History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 84

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

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In 1874 Mr. Myers married Miss Angel- ine Hyde, the estimable daughter of John Hyde, one of Monaghan township's prominent 'farmers, and to this union the following chil- dren have been born : Myrtle B., Charles E., Milton P., Rettie E. and Cleveland J. This fam- ily are members of the Church of God. Mr. Myers has been long identified with the Dem- ocratic party and has been called upon to fill various township offices, in every case serving the community satisfactorily . and efficiently. Among the offices he has held may be mnen- tioned that of supervisor of Monaghan town- ship, which he held for three years to the bene- fit of the township: for six years he was school director, and during his terms many improve- ments have been made in the system ; he also served one term as tax collector. Mr. Myers is a man who deserves the high esteem in which he is held by all who know him, and is generally considered one of the best farmers in his neighborhood.

GEORGE B. CASLOW, who resides at Seven Valley borough, was born in Spring- field township, son of Henry Caslow. His grandfather, Jacob Caslow, was born in Ire- land, and was a weaver by trade. He came to America about 1800, settling in Springfield township, and later removed to Codorus town- ship, where he died at the age of seventy-eight

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years. His wife, whose maiden name was Boyer, was of German descent, and both are buried in Springfield township. Their chil- dren were: Henry, Jacob, Daniel, John, Bar- bara, Magdalena and Samuel.

Henry Caslow was born in Springfield township March 6, ISII, and is one of the oldest living residents of York county, being ninety-five years old. He now makes his home with his son, George B. He assisted at home until the age of twenty-one years, when he learned the trade of weaving in his native township, and went to farming, at which he continued thirty-five years. He then located in York, where his wife died, after which he went to live with his son, with whom he has since remained. Henry Caslow married Cath- erine Boyer, who died at the age of eighty- six years, and they were the parents of chil- dren as follows: George B .; Elizabeth, de- ceased; Mary, who resides at Seven Valley ; and Malinda, Mrs. Ensminger, of Baltimore.

George B. Caslow attended the schools of Springfield township until he was sixteen years old, assisting his father until he wnis twenty-one, and then went to farming on his own account for a short time. After that he kept hotel for two years at Seven Valley bor- ough, and then engaged on the Northern Cen- tral railroad as brakeman, later being pro- moted to conductor. He subsequently en- gaged in carpentering, cabinetmaking and un- dertaking at Seven Valley borough, later in cigar box manufacturing, and then again took up, farming. He continued this for seventeen years, in the year 1904 retiring from active life.

In 1859 Mr. Caslow married Catherine Krout, daughter of Michael and Mary (Mil- ler) Krout, both of whom died in Springfield township, where they are buried. Mr. Cas- low is a Democrat, served on the borough council for nine years, and was school direc- tor for two terms. He was one of the organ- izers of Seven Valley borough and is very highly respected in that part of York county. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, in which he is deacon and elder. He was elected justice of the peace, but would not serve.

ALBERT ALTLAND, owner of a well- tilled farm of eighty acres, adjoining the bor- ough of Manchester, has achieved success in all enterprises which he has undertaken, and has held several prominent positions, which he

efficiently filled. He was born in Manchester township, Oct. 7, 1855. son of Peter M. and grandson of George Altland.

George Altland settled in Paradise town- ship, where his whole life was spent in farm- ing. He had twelve children, of whom may be noted Peter M., who is mentioned below : Samuel, who died in Paradise township: Martin ; Benjamin; Moses ; Philip; and Eliza.

Peter M. Altland was born in Paradise township and received a common school educa- tion. He learned the blacksmith's trade in Man- chester township, and continued in that work for fitty-three years. For seven years prior to his death, which occurred Feb. 28, 1902, he lived a retired life. He was buried at the Union cemetery. He married Rebecca Neiman. daughter of George and Mary (Ruppert ) Neiman of York county. George Neiman was born in Conewago township and was a pros- perous farmer. He was buried at Quickel's cem- etery in that township. His wife Mary died at the age of sixty-seven years. The children born to them were: Catherine; Sallie: Eliza : Elizabeth, who married Newton Shettle and resides in York; John; George; Mary; Re- becca, the mother of our subject; Lovina : Samuel; Adam; Susan, who married Jacob Rudy, and resides at Steelton, Dauphin coun- ty; and Leah, who married William Metzger and resides at Steelton. After his first wife's death, Mr. Neiman married Kate Eisenhart, and they had no family. She died in Cone- wago township. The mother of our subject is still living and resides in Manchester bor- ough. To Peter Altland and his wife the fol- lowing children were born: Emma J. married William Blessing, and lives at York Haven, York county; William N. married Emma Flinchbough, and he died in 1899, and was buried at the Union cemetery at Manchester ; Albert; E. N. married Daisy and re- sides in California, where he is extensively en- gaged in the fruit growing business.

