Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

SCHROADER, ADAM H.

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Surnames: SCHROADER, HILL, SCHMECK, BORTZ, BARD, FRAME, BENDER

Adam H. Schroader, whose place resides at No. 1028 Spruce street,
Reading, is one of the coal merchants of the city. He was born in
Rushcombmanor township, Berks Co., Pa., May 18, 1861, son of
Benneville and Magdalina (Hill) Schroeder. Benneville Schroeder was
a millwright by trade, and also owned a farm in Ruscombmanor
township, where he died in 1903, aged eighty-six years. His wife
died in the year previous, aged eighty-four years. They had six
children, the survivors being: Adam H.; Louisa, wife of A. H.
Schmeck; and Susan, widow of Wilson Bortz. They were members of the
Reformed Church. In politics the father was a Democrat. He belonged
to O. U. A. M.

Adam H. Schroeder was educated in the common
schools of Berks county and also the Friedensburg Academy, where he
was graduated and subsequently taught three terms of school. He
then accepted a position with the Bard Hardware Company, where he
remained for one year, and for nineteen years was then associated
with A. L. Frame in the coal business. On Oct. 1, 1906, he
purchased the old Frame coal yard, where he is prepared to fill all
contracts, carrying a complete line of coal. As a business man he
is well and favorably know all over this section, where he has been
engaged in trade for the past twenty-five years.

In 1886 Mr. Schroeder married Catherine Bender, of Robesonia, Pa.,
and they have one son, Walter, a tailor by trade, who commands a
good business at Reading, where he resides.

Mr. Schroeder is a member of Oley Lodge, No 218,
I. 0. 0. F., and Fidelia Chamber, No. 5, Knights of Friendship, of
which he is treasurer. He is also trustee of the Reading Consultory
of the same order, and treasurer of the board of trustees, as well
as treasurer of the Grand Consultory of Pennsylvania and New
Jersey. For the past fifteen years he has been secretary of the
Washington Fire Company. He owns a fine home at Wyomissing, where
he is a school director, and was one of the organizers of that
borough. In politics, he is a Democrat.

SCHROEDER, DANIEL E.

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662

Surnames: SCHROEDER, BOYER, KELLER, BRYSON, CLARK, SODER

The Schroeders have been established in Pennsylvania since 1720 or
1730, when three brothers, Anthony, Martin and Jacob, came from
Germany and settled in Oley and Alsace townships.

The immediate foregathers of Daniel E. Schroeder
were farmers, his grandfather, George, following that calling in
Alsace township, and his father, John S., in Exeter township. John
S. Schroeder was quite a prominent man in his region, his position
as sheriff of Berks county, and office which he filled from 1848 to
1850, making him well known. He died in 1891. His wife, Susan E.
Boyer, was a daughter of George Boyer, and came of Huguenot stock.
She was born in Reading, and died many years before her husband,
passing away in 1868. Of their ten children six are deceased, all
but one of them having reached maturity: George; John, who was
killed on a railroad; William, who enlisted in Company H., 2d
Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was killed in battle during the Civil
war; Charles; Francis and Louis, who died in childhood. Those who
survive their parents are: Martha, m. to Daniel S. Keller of
Bellefonte; Lucy, widow of W. G. Bryson, of Philipsburg, Centre
county; Joseph, of Reading; and Daniel E.

Daniel E. Schroeder was born Jan. 20, 1842, in
Reading and received his literary education in the public schools
of that city. After finishing school he went into the office of
Judge Hagenman, to read law, and in 1863 was admitted to the Bar.
Later he was also admitted to practice before the Supreme court of
the State and the United States District courts. He has been
established continuously in practice in Reading, and has made an
enviable reputation for himself.

Mr. Schroeder was married in January, 1870, to
Clara L. Clark, of Reading, daughter of the late George B. Clark.
Three children have been born to this union, namely: Harry F., in
the lawn-mower business; George F., at the head of the shipping
department of the Prospect Dye Works; and Estelle H., at home. The
family attend the Lutheran Church. Mr. Schroeder is a good Democrat
and active in politics. He was one of the originators of the
Americus Club, and served as a school director from the Fourteenth
ward. He is eligible to membership in the Sons of the Revolution,
as his great-grandfather on the paternal side was Capt. John Soder,
who participated in the Revolution. His maternal great-grandfather,
George Boyer, was a veteran of the war of 1812, in which he served
with the rank of lieutenant.

SCHUCKER, URIAS M.

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Surnames: SCHUCKER, STOUDT, RESSLER, MERKEL, LUPPOLD, BARLET,
WANNER, KEIM, REBER, BECKER

Urias M. Schucker, a well-known resident of Richmond township,
resides in one of the handsome residences of the locality, which is
beautifully situated in the midst of a well cultivated farm about
four miles northwest of Kutztown, Pa. Mr. Schucker was born April
22, 1854, on the Schucker homestead not far from where he now
resides.

John Schucker, the great-grandfather of Urias,
owned a farm of 120 acres in Richmond township. He married
Elizabeth Stoudt and they had children as follows: John, Samuel,
Jacob, David, Rebecca and Catherine. Of this family Jacob, born in
1799, was a resident of Richmond township, and the owner of a small
tract of land on the Eastern Road, two miles east of Kutztown, Pa.
He married Polly Ressler, born in 1802, who died in 1876, his death
having occurred in 1858, and they were the parents of nine
children, namely: John, who died in early youth; Samuel; Reuben;
Jacob; William; Adam; Mary, who died at the age of twenty-three
years; Orlando, and Joel.

Samuel Schucker, father of U. M., who died in
1904, was a carpenter by trade. He married Susannah Merkel,
daughter of Peter Merkel, and they became the parents of Urias;
Cyrus; Alfred; Samuel; Louisa, who married Christian Luppold, a
merchant of Reading, Pa.; Clara, who married John Barlet, of
Blandon, Pa.; Peter, Maurice, and Sarah and Lucy who are single and
live on the old homestead of 130 acres of fertile and productive
land.

