Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

WARNER,
AARON R.

p. 470

Surnames: WARNER, REICH, SCHLICHTER, THOMPSON, MYERS, FITTERLING
BOYER, MARKS, HENDEL, SPATZ, SNADER

Aaron R. Warner, chief burgess of Mohnton, and substantial business
man, was born Sept. 14, 1854, near the “Kurtz House” in Cumru
township, son of Levi and Mary (Reich) Warner.

Levi Warner spent his entire life in
agricultural pursuits in Cumru township, where he died at the age
of sixty-seven years. He married Mary Reich, daughter of Samuel
Reich, and to them were born children as follows: Catherine m.
David Schlichter; Sarah m. (first) Henry Thompson, and second
(Henry Myers); Mary m. Samuel Fitterling; Rebecca m. William Boyer;
Franklin R. m. Agnes Marks, of Mohnton; and Aaron R.

Aaron R. Warner attended the schools of Cumru
township, and at the age of eighteen years learned the hatting
trade with George Hendel, being later employed with John H. Spatz,
his father-in-law, with whom he continued for about fifteen years,
and when the company of John H. Spatz & Co. was formed he
became a partner. At the death of John H. Spatz, Mr. Warner and
Isaac S. Spatz continued the company until 1901, when Mr. Warner
withdrew from the firm. He has a farm in Cumru township, adjoining
Mohnton, of 154 acres of land, which he purchased in 1898. In the
same year he erected his handsome residence in Mohnton, one of the
finest on Wyomissing avenue. In 1900 he erected the Mohnton
Electric Light Plant, a brick structure of one story, and this is
the means of lighting many factories and private residences of
Mohnton, as well as lighting the public streets. Mr. Warner was
elected chief burgess of Mohnton borough on the Republican ticket,
Feb. 16, 1909, receiving 212 of the 261 votes cast.

Mr. Warner married Annie S. Spatz, daughter of
John H. and Mary(Snader) Spatz, and to them have been born: Maysie;
Paul S., who has Rural Free Delivery route No. 2 , from Mohnton;
Clayton, attending the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy; Warren,
attending school; Aaron, Jr., also attending school; and Edwin. Mr.
Warren is a member of Zion’s U. E. Church, being trustee and
treasurer thereof, and for the past fifteen years has been a
teacher in the Sunday school.

WARREN,
JOHN

p. 1245

Surnames: WARREN, KLEINGINNA, MOHN, FRITZ, LUTZ, HORNBERGER

John Warren, a well known contractor and builder of Cumru township,
Berks county, and the owner of a planing mill at Oakbrook, Pa., who
has been serving as prison inspector of Berks county since 1898,
was born Jan. 8, 1862, in Cumru township, son of Elias and Mary
(Kleinginna) Warren.

Elias Warren, who during his life carried on
farming on his thirty-five acre tract in Cumru township, near Cedar
Top, was a Lutheran member of Gouglersville congregation, where he
was buried. He married Mary Kleinginna, daughter of John
Kleinginna, and to them were born two sons and two daughters: Emma
m. David Mohn; Thomas m. Sarah Fritz; Sallie m. Adam Lutz, and
John.

John Warren was educated in the township
schools, which he attended until seventeen years of age, and then
learned the carpenter trade with Samuel Hornberger. After working
at his trade as journeyman for some years, Mr. Warren engaged in
the contracting and building business for himself. Up to the
present time he has built twenty-three houses in Mohnton; fourteen
at Shillington; six at St. Louis, Mo.; four at Wyomissing; and
twenty-nine at Oakbrook, as well as other buildings throughout the
county. He owns his own planing mill at Oakbrook, where is
installed an invention of his own, –a combination wood-working
machine, combining fourteen different machines, which was patented
Aug. 8, 1905. Politically Mr. Warren is a Democrat, and he has been
active in the ranks of the party for some years, being elected
prison inspector in the fall of 1898, since which time he has been
twice re-elected. He has served on the supply and building
committees, and has done much towards improving conditions in the
penal institutions of Berks county. Mr. Warren is a great traveler,
and has visited nearly every point of interest in this country and
Canada. He is an enterprising and successful business man, and as a
public official he has proved equally capable.

WARTMAN, GEORGE W.

p. 1052

Surnames: WARTMAN, BEAVER, FRAME, SLEATH, MAURER, GETZ, FRILL,
STROEBECKER

In the death of George W. Wartman, at Reading in 1901, the city
lost one of its good citizens and highly esteemed residents. Mr.
Wartman, who will be remembered as an efficient special officer of
the Philadelphia & Reading Company, was born in Reading in
1854, the son of Jonathan and Judith (Beaver) Wartman.

Jonathan Wartman was in early life engaged in
the hotel business on North Fifth street, near the present stand of
the “Farmers’ Hotel,” but later he engaged with Conrad Frame, Sr.,
in the coal business, and was so employed when stricken, and was
disabled for nine years before his death. He married Judith Beaver,
and to them were born five children: Alfred; Henry; George W.;
Elmira (m. Andrew Sleath) and Jennie (m. Charles Maurer). In
religious belief the family were Lutherans. Mr. Wartman was a
Democrat.

George W. Wartman was educated in the schools of
Reading, and when young engaged at blacksmithing, at which he
served an apprenticeship. After following this for many years, he
was appointed a police officer under James K. Getz, and served
about one term, when he resigned to accept the position of special
officer with the Philadelphia & Reading company, continuing in
that position until his death. His experiences were many while
serving in his official capacity, and he was on one occasion shot
in the leg by a tramp, the bullet breaking the bone. Mr. Wartman
was very popular with all who knew him, and he was held in the
highest esteem by his employers. He was a member of the Order of
Good Fellows and the Protestant Association.

In 1880 Mr. Wartman married Mary A. Frill,
daughter of John and Mary (Stroebecker) Frill. Mrs. Waterman, who
survives her husband, attends the Lutheran Church.

WARTMAN,
LEWIS M.

p. 1199

Surnames: WARTMAN, GEIGER, RHOADS, CRUIKSHANK, BAUMAN, SCHEETZ,
BOWER, SASSAMAN

Lewis M. Wartman, who conducts a cigar and tobacco business at
Boyertown, is interested in other enterprises here, and owns two
valuable and productive farms. He was born March 30, 1842, in New
Hanover township, Montgomery Co., Pa., son of Israel and Anna
Margaret (Geiger) Wartman.