Albert Altland attended school at Man- chester borough until eighteen years of age, when he was taught the blacksmith's trade by his father, which he followed for about fif- teen years in connection with farming. In 1887 he gave up his trade to devote his whole time to agricultural pursuits, and besides his own fine eighty-acre farm in East Manches- ter township, he farms his mother's farm in the limits of the borough.

In 1885 Mr. Altland married Emma J.

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Strominger, daughter of Rankin and Rebecca (Wertz) Strominger, of Newberry township. After his marriage hie located on his farm in East Manchester, where he remained until 1895, when he came to Manchester borough, where he is still engaged in farming. To him and his wife three children have been born : Gertie, a graduate of the Patricks Business College, class of 1902, is at home; Leon P. resides at home ; and Rebecca May died at the age of four years, and was buried at the Union cemetery. Mr. Altland is a Republican in poli- tics, and for three years was school director, and for six years councilman. In religion he is connected with the Lutheran Church. Al- bert Altland is favorably known and regarded with high esteem all through York county, as was also his father, Peter M. Altland.

JAMES M. GROVE, whose rise in the business world has been little short of phe- nomenal, is president of the Glen Rock Stamp- ing Works, general manager of a large shirt factory, and is identified with other man- ufacturing interests of Shrewsbury town- ship. His start in life was made with practi- cally no means, and the success he has attained is due entirely and solely to his own energy and foresight. Mr. Grove was born Dec. 2, 1862, in Shrewsbury township, son of Sam- uel and Susan (McAbee) Grove.

The paternal grandfather of James M. Grove was John Grove, a farmer of Shrews- bury township. His children were: Samuel; Lewis: Leah; John; Charles; James; Marga- ret, who married Christopher Baker; Lydia, who married George Fisher; and Elizabeth. John Grove was a devout member of the Re- formed Church. Both he and his wife were buried at Shrewsbury. The maternal grand- father, David McAbee was a railroad man. His children were as follows: William; Thomas: Jessie; James; John; Susan, the mother of our subject; and Elizabeth, who married William McCubbins. David McAbee was buried at Zion Church, Baltimore county, Maryland. The McAbee family were mem- bers of the M. E. Church, and most active workers of that denomination.

Samuel Grove, the father of James M., was reared on the farm, and spent his whole life in agricultural pursuits. In politics he was connected with the Democratic party, in which he was a hard worker. He was called

upon to fill numerous township offices, and served capably and satisfactorily as school di- rector, tax collector, supervisor of the town- ship, and in other offices. . He was a member of the Reformed Church, and for several years served as a member of the official board. He married Susan McAbee, and their children were as follows: Albert, deceased; Eli, de- ceased; James M .; Saloma; Irvin; Elizabeth, wife of Charles K. Myers; Leonard C .; Lillie, deceased; Milton, deceased; and Irene. The wife and mother died July 22, 1905, aged seventy-seven years, but the father lives and resides in Shrewsbury township.

James M. Grove attended the public schools of Shrewsbury township, and supplemented this with a course at Shrewsbury Academy. After leaving there he worked on the farm and spent his leisure hours in fitting himself for teaching. At the age of twenty he began teaching in Hopewell township, where he re- mained for two years, going from there to Railroad borough, Shrewsbury township, where he remained seven years. He then en- tered the employ of D .. Levy & Sons, where he remained for two years as manager of their shirt waist factory. He learned all the details of the business and came to Glen Rock, where in 1891, after consulting several business men, he started a shirt factory. When he embarked in the business, Mr. Grove employed twenty- five female hands ; at the present time the com- pany gives employment to from 125 to 150 skilled employees. The factory is 100x54 feet and is thoroughly equipped with modern ma- chinery and good office fixtures. The product is men's shirts, and the average output one thousands dozens of shirts per week. The fac- tory runs the year round, and all work is done by contract, the goods practically being sold before being manufactured. Mr. Grove is gen- eral manager of this concern, and owns a one- third interest.

