Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

FOLGER,
WALTER

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Surnames: FOLGER, HEMIG

Walter Folger, a well-known hotel man of Reading, Pa., proprietor
of the Folger hotel and cafe, on North Fifth street, was born in
Boston, Mass., Aug. 13, 1866. Mr. Folger received his education in
his native city, and for some years was employed as a reporter on
the staff of the Boston Herald, later being connected with the
Burkhardt Brewing Co. of that city.

Mr. Folger came to Reading, Pa., in April 1901,
and on September 22nd of the same year engaged in his present
business. His cafe bears the reputation of being one of the most
up-to-date and finest in the city of Reading, catering to the
commercial trade, and to the theatrical profession. As a hotel
proprietor, Mr. Folger is popular, and his up-to-date hostelry is
fitted with every modern improvement of convenience to his patrons.
Mr. Folger was married in Reading to Miss Annie Hemig of this city,
daughter of William H. Hemig.

In fraternal circles Mr. Folger is popular and
belongs to a number of organizations, among them the Fraternal
Order of Eagles, Aerie No. 66, of which he was for one year
president (he was one of the members to walk through the woods and
select the site of the present beautiful home of this order); Mt.
Penn Lodge, No. 65, Knights of Pythias; the Maccabees; Neversink
Fire Company; Junior Fire Company; Humane Association; and other
fraternal and social bodies.

FOLK,
CHARLES A.

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Surnames: FOLK, HEINLY, HOCH, ALDENDERFER, GEHRET, HAFER, MELL,
KOLLER, MOYER, ROTHENBERGER, RUTH, MERKEL, SCHAEFFER

Charles A. Folk, who was living retired in Fleetwood up to the time
of his death, Jan. 12, 1907, was born in Richmond township, Berks
county, Pa., Feb. 22, 1837. He was descended from George Folk, the
first of the family in America, through Jacob and Jacob, Jr.

George Folk was a German by birth, and came to
Philadelphia in 1754, with a company of some 145 other passengers.
He made his permanent home in Richmond township, Berks county,
where his name appears on the first tax list of the place, made in
1768.

Jacob Folk continued to reside where his father
had settled, and was a farmer and stone mason by trade. His
children were: Jacob, Jr.; Solomon, of Reading; Samuel, of
Maxatawny township; John, living near Hamburg, Pa.; Mrs. Jacob
Heinly; and Mrs. Daniel Hoch.

Jacob Folk (2) was born July 17, 1797, and died
Jan. 25, 1871. He married Miss Lydia Aldenderfer, who was born
March 2, 1802, and died Jan. 9, 1875, and they had children as
follows: Benjamin, born in 1825, who died in 1889; Jacob, born in
1826; Joseph, born in 1827, who died in 1883; Sarah, who married
(first) Peter Rothenberger, and (second) Christian Ruth, of Austin,
Kan.; William, born in 1831; John born in 1834; Charles A.; Hettie,
born in 1838, who married Joel Gehret, and died in 1864; Mary, Mrs.
Benjamin Hafer; Benneville, born in 1842, who died in 1866; Moses,
born in 1843, who died in 1890; and Diana, born in 1845, who died
in 1901, and who was the wife of William Mell.

Charles A. Folk chose carpentry as his trade and
for the greater part of his life worked in that line. For a long
time he was a coach maker, and during a period of twenty years was
employed by Schaeffer, Merkel & Company, implement dealers in
Fleetwood, part of the time as their principal pattern maker. In
1900 he retired, and having disposed of his property, made his home
in Fleetwood with his step-son Oscar Koller, at whose home he died.
Mr. Folk was always a good citizen, endeavoring to promote the
public good, and for six years sat in the council of Fleetwood,
elected on the Democratic ticket.

Charles A. Folk and Miss Sophia Moyer were
joined in wedlock, and their happy married life continued till the
death of Mrs. Folk in 1890. Both united with the Lutheran Church in
Fleetwood. They had no children. Mr. Folk married a second time.
Mr. Folk’s life was useful and upright, and he stood as an example
to those around him.

FOLK, JOHN
R.

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Surnames: FOLK, REIFSNYDER, ALDENDERFER, HARTMAN, HOMAN, MACHMER,
KEIM, MOHN, STOUDT, ENDLICH, SCHUCKER, GINDER

John R. Folk, a prominent citizen of Mt. Penn borough, who has been
closely identified with the growth and development of this section
for some years, and where he is now serving as assessor and tax
collector, was born Nov. 9, 1866, in Lower Alsace township, Berks
county, Pa., son of John A. and Hannah Mahela (Reifsnyder) Folk,
and grandson of Jacob and Lydia (Aldenderfer) Folk.