Israel Wartman was born Aug. 15, 1795, in
Douglass township, Montgomery county, and died Oct. 29, 1879, in
the seventy-fifth year of his age. He was a saddler by trade and
also understood the carpenter trade and later in life he became a
farmer and cultivated his tract of fifteen acres in New Hanover
township, where his death occurred. He was buried in the Wartman
family lot at Boyertown. He was a man of exemplary life, and was a
member of the Lutheran Church. He married Anna Margaret Geiger,
daughter of Dieter and Elizabeth (Rhoads) Geiger, of New Hanover
township. They had the following children: Caroline, who died
unmarried; Almon, who lives in Chester county; Abraham, who resides
at Reading; Julia Ann, who lives at Boyertown; and Lewis M., who
resides in his own residence on Philadelphia avenue, Boyertown.

Lewis M. Wartman attended the public schools in
the district where he was born and later was a student at Frederick
Institute, in Montgomery county, and was subsequently licensed to
teach by Prof. Robert Cruikshank. In the fall of 1860 he taught his
first term, in New Hanover township, and in all, taught twelve
terms, all in the same locality except one term at Boyertown. He
then accepted the position of warehouseman for the Philadelphia
& Reading R. R. and after one year’s service, was promoted to
be station agent at Byers, on the Pickering Valley branch of the
Reading system. There he remained for two and one-half years, and
then had his second promotion, being sent to the more important
point, Womelsdorf, where he was continued from 1874 until January
1879, when he became agent at Boyertown, and remained in that
office until he retired from railroad work, Feb. 6, 1902.

Mr. Wartman then entered the Koons cigar-box
factory and continued there and was also engaged in superintending
his farms, until 1908, when he bought out J. W. Bauman, dealer in
cigars and tobacco, at Boyertown. He is interested also in the
Union Manufacturing Company. One of his farms, a tract of
forty-five acres, is situated in Colebrookdale township, Berks
county, and the other containing ninety acres, lies in Douglass
township, Montgomery county. He is numbered with the substantial as
well as representative citizens of this borough.

In 1870, Mr. Wartman, was married to Susan B.
Scheetz, daughter of David K. and Mary (Bower) Scheetz, of Amity
township, Berks co., Pa. They have one daughter, Maggie May, who
married Charles H. Sassaman, who has a fine art store in
Philadelphia. Mr. Sassaman is a son of Jacob H. Sassaman, formerly
sheriff of Berks county.

In his political views, Mr. Wartman has always
been a Democrat and a willing worker for his party. For fifteen
consecutive years he served as a school director at Boyertown and
rendered the borough valuable services in the interest of advanced
education. For one term he served as a justice of the peace, and
since the spring of 1908, has been assessor of the borough.

WARTZENLUFT, DANIEL
LEWIS

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Surnames: WARTZENLUFT, ROTHERMEL, CLAUSER, KOLLER, DREIBELBIS,
DELP, SCHAPPELL, FRITZ, MERKEL, DUNKEL, LESHER, LOOSE, KRONINGER,
WELSH

Daniel Lewis Wartzenluft, a well-known resident of Kutztown, Pa.,
who carries on an extensive shoe business, was born Nov. 15, 1850,
in Perry township, Berks County, son of David and Rebecca
(Rothermel) Wartzenluft.

Doctor Wartzenluft, the progenitor of this
family in America, came from Germany about the middle of the
eighteenth century and lived in Ruscombmanor township, near
Fleetwood, in which vicinity he practised medicine. His first wife
was killed by the Indians, who visited the Wartzenluft house when
she was alone, the Doctor finding her body in the yard on his
return from a visit to some patients. He followed the trail of the
Indians for several days, but finally lost all trace of them and
had to give up. The Doctor married again, and by the second union
there were three children: Daniel, grandfather of Daniel L.; Mrs.
Clauser, and Mrs. Koller. Dr. Wartzenluft died ripe in years, and
his remains were interred in the vicinity of Fleetwood.

Daniel Wartzenluft was born near Fleetwood, in
Ruscombmanor township, Jan. 21, 1785, and died Jan. 21, 1858. He is
buried in a private burial ground on the farm that he purchased in
1833, when he removed from Ruscombmanor to Windsor township, the
part which is now Perry. He was a farmer all of his life, and he
also operated a grist mill now owned by Cleophas Dreibelbis, one
mile east of Shoemakersville. On Oct. 9, 1808, he married Catherine
Delp, born Dec. 28, 1788, who died aged seventy-three years, two
months, sixteen days. They had eight sons and two daughters: Ann,
Daniel, Esther, William, Joel, David, Reuben, Enoch, Jacob and
Harry.

David Wartzenluft, father of Daniel Lewis, was
born June 14, 1821, in Ruscombmanor township, Berks County. In
youth he attended pay school a month or two in the year, for a few
years only. He spent all his life upon the farm and owned one of
the old homesteads in Perry township, now tenanted by his son
David. On April 3, 1845, he married Susanna Rothermel, who died in
December, 1845, aged twenty-eight years, twenty-nine days. He m.
(second) June 20, 1847, Rebecca Rothermel, sister of his first
wife. They were the daughters of Jacob and granddaughters of Paul,
who was a son of Johannes Rothermel, born in 1688, in Wachbach,
Germany, and died in 1730, while on the voyage to the New World. To
Mr. Wartzenluft’s second marriage were born: Catherine Anna, who
died in 1878, in her thirty-first year, was the wife of Cleophas
Dreibelbis, who now owns the original Wartzenluft homestead; Sarah
Anna m. Isaac Schappell; Daniel Lewis; Jacob m. a Miss Fritz and
resides in Iola, Kans.; Miss Mary Ann Louise cared for her aged
father; and David E., m. Mary Merkel. David Wartzenluft, the
father, died Dec. 22, 1907, aged eighty-six years, and was buried
at Zion’s Church.

Daniel Lewis Wartzenluft spent his boyhood days
on his father’s farm and obtained his early education in the public
schools of his native township, later attending school at
Collegeville, Montgomery county, and also the institution he was
graduated in 1879. He then taught school for fourteen terms in the
following districts: Perry, Richmond, Windsor, Maxatawny, Longswamp
and the borough of Kutztown.

