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The parental family of our subject included eight children. five of whom are living. Edward F. received his education in the common schools, and when a little past ten years of age began learning the trade of a cigarmaker. lle went to Philadelphia, and after spending nine years thus occupied in that city returned to Lancaster, where he has since carried on a profitable business. Ilis establishment is located at No. 874 North Queen Street, and Mr. Frailey does a wholesale trade in that line in this part of the county.
In 1889 Mr. Frailey was elected to the responsi- ble position of Superintendent of the water works, and was re-elected each succeeding year until 1892, when the change in administration caused him to lose his position. He then engaged in the manufacture of cigars at the old stand. In April, 1894. he was re-elected by the City Council to fill the office of Superintendent of the water works. Our subject was married in 1880 to Miss Ilager S.
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Eshleman, a native of this city and the daughter of Edward Eshleman, who died while in the late war. Three children have been the result of their union: William, Blanche and Brunner.
In social affairs Mr. Frailey belongs to Lodge No. 68, K. of P., and to Lancaster Council No. 912, Jr. O. U. A. M. He has always been deeply interested in the welfare of the community, and for two terms served efficiently as a member of the Common Couneil from the Ninth Ward. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Coun- ty and City Committees.
HARLES F. ADAMS, who is one of Lan- caster's popular and enterprising young business men, is justly entitled to space in this connection for a biographical notice, as well as something concerning his candy factory and whole- sale business. He was born on the 22d of Septem- ber, 187]. at Lancaster, and is the son of B. Frank Adams, who was a native of the same county. The grandfather, William Adams, was born in Germany and removed to Lancaster, where he died. Our subject's father was a wheelwright by trade, and was in the employ of the Adams Ex- press Company for twenty-six years. During the Civil War he worked at his trade, and was in the Government employ for four years at Washington. Ile served in the three months' call of President Lincoln in the First Pennsylvania Infantry, and as a member of the Regimental Band. He was an act- ive man and represented the Seventh Ward for six years as a member of the Common Council, being elected on the Democratic ticket.
Our subject's mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Haines, was born in Lancaster and was the mother of six children, Charles F. being the second child. Ile was reared in Lancaster, where he had the advantages of the excellent public schools, and was graduated from Lancaster Busi- ness College when sixteen years of age. After-
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ward he learned hi- Gade under Joseph R. Royer, a confectioner on West King Street. He re- mained with him until the Ist of February, 1891. when he began the manufacture of and wholesale dealing in candy at No. 618 South Queen Street. He soon extended his business and was compelled to move, April 8, 1893, to his present location, where he has a building 35x35 feet, two stories high, in which he carries on Inis business, lle also had an excellent retail business on the corner of Wal- nut and North Queen Streets, which he closed out April 1, 1894. He manufactures all kinds of show case goods, doing a jobbing business which ex- tends over Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and West Virginia. Ile employs live traveling salesmen and one who looks after the local trade in Lancaster. At the present writing our subject is adding to his building and is enlarging his bus- iness so as to be able to meet his constantly in- creasing business.
While our subjeet is an active business man he has chosen that "better part" and is a consistent member of St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, of which he has been a Deacon, and is President of the Earnest Workers' Society. Politically he is affiliated with the Democratic party.
DWARD BARNHOLT, proprietor of the bowling alley located in the Globe Hotel, was formerly a detective of no mean abil- ity, as his record in Lancaster shows. His first duty as an officer was when he was detailed at Fl. Dick's to capture John Atzerodt. one of the con- spirators in the killing of Abraham Lincoln. Hle is a clever, large, handsome man, and very popu- lar among all classes in the city.
Our subject was born in Philadelphia, Novem- her 8, 1816. and is the son of William Barnholt, also a native of that city, where his birth occurred in 1799. Grandfather George Barnholt was like- wise a native of the Quaker City, and served as a solcher in the War of 1812. The father of our sub-
ject followed the trade of a butcher in his native city until his decease, in 1861. The lady to whom he was married bore the maiden name of Eliza- beth Springer, a native of Spring Garden, Phila- delphia. She is also deceased, passing away in 1857.
