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In 1910, the population of Reading was 96,071. This was 3,929 short of the necessary 100,000 to make it a second-class city. It is the largest third-class city in the State.
City Officials. Every four years the voters of the entire city elect a Mayor, Controller, Treasurer and three Assessors. The town is divided into sixteen wards and the voters of each one of these elect a select councilman for four years and a common coun- cilman for two years. Each ward also elects an Alderman for a term of six years, a Constable for four years, and an Assessor for four years. The Mayor, Councils and other officials, appoint many officers. The following is the list: Chief of Police, Sergeants and Patrolmen, Commissioner of Markets, Building Inspector, Plumb- ing Inspector, City Scavenger, City Clerk, four Water Commission- ers, City Engineer, City Solicitor, three Commissioners of Public Works and Clerks and Members of the Board of Health.
The active force of the police department consists of the Chief of Police, Clerk, six Sergeants, a Superintendent of Fire Alarm and Police Patrol, seventy-four Patrolmen, two drivers, two Police Telegraph Operators, two Turnkeys, one Scavenger, one Janitress, one Matron and an assistant Inspector of Poles.
The Police and Fire Alarm system of telegraphing is main- tained under the management of one man. The Building Inspector is appointed by the Mayor. In his office is kept a record of all building operations in the city. He also has charge of the inspec- tion of telegraph and telephone poles of which there are more than eight thousand located in various parts of the city.
Volunteer companies furnish protection against fire. About five thousand men belong to the thirteen companies that have been formed for this purpose. The fire apparatus belongs to the city and is valued at one hundred thirty-eight thousand dollars.
There are eighty-five miles of opened streets. Many miles of pavements are kept in order. To pave, clean and repair these thoroughfares is no small task. As much as eighteen thousand dol- lars is required for this purpose.
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Sanitary Provisions. About seven thousand dollars is spent yearly by the Board of Health to make the city as healthy a place as possible. The Plumbing Inspector is a very important factor in doing this. A City Market Commissioner tests the scales, milk and products of various kinds to see that the purchasing public is honestly treated. The office of Milk and Meat Inspector has recent- ly been created. Garbage is disposed of by a modern scientific process in a large up-to-date plant. Householders furnish utensils to store refuse matter and a contractor receives one dollar and ninety-four cents a ton for disposing of it. It is removed twice a week. Twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars a year is re- quired for this work.
The water works, to supply Reading with water, have been owned since 1821. During the year just passed more than four billion gallons have been used. The main source of supply is the Maidencreek. There are now in use five open sand bed filters, and sixteen covered sand bed filters have recently been constructed. One hundred and thirteen miles of pipes are needed to bring the water to all parts of the city.
Industrial Conditions. Since the founding of the city much of its food stuffs have been secured in the surrounding farming districts which are noted for their richness. In addition to this, in its market houses there are found on sale all the products of the south, the west and the north.
Located near the great coal beds, an abundant supply of coal at a low rate has been a special stimulus to industries of all kinds, especially iron.
Located as it is on the Reading and Pennsylvania Railroads, there is excellent freight service.
The Reading Car shops are vast and furnish employment to thousands. Electric transportation is well arranged, there being two local lines, three mountain lines and six lines to suburban towns. More than nineteen million passengers are carried an- nually.
Ever since colonial days Reading has been a manufacturing town. The hat-making industry was second only to that of Phila-
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delphia in those days. The city is credited with having four hundred eighty-two manufacturing establishments, twenty-four thousand one hundred and forty-five wage earners and the value of the pro- ducts manufactured is given as $51,135,000, and in each of these it leads Scranton, which has a larger population.
Several large blast furnaces are now operated in the city ; establishments for the manufacture of stoves, hardware, automo- biles, bicycles, dye, textile, candy and paint are constantly busy ; and its leaf tobacco warehouses and factories are numerous, there being about a hundred cigar factories.
Education. Reading has always been known for its excellent schools. There are in all forty-six school buildings, one being especially devoted to administration. The teachers and supervisors
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number three hundred and twenty-six, and about twelve thousand children are enrolled. The High School building for boys, and that for the girls, are both modern structures that represent the best in architecture and adaptability to the purpose for which they were erected. The night classes are especially well attended. The Young Men's Christian Association has more than twelve hundred mem- bers and a new building has been constructed at a cost of $200,000.
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FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE.
Reading has had a free public Library since the beginning of the present century. A splendid new building was erected on the southwest corner of Fifth and Franklin Streets in 1912.
Organizations for Civic development, and Parents' Associations are all helping to educate. So do the sixty-two churches which the city contains. The noblest and the best men have always so ar- ranged the educational affairs as to build up high ideals of what constitutes proper social service which each individual should render, and conserve the manhood and womanhood of each successive gen- eration of its inhabitants. Their lives exemplified the truth of the following stanza :
"What makes a city great and strong? Not architecture's graceful strength, Nor factories' extended length ; But men who see the civic wrong And give their lives to make it right, And turn its darkness into light."
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LEADING FACTS .- 1912.