In the fall of 1882, Mr. Wartzenluft engaged in
the shoe, hat and findings business on main street, Kutztown, and
since that time has built up a large reputation for honest dealing.
He has won the confidence and patronage of the community and his
business ability enables him to give his customers the best goods
for the least money. He carries a fine, full, up-to-date stock of
first class goods, and is deserving of the trade of his locality.
Mr. Wartzenluft is a Democrat in his political views and has served
as school director of Kutztown for six years, and as a delegate to
a number of county conventions. In his religious belief he is a
Lutheran, and he and his family worship at St. John’s Church of
Kutztown, of which he was deacon and trustee. He has been a member
of the Consistory for twelve years.

On Jan. 1, 1875, Daniel Lewis Wartzenluft was
married to Susan S. Dunkel, daughter of David and Catharine
(Lesher) Dunkel, who were the parents of the following children:
Samuel (m. Mary Loose); Hettie (m. Noah Kroninger); Susan (m. Mr.
Wartzenluft); Lizzie (unmarried); and Isaac (m. Ida Welsh). Mr. and
Mrs. Wartzenluft make their residence in Kutztown, and are highly
respected in their community.

WEAND, HARRY BECHTEL

p.
1403

Surnames: WEAND, BECHTEL, NORDWALD, YOCUM

Harry Bechtel Weand, of Reading, is at present engaged as Secretary
and Treasurer for the Reading (Fire) Underwriters Association. He
is a son of Edward D. and Valeria Coller (nee Bechtel) Weand, the
former of whom, a native or Reading, where he was a salesman for a
leading house for twenty-five years, died Sept. 8, 1905, aged
fifty-four years. Mrs. Weand was a daughter of Francis K. Bechtel,
who for many years served the county of Berks in various
capacities. Our subject has one sister, Alice Nordwald, the wife of
John Yocum, of the Consolidated Knitting & Spinning Mills.

Harry Bechtel Weand was born in Reading,
December 27, 1885. And received his education in the public
schools. Graduating from the high school in 1903, he began his
business career as a reporter for the Reading Herald, from which
paper he went to the Reading Telegram. In November 1903, he gave up
newspaper work, and became identified with the Reading Underwriters
Association, as assistant to the Secretary. He remained in this
position until September, 1905, when he was appointed Secretary to
fill the position made vacant by the resignation of his superior.
He was also made District Secretary and Inspector for the
Underwriters Association of the Middle Department (Philadelphia),
with offices in the Baer Building, Reading.

Mr. Weand, since his graduation, has taken an
active part in the affairs of the Alumni Association of the Reading
High Schools, having served as its President for one term. He has
also served on various committees, and is at this writing,
fulfilling the office of Treasurer. He is a member of the National
Fire Protection Association, the Kappa Sigma Society of the Class
of 1903, R. H. S., Trinity Lutheran Church, and the Luther League.
In politics he is a Republican.

WEAND, O.
M.

p. 1677

Surnames: WEAND

O. M. Weand, a contractor, in Reading, Pa., was born April 2, 1858.

WEASNER, HARVEY K.

p. 751

Surnames: WEASNER, WEISNER, BRINTZENHOFF, ACKER, WALTER, BEIDLER,
KUETZ, SHANELY, WEAVER, SCHMECK, ROMICH, DAVIDHEISER, EAGLE,
ALBRIGHT, KEPNER, WELLER, FRAUNHEISER

Harvey K. Weasner, one of the thrifty young farmers of Douglass
township, Berks county, was born there Aug. 1, 1869.

The name of this family has been variously
spelled, and the first to bring his family into Douglass township,
Berks county, from the earlier Pennsylvania home in Chester county
was John Weisner, who was born there Sept. 14, 1774, and died in
Douglass township, on a farm (now the property of Charles
Brintzenhoff) which he had purchased but four months before, Aug.
1, 1825. He is buried in the old cemetery near the Reformed Church.
He was twice married. His first wife died in Chester county. To
that union there were six children: Polly m. Samuel Acker, of Cedar
Hollow; Catharine (Walter); Betzy (Beidler); John lived in Chester
county, as did also Lewis; and Jacob. John Weisner married (second)
a woman from Lower Berks county, Catharine Kuetz, daughter of
Conrad Kuetz, and to this union were born five children: Israel;
Conrad; William, 1825-1848; Susan (Shanely); and Mrs. Weaver. At
the side of John Weisner is buried one “Ludwig Weisner, born Feb.
29, 1808, died Oct. 25, 1829, in the 22d year of age”–probably
another son.

Jacob Weasner, son of John, lived in Douglass
township, and there owned the farm of seventy-five acres now owned
by a member of the Schmeck family. He was born in Chester county in
June, 1801, and accompanied his father to Berks county. By trade he
was a blacksmith and had a smithy above Worman in Earl township,
where he worked for seven years. Some time before 1839 he located
on his farm, and there he died in April, 1866, and was buried at
Boyertown. He married Mary Romich, daughter of John Romich. She was
born in 1801, and died in 1868, and is buried at Boyertown. They
had six children: Sarah, m. to John Davidheiser; Harriet, m. to
John Eagle; Jacob, unmarried; John R.; Mary, m. to Isaac Eagle; and
Eli, m. to Susan Albright, and a resident of Boyertown.

John R. Weasner, son of Jacob and Mary, was born
in Douglass township, Sept. 14, 1839, on the old Weasner homestead.
He was a farmer from 1867 until his retirement, when he was
succeeded by his son. He built the present frame dwelling on his
farm in 1880. Since 1904 he has lived in a nice home at
Gilbertsville, and besides his farm and residence, he owns property
in Boyertown. He has always been industrious and frugal, and owes
his present comfortable circumstances to his good management. He
and his family are Lutheran members of the Boyertown Church. In
1866 he married Lovina Kepner, born in 1839, daughter of William
Kepner, of Montgomery county. They have one son, Harvey K.

Harvey K. Weasner received the educational
advantages of the common schools and from his boyhood assisted on
the home farm. In the spring of 1896 he began on his father’s farm,
where he has since continued. He has an excellent outfit of farm
implements and up-to-date machinery–all that he could possibly use
in the cultivation of his ninety-five acre tract. His farm is
located in the center part of the township, in the Mauger school
district. Everything about the place indicates the care and thrift
of the owner. Mr. Weasner has taken a keen interest in public
affairs as a Democrat, and for three years was supervisor in the
development and progress of the public schools. He and his family
are members of the Lutheran congregation of the Boyertown church.

