Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

SAUER,
JOHN

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Surnames: SAUER, GEORG, WALTMAN, LEITHAN, STRENG, KNAPP, BORN,
ASHENBRENNER, MOSS

John Sauer, who passed many years in Reading engaged in shoemaking
and in the retail shoe business, died suddenly Feb. 2, 1908. He was
a native of Bavaria, born in 1844, son of John Sauer, Sr., and his
wife, Anna Eva (Georg) Sauer.

John Sauer, Sr., was born in Hahnbach, Bavaria,
Germany, in 1811. In August, 1854, he came to America with his wife
and children, and located in Reading, Pa., where he found work as a
roof-tile and brickmaker. In Germany he had married Anna Georg,
daughter of Nicholas Georg, and their children were: Abolonia, m.
to Christoph Sauer, of Germany (he died in Reading) ; Barbara, m.
to Joseph Waltman, a boiler maker, and living at No. 109 North
Ninth street, Reading ; John ; and Anna, m. to Adam Leithan,
deceased. The mother died in January following their arrival in
America. Mr. Sauer married a second time, and this wife also
preceded him in death. He died in 1894, and is buried in the
Catholic cemetery at Reading. He was a member of St. Paul’s Roman
Catholic Church, and was always interested in its work.

John Sauer, whose name heads this sketch, was
sixteen years old when he began to learn the shoemaker’s trade, and
he worked at it until a year before his death when failing eyesight
caused him to give it up. He still, however, continued his retail
shoe business, at No. 350 North Ninth street, a place he had
occupied for thirty-five years, and which building he owned. For
some years he conducted a cigar shop in connection with his shoe
shop, and he made shoes for Martin Streng, whose store was at No.
715 Penn street. When the latter died Mr. Sauer gave up his cigar
business, and opened a shoe store, making and repairing boots and
shoes. He was a fine workman and by steady industry and good
business sagacity he amassed a comfortable fortune. Not all of his
time was given to the shoe business, as he became interested in the
Hampden Knitting Mills Company, and was one of its directors at the
time of his death. In public affairs he was more than an interested
on-looker– he was an active participant, and as a Democrat
represented the Ninth ward in the common council one term, and in
the select council two terms.

Mr. Sauer was a member of St. Paul’s Catholic
Church, and a charter member of the Catholic Literary Union of the
Bonifacius Brotherhood. In the latter society, organized forty-two
years ago, he had been president twelve successive years, and
previous to that time had served as vice-president and in other
positions. He also belonged to the Holy Cross Beneficial Society of
the Catholic Church.

Mr. Sauer married Nov. 26, 1869, Margaret
Knapp, daughter of George Knapp, and she with six children survives
him, the children being : John E. ; Catharine, m. to George Born ;
George C. ; Francis S. ; Rose, m. to Jacob Ashenbrenner ; and Adam.

George Knapp, father of Mrs. Sauer, was a
native of Germany, who came to America in his young manhood, and
settled in Reading. He was a stone cutter by trade, and helped to
build the entrance to the Charles Evans cemetery, Reading. He
married Margaret Moss, a native of the same German town as he,
though their marriage took place in this country. Their children
were: Margaret, Catharine, Barbara and Rosa.

SAUL,
DANIEL

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Surnames: SAUL, HARTMAN, HEEPNER, DERR, STRASSER, REINERT,
GEARHART, ADAM, KRONINGER

Daniel Saul, a coachmaker at Eagle Point formerly Kroningersville,
in Maxatawny township, Berks Co., Pa, was born Feb. 11, 1837, son
of John Saul.

Johann Nicholas Saul was born Dec. 16, 1726,
died Aug. 14, 1795, aged sixty-eight years, and is buried at the
Swamp Church. He emigrated from Europe landing at Philadelphia
Sept. 14, 1753. Among his children was a son Nicholas.

Nicholas Saul, born July 8, 1766, married,
March 9, 1793, Mary Rosina Hartman, born Aug. 30, 1762 in District
township, Berks county, daughter of Paul and Mary (Heepner)
Hartman. Their children were: (1) Samuel. (2) John. (3) Jacob had
children: Nicholas; Mary; Daniel (m. Caroline Derr, and had
children, Howard; Margaret; Emanuel; Jacob; Mary; Agnes; Daniel;
and Calvin E., born Sept. 23, 1871, who married in 1891, Alva E.
Strasser, was from 1897 to 1907 organist of Zion’s Union church in
Perry township); Catherine; Franklin; Lydia; Sarah; Racey, and
Thomas. (4) Salome. (5) Sarah. (6) Hannah. (7) Esther.

