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I'ne Those and a daughter of Jacob and Sarah Haas Mrs Haas died in toog at the age of seventy six, but the father is still living. making his home with this daughter To Mr. and Mrs. Long have been born fom children-Catherine E., Robert H., John IL and George & The family are all members of St. John's Lutheran church.
Luther, Roland C., deceased. fate superintendent of the Philadel plua & Reading Coal and Iron Company, was born at Port Carbon. Schuylkill county, Jan. 20. 1846, a son of Peter D. and Elizabeth (Mills) Luther, natives of Lancaster county, Pa, where the ances- tors settled in early pioneer days. The American branch of this family are direct descendants of the great reformer, Martin Luther. The father of Roland C. Luther came to Schuylkill county in 1832. and located at Port Carbon, but later removed to Ashland, where he died in 1881. His business was that of a coal operator, in which he was a pioneer in the anthracite field and acquired a comfortable fortune. There were four children born to Peter D. and Elizabeth Luther and all are now deceased. The subject of this artick was educated in the public schools and the Polytechnical college in Thil- adelphia, and began his business career as a mine operator, in con- nection with his father. . As a youth he served in various capacities ; was employed for awhile as a railroad conductor, was then inter- ested in railroad construction and was later associated with Mr Harris as a mining engineer. At one time he was superintendent of Kaska- William colliery, and in 1870 he held a position as mining engineer with the Philadelphia & Mahanay Coal Company. This property was absorbed by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, and Mr. Luther continued in the employ of the new proprietors as mining engineer. In June. 1874. Mr. Luther was sent to the company's property on the Hudson, near West Point, where he had charge of the corporation's business until he resigned in 1875 to take up other interests, on the Pacific coast. He had charge of mining developments in southeastern Nevada, and subsequently became chief engineer of construction for the Eureka & Colorado River Railroad Company. Returning to Pottsville in 1882, with a large and varied experience in civil and mining engineering, his services were sought by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, and he accepted the position of mining engineer, contin- uing in that capacity until 1888, when he became the general super- intendent. He brought to this arduous duty a rare knowledge of both theoretical and practical engineering, together with unquestioned executive ability. Mr. Luther realized the responsibilities of his position, and devoted himself to the interests of his employers, even to the detriment of his own health, remaining at his post until re- lieved by the hand of death, on March 6. 1905. He married Miss Theresa Yuengling, whose family sketch appears more fully on an- other page of this volume. The sons are Roland Y., who married Miss Grace Lewis and is attending to mining interests in West Vir- ginia : Edwin C., a graduate of Princeton university and a mining
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engineer by profession, is at home. The family are Episcopalians in religious affiliations.
Lutz, A. L., dealer in horses and mules and a contractor, was born in Lehigh county, Pa., Feb. 7, 1848, a son of David and Mollie (Le Van) Lutz. The father was born in Lehigh and the mother in Berks county. When the subject of this sketch was but three and a half years old his father died, leaving a widow and six children. He was a blacksmith, with a reputation as an expert in the making of ax blades and the tempering of steel for cutlery of all kinds. The mother lived until 1896, passing away at the age of seventy-eight years. Alfred, the eldest of the children, was a captain in the Ist Ohio cavalry in the War of the Rebellion. Emanuel is a coach maker at Wabash, Ind. James is a stationary engineer by trade, but is now engaged in the lumber business at Allentown, Pa. Sarah is the widow of Captain Harmony and is living at Allentown with her daughter, Mrs. Fethrolf. Mary J. is Mrs. Levi S. Sittler and resides in this county. A. L. Lutz was the third in order of birth. He had but limited scholastic advantages in the Lehigh county schools, and when he had completed the training he served an ap- prenticeship to a harness-maker. When he had mastered the trade it furnished him a means of livelihood until he was thirty years of age, and he then embarked in the hotel business in Tamaqua, oper- ating the Mansion House. Subsequently he turned over the man- agement of the hostelry itself to a purchaser, but is still the pro- prietor of the stable in connection with the hotel. For some years now he has been purchasing horses and mules and selling them to the coal companies of the district. At the present time also he has some 65 men stripping and excavating preparatory to the opening of the mines. Mr. Lutz's residence in Schuylkill county really dates from 1864, when he first came here. Two years later he re- moved to Ohio and was there for a period, and in 1880-SI was in Atchison, Kan., in the harness business. On Jan. 16, 1880, he was united in marriage to Miss Irene Shantz, a native of Allentown, and a daughter of Walter T. and Emma (Fusselman) Shantz. Mrs. Shantz died in 1895 at the age of fifty-eight years, but the widowed husband is still living, a resident of Atchison, Kan. To Mr. and Mrs. Lutz were born four sons. Alfred, a jeweler by trade, is at the present time assisting his father; Frank married Bessie Kleckner and is associated with his father in business; Edward is a student at Myerstown, and James Alfred is at home. The parents are both members of the Reformed church. Mr. Lutz is highly thought of in the business circles of the city and county, and his family are valued members of the social life of the community.