Among Mr. Grove's other interests, he is a stockholder in the Glen Rock Stamping Works, and is president of the incorporated company, which was originally organized in 1898, as a partnership between I. F. Grove, L. C. Grove, Charles H. MacCally, G. W. Gible and George M. Gantz. In 1900 Mr. Grove bought Mr. Gible's interest, and the re- maining partners bought out Mr. Gantz, and the company was incorporated with a capital of $25,000, at which time James M. Grove

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was elected president of the firm. This is now John, of East Berlin; Henry J., a resident of in a flourishing condition and the duties of president are ably filled by Mr. Grove.

Mr. Grove served as school director one term, councilman of Glen Rock one term, and George Sunday was reared on the farm, where he remained until seventeen years of age, attending the district schools and assist- ing in the work on the farm. He then acquired the carpenter's trade, serving a three years' apprenticeship. Upon its completion he re- turned to his father's farm where he remained was chairman of the ordinance committee, which committee was appointed to frame a new ordinance for the town. Mr. Grove be- came interested in the study of music when sixteen years of age, and was a member of the Reformed Church choir at Shrewsbury, as well as the Shrewsbury band. When he located in . for three years. After his marriage in 1860 Glen Rock, he became an active member of the Glen Rock Musical Association, which mem- bership he still maintains. Fraternally he affiliates with the Knights of Pythias, while his religious connection is with the Reformed Church and was superintendent of the Sun- day school at Shrewsbury and has been a teacher for many years.

When twenty-eight years of age Mr. Grove married Miss Emma Diehl, daughter of Adam and Anna (Tyson) Diehl, of Shrews- bury township, and they have had two chil- dren, Austin L. and Myra A.

GEORGE SUNDAY, a retired farmer of Hanover, has won his present comparative leisure by the activity of his younger years, during which he was engaged both as a farmer and an artisan in the development of York county, continuing a habit of industry inher- ited from an honored and prosperous ancestry. Mr. Sunday was born in Jackson township, York county, near Paradise, Jan. 1, 1836, son of John and Esther (Stambaugh) Sunday, and grandson of Jacob Sunday, who was also a native of York county.

John Sunday, the father of George, was born in York county, in October, 1808, and throughout his useful life he followed the vo- cation of a farmer. A Democrat in political faith, he was elected to the office of supervisor, and held other local offices of responsibility. In religious faith he was a member of the Lutheran Church. Esther Stambaugh, his wife, was born in Paradise township in 1810, the daughter of John Stambaugh, a member of the Holz-Schwamm Lutheran Church, and buried in the graveyard of that Church. To John and Esther Sunday were born seven chil- dren. as follows: Elizabeth, now widow of William Stephen ; Margaret, widow of George Straley; William F., of East Berlin; George;

the same town; and Sarah J., who married Conrad Winters. The father died in 1864, and the mother passed away in January, 1891.

he followed his trade until 1863, when he re- moved to the old Sunday homestead where he remained three years. Then renting a farm in Adams county near Berlin, he remained five years. McSherrystown, to which he next moved, was the place of his longest residence, for he remained there nineteen years, after which he conducted the "Eagle Hotel" at New Oxford for six years. In 1895 Mr. Sunday removed to Hanover, where he erected a sub- stantial and commodious brick dwelling on East Middle street, in which he and his family have since resided.

Mr. Sunday was married in August, 1860, to Anna Reeling, who was born in Germany, Nov. 15, 1834, the youngest daughter of Charles and Saphrona (Sonocolp) Reeling, and who when but six months old was brought by her parents to America. To Mr. and Mrs. Sunday have been born the following children : Jenny M., who married (first) C. S. Ruth (deceased), and (second) M. D. Feiser ; Miss Ida L., at home; Anna Laura, wife of C. T. Hersh, proprietor of the "Eagle Hotel" at New Oxford; Charles A., of McSherrystown; George H., a cigar maker, of Midway, York county. Mr. and Mrs. Sunday have three grandchildren : Helen L. Ruth, Elton S. Ruth and Charles Brown Sunday. This estimable couple are consistent members of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, and are highly regarded throughout this and adjoining counties.

DETRICH HILDEBRAND, a resident of Springfield township, was born there Nov. IO, 1831, son of Caspar Hildebrand.

Mr. Hildebrand's great-grandfather came from Germany to America and settled in York county. His son, Caspar Hildebrand, was a lifelong resident of York county, where he married a woman named Cramer, and both died near Loganville, being buried at Bupp's

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Union church. Their children were : Daniel, lived and died on his farm near Jefferson bor- John, Frederick, Henry. Caspar, Joseph and Peter, all deceased.

