History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 150

Author: Prowell, George R.
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: J. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 1390

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On Aug. 23, 1891, Mr. Newman was mar- ried to Miss Elizabeth Cornelia Rinehart, daughter of Henry and Mandilla ( Herbst) Rinehart, who was born Feb. 1, 1874. The wedding ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents Aug. 23, 1891. Two daughters have been born to them, viz. : Annie, March 26, 1893 ; and Dora, Nov. 4. 1894. The family reside on a small farm which Mr. New- man bought March 31, 1905. It contains twenty acres, and ninety-six perches of land, and during the summers he takes a part in the farm work, in addition to the other demands upon his time.

beef the superintendent. Before coming to Glenville, he had for five years been superin- tendent of the Fair's Union Sunday-school in Codorus township.

BRANTLY F. PARKER, M. D., who is engaged in the practice of his profession in the city of York, is one of the representative young physicians and surgeons of the county, and, within the comparatively brief period of his professional endeavors in this field, he has gained a prestige which bespeaks his ability and also his personal facility in winning confidence and esteem of a popular order. He is an ex- emplar of the Homoeopathic school of medicine, whose beneficent principles and system have won the highest recognition and are gaining new endorsement, scientifically and popularly, each succeeding year.

Brantly Fuller Parker is a native of Mary- land, born in Baltimore, Sept. 10, 1877, son of Rev. Charles D. and Alverda (Shaw) Parker, the former of whom was born in Virginia and the latter in Ohio, while they now reside in York, Pa., where the father, a clergyman of the Baptist Church, has a pastoral charge. Dr. Parker attended the public schools and also a private school in his native State and later be- came a student in South Jersey Institute, at Brighton, N. J., where he remained until he had attained the age of twenty-one years. He then took up the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. A. G. Stevens, of Cape May, N. J., and in 1899 he was matriculated in Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, where he completed the prescribed curriculum, and was graduated as a member of the class of 1903, duly receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine. Shortly after his graduation he located in York, and here he is meeting with gratifying success, and is building up a repre- sentative practice. He is a member of the Goodno Medical Society, and the Homœo- pathic State Medical Society of Pennsylvania. In a fraternal way he is affiliated with the Im- proved Order of Heptasophs, while in his polit- ical allegiance he is stanchly arrayed as a sup- porter of the principles of the Republican party. He is a member of the Baptist Church, in which faith he was reared.

Mr. Newman is a Democrat in politics, and a Lutheran in religious belief. He is active in FREDERICK W. KOTTCAMP. deputy sheriff of York county, is justly considered one Kottcamp's birth occurred Sept. 28, 1870, in the work of the Stone Church, has been deacon, both teacher and assistant superintendent of the of the most popular young men of York. Mr. Sunday-school, and for the past eight years has

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York, and he is a son of Henry Y. and Sophia C. (Neater) Kottcamp.

Henry Y. Kottcamp, who is a retired lime

Frederick W. Kottcamp was educated in the public schools, but was compelled to give up his studies on account of failing health. His first occupation was at lime burning, working for his father for five years, and he was then appointed constable of the Fifth ward to fill an unexpired term. He became his own succes- sor and was twice elected constable of that ward for terms of three years each, and at the last election to that position, in 1902, received a majority of 136, the greatest majority ever given in that ward up to that time. After serv- ing intelligently and faithfully as constable of the Fifth ward for seven years and three months, Mr. Kottcamp was appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff Manifold, assuming the du- ties of that office on the first Monday in Jan- uary, 1905.

Mr. Kottcamp has been a member of The Vigilant Steam and Chemical Fire Engine Company No. I, of York, since Dec. 4, 1891, and also belongs to the Firemen's Relief As- sociation. As a fireman, he has for years been prominent, representing his company at con- ventions, and now being a member of the State Firemen's Association. He was also a mem- ber of the detective bureau of the police de- partment of York from the date of its organ- ization until he became a deputy sheriff. He has for many years taken an active interest in athletic sports, and for a long time was um- pire for the Y. M. C. A., and later for the Penn Park Athletic Association. In politics he is a Republican, but he has almost as many sup- porters and friends in the ranks of the Demo- crats, as he has among the Republicans.

WILLIAM M. ELICKER, editor and manager of the Dillsburg Bulletin, one of the leading newspapers of York county, was born July 27, 1877, son of Aaron B. and Susan E.