Lutz, Joseph M., is a prosperous farmer of Wayne township. His paternal grandparents, who occupied the farm on which the subject of this sketch now lives, were John and Susannah (Schrope) Lutz, and his maternal grandparents were Amos and Anna (Crause) Fred- erici, of Lehigh county. His father's name was also Joseph and his mother's, before her marriage, was Angeline Frederici. Joseph M. Lutz was born on the family homestead on Oct. 13, 1869, and his-
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father was born there also I 18og Third of the sanaly die still living. Joseph M. Charles R., present assessor of the township, and Lydia, the wife of James Fisher, of Schuylkill Haven, Mr. Lutz obtained his education in the public schools, attending them until he reached the age of eighteen years. He then employed himself on his father's tarm until the death of the father im 18, when his brother Charles and himself took possession of the property and have conducted it as a general farm and market garden some that The farm consists of 128 acres and the firm name is tharhe's K Lutz & Bro. The farm is a very fertile one, and it is kept in con dition by keeping upon it from sixteen to twenty head of cattle and horses On March &, to, Mr. Lutz married Miss Ida J. Reber. daughter of Joel J. Reber, of Friedensburg, and eight children have been born to the union, six of whom-five girls and one boy are living, viz. : Mary .A., Cora M., Amy M. Eva 1 .. Henry E. and Vera V. Mr. Lutz is a member of Cressona Lodge. No. 426. Free and Accepted Masons ; Farmers' Lodge. No. 049. Independent Order of I Eld Fellows, of Summit Station, and Camp No. 507. Patriotic Order of the Sons of America, also of Summit Station. He is also a mem- ber of the Royal Protective Association. In politics he is allied with the Democratic party ; is a member of the school board of Wayne township, which office he has hekl for seven years, and has also at various times acted as judge and inspector of elections. The fam- ily are of the Lutheran faith and attend the Summit Hill church.
Lyon. Hon. Thomas H. B .- The subject of this article is one of the well-known and successful lawyers at the Schuylkill county bar, and has been in the active practice of his profession at Mahanoy City since 1874, in which year he was admitted to the bar of the county and state courts. He served one term as president judge of the orphans' court of Schuylkill county, and has since given his attention to his large private practice. Judge Lyon was born at Herrick, Susquehanna county, Pa., Apr. 20, 1846, and was educated principally in the institutions of his native county. The ancestral history of this family is thoroughly interwoven with the colonial and revolutionary period of our national existence. On the ma- ternal side, both great-grandfathers fought in the Revolutionary struggle, their names, though forgotten by posterity, being en- graved on the nation's "Roll of Honor." The mother's family name was Mahala Sampson, her father being of the Sampson family of New England. Her mother's brothers, David and Daniel Heacock, of New England, were soldiers in the Revolution, and also fought in the war of 1812. The grandfather Sampson was also a soldier in the first struggle against Great Britain, and his uncle hore arms in the same meritorions cause. The great-grandfather Lyon was also enlisted in the cause of American independence, and lost his life in the battle of Trenton. Judge Lyon is a son of Jacob and Mahala (Sampson) Lyon, the former born at Herrick. Susquehanna county. Pa .. July 20, 1700, and spent his life in the vicinity of his birthplace. The mother was born in New York. Nov. 14. 1797. The subject of this sketch has been a life-long Republican in his political affilia-
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tions, and has always maintained a prominent position in the coun- cils of his party. He takes an active interest in the supremacy of Republican doctrines, and is an able campaign orator. Mr. Lyon was married on May 23, 1869, to Miss Jane Meyers, whose great- grandfather, Phillip Scheaffer, fought under Washington in the battle of Trenton and wintered at Valley Forge. She is a daughter of John M. and Mary Meyers, of Herrick, Pa. Two daughters have been born to this union, Una Hawthorne and Asia Mural. The family are members of the Protestant Episcopal church. Judge Lyon is prominently affiliated with the leading social fraternities, being a member of the Masonic bodies, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America, Knights of the Golden Eagle, and Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Lyons, Joseph T., was born in Ashland, Pa., Sept. 14, 1877. After graduating from the high school of that place he attended West Chester state normal school, where he graduated in the class of 1898. He taught three terms in the public schools before being ad- mitted to practice law. He commenced the study of law in his brother's office at Shenandoah, Pa., in