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Years after the war, one of the field officers of the regiment, writing of Mr. Brosius as a soldier, paid him this tribute: "Ilis record is linked and written with the Ninety-seventh Regiment, in whose rolls his name was subscribed in 1861. Its history is his history, and its fame is his fame, and its glorious deeds are the sum of the faithful brave deeds of the men who with him went forth at the call of this country to battle for the preservation of the life of the nation. Among the most ear- nest, and yet quiet and unobtrusive in all his ae- tions, was Marriott Brosius. From the day of his enlistment in the service until stricken down by the bullet of the enemy, he was ever at his post of duty, active and vigilant as a sentinel, brave and courageous in the line of battle. Ile was regarded as a model soldier, as well from the force of culture that indicated the perfect gentleman. as from the exact fulfillment of duty that indicated the trained veteran soldier."
Returning to his home and resuming the duties of civic life, Mr. Brosius soon entered the Normal School at Millersville, where he remained until 1867. Ile commenced the study of law with Hon. Thomas E. Franklin, ex-Attorney-General of Penn- sylvania, and a prominent attorney of Lancaster. Later entering the law department of the Univer- sity of Michigan at Ann Arbor, he was graduated with honors from that institution in 1868. Dur- ing the same year he was admitted to the Bar, and opening an office at Lancaster, soon became known as a skillful, accurate and judicious lawyer.
A talent for oratory is one of the native gifts of Mr. Brosius. In the early days of the temper- ance movement, before it had taken the Prohib- itory turn, he received from the Order of Good
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Templars an offer of the position of State Lecturer for their organization. For this position he had been recommended by the poet, George W. Bun- gay, who had heard him speak and was convinced that he would be of the greatest service in that capacity. It was by no means an easy position. lle was in constant demand, and once made thirty- four speeches in thirty days. While, however. it was not an easy place, yet it proved of the great- est benefit to him, developing in him a fluency of expression, tact and versatility that have since contributed largely to his success. ITis fame as an orator is as widely known as his name. In 1876 he was chosen to deliver the Centennial Oration at Lancaster. September 18, 1880, on the eigh- teenth anniversary of the battle of Antietam, he delivered the oration on the occasion of the un- veiling of the statue in the National Cemetery at Antietam.
In political matters Mr. Brosius has always been independent, placing principle above party in his thoughits and actions. June 24, 1882, he was nominated for Congressman-at-large by the Re- publican State Convention, but failed of election, though running seventy-six hundred votes ahead of his ticket. On the 14th of April, 1888, he was nominated for Congress by the Republican party in Lancaster County, and was elected to the Fifty- first Congress by a plurality of one thousand and two votes, there being four candidates in the field. Two years later he was again chosen for that hon- orable position, was re-elected in 1892, and in 1894 was elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress. In the House of Representatives his career has been that of an able, talented statesman, one who places the interests of his constituents above his personal welfare, and who advances their interests in every way possible.
Socially, Mr. Brosius belongs to the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, and also holds member- ship in the George Il. Thomas Post No. 84, G. A. R. Ile adheres to the Quaker faith, and is devoted to the religion of his ancestors. His marriage, oe- curring in Chester County, March 18, 1869, united him with Miss Elizabeth J. Coates, a native of this county, and a daughter of Simmons Coates, whose family was long prominent in the Quaker Church.
Mrs. Brosius was educated in the Millersville Nor- mal School, and is a cultured, refined lady, whose talents enable her to assist her husband by active co-operation and counsel. Four children blessed their union. two of whom, Gertrude C. and Grace Anna, survive.
In 1893 the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon Mr. Brosius by Ursanus Col- lege. Other deserved honors have been bestowed upon him from time to time, and these he has ac- cepted modestly and unostentatiously. Poverty in youth did not humiliate, nor does power and suc- cess unduly exalt him. Ile retains to an unusual degree the unpretentious manner and simple hab- its that characterized his years of private life. To sum up the principal points in his character, we can do no better than quote from his home paper, the Lancaster Examiner, as follows: "Mr. Brosius is known because he deserves recognition, won by his brains, his integrity and the force of his char- acter. A plain, unpretentious man, never seeking office, or asking any one's political support, he is to-day the embodiment of political independence. Conscience has always been his guide, not the am- bition of selfishness. Duty called him to the front in the country's battle with treason. He asked but a private's rank. Courage and sears, not favor or beseeching, gave him the officer's epaulettes. In civil life he made himself. He came from the plow, and industry. perseverance and self-reliance placed him in the upper seats of the forum."