In 1895 Mr. Weasner married Mary Weller,
daughter of William and Hettie (Fraunheiser) Weller, and they have
one son, Lawrence W.

WEAVER,
HENRY G.

p. 965

Surnames: WEAVER, GRUBE, WEBER, RUTH, HUBER, BOWMAN, GEHMAN, GOOD,
MUSSER, MOSSER, HIRSH, MOSEMAN, HORNING, BUCKWALTER, SPOTTS,
EDWARDS

Henry G. Weaver, a well-known resident of Morgantown, Caernarvon
township, Berks Co., Pa., where he is engaged in an undertaking and
furniture business, was born Nov. 2, 1849, near Lititz, Lancaster
county, son of Moses and Elizabeth (Grube) Weaver.

The ancestors of Henry G. Weaver came from
Zurich, Switzerland, in 1709, being sent therefrom by Queen Anne,
and settled in New Amsterdam, now the city of New York. In 1717
four brothers, John, Henry, Samuel and Jacob Weber (as the name was
then spelled), located in Tulpehocken township, Berks county, and
there remained one year. In 1718 three of these brothers removed to
Lancaster county and took up property now known as Weaverland,
where they died and were buried. One of these brothers is supposed
to have been the grandfather of Henry G. Weaver’s
great-grandfather, who according to tradition was Christian Weber,
born Dec. 25, 1731, in Lancaster county, and married Sept. 30,
1749, to Magdalena Ruth. To this union there were born eight sons
and nine daughters, and from seven sons and five daughters there
were born 99 grandchildren, 188 great-grandchildren and five
great-great-grandchildren, all born during Christian Weber’s
natural life. The majority of this vast progeny attended his
funeral, his death occurring Feb. 13, 1820.

Heinrich Weber, a son of Christian, moved into
Cumru township (now Brecknock), Berks county, from Weaverland,
Lancaster county, in 1784. He purchased a farm of 225 acres, which
he cultivated all of his life, and in 1811 he built a barn upon
this property, which is still standing. He married Miss Maria
Huber, who bore him four sons and two daughters, namely: Samuel
settled in Ohio; Henry, born July 7, 1794, died Jan. 16, 1873,
married (first) Anna Bowman and (second) Veronica Gehman; Jonathan
settled in Weaverland; Christian settled in Dauphin county, Pa.;
Anna died single; and Mary married Peter Good.

Henry Weber, son of Heinrich, was a lifelong
farmer in the Allegheny Valley, Brecknock township. He was a strict
Mennonite, and an elder in his church. By his marriage to Anna
Bowman, he had children: Lydia died young; Mary, born July 3, 1818,
died Dec. 27, 1893; Soloman, born June 12, 1819, died Aug. 12,
1892; and Leah, born June 14, 1820, died June 26, 1820. He married
(second) Veronica Gehman, born Sept. 4, 1805, died Dec. 12, 1894,
the mother of seven children, as follows: Anna, born March 15,
1829, died June 7, 1829; Barbara, born June 7, 1830, died Aug. 24,
1830; Elizabeth, born Sept. 5, 1831, died Oct. 3, 1838; Israel,
born July 10, 1834, died March 26, 1836; Sara, born Nov. 19, 1837,
died Sept. 9, 1838; Veronica, born Nov. 3, 1839, married John
Musser, a retired farmer of near Bowmansville, Lancaster county;
and Henry G.

Henry G. Weber, son of Henry, was born Jan. 25,
1842, and has spent his life in agricultural pursuits, being now
the owner of the old home farm.

He is a strict Mennonite in his religious
belief. In 1863 he married Elizabeth Mosser, born Oct. 23, 1843,
daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Bowman) Mosser, and ten children have
been born to this union, as follows: Jacob, born Dec. 17, 1864, a
farmer of Lancaster county, m. Hettie Ann Good; John, born March
27, 186-, and conducting the homestead, m. Lizzie Gehman; Noah,
born Aug. 13, 1869, a farmer of near Adamstown, m. Hettie Gehman;
Fannie, born Dec. 1, 1870, lives at home; Samuel, born May 2, 1872,
a farmer of Lancaster county, m. Annie Bowman; Henry, Jr., born
Oct. 23, 1873, a farmer near Goodville, Pa., m. Annie Good;
Solomon, born May 2, 1875, a farmer near Bowmansville, m. Mary
Good; Joseph, born Nov. 18, 1876, a farmer near Bowmansville, is
married to Mary Hirsh; Aaron, born May 20, 1880, who is single,
lives at home; Annie, born Nov. 11, 1883, is married to Henry
Gehman, son of Abram Gehman. The Webers are an old Mennonite
family, and many of them rest from their labors at the Allegheny
Meeting House. Henry Weber (1794-1873) was a member of the building
committee which erected the Allegheny Meeting House in the spring
of 1855, and the ground upon which it stands was donated by Solomon
Weber. The first minister was Rev. Christian Gehman, who preached
the Word for about forty years, he being succeeded by Rev. Samuel
Good, who continued here for a like period. At this time interest
in the church began to decline, and Bishop Jacob Moseman, a native
of Germany, was sent to the pastorate, he soon reviving the
religious fervor. He was buried at the Gehman private burying
ground, near the Gehman Meeting House close to Adamstown. Peter
Musser succeeded Bishop Moseman, and he in turn was succeeded by
Rev. Benjamin Horning, who was followed by Rev. Abram Gehman, the
present pastors being Rev. Henry Good and his associates, Rev.
Abram Gehman and Rev. Noah Bowman.

The grandfather of Henry G. Weaver, of
Morgantown, was Daniel Weber, who was born in 1780, and died in
1860, after spending his life in Cumberland county. He married a
Miss Buckwalter, who died in 1815, and among their children was a
son, Moses, the father of Henry G. Moses Weaver was born near
Manheim, Lancaster Co., Pa., March 4, 1813, and died Jan. 5, 1895.
He married Elizabeth Grube, born in February, 1814, who died in
July, 1891, and was buried at Weaverland.

When still a boy Henry G. Weaver removed with
his parents to the eastern part of Lancaster county, and in 1872 he
went to Honey Brook, Chester county, where he learned the cabinet
maker’s trade. In 1874 he located in Morgantown, and here he
established the business in which he is now engaged, and which he
has carried on very successfully ever since.

