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Mrs. Sarah ( Sittler) Hoppes, first wife of Joseph S. Hoppes, was a daugh- ter of Samuel Sittler, who was a farmer all his life, owning and operating a large farm in Mahoning township, Carbon Co., Pa. Six children were born to his marriage with Elizabeth Everett, daughter of Jacob Everett, namely : Carolina, Mrs. John Balliet ; Charles, who married Priscilla Snyder ; William, who married Mary Snyder; Tilghman E., who married Louisa Hunsicker; Sarah, Mrs. Joseph S. Hoppes; and Amanda, Mrs. John Longacre. Samuel Sittler was a man of such honesty as well as energy that he was heartily liked wherever known. He took an active part in township affairs, serving as school director, was identified with the Republican party in politics, and with the Lutherans in religious matters, being a prominent member of the Ben-Salem Church in East Penn township, Carbon county, in which he held all the offices. He and his wife are buried at that church.
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Michael Klingaman, grandfather of Mrs. Elavina (Klingaman) Hoppes, was born and educated in Lehigh county, Pa., near Jacksonville. He was a lifelong farmer, and owned a tract of 200 acres. During the Revolution he hauled the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to Allentown. A Democrat in poli- tics and a member of the Jacobs Reformed Church at Jacksonville, he was active in the latter connection. He and his wife are buried at that church. Her maiden name was Smith. They had children as follows: Royal married Harry Stump ; Racey never married; Jeremiah was the father of Mrs. Hoppes, Nathan married Levina Stein, and they are residents of Toledo, Ohio; one child died in infancy.
Jeremiah Klingaman was born May 17, 1821, in Lehigh county, Pa., was educated at Jacksonville, worked for his father, and in time took over the homestead farm. He died there. His wife, Leah ( Moser), born Dec. 9, 1825, is also deceased, and they are buried at the Jacobs Reformed Church, Jacksonville. He served that church as elder and deacon, and in other capaci- ties. Politically he was a Democrat. Children as follows were born to Mr. and Mrs. Klingaman: William, born Oct. 12, 1846, now deceased, married Mary Kistler, of Lehigh county ; Jacob, born May 31, 1848, married Josephine Brobst, and they live at Steinsville, Lehigh county ; Elavina, born Feb. 24, 1850, is Mrs. Hoppes ; John, born Oct. 5, 1852, married Ellen Brobst, and both are deceased ; Daniel, born July 4, 1854, married Carolina Karshner, and they live at Fullerton, Lehigh county ; Mary E., born Jan. 11, 1857, is now living with her son, Charles Matten, at Bowmanstown, Carbon Co., Pa .; Lizzie, born Dec. 16, 1858, married Allen Zimmerman, of West Penn township; Charles A., born March 16, 1861, now of Wanamakers, Lehigh county, married Amanda Smith (deceased) and (second) Alice Weaver ; Missouri, born Aug. 11, 1863, married Alvin Schaeffer, of West Penn township, Schuylkill county; Rosa A., married Milton Mantz, of West Penn township; Lewis J., born July 29, 1868, married Annie Koenig, and their home is at Jacksonville, Lehigh county; Susan, born Sept. 24. 1870, married Morris Smith, ticket agent and telegraph operator at New Tripoli, where he resides.
Jacob Moser, father of Mrs. Leah (Moser) Klingaman, was a farmer at New Tripoli, Lehigh Co., Pa., having a large farm. He was an agriculturist all his life. He married Susanna Peter, daughter of Abraham Peter, both natives of Lehigh county, and children as follows were born to them: Leah married Jeremiah Klingaman; Susanna married Andrew Hoppes, and both are deceased ; Julia married Aaron Peter, and both are deceased ; Lydia, unmar- ried, is a resident of New Tripoli, Lehigh Co., Pa .; Catherine married Michael WVerley, and both are deceased ; Caroline and her husband, Albert Dorward, are deceased ; Jacob married Abbie Hunsicker, and they are residents of New Tripoli, Lehigh Co., Pa .; Levi has been twice married, both his wives being Kistlers, the first Polly, the second Kate Kistler; Elizabeth married Daniel Snyder, and both are deceased; one died young; Mary married Jonathan Kistler, and both are deceased. The parents are buried at the New Tripoli Union Church, of which Mr. Moser was a prominent member, serving as elder, deacon, etc. Politically he was a Republican. He died at the age of about seventy-five years.
