Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy-family history-biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present, Volume II, Part 57

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Chicago, J.H. Beers
Number of Pages: 684


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Frederick Schwalm, grandfather of George M. Schwalm, was born in what is now Hubley township, and there spent all his life, engaged in farming. He was a member of the German Reformed Church, and a Democrat in politics. He married three times, and by his first wife, Catherine (Stein), also a native of Schuylkill county, had a family of thirteen children, all now deceased except Daniel. William was a retired farmer, of Valley View, this county ; Emanuel was postmaster at Hegins; Daniel is a farmer in Hubley township; Peter had a twin sister Catherine, who resided in Indiana; Louisa lived and died at Hoopeston, Ill. For his second wife Frederick Schwalm married Sarah Suf- ing, who died leaving no children, and he subsequently married Harriet Dieter. By the last union there were three children: Otilla and Elizabeth, both now deceased ; and Jackson, of Hegins township.


Peter Schwalm was born Aug. 21, 1836, in what is now Hubley (then Lower Mahantongo) township, this county, and there passed his early years, receiving his education in the public and subscription schools which flourished in the neighborhood during his boyhood. His father was one of the directors of the first free school established in the township. Peter Schwalm remained at home until twenty-five years old, when he took charge of the farm of his brother, Samuel, who had entered the army for service in the Civil war, giving three years and one month of his time to the Union cause. He was thus occu- pied for a year and a half, and then bought the Schrob gristmill, which he car- ried on for several years, selling out and removing to Porter township, where he had acquired property in the meantime, having purchased 129 acres in the Williams valley. Though the land was not all cleared and the buildings were old, he had paid $5,500 for this place, and he set at once about the task of improving it, which was no small matter. Some parts were so wild and over- grown with underbrush that the foxes would come close to the farmhouse in broad daylight and carry off the chickens, and Mr. Schwalm trapped thirty foxes during his first few years there. He continued to reside on that farm until 1895, when he built a home in Muir to which he removed, living in retire- ment there until his death, which occurred July 25, 1908. His son George then took charge of the home farm. In 1887 Mr. Schwalm had purchased another tract, containing about 118 acres, in Hegins township, which before his death passed into the ownership of his son Ellsworth. The village of Muir is built partly upon his Porter township farm. Mr. Schwalm was a man of active temperament, enterprising in looking out for the welfare of his locality as well as his own interests, and he served his township in the public offices of school


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director, tax assessor and tax collector. Politically he was a Republican, and his religious connection was with the Reformed Church at Orwin.


On April 23, 1861, Mr. Schwalm married Maria Schrob, who was born Oct. 29, 1843, in Hegins township, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Holde- mann) Schrob, who had a family of six children, four of whom attained matur- ity: Jacob died when sixty-five years old; Amos lives at Valley View, this county ; Catherine lives in Kansas. Mrs. Schwalm died April 1, 1911, and is buried with her husband in the Fairview cemetery near Muir. Mr. and Mrs. Schrob were among the early settlers in their section of Schuylkill county, and both died there. They were members of the Lutheran Church.


Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Schwalm: Elizabeth married Alfred Hand, and is deceased; she had two children, Harry H. and Ira W., the former dying when eleven months old; the latter married Elizabeth Jobe and has two sons, Elbert and Ivan. Ellsworth, a farmer of Hegins township, married Jane Kessler, and their children are Elmer, Ralph, Ruth, Beulah, Effie and Lloyd, surviving, and Claude, who died in infancy. George M. is mentioned below. Albert T. is a teacher of long experience in Porter township, and now principal of schools there. William O. lives near Midland, S. Dak., where he is engaged in agriculture and cattle raising on a large scale; he married Annie Bixler, and has children, Ira and Ray (twins), Merle, Dorothy, Arthur and Ben. Mary E. married Thomas Moser, a teacher of Porter town- ship, and has children, Irma, Clair, Lyle, Glenn, Ruth, Paul and Jeanette. John P., who has long been carrying on a hardware business at Reinerton, married Catherine Lebo, and they have three children, Beatrice, Harold and Mark.