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1. Founded-1748
2. Incorporated-1783
3. Post Office established-1793
4. Area-3,965 acres
5. Census-(1790) 8,410; (1847) 12,000; (1910) 96,071
6. Railroads-(7 steam, 9 electric and 2 scenic)-18
7. Miles of Street-85
8. Parks-295 acres
9. Market Houses-10
10. Pumping Stations-2
11. Reservoirs-6
12. Cost of Water Works-$3,949,558
13. Places of Amusement-21
14. Charitable Institutions-13
15. Churches-91
16. Schools-47 (335 teachers) (13,000 pupils)
17. Banks-14
18. Newspapers-19
19. Mercantile Licenses-1700.
20. Retail Liquor Licenses-174
21. Registered Voters -- 18,234
22. Property Valuation-$54,958,975
23. Trolley Lines-43 miles
24. First Fire Company organized-1773
25. Number of Fire Companies-13
26. Value of Equipment of Fire Companies-$135,750
27. First Newspaper-1789
28. First Railroad-1838
29. Water Company organized-1821
30. City Hall erected-1870
31. Post Office built-1889 32. The County has-34 Wholesale Liquor Dealers, 7 Bottlers, 3 Distillers, 6 Brewers
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CHAPTER XIV.
OUR NATIONAL FLAG.
Previous to the Revolutionary War, the colonies used a variety of flags on which were patriotic mottoes. Among these might be mentioned the Pine Tree Flag, the Rattlesnake Flag, and the Liberty Flag, all of which were used during the first year of the Revolution and earlier. The first il flag used by Washington was unfurled at Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, on Jan. 1, 1776, when he took command of the Continental Army. This flag was similar to the British flag, only that thirteen stripes were ad- ded to it to represent the thirteen original BIRTH OF OUR FLAG. colonies. It was called the Union Jack.
On June 14, 1777, Congress adopted the first National flag. Gen. George Washington, Robert Morris, and Col. George Ross were the committee appointed by Congress that devised this new flag. They called on Mrs. Betsey Ross of Philadelphia, who was noted for her skill as a needlewoman, and proposed that she should put together a. flag after a design furnished in a pencil drawing by Gen. Washington. It is related that Mrs. Ross changed the star to five points, Gen. Washington having at first suggested six points. It is also related that the flag was made out of a soldier's white shirt, a blue army overcoat, and a red flannel petticoat. This flag contained thirteen red and white stripes and thirteen white stars in a blue field arranged in a circle. The stars and stripes were to represent the thirteen original colonies
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* The idea of making stars and stripes on our flag was probably obtained from Washington's coat of arms.
This new flag was first raised at Ft. Stanwix (now Rome), N. Y., on Aug. 3, 1777, and was first carried in battle at Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777. Paul Jones first raised it on the ocean, and Captain Robert Gray first carried it around the world.
In 1795. Congress passed a law that a new star and stripe is to be added every time a new state is admitted. By this method the stripes got narrower every time a new state was admitted to the Union ; but this was remedied by Samuel E. Ried of New York, who suggested that it was best to have thirteen stripes on our flag to represent the thirteen original colonies, and as many stars as there are states in the union, and that every time a new state was admitted, a new star was to be added to the flag on the Fourth of July, next succeeding the admission. Mrs. Ried and her lady friends made a flag as suggested by her husband, and this was adopted by Congress on April 4, 1817, and on July 4, 1818, it was unfurled to the breeze on the Nation's Capitol.
In the army flag, the stars are grouped in the form of a large central star ; and in the navy flag, they are arranged in parallel rows.
The colors of the flag are red, white. and blue; red stands for defiance ; white for purity and blue for fidelity.
The flags for our navy are made in the navy yard at Brooklyn, .N. Y., and the floor of the room in which they are made, is the pattern of the flags.
The largest flag made by the nation is 34.86 ft. long, and 13.12 ft. wide.
The material used in manufacturing our flags has to stand a severe test. It is steeped for 24 hours in fresh water, then it is taken out of the water, strong soap applied, scrubbed, rinsed, and dried. Then it is exposed to the direct rays of the sun for 18 hours. If it stands all these tests, and does not fade, it is accepted by the Govern- ment.
CHAPTER XV.
PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
FOREIGN MINISTERS.
Ilenry A. Muhlenberg, to Anstria, 1838-1840 J. Glaney Jones, to Austria, 1858-1861
FOREIGN CONSULS.
John Endlich, at Basle, Switzerland Henry May Keim, at Prince Edward Island
CONGRESSMEN.
Daniel Heister, 1789-1797
Joseph Heister, 1797-1807, 1815-1820
Matthias Reichert, 1807-1811
John M. Hynemuau, 1811-1813
Daniel Udree. 1813-1815, 1823-1825
Ludwig Worman, 1821-1822 William Adams, 1825-1829
Henry A. Muhlenberg, 1829-1838 George M. Keim, 1838-1843 Jobn Ritter, 1843-1847 William Strong, 1847-1853 J. Glancy Jones, 1851-1853, 1854-1858 Henry A. Muhlenberg, Jr., 1853-1854 William H. Keim, 1858-1859 John Schwartz, 1859-1860 Jacob K. McKenty, 1860-1861 Sydenham E. Ancona, 1861-1867 J. Lawrence Getz, 1867-1873 Heister Clymer. 1873-1881 Daniel Ermentrout, 1881-1889. 1897-1899 David B. Brunner, 1889-1893 Constantine J. Erdman, 1893-1897 Henry D. Green, 1899-1903 Marcus D. Kline. 1903-1907 John H. Rothermel, 1907
STATE OFFICIALS.