H ON. J. L. STEINMETZ is one of the most promising and enterprising citizens of Lancaster, being identified with many of her leading industries and interests. For nearly a quarter of a century he has been a leading attor- ney-at-law, having built up a fine reputation as a member of the legal profession. He is President of the People's National Bank and President of the Trust, Savings and Deposit Company, which two institutions do a business of over $1,000,000
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per annum and enjoy the universal confidence of the public. Moreover he is President of the Citi- zens' Electric Light, Heat and Power Company and serves in a like capacity with the Clay & Hin- kletown Turnpike Company. He is a man of wide information, having traveled extensively both in this country and on the continent of Europe, and is a most interesting conversationalist.
A native of South Annville, Lebanon County, this state, Mr. Steinmetz was born August 22, 1845. llis grandfather, Charles, was born and reared in Germany, and coming to this country, settled near Ephrata, of which he was one of the founders, and there his death occurred when he had reached the age of seventy-seven years. Ihis wife, whose maiden name was Beaver, lived to the age of ninety-three years, and of their eight children two died at the age of ninety-two years, two at the age of eighty-eight, and one lived until his eighty- seventh year. The youngest, Mrs. Coover, is still living at a ripe old age, and one of her brothers died in his sixty-eighth year, while the remaining members of the family departed this life when nearly fifty-two years of age. This is a remarkable record of longevity and it is probably on the ma- ternal side that this inheritance of long life has come down to her descendants.
Jacob Steinmetz, Sr., father of our subject, was born near Ephrata, this county, where on arriving at man's estate he engaged in farming and later purchased the Secrest property in South Annville, Lebanon County, where he engaged extensively in farming until his death, which occurred when he was in the prime of life, in 1851. In religious faith he was a member of the Lutheran denomina- tion and in politics was a Democrat. Ihis wife, formerly Catherine Gross, was a daughter of John Gross, of Ephrata, who was a large dealer in real estate and also engaged in merchandising and hotel keeping. Mr. Gross was a prominent man, having served as Postmaster and was one of the or- gauizers of the Lancaster County National Bank, in which he had seventy-two shares of the original stock at the time of his death. His property, which was very valuable and extensive, fell to his six children on his demise. He was one of the stock- holders and promoters of the Horse Shoe Turnpike
Company, it being organized in 1803. Ile was actively identified in its upbuilding, and the stone bridges and roads were largely constructed by special state appropriations, which he was active in securing. His wife, Mary A., was a daughter of Col. John Wright, a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. Ephirata is also noted where the Seventh Day Baptists established their first church, and there was the first printing press with wooden type used in America. John Gross was one of ten children and his father settled near Manheim in 1737. The family originated in Germany, where the father was a wealthy agriculturist, and to each of his children he gave $10,000. Mrs. Steinmetz died at the age of eighty-one, in 1886.
In a family of eleven children our subjeet is the youngest, and seven of the number are living. IIe was reared to manhood at his birthplace, receiving a good education in the common schools and after- ward attending Annville Academy and Dickenson Seminary at Williamsport, being graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Subsequently he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was graduated from the literary department with the degree of Master of Arts and from the law department with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. At his Alma Mater he was a member, and at one time President of the Webster Literary So- ciety. During the vacations of the Michigan University he was a law student of Hon. Isaac E. Iliester.
In 1870 our subject began the practice of his profession at Lancaster, Pa., in partnership with Charles E. Gast, now of Pueblo, Colo., and this partnership existed until 1873, when Mr. Gast re- moved to the west. Our subject continued his large and lucrative practice alone until 1890, when John E. Malone became his partner. Mr. Malone was appointed Postmaster January 1, 1894, and then William H. Keller, who was graduated with the highest honors in the law college at Washington, D. C., became the partner of Mr. Steinmetz. In the year 1876 our subject was a delegate to the convention at St. Louis which nominated Tilden for the Presidency, and the same fall was elected to the State Legislature from Lancaster on the Dem- ocratie ticket, overcoming a large Republican ma-
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jority. During his two years' service he was a member of a number of important committees, but since that time has abandoned politics, devoting his attention to law and banking.
