History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 179

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

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has ever been active in public affairs, and has held a number of local offices, having been school director, borough councilman, etc. As agents were located in various cities in the an ardent Republican he has taken a deep in- United States, and the demand for the wood-

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working machinery made by this company be- Aug. 10, 1874, in Franklin county, Pa., son came such that it was necessary to erect a large of David and Maria (Farney) Zullinger. factory on Jefferson avenue. Frank T. Root and Benjamin T. Root, sons of B. M. Root, also became members of the firm.

Early in the eighteenth century, driven from Switzerland by reason of the religious perse- cutions of the Mennonites, Hans Mylin, Mar- tin Mylin and Martin Mylin, Jr., emigrated to America, taking up their residence in Lan- caster county, Pa. The land upon which they settled is yet the property of their descendants. Following the Mylins a few years later, another family, named Root, came also from Switzer- land, and settled in Lancaster county. A son of this family was Jacob Root, and in 1794 Daniel Root, son of Jacob, was born. Daniel Root, the father of Benjamin Mylin Root, sub- ject of this sketch, was married to Magdalene Mylin in 1834. From this union, represent- ing, as it did, these two families so associated with the early settlement of Lancaster county, were born Elizabeth Root and Benjamin Mylin Root. Elizabeth Root was married to Elam Rudy, and after his death to John Hossler, now deceased. She has one son living, B. M. Rudy, of San Francisco. Mrs. Hossler at pres- ent is living with her brother, B. M. Root.

Benjamin Mylin Root was married in May, 1868, to Martha Elizabeth Trexler, whose father, Anthony Trexler, came to this country from Switzerland. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Root was John Marshall, a commis- sioned officer in the Revolution. She was a graduate of Millersville Normal School, and was a school teacher at the time of her mar- riage. To this marriage nine children were born, as follows : Frank T., who married Lillie Grove, and has one son, Herbert Dean Root; Emma T., who married James A. Constantine and has had two children, Stuart and Eliza- beth; Elizabeth T., a graduate of Dickinson College, and married to John F. Rudisill, by whom she has had two children, John F., Jr. (deceased) and Harriet Root Rudisill ; Minnie, deceased; Mable, deceased; Winfred T., with the degree of A. B. from Princeton and Ph. D. from University of Pennsylvania; Benjamin T., with the degree of M. E. from Lehigh ; Lena T., and Harriet T. .

CHARLES F. ZULLINGER, proprietor of the "Hotel Penn," at York, and one of the leading business men of the city, was born

David Zullinger was well known in busi- ness circles in Cumberland and Franklin coun- ties, having been engaged in the mercantile business in Waynesboro for fifteen years. He served his county as commissioner in 1903-04-05, and died shortly after his term expired. His widow resides at Waynesboro. Mr. and Mrs. Zullinger had children as fol- lows: Abbie, the wife of J. Lehman; Mrs. C. M. Funk, of Waynesboro; Mrs. Levi Shenk, of Cumberland county, whose husband is serv- ing as county commissioner; Mrs. William Ernst, of Waynesboro, whose husband is among the borough's leading men, and is en- gaged in the baking and confectionery busi- ness; Mrs. U. G. Bishop, of Waynesboro; Mrs. W. H. Smith, of Waynesboro; Clara, deceased ; and Charles F.

Charles F. Zullinger attended the public schools, and after completing his education clerked and was timekeeper for the Frick Com- pany, of Waynesboro, continuing in that posi- tion for two years. He then entered the ma- chinery department, learning the trade, which he followed for ten years, most of which time he spent as an erecting engineer. In 1903 Mr. Zullinger came to York, and at once en- gaged in the hotel business, purchasing the "City Hotel," one of York's leading hostelries, located at Nos. 335-337-339 West Market street. The building was erected by Kendig Hurs. Mr. Zullinger finally sold the good-will and fixtures of the "City Hotel" to the owner of the building and bought the "Hotel Penn," the finest two-dollar a day commercial house in southern Pennsylvania. It contains 132 bedrooms, and has all the conveniences of a modern hotel. Mr. Zullinger is a genial host, and employs only skilled help. His rooms are comfortable, and he is enjoying a large and profitable patronage.

Mr. Zullinger married Miss O. V. Keller, daughter of Sosser Keller, and one child has been born to the union, Charlotte Frederica. In politics Mr. Zullinger is a Democrat. He is a stanch member of the York Base Ball Club, is on the committee, and is a stockholder and director. He is greatly interested in ath- letics and shows his interest in the national game by his holdings in the York Base Ball Club, this organization being one of the strong- est and fastest in the State.