On Sept. 26, 1872, Mr. Weaver was married to
Sarah Ellen Spotts, born April 18, 1854, in Chester county, who
died at Morgantown, March 15, 1905, and was buried in the
Caernarvon cemetery. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Weaver,
as follows: Mary F., born Nov. 4, 1873, is a trained nurse; Laura
M., born June 27, 1875, is also a trained nurse; Walter, born Aug.
1, 1878, is living with his father at Morgantown; Alice K., born
Jan. 2, 1881, married in June, 1907, Morton Edwards, and lived in
Morgantown; William C., born Jan. 29, 1885, is a student at the
State College; and Katie, born Aug. 6, 1892, lives with her father
at Morgantown. Mr. Weaver is a stanch Republican, and has filled
the offices of auditor and judge of election. He is a member of the
Lutheran Church, and his family of the Morgantown Methodist Church.
He has been an industrious, progressive man, and has done much
toward advancing the interests of Morgantown, where he has built
three houses, in one of which he lives, the others being sold.

WEAVER,
WILLIAM

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Surnames: WEAVER, FOUST, SHEETZ, VAN REED, McDOWELL, BECKER, BOWER,
ALDEMAN, FISHER, DERR, BOWMAN, BAUM

William Weaver, of Reading, was born Sept. 17, 1835, son of William
and Diana (Foust) Weaver, and grandson of Peter Weaver, who was the
emigrant ancestor of this branch of the family in America.

Peter Weaver, on coming to this country, was one
of the pioneer settlers of Montgomery Co., Pa., and engaged at his
trade of sugar refiner. He married and had a family of several
children, among them William. William Weaver was but seven years of
age at the time of his father’s death, and he was at once bound out
to General Sheetz, who owned a paper mill in White Marsh township,
Montgomery county. He remained with this gentleman until he was
twenty-two years of age, and, having acquired a good knowledge of
paper-making in all of its branches, came to Berks county and hired
out to Charles Van Reed, who owned a paper mill at the junction of
Tulpehocken and Cacoosing creeks. Here Mr. Weaver worked for a
period of thirty-three years; in the spring of 1844 he moved to
Pennypack, and was employed in Joseph McDowell’s paper mill. He
later removed to Trenton, N. J., returning to Reading in the fall
of 1845 and re-entering the employ of Charles Van Reed, accepting
the position of “boss” paper maker. Here he bleached the first
engine of rag pulp in Berks county, and this caused much jealousy
among rival paper makers, who did not fancy “Bill Weaver’s advanced
ideas in paper-making.” He was possessed of more than an ordinary
education, and taught school for one or two seasons. He was also an
expert salesman.

Mr. Weaver remained at the Van Reed mill until
1853, and in that year rented a mill at Stony Creek, where he
engaged in the manufacture of paper on percentage until 1857. In
this year he located at the Cacoosing, renting a mill and
manufacturing on his own account until 1862, when he removed to
Yoder’s mill, near Pleasantville, continuing in a like manner there
until 1865. In this year, Mr. Weaver went to Venango county,
prospecting for oil, but not being successful returned to his old
business, which however he did not carry on long. His son, William,
had engaged in the paper stock and junk business with Mr. Becker,
of Manheim, and the latter gentleman engaged Mr. William Weaver,
Sr., to look after his interests. When the concern of Weaver &
Becker wound up its affairs, William Weaver, Sr., started a like
business on North Fourth street, operating on his own account,
until his death in 1890, at the age of eighty years. His wife
passed away in 1854, aged forty-two years, the mother of five
children: Sarah m. William Bower; William; Mary Ann, m. Peter Y.
Aldeman; Rebecca, and Emma J., died in infancy. Mr. Weaver attended
the Universalist Church. In politics he was a lifelong Democrat.
William Weaver, Jr., was born in Heidelberg township, Berks county,
where his early education was received, also in the common schools
of Bern and Spring townships. He learned the trade of paper making
from his father, and this he followed for a period of twenty-one
years, when he engaged in the paper stock and junk business.
Closing this out in 1877, he engaged in the hotel business,
continuing therein until 1879, when he sold out and accepted a
position with Nolan Bros., contractors, and later with Hawman,
Yarnell & Rowe, who were engaged in the same line of business.
Here he continued for four years, when, in company with William
Fisher, he commenced to do contracting and building, and in this
line became very successful, building many of Reading’s substantial
business blocks and residences. He continued thus occupied until
1888, when he again engaged in the paper stock and junk business
with his son, William H., and in this continued until the latter’s
death Dec. 29, 1896. After settling his son’s estate he purchased
the remaining interest and has since conducted it alone.

In 1863 Mr. Weaver was united in marriage with
Sarah A. Derr, and to this union was born one son: William H., who
died Dec. 29, 1896, leaving a widow, Ruth Bowman, and son, William
H. Jr., a machinist who married Gertie Baum and has one child. Mr.
William Weaver is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In his
political views he is an unswerving Democrat. Mrs. Weaver, who
passed away April 3, 1904, aged sixty-four years, ten months, was
one of the consistent members of the Lutheran Church.

WEAVER, WILLIAM BOWMAN

p. 817

Surnames: WEAVER, FRANK, HENDERSON, WEISER, WEIDNER, BLEYLER,
YODER, WAYMAN

William Bowman Weaver, undertaker at Philadelphia for nearly thirty
years, was born in that city Feb. 13, 1855 (son of Girard William
Weaver), and educated in the local schools and at Boyertown until
he became sixteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to the
trade of carpenter and continued learning this trade for three
years; but not liking this employment he entered a store and served
as a salesman for two years. He then secured a position under John
A. Frank, undertaker, and after assisting him for four years
embarked in the business for himself, at No. 550 North Fifth
street, Philadelphia. This was in 1880, and he has continued
actively engaged until the present time at the same place. He was
married to Ellen Henderson, daughter of Thomas Henderson and
Elizabeth Weiser, his wife, of Philadelphia, and they have a
daughter, Adelaide.

His grandfather was William Wayman Weaver, born
in Oley, Berks county, in 1794, and brought up at the Salford
forges, which his father was then operating. In 1828 he established
a foundry at Colebrookdale, near Boyertown, which he carried on
until 1863, when he was succeeded by his son Girard and son-in-law
Samuel Weidner. He was married in 1821 to Caroline Bleyler, of
Philadelphia, and they had nine children, among them Charles
Bleyler and Girard William. He died in 1875, and his wife in 1869.
He was enlisted in the was of 1812-15.