The parental family of our subject included twenty-four children. eighteen of whom grew to mature years, and seven are living at the present time. Five sons participated in the late war. George served in the navy from 1859 to 1877; he is now deceased. Frederick was a member of the First Pennsylvania Regiment. Dallas was a mem- ber of Sherman's army; Henry belonged to the Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Regiment; and our sub- ject, who was the fourth youngest in the family, served in the Two Hundred and Thirteenth Penn- sylvania Regiment.
Edward Barnholt was reared in the city of Philadelphia. where he received a good educa- tion in the public schools. Later he was occupied in teaming, and was engaged in taking provisions to the soldiers, when he was captured on one oc- casion by Kirby Smith, and on being released went to Sandy Hook, thence to Washington, where he secured another team and went over the same ground. February 21, 1865, our subject enlisted as a member of Company HI, Two Hundred and Thirteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, and was mus- tered into Camp Cadwalader. Ile was at Ft. Dick's at the time of Lincoln's assassination, and was de- tailed by the captain of his company to put a ball and chain on one of the conspirators. Atzerodt, captured by Company K. Two Hundred and Thir- teenth Infantry.
Our subjeet was honorably discharged at Phila- delphia, in November, 1865, where he was engaged until June, 1869, training horses. That year he came to Lancaster, still employed in the same business. In 1883, however. he was appointed on the police force, and after a service of four years was placed on the detective force. lle is very shrewd and quick to act, and has been the means of bringing to light the perpetrators in many a foul murder.
In January. 1894, Mr. Barnholt opened the bowling alley in the Globe Hotel, which he is op-
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erating at the present time with wonderful suc- cess. lle was married in this city, in 1871, to Miss Emma Winters, a native of this city and the daughter of Cyrus Winters, a prominent mei- chant tailor. Their union has resulted in the birth of eight children: William S .. Cyrus W. and Adam, telegraph operators: John S., Hay B .. Mabel, Emma and Ilelen. In polities our subject is a straightforward Republican, and takes a great in- terest in the success of his party. He is a member of Adam Reynolds Post No. 405. G. A. R. of which he was one of the organizers.
T T / HOMAS A. DEEN is a practical electrician and machinist and was the first electri- cal engineer in Lancaster. In the Grand Council of Pennsylvania of the order of American Steam Engineers he has held the high position of Senior Master Mechanie and 'has been a member of the organization for many years. Ile was a charter member of Fulton Council No. 10 and has repre- sented the same in the Grand Conneil since the formation of the branch.
Mr. Deen was born in this city May 27, 1853, and is a son of Thomas Deen, also a native of this county, whose history is given in that of his son, Squire David L. Deen, which is printed elsewhere in this volume. Our subject is the youngest in his father's family and was given good public and high school advantages. When fifteen years old he was apprenticed as a cabinet-maker with Major Ricksecker, of this place, and remained under his instruction for some five months. This pursuit not being exactly to his taste he tried coach-mak- ing for S. B.Cox, and later served a full apprentice- ship as a machinist for the firm of Heuple & Huber. Subsequently he worked as a journeyman and was employed in the mechanical department of the Lancaster Manufacturing Company.
In 1874 Mr. Deen became Assistant Engineer at the water works, where his brother David L. was
then Chief. and for the next three years he con- tinued in the capacity of assistant. Then going to Philadelphia he was with the Baldwin Locomo- tive Works until the fall of 1876, when he returned to Lancaster. The next two years were passed in the employ of Joseph H. Huber and the next year he was machinist for John Best. In January, 1870, he became foreman of Turner Bros.' tobacco ware- house. At the end of two years he entered the United States Electric Lighting Company on Church Street, where he was for five years Chief Engineer. For a like period of time he was elec- trical engineer for the Edison Electro Illuminating Company. Since July, 1893, he has been in busi- ness for himself, having an office at No. 41 East King Street, where he makes a specialty of all kinds of electrie wiring, bell work, electric light- ing, etc.
In 1872 Mr. Deen married Miss Mary Snyder. who was born in this city. and here has spent the main portion of her life. She is a daughter of Henry Snyder, an old and respected citizen of this place. To Mr. and Mrs. Deen were born five chil- dren: Frank S., who was graduated in the Class of '94 from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy; Harry D., a practical printer; Edward F .. now learning the drug business: Arthur M. and Cath- erine. The family residence, which is owned by Mr. Deen. is pleasantly situated at No. 5 Locust Street. In religious faith our subject is a Presby- terian, but his wife is a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church. Ile belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and in polities is a Republican.
