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Reilly, James B.
14
Peifer, Hiram 1132
Reiner Family
1041
l'elechovych, Rev. Joseph.
973
Reinert, Daniel 260
429
Pershing, Judge Cyrus L.
181
Reinhart, Henry
429
Peter Family
Reinoehl, Levi E.
1089
Petery Family
302
Reiseg, Elmer G.
1017
Petery, Oscar D.
301
Petry Family
332
Remaly, Lewis F.
832
Petry, Harvey D.
332 620
Renner, William
1061
Phoenix Hose Company, Shenandoah.
.1162
Renninger Family
970
Pleasants, Gen. Henry. 172
Renninger, John 970
Rentschler Family
614
Portland, Charles A ..
1171
Rentschler, Henry D., M. D. 614
Riee, Aaron L 1082
Rice Family 1082
Richards, William C. 569
Richenderfer, John H.
1137
Rickert Family
39
Rickert, Col. Thomas H.
39
Price, John W. 1108
Ridgway, Thomas S.
610
Pugh, William S. . 176
Riegel Family
542
Purcell, Mrs. Mary Ann. 1153
Purcell, Michael 1154
Quail, Charles Edward, M. D. 117
Quail, Mrs. Emma C. 118
Quandel, Charles 696
Quick, Samuel 772
Quigel Family
672
Quigel, Valentine
672
Quinn, Terence J. 912
Randall, David V 290
Rarich Family 431
Rauch Family 335
Rauch, George B. 335
Raykowski, Waldysluw 1044
Reher Family 244
Reber, George W. 207
Reber, Harry A. 207
Reber, Horace F. 244
Reddy, Christopher C 951
Reed, Albert L. 328
Reed, Charles O. 1046
Reed, Elias 109
Reed Families. 292, 328, 333, 692, 1046, 1207
Reed, Frederick B. 333
Reed, Harry D. 692
Reed, Jacob D.
109
Reed, Samuel
292
Ryon, John Perey
190
Reed, Sherman H.
1207
Ryon, Hon. John W
190
542
Riland (Ryland) Family
852
Rissinger, Abraham F. 1188
Rissinger, Jacob J 1190
Robinhold Family 490
Robinhold, Lewis C., M. D. 491
Robinhold, William L. 491
Rockwell, W. B. 180
180
Robinson, William H., M. D.
108
Romberger, James M.
1048
Romberger, Jesse M.
Romig Family
649
Rooney, Christ .J
1111
Rooney Family
1111
Rosenberger, Clemens
M.
367
Rosenberger Family Rubright, Charles H. 367 S25
Kubright Families .825, 939
Rumbel Families 616, 1157
Rumbel, Richard T. 1159
Rumbel, Trenton W 1157
Rump Family 1098
Rump, William 1098
Ryan, Martin F. 1061
Ryland ( Riland) Family 852
Ryland, William H
832
Ryon, George W. 190
Ryon, Judge James 190
567
Renner Family
1061
Pfeiffer, John
Pollard, John H. 256
Portz, Frederick, Jr. 191
Portz, Frederick, Sr.
191, 203
Portz, Harry K.
203
Pott (Potts) Families 44, 170, 243
Pott, John, Sr 170
Prevost, John 47
894
Perry, Rourindine . 1063
Reinhart Family
398
Reichard, Joseph
Reid, Robert A 325
Reisig, Frederick
Riegel, Samuel A.
Robinson, Moneure
1047
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SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Sabaleski, Mat. 1113
Sabold, William H., Sr. 1182
Sachs Family 801
Scott, John G. 265
Sachs, Henry 801
Scott, Robert S. 265
Scott, Walter W. 707
Seiberling Family 387
Seitzinger, Miss Emma. 240
Seitzinger Family. . 19, 239, 783, 986, 1036
Seitzinger, Henry M. 1036
Seitzinger, Jeremiah 783
Seitzinger, James M. 986
Seitzinger, Col. Nicholas. 19
Seitzinger, Judge Nicholas 239
Seligman, Abraham Pott, M. D. 242
Seligman Family 242
Seltzer, Albert W 110
Seltzer, Conrad 110
Seltzer Families .619, 942, 962
Seltzer, Francis B.
