Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

FULMER,
SAMUEL H.

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Surnames: FULMER, PRINTZ, LUDWIG, CAMERON, HOLLOWAY, MOYER,
BRIDENBAUGH, GOOD, POTT, BOWERS, MILLER

Samuel H. Fulmer, banker and manufacturer at Reading for twenty-six
years, was born near Amityville, Berks county, Aug. 27, 1848. He
was educated in the public schools of Amity township, Millersville
State Normal School, and Bryant & Stratton’s Business College
at Philadelphia.

After serving as a clerk in the Penn Iron Works
at Danville, Pa., he engaged in the mercantile business for himself
at Amityville, which he carried on successfully for ten years, from
1869 to 1879, after which he followed farming for four years.

On March 14, 1883, Mr. Fulmer assisted in
establishing the Penn National Bank at Reading, and in the
organization of the board of directors he was selected as the
teller of the bank, which position he has filled in a most
admirable manner until the present time. He also became interested
in various enterprises and building operations with Daniel F.
Printz, more especially the Reading Wood Pulley Company, the
Reading Saddle Manufacturing Company, the Penn Shoe Manufacturing
Company, at Reading, and the Prince Furniture Company at Allentown,
serving all these companies as treasurer. In politics he is a
Republican, and as such he has represented the Sixteenth ward as a
school controller.

In 1871, Mr. Fulmer was married to Irene P.
Ludwig, and by her he had three sons: William, engaged in the
poultry business at Douglassville (m. Anna Cameron); Edgar, an
accomplished musician now serving as the organist of St. Andrew’s
Church in New York City; and John J. The latter served in the
Spanish-American War as a volunteer soldier, having been engaged in
Porto Rico. Subsequently he became a graduate of the United States
Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth and entered the
regular service, serving now as first lieutenant of Company G, and
assistant adjutant, in the 7th Regiment U. S. Infantry, which was
ordered to the Philippine Islands in April, 1909. Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel H. Fulmer have been members of Grace Lutheran Church since
they moved to Reading in 1883, and have taken great interest in the
welfare of the congregation and the Sunday-school.

Mr. Fulmer’s father was Joshua Fulmer, who was
born in Lebanon county, Pa., in 1815. While but a boy of six years,
upon the decease of his father, he accompanied his mother to Amity
township, Berks county. After attending the local schools, he
learned the trade of shoemaker, which he followed for forty years.
During this time he purchased a farm in the vicinity of Amityville
and carried on farming in connection with his trade. He married
Harriet Holloway (daughter of Joseph Holloway, of the same
township) and by her had four children: Margaret and Levi, who died
in infancy, William, who died when a young man; and Samuel H. He
died in 1882, aged sixty-seven years; and his wife died in 1887,
aged seventy-three years. They had been members of the Lutheran
Church at Amityville for many years. In the erection of the new
church at Amityville in 1872, he was one of the building committee
and he also served the congregation for many years as treasurer.

The grandfather of Mr. Fulmer was also named
Joshua. He was a well-known farmer in Lebanon county, having
cultivated a farm in the vicinity of Swatara. He was married to
Mollie Moyer, and they had three children: Joshua, Hannah (m. to
John Bridenbaugh), and Molly (m. to John Good).

Mrs. Fulmer’s father was Augustus Ludwig, farmer
of Amity township, born in 1818, and died in 1905. He was married
to Carolina Pott, daughter of John Pott, of Amity township, Berks
county, by whom he had five children: Nathaniel; Oliver; Amanda (m.
Samuel L. Bowers); Irene (Mrs. Fulmer); and Jane, who died young.
He retired in 1900 when he removed to Reading to reside with Mrs.
Fulmer and he continued with her until his decease Sept. 1, 1905,
aged eighty-seven years. His wife also resided with Mrs. Fulmer and
died in Aug., 1891. And her grand-father was Abraham Ludwig, also a
farmer of the same township. He died in 1863, aged seventy-four
years. He was married to Sarah Miller, who died in 1878, aged
ninety-two years. They had eight children: Sarah, Elizabeth,
Harriett, Mary, Mahlon, Lewis, Elam and Augustus.

