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In 1892 Mr. Wenditz was elected as a member of the City Council from the First Ward on the Democratic ticket, though his party is in a large minority in that ward. He is a member of George H. Thomas Post No. 84, G. A. R., and also belongs to the Union Veteran League. Ile is a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, one of the oldest con- gregations in Lancaster.
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J OHIN R. JEFFRIES, an honored veteran of the late war, who partieipated in many im- portant battles and engagements, and who stood nobly by the Stars and Stripes, is one of the most respected citizens of Lancaster. Mr. Jeffries is the oldest brick contractor in the city and has been one of her aetive business men for about half a century. The birth of our subject
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occurred in Maytown, East Donegal Township, of this county, January 11, 1830. Ilis father, whose given name was John, was of Scotch-Irish descent and was born in Chester County. He followed the trade of a stone mason, and on coming to this country was married in Marietta. Later his home was in East Donegal Township, where his death occurred at the age of ninety-one years. Ilis wife, Esther Reinhart, was also born in Chester County, where her father, Owen Reinhart, was a farmer.
In his parents' family, which comprised nine children, our subject is the youngest and one of the three who survive. Ilis edneation was ob- tained in the common schools, and he was only seventeen years old when apprenticed to learn the trade of a mason with his brother, David, of this city. For seven or eight years he worked at his trade and then commenced business for himself, and has continued it for the past thirty-five years. He has worked for all the large contractors and has erected some of the finest buildings in the city, employing from thirty-five to forty men and having entire superintendence over affairs. For himself he erected four residences on Coral Street, and his own residence and office are at No. 455 West King Street. He contracted for the brick work at Point Deposit Academy and also in many other public buildings, his business not being con- fined to this county.
In 1863 Mr. Jeffries enlisted, becoming a mem- ber of Company II, of the Seventy-ninth Pennsyl- vania Infanty and was mustered in at Camp Cad- wallader, Philadelphia. Thence he was sent to the front at Chattanooga and took part in the battle of Mission Ridge. In the spring of 1864 he was sent on the Atlanta campaign. IIe took part in the battles of Buzzard's Roost, Dallas, Resaca, Dalton and Kenesaw, and after the taking of Atlanta, went on to Richmond. After the war was over, he went to Washington, D. C., taking part in the Grand Review, one of the finest mili- tary pageants the world has ever seen. During his arduous service he escaped injury, but met with many narrow escapes, as bullets often passed through his clothes, and once his haversack was shot off. Though he had entered as a private, he was mustered out with the rank of Corporal.
In 1854 Mr. Jeffries was married in this city to Miss Caroline Collins, whose birth occurred here and who was called from this life in 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries had six children: Ann L., Mrs. Swope, of Lancaster; David, a bricklayer in this city; John, deceased; Catherine, Mrs. Kroseupe, of Lancaster; Emily, who died in infancy, and Mil- ton, residing with his father. For two terms Mr. Jeffries was a member of the Common Council from the Fifth Ward, served on different commit- tees, and was Street Commissioner for one and one-half terms. He is a Republican and a Grand Army man, being a member of George II. Thomas Post No. 84.
I OTLIEB YOUNG stands among the fore- most business men, who have contributed so largely to the financial prosperity of this part of the county. Mr. Young is engaged in the real estate business in Columbia, and with true public spirit and characteristic liberality has aided every enterprise that would in any way advance the welfare of the community, promote the growth of the city or improve its condition.
Our subject was born in the Fatherland, April 9, 1835, and is the son of Daniel and Eva (Hielde) Young, also natives of Germany. The father was Tax Collector in his country for forty years, and took an active part in local affairs. Gotlieb, of this sketch, decided to come to America in 1865, and after landing here, located at once in Lancas- ter County, where he carried on the business of a brewer, and for over a quarter of a century oper- ated the Columbia Brewery. In 1890 he retired from that business and commenced buying and dealing in real estate, owning much valuable prop- erty in the city and vicinity. Ile has in his pos- session twenty acres of land in Columbia, owns a one-third interest in the Five Point market house, the building occupied by the shirt factory at the same place, Five Point Tavern, besides forty-four
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acres of valuable farming land in York County, this state, and seventeen houses and lots in Col- umbia. Mr. Young occupies a handsome briek residence which he erected upon retiring from the distilling business; there he and his family are surrounded with all the comforts which money can purchase.
