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FRANK ECKERT, JR., of Girardville, was born at Lo- custdale, Pa., October 26th, 1861. Mr. Eckert is the operator and shipping clerk of Connor colliery.
THOMAS J. EDWARDS, superintendent of the Ashland district of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, was born in Glamorganshire, Wales, in 1840. He came to this country in 1863 and in 1879 was ap- pointed to his present responsible position. He married Miss Williams in Wales, who died in 1863. In 1867 he married Mary Ann Goudge, of England, and has resided in Ashland since that date.
MRS. JOHN ENGEL, of Ashland, widow of John Engel, who died November 14th, 1879, was born in Canton Berne, Switzerland, about the year 1818. She came to America and located at Fountain Springs. She manages the farm and dairy left by her deceased husband.
FRANKLIN ERNST, formerly a farmer, was born in Barry township, Schuylkill county, January 3d, 1852, and was married July 4th, 1874, to Sarah J. Fisher, of Fountain Springs. He has been brakeman on the Phila- delphia and Reading Railroad since 1875. His post- office address is Ashland, Pa.
GEORGE ERNST was born in Wayne township, May 2nd, 1826. He was married December 25th, 1861, to Miss Elizabeth Bolich, of Manheim. Formerly a timber con- tractor, he is now a farmer, and has lived upon the farm which he now owns since coming to Butler township, in 1859. His address is Gordon.
JESSE ERVEN, farmer, was born in Columbia county, April 12th, 1834, and married Hannah Dreisbagh, of Schuylkill county. His former business was lumbering. Mr. Erven was a volunteer. His post-office is Ashland.
JAMES FARRELL was born in county Wicklow, Ireland, January, 1833, and married Flora T. Shivelhood. He came to America in 1858, and has since been employed in mining. Mr. Farrell is now inside foreman at the Franklin colliery. His post-office is Locustdale.
HENRY C. FEGLEY, M. D., born in Orwigsburg, Schuyl- kill county, January 20th, 1852, graduated at Jefferson Medical College in 1877. Office on Centre street, Ash- land.
THOMAS FERGUSON, born in Schuylkill county in 1837, married Mary Donhoyle, of Harrisburg, in 1874, who died in June, 1876. He has been an engineer 28 years, is employed in that capacity at Big Mine Run colliery, and has lived in Ashland since 1859.
D. P. FISHER, of Gordon, was born in North Manheim, July 28th, 1839, and married Miss Josephine Hill, of Schuylkill Haven, July 28th, 1860. He has held the po- sition of engineer since 1868. All his work has been on the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad.
JACOB FISHER, born in Berks county, February 28th,
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1823, was married, November 7th, 1847, to Miss Sarah Tyson, of West Brunswick. He is the owner of a milk dairy, and has a farm near Fountain Springs, which he works successfully.
JAMES H. FLANIGAN, of Girardville, born August 24th, 1857, commeneed life in the mines, and while working obtained an education; for some years he has been en- gaged as a teacher in Butler township. He holds a pro- fessional certificate and in 1880 taught at Big Mine Run, residing at Girardville.
JOSEPH FOELLER, of Ashland, was born in Schuylkill county; educated at Philadelphia, and is a teacher of penmanship.
C. S. FOSTER, who has lived in the county for fifty years, came to Ashland in 1861, and opened a boot and shoe store, eventually adding saddlery and trunks. He continued in business for himself until 1878, when the firm name was changed to R. M. Foster.
JOHN C. GARNER was born in Pottsville, in 1832; he came to Ashland in 1853. He married Margaret Carroll, of Philadelphia. He served in the Pennsylvania reserve corps, and in the U. S. navy during the war for the Union. In 1878 he was elected justice of the peace. He is special agent of the U.B. Mutual Aid Society of Penn- sylvania, and resident agent of domestic and foreign insur- anee companies. Office on Centre street nearly opposite the Ashland House. His father Anthony Garner, a soldier under Napoleon, was born near Strasburg, in Alsace. He came to New York in 1828, to Philadelphia in 1830, and from thence to Pottsville, where he put up the first gin and coal breaker in the county. He died in 1872, at the age of 83 years.