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OIN II. MISIILER. a prominent native of Pennsylvania and an enterprising and pros- perous business man of Denver, was born on a farm in East Cocalico Township, Septem- ber 18, 1817. and is a son of Daniel and Catherine (Ilagy) Mishler. The father and grandfather were both farmers and were born and reared in Penn- sylvania, where they spent their entire lives. Dan-
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iel Mishler became the father of six children, as follows: Eliza, the wife of Ilenry Hlouek, a farmer of West Cocalico Township; Maria, who died in August. 1865; a son who died in infancy ; John II., our subject; William II., now in charge of the main office of telegraphers for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, and Mahlon HI., a minister of the Reformed Church at Pottstown, this state.
Our subject was reared on his father's farm and was educated in the common schools of this vicin- ity. Ile remained on the homestead assisting in the various duties thereon until he was sixteen years of age. Ile then started out for himself and lirst found employment as brakeman on the Reading & Columbia Railroad, and afterward was made conductor on a freight train, which position he held for three years. When only nineteen years of age Mr. Mishler took a trip through the west and settled in Cleveland, Ohio, for a time, and while there served on the police force in the Eighteenth Ward for five years.
In 1886 Mr. Mishler returned to Denver, Pa., and embarked in the drug business. With Dr. I. B. Hacker, a prominent physician of this place, he started a drug store and for two years did a large and lucrative business. At the end of that time he bought out his partner, and has since ably con- ducted the store himself. Ile is well known and Inghly respected in the community in which he lives, and has the confidence and esteem of all. Our subject has never cared to exchange the inde- pendent life of a bachelor for the uncertainties of matrimony.
Politically Mr. Mishler is a stanch Republican, but has never aspired to public office. Socially he is identified with a number of lodges and societies, being a member of Chandler Lodge No. 227, F. & A. M., of Reading, Pa .; Baker Chapter No. 139. R. A. M., of Cleveland, Ohio; Washington Camp No. 13, P. O. S. of A., of this city; Reading Command- ery No. 42, K. T .; Cocalico Lodge No. 408, I. O. O. F., of Reamstown, Pa., and Standard Lodge No. 46. K. of P., of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Mishler re- members Denver when there were but three houses in the place; he has watched its upward growth and development from that time and has ever been one of the first to lend a helping hand in
matters of public welfare and improvement. Mr. Mishler is a man of good business ability and up- right character and fully possesses the high regard of the entire community by whom he is sur- rounded.
RR EV. CHARLES ELVIN HAUPT, A. M., is the very popular and efficient pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, of Lancaster. This congregation is the outgrowth of the old Trinity Church, and the present structure was erected about 1872. The members comprise many of the best and most prominent people of this city, and the Sunday-school is the largest in the county. The pastorate of Rev. Mr. Haupt has been blessed with very great success from the first, and he is a power for good in this commu- nity. A man of broad and liberal views, of wide intelligence and research, he has often been called upon to give lectures and sermons in different cities, and in order to advance any worthy benev- olence or enterprise his influence and aid are eagerly solicited.
A native of llarrisburg, Pa., the subject of this sketch was born October 6, 1852. His paternal grandfather, whose Christian name was .Jacob, was born in Baden, Germany, and came to America when a single man. Locating in Philadelphia, he became a wholesale grocer, furnishing supplies for merchant vessels in the War of 1812. IIe re- tired from business after acquiring a substantial fortune, and while traveling from New York to Albany on a steamer proceeding up the Hudson River, was suddenly taken sick and died before arriving at his destination. Ilis son, Lewis L., the father of C. E. Haupt, was born in the Quaker City, where he received a good education and attended the high school. For fifteen years he was general ticket agent of the Pennsylvania Rail- road, resigning his position in order to engage in the coal business in Philadelphia. At one time he was President of a life insurance company,
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and is now visiting agent and one of the officers of the House of Refuge. He is a devout Lutheran in religious faith, as was his father before him, and politically is a Republican. During the war he was in the Sanitary Commission, and one of his uncles, Gen. Ilerman Haupt, now of St. Paul, Minn., was a general in charge of an emergency corps in the Army of the Potomac. Though in his sixty-ninth year. Lewis L. Haupt is very act- ive, and spends all of his time in traveling in the interests of the House of Refuge.
