History of Northumberland Co., PA - Chapter 43 Part C



CHAPTER 43 - Pages 860-967 - Part C

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
SHAMOKIN

   U. F. JOHN, attorney and capitalist, was born in Shamokin township
(now Ralpho), Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, October 15, 1835,
second son of Samuel and Angelina John. He spent his early years on the
homestead farm, and obtained such education as the common schools of
that period afforded. He was engaged in farming and clerking until 18a4,
when he located at Mt. Carmel, and opened the first general store in
that place, which he conducted two years. Being desirous of securing a
more thorough education, he entered Greenwood Seminary, Columbia county,
in 1857, and graduated from the Commercial College of York,
Pennsylvania, in 1862. He then entered the law office of John B. Packer,
of Sunbury, and was admitted to the bar, August 4, 1863. In the same
year, in connection with his father, he located at Green Mountain, Mt.
Carmel township, and engaged in the development of a colliery. He
followed the coal business until the spring of 1870, when he removed to
Shamokin and commenced the practice of his profession. Mr. John was one
of the original stockholders of the Shamokin Banking Company, and is one
of its present directors. He was married, October 9, 1867, to Agnes,
daughter of Jacob and Sarah Dundore, of Reading, Pennsylvania. They are
the parents of four children: Howard, deceased; Flora A.; Samuel, and
Sarah I. In politics Mr. John is a stalwart Republican, and is a member
of Lima Lodge, F. & A.M., of Lima, Ohio. He has been very successful in
accumulating property, and can be safely classed as one of the
wealthiest citizens of Shamokin.

   ADDISON G. MARR, attorney at law, was born at Lewisburg, Union county,
Pennsylvania, January 24, 1844, son of Rev. Phineas B. and Mary (Graham)
Marr. Our subject is a descendant of one of the pioneer families of
Northumberland county. His paternal grandfather, William Marr, was
descended from the Marr-Erskin family of England, and a pioneer of
Northampton county, Pennsylvania. He subsequently settled upon land
adjoining Milton, where he died. The father of Addison G. spent his
early life upon the homestead, and received his education at Milton
Academy and Princeton College, New Jersey, from which he graduated. As a
minister of the Presbyterian church he was located at Milton, Shamokin,
and Lewisburg, and died at the place last mentioned in 1874; his widow
survives him and resides in Lewisburg. His family consisted of eleven
children: Mary, wife of Dr. J. E. Barber, of Leadville; William A.,
attorney, of Ashland, Pennsylvania; Henry S., attorney; Rev. James;
Addison O.; Margaret, wife of P. M. Barber, of Philadelphia; Helen W.,
wife of J. W. Crawford, of the same city; Henrietta, widow of William
Lister; Carrie, deceased; Walter, deceased, and Rev. George, of
Philadelphia. The subject of this sketch was educated at Randolph
Academy, Lewisburg, and in 1862 entered Princeton College, and was
graduated in 1866. He then commenced the study of law with J. B. Linn,
Secretary of the Commonwealth, and was admitted to the bar in 1867. In
August of the same year he located in Shamokin and practiced law three
years. He then engaged in the banking business under the firm name of A.
O. & J. C. Marr; in 1871 it was merged into the Miner's Trust and Safe
Deposit Company, which they operated until 1877, when he resumed the
practice of his profession, which he has since followed. Mr. Marr filled
the office of city solicitor three years. Politically he is a Democrat,
and has served as chairman of the county committee four years. He was
married, in 1871, to Maggie W., daughter of John W. Sheriff, of
Lewistown, Pennsylvania, and they are the parents of two sons: William
P. and A. Graham.

   WILLIAM W. RYON, attorney at law, was born in Lawrenceville, Tioga
county, Pennsylvania, in 1857, son of George L. and Hannah (Hammond)
Ryon. He received his education at the common schools and the Mansfield
State Normal School, where he graduated in 1874. He then entered the
law office of his brother, George W. Ryon, of Shamokin, and was admitted
to the bar in 1878. He practiced his profession a short time, when he
was appointed deputy sheriff for three years, after which he resumed his
profession, and has since enjoyed a successful practice. He was married
in 1882 to Miss Sue, daughter of Isaac May, Sr., and by this union they
have one child, Charles A. Politically, Mr. Ryon is an ardent and
influential Democrat, and is a leading member of St. Edward's Catholic
church.

   W. E. ZIMMERMAN, attorney at law, was born at Sunbury, Pennsylvania,
August 22, 1857, son of Jeremiah H. and Harriet (Bright) Zimmerman. His
early education was obtained at the public schools of Shamokin and the
State Normal School at Millersville, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Mr.
Zimmerman's early occupation was that of a teacher, filling that position
in the schools of Shamokin ten years. In 1881 he commenced the study of
law under George W. Ryon. He was admitted to the bar at Sunbury in
November, 1886, and immediately commenced the practice of his profession
at Shamokin. Politically he is an ardent and prominent Democrat. He is
a member of the Lutheran church, has been a member of its official
board, and has charge of a large library connected with its Sunday
school. While comparatively a young man Mr. Zimmerman is pushing his
way in his profession, and laying the foundation for a successful
practice.

   J. W. GILLESPIE, attorney at law, was born in 1850, in Lower Augusta
township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, son of Anthony and Sarah
(Foye) Gillespie. He received his early education at Shamokin, Trevorton.
and at the Lewisburg high school. He then learned the cabinet maker's
trade, which he followed as a business until the spring of 1884, when he
went to Michigan, and entered the law office of Sawyer & Knowlton, of Ann
Arbor, was admitted to the bar the same year, and graduated from the law
department of the Michigan University in 1886. He practiced two years in
the office of Sawyer & Knowlton, and in 1886 returned to this county and
was admitted to practice, but soon after removed to Lincoln, Nebraska.
where he remained two years. He then returned to Shamokin, where he has
since continued to prosecute the duties of his profession. He was married
in 1871 to Valeria, daughter of Silas Farrow, of Shamokin township,
Northumberland county. To this union have been born two children: Lillian
I. and J. Malcolm Asbury. In 1889 he was elected city solicitor, which
office he now fills. Politically he is a Republican.

   EDWIN S. ROBINS, physician and surgeon, was born in Elysburg,
Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1832, son of Dr. Joseph and
Leah (Shindel) Robins, of that village. He grew up in Elysburg,
receiving a common school education, and subsequently attended Dickinson
Seminary, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Returning from school in the
autumn of 1851, he commenced reading medicine with his father. In 1852-
53 he attended lectures at the University of Maryland, Baltimore; in
1853-54 he attended lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
and was graduated, March 10, 1854. He commenced practice at Elysburg
with his father, and in October, 1855, came to Shamokin and entered into
partnership with his brother, Galen S. The latter died, October 9,
1856, and our subject continued practice alone. For more than thirty-
five years Doctor Robins has been one of the prominent and successful
medical practitioners of his native county, and is one of the oldest and
best known physicians of this section of the State. His long and
successful practice of surgery has given him a wide reputation. He has
successfully performed many of the most difficult amputations, and his
professional skill in this field of practice has been in frequent
demand. Doctor Robins served as surgeon of the Seventh National Guard
of Pennsylvania for several years during Hartranft's administration. He
has built up a large and lucrative practice, and stands in the front
rank of his profession. Doctor Robins was married, October 10, 1853, to
Matilda, daughter of William Gulick, of Elysburg. Eight children are
the fruits of this union, five of whom survive: Frank A.; Lizzie, wife
of F. A. Thomas; Ella, wife of William Price; Edwin S., and Josephine.
The family are adherents of the Episcopal church, and in politics the
Doctor is an ardent Democrat. He has been a member of the Masonic order
twenty-five years, and is one of the popular citizens of Shamokin.

   D. S. HOLLENBACK, physician and surgeon, was born in Lower Augusta
township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, May 26, 1836, son of
Daniel and Elizabeth (Sherry) Hollenback. His early education was
received at the common schools of the township and at Freeburg Academy.
He then entered the office of Doctor Eyster, now of Sunbury, and
graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in April, 1804. He
soon after entered upon the practice of his profession at Shamokin,
where he has been actively engaged up to the present time, and enjoys a
large and lucrative practice. He married Clara, daughter of Isaac Sober,
of Shamokin township, and they are the parents of one son, William W.
The Doctor is an ardent Republican, but has never held any public office
except director of the poor, which position he filled in 1876. He is a
member of St. John's Reformed church of Shamokin, and one of the oldest
and best known practitioners now in active practice in this part of the
county.

   CHARLES W. WEAVER, physician, was born in Rush township, Northumberland
county, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1840, son of Jesse Weaver, a well known
resident of that part of the county. He received his education at the
common schools and Sunbury Academy. In 1861 he enlisted in the Ninety-
third Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until 1863, when he was
discharged because of physical disability. In the autumn of 1863 he
commenced the study of medicine with Dr. E. S. Robins, of Shamokin, and
was graduated from Jefferson Medical College in March, 1867. He has
gradually built up a good practice, but on account of failing health he is
unable to devote his entire attention to professional duties. On the 9th
of June, 1870, Doctor Weaver married Kate, daughter of George Heckert, a
well remembered citizen of Shamokin. By this union they are the parents of
five living children: Margaret; Marion A.; Helen; Edith, and Ralph. Doctor
Weaver has served in the borough council and on the school board, and is a
member of Lincoln Post, G.A.R., Shamokin Lodge, F. & A.M., and the
Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he is a stalwart Republican, and
in November, 1890, he was the Republican candidate for county treasurer,
when, though defeated, he ran largely ahead of his ticket

   M. H. HARPEL, physician, was born at Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, February
1, 1838, son of Mark and Martha (Morgan) Harpel. He was reared in the city
of Philadelphia, Northampton and Lancaster counties, Pennsylvania, and
received his early education at the public schools. In 1861 he entered the
State Normal School at Millersville, Pennsylvania, where he completed his
education. He then began the study of medicine with Dr. Joseph Baker, of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Homoeopathic College of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1867. In the fall of the same year he
commenced the practice of his profession in Shamokin, where he has since
continued to reside. He is one of the present members of the school board,
with which he has been connected ten years. Politically the Doctor is an
independent voter; he is an adherent of the Masonic order, and is a member
of the Lutheran church of Shamokin. He married Mary, daughter of Nathan
Haas, of Shamokin, and they are the parents of five children: Edward F.
and Flora, both of whom are preparing for the medical profession; William
L.; Frederick, and Howard. The Doctor is one of the leading physicians of
the city, and one of its prominent citizens.

   R. L. WRIGHT, physician, was born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania,
son of Humphrey and Mary (Cogan) Wright; be attended the public schools
until his parents moved to Shamokin township, Northumberland county. A
short course of private instruction under a former tutor enabled him to
secure employment as a school teacher at Shenandoah, Schuylkill county,
where he at once took up the study of medicine under Doctors Reagan and
McCrea. At the age of twenty he started for Ann Arbor, Michigan, to pursue
a classical course in the university there, but before reaching his
destination, an unforeseen event compelled him to retrace his steps and
return home. From thence he proceeded to Philadelphia, and entered
Jefferson Medical College, graduating in March, 1869. He immediately
commenced the practice of medicine at Shamokin, and through energy and
perseverance he has established a large and lucrative practice. He was the
first physician elected to the office of coroner of Northumberland county,
and after serving six years in that office he abandoned politics
altogether. In 1881 he was married in Philadelphia to Monica V., daughter
of Robert Barr, and by this union they have four children: Alphonse;
Vincent; Irene, and Mary. Politically, the Doctor is a stanch Democratic,
and both he and wife are members of St Edward's Catholic church of
Shamokin.