FULTON,
ANDREW M.

p. 827

Surnames: FULTON, MCLEAN, STEEL-MCLEAN, WASSON, SCHWARTZ

Andrew McLean Fulton, who passed away Jan. 15, 1902, on his farm
near Reading, Pa., was born in Florence, Washington Co., Pa., July
13, 1821, son of Samuel and Jennie (McLean) Fulton. His ancestors
were men of influence and renown, his father serving as a color
bearer in the war of 1812, and his grandfather came from the
vicinity of the Clyde in Scotland and settled in Baltimore, where
he laid out Fulton street and built several houses thereon. For six
years the grandfather served as a captain in the Revolutionary war.
He was in the battles of Long Island and Brandywine, and in one of
these, though receiving a wound through the body, stayed with his
men. He was also in the battle of Staten Island, and marched from
there to White Plains. He is of record in the Indian wars, at the
battle of Shamokin receiving a wound in the knee; and in these wars
he captured large quantities of furs and booty from the British and
Indians.

Samuel Fulton, father of Andrew McLean, married
Jennie McLean, a daughter of Andrew McLean. The latter was a son of
Lord Steel-McLean, who came to Baltimore from Scotland with Lord
Baltimore. He, too, was a captain in the Revolutionary war, and for
his great bravery at the storming of Stony Point on the Hudson was
awarded a gold medal by Congress, which at his death was given to
his namesake, Andrew McLean Fulton.

At the early age of eighteen years Andrew M.
Fulton was graduated from Athens College, Athens, Ohio, being
valedictorian of his class. A few years afterward he was admitted
to the Bar in Ashland, Ohio, where he practised law. Later he was
professor of Latin, Greek, and Higher Mathematics in the Female
Seminary at Memphis, Tenn., where he remained until the Civil war
broke out, when he received an appointment as General Quartermaster
in the Union army.

Mr. Fulton was twice married, first to Hattie
Wasson, of Ashland, Ohio. This union was blessed with two children:
William M., a well known contractor who preceded his father in
death; and Jennie A., a teacher in Helena, Mont. Four years after
the death of his first wife, Mr. Fulton was married (second) to
Mary L. R. Schwartz, daughter of Major John Schwartz. By this union
there were four children: Elizabeth, Margaret, John and Elmer. Mr.
Fulton was a good Christian, a Presbyterian in faith. He had the
good will and sincere respect of all who knew him.

FULTON, WILLIAM M.

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Surnames: FULTON, MCCLAIN, WASSON, SCHWARTZ, WOLLETH, KLINE, NOLL

William M. Fulton, deceased, was identified with the building
interests of Reading, Pa., for many years. He was a descendant of a
family whose members were men of influence, highly respected and
valuable citizens.

His great-grandfather, Samuel Fulton, a captain
in the Revolutionary war for six years, was in the battles of Long
Island and Brandywine, in one of these battles receiving a body
wound, but he stood with his men nevertheless. He was in the battle
of Staten Island, and marched from thence to White Plains. He was
in the Indian wars, and in the battle of Shamokin was wounded in
the knee. He captured large quantities of fur and booty from the
British and Indians.

Samuel Fulton, grandfather of William M., was a
color bearer in the war of 1812. He married Jenny McClain, daughter
of Andrew McClain, who was a son of Lord Steel McClain, a
Scotchman. He came over from Scotland with Lord Baltimore. He, too,
was a captain in the Revolutionary war, and for his great bravery
at the battle, or the storming of, Stony Point, forty miles above
New York, on the Hudson river, was awarded by Congress a gold
medal. He ordered the medal given to his namesake, Andrew McClain
Fulton, at his death.

Andrew McClain Fulton, father of William M., was
a native of Ohio, where he was liberally educated and became an
attorney-at-law. In 1873 he moved to Reading and practiced his
profession until incapacitated by failing health. He retired from
professional work and engaged in farming in Cumru township,
removing later to Muhlenberg township, where he died in 1902, aged
eighty years. His first wife, Hattie (Wasson) Fulton, died in 1863,
leaving two children, William M. and Jennie, the latter of whom is
principal of the Lewistown, Mont., central school. Mr. and Mrs.
Fulton were both members of the Presbyterian Church. Andrew McC.
Fulton married (second) Mary Schwartz, daughter of Hon. John
Schwartz, M. C. Four children were born to this union, namely:
Elizabeth; John S., of New York; Margaret, who married Horad
Wolleth; and Elmer O., of Muhlenberg township, Berks Co., Pa. The
father was a Republican in his political belief.

