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St. John's Lutheran and Reformed Church, at Fogelsville, was organized by members of the Trex- lertown and Ziegel Churches. Jacob Moyer and Judge John Fogel donated one and a half aeres of land upon which to erect a church and for burial pur- poses. At a meeting held Oet. 4, 1834, it was decided to build a Union Lutheran and Reformed Church, and Henry Mohr and Jacob Moyer, Reformed, John Lichtenwallner and Daniel Schlanch, Lutheran, were elected a building committee, and Solomon Fogel, treasurer. Benjamin Fogel, John Keck, Peter Mus- selman, and Jonathan Mohr were appointed to solicit subscriptions. The corner stone was laid on Whit- suntide, in 1835, on which occasion Rev. John Helf- frich preached, and the church was dedicated in the fall of the same year. An election for pastors was held Nov. 15, 1835, which resulted in the choice of Rev. C. G. Herman, Reformed, and Rev. Isaac Roel- ler, Lutheran. Rev. C. G. Herman continued pastor of the Reformed congregation until 1862, when his son, Rev. A. J. Herman, succeeded him, who is the present pastor. Rev. Isaac Roeller resigned as pastor of the Lutheran congregation Jan. 13, 1850, and was succeeded hy Rev. J. Schindel. Rev. E. H. M. Sell followed Schindel, and Rev. O. Leopold became the pastor in 1861. In 1874 the Lutheran congregation, with their pastor, withdrew from the old church and built St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, a
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sketch of which follows. A few Lutherans, however, remained in the old church, organized, and called Rev. W. G. Mennig as their pastor, who is assisted by Rev. C. E. Hay. The first cousistory of the Reformed congregation was composed of the following : Elder, Jacob Moyer ; Deacons, Joseph Fry, Jonathan Mohr, Isaac Haas, and Henry Rauch. The vestry of the Lutheran congregation consisted of Adam Litzenber- ger, elder; and Samuel Fetherholf, John Lichten- wallner, Daniel Kuntz, and Heury Stettler, deacons. A Sunday-school is connected with the church, of which A. W. Held is superintendent.
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church .- A meeting of the members of St. John's Lutheran con- gregation, hitherto worshiping in the old Union Church, was held Dec. 14, 1872, to take such action in reference to the building of a new church as to them seemed proper. The objeet of the meeting was expressed in the following words: "Whereas the house of worship built by our forefathers, and in which they were accustomed to assemble themselves for the purpose of worshiping their God, has become more or less dilapidated, and is no longer meeting our wants, and believing it to be due to the memory of our fathers that we should not suffer any dilapidation of that which they have reared for us, but, on the contrary, to profit by their example and continue the work by them commenced, and believing that the time has arrived in which a new and appropriate house of worship could be built by taking proper action, therefore a preliminary meeting of some of the Lutheran members was held in order to devise means by which such a result might he obtained."
Encouraged by liberal subscriptions from the mem- bers, a building committee was appointed consisting of John H Lichtenwallner, Joseph Miller, Samuel Kubus, Moses Rabenold, and Adam Stettler. In order to avoid dissatisfaction an election was held, Feb. 8, 1873, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Lutheran members of St. John's Union Church were in favor of dissolving the relation hitherto ex- isting between them and the Reformed congregation, which resulted in favor of a separation by a large majority, only four dissenting. The building com- mittee took immediate steps to prosecute the work, . and on May 24, 1874, the corner-stone was laid. Services were conducted in the old church, in which Revs. S. K. Brobst, Professor G. F. Miller, M. J. Kramlich, and O. Leopold, the pastor, participated. The church was dedicated July 4, 1875, on which occasion Revs. William Rath, I. D. Schindel, M. J. Kramlich, and O. Leopold took part in the services. It is a brick building, seventy feet in length and forty in width, with a basement for Sunday-school purposes, and was erected at a cost of about thirteen thousand dollars. The church has a Sunday school, of which ; O. E. Mank is superintendent. Rev. O. Leopold is the present pastor. The officers of the church are the following : Elders, Jonathan Gammer and Moses ,
Rabenold ; Deacons, William Kehm, Levi Kuhns, Oliver Walter, and Solomon Gamner; Treasurer, Samuel Kuhns; and Trustee, Henry Stine.
A United Brethren Church was built at Breinigs- ville in 1870, and belongs to the Lehigh mission. Revs, B. K. Keck, J. Lowry, W. H. Uhler, and H. B. Spayd have been the pastors since the organization.