   F. A. CLARK, physician, was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, May 23,
1841, son of Franklin A. and Louisa (Eisely) Clark He attended the
public schools, after which he was occupied as a miner twelve years.
August 20, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Forty-sixth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. He participated in
the battles of Cedar Mountain, second battle of Winchester,
Chancellorsville, Antietam, and Gettysburg, and was with Sherman on his
march from Atlanta to the sea. After the war he returned to Shamokin and
resumed the occupation of miner. In the fall of 1866 he took charge of
the drug department of his father's business, where he remained until
1875. He then began the study of medicine with Dr. J. S. Hollenback; in
the winter of 1876-77 he took a course of lectures at Jefferson Medical
College, and subsequently studied with Dr. O. M. Robins, of Shamokin. In
the spring of 1880 he graduated from Jefferson Medical College and at once
began the practice of medicine in Shamokin. The Doctor is a member of
Lincoln Post, No. 140, G.A.R., and of the P.O.S. of A., Camp No. 187.
Politically, he is a Republican. He married, in 1866, Mary Ellen Raymond,
who died in 1870, leaving two children: Louisa, deceased, and Harry. His
second wife was Valeria Jacobs, who died in 1878, by whom he had two
children, one of whom is living, Charles. He married for his third wife
Mary Kerlin. Doctor Clark is one of the leading and respected physicians
of his native town.

   R. A. KENNEDY, physician, was born at Shamokin, August 12, 1853,
son of William C. and Maria (Ammerman) Kennedy, natives of Lycoming and
Northumberland counties, respectively. His early education was received
at the public schools of his native town. In 1869 he entered Bucknell
University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated in June, 1873. He
then accepted a position in Mount Pleasant Seminary, Boyertown,
Pennsylvania, where he taught three years, and read medicine with Dr. S.
M. Todd of the same place. He served one year in the Wilkesbarre
hospital as resident physician; in 1881 he graduated at the University
of Pennsylvania, and in May of the same year returned to Shamokin and
commenced practice, where he has since been engaged in the active duties
of his profession. He was married in 1882 to Sallie Magee, of Lycoming
county, and they are the parents of three children, all of whom are
dead. The Doctor is a member of Shamokin Lodge, No. 255, F. & A.M., and
politically he is a Republican.

   F. D. RAKER, physician, was born in Little Mahanoy township,
Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, December 21, 1856, son of C. H. and
Susannah (Dornsife) Raker. He attended the township schools and the
Elysburg and Freeburg Academies, after which he was engaged in teaching
in Washington township. In 1877 he commenced the study of medicine with
Dr. D. H. Dornsife, of Wyoming county, Pennsylvania, and graduated from
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in March, 1881. He located at
Beaumont, Wyoming county, where he practiced medicine seven months.
January 10, 1882, he removed to Shamokin, where he has since been in
active practice. In 1889, in connection with Dr. David S. Hollenback,
he established the drug business under the name of Hollenback & Raker.
He has served as county coroner, and has also been township physician
for Coal township. Doctor Raker was married in 1882 to Alvaretta Wirt,
who died, June 19,1885. On May 27, 1890, he married M. Ada, daughter of
Joseph Deppen, of Mt. Carmel. He is a member of the P.O.S. of A. and of
the I.O.O.F. In politics he is a Democrat, and is a member of the
Lutheran church.

   JOHN W. BEALOR, physician, was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania,
March 19, 1854, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Weibley) Bealor. He
received his early education at the common schools, and later entered
the New Bloomfield Academy, from which he graduated. He then commenced
the study of medicine with Doctor Richardson of Newport, Perry county,
Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Washington Medical College of
Baltimore, Maryland, in 1870. He first located at Elliottsburg,
Pennsylvania, where he practiced four years. after which he removed to
Locust Gap, this county, where he remained one year and a half. In May
1882, he located in Shamokin, where he has since practiced his
profession. He was married in 1879 to Mary, daughter of George Albert,
and by this union they have three children: Benjamin F.; Florence E.,
and Quilla. Doctor Bealor is a member of Shamokin Lodge, No. 664,
I.O.O.F., and of Camp No. 189. P.O.S. of A. Politically he is a
Democrat.

   KIMBER C. MCWILLIAMS, physician, was born at Elysburg, Northumberland
county, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1857. He attended the public schools and
Elysburg Academy, and completed his education under private instructors.
He began the study of medicine with Dr. S. F. Gilbert of Elysburg, and
graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, in 1884. He
first located in Mainville, Columbia county, where he remained two months.
He then located in Snydertown, and in January, 1886, removed to Shamokin,
where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. Doctor
McWilliams, while comparatively a young man, has the confidence of the
public, and ranks among the leading physicians of the county. He married
Lizzie J., daughter of Holden Chester, by which marriage they have two
sons: Holden Chester and Kimber Cleaver He is an elder in the Presbyterian
church, and politically, a Prohibitionist.

   J. M. MAURER, physician, was born in Eldred, Schuylkill county,
Pennsylvania, June 4, 1802, son of Charles K. and Elimina (Wolfgang)
Maurer, natives of Schuylkill county, who settled in Mt. Carmel in 1809,
where the subject of our sketch received his early schooling. In 1877
he entered Elysburg Academy, where he remained two years. He then
entered Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, and after four years
study graduated from the classical department with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts, in June, 1884. He afterwards entered the medical
department of the University of Pennsylvania and was graduated in April,
1887. In 1886, while pursuing his medical studies, the Doctor was
connected one year with the Philadelphia Dispensary. In May, 1887, he
commenced the practice of his profession in Shamokin; he is one of the
leading physicians, and has won the respect and confidence of the
citizens of his adopted home. Dr. Maurer was married, October 1, 1890,
to Anna L., daughter of William B. and Anna M. Kutzner, of Shamokin.

   ALFRED G. SHISSLER, physician, was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania,
November 9, 1866, son of H. A. and Rosetta (Kaseman) Shissler. He was
educated in the public schools of Shamokin, graduating from the high
school in 1883. He commenced the study of medicine with C. W. Weaver,
graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1889, and at once began the
practice of his profession. In connection with his practice he is engaged
in the drug business with his father. He is a member of Camp No. 72, S. of
V., and Camp No. 149, P.O.S. of A., of which he is a past president, and
is scribe of Anthony Wayne Commandery, No. 13. Politically, he is a
Republican.

   E. M. EMRICK, physician, son of George and Elizabeth (Myers) Emrick,
was born in l855, in Jordan township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania.
His parents removed to Uniontown, Dauphin county, where our subject was
reared and educated. He subsequently entered the State Normal School at
Shippensburg, and completed his education under the tutorage of the county
superintendent at Uniontown. He commenced the study of medicine with Dr.
J. J. Read of that place, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in
1878. Doctor Emrick then located at Augustaville, Northumberland county,
where he remained in active practice eleven years, when he removed to
Shamokin, where he has since continued in the active duties of his
profession. He was married in l878 to Miss A. Wiest, who is the mother of
one child, Clarion W. Doctor Emrick is an adherent of the Republican
party, and a member of the Reformed church. Though a resident of Shamokin
only a short time he is building up a substantial practice.

   REUBEN HOLLENBACK, D. D. S., was born in Upper Augusta township,
Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, September 1, 1841, son of Daniel
and Elizabeth (Sherry) Hollenback. He was educated in the public
schools, followed the occupation of farming until twenty-one years of
age and taught school one year in his native township. In 1864 he
located in Shamokin, and was employed as engineer at the Big Mountain
colliery two years, after which he was engaged in teaching the public
schools of Coal township and Shamokin until 1868, when he commenced the
study of dentistry with Doctor Van Boskirk, of Selinsgrove, Snyder
county, Pennsylvania. The same year he commenced practice in Shamokin,
where he has followed his profession up to the present, and has built up
a successful business. He graduated at the Dental College of
Philadelphia, March 1, 1877. He was married in 1865 to Dorcas, daughter
of Michael M. Sober, who died, October 24, 1887, leaving three children
William S., a piano tuner of Reading, Pennsylvania, and Hudson S. and
Edwin E., dentists. He was again married, December 6, 1888, to Savilla,
daughter of William Fidler, of Shamokin; by this union they have one
child, Harry F. Doctor Hollenback is a member of St. John's Reformed
church, of which he has been chorister since 1876. Politically he is a
Republican.

   Dr. U. S. G. MOORE, surgeon dentist, was born in 1863, in Shamokin,
Northumberland county. Pennsylvania, son of W. H. and Mary (Wolverton)
Moore. His father was a native of Luzerne county, who came to Shamokin
in 1853 and engaged in the building business, and for many years was one
of the prominent builders of Shamokin, erecting most of the early coal
breakers for the surrounding collieries. His family consisted of two
children. The subject of this sketch was educated at the public schools
of Shamokin, and at the University of Pennsylvania, commenced the study
of dentistry with Dr. Edwin Darby of Philadelphia, graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1885 and commenced the practice of his
profession in his native city. The Doctor is a member of the Methodist
church. and politically he is a Republican.

   IVANHOE S. HUBER, cashier of the Shamokin Banking Company, was born
October 4, 1845, at Pine Grove, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, a son
of Levi and Margaret (Stackpole) Huber. In l857, his father having been
elected recorder of the county, they removed to Pottsville, where he was
educated in the public schools. In 1802 he entered the law office of F.
W. Hughes, where he was engaged until 1804, when he was appointed teller
of the First National Bank of Mahanoy City, which position he filled
until 1868, when he became secretary and superintendent of the Ringgold
Coal and Iron Company, at New Ringgold, Schuylkill county. He filled
this position ten months and resigned to accept the appointment of
deputy prothonotary of Schuylkill county, which he occupied until
September 4, 1871, when he was appointed cashier of the Shamokin Banking
Company, which position he has since occupied. Mr. Huber was a member
of the school board from 1882 to 1885, its president in 1883, and its
treasurer in 1884, and has been a director and treasurer of the Building
and Loan Association of Shamokin since 1883. In 1863 he enlisted in
Company A, Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Emergency Men. He was
married, September 8, 1869, to Mary B., daughter of John W. Houston, of
Columbia, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and they are the parents of
five children: Levi H.; John H.; Margaret E.; Mary B., and Gertrude S.
Mr. Huber is a member of Trinity Protestant Episcopal church; politically
he is a Democrat, and has been treasurer of the borough since June, 1881,
and is one of the respected and substantial citizens of Shamokin.

   FREDERICK W. V. LORENZ, teller of the First National Bank, was born at
Burgsleinfurt, Westphalia, Germany, December 20, 1853, son of Victor and
Augusta (Drost) Lorenz. He entered the University of Halle, situated on
the river Saale, and prosecuted his studies until 1873. In 1877 he came to
the United States and resided in Philadelphia until January, 1878, when he
joined the P. and T. Collins Expedition to Brazil, where he remained until
November, 1879; he then returned to the United States and entered the
employ of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company as civil engineer,
and later was employed as clerk in the construction of the coal docks at
Elizabethport, New Jersey, where he remained until January, 1882. He then
came to Shamokin, and was in the employ of the same company, as civil
engineer, in the construction of their various roads. In September, 1887,
he was appointed teller of the First National Bank, which position he has
since filled. Mr. Lorenz was married, June 26, 1884, to Clara, daughter of
Christian and Nancy (Lawton) Beury, of Shamokin, and by this union they
have four children: Helen B.; Nancy L., and Charles Christian and
Frederick Victor, twins. Politically he is a Republican, and is recognized
as a worthy, enterprising, and public-spirited citizen. 

