History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 166

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

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John Forsyth Maughlin and his wife have been the parents of two children, Mary Emma and Clara Gemmill.

ANDREW E. KLINE, who resides on a neat little farm in Monaghan township, is one of the most popular auctioneers in York coun- ty. He was born June 28. 1846, in Monaghan township, son of John D. and Mary ( Myers) Kline, and a grandson of David Kline. On the paternal side he is of English descent, while on the maternal side he comes from Pennsylvania-Dutch stock.

John D. Kline, the father of A. E., was a farmer of Monaghan township, where he spent his whole life, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He and his wife were the parents of thirteen children, as follows: Julia A., Mary, Sarah, Jane, Margaret, Elizabeth, Elmira, Catherine, William, Daniel, David. John and Andrew E. This family were consistent members of the Church of God, while Mr. Kline was a Repub- lican in politics. His death occurred in 1855,

when he was aged fifty-eight years, while his wife passed away in 1892, at the age of seven- ty-five.

Andrew E. Kline received his education in the common schools of his native township, and then engaged in farming, to which he devoted all his attention until 1884, when he turned his attention to auctioneering. In this line he has been eminently successful, and is very well known throughout the counties of Adams, Cumberland, York and Perry. He under- stands his business thoroughly, and his genial. pleasing manner has won for him a host of friends. Mr. Kline also carries on farming in a small way, his neat little farm being kept in a good state of cultivation.

In 1866 Mr. Kline married Sarah J. Mc- Clure, daughter of William McClure, of York county, and one child was born to the union, U. S. Grant. Mrs. Kline died in 1892. Mr. Kline is a stanch Democrat, has served as judge of elections, and is now serving as coun- ty committeeman.

S. OSCAR MILLER, of Jackson town- ship, is a prominent farmer and business man who has attained his present position of pros- perity and influence by his own untiring ef- forts, and is in the best sense of the word a self-made man, although he started with the advantages accruing from a good education and the influences of an intellectual atmosphere in the home. He was born in Adams county. Feb. 24, 1853, a son of Samuel B. and Eliza M. ( Malaun) Miller.

Isaac Miller, paternal grandfather of S. Oscar, was a native of Maryland and through- out his life was occupied in tanning. During his youth and early manhood he worked in Mary- land, but later moved to Pennsylvania and located two miles east of Gettysburg, where he became one of the prosperous men of the region, and where he remained until his death. He married Miss Elizabeth Sleigel, and six children were born to them, as follows: Sam- uel B. ; John; Susan, Mrs. Osburn ; Elizabeth, Mrs. Sourbeer : Maggie, Mrs. Mertz ; and Mary A., Mrs. Clink. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were German Baptists in their religious belief, and he was an ardent Democrat in politics.

Samuel B. Miller was born in Mount Joy township, Adams county, and was sent to the primitive schools of that district. Later he at- tended Oxford College, and received a good education, preparing himself for teaching. For

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twenty-two years he followed that profession with great success, but he also found time to carry on both tanning and farming and during the latter part of his life confined himself to such business. He accumulated a comfortable property, gave all his children good educations, and took a very high place in the community. In politics he was a strong Democrat, and prominent in local affairs, served as school di- rector and in several township offices, and was elected justice of the peace. The children born to Samuel B. and Eliza M. Miller were: Isaac A. (deceased), John F. (deceased), S. Oscar, Benjamin M., Lemuel F., Ephraim, William H., Levi A. (of Baltimore). Eliza A., and Ella I. (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Miller were devout followers of the German Baptist faith.

S. Oscar Miller was born in Mount Joy township, Adams county, and attended the pub- lic schools there. As he grew older he was put at farm work, but later learned the miller's trade. This, however, he did not follow long, soon giving his attention once more to farm- ing, which has been his occupation for twenty- seven years. In 1889 he moved to York coun- ty and rented a farm until 1901, when he bought his present property of 115 acres in Jackson township, and moved thither. He also owns a large farm in Adams county. Besides his farming Mr. Miller is largely engaged in the manufacture of lime and allied interests, own- ing one of the largest lime kilns in the State, with an output of from three to five carloads a day, and he turns out about the same quantity of crushed stone. He also handles lime fer- tilizers and coal and has an extensive trade all over Pennsylvania, built up solely by his own enterprise and business ability. He is one of the successful and progressive men of the county.