George M. Schwalm was but seven months old when the family moved from Hubley to Porter township, and there he grew up, obtaining his education in the local public schools. He was trained to farming from boyhood, but for seven years during his youth and early manhood he worked at the mines. Returning to the homestead farm, he has continued to devote his energies to agriculture since, and in 1894 he began operating the place on his own account, renting it from his father. In 1903 he purchased the property from his father, having a fine tract of 102 acres, adjoining the town of Muir. He has earned the reputation of being one of the most up-to-date farmers in his neighborhood, not only because of his actual accomplishments in the line of agriculture, but on account of the ideal condition in which he keeps his surroundings. He has built a fine residence, and all the other buildings are modern and well cared for, Mr. Schwalm believing that true economy consists in a judicious outlay rather than too conservative a policy. He makes a specialty of raising corn and potatoes, for which he has no trouble finding a market. Mr. Schwalm's fellow citizens have the utmost confidence in his integrity and judgment, and he has been elected to the township offices of auditor and supervisor, in both of which he has performed his duties creditably and intelligently. He is one of the best known residents of his section. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to Swatara Lodge, No. 267, F. & A. M., of Tremont, and he also holds mem- bership in the P. O. S. of A.


Mr. Schwalm married Agnes Haertter, daughter of Christian Haertter, and the following children have been born to them: Lottie B., who is now living at home, graduated from the Porter township high school and later attended the Keystone State Normal School at Kutztown, and afterwards taught three terms in Porter township; Lillian E. graduated from the township high Vol. II-25


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school, taught three years, and then entered the normal school at Kutztown, graduating there, since when she has taught one term in Monroe county, Pa., and three terms in Porter township, at present being so engaged at Hoopeston, Ill., where she took her present position in 1915; Corine, who graduated from the township high school and the Wade business college at Lancaster, Pa., is now stenographer for the grand regent of the Royal Arcanum at Lancaster, Pa .; Elma C. graduated from the township high school and subsequently spent one year in the Mahanoy City schools and the Wiconisco school, from which she was graduated in 1915, and is now at home.


SAMUEL KLECKNER, of New Boston, Schuylkill county, has been in the employ of Jones, Delano & Co., throughout his business career, being at present their store manager at New Boston, where he also fills the position of postmaster. He has spent all his life in this part of the county, having been born at Mahanoy City Nov. 15, 1879, and the family is of long standing here. His grandfather, the late Joshua Kleckner, was born in West Penn township, this county, in what is known as Kleckners Valley, came to Mahanoy City in 1870, and was employed about the mines during his active years. He was liv- ing retired at Mahanoy City at the time of his death, May 29, 1915, at the venerable age of eighty years. He married Mary Follweiler, and they had children as follows: Frank, Wallace, Pierce, Catherine and Dora.


Frank Kleckner, father of Samuel Kleckner, was born in Kleckners Val- ley, in West Penn township, and for several years followed mining in the employ of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company. Later he was engaged as a watchman at Park Place, Schuylkill county. He died June 8, 1915. He and his wife Sarah (Sassamen) had two children: Samuel and Norman, the latter a clerk in the colliery at Park Place.


Samuel Kleckner received his early education in the public schools of Ma- hanoy City, finishing with a course at McCann's business college, in that borough, where he was graduated in 1897, with the first class from that insti- tution. He then found a position as bookkeeper with Jones, Delano & Co., at Buck Mountain colliery, where he remained for nine years. His next work was at the Vulcan colliery, where he was coal shipper for eighteen months, and since 1907 he has been located at New Boston, as store manager. In addi- tion to his mercantile duties he serves as postmaster. Mr. Kleckner is a trust- worthy young man, and his ability and fidelity to his duties have been appar- ent in the prosperity of the store under his management. His services have been highly satisfactory to his employers and to the public, and he is a citizen of high standing. In fraternal connection he is a Mason, belonging to Ma- hanoy City Lodge, No. 357, F. & A. M., and Mizpah Chapter, No. 252, R. A. M., as well as to Washington Camp No. 124. P. O. S. of A., and Lodge No. 695, B. P. O. Elks, all of Mahanoy City. He is a member of the Reformed Church.