(Miller) Elicker, the former of Warrington. and the latter of Carroll township.

Valentine Elicker, grandfather of our sub- burner, residing at No. 331 West Philadel- ject, was a prosperous farmer of Warrington phia street, York, came to America from Ger- township for many years. He was a member of the United Brethren Church, while in poli- tics he was a Republican. many, and settled in York. He married So- phia C. Neater, daughter of Frederick Neater, who came to York when young. They had children as follows: Carolina, Mary, George and Wilhelmina, all died in early childhood ; Charles E., a lime burner of York ; William H., a slater of York; Jerry F., a machinist at the A. B. Farquhar works; and Frederick W.

Aaron Elicker, son of Valentine and father of William M., was born in Warrington township, and received his education in the common schools and in a local academy. He taught school for two terms, and then turned his attention to farming, which occupation he has followed all of his life, owning and operat- ing an 100-acre farm in Monaghan township. The children born to him and his wife were : Mabel, who married Harry Fahs, of Harris- burg, now deceased, survived by two children, Russell W. and Vance M .; and William M., who is the only living child of his parents. Aaron Elicker is a member of the United Brethren church, while his wife adheres to the Presbyterian faith. In politics he is a Repub- lican, and has held many local offices.

·William M. Elicker was educated in the common schools of York county. He is what is commonly termed a "self-made man," hav- ing made his own way in the world, and much of his success may be attributed to the fact of his being able to see opportunities and grasp them. At the age of thirteen years he engaged with the York Daily, with which paper he re- mained for about five years. He went to Car- lisle in 1896, and engaged on a daily sheet there, but in 1897 came to Dillsburg, purchas- ing an interest in the Dillsburg Bulletin. In 1900 the remaining interest was purchased by his mother, Mrs. S. E. Elicker. This paper was founded in 1876 by G. W. Nichols, was successfully operated by him for several years, and has been a very popular paper up to the present time. Since our subject has taken sole charge of the paper it has lost none of its savor -in fact in no part of its history has it thrived as it has under Mr. Elicker's management. It deals in current and local topics in a just and able manner, and has an average circulation of 1,200 copies weekly. Besides the management of the paper, Mr. Elicker has charge of the job printing department, from which nothing but first class work is turned out, this work having been more than doubled under Mr. Elicker's management.

Mr. Elicker was married June 7, 1900, to

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Miss Nettie S. Stauffer, daughter of D. Frank and Cevilla Stauffer, of York. One daughter has blessed this union, Margaret C. In reli- gion Mr. Elicker adheres to the Presbyterian doctrines, while Mrs. Elicker belongs to the German Reformed Church. He is associated with the Heptasophs and Woodmen, in which orders he is extremely popular.

CHRISTIAN WILLIAM ALBERT RO- CHOW. For many years the courts of York county have been the arena for beginners many of whom have become gifted attorneys at law. It has only been a few years since the gentle- man whose name appears above was heard in debate for the first time before the courts of the county, and there are many who remember his first effective efforts, and have followed with interest his continued successful career.

Mr. Rochow is of German descent, his father, William Rochow, a former resident of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, having been born in that country in 1829. Migrating to America from Germany, he settled in Co- lumbia, Lancaster Co., Pa., where he became a well-known dealer in hides. Here, in his adopted country, he passed the rest of his life, winning the respect and esteem of neighbors and friends, and his death, which occurred in 1901, at the advanced age of seventy-two, brought sorrow to all who knew him. The mother of Christian W. A. Rochow was also of German birth. her maiden name being Miss Rosa Knob. Her father, Christian Knob, was also a native of Germany.

Christian W. A. Rochow was born in Co- lumbia, Lancaster Co., Pa., Feb. 3, 1876. His earlier education was received in the public schools of his native county, and later he at- tended the Dickinson Law School, from which he graduated, afterward, in 1897, taking a post-graduate course at the same institution. having been admitted to practice in the same year in the courts of Cumberland county. Two years later found him an attorney in York county, where he was admitted to practice in the courts of the county in 1898, and soon after to the Superior court.

Mr. Rochow was married, in 1902, to Miss Maude A. Hackman, daughter of Morris Hackman, the well-known wagonmaker of Carlisle, Pa. Tb this union .one child has come, a son. William Morris Harry Rochow. whose birth occurred Jan. 9, 1903.