Lodges .- A lodge known as Macungie Lodge, No. 231, I. O. O. F., was organized at Fogelsville in 1847. The following were the charter members: John P. Miller, Nathan Weiler, Ephraim Troxell, Jacob Gack- enbach, Sr., Herman Rupp, Peter Hendricks, Jacob Gackenbach, Jr., John P. Seibert, and Jonathan Steininger. The meetings were held in the hall above the old store until 1860, when the " Hall Asso- ciation" crected a large hall, in which the lodge has since held its meetings, The present membership is one hundred and four.
A Masonic lodge was instituted by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in the Masonic Hall at Trex- lertown, on Friday, Nov. 26, 1858. After the reading of the warrant grauted by the Grand Lodge of Penn- sylvania, the lodge was named Lehigh Lodge, No. 326. The first officers were Benjamin Rupp, W. M .; John II. Lichtenwallner, S. W .; John HI. Fogel, I. D .; Herman Rupp, S. D .; William C. Lichtenwalhier, J. D. ; William Herbst, See. ; David Schall, Treas.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP .!
Tus territory now embraced in the two townships of Upper and Lower Macungie was formerly one township, known as Macungie, They were separated on the 3d day of May, A.D. 1832.
Lower Maenngie is bounded ou the northwest by Upper Macungie, on the northeast by Salisbury (Salzburg), on the southeast by Upper Milford, on the southwest by Berk- County.
It was at one time almost completely covered with serub-oak and abounded in deer, but is now well cleared and improved, and the people devote them- selves principally to agricultural pursnits as their surest dependence for support and profit.
The township is unsurpassed for fertility of soil, beauty of landscape, and improvements of various kinds. Wherever the traveller turus his eye he sees I substantial, neat houses, lutge barns, line churches, and beautiful orchards. Its general appearance indi- cates prosperity and plenty.
Within a few years previous to the " financial crash" of 1874 some very rich and valuable deposits of hema- tite iron-ore were uncovered in this township, and it seemed at one time as if almost everybody who
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owned a tract of land, however small, had been seized with the mining fever. Leases were made, shafts sunk, and the "hidden treasure" sought for everywhere. Ore-washeries and smoke-stacks seemed to spring up throughout the township like mushrooms in a hot-bed, while the fires from the chimneys of two furnaces and a foundry, erected within the confines of the township, lit up the night with their lurid flames. Although many beautiful farms were laid waste, the owners thereof reaped a rich harvest in the shape of royalties, and considered themselves amply compen- sated for the unsightly gaps made in their land in con- sequence of mining the ore. That section of the town- ship known as " the Flats," situate near East Texas, was singularly productive in this respect, and as the ore was mainly what is termed " top-ore," the land in that vicinity was soon reduced to a barren waste, as it now remains.
On account of the depressed condition of the iron trade during 1874 many of the mines, however, were stopped, owing to the low price offered for ore, and to-day comparatively few of them are to be seen in operation.
The principal streams are the Little Lehigh River and Swabin Creek, both of which fertilize the land and furnish the water-power for the different mills situate upon their banks.
The East Penn branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, connecting at Alburtis with the Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad, traverses the entire length of the township, and affords ample pas- senger and freight accommodations.
There are two pig-iron furnaces situate in the town- ship. Lockridge Furnace, near the village of Alburtis. was built in 1867 and 1868 by the Lockridge Iron Company, with Samuel Thomas as president, and J. T. Knight, secretary and treasurer. In 1868 it was sold to the Thomas Iron Company. It has two stacks, employs a large number of men, and produces the best of iron. The first superintendent was V. W. Weaver, who was succeeded in 1873 by his son, Wil- Tim M. Weaver. The present superintendent is David H. Thomas.
The Millerstown Iron Company built a furnace of a single stack close to the borough of Macungie, along the line of the Reading Railroad, in 1874. The company, however, met with reverses, and in 1879 it was sold by the sheriff. On Dec. 31, 1879, it was reorganized under the name of "The Macungie Iron Company," since which time it has been under the successful management of the following officers, viz. : President, J. T. Audenried; Superintendent, William M. Weaver.
Among the industries of the township worthy of particular mention are the " Excelsior Roller-Mills," situate about one mile west of the village of Alburtis, operated by the firm of Butz Bros. & Lichtenwallner. . The firm is composed of Allen and John Butz, sons . of Stephen Butz, and F. S. Lichtenwallner, their ! Upper Macungie,
brother-in-law, a son of Levi Lichtenwallner. They run night and day by water- and steam-power, and turn out one hundred barrels of very excellent flour every twenty-four hours. They introduced the "roller" system during last summer, and are meeting with success far beyond their brightest anticipations. They are young men of energy, plock, and excellent business capacity, and are being rewarded with de- served prosperity.
