Berlin
Kindly submitted by: Carrie
J. Robertson
Benjamin I.
Berlin is one of the most highly esteemed residents of
Pennsville, Northampton County, which he has served as Auditor.
He was born in this county November 29, 1849, as is the son of
William and Esther (Kuntz) Berlin, also natives of this county
and residents of Berlinsville, which place was named in their
honor.
William Berlin was a blacksmith
by trade, as was also his father before him. Benjamin I. Was
reared under the parental roof, and attended the common schools
until a lad of seventeen years, when he was taught his father’s
trade, and worked as a smith for two years in his native place.
He then left home and began as a journeyman blacksmith,
continuing to travel around until 1870, when he established a
shop of his own in Pennsville, which he has conducted ever
since.
The marriage of Benjamin I.
Berlin with Miss Camillia, daughter of James Keck, took place at
Pennsville in 1870. Mrs. Berlin departed this life in 1882,
leaving two children, Harvey E. and Bertha M. Our subject chose
as his second companion Sarah A. Hummel, the ceremony being
performed in 1883. They have become the parents of a son,
Arthur R.
Mr. Berlin has been a
prosperous man, and is one much like throughout his community
for his sterling worth and integrity. He has been School
Director of Lehigh Township, and in 1886 was elected Auditor of
Northampton County, entering upon the duties of his office in
1887. He was subsequently elected for a period of two terms,
and has thus been the incumbent of that position for six years.
He is a Democrat in politics, and works faithfully for the
success of his party. In religious matters he worships with the
United Brethren Church, with which he has been connected for
many years. Socially he is a prominent worker in the Order
United American Mechanics, at Slatington.
Mr. Berlin has been very
successful in raising poultry, having erected on his place, for
their accommodation, a shed 90x16 feet, to which he has lately
made an addition 90x50 feet in dimensions. The sheds are
divided off into sections, and will accommodate three hundred
chickens. He is making this feature of his business a practical
success, and is one of the largest poultry raisers in the
county.