Gotheb Young is a stockholder and Director in the Columbia Wagon Company, and donated the ground on which the factory is located. In poli- ties he is a stanch Democrat, and is well respected by those who know him, and pointed out as a fine example of the self-made man. Mr. Young was married in 1856 to Miss Barbara Smith, who bore him several children, but who died young. Mrs. Young departed this life in 1873, and in 1871 our subject married for his second wife Clarissee Bit- ner, by whom he has become the father of the fol- lowing six children: Caroline, Frank, Edward. Pauline, August and Minnie.
A MOS ZIGLER, President of the Monitor Steam Generator Manufacturing Company of Landisville, but at present a resident of Rowenna, is looked upon as one of the most prominent business men and leading citizens of that place. He was born on a farm near where he now resides, May 14, 1851, and is of Swiss ances- try, his great-grandfather having emigrated to this country before the Revolutionary War.
Conrad Zigler, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Lancaster County, and was a very prominent man in his day. Ile owned and super- intended a large farm, and was proprietor of a large mill, which did a flourishing business at that time, besides attending to the duties of a local preacher. He was benevolent and kind, always ready to assist the poor and needy, and in many ways helped and encouraged the sick and the af- fieted. Ile also took a deep interest in educa- tional affairs, especially the public school system,
and served as School Director for a number of years. In politics he was first a Whig, and then a Repubhean. He was a man of good business abil- ity, and was highly respected by all who knew him.
The father. John Zigler, was born on the old homestead in December, 1828. He was a farmer, and though closely devoted to his vocation. is now living retired in Elizabethtown. Ile is a Director in the First National Bank of Marietta, and takes a deep interest in educational and national affairs. Ile is a Republican in polities, and takes an active part in the councils of that party. He is a mem- ber of the Dunkard Church, a devoted Christian, and a liberal giver toward the support of the Gos- pel. Ile was married to Miss Barbara Hertzler, and to them were born three children; the eldest died in infancy, and Amos and Jacob II. still sur- vive.
Amos was born and reared on the old home- stead where hn> father and grandfather were born. spending his boyhood days much the same as other boys, attending the public schools and assisting his father on the farm. Later he entered the Millersville State Normal School, where he finished his education. After leaving school, he followed the occupation of farmer for fifteen years, becom- ing a successful and prosperous agriculturist. By his energy, honesty and good business manage- ment, Mr. Zigler made a success of farming, and was widely known and highly respected by young and old.
October 17, 1876, our subject was united in mar- riage with Miss Alice, a daughter of John and Martha Musser, of Rowenna. About three years ago he became President of the Monitor Steam Generator Company, located at Landisville. Ile is President of the Rowenna Shoe Manufacturing Company, and also of a number of smaller indus- tries.
Mr. Zigler politically affiliates with the Repub- lican party. He has been a delegate a number of times to the state conventions of his party, and has been solicited to become a candidate for the Legislature several times, but has always dechned. lle takes a deep interest however in civil and na- tional affairs, always ready and willing to assist in every enterprise for the public welfare of the com-
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munity. Mr. Zigler and his excellent wife occupy a high social position in Rowenna and vicinity, and are numbered among the best citizens of the county.
EREMIAH KOCHI, a prominent architect of Columbia, has resided in this borough since 1875. He was born in Middleport, Schuyl- kill County, this state, October 27, 1815, and is the son of Daniel and Mary A. (Beck) Koch. Ilis grandfather, Henry Koch, was a native of Me- Keansburg. Schuylkill County, in which place his father was also born. Henry Koch was a farmer and miller near his native place, and in the latter business became widely known. In politics he was a Republican and religiously was a mem- ber in good standing in the Lutheran Church. The father of our subject was also born in Me- Keansburg, the date thereof being December 26, 1816. He was a miller by trade, but later engaged in the dry goods and general store business in Middleport in 1844. He went west to Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska in 1856, in the early settle- ment of those states, and thus passed through the John Brown excitement. Mr. Koch remained in the western states fourteen months, and then re- turned to his native county. In 1857 he went to Bellevue, Neb., near what is now Omaha City, but which was then only a trading post.