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JOHN R. KOCHENOUR, a well known citizen and successful farmer of Conewago township, York county, who owns a twenty- acre farm opposite Quickel's Church, was born Ang. 12, 1869, in Conewago township, son of William and Emma (Reeser) Kochenonr.

Henry Kochenour, the grandfather, was born in York county, and followed milling in Manchester township, in the mill now owned by Jolın Meisenhelter. Later he went to farm- ing in Conewago township, where he bought a tract of 129 acres, which he farmed until a few years previous to his death when he re- tired. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Kauffman, and is buried at Quickel's Church, Conewago township. Mr. Kochenour married Catherine Hoffman, and she is buried beside her husband. The chil- dren born to them were : Henry, Andrew, Will- iam H., Samuel, Daniel, Eliza, Lena, Leah, Elizabeth and Mary.

William H. Kochenour was born in 1836 in Manchester township, where he received a common school education. He followed farm- ing in Conewago township for twenty-four years, where he bought a fine farm of 140 acres. Mr. Kochenour married Emma Reeser, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hakes) Reeser. Mr. Kochenour was a very success- ful farmer, and retired about three years prior to his death, which occurred in September, 1899, being interred at Quickel's Church. Mrs. Kochenour died Dec. 19, 1904, and is buried beside her husband in the new cemetery. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Kochenour were : Eli, a miller at Mt. Wolf; William F., a merchant and postmaster at Brillhart's Sta- tion ; and John R.

John R. Kochenour attended the schools of Conewago and Manchester townships until twenty years of age. In 1897 he married Mary Hoffman, daughter of George and Sarah (Eicholtz) Hoffman, of Manchester borough, where they still reside. After marriage Mr. Kochenour located on the farm in Conewago township for two years, and then located on his farm of twenty acres, opposite Qnickel's Church, formerly the George Dick farm, which his father had purchased. Mr. Kochenour is now engaged in general farming, and attends the York markets regularly. In politics he is a Democrat, but has never aspired to public office. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, in which he has been deacon two years.

To Mr. and Mrs. Kochenour have been born

these children : Paul Edwin and twins, Anna Mabel and John Benjamin Franklin. Mr. Kochenour is a man of unimpeachable in- tegrity, and he is highly esteemed by all who know him.

HARRISON FAUTH, at the present time engaged in the manufacture of cigars in the village of Delroy, controls a large and profit- able business in that line, inaking shipments of his goods into divers States of the Union and also having a good home trade.

Mr. Fauth was born in Lower Windsor township, York county, June 3, 1869, being the second of the three children of Henry and Sarah (Keller) Fauth, both of whom are now deceased. Harrison Fauth passed his boy- hood days on the homestead farin, attending the public schools of Lower Windsor town- ship until he had attained the age of fifteen years. He continued to remain at the parental home and assist in the work of the farm until he was eighteen years of age, when he en- tered upon an apprenticeship at the cigarmak- er's trade, becoming in due time a skilled workman. In 1892 he left his native county as a journeyman, finding employment in various towns in Ohio, Illinois and Iowa, and returning home in the spring of 1894. In the following year he associated himself with Ro- manus T. Panles in purchasing the cigar man- 11facturing business of Reuben A. Panles, at Delroy. There they successfully continued the enterprise, under the firm name of Panles & Fanth, until October, 1900, when Mr. Fanth purchased his partner's interest and assumed full control of the business, which he has since individually conducted, while he has greatly increased the scope and importance of the en- terprise. He gives employment to an average force of twenty skilled workmen, and his fac- tory has the best of facilities, utilizing select grades of tobacco and turning out a product of superior excellence, so that a custom once gained is invariably retained. Mr. Fanth is aggressive and progressive in his methods and his policy is ever straightforward, so that he holds the unqualified confidence of those with whom he has dealings, while the success which he has attained is the more gratifying to con- template because it stands as the result of his own efforts. In his political allegiance Mr. Fauth is stanchly arrayed with the Republican party, and, though he takes a lively interest in public affairs of a local nature, has never ;

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been a seeker of office. He and his wife are sition from 1892 to 1897. In the latter year prominent members of the Canadochley Lu- theran Church, in which he is a deacon and a valued teacher in the Sunday-school.

On Dec. 24, 1895, in Lower Windsor town- ship, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Fauth to Minnie Keller, who was born and reared in that township, daughter of John and Angeline (Kline) Keller. Her father, who is deceased, was a successful farmer and influen- tial citizen of that section of the county and a representative of a prominent pioneer family. Mr. and Mrs. Fauth have one daughter, Het- tie, who was born on the 4th of January, 1897.