WILLIAM HENRY HINKEL, M. D., of Tamaqua, is one of the ener- getic young residents of that borough, taking part in business and public activi- ties as well as the professional work of his choice. Keenly alive to local
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interests, and willing to bear a good citizen's share of such responsibilities, he has identified himself thoroughly with the advancement of this section, though a comparatively new settler here.
Dr. Hinkel was born at Mount Carmel, Northumberland Co., Pa., in 1885, son of William H. Hinkel, grandson of Michael Hinkel and great-grandson of Abraham Hinkel. Michael Hinkel lived for a time at Port Carbon, Schuyl- kill county, where he carried on the manufacture of brick. Subsequently he resided at several other locations in the county, at East Delaware mines, Dun- cott and Locust Gap, in turn. He then settled at Mount Carmel, Northumber- land county, where he was employed at the mines and remained there until his death. He married Lydia McCord, daughter of John Parvin and Elizabeth (Bailey) McCord, and they became the parents of eight children, namely : William H., Daniel, Elizabeth, Lydia, Samuel, Elmer, and two-George and Sherman-who died young.
William H. Hinkel, the Doctor's father, was engaged as a contractor and builder at Mount Carmel, where he died in 1899; he is buried there. His widow, Mary Elizabeth (Yarnall), still makes her home in that borough. Mr. and Mrs. Hinkel had the following family: Fremont, who is a clergyman of the Episcopal Church, now stationed at York, Pa .; Henrietta M., wife of Benjamin Howells; William Henry; Daniel McCord, a civil and mining engi- neer in the employ of the Lehigh Valley Company, residing at Mount Carmel; Lydia I .; George W .; Mildred E .; and Richard, who died when three months old.
The Yarnall family, to which Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hinkel belongs, at one time owned most of the land in the vicinity of what is now Mount Carmel. The family is an old one in Pennsylvania, of English Quaker stock, Francis and Peter Yarnall having come from their native land with the Hugheses, Boones, Penroses, Kirbys and Lightfoots, and settled in Oley township, Berks Co., Pa. They were of the fifty or more families left out when the township was erected, and the people to the "south part of Oley" therefore petitioned the court of Philadelphia, in 1741, to erect that part into a township, which petition was granted. Among the sixteen signers to this petition were Francis and Peter Yarnall.
In Northumberland county a member of this same family, Richard Yarnall, was the second settler at Mount Carmel. His father, Jesse Yarnall, kept a hotel on the old Minersville road, at the crossing of Mahanoy creek, near Otto's forge, Schuylkill county, about four miles south of Mount Carmel. An Indian path which led from the vicinity of Roaring Creek township, Columbia county, to his hotel is referred to in the early official records of Northumberland county as "Yarnall's path." He married Hannah Penrose, of Roaring Creek township, whose people, like his, came from Maiden-creek township, Berks county, and were Friends.
Richard Yarnall was born April 10, 1791, and died Oct. 14, 1847. He learned the trade of carpenter and millwright. About the time he reached manhood the Centre turnpike was constructed, resulting in a large increase in the travel between Danville and Sunbury on the north and Reading and Potts- ville on the south. A favorable opportunity was presented for the erection of a hotel on this important thoroughfare at the present site of Mount Carmel, which is about equidistant from Danville and Pottsville, and, prompted by these considerations, Mr. Yarnall erected the "Mount Carmel Inn," a two- story log structure situated on the southeast side of the turnpike immediately
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northeast of the "Commercial Hotel." He opened a hotel there and conducted the business with fair success for several years, when, having become surety for a friend who failed to meet his obligations, the property was sold and he removed to the vicinity of Bear Gap, where he was variously employed for several years. He then located on a small cleared tract near the old Minersville road, and also resided at the Tomlinson farm, after which he engaged in hotelkeeping at the Riffert tavern, where he died. The Riffert tavern was a log structure standing on the east side of the turnpike, north of the Lehigh Valley depot. It is not known who erected it, and under the management of its early owners it bore a bad reputation, but with Mr. Yarnall as proprietor it received the confidence and patronage of the traveling public. He married Mary King, daughter of John King, of Ralpho township, and we have record of two of their sons, Jesse and John, both of whom lived at Mount Carmel. The former was born July 7, 1815, near Bear Gap.