Daniel Koch was an influential man in politics, and on his return to Schuylkill County, this state, was nominated as candidate for the State Legisla- ture. He was elected in 1860, stumping the county with Anson Burlingame, Governor Curtin, George Francis Train and other prominent men. He was a very popular public speaker and a valued member of his party. Ile and his brothers, IIugh, Ilenry, Charles and William, all served in the Union army during the Rebellion. Socially he belonged to the Odd Fellows' and Masonic orders, in both of which societies he occupied a high place. In 1863,
during the late War of the Rebellion, the father and our subject, Jeremiah, enlisted in Company E, Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, and served with their regiment during Lee's invasion of Penn- sylvania.
The parental family of our subject included eleven children, all of whom are living, with one exception. Harriet is the wife of B. F. Jacobs, a mechanical superintendent in the employ of the Penn-Coyd Iron Company at West Mana- yunk; Captain Frank D. is now Superintendent and Manager of the West Conschohocken Stone Quarrying Company, and served four years and three months in the Fifth and Forty-eighth Penn- sylvania Infantry during the late Rebellion; Al- len is a member of the firm of Fitzpatrick & Koch, a dry goods company of Omaha, and served three years and two months in the Forty-eighth Penn- sylvana Infantry in the Rebellion; Jeremiah, of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Albert died when six years of age; Sarah M. is the wife of Dr. Leutz, of Fleetwood, Berks County; Rich- ard H. is a prominent attorney and member of the Schuylkill County Bar; Emanuel B. is a tele- graph operator living at Troy, Kan .; Arrenus G., a traveling salesman, resides in Fleetwood; Ambrose E. is engaged in business in St. Louis, Mo., and Mary C., the wife of Oscar B. Mellott, resides in Fleetwood, Berks County, Pa. The mother of these children died after having attained her three- score years and ten, in 1887.
Jeremiah Koch obtained his education in the pub- lic schools, and when eighteen years of age began learning the carpenter's trade, which occupation he followed for twelve years. He then turned his attention to architecture and is to-day one of the most reliable architects in Columbia and has drawn plans for a great number of public buildings and private residences. Our subject is prominent in the political life of Columbia, and has been Chief Burgess of the borough for one year and Borough Auditor three years. Ile was elected to the re- sponsible position of Burgess on the Republican ticket in 1889. Ile has also been Judge of Elec- tions for four terms and in various other ca- pacities has rendered his fellow-townsmen effici- ent service. He is connected with General Welsh
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Post No. 118, G. A. R., in which he takes an active part.
ยท Jeremiah Koch and Margaret C., daughter of Abner MeMichael and Margarett Moore, of Mari- etta, Pa., were married October 22. 1873. The four children born of their union are: Zora M .. Bertha S., Erna E. and Alline Marie, the latter of whom is deceased.
IIRISTIAN C. KAUFFMAN is a successful legal practitioner in Columbia, and to his efforts are due much of the prosperity and commercial importance of this place, for he has pro- moted many industries and has been instrumental in securing several large concerns for the city. Among these is the Ashley & Bailey Silk Mill, the largest plant of the kind in the state, and the Co- lumbia Lace Company of Scotland. Mr. Kauffman was born April 7. 1857, in Columbia, and with the exception of a few years when he was away at school has resided in the place of his nativity.
The parents of our subjeet were Christian S. and Jane McClung (Strickler) Kauffman. The father of the former, Andrew 1., was born in Manor Town- ship and was a Mennonite preacher and farmer. In later years he removed to Mechanicsburg, Pa., where he lived retired until his death. He was a very active politician and was elected on the Re- publican ticket to the State Legislature, in which he served one term. He was very prominent in the community where his home was made and stood high in the estimation of his friends and acquaint- ances. Christian S. Kauffman, Sr., was one of twelve children and was born in the village of Washington, Manor Township. When quite young he left school and entered a store at Safe Harbor as an errand boy, subsequently being made clerk and a partner in the business. After fifteen years of merchandising m that place he purchased the Cor- delia Furnace and for thirty-five years was a man- ufacturer of pig iron. During this time he assisted
in building the Bond Brook Railroad for the Phil- adelphia & New York Railroad. He was the or- ganizer of the Columbia Iron Company and is gen- eral manager of the place, a leading and successful industry of the state. Politically, he is a Repub- lican and was a delegate to the convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln. For two terms he served as a member of the Legislature and was can- didated for Congressman from Lancaster County and was a member of Governor Pollock's staff. Af- ter serving four years in the Senate he retired from active politics. In the Presbyterian Church he is one of the pillars and has held official positions. In the Masonic lodge of Columbia he is Past Mas- ter. His family comprises six children, namely: Clara Virginia, who became the wife of ex-Senator J. W. Lee, an attorney of Pittsburg; Jane MeClung, wife of Samuel MeCuen. a merchant of Oil City, Pa .: Christian C .; Hugh McClung, who died when eight years old; and Catherine and Olin, who died in infancy. The mother of this family departed this life in 1869.
