History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 56

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

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marriage our subject lived in a tenant house for six years, and farmed tobacco and pota- toes on shares. In the six years that he was occupied in this way he accumulated $500, with which he bought his present place of forty- six acres. About 1895 Mr. Baughman went into the fertilizer business, afterward adding the other branches mentioned above. He is a self-made man. Everything he has in this world he has acquired through his own efforts, with the exception of a cow and one dozen chickens which he received from home. Mr. Baughman attributes his success to the fact that he had good credit when he started in the business for himself. He still has that credit, and it is now unlimited. Mr. Baugh- man is a member of the M. E. Church, which he joined at twenty-three years of age, at that time starting to take an active part in the work of that organization. He has been trus- tee and steward for years, and was greatly instrumental in having the new church edifice erected at Cross Roads, Pa. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and has always given a great deal of attention to the success of his party. Although often solicited to do so, he has always refused public office. Fraternally he is connected with the Blue Lodge, No. 423, A. F. & A. M., of Shrewsbury; Howell Chap- ter, R. A. M., of York, No. 199; Gethsemane Commandery, No. 75. York, Knights Templar ; Felton Lodge, K. of P.

William F. Baughman was born in York, York county, Jan. 19, 1862, and was about The following children have been born to Mr. Baughman and his estimable wife: Mayme, Annie, Emma, Ruth and William, of whom Mayme is now attending the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, Md .; and Emma is now teaching her second term of school in North Hopewell township . five years old when his father located in North Hopewell township. He attended the com- mon schools of the township until about six- teen years of age, first to Sue McGuiggan, while Annie Gantz was his last teacher. Mr. Baughman's educational opportunities were few, and most of his education he has received in the school of life. He remained with his G. W. BAMBERGER, a farmer of New- berry township, York county, was born in 1863, at New Cumberland, Cumberland Co., Pa., son of Zacharias Bamberger. father on the farm until of age, and then hired out as a farm hand for two years. On Oct. 4, 1883, he married Lottie Kohler, born in what is now North Hopewell township, dangh- The Bamberger family is an old established ter of the late Henry Kohler, a native of Sax- one in Pennsylvania. Jacob Bamberger, the ony, Germany, who was a three years' man in great-grandfather of our subject, came from Germany, where he was born in 1775, and he the 87th P. V. I., during the Civil war, re- ceiving a wound in the leg at the battle of the died in 1842, in Dauphin county, Pa. His oc- Wilderness. Mrs. Baughman's mother was cupation through life was farming. He mar-

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ried Sophia Ettlee, born in 1778, and died in 1839, and they both were buried near Middle- town, in Dauphin county. During a part of his lite he had lived near Middletown, Dauphin county. They had issue as follows: Mary, wife of Jacob Rife, deceased; Mrs. Motter, deceased; William; Joseph, a minister of the Church of God.

William Bamberger, grandfather of our subject, was born May 6, 1813, in Dauphin county. For a number of years he followed farming, first in Dauphin county, then for nine years on the island in the Susquehanna river. He afterward went to Marsh Run in Fairview township, York county, and was employed with the Northern Central Railroad, under his son, Zacharias, for about five years, and then retired for the remainder of his life, his death taking place in New Cumberland, Cumberland county, Feb. 26, 1901. He married Sarah Parthemore, born Nov. 27, 1816, at Middle- town, Pa., who died Oct. 6, 1873, at her home in Fairview township. She was buried in the Highspire Church cemetery, in Dauphin coun- ty. She was a consistent member of the Church of God.

Zacharias Bamberger, father of our sub- ject, was the eldest child, the rest of the fam- ily being: Mary Sophia, born March 5, 1839, died June 8, 1849, and was buried at Highspire Church ; Archibald W., born Aug. 14, 1841, clied Feb. 21, 1862, and was buried at High- spire : William H. H., born Dec. 25, 1842, died Feb. 3. 1846, and was buried at the High- spire Church ; Mary Elmira, born Jan. 12, 1848, died March 6, 1851, in York county ; Alfred P .. born Nov. 13, 1848, served as a private in the Civil war as a member of Com- pany C, 112th P. V. I., later being employed for years on the Northern Central Railroad, and now living at New Cumberland (he mar- ried Mary C. Diffenderfer, daughter of Wil- liam and Anna Diffenderfer) : Mary E., born Aug. 16, 1851, on the island in the Susque- hanna, married William Henry Moyer, born July 1, 1848, son of Samuel and Catherine (Look) Moyer, and now 'lives in Fairview township: John C., born Feb. 20, 1854, married Susan Green, daughter of John Green. who died in York county; Emma C., born Feb. 6, 1857, died voung ; and William Franklin, born Dec. 20, 1859, lives in Fairview township.