John Yarnall, son of Richard, was born Feb. 15, 1828, at the Tomlinson farm, in Coal township, Northumberland county, and learned the carpenter's trade with his father, working at that occupation for some years. He was a well-to-do contractor and builder at Mount Carmel. In 1859 he married Henrietta Mussina, daughter of Henry B. and Elizabeth ( Winters) Mussina, of Center county, Pa., and they became the parents of eight children: Mrs. William H. Hinkel, Henry M., Newton L., Richard K., Jerusha M. (deceased), John W., William and Mary Elizabeth.
William Henry Hinkel obtained his early education in the public schools of Mount Carmel, and later attended Phillips Academy at Exeter, N. H. He then entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, where he was graduated in 1908, and he subsequently spent about eighteen months in the Fountain Springs hospital near Ashland, Schuylkill Co., Pa., where he was engaged from 1908 to 1910. Meantime, on Dec. 15, 1909, he had opened an office in Tamaqua, Schuylkill county, where he is now giving all his time to private practice, in which he has met with encouraging success. He deserves all the progress he has made, and his trustworthiness has been recognized in his appointment as deputy coroner and as member of the Tamaqua board of health, in both of which positions he has served faithfully from 1912 to the present writing. The Doctor was one of the organizers of the People's Trust Company of Tamaqua, and is a member of its board of directors. Socially he is a Mason, holding membership in Tamaqua Blue Lodge, No. 238, and he still retains his affiliation with the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
Dr. Hinkel was married to Isabella Laird Elliott, of Philadelphia, Pa., and they have three children : William Henry, Jr., Elizabeth Jean and Isabella.
CHARLES H. BITTLE, of Schuylkill Haven, is a descendant of an old family whose history in Schuylkill county dates back to the days before its formation, which took place in 1811. It was founded here by his great-great- grandfather, Christopher Bittle, who arrived in America Sept. 24. 1753, and first located at Quakertown, near Philadelphia, Pa., at which time he was only a boy. For a time he was employed upon a farm. Later he married a Miss Neiman, and settled at Pottstown, Pa., where he purchased a farmi upon which he lived for a while. Selling out, he came to what is now Schuylkill county, locating at Summer Mountain, about a half mile east of Schuylkill Haven, where he bought the farm later owned by the Henney and Reber fam- ilies, situated in South Manheim township. He sold that property and removed
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to North Manheim township, where he settled on a tract lying along the road leading from Schuylkill Haven to Cressona, later known as the old Bartolette farm. When he sold this he bought a farm property near Minersville (in the same locality as the old Thomas Shollenberger tract), and it was there his death occurred. The place afterwards became known as the James farm. Besides farming, Christopher Bittle was engaged to a considerable extent in cutting timber, owning and operating an old-time sawmill, cutting his timber and floating it down the Schuylkill river. He had the following children : John; Jacob; Henry, who was the owner of the well known Weissinger farm in North Manheim township, Schuylkill county; Jonathan, who lived and died in Panther valley, Schuylkill county; Mrs. Strauch; Mrs. Pott; Mrs. Kate Weaver; Mrs. Elizabeth Weaver; Mrs. Reed; Mrs. Jennings, and Mrs. Werner.