Christian C. Kauffman, whose name heads this ar- tiele, received his elementary school education in Columbia and then became enrolled as a student in Shoemaker's Academy at Chambersburg, Pa. After- wards he graduated from the scientific department in Willistown Seminary of East Hampton, Mass. Ile read law, and after being admitted to the Bar immediately opened an office in Columbia. He has succeeded very well in his chosen profession, is man- ager of the East Columbia Land Company, is So- licitor for the borough of Columbia and School Dis- triet Director and sales agent for the Columbia Iron Company. In everything pertaining to pub- lie improvements and the advancement of this com- mumty he has borne an interested part.
In the Republican party Mr. Kauffman is a local leader and is the present State Senator from the Fourteenth District. Ile is a charter member of the Young Men's Republican Club. In 1888 he was elected to the Lower House of the Legislature and was re-elected to the same position in 1890.
In 1885 Mr. Kauffman married Miss Margaret R., daughter of Hiram Wilson, a merchant of Colum- bia. Their union has been blessed with three chil- dren, IIelen Jean, James Lee and Elizabeth Wilson,
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The parents belong to the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the Vigilant Volunteer Fire Comp- any of Columbia and is always ready to assist in worthy movements for the general good.
EORGE W. KINARD, M. D., is one of the most successful physicians of Mechanies- burg, where he has been engaged in prac- tice since 1887. Our subject is the son of George and Julia (Ruby) Kinard, and was born in Upper Windsor Township, York County, this state, Feb- ruary 24, 1861.
Ilenry Kinard, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of the above county, and followed farming his entire life in Lower Windsor Town- ship. Ile was a member of the Methodist Church, to which he gave his loyal support. He became the father of six children, Simon, Ilenry, Wilham, George, John and Eliza. The grandfather lived to be eighty-four years of age, and departed this life in 1868.
George Kinard, the father of our subjeet, was born in 1823, in Lower Windsor Township, York County, and was given the advantages for obtain- ing a fair education in the district school. IIe chose farming for his life work, and was so success- ful in all his undertakings that he is now living retired from work of any kind in Lyon, York County. He is an active worker in the Methodist Church, and in polities always votes the Republi- can ticket.
The parents were married in 1851. Mrs. Kinard's father was a substantial farmer of York County. To Mr. and Mrs. George Kinard, Sr., there were born four sons and four daughters, bearing the respeet- ive names of William H., a farmer in York Coun- ty; Matilda, the wife of Joseph Lloyd; George W., of this sketeh; Franklin, a cigar manufacturer, of Upper Windsor Township; Eliza, now Mrs. Morris Bicking; Henrietta, the wife of Scott S. Frey; Moses A., also engaged in the manufacture of ci-
gars in York County, and Agnes, who is a student in the Millersville State Normal. The mother of this family is still living, and resides in Windsor Township, York County.
George W. Kinard, of this sketch, remained at home, carrying on his studies in the common school until attaining his eighteenth year, when he entered the Millersville State Normal, from which he was graduated with the Class of '81. He then taught school for three years in York County, and after coming to Lancaster County occupied the position of teacher in the high school in Mill- ersville for a period of four years, during which time he gave entire satisfaction, and ranked high as an educator.
While teaching school our subject carried on his medical studies with Dr. Reeder, and in 1885 entered the Jefferson Medical College, from which he was graduated two years later with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Ile at once located in this place, where he has built up a large and extended practice, and has won the regard of the general public. Politically he is a Republican, and in 1893 was elected to the School Board in his district.