J. H. GARNER, wholesale tobacconist, Centre street, Ashland, established business in the winter of 1880, and he is doing an extensive trade. He is a son of Michael Garner, one of Ashland's early manufacturers.
GEORGE W. GEARHART, of Ashland, married Miss Mary E. Yohe, of Columbia county. Since the spring of 1880 Mr. Gearhart has been engaged in the boot and shoe business. He is a prominent member of the Patri- otie Order of Sons of America.
THOMAS GILES, born in Cornwall, Eng., in 1843, mar- ried Fanny Horton, a native of Bristol, in 1863, and, coming to this country in 1867, found a home in Ash- land; his family followed him in 1869. Mr. Giles is a miner. He has served his borough as school director six years, and secretary of the board for four years. In 1880 he was elected a justice of the peace. His office is in the west ward.
M. T. GILLESPIE, born in Ireland in 1842, came to this country when an infant, in 1844, and in 1860 settled in Ashland. He married Elizabeth Kennedy, of Mauch Chunk, in 1868. He worked for some years as a colliery engineer, and is now a foreman at Preston colliery No. 2, Girardville.
THOMAS GLENWRIGHT, a native of England, came to America June 14th, 1848, settling at St. Clair. He mar- ried Anna Dartham, of county Durham, England; he held a position as foreman, in which capacity he served for thirteen years. From 1869 to 1874 he kept a general store in Ashland. He is a director in the Ashland Fire Insurance Company, and in 1880 was elected chief burgess of Ashland.
W. M. GLENWRIGHT, born in Dauphin county, April 18th, 1851, came to Ashland in 1861. He married Han- nah Jones, of Pottsville, December 25th, 1870. Mr. Glenwright has been engineer at the Keystone colliery for fifteen years.
JOSEPH M. GLICK, postmaster and merchant in Girard-
ville, was born August 13th, 1840, in Lehigh county, Pa .; has lived here since 1860, and married Mary M. Hower, of Girardville. He has been an active politician and a member of the Republican county committee.
NICHOLAS GRAEBER, merchant tailor, came to Ashland in 1855, and opened a store opposite the Repplier House. He married Mary A. Fisher, of Pottsville, who died in 1864. His present wife was Elizabeth E. Kraft, of Ash- land. Mr. Graeber has served his borough as chief of police, councilman and chief burgess, treasurer of the Ashland Gas Light Company and the Miners and Labor- ers' Savings Fund.
CHARLES GRANGER, of Girardville, was born at Tama- qua, Pa., on the 4th of April, 1852, and came to Girard- ville in 1861. He was married in 1874 to Martha Ed- wards; but she dying in June of the same year, he was married July Ist, 1876, to Lizzie Harris. Mr. Granger is shipping clerk at Hammond colliery, a member of the I. O. of O. F. of Girardville, and other organizations.
FREDERICK GRANZOW, merchant, is a native of Prus- sia; he came to America and Ashland in 1856, where he worked as a miner and foreman; he married Dorothea Ludeman, of Werchen, Pomerania. Mr. Granzow is the inventor of an improved dumping apparatus now in use in his colliery.
JAMES GREEN was born in March, 1848: came to Amer-, ica from England in 1862, and to Girardville in 1864. He was formerly a miner; has been engaged in the saloon busines since 1874; was married in 1869 to Mary E. Braey. He is a member of I. O. O. F.
ELIJAH GREGORY was born in Somersetshire, England. in 1834; came to America in 1852, and has been en- gaged in the mining business since; is at present distriet superintendent of the Girardville district. He was mar- ried in 1856 to Mary E. Troutman, a native of the county.
RICHARD B. GREGORY, of Girardville, engineer at Hammond colliery, was born in England, November 5th, 1822, and came to America in 1854. He was for seven years a merchant at Mahanoy City; has been for several years engaged in mining work as foreman and engineer. He was married on the 10th of April, 1869, to Anna Jones.
JOHN GRIFFITHS, proprietor of the Pennsylvania House, Girardville, was born in England, in 1829. He married Ann Hulme, of that country, in 1849, and came to Am- erica in 1856, and in 1862 came to Girardville, being one of its first settlers. He worked as a miner until 1867, when he opened a hotel in a small building on the site of the present one, and built the Pennsylvania House in 1876.