Urias M. Schucker was educated in the public
schools of his native township, and since attaining his majority
has been engaged in agricultural pursuits, his fine farm of
forty-seven acres being one of the most fertile in the township.
Furnished with modern, substantial buildings and the latest and
most improved farming machinery, it is a model of neatness and
order. Mr. Schucker has the esteem of the entire community. A
Democrat in politics, he takes a good citizen’s interest in
elections, but has never desired office for himself, preferring to
devote his time and attention to his farm. He and his wife are
members of the Reformed Church, which she attends in Perry township
(Zion’s Church), and he at St. John’s Church, Kutztown.

Mr. Schucker was married (first) Oct. 11, 1877
to Amanda Wanner, and she died the same year without issue.
Mr.Schucker’s second marriage was to Carolina Keim, widow of
Abraham Reber, by whom she had one son ? John Reber, of Reading.
Mrs. Schucker was born Jan. 11, 1854, daughter of John Keim, of
Richmond township, and who was born in Perry township, Sept. 5,
1824. His education was somewhat limited, as the free schools were
not then established as they are at present. When eighteen years of
age he went to learn the trade of shoemaker, which he followed for
thirteen years. On Sept. 9, 1845 he married Lovina Becker, daughter
of John Becker, and to them were born: Jerry, Emma, Caroline,
Isabella, John and Alfred.

SCHUEZ,
CHARLES

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Surnames: SCHUEZ, RETTISCH, AMM, EICHHORN

Charles Schuez, one of the representative farmers of Caernarvon
township, Berks county, whose farm is located near Joanna, Pa., was
born in 1861, in Wurtemberg, Germany, son of Paul Schuez who was
born in 1828 and died in 1869. The mother of Mr. Schuez was born in
1830 and died in 1865. Both parents were buried in Germany. Mr.
Schuez had one sister, born in 1858, who married Professor Augustus
Rettisch, a teacher in the high school at Stuttgart, Wurtemberg,
Germany.

Mr. Schuez spent his early life in his native
country, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1885, he
emigrated to America, landing in New York City, and after spending
a year in Philadelphia, in March, 1886, he purchased his present
farm, a fine tract of land near Joanna, Pa., and here he has
continued successfully until the present time.

Mr. Schuez married Miss Rosa Amm, who was born
in 1861 in Sachsen-Meiningen, Germany, daughter of Christian and
Freitega (Eichhorn) Amm, natives of Germany. Christian Amm was born
in 1833, and died in Philadelphia in June 1904, while his wife,
whose birth occurred in 1836, survived until January, 1905. They
came to this country in 1884, and both are buried in Mount Peace
Cemetery, Philadelphia.

Mr. and Mrs. Schuez have had three children:
Sophie, born March 18, 1887; Mary, Sept. 15, 1889; and Pauline,
Jan. 28, 1895.

SCHULDT,
EDWARD

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Surnames: SCHULDT, CLEAVER, BARTH, FULMER, JACKSON, FLOTTO, FELIX,
GRAEFF, SCHMECK, WITMAN, WOOMER

Edward Schuldt, only surviving son of Frederick Schuldt, was born
in Reading March 18, 1860. After completing the course offered in
the public schools of Reading he entered the Eastman Business
College, at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and was graduated there in 1883.
Returning to Reading, he took charge for a time of his father’s
real estate interests, but in 1885 became interested in veterinary
science and entered Dr. Cleaver’s office for a year’s preliminary
reading on that subject. He then went to Toronto, Canada, and
entering Smith’s Veterinary College completed the course there,
after which he took another course in Detroit, Mich., in veterinary
dentistry. He then came back to Reading and practiced for a time
with Dr. Cleaver, but later went to New York City for a few years.
In 1885 he returned home to take charge of his father’s affairs
until the latter’s death, and after the event gave up his
profession, finding that his personal interests demanded his whole
time and attention.

On April 22, 1885, Mr. Schuldt married Miss
Christina Barth, of New York State, and four children were born to
them, viz.: Frederick, who died at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Lula; Edna
and Elizabeth. Mr. Schuldt belongs to the Lutheran Church.

Frederick Schuldt, his father, passed his
earlier years in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, where he was born in
1816, and where he remained till he was thirty-two years of age. On
arriving in America, in 1848, he located first in New York City,
and took a position in a hotel, as clerk, being an expert in that
line as well as in the detection of counterfeit coins. From New
York he went to Philadelphia, where he was similarly engaged for
several years in the employ of Mr. Fulmer. In 1858, the date of his
coming to Reading, he took up an entirely new line, and began as a
cooper, making barrels for the Reading distillery. He continued
thus until a terrific flood swept away his entire plant, stock and
tools. Mr. Schuldt was left with only five dollars as his worldly
capital and even that he shared with his partner.

Thus forced to begin the world again, Mr.
Schuldt entered upon the long and varied business career, which was
eventually to make him so well known among Reading’s substantial
citizens. He first sought employment with the Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad Company and helped to lay the rails for a branch
road at Port Clinton, after which he was for a time one of a
wrecking crew under Mr. Jackson. Returning to Reading he was
employed in the manufacture of iron coal cars for a time, but
before long secured a place as brew master at the Lauer brewery.
Subsequently he was similarly engaged with Mr. Flotto and with
Nicholas Felix. By 1865 he had accumulated sufficient capital to
start a business for himself once more, and opened a cream beer
brewery on Ninth street, below Franklin. From this period his
interests multiplied and his financial progress became rapid. For
three years he carried on a hotel at Ninth and Penn streets, then,
in association with Moses K. Graeff and Mr. Schmeck, built the
first malt house in Reading. His interest in this he sold out to
Mr. Graeff, and going into the real estate business he built
sixteen houses, all located in the Third ward. He was also
interested in the Gas Company and later put up an independent malt
house, which he operated from 1876 to 1883. Selling this in the
latter year to Hagey & Pott, Mr. Schuldt closed out his active
interests and retired, living quietly in Reading from that time
till his death, in April, 1894, at the age of seventy-eight.