Caspar Hildebrand the father of .Detrich, was born in 1797 in Springfield township about two miles west of Loganville. He was educated in German. He learned the shoe- making trade, after working for his father, and followed the trade a number of years at Loganville. For ten years prior to his death he lived retired, and he died at the age of eighty-five years : he was buried at St. Peter's Reformed church, in Springfield township. He married Susan Ness, a daughter of Jacob Ness, and a descendant of an old family of Pennsylvania, and she is buried in the ceme- tery with her husband. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hildebrand were : Aaron, who died at the age of three years; Detrich; Will- iam, who died at the age of eight years; and Anna Maria, the wife of Adam Seitz, of York.

Detrich Hildebrand received his education in the common schools of York county, which he attended until the age of fifteen years. Un- der his father he learned the shoemaking trade, at which he is still engaged. In 1868 Mr. Hildebrand was elected justice of the peace. and he is still holding that office. He mar- ried Anna Maria Leader, daughter of Charles and Sallie ( Hildebrand ) Leader, and she died in 1893 at the age of fifty-nine years, being buried at Salem Church, Springfield township. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hildebrand were : Dr. Charles G .: Dr. Robert A., a grad- uate of the Baltimore Medical College, and now successfully practicing at Glen Rock (he married Lucy Storman) ; and Annie A., mar- ried to M. M. Snyder, the bandmaster of Loganville.

Mr. Hildebrand is a Republican in politics and served the borough as school director, chief burgess and councilman. He is a mem- ber of the Reformed Church, in which he has been deacon and elder.

S. B. BRODBECK, of Brodbecks, York county, vice-president of the People's Bank of Hanover, Pa., and a well-known business man in Codorus township, located at the place which bears his name, was born in the borough of Jefferson, Codorus township, May 21, 1851, son of George S. and Leah ( Bossert) Brod- beck. .

George Brodbeck, grandfather of S. B.,

ough. He was also a distiller. George S. was his second child, the others being Daniel. An- drew, Jesse, Polly, Amanda and Elizabeth.

George S. Brodbeck was born on the old homestead and remained on the farm until 1852, when he engaged in the mercantile busi- ness at Brodbecks and followed it very suc- cessfully till his death, Oct. 17, 1874. He was also postmaster there, and in addition served as treasurer of Codorus township for a num- ber of years. A member of the Reformed Church, he was for a long time leader of the choir at the "Stone Church." In every way he was a prominent man in the community, and his death was felt to be a great loss. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Leah ( Bossert ) Brodbeck, a daughter of Samuel Bossert. She still resides at Brodbecks. They had only two children, S. B. and Elizabeth, the latter the wife of Jacob F. Krebs.

S. B. Brodbeck received his education in the township school, and then in a graded school in Glen Rock, taught by Prof. Gray. When his studies were completed, he entered his father's store, of which he had entire con- trol after the death of the latter. He was thus engaged till 1892, when he sold out to the pres- ent proprietor, Mr. Barbehenn. From 1874 Mr. Brodbeck also was postmaster and still holds that position although through his vigor- ous efforts the office was transferred in 1881 to the Western Maryland Railroad station at Green Ridge, the railroad company since changing the name of the station to Brodbecks. His present interests are very extensive in other lines. He is a heavy dealer in grain, feed and fertilizer, besides running a large creamery at Green Ridge. His average weekly output of butter is 3,000 pounds, while during the summer season he disposes of 3,000 gallons of ice cream a week, his market being mainly in Philadelphia and Baltimore. The creamery is a building 24x124 feet, with an ice house ad- joining that is 22x50 feet. In September, 1905, he installed a 50-horse power boiler in his plant. Mr. Brodbeck is also one of the pro- moters of the People's Bank of Hanover, and in 1903 lie was chosen vice-president of the in- stitution. The bank has a capital stock of $50,000 and the surplus and undivided profits are $43,000. Few men in the township are as active in business lines as Mr. Brodbeck, and he is one of the best citizens of the region.