PETER GRIFFITHS, dealer in hardware in Girardville, was born in Fenton, Staffordshire, England, November ist, 1850, and married Ruth Lane, of Tamaqua, Pa. He established his present business in 1870.
SAMUEL C. GROW, engineer at the Franklin colliery, was born in Butler, February 2nd, 1844, and married Amanda Bolish, of Barry, in 1864. He has been an en- gineer for sixteen years, one half of which time he worked at the Keystone. Mr. Grow's post-office is Lo- eustdale.
GEORGE M. HADESTY, of Gordon, was born at Roar- ing Creek, Columbia county, Pa., February 13th, 1840, and married Miss Carrie Smith, who is of German de- scent. He is a dairy farmer, and timber contractor for the mines, and owns a farm of over 100 acres.
PATRICK F. HALEY, of Girardville, was born in Schuyl- kill county, in 1855. He came to Girardville in 1866; [is now an engineer at Preston colliery No. 2, and is also
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a member of the firm of Haley Brothers, of the Railway Hotel at Girardville, which was opened in 1879.
MIKE HALEY, a native of the county, was born in 1852; has been a miner for several years, and is an em- ploye of the Preston Hill mine, Girardville.
JOHN HANSON, of Girardville, was born in Denmark, March 18th, 1851; came to America in 1867. He has been fire boss in Hammond colliery for three years. He was married May 13th, 1876, to Sylvie Gregory.
CHARLES W. HARTMAN, born at Catawissa, Columbia county, December 29th, 1849, married Emily B. Clawood, of Wilmington, Delaware, and has resided in Ashland twenty years. He is engaged in the book and stationery business on Centre street.
F. E. HEINZE, of the firm of Heinze & McSurdy, dealers in general merchandise, is located in the Heinze build- ing, on Centre street. Mr. Heinze, a native of Prussia, has resided in Ashland since 1860, and since 1872 has been engaged in mercantile business, the present house being established in 1880. Mr. Heinze married Miss Caroline Schroeder, a native of Prussia and a resident of Ashland, December 4th, 1870.
WILLIAM HERBERT, born in Nova Scotia, April 30th, 1837, came from Pottsville to Locust Dale in 1859, and opened a general store. He married Mrs. Johanetta Leffle, of that place, in 1870. His settlement in this county dates back to 1842.
JOHN HUNTER, of Hunter & Hoffa, of Ashland, manufacturers and wholesale dealers in flour and grain, Centre street, who have mills at Lewisburg, Union county, was born in Northumberland county, and estab- lished the business here in 1862. He married a daughter of Sheriff Rausch, of Ringgold. He is the inventor of Hunter's flour and meal chest.
CHARLES F. HOFFMAN, now of Gordon, but formerly of West Brunswick township, was born November 11th, 1834, and married Miss Catherine Swenk, of Schuylkill Haven, December 25th, 1859. Mr. Hoffman is a locomo- tive engineer, which position he has held since 1864.
GEORGE A. HOOFFMAN was born in Gordon, December 9th, 1861. He is a brakeman on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad; formerly followed mining; is a member of the order of Sons of America.
BERNARD HARVEY, of Locust Gap, was born in Miners- ville, Schuylkill county, January 4th, 1857, and is now engaged in the mercantile business.
WILLIAM HARVEY was born in Ireland, in 1830, and in 1856 married Bridget Cannon, also born in Ireland, in 1839. He came to America in 1854, and worked in the Alleghany tunnel. He came to Locust Gap in 1862. He was formerly engaged in hotel keeping, but he is now a merchant, with extensive business connections in Kansas City, Mo.
WILLIAM W. HEFFNER, a son of one of the pioneers of Schuylkill county, came to Ashland in 1864, and since 1874 has been principal of the Locustdale schools. He married Alice V. Fritz, of Wayne township. He was elected justice of the peace in the west ward in 1877, and was elected to the Legislature in 1880. He organized and commanded the Ashland Light Infantry for a time, and is an Odd Fellow.