   CURTIS Q. McWILLIAMS, of the firm of McWilliams & McConnell, was
born, September 10, 1852, in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, son of J. Scott and
Catharine (Fagely) McWilliams, natives of what was then Shamokin
township, Northumberland county. The former is still a resident of the
county, but his wife, who was a daughter of Solomon Fagely, an early
settler of Shamokin township, is dead. Our subject spent his early
boyhood days at Elysburg, where he attended the public schools and the
Elysburg Academy. At the age of fifteen he came to Shamokin to accept a
clerkship in the store of Valentine Fagely, and subsequently entered the
employ of Reuben and William Fagely, well known pioneers of the borough.
In 1870 he took a commercial course at Eastman's Business College,
Poughkeepsie, New York, and the following year took charge of the store
of William and Reuben Fagely, which position he occupied until the
autumn of 1874. He then entered Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania,
where he remained two terms. In April, 1875, he left college to enter the
employ of Reuben Fagely for the purpose of looking after his various
interests. This position he filled up to Mr. Fagely's death, since which
time he has been acting as executor of the estate. On the 1st of May,
1878, Mr. McWilliams engaged in the lumber business with Darlington R.
Kulp under the firm name of Kulp & McWilliams. The following year the ice
and brick business was added thereto. W. C. McConnell became a member of
the firm, January 1, 1882, and the title was changed to Kulp, McWilliams &
Company. In August, 1886, a dissolution of partnership took place,
McWilliams & McConnell retaining the ice and brick business, which they
have since carried on. Mr. McWilliams was one of the corporators of the
Roaring Creek, Anthracite, and Bear Gap water companies, and has been
treasurer of all three since their organization. He has also been
treasurer of the Shamokin Water Company since May, 1886. He is a
stockholder and director in the Sunbury Nail Works, and is a director of
the Shamokin Manufacturing Company, also a director of the Shamokin,
Sunbury and Lewisburg railroad. He has been largely interested in nearly
all the public enterprises of which Shamokin can boast, and is one of the
most progressive and enterprising business men of his native county.
   Mr. McWilliams was married, October 7, 1879, to Louisa, daughter of
John and Anna (Schmid) Geywitz, natives of Wurtemberg, Germany, who came
to Shamokin before marriage, where the widow still resides. Two children
are the fruits of this union: Guy F., born September 23, 1882, and Ida
Catharine, born May 20,1885. The family are adherents of Trinity Lutheran
church, and Mr. McWilliams is a member of Elysburg Lodge, No. 414, F. &
A.M., Shamokin Chapter, No. 264, and Cavalry Commandery, No. 37, of
Danville. Politically he is a stalwart Republican, and since casting his
first vote he has been fearless in upholding the measures and defending
the principles of his party.

   WILLIAM C. McCONNELL, of the firm of McWilliams & McConnell, was
born in Halifax, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1860, son of
George Washington and Sarah (Marsh) McConnell, natives of that county,
both of whom are dead. The former was prominently identified with the
Northern Central railway, running it to Baltimore, Maryland. Our subject
grew to maturity in his native county, and received his primary
education at the public schools. In 1877 he entered Franklin and
Marshall Academy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the following year
Franklin and Marshall College, and spent two years prosecuting his
studies in the latter institution. In 1880 he began the study of law
under Wayne Mac Veagh, then attorney general of the United States, in
Garfield's cabinet, with whom he remained one year. In the spring of
1881 he came to Shamokin and on the 9th of June in that year, married
Ida V., daughter of Nathan F. and Eliza (Samuel) Martz, of Shamokin
township. Mrs. McConnell is a native of this county and the mother of
two children: William Donald, deceased, and Katharine Martz.
   On the 1st of January, 1882, Mr. McConnell entered the firm of
Kulp, McWilliams & Company, dealers in lumber, brick, and ice. In
August, 1886, the firm dissolved partnership, Mr. Kulp continuing the
lumber business, and McWilliams & McConnell the ice and brick trade. Mr.
McConnell was one of the corporators of the Roaring Creek, Anthracite,
and Bear Gap water companies, with which he has since been officially
connected, and has been president of the Shamokin Water Company since
May, 1886. He is a director in the Edison Electric Illuminating Company,
and the Arc Light Company, also in the Sunbury Nail Works. In politics
he has always been a stalwart Republican, and has taken a deep and
prominent interest in the success of his party. In 1890 he was a
delegate to the State convention which placed in nomination George
Wallace Delamater for the governorship. He is one of the most liberal
contributors towards the campaign expenses of his party, and is always
ready to do his full share towards every worthy object. Mr. McConnell
and family are attendants of Trinity Lutheran church, and he is one of
the trustees of that organization. He is a member of Elysburg Ledge, No.
414, F. & A.M., Shamokin Chapter, No. 264, and Calvary Commandery, No.
37, of Danville. He is a progressive and public-spirited citizen, and is
thoroughly in harmony with our nineteenth century civilization.

   GEORGE O. MARTZ, dealer in wood-burned lime, was born in Shamokin,
Pennsylvania, June 4, 1842, son of Solomon Martz, a pioneer now residing
at Reed station. When our subject was ten years old his parents moved to
Shamokin township, and when seventeen he went to Locust Gap to accept
the position of book-keeper for Haas & Bowen, proprietors of Locust Gap
colliery. In January, 1864, he came to Shamokin and accepted the
Position of book-keeper and subsequently outside foreman at the Cameron
colliery. In l869 he became a member of Haas, Fagely & Company, then
Operating that colliery. In July, 1872, the firm of Fagely & Martz,
merchants, was organized. He afterwards became a member of the firm of
Patterson, Llewellyn & Company, then operating Big Mountain colliery,
and was interested in the coal business up to within a year of the
purchase of that colliery by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company. In 1872 he embarked in the lime business, which he has since
continued. Three years ago he commenced manufacturing wood-burned lime
for building purposes, being the first burned in this part of the State.
Mr. Martz was married, September 2, 1865, to Emma L. Keener, of
Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, who has borne him one daughter, Ada G.
In politics he is a stalwart Republican and unswerving in his allegiance
to the men and measures of that organization. He has taken an active
interest in the material progress of the town, is a director of the
Shamokin Banking Company, a director and secretary of the Edison
Electric Illuminating Company, a director of the Shamokin Arc Light
Company, secretary and director of the Shamokin Water Company, and
president of the Roaring Creek, Anthracite, and Bear Gap water
companies. He is also a member of the Board of Trade, and one of the
well known citizens of his native place.

   GEORGE McELIECE, deceased, was a native of County Armagh, Ireland,
and was born in 1819. At the age of eighteen he immigrated to this
country and located in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. He married Mary
Ann Woodside, and in l853 he came to Shamokin as one of the section
superintendents of construction on the Philadelphia and Sunbury
railroad, which position he filled until 1864. He then removed to
Locust Gap to take the position of superintendent of the A. S. Wolf
colliery, where he remained until he was elected county treasurer. At
the expiration of his term of office he returned to Shamokin and engaged
in the wholesale liquor business, which he conducted until his death in
1886; his wife survived him only one week. He was a charter member of
Shamokin Lodge, No. 255, F. & A.M. He was one of the leading Democrats
of the county, and always took a deep and active interest in the success
of his party. In religious faith he was a Catholic. His family
consisted of six daughters and one son: Elizabeth; John; Mary, Mrs. A.
J. Gallagher; Jane, Mrs. John A. Keefe; Annie, Mrs. J. J. Rigney;
Isabella, Mrs. Bryan Denning, and Maggie, deceased.

   JOHN McELIECE, manager of the Shamokin Electric Illuminating Company
and the Shamokin Arc Light Company, was born in Dauphin county,
Pennsylvania, September 16, 1842, and is the only son of George and Mary
Ann McEliece. He was educated in the common schools and was employed
by his father until August, 1861, when he enlisted in Company K, Forty-
sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers. At the battle of Cedar Mountain he received
two gun-shot wounds, in the left shoulder and hand; he was taken prisoner
and sent to Staunton, Virginia, from there to Libby prison, whence he was
transferred to Belle Island, where he was paroled and returned to his
regiment. He was honorably discharged, December 6, 1862, on account of
disability. At the battle of Winchester he was promoted to corporal, and
was discharged with the rank of sergeant. At the time of Lee's invasion he
joined Company K, Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Militia, and was a sergeant in
his company. In 1862 he returned to Shamokin, and entered the employ of
the Northern Central railway as a brakeman, and later as fireman and
conductor. In 1864 he accepted the position of engineer under his father
at Locust Gap, and after the election of his father as county treasurer,
he succeeded him in the position of superintendent, which he filled twenty
years. In 1885 he removed to Shamokin. While a resident of Locust Gap he
served as justice of the peace fifteen years. He organized, in 1869, the
Washington Rifles, subsequently attached to the National Guard as Company
A, of the Seventh Regiment, and he was its captain six years. Mr. McEliece
is a member of Lincoln Post, No. 140, G.A.R., and is also a member of the
U.V.U. He was married in 1866 to Ann Ellen, daughter of Michael Lukens, of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and by this union they have had ten children,
seven of whom are living: George; Fred.; Leo; Lloyd; Isabel; Lillian, and
Maggie. Politically he is a Democrat, and is a member of St. Edward's
Catholic church.

   PETER E. BUCK has been for many years one of the best known and most
prominent hardware and iron merchants of Schuylkill and Northumberland
counties, and is recognized as one of the most successful business men of
eastern Pennsylvania. Born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1840, he
came to Pottsville with his parents in 1846, and attended the public
schools until the spring of 1853. He then entered the hardware store of
George Bright, afterwards Bright & Lerch, and was with them until January,
1863, when he opened the beginning of his now large business located at
Ashland, Schuylkill county. This he has carried on successfully to the
present time, and has built it up to a mammoth wholesale and retail
establishment; for some years his son, Frank L., has been the active
manager, assisted by Harry J., a younger son. Mr. Buck, in August, 1883,
purchased the extensive hardware establishment of William R. Kutzner of
Shamokin, and has carried on a prosperous wholesale and retail hardware
business there ever since, known as the Shamokin Hardware Company,
Limited, William G. Buck, manager, Frank L. Buck, chairman, and Peter E.
Buck, treasurer. Mr. Buck is a leading Republican, and has held several
positions of honor and trust; he was chosen without opposition an elector
for Harrison and Morton in 1888, was trustee of the Anthracite hospital,
at Ft. Springs, and its treasurer for a number of years, filled the office
of school director for six years and president of the board five, and was
also president of the Ashland Gas Light Company in its early career.
   Mr. Buck is a large stockholder in the Citizens' National Bank of
Ashland, and also a director; he is interested largely in the First
National Bank, and the Shamokin Banking Company, both of Shamokin, and
is the largest individual stockholder in these three first-class
institutions. He also owns a nice block of stock of the First National
Bank of Mt. Carmel and has recently been induced to accept a
directorship in the new Merchants' National Bank of Shenandoah City, in
which institution he is a leading stockholder. He has been a Mason since
1863, a Knight Templar since 1870, and became a member of Philadelphia
Consistory, Scottish Rite Masonry, 320, in 1890. Mr. Buck was married,
May 8, 1860, to Anna Elizabeth Sterling, of Pottsville, who has borne
him seven children: Carrie J.; Frank L.; William G.; Harry J.; Anna E.;
Walter E., and H. Gertrude, the two last named deceased.