Mr. Miller was married in 1876 to Miss Mary A. Jacobs, a daughter of Solomon Ja- cobs, a native of York county. The children born to this union are : Clayton, John F., Sam- tel B., Luther E., Viola D., N. Bernice, Mary E., Harvey O., Charles W. and Arthur R. Mr. Miller is identified with the Democratic party, although he believes in voting for the man best qualified for the office.

public schools until twelve years of age and then spent four years at Fawn Grove Academy. His first teacher was Miss Hannah Gailey, and at the academy he was under the tutelage of Samuel Beard and Professor Green. His father being a physician, it was very natural that young Hawkins should favor the study of medicine from boyhood. He entered the Freshman class at Swarthmore College, Phila- delphia. where he spent three years, and then accepted a position with his uncle, J. T. Jones, as clerk in his Cincinnati publishing house. There he spent one year, after which he taught in the public schools of Fawn Grove for one year, and for a period of six years conducted a mercantile business at that place. He then en- tered the Baltimore Medical School, class of 1892, and was graduated in 1894. beginning the practice of his profession in Fawn Grove. He remained there for seven years, removing to his present farm in 1901, and establishing a blooded stock-farm for the raising of thorough- bred Jersey cattle and fancy poultry. He owns 135 acres, and the log house which stands upon the farm was built in 1784, the stone addition being erected in 1806. This farm was known as Walnut Ridge and was granted to one Will- iam Liggett.

Dr. Hawkins is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church of Fawn Grove, in which he has served as trustee. In political matters he is a Democrat and has served in a number of minor offices. On May 17, 1893, at Fawn Grove, the Doctor and Miss Ella C. M. Wright were united in marriage. His wife is the daughter of Rev. T. H. Wright, a prominent M. P. preacher of York county, and Maggie (Jones) Wright, also of that county.

ROMANUS T. PAULES. of Lower Windsor township, is a grandson of Adam Paules, who was born and reared in Lower Windsor township, and there continued to follow agricultural pursuits during the greater portion of his life. The original progenitors in America came from Germany and settled in York county in the early period, when that section was practically a sylvan wilderness. Adam Paules died in his native township, a prominent and influential citizen. He was an active worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, and held offices of local trust, including that of county commissioner, while for many years he was an elder in the Reformed Church.

DR. VALLANDIGHAM HAWKINS, the proprietor of a blooded stock-farm of 135 acres in East Hopewell township, York coun- ty, was born on the homestead farm in Fawn township, Feb. 21, 1864. He attended the being one of its most zealous supporters. He

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was twice married, his first union having been of York. He was a child at the time of his with Elizabeth Hartzler, who died in Lower Windsor township. She was an aunt of Rev. Jacob Hartzler, who was at one time a bishop of the Evangelical Church, which he represent- ed as a missionary in Japan for eight years. Adam Paules chose for his second wife Harriet Kanffelt, who survived him a number of years. The children of the first union were as follows : Sarah ( familiarly known as Sally) became the wife of Joseph Dietz and died at Wrightsville, York county ; John, who married Lydia Panles, died in Lower Windsor township; Jacob, who married Julia Ann Keller, a maternal aunt of Romanus T., likewise died in that township; Leah, the wife of William Blessing, died in the city of York, in 1902; Samuel, who married Henrietta Jacobs, died also in Lower Windsor township; Maria is the widow of George Rath- fon and resides in Wrightsville; David E., de- ceased, was the father of Romantis T. Paules.

David E. Panles was born in Lower Wind- sor township, and was there reared and edit- cated, dying at the untimely age of thirty-two years. He was a man of high principles, in- dustrious and energetic and endowed with strong intellectuality, being held in high esteem in his native county. He was a Democrat in politics and his religions faith was that of the Reformed Church. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Keller, still survives hin, and resides in York : she is now almost seventy years of age. She is a member of the well- known Keller family, of whom mention is made in various sketches in this work. David E. and Elizabeth Panles became the parents of five children, namely : Otis Sylvester married Ellen Leber, a sister-in-law of Romanus T. Paules, who is now deceased ; the husband is a resident of Delroy, York county. Romanus T. was the next in order of birth. Cecelia Viola is the wife of Henry Blessing, of Lower Windsor town- ship. Caroline Elizabeth is the wife of N. S. Thomas, of York. Priscilla Jane is the wife of Irwin Seachrist, also of that city.