GEORGE H. HELFRICH was born in Berks county, and came to Ashland in October, 1856. He has held the po- sition of cashier of the Citizens' National Bank since its organization. He was formerly a merchant. He isiden- tified with many of the enterprises of the day, and is a leading member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows' fra- ternities.
EDWARD G. HORNE was born in Catawissa, and settled in Ashland in 1857. He is a member of the Susque- hanna Dental Association, and has an office on Centre street. In August, 1870, he married Mrs. R. J. Lewis, of Ashland.
WILLIAM HORAN, born in Pottsville in 1849, has re- sided in Ashland since 1863. His first experience in running engines was at the Bancroft colliery, and since 1872 he has been running a hoisting engine at the tunnel. He married Mary Ann Delaney, of Ashland, in 1880. He is a member of the Ashland police.
MRS. E. G. HORNE, dealer in books, stationery and paper hangings, Ashland, was the widow of R. J. Lewis. She married Dr. E. G. Horne, of Ashland, in 1880.
GEORGE HOWELL, born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, June 2nd, 1839, married Hannah Johns, of the same country, and came to America in 1861, settling in this county. He is inside foreman at Preston colliery No. 3, and has resided in Girardville since 1869.
J. W. HUBER, watchmaker and jeweler, Centre street, Ashland, was born in Ashland, July 24th, 1857. He has a finely assorted stock of watches, jewelry and silverware.
JOHN S. HUBLER, of Gordon, was born in Pine Grove township, Schuylkill county, August 29th, 1824, and married Emily J. Dillman, of Maiden Creek township. He is section boss on the Philadelphia and Reading Rail- road, and also a farmer.
ELIAS HUMPH, a farmer since 186r, is a native of Germany; he was born June 15th, 1822, and married Barbara Zopt, of the same country. He came to America some years ago, and located in Ashland.
GEORGE HUDSON, of Gordon, was born in Port Carbon, Schuylkill county, January 31st 1831. He was married to Miss Sarah Fry, of North Manheim. He is a locomo- tive engineer, which position he has held since 1852.
JOHN IFERT was born in Germany in 1858; came to America in 1872; is telegraph operator at Preston col- liery No. 2, Girardville.
CHARLES JASPER, of Girardville, inside foreman of Connor colliery, was born at Minersville, June 30th, 1850. He was married April 13th, 1870, to Elizabeth Whittaker, of Minersville.
JOHN W. JENKINS, an engineer at Girard colliery, Girardville, was born at Minersville, Schuylkill county, February 3d, 1836. In 1861 he enlisted for three years, and was wounded in the head in the battle of Antietam. He was married in 1859 to Jennie Thomas. His father was the first man who sent coal from Minersville to Schuylkill Haven, and was one of the early settlers.
JOHAN JOMMES came from Germany to Ashland in 1858. While at work as a teamster he was severely in- jured by an accident that made him helpless for two years. Later he opened a saloon, from which has grown a large business. He served in the late war; he is a di- rector of the Ashland Fire Insurance Company, and of the Grand Army.
LEWIS M. JONES, a native of Monmouthshire, Wales, came to America in 1838, settling near Pottsville. For more than forty years Mr. Jones has been a stationary engineer, and since 1876 has run the Cornish pump en- gines at the tunnel. He married at Pottsville Mrs. Eliza- beth Thomas, a native of Wales.
DANIEL JONES, born in Wales in 1829, came to America with his uncle in 1841, his father having been killed in the mines and his mother dying soon after. Becoming an engineer and removing to Ashland he ran an engine at the Potts colliery for 16 years, and in 1874 was ap- pointed outside foreman of the Tunnel colliery. He married Mercy M. Tiley, a native of Wales.
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E. F. JONES, dry goods, corner Centre and 10th streets, Ashland, is the successor of Heinze & Jones, and handles a large assortment of goods, in one of the most attractive stores in the borough.
EVAN W. JONES, of Ashland, was born of Welsh parent- age in Costar Valley, Montour county, January 5th, 1855. He married Ida Bell, a daughter of Elijah Bensinger, of Ashland. In the spring of 1880 he took charge of the restaurant under the Repplier House.