According to his means Mr. Schuldt was ever
ready to support any really good cause, while private benefactions
were unknown and unnumbered. He was naturalized as soon as possible
after settling here, and was ever after a loyal supporter of the
Democratic party, but was no office seeker. In religion he was a
Lutheran. He married Louisa Witman, who died in 1893.

They were the parents of four children, namely:
Frederick, deceased; Agnes, m. to Albert Woomer; Frederick, (2),
deceased; and Edward.

SCHULER, GEORGE J.

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Surnames: SHULER, CRESSMAN, FRENTZAL, TILGER

George J. Schuler, of Reading, who is proprietor of the meat market
on the corner of Sixteenth street and Perkiomen Avenue, was born
Oct. 22, 1862, in this city, son of John and Catherine (Tilger)
Schuler.

The parents of George J. Schuler, who were
natives of Wertemberg, Germany, came to America as young people and
located in Reading, where Mr. Schuler engaged in butchering until
his death in 1866, in his thirty-eighth year. he and his wife, who
is still living, aged about seventy years, were the parents of four
children, two of whom are now living: William A., and George J. In
religious belief the family were Lutherans.

George J. Schuler received his education in the
schools of Reading, and when a young man learned the butchering
business, at which he was employed for others until 1882. In this
year he established himself in business on Seventh street, below
Bingaman, but in 1893 erected his present property and has been
located at this place to the present time with much success. Mr.
Schuler’s trade, which is constantly increasing, is of the best in
the city, his fair dealing and excellent goods winning the
confidence and patronage of his customers, while personally he is
genial and courteous. He manufactures all his own sausages, smoked
meats, etc., and guarantees them to be of the finest quality.

Mr. Schuler was married to Emma Frentzal,
daughter of Frederick Frentzal, and to this union there have been
born two children: George H., who is in business with his father,
married Mabel Cressman; and Gertrude, who died at the age of
fourteen and one-half years. The family attend the Lutheran Church.
In political matters Mr. Schuler is Democrat, although he takes no
active part in public matters. he is considered on of the
representative citizens of his community, in which he is very
popular.

SCHULTZ,
ANDREW

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Surnames: SCHULTZ, YEAKEL, YEAKLE, KRIEBEL, HIMMELWREIGHT, MOHR,
MECHLING, ERMENTROUT

Andrew Schultz, in his lifetime one of the extensive landowners of
Berks county, with a comfortable home near Barto, was born in
Hereford township, Berks county, May 19, 1813, a descendant from an
old family which came to America from the Kingdom of Saxony.

Melchior Schultz was born June 26, 1680, and he
died Feb. 15, 1734, in the fifty-fourth year of his age, at
Berthelsdorf, Saxony. His death took place just about two months
before the time set for his emigration to America.

His children were: George, Melchior and
Christopher, the latter of whom became a noted minister.

George Schultz, son of Melchior and brother to
Rev. Christopher, married, Jan. 31, 1744, Maria, daughter of
Abraham Yeakel, and they made their home in Upper Hanover township,
Montgomery Co., Pa. Their children were: Abraham, born March 23,
1747; and Melchior, born March 25, 1756. George Schultz died Oct.
30, 1776, aged sixty-five years, and his wife Maria passed away
Dec. 13, 1797, at the age of seventy-nine years.

Abraham Schultz, son of George and Maria, was
born in Upper Hanover township, Montgomery county, March 23, 1747.
He was a great lover of books and, having a retentive memory and
comprehensive mind; he became one of the best-educated men of the
time. He was a member of the Schwenkfelder religious society, and
he served it in the capacity of trustee, school inspector, teacher
and catechist. The community frequently called his services into
requisition as scrivener and counselor. In 1796 he was elected a
member of the General Assembly from Montgomery county. He died on
Dec. 25, 1822. In 1771 he married Regina Yeakle, daughter of
Christopher Yeakle, and their children were: Benjamin, born July
20, 1772, died March 20, 1802, Adam, born Sept. 20, 1775; Isaac,
born March 4, 1778; Abraham, born Feb. 18, 1781, died March 23,
1802; Frederick, born Aug. 10, 1784, died Dec. 17, 1794; Joseph,
born Jan. 22, 1787; and Melchior, born June 23, 1789.

Adam Schultz, son of Abraham, was born Sept. 20,
1775, in Upper Hanover township, and died Aug. 30, 1831. He lived
at Treichlersville, in Hereford township, where he was engaged in
farming, owning a fine farm of 140 acres there and one of 214 acres
in Washington township. He was very successful in his undertakings,
and became very well-to-do. On May 21, 1801, he married Regina
Kreibel, who was born June 25, 1780, and who died May 3, 1858.
Their children were: Abraham, born April 12, 1803, died Dec. 5,
1814; Israel, born June 4, 1805; Jesse, born April 8, 1808, died
Nov. 7, 1831; Adam, born Sept. 21, 1810, died Nov. 12, 1831;
Andrew, born May 19, 1813; Enoch, born March 31, 1816; Sarah, born
Sept. 1, 1818, died May 11, 1820; Regina, born Oct. 9, 1821;
Solomon, born Nov. 19, 1824, died June 4, 1854.