John Saul was a resident of Molltown,
Maiden-creek township, and there farmed his large property. His
children were: Elias; Jacob; Simon; Nicholas and several daughters
whose names are not known.

John Saul, father of Daniel, now living retired
at Shoemakersville, Pa., was born in Maiden-creek township, Sept.
9, 1843, and for many years was successfully engaged as a boatman.
Later he embarked in a mercantile business, handling flour, feed
and groceries for thirty-four years at Shoemakersville Locks, and
he also operated a hotel, making a success of all he undertook, and
amassing considerable very valuable property. He now owns the Ideal
Stock farm at Shoemakersville, which has long served as a model
farm throughout Berks county. Mr. Saul at various times conducted
branches at Molltown, New Philadelphia, Shoemakersville and other
points along the old Schuylkill canal, and is well remembered in
the business world, although for some time he has not taken an
active part in it. Mr. Saul married Sarah Reinert and they had two
children, Daniel and Edna. In 1867 Mr. Saul m. (second) Katie
Gearhart, daughter of Tobias and Esther (Adam) Gearhart, of Perry
township. They had no children.

Daniel Saul was reared in Greenwich township,
until he was fourteen years of age, when he removed to Eagle Point,
to learn the coachmaker’s trade with Daniel Kroninger, and he has
followed this calling ever since. For many years he worked for Mr.
Kroninger, finally, in 1878, succeeding him in business, and has
conducted his establishment, with a blacksmith shop in conjunction,
for more than a quarter of a century.

In addition to his trade, Mr. Saul farms in a
small way; his property, consisting of eighteen acres, is in
excellent condition. The buildings upon it are the brick residence
erected by Daniel Kroninger, and a coachmaking shop that has
withstood the storms of nearly a century, and is one of the oldest
structures of Berks county, now being quite a landmark and pointed
out to visitors.

In 1875 Mr. Saul married Sarah Kroninger,
daughter of Daniel Kroninger, his employer. Seven children were
born to Mr. and Mrs. Saul, namely: Edward Eugene; John Harvey;
Lillie V.; Charles Robert; Jennie M.; Daniel M.; and William F.

The Saul family is one of the oldest in Berks
county, and its representatives are many. Men and women bearing the
honored name are to be found in almost every walk of life, and they
are all characterized by those old sterling characteristics that
made the founder of the family successful, thrift, industry and
honesty.

Mr. Saul is a man who enjoys the confidence and
respect of a wide circle of business acquaintances, as well as his
inside circle of friends, and he is justly regarded as one of Berks
county’s representative men.

SAUSSER, ALBERT B.

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Surnames: SAUSSER, REBER, LENGEL, CLOUSER, BOLTZ, STOUDT, GEISLER,
GEHRIS, RADCLIFFE

Albert B. Sausser, the well-known dealer in stoves, ranges,
furnaces and heaters, whose place of business is located at No. 326
North Sixth street, Reading, Pa., was born in Strausstown, Berks
county, Jan. 11, 1865, son of Albert Sausser.

Benjamin Sausser, grandfather of Albert B., was
a farmer in Upper Tulpehocken township, Berks county, and served
his township as constable for several years. He died at the age of
seventy years, while his wife, who had been Susanna Reber, passed
away when seventy-eight years of age. Their children were:
Jonathan, Joel, John, Albert, Harry R., Mrs. D. Lengel, Mrs.
Clouser and Mrs. J. Boltz.

Albert Sausser, son of Benjamin and Susanna,
was born July 12, 1826, in Upper Tulpehocken township, and when a
young man assisted his father at farming. He then began clerking at
Shartlesville, Berks county. While there Mr. Sausser purchased the
“History of Berks and Lebanon Counties,” published in 1844, which
is now in the possession of Albert B. Sausser, and a very valuable
book, few of them being in existence. After clerking at the above
place for a few years, Mr. Albert Sausser returned to his father’s
farm, but later went to Strausstown, engaging in the stove and
tinning business, continuing therein until his death, in his
sixty-ninth year. His wife, who had been Lovina Stoudt, was born
Feb. 21, 1826, in Upper Tulpehocken township, and died in 1904.
Their children were: Sarah E., born Dec. 31, 1850; James S., July
1, 1852; Charles M., July 21, 1853; Agnes J., Nov. 29, 1856; and
Albert B.