Charles Biddle, Supreme Executive Councillor, elected by the Legislature, 1784-1787 Joseph Heister. Governor, 1820-1823 Gabriel leister. Surveyor General, appointed by the Governor. 1824-1830
Frederick Smith, Supreme Associate Justice, appointed by the Governor. 1828-1830
Jacob Sallade, Surveyor General, appointed by . the Goveruor. 1839-1845 John Banks, State Treasurer, clected by the Legislature, 1847
William Strong, Supreme Associate Justice, 1857-1868
William M. lieister, Secretary of State, ap- pointed by Governor. 1858-1860 William II. Keim. Surveyor General, 1860-1861 Warren J. Woraward, Supreme Associate Jns- tice. 1874-1579 David McMurtrie Gregg, Auditor General, 1892- 1895
SENATORS,
Joseph Hiester, 1790-1794 Gabriel Hiester, 1795-1796, 1805-1812 Christopher Lower. 1797-1804 John S. Hiester, 1809-1812 Charles Shoemaker, 1813-1816 Marks John Biddle. 1817-1820 Conrad Feger. 1821-1824 George Schall. 1825-1828
Daniel A. Bertolet, 1829-1832
l'aul Geiger, 1833-1836
John Miller, 1837-1840 Samuel Fegely, 1941-1846 John Potteiger, 1847-1849 Ileury A. Muhlenberg, 1850-1852
William M. Hiester, 1853-1855
John C. Evans, 1856-1858 Benjamin Nunneinacher, 1859-1860 Heister Clymer, 1861-1866 J. Depuy Davis, 1867-1873
Dauiel Ermentrout, 1874-1880 Edward H. Shearer, 1881-1884 Frank R. Brunner, 1885-18SS
Henry D. Green, 1889-1896
W. Oscar Miller, 1897-1900 Edwin M. Herbst, 1901
ASSEMBLYMEN.
Moses Starr, 1752-1754
Francis Parvin, 1755
Thomas Yorke, 1756-1757
James Boone, 1758
John Potts, 1759-1761
John Ross, 1762-1764
Adam Witman, 1765-1766 Edward Biddle, 1767-1781
Henry Christ, 1771-1781 Valentine Eckert, 1776-1779
Henry Haller. 1776-1781
John Lesher, 1776-1781
Johnathon Jones, 1779-1780
John Hiester, 1782
Gabriel Hiester, 1782, 1787-1789, 1791, 1802- 1804
Baltzer Gebr, 1782, 1786, 1792-1799 Daniel Hunter, 1782
Benjamin Weiser, 1782
Joel Bishop, 1782-1784
Daniel Clymer, 1783-1784, 1787, 1791
Chris. Lower, 1783-1785. 1793-1794. 1796
Abraham Lincoln, 1783-1786
John Ludwig, 1783, 1789, 1790-1792 John Patton, 1783
George Ege, 1783
Nicholas Lotz, 1784-1786. 1790-1794 John Rice, 1784 Henry Spyker, 1785-1786 David Davis, 1785-1788
Martin Rhoads, 1785
Philip Kraemer, 1786-1787
Joseph Hiester, 1787-1790
Charles Biddle, 1798
Joseph Sands, 1788-1790
Daniel Brodhead, 1789 Daniel Leinbach, 1790 James Collins, 1791
C. Shoemaker, 1792-1801, 1810, 1812 Paul Groscup, 1792-1798 John Christ, 1795-1796
John Spayd, 1795-1810 Peter Frailey, 1797-1801. 1810-1812
William Lewis, 1797-1798
D. Rose, 1799-1804, 1803-1SOS. 1811-1812
Daniel Udree, 1799-1803. 1805 William Witman, 1800-1805 Frederick Smith. 1802-1803 Isaac Adams, 1804-1805
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PUBLIC OFFICIALS
Jacob Rhoads, 1804-1805, 1809 Jacob Epler, 1805, 1816 Elias Redcay, 1806-1807 Valentine Probst, 1806-180S
Jacob Schaeffer, 1806-1808 John Bishop, 1806
Daniel Yoder, 1807-180S Bernard Kepner, 180S Jacob Schneider. 1809 David Kerhy, 1809-1812. 1815, 1817
John M. Ilyneman, 1809 James MacFarland. 1809 Adam Ruth, 1810-1811
Conrad Feger, 1811-1814
John Miller, 1813, 1815
Jacob Krebs, 1813-1814 John Adams. 1813-1814
Jacob Sassaman, 1813 George Marx, 1814 Jonathon Hudson. 1814 Danlel Kerper, 1815 Daniel Rhoads, Jr., 1815-1817, 1822 Jacob Dreihelbis, 1815
Christian Haldeman, 1816
D. Hottenstein, 1816. 1822-1824, 1827 William Schoener, 1817
Godfried Roehrer, 1817, 1820, 1823 Michael Graeff. 1817-1819 Joseph Good, 1818-1819
.Jacob Levan, 1818-1819
Elisha Geiger. 1818 Jacob Griesemer. 1818-1819
.John Neikerch. 1819, 1822
John Kohler, 1820
Abraham Mengel. 1820
John W. Roseberry, 1820
George Gernant. 1820-1821
Samuel Jones, 1821 Joseph Good, 1821
Jacob Rahn, 1821
Jacob Schneider, 1821 Willlam Adams, 1822-1824 John Gehr, 1822-1823
William Audenreld, 1823-1824 Henry Boyer, 1824-1827. 1832 James Everhard, 1824-1826 George Rahn. 1825-1827. 1828