Romanus Theophilus Panles was born in the immediate vicinity of Yorkana, York coun- ty, Dec. 21, 1861. his birthplace being the old ancestral farm of his grandfather. He attend- ed the public schools of Lower Windsor town- ship until he had attained the age of nineteen years, one of his first teachers having been his uncle. Samuel Panles, while he finished his school work under the instruction of Alice Dietz, who is now the wife of Henry Beard,

father's death, but his mother kept the family together and properly reared her children. Atter the death of her father she purchased a portion of the land in his estate, the place being located in Lower Windsor township, and she there engaged in farming, with the aid of her sons, devoting special attention to the raising of tobacco; at intervals her boys also worked by the day for others. Romanus T. Paules remained on this farm from his fifteenth year until he had attained the age of twenty, when he began an apprenticeship at the trade of cigarmaking, entering the factory of Renben A. Paules, his consin. He finally became foreman of this large establishment in Delroy. The cousin mentioned was the founder of the fac- tory, his having been the first business place in the now thriving town, while Romanis T. Paules there erected for his own use one of the first houses, retaining the position of foreman of the cigar manufactory for a period of twelve years. He then became associated with Harri- son Fauth in purchasing the plant, which was thereafter conducted under the firm name of Paules & Faith until the autumn of 1901, when Mr. Paules sold his interest to his partner and located at Yorkana. He there purchased the general store of Edward J. Libhart, which he still conducts, controlling a large and repre- sentative trade. In the same autumn Mr. Paules also associated himself with Alexander Dietz in purchasing the cigar factory and box. factory of Harry Dellone, at Hanover. York county, and they have since carried on the en- terprise successfully, conducting operations. under the title of the Yorkana Cigar Company, and devoting their attention to the manufac- ture of cigars and wholesale dealing in leaf tobacco.

Romanus T. Panles has been the architect of his own fortunes, having inherited but little from his father's estate, but having from the start been careful in conserving his resources, through close application to business and by means of proper economy. He expended $1,- 500 in erecting his residence in Delroy shortly after his marriage, and still had a reserve of $400. Though reared in the Democratic faith, Mr. Paules has shown the courage of his convictions by arraying himself as a stanch supporter of the Republican party, being prom- inent in its local councils. He has been a fre- quent delegate to county conventions of his. party and has served as a member of the town -.

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ship election board, while he has served over six Livingstone, and one child has been born to consecutive years as school director. He and his family are prominent members of the Re- formed Church, in which he is an elder.

On July 28, 1890, Mr. Paules was united in marriage to Emma C. Leber, who was born and reared in Lower Windsor township, daugh- ter of David and Magdalena (Hengst) Leber. Mr. and Mrs. Patiles have seven children, namely : George Eugene, John Harrison, Eva Pauline, David Hartzler, Esther Luella, Mar- guerite Elizabeth and Charles Edgar.

· GEORGE B. MENGES (deceased), who for many years was a prosperous farmer of Jackson township, York county, was born July 18, 1818, in Codorus township, son of Jacob and Sabina (Ziegler) Menges, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. Jacob Menges followed farming and distilling for many years. To himself and wife the following children were born : Daniel, Jacob, John, Sam- uel, Sarah, George B. and Elizabeth. The family were consistent members of the Luth- eran Church, while in politics Mr. Menges was a Democrat.

George B. Menges attended the common and subscription schools of his township and worked upon his father's farm until he reached his majority. At that time he learned the blacksmith trade, which he carried on in Nash- ville and the vicinity of Spring Grove for many years. In 1837 he moved to the home now oc- cupied by his son, where he built a blacksmith shop and followed his trade in connection with farming until 1891, when he practically re- tired from active life. In 1854 Mr. Menges married Mary Copp, by whom he had three children, Maggie, George and Jacob H., the last named being the only survivor. In his reli- gious belief Mr. Menges was a Lutheran. Mrs. Menges died in 1883, at the age of fifty-five years, and Mr. Menges died Feb. 8, 1904. He was a man universally respected, honest in word and deed, one who filled honorably every demand in life made upon him.

JACOB H. MENGES, the only surviving child of George B. Menges, is now manager and owner of the old farm, which consists of twenty-eight acres. He was born March 18, 1856, was educated in the schools of Jackson township, and has never left the parental roof. In 1878 he married Emma Livingstone, who was born in Paradise township, York county, daughter of George and Sophia (Bougher)

this union, Lottie R., who married Bert Haas and has two children, George B. and Howard T. Mr. Menges is a Lutheran and active in church work, being secretary and treasurer of the Sunday-school and deacon. In politics he is a Democrat, but he has never aspired to pub- lic office. He is a respected citizen of Jackson- township, honest and upright, and always ready . to do his part in promoting public improve -- ments and in advancing the influence of the ^ school and church.