John A. Folk, father of John R., was born Sept.
23, 1834, in Richmond township, and died Dec. 4, 1894, in Mount
Penn, where for many years he had been engaged in wheelwrighting.
Mr. Folk owned his own home in the borough three weeks before his
death, when he sold out. In political matters he was a Democrat,
and served ably as a school director in Lower Alsace township. Mr.
Folk and his family were members of Spies’s Church until the
organization of Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Penn, when they
identified themselves with the latter, Mr. Folk becoming an
official member. In the year 1858, Mr. Folk was united in marriage
with Hannah Mahela Reifsnyder, daughter of Samuel Reifsnyder, and
to them were born children as follows: Mary, born Feb. 15, 1859,
married Thomas Hartman of Reading; Catherine, born Sept. 21, 1860,
married William H. Homan, of Mount Penn; Emma R., born July 30,
1862, died Jan. 11, 1868; Charles A., born Sept. 16, 1864, married
Hattie Machmer of Reading; John R.; Sallie A., born Oct. 5, 1869,
married John Keim of Reading; Samuel, born Sept. 11, 1870, married
Mary Mohn; Jacob, born June 4, 1873, married Mary Stoudt of
Reading, where they now reside; William, born March 5, 1875, died
Nov. 5, 1882; Bessie, born Sept. 3, 1880, and Sadie, born Nov. 12,
1882.

John R. Folk attended the public schools of
Lower Alsace township until fourteen years of age, and then worked
for three years on the farm of Judge G. A. Endlich’s father. For
the next fourteen years he was a pipe cutter at the Reading Iron
Works, but in 1893 he engaged in the retail milk business,
supplying a large route in Reading and disposing of a daily average
of 110 quarts. This business, however, he was forced to abandon in
1897 on account of ill health. In that year he was appointed
supervisor of Lower Alsace township, an office in which he served
very efficiently until the incorporation of Mount Penn in 1903. In
1898 he was appointed tax collector of Lower Alsace township,
served in that position until the incorporation of the borough, and
has continued in the office to the present time giving general
satisfaction. He has also been assessor of the borough since its
incorporation. Mr. Folk is a man of high sense of honor, and he
commands the esteem and confidence of the entire community. He has
been thrifty and industrious and resides in his own home on
Cumberland street, which he erected in 1896. In political matters
he is a Democrat, and in addition to his present office, has been
delegate to numerous county conventions. Fraternally he is a member
of the Knights of Friendship, No. 28, of Reading, and Neversink
Tent, Modern Woodmen of America, of Reading. He is a member of
Faith Lutheran Church of Mount Penn, of which he was an elder and
treasurer from 1893 to 1907, and at the expiration of his term of
office was elected deacon. Mrs. Folk is connected with Zion’s
Reformed Church of Reading.

On June 2, 1888, Mr. Folk was married to Hattie
Schucker, born Feb. 8, 1867, daughter of William and Maria (Ginder)
Schucker, the former born in Richmond township, Sept. 12, 1831. To
Mr. and Mrs. Folk have been born children as follows: Edna M., born
Oct. 11, 1889; Calvin M., born Sept. 5, 1891; Cora E., born May 2,
1894; William Raymond, born Aug. 27, 1897; J. Harold, born Jan. 1,
1901; and Elmer, born July 15, 1906.

FOOS,
CHARLES S.

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Surnames: FOOS, SCHMECK, KOCHEL, MELLINGER, SCHMEHL, DEMAREST

Charles S. Foos. The city of Reading takes justifiable pride in the
high status of its public school system, and the prestige gained
along this important educational line has been to a large degree
due to the able and untiring efforts of the present superintendent,
Charles S. Foos, whose popularity is of the most unequivocal order.
He is prominent in educational circles in the State and nation, and
is thoroughly en rapport with his work.