Jacob Gehr, 1825-1826 George M. Odenheimer. 1825 Daniel A. Bertolette. 1826-1828
Michael Graeff, 1826
Philip A. Good, 1827-1829
Mordecal Lewis, 1828 John Stauffer, 1829-1831 Thomas J. Roehrer. 1829-1830
George Kleln, 1829 Paul Geiger. 1829-1831 John Wanner. 1830-1832 John Potteiger. 1831-1834, 1842-1844 Willlam High, 1832
Peter Klein. Jr., 1833-1834
Benjamin Tyson, 1833
Jacob M. Snyder, 1833-1834
Adam Schoener, 1834, 1839-1840
William Hottenstein, 1835-1836 Lewis W. Richards, 1835 John Ulrich, 1835-1836 John .Jackson, 1835-1837 John Sheetz, 1836-1837 Michael K. Boyer. 1837
S. Fegles. 1837-1839. 1848, 1849, 1851 Jacob Walborn, 1838-1839 Abraham Hill. 1838-1839 James Geiger, 1838 Henry Flannery. 1840-1841 Peter Filbert, 1840 Daniel B. Kutz, 1840-1841 Robert M. Barr. 1841 Samuel Moore. 1841-1843
John Shenk, 1842-1843 Joseph Bachman, 1842-1843 Henry W. Smith, 1844-1845 John C. Evans, 1844, 1850-1852 Alfred J. Herman. 1844 Jacob Tice, 1845-1846
Michael Hoffman, 1845-1846, 1857 Henry G. Stetler. 1845-1846, 1848 Charles Levan, 1846-1847 John Long, 1847-1848
John C. Myers, 1847-1849
Jacob Graeff, 1847 William Shaffner, 1849-1850 Daniel Zerbey, 1849-1850, 1853 Alex S. Feather, 1850-1851 Jacob Reifsnyder. 1851-1852
Jsaae Yost, 1852-1853
George Dengler, 1852-1853
Jacob Wicklein, 1853-1854 John B. Smith, 1854 George Shenk, 1854-1856 Daniel V. R. Hunter, 1854 Jeremlah Mengel, 1855 John F. Linderman. 1855 Samuel Shearer, 1855 Andrew M. Sallade, 1855
J. Lawrence Getz, 1856-1857
William Helns, 1856-1857
Benjamin Nunnemacher, 1856-1858
Michael Hoffman, 1857
Edmund L. Smith; 1858-1859
Amos Weller, 1858
Solomon L. Custer, 1859-1860
Augustus F. Bertolet, 1859 Joshua S. Miller, 1860 Elijah Penn Smith, 1860-1861 Michael P. Boyer, 1861
Henry B. Rhoads, 1861. 1865-1867
Charles A. Kline, 1862-1864 Daniel K. Weidner. 1862-1863 William N. Potteiger, 1862-1864 John P. Misslmer, 1864-1866 Frederick Harner, 1865-1867 Richmond L. Jones, 1867-1868 Henry S. Hottensteln, 1868-1869
Henry Brobst, 1868-1870
Aaron T. C. Keffer, 1870-1872
Hiram H. Schwartz, 1870-1872
John A. Conrad, 1871-1873 Benjamin E. Dry, 1873-1876 Michael MeCollough, 1873-1874 Aaron Smith, 1874-1876 Daniel L. Batdorf, 1874-1876 Nicholas Andre, 1875 Joseph B. Conrad, 1875-1878 George D. Shaeffer, 1877-1880 Stephen J. Smith, 1877-1880 James Liggett, 1879-1882 John H. Rlegel, 1879-1882 C. A. Seidel, 1881-1884 George K. Lorah. 1881-1884 Isaac Z. Deek. 1883-1SS6 James W. Sponagle, 1SS3-1886
Benjamin C. Baer, 1885-1888 L. P. G. Fegley, 1885-1888 N. S. Kauffman, 1887-1890 Jobn E. Pantsch. 1887-1890 C. W. Kutz, 1889-1892 Sammel B. Keppel, 1891-1894 F. Leonard Reber, 1891-1894 Jacob B. Herzog. 1893-1896 Cyrus J. Rhode. 1895-1898 Jacob M. Weible, 1895-1895 Charles B. Spatz. 1897-1900 Frank II. Naftzinger. 1899-1902 Lot W. Reiff, 1899-1902 Elmer E. Squibb. 1901-1904 Francis W. Balthaser. 1903-1906 Thomas R. Houck. 1903-1906
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Jacob A. Lesher, 1905-1906, 1909-1910 Howard G. McGowan. 1907-1908, 1911-1912 Irwin M. Sharman, 1907-1910 David H. G. Kuser, 1907-1910 George C. Herman, 1911-1912 E. W. Billman, 1911-1912 Howard W. Body, 1913 B. Morris Strauss, 1913 Daniel A. Rothenberger, 1913
JUDGES-1752-1.2
Conrad Weiser, 1752-1760 Francis P'arvin. 1752-1766
Anthony Lee,
Jonas Seely. 1752-1766, 1769
Henry Harvey, 1752-1762 William Bird, 1752-1755
William Maugridge, 1756-1768 Moses Starr,
James Boone, Jacob Levan, 1752-1762
James Read,
Peter Spycker. 1763 James Dlemer. 1766-1771
John Patton, 1766-1775, 1777 Nicholas Harmony, 1766-1771
Henry Christ, 1766-1771. 1784-1790
Sebastian Zimmerman. 1767-1771. 1778-1784 Joseph Millard, 1768-1769
Jacob Morgan, 1768-1769. 1772. 1774-1777 George Douglass, 1768-1773, 1775-1784 George Webb, 1770-1771. 1774 Thomas Rutter, 1770-1771 Benjamin Lightfoot. 1771-1774 Mark Bird, 1775-1776 Daniel Brodhead, Balthaser Gehr, 1775-1784 Jonathan Potts, 1776-1777 William Reeser, 1778-1784 Thomas Dunlap, James Diemer, Peter Spycker, 1776-1790