962
Seltzer, Frank P.
942
Seltzer, Miss R. W
963
Seltzer, Wesley A.
619
Shannon, Benjamin Franklin, M. D .. . 162
Shannon, Samuel H., M. D
160
Scharadin, Jacob A
307
Scheaffer, Joseph 1013
Scheaffer, Sebastian 1013
Scheele Brothers
398
Scheele, Carl
39S
Schenck, Fred
940
Schief, Charles F
1110
Schief, Mrs. Sofie. 1110
Schilling Family 671
Schilling, John C. 671
Schlaseman, Elmer F 514
Sehlaseman, Jacob A 515.
Schlear, Alfred 925
Schlear Family 925
Schlegel Family 553
Schlegel, James D 553
Schmeltzer Family 1043
Schmeltzer, Frank A 1043
Schmidt, Christian
336
Schmidt, Philip 336
Schneider, Mrs. Catherine. 524
Schneider, Mrs. Elizabeth.
700
Schneider Families 90,
706
Schneider, John F. 700
Schneider, Peter J. (deceased) 524
Schneider, Peter J. (Locustdale) 762
Schneider, Theodore D. 706
Shoemaker, James A. 913
Shoemaker, John II. 737
Shoener, Edward 780
Shoener, Mrs. Emma. 744
Shoener Families. .279, 743, 750, 910
Shoener, John 910
Shoener, Hon. John T. 278
Shoener, Joseph 743
Siefert, William II .. 748
Silliman, Mrs. Catharine 62
Silliman, Edward S. .
67
Schwalm, George M. 992
Schwalm, Ralph A. 1217
Schwartz, Joseph 331
Scott, Alexander 263
Scott, George 264
Scott, John A. 707
Sassaman Family
457
Saterlee, Britton W 720
Schablein, Joseph 283
Schablein, Michael 283
Schaefer, Charles T 830
Schaefer Family
830
Schaeffer Families
442,
462
Schaeffer, George M.
462
Schaffer Families 807, 1010
Schaffer, Salem B. 807
Schalek, Adolph W.
528
Schalck, Mrs. Emma R.
531
Schalck, George
528
Schaller Family
1008
Schappell (Shappell) Families
541, 682, 733, 988, 1006
Schappell, George W.
988
Scharadin (Sharadin) Families
.211, 308, 312
Scharadin, Harry F 312
Shappell, Andrew J.
683
Shappell, Daniel 683
541
Shappell Families. . 541, 682, 733, 988, 1006
Sharadin, Edward
211
Sharadin (Scharadin) Families
.211, 308, 312
Shaw, John 413
Sheafer, Lesley G. 25
Sheafer, Panl 1176
25
Sheafer, Walter S .. 1175
Sheafer, William L. 24
Shearer, Robert C. 343
Shellhamer Family 755
Shellhamer, Jackson M. 755
Shellhammer, Benjamin F. 1001
Shellhammer Families. . 686, 755, 982, 1001 Shellhammer, James M. 686
Sherry Family
921
Shirey Family
1112
Shirey, John
1112
Shissler, Mrs. Clara K
867
Shissler, Edward L.
866
Shoemaker Families 737, 913
Schoch (Schock) Family 954
Schoeneman, Michael 1102
Schrepple, Gottlieb 650
Schrope, Charles A 674
Schrope Family 674
Schulz, Jacob R. 929
Schulze, Harry F. 1075
Schuyler, Joseph M.
20
Schuyler, Miss Mary I. 20
Schwalm Families
.754, 992, 1217
Silliman (Sillyman) Families.
60, 68, 120, 208
Silliman, H. I ..
20%
Silliman, James K.
60
Shappell, Benjamin
733
Shappell, Elias F.