FRANKLIN O. METZ, manager of the time department of the York Manufacturing Company, and also of the cost and shipping de- partment, and secretary and treasurer of the Drury Brick & Construction Co., in which he is also a large stockholder, was born Oct. 29, 1870, in Franklin county, Pa., son of John F. and Margaret L. (McCann) Metz.

The Metz family is of German ancestry, and the family was founded in Lancaster county, Pa., by John W. Metz, who came to America from Germany in 1730. His son, John W. Metz, Jr., was a farmer in Franklin county and was considered a prosperous man until, during the Civil war, a raid was made by the Confederate troops over his farm, and what they did not destroy they appropriated to their own uses.

John F. Metz, father of Franklin O., was a lime burner and lumber dealer. His death occurred in 1903, at the age of sixty-seven years. He married Margaret L. McCann, daughter of Henry McCann, a farmer of Adams county, and they had these children : Annie, who died in infancy; Victor, who died aged four years; Harry, who died on his fifth birthday; Lulu V., wife of William Petre, who is connected with the Lindner shoe factory, Carlisle; Leslie J. and Franklin O.

Franklin O. Metz was educated at Cham- bersburg, where he was graduated at the high school in 1888, and he also attended the North- ern Illinois College at Fulton, Ill., where he was graduated in 1892. Prior to entering col- lege he had taught school for one year, and he continued to teach for two years after com- pleting his collegiate course. He then ac- cepted the position of assistant time keeper for the great Frick Manufacturing Company, at Waynesboro, Pa., and remained in that po-

he removed to York and soon became the head of the time department for the York Manu- facturing Company. This position is one of responsibility, and Mr. Metz employs twenty- one assistants.

Mr. Metz was married, Aug. 14, 1901, to Annie M. Buck, a native of England, and they have two interesting children : Elsie May, born Aug. 20, 1902; and Frank Leslie, born Oct. 15, 1903. Mr. Metz is prominent and popular in various circles in York. He is a member of the Heidelberg Reformed Church. In politics he is a Democrat. Socially he is a member of the pleasant organization known as the Merry Band Camping Club.

HARRY EMERSON FRANK, who is identified with the local office service of the freight department of the Pennsylvania Rail- road and Northern Central Railway Com- panies, in York, Pa., as cashier, is also secre- tary of the Keystone Building & Loan Associa- tion, of York, as well as treasurer of the Pro- gressive Building & Loan Association, of the same city, and is one of the rising, popular, successful and highly esteemed young business men of York county.

In the agnatic line, Mr. Frank comes of sturdy German ancestry, his grandfather, Nicholas Frank, coming from a wealthy and influential family in Bavaria, Germany, owning lands on the Rhine. He served for fifteen years in the Prussian cavalry with great honor and distinction, and thereafter came to Amer- ica, where he passed the remainder of his life, being seventy-six years of age at the time of his death, in 1872.

Mr. Frank's maternal grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Danner, was likewise born in Ger- many, and came with her family to America, landing in Baltimore, Md. After living there a few years, she moved to York, Pa., of which place she was a resident for over a half century, a most devout old Christian lady. She died there in July, 1904, at the extremely ven- erable age of ninety-six years, and retained her mental faculties unimpaired until the time of her demise.

John Joseph Frank, father of Harry E., born in York, Pa., July 4, 1840, was a scale- maker by trade, and for many years was en- gaged in the manufacture of scales in York, having succeeded to the business of Root & Case, commonly called the York Scale Works,

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which was established in 1838. In 1882 he been a Republican all his life, having cast his assumed full proprietorship of the York Scale first vote for our first martyred President, Abraham Lincoln. Works and operated it most successfully until 1892, when he sold his patterns and good-will to the Fairbanks Scale Company, and the plant itself to the York Carriage Company, having been located on North street, near the corner of West North street and North George street. Immediately upon the York Scale Works ceasing operations he was appointed general agent for the celebrated Fairbanks Scales, and is still representing The Fairbanks Scale Company direct, taking care of the in- terests in central Pennsylvania.

John J. Frank is a self-made man, having amassed a fortune through his honesty, thrift and industry, from comparatively nothing at the beginning of life. He is one of the larg- est property holders in the city of York and has heavy investments in some of the leading banks . and other large corporations in the city.