Henry Christ, 1777-1784, 175
Jacob Shoemaker. 1777 James Read, 1777 Daniel Hlester, 1777
Jacob Weaver, 1777-1784, 1784
John Ludwig, 1777-1784, 1784 Benjamin Shott, 1777 Christopher Schultz, 1777 Samuel Ely, 1777-1784, 1784 Jacob Waggoner, 1777
Daniel Rothermel, 1777 John Old, 1777 Charles Shoemaker, 1777-1784, 1784 Thomas Parry, 1777 Michael Lindenmuth, 1778 Gabriel Iliester, 1778
John Guldin, 1780 Valentine Eckert, 1784 Paul Groscup, 1784 John Eckert, 1784 Henry Christ, 1784-1790 James Read, Daniel Levan, Valentine Eckert, 1785 John Undwig, 1785 Jacob Morgan, Charles Shoemaker, 1785-1790 Panl Groscup. Jacob Weaver, 1785 John Eckert. 1786-1787
John Otto. 1786-1787
Matthlas Reichert, 17SS-1790 John Otto, 1785 Matthias Reickert. 1788-1791 Nicholas Hunter. 1788
Egedius Meyer, 1777-1784, 1784
Jacob Morgan, 1777-1784, 1784 James Dlemer, 1788-1791 Egedlus Meyer, 1789-1790 John Christ, 1789-1790
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
Jacob Rush, 1791-1805 Jolm Spayd, 1806-1809 Robert Porter, 1810-1832 Garrick Mallery, 1833-1835 Jolm Banks, 1836-1846
J. Pringle Jones, 1847-1848, 1851-1861
David F. Gordon, 1849-1851 W. J. Woodward, 1861-1871. 1871-1874 Jeremiah Hagenman. 1875-1879, 1880-1889 James N. Erinentrout. 1890-1908 Gustav A. Endlich, 1908
ADDITIONAL LAW JUDGES,
Henry Van Reed, 1360, 1875 Jeremiah Hagenman, 1869-1874 Angustns S. Sassaman, 1876-1886 James N. Ermentrout, 1887-1889 Gustav A. Endlich, 1890-1908 Wm. Kerper Stevens, 1908-1909 George W. Wagner, 1900
ORPHANS' COURT JUDGES.
Iliram H. Schwartz, 1883-1891 H. Willis Bland, 1891-19
ASSOCIATE JUDGES
James Diemer, 1791-1819 George Ege, 1791-1818
Matthias Reichert, 1791-1797 Joseph Hiester, 1791-1794 Nicholas Lotz, 1795-1806 Benjamin Morris, 1798-1809
Gabriel Hiester, 1819-1823 Charles Shoemaker, 1820-1822 William Witman, 1823-1838 Jacob Schnelder, 1824-1829 Matthias S. Richards, 1829-1845 William Darling, 1830-1838 William Addams, 1839-1842 John Stanffer, 1843-1851 William High. 1846-1850 Samuel Bell, 1851 Danlel Young, 1851-1856 William Heidenreich, 1851-1856 David Schall, 1856-1866 George D. Stitzel, 1856-1866
Charles Kessler, 1866-1871
David Kutz, 1866-1870 Henry Rhoads, 1870-1871 George W. Bruckman, 1871-1876 Daniel Buskirk, 1871-1876
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Evan Price, 1752-1753 Edward Drury, 1752-1756 John Godfrey, 1752-1761 Jacob Lightfoot, 1753-1756, 1759-1762
Thomas Rutter, 1756-1759 William Reeser, 1757-1760 Samuel High, 1760-1763, 1773-1776 Christian Witman, 1761-1764 John Hughes, 1762-1765 Frederick Welser. 1763-1766 Richard Lewis, 1764-1767 Isaxe Levan. 1765-1768 Nicholas IIarmony, 1766-1769 Christian Merkel, 1767-1770 Jacob Snyder, 1769-1771
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PUBLIC OFFICIALS
John *Jones, 1769-1772 Henry Rightmeyer, 1770-1773 Davis Breebt, 1771-1774 Abraham Lincoln, 1772-1778 Michael Brecht, 1774-1777
Christian Lower. 1776-1779 Jobn Kerlin, 1777-1780
Adam Witman, 1778-1781, 1784-1787 Thomas Jones. 1779-1782. 1783-1786 Thomas Parry. 1780-1783 Daniel Messersmith, 1781-1784 Michael Forry. 1782-1785
Conrad Eckert. 1785-1791 Daniel Leinback, 1786-1789 Job Keim, 1787-1790 Jacob Boyer, 1789-1792 Jacob Bower, 1790-1793 John Riegel. 1791-1794
George Loral, 1792-1795
Philip Miller. 1793-1796
Peter Kerschner. 1794-1797
William Witman. 1795-1798
Nicholas Dick, 1796-1799 Isaac Adams. 1797-1800 Jacob Rhoads, 1798-1801 Peter Feather. 1799-1802 Jacob Epler. 1800-1803
Casper Merkel. 1801-1804
John Cunnius. 1802-1805
Daniel Yoder. 1803-1806
Adam Ruth, 1804-1807
Henry Hahn, 1805-1808 Henry Hottenstein. 1806-1809
Samnel G. Herbine. 1888-1800
Nicholas Leib, 1:07-1810
Jacob Miller, 1508-1811 Valentine Boyer, 1809-1812