Sheafer, Peter W.
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Sillyman (Silliman) Families.
Stiles, Michacl V. 1015
Stine Family 632
Stine, William N 632
Stitzer Family
. 503,
687
Stitzer, William F
503
Stitzer, William G. 687
Stoker Family 93+
Stoudt (Staudt, Stout) Families.
447, 509, 729
Strauch Family 450
Strauch, Robert D .. 450
Stranse ( Strauss, Strouse) Family. 215
Strause, Samuel
215
Striegel, John G., M. D. 520
Strubhar, Aaron 767
767
Stntzman Family
836
Stutzman, Raymond H., M. D. 835
Super Family
433
Swoyer Family 997
Tallman, Henry
1177
Tallman, Mrs. Mary A ..
1177
Tasker, Reese
238
Taylor, William
T
827
Thomas Family
192
Thomas, Thomas L. 193
Thomas, Mrs. Thomas L.
84, 194, 196
Thompson, Alexander
668
Thompson, Hon. Alexander
Thompson, Charles D ..
906
St. Clair, Oscar. 1024
426
653
Stamm Family
879
Starr, David 761
Starr Families .88, 761, 1012
Starr, William A 1012
Staudt (Stoudt, Stont) Families
447, 509, 729
Staudt, John F 447
Staudt, John S ..
509
Stauffer, Arthur Elliott. 482
Stauffer, Elias K. 480
Stauffer Families
480, 845, 1115, 1165
Stauffer, John M.
1115
Stauffer, Norman M ..
1165
Stanffer, William E .. 1166
Steigerwalt, Albert H.
376
Steigerwalt Families 376, 395
Stein, Daniel 324
Stein Families 140, 418
Stein, Jonathan Frank. 417
Stein, Franklin M. 142
Stein, Moses S. 140
Steiner Family 424
Stephens, Albert 1011
Sterner Family
919
Sterner, Frank R 919
Stewart, Harry H., M. D. 581
Stiehter, George H. 625
Stief Family
758
Stief, John A
758
Stiles Family 1015
.60, 68, 120, 208
Sillyman, Samuel 120
Sillyman, Miss Susan J 122
Simmons, Thomas 1075
Sittler, Calvin E.
361
Sittler (Sitler) Families.
361, 470
Slater, Mrs. Clara K.
401
Slater, George W
400
Slater, Henry P.
400
Smith, Charles E.
1172
Smith, Charles H. 1074
Smith, David G.
227
Smith Families.
388, 477, 1074, 1172
Smith, Jeremiah 388
Smith, Joseph G .. 1176
Smith, William E.
108
Smith, William S.
476
Snyder, Charles A
488
Snyder, Frank
316
Snyder, Reuben
316
Spayd, Prof. 11. H .. 126
Speacht, Mrs. Dorothy 393
Speacht Family 392,
401
Speacht, Frederick 392
Spencer, Mrs. Amelia J
47
Spencer, George
45
Spencer, William
45
Spitzner, Valentine
1070
Spohn, Moneure R ..
1023
St. Clair Family.
1024
Thompson Families. . 32, 112, 114, 907, 1053 35 Thompson, Heber H.
Thompson, Maj. Heber S.
32
Thompson, Isaac
669
Thompson, Lewis C. 113
Thompson, Oliver C. 1053
Thompson, Col. William. 112
Tielman, William 1110
Toole, John
1114
Toomey, John 829
Toomey, Michael 829
Trachte, William 494
Tregea Family 1004
Trexler Family 967
Turner Family
921
Tyson Family 742
Underkoffler, Charles M. 772
Unger, Albert A.
495
Updegrave Families 439,
681
Updegrave, Morris 680
Updegrave, Philip H 439
Updegrove Family 661
Updegrove, Walter E 661
Van Horn Family 644
Veith, John
209, 1201
Veith, Jolm, Jr. 211
Vetter, David 704
Vetter Family 704, 977
Wachter, George A
943
Wachter, Rudolph
944
Wadlinger, Mrs. Margaret D.