Mr. Frank married, in 1860, Miss Eliza- beth Danner (born in Germany in 1839), daughter of Adam Danner, of York, Pa., a most estimablé Christian lady, who passed into light Jan. 22, 1902, through a stroke of apoplexy, when aged sixty-three years. She was actively interested in church work, being a faithful member of Zion Lutheran Church, and was prominent in the Ladies' Aid and Mis- sionary Societies. In October, 1904, Mr. Frank married his first wife's sister, Miss Mary A. Danner, who is keeping up the Christian work in which her lamented sister took such a delight. Of the two children of the first union, Harry Emerson is the elder, and his sister, Mazie Adaline (born in York, Pa., Jan. 25, 1868), a graduate of the York high school and of the Peabody Conservatory of Music of Baltimore, Md., is now the wife of Rev. Charles M. Barnitz, a descendant of one of the oldest and best known families of York and a tal- ented and a rising young minister of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. He has held pastorates at Audenried, Pa., Riverside or South Dan- ville, Pa., Waverly, Pa., Curtin Heights, Har- risburg, Pa., and Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania.

For nearly a score of years Mr. Frank has been an elder in Zion Lutheran Church and has also been a teacher in the Sunday-school. He is the treasurer of the pew fund or collections. Fraternally Mr. Frank has been an Odd Fel- low for nearly a half century, being connected with Mt. Zion Lodge, No. 74, I. O. O. F., and Mt. Vernon Encampment. In politics he has

Harry E. Frank was born in the city of York, York Co., Pa., on the 6th day (Sunday) of May, 1866, and here secured his early edu- cational discipline in the public schools, grad- uating from the local high school in May, 1885, as valedictorian of his class. While in the York high school he was prominently identified with the Alpha Debating Society, being a forceful and eloquent young orator, having the record of never having lost a de- bate, while he was recognized as a leading, faithful and ambitious student. Before the close of the year, 1885, he was also graduated at the head of his class in the well known and historical Eastman National Business College, on the Hudson, in the city of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., with an average of 97 per cent., and his record of being thus twice matriculated and graduated within one year speaks for it- self. After his return to York, Mr. Frank se- cured a position as stenographer and book- keeper in the office of the firm of Burr & Dodge, manufacturers of link-belting and machinery, located at that time on North Fifth street, Philadelphia, Pa., within a stone's throw of the grave of the great philosophier and states- man, Benjamin Franklin. He retained this position one year, after which he was for about an equal period private stenographer and type- writer to the superintendent (Mr. Maximilian F. Bonzano) of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, corner Ninth and Green streets, Philadelphia, Pa. He then, on June 6, 1887, came to York as private secretary and special clerk in the office of Mr. J. K. Gross, freight agent in York of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Northern Central Railway Companies, working not only in the freight but also in the passenger branch of the service. This situation he has since retained, with promotions from time to time, until now he is the cashier of the office.

In 1887 Mr. Frank was elected treasurer of the Progressive Building & Loan Associa- tion of this city. In 1889 he was also elected secretary of the Keystone Building & Loan Association, of York, being one of its incorpo- rators and charter members, and he has since remained continuously in tenure of this office and has done much to further the interests of the association in the various departments of its work. The "Keystone" enjoys the fine dis-

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tinction of being the strongest association, financially, in this section of the country.

In politics our subject gives a stanch ad- herency to the Republican party, being at one time his party's unanimous choice as a candi- date for select council in the Seventh ward, York. At that time the Seventh ward was preponderatingly Democratic, and although de- feated, he ran away ahead of his ticket. He now lives in the Sixth ward, which is largely Republican, but has refused tenders of office time and again. He prefers to live as a strictly private citizen, having no "political bee" in his headgear. He is one of the valued and zealous members of Zion Lutheran Church, having joined when quite young, and in which he has served for a number of years in various official duties ; his wife also holds membership in the same church and is quite active in re- ligious affairs.

On Sept. 26, 1899, Mr. Frank was united in marriage to Miss Sue Hiestand Gable (born in Hellam, Pa., June 25, 1877), a graduate of the Young Ladies' Seminary, Lutherville, Md., and the estimable and accomplished daughter of Mr. John W. Gable, an honored, wealthy and influential citizen of Hellam, this county, where he was a prominent merchant and cigar manufacturer. Mr. Gable is now retired from active business, devoting his at- tention to the supervision of his three fine farms and other capitalistic interests. He was for the past quarter of a century postmaster at Hellam, and still continues in that office. On one of his farms (which is by far one of the most desirable in the State of Pennsylvania, located on the Wrightsville turnpike, about two miles from York) is a commodious and well-preserved stone house, generally known as the "Valley House," in which, tradition says, Generals Washington and LaFayette at one time tarried for a while.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank have two sons : John Gable Frank, born Feb. 14 (Valentine's Day), 1902; and Henry Hiestand Frank, born Feb. 24, 1904. Mr. Frank and his family reside in a spacious and handsome brick house, noted for its architectural beauty, with all the modern conveniences and appointments, situated at No. 400 East Market street, commonly known as "the Hill," one of the most desirable residential situations in York, it being on the southeast corner of East Market street and Columbia avenue. This house is virtually built upon a rock, and that rock has been analyzed and

found to be equal to the best Italian white marble, of a bluish tint.