Daniel Ruth. 1810-1813
George Boyer. 1811-1814
Cyrus W. Kauffman. 1891-1893 Jacob H. Reeser. 1891-1893 Franklin Seidel, 1894-1896 Jeremialı Hartman. 1894-1896
Henry Stover. 1894-1896 John Wunch, 1896-1899
George K. Linderman. 1897-1899
Wesley K. Loose. 1897-1899
Charles E. Stangier. 1900-1902
Alfred Gunkel. 1900-1902
Frank HI. Moyer. 1900-1902
David Bright. 1820-1823
George Kemp. 1821-1824
Frederick Stamm. 1822-1825
Henry Reser, 1823-1826 John Wanner. 1824-1827
James M. Yerger, 1906-1908 James F. Fisher, 1906-1908
Chester B. Cleaver. 1906-190S
Jacob M. Bordner. 1909-1911 Augustus R. Anderson, 1909-1911
Engene I. Sandt. 1909 Nicholas J. Kntz. 1912
Nicholas Rapp. Jr., 1912
CONTROLLERS.
Joseph N. Shomo. 1901 John F. Ancona. 1902-1904 Horace F. Livingood, 1905-1907 Ambrose L. Rhoads. 1908-1911 Daniel K. Hoch. 1912
TREASURERS.
Jonas Seely, 1752-1768 Christopher Witman, 1768-1779 Daniel Levan, 1779-1789 Daniel Messersmitb, 1814-1817
1789-1807. 1809-1811,
1811-1814.
John Sherman. 1842-1845 Adam Leize, 1843-1846 Frederick Printz. 1844-1847 Michael Gery. 1815-1848 David Yeler. 1846-1849 Charles Fichthorn. 1847-1850 Conrad Clonse. 1848-1851 Thomas Shaner, 18-40-1852 Joseph A. Schneider, 1850-1853 John MeGowan, 1851-1854 Benjamin Kutz, 1852-1855
Jacob Young, 1833-1856 Gabriel Filbert. 1854-1857 William Knabb. 1855-1858 Samuel Smumons, 1856-18:9
D. L. Wenrich, 1857-1860. 1533-1866
William Miller, 1858-1861 John F. Moers, 1859-1862 Panl Wourich, Sr., 1860-1863
J. Donahower, 1861 George K. Lorab. 1861-1864 H. R. Hawman. 1862-1865 Adam Stein. 1864-1867 William S. Young. 1865-1871. 1879-1881
Jacob Schartel. 1866-1869 Benjamin Levan. 1867-1870
John 1. Mover. 1869-1872 William Rahn. 1870-1873 Joseph Muthart. 1871-1874 David Lord, 1872-1875 Henry Seidel, 1873-1874 William Fry. 1873-1875 William Umbenhauer. 1874-1875
Henry W. Smith, 1876-1878
William Davidheiser. 1876-1878
William G. Moore. 1876-1878
John Walborn, 1879-1881
Jeremiah R. Guldin, 1879-1881 Samnel G. Hatfield. 1882-1884 Peter Spang. 1882-1884 David C. Keller. 1882-1884 John L. Wagner. 1885-1887 Sammel K. Fisher. 1885-1887 David C. Keller. 1888-1890
Cyrus Levan. 1888-1890
Samuel R. Deppen. 1891-1893
Jacob Gebr. 1812-1815 William Addams. 1813-1816 George Shreffler. 1814-1817 Daniel Levan. 1815-1818 William High, 1816-1819 Peter Stichter, 1817-1820
George N. Lechner, 1818-1821 Peter Knabb. 1819-1822
John W. Slipp. 1903-1905 Harry L. Johnson, 1903-1905 Oliver HI. Sanders, 1903-1905
John Potteiger. 1825-1828 John Hahn. 1826-1829 Stanley Kirby. 1827-1830 George Gernant. 1828-1831 Anthony Bickel. 1829-1832 Daniel K. Hottenstein. 1830-1833 John Filbert. 1831-1834 Jacob Goodman. 1832-1837 Daniel Snyder, 1533-1536 .John Deysher, 1834-1837 John Y. Cnnmins. - 1835-1838 John Seibert, 1836-1839 David Kutz. 1837-1840 Michael Reigsnyder. 1838-1841 George Weiler. 1839-1442 John Long. 1840-1843 William Arnold. 1841-1844
John K. Messersmith. 1807-1809. 1817-1820 Daniel Rhoads, 1820-1823 David Bright. 1823-1833 Peter Nagle. 1835-1843 Ilenry Nagle, 1843-1845
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THE STORY OF BERKS COUNTY
William. Arnold, 1845-1847 Henry Hahs, 1847-1849 Adam Lcize, 1849-1851 William Ermeutrout, 1851-1853
Charles VanReed, 1853-1855
George Feather, 1855-1859
David Plank, 1859-1861 William Herbst, 1861-1863 .John Kurtz, 1863-1865 Isaac R. Fisher. 1865-1867
Charles H. Fritz, 1867-1869
Samnel Merkel, 1869-1871
Abraham Y. Yoder, 1871-1873
Hiester M. Nagle. 1873-1875 Abraham H. Shaeffer. 1876-1878
Adam M. Dundore. 1879-1881 John Kerschner, 1882-1884 John S. Holtzmau, 1885-1887 David W. Mogel, 1888-1890 Isaac F. March. 1891-1893 Amendon Bright, 18944-1896
Cosmos D. Kutz, 1897-1899
Alfred K. Rentschler. 1900-1902
Edwin G. Ruth, 1903-1905
Henry H. Fry, 1905-1908
William M. Croll, 1909-1911
William D. Reeser, 1912
SHERIFFS.