50
669
St. Peter's Church (Reformed)
St. Mary's Church, Tremont ..
144
Snyder Family
Strubhar Family
xvi
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Wadlinger, Francis 48
Wadlinger, Judge George J. 48
Williams, Mrs. Annie. 1050
Wagner, Alfred B. 1016
Williams, William 1050
Wagner, Charles C. 545
Wingert, Adam 884
Wingert Family 884
Wintersteen, Mrs. John. 1172
508, 545, 558, 781, 824, 886, 1014, 1016
Wagner, Franklin 781
Wagner, Frederick R., D. D. S 558
Wagner, Henry A. 547
Wagner, Mrs. Mary A. 571
Wagner, Philip
823
Wittmer, Mrs. Mary. 999
Wagner, Samuel C.
571
Wolfgang Family 771
Wagner, William M.
219
Wolfgang, Paul 771
Walborn Families. 156, 1087
Womer ( Woomer) Family 390,
440
Walborn, Ira Guy 157
Walborn, .Jonathan H. 156
Walborn, Joseph A. 158
Walborn, Maurice D. 157
Wallauer, Jacob
379
Walter Families 677,
793
Walter, George W
793
Walters, Henry
92
Walters, William H.
92
Yeager, Alfred A. 819
Yeager Family 819
Watson Families 1175, 1186
Watson, George M. 1186
Weaklim, William T .. 63
Weaver (Weber) Family 912
Weber ( Weaver) Family. 912
Weber, Louis 327
Weber, William F. 327
Weidman Family
864
Weidman, Samuel
864
Weiser, Conrad
158
Weishampel Family
119
Weissinger Family
27
Weissinger, George
29
Weissinger, Harry
30
Weissinger, Leonard W
27
Weldon, Michael 1100
Weldy, Charles II.
95
Weldy, Henry A ..
93
Wellendorf, Joseph 1080
Wertley Family 266
Wertley, Walter
266
Wertley, Wellington A 267
Wertman Family 820
Wessner Family
431
1160
Whalen Family
1160
White Families
978, 1090
White, J. S ..
White, Maj. J. Claude 320
978
Zion's Reformed Church. 426
Zulich, Mrs. E. R. 233
Zulich Family 232
Zulich, Henry B. 232
Zulick Family 603
Wiesner Family
384
Zulick, John S.
604
Wiest Family 478 Zulick, Thomas H. B. 603
322
Young, George 821
Zapf, Charles 578
Zapf, William E 579
Zehner Families 739, 740, 984
Zehner, Lewis A 740
Zerbe Family 579
Zerbe, William E. 579
Zettlemoyer Family 1093
Zettlemoyer, Frank 1093
Zimmerman, Alfred
955
Zimmerman, Edward
1093
Zimmerman Families
.550, 558, 811, 955, 1093, 1205
Zimmerman, George K. 811
Zimmerman, Robert J 550
Zimmerman, William H .. 1205
Zion's Lutheran Church 789
Whitfield, Joseph 928
Whitfield, Mrs. Lottie E. 929
Whitfield, Rowland 928
Wiesner, Dr. Edwin E. 384
Wilhelm, William 224
Withelder Families 1079, 1083
Withelder, Frederick 1083
Withelder, John H 1079
Wittich, Henry W. 1077
Wittmer, Martin 999
Woolcock, John 145
Woomer, Elmer
440
Woomer ( Womer) Family. 390, 440
Yarnall Families 472, 666
Yarnall, Ephraim 666
Warne, Joseph L., M. D ..
1175
Yeingst, Prof. 360
Yerger Family 701
Yerger, Henry 701
Yoder Family 582
Yoder, Irvin U .. 582
Yorkville Fire Company. 456
Yost, Benjamin J.
797
Yost Families. . 322, 402, 446, 660, 798, 924
Yost, Israel
924
Yost, James A.
402
Yost, Jonathan
I
Whalen, Edward J.