Andrew Schultz, the subject proper of this
sketch, was in his early life a farmer at Treichlersville. He was a
man of much enterprise and became quite wealthy. He was a man of
much enterprise and became quite wealthy. He owned three farms
lying adjacent to each other, three-quarters of a mile Southeast of
Barto. The tract originally contained 214 acres, but this he
divided into three parts, erecting three sets of buildings. He also
owned a farm of seventy-seven acres in Washington township. He
built a gristmill in Montgomery county, which is now owned by
William Himmelwreight. He built himself a large three-story brick
residence near Barto, and there he died Nov. 27, 1885. He is buried
at the Schwenkfelders church near Clayton. He married Sarah Mohr,
who was born Sept. 1, 1818, daughter of Andrew and Catherine Ann
(Mechling), Mohr, of Centreville, Lehigh Co., Pa., and she died May
1, 1883. Their children were: Annie, who died young; Emma, who died
aged thirty-two years; Mary A. M.; and Harrison, who died aged
twenty-three years.

Miss Mary A. M. Schultz, daughter of Andrew is
now residing at the old home near Barto. She was educated in the
public schools and at the Pottstown Seminary for Ladies, and was
licensed to teach by the late James N. Ermentrout, teaching one
term at Barto in a schoolhouse long since town down. She is a
member of the Schwenkfelders Church near Clayton, in Hereford
township. Miss Schultz is a charming woman and is very artistic.
She has a valuable collection of rare china and books.

SCHULTZ, DANIEL N.

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Surnames: SCHULTZ, KRAUSS, GERHARD

Daniel N. Schultz, a leading citizen of Hereford township, Berks
county, living near the Lehigh county line, was born Nov. 9, 1855,
on one of the old Schultz homesteads, and is a son of Enoch K.
Schultz.

Mr. Schultz received his education in the public
schools of his home township (Hereford) and was reared on his
father’s farm, acquiring at an early age, in addition to the
general knowledge of farming gained by a youth under such
circumstances, some familiarity with the blacksmith’s trade and
later with the carpenter’s trade. That he was a natural mechanic is
shown by the fact that he picked up his knowledge of these trades
by himself. He was trained to sawmill work, assisting his father to
saw large quantities of lumber. In 1883 he started on his own
account, for two years living as a tenant at the homestead, which
came into his possession in 1885. There he has since lived and
conducted the farm and mills, having both a sawmill and gristmill,
which latter he established in 1888, putting up a separate
building. He also has a cider press, run by waterpower attached to
the gristmill. His farm consists of 160 acres, six perches, and is
a valuable piece of land, which has steadily increased in value
under his intelligent management. Mr. Schultz is a man of influence
in his district, commanding the respect and confidence of all who
have dealings with him. He is a thorough business man, and has
taken an interest in other enterprises besides his immediate
undertakings, having been a director of East Greenville National
Bank from 1892 to 1897, and he has been a director of the Farmer’s
National Bank at Pennsburg, Montgomery county, for many years.

Mr. Schultz’s thrift and tastes are evidence in
the neat appearance of his home, which shows excellent care in
every detail. The buildings on his farm are large and in good
repair, the yard is laid with cement walks made by Mr. Schultz
himself, and all the surroundings show thought and constant
oversight. Part of his farm lies in Lehigh county, and his
residence, as previously stated, is near to the county line. It is
a large house, and contains many relics and other articles of
interest, including an old Andrew Krauss pipe organ. Krauss, who
was one of the first organ manufacturers in America, lived in Upper
Hanover township, Montgomery Co., Pa. The instrument is seven feet,
three inches high, two feet deep and three and one-half feet wide.
The keys are covered with bone. The organ has a full, round, soft
tone, and is much admired by musicians. Another of Mr. Schultz’ s
cherished possessions is a bread closet made by a pioneer Schultz
in 1750, and is still in good condition. There is also a black
walnut writing desk, fully as old. Mr. Schultz has made
considerable furniture in his day, and he has made a number of the
bedsteads and other pieces of furniture, including picture frames,
etc., now in use at his home. He also made his first carriage.

On Jan. 20, 1883, Mr. Schultz married Susan G.
Schultz, daughter of Abraham and Rebecca (Gerhard) Schultz, and
four children were born to them, namely: Clara, Elwood (who died in
infancy), Rosa and Adam. Clara and Rosa are graduates of Perkiomen
Seminary, and the son is a student there now.

Mr. Schultz and his family are true to the
principles of their forefathers, belonging to the Schwenkfelder
Church, of which he has been a deacon. He is independent in
politics, considering principle before party.

SCHULTZ
FAMILY

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Surnames: SCHULTZ, SCHOLTZE, SCHWENKFELD, YEAKEL, MESCHTER,
HARTRANFT, WEISS, NEWMAN, KRIEBEL, HOFFMAN, WAGNER, ECK, MABERRY,
NEUMAN, KRAUSS, REIFF, SEIBERT

Schultz. (Line of Melchior, 1680-1734) Hereford township, in the
extreme eastern end of Berks county, and bounded on the east by
Lehigh county and on the southeast by Montgomery county, is the
home of a number of families belonging to the religious sect known
as Schwenkfelders, founded by Kaspar Schwenkfeld (1490-1561), a
Silesian nobleman and mighty factor in the Reformation. Many of the
Schultz, Kriebel, Yeakel and a few other Schwenkfelder families
have their homes in this district of Berks county, while about
thirty Schwenkfelder families live in the adjoining region of upper
Montgomery and western Lehigh counties.

The Schultz or Scholtze family is traced to one
Mathias Schultz, who was born A. D. 1612, on a Sunday (Invocavit),
lived through the Thirty Years’ war, and died A. D. 1682, in the
seventieth year of his age, at Lower Harpersdorf, in what was then
the principality (now a government district) of Liegnitz, Silesia.
His son, Melchior Schultz, is said to have been born A. D. 1647,
and died on a Sunday (Invocavit), A. D. 1708, in the sixty-first
year of his age. And his son, also called Melchior Schultz, was
born June 26, 1680, and died Feb. 15, 1734, in the fifty-fourth
year of his age, age Berthelsdorf, Saxony, about two months before
the emigration to this country, then being contemplated. The
last-named Melchior Schultz was the father of George, Melchior and
Christopher, all of whom married, and descendants of George and
Christopher still flourish in Berks county.