Albert B. Sausser attended the public schools
at Strausstown, and with his father learned the stove and tinning
business. On Oct. 10, 1882, he went to Schuylkill Haven, where he
finished his apprenticeship New Year’s Day, 1884, when he returned
home. In April, 1884, Mr. Sausser went to Tamaqua where he
continued until May, 1885, then returning to his home, buying tools
and supplies and locating at Auburn, Schuylkill Co., Pa. There he
remained in business for seven years, when he came to Reading, and
was here employed in the same business with H. C. Geisler for seven
years. On March 2, 1901, he engaged in business at his present
place, and September 1st of that year took into partnership Mr. L.
H. Gehris under the firm name of A. B. Sausser & Co. They
continued together until March 30, 1906, when Mr. Sausser purchased
his partner’s interests and has since continued alone. He makes a
specialty of hot air heating, roofing and spouting in connection
with his stove store.

Mr. Sausser married Gertrude, daughter of
Samuel J. Radcliffe, and to them have been born: Effie B., James
R., Gertrude R. and Albert F. Mr. Sausser is a member of Grace
United Evangelical Church, and is a teacher of the married ladies
in the Sunday-school. In politics he is a Republican, and while in
Schuylkill county served as committeeman to the county convention.
He is well known as a business man, and as a citizen is very
public-spirited. His popularity is great.

SAVAGE,
JAMES M.

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Surnames: SAVAGE, SAUVAGE, KAUFFMAN, STAHL, LUDWIG, HAAG,
SCHLAPPIG, CLAUSER, MARBURGER, DAUBERT, FISHER, STUMP, MOYER,
COOPER, RENNINGER, SPANGLER, RIEGEL, SEAMAN, MECK, HOLLENBACH, ADAM

James M. Savage, a well known business man of Hamburg, Berks
county, Pa., who is senior member of the milling firm of Savage
Brothers, was born Aug. 10, 1870, in Tilden township, son of James
and Fayetta (Kauffman) Savage.

John Sauvage, a French Huguenot, was born in
Alsace-Lorraine in 1698, and is the American progenitor of the
Savage family in Berks county. In 1738, when forty years old, he
emigrated to the New World on the good ship “Winter Galley,” and it
is said that soon after landing in his adopted country he settled
in Berks county, Pa., where his descendants live to this day. His
grandsons, Joseph and Johannes Savage, lived in Upper Bern
township. Joseph Savage, grandfather of James M., was born probably
in what is now Upper Bern township May 13, 1794, and there he died
March 26, 1873. He was a farmer in Upper Bern township where he
owned his own farm. In 1815 he married Magdalena Stahl, who was
born in 1796 and died in 1855. They were members of St. Michael’s
Church and are buried in the cemetery of that church. In the
father’s will, in which are mentioned Wm. A. Ludwig and William K.
Haag as executors, children as follows are mentioned: (1) John, a
blacksmith at Shartlesville, was born in 1817 and died in 1886. He
married Ellen Schlappig and they had three children: Franklin S.;
Mary Ann, and Sarah Ellen. (2) Joseph, born in 1820, died in 1890.
He owned and cultivated a 120-acre farm in North Heidelberg. He
married Christian Clauser, and their children were: Albert,
Matilda, Emeline and Allen. (3) Charles, born in 1823, died in
1893. He married Lydia Marburger. (4) James is mentioned below. (5)
Mary Ann (married William Schlappig). (6) Sarah (married Jared
Daubert). (7) Mary Magdalena (married Charles Fisher). (8) William
is said to have gone to Michigan where he married and then went
further west.

James Savage, father of James M., was born in
Upper Bern township, Nov. 30, 1831, and died July 11, 1903, in his
seventy-second year. He followed the trade of millwright for some
years and for over twenty-five years conducted a farm which he
owned in Upper Bern township. He married Fayetta Kauffman, born
Oct. 20, 1826, who survives her husband and resides in Hamburg. Mr.
and Mrs. Savage had these children: James M.; Charles K. married
Sallie Stump; John K., who is in business with his brother James,
was married in 1897 to Ellen Moyer and they had three children,
William and two who died in infancy; William married Georgie
Cooper; Francis married Rosie Renninger; Matilda (married Mahlon
Spangler); Fayetta (married S. F. Riegel); Caroline (married George
Seaman); and Sallie (married Thomas Meck).