Mr. Weaver’s great-grandfather was Jonas Weaver,
who was born in 1767, on the Yoder homestead in Oley (adjoining
Pleasantville). He located at Allentown about 1800 and taught
school until 1808, when he went to the Salford forges, near
Sumneytown, in Montgomery county, and operated the plant for a
number of years, after which he returned to Allentown and lived in
retirement until his decease, in 1858. He was married in 1792 to
Mary Wayman, of Pike township, and they had thirteen children, the
second having been William, previously named.

WEBBER, WILLIAM WILSON

p. 1137

Surnames: WEBBER, GAUL, OBERLIN, MILLER, HOFFMAN, HAAS, RUTH, DECK,
GERHART, EMRICH

William Wilson Webber, a prominent coal dealer at Sinking Spring
for twenty years, was born at Wernersville, in Berks county, June
24, 1869, son of George M. and Valeria Ruth (Gaul) Webber. While he
was a boy his father removed to Sinking Spring, and he received his
education in the public schools, and also in Prof. Oberlin’s
Charter Oak Academy of that place. After engaging in teaching
public schools for two terms in Spring township, 1885 and 1886, he
assisted his father in the coal business for two years, and then,
when but eighteen years old, took a county license to carry on the
general business of dealing in coal, lumber, flour and feed for
himself, his father directing his attention to the wholesale lumber
trade. He continued alone in the business until 1892, when he
formed a co-partnership with David G. Miller, and they carried it
on until 1894 under the name of Webber & Miller. He then
purchased Mr. Miller’s interest, and has since carried it on by
himself in a very successful manner.

In 1906 Mr. Webber assisted in establishing a
national bank at Wernersville, becoming one of its directors and
serving since as secretary of the board. In social matters he
assisted in organizing lodges of the Sons of America, Knights of
the Golden Eagle and Odd Fellows, at Sinking Spring; and he is
affiliated with the Free Masons, Knights Templars and Mystic Shrine
at Reading.

Mr. Webber married Catharine Hoffman, daughter
of Dr. C. N. Hoffman, of Sinking Spring, and by her he has two
boys, Harold and Christian. George M. Webber was born at
Rehrersburg, Berks county, in 1837, and there received his early
education in the public schools. While studying for the ministry at
the Pennsylvania College he became ill and this prevented his
graduating. Upon his return home he directed his attention to
teaching public school, and he taught several terms in the
Northeastern section of Berks county. While teaching he was married
to Miss Haas. He then located at Wernersville, and carried on the
business of dealing in coal, lumber, grain, flour and feed. His
wife dying, he married Miss Valeria Ruth Gaul, daughter of Benjamin
and Anna (Ruth) Gaul, of Heidelberg township. After remaining at
Wernersville for several years, he located at Sinking Spring in
1877, and established himself in the same business which he carried
on until 1887, when he was succeeded by his son. He died in 1891,
leaving his wife and three children, William W., Jennie, and Bessie
(m. to Elmer W. Deck).

Samuel Webber, father of George M., was a farmer
of Tulpehocken township. He married a Miss Miller, and they had
nine children: Frank; Willoughby; Paul, unmarried; Albert, m. to
Elleanora Gerhart; George M.; Lewis; Samuel; Kate, m. to Daniel
Emrich; and Elizabeth, unmarried.

WEBER,
ALBERT S.

p. 1557

Surnames: WEBER, SPRINGMAN

Albert S. Weber, of Reading, brother of Rudolph S., is carrying on
a successful line of trade as a tobacconist at No. 29 S. Fifth
street, Reading. He was born in this city May 11, 1859, a son of
Frederick and Elizabeth (Springman) Weber.

Albert S. Weber was educated in the public
schools of Reading and when he laid his books aside he learned the
wood-working trade in the Reading Railroad Company shops and was in
the employ of that company for eight years. Then he went to
Philadelphia and for seven years he traveled for different tobacco
houses selling cigars, after which he returned to Reading and was a
cigar salesman for three and one-half years. In January, 1901, he
opened a cigar store of his own at No. 448 Penn street, where he
remained until “The Fashion” took that site and he removed to No.
29 S. Fifth street, where he has built up a fine trade, and custom
from all over the city seeks his goods. He has made a thorough
study of the business and has had a long experience, the quality of
his brands, combined with courteous treatment and fair dealing,
having brought deserved success. He is a stalwart Democrat and is
active in party affairs. He belongs to the Lutheran Church. He
provides amply for the support of his widowed mother. After his
father’s death, he erected a handsome monument to his honor in the
Charles Evans cemetery.

WEBER, HARRY
C.

p. 1635

Surnames: WEBER, KRETZ, ERMENTROUT, ENDLICH, ECKERT, SHANGRANUN,
TAENZER, KELLAR

Harry C. Weber, who is a member of the Select Council from the
Tenth ward of the city, was born in Reading, June 15, 1867, son of
Julius and Anna (Kretz) Weber, the former a native of Switzerland
and the latter of France.

Julius Weber, Sr., born May 11, 1826, in Zurich,
Switzerland, came to America in 1847 and settled first in New York
City, where he remained some years, being interested in the
manufacture of wash-boards, which later he introduced in the city
of Zurich, Switzerland. Returning to America, Mr. Weber located in
Philadelphia, where he opened a gymnasium, but later came to
Reading, where he engaged as the pioneer badge manufacturer, his
business becoming the largest of its kind in this section of the
State. He also opened a gymnasium at his home at Perkiomen and
Chestnut streets, there teaching such men as Judge Ermentrout,
Judge Endlich, the Eckerts and other of Reading’s leading citizens.
Mr. Weber was a powerfully built man and a wonderful athlete. His
death occurred Aug. 4, 1896, in his seventy-first year, his wife,
Anna Kretz Weber, born Dec. 25, 1836, in Rochefort, France, passed
away May 29, 1905, aged sixty-eight years. They were the parents of
fifteen children, and of these seven still survive: Herman G.;
Walter S.; Harry C.; James A.; Daniel; Hattie and Maud. In
religious belief Mr. Weber was connected with the Reformed Church,
while his wife was a Catholic. He was fraternally connected with
Harmonie Maennerchor, and was also a member of Keim Post No. 76, G.
A. R., being a veteran of the Civil war. In politics Mr. Weber was
a Democrat.