1090
White, Joseph R.
Womer, Monroe 390
Wonders, Newton M. 714
Wagner, Charles G. 508
Wagner Families .219,
Charles . A. attkin
Genealogy-Family History Biography
CHARLES M. ATKINS, deceased, was identified with the most impor- tant industries of Pottsville and as president of the Pottsville Iron & Steel Company contributed largely to the prosperity of the city. He was born in Columbia, Lancaster Co., Pa., March 17, 1827, and died at Pottsville, Pa., Sept. 3, 1889, having filled with unremitting industry a life of usefulness and importance to his fellow citizens.
Charles M. Atkins was educated in the common schools of Columbia and sat at the same desk with Thomas A. Scott, afterwards the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He began to work for himself very early in life, his first adventure being freighting on the old Pennsylvania State road, and in a few years he became one of the leading freighters in this part of the State. It was not long ere he had a line of barges on the canal and these, in addition to his teams, made him the most important of the trans- portation men in this section. At the time he came to Pottsville, in 1853, the rolling mills, then owned by Yardley & Co., were about to be sold by the sheriff, and Mr. Atkins at once formed a partnership with his brother, Hanson, and purchased the plant. Soon after they bought the Pioneer furnace, opened the ore banks in Cumberland county and the colliery at Gilberton, and com- pletely reorganized the works. When to this extensive plant was added an outfit of rolling stock, the freighting business was gradually discontinued and the docks closed up. From time to time the furnaces were enlarged and rebuilt, their capacity having been doubled five times in the time of Mr. Atkins's ownership. The rolling mill also grew in capacity during this time and then the steel plant was added. At one time in Mr. Atkins's control there were five thousand names on the payroll. When the works were capitalized anew and incorporated as the Pottsville Iron & Steel Company, with Mr. Atkins as president, he held nine-tenths of the stock, the remainder being held in the family.
Mr. Atkins was so enthused at the opening of the Civil war that he endeavored to enlist, but his friend, General Cameron, persuaded him that he would be of greater value to his country if he remained at home and manufactured the iron so badly needed by the army.
On Oct. 5, 1854, Mr. Atkins was united in marriage to Anna M. Prior, daughter of Rev. Azariah and Isabella (Adams) Prior. Their children were : (1) William, now a resident of Philadelphia, is in the coal business in Virginia. (2)Isabella P. became the wife of Hon. David C. Henning, one of the judges of Schuylkill county, and both are now deceased. Their daughter. Anna, wife of Edwin C. Luther, is now living in Pottsville. (3) Anna P., wife of August Heckscher, lives in New York City. They have two children, Vol. I-1
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G. Maurice and Antoinette, the latter married to Hon. Oliver Sylvain Valior Brett, son of Lord Escher of England, and residing near Windsor Forest, outside of London (they have one son). (4) Phoebe WV. married John C. Lee, and they had two children: Dorothy, wife of James G. Lucas, and John C. After his death she married (second) William L. Sheafer, who died April 23, 1912, and his widow lives in Pottsville. They had no children. (5) Hanson E., living in Pottsville, married Ida F. Green, daughter of the late Hon. David B. Green, judge of the Schuylkill county courts, and they have two children, Elizabeth G. and David B. (6) George H., who died May 21, 1912, left a widow, Esther B. (Hoffman), now residing in Pottsville. He left no children. (7) John Shippen died April 30, 1902, at the age of twenty- eight. (8) Elizabeth Inzevand Keim died in 1901, at the age of twenty-six.
Mrs. Charles M. Atkins is living at the old homestead, corner of Centre and Mauch Chunk streets. This building was the first mansion erected in Pottsville and was the work of her husband. It is still one of the handsomest of the many beautiful dwellings in the city.
JUDGE O. P. BECHTEL is an eminent representative of a name whose connection with the legal profession and judiciary in Schuylkill county covers a period of almost fifty years. Retiring from the bench after a continuous service of thirty years in January, 1908, he was succeeded as president judge of Schuylkill county courts by his son, Hon. H. O. Bechtel, present incumbent of that position. Other members of this family have also won high reputation in the profession.