   C. C. LEADER, merchant, was born in Alsace township, Berks county,
Pennsylvania, July 13, 1843, son of Edward and Catharine (Snyder)
Leader. His early life was spent upon the homestead farm, receiving
such education as the neighboring schools afforded. In 1860 he entered
the employ of A. J. Medlar, of Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, where he
remained until 1865, when he engaged in business for himself, opening a
general store in Schuylkill Haven, which he conducted successfully ten
years. In 1875 he located at Shamokin and engaged in general merchandise
business, under the firm name of Leader, Muir & Company; on the corner
of Liberty and Independence streets, where, after three years, the firm
was dissolved by mutual consent. In 1878 Mr. Leader located on the
corner of Shamokin and Sunbury streets, and engaged in the dry goods
business, where he remained two years. In 1880 he removed to
Independence street, and the following year formed a partnership with R.
G. Eisenhart, under the firm name of Leader & Eisenhart, and added to
the business a clothing department. This partnership continued three
years. Mr. Leader then purchased Mr. Eisenhart's interest and became
associated with his brother, E. M. Leader, under the firm name of Leader
& Brother. In 1889 Mr. Leader built his present store building, and a
division of the business then took place. It would be proper to mention
here that Mr. Leader's present store room is one of the handsomest and
most commodious to be found outside of the larger cities. The principal
salesroom is upon the ground floor, and is forty-eight feet wide by one
hundred twenty-four feet deep, and devoted to the sale of dry goods,
notions, and ladies' and children's cloaks; upon the second floor are
the carpet and dressmaking departments. Mr. Leader while in the
development of his business has also been interested in other enterprises.
He is a director of the Edison Electric Light Company of Shamokin, and of
the Shamokin Banking Company, and is also a director and secretary of the
Shamokin Arc Light Company and the Shamokin Manufacturing Company. Mr.
Leader's early political affiliations were with the Democratic party, but
of late years he has been an independent voter, with strong Prohibition
proclivities. He is a member of St. John's Reformed church, of which he
has been an elder and a leading supporter for many years and since 1880
has been superintendent of the Sunday school. He was married in 1867 to
Amanda, daughter of Benjamin Ketner, of Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania,
and they are the parents of five children: Emma M.; Charles F.; William
C.; Harry K., and Edward R. Mr. Leader has exhibited during his business
career rigid application, vigor, and fidelity, which have resulted in
founding the large establishment of which he is the head. He enjoys the
respect and confidence of his fellow citizens, and is recognized as a
business man of commendable enterprise and public spirit.

   EDWARD M. LEADER, manufacturer and dealer in clothing, was born in
Berks county, Pennsylvania, June 2, 1859, son of Edward and Hattie
(Warner) Leader. He was reared in Berks and Schuylkill counties, and
received a common school education. In 1868 he entered the employ of
his brother, C. C. Leader, who at that time was engaged in the dry goods
business in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. In 1875 he came to Shamokin
with his brother, and remained in his employ until 1885, when he
purchased an interest, and the business was conducted under the firm
name of C. C. Leader & Brother. In 1889 there was a division of the
business, Mr. Leader retaining the clothing department and remaining at
the old stand on Independence street. The retail department is a large
and commodious room thirty-eight by one hundred fifteen feet, devoted
entirely to the sale of clothing and gents' furnishing goods. The
ladies' department for the sale of cloaks is situated in the rear of the
main salesroom and is handsomely appointed. The custom department is
upon the second floor, and is a room thirty-eight by fifty and finely
adapted for that purpose; the manufacturing department is upon the third
floor, where twenty to thirty hands find employment making the clothing
for the retail department. Altogether this enterprise is the most
complete of its kind in this section of the country, and Mr. Leader can
feel proud of what he has accomplished in his short business career. In
politics he has been a strong Democrat, but not active as a politician.
He is an earnest exponent of the principles of the P.O.S. of A., of
which order he has been a member thirteen years. In his religious
connections he is a member of the Presbyterian church, serving in the
board of trustees, of which he is treasurer. Mr. Leader was married,
October 10, 1888, to Carrie, daughter of George Hamilton, of Pottsville.

   JAMES M. SHUMAN, merchant, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania,
March 8, 1844, son of J. L. and Rebecca (Miller) Shuman. He is the
senior member of the firm of J. M. Shuman & Company, and was reared and
received a common school education in his native county. He began
clerking at an early age, which business he followed a number of years
at various places. In 1869 he accepted a situation with C. F. Ryer &
Brothers of Shamokin, subsequently entering the employ of Ludes &
Graeber, general merchants. In 1875, in connection with M. L. Gable and
Edward Shuman, they established their present business, which continued
until 1876, D. E. Shuster purchased the Interest of Edward Shuman and
subsequently he and Mr. Shuster purchased Mr. Gable's interest. Mr.
Shuman was married in 1885 to Maggie Miller, of Catawissa, Columbia
county, Pennsylvania. In Politics he is a Republican, and is also a
member of Shamokin Lodge, F. & A.M. In his religions preferences he is a
Lutheran, of which church he and family are attendants. Starting in
life with but few advantages, Mr. Shuman, by rare shrewdness and
sagacity and close attention to the details of his business, has
succeeded in placing his business house among the leading mercantile
establishments of Shamokin.

   DAVID E. SHUSTER, merchant, was born in Hummelstown, Dauphin county,
Pennsylvania, December 21, 1845, a son of Dr. John A. and Mary A.
(Brefore) Shuster, natives of Germany and France, respectively. When
seven years old, his parents removed to Shippensburg, Cumberland county,
Pennsylvania, where he was reared and secured such education as the
schools of the village afforded. Contrary to the wishes of his parents,
who desired to educate him for the medical profession, he apprenticed
himself to his uncle, John Preston, to learn the trade of shoemaker, and
completed his trade with H. F. Snyder at Newville, Pennsylvania. In
1863 he went to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, entered the employ of George
M. Groff, and found employment at his trade until 1869; in the latter
year he entered the employ of the Northern Central railway, filling the
Position of passenger brakeman between Harrisburg and Sunbury. He was
shortly transferred to the Shamokin Valley and Pottsville division, and
promoted to baggage and express agent, which position he filled until
1871, when he was promoted to passenger conductor upon the same division.
This position he filled with credit to himself, making hosts of friends
among the traveling people, who, as a mark of their appreciation for his
courtesy and attention while filling this position, presented him,
November 27, 1875, with an elegant gold watch as a testimonial of their
regard. Mr. Shuster became a resident of Northumberland county in 1869,
locating at Mt. Carmel. In 1876 he resigned his position with the Northern
Central railway, removed to Shamokin, and purchased an interest in the
mercantile business of J. M. Shuman & Company, in which business he is now
engaged. He has been a warm friend to the cause of education, which he has
aided by his influence and means. He has been a member of the school board
five years, was president of the same in 1888, and served as councilman of
Shamokin borough in the year 1881. In his religious preferences be is a
Presbyterian, of which church he and family are attendants. Mr. Shuster
organized the choir and has been the chorister a number of years, and is
also connected with the P.O.S. of A. He is interested in the Hamilton Car
and Wheel Manufacturing Company of Catawissa, Pennsylvania, and one of the
directors of the same. In politics he is a prominent Republican. He was
married in 1876 to Kate, daughter of W. M. Weaver, of Shamokin, and by
this union they are the parents of two children: William W. and Lulu B.

   J. K. Haas, wholesale merchant, was born in Upper Mahanoy township,
Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1842, son of Nathan and
Eliza (Knorr) Haas. He was reared upon the farm and received his primary
education in the common schools. In 1860 he entered Freeburg Academy,
Snyder county, Pennsylvania, and the following year commenced teaching
in the public schools of Schuylkill county. In 1862 he enlisted in
Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, and
served six months, when he was discharged for physical disability.
Returning home impaired in health he remained on the homestead until
1863, when he entered Allentown Seminary and remained until fall, when
he resumed teaching in the schools of Lehigh county until the spring of
1864. He then located at Kutztown, and attended the high school five
months, and subsequently entered Franklin and Marshall College,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His health again failing he was forced to
return home. From 1865 to 1868 he taught at intervals in the schools of
Shamokin, Schuylkill county, and Herndon. In the spring of 1869 he
accepted a situation as slate picker boss with Isaac May, Sr., and in
the fall commenced teaching in Shamokin, and continued teaching and
working on the public roads of the borough at intervals. In 1871, in
partnership with E. G. Seiler, he started a small confectionery and
grocery store, and this was the beginning of what are now the two
wholesale houses of Seiler, Zimmerman & Company, and Haas, Snyder &
Sowers. The business of Haas & Seiler continued until 1876, and in the
meantime they had established a general store in connection with their
confectionery business. In 1876 a division of the business took place,
Mr. Haas forming a partnership with W. K. Erdman, and under the name of
Haas & Erdman conducted a general store, Mr. Seiler retaining the
confectionery business. The partnership existing between our subject
and Mr. Erdman ceased in 1879, when D. G. Seiler purchased Erdman's
interest and became associated with Mr. Haas, under the firm name of
Haas & Seiler, which lasted until 1881. Mr. Haas carried on the business
until 1883, when he sold out and purchased the wholesale and retail
notion business of William F. Kleinsmith, of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and
formed a partnership with D. G. Snyder under the name of J. K. Haas &
Company. In 1888 they sold the retail department of their business, and
in 1889 removed to Shamokin, took into partnership C. L. Sowers, and
established the present firm of Haas, Snyder & Sowers. In 1872 Mr. Haas
was a member of the council of Shamokin, and has filled the office of
assessor in the Second ward three times. Politically he is a Democrat, and
a member of St. John's Reformed church, of which he has been deacon and
elder for many years. He was married, March 28, 1868, to Mary M., daughter
of Daniel Seiler, and by this marriage they have four daughters: Rose M.;
Flora E.; Sadie E., and Mary A.

   DANIEL K. HAAS, merchant, was born in Upper Mahanoy township,
Northumberland county, December 1, 1851, a son of Nathan and Eliza
(Knorr) Haas. He was reared and educated in his native township, and in
1869 began working in the mines, at which he continued until 1875. He
subsequently learned the plasterer's trade, which he followed until
1876, when he resumed work in the mines until 1879, and then opened a
green grocery store. In 1883 he formed a partnership with C. L. Sowers
for the purpose of conducting a general store. In 1885 he sold his
interest to Mr. Sowers, purchased a new property on the corner of Spruce
and Market streets, and engaged in general mercantile business. In 1887
be disposed of his business to J. A. Wort, purchased a farm of one
hundred eighty acres in Snyder county, and engaged in farming and
distilling. In 1888 he returned to Shamokin, and again associated
himself with Mr. Sowers, and they opened his present store, which they
conducted until April 25, 1889, when he purchased Mr. Sowers's interest.
Mr. Haas is a member of Shamokin Lodge, No. 664, I.O.O.F. Politically
he is a Democrat, and takes an active interest in the welfare and
success of the party. He is a member of St. John's church. Mr. Haas
married Mary E., daughter of W. W. Wary, of Shamokin, and by this union
they have five children: William D.; Charles W.; Carrie E.; Daniel R.,
and Clarence L.