Zacharias Bamberger, father of our sub-

ject, was born May 27, 1838, in Dauphin coun- ty, near Middletown. After completing a dis- trict school education, the best afforded by the place and time, he went into railroad work, en- tering the employ of the Northern Central Railroad, May 1, 1857, on the Baltimore Division, and he continued until Dec. 28, 1863. From Aug. 27, 1864, until June 21, 1865, he served in the Civil war in Company F, 201st P. V. I. After his return from the army he re-entered the employ of the railroad company Sept. 1, 1865, and 'he remained continuously in that service until April 1, 1870, when he was appointed by H. E. Parmore, as foreman on sub-division 16, Section No. 2, Baltimore Division. In the fall of 1900 his health failed, and about April 1, 1901, he was placed on the Pennsylvania Railroad Voluntary Relief De- partment under medical treatment. This con- tinued until Dec. 1, 1903, when he was retired and placed on the pension rolls. He now re- sides in Goldsboro, Etters P. O., on the banks of the Susquehanna river. In the great ice gorge and flood, March 8, 1904, all his build- ings, except the house, were broken to pieces, and the family were driven out by the ice and water.

On Dec. 30, 1856, Zacharias Bamberger was married (first) to Barbara Eva Wolf, who was born June 20, 1837, and who died July 19, 1895, in York county, aged fifty-eight years and twenty-nine days. The children born of this union were: Sarah Ann, born Aug. 19, 1857, married Oct. 21, 1875, Daniel Miller, and lives in Goldsboro, York county; Elmira Jane, born Oct. 15, 1859, was married June 15, 1880, to Richard F. Kelley, and lives in Fairview township; George W., born Oct. 27, 1860, died Dec. 15. 1860: William Frank- lin, born Oct. 27, 1861, married Susan Willis, living in Goldsboro; G. W., born Sept. 17, 1863; Daniel Warren, born Jan. 12, 1866, married Amanda Beshore, and resides in New- berry township, having his father's old position as foreman with the Northern Central Rail- road; Emma Louisa, born March 26, 1868, married June 8, 1884, Theodore Idle, and lives in York; Harry Alfred, born March 11, 1870, married Emma Brenneman, and lives in Goldsboro, foreman under his brother ; Joseph Z., born July 2, 1872, died in 1889: Herman Elwood, born April 21, 1874, married Laura Clemens, and is a carpenter living at

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York Haven; Minnie Eve, born June 2, 1876, ried (first) Katie Stauffer, and (second) Mar- is the wife of Milton Allison, a conductor 011 the shifting freights at York; and Mary Eliza- beth, born Aug. 16, 1877, who died in 1891.

Zacharias Bamberger married (second) Lealı Shelly Souders, who was born March 15, 1837, daughter of Wentel and Mary (Hoff- stot ) Shelly.

G. W. Bamberger attended the public schools until he was seventeen years old, and then went to work for the Northern Central Railroad under his father, and was employed there for six years, and then worked one year at the carpenter's trade. Then he em- barked in farming in Newberry township, where he owns two fine farms, one of sixty and one of forty acres.

On Dec. 16, 1883, Mr. Bamberger married Annie Detwiler, daughter of Elias and Frances (Gotwals) Detwiler, and they have had chil- dren : William, born March 3, 1885; Minnie, born June 2, 1886; Elias, born Aug. 11, 1887; Zacharias, born Feb. 8, 1889; Frances, born April 28. 1890; an infant, born June 9, 1892 : Edna Ruth, born May 28, 1893; Barbara Eve, born Dec. 18, 1894; Elizabeth D., born Aug. 2, 1898, died Aug. 26, 1900; John D., born Dec. 18, 1899, died Sept. 1, 1900; and Anna Lulu, born June 14, 1901. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Bamberger are leading members of the U. B. Church.

Elias Detwiler, father of Mrs. Bamberger, was born in 1818, in Montgomery county, Pa., and when a young man came to Newberry township, where he bought a farm of 160 acres. He married Frances Gotwals, daughter of Joseph Gotwals. His death took place in 1889, and that of his widow in 1900, and both were interred in the Fetrow graveyard in New- berry township. Their children were: Miss Elizabeth, living at York; James G., married to Mary Gotwals and living in Montgomery county ; Samuel, married to Elmira Powell, and living at Steelton; Sarah, wife of Joseph Gotwals, of Norristown; Susanna, wife of Al- fred Bamberger, of New Cumberland ; Mary, wife of Henry Alebaugh, of Norristown; Catherine, wife of Howard Nicholas, a car- penter in Newberry township; Frances, wife of Jacob Conley, a farmer of Newberry town- ship, extended mention of whom will be found elsewhere ; John, married to Alice Hoyer, and living in Montgomery county ; Elias, who mar-

tha Forbes, and they live in Philadelphia; Joseph, married Jane Schuller, of Conewago township; and Annie, wife of G. W. Bam- berger.