Benjamin Lightfoot. 1752-1754
William Boone, 1755-1756
Thomas Lincoln, 1757-1758
Jacob Weaver, 1759-1760. 1763-1764
Henry Christ, 1761-1762
Jasper Scull, 1765-1767
Jacob Shoemaker, 1768-1770
George Nagle, 1771-1773
Henry Vanderslice, 1774-1776
Daniel Levan, 1777-1779
Henry Hoffa, 1780-1781 Philip Kraemer. 1782-1784, 1791-1793
Peter Filhert, 1785-1787 Jacob Bower, 1788-1790 Peter Frailey, 1794-1793 Jobn Christ, 1797-1799 Nicbolas Dick, 1800-1802
John Spycker, 1803-1805 Conrad Feger, 1806-1808 George Marx, 1809-1811 Daniel Kerper, 1812-1814, 1824-1826 Peter Anrand. 1815-1817 John Miller, 1818-1820 Henry Betz, 1821-1823 John Bickel, 1827-1829 James Sillyman, 1830-1832 Henry Bowman, 1833-1835
George Fox, 1836-1838
Henry Binkley, 1838-1841
Daniel Esterly. 1841-1844 George Gernant, 1844-1847
John S. Scbroeder. 1847-1850 John Potteiger, 1850-1853 John Manderbach, 1853-1856 Jeremiah D. Bitting. 1856-1859 Abraham R. Koenig. 1859-1862 Tobias Barto, 1862-1865 William B. Albright, 1865-1868 Evan Misbler. 1868-1871 George R. Yorgey. 1871-1874 Alfred C. Kemp, 1875-1877 Levi M. Gerhart, 1878-1880 George D. Boyer, 1881-1883 George B. Schaeffer. 1884-1886 Elias Becker, 1887-1889 George D. Fahrenbacb, 1890-1892 Frank H. Schmeck. 1893-1895 Frank Brohst, 1896-1898 Albert F. Mogel, 1899-1903
Jacob S. Sassaman, 1904-1906 Jobn C. Bradley, 1907-1911 Thomas G. Werley, 1912
PROTHONOTARIES.
James Read. 1752-1775, 1777
Thomas Dundas. 1776
Jacob Shoemaker. 1778
Daniel Levan. 1779-1789, 1791
John Otto, 1790
George Eckert, 1792-1800
John S. Iliester. 1801-1808
Gabriel ITiester. 1809-1817
Samuel D. Franks. 1818 John Adams. 1819-1820. 1824-1826. 1830-1835
Marks John Biddle. 1821-1823
Jacob Sallade. 1827-1829
Alex. H. Witman, 1836-1838 Benjamin Tyson. 1839-1842 Daniel Young. 1842-1845
Peter Strohecker, 1845-1848 Michael K. Boyer, 1848-1851
Charles H. Hunter. 1851-1854
Josiah Hearing. 1854-1857
David Fister. 1857-1860
Adam W. Kanffiuan, 1860-1863
Jonathan L. Reber, 1863-1866
Wellington B. Griesemer. 1866-1869
George K. Levan, 1869-1872 Ephraim Armstrong, 1872-1875 Charles F. Rentschler, 1876-1878
Amos Weiler. 1879-1881 William D. Althouse. 1882-188 Levi F. Dietrich, 1885-1887 Daniel II. Schwerer, 1888-1890 Joshua R. Bnrkey. 1891-1893. 1834
William H. B. Schoenly. 1894 Oliver J. Wolff, 1895-1897
Danicl R. Schmeck. 1898-1900
John G. Rhoads, 1901-1903
Edward J. Morris, 1904-1906 Eldridge Zimmerman. 1907-1909 Thomas F. Adams, 1910
RECORDERS.