   E. G. SEILER, merchant, was born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania,
June 21, 1847, son of Daniel and Sarah (Geist) Seiler. He was educated in
the public schools, and lived upon the homestead farm until he was
eighteen years of age, when he learned the carpenter trade, which he
followed five or six years. In 1868 he removed to Shamokin, and in
connection with J. K. Haas engaged in the dry goods, grocery, and
confectionery business. He sold his interest in the dry goods business
to Mr. Haas, and conducted the grocery and confectionery business a
number of years. In 1879 he formed a partnership with Henry S. Zimmerman,
as E. G. Seiler & Company, which continued until 1886, when he sold the
retail business to Zimmerman, Haas & Company, and engaged in the wholesale
fancy groceries and confectionery business under the name of Seiler,
Zimmerman & Company. He was married in 1869 to Caroline, daughter of
Michael Bower, of Lower Mahanoy township, and to this union two children
have been born: Cora and Lula. Mr. Seiler has been a member of the borough
council, and is treasurer of the West Ward Building and Loan Association.
He is a member of St. John's Reformed church, and politically he is a
Republican.

   HENRY S. ZIMMERMAN, merchant, was born in Schuylkill county,
Pennsylvania, January 22, 1852. Although prominent in the pursuits of
peace, the wholesale house of Seiler, Zimmerman & Company, of which he
is a member, being among the more prominent institutions of Shamokin, he
springs from a war-like ancestry, his great-great-grandfather having
achieved fame as a general under the king of Holland. His great-
grandfather, Abraham Zimmerman, immigrated to Pennsylvania in the
colonial days, settled in Maxatawny township, Berks county, and when the
patriots engaged the mother country in a war for independence, Mr.
Zimmerman was one of the first to enroll himself under the banners of
the struggling Republic as a soldier in Washington's army. General
Washington was a frequent visitor at the Maxatawny homestead, and on two
or three occasions established his headquarters there. It was there
that Sebastian Zimmerman, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch,
was born, May 7, 1796. Arriving at man's estate, he moved to Schuylkill
county. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was one of the four
men detailed to bury the dead in the disasters about Washington that
resulted in the burning of the national capital by the British. He died
in the ninetieth year of his age, July 15, 1885. He had two sons in the
war of the Rebellion, one of whom was killed at Petersburg.
   The surviving son, Sebastian Zimmerman, Jr., father of Henry S.
Zimmerman, married to Miss Elizabeth Slobig, had sundered the tender
ties of home and family circle to go forth to battle for the Union,
leaving his children without a father's guiding hand to mould their
character. Young Zimmerman, however, came up to the threshold of man's
estate, a model citizen. He received his education at the public
schools in Lower Augusta township, and in 1874 entered the employ of
Haas & Seiler as a clerk. Five years later found him a member of the
firm of E. G. Seiler & Company, which was remodeled in 1886 as Seiler,
Zimmerman & Company, for the purpose of conducting a wholesale business
in fancy groceries and confectioneries. In 1875 Mr. Zimmerman was
married to Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Zartman, and by this union they
have four children: Laura; Walter; Emma, and Annie. He is a member of
Shamokin Lodge, No. 255, F. & A.M., and of Shamokin Chapter, No. 264,
also of Camp No. 30, P.O.S. of A. He is a consistent Christian and a
member of Trinity Lutheran church, of which he has been a trustee for a
series of terms.

   JOSEPH WOLF, clothier, was born at Gratz, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania,
December 9, 1844, son of Solomon and Amelia Wolf. He was educated in the
common schools, and was employed by his father, who was engaged in farming
and the bottling business, until eighteen years of age. He then found
employment with Newsbaum & Company, dry goods merchants of Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, as a clerk, where he remained one year, after which he
entered the employ of his brother-in- law, William Wolf, with whom he
remained one year. In 1865, in connection with Mr. Wolf, they opened a
store for the sale of clothing to the returning soldiers. In the fall of
this year he accepted a position with Hecht & Lochman, clothing merchants
of Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he remained until the fall of 1866, when
he took charge of the general store of Samuel Smith, Phillipsburg, Centre
county, Pennsylvania, where he remained until the spring of 1867; he then
came to Shamokin, located upon Sunbury street and opened a store for the
sale of ready-made clothing, which he conducted two years, when he removed
to Shamokin street and located where the New York shoe store now is. In
1873 he located at his present stand in the May block on Shamokin street.
His main salesroom is sixty-four feet deep and twenty wide, in which he
carries a large and fine stock of clothing and gent's and boys' furnishing
goods. Upon the second floor is situated his custom department, a room
fifty feet deep and twenty wide. Mr. Wolf by close attention to business
and with a studied desire to please, has built up one of the finest trades
in Shamokin. He has always taken a deep interest in the enterprises
connected with the city, and is a member of the Board of Trade, and is
interested in the two electric light companies, also the Shamokin
Manufacturing Company and water company as a stockholder, and is a
director of the Driving Park Association. He is connected with the F. &
A.M., and politically is a Republican. Mr. Wolf was married in June, 1876,
to Johanna, daughter of William James, of Shamokin, Pennsylvania; by this
union they are the parents of three children: Marlin; Solomon, and William.

   WILLIAM H. R. SMINK, druggist, was born in Shamokin township,
Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, April 29,1852, son of Daniel C. and
Eva (Kaseman) Smink, now residents of Shamokin. At the age of eight
years he found employment picking slate in the breaker of the Cameron
colliery, where he remained three years. He then entered the office of
the Shamokin Herald and remained there two years, when the enlistment in
the army of O. M. Fowler, editor and publisher of the paper,
necessitated his obtaining other employment, on account of the office
being closed. He was engaged at different places clerking, and
subsequently found employment with Ryer Brothers & Company, where he
remained five years, the last two of which he filled the position of
book-keeper. In 1871 he opened a confectionery store on Market street
in Shamokin, which he conducted for Some time. In 1872, in connection
with his father, he erected the first Planing mill in Shamokin, which
was destroyed by fire one year after it was built, and in which was
invested their entire capital. He, was compelled again to seek employment,
which he obtained with C. C. Leader, where he remained two years. In 1877
he went to Seisholtzville, Berks county, Pennsylvania, and took charge of
the store of his father-in-law, Henry Guiterman, at whose death he was
appointed superintendent of the iron mines of the estate, for the
executors, which Position he filled three years. In 1883 he returned to
Shamokin and established his present business, and by close attention has
built up one of the largest retail drug trades in the county. Mr. Smink is
a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association, and the Pennsylvania
Pharmaceutical Association. Politically he is a Republican; he is a
member of Shamokin Lodge, No. 255, F. & A.M., Shamokin Chapter, No. 264,
Mount Moriah Council No. 10, R. S. Ex. and S. M., and Caldwell
Consistory S.P.R.S. 32º, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and since 1869
has been a member of Camp No. 30, P.O.S. of A. Mr. Smink was married in
1872 to Annie L., daughter of Henry Guiterman, of Schuylkill county, who
died, September 8 1579, leaving three children: Henry G.; Eva K., and
Annie L. He was again married, December 24, 1850, to Ella, daughter of
Charles Knappenberger, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, who has borne him two
children: Ella R. and Marion L.

   M. G. REAGER, merchant, was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania,
March 4, 1856, son of George and Elizabeth (Grimm) Reager. His early
life was spent in Dauphin and Northumberland counties; at his father's
death his mother settled in Uniontown, and engaged in the millinery
business, where she still resides and carries on that business. His
education was obtained in the schools of those counties, and at the age
of fifteen he commenced his business career, entering the employ of Noah
Cluck, of Jordan township, Northumberland county, as a clerk for two
years. At the expiration of this time, being desirous of a better
education, he again entered school. His next position was manager of
Gabriel Adams's general store in Jordan township. At the expiration of
one year the business passed into the hands of J. Yeager & Son, for whom
he was manager two years. In 1879 he accepted a position with D. & R. G.
Eisenhart, of Shamokin, and at the end of two years became a member of
the firm. In 1883 he severed his connection with this firm, rented a
store on Market street, and engaged in the notion business; in six
months he added dry goods, which business he carried on about three
years, when he erected a building adjoining his store, combining the
two, and added carpets and ladies' and gentlemen's clothing, and has
since done an extensive business. Mr. Reager was married in 1884 to
Ida, daughter of R. S. Aucker, of Shamokin, and they are the parents of
one child, Goldie M. He is a member of St. John's Reformed church, and a
teacher in the Sunday school. Politically Mr. Reager is an ardent
Democrat, and is one of the enterprising merchants of Shamokin.

   N. C. WOLVERTON, merchant, was born in New Jersey, September 4, 1861,
son of Isaac and Mary J. (Creamer) Wolverton. At the age of ten years he
removed with his parents to Shamokin, and was educated in the public
schools. In 1872 he entered the employ of James Sible, merchant, where he
remained one year, after which he was engaged with Thomas & Blosser,
grocers, as a clerk, in whose employ he remained two years. He then
clerked for C. C. Thomas, John Shipp, and Isaac May, Sr. In 1879 he was
employed by G. H. Holshue, where he remained four years, after which he
clerked for Edward Stewart, and later for D. Eisenhart & Company, and Haas
& Sowers. He then engaged in business under the name of Zimmerman &
Wolverton, and at the expiration of one year sold his interest to D. K.
Haas. In 1889, in connection with Mr. Wirt, the firm of Wirt & Wolverton
was formed, and they are engaged in the general merchandise business,
conducting one of the largest stores in the city. Mr. Wolverton was
married in 1886 to Amelia, daughter of D. Eisenhart, of Shamokin, and by
this marriage they have one child, Sadie. He has served as assessor for
the Fourth ward four years, and is a member of the P.O.S. of A., and of
the fire department. In politics he is an ardent Republican, and one of
Shamokin's enterprising merchants.

   JOHN H. ADAMS, wholesale liquor dealer, was born in Upper Mahanoy
township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1834. He received a
liberal English and German education in the public schools of his native
township, and in the borough of Minersville, Schuylkill county,
Pennsylvania. From l857 to 1863 he was engaged in the mercantile and
hotel business in Upper Mahanoy township. In l863 he removed his family
to Freeburg, Snyder county, Pennsylvania, to embrace the superior
advantages which this town then afforded in an educational view. There
he was engaged with John S. Lentz, wholesale liquor dealer, of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as traveling salesman, remaining in his
employ for a period of five years. In 1871 he located in Shamokin,
Pennsylvania, where he embarked in the mercantile business, which he
conducted two years. He then became the head of the firm of Adams,
Haldeman & Company, wholesale liquor dealers, of Philadelphia, in which
business he remained for a period of five years. In 1878 he again
embarked in the mercantile business at Shamokin, with T. F. Foltz; the
latter sold his interest to Mr. Adams, who formed a partnership with
Levi Shoop, and engaged in the same business under the firm name of
Adams & Shoop. Purchasing Mr. Shoop's interest he conducted the
business alone for a few years, when he sold his entire interest to
Miller, Weaver & Company, intending to retire into private life, but
being a man of active business habits his entire lifetime he found such
an existence unbearable and connected himself with the firm of Charles
F. Stadiger & Company, wholesale liquor dealers of Philadelphia, with
whom he remained until March, 1889. He then established his present
business on Market street, Shamokin. Politically Mr. Adams is a stanch
Republican, and, having been elected justice of the peace on said
ticket, was commissioned by Governor Packer, April 4, 1860, and by the
same Governor commissioned major in the State Militia, June 6, 1859. He
is a member of Sunbury Lodge, No. 22, F. & A.M., Shamokin Chapter, No.
264, and Prince of Peace Commandery, of Ashland, Pennsylvania. He was
married in 1856 to Ellehna H., daughter of Peter Beisel, of Upper
Mahanoy township, Northumberland county, and by this union they have
three children, all living: John Q., attorney at law; Emma R., widow of
Thomas F. Foltz, and Martha J., wife of Francis A. Miller. He entered the
political arena of Northumberland county, and became the Republican
nominee for sheriff in 1877, and ran for treasurer in 1881, but was
defeated both times by small majorities.