HENRY JONES, fire boss in Preston No. 3 colliery, Girardville, was born in England, in 1837; came to Amer- ica in 1861; has followed mining from boyhood. He was married in 1857 to Emma Pitt; she dying he was married in 1870 to Mrs. Jane Bordy.
W. B. JONES has been since January Ist, 1880, the agent of the Philadelphia and Reading Express Company, manager of the Philadelphia, Reading and Pottsville telegraph office, and ticket agent for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company at their uptown office at Ashland.
ERNST FERD. JUNGKURTH, a native of Prussia, came to America in 1855, settling in Tamaqua. He re- moved to Pottsville in 1861 and married Anna M. Funk, a native of Prussia. In 1869 Mr. Jungkurth was elected recorder of deeds for Schuylkill county, serving three years. He is now book-keeper for Peter E. Buck, of Ashland.
MILTON E KANTNER, telegraph operator at Gordon, was born in Schuylkill Haven, August 18th, 1854, and was married to Miss Laura Wagner, of Gordon; he was formerly in the grocery and dry goods business.
GEORGE S. KEIPER, dealer in jewelry, watches, etc., opposite the Union House, Ashland, has a fine assortment of goods; he is the agent for the American Watch Company.
F. J. KEHLER, born in Mahantongo, February 26th, 1854, came to Locust Dale in 1879, as a butcher and cattle dealer. He married Sarah Hesser, of Mahantongo, June 30th, 1871.
MICHAEL KELLY, who was born at Donaldson, July 7th, 1855, and married Hannah Scully, of that place, came to Butler township in 1868; and has been employed at the Potts colliery since 1873 as engineer.
B. F. KESTER was born in Columbia county, and came to Ashland in 1861. He has been a merchant since 1869, and has had several partners. In 1879 Mr. Kester pur- chased the Patterson building, corner of Centre and Third streets. He married Mary Mann, of Ashland, in 1865, who died in 1874. His present wife was Agnes Coleman, of Bloomsburg. Mr. Kester has been the secretary of the Ashland Fire Insurance Company since its organization, and was president of the Ashland bor- ough council in 1880.
THOMAS J. KIMMEL, of Ashland, was born at Potts- ville, in 1836. He married Barbara Weishoe, of this county, in 1860, and in 1865 opened a hotel at Fountain Springs. In 1877 he took charge of the business of his late brother, Joseph Kimmel, a merchant, who died in 1877. His parents were among the first settlers.
ISAAC KLEES, engineer at Girard colliery, Girardville, was born at Fountain Springs, Pa., in 1853. He was married in 1877 to Lizzie Stokes Mr. Klees belongs to the Sons of America.
JESSE W. LANGDON, born in England, August 2nd, 1838, married Lottie Trout, of Pottsville, and since 1873 has been engaged in the hardware business in Girardville. He came to America in 1841 with his parents. Mr. Langdon is a member of Trenton Lodge, No. 5, F. & A. M., of New Jersey.
DANIEL J. LANGTON, M. D., was born in Palo Alto, Schuylkill county, September 12th, 1857. He gradua- ted at the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, in 1880. He is the secretary of the Emerald Association, and was elected coroner in 1880. Office on Centre street, Ashland.
F. P. LANGTON was born in Port Carbon, in 1851. He married Mary Rooney, of Philadelphia, in 1873; in 1874 he cominenced running the hoisting engine at the North Ashland colliery. Since 1876 he has been in the employ of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, and since 1880 has run the fan engine at the Tunnel col- liery, where he has been stationed the past four years.
J. F. LANGTON was born in Port Carbon, February 18th, 1853, and has been an engineer at the collieries for nine years past. He married Miss Bridget Clark, in 1878; she died September Ist, 1879. Mr. Langton is now engineer at the hoisting shaft at the Tunnel colliery.
ALT. L. LAUBENSTIEN, of Ashland, was born in Miners- ville. He has been assessor and auditor of the borough, is a director of the Citizens' Saving Fund, and director of the athletic association.
JACOB LAUER came to Ashland from Germany when a child; he married Elizabeth Kerbell, of St Clair, June 30th, 1877. He is an engineer at the Keystone colliery.