James M. Savage was educated in the local
schools of the place of his nativity, and when a young man learned
the milling trade with Moses B. Seaman, then proprietor of the
Union Roller Mill at Hamburg, remaining with that gentleman for a
period of six years. After working at Shoemakersville and Yocom’s
for some time, and at Reading for eight years, in 1901 he and his
brother John K. formed a partnership under the firm name of Savage
Brothers and leased the Union Roller Mill (formerly the old Shomo
mill) Hamburg, which they have been conducting ever since. The firm
is one of the successful business enterprises of Hamburg. In 1906
it suffered a heavy loss, during the historic flood which caused a
$75,000 damage to Hamburg.

Mr. Savage married Ella Adam, daughter of
Alfred and Esther (Hollenbach) Adam, farming people of Perry
township, and to this union there were born two daughters and one
son, Virgil, Mabel and Evan.

SAYLOR,
BENJAMIN

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Surnames: SAYLOR, SHEAFFER, RUSSELL, TEMPLIN

Benjamin Saylor, senior member of the large grocery firm of B.
& J. Saylor, Reading, is a native son of Berks county. He has
been interested in his present business for a period of over forty
years. Mr. Saylor was born in Heidelberg township, son of John and
Catherine (Sheaffer) Saylor, the former a country merchant and also
as a tailor, who died in Reading Jan. 1, 1867. The wife and mother
passed away Jan. 1, 1857.

Mr. Saylor began his education in the public
schools of his native township, and then spent three years at the
Union Academy, at Womelsdorf. On leaving school he engaged in
teaching, following that profession two and one half years at
Robesonia, this county. He then went to Philadelphia, and entering
the grocery store of his brother John remained with him ten years.
They were first located at Sixteenth and Market streets, and later
at Sixteenth and Cherry streets. In 1862 Benjamin Saylor left his
brother and volunteered for three years or during the war in the
Union army. He entered the service in August of that year as second
lieutenant of Company C, 119th Pennsylvania Volunteers, attached to
the Sixth Army Corps, and was shortly afterward promoted, becoming
first lieutenant of the same company. One year later he was again
promoted, becoming captain of Company H, of the same regiment, and
continued as an officer in line of battle for two years. His duties
led him into participation in some of the most notable campaigns of
the war, in the actions up to and including both the first and
second battles of Fredericksburg. He was at the storming of Marye’s
Heights and on to Chancellorsville; then followed the engagement at
Mine Run, in which so many were killed and wounded, and after that
the storming of Rappahannock Heights, in which about a third of the
brigade, under Gen. David Russell, were lost. On May 5, 1864, the
great campaign under General Grant commenced. Crossing the Rapidan,
the troops fought through the Wilderness on to Spottsylvania and
Cold Harbor, where Captain Saylor lost forty men out of his company
in the twelve days they were constantly engaged in fighting day and
night. There at Cold Harbor he received his commission as
commissary of subsistence of the volunteer service of the United
States army, in which capacity he served until the surrender of
General Lee at Appomattox, April 9, 1865–practically the close of
the war. In this connection he relates that after the surrender of
Lee he received orders to turn over to the latter’s army his beef
cattle, about 120 head, to feed the starving men. All of Mr.
Saylor’s service was under General Sedgwick in the Sixth Army
Corps. He was honorably discharged Sept. 11, 1865, as brevet major.

The war ended, Mr. Saylor came to Reading, and
in the fall of 1866 began his present grocery business in
partnership with his brother John. They had a small store opposite
the site of the present magnificent establishment, 18 feet front on
Fourth street, and 28 feet deep, the brothers buying out the former
proprietor, William Fisher, in 1877 moved to the present place of
business, No. 401 Penn street. Meantime the original store had not
been long confined to the tiny room with 18 feet front, but spread
over three other rooms. The present arrangement of the store is the
result of many alterations, the building being now 30 x 142 feet in
dimensions, four stories high, with a cellar 11 feet clear below
the first floor. In its construction 250,000 brick and 140 tons of
structural steel were used. There are coffee roasters, machinery
driven by steam and electric motors, with coffeemills and
pulverizers–in fact everything that goes to equip a thoroughly
up-to-date grocery. Goods are delivered free over the city and
adjacent territory, seven wagons and one automobile being employed
for that purpose. The cake and pastry department is one of the most
popular in Reading. The bakery is located on the third floor and is
a model of neatness, and every precaution is taken to provide only
the best and purest materials. A large part of the candy they sell
is of their own manufacture, and they also carry a full line of
standard makes.

In May, 1888, John Saylor died, and his son,
Howard B., succeeded him, the firm name, however, remaining
unchanged.