   WILLIAM H. LEWIS, dealer in books, stationery, and music, was born
at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, June 13,1857, son of William B. and
Elizabeth (Douty) Lewis. His father was a native of Schuylkill county,
and at his death the family removed to Shamokin, where the subject of
our sketch was reared and educated. He and F. Hoover engaged in the dry
goods and grocery business in 1877, with whom he was associated eight
years, when they dissolved partnership and he then established his
present business. Mr. Lewis was married, March 24, 1881, to Helen,
daughter of Adam Brown, of Schuylkill county, and they are the parents
of three children: William; Agnes, and Helen. Mr. Lewis is a member of
the P.O.S. of A., in his religious faith he is a Presbyterian, and has
been secretary of the board of trustees of the Shamokin church for the
last four years. In politics he is a Republican.

   W. H. UNGER & COMPANY, dealers in stoves, tinware, hardware, and
plumbing supplies, was organized in 1886. The members of the firm are
William H., George C., and Warren Unger, sons of Daniel and Huldah
(Baker) Unger, natives of Shamokin and Lower Augusta townships,
Northumberland county, respectively.

   WILLIAM H. UNGER, attorney at law, was born in the borough of
Shamokin, June 24, 1864. His early education was received at the common
schools, and at the age of fifteen he engaged in the droving business,
which he followed ten years. Being desirous of obtaining a better
education he entered Elysburg Academy, and later Central Pennsylvania
College, at New Berlin, Union county, Pennsylvania, from which he
graduated in 1887. He read law with W. H. M. Oram, of Shamokin, and was
admitted to the bar in September, 1890, since which time he has been
engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. Unger was married, April
16, 1890, to Ella, daughter of Emanuel and Hannah Malick, of Shamokin.
In politics he is a Republican, and since attaining his majority up to
1889 he served on the county committee of his party. In the spring of
1890, though a resident of the borough only six months, he was elected a
member of the borough council. He is a member of the P.O.S. of A.

   GEORGE C. UNGER was born in Shamokin township, October 13, 1865. He
received his education at the public schools, and was employed some
years with his brother, William H. In 1883 he entered the employ of A.
Baker and learned the tinsmith trade, and now has the general
supervision of the business of W. H. Unger & Company. He was married in
1887 to Clara E. Smink, of Shamokin, and by this union they have had
three children, two of whom are living: Edith L., and Clarence. He is a
member of the P.O.S. of A. and S. of V. In politics he is a Republican.

   WARREN UNGER was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, April 7,
1868. He received his education at the common schools and Central
Pennsylvania College, and learned the trade of tinsmith. He is a member
of the P.O.S. of A. and a Republican in politics.

   F. P. WILLIAMSON, furniture dealer, was born in Liverpool, Perry
county, Pennsylvania, October 15, 1849, son of J. W. and Maria (Shell)
Williamson. He was reared and educated in his native town. He learned
the tinner trade, which business he followed a number of years. In 1880
he located at Shamokin and entered the employ of J. G. Farrow, furniture
dealer, where he remained four years, after which he was employed by the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company. In 1886 he purchased the
upholstery business of J. G. Farrow, which he conducted until 1888, when
he embarked in his present business. Politically, Mr. Williamson is a
Democrat, and is a member of the Baptist church. He was married in 1878
to Ellen M. Cook, of Liverpool, Pennsylvania, and by this union they
have one child, Emma D.

   DAVID JOHNSTON, retired, was born, November 13, 1809, near the site
of Kirkwood, Broome county, New York, on the North Branch of the
Susquehanna river. He is a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Snedaker)
Johnston, and was the fourth son of a family of seven children, six sons
and one daughter: James, Garrett, Ursula, and Kenneth A., all of whom
are deceased; David; John B., who resides at Great Bend, Pennsylvania,
and Andrew, a resident of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The father of our
subject died when David was only three years old and he was reared upon
the homestead farm and received a common school education. He followed
farming until his majority, when, in connection with his brothers,
Kenneth and John, he located one mile and a half below Great Bend,
Susquehanna county, and leased the McKinney mills and farm, which they
operated six years. He subsequently farmed about three years and then
removed to Clearfield county, where, in partnership with B. C. Bowman,
he purchased a tract of three hundred fifty acres of timber land and
engaged in the lumber business nine years. He then sold his interest and
removed to Phillipsburg, Centre county, embarked in the mercantile
business, and afterward in the hotel business. In 1857 he located in
Curwensville, where he carried on a hotel until 1860, and then leased
the Mansion House in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, which he conducted ten
years. In 1870 he removed to Pittsburgh and leased the Merchants' Hotel,
but at the expiration of ten months he sold his lease, and, returning to
Clearfield, leased the Leonard House. Six months afterwards he purchased a
hotel at Luthersburg, where he remained only a few months, removing to
Bellefonte, Centre county, where he leased and operated the Brockerhoff
House five years, and then retired from active business life. Mr. Johnston
was married, August 17,1846, to Charlotte, daughter of Thomas and Ellen
(Owen) Hancock, of Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania. Four children are the
fruits of this union: James E., of Shamokin; John K., a merchant of
Clearfield; Clarence A., proprietor of the Hotel Vanderbilt, Shamokin, and
Thomas O., of Wilkesbarre. Politically he is a Republican, and while a
resident of Phillipsburg served as justice of the peace. In May, 1885, he
came to Shamokin, where he and wife reside with their son, Clarence A.,
and are in the enjoyment of the blessings of a well-preserved and ripe old
age, and in the possession of all their mental faculties.

   AARON BARRELL, proprietor of the City Hotel, was born in Berks
county, Pennsylvania, August 29, 1829, son of John and Anna (Kroskopp)
Barrell. He learned the milling trade, and was located in Allentown,
Pennsylvania, four years previous to settling in Northumberland county.
In 1851 he came to this county to accept a position in Jacob
Leisenring's mill, at Bear Gap, which he filled four years. In 1856 he
purchased a farm near Paxinos on which he resided seven years, and then
engaged in merchandising at Paxinos, where he remained one year. He was
subsequently engaged in mercantile business at Elysburg, Mt. Carmel, and
Turbutville, successively, for about seven years, when he retired from
that business and located upon his farm on the Centre turnpike near
Paxinos, which he had purchased in 1868. He commenced purchasing and
selling all grades of horses and mules, and conducted that business at
his farm until increasing trade necessitated a more central location,
and in November, 1888, he removed to Shamokin. In December, 1889, he
leased the City Hotel and has since conducted that house in connection
with his previous business. Mr. Barrell is also extensively engaged in
farming, owning some three hundred fifty acres of land. He has been
twice married; his first wife was Juliann, daughter of William Krigbaum.
She died, February 8, 1885, leaving four children William; Francis F.;
Annie, and Alice, wife of Fred Zeizer. He was again married, August 29,
1885, to Mrs. Jane Snyder, a daughter of Nicholas Campbell, of Elysburg.
Mr. Barrell is a Democrat, and filled the office of overseer in Ralpho
township three terms, also serving as school director for the same
length of time. He was once the Democratic candidate for county
commissioner. He is a member of Shamokin Lodge, No. 255, F. & A.M., and
of St. Peter's Lutheran church, of Ralpho township.

   JOHN SCHABO, proprietor of the Shamokin Hotel and county treasurer,
was born in Germany, March 26, 1841, son of John and Annie (Karis)
Schabo. The family immigrated to this country in 1853 and located in
Carbon county, Pennsylvania, where the parents died. At the age of
twelve years our subject commenced work on the Lehigh canal, which
business he followed in its various branches until he was thirty years
old. In 1871 he located at Weissport, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the
hotel business, in which he continued until 1875. In April of the same
year he removed to Shamokin and established the Shamokin Hotel, which he
has since conducted. In 1883 he was elected chief of the fire department,
which position he filled up to the close of 1889. In 1884 he was elected a
member of the council, and served one term. He is a director of the First
National Bank, the Shamokin Building and Loan Association. and the
Shamokin Street Railroad Company, and is treasurer of the Shamokin Driving
Park Association. He was married, February 12, 1862, to Eva Schweibenz, a
native of Germany, and they are the parents of two children: John W., who
is engaged in the boot and shoe business in Shamokin, and Annie.
Politically Mr. Schabo is a stanch Democrat, and in November, 1890, he was
elected treasurer of Northumberland county by a majority of three hundred
twenty-nine votes, after one of the hardest and most exciting political
campaigns in the local history of this region. Mr. Schabo and family are
members of St. Edward's Catholic church, and he is one of the popular,
well known citizens of Shamokin.

   GEORGE S. FISHER, proprietor of the Park Hotel, was born, August
29, 1839, in Owego, New York, son of George L. and Angeline (Leach)
Fisher. He is of German and English extraction, and traces his ancestry
on the paternal side to the landing of the Mayflower. He was educated in
the public schools of his native town, and his youth was spent upon his
father's farm. He learned the trade of railroad engineer on the New York
and Erie, now the New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad, where he
remained seven years. In 1868 he located at Scranton, Pennsylvania, and
engaged in the hotel business. In 1870 he kept the Tunkhannock Hotel, at
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. In 1871 he removed to Shamokin and took
charge of the restaurant business at the Douty House, and subsequently
opened the Delmonico restaurant in the same town. In 1873 he built the
City Hotel, which was partially burned in 1887. He rebuilt it and was
landlord there of until December, 1889, when he leased it to Aaron
Barrell. In the spring of 1890 he leased the Park Hotel, the property
of the Shamokin Driving Park Association, which he has since conducted
successfully. Mr. Fisher was married in 1870 to Kassie A. Shaw.
Politically he is an independent voter, and is a member of Shamokin
Lodge, No. 255, F. & A.M. He is a director of the Shamokin Driving Park
Association, and was one of its corporators and its first president.

   B. E. ADAMS, proprietor of the Anthracite Hotel, was born in Upper
Mahanoy township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1837, son of
Gideon and Sarah Adams. His early life was spent upon a farm, and at the
age of fourteen he went to live with Jacob Maurer as a hired boy. At
the end of nine months he left his place, came to Shamokin, and was
employed in building bridges on the Northern Central railway between Mt.
Carmel and Sunbury. From Shamokin he moved to Stone Valley, where he
worked in a lime quarry, and was subsequently employed by Gabriel Herb
until he went into the huckster business. He kept at this business until
his marriage February 22, 1858, to Anna, daughter of Henry and Anna
Arnold, a native of Snyder county. They have had eleven children, eight
of whom are living: Henry F.; Arthur R.; Percival A.; J. Elmer; W. Clyde;
Charles O.; Bernard E.; Sylvia L.; Warren E.; Anna J., and Mabel F.
Percival A. died, September 11,1890, at the age of twenty-six, and two of
his brothers in early childhood. During the war he enlisted in the One
Hundred and Seventy-second Pennsylvania Militia, and served nine months.
In 1863 he went to Locust Gap and worked at the stone mason trade, which
he has followed up to the present. Mr. Adams resided in Freeburg from
1867 till 1870, and during this time be erected the school house in that
town and was engaged in much other mason work. He returned to Shamokin
in 1870 and continued to work at his trade for several years, and also
carried on a liquor store in connection with it. He subsequently engaged
in the hotel business which he still carries on. He operates the largest
marble works in Shamokin. Mr. Adams has been a life-long Republican, in
which party he is a quiet but efficient worker. He is a member of
Lincoln Post, G.A.R., and of Shamokin Lodge, F. & A.M., also of the
Conclave, and belongs to the Tagneghdorn Tribe, No. 225. His father, who
is eighty-three years old, resides with him, and the family are
adherents of St. John's Reformed church.