January, 1902, and was ad- mitted to practice in 1905. He is now associated with his brother, W. F. Lyons, with offices at Shenandoah, Pa. He is a Republican in his political views and is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Ashland Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Lyons, William F., whose home is in Shenandoah, was born in Ashland, July 11, 1874. He attended the public schools of his na- tive borough and graduated from the high school, after which he attended Millersville state normal school. His education was rounded out by a course in the Susquehanna university, from which he received a degree. In January, 1897, he became a student of law in the offices of the late J. Harry James, and in 1900 was admitted to the practice of his profession at the bar of Schuylkill county. He was successfully engaged in his vocation in this county for about a year and then removed to the west to take up the same work in the courts of Oklahoma. He had laid the foundation of a fine prac- tice in his new field when the serious illness of his mother compelled his return to his native county, and as her ill health continued he determined to remain and work out his destiny in this county. His ability gave him eminence from the start and inside of six months' time his office was a busy one. Upon the election of C. E. Berger to the office of district attorney, Mr. Lyons was made his deputy and served as such during the full term of three years. He is a Re- publican in his political beliefs and is a recognized power in the councils of his party. His friends, and they are legion, predict for him a brilliant and successful future, both in law and politics. His offices are located at 210 North Main street, where he has one of the best appointed libraries in the county.
Maher, Patrick J., a well known business man and borough audi- tor of Shenandoah, is a native of that city, having been born on South Main street, Dec. 4, 1877. His father, John P. Maher, is a native of Ireland, where he was born in 1847. At the age of sixteen
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years the tather came to AAmerica, locating mn Schuylkill county, and in 18; he married Miss Mary \ Delanes, who was born ait Valley Furnace, in 1850. They had a family of eight children, of whom three sons and three daughter are now living Philip, the eldest, is a printer on the Shenandoah Evening Herald, is married and has have children. Martin 1 , who is employed in the Cunningham puno factory at Philadelphia, is also married and has one could : Bridget 1. Is the wife of A. J. Flynn, superintendent of the Manhattan ele- vated railway in New York, and they have four children ; Patrick J. is the subject of this sketch ; Alice is the wife of E. J. Tobin, of New York city ; Mary is a student in Shenandoah, and John and Malachi died in mianey. For many years John P. Maher was iden nified with the mining interests of Schuylkill county, mostly as a contracting miner. He then conducted the National hotel in Shen andoah for awhile. He still owns the hotel building, but is practi- cally retired from active business. He and his wife still live at the old home on South Main street. Patrick J. Maber was educated in the public schools of Shenandoah and in a business college at Mah- anoy City. During his school days he was employed on off days and im vacation time about the mines, first as slate-picker, then as door-tender and later as a mule driver. After completing a course in stenography and typewriting he accepted a position with the Adams Express Company in Philadelphia, where he remained about a year, when he entered the employ of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railway Company in their offices in New York. He continued in that city for about a year and then returned to Shenan doah. In 1906 he opened a saloon at his present place of business. his license being issued in February of that year. His place is recognized as one of the most orderly in the county, as he caters to the first-class trade only and numbers among his patrons some of the best and most representative men of the city. Politically Mr. Maher is a Democrat, and he is one of the leaders of that party in the city of Shenandoah, especially among the younger members of the organization. In toob he was elected one of the board of audi- tors for the borough and is now serving the first year of his three years' term. Hle is unmarried and makes his home with his parents. The family are all members of the Annunciation Roman Catholic church. Mr. Maher is one of the active members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and is now the financial secretary of Division No. 2. in which capacity he is serving his second term. He is also a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Phoenix Fire Com- pany and the Emmett League. In all these societies he is de- servedly popular because of his many sterling qualities and his gen- eral good fellowship.