George Foos, the father of Charles S., was born
in Reading, son of George Foos, Sr., a prominent contractor and an
organizer of the first school board of Reading, and for many years
also a member of the city councils. George Foos, father of Charles
S., attended the public schools and later learned the carpenter’s
trade as an apprentice to his father. At the opening of the Civil
war he enlisted and served his term. On his return to Reading he
entered into partnership with his father and conducted a large
contracting and building business, with offices in the old Foos
carpenter shop, on Reed, near Washington, street. The building was
in the possession of the Foos family for one hundred years, and has
been sold but lately. Mr. Foos was interested in all public affairs
and served on the school board from 1887 to 1895, representing the
Eighth ward. He was instrumental in the enlargement of the Poplar
street building, and also advocated the erection of the Girls’ high
school, and that the location be at Eleventh and Washington
streets. He cast his first vote for Lincoln, in 1860, and never
missed an election, being a stanch Republican. He was twice
married, his first wife being Catherine, a daughter of the late
Benjamin Schmeck, a prominent farmer of Muhlenberg, and his second
wife was Lizzie Kochel, who survives him. Beside his widow there
survive three children: Charles S., Mrs. A. H. Mellinger and Mrs.
S. T. Schmehl, all of the city of Reading. Mr. Foos was a genial,
public-spirited man, and had a host of friends. About ten days
before his death, after a long walk into the country and seemingly
in the best of health, Mr. Foos was stricken with apoplexy, and
lingered in a semi-conscious condition until he passed away Nov. 4,
1906, aged 68 years, 9 months and 14 days.

Charles S. Foos was born in Reading Dec. 17,
1863, son of George and Catherine (Schmeck) Foos. He is indebted to
the public schools of his native city for his early educational
discipline, and was graduated from the Reading high school as a
member of the class of 1882. He was Latin salutatorian of his
class, and delivered the first address of the sort ever given in
the school. In 1883 he was graduated from the Hopkins Grammar
School, New Haven, Conn., after which he matriculated at Yale, from
which institution he was obliged to withdraw by reason of a
disordered condition of his eyes. Later, however, he carried
forward his higher educational work, having completed special
courses in Harvard University, the University of Chicago, and the
University of New York. In 1898 he received the degree of Master of
Arts from Lafayette University. Mr. Foos early identified himself
with newspaper work, having been a reporter on the staff of the
Reading Eagle and other Reading papers at different times. In 1888
he was appointed instructor and later principal of Union Academy,
Morganfield, Ky.; in 1888-89 he was an instructor in Stewart
Academy, Reading; in 1889-90 he was principal of the high school at
Orwigsburg, Pa.; in 1890 he became instructor in English in the
Boys’ high school, of Reading, retaining this incumbency until
1899, when he became principal of the school, which was at that
time reorganized upon its present amplified basis. In 1902 he
withdrew from the principalship to assume the duties of his present
responsible position of superintendent of the public schools of
Reading, in which capacity his work has been admirable in every
respect.

He was re-elected by unanimous vote in 1905 and
again in 1908, and in 1905 was also granted an increase in salary
without a dissenting vote.

Mr. Foos is a member of the National Federation
of State Educational Associations, of which he was elected
president in 1909; was elected president of the Pennsylvania State
Educational Association in 1908 and is a member of the executive
committee of the Association, and is a frequent contributor to
leading educational periodicals. His services are much in demand as
a public speaker, especially in conventions of educators and as a
commencement orator, anniversary and post prandial speaker. In this
line of work he is called upon several hundred times each year, and
is always timely and felicitous in his utterances. He is a member
of the board of managers of the Reading Young Men’s Christian
Association, is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, of whose
Sunday school he was superintendent, and he was also a member of
the executive committee of the Berks County Sabbath School
Association. He is prominent also in fraternal societies,
especially the Masonic order, and he has been a frequent delegate
to national and State bodies of the same. He is past master of the
Schuylkill Lodge, No. 138, F. & A. M., of Orwigsburg; a member
of Excelsior Chapter, No. 237, Royal Arch Masons, of Reading; past
commander of Reading Commandery, No. 42, Knights Templar. He is
past regent of Wyomissing Council, No. 1584, Royal Arcanum, and is
affiliated with the Sons of Veterans, and the Patriotic Order Sons
of America, besides holding membership in the Reading Board of
Trade, the local Press Club, and other organizations.

On Nov. 25, 1895, Mr. Foos married Miss Mary
Demarest, of Paterson, N. J., and they have four children: Irvin
Demarest, Frances Alice, Charles George and Florence Demarest.

FOOS, CHARLES
S.

p. 436

Surnames: FOOS, SCHMECK, KOCHEL, MELLINGER, SCHMEHL, DEMAREST

He was re-elected by unanimous vote in 1905 and
again in 1908, and in 1905 was also granted an increase in salary
without a dissenting vote.

On Nov. 25, 1895, Mr. Foos married Miss Mary
Demarest, of Paterson, N. J., and they have four children: Irvin
Demarest, Frances Alice, Charles George and Florence Demarest.