The following is a list of justices of the peace of the township of Lower Macungie from the year 1840, together with the date of their commissions :
1840. Joseph Kemerer. 1864. Daniel Mohr.
Jesse Nace. 1868, HI. T. Hertzog.
1845. Charles Sorber. 1×69. Daniel Mohr.
Jesse Nace. 1873. 1I. T. Hertzog.
1850. Ifarrison Miller. 1874. Daniel Mohr.
Jouas Faust. 1878. H. T. Ilertzog.
1853. Walter P. Huber. 1879. George Welly.
1855. Harrison Miller. M. D. Henninger.
1558. Horatio Hertzog. 1880. Clinton O. Vogel.
George Ilertzel. 1881. Stephen Acker.
1863. George M. Hertzel.
William Levan.
1882. Daniel Mohr.
For the organization of old Maenngie township and its early history, see history of Upper Maeungie.
Lower Macungie paid out for the education of the children of poor families as follows, to wit: 1833, $51.484 ; 1834, 828.53; 1835, $38.12; 1886, $82.24; 1837, $107.05; 1838, $187.23; 1839, $144.27 ; 1843, $194.66, besides a quota of $24.99, jointly paid by this and Upper Milford township.
Schools .- The schools of this township are in a very prosperous condition. The law of 1834 was after much contention adopted in the year 1849, at which time the school board was under the following organization : Jacob Wenner, president ; James Weiler, secretary ; and George Ludwig, treasurer.
The township is divided into the following districts, not, however, including Macungie borough : No. 1, Bastian's ; No. 2, Wescoesville; No. 3, Hartzell's; No. 4, Kiechel's; No. 5, Riegel's; No. 6, Ritter's; No. 7, Centreville secondary ; No. 8, Centreville pri- mary; No. 9, East Texas secondary: No. 10. East Texas primary ; No. 11, Danner's ; No. 12, Schmoyer's; No. 13, Lehigh Church ; No. 14, Butz's; No. 15, Al- burtis high school ; No. 16, Alburtis grammar; No. 17, Alburtis secondary; No. 18, Alburtis primary ; No. 19, Sanl's ( Heusingersville) ; No. 20, Nuss' ; No. 21, Desch's; No. 22, Fogel's. The present school board consists of the following members, to wit; Reuben Danner, president ; Edwin Bickel. secretary ; Aaron Kuhns, treasurer; Jonas baner, Frank Stephen, and Levi Lichtenwallner.1
Early Settlements .- One of the first settlers within the present limits of this township was Michael Shaffer, who took up by warrant a large tract of land lying west of Millerstown, a portion of which is now
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within the western limits of the borough of Macungie. We find that upon the 27th day of August, 1839, one hundred and ninety Palatines came to America by the ship " Betsy," Richard Buden commander. Among these was George Friederich Schaffer, the father of Michael. Michael Shaffer built a massive stone dwelling upon the site of the present brick building now occupied by James Shaffer, his great- grandson. He and his wife there lived to a ripe old age, surrounded by their children and grandchildren. Ilis wite died at the age of ninety-eight.
His son, Jacob, was married and lived with his parents on the above- mentioned farm. He was twenty- six years of age at the time of " Fries' Rebellion," 1798, and took an active part in the opposition to the " house tax," maintaining that the said tax was illegal. When the government officers came to Millerstown he hurried home, saddled his horse, filled his saddle- bags with provisions, and fled to South Mountain, which was not inhabited at that time. Soon after his flight the soldiers surrounded his house and made violent demonstrations, demanding his surrender. When they were informed that he was not about they became furious, and entered the house to make a thorough search. They went into the bedrooms and ran their sabres through the bedclothes, to satisfy themselves that he was not concealed therein. The only room of the house that they did not enter was one in which Jacob's young wife was at that very time giving birth to a child. When they failed to find him in the house they went into the barn, where they . stnek their sabres into the hay and straw in the vain endeavor to ferret out his hiding-place. They now caught the boy who was employed upon the farm, whom they tried to persuade to disclose his master's whereabouts. He persisted that he did not know. They thinking, however, that he knew, procured a rope, one end of which was passed around his neck, while the other end was thrown over a rafter in the barn. They now proceeded to pull him off his feet, letting him down again before lite was extinct. They kept this up for some time, but as his answer was in- variably the same they finally gave him his freedom, ? and, after feeding their horses from the provender they found in the barn, they took their departure.