Mr. Kleckner married Elizabeth Holman, a daughter of B. I. Evans, of Mount Carmel, Pa., the well known mine inspector. They have two children, Frank and Elizabeth.


WILLIAM M. DAMPMAN, foreman of the repair shops of the Phila- delphia & Reading Railway Company at Gordon, Schuylkill county, was born in Lebanon, Lebanon Co., Pa., son of James M. and Elizabeth (Irons) Damp- man, both natives of Pennsylvania. The father is of German descent.


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James M. Dampman was born in Reading, Berks Co., Pa., March 27, 1851, and moved thence to Lebanon at an early age. He has been connected with the Reading Railway Company from boyhood, first as messenger, then at other employments until he was made an engineer at Reading in 1875; he now holds that position at Mahanoy Plane, and resides in Frackville, Pa. Mr. Dampman married Elizabeth Irons, and they had four children: William M., mentioned below; Jennie, living at Lebanon, Pa .; Mary, widow of George Kienzle, of Frackville; and Daniel, a resident of Frackville, in the employ of the Reading railroad. Mrs. Dampman died in 1884.


James Dampman, the grandfather of William M. Dampman, was a native of Chester county, Pa. He was connected with the Reading Railway Com- pany from its earliest days of existence, and had the honor of running one of the first hard-coal burning engines used on the road. He had eight children, five sons and three daughters, of whom four are living. Philip is a resident of Point Pleasant, N. J. David took part in the Civil war, was afterwards employed by the Reading Railway Company, and is now deceased. Mrs. Wil- liam Livingston resides in Philadelphia; Mrs. Harry Rippman, in Norris- town, Pa .; Mrs. Harry Bailey, in Philadelphia.


William M. Dampman attended school in Philadelphia during the time his parents resided there, completing his education in Frackville. After his school days were over he came to Mahanoy Plane, and on the Ist of December, 1889, became a messenger for the Reading Railway Company. He was rapidly advanced to caller, and from that to other positions, until in 1891 he was made stationery engineer at Mahanoy Plane. In July, 1894, he was apprenticed to the machinist's trade at that place in the shops, working thus until December, 1900, when he was transferred to his present position of foreman, of the Phila- delphia & Reading Railway shops at Gordon.


In 1898 Mr. Dampman was married to Harriet Cobley, of Mahanoy Plane, and they have had these children : James M., Beatrice, Samuel, Douglas and Jennie. Mr. Dampman is a member of the Lutheran Church, and in politics he is a Republican. He has been president of the school board of Gordon for four years, is secretary of the board of health and treasurer of Citizens' Fire Company, No. I. He is also a member of Ashland Lodge, No. 294, F. & A. M., of the Patriotic Order Sons of America, and of the Royal Arcanum.


Samuel Cobley, father of Mrs. Dampman, was a fire-boss in the mines at Mahanoy Plane. He married Elizabeth Coles, and they had eight children : James, a resident of St. Louis, Mo .; Charles, living at Mahanoy Plane; Mar- garet, wife of James Garraway, of Frackville; George, a resident of Lansdale, Montgomery county ; Mrs. Dampman; Elizabeth, unmarried; Samuel and Elmer, deceased.


THOMAS FRANKLIN BLEILER has an up-to-date harness shop in West Penn township, where he has been established for almost twenty years, having moved here in 1897 from Lehigh county, where he was born and where his family has been settled for several generations. He is a son of David Bleiler and grandson of John Bleiler, the latter a lifelong resident of Lehigh county, the owner of a tannery and farm of 125 acres in Weisenberg town- ship, both of which he conducted successfully. He lived to be over sixty years old, and is buried at Siegel's Church near Fogelsville, Lehigh county. He was a Democrat, and a member of the German Reformed Church. His children


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were : James ; John ; Thomas; William; David; Mrs. Sallie Smith; and Mary, who married Dennis Bachman.