As will be seen by this long record, the Bamberger family is not only a numerous one in this section, but it is one which is held in high esteem. Years of faithful service reflect credit upon the father of our subject, and the recognition of this fidelity by the great corpor- ation, emphasized the value in which he was held. The family is one of intelligence as. well as substance.

J. W. SHAFFER, a prominent and lead- ing citizen of York county, who is serving as justice of the peace in Monaghan township, fol- lows contracting and building on an extensive scale. Mr. Shaffer was born March 16, 1852, in Monaghan township, son of George and Margaret (Myers) Shaffer, and grandson of James and Martha (Eppley) Shaffer.

James Shaffer was a stone mason by trade and followed this calling nearly all his life in York county. He died in 1856, aged about sixty-seven years, and his wife died in 1867, aged eighty years. The children born to this worthy couple were: John, George D., Abra- ham, James, Joseph, Mary A. and Sophia.

George D. Shaffer was a stone mason by trade, but from the year 1847 until his death followed farming. For sixteen years he was in the lumber and coal business in Bowmans- dale. He became very prosperous, at one time owning three farms. He died in January, 1902, almost eighty years old, his wife, Marga- ret (Myers), having passed away in 1896, aged seventy-six years. They were members of the Church of God. Like his father Mr. Shaffer was a stanch Democrat, and always upheld the principles of his party, being honored with several township offices. He and his wife were the parents of these children : Martha J., deceased ; Dare G., Samuel M., James W., Elizabeth E., Margaret A., Mary M., Sophia J., Alice M. (deceased), Ida F. and Drusilla E.

J. W. Shaffer received his preliminary edu- cation in the public schools of York county, and then attended the Cumberland Valley Insti- tute at Mechanicsburg, which institution is now defunct. He afterward took a special course at the Chambersburg Academy, and graduated

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from that institution. His first work after leaving school was at farming. Later he turned his attention in 1876 to the lumber and coal business, at which he worked with his father at Bowmansdale for sixteen years. He was then employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, for several years doing construction work between Harrisburg and Philadelphia. In 1890 Mr. Shaffer returned to Monaghan township and purchased his present property, building a fine, new, modern ten-room house, and good sub- stantial out-buildings. His farm contains 130 acres of valuable land, and is situated about ten miles from Harrisburg, and within a mile of Bowmansdale. His farm is well located, be- ing near both schools and churches, and the ground has excellent irrigation facilities. In 1898 Mr. Shaffer first engaged in contracting and building, and is today considered a very successful man in that line. He is constantly kept busy, generally employing six hands, but sometimes needing eight.

In 1890 Mr. Shaffer married Miss Jessie E. Reever, daughter of Hanson E. and Martha A.j Reever, of Bowmansdale, and five children have been born to this union: Violet, de- ceased ; George, deceased; J. Aldons ; Margue- rite, deceased; and H. Seibert. In religion the family are members of the Church of God. Mr. Shaffer is a Democrat and was one of the enumerators of the Tenth Census in 1880. He has been justice of the peace for eleven years. He was re-elected in 1904, and his commis- sion will expire in 1909. Mr. Shaffer has served under these governors: Pattison, for five years; Hastings, for one year; Stone for five years; and Pennypacker, for five years- a very notable record. He is a local historian with a vast fund of information, concerning this part of the country, and he furnished valu- able data for the Gibson History of York county (1886). He has traveled extensively over this country and Canada, visiting the lat- ter country and New York State in 1875, and he is familiar with the States of New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Dela- ware, which he visited in the winter of 1880. and also with Florida and the southern States.

Both as a business man, citizen and public official, Judge Shaffer is held in high esteem, and is considered one of the substantial repre- sentative men of Monaghan township.

THOMAS ENGLE, a contractor for cement work in York, was born in that city Oct. 30, 1861, and comes of a family whose name appears in the records of many of our national wars. His grandfather, Thomas Engle, fought in the Revolution, and the lat- ter's brother Jonathan in the war of 1812; Thomas, a cousin of our subject, was in the Mexican war, and his brother Jacob and cousin Fred were in the Civil war.