In 1871 Benjamin Saylor married, and his only
child was a son John, who in 1907 purchased the interest of Howard
B. in the grocery business and real estate.

Mr. Saylor is a member of Encampment No. 43,
Union Veteran Legion, and of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion. He also belongs to Chandler Lodge, No. 227, F. & A. M.
For over twenty years he has been a trustee of the First
Presbyterian Church.

Howard B. Saylor, until 1907 junior member of
the firm of B. & J. Saylor, was born at Philadelphia in 1860.
He accompanied his father, John Saylor, to Reading, and there
received his education in the public and high schools. In 1876 he
entered the grocery as clerk, and continued in that capacity,
carefully mastering business methods in general and the details of
the grocery business in particular. At his father’s death in 1888,
he succeeded him as a member of the firm. In 1904 he was elected
vice-president of the Colonial Trust Company of Reading.

Mr. Saylor married Lucy Templin, daughter of
the late Levi Templin, of Reading, and four children have been born
to them: Mary, Lucy, Edward and Josephine. Mr. Saylor is a member
of Chandler Lodge, No. 227, F. & A. M.; Excelsior Chapter; and
Reading Commandery, K. T. His religious affiliation is with the
Lutheran Church.

SCHADEL, AMANDUS G.

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1478

Surnames: SCHADEL, GEHRINGER, PFEIFFER, GLASSER, KNOSKE, ROELLER,
REINHARD, MIESE, MOYER, BARTO, WERTMAN, KOCH, REITZ, KUNKEL,
THOMPSON, GARDNER, LOY, MEYERS, BECKER, MADEIRA, REBER, SEIDEL

Amandus G. Schadel, of Perry township, Berks county, Pa., who is
engaged in a flourishing wheelwright business, was born Aug. 10,
1864, in Greenwich township, near Dunkel’s Church, son of Michael
and Sarah (Gehringer) Schadel.

It is probable that the progenitor of this
numerous family of Berks county was Johannes Schadel, who arrived
in Philadelphia Sept. 30, 1754, although there were also a William
Schadel, who landed in that city Oct. 2, 1753, and Johann Jacob
Schadel, Nov. 15, 1803. Heinrich Schadel, son of the emigrant, was
a small farmer in Greenwich township, where he lived to advanced
age. He had these sons: Jacob; Samuel, who settled in the upper
part of the State, has descendants in Tower City; David; and
another, who died at a ripe old age.

Jacob Schadel, grandfather of Amandus G., was a
weaver in Greenwich township, near Christ’s schoolhouse. He married
Elizabeth Pfeiffer, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Glasser)
Pfeiffer, and to them were born five children: (1) Michael is
mentioned below. (2) Abolinia, born Dec. 15, 1815, in Greenwich
township, was baptized March 20, 1816, by Rev. Mr. Knoske, and was
confirmed in her youth in the Lutheran faith by the Rev. Isaac
Roeller, as she used to say, “with his first class of catechumens.”
She was eleven years of age when her parents died. She attended the
German pay school, and on March 21, 1841, was married to Reuben
Reinhard, of Friedensburg, by the Rev. Isaac Miese. She died at the
home of her son, Owen, at Ruscombmanor, Sept. 6, 1907, aged
ninety-one years, eight months and sixteen days, being very well
preserved both in mind and body, up to a year before her death. her
children were: Owen, of near Pricetown, who married Ellen Moyer;
Martin L. and Mahlon, of Cleveland, Ohio; Bertolette, of Tower
City; Daniel and Valarius, of Kutztown; John; and Catherine, wife
of Jeremiah Barto, of New Jerusalem. (3) Hannah married a Mr.
Wertman. (4) Daniel died single. (5) Polly married Peter Koch.

Michael Schadel, father of Amandus G., was a
miller by trade and worked in Greenwich township, where he followed
his trade and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died of an
attack of apoplexy, and was interred at Dunkel’s Church, of which
he was a faithful member. He was twice married, his first wife
being a Miss Reitz, by whom he had–Ann, William, Jacob, Katie,
Samuel, Daniel and another child. Mr. Schadel was married (second)
to Sarah Gehringer, daughter of David Gehringer, and to this union
came children as follows: Esther, who married Charles Kunkel;
David; Charles, who was killed while working in a stone quarry at
Lyons, Pa; Joseph, who married Isabella Thompson; Augustus, of
Williamsport, who married Jennie Gardner; Sarah, who married John
Gardner; and Amandus G.