William M. Fulton was born Nov. 2, 1858, in
Ashland, Ohio, and was educated in the schools there, completing
his training at a commercial college in Reading, after his father
settled there. He then accepted a position as clerk in the
Philadelphia & Reading freight depot, where he worked for five
years and then took up general contracting. This business he
followed for the rest of his life, accumulating a large amount of
property. He owned a quarry at the west end of the Penn street
bridge.

Mr. Fulton was married in 1883, to Catharine R.
Kline, a daughter of Simon and Catharine (Noll) Kline, and to this
marriage two children were born, namely: S. McClain, who died aged
five months and eighteen days; and Jennie M., who is a graduate of
the class of 1907, girls’ high school, Reading, and she is now a
student at the Teachers College, New York City.

The death of Mr. Fulton took place July 10,
1899. He left a devoted family, members of various organizations,
many friends, and attached fellow citizens, to mourn his loss. He
belonged to the First Reformed Church, having united with the
society in 1883. In politics he was a Republican, and a faithful
worker in the ranks of that party. He was always a loyal citizen,
upholding American institutions. His fraternal connections were
with the Masons, he being a member of Chandler Lodge, No. 227, F.
& A. M., of Reading.

FUNK, JAMES
B.

p. 485

Surnames: FUNK, KALB, MEYER, SHOWALTER, SHELLY, HOCH, BECHTEL,
CLEMMER, JOHNSON, ERMENTROUT

James B. Funk, miller near Clayton, in Hereford township, Berks
county, was born Jan. 17, 1845, in Washington township, this
county, and has lived at his present place, on the Butter Valley
creek, since 1873. He is a son of Philip H. Funk and grandson of
Rev. Henry Funk.

(I) The first of the Funk family to come to America was Henry Funk,
who emigrated from the Palatinate or from Holland in 1719, and
settled in Franconia township, Montgomery county, Pa. He built a
mill along Indian Creek, and also carried on a large farm. He was a
deep scholar, and was well educated for the times, and was the
author of two books which passed through several editions. His
greatest work probably was when, in connection with Diehlman Kalb,
he supervised the translation from Dutch into German of “The
Martyrs Mirror,” a great historical work on the Mennonites, 1,512
folio pages, which was printed at Ephrata, Pa., in 1748, and was
the largest work published in Colonial times. Henry Funk was a
minister and bishop in the Mennonite Church. He died in 1760. By
his wife, Anne Meyer, he had ten children ? four sons and six
daughters ? one of the sons bearing the fathers name, Henry (2).

(II) Henry Funk (2) son of Rev. Henry, was born in Montgomery
county, Pa., about 1730. In 1786 he moved to Virginia, where he
died some years later. For many years he was a Mennonite minister,
but during the Revolutionary times, he took the part of Congress
and the American people, and for this he and his adherents were
expelled form the Mennonite communion. However, he afterward
preached independently. He married Barbara Showalter, and they had
thirteen children, all of whom except Jacob accompanied their
father to Virginia.

(III) Jacob Funk, son of Henry (2) was born in 1761, and died in
Chester county, Pa., in 1817. He, too, became a minister in the
Mennonite church. He married Mary Shelly, and they had nine
children ? six daughters and three sons.

(IV) Henry Funk, son of Rev. Jacob, was born in 1787, and died in
1826. He became a Mennonite minister in Hereford, now a part of
Washington, township, Berks county. He married Mary Hoch, and they
had six children, among them a son named Philip H.

(V) Philip H. Funk was born in Washington township, near
Schultzville, and in his earlier life he taught school in Lancaster
county, but later engaged in farming. He was a Mennonite, and is
buried at the Hereford meeting-house at Bally. His wife was Anna
Bechtel, daughter of John Bechtel, and they had two children, Mary
(m. Abraham Clemmer) and James B. After the death of Philip H. Funk
his widow married Jacob Johnson, by whom she had three children:
Ephraim; Abraham, who died at Reading, where he was a well-known
dentist; and Milton, of New Berlinville, Pennsylvania.