David Bleiler, father of Thomas Franklin Bleiler, was born in 1823 in Weisenberg township, Lehigh county, and died at Lynnville, that county, in December, 1882. He received his education in the schools of the home local- ity, worked for his father on the farm, and also learned the trade of harness- maker, which he followed in connection with agriculture, doing well in both lines. At the same time he carried on a hotel at Lynnville. He retired about six years before his death, and spent his closing days in Lynnville. A man of public spirit and enterprising character, he took an interest in all the affairs of the community, served several terms as school director at Lynnville, was iden- tified with the Democratic party in politics, and was a leading member of the German Reformed Church at Lynnville, which he served as treasurer for the long period of fifteen years. Mr. Bleiler married Sarah Seiberling, who survived him, passing away Jan. 28, 1898, aged seventy-three years, eight months, one day. She was the youngest of ten children born to John Seiber- ling (whose wife's maiden name was Bear), who was of the same stock as the well known Seiberlings of Ohio, manufacturers of the Buckeye harvesting machinery. John Seiberling made an unusual official record as postmaster at Lynnville, holding the office for sixty-five years, and he was the oldest post- master in the United States in his day. He died at the age of ninety-four years.


Mr. and Mrs. David Bleiler are buried at the Lynnville German Reformed Church. They had a family of eight children : John H. died unmarried; Eliza- beth died unmarried; Thomas Franklin is next in the family ; Dr. Peter Oliver, who was a physician at Allentown, Pa., now deceased, married Emma Kistler ; Mary Amanda died unmarried ; James died in childhood; Dr. Charles Alfred, born June 24, 1859, at Lynnville, now deceased, married Alice Kistler (de- ceased) and (second) Carrie Adams; William Frederick, a farmer of Lehigh county, now living at Lynnville, married Jane Knerr.


Thomas Franklin Bleiler was born Nov. 9, 1850, in Lynn township, Le- high county, and received his education at Lynnville. He learned harness- making with his father, and continued to follow the trade at Lynnville, where he had a thriving shop of his own, until his removal to his present place in West Penn township, Schuylkill county, in the year 1897. He occupies a nice property, which he purchased, has a well equipped saddlery shop with a desirable tract of ground, and has carried on a prosperous business through- out the period of his residence here. Though of late years Mr. Bleiler has not been specially active in public and church affairs he is a citizen whose co- operation and influence in such matters are valued. While at Lynnville he served two terms as postmaster, during President Cleveland's administration, making a highly creditable record. He was a prominent member of St. Peter's Reformed Church there, holding the office of deacon for six years, and he joined Council No. 204, Order of Independent Americans, at New Tripoli, Lehigh county, many years ago.


Mr. Bleiler married Louisa Lydia Swoyer, who was born Nov. 18, 1857, in Albany township, Berks Co., Pa., and when one year old accompanied her parents to Lehigh county. She received her education in the public schools of Lynnville, and remained at home until her marriage. Mrs. Bleiler is a Lutheran member of St. Peter's Church at Lynnville. To this union have been born three children: (1) Addie Louisa, born Feb. 13, 1877, died Oct.


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27, 1889. (2) Elizabeth Louise, born April 6, 1880, is the wife of George Sittler, an employee of the Victor Talking Machine Company, of Philadel- phia ; they have one child, Thomas Bleiler, born July 28, 1909. Mrs. Sittler was educated in Lehigh county and at the Keystone State Normal School, at Kutztown, Pa., and taught school for seven terms in West Penn township. (3) George Thomas, born Nov. 9, 1885, died Aug. 28, 1887.