February 5, 1890, our subject married Miss Mary Virginia Hawthorn, whose birth occurred in the Old Dominion. Her father, James Clemson Hawthorn, a native of this county, went to Vir- ginia prior to the war, where he carried on a plan- tation. Ilis wife, Mary L., is a daughter of John Eberman, who for twenty-five years was cashier of the Farmers' National Bank of this city. To our subject and his wife has been born one child, who is called in honor of his maternal grandfather Hawthorn.
In January, 1890, Mr. Steinmetz was elected President of the People's Bank, and in January, 1892, he was instrumental in the organization of the People's Trust, Savings and Deposit Com- pany chartered under the laws of the state, by reason of which it is enabled to transact business relating to trusts, settlement of estates and similar transactions. The business of these two banks is kept entirely separate, though they are located in the same building, one of the finest of the kind in the state. The capital stock of the People's Na- tional Bank is $200,000, while that of the Trust Company is $250,000. The latter has made over ten per cent. on the capital invested and has been a success from the start. The National Bank has been correspondingly successful, and both concerns have and merit the entire trust of the people. The Cit- izens' Electric Light, Ileat and Power Company is a new organization incorporated in 1893 and hav- ing a capital stock of $100,000. The plant is a fine one, on the most modern plan, and the West- inghouse system is here found in all its perfection, all the latest electric machinery and appliances being used. The plant is located near Conestoga Creek, outside the city limits, by reason of which it can use the condenser with greatest economy, and is one of the finest concerns of the kind in the Union.
The Clay and linkletown Turnpike Company, of which Mr. Steinmetz is President, has rebuilt and abandoned portions of the old House-shoe Turnpike, a distance of eight and a-half miles,
through a densely populated region, and this is a most important enterprise. Our subject has always enjoyed a very paying and large practice as a law- yer and has been associated with many of the most prominent cases in both local and federal courts. In 1889 he attended the Paris Exposition and spent some time pleasantly in travel in different parts of Europe. He also sojourned in Europe during the summer of 1894. His beautiful home is situated in the midst of large grounds pleasantly located on North Duke Street and is considered one of the most handsome places in the city.
It is the interior furnishing and decorations which attest the elegant and cultured taste of both Mr. and Mrs. Steinmetz, Their home is also adorned with several, pieces of fine statuary and many rare and exquisite paintings from the hands of the old masters. It is here in their superb home that they extend a graceful hospitality to their friends.
D ANIEL M. MOORE, proprietor of the Fre- mont Hotel at Columbia, is one of the most popular hotel men in this portion of the state. Mr. Moore became the owner of his present house in January, 1892. It is the largest and best equipped hotel in the city, and is well patronized by the traveling publie.
Our subject is the son of samuel and Mary ( Me- Falls) Moore, and was born March 8, 1838, in Providence Township. Lancaster County. The first representative of the family in America was Grandfather Anthony Moore, who came hither from Ireland in 1700. Ile at once located in Bucks County, where he worked at his trade of tronmolder and remained until his removal to this county, where his last days were spent. Ile was a Whig in polities and fought as a soldier in the War of 1812. lle was a devoted member of the Lutheran Church, and by his marriage with Miss Elizabeth Wertz there were born six children: Samuel, David, Daniel, Sarah, Mary and Hannah. Samuel Moore was born in Berks County, this
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state, but later removed to Bucks County, where he owned a good tract of one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he cultivated with fair suc- cess. Prior to this, however, and when twenty- two years of age, he owned a farm and followed charcoaling, furnishing the farmers in the vicinity with that product. He was a Whig in politics until the organization of the Repubhean party, when he joined its ranks.