George Schultz, son of Melchior, died Oct. 30,
1776, aged sixty-five years. On Jan. 31, 1744, he married Maria,
daughter of Abraham Yeakel, and their children were Abraham and
Melchior. The mother died Dec. 13, 1797, aged seventy-nine years.

Melchior Schultz, son of Melchior, died Sept. 1,
1787. He was twice married, first to Anna Maria Meschter and second
to Maria Hartranft, but had no issue by either wife.

Rev. Christopher Schultz, Sr., the youngest son
of Melchior, was born at Lower Harpersdorf, Liegnitz, Silesia,
March, 26, 1718. In the spring of 1726, owing to religious
persecution, this family with others left home and possessions and
fled by night, arriving at Berthelsdorf, in Saxony, May 1st. Here
Christopher became a shepherd boy, but his humble circumstances did
not quench his spirit or ambition. In his youth he evinced a
burning desire for books. His kind friend, Rev. George Weiss,
assisted him in his study of the Latin, Greek and Hebrew languages.
He also had the kindly assistance of Count Zinzendorf. The three
orphan boys, George, Melchior and Christopher Schultz, joining some
forty Schwenkfelder families, forever turned their backs upon their
native land, embarking for Philadelphia, where they arrived after a
tedious voyage of about five months, Sept. 22, 1734. Young
Christopher kept a diary (“Reise Beschreibung”), which is found in
print in the “Erlauterung.” At a comparatively early period he was
looked upon as a leading spirit among the Schwenkfelders, and was
chosen their minister, serving as such efficiently and faithfully
until the end of his days. He was the chief organizer of the
Schwenkfelders into a religious body or congregation, composed the
catechism still in use, compiled their hymnbooks and wrote their
constitution, as well as a “Compendium” of religious doctrines of
faith of 600 octavo pages.

For many years, up to the end of the American
Revolution, “Father” Schultz, as he was called, kept up
correspondence with friends left in Germany. He lived in stirring
times and had varied experiences. At the age of eighteen years we
find him, with his two brothers, selecting site for their future
home in a dense wood forty-two miles north of Philadelphia, two
miles west of what is now the borough of East Greenville, where
they had found an excellent spring of water. Here, in 1736,
assisted by Melchior Newman, carpenter, they commenced felling the
tall oaks, rolling them on a scaffold over a trench, sawed them by
hand into three-inch planks, whereof the outside walls of their
capacious two-story house were constructed. Wagon wheels were made
of the same article, horse collars were skillfully plaited of
straw, traces were made of hemp, the grubbing hoe preceded the plow
with wooden moldboard. There was no sawmill or gristmill within
fifteen miles, and every resource of the pioneer was taxed to the
utmost to supply the many lacks experienced in a new country. For
clothing the Schultzes raised their own flax and wool, spun it with
the aid of a single spindle, erected a weaver’s loom, and wove the
yarn into cloth.

The three brothers lived in peace and harmony,
and at the end of about ten years, under the blessing of
Providence, they had considerably extended their landed domains,
increased their flocks and filled their coffers, so that the
question which once engaged the attention of Abraham and Lot, at
their parting, now confronted them. The result was that Melchior
and Christopher sold out to their elder brother, George, the former
going about three miles north, where he bought a farm; Christopher,
having married in 1744, now bought and settled at Clayton, Berks
county. Here he lived to the end of his life. Among the early
records of Berks county we find the last will and testament of
Christopher Schultz, a model of its kind. It is dated the 24th day
of October, A. D. 1788, and is witnessed by his friends, Abraham
Schultz, Gregory Schultz and George Kriebel; in it the testator,
among other things, disposes of about 800 acres of land located in
Berks, Montgomery and Northumberland counties, Pa., including two
of the finest farms in eastern Berks: one of them, late that of his
brother Melchior, had been bought by the testator for and in the
name of his son Andrew. His family, all of whom survived him,
consisted of his wife Rosina, a daughter of Baltzer Yeakel, and
four children, Regina, Andrew, David and Susanna.

It might well be asked how the one-time shepherd
and weaver boy of Berthelsdorf came to have so much property at his
disposal. Matt. 19:29. He could work on the farm, or at the loom,
perform deeds of kindness, courtesy and condescension, without
compromising his dignity, which was unfailing. His life motto was
“Soli Deo Gloria” (“To God alone the honor”). Father Schultz died
on the 9th of May, 1789, aged seventy-one years, one month,
thirteen days. The immediate cause of his death was apoplexy. His
end was one of serene contentment and blessedness. He died as he
had lived. His last words, barely audible to the family, were : “A
little while and ye shall not see me, and again a little while and
ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.” The Rev. Christopher
Hoffman, of Skippack, preached the funeral sermon, taking for his
text the words of Paul, II Timothy 4:7-8, “I have fought a good
fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith,” etc.

Andrew Schultz, son of Rev. Christopher, born
Jan. 20, 1753, died Feb. 5, 1802, aged forty-nine years, six days.
In 1776 he married Charlotte Yeakel, who died Feb. 11, 1825, and
they had issue: Christopher, Susanna, Regina, Esther, Maria,
Christina and Henry.

David Schultz, son of Rev. Christopher, born
April 10, 1757, died Aug. 4, 1833, aged seventy-six years. He
resided in Hereford township, Berks county, immediately adjoining
the Schwenkfelder meeting-house. In 1781 he married Anna Kriebel,
and the following are the names and years of birth of their
children: Susanna, 1782; Andrew, 1784; William, 1786; Rosina, 1788;
Christopher K., 1790; Philip, 1793 (died 1817); Maria, 1795;
Jeremiah, 1797; Christina, 1799; Regina, 1801.