Socially Mr. Rochow is a member of the Old York Club, among whose members he is a favorite, and he attends St. Paul's Lutheran Church, in which he holds membership. In politics he is an unflinching Democrat, stand- ing firm for the principles of his party at all times, and working for its best interests, and in the spring of 1904 he was strongly urged as a candidate for the office of district attorney of York county.

Gifted with a genial disposition, and hav- ing many qualities which conduce to popular- ity. the future of Mr. Rochow is not hard to prognosticate. In the line of his profession he has shown marked ability.

BERNARD W. SHIREY, M. D., a suc- cessful physician and surgeon located at York, and a leading citizen of that place, is a mem- ber of one of York county's old families, the Shirey ancestors having made that county their home for generations.

The grandfather of Doctor Shirey was a farmer of Shrewsbury township, where he passed all of his life. His son, Ephraim Shi- rey. the Doctor's father, was but six years old when his father died, and he was reared to manhood by a family of the name of Sites, who gave him the advantages of a good com- mon school education. Later he attended New Berlin College. For some time he clerked in a store in Hopewell township, and while there married Miss Louisa McGuigan, whose grand- father came from the North of Ireland; her parents were Ambrose and Anna ( Miller) McGuigan. After his marriage Mr. Shirey removed to Cornwall, Lebanon Co., Pa., where he clerked in the iron works for three years, and then went to Felton, where he conducted a general store for four years. He then bought a store at Hametown, which he car- ried on for eight years, but because of failing health he was obliged to sell, and since that time he has been successfully engaged in the commission business. Mr. Shirey also owns a farm.

Mr. Shirey was reared in the faith of the Evangelical Church, of which he is a valued member. In politics he is a Democrat, and he has held the office of school director for a number of years. To Mr. and Mrs. Shirey the following children have been born: Ber- nard W .: Oscar, of Glen Rock, the bookkeeper for the Glen Manufacturing Company ; Anna,

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Mrs. Emery Diehl, of Baltimore, Md .; Mabel; in 1896, to Miss Minerva Diehl, of Shrews- Helen; Ambrose; Edna; Floe, and Paul.

Bernard W. Shirey was born near Win- terstown, York county, Jan. 23, 1872, and his education was obtained in the common schools, which he attended until fifteen years of age. Later he went to the academy at Shrewsbury, then spent a term each at Stew- artstown and York Academy, and taught school for two years. Dr. Shirey took up the study of medicine with Dr. James Geary, of Shrewsbury, after which he entered the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating with the class of 1895, and he began the prac- tice of his profession at East Prospect, where he remained several years. He then took a post-graduate course at the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, and private instruction of Dr. Simon and at Johns Hopkins University. For two months he was physician at the Balti- more Hospital, and for four months was sur- geon there. Selecting York as his chosen field of practice Dr. Shirey opened an office at No. 305 East King street in 1903, in 1905 remov- ing to 136 East Market street. He is a general practitioner, with surgery as a specialty, how- ever, and has been very successful in his treat- ment of many complicated cases. He gives most careful attention to his patients, sparing himself in no way when life or health are in the balance, and thus he has won the confi- dence and affection of the community and en- joys as much practice as he is able to handle. He is a close student, and associated with va- rious medical associations of the county and State, among which may be mentioned the York County Medical Society and the Penn- sylvania State Medical Society .. He belongs to the Knights of Malta, in which he is a val- ued comrade, is a stanch Democrat in political sentiment, and served in East Prospect as school director for a three years' term. In religion he is a consistent member of the Zion Lutheran Church of York. Dr. Shirey's skill was recognized by his appointment as physician of the York County jail, in July, 1904. Ever since locating in York he has been the chosen examiner for a number of in- surance companies, including the Fidelity Life Insurance Company, of Philadelphia, the Se- curity Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Binghamton, and the Protected Home Circle. of Sharon, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Shirey was married in Chester county,

bury township, the estimable daughter of Isaac and Rosa (Klinefelter) Diehl, and to this union has come one child, Jeannette, born March 4, 1905.

WILLIAM J. REICHLEY. One of the leading commercial enterprises represented in the city of York is that at whose head stands . William J. Reichley, and it is pleasing to note that he is ably upholding the high prestige gained by his honored father, who was one of the city's prominent and influential business men and public-spirited citizens, having built up the important mercantile enterprise now controlled by his only son, while the business, that of wholesale and retail dealing in hard- ware, is still conducted under his name.