(VI) James B. Funk received his education in the public schools and
at Freeland Seminary (now Ursinus College), and in 1861 he received
a license to teach school, from Prof. John S. Ermentrout. For five
terms he followed the profession, the first term in Lower
Heidelberg, near Wernersville, this county; the next year in Lower
Providence township, Montgomery county; the third in West Pikeland
township, Chester county; the fourth term in Hereford township,
Berks county, where he was engaged at the Clemmer school, at
Clayton; and the fifth and last term at Huber’s Church, in
Montgomery county. Having been reared upon the farm, he turned to
agricultural pursuits when he settled down after his marriage,
which occurred in 1868, and for three years rented land at Clayton,
in 1873 coming to his present home. Here he has since carried on
both farming and milling with much success, proving himself to be a
man of intelligence as well as industry. His farm consists of 152
acres, of fertile, productive land, formerly the homestead of David
Clemmer, who erected the present stone house upon the place in
1857. Mr. Funk has made a number of improvements during his
ownership, including an addition to the barn, and has added to the
value of the place in various ways. The mill was erected by David
Clemmer during the forties, but the engine house was added by Mr.
Funk. His establishment enjoys a large patronage, the proprietor
being noted for his integrity and honorable dealings. He is an
influential and esteemed citizen of his locality, held in the
utmost respect, and his fine home and family would be a credit to
any community.

Mr. Funk is a progressive citizen, as shown by
his connection with various enterprises affecting the general
welfare. He has been treasurer of the Hereford Turnpike Company
since 1893, and is a member of the Clayton Butter and Cheese
Company, of which he was one of the organizers; he has been a
director ever since its organization, and is treasurer of the board
of directors, which consists of five members. He has been a school
director of his township for many years, and is still holding that
office. He was elected on the Republican ticket.

In 1868 Mr. Funk married Susan Clemmer, daughter
of David and Mary (Bechtel) Clemmer, and six children have been
born to them, as follows: Oswin assists his father; Ambrose is in
Pendleton, Oregon, where he is at present serving as deputy
sheriff; Horace is a respected public school teacher in Hereford
township; Warren is a student at Cornell University; Anna is a
Mennonite missionary in Janjgir, Central Provinces, India; and
Cora, unmarried, is at home. Mr. Funk and his family are members of
the New Mennonite Church at Bally, in which he is a faithful and
active worker and is at present serving as deacon.

FUNK
FAMILY

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Surnames: FUNK, FRETZ, HIGHLEY, HOUCK, PENNEPACKER, TODD, STAUFFER,
MOYER

The Funk family have a complete history and genealogy of the
family, published in 1899 by the Rev. A. J. Fretz of Milton, N. J.
Their history is one of progress and is an honor to the state in
which they settled.

(I) Bishop Henry Funk emigrated from Holland in 1719, and settled
at Indian Creek, Montgomery county, Pa., where he died in 1760. His
wife was Anna.

(II) Christian Funk was the son of Bishop Henry Funk, and father of
John.

(III) John Funk, son of Christian, was the father of John.

(IV) John, son of John, and father of David W., was a Montgomery
county man.

(V) David W. Funk, son of John, and father of Dr. John H. Funk, was
a native of Montgomery county, where he was engaged in farming, and
where he was successful. The Funk family name has been identified
with Montgomery county for so many years that members of it are
connected with almost every other family there. The family name has
been given to various points of interest and its representatives
have held important offices not only locally but in the state
government. David W. married Elizabeth Highley and they had two
children: Martha who married Peter Houck and now resides on the
Funk homestead near Norristown: Dr. John H.

(VI) Dr. John H. Funk, State Pomologist, located at Boyertown, was
born in Montgomery county, Lower Providence township, March 7,
1844.

He was educated in the common schools, later in
the Freeland seminary, now Ursinus college, and in the Spring of
1865 was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with the
degree of M. D. He then practiced for a short time in Boyertown,
when he embarked in the drug business, starting the first drug
store in Boyertown, and this he conducted in conjunction with his
practice.