The Bechtel family is of German extraction and has been settled in eastern Pennsylvania since Provincial days. The Judge's grandfather was a native of Bucks county, Pa. John Bechtel, his father, was also born there, near Doylestown, Oct. 6, 1798. For a number of years he made his home in Berks county, this State, where he was well known as proprietor of the "Half-Way House" between Reading and Kutztown, and besides conducting the hotel he was a mail contractor and stage owner, transporting passengers and the mail between Easton and Harrisburg, by way of Allentown and Reading, and from Reading to Pottsville. From Berks county he removed to Northumberland county, Pa., where he was settled for about a dozen years engaged in farming and hotelkeeping on what was known as "Warrior Run Farm"; the stone tavern which stood upon that property, a few miles from Watsontown, was a popular stopping plase in its day. Thence in 1847 Mr. Bechtel removed to Pottsville, Schuylkill county, and in 1851 to Middleport, same county. He became postmaster at the latter place and continued to hold the position during the administrations of Pierce, Buchanan and Johnson. Politically he was an ardent Democrat and maintained an active interest in local, State and national campaigns. His death took place in the latter part of December, 1872. Mr. Bechtel was twice married, his second wife, the Judge's mother, being Eliza S. Beiber, of Berks county, who was born in 1808, daughter of John S. Beiber, a native of Maidencreek township, Berks county. Mrs. Bechtel died at Mid- dleport in June, 1880. John Bechtel was the father of the following children : James B., who died in 1873, was a resident of Reading, Pa., where he served as district attorney ; Louise became the wife of Samuel Young, of Reading, Pa .; Alfred B., deceased, was a traveling salesman and clerk ; Elmira, deceased, was the wife of George L. Medler, of Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county : Francis W., who died March 14, 1906, was a prominent lawyer of Schuylkill
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county ; Hettie became the wife of David F. Ritter, a resident of Middleport, Schuylkill county ; O. P. is next in the family; T. H. has been in the wholesale notions business for many years, belonging to the firm of Jones, Bechtel, Shibely & Company.
O. P. Bechtel was born Jan. 31, 1842, in Northumberland county, Pa., where he spent his first years on his father's farm. He received his carly education principally at Middleport, attending public school, and when about eightcen years of age began teaching in Wayne township, Schuylkill county, being later similarly employed in Brunswick township. Not long afterwards he registered at the Allentown Seminary (now Muhlenberg College), at Allentown, Pa., for part of a year. In September, 1861, he became connected with Arcadia Institute, at Orwigsburg, Pa., where he was both teacher and student, and the year following he took control of the school in Mahanoy City, which he conducted very successfully until April, 1864. He then gave up teaching to become bookkeeper for the Preston Coal & Improvement Company at Girardville, Schuylkill county, holding this position until March 20, 1865. It was then he began the study of law in the office of Hughes & Dewees, at Pottsville, Pa. Three years previously he had registered as a student in the office of his brother, James B. Bechtel, at Reading, Pa., and he now com- pleted the course, taking his examination for admission to the bar April 12, 1866, and passing with credit. On May Ioth of the same year he was admitted to practice in Schuylkill county, and immediately opened an office on Centre street, Pottsville. It was not long before his conscientious work and able care of the interests of his clients began to attract attention. He refused the nomination for district attorney, preferring to devote himself to private practice, but in the year 1873 he yielded to the solicitations of his friends in the Democratic party, and accepted the nomination for State senator from the Tenth district. Though there were three opposing candidates in the field he was elected by a majority of nearly fifteen hundred votes, and his three years' service gave the utmost satisfaction. But meantime his pro- fessional work had increased to such an extent that he feared further public service would prejudice his personal interests and he declined a renomination for the senatorship. Until August, 1877, all his time was again given to his law business. Then at the Democratic convention he was unanimously nomi- nated for the office of Judge in the court of Common Pleas, to which position he was elected by a large majority, taking his place upon the bench in Janu- ary, 1878. At the expiration of his ten years' term he was unanimously renominated and was reelected by the largest majority ever given a candidate in Schuylkill county. In 1898 he again received this honor, retiring from the bench the first Monday in January, 1908, with an almost unprecedented record of service.
