at William Penn colliery. He was married September 22nd, 1870, to Emma Brobst, of Auburn.
CHARLES M. WASLEY was born in Pottsville, May 29th, 1848, and in his childhood removed to St. Clair. In 1863 he came to Shenandoah. After spending a few years about the mines he was employed as general mer- chandise clerk. Since 1872 he has been in trade. He is superintendent of J. C. Bright's Shenandoah store. He was married in September, 1873, to Anna Tucker, of Shenandoah. He is an active and influential citizen of the town, and identified with most of its enterprises.
PATRICK M. WHALEN was born in Queens county, Ireland, December 25th, 1845, and when seven years old came to Schuylkill county, where he has followed mining. He was married September 10th, 1866, to Bridget Whalen, a native of Kilkenny, Ireland. Since the spring of 1868 he has been mining at Shenandoah.
DANIEL J. WILLIAMS, a lifelong resident of Schuylkill county, was born in Patterson, July 30th, 1846. He was formerly a clerk in his father's store. He served through the last three years of the war of the Rebellion. Most of his life he has been connected with mercantile busi- ness, and in 1873-4 he was superintendent of the Lost Creek store and postmaster at that place. Since 1877 he has been in the employ of the Philadelphia Coal Com pany. He was census enumerator of Shenandoah in 1880, and is chief burgess of that borough. He was married July 4th, 1867, to Hannah Evans, of St. Clair.
JACOB S. WILLIAMS, boot and shoe maker and dealer, has lived at Shenandoah since 1869. He was born in Bellemont, Schuylkill county, March 20th, 1844. His father, Samuel Williams, came from Wales in 1829, and superintended the sinking of the first slope in the Schuylkill valley. Mr. Williams followed mining princi- pally until he lost his left leg. He was married August
15th, 1870, to Lizzie M. James, of Shenandoah. He is a member of the school board of the borough.
JAMES P. WILLIAMS was born in South Wales, October 6th, 1838. His father died when James was quite young, and the family emigrated to this country, locating in Luzerne county, Pa., where James was married in 1860. to Anna Roberts, of Pittston. Since about 1866 he has. been at Shenandoah in the furniture and undertaking business in company with his brother John P. Williams. He served in the war of the Rebellion.
JEFFREY WILLIAMS was born in South Wales, Decem- ber 12th, 1846, and came to Tamaqua in 1855, and thence to Luzerne county, where he was married to Philis Deble in November, 1873. He was four years inside boss at Buck Mountain colliery in Carbon county. In July, 1879, he located in Shenandoah, where he follows mining.
PHILIP WOLL was born November 28th, 1855, in Potts- ville, where he followed the carpenters' trade until 1878. He then located at Shenandoah, where he keeps the Union Exchange Saloon. He was married August 20th, 1878, to Mary Dotterwich, of Pottsville.
CHRISTIAN YOUNG is the oldest resident pioneer of Shenandoah but one, having located here with his family in October, 1862. He was born in Nassau, Germany, August 4th, 1827, and emigrated in April, 1854, to Ash- land, where he was employed in a machine shop eight years, and where he married Elizabeth Dillman May 15th, 1857. He built the second hotel in Shenandoah, and kept it five years. His daughter, Barbara, was the first white child known to have been born in the town (Janu- ary 26th, 1863). His wife's death, September 15th, 1864, was the first death here. He was a member of the first borough council and was supervisor for a time. He has been for several years employed about the mines.
Besides these the following persons have contributed their support to this publication:
M. Beck, P. F. Bock, G. W. Brocious, J. C. Broteous, Annie T. Burns, T. J. Burnes, P. F. Curry, D. J. Dehn, J. P. Egan, Emanuel Eisenhart, J. R. Foster, Frank Gross, C. W. Hahn, J. Heaten, D. J. Higgins, D. F. Hoffecker, Mrs. David James, J. J. Jarvis, J. J. Jones, S. Klugherz, William Kendrick, M. Lawler, J. Lomas, J. A. Pott, H. Reese, B. Rooney, Mrs. M. Tempest, S. P. Williams, D. K. Wyeth, D. Zimmerman.
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