Abraham Schultz, son of George Schultz, the
elder brother of Rev. Christopher Schultz, was born March 23, 1747,
in Upper Hanover, Montgomery Co., Pa. He was a great lover of
books, and, having a retentive memory and comprehensive mind, he
became one of the best educated men of his time. He was a member of
the Schwenkfelder religious society, and served it in the capacity
of trustee, school inspector, teacher and catechist. The community
frequently called his services into requisition as scrivener and
counselor. In 1796 he was elected a member of the General Assembly
from Montgomery county. He died on Dec. 25, 1822. In 1771 he
married Regina Yeakel, daughter of Christopher Yeakel, and their
children were: Benjamin, born July 20, 1772 (died March 20, 1802);
Adam, Sept. 20, 1775; Isaac, March 4, 1778; Abraham, Feb. 18, 1781
(died March 23, 1802); Frederick, Aug. 10, 1784 (died Dec. 17,
1794); Joseph, Jan. 22, 1787; and Melchior, June 23, 1789.

Rev. Melchior Schultz, the other son of George
Schultz, born March 25, 1756, died June 11, 1826, aged seventy
years, two months, sixteen days. In 1781 he married Salome Wagner,
and they had children: Christina, Regina, Maria, Henry W., Sarah,
Frederick and Susanna (twins) and Rosina. Rev. Melchior Schultz was
a minister of the society of Schwenkfelders for a long time, and he
was likewise a farmer, living in Worcester township, Montgomery
county.

Adam Schultz, son of Abraham, was born Sept. 20,
1775, in Upper Hanover township, Montgomery Co., Pa., and died Aug.
30, 1831, of typhoid fever, on his farm near Treichlersville, in
Hereford township. His two sons died but a short time afterward, of
the same disease. He owned 160 acres there, where the sawmill is
located, and engaged in both farming and sawmilling, likewise
operating a distillery, making apple-jack and rye whiskey. He also
owned 214 acres in Washington township, now owned by Mary Ann
Schultz. Like all his family, he was a Schwenkfelder in religious
faith. On May 21, 1801, Mr. Schultz married Regina Kriebel, born
June 25, 1780, daughter of Andrew Kreibel, died May 3, 1858. They
had children as follows: Abraham, born April 12, 1803 (died Dec. 5,
1814); Israel, June 4, 1805; Jesse, April 8, 1808 (died Nov. 7,
1831); Adam, Sept. 21, 1810 (died Nov. 12, 1831); Andrew, May 19,
1813; Enoch K., March 31, 1816; Sarah, Sept. 1, 1818 (was drowned
May 11, 1820); Regina, Oct. 9, 1821; and Solomon, Nov. 9, 1824
(died June 4, 1854, at St. Paul, Minn., and his remains were sent
to Clayton, Pa., and interred at the Washington Meeting-house).

Enoch K. Schultz, son of Adam, was born March
31, 1816, on one of his father’s farms in Hereford township, and
died on the farm where he was born Aug. 31, 1885, aged sixty-nine
years, five months. He was a farmer and also carried on sawmilling
from his youth until his death, a period of over fifty years. His
sawmill, now operated by his son, Daniel N. Schultz, was conducted
before 1800 by one Doris Eck, whose child was drowned in the mill
penstock. Adam Schultz purchased this property in 1801 or 1802, and
a sawmill had been established there long before. The present mill
is the third on the site, and was erected by Enoch Schultz in 1874.
He also put up the present large brick dwelling, in 1877, and had
previously built the barn, in 1854. This property was in the
Schultz name from 1785, and was purchased by Abraham Schultz and
Casper Yeakel from Charles Maberry in 1785. In 1800 Abraham Schultz
bought Casper Yeakel’s share of the farm. Enoch K. Schultz was a
Republican in politics, and in religion a member of the
Schwenkfelder Church, in which he held the office of deacon.

On Nov. 13, 1841, Mr. Schultz married Leah K.
Neuman, daughter of Samuel and Regina (Krauss) Neuman, of Upper
Hanover township, Montgomery county, the former of whom was a
chairmaker by trade, and also made pipe organs. Mr. Neuman made an
organ for each of his three daughters. Mrs. Neuman lived to be
nearly one hundred years old. Mr. and Mrs. Enoch K. Schultz became
the parents of ten children, namely: Sarah m. Abraham S. Krauss;
Lydia m. Enos S. Schultz; Levi m. Sallie Reiff; Erwin N. is
mentioned below; Regina m. Nathan M. Schultz; Susanna m. William S.
Schultz; Daniel m. Susan G. Schultz; Esther died unmarried, of
typhoid fever, aged twenty-one years, twenty-one days; Mary m.
Samuel R. Seibert, and died Sept. 6, 1902; Emma died unmarried of
scarlet fever. Enoch K. Schultz died Aug. 31, 1885, and his wife
passed away March 31, 1907, aged eighty-five years, six months,
three days.

Erwin N. Schultz, of Chapel, Hereford township,
Berks county, proprietor of the Chapel Planing Mill, was born July
26, 1847, on the Enoch H. Schultz homestead in Hereford township,
and there attended the public schools. His boyhood days were spent
in work upon the farm, and he continued to work for his parents
until he was thirty years old, learning the carpenter’s trade at
home, and also gaining considerable experience in the sawmill
business, in which his father was engaged. After leaving home he
took up the carpenter’s trade, which he followed over a district
covered by a radius of eight miles, working as boss carpenter and
employing as many as nine men. He was principally engaged in
building houses and barns, his principal contract being for the
Perkiomen Seminary, at Pennsburg, Montgomery county, a large
institution which he put up in 1892, and on which a force of twelve
men was employed from August until April. In 1882 he built an
addition to the Palm rollermill.