Thomas Engle was educated in the public schools and attended until he was twelve years old, at which time he began assisting his father in the lime business. At the age of eighteen he went to his brother Michael to learn the plasterer's trade, and then in turn took up the work of a brickmason. For about thirteen years he worked in Philadelphia, taking con- tracts on dwelling houses, while from 1899 to 1901 he did contracting in York. In the latter year he took up the cement business, and handles contracts for laying walks, etc., doing a large business, and giving employment on an average to ten men. He is a thoroughly wide-awake, energetic and progressive man, and is. continually increasing the scope of his work. He is also active in politics as a good Republican. Fraternally he is connected with Manatha Tribe, No. 93 I. O. R. M., of York.

In 1884 Mr. Engle was united in matri- mony to Miss Margery Kate Staub, daughter of Andrew and Lydia Staub. Mrs. Engle was born in York, but was reared in the family of John Cochran, of Lancaster, Pa. Of the eleven children born to this marriage, several died in infancy, the others being : Joseph N., Samuel F., Lydia M., Thomas T. (now deceased), David E., William T. and George W. The family attend the Lutheran Church.

GEORGE S. HENNEISE, of East Man- chester township, was born Oct. 9, 1842, in Wurtemberg, Germany, son of Gotleib and Anna Magdalena (Shwemley) Henneise, na- tives of Wurtemberg.

Gotlieb Henneise brought his family to America in 1851, locating at Baltimore, and after many adventures and inconveniences, owing probably to a want of knowledge of the customs. and language of the country. Mr. Henneise succeeded in renting a house of Col. Hay, where the family remained for three years, the father following his trade and doing

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day laboring. Later they removed to West York where he also followed these occupations, remaining there for five years, at the end of which time he removed to West Manchester township, and located in Col. Stahle's tenant house, remaining five years. After this he went to Conewago township, where he fol- lowed farming until the spring of 1866, when he died, aged seventy-nine years. He was buried at Prospect Hill cemetery. His wife died in Conewago township, and is buried with her husband. Four children were born to this couple : Beata, married John Palmtag, and resides in York; George S .; Catherine resides in New Jersey; and Lena married Albert Bodey and resides in York.

George S. Henneise was nine years old when brought to this country, and was able to read and write the German language, later being taught English in the schools of West Manchester and Conewago townships. Until the year 1864, Mr. Henneise worked as a day laborer, in this year enlisting in Company B, 200th P. V. I., being mustered in at Harris- burg, and serving faithfully until April, 1865, when he was wounded, and after nine months' service he was mustered out of service. The injury received by the bursting of the enemy's shell still inconveniences Mr. Henneise, and he will probably wear the scars for the rest of his life. After being mustered out of ser- vice Mr. Henneise returned to farming in Con- ewago township where he worked five years, then engaging with Peter Boyer on his farm in Dover township, working seven years, after which he returned to Conewago township, and continued there for eleven years. At this time he came to Manchester township, and engaged in farming near Aughenbaugh's school house, where he remained nine years, at the end of which time, in 1898, he bought the Widow Hebner farm in East Manchester township, which consisted of twenty-one acres of fine land where he is still engaged in farming and trucking.

In 1865 Mr. Henneise married Nancy Mil- ler, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth ( Hamme) Miller, and she died in Conewago township, and was buried at Quickel's Church. To George and Nancy Henneise were born the following children : Elizabeth married Adam Brown, and lives in East Manchester township; Emma Jane, born June 1, 1867, married Wil-

liam Dittenhafer, and lives in Conewago town- shiip; William Henry, born Sept. 8, 1868, mar- ried Amanda Hake, and lives in Manchester township; Mary Ellen, born Aug. 23, 1870, married Robert Shelley, and lives at West York; Martha married Jesse Schriver, and re- sides at York Haven ; Frank E., born Nov. 30, 1873, married Clara Strausbaugh, and resides in Windsor township; and John Albert, born April 21, 1875, married Amanda Lease, and lives at Stony Brook.

In 1885, Mr. Henneise married Catherine (Benedick) Jordan, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Dellinger) Benedick, of York county, and to them have been born these children: Harvey Elson, born April 8, 1887, residing at home; Cora, born April 28, 1889; and Charles Edward, born Oct. 6, 1891, at home.

In politics Mr. Henneise is a Democrat, but although being an active party worker has never sought office. He is a member of the Lutheran Church at Quickels, in which he has been an elder for two years. Throughout his long and active career his affairs have been conducted with honesty and fairness, and to- day he enjoys the confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens.

