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sons, the Ilon. John Stewart, was at one time in the State Legislature as a Representative from Dauphin County. James Stewart was born Feb- ruary 2, 1826, in the same county, near Ilarris- burg, in Powl's Valley, and on arriving at ma- ture years became one of the leading farmers and stock men of the state. He was one of the first to go from Pennsylvania to Texas for the purpose of bringing cattle overland in droves of several thousand. Ile personally superintended several of these undertakings, riding all day, and at night sleeping on blankets with his saddle for a pillow, and he often related many interesting incidents of that period, this being about 1856.
It was in 1861 that James Stewart came to Lan- caster to establish a stock yard. a need which had been long felt in this part of the state. For many years subsequently he did an extensive business in cattle, and also dealt in baled hay, which he raised on his farm near East Hempfield, seventy-five acres being devoted to its cultivation. There he also had twenty-five acres given up to tobacco raising; but these varied interests were yet not enough to fully employ the mind of this ambitious man, and among the many other concerns in which he was identified were a coal yard, which he sold out about 1884; and flagg stone quarries in Luzerne County, which he operated for years, and which supplied much of the stone used in this city. About 1869 he took contracts for the stone work on the Ben- nett's branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad and on the bridge across the Susquehanna River at Nan- ticoke and one at Wilkes Barre. In 1881 and 1882 he took contracts on the Shenandoah Valley Road for fifteen miles, from Jordan's Furnace to the Nat- ural Bridge in Virginia. For grading the site of the car shops at Roanoke, Va., he was given a contract, and also for large pieces of work on the North- western Railroad and on the Baltimore & Ohio. At the time of his death Mr. Stewart had begun work on the double track of the latter at Washington, D. C., and in company with his son Charles had received authority to construct forty miles of road between Monroe and Madison, Wis. In 1866 he went to Mexico to manufacture ties for the Vera Cruz & Mexican Railroad, but finally sold out to the Government and returned home. It was while
CHARLES B. SHULTZ, D. D.
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going on an inspection tour in Wisconsin that he was thrown from his buggy during a runaway. Ile sustained severe injuries from skull fracture, which resulted in his death after a few hours. The day of this unfortunate occurrence was November 28. 1886. It had been his intention to associate with him all of his sons in this Wisconsin Railroad con- tract, the largest he had ever undertaken. In eity affairs he was very active for good and was much interested in the Irish movement. often raising money to assist Parnell. He was a strong Demo- crat, and though he usually declined municipal honors, served for several terms as a member of the Common and Select Councils from the Second Ward. When the East End Street Railway Com- pany was organized he was made President of the concern. Religiously he was a Catholic and one of the pillars in St. Mary's Church.
In Lancaster the marriage of James Stewart was celebrated in 1854 with Charlotte McGovern, who was born in Lancaster. Iler father, John Me- Govern, was a native of Ireland, who came to America when very young and settled on a farm in East Hempfield, where now stands the village of McGovernville, which was named in his honor. Ile owned several large farms and was a successful railroad contractor on the Pennsylvania road. Ilis deatlı occurred a number of years ago at his home. By her marriage she became the mother of seven children, all of whom are living: Charles E., a resident of Westminster, Md .; John .I .; Robert D., of this city; James. a wholesale coffee buyer in Bra- zil; Joseph B .. of Lancaster, and Mary and Bessie, who are at home.
R EV. CHARLES B. SHULTZ, D. D., is Prin- cipal of Linden Hall Seminary, which is located in Lititz. This position he has held since 1892, his time having previously been passed in regular pastoral work in Ohio, New York, Lancaster and Bethlehem. Ile was ordained in the Moravian Church in 1864, and for the past thirty years has been very active and efficient as a minister of the Gospel. In 1879 he was sent as a delegate to the general synod, which convened at
llennhut, Germany, and is a distinguished and honored representative of his denomination.