Jacob Bittle, son of Christopher, was the great-grandfather of Charles H. Bittle, of Schuylkill Haven. Born in North Manheim township, he accom- panied his father on the latter's various removals, and for a time followed farming on the tract near Minersville. Later he bought a farm in Long Run Valley, North Manheim township, cleared off the timber, and spent the re- mainder of his life in its cultivation, dying there when eighty-eight years old. His wife, who was a member of the well known Clouser family of Llewellyn, Schuylkill county, did not attain so advanced an age. They are buried in the old cemetery at Schuylkill Haven. The following children were born to them: William; Jacob, who died in Schuylkill county; John, who died on the homestead; Andrew, who died at Schuylkill Haven; Maria, who first married a Zerbe, later a Berger; Katie, wife of Isaac Berger; Tina, wife of Gabriel Groan; and Sallie, wife of Isaac Ely.
William Bittle, son of Jacob, was born on the farm near Minersville, Schuylkill county, and himself became a farmer, also dealing quite extensively in horses. He owned two farms, one lying half a mile west of Schuylkill Haven, in North Manheim township, and they contained seventy-three and 105 acres, respectively, all valuable land. During the Civil war Mr. Bittle had charge of the recruiting office for Schuylkill county, which was established at Pottsville, and he became well known throughout the county in the pursuit of his various activities. His wife, Elizabeth (Berger), was the daughter of Ludwig Berger, a man of wealth and highly respected in Schuylkill county in his day. Mr. Bittle died Oct. 19, 1881, his wife in February, 1883, and they are buried in the Union cemetery at Schuylkill Haven. They were the parents of four children : Marcus, Frank (living at Schuylkill Haven), Sam- uel B. (of Schuylkill Haven) and Mary Elizabeth (who married Charles Phillips).
Marcus Bittle was born in Long Run, Schuylkill county, and died in 1910; he is buried in the Union cemetery at Schuylkill Haven. Practically all his life he was engaged in farming, owning a tract of fifty-five acres, and he also carried on the ice business at Schuylkill Haven, making a success in both lines. He married Rosa Kline, daughter of the late Rev. Jacob Kline, of Schuylkill Haven, for many years affectionately and familiarly known there as "Father" Kline. To Mr. and Mrs. Bittle were born five children: Annie, wife of William Spotts; Charles H .; William; Ralph, and Claude. Part of Marcus Bittle's farm has been sold for building lots, but Mrs. Bittle still retains the ownership of thirty acres, where she resides. It is very valuable property.
Charles H. Bittle was born March 27, 1872, and was reared upon his
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father's farm, attending the public schools in his boyhood. Learning the trade of carpenter, he followed it for a number of years, in 1901 opening the general store which he has since conducted. He has operated it very successfully, his intelligent management and accommodating methods having attracted a profitable patronage, and he owns several pieces of property in the borough besides his business.
Mr. Bittle is a Republican in his political convictions. He is an interested member of the Reformed Church and a regular attendant at the Sunday school, and fraternally he belongs to the I. O. O. F. and the Sons of America.
On June 27, 1901, Mr. Bittle married Annie Geary, daughter of Albert Geary; of Cressona, this county, and she died Sept. 10, 1906, leaving one son, Marcus A., who is attending school.
ELIAS BACHERT has an up-to-date farm and mill property in East Brunswick township, of which he may justly be proud, as it has been brought to its present state through his efforts. His milling equipment is now very complete, and the other improvements he has installed are equally valuable, adequate for the conduct of his business operations and affording home and farm accommodations above the ordinary. Mr. Bachert has long been well known as a reliable miller in this section, where the family is of old standing. Born in East Brunswick township Aug. 14, 1843, he is a son of John Bachert and grandson of George Bachert.
George Bachert, the grandfather, was a farmer in East Brunswick town- ship, where he owned a tract of 100 acres, upon which he erected a log barn and stone house. He was a wheelwright as well as farmer. He had the fol- lowing children: Jacob, John, Henry, Simon, Magdalena and Mrs. John Faust. George Bachert died aged eighty years, and is buried with his wife in a private graveyard on the homestead farm. He was a Democrat, and a member of the Frieden's German Lutheran Church.