March 29, 1888, Dr. Kinard and Miss Clara E., daughter of John Lenhardt, were united in mar- riage, and to them have been granted a son and daughter, George Harold and Grace Catherine. An earnest and energetic citizen, thoroughly de- voted to the duties of his profession, the Doctor takes an active interest in the local progress and leading movements of his home neighborhood.
D ANIEL ALBRIGHT. Among the prom- inent business men and enterprising eiti- zens of Rowenna may be mentioned the name of the present worthy Postmaster and sub- jeet of this sketch, Daniel Albright. He is a native of Lancaster County and was born October 3, 1845, near Maytown. Ilis parents, Joseph and Sarah (Brose) Albright, are natives of the same
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place. The father was of German descent and was born in Maytown, January 1, 1817. The mother was born in 1815, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Joseph Albright was a miller for a number of years, but finally settled down to farming, making that his life-long study. He was a man of good busi- ness ability, economical and saving, and was spec- ially temperate in all things. By this means he was enabled to lay by enough of this world's goods to live comfortably the remainder of his days.
When the Civil War broke out he was one of the first to offer his services to "Uncle Sam." Ile enlisted in Company B, Two Hundred and Four- teenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and for one year bravely defended his country. After the close of the war he returned to his home and took up the old routine of a farmer's life. In politics he is a Democrat and is well posted in the issues of the day. Joseph Albright and Sarah Brose were married about 1840, and of the nine children that were born to them, only three sur- vive: Daniel, John, and Emma, now Mrs. Benjamin Gipple, of Lancaster.
Daniel Albright, the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm and received his early education in the public schools of his native place. When not in school he assisted his father, and early learned the milling trade, in which occupation he is still engaged, being the proprietor of Shock's mill at Rowenna. In addition to his other busi- ness our subject is ticket, express and freight agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Rowenna, and for eleven years has occupied the responsible posi- tion of Postmaster of the village. He is also a stockholder and Treasurer of the Rowenna Shoe Manufacturing Company, the capacity of which is five hundred pairs a day, with a capital stoek of $25,000.
When the dark hours of rebellion hovered over our country, and the dear old flag, the beautiful Stars and Stripes, was in danger of being torn down and trampled under foot, Mr. Albright came nobly to the front, and with the many thousands of brave boys who left their homes and friends, joined the grand army to fight for his country's flag and freedom's eause. He enlisted in the same regiment and company with his father, and side
by side they took part in many a hard-fought bat- tle and endured the hardships and privations of a soldier's life. They were both spared to return to their home and friends and to enjoy a long and prosperous life beneath the same old flag they so nobly helped to defend.
January 12, 1869, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Eliza, a daughter of Joseph and Esther Sauder. Five children blessed this union: Emma, who is deceased; Ella, Sadie, Mary and Iva Belle. In politics he is a Prohibition- ist, and is a worker in the noble cause of temper- ance. Ile, with his excellent family, occupies a high social position, and they are numbered among the best citizens of Rowenna and vicinity.
OSEPHI K. HALL, junior member of the firm of Stoner & Ilall, is engaged in the hardware business in Columbia. Ile is the son of Ilenry L. and Anna (Kuhns) Hall and was born October 13, 1845, at Landisville, Pa. His paternal grandfather, Ilenry HIall, or as the name was originally spelled, "Hull," was the owner of several merchant vessels and was a man of good financial standing. He came to the United States when twenty years of age and made his home in Pennsylvania, where he departed this life about thirty-five years ago. The father of our subject was the eldest of the parental family of five chil- dren, his brothers and sisters being Joseph, John Jacob, Emanuel and Anna. He was born in Manor Township, Lancaster County, on a farm and is still living, making his home in West Hempfield Town- ship on a good estate near Ironville. In politics he is a stanch Democrat and a member in good standing of the Reformed Church. He was mar- ried twice, and by his first wife, Miss Susan Shultz, became the father of three children: Mary, Bar- bara and Aaron. Ilis union with Miss Kuhns re- sulted in the birth of nine children, named re- spectively: Henry, Frank, Benjamin, Mary, Joseph K., Susan, Anna, Noah and Phares.
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