Judge Bechtel's personality entered largely into his popularity and suc- cess on the bench. His legal learning, acquired in the pursuit of private practice and in painstaking research during the many years he was on the bench, gave him a standing with lawyers generally which held their respect. His absolute impartiality could not fail to command the admiration of all who had opportunity to observe or occasion to test it, yet his sympathetic under- standing, never dulled in all the years of his service as a judge, made all who depended upon his rulings feel that he aimed to be just without respect of persons. In his social relations also his personal qualities have been a con- trolling factor. His considerable influence has been given to the best interests
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of his city and county. Judge Bechtel is still active in business as president of the Merchants' National Bank of Pottsville. He was made a director of this institution June 19, 1908, and at the same time was elected to the presi- dency, which he has since held. The bank is one of the strongest in this region of the State, and both because of the character of its transactions and of the men at its head deserves the high reputation and standing it enjoys among the best people.
On Sept. 15, 1868, O. P. Bechtel married Mary Elizabeth Epting, of Pottsville, daughter of Jacob and Rebecca (Myer) Epting. Her grandfather Philip Myer and great-grandfather John Myer both held the office of surveyor general, in that connection becoming very well known in the early days. Two children, Harry O. and Carrie, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bechtel. The son was educated at Haverford College, Pennsylvania, and entered his father's profession.
GUY EDWARD FARQUHAR (deceased), formerly a member of the Schuylkill county bar, was born in 1841 at Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa., at the old Farquhar homestead, which was located on the present site of the courthouse, a son of George Wildman and Amelia Farquhar.
George Wildman Farquhar, Esq., father of Guy Edward Farquhar, was born in 1802, in the West Indies, and came to Pottsville, Pa., when it was still a small village. Here he passed the remainder of his life, becoming known as an upright, dependable and public-spirited citizen. He was ad- mitted to the bar of Schuylkill county March 29, 1830, and practiced at the old courthouse at Orwigsburg, this county. On Jan. 10, 1842, he had the honor of delivering an address upon the entering of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad into Pottsville; it was delivered at what was then the terminus of the road, Mount Carbon, a short distance below the present city of Pottsville. Among Mr. Farquhar's children were: Guy Edward; Fergus G., born Feb. 21, 1845, who died on East Market street, Pottsville, during 1913; Norman, an admiral in the United States navy, who died some years ago; and Frank, also deceased, who was a prominent engineer, one of his famous works being the designing of the underground government work beneath the falls of St. Anthony, Minnesota.
Guy Edward Farquhar, son of George Wildman Farquhar, proved a close and diligent student, receiving his education in the public schools of Pottsville, the Pottsville academy, and the University of Virginia, which he attended one year, until the war broke out in 1861. Having early determined upon the law as his field of endeavor, he prepared himself thoroughly for his vocation, and was admitted to the bar during the Civil war period, having, at the time of his death, June 17, 1913, just rounded out half a century of practice at the Schuylkill county bar. His early associates included such brilliant Pennsyl- vania attorneys as John W. Ryon, F. W. Hughes, Judge Parry, F. W. Dewees, Lynn Bartholomew, F. W. Bechtel and F. B. Gowen, and he was also an inti- mate friend personally as well as professionally of ex-Judge G. M. Dallas, of the United States District court, who in 1913 was retired after long and faithful service.
In 1868 or 1869 was formed the law firm of Hughes and Farquhar, when Mr. Farquhar entered into partnership with F. W. Hughes, and for years they maintained their standing among the leading legal connections in this section of the State. After the death of Mr. Hughes Mr. Farquhar continued alone,
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