This representative enterprise dates its in- ception back to the year 1868, when William G. Reichley, father of our subject, inaugurated operations in a store building located on the lot now occupied by the "City Hotel." in West Market street, the original establishment con- trolling a retail business only, in the same lines later handled on so etxensive a scale.

William G. Reichley was born in the city of York, in the year 1842, and was a represen- tative of one of the old and influential fami- lies of this section of the Keystone State, with whose annals the name has been identified from an early epoch in its history. Mr. Reich- ley was reared and educated in York county and became one of the leading merchants of his native city, while he maintained the high- est reputation as a reliable and progressive business man and as a loyal and public-spir- ited citizen. He continued to be actively iden- tified with the business which he founded until within a very short time prior to his death, which occurred June 5, 1900. He was a man of the highest integrity in all the relations of life, was well and favorably known through- out the county, while he ever manifested a zealous and intimate interest in all that touched the welfare of his home city, to whose commercial and civic precedence he contrib- uted in no small measure. He was a stanch Democrat in his political proclivities, and his religious faith was that of the Lutheran Church. His wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Heindle, was born and reared in York, being a daughter of Jacob Heindle, a member of one of the prominent pioneer fam-

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ilies of York county, and she still retains her OLIVER L. STUCK is one of the repre- residence in York, where she has long been sentative contracting electricians of the city of prominent in social affairs and where she is surrounded by a wide circle of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Reichley became the parents of two children, the subject of this sketch being the younger, while his sister, Nettie M., is now Mrs. William L. Aumon. York, having a well equipped establishment on South George street. He has gained a reputa- tion for marked ability in his chosen field of endeavor and as a careful and reliable business man, so that his enterprise has shown a con- stantly expanding tendency from the time of its inception.

William J. Reichley was born in the city of York, on the 15th of October, 1878, and after completing the curriculum of the public schools he entered his father's mercantile es- tablishment and learned the business in all its details, so that he became amply qualified to assume the responsibilities which devolved upon him when his father was summoned from the scene of life's endeavors. He continued to be actively identified with the carrying on of the business until the death of his father, in 1900, since which time he has had entire charge of the business, managing same with distinctive discrimination and ability, so that in a personal way he has proved himself well fitted to take up the work so long and ably carried forward hy his honored father. On April 1, 1906, the entire stock of groceries was closed out, and the hardware and edge tool business has been continued in the ad- joining room. His present business establish- ment is located at No. 379 West Market street, the building having been erected in 1894, and being a substantial brick and stone structure of three stories, with lateral dimen- sions twenty by seventy-two feet. In ad- dition to the accommodations afforded in this large building, two large and well equipped warehouses have been utilized for the storing of stock, the business being one of the most im- portant of the sort in the county and its rami- fications being so wide as to offer decisive proof that the city of York is a most eligible distributing and wholesale center. In politics Mr. Reichley gives his allegiance to the Dem- ocratic party, and both he and his wife are enrolled as members of Mount Zion Lutheran Church, in their home city.

On Aug. 29, 1900, William J. Reichley was united in marriage to Miss Fannie (Fran- ces) Emigh, a daughter of George C. and Hannah (Mosel) Emigh, of Roaring Springs, Blair Co., Pa. Of this union two sons have been born : William G., born May 5, 1901, who died Feb. 17, 1902; and Robert Garrett, born April 3, 1903.

Oliver Stuck, his grandfather, was one of York county's prominent and influential citi- zens and wielded much power for good in con- nection with public affairs, having been the editor and publisher of the York Press, at the county seat, with which he continued to be identified until the time of his death. Oliver L. Stuck was born in the city of York, Nov. 22, 1876, and is a son of William L. and Olivia M. (Rudy) Stuck, the former of whom was a printer by vocation, having been for a number of years engaged in the printing business at York, Pa. His wife was a daughter of Daniel Rudy, who was a well known carpenter of York. They became the parents of two chil- dren, of whom Oliver L. is the elder. His brother, Frederick Rudy Stuck, is likewise an electrician by vocation, and resides in York.