S. B. Brooksck

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S. B. Brodbeck was married, in 1875, to the finest mills in the county. He handles Eliza Jane, daughter of Jacob and Eliza ( Get- largely western grain, and both buys and sells. During 1904 he handled 1,564 tons of feed, 9.993 tons of corn, and 1,905 tons of oats, all western products. In 1896 he built an addi- tion to the mill, two stories in height, 11Ox30 feet. His mill is located at the station of Greenridge, on the Western Maryland Rail- road, and he has also a hydraulic cider press, a gasoline engine and a 20-horse power engine and boiler. At one time Mr. Snyder also owned and operated a mill at Glenville, but this he sold to W. Taylor. During the summer of 1898-99 he superintended the erection of hydraulic cider presses for an Ohio firm. Mr. Snyder also owns 225 acres of well-improved farm land. tier) Weaver, of Manchester, Carroll Co., Md. They have had a large family, viz .: Rosa, wife of J. R. Krebs; George W., station agent at Brodbecks; Lettie; Sadie: Annie, who died young ; Lizzie ; Samuel; Melvin ; and Florence. Mr. Brodbeck possesses many admirable traits of character, and is of a genial and friendly temperament, ready with a kind word for every one. In politics he is a Republican, and he now holds the office of township treasurer. A mem- ber of the Reformed denomination, he served on the building committee, for the erection of the "Stone Church," and is active in its work. His home is a handsome structure erected in 1892, and Mr. Brodbeck also owns seventy- five acres of fine land in Codorus township.

TITUS S. SNYDER, extensively en- gaged in milling in York county, and also a prominent member and president of the R. F. D. Association of Pennsylvania, was born in the county in 1867, son of Jacob H. Snyder.

Jacob H. Snyder was a miller by trade and in his earlier life was so engaged in Lan- caster county. Later he moved to York coun- ty and operated successively Newman's, Alli- son's and Menges's mills, in the last one be- ing a partner of P. H. Menges. He was then for eight years in the flour and feed business in the city of York, and since giving that up has resided in Manheim township. . He mar- ried Mary A. Bahn, daughter of Samuel T. Bahn, and they had children as follows: Titus S .; Jacob, a farmer in Manheim township, who married Miss Wentz: WV. Harvey, who is employed at Baltimore as a carpenter for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and who married Miss Hetrick ; Frances, wife of Albert Hamm, of York; and Samuel, of York, employed as a fireman on the Northern Central Railroad.

Titus S. Snyder received his education mainly in the township schools, but in the spring of 1888 he spent one term at the Millers- ville State Normal School. On his return home he ivas employed by S. B. Brodbeck, in charge of the produce department, but eight months later, in 1890, his father-in-law died and Mr. Snyder gave up his position to take control of the mill which the former had car- ried on during his lifetime. It was an old structure and much run down, but Mr. Snyder has improved and built it up till it is one of

On July 1, 1903, Mr. Snyder undertook the duties of a R. F. D. carrier from Brodbecks post office, and is still thus occupied. He has from the first taken an active part in the car- riers' associations and for two years was presi- dent of the County Carriers' R. F. D. Associa- tion. In 1904 he was chosen vice-president of the State Association, and Aug. 3, 1905, at York, was elected president of the same, being the only officer of the preceding year who was retained on the official roll, and his election elicited great enthusiasm.

Mr. Snyder has found an admirable help- mate in his wife, whose maiden name was Elsie A. Heindle, daughter of Emanuel W. and Sarah A. (Dubs) Heindle. Their children are: Annie, Emanuel, Erna, John, Earl. Margie, George and Paul. Mr. Snyder is a Re- publican in politics and a Lutheran in religion. belonging to the "Stone Church," where he is active in all departments, having served as deacon, president of the Christian Endeavor Society for seven years, and teacher in. the Sun- day-school. Fraternally he is a Mason, be- longing to Patmos Lodge, No. 348, of Han- over.

LOUIS P. BROCKLEY. In few branches of commercial life does discriminating judg- ment count for so much as in the purchase of cattle and horses. The most indifferent suc- cess would crown the efforts of the cattle buyer devoid of that qualification. Few men, if any, it is said at Hanover, possess better judgment in the handling and buying of horses and cattle than Louis P. Brockley.

Mr. Brockley is a native of York county.

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He was born on the Baltimore Pike, in West Manheim township, three and a half miles south of Hanover, April 1, 1843, son of An- thony and Elizabeth ( Nunnemaker ) Brockley. The boy was nurtured in the sterling virtues.

Anthony Brockley was a German emigrant, who was born in Baden, and in the Fatherland obtained a good common school education. In his eighteenth year he emigrated to the United States, and here pursued his trade of weaver. Industrious and frugal, he won for himself a position of solid worth. In the new country Anthony Brockley married Elizabeth Nunne- maker, born in York county near Hanover in 1822, daughter of John and Rebecca Nunne- maker, prosperous people of this county. To Anthony and Elizabeth N. Brockley were born nine children, six boys and three girls, namely : John; Louis P .: Samuel ; Joseph ; Urias; Sa- villa ; Isadore, who married Henry Delone, of Hanover : Emma A., who married James Noel, a resident of Waynesboro, Pa .; and

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History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 84

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