FOREMAN, DANIEL B.

p. 981

Surnames: FOREMAN, STIER, BROOK, WEILER, HARTZ, MORRIS

Daniel B. Foreman, one of the prominent and substantial citizens of
Caernarvon township, and an honored veteran of the great Civil war,
in which struggle he received injuries from which he has never
entirely recovered, is a highly esteemed resident of Morgantown,
where he owns a comfortable home. Mr. Foreman was born January 9,
1839, near Morgantown, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Stier) Foreman.

Mr. Foreman was left an orphan when quite young,
and at a very early age apprenticed himself out as a farm hand,
afterward learning the carpenter’s trade, which he has followed
with much success during the greater portion of his life. His home
in Morgantown is one of the substantial residences of his locality,
and adjoining it are several acres of land, which also belong to
Mr. Foreman. He is a self-made man in every sense of the word, and
as such is esteemed and respected by all who know him. On Sept. 11,
1861, Mr. Foreman enlisted for service in the Union army, becoming
a private in the 53d Pa. V. I., Col. John R. Brook.

During his long and active career as a soldier,
Mr. Foreman participated in many bloody battles, and at
Fredericksburg he was badly wounded. From the battle-field he was
sent to Campbell Hospital, Washington, D. C., from which he was
discharged March 10, 1863, but he still carries two bullets.

Mr. Foreman married Miss Ellen Weiler, born Feb.
3, 1845, daughter of Levi and Sarah (Hartz) Weiler, and to this
union there was born one son: Howard, of Reading, born Aug. 27,
1864 (m. Miss Florence Morris, of Chester county, and has one
child, Edith).

Daniel B. Foreman is a Republican in politics,
and at present is serving efficiently as treasurer of the board of
township supervisors.

FORNWALD, REILY M.

p. 947

Surnames: FORNWALD, MOYER, STIELY, BELLEMAN, RHOADS, MICKLEY, GOOD,
WHITE, FERGUSON, KAUFFMAN, BECHTEL, KAUFFMAN, ZIMMERMAN

Reily M. Fornwald, a retired locomotive engineer and honored
veteran of the Civil war, who since 1905 has made his home in
Robesonia, was born April 15, 1842, in Heidelberg township, Berks
Co., Pa., son of George and Susan (Moyer) Fornwald.

George Fornwald, his grandfather, was a farmer
of Heidelberg township, where he owned a small tract, and both he
and his wife are buried at the Corner Church. They had four
children: George; Isaac, who lived and died at Jonestown, where he
is buried; Jonathan, who died at Myerstown (his children were Adam,
Nora, Agnes, Amelia, John and Emma): and Sarah, who married Jacob
Stiely, who died in Reading in 1905, at a very advanced age.

George Fornwald, father of Reily M., was born
Feb. 15, 1822, in North Heidelberg township, and died Dec. 12,
1893, aged seventy-one years, nine months, twenty-seven days. He
was a farmer by occupation, owning a small tract of land in
Heidelberg township, near Robesonia, and is buried at St. Daniel’s
(Corner) Church. He married Susan Moyer, born July 16, 1819, who
died Feb. 27, 1895, aged seventy-five years, seven months, eleven
days, daughter of Daniel and Susan (Belleman) Moyer, and to this
union were born two children, Reily M. and William. William
Fornwald, who is cupola runner for the Federal Government, married
Susan Rhoads, and they have had these children: Howard, deceased;
Franklin; Charles; Samuel; and Erb, who met his death on the
railroad at Port Clinton.