Later he extended his operations and became a
merchant, although all this time he possessed love for
horticulture, and every spare moment was spent in studying the
science of fruit growing. In time he has become an authority on
this subject. In 1878 he started in the orchard business, and in
1896-7 set out extensive orchards northwest of the city limits. In
the spring of 1902 he planted a peach orchard of six acres,
containing 1053 trees, and within two and one-half years the yield
was one basket to each tree. One year more and the orchard yielded
3200 baskets which were worth about $4,000 on the market. His
orchards are recognized as the finest in the entire state. Dr. Funk
has made many very valuable discoveries. His trees bear without
reference to good or off years. Experiments have taught him that in
order to get best results for the state it is best to get varieties
from southern latitudes. An Arkansas variety, for instance, grown
in Pennsylvania will give a good winter apple that will keep. On
account of his intimate knowledge of horticulture, the state of
Pennsylvania secured him to write Bulletin No. 152, entitled
“Fruits of Pennsylvania,” in October, 1907. The first edition of
15,000 was exhausted before the expiration of one year. The work is
standard, and his is a national reputation, so all interested in
the subject were anxious to secure a copy. Some idea of the immense
amount of work its preparation entailed can be gathered from the
fact that it contains 342 pages. Dr. Funk is one of the principal
lecturers at Farmers’ Institutes conducted under the auspices of
the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Funk’s experience extends over a
period of thirty-five years. The state recognizes him as the
authority on fruit, and his entire life is wrapped up in the
matter. He travels all over the state on his lecturing tours, and
he also lectures in Maryland and Delaware. He was appointed state
pomologist by Gov. Samuel W. Pennepacker, and through this office
he is made a member of the state board of agriculture. Dr. Funk has
also traveled in thirty-one of the states and is a cultured,
polished man, and a delightful talker, whose lectures are a treat.

The present home of Dr. Funk has been his
residence since the year 1861. He first studied medicine under Dr.
John Todd in the house he now owns. Dr. Funk served his town as
chief burgess, councilman, school director for many years. He also
was active in church work, and was a member of all the church
councils, serving on the building committee, as chairman, of the
Reformed Church of the Good Shepherd, built in 1874 in Boyertown.
In addition to his home, Dr. Funk owns a tract of land, eighty
acres principally within the borough limits of Boyertown, and the
rest is in Colebrookdale township.

In the fall of 1864 Dr. Funk was married to
Valeria Stauffer, daughter of Jacob K. Stauffer of Boyertown, and
their children are: Walter and Irene. Of these Walter S. is a
trucker and owns a greenhouse in Boyertown. His wife is Helena
Weiser Funk, and their children are: Sheldon, Hildegard and
Cathlene. Irene married Dr. Charles E. Moyer. formerly a druggist
of Boyertown. They had children: Gwendeline, Leon T., Ena B. and
Roydon F. Dr. Moyer and his seventeen year old daughter Gwendeline
perished in the Boyertown fire, Jan. 13, 1908. His widow now
carries on the drug business.

As a member of the most honored of all
professions, as a private citizen and as a learned savant, Dr. Funk
has fulfilled every demand made upon him, and has made the lives
about him better and broader for his acquaintance. In his present
study he is working unselfishly. Many of the important discoveries
he is constantly making, he will not live to enjoy. He is working
for those who will come after him and leaving for his children the
best heritage that could be theirs, — an honored name, linked
forever with some of the most wonderful discoveries of the age.

FURLOW,
HENRY K.

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Surnames: FURLOW, KEGERISE, WALDSCHMIDT, MOHN, TROSTLE, FRY,
WHITMOYER, DUNDORE, KOHL, KESSLER, ZIEMER, KRAMER, FRITZ, JOHNSON,
SCHAELLKOPF, KACHEL, SPARR, HOSHAUER, STOVER, KERN, KIEFFER,
SNADER, SCHWEITZER, HOYER

Henry K. Furlow, one of the most popular hotel men of Berks county,
who is proprietor of the well known “Furlow [Eight Mile House]
Hotel” in Brecknock township, the only public house in the
township, was born Nov. 20, 1857, in East Cocalico township,
Lancaster Co., Pa., son of Henry and Eliza (Kegerise) Furlow.

Peter Furlow, grandfather of Henry K., lived in
East Cocalico township, where he followed farming all of his life.
He married a Waldschmidt, of German extraction, and they had these
children: Polly, m. to John Mohn; Anna m. to Levi Trostle; Sallie,
who died young; Susanna, who still lives in Lancaster county;
Betzy; who died single; Henry and Samuel, who died young; John, who
died aged eighty years; and Isaac, who died aged eighty-four years.