Killian Swoyer, grandfather of Mrs. Thomas F. Bleiler, spent all his life in Albany township, Berks county, where he owned a large tract of land and followed farming. He was a Democrat, and a member of the German Lutheran Church at Stony Run, in Albany township, and he and his wife, Barbara (Merkel), are buried there; she lived to the age of eighty- four years. They had one child, Ephraim.


Ephraim Swoyer was born Nov. 9, 1804, in Albany township, Berks county, where he was reared and educated. He worked for his father until the latter's death, and inherited the homestead property. When his daugh- ter Louisa was one year old he sold the place and removed to Lynnville, Lehigh county, where he bought a farm of ninety-five acres which he operated for a number of years. On retiring he spent his closing years with his daughter Mrs. Hermany. He married Catherine Smith. like himself a native of Albany township, daughter of Joseph and Catherine ( Bachman) Smith. She died at the age of seventy-three years, the mother of children as fol- lows: Caroline married Henry D. Kistler, of New Tripoli, Lehigh county ; Saralı Ann married Charles Miller, and both are deceased; Amanda mar- ried Edward Hermany ; Alfred, deceased, married Lucetta Smith, of Hazleton, Pa .; Elizabeth is the widow of John Shifferstine, and now resides at Tamaqua, Schuylkill county; William died when thirty years old; Henry, deceased, married Sallie Williams, of Philadelphia; Mary Ann married Henry Shiffer- stine, of Tamaqua; Kate married William Ettinger, who is now deceased, and she lives at Allentown, Pa .; Emma died young; Levi J. married Kate Smith, and they reside at Hazleton, Pa .; Louisa Lydia, Mrs. Bleiler, is next in the family; James D. died young. The parents of this family are buried at St. Peter's Church, Lynnville. Mr. Swoyer was a member of the Lutheran congregation of that church, and a Democrat in political sentiment.


THOMAS WILLIAM PAUL, of East Brunswick township, is a sub- stantial citizen of the region where his family has held a respected position for several generations, his great-grandfather, John Paul, having been a pioneer settler in the township. He owned the farm now occupied by John Schoener, built a log house and barn upon his tract, and succeeded in clearing a great portion of the land. He had the following children: Jacob; John ; Daniel: Philip, who married Sallie Yeager; Charles; William, who married Sallie Will; Henry; Diana, Mrs. Peter Miller; Kate, Mrs. John Matz; Mol- lie, Mrs. Andrew Bankes ; Sallie; and Susan, Mrs. Reber. The parents were members of the Reformed Church at Orwigsburg, in whose cemetery they are buried. Mr. Paul was a Republican.


Daniel Paul, the grandfather, was educated in the schools of East Bruns- wick township, and remained on the homestead farm all his life. Before his father's death he bought the farm property. Mr. Paul married Kate Yeager, a native of West Brunswick township, daughter of Henry Yeager, a farmer of that township, and to this union were born the following children : Hannah, born Jan. 24, 1834, married George Gangloff ; Sarah, born July 25,


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1835, married Charles Matten, and is deceased; William is mentioned below; Phoebe born Jan. 12, 1841, died aged nineteen years; Kate, born Aug. 5, 1843, married Samuel Meck; Mary, born Feb. 5, 1845, married Joshua Schoener, and is deceased; John, born Oct. 9, 1846, married Emma Leiby ; one child died in infancy. Mr. Paul died Dec. 5, 1893, aged eighty-three years, seven months, two days, his wife at the age of seventy-two years. They are buried in the Steigerwalt cemetery. Mr. Paul adhered to the principles of the Republican party, and his religious connection was with the Church of God at Steigerwalt.