Reily M. Fornwald was educated in the common
schools and the Millersville State Normal, at Millersville, Pa.,
and after attending the latter for three years left school to
enlist, Sept. 11, 1861, as a private in Capt. Charles B. Mickley’s
Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Col. Tilghman H.
Good, commanding. The regiment proceeded to Washington, D. C.,
arriving on Sept. 21st, and encamped at Fort Ethan Allen, where it
took part in a minor engagement and later was assigned to the 3d
Brigade, Smith’s Division, thence moving to Camp Griffin and
Bailey’s Cross Roads. Later the regiment was assigned to the 2d
Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps, and participated in the battle
of Pocotaligo, S. C., Oct. 22, 1862; moving thence to Key West,
Fla., they garrisoned Forts Taylor and Jefferson, the military
importance of these positions at this time being very great,
remaining there until Feb. 25, 1864, when they embarked on the
steamer “George Thomas” for Louisiana, arriving at Algiers; moved
via Brashear City, to Franklin and thence with Banks’ Red River
expedition. Mr. Fornwald participated in the following engagements:
St. John’s Bluff, Fla., Oct 3, 1862; Pocotaligo, S. C., Oct. 22,
1862; Moneti’s Bluff and Cane River, La., April 23 and 24, 1864;
Natchitoches, La., May 5, 1864; Bayou de Glaize, La., May 18, 1864;
Atchafalaya River, La., July 28, 1864; Summit Point, Berryville and
Flowing Springs, Va., Aug. 21, 1864; Halltown, Va., Aug 24 to 27,
1864; Berryville, Va., Sept. 3 and 4, 1864; and a number of minor
engagements and skirmishes. The 47th Pennsylvania was the only
Pennsylvania regiment taking part in the Red River Expedition. Mr.
Fornwald was promoted to the rank of corporal, Feb. 15, 1862, for
faithful and meritorious service. He was wounded at Pocotaligo, S.
C., Oct. 22, 1862, in the head and groin, by the bursting of a
shell, and spent four weeks in the filed hospital, afterward
returning to his regiment. He took part in all of the engagements
of his regiment except while confined in the hospital, and rendered
faithful and meritorious service. Mr. Fornwald received his
honorable discharge at Berryville, Va., Sept. 18, 1864.

After his return from the war Mr. Fornwald was
employed in operating a blast for White & Ferguson, at
Robesonia, for four years, and then operated an engine for Wright,
Cook & Co. for one year, at Sheridan. For ten years he ran an
engine for William M. Kauffman, and in 1884 he came to Reading,
where he resided until 1905, when he erected a fine residence on
Upper Main street, Robesonia, at which place he has lived in
retirement since. Mr. Fornwald also owns four other houses and a
great deal of real estate in his section, and is considered one of
the borough’s substantial men.

On Sept. 28, 1867, Mr. Fornwald was married to
Emma S. Bechtel, born July 11, 1848, daughter of Isaac Bechtel,
Sr., who died at Robesonia in 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Fornwald had two
children: William F., born in 1868, died Nov. 6, 1870; Allen L.,
born Dec. 29, 1869, married Katie Zimmerman, daughter of George
Zimmerman, of Lebanon, Pa., and they have two children, Earl Ethan
Allen and Dorothy Katie. Allen L. Fornwald is a clerk at the Oley
street mill for the Reading Iron Company, Reading Reily M. Fornwald
is an active member of the Union Veteran Legion, No. 43, of the P.
O. S. of A., Camp No. 68, and Williamson Lodge, No. 307, F. &
A. M., of Womelsdorf.

FORRY,
WILLIAM F.

p. 1118

Surnames: FORRY, HEISTER, ADAMS

William F. Forry, one of the extensive farmers of Berks county, was
born there Jan. 9, 1865. He owns the old Governor Hiester homestead
in Bern township, one of the landmarks of the county. It is located
on the road leading from Hiester’s Mill to Reber’s Mill, seven
miles from Reading, and the farm contains 400 acres of valuable
land. The post office address is Roseglen Farms, West Leesport,
Pa., R. F. D. No. 1.

Through boyhood Mr. Forry attended the schools
of Womelsdorf, after which he went into the knitting mill which his
father operated from 1872 to 1903. Later he became a member of the
firm conducting the business, and lived at Myerstown, Duncannon and
Shamokin, residing in the latter city for ten years. Failing health
finally caused both him and his father to retire from that
industry. Then Mr. Forry returned to Berks county, and invested in
land as above mentioned. He takes a deep interest in his
agricultural operations, and as he has the finest water in the
county in abundance, and makes use of the best and latest improved
machinery, he meets with success. He makes a specialty of hay and
potatoes, and breeds thoroughbred Jersey cattle, large English
Berkshire swine and pure bred poultry, shipping to cities in
Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

Mr. Forry was married in 1889, to Miss Amelia
Adams, daughter of Richard Adams, of Bern township, and they have
three sons: John W. and W. Frank, twins, and Richard. In politics
he is a Democrat but not active. He is a leading member of Epler’s
Reformed Church.

FORTNA,
HENRY D.

p. 1125

Surnames: FORTNA, KLEISER, YEAGER, YOCUM, HOFFMAN, HUMMA, BUCH,
GEBHART, LOUSER, SHURR, SHIREY, KEINARD, RICHARD

Henry D. Fortna, one of the best known hotel men of Heidelberg
township, Berks county, who is successfully conducting the popular
“Eagle Hotel,” at Robesonia, was born April 28, 1849, in Cornwall
township, Lebanon Co., Pa., son of Henry and Elisa (Kleisher)
Fortna.