John Bachert, father of Elias, was reared and educated in East Bruns- wick township, and during his youth assisted his father. Later he bought a farm of 100 acres near the old homestead, and carried on farming all his life. Politically he was a Democrat, and in religion a Lutheran, he and his wife belonging to the Frieden's Church; they are buried in its cemetery. Mr. Bachert married Elizabeth Zettlemoyer, who was born in Berks county, Pa., and the following children were born to this union: Jacob married Sarah Miller and both are deceased; Emmanuel died unmarried; James, deceased, married Flora Steigerwalt, who resides in West Brunswick township, this county ; Daniel died young; Elias is next in the family; Elizabeth married Jacob Houser, and both are deceased; Laura married Aaron Eckroth : Mollie died unmarried ; Katie died young. The father of this family lived to the age of eighty years, the mother dying at the age of sixty-cight.
Elias Bachert was educated in the schools of East Brunswick township, and continued to work for his father until twenty years of age. He entered the employ of William Heibke, for the purpose of learning milling, in the Roaring creek valley, Columbia Co., Pa., remained there one year, and next went to Mifflinville, Columbia county, where he served a further apprentice- ship with Albert Brown, miller, spending one year with him also. His next experience was gained with Daniel Yost, at Lewistown, in Walker township, Schuylkill county, with whom he worked a few months in the same business. Then for one winter he was with Abraham Daubert, in East Brunswick town-
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ship, after which he entered the employ of Jonas Kunkel, in the same town- ship, and managed his mill for five years. At the end of that period he went to Mahanoy City and entered the steam flour mill of Andrew Hoppes, where he remained one year, thence returning to East Brunswick township, where he bought his present mill and adjoining farm of seventy-five acres from William Koch; he has added to his holdings until he now has 163 acres and one rod, of which about sixty acres are under cultivation. The property has undergone steady development since it came into his hands. The many im- provements he has made include a new barn, gristmill, cider press and saw- mill, and provide ample facilities for the general farming and milling business he carries on. Practically all his time is given to business, and though he is a good citizen in every sense of the term he does not enter actively into the affairs of government. He is a Democrat on political questions, and like his immediate ancestors a member of the Frieden's Lutheran Church.
Mr. Bachert married Hannah Merkle, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Dunkel) Merkle, and children as follows have been born to them: Albert Robert, born May 12, 1868, is a farmer in East Brunswick township; William Ivy, born July 25, 1869, married Edith Leiby ; Elizabeth, born Oct. 28, 1870, died when three months old; Cordelia was born Jan. 10, 1871; John E., born June 17, 1878, married Ammda Nester ; Richard A., born Oct. 14, 1882, died in 1900 ; Howard J., was born March 18, 1886; Luther P., Nov. 18, 1887; Thomas W., May 9, 1890; Oscar P., June 7, 1895.
Mrs. Hannah (Merkle) Bachert was born Oct. 3, 1849, and received her education in Walker township. She is a daughter of William Merkle, and a granddaughter of Solomon Merkle, who was born in Berks county, Pa., where he received his education. He came to Walker township, Schuylkill county, and bought a tract of 200 acres which he operated for a number of years, engaging in general farming. By his marriage to Elizabeth Rothermel, also a native of Berks county, he had the following children: Hannah mar- ried George Stoudt; Catherine, unmarried; Maria, who married a Mr. Mc- Clure and (second) a Mr. Wilson ; and William. The parents were members of the German Lutheran Church, and are buried at the Zion's Church, Lewis- town, Walker township.
William Merkle, son of Solomon, was born near Moselem. Berks Co., Pa., and moved from that county to Walker township, Schuylkill county. He bought his father's farm of 200 acres, and carried on general farming until his death. He married Elizabeth Dunkel, who was born near Maiden-Creek. Berks Co., Pa., and died when about fifty years old. He died at the age of about fifty-five years. They were regular attendants at the services of Zion's German Lutheran Church, at Lewistown, and contributed faithfully to its support. They are buried at that church. Mr. Merkle was a Republican in political sentiment. His children were as follows: Solomon married Phoebe Hein, and both are deceased ; Simon, deceased, married Lydia Stein; Esther is the widow of John Shock, and resides at Lewistown, Walker township; Maria is deceased ; Elizabeth is deceased ; Catherine married Benneville Yoder, of Boyertown, Pa .; Hannah is Mrs. Elias Bachert; Leah and Rachel, twins. died young ; Benjamin, deceased, married Sarah Dotterer, who lives at Boyer- town, Pennsylvania.