Amandus G. Schadel obtained his early education
in his native township, and later in 1879, when his mother went to
Muncy Valley, Lycoming Co., Pa., he worked on the farm in the
summer months, attending the district school for three years in the
winter seasons. Returning to Berks county he worked for a period of
five years as a farm hand, but in the spring of 1882 began to learn
the trade of wheelwright with Walter S. Loy, receiving a salary of
$25 per annum. The following year he worked for David Meyers of
Centreport, for a salary of forty-six dollars a year, and during
this time also engaged in stripping tobacco, receiving two cents a
pound for his labor. In the spring of 1885 he began business for
himself in the village of Shoemakersville, where he soon built up a
large trade, having been successfully engaged there to the present
time, carrying on a general wheelwright business among the farmers.
He resides in a large brick residence at the corner of Franklin and
Grant streets, Shoemakersville, his home being an ideal one. He is
a good citizen, takes a great interest in public matters, and is
imbued with a progressive spirit. He is a man of honor and
deep-rooted convictions of right and wrong. Since the fall of 1898
he has served Perry township as assessor, being elected to that
office on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Schadel and his family are
consistent members of Shoemakersville Union Church, belonging to
the Lutheran denomination, and he has been a deacon and trustee for
many years, also having charge of the cemetery.

Mr. Schadel has been twice married. He was
married (first) Dec. 27, 1884, to Elmira Madeira, daughter of
Daniel and Catherine (Becker) Madeira, and to this union was born
one son, Amos Clayton, Aug. 27, 1886. Mrs. Schadel died of a
complication of diseases, Aug. 20, 1895, and on Jan. 22, 1896, Mr.
Schadel was married (second) to Hannah Reber, widow of Monroe
Seidel, by whom she had two children: Bertha S. and Ida M. To Mr.
Schadel and his second wife there were born two children, a son and
a daughter, namely: Joseph Lee, born Oct. 2, 1897; and Clementine
R., born March 28, 1902. Mr. Schadel has many warm friends in
Shoemakersville, where he is highly respected as one of the
self-made men of the community.

SCHADLER, WILLIAM
PENROSE

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Surnames: SCHADLER, SCHOEDLER, DANKEL, GROSSCUP, SCHIFFERT, MOLL,
STAUFFER, BOGER, BOYER, ADAMS, TREXLER, MILLER, and DEISHER

William Penrose Schadler, of Kutztown, Pa., whose bakery,
confectionery and ice cream factory are located on Main street, was
born March 1, 1878, in Longswamp township, Berks county.

Solomon Schoedler, grandfather of William P.,
was a cooper and potter, a native of Berks county, living for many
years in the vicinity of Lenhartsville. Later he removed to the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Dankel, with whom he died in 1899, in
his eighty-fifth year. He married a Miss Grosscup, and to them were
born children as follows: Nicholas died young; William is mentioned
below; Elizabeth m. Levi Schiffert, of Macungie; Rebecca m. Charles
Moll, of Macungie, and Catherine m. Aaron Dankel, of Red Lion, Pa.

William Schoedler, the father of William P.,
was born in 1854, in Longswamp township. He is a stone mason of
Alburtis, Lehigh county, having followed this trade all of his life
with the exception of three years when he was engaged in
agricultural pursuits. He married Theresa Stauffer, daughter of
Israel, and to this union there have been born children as follows:
Annie died in her sixteenth year; Emma m. Oswin Moll; Robert m.
Rosa Boger, deceased; Nicholas m. Annie Boyer; William P., is
mentioned below; Gertrude and Lizzie are unmarried; Stella m. James
Adams; Fred m. Lizzie Trexler.

William Penrose Schadler was educated in the
local schools of his native township and learned the baker’s trade
with Wesley P. Miller, of Alburtis, Pa., in whose employ he
remained for a period of five and one-third years. He then went to
Womelsdorf, Berks county, and engaged in business there for six
months before settling in Kutztown, where he has been very
successful. He has a large trade, his bread, cakes, pies, pretzels,
etc., being in general demand, while he is noted for the fine
quality of his ice cream. Mr. Schadler and his wife worship at the
Lehigh Union Church of Alburtis, being Lutheran members thereof. In
politics Mr. Schadler is a Democrat. He is a member of the P.O.S.
of A., of Alburtis, and the Jr. O.U.A.M. of Kutztown.

May 30, 1902, Mr. Schadler was married to
Jennie Trexler, daughter of Alfred and Mary (Deisher) Trexler, and
two children were born to this union: Edward and Mary, both of whom
died in infancy.