James Read. 1752-1756 Henry Christ. 1777-1789
John Christ. 1790-1791
Jacob Rower. 1792-1799
Peter Frailey. 1800-1808
Jacob Schneider, 1809-1817
John Adams, 1818
Daniel Rhoads. 1819-1820
John Miller. 1821-1823, 1830-1835
John Frederick Smith, 1824-1829 Joseph Allgaier. 1836-1838 John Green, 1839 William Wunder. 1839-1842
Henry H. Maurer. 1842-1845 John W. Tyson. 1845-1848 Israel R. Laucks. 1848-1851 John Bush. 1851-1854
Hiram S. Getz. 1854-1857 Nicholas Heckman, 1857-1860 Charles N. Keller, 1860-1863 Isaac Lancks, 1863-1866 Henry Reider, 1866-1869 Daniel Hummel, 1869-1872 Charles Hill, 1872-1875 Jefferson M. Keller, 1876-1878 William Zimmerman, 1879-1881 Isaar M. Bechtel, 1882-1884 W. Benton Stolz, 1885-1887 James F. Dumn. 1888-1890 Jas. W. Sponagle, 1895-1897 Daniel H. Rieser. 1898-1900 Frank F. Bressler, 1901-1903
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PUBLIC OFFICIALS
Henry H. Holzman. 1904-1906 Jeremiah A. Bausher. 1907-1909 Wilsou B. Zeller, 1910
REGISTERS.
James Read. 1752-1774
Collinson Read, 1775-1776
Henry Christ, 1777-1789
John Christ, 1790-1791 Jacob Bower, 1792-1799
Peter Frailey, 1800-1808
Jacob Schneider, 1809-1817
Daniel Rhoads, 1818-1820, 1824-1829
Peter Aurand, 1821-1823 George Smith, 1830-1835 William Zeber, 1836-1838
Joel Ritter, 1839-1842 John Green. 1842-1845 Isaac Ely, 1845-1848
Joseph Ritter, 1848-1851
Jacob Snell, 1851-1854
Daniel Buskirk, 1854-1857 Tobias Barto, 1857-1860
Benjamin R. Dry. 1860-1863
Michael S. Thirwechter, 1863-1866 J. Danlel Wanner. 1866-1869
Hiram S. Getz, 1869-1872
Henry S. Croll, 1872-1875 Peter Y. Edelmau, 1876-1878 Solomon S. Kindt, 1879-1881
Jonas M. Shollenberger, 1882-1884 Ammon S. Strunk. 1885-1887
Albert H. Fegley. 1888-1890
Henry D. Strunk, 1891-1893 William H. Schaeffer. 1894-1896
George B. Miller. 1897-1899 Levi S. Mabry, 1900-1902 Willlam R. Kemmerer. 1903-1905 Wilson M. Dunm. 1900-1908 George R. Gregory. 1909-1911 John J. Newman, 1912
CLERKS OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
Jamen Read, 1752-1776
James Whitehead, 1777-1778
Henry Christ, 1779
Daniel Levan, 17S0-1791
Georgo Eckert, 1792-1799
John S. Hiester, 1800-180S
Gabriel Hiester, Jr .. 1809-1812. 1814-1817 John M. Hyneman 1813 Samuel D. Franks, 181S John Adauis. 1819-1820
Henry M. Richards. 1821-1822
Jacob Marshall, 1823 Jacob Sallade, 1824-1826 Nathaniel P. Hobert. 1827-1829 Philip A. Good. 1830-1832
William Schoener, 1833-1835
Charles Troxell, 1836-1838 William B. Miller, 1839 Samuel Myers, 1839-1842 John L. Rightmyer, 1842-1851 Zacharias 11. Maurer, 1851-1854
Edwin H. Brockway, 1854-1857 Joseph S. Hoyer. 1857-1860 James Bell, 1860-1863 Francis Roland, 1863-1866 Levi M. Gerhart, 1866-1869 Adam H. Sailor, 1860-1872 Jacob H. Hlain, 1872-1875 Mahlon A. Sellers, 1876-1878 Euoch S. Matthlas, 1879-1881
Isaac Eckert, 1882-1884 Morris 11. Shaeffer, 1885-1887 Henry G. Ileinly. 188S-1890 William HI. Sallade, 1991-1893 Henry J. Holl, 1894-1895 Edwin T. Brown, 1895 Harry J. Dumin, 1896-1898 Daniel A. Bausher. 1899-1901 Jacob B. Esser, 1902-1904
Peter S. Holl. 1905-1907 Samuel T. Bordner. 1908-1910 Lawson G. Dletrich, 1912
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Jacob Hubley, 1789-1817 Frederick Smith, 1818-1820, 1824-1827
Charles Richards, 1821
Daniel J. Hiester, 1822-1823 Joseph H. Spayd, 1828-1829
Joseph D. Biles, 1830-1831 Alexander L. King, 1832-1835 George G. Barclay. 1836-1838 J. Pringle Jones, 1839-1846 Peter Filbert. 1847-184S John S. Richards, 1849-1850 Jeremiah Hagenman. 1850-1856 Jacob J. MeKenty, 1856-1859 James B. Bechtel. 1859-1862 Daniel Ermentrout. 1862-1865 Wharton Morris. 1865-1868 Edward Il. Shearer, 1868-1871 Peter D. Wanner. 1871-1874 Henry C. G. Reber. 1875-1877 William M. Goodman, 1878-1880 Hiram Y. Kauffinan, 1SS1-1SS3 Israel H. Rotheriuel. 1$$4-1SS6 Jeremiah K. Grant, 1SS7-1889 W. Oscar Miller, 1890-1892 Frank K. Flood. 1893-1895 Adam B. Rieser. 1896-1898 Abraham H. Rothermel. 1899-1901 George W. Wagner. 1902-1904 Ira G. Kutz, 1905-1907 Harry D. Schaeffer. 1908-1911 Harvey F. Heinly, 1912
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