General Shangranun, whose portrait may be found
in the capitol at Washington, D. C., was an uncle of Mrs. Anna
(Kretz) Weber. Her brother Charles Kretz was one of the pioneer hat
manufacturers of the county, and another brother, Major Herman
Kretz, was superintendent of the United States mint at
Philadelphia; he was appointed May 7, 1895, by President Cleveland
who was a warm personal friend. Major Kretz also served as chief
clerk of the United States treasury department. At one time he was
cashier and paymaster of the Texas and Pacific Railroad. The
ancestors of Mrs. Weber enjoyed the friendship of the first
Napoleon.

Harry C. Weber was educated in the high schools
of Reading, and afterward entered the badge works of his father.
Later he went to New York, Boston and Philadelphia, learning steel
plate and copper printing, hot press work, stamping and embossing,
and, returning to Reading, engaged in work at the plant, where he
has continued to the present time. The three brothers, Harry C.,
James A. and Daniel, conduct the business as the Reading Ribbon and
Badge Company.

Mr. Weber is a magician of some note and has
entertained many large audiences in the Eastern States, being a
great personal friend of Kellar, as he was of Hermann the Great. He
is a member of the American Magicians of New York City, the Knights
of Friendship, Consultory No. 3, and the Sons of Veterans. He is
very popular throughout the city and is one of Reading’s best
citizens. Mr. Weber is a Democrat in political matters, and in 1905
was elected to complete the unexpired term of Edward Taenzer of the
Tenth ward, in the select council, being elected in 1906 for a term
of four years, his popularity being shown by his majority, 365, the
largest in the history of the ward. He takes an active part in the
interests of his constituents, and makes a capable official. He is
the owner of considerable property in the city.

WEBER,
HERMAN G.

p. 1673

Surnames: WEBER, HENDEL, KESSLER, RORKE, BUTLER

Herman G. Weber, a hat finisher of the city of Reading, who is also
a partner in the Weber Badge Company, was born in New York City in
1857. He attended the Reading schools, and after leaving them
received employment in the rolling mills. Later he engaged in box
making in the establishment of his father, and afterward entered
Hendel’s hat factory, learning the trade with Dan Hendel, son of
John Hendel. After eight years with that company he accepted a
position with C. F. Kessler, where he has been employed to the
present time, covering a period of over twenty-five years.

In 1876 Mr. Weber was married to Molly A. Rorke,
daughter of John Rorke, and they reside in one of the modern
residences in their section of the city. This home has attracted
the attention of the public and also of the press, the Reading
Eagle having published an interesting article regarding it, for
Mr. Weber has spared neither time nor expense in making his
residence beautiful with artistic decoration and comfortable with
every convenience. Mr. Butler, who did the painting and decorating,
is a friend of the family and makes his home with the Webers, and
has displayed taste and skill in his work in the Weber home.

WEBER,
PAUL

p. 577

Surnames: WEBER, WOLF, BESSLER, PENROSE, BAER, HELT

Paul Weber, the well known taxidermist, whose place of business is
located at No. 161 Buttonwood street, Reading, Pa., was born in
Saxony, Germany, April 16, 1861, son of Carl and Anistina (Wolf)
Weber.

Carl Weber came to America prior to 1880. He had
followed the trade of a weaver in his native country, but locating
in Philadelphia he engaged in butchering, continuing in that line
until his retirement. He and his wife now live in Philadelphia,
where all of their twelve children, with the exception of Paul of
Reading, also reside.

Paul Weber received his literary training in the
schools of Germany, and while yet a boy studied the art of
preserving and mounting birds and animals under Professor Bessler,
graduating in the art of taxidermy. On coming to America he located
for a time in Philadelphia, whence he went a short time later to
Blackwood, N. J., where he remained about two years, and at the end
of that time returned to Philadelphia, establishing himself in
business. Here he remained until 1903, when he located in Reading.
Mr. Weber is an artist in his line, and it has been said of him
that he can mount any animal, “from a mouse to an elephant.”
Specimens of his wonderful work may be seen in nearly every State
in the Union. He mounted a beautiful specimen for President
Roosevelt’s library, and has done work for Senator Penrose, George
F. Baer and others.

Mr. Weber was married in 1889, to Helen Helt, a
native of Saxony, Germany, and three children have blessed this
union: Charles (deceased), Paul J. and Helen. In religious belief
Mr. Weber and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church. In his
political views his is independent of party affiliations.

WEBER,
RUDOLPH S.

p. 1556

Surnames: WEBER, SPRINGMAN, BACHMUHL, RAMSEY, WEBNER, BRETTMAN,
NELSON, BITTNER, LOOS

Rudolph S. Weber, who is a prosperous business man at Reading,
conducting a first-class barber shop at No. 30 S. Fifth St., was
born July 2, 1866, in this city, a son of Frederick and Elizabeth
(Springman) Weber.

Wilhelm Weber, grandfather of Rudolph S.,
started for America in 1852 but did not live to reach land. He died
and was buried at sea. His first wife was the mother of Frederick
Weber. The second wife came to America and settled at Reading,
where she subsequently died and is survived by her four children:
Anthony, George, Charles and Mrs. Bachmuhl.

Frederick Weber, father of Rudolph S., was born
March 4, 1829, in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, and died at Reading
Jan. 18, 1905, having lived retired for fourteen years previously.
He came to America in 1850 and settled at Reading, and in the
following year became car inspector for the Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad Co., and served nineteen years as a member of the
wrecking crew. On July 6, 1851, he was married to Elizabeth
Springman, born May 17, 1832, daughter of Valentine and Maria
Springman, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany. To this marriage nine
children were born, namely: William; Frederick; George; Albert;
Elizabeth married Lincoln L. Ramsey; Annie married Ludwig Webner;
Rudolph S.; Harry, of Philadelphia; and Ida, who died young.

Rudolph S. Weber attended the public schools of
Reading until he was prepared to learn a trade and he went under
the instruction of Conrad Brettman, with whom he served a full
three years apprenticeship to the barber’s trade. He then embarked
in business for himself, first at No. 19 S. Ninth St., in 1891
coming to his present location. He has four chairs and a well
equipped shop in every way and enjoys the most exclusive trade in
the city. His stand is one of the oldest barber stands in Reading,
in 1859 a barber by the name of Grayson S. Nelson starting here in
the business and continuing until 1865. Mr. Weber is a member of
Reading Lodge No. 549, F. & A. M., Reading Lodge of Perfection,
14, Harrisburg Consistory, Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.,
Reading Lodge of Elks No. 115 and Improved Order of Heptasophs No.
67.