William Paul, son of Daniel, was born March 20, 1839, in East Bruns- wick township, and was educated in the schools of that township. He as- sisted on the home farm until he was twenty-seven years old, when he mar- ried and bought the tract of thirteen acres now occupied by Thomas Hartung, remaining on that place for six years. Trading farms with the father of Thomas Hartung, he removed to the tract now owned by his son, Thomas W. Paul, where he has resided ever since, being now practically retired. His life has been unassuming, but useful and commendable to such a degree that he has the unqualified esteem of his neighbors and other friends. He is a valued member of the Church of God at Steigerwalt and has served the con- gregation for years as trustee. On political questions he is a Republican.


Mr. Paul was married to Emma E. Hartung, born Dec. 16, 1842, a daugh- ter of Thomas and Priscilla (Bensinger) Hartung, and they became the parents of three children: Kate Louisa, born Feb. 12, 1866, is now keeping house for her father in a part of the dwelling on the farm which his son now owns; Thomas William is mentioned below; Mary Matilda, born Aug. 25, 1877, is the wife of Harry Frantz. Mrs. Paul died March 12, 1910, and is buried in the Steigerwalt cemetery.


Thomas William Paul was born Sept. 7, 1872, in East Brunswick town- ship, where he received most of his education in the public schools, later attending the high school at Palo Alto one term. He taught school for one term in West Brunswick township. He grew up on the home farm, and continued to assist his father in its operation until twenty-two years of age. Then he married and entered the employ of Jonas Kunkel, as a farm laborer, remaining with him one year, after which he returned to the home farm, later buying the place from his father. The tract contains about one hun- dred acres, seventy-five acres of which are under cultivation, devoted to general farming. Mr. Paul attends market at Port Carbon and St. Clair, and being ambitious and diligent has taken his place among the most progres- sive agriculturists of the neighborhood. His neighbors have given practical evidence of the high opinion they have formed of his trustworthiness by elect- ing him to the township school board, in which body he served for a period of sixteen years, until the new code went into effect. He supports the Re- publican party, and like a number of the family holds membership in the Church of God at Steigerwalt, of which he is elder at present. For some time he was superintendent of the Sunday school.


Mr. Paul married Amanda Becker, a daughter of William and Catherine (Stitzel) Becker, born May 19, 1870, in West Brunswick township, and their children have been born as follows: Hilda May, Nov. 17, 1895; Clarence Edward, Jan. 24, 1897; Emily Cecelia, July 30, 1900; Ettie Mildred, June 20, 1903, died Jan. 4, 1904; Edward Milton, twin of Ettie (died May 26, 1904) ;


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Mabel Irene, May 20, 1909. All the surviving children are at home, and attending school in East Brunswick township.


William Becker, father of Mrs. Thomas W. Paul, was born in West Penn township about the year 1829, son of John Becker. He was a farmer and wood chopper, owned a small tract of land which he operated and also assisted other farmers in his neighborhood. His first wife, Harriet (Lutz), born in 1834, died in 1862, the mother of children as follows: Francis mar- ried Hannah Bachert; James, born in 1857, died in 1876; Kate married John Coldren. Mrs. Harriet Becker was buried in the Evangelical cemetery at Drehersville, Pa. For his second wife Mr. Becker married Catherine Stitzel, born in 1833, who died in 1876, and by whom he had five children: Lizzie married Abraham Oswald; Cordelia married James Marburger; Samuel mar- ried Sallie Hillegass; Amanda married Thomas W. Paul; Neda married George Moore. The mother is buried at Drehersville. Mr. Berker's third marriage was to Mrs. Cecelia (Dorward) Reinert, widow of Benjamin Rein- ert, and to this union were born three children: Cora married Claude Bach- ert ; Charles and George are unmarried. By her marriage to Benjamin Rein- ert, Mrs. Becker had the following children: Agnes married Harry Carey ; Elmira married Jacob Price; Emma married Martin Custer; William mar- ried Mamie Sterner. William Becker died in the fall of 1913, aged eighty- four years, and his widow now resides at Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pa. He was a very active member of the United Evangelical Church at Drehers- ville, serving as class leader and in other church offices, and he is buried at Drehersville. Politically he was a Republican.




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