Mr. Frank has often thought and wondered, whether he was too fast or too slow in making changes in his positions, especially in the early part of his business career. He held his first position with Burr & Dodge, of Philadelphia. Mr. James M. Dodge, of that firm, was a son of the late well-known Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, who edited the "St. Nicholas Maga- zine," of New York City, and Mr. Frank often recalls the kindness and courtesies shown to him by Mr. Dodge, who although an entire stranger to him, repeatedly entertained him at his (Dodge's) home, at Logan Square, Phila- delphia. Upon the first interview with Mr. Dodge, when Mr. Frank secured a position with his firm, he invited him to go with him in his buggy to Cramp's ship yards, to see the steamer "Cherokee" launched. Mr. Dodge seemed to have carte blanche when they got . to the shipyards, and without further ceremony they went aboard the "Cherokee," and were on board when the vessel, which was destined afterward to have so momentous a history, slipped down the ways and took her initial dip or maiden plunge into the Delaware river and ploughed through the water, shooting like an arrow almost to the opposite shore, being christened at the same time, by a young lady, "Cherokee." This steamship was used as a transport for our troops by the United States Government in the late Spanish-American war, and is the same vessel that struck the shoals off Atlantic City, N. J., in January, 1906, in one of the most terrific storms ever known to seamen, when the waves rolled moun- tain high and lashed the vessel with the great- est fury, straining her from stem to stern, and all on board gave up all chance of ever reach- ing terra firma again alive. Then it was that the daring captain, Mark Casto, and his gal- lant crew set out from Atlantic City in the schooner "Alberta" to save the lives of the passengers and crew of the "Cherokee." or lose their own, in one of the most perilous and hazardous undertakings ever known in the an- nals of the sea. The feat was accomplished, and Capt. Mark Casto placed his name high on the roll of heroes for all time. He was feted by the Clover Club of Philadelphia, as well as by other organized bodies of men, a golden stream of money flowed into his coffers from all parts of the country, and the Carnegie Hero- Commission voted him money and medals with-

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out ceremony. The "Cherokee," strange to relate, survived this wild maritime assault and was eventually saved to its owners, the Clyde Line.

This same Mr. Dodge who treated Mr. Frank so courteously and generously is now a multi-millionaire, living in regal and palatial style in the "City of Brotherly Love," possess- ing and using for his own benefit and enjoy- ment a half dozen of the finest automobiles. In the interim, since the subject of this sketch left his employ, he has patented one article after another, until now he has more patents in the Patent Office at Washington, D. C., than any other man in the world. He is the inventor of the movable stairways so often seen in large department stores. The question is, was the subject of our sketch too fast in leaving his employ ?

To offset this remorse Mr. Frank and his bride took a generous wedding tour in 1899, which covered over ten thousand miles of journeying over land and inland seas. The itinerary follows : Hellam, Pa., to York, Pa., by hack; York, Pa., via Northern Central rail- way, to Elmira, N. Y .; Elmira, N. Y., via the Erie railroad, to Buffalo, N. Y. ; Buffalo, N. Y., via trolley line to Niagara Falls, N. Y. ( short sojourn in Canada, including a fine drive), and return to Buffalo, N. Y., via trolley line ; Buf- falo, N. Y., via Anchor Line, Steamship "Japan," over the Great Lakes, Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, etc. (consuming a week's time with stops at Erie, Pa., Cleveland, O., Detroit, Mich., Port Huron, Mich., Mackinac Island, Mich., Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Marquette, Mich., Hough- ton and Hancock, Mich., Portage Lake), to Duluth, Minn. ; Duluth, Minn., via trolley line, to West Superior, Wis., and return to Duluth, Minn .; Duluth, Minn., via Northern Pacific railroad, to Livingston, Mont .; Livingston, Mont., over a branch of the Northern Pacific railroad, to Cinnabar, Mont., (Northern En- trance to Yellowstone National Park) ; Cin- nabar, Mont., by stage into the Yellowstone National Park (spending three full days and two nights in the Park; having camp equipage and utensils and eating provisions packed in the stage for their use; but fortunately they were given shelter and a soldier's cot each night in the Soldiers' Quarters at Fort Norris and were thus not compelled to use a tent, to be disturbed by bears and howling coyotes at most any hour of the night; they saw the

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History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 179

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