On Jan. 4, 1887, Mr. Weber was married to Clara
J. Bittner, daughter of Cyrus and Eliza (Loos) Bittner and they
have two children: Charlotte and Elsie. Mr. Weber and family belong
to the First Reformed Church of Reading. Politically he is a
Democrat. He is numbered with the progressive business men of
Reading.

WEBER, WILLIAM
FRANKLIN

p. 462

Surnames: WEBER, SCHNECKENBERGER, KRAM,ER. WENTZEL, BODY, LINCOLN,
KNERR, QUINTER, BRIGHT, PATTISON, EGELHOFF

William Franklin Weber, alderman of the Eleventh ward, Reading,
Pa., has for many years been a popular and useful citizen of that
city, and has frequently received the endorsement of her people at
the polls.

Anthony Weber, grandfather of William F., was
born in 1797, and died in 1843. He was the owner of a small farm in
Germany, and he also followed the occupations of butcher and
brewer. He married Marie Schneckenberger, and they had children as
follows: Fidel; Martin, a brewer; Rosalia, who married and lived in
Germany, Maximilian, a shoemaker, who came to America in 1849;
Marcus, a wheelwright, who came to America in 1855; and Ambrose, a
miller and machinist of Reading, who came to this country in 1866.

Fidel Weber, father of William F., was born in
Wurttemberg, Germany, Aug. 14, 1826, and came to this country in
1850. Before leaving the old country he had learned lock-smithing,
and after settling in Reading, was employed at his trade, at the
Reading Railroad shops. By faithful and diligent service he was
transferred to the machine department of that company, and was
employed there continuously for fifty-one years. In 1902 he was
placed on the pension roll. Mr. Weber always took a deep interest
in public affairs and was an ardent and earnest advocate of good
government and permanent improvements. He was a Democrat in
politics and represented the Second ward in the common council in
1871, and the Tenth ward in the school board during the year 1875.
While attending to public duties, Mr. Weber never missed a meeting,
and could be relied upon as being an honest and faithful public
servant. From the time he reached the voting age he never missed an
election and took untold interest in his party. Mr. Weber was also
interested in building associations, and during his time was
president of more than twenty, of which the most important were the
Ringgold, Germania, Columbia, Homestead and Fidelity Associations.
He resided in the Second ward forty years, and for the last
thirty-one lived at No. 239 South Tenth street.

On Sept. 12, 1852, Fidel Weber married Amelia
Wentzel, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Body) Wentzel, and they
became the parents of the following children: Alfred died at the
age of four; James and Ida died in infancy; Edwin Harrison died in
October, 1902, aged thirty-six years, leaving a widow, Sarah
(Lincoln) and three children, Harry, Robert and Irene; John M. is a
machinist with the Philadelphia & Reading Company; William F.;
Emma m. Newton Knerr of Philadelphia; Henry is foreman in the Scott
Foundry; Anna Victoria m. Isaac Quinter, a shoe dealer of Reading;
Amelia m. Martin Bright of this city; and Winona is at home. Mr.
Weber was survived by seventeen grandchildren and eleven
great-grandchildren, and a sister, Theresa, of Reading; the latter,
however, has since died. He was a member of Germania Lodge I. O. O.
F., Reading Relief Association, and in religion of the Reformed
Church. Mr. Weber passed away, Sept. 3, 1907, from the effects of
catarrh.

William F. Weber was born in Reading, Feb. 2,
1855. He passed his boyhood in the pursuit of an education in the
excellent schools of his hometown, and at the age of thirteen began
his active business life as a carrier of the Post and Eagle, daily
papers of the city. After a short period in this branch of the
service, he became apprenticed to the printing trade in the office
of the Daily Times. He finished his trade in this office, and
afterward served four years there as a journeyman. Mr. Weber then
accepted a position in the Freight Department of the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad. However, he did not stay but returned to
the printing business, taking “cases” in the Telegram.

Taking quite an interest in politics Mr. Weber
was elected to the common council from the Tenth ward, at which
time he was the youngest member of that body. In 1889 he was
elected a member of the same body from the Eleventh ward, being
also at that time president of the famous Eleventh Ward Democratic
Club, an organization which was a powerful factor during the three
years he served as its head. Shortly after the expiration of his
term, April 16, 1891, he was appointed alderman of the Eleventh
ward, by Governor Pattison, to fill the unexpired term of George
Kramer, who had died the previous March. The following year, 1892,
Mr. Weber was the aldermanic candidate of his party, and after a
hotly contested campaign was elected by a majority of 437, the term
being for five years. Again in 1897 and in 1902 he received the
endorsement of his constituents, by majorities of 517 and 443,
respectively. During the years of his incumbency Mr. Weber has
given the most painstaking and careful attention to the needs of
his ward, and in matters which affected the weal of the whole city
has ever been found on the side of progress.

In March 1880, Mr. Weber married Miss Kate
Egelhoff, daughter of William Egelhoff, a respected resident of
Reading. To them have come three sons: W. Wayne; Walter W., a
machinist; and Edwin C., a member of the class of 1908, Reading
high school, who is now taking his college course in Civil
Engineering.

Alderman Weber was for thirty-three years a
member of the Reading Hose Company, during which time he served for
eleven years as president, and is now on the Honorary Roll. He is
affiliated with the Order of Red Men and the Knights of the Golden
Eagle, and is a member of the First Reformed Church. His activity
in political circles makes him a valued member of the Northeastern
Democratic Club, and in all the varied interests of his home city,
he is ever ready to do a full share of the “necessary” work. As a
citizen he is universally esteemed for his loyalty to home
institutions, and as a friend and neighbor all unite to do him
honor.

W. Wayne Weber, son of William F., is a graduate
of the Reading high school, class of 1897. He served as timekeeper
for the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company two years, and
then became associated with the Reading Cement Company as its clerk
and secretary. In 1906 he was engaged with the Interstate Railway
Company, with offices in Philadelphia, and since 1907 he has been
salesman for eastern Pennsylvania for the Edison Cement. He was a
member of the Democratic Northeastern League, and was chairman one
term. In 1906-07 he was a member of the State Legislature from the
First District of Berks county. He is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, the Red Men, and is an active member of the First
Reformed Church.