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In 1849 our subject's father was united in mar- riage with Louisa C. Keller, who was born in Carlisle, Pa. Her father, Rev. Benjamin Keller. was a native of Lancaster County and a very prominent minister in the Lutheran Church, hav- ing held charges at Carlisle, Gettysburg and Phila- delphia, in which latter city his death occurred. One of his sons, Rev. Muhlenburg Keller, was founder of the St. James' Church, at Reading, Pa., and a step-son, Rev. Dr. Charles W. Shaefer, is President of Mt. Airy Theological Seminary. Mr. and Mrs. Haupt became the parents of three sons and two daughters: William K., a Philadelphia banker; llenry E., a jeweler of New York City; Fannie G. and Mary L., the latter Mis. Conorroe, and both of Philadelphia; and Charles E., the eldest of the family. The mother, who was reared to womanhood in Gettysburg, is still living.
The early education of our subjeet was received in the public schools of Philadelphia, and in the year 1872 he was graduated with honors from the I niversity of Pennsylvania, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and subsequently his Alma Mater bestowed upon him the additional degree of Master of Arts. Three years later he was gradu- ated from the Philadelphia Theological Seminary, and was ordained at Norristown by Dr. Green- wald, President of the Synod. The latter called him to be his assistant in Christ Lutheran Church, of this city, and in that capacity he served until Jannary, 1880, when he accepted his present charge. The Grace Lutheran Congregation was organized in 1874, and the building is located at the corner of James and North Queen Streets. There are now enrolled nearly seven hundred members, and all departments of church work are in a flourishing |
condition. In January, 1888, the Emanuel Mis- sion Chapel was established at the corner of West Walnut and Prince Streets. The Sunday-school of the Mission numbers one hundred and thirty- five pupils, and the work in that locality is meet- ing with encouraging success.
January 15, 1878, Mr. Haupt was married in this city to Mary M. Geissinger, who was born in Huntingdon County, Pa., where her father, who is now deceased, was a prominent farmer. Our estimable subject and his wife have one son, Charles E., Jr. In his pastoral work Mrs. Haupt has been of great assistance to her husband. and, as far as possible, shares his duties and cares. For some time Dr. Haupt was Secretary of the Lancas- ter Conference of the Pennsylvania Synod, and for some years has been President of the City Bible Society. One of the organizers of the Lan- easter General Hospital, he is still a Director in the same and much interested in its prosperity. In political faith he votes with the Republican party on questions of national moment.
J OSEPH LODER, a successful business man of Columbia, was born March 10, 1846, in the village of Wertsburg, I'nterfranken, Bavaria, Germany, being a son of Nicholas and do- sephine (Bachman) Loder. The family of which he is a member was one of the oldest and most in- tluential of Bavaria. Ilis paternal great-grandfa- ther was born in the province of Hessen, which, since the Napoleonic Wars has been included in the kingdom of Bavaria. He was a man of power- ful frame and stalwart physique, whose unusual height (six feet, seven inches) made him conspic- uous among the other officers who served under the first Napoleon. In religious belief he was a Catholic.
The paternal grandfather of our subject bore the name of Thomas Loder, and followed the veenpa- tion of milling in Bavaria. In matters of a public
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nature he took a prominent part. and during the revolution in Germany was a stanch loyalist. For twelve years he was a member of the city magis- tracy. By his marriage were born four sons. Lonis. Charles, Valentine ( who died at the age of thirty- one), and Michael. The last-named was a native of Bavaria, where he received a good education. He was a man of high standing in his community. and was respected by all who knew him. His oc- cupation was that of milling, in which he was very extensively engaged, giving employment to about one hundred and forty men. Successful in his undertakings, he accumulated a valuable property and was one of the most prosperous men of his community. In his views he was aggressive, and was stanch in his support of Republican principles. For twelve years he was a member of the City Council, and at all times took a very active part in municipal affairs. Like his father, he was a man of massive frame, and over six feet in height.