Henry Fortna was born about 1813, son of David
Fortna, the latter a resident of Lebanon county, who was of French
extraction. Henry Fortna, the father, engaged in farming and
milling all his life, and in the latter business was especially
successful, selling his property for $18,000; most of this,
however, he lost through unwise loans. He was one of the
influential Democrats of his section. Mr. Fortna died aged
sixty-nine years, ten months and ten days, and was buried at
Lebanon. He married Elisa Kleiser, and to this union there were
born the following children: Catherine m. Henry Yeager, of Lebanon;
Louisa m. Henry Yocum; Rose, deceased, m. David Hoffman; Cyrus died
unmarried; Eliza, deceased, m. Elias Humma; Henry D.; and George is
deceased.

Henry D. Fortna was reared to farming and
milling pursuits, and continued to work for his parents until
twenty-three years old, when he commenced driving a bottling team,
which work he continued for some time, and in 1873 he engaged in
the bottling business on his own account. In this he engaged for
some sixteen years. He had a large business and generally had four
or five men working for him. In 1882 he first engaged in the hotel
business at Lebanon, where he conducted the “Farmers Hotel” for one
year, when he sold out. In 1886 he came to Berks county and located
at Womelsdorf, where for three years he was proprietor of the
“American House.” Then after seven years spent in conducting the
“Monocacy Hotel” he returned to Lebanon county and for four years
resided at the old home. In September, 1903, he purchased the
“Eagle Hotel” from Harry Buch, at Robesonia, where he has built up
a large and lucrative trade. This hotel is a modern structure with
all the latest improvements, has thirty-two rooms and accommodates
many boarders. During the summer months Mr. Fortna’s hotel is
especially well patronized. Mr. Fortna sets one of the finest
tables in the township, keeps his rooms scrupulously clean, and as
he himself is genial, whole-souled and courteous it is easy to see
why his hotel is so well liked.

In 1871 Mr. Fortna was married to Emma Gebhart,
daughter of Edward and Mary (Louser) Gebhart, of Lebanon, and to
this union there have been born children as follows: Annie m. Peter
Shurr, of Stowe, Pa.; Mamie m. Daniel Shirey, of Douglassville;
Carrie m. Albert Keinard, of Stowe, Pa.; Emma m. John Richard, of
Stowe; Jennie is unmarried at home; Harry D. assists his father’
and Edward W., a cigar maker by trade, is at home.

FOUTZ,
SHERMAN S.

p. 471

Surnames: FOUTZ, CALDWELL, WILSON

Sherman S. Foutz, supervising deputy of the Knights of the
Maccabees for eastern Pennsylvania, is a well-known and very
popular citizen of the city of Reading, Pa. Mr. Foutz was born in
Harrison county, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1867, where his parents Jonathan
and Rebecca Jane (Caldwell) Foutz, were also born on the old Foutz
homestead. The father died in September, 1900, aged fifty-five
years, while the mother still survives.

Sherman S. Foutz was educated in the Harrison
county, Ohio, public schools, and the New Hagerstown Academy, and
after leaving the latter engaged in the fire insurance business for
four years. He was then appointed to a clerkship in the United
States Treasury Department, at Washington, D. C., under President
Cleveland. He remained in this position for two years, at the end
of which time he resigned his position to become manager of the
Knights of the Maccabees for the District of Columbia and Virginia.
On April 11, 1902, Mr. Foutz was appointed supervising deputy of
the Maccabees for Eastern Pennsylvania. When Mr. Foutz took this
office there were but ninety-two members in Eastern Pennsylvania,
and there are now therein 3,500 members. Mr. Foutz’s duties take
him all over the Eastern part of the State, and he is a member of
the Supreme body, which meets every four years.

Sherman S. Foutz married Aug. 11, 1887,
Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of John Wilson, of Harrison county,
Ohio. Two children were born to this union: Oscar W., at home; and
Grace, attending Irving College, Mechanicsburg, class of 1910. Mr.
Foutz, besides the Maccabees belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the
Knights of Malta and the Modern Woodmen. In religious faith he is a
Lutheran, and in political principle a Democrat. Mr. Foutz is very
popular throughout the Eastern part of the State, where he is well
known and highly esteemed for his many sterling traits of
character.

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