GEORGE HOFFMAN, a survivor of the Civil war living retired in Washington? township, York county, was born in Tyrone: township, Perry Co., Pa., Feb. 15, 1836, son. of Jacob and Mary A. (Nanamaker) Hoff- man.

Jacob Hoffman was born in Germany, and. came to America in young manhood, crossing. the ocean when it required eight weeks to. make the voyage. He settled first in Mary- land, remaining there a short time, and then! going to Tyrone township, Perry county, where: he lived sixteen years. In 1848 he came to. York county, and through the rest of his active. life followed farming in Washington town- ship. He married Mary A. Nanamaker, whose parents were Germans. She died at the age of fifty-six years, and he when eighty- seven years, seven months, twenty days old. Both are buried at the Red Run Church in Washington township. Their children were: John; Jacob; Lydia and Susan, deceased; Mary and Eliza.

George Hoffman attended school at Krall- town and Landisburg until he was twenty-two years old. He enlisted in the service of his country, entering Company H, 166th P. V. I., being mustered in at York. After a service of nine months, his first term of enlist -. ment, he became a veteran, re-enlisting in Company J, 200th P. V. I., remaining in the. service until the close of the war, and partici- pating in all the battles of the company and regiment. On one occasion he was taken prisoner, and was held by the enemy for nine days, when he was exchanged, rejoining his regiment and sharing their fate. He was in the service for twenty-two months, and during all this time bore himself as became a good soldier and loyal man. After the war he re- turned to Washington township, and resumed work at the wheelwright trade, in which he

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had had some training prior to enlisting, and this he followed for ten years. Then he bought a farm of Henry Asper, consisting of eighty- two acres, located in Washington township, and here he followed farming for fifteen years. In 1890 he came to his present place, retiring at the same time from business activity.

Mr. Hoffman married Mrs. Elizabeth Hinkel, widow of George Hinkel and daughter of Andrew Stothauer, and they have one son, Isaac, who married Elizabeth Kraft, and is farming his father's land. Mr. Hoffman is a Republican, and is a consistent member of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Hoffman had one son by her former marriage, D. Frank Hinkel. Mr. George Hinkel was a machinist; he enlisted in the army in the early days of the Rebellion, was taken prisoner and died at Andersonville.

WILLIAM SMITH GOTWALD, one of the well known business men of York, Pa., dis- trict agent for the Sun Life Assurance Com- pany, was born May 14, 1865, in this city, son of Andrew J. and Eliza Ann (Smith) Got- wald.

John Gotwald, the paternal grandfather, was a well-known man on the canal, in York county, operating boats.

Andrew J. Gotwald, the father, died Oct. 4, 1903. For thirty years he was superintend- ent of Billmyer & Small's car works. He served in the Civil war with distinguished gallantry as a member of one of the first enlisted com- panies of York county, and belonged to the 200th P. V. I. On the maternal side, our sub- ject's uncle was the late W. W. Smith, for many years a prominent shoe dealer at York. Mrs. Eliza Ann (Smith) Gotwald died Aug. 23. 1903, aged seventy-three years, the mother of four children : William Smith ; Elmer M., a chainmaker at York : Bertha K., who died May `5, 1903. aged thirty-four years; and Nettie C., who died Sept. 19. 1904. aged thirty-three years.

William Smith Gotwald was educated in the city schools of York, and his entrance into business was as a clerk in a whole- sale shoe house. Subsequently he became a salesman for this house and traveled for four years. He then became con- nected in a like capacity with a large whole- sale house in the same line, of Philadelphia, traveling for that firm for seven years, and still later, for five years, in the interests of a firm at

Worcester, Mass., dealing in men's specialties and foot-wear.

In 1901 Mr. Gotwald became the district agent for York county of the Sun Life Assur- ance Company, an old line Canadian company which has been established since 1865. He is advantageously located for business at No. 33 East Market street, where he handles a large amount of insurance business.

Mr. Gotwald was married Dec. 11, 1899, to Mabel F. Kapp, a daughter of the late Lewis Kapp, who was a merchant of Goshen, Ind. They have one son, Paul K., now at school. The family belongs to the M. E. Church, in which Mr. Gotwald takes a deep interest. He is a teacher in the Sunday-school and is super- intendent of the Junior League. In politics Mr. Gotwald is a Republican. His fraternal relations are with the Knights of Malta and the Knights of the Mystic Chain.

P. M. CARMAN, a prominent dog fancier and breeder, is a well known citizen of Wrightsville, York county, where he has lived nearly thirty years.