   GEORGE F. CRONE, restaurant proprietor, was born in Westphalia,
Prussia, in 1832, son of Gotlilf C. and J. W. L. (Stollen) Crone, whose
sketch appears in the biographical department under the head of Zerbe
township. He came to this country in 1849 with his parents, and was
engaged in the slate and coal mines. In 1865 he was appointed
superintendent of the mines at Trevorton, and subsequently filled the
same position at Mahanoy Valley and Shamokin until 1885, when he opened
his present place of business. Mr. Crone is associated with his brother,
H. T. Crone, in the manufacture of powder, their works being located at
Trevorton. While a resident of Trevorton he filled the offices of
election judge and constable. He was married, in 1857, to Charlotte
Creamer, and by this union they have had eight children; these living
are: Lena, wife of Isaac P. Treon; Christian; Herman T., and Sarah A. In
1862 Mr. Crone enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Seventy-second
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served nine months. He is a member of
Shamokin Lodge, F. & A. M., of Lincoln Post, G.A.R., and the Lutheran
church, and politically is a Democrat.

   STANISLAUS WEYNA, proprietor of the Central Hotel, was born in
Prussian Poland, August 16, 1843, son of Frank and Eva Weyna. He was
reared and educated in Poland, and in 1863 immigrated to this country
and settled in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. He was employed in the mines at
this place and in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, nineteen years. In
1882 he engaged in the hotel business, and established the Central
Hotel. In 1890 he built his new hotel, situated upon Shamokin street,
containing twenty-two rooms. Its appointments are first-class, and
altogether it is one of the desirable hotels of Shamokin. In 1888 Mr.
Weyna established a gents' furnishing and clothing store, and has since
conducted it in connection with his hotel. He was married, October 18,
1860, to Margaret Garski, and by this union they have eight children:
Tekla, wife of Albert Krantz; Mary, wife of Peter Mayeski; Stanislaus;
Joseph; John; Anthony; Agnes, and Eva. Mr. Weyna is a member of the fire
department, and also a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic church, and St.
Stanislaus Society, and major in the Kosciusko Society.

   JOHN CLIFFORD (Klofeta), merchant, was born, February 20, 1843, in
Wierzchncin, State of Posen, Poland, Prussia, son of Joseph and Victoria
(Klofeta) Clifford. The first eleven years of his life he spent in his
native town. In. 18o4, in company with his mother and stepfather, John
Stanka, he emigrated to Quebec, Canada, and in the same year removed to
Shamokin, where he found employment in the coal mines of Shamokin and
Trevorton, and upon the construction of the Northern Central railway and
in the rolling mill at Danville. In 1867 be embarked in the hotel
business at Shamokin, and was proprietor of the Pulaski House twelve
years. In 1879 he erected his present place of business, and engaged in
keeping a general store, which business he still continues. He was a
member of the borough council for the years 1886-87. He was married,
December 27, 1864, to Barbara daughter of Anthony Harris, of Shamokin,
and they are the parents of eleven children: Cecilia; John; Joseph;
Frank; Charles; Kate; Alfred; Gertrude; Genevieve; Leo, and Marcella.
Mr. Clifford is one of Shamokin's enterprising and progressive business
men. In 1863, at the time of Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania, he
enlisted in Company K, Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Emergency Militia.
Politically he is a Democrat, and a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic
church,

   C. E. HUGHES, livery and sale stable proprietor, was born in
Bloomsburg, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, June 25, 1847, son of
Charles and Mary (Roth) Hughes, natives of Philadelphia and Columbia
county, respectively. He was educated in the public schools of
Bloomsburg and at the age of sixteen commenced life as a clerk in a drug
store, where he remained three years. He then served an apprenticeship
at the painting business and worked as a journeyman until 1869, when he
located in Shamokin and continued at the business two years. He then
entered the employ of Stephen Bittenbender as a clerk at his coal mines,
after which he again engaged in the painting business, which he carried
on for several years. In 1882 he went into the livery business and in
1884 sold out, and two years later resumed the business. He was married
in 1871 to Alice, daughter of the late Stephen Bittenbender, and by this
union they have had six children, two of whom are living: Harry B. and
Stephen B. Politically Mr. Hughes is a Republican.

   E. H. MARTZ, liveryman, was born, January 3, 1867, in Paxinos,
Northumberland county. His father, Franklin Martz, was a native of this
county, a farmer and carpenter by occupation, and died in July, 1887, a
consistent member of the German Reformed church. His mother, Margaret
(Fisher) Martz, is a native of Northumberland county, and survives her
husband. She is a member of the German Reformed church. Of her ten
children five survive: Kate A.; E. H.; William; Clarence C., and Bertha M.
Our subject was educated in the common schools, and began his business
life in the mines. After working three years in the mines he purchased, in
1889, a half-interest in the livery and feed stable of C. M. Adams, which
he has since conducted. He married Miss Hannah Brocius. Mr. Martz is a
member of the I.O.O.F. and the P.O.S. of A., and in politics is a
Republican.

   BENJAMIN HAUPT, butcher, was born in Cameron township, Northumberland
county, Pennsylvania, January 15, 1841, son of John and Catharine,
(Maurer) Haupt, natives of Cameron township, and grandson of Henry Haupt,
one of the early settlers of that township. He was reared upon the farm
settled by his grandfather until 1862, when he was drafted and assigned to
the One Hundred and Seventy-second Pennsylvania Militia, serving nine
months. He then engaged in mining, which he followed seventeen years. In
1880 he located on Market street and engaged in business, and afterwards
removed to his present stand. He was married in 1863 to Catharine,
daughter of Thomas Henninger, who died in 1880, leaving four sons and four
daughters. Those living are Joseph; Augustus; Elizabeth, wife of George F.
Long; James; William T., and Harry. Mr. Haupt was again married in 1883 to
Elizabeth, daughter of Elias Daniel, of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania,
and by this union they have one son, Charles. Mr. Haupt is a Republican in
politics, and has served as a member of the borough council. He is a
member of the Evangelical church, and one of the trustees of the Shamokin
congregation.

   I. S. REITZ, butcher and grocer, was born in Jackson township, April
12, 1849, son of Joseph and Catharine (Siders) Reitz, natives of
Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. He was reared upon the farm in
Little Mahanoy township, and received his education at the common
schools. His father was a farmer, and carried on butchering and a
general store in connection with his farm. He subsequently located at
Trevorton and engaged in the mercantile business, which he conducted
until his death in 1870. His wife survives him and resides in Shamokin.
Their family consisted of eight children: Susan, wife of H. L. Rodgers,
of Shamokin; Nathaniel, merchant of Kansas City, Missouri; Joseph S., of
Shamokin; I. S.; Sedick S., lumberman, of Juniata county; William, of
Shamokin; Sallie, wife of William Zaring, of Shamokin, and Wilson,
merchant and cattle dealer of Wyandotte, Kansas. April 3, 1866, the
subject of this sketch in connection with H. L. Rodgers engaged in the
butcher business in Shamokin, which they conducted two years. Mr. Reitz
then engaged in the business individually one year, when he engaged in
selling patent rights, which business he continued two years, when he
again engaged in butchering and dealing in cattle and horses, and for a
number of years gave his whole attention to his meat market. In the spring
of 1890 he moved to his new store, situated on East Sunbury street, and
has one of the most convenient and handsomely fitted-up meat markets in
the county. He was married in 1871 to Lydia S., daughter of Daniel Reed,
of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania; by this marriage they are the parents
of three children: Lizzie; Emma Rebecca, and Samuel W. Mr. Reitz is a life-
long Republican, but never sought public office, and in religion is a
member of the Evangelical church.

   LEVI SHOOP, plasterer, was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania,
September 13, 1830, son of Michael and Elizabeth (Kneer) Shoop. His
early life was spent upon the farm, receiving such education as could be
obtained at the district schools. At the age of twenty-one he learned
the trade of plasterer, at which he was occupied in an adjoining county
until 1866. He then located at Shamokin and established himself in
business, in which he was engaged until 1880, when he embarked in the
mercantile business, which he conducted a short time; he then resumed
the plastering business, at which he has since continued. Mr. Shoop has
been a member of the council, and has served in the office of assistant
burgess. He is a member of Shamokin Lodge, F. & A.M., and has been for
many years a member of the I.O.O.F. He is an attendant of the
Evangelical church, to which he is a liberal contributor. In politics
he is a Republican. He was married in 1854 to Lydia Hepler, of
Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, and by this union they have had ten
children, six of whom are living; Rev. James M., of Dauphin county:
George O.; Sarah F., wife of David Zaring; Charles O., who married Mary
Seifert, of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania; William E., who married Laura
Mayer, of Shamokin, and Robert C., of Shamokin.

   THOMAS H. LIPPIATT, photographer, was born in Somersetshire, England,
January 3, 1853, son of Henry and Ann (Hodges) Lippiatt. He came to this
country with his parents in 1864 and settled at Locust Gap, and in 1865
came to Shamokin, where he attended the public schools, and at an early
age commenced working in the mines, where he was employed seventeen years.
In 1881 he commenced the manufacture of picture frames, and subsequently
engaged in the photograph business in connection with the frame business.
His place is situated on Independence street, and his art room contains a
splendid collection of oil, crayon, and photographic works of art. Mr.
Lippiatt in the development of his business brought energy and close
application to the object he had in view, which has resulted in building
up one of the largest trades of the kind in this part of the country. He
was married in 1875 to Clara, daughter of George Zimmerman, of Upper
Augusta township, by which union they have had seven children. Mr.
Lippiatt is a member of the I.O.O.F. and the Methodist church, in which he
is class leader and superintendent of the Sunday school. In politics he is
a Republican.

   JOSEPH HENNINGER, superintendent of public works, was born in
Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, in 1821, son of Thomas and Catharine
{Karl) Henninger, natives of Berks and Schuylkill counties,
Pennsylvania. He received a limited education in the common schools.
In 1838 his parents settled in Cameron township. He learned the trade
of miller in Schuylkill county, and followed it eight years. He then
returned to Cameron township and in 1850 commenced mining, which he
followed twenty years, holding the position of inside boss for Zimmerman
& Pursel, the Lancaster Coal Company, John Langdon & Company, and
Patterson, Llewellyn & Fagely. In 1866 he located in Shamokin, and in
1882 was elected burgess, filling the office two terms. He then engaged
in the cattle business, which he carried on two years, when he was
elected superintendent of public works, and, February 18, 1890, was
elected receiver of taxes for Shamokin. Mr. Henninger was twice married.
His first wife was Sarah, daughter of George Reed, of Jackson township,
who died, April 13, 1869; by this marriage were born thirteen children,
eleven of whom grew to maturity: Ephraim; Emanuel; deceased; Joseph;
Charles; J. Monroe; Cellotes; Zacharias; Cephas; Priscilla, wife of Henry
Knorr; Kate, and George. His second wife was Mrs. Mary Eveland, daughter
of Henry Fry, of Shamokin, and by this union they have one daughter,
Elizabeth. Mr. Henninger is a warm Republican, and enjoys the confidence
of the citizens of Shamokin. In his religious belief he is a Lutheran.