In the family of Nicholas and Josephine Loder, there were six children, namely: Valentine, Jo- seph, Hemy, Anna, Ida and Carrie. The father died in December, 1874, at the age of sixty-three years; the mother passed away in 1889, when seventy-six. Joseph received his education in the publie schools of Bavaria, spending two years as a student in a grammar school. At the age of twenty years he was drafted into the army. but did not see much active service, as with three com- pamons he left Germany, March 29, 1867, and crossing the ocean located in New York City. Having learned the trade of a stone cutter. he se- cured employment at that occupation, in which he was engaged in New York for two years, and after- ward in Newark, N. J., for seventeen years. From the latter city he went to Atlantic City, where for eight years he was interested in the bottling busi- ness, and also conducted a hotel. Next we find him a traveling salesman for a wholesale house in Phil- adelphia. and while tilling this position he learned that the Columbia Brewery was for sale. He in- vestigated the matter and negotiated for the prop- erty, which he has since owned. Soon after its purchase he formed a partnership with John Kaz- maier, and the firm of Loder & Kazmaier has since conducted a general business, employing fifteen
men. In addition to this enterprise, Mr. Loder is also a stockholder in the Columbia Lace Mill.
In polities a Republican. Mr. Loder has taken a deep interest in the welfare of his party and the progress of the city. He has represented the Third. Eighth and Ninth Wards in the City Coun- cil, and is a member of that body at the present time. llis religious affiliations are with the Cath- ole Church, and he is a prominent member of Trinity Catholic Beneficial Society. May 3, 1867, he was united in marriage with Miss Rosalie Gras- man, and unto them have been born eleven chil- dren, of whom eight are living, namely: Andy, Joseph. Rudolph, William, Charles, Eva, Caroline and Tillie.
R UFUS HAROLD ANDERSON, who is en- gaged in business at No. 48 East King Street. Lancaster, has a confectionery and ice cream parlor, which is one of the handsomest in the city. His patrons are numbered among the very best, and he has the largest trade by far of any person in a similar line in Lancaster. In the various enterprises and improvements that are constantly set on foot in this ambitious and en- terprising place, Mr. Anderson may be always con- fidently relied upon to give his influence and sub- stantial aid to the promotion of such ideas.
The birth of R. II. Anderson occurred May 17, 1853, at Warrington, Va., and he is of Scotch and German descent. Ilis parents were John Perry and Mary JJ. ( Lenneand) Anderson. The father of the former was a brick manufacturer in the Old Dominion, and was a Whig politically. lle died when over eighty years of age. llis seven chil- dren in order of birth were as follows: llerod, Robert. Jolm P., French, Sumner. Luey and Mol- he. The father of our subject was also a native of Virginia, and in his early life followed the ear- penter's trade and engaged in contract work at Warrington. Later he took contracts for build- ings and bridges up to the time of his death, which
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occurred while he was stopping at Alexandria, in 1879, as the result of the black smallpox. At times during the winter season he had been en- gaged in the manufacture of ladies' shoes, and prior to his marriage had lived for a short period in Lancaster. He was a Democrat, and served with the Warrington rifle-men during the War of the Rebellion. Afterward he took the oath of alle- giance and removed to Lancaster, where he was located for awhile, but returned to Warrington, there spending the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and when he was called from this life was fifty-seven years of age. His wife died in 1883, aged fifty-one years. They were the parents of the following chil- dren: William, Charles and Thomas, who are ma- chinists; Alice, Webb, Godfrey, Waverly; Ralph, who is also a machinist; Rufus II. and Belle.
At the age of eleven years. Rufus Anderson was thrown upon his own resources, owing to the desti- tution suffered by the family during the ravages of the Rebellion. He entered the employ of a confectioner at Lancaster as an apprentice, and served four years learning the business. U'ntil 1888 he continued with his old employer, Samuel Demuth, then buying out his business at No. 48 East King Street. This building is 16x120 feet in size, three stories in height, and is a substantial brick structure. Mr. Anderson keeps a fine line of confectionery and similar dainties, running an ice cream parlor in connection, and employing about nine clerks. Ile has been instrumental in securing lights and street improvements in his ward, and is serving his second term as a member of the City Council from the Third Ward, having been elected both times at the head of the Republican ticket. Ile is the only member of his family who supports that party, but is well rooted and grounded in his political convictions.
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