LEVI C. LEIB was born in Upper Berne, Berks county, October 2nd, 1830; he removed to Ashland in 1856. He married Caroline M. Hopkins, of Light Street. He was formerly a merchant. He recruited two companies of volunteers in Ashland during the war, and served as captain; was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg. He has been chief burgess of Ashland two terms, presi- dent of the school board two terms, was a delegate to the national convention at Chicago in 1880, the nominee of his party for recorder in 1865 and is the present post- master at Ashland.
WILLIAM LEVY, of Ashland, was born at Pottsville in 1828. He served as United States deputy collector of internal revenue for three years under Lincoln's admin- istration, and the same term as assistant assessor in the same department. He is now traveling salesman for a furniture factory in Rochester, N. Y.
E. J. LEWIS was born in Schuylkill county, May roth, 1845. He married Emily Sparks, March 5th, 1871. He has been an engineer at the Potts colliery since 1873, and commenced work as engineer at Pottsville when only 13 years old.
JOHN F. LEWIS, grocer at Gordon, was born in Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales, February 2nd, 1819, and was mar- ried to Mary Ann Zweitzig, of Lebanon, Lebanon county. He holds the offices of real estate auditor and justice of the peace; was formerly a coal operator.
WILL. M. LICHTENHAHN was born in Tamaqua and has lived in Ashland since 1862. In July, 1880, he opened a fruit and produce store on Centre street, Ash- land. He is an active member of the Ashland Glee Club, and of the P. O. S. of A.
DAVID LLEWELYN, JR., was born in Minersville, in 1847, and came to Ashland in 1859. He has been an engineer since 1865; he worked for some time in Luzerne county and since 1876 at the Wadleigh mines. He mar- ried Marv Rhodes, of Ashland. In 1880 he was foreman of Washington Fire Company, and had been a fireman since 1868.
WILLIAM A. LLEWELLYN, of Girardville, a native of South Wales, was born in 1841, and came to America in the year of his birth, with his parents, who settled in Pottsville, and afterward removed to Minersville, from
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which ; lace he came to Ashland in 1857. He married. in 1863, Eliza Smith, a native of Wales. Mr. Llewellyn is an engineer at the Bast colliery.
CHARLES LUCAS, born in Manchester, England, came to Silver Creek in 1854. He married Jemima Payne, of Ashland. Since 1867 he has been one of the hoisting engineers at the Tunnel colliery. He is a member of the American Hose Company. He served the cause of the Union nearly four years.
FREDERICK LUDEMANN, of Ashland, was born in Prus- sia, December 11th, 1824. and came to America when a young man. He married Miss Caroline Runge, of Ash- land, and removed to the farm which he now owns.
M. M. L'VELLE, of Ashland, a native of Ireland, born August 15th, 1842, served in the war for the Union as first lieutenant. He married Josephine C. Maiswinkel, of Pottsville, and is a practicing attorney and an active Republican politician.
CHARLES T. LYONS, born in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, in 1847, came to Ashland in 1866. He married Caroline Eyles, of England, at Ashland, November 2nd, 1868. He opened a boot and shoe store in Ashland in 1867.
HENRY H. MAGINNIS was born in England, February 4th, 1852. His family came to America in 1853, settling in this county. He married Bridget A. Gradey, of New Philadelphia, June 29th, 1874, and has been a colliery engineer since 1871. He resides at Big Mine Run, and is an engineer at that colliery.
WILLIAM A. MARR, born in Lewisburg, Union county, was admitted to practice in the courts of that county in 1865; he has since been admitted to practice in United States courts. He has resided in Ashland since 1865, and devotes his whole time to the duties of his profess- ion.
DANIEL K. MAURER, proprietor of the Ashland livery and manufacturer of brick, is a native of Northumber- land county, but has for years been actively identified with the interests of this place. His stables are in the rear of the Repplier House, on Seventh street.
TIMOTHY MCCARTHY was born in South Wales, and came to America in 1868, settling in Ashland. He has been in the employ of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company for eight years, and is now serv- ing as fire boss at the Bast colliery.
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