After remaining in the mountains for several days, Jacob found his provisions giving out, and not daring to return home, he went to Trexlertown, to the hotel then kept by William Haines, now occupied by Wil- liam Yoder. Here they tried to persuade him to re- main, but he, fearing lest some one might have seen him enter the house, got a bag of provisions and left ; and fortunate it was for him that he did so, for in a short time after his departure the hotel was sur- rounded by the soldiers, who were eager for his cap- ture. Jacob that same night rode to Maxatawny, where he remained with his unele, Jacob Hawk, until the danger had subsided, when he returned to his family and his friends. George Shaffer, a brother
of Jacob, lived in the old stone house at Macungie where Mrs. Schulze and her daughter now reside. David, another brother, was taken prisoner during " Fries' Rebellion," and died while held by the Tories at Norristown. He had also been a resident of Mil- lerstown, where he left a wife and two children. His widow was afterwards married to a man named Miller, residing at the same place, and lived to be a very old woman. Many of Macungie's old citizens remember her under the name of " Granny Miller."
Jacob Shaffer was a colonel in the war of 1812. He died in 1831, at the age of fifty-nine. He had a family of eight children, -four sons and four dangh- ters. llis son, George, was a retired farmer, who died on April 23, 1881, at the age of seventy-seven years. One of George's daughters is married to David L. Barner, an ex-commissioner of the county, and resides on the homestead, a short distance west of Macungie. His other daughter is married to Meno Weiler, and resides at Reading.
John, another son, bought the farm of his father, Jacob, whereon he resided until the time of his death, on Jan. 16, 1882, at the age of seventy-two years, lle was married to Hannah Trexler, who survives him.
His son, James, hats since bought the homestead, where he now resides, with a family of six children. He is treasurer of the borough of Macungie and a member of council.
Jacob, a son of John Shaffer, is married, and lives at Fleetwood, where he is station-agent for the Phila- delphia and Reading Railroad.
Willoughby is a bachelor, residing with his mother at Macungie, while Anna, the only daughter of John, is married to Dr. S. R. Rittenhouse, of Reading.
Charles Shaffer, a son of Jacob, Sr., has attained a ripe old age, and lives with his family in this town- ship.
Jacob's danghter, Elizabeth, was married to John Lichtenwallner, of Fogelsville. She is now a widow, close to eighty, and resides at Allentown. In the same city also resides her sister, Lydia, also a widow, who has been twice married. Her first husband was Jonathan Beiber, her second, William Good.
Frederick Romig, the first of the family who settled in Macungie, came here in 1732, and bought a tract of land adjoining the Lehigh Church. He built a saw-mill on a branch of Saucon Creek, where now is Geissenger's mill. His sons, Frederick, Adam, Jacob, John, Henry, and Joseph, mostly located near their father, and the locality was known as the Romig set- tlement. Adam inherited the paternal homestead, and lived and died there. His son, John, born in 1769, also settled on the homestead farm, and in 1817 sold it and moved to Allentown, where he purchased the Saeger Mill, at the east end of the Jordan Bridge. Drs. John and William Romig, of Allentown, were his sons. '
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Adam Desh came from Würtemberg, Germany, and settled upon a large tract of land situate along South Mountain, about two miles south of the borough of Macungie. Ile obtained his land upon a patent from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the 23d day of September, A.D. 1788. In 1793 he bought an adjoining tract of one hundred and seventy-nine aeres from Conrad Haas and Hannah, his wife. He and his wife, Gertrude, had a family of six children : two sons-Jacob and Philip-and four daughters,- Catherine (who married Melcher Baer,-their son, Henry Baer, is a hearty old man of eighty-three years, and resides at Macungie), Elizabeth (married to John Stahl), Mary (who was married to Christian ; Reinert), and Sallie (who was married to Frederick Gaumer). Philip was taken prisoner by the Tories in 1798, and died while they held him a prisoner at Nor- ristown. Jacob was married to Elizabeth Bauer, and lived upon the homestead.
On the 20th day of February, A.D. 1796, Adam Desh and his wife deeded the homestead, with one hundred and fifteen acres and twenty-four perches of land, to their son, Jacob, "for and in consideration of the yearly living, maintenance, alimentary nourish- ment, sustentation, and preservation of them the said Adam Desh and Gertrude, his wife, during cach and both their natural lifetime, as also of the sum of seven hundred and twenty-two pounds and ten shill- ings in specie."
Jacob and his wife, Elizabeth, the latter of whom died May, 1853, at the age of eighty-four years, had seven children,-George, Daniel, John, Jacob, Charles, Maria, and Catherine. Jacob reared a family of eight children, prominent among whom is William Desh, the pastor of the German Baptist Church of Macungie, who resides at Centreville.