Dr. Shultz is a son of Bishop Henry A. and Re- becca (Bagge) Shultz, his birth having occurred in Salem. N. C., April 30, 1811. His father, who was born in Surinam, South America, February 7, 1806, . was brought to the United States by his parents in childhood, and was educated in Moravian schools and theological seminaries. Ile was pastor of a number of churches in North Carolina and in Penn- sylvania, and at one time was located at Bethle- hem. In 1864 he was elected Bishop, which ollice he held until his death. Ile was married in April, 1832, to a daughter of Charles F. Bagge. a promi- nent business man of Salem, N. C., and a member of the State Legislature at one time. This father, Traugott Bagge, was born in 1729 in Sweden, and in 1768 he was married in Yorkshire to Rachel Nicol- son. Soon afterward they set sail for the United States, locating in Salem, where he became a promi- nent man, and was sent to represent his distriet in the first State Legislature. Ile was well acquainted with Washington, Frankhn and other noted men of those times. The death of his wife occurred in 1797. and his own occurred three years later.
To Bishop Henry Shultz and his wife were born four sons and two daughters, three of the former dying in childhood. The daughters are Mrs. Mary Lembach and Mrs. Susan Brickenstein, whose hus- band was Principal of Linden Hall Seminary for a number of years. In 1851 Bishop Shultz married for his second wife Elizabeth Wolle, of Bethlehem, who is still living in that place. By that union were born four children, and those surviving are Prof. Frederick T., Principal of the academy and schools of Penn Yan, N. Y .; Gertrude, wife of Rev. Mr. Moench, pastor of the Moravian Church of Lititz, and Elizabeth, who is an art student in New York City.
The education of Dr. Shultz was obtained in Nazareth Hall, and in the Moravian Theological Seminary of Bethlehem. Later it was his privilege to study in the schools of the Old World, as he at- tended for some time the universities of Tuebin- gen and Berlin, Germany. His work in the edu- eational field has been very extensive and far- reaching, as he has labored in England, Minnesota
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and Pennsylvania. Ile has also been connected temporarily with the editorship of the periodicals of the Moravian Church. Under his auspices the Linden Hall Seminary is receiving fresh impetus as an educational center. The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him hy the Board of Directors of Ursinus College at its annual meeting in 1894.
September 4, 1866, was celebrated the marriage of our subject and Miss M. Isabel, daughter of Charles Lange, of Bethlehem. Pa., and of their un- ion were born six children, four of whom are liv- ing, as follows: Mary 1., wife of L. R. Levering, of Fairfield, III .; Esther, Grace and Paul, the latter a student in the Moravian College in Bethlehem at the present time.
OHN F. GIRVIN is engaged in farming on seventy acres of land located on the New Ilolland Pike. eight miles from the city of Lancaster. He is the son of Samuel and Eliza (Diffenbaugh) Girvin, and was born in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, April 25, 1850.
Robert Girvin, the grandfather of our subject, was born in 1770, and came from Ireland over one hundred years ago and located in Strasburg Town- ship, this county, where he followed farming on an extensive scale. lle was well-to-do in this world's goods, and religiously was trained in the faith of the Presbyterian Church, to the doctrines of which he adhered until his death. He was married in the above township to Miss Mary Smith, and to them were born the following-named children: John, William, Isaac, James, Daniel, Samuel, Eliza and Margaret. The grandfather died April 16. 1861, at the remarkable age of ninety-one years.
Samuel Girvin, the father of our subject, was born on the old homestead, in Strasburg Township, in 1800. He received as good an education as could be obtained in that early day near his home,
and remained in his native place for some time cultivating a farm. Later. however, he took up his abode in East Lampeter Township, where he owned a sixty-acre tract of land. Several years after his marriage he took up the study of eivil engineering and did considerable surveying in this county. Hle located the Strasburg Railroad, running from Lemon Place to Strasburg and eon- necting with the Pennsylvania Road. Like his ancestors Samuel Girvin was a Demoerat in poli- ties. and a member of the Presbyterian Church.
The father of our subject was married to Miss Eliza. daughter of Henry Diffenbaugh, in 1834. The father of Mrs. Girvin was a farmer, also a eon- tractor and builder of some note in this locality, and was well-to-do financially. The parental household numbered three sons and three daugh- ters, of whom Daniel is living retired in the city of Lancaster; Elizabeth is the wife of Hiram Es- benshade, a farmer of this county; Salina was the next in order of birth; Robert is deceased; and John F. is the youngest member of the family. The father died in 1855, and the mother passed away in 1891, at the age of eighty-four years. She belonged to the Mennonite Church.