WILLIAM S. SMITH, organist of Zion's Church in West Penn town- ship, has succeeded his father in that position and also as tenant on the farm
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owned by the Zion's Church, where his father took up his home Dec. 15, 1864. Mr. Smith was born on his present place May 21, 1876, son of Chris- tian Smith, grandson of Isaac Smith and great-grandson of John Schmidt. The latter was born in Albany township, Berks Co., Pa., where he followed farming. His children were Isaac; Samuel; Sallie, wife of Christian Lutz; and Susanna, Mrs. Greenawalt.
Isaac Smith, son of John, above, was born in 1806 in Albany township, where he was reared. In his early life he learned the trade of stonemason, which he followed throughout his active years, and he also owned and operated a small tract of land. He was well educated and taught the German language. He did not take any part in public affairs, but he was a Democrat in political sentiment, and a Lutheran in religion, belonging to the Eck Church in Albany township. His wife, Rachel ( Correll), was also a native of Albany town- ship, Berks county, and they had a large family, namely: Christian, now deceased; Charles, deceased ; Mary, who married Emanuel Sassaman ; James, deceased; Jonathan, deceased; Abraham, deceased; Isaac; Julia, who mar- ried Reuben Pauley and survived him, living at Drehersville, Schuylkill county, until her death ; William, who lives at Drehersville; Emma E., widow of Syl- vester Kemp; and Susan, who died in infancy.
Christian Smith, son of Isaac, was born Nov. 16, 1831, in Albany town- ship, Berks county, where he received a common school education. Coming to Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, when a youth, he was in the employ of a Mr. Alspach, undertaker, for some time, later worked among the farmers of this section, and then took the position of organist for the Frieden's Church at New Ringgold ;. while there he also conducted the farm which is part of the church property. After three years in that position he came to the farni owned and controlled by Zion's Lutheran and Reformed Church in West Penn township, where he spent the rest of his life. The property comprises ninety-eight acres, of which seventeen are in timber. Mr. Smith followed general farming very successfully and also acted as organist for the church until his death, which occurred Oct. 29, 1906. His wife, Sarah (Strausser), daughter of Benjamin Strausser, was born Oct. 14. 1839, and died April 3, 1914. They are buried at Zion's Church. Mr. Smith was a member of the Lutheran congregation there, and had the respect of the many residents of this section with whom his duties brought him into contact. We have the following record of their family: (1) Esther, deceased, was the wife of John Dreher, of Allentown, Pa., and the mother of the following children: Ger- trude, deceased; Charles; Ida ; Katie; Stella : Ellen, deceased; John; Minnie. and James. (2) Rosie is the wife of William Fisher, and they reside at Maysville Park, in Northumberland county, Pa. Their children are Gertrude, William and Annie. (3) Charles, of Allentown, Pa., married Ida Marsh, and they have had five children, the only survivor being Stella. (4) Emma, deceased, is buried at Zion's Church. She was the wife of William Dietrich, of New Tripoli, Pa., and the mother of the following children: Jennie, Mamie, Annie and Sallie (twins), Irene and Frank. (5) Frank, of Pen Argyl, Pa., married Minnie Oplinger, and they have had seven children: Ralph, deceased; Dewey, deceased; Leon, Hilda, Norman ; Albert, deceased ; and Miriam. (6) Mary, who married George Schnee, of Mount Carmel, Pa., is deceased, and is buried at Mount Carmel. She had two children, Edward and Earl. (7) Elihu, of Hackensack, N. J., married Daisy Strausser, and they have had seven children: Bessie, Wilbur, Leon, Rotherford, Irene,
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