The parental family of our subject included eleven children, of whom Daniel was the third eldest. Ilis brothers and sisters bore the respect- ive names of John, David, Samuel, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth and Harriet. The father of these chil- dren departed this life July 3, 1889, when in the eighty-eighth year of his age.
The original of this sketch received his educa- tion in the district schools of his native township, and on the outbreak of the late war volunteered his services to the Union Army, becoming a mem- ber of Company I, Eleventh Pennsylvania Cav- alry, and took part in many of the hard-fought battles of that period. He served during the en- tire period, and was mustered out September 13, 1865.
When peace was declared our subject returned home, and soon thereafter removed to Rawlinsville. where he opened up a hotel, which he conducted for five and one-half years. In 1877 he removed to Lancaster, still continuing in the hotel bus- iness, and became the proprietor of the Lamb Ilotel. and later of the White Swan Hotel, the lat- ter of which he operated for eight years. We next find him in York, where he opened up the Washington Hotel, and two years later made his way to Chicago. Ilis stay in the World's Fair City was very short, however, and returning to Lancaster, he made that city his home until the 6th of January, 1892, the date of his advent into Columbia. Here he established the Fremont Hotel, which he is conducting at the present time. As before stated, it is the largest in the city, is con- veniently located, finely furnished, and Mr. Moore as "mine host" is making a success of the busi- ness.
Our subject has always been interested in the welfare of his city, and for a term of three years
served in the City Council on the Republican ticket. Ile has been the recipient of various mi- nor offices and is an honest and intelligent man and a favorite with all. In social affairs he stands high in Masonic circles, belonging to Washington Lodge No. 56; Kosciusko Lodge No. 374, 1. O. O. F., and Pliny Lodge No. 473, K. of P. He is a prominent Grand Army man and takes an act- ive interest in Reynolds Post No. 405.
The marriage of our subject was celebrated De- cember 22, 1866, at which time Miss Rose Galen became his wife. Mrs. Moore died in August, 1874. and the lady whom our subject chose as his second companion was Miss Olivia, daughter of Francis B. Graff, of this county.
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A BRAM B. BAUSMAN, D. V. S., makes his home in Millersville and owns a good farm which he superintends himself, it being located in Manor Township. It is well improved, and the Doctor keeps a number of fine grades of cattle and horses. In the line of his profession he has acquired a large and lucrative practice and has studied for years the best works on the subject. Ilis parents were Abram and Anna (Brenaman) Bausman. and his birth occurred August 31, 1851, on his father's old homestead.
In tracing the family history we find that the great-grandfather of the Doctor, John Bausman, emigrated from IIesse-Darmstadt, Germany, to the United States at a very early day, and his son, our subject's grandfather, who was born in the same province, left the Fatherland in order to es- cape military service, going across the Rhone to France. He was an excellent farmer and a distiller, and when about twenty years of age he came alone to the United States, settling near the city of Lan- caster. 1Iere he purchased a tract of land on which Bausman Postoffice is now located, and owned two adjoining farms, aggregating some two hun- dred acres, on which he resided the remainder of
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his life and carried on a distillery, selling the prod- nets of the same in Pittsburg, after they had been transported over the old state road. When death claimed him he was a man of considerable wealth and influence, and held a number of township of- fices; he was a School Director and a strong advo- cate of the publie school system. In polities he was first a Whig and later a Republican, and religiously was a member of the old Reformed Church of Lan- caster, serving in official capacities. He became the father of the following named children: John, Andrew, Abram, Jacob, Samuel, Elizabeth, Henry, Philip and Benjamin.
Abram Bausman, our subject's father, was born in Laneaster Township, near the present Postotliee of Bausman and attended the early pay schools of the township. He remained with his father until attaining his majority, when he purchased the farm which our subjeet now owns in Manor Town- ship, a place of one hundred and eighty-three aeres. where he made many improvements and continued to make his home until 1878. Ile then retired and built a handsome brick residence on the corner of the farm, where he passed his remaining years. A Republican, he was greatly interested in the cause of education, for years was a School Director and was one of the founders of the Millersville State Normal, in which he remained a Trustee until 1874. when he resigned. He was a member of the Reformed Church at Millersville, and in company with Samuel Bausman, Abram Peters, and his son Abram, with others, built the Zion's Reformed Church, in which he was an Elder for a long period. lle married Anna, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Brenaman, by whom he had nine children, as fol- lows: Jacob, a resident of llagerstown, Md .; John; Abram, who died in his third year; Henry; our subjeet, the second bearing the name of Abram: Andrew, a practicing physician of Chicago; Anna, Barbara, and Benjamin, who died at the age of seven months. The father's death occurred December 29. 1891, and his wife, who is yet living. resides in Millersville.