The original of this sketch, after receiving his education in the common schools, engaged in farm- ing in East Lampeter Township. on his father-in- law's estate. In 1889, however, he became the proprietor of Ins present farm, comprising seventy acres, and in addition to its cultivation he is en- gaged in pieking leaf tobaceo. Mr. Girvin is in- terested in the success of the Republican party, for whose candidates he always votes, and was elected on that ticket in 1894 to the School Board.
November 21, 1877, John F. Girvin and Miss Mary, daughter of Isaac Weaver, a farmer of this township, were united in marriage. The three children born of their union are Edna. Willis and Robert. Mrs. Girvin is a consistent member of the Reformed Church, in the faith of which she was reared.
Robert Girvin, a brother of our subjeet, was formerly a substantial farmer of Virginia. June 6, 1881, while on his way home from Winchester, whither he had gone on business, he was met by an acquaintance who stopped him and climbed up on
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his horse. As they traveled along the man com- menced firing a revolver, and although requested to cease doing so by Mr. Girvin, did not stop until he was shot in the back, from the effects of which he died two days afterward. The man was tried and acquitted on the grounds of aceidental shoot- ing, but the friends of (irvin are confident it grew out of a political feud, he being a stanch Republi- can, while the majority of the citizens of his com- munity were strong Democrats.
M ILTON G. SWAN, Superintendent of the Marietta Manufacturing Company, is the son of George and Charlotte (Gillette) Swan, and was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., September 10, 1855. His father, likewise a na- tive of Cattaraugus County, there spent the days of youth and early manhood, receiving the benefit of a common school education. Adopting a life vocation, he chose that of agriculture, which for many years he conducted upon a very extensive scale. At one time his landed possessions aggre- gated eighteen hundred acres of land. the larger portion of which was placed under good eultiva- tion. In addition to the tilling of the soil, he dealt extensively in wool, in which line he met with distinct success. Hle made a specialty also of the raising of gram and hops. To the supervision of his farm he gave his personal and undivided at- tention, which doubtless accounted for his extra- ordinary success. During the harvest season he employed as many as sixty men.
In addition to farming, George Swan also en- gaged in a private banking business, being Presi- dent of a bank at Avon, Livingston County, N. Y. He continued both as agriculturist and banker un- til somewhat advanced in years. when, having ac- cumulated a sufficient competency, he retired from aetive business eares, and now lives in a pleasant home at Pavilion, Genesee County, N. Y. The comforts with which he is surrounded in the twi-
light of his life have been secured by his energy. industry and sound judgment in his business trans- actions. While he has gained material success, he has also gained that which is even better. the re- spect and confidence of his fellow-men. As a Re- publiean, he has always taken an active interest in political matters and has held a number of local offices, in which he has rendered satisfactory ser- vice to his constituents. Educational matters also received his warm interest, and he was a friend of the publie school system and one of its promoters in his vicinity. Though he cannot now take the active interest in public affairs that he was wont to do in days gone by, he is still ready to co-oper- ate with schemes for local advancement, and is a public-spirited citizen. Socially he affiliates with the Masons. Ilis first wife, our subject's mother, died in 1888, at the age of forty-eight years. Three children were born of this union, namely: Georgiana, wife of Dr. E. A. Clapp, a practicing physician of Livonia, Livingston County, N. Y .; Myron and Milton (twins), the former of whom died at the age of twenty-four.
After completing the studies of the common schools of his native town, our subject entered the Yeates Polytechnic Institute, where he prepared for college. Instead, however, of taking a collegiate course, he embarked in business, entering his fa- ther's bank as clerk. and afterward by promotion becoming cashier, in which capacity he served for seven years. The confinement of the office not proving congenial to his health, he was obliged to retire from the work. Ile then embarked in the manufacturing business at Lancaster, Pa., making a specialty of blacksmith and railroad supplies. The business was afterward removed to Columbia, where it was operated under the name of the Col- umbia Agricultural Works for four years. In 1891 a stock company was formed and the business was removed to Marietta, the name being changed to the Marietta Manufacturing Company. They man- ufacture agricultural implements and blacksmith's tools, also election furniture. As many as seventy men are employed when the works are in full op- eration. and the enterprise is one of the most im- portant of Marietta.