The Carman family is of German extrac- tion, Grandfather Andrew Carman being the first to settle in this country. He was a farmer near Stewartstown, York county. In politics he supported the Democratic party. His chil- dren were as follows: Nathan; Rebecca, wife of Adam Ziegler, deceased; Julia, wife of John Kniver, deceased; Betsey, wife of Jerry Zeigler, of Stewartstown; Hannah, wife of Eli Waltemeyer, deceased; George Wesley, of Yoe, York county; and Henry A., of Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland county.

Lieut. Nathan Carman, father of P. M. Carman, was born in Hopewell township, York county, in 1822. His calling was that of a brick maker. From the spring of 1861 to the spring of 1864 he served in the Union army as second lieutenant of Company G. 12th P. V. I. He was twice wounded. being struck in the left thigh by a piece of shell at the battle of the Wilderness, and in the left arm by a minie ball at White Oak. He was honor- ably discharged at Harrisburg. Lieut. Nathan married Henrietta Mead, and they lived at Stewartstown, where he died in 1892. His widow is still living, at the age of seventy- seven. She married ( second) John Honnigan and (third) Henry Kunkle. The children of Lieut. Nathan and Henrietta (Mead) Carman

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were as follows : Arthur S., of Harford, Md .; elected tax collector, but never qualified for of- Sarah Jane, who died young; William, of fice. He is a charter member of the Jr. O. U. Stewartstown, who married Becky Cooper; A. M .; of the K. of G. E., in which he is past chief; and a member of Chihuahua Lodge, No. 317, I. O. O. F., Wrightsville, of which he is past grand master. George W., of Stewartstown, who married Ella Fetters; P. M., who is mentioned below ; and Nathan McClellan, deceased. Lieut. Carman was a lifelong Republican, a member and past commander of the G. A. R. Post in his home town. He and his wife were mem- bers of the Methodist Church.

P. M. Carman is a native of Stewartstown, where he was born Feb. 9, 1854. He learned the trade of cigar maker with Giles J. Green of Stewartstown, and when he was eighteen went to Alliance, Stark Co., Ohio, and began to work at his trade. In 1876 he returned home, and after four months went to Wrights- ville, where he was employed at cigar making by S. R. Kocher for nearly twenty years.

Mr. Carman married, Jan. 1, 1878, Annie Newcomer, who was born in Wrightsville. Oct. 23, 1859. Her father was Henry Newcomer, who was born in Hellam township in 1826, and followed the trade of shoemaker. He came to Wrightsville as a young man, and there married Sarah Collinwood, who was of En- glish parentage. Mr. Newcomer carried on his trade in Wrightsville successfully until his death. He was a Republican, and he and his wife were members of the Methodist Church. Their children were : Oliver, John and Milton, deceased; Isabella, Mrs. Jacob Ballou, of Perry Co., Pa .; Annie, Mrs. P. M. Carman : and one that died in infancy.

Mr. and Mrs. Carman settled down to housekeeping at once, and began saving to make a pleasant home. In addition to his work at cigar making Mr. Carman, in 1887, estab- lished his now famous kennels. Until 1902 he carried on both occupations, but since then he has devoted himself exclusively to his kennels. These are known as the Royal Forest Beagle Kennels, and their specialty is blooded Beagle hounds.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Car- man are as follows: Milton, born Nov. 6, 1878, an art student in Philadelphia : Minnie, born Feb. 8, 1880, at home; Lura V., born Dec. 13, 1882, wife of John Corpman, of Wrightsville, and mother of George Raymond ; Carrie Belle, born Dec. 9, 1884, at home ; Arthur, born March 2, 1896; and Grace Mar- guerite, born Nov. 13, 1898. The family are members of the Methodist Church. In politics Mr. Carman is a Republican; he was once

IRA FREYSINGER, who is cultivating his farm of thirty-eight acres in Monaghan township, was born there, son of Henry and Rebecca ( Kohler) Freysinger, and a grandson of Jacob Freysinger.

Henry Freysinger was born in 1830 in Monaghan township, and was educated in the common schools. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for several years, but he spent most of his life as a laborer. He died at Siddonsburg, May 12, 1904, his wife pass- ing away May 12, 1893. They were the par- ents of children as follows: William; Jacob; Daniel; Ira ; Sarah, who married John Crum- lich; and Rose, who married Charles Eichel- berger and has one daughter, Mary. The fam-, ily belonged to no especial church, but attend- ed the various churches in the vicinity. In politics Mr. Freysinger was a Democrat.

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History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 166

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