In the spring of 1878 Mr. Schultz came to his
present home in Hereford township, which he bought from his
father-in-law, Joshua Schultz, the following year. Here he has his
home and business, having remodeled the house and barn, built
several additions to the buildings and put up the present
planing-mill, where he keeps three men constantly employed. He
makes doors, sashes, window-frames, blinds, shutters, and other
planing-mill products, which he sells in the surrounding towns and
district, and he is a man whose personal integrity and high
standards command the respect and good-will of all who know him. He
is tall and well built, robust in constitution and commanding in
presence, and is well known throughout the region.

On Nov. 10, 1877, Mr. Schultz married Susanna S.
Schultz, born March 10, 1842, daughter of Rev. Joshua Schultz, died
Oct. 17, 1905, aged sixty-three years, seven months, seven days.
Two children were born to this union, Cora S. and Oscar S. Mr.
Schultz’s second marriage was to Mrs. Emma S. (Schultz) Yeakel,
widow of William K. Yeakel, whom he wedded May 4, 1907. The family
home is a comfortable residence on the Green Lane &
Goshenhoppen turnpike. Mr. Schultz and his family are members of
the Schwenkfelder Church, in which he is now serving his second
term as deacon. He is a Republican in political opinion.

SCHULTZ FAMILY

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Surnames: SCHULTZ, YEAKEL, KRIEBEL, JOHNSON, GERHARD, KRAUSS,
HIRNER, BECHTEL, SEIPT, DEIHL

Among the prominent representatives of the Schultz family in
Washington township are the brothers, Owen K. Schultz, farmer,
dairyman and stockman, now living retired, and Joseph K. Schultz,
who in the spring of 1899 retired from the milling business.

The Schultz family came to America from Saxony.
Melchior Schultz was born June 26, 1680, and died Feb. 15, 1734, in
the fifty-fourth year of his age, at Berthelsdorf, Saxony. His
death took place just about two months before the time set for his
emigration to America. His children were: George, Melchior and
Christopher, the latter of whom became a noted minister.

George Schultz, son of Melchior and brother to
Rev. Christopher, married, Jan. 31, 1744, Maria, daughter of
Abraham Yeakel, and they made their home in Upper Hanover township,
Montgomery Co., Pa. Their children were: Abraham, born March 23,
1747; and Melchior, born March 25, 1756. George Schultz died Oct.
30, 1776, aged sixty-five years, and his wife Maria passed away
Dec. 13, 1797, at the age of seventy-nine years.

Abraham Schultz, son of George and Maria, was
born in Upper Hanover township, Montgomery county, March 23, 1747.
He was a great lover of books and having a retentive memory and
comprehensive mind, he became one of the best educated men of the
time. He was a member of the Schwenkfelder religious society, and
he served it in the capacity of trustee, school inspector, teacher
and catechist. The community frequently called his services into
requisition as scrivener and counsellor. In 1796 he was elected a
member of the General Assembly from Montgomery county. He died Dec.
25, 1822. In 1771 he married Regina Yeakel, daughter of Christopher
Yeakel, and their children were: Benjamin, born July 20, 1772 (died
March 20, 1802); Adam, Sept. 20, 1775; Isaac, March 4, 1778;
Abraham, Feb. 18, 1781 (died March 23, 1802); Frederick, Aug. 10,
1784 (died Dec. 17, 1794); Joseph, Jan. 22, 1787; and Melchior,
June 23, 1789.

Isaac Schultz, son of Abraham and Regina, was
born March 4, 1778, and died Oct. 15, 1867. He had a good farm of
100 acres, besides woodland, in Upper Hanover township, and for a
time taught school. He had eight children: Amos; Isaac; Abraham;
Daniel S.; Christina; Joel; Philip and Joseph.

Amos Schultz, son of Isaac, born May 11, 1809,
died at the home of his son, Owen K., May 10, 1895, and is buried
at the Schwenkfelder Church, Washington township. In 1861 he built
the mill now owned by Joseph K. Schultz, and operated by the
latter’s son. Amos K. Amos Schultz married Elizabeth Kriebel,
daughter of Samuel Kriebel, of Worcester township, Montgomery
county. They had eight children: Sarah, wife of Joel Schultz, of
Upper Hanover township; Susan, deceased wife of A. T. D. Johnson,
of New Berlinville; Joseph K.; Anna, deceased; Edwin, president of
the First National Bank of Boyertown; Owen K.; Lucina, who lives
with her brother Owen K.; and Elizabeth, wife of Josephus Gerhard,
of Hereford township. Mrs. Elizabeth (Kriebel) Schultz was born
Dec. 23, 1812, and she died March 29, 1891. Mr. Schultz was active
in local politics, and for ten years was justice of the peace in
Douglass township, Montgomery county, and was director of
Schultzville Independent School District, and in many other ways
served his community.

Owen K. Schultz, son of Amos, was born in
Douglass township, Montgomery county, just across the Berks county
line, March 23, 1851. He attended the Schultzville Independent
School in Washington township, whither the Amos Schultz family
moved in the spring of 1857. His early years were passed on the
home farm, and after he was twenty-one years of age he continued
working for his parents for seven years. In 1880 he took possession
of the farm on his own account. This consists of ninety-three acres
of excellent land, and he was very successful in its management. He
paid special attention to dairying, and had some fine stock, as
well as a complete line of modern farm machinery. He continued to
farm until 1902, when he retired. He has the agency for the Page
Woven Wire Fence Company, of Adrian, Mich., and in this work he has
met with success. His farm is one of the most attractive on the
west branch of the Perkiomen. A mill dam covers a few of his acres
with water, and the mill is located but 120 feet from the
residence, and is familiarly known as the “County Line Mill.” The
house was built in 1856 by his father. Amos, and is a substantial
brick structure of large dimensions. It is surrounded by a
carefully kept lawn, studded with Norway and silver maple trees,
and enclosed by an iron fence. The Swiss barn was built by Amos
Schultz in 1855, and was the first barn in the district to have
running water in the stalls.