   JOSEPH H. DAVIDSON, justice of the peace, was born in Dauphin
county, Pennsylvania, December 29,1831, son of William and Elizabeth
(Hempton) Davidson, natives of Ireland and Dauphin county, Pennsylvania,
respectively. After the death of his father, which occurred a few months
after his birth, his mother removed to Schuylkill county, where the
subject of this sketch was reared and educated. He learned the
painter's trade, and at the age of eighteen years returned to Wiconisco,
Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and entered the employ of Miller & Company
as a clerk, where he remained ten years. In 1859 he accepted a position
in West Virginia, where he remained a few months, when he returned to
Schuylkill county and entered the employ of P. W. Sheafer of
Girardsville. He then entered the United States service as assistant
dispatcher and commissary to the railroad employees of the Orangeville
and Alexander railroad. In 1862 he was transferred to the post
commissary department under Captain Wilson, of the regular army, and was
stationed at Warrenton Junction, Virginia, and at other points at the
front. He returned home and again entered the employ of P. W. Sheafer as
superintendent of his coal business at Mahanoy Plane, where he remained
until 1879. In 1880 he located at Shamokin and engaged in the grocery
business a short time, after which he worked at his trade. In 1857 he
was elected justice of the peace, and has served in this office
continuously to the present time. Mr. Davidson was married, December 8,
1856, to Harriet M., daughter of Michael Shaffer, of Dauphin county,
Pennsylvania, and by this union they have had eight children, five of whom
are living: Emma, wife of J. C. Connor; Eleanor; Harry; Annie E., and
Edith. Politically he is a Republican.

   FRANCIS A. MILLER, justice of the peace and insurance agent, was
born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1859, son of Daniel S. and
Elmira (Schwartz) Miller. He received his education at the public
schools of Shamokin and learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he was
occupied until 1880, when he entered the employ of J. H. Adams as clerk
in his, general store. In 1885 he bought a one-half interest in the
same, and the firm name was changed to F. A. Miller & Company, which
business they conducted until 1887. Mr. Miller served in the council as
a member from the Fourth ward for the years 1883 and 1884, and in 1887
was elected assistant burgess. March 14, 1889, he was appointed by
Governor Beaver justice of the peace for Shamokin borough, and was
elected to the same office in February, 1890, to serve for five years.
In connection with this office he is engaged in the general insurance
business. Mr. Miller was married in 1880 to Martha J., daughter of J.
H. Adams, and they are the parents of six children: Ella V.; Olive M.;
J. Frances; Emma F.; Julia A., and George D. Politically Mr. Miller is
an ardent Republican.

   WILLIAM K. ERDMAN, insurance agent, was born in Upper Mahantango
township, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, November 12, 1837, son of
George and Mary (Knorr) Erdman, of German and Scotch extraction. He had
limited advantages of an education; six months cover the entire tuition
received by him. His life until twenty-four years of age was spent upon
the homestead farm. In 1861 he came to Shamokin and obtained employment
as a laborer upon the railroad. He subsequently obtained work at the
Big Mountain colliery in loading cars, where he remained five years,
when he was promoted to outside superintendent, which position he filled
three years. He then worked at the Buck Ridge colliery several years,
leaving there to engage in carpenter work, and was employed by Daniel
Weaver, Joseph Kaseman, and others. In 1873 he opened a small grocery
store, shortly afterward entered the employ of J. K. Haas as clerk, and
in 1875 entered into partnership with Mr. Haas, which continued two and
a half years. In 1869 and 1871 Mr. Erdman filled the office of street
commissioner. In 1873 he was elected justice of the peace, serving until
1878. At this period he established his insurance business. He was
again elected justice of the peace in 1883, and filled the office five
years, after which he was elected clerk of the directors of the poor,
which position he filled two years. In 1888 he was again elected to the
office of justice of the peace, discharging the duties of the office two
years, when he resigned. Mr. Erdman has filled the office of constable,
has served two terms in the borough council, and was a member of the
first school board elected after the erection of Shamokin borough. In
politics he has ever been a strong Democrat and an active worker in his
party. His reputation for intelligence and force of character gives him
an influence that does much to further the success of his party. He
possessed no early advantages, but employed his leisure hours in study
and by self-application he gained in book knowledge; he also educated
himself by close observation and judgment of men and things, which has
contributed in no small degree to his standing as a citizen and success
as a man. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. and represented his lodge in
the Grand Lodge of the State. He was married to Mary Dimick, of
Northumberland county, and to them have been born seven children: Clara
T., wife of D. B. Felix; Luther M.; Oscar O.; Ida M., wife of L. M.
Fisher; Emma S.; William E., and Lizzie M.

   JAMES A. SHIPP, borough clerk and manager of the City Hotel, was
born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1843, son of John and
Susanna (Askins) Shipp. He received his education at the public schools
of Shamokin, after which he learned the trade of machinist. In 1861 he
enlisted in Company K, Forty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, of which he
was corporal. At the battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862, he
received a gunshot wound in his left shoulder, was taken prisoner and
sent to Staunton, Virginia, and transferred from there to Libby prison,
where he remained until January, 1863, when he was paroled. In 1868,
under the firm name of Boughner & Shipp, he was engaged in the coal
business, operating the Penitentiary colliery. In 1872 he was operating
the Frank Gowen colliery, and was burned out by the Mollie Maguires. He
then, in connection with Isaac May, Jr., engaged in the mercantile
business until 1876. In 1878 he was engaged in the oyster business, and
was elected in this year secretary of the borough council and market
clerk. In 1879 he was appointed a member of the borough police, and
served four years. In 1881 he was appointed a member of the coal and
iron police, and was at the Houtzdale riots in Clearfield county. In
1881 he was appointed depot master for the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company. January 1, 1890, he accepted the position of manager
of the City Hotel. In 1871 Mr. Shipp was elected lieutenant of the
Shamokin Guards, and in 1873 became its commanding officer, and was at
the Shenandoah riot in 1874, Williamsport in 1872, and the Pittsburgh
riots with his company. He was one of the charter members of Lincoln
Post, G.A.R.; he is also a member of the Masonic order and the K. of G.
E. Politically he is a Republican. Mr. Shipp was married in 1864 to
Kate Boughner, of Shamokin, who died, July 25, 1889, leaving two
children: Harry R. and Charles A.

   FRANCIS SCHLEIF was born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, December
7, 1802, son of Francis and Barbara (Stien) Schleif. He was reared and
educated in his native county and commenced work as a miner, which
occupation he followed in Schuylkill and Northumberland counties. In 1885
he engaged in the grocery business, at which he continued until 1887, when
he was elected to his present position as secretary of Coal township poor
district, and re-elected in 1889. He was married in 1889 to Mary Schwoyer,
of Shamokin, and by this union they have bad six children, four of whom
are living: Francis; Solomon; Eva, and Clara. He is a member of the P.O.S.
of A. and of the K. of P. Mr. Schleif is a member of St. John's Reformed
church, and politically a Republican. He is now filling the office of
secretary of Coal township poor district, to which he was re-elected in
1889.

   ISAAC G. KASE, teacher of music and dealer in musical instruments,
was born in Rush township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, November
22, 1834, son of William H. and Ann (Haugh) Kase. He was reared on the
homestead farm and educated in the common schools of the township. He
learned the carpenter's trade, and at the age of twenty-two he purchased
from his father his tannery business and conducted it thirteen years. He
then found employment at his trade upon the construction of the bridges
for the Sunbury, Hazelton and Wilkesbarre railroad. Having educated
himself for the musical profession, he subsequently engaged in teaching
vocal music. In 1876 he located in Shamokin, and engaged in teaching
vocal and instrumental music and the sale of pianos and organs. Mr.
Kase was married in 1856 to Sarah J., daughter of B. P. Kase, of Rush
township, who died leaving three children: William E.; Sarah L., wife of
J. B. Sharpless, and Agnes, wife of H. Hardrex. His second wife was
Jennie, daughter of Isaac Snyder, of Shamokin, who has borne him three
children: Maud; Malcolm, and Clara A. While a resident of Rush township
Mr. Kase served in the offices of auditor, constable, and school
director. In 1883 he was elected borough assessor, and in 1884 was
appointed to the same office by the commissioners. Politically he is a
Democrat, and was a member of the county committee nine years. Mr. Kase
is a member of the Presbyterian church.

   JOHN J. DELANEY, local manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Company,
was born in Forestville, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, October 18,
1859, son of John and Sarah (Dougherty) Delaney, both natives of
Schuylkill county. His paternal grandfather, John Delaney, was a native of
Canada, and settled in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, about 1810. His maternal
grandfather, Patrick Dougherty, a native of the North of Ireland, settled
in early life in Pottsville, where he held the office of justice of the
peace fifteen years. John Delaney, father of our subject, was inside
foreman at different collieries for many years, and was killed at Eagle
Hill shaft, July 9, 1870. He was a soldier in the Rebellion, serving in
the Sixteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers three months, and fifteen months in
the Forty-eighth regiment. Our subject was reared in Pottsville up to the
age of twelve years, and afterwards lived in St. Nicholas until 1874, when
he located in Mt. Carmel, Northumberland county. For several years he
worked in a breaker, firing and running the engine at Alaska shaft. for
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. In 1882 he engaged in
the sewing machine business, which he followed in Mt. Carmel and vicinity
until May 26, 1890, when he removed to Shamokin and became local manager
for the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Mr. Delaney was married, December
26, 1879, to Mary, daughter of John and Ellen (Flanigan) Flynn, of Mt.
Carmel, who has borne him four children: John, deceased; Ellen; Sadie, and
Margaret. Politically he is a Republican, and is a member of the Sons of
Veterans, at Mt. Carmel. The family are members of the Catholic church.

   THOMAS L. McNAMARA was born in Mt. Pleasant, Schuylkill county,
Pennsylvania, in March, 1859. He is a son of Richard and Helen (Lee)
McNamara, natives of Ireland, both of whom are dead. His father served
in Company K, Ninety-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Our subject was
reared and educated in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and learned the
engineer's trade. He accepted a position in Atkinson & Brother's
machine shop, in Pottsville, which he filled two years. He then removed
to Williamstown to accept the position of loader boss at the Mineral
mine, where he remained ten years. He then came to Shamokin and clerked
for E. C. Hamilton, of the Exchange Hotel, which position he filled for
three years. In April, 1890, he leased the hotel at Paxinos, which he
conducted until 1891, when he returned to Shamokin. Mr. McNamara was
married in February, 1883, to Ida, daughter of William and Sarah
Patrick, of Williamstown, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of three
children: Richard; William, and Sadie. He is a member of the S. of V.,
Camp No. 29, and the K. of L., Lodge No. 210, both of Williamstown.
Politically he is a Democrat, and is a member of St. Edward's Catholic
church of Shamokin.