While at no time an aspirant for office, Mr. Swan
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takes a commendable interest in party matters and is a stanch advocate of Republiean principles. March 27, 1881. he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth. daughter of Jacob Maurer, of Lan- caster, and two children bless their union, George M. and Harry M.
F FRANCIS X. ZIEGLER, one of the native sons of Columbia, Lancaster County, P'a., is one of her promment citizens and old settlers, as his birth occurred here April 9, 1817, and he has always continued to make his home in this city. For the remarkably long period of forty-six years he has been manager of the tele- graph office in this place, and since March 31, 1857, has also been the agent for the Adams Express Company here. In 1888 he prepared a series of articles for the Columbia Herald, which were duly published in its columns, and furnished a very complete and interesting account of the early days and inhabitants of Columbia.
The Ziegler family originated in Alsace, France, now under the German Government. The grand- father of our subject was born in that country, November 16, 1750, his Christian name also being Francis, and in 1777, in company with Baron De Steuben, he came to the United States. Arriving at Portsmouth. N. H .. he received a commission to serve in the Revolution, and at Yorktown did valiant service and also in other engagements. lle finally settled in Baltimore, Md., where he con- tinued to reside until 1798, and then went to Laneaster, subsequently removing to this city, where he died in 1800, lle was a Jeffersonian Demoerat and a member of the Catholic Church. His wife, Mary (Iluck) Ziegler, died December 26, 1825, aged sixty-five years, and by her mar- riage she was the mother of nine children.
John Ziegler, the father of our subject, was born in Baltimore, June 15, 1785, and received a good education, becoming a great reader and student. lle learned the carpenter's trade, to which he de- voted his active life. Like his ancestors, he was a member of the Catholic Church, and in politics voted with the Democratic party. Ihis wife, Maria
(Lechler) Ziegler, was born January 14, 1798, and survived until October 26, 1891. Her father, Henry, was born in Berks County, Pa., February 27. 1748, and died in 1835. By trade he was a manufacturer of leather breeches, and for a period of thirteen years was a door keeper of the State Assembly, and for a long time served as Under Sheriff of Lancaster County. His wife bore the maiden name of Juha Rizer, and came from an old Philadelphia family; she was born June 29, 1765, and died May 8, 1840.
Francis X. Ziegler attended the public and sub- scription schools of Columbia in an early day, and had for one of his teachers Eli II. Thomas, a vet- eran of the War of 1812. On completing his schooling, the young man became Principal of the grammar school of this place, serving in that capacity for two years, during the sessions of 1852 to 1854 inclusive. At the same time he held a position as manager in the telegraph office, which he entered in the fall of 1818 and has since held. In his official duties he has proved to be very trustworthy, and his superiors have appreciated his fidelity. Since 1860 he has been interested in insurance associations representing different life, accident and fire companies. For four years he was editor of the Columbia Herald, which he managed with great ability.
January 11, 1838, Mr. Ziegler married Jane P., daughter of Richard Martin, of Philadelphia, who was born in England. Nine children were born of this marriage: Catherine C., Joseph C., Maria J., Agnes Virginia, Richard, Francis E., Clement, Euginie Elizabeth and Mary Frances. The mother, who is still living, was born April 21, 1817. Joseph C., the eldest son, is a celebrated artist in Paris, and is working with the noted Bonat. In his political faith Mr. Ziegler is a stanch Democrat.
OHN F. INGRAM has a large and lucrative business as a contractor and builder, having his home in Strasburg, Lancaster County. During the late War of the Rebellion he served as a member of Company I, Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was mustered out af-
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ter a service of six months, on the 7th of January. 1864. Ile is a stanch Republican, and has acted in the capacities of Judge of Elections, Inspector of Elections and as Borough Assessor at various times. For some nine years he was a member of the School Board of the borough of Strasburg and in various ways has been identified with the up- building and progress of this locality.
James Ingram, the father of our subject, was a millwright and followed that occupation for over half a century in Providence. Paradise and West Lampeter Townships. of this county. Politically he was a Democrat and a public spirited man. He married Miss Sarah Myers, and to them were born eleven children: Mary, Margaret, Sarah E., John F .. Amanda. Anna L .. Milton 1., William II., Amos, Frank E. and Ilarry E. The three daughters. Sarah. Amanda and Anna, and Milton J .. the seventh of the family, are deceased.