Malarkey, Frank, of the borough of Coaldale, is one of the alert and prominent business men of his native county, where he con- ducts a large and successful enterprise as a whole-ale dealer in wines and liquors. His standing in the community is indicated by the fact that he was chosen the first president of the council of the borough of Coaldale upon its incorporation. in 1906. He was born in
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what is now the borough of Coaldale, June 16, 1863, and is a son of Daniel and Kate (Melley) Malarkey, both of whom were born in picturesque County Donegal, in Ulster, Ireland. The father was reared and educated in his native land, whence he immigated to America in the carly '50s. He took up his residence in what is now the borongh of Coaldale and in this county he continued to follow the vocation of mining until the time of his death, in 1891, at the age of fifty-seven years. His wife likewise is deceased, both having been communicants of the Catholic church. They became the parents of eight children, of whom the eldest, Daniel, is deceased ; Frank, the subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth ; Sarah is the wife of F. Condy Maloy ; Cassie is the wife of Manus Breslin ; John and Thomas are still residents of Schuylkill county, as are also the younger daughters-Lizzic and Ella. Frank Malar- key has maintained his home in Schuylkill county from the time of his birth to the present, and is indebted to the public schools of Coaldale for his early educational discipline. At the age of four- teen years he found employment as a mule driver in the mines and he eventually advanced to the position of full working miner, con- tinuing to be thus actively identified with the coal-mining industry of his native county for a period of twenty years. In March, J896, he engaged in the wholesale liquor trade in Coaldale and in this line of enterprise he has since continued, having built up a large and prosperous business. He was one of the organizers of the Citizens' National bank of Lansford, Carbon county, and is still a member of its directorate. He is essentially public-spirited in his attitude and is a stalwart in the local camp of the Democratic party. He has served as president and as secretary of the board of educa- tion of Rahn township and upon the incorporation of the borough of Coaldale, in 1906, he was elected first president of its council, an office of which he remained incumbent until 1907. Both he and his wife are communicants of the Catholic church and are actively iden- tified with St. Mary's parish. Jan. 9, 1890, was solemnized the mar- riage of Mr. Malarkey to Miss Mary Rodgers, daughter of Patrick and Madge (Boyle) Rodgers, early settlers of Coaldale, and the two children of this union are John and Mary.
Marchetti, John, proprietor of a modern, well stocked general store in Nuremberg, was born in Austria, Sept. 27, 1849, a son of Laurence and Rosalia (Sodra) Marchetti. He acquired his educa- tion in the government schools in his native country and in 1873 came to the United States, locating in Larimer, Pa. There he ob- tained employment in the mines, and for seven and a half years he was engaged in no other labor. In 1880 he removed to Nuremberg. and for a period of two years after arriving in that borough he worked as a tinsmith. When he left that vocation he opened the general store which he is to-day so successfully operating. May 10, 1874, Mr. Marchetti married Miss Catherine Felina. Thirteen chil- dren have blessed this union, of whom nine survive. They are by name, Anna, Laurence, Mary, Olivia, Andrew, Joseph, Rosie. An- geline and Catherine. The family are all communicants of the Ro-
man (athohe church of Nuremberg. Mr. Marchetti is a member of several Slavish societies and in politics generally votes the Re- publican ticket, although he allows no political allegiance to blind hum to the relative merits of the candidates for office. He is an exemplary citizen in every particular and a fine example of what industry and perseverance will do for one.