Henry Furlow, father of Henry K., was born Dec.
26, 1821, in East Cocalico township, and died June 1, 1869, being
buried at the Swamp Church in Lancaster county. He had a tract of
about twenty-five acres of land, from which he cut the timber,
which he burned into charcoal and sold to the old furnaces of Berks
county. In 1854 Mr. Furlow was married to Eliza Kegerise, born
April 30, 1834, daughter of William Kegerise, and she is still
surviving and has lived with her son Henry K. since 1880. To Henry
Furlow and his wife were born these children; William, born in
February, 1855, died in his second year; Henry K.; Sarah and Kate
were twins, born in December, 1859, the former of whom married
Samuel Fry, of Vera Cruz, Pa., and the latter Henry Whitmoyer of
Rossville, Pa.; John, born Sept. 20, 1865 a farmer residing near
Wernersville, Pa., married Lillie Dundore; and Frank, born Nov. 16,
1868, is foreman in a planing mill at Pottsville, having formerly
been in business with his brother, Henry K., at Denver, Pa. (m. Ida
Kohl).

Henry K. Furlow was reared upon the home farm
until twenty-one years of age, when he engaged in the produce
business in his native and surrounding townships, residing during
this time in East Cocalico township. He had a large huckster route,
over which he went one a week, handling upwards of 2,000 dozen of
eggs and about 800 pounds of butter weekly. This produce he sold at
the market and at private places in Reading, and during the time he
continued in this business, from 1878 to 1890 he was very
successful and made many friends. In 1885 Mr. Furlow and Jacob R.
Kessler bought the well known “Eight Mile Hotel” from William
Ziemer, and this partnership continued for one year, when Mr.
Furlow bought Mr. Kessler’s interest, and has since been conducting
the hostelry alone. He rebuilt the premises in 1904, making one of
the finest stands in Berks county, outside of the city of Reading.
The hotel is situated at the west end of Brecknock township, where
four leading roads meet, and on an elevation which affords a
beautiful view. The water is of the best and purest in the State,
the table fare is excellent and the rooms are well furnished,
comfortable and clean, there being six on the first floor, eleven
including a both on the second, and three on the third. Connected
with the hotel is a tract of thirty-four acres of land, which Mr.
Furlow cultivates, and he also has a fine orchard of fruit trees
and a vineyard. He has a pear orchard of 250 trees which bear as
many as 600 bushels yearly, the varieties being Kiefers, Beauty
Angelo, Berry Clargo, Clapps Favorite and the Sheldon. He has fifty
cherry trees, among them the Richmond, Mount Moranga and Black
Datarian, and 300 grape stalks, all Clinton, which promise well.
The orchard covers about three acres.

On May 3, 1889, Mr. Furlow married Lavinia
Kramer, born Sept. 8, 1870 , daughter of Samuel and Julian (Ziemer)
Kramer, farming people of Brecknock township, and to this union
there have been born four children: Bessie, Elizabeth, John and
Samuel. In politics Mr. Furlow is a Democrat, and for a period of
twenty-one years, from 1885 until 1906, he was postmaster at
Knauers. He and his wife are Reformed members of Allegheny Union
Church.

Henry Kramer, Mrs. Furlow’s grandfather, lived
in Brecknock township, Berks county and died aged about
forth-eight. He married Elizabeth Fritz, and their children were:
Susan Johnson, of Honeybrook; Kate Schaellkopf, of Reading; Eliza
Ziemer, of Brecknock; Lovesia Kachel, of Brecknock; Samuel Kramer;
Isaac; Elias, of near Bowmansville, in Lancaster county, and Sarah
Sparr, of Morgantown.

Isaac Kramer, son of Henry, and uncle of Mrs.
Furlow, lives on his father’s farm, and also owns three or four
other farms in that neighborhood. He married Elizabeth Hoshauer,
and their children are: Amanda Stover, of Bowmansville; Mary Kern,
of Brecknock; Emma Kieffer, of Morgantown: Sallie Snader, of
Terrehill; Cassie Kachel, of Alleghenyville; and Isaac, Jr., of
Alleghenyville.

Samuel Kramer, son of Henry and father of Mrs.
Furlow, was born March 15, 1827, and died May 18, 1906. His wife
Julian Ziemer was born July 29, 1833, and died April 1, 1901. Their
children were: John, Albert, Harvey, Samuel, Peter, Sarah
Schweitzer, Elizabeth Kachel, Lavinia Furlow, Katie Hoyer and
Henry. Henry, the last named, died unmarried at the age of
forth-one. With his brother, Harvey, he was in the leaf tobacco
business, and Harvey still continues in that line, also carrying on
his father’s farm (which he now owns) and raising fine crops of
tobacco.