The birth of J. F. Ingram occurred in Provi- dence Township. March 7, 1815. During his youth he attended the schools of West Lampeter Town- ship and completed his studies when about eigh- teen years of age. For the next two years he en- gaged at general farm work. but as he did not seem cut out for that branch of business he com- menced working at the carpenter's trade. After seven years spent in that occupation he hegan building and taking contracts for himself, and has been successfully engaged in this business ever since. Notwithstanding the sharp competition among the innumerable builders and contractors of this county he secures a large number of paying contracts each year and does a lucrative business. Ile is noted for his workman-like and reliable manner of erecting structures, and many of the fine and costly dwelling houses of this and adjoin- ing counties stand as monuments of his handi- work. On account of his known ability he was called at one time to New Jersey, where he erected a large barn in Bergen County, on the West Shore Railroad, which was completed in less than four weeks.
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On Christmas Day 1866, Mr. Ingram married Miss Lizzie Binkley, who was born and grew to womanhood in this county. Six children have graced their union: Cora S., Bertha A .. one who
died in infancy, Pearl S .. Park B. and Earl J. The home of the family is a comfortable and substan- tial one, and they take great pleasure in extend- ing its hospitality to their neighbors and many friends. Mr. Ingram has always held a warm place in his heart for the Grand Army boys and holds membership with Strasburg Lodge No. 406.
H ENRY C. MILLER. a successful and lead- ing business man in Rhorerstown, is the proprietor of a flourishing gristmill, and commands the best trade as a dealer in coal and feed in the place. Ile was born in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. March 2, 1850, and is the son of Andrew and Susan Miller.
The grandfather of our subject, who also hore the name of Henry, was one of the large land- owners of this county, where he was born and spent his entire life. lle was a devoted member of the Mennonite Church. and all who knew him re- spected him for the faith which he so earnestly up- held. He married a Miss Shenck, and to them was born a family of six children: Andrew. Henry, Jolin. Jacob, Adeline, and Anna, who was the wife of Philip Hottenstein, now deceased.
The father of Henry C., of this sketch, was also born in this township in the year 1812. and re- ceived a fair education in the district schools. Like his honored father, he too followed agricultural pursuits and owned a valuable tract of two hun- dred broad acres in this county. In politics he was a Republican after the formation of the party, but never desired office, content to use his in- duence in a quiet way. and upheld the principles of bis party in a loyal manner.
Mrs. Miller was the daughter of Jacob Greider, a farmer of this township, and by her union with the father of our subject reared a family of seven children, as follows: Elizabeth, Phares, Adeline, Clara, Annie, Andrew and Henry C. The husband and father died March 28, 1861, and was followed
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to the better land several years later by his good wife, who passed away in July, 1892, when in her sixty-sixth year. Mrs. Miller was also a member of the Mennonite Church.
The original of this sketch was reared on his fa- ther's farm, received a thorough training in all the duties performed by farmer boys, and at the same time attended school in the neighborhood. When starting out for himself he engaged in agri- culture and continued to cultivate a good estate until 1885, when he purchased a grist mill in the township, and in 1890 added thereto the business of a coal and feed merehant. succeeding Jacob Mauk in the latter enterprise. Mr. Miller is mak- ing a good success of this undertaking. Ile mani- fests a commendable interest in all that pertains to the welfare of the community, and is known and respected for the honesty and sincerity of his character. Ile still has in his possession forty-two acres of land finely cultivated.
November 9, 1875, Mr. Miller and Miss Elenora, daughter of William Binkley, late of this town- ship, were united in marriage. To them has been born a daughter, Alice. Our subject is a strong Republican in politics, firmly believing in the principles of the party which receives bis vote.
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S AMUEL F. FREY. Many of the prominent citizens of this county are self-made men. From poverty and obscurity they fought their way in life's battles to prominence and honor. In their lives and success is found demonstrated the old proverb that
"The gown is but the guinea's stamp. The man's a man for a' that."
A volume of the biographies of representative self-made men would be incomplete withont a sketch of Mr. Frey. who strikingly illustrates the foree of well directed energy, steadfast purpose and never ceasing effort for the accomplishment of noble results. and the overthrow of those obsta- cles that heset the progress of every young man,
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