Marquardt. William Louis, a prominent citizen and business man of Pottsville, l'a., was born at Fort Carbon, Schuylkill county, this state, No 27, 1852, a son of John Blasious and Mary Agnes ( Muench) Marquardt, both of whom were natives of Wurtemberg. Germany, the former having been born in 1820 and the latter in 1825. John Blasious Marquardt immigrated to America in 18.17. but after a few months returned to his native land, where he re- mained but a short time, and then came again to America, accom- panied by his mother, two sisters, and Mary Agnes Muench, who later, in 1849. became his wife. They sailed from Germany May 3. 1848, and arrived in New York July 3 of the same year. They lo- cated in Port Carbon. Schuylkill county, Pa., where John B. cm- barked in the wholesale feed, grain and fruit business. John B. and Mary Agnes Marquardt became the parents of twelve children, two of whom died at an early age, and the others, five boys and five girls, were reared to maturity. William Louis Marquardt, the im mediate subject of this review, attended the public schools of the day during the winter months, and carly began the battle of life. having gone to work in the mines at the age of nine, but he later entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad and for a period of nineteen years, until his resignation in 1887. acted in the capacity of conductor in the passenger service of that company. In the year last mentioned he embarked in the dry-goods business in Pottsville. and evidence that he has been eminently successful is that afforded by his mammoth emporium on Second and Market streets and by the busy throng of shoppers passing through its doors. In 1804 he established a shoe store in Pottstown, Pa., but he finally disposed of it as his growing business in Pottsville required all his time and attention. In 1806. in connection with his dry-goods business, he established a shoe store on North Center street in Pottsville. He has shown the same progressive business spirit in conducting the latter business that has made his dry-goods business such a wonder- ful success, with the result that the business paid from the start and is now second to none in the county. As a business man Mr. Marquardt enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. and he is an earnest worker in all matters that touch the welfare of his city and county. In March, tyor. he was a member of the famous commission which held conference with I. Pierpont Mlor- gan in an effort to avert the threatened coal strike in the anthra- cite region. This commission, of which the Rev. Father Phillips was the head. was composed of prominent business men of the an- thracite region-loyal representatives of the citizens of that region. Mr. Marquardt is a charter member and an active worker in the Civic League, in which body he is chairman of the trade extension
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committee. He was one of the organizers of the Merchants' asso- ciation of Pottsville, and was for a time its president; at the present time lie is vice-president of that organization. He is prominent in the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Pulaski Lodge, No. 216, Free and Accepted Masons, Williamsport Consistory, and Rajah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Hle is a Republican in politics and he and his family are members of the Episcopal church. Jan. 27, 1873, Mr. Marquardt was united in marriage to Miss Clara Gibson, a daugh- ter of J. E. and Mary Ann (McCord) Gibson, of Port Carbon, l'a., and they became the parents of two children-Emily Amelia, the wife of Norman H. Rich, of Pottsville, Pa., and William Louis, Jr., who died at an early age.
Marr, William A., a prominent citizen of Ashland and additional law judge of Schuylkill county, is a native of Lewisburg, Union county. He is a representative of a family prominent in the pioneer days of Pennsylvania, his grandfather, William Marr, having set- tled on a farm near Milton, Northumberland county, more than a hundred years ago. This place is still in the possession of the fam- ily, which is of good Scotch stock. A great-uncle represented the Northumberland district of Pennsylvania in the congress of the United States many years ago. Phineas B. Marr, father of the sub- ject of this sketch, was an ordained minister of the Presbyterian church. His wife was of German-Irish ancestry. Judge Marr re- ceived his education in the public schools of Lewisburg and gradu- ated at the institution which is now known as Bucknell university in 1860, in the same class with Hon. Simon B. Wolverton, a distin- guished member of the bar of Pennsylvania. After completing his scholastic work he studied law in the offices of George F. Miller, of Lewisburg, and in 1864 he was admitted to practice in the Union county courts. For a time he taught school and continued to read law in Danville, Pa., and he then located in Ashland, where he con- tinued in the general practice of his profession until his elevation to the bench. This latter event occurred Jan. 1. 1899, and his elec- tion, which was entirely unsolicited and won by a thousand ma- jority, was for a term of ten years. While engaged in practice he became prominent as an attorney for various large coal corporations. In politics Judge Marr has always been a strong exponent of the principles of Jeffersonian Democracy and has often been a delegate to national and state conventions of his party. On three separate occasions he has been chairman of the Democratic county commit- tee and each time succeeded in securing the election of the full ticket. Judge Marr is a devout attendant of the Presbyterian church and for upwards of thirty-five years has been the treasurer of the board of trustees. He is recognized throughout the county as a man of fine legal mind and broad culture and is, withal, a most able incumbent of the office which he now holds.
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