JESSE L. KRALL, of Washington town- ship, York county, was born in this township, in 1857, and belongs to one of the old and honorable families of this portion of Penn- sylvania. He is a son of John Krall, and the full family history will be found in another part of this work.

Jesse L. Krall attended the schools at Krall- town, a village so named in honor of his own family, and went from there to a summer school at. York Springs, and later he enjoyed the instruction of Prof. D. G. Williams and Prof. Prowell, at York. This brought him to the age of twenty years, and his school- days closed.

Mr. Krall belongs to an energetic, practical family, and after leaving school and prior to. taking up farming, he learned the carpenter's trade and followed it for a number of years, and even yet can compete in this line with many younger men in the trade. He later engaged in farming, spending two summers at Lancaster, one of these being spent on the farm of Bishop Jacob N. Brubaker. He then returned to Washington township, and for the

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next. twenty years farmed the homestead for his sixty-fourth year, while his wife died aged' himself and sisters, a tract of 173 acres of seventy-two. He was a devoted member of the United Brethren Church. In politics he was a Republican, but was no office seeker. Before the war Mr. Ditmer was a member of the State militia. land. In 1903 he bought his present farm of fifty acres from Daniel Shelley, and continues to carry on large agricultural operations here. He has a fine body of fertile, well-located land which he has, placed under good cultivation.

Mr. Krall is one of the stauch Republicans of his township, and he has been school direc- tor here for a number of years. He is a lead- ing member of the United Evangelical Church, is president of the K. L. C. society, is a class leader and has served as steward and Sunday- school teacher. He is an honest, upright man who comamnds the respect of all who know him, and he ranks with the representative cit- izens of this locality.

FREDERICK DITMER, who owns a farm of ninety acres in Warrington township, was born in Franklin township, York county, Sept. 3. 1846, son of Henry and Polly ( Wire- man) Ditmer, and grandson of Frederick and Sarah (Fogelsong) Ditmer.

Frederick Ditmer, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a farmer by occupation, spending all of his active period at that calling. He never owned a farm, but accumulated his means on rented properties, and at the time of his death was considered a well-to-do man. He carried on farming for twenty-two years on one property, which was owned by Abraham Williams, and which was located on the Yellow Breeches Creek in the northern part of York county. Frederick Dit- mer died in 1862, aged about eighty-five years, and had been a consistent member of the Re- formed Church for many years. He and his wife became the parents of the following chil- dren : John, Frederick, Henry, Samuel, George, David, Elizabeth, Susan and Sarah.

Henry Ditmer, son of Frederick, was reared in Cumberland county. His education

Frederick Ditmer, after receiving his edu- cation in the schools of Franklin township- turned his attention to farming, and has fol- lowed this all his life. He farmed on rented' property until 1882, when he purchased his present farm of ninety acres, which was form- erly owned by Milton Cookson, and which com- prises several small tracts, which Mr. Ditmet has put in a fine state of cultivation.

In 1873 Mr. Ditmer married Susan Willey, daughter of Christian Willey and three chil- dren have been born to this union: Henry, a plumber who was killed at Baileys, Perry Co., Pa., Jan. 7, 1905, while in the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad, aged twenty- seven years, ten months and twenty days; Grace and Rebecca. Mrs. Ditmer is a member of the Lutheran Church, while Mr. Ditmer is liberal in his religious views. His political connection is with the Republican party. He is one of the good citizens of Warrington township, and is highly respected throughout the community.

WILLIAM M. ECKENRODE. Prob- ably no business line has grown more rapidly ill any section of the country than that of insurance, in the past twenty years. One of its successful promoters in York is William M. Eckenrode, the general agent of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Phila- delphia, for York and Adams counties. Mr. Eckenrode's ancestors came from Germany, and he is a grandson of John Eckenrode, a farmer, who resided near New Oxford, Adams county, Pennsylvania.

Aloysius Eckenrode, father of William was obtained in the common schools of his M. Eckenrode, was also a farmer of Adams county, who died Dec. 31, 1882, aged seventy- six years, while his wife, Nancy Myers, a member of a well known New Oxford, Adams county, family, died in July of the same year. They were the parents of ten children, eight sons and two daughters.

day, and when a young man he learned the millers' trade. He did not follow it long, how- ever, as it did not agree with his health, so he turned his attention to agricultural pur- suits, following this line during the summer months, and teaching school during the winter seasons, which was the custom in those days. William M. Eckenrode was born near New Oxford, Adams county, Dec. 6. 1849, and was He had accumulated a small property at the time of his death, which occurred in 1883. in educated in the public schools of Adams coun-

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History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 56

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