George Desh, a prominent citizen of Macungie bor- ough, is a first cousin of the reverend gentleman.
Daniel, who was married to Elizabeth Ruth, owned and lived upon the homestead. Ilis widow, aged seventy-eight, still resides there with two of her sons and her daughter, none of whom is married.
Among the pioneers of this township is enrolled Peter Butz, who, with his wife and son John, came into this country from Germany in the year 1752. Ile first settled on the hill-side of Philadelphia County, now known as Longswamp township, Berks Co. In the month of February, 1761, he bought a farm of two hundred and twelve acres, located in this township (Lower Macungie), from Catherine, widow of Joseph Albrecht, and moved thereon with his family. This farm is situated in what is now known as "Butz's Gass," and a great many of Peter Butz's descendants reside there and in the immediate vicinity to the present day. Peter Butz was born Jan. 19, 1718, and died March 18, 1780, when he was buried at Long- swamp Church.
lle left three sons,-Samuel, Peter, and John. Samuel settled in Longswamp, Berks Co., while Peter
moved to Cedar Creek, Lehigh Co., where some of his descendants now reside. John was married to a Miss Miller, and at his father's death bought the home- stead, whereon he settled and lived until his death, Jan. 7, 1827, at the age of eighty years. He and his wife reared a family of eight children, four sous- John, Abraham, Peter, and Jonathan-and four daughters,-Bevy (married to Jacob Breinig). Eliza- beth (married to Nathan Grim), Catharine (married to Solomon Fogel), and Hetty (married to a man named Shimer). Jonathan was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Dankel, and settled near his father's home, where he engaged in farming and raised a large family of children.
Abraham was married to a daughter of Henry Egner, and settled at Hokendauqua. He had one daughter, married to Peter Mickley, and one son, Thomas, who recently died at Allentown, possessed of a large estate and leaving a family of four children, among whom is T. Frank Butz, a wealthy farmer of Whitehall, whose biography appears in this book.
John and Peter each became possessed of one-balf of the homestead, were married to sisters, the daugh- ters of Daniel Schmoyer, and engaged in farming. John had two sons-Reuben and James-and four daughters; two of whom were successively married to George Ludwig.
Peter and his wife, Elizabeth, both lived to a ripe old age, and had a family of nine children, five sons -Frank, Aaron, William, Peter, and Stephen-and fonr daughters, one of whom is the widow of Nathan Weiler, and resides in the city of Allentown. Peter Butz died in 1847, at the age of sixty-four years, be- queathing to his son Stephen the homestead. Stephen lived thereon with his family until 1877, when he moved upon the mill property by him bought from the assignee of George Ludwig. He carried on the milling business until 1881, when he retired, turning over the property to his two sons, Allen and John, and his son-in-law, F. S. Lichtenwallner. Stephen is now seventy-five years of age.
Phillip Lauer settled upon a tract of forty-seven acres of land which he bought April 10, A.D. 1810, from Nicholas Klein. This was a part of a farm of one hundred and eighty aeres which was surveyed and warranted to Casper Blylor, on the 29th day of April, 1746. It lies one mile cast of the village of Alburtis, and is now occupied by his grandson, Jonas Lauer. May 28, 1827, Phillip obtained a patent thereof from the commonwealth upon giving an in- denture of mortgage thereon for the sum of $141.29.
Ile was a tailor by trade, and was married to Eliz- abeth Wieand, of Montgomery County, by whom he had twelve children-George, Catherine, Peter, Jacob, Samuel, Henry, Daniel, Joseph, Judith, Jonas, Na- than, and Sarah, Jonas now resides in Ohio, Joseph at Philadelphia, and Nathan in Mercer County, this State. Sarah lives in Berks County, and is married to Ephraim Geary.
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Daniel bought the homestead from his father, and in August, 1841, he moved thereon. He was married to Sarah Schwartz, a daughter of Daniel Schwartz, of Upper Milford. He was for a term of eight years road supervisor of his township, and served a term of three years as county commis- sioner. He was a prominent member of Lohigh Church, where he held from time to time various offices. He died March 12, 1878, at the age of sey- enty-two. He had a family of four children,-Eliza, married to George Desh, of Macungie ; Caroline, mar- ried to Michael Miller, of Topton ; Franklin, who re- sides with his family in lowa; and Jonas, who lives on the homestead, which he bought from his father in 1875. The wife of Daniel is a hearty old woman of seventy-five years, and lives with her son Jonas ou the homestead. Her father, Daniel Schwartz, took an active part in the opposition to the " house-tax" in 1789. Ile was taken prisoner and was tried at Easton, but was acquitted.
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