Dr. Bausman received his elementary education in the district schools of Manor Township, and afterwards attended for three years the Millers- ville Normal School. When eighteen years of age
he took much of the care of his Inother's farm upon his own shoulders and in 1893 purchased the home- stead, part of which had been soldl off. This com- prises one hundred and twenty-two acres, and the Doctor has given a great deal of labor and attention to its proper management. In 1880 he took up the study of veterinary surgery. being under the instruction of several noted doctors in this profes- sion, and passed an examination before the Re- corder of this county, who pronounced him pro- ficient and granted him a certificate to practice. The Doctor is a Director in the Manor Turnpike Company. and occupies a similar position in the Eastern Market of Lancaster. For eight years he has been a Deacon in the Mt. Zion Reformed Church and an active worker in the denomination. Politically he is a Republican and is a loyal patri- otic citizen.
January 15, 1878, occurred the marriage of our subject and Laura F. Bard. Her father, Samuel Bard, was one of the extensive and most prosper- ous farmers of Leacock Township. By his neigh- bors he was considered to be a man of unusual business ability, industrious, economieal and with- al kind, sympathetie, and one who stood high in the county. At the present time he has retired from his active business career, enjoying a well earned competence at his home in Upper Leacock Township. He is the father of the following children: Harry, Laura, James, Justice, Aggie, Samuel, Ida, and Willis, who is deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Bausman have had two children, Minnie, who is now attending the Normal School, and Abram Bard, who died on Christmas night, 1893.
- OHN P. SCHAUM, a dealer in house furnish- ing goods, and manufacturer of tinware and the famous old-fashioned copper kettles, which business has been in the family for over one hundred years, will form the subject of this notice. He was born on South Queen Street, Lancaster. December 19, 1833, the son of Philip Schaum, who was also born there, and in that
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place the grandfather. Philip II., resided. The great-grandfather. Rev. Heinrich Schaum, was a native of Germany, and a graduate of the col- lege of Holla; he was the third Lutheran minis- ter to emigrate to this country, and landed in Philadelphia in 1715. He was ordained in the okl Trinity Church of Lancaster, and preached at York. Germantown, Rahway ( N. I.), White Hall and other points. After a long. eventful and use- ful life, he was buried at White Hall, in Lehigh County. Pa.
The grandfather of our subject, who was a cop- per-smith, was established a busmess at Lancaster. and the same has been kept in the family for over a century. Ile died in 1812. Our subject's father. who conducted the copper-smith business at the old place, No. 27 South Queen Street, died in 1863. aged sixty-four years. Originally he was a Whig, but later in life was identified with the Republican party. His wife's maiden name was Catherine Ilelt; she was a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and the daughter of Philip Helt, who was a brewer and distiller; he worked at that business all of his life, and died at Lancaster. Our subject's mother died at the age of sixty years. She was the mother of three children: Henry, a retired farmer living in Minnesota; John P., our subject; and George B., who followed the furniture business and died at Lancaster.
Our subject was reared in his native city, ob- taining a good education at the common and high schools. When seventeen years of age, he wasap- prenticed as a tinsmith under ex-Mayor Keeper, on East King Street, with whom he remained for three years. Afterward he was made foreman. remaining one year in that position, and then went to Philadelphia. There he worked a year at his trade, and in the year 1851 established himself in business on South Queen Street. It was in the year 1859 that he purchased Mr. Keeper's business and formed the company of Deaner & Schaum; he continued the business eight years, adding the plumbing business. In 1868 he sold his interest, and later conducted the same business on his own account, and is an extensive manufacturer of copper kettles, which are known all over this country, and upon which medals have been awarded
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