Oliver L. Stuck, whose name introduces this sketch, secured his early educational train- ing in the public schools of York and supple- mented the same by a commercial course in Patrick's Business College, in his home city. His practical experience in electrical work was secured in establishments in York and Harris- burg, and he is a thorough workman in his line and well informed in regard to the scientific principles involved and applied, so that he is admirably equipped for the management of his present business in all its details. On the 26th of August, 1903, he engaged in business on his own responsibility, establishing his headquar- ters in the Hartley building, on East Market street. Pronounced success has attended his venture and he has filled important contracts. Among the more notable buildings in York for which he has done the electrical work may be mentioned St. Mary's Catholic Church, Jacoby & Brother's furniture factory, and the fine residences of S. Morgan Smith, George Small and Elmer Smith, but his work has not been confined to York county, since he has se- cured and executed desirable contracts in Car- lisle, Middletown, Harrisburg and other towns and cities, invariably gaining high commenda-

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tion for reliable and high class work, while he his congregation Mr. Leiby has about 400 is looked upon as one of the rising young busi- members. ness men of his native city.

On Jan. 6, 1902, Mr. Stuck was united in marriage to Miss Mary R. Westick, of York.

REV. ISRAEL S. LEIBY, pastor of the Glen Rock Reformed Church, was born July 10, 1869, in Schuylkill county, son of Daniel of men of refinement and education.

and Mary (Steigerwelt) Leiby, who were na- tives of the above county and of German an- cestry.

Daniel Leiby, the grandfather, was a Penn- sylvania farmer, and married a Miss Lichty, by whom he had the following children: Dan- iel; Jacob; Nathan; Reuben; Annie, who mar- ried Daniel Gerber; Sarah, who married a Mr. Riegel; Daniel; and one daughter who married a Mr. Daubenspeck. The family were mem- bers of the Reformed Church. The maternal grandfather was Daniel Steigerwelt, a farmer, who married a Miss Huffman, and had these children : Daniel; Peter; Hannah, married to a Mr. Whetstone; Matilda, married to a Mr. Troxel; Mrs. Hess; Flora; Catherine, and Mary.

Daniel Leiby, the father of Israel, followed farming during his life, and passed away in I90I. His children were: Emma, who married Adolph Berner; Sarah, who married C. John Schaller; Dennis; Daniel; Jonathan ; Amanda; Mary, married to Thomas Schock; Israel S. ; Alwena ; Elias; and Susan, who died young. The mother of our subject died in 1877. She was a member of the Lutheran Church, while her husband was connected with the Reformed Church.

Israel S. Leiby attended the schools of his native county and worked on his father's farm until he was eighteen years old, when he en- tered the Keystone Normal School where he remained for one term. He then learned the trade of house painting and paper hanging, at which he was apprenticed three years, and then he began study for the ministry. Mr. Leiby went to Catawba College, at Newton, N. C., from which he graduated in 1897. In the meantime he had spent one year at Calvin Col- lege, Cleveland, Ohio, his ministerial studies having covered five years. He passed three years in the seminary of the Reformed Church at Lancaster, Pa., when he received the call to Glen Rock Reformed Church, and was or- dained at the time he took charge in 1900. In

In 1900 Mr. Leiby married Miss Anna E. Rieman, and one child-Grace E., has been born to this union. Full of charity and thought for others, Mr. Leiby has hosts of friends, while his sound judgment and sterling char- acter have won him a place in the front rank

GEORGE W. STEWART, a native son of York county and representing, in both the agnatic and maternal lines, sterling pioneer families of the county, Mr. Stewart is well- entitled to consideration in this compilation, while personally he is one of the popular and capable young business men of York, being the efficient superintendent of freight for the York County Traction Company. His father, John Stewart, now lives retired in West Manchester township, where he was long and prominently identified with agricultural pursuits; and the mother's family have long been identified with the civic and industrial life of North Codorus township. Of the nine children born to John and Isabelle Stewart three are deceased : Wil- liam Henry, who died at the age of twenty- two years; John, at the age of nineteen; and Katie, aged fifteen. The survivors are: Amanda, wife of Elmer Clinedinst, of West Manchester township; Sarah, wife of Charles Stover, of Spring Grove, this county: Eliza- beth, wife of Albert Harold, of North Codorus township; Emma, wife of John Strasbaugh, of Jefferson township; Clementine, wife of Ed- ward Huett, of Seven Valley, this county ; and George W.

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History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 150

Author: Prowell, George R. Publication date: 1907 Publisher: J. H. Beers Number of Pages: 1390

Author: Prowell, George R.
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: J. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 1390