Mr. Schultz is one of the active business men of
his district. He was one of the organizers of the Niantic
Dairymen’s Association, which conducts a creamery at Niantic, and
of this he has been treasurer since its organization April 1, 1889.
They make a high grade of butter, and also have a large cheese
trade, their product being sold in the community and in
Philadelphia. He was instrumental in having the State Road built
through his district. He has been a director of the Reading Bone
Fertilizer Company since its organization March 8, 1905; a director
of the Mountain Telephone Company, Inc., which has thirty miles of
wire in the eastern township of Berks county; and is treasurer of
the Douglass Telephone Company, operating ten miles of wire, and of
which company there were sixteen original shareholders. Mr. Schultz
is a stockholder of the First National Bank of Boyertown, and acts
as its agent, weekly making deposits for the people of his
district.

Mr. Schultz has been twice married. On Feb. 7,
1880, he married Leanna Kriebel, of Worcester township, who was
born June 8, 1852, and who died April 5, 1887, the mother of two
children, Chester and Mabel, both graduates of Perkiomen Seminary,
since which time Chester has also graduated from Princeton
University, Princeton, N. J., class of 1908, and Pierce’s Business
College, Philadelphia, fall of 1908. Mr. Schultz married (second)
Sept. 21, 1889, Mary Schultz, daughter of Adonia Schultz, of
Worcester township, Montgomery county. The family attend the
Schwenkfelder church.

Joseph K. Schultz, son of Amos, was born in Douglass township,
Montgomery county, Nov. 20, 1840. The district school afforded him
his educational advantages, and at home he was trained along
agricultural lines. He was twenty-two when he began work in his
father’s mill, and in 1882 he succeeded to the ownership. This mill
was first a grist and flour mill, and in 1895 a roller process was
added. The present name of the mill is the Wave Roller Mill, but
early in its history it was called the County Line Mill. It is a
four-story building, 40×45 feet, with an addition 28 feet square,
and it is run by water from the west branch of the Perkiomen creek.
Seventeen acres of land are included in the mill property. At the
present time Mr. Schultz’s son, Amos K., is operating the mill and
he turns out three brands of flour that are very popular—“Wave,”
“Union” and “Schultz’s Best.” Mr. Joseph K. Schultz retired from
the management of the mill in 1899. With his son Elmer he organized
the Champion Manufacturing Company, Inc., of Philadelphia,
manufacturing horse and cattle powders, and poultry feed powders at
Barto, but the main office is at No. 427 Walnut street,
Philadelphia. Mr. Schultz has been quite an apiarian, and at one
time had as many as forty hives, producing about 500 pounds of
honey annually. He resides in a comfortable brick house built by
his father in 1867.

In 1865 Mr. Schultz married Susan Bechtel
Krauss, daughter of George Krauss, and organ builder of Upper
Hanover township. They have had four children: Elmer, an insurance
agent and real estate dealer in Philadelphia, m. Marie Hirner,
daughter of Dr. C. G. Hirner, of Allentown, and has two children,
Francis Clarke and Dwight Earle; Amos m. Irene Seipt, daughter of
William Seipt, of Worcester township, Montgomery county, and has
two children, Florence and Harold; Olivia m. John G. Deihl, Wharf
Master at Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pa., and they have one
daughter, Frances. Mr. Joseph K. Schultz and his sons and
sons-in-law are Republican in political principle and in religious
faith he and his family are Schwenkfelders.

SCHULTZ, HORATIO K.

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Surnames: SCHULTZ, WISTAR, PENN, STAUFFER, KRIEBEL, SCHOLTZ,
YEAKEL, HIGH, BIELER, FRY, FETTERMAN, MILLER

Horatio K. Schultz, the present owner of the old homestead in
Hereford township, near Hereford, owns land which has been in the
family name since 1746, on Oct. 4th of which year his collateral
ancestor, Melchior Schultz, purchased it. Record of this transfer
is found in Patent Book A, Vol. 13, page 124. In 1729 Casper
Wistar, a noted land agent in his day, purchased from John, Thomas
and Richard Penn a tract of 200 acres, which he sold to Henry
Stauffer, who in turn sold it to Melchior Schultz. The land was a
perfect rectangle, level and productive, and included the present
Horatio K. Schultz farm, which has been in the family name since
1746; the farm of Jonas S. Kriebel, and the tract of Erwin N.
Schultz. In 1749, Melchior Schultz (or Scholtz) bought a tract
containing 120 1/2 acres in the Manor of Ruscombe (Ruscombmanor
township), in Berks county, Pa.; this was woodland. In 1783
Melchior and Maria Schultz sold three separate tracts to his
nephew, Andrew Schultz, all located in Hereford township, and
containing, respectively, 190, fifty-three and fourteen acres.

Andrew Schultz, the great-grandfather of Horatio
K. Schultz, was born Jan. 29, 1753, son of Rev. Christopher
Schultz, the great leader of the Schwenkfelders in this part of the
country, who was a brother of the Melchior Schultz mentioned in the
preceding paragraph. Andrew Schultz died Feb. 5, 1802, aged
forty-nine years, six days. On Nov. 24, 1776, he married Charlotte
Yeakel, daughter of Jeremiah Yeakel. She survived him many years,
dying Feb. 11, 1825. Their children were Christopher (Rev.),
Susanna, Regina, Esther, Maria, Christina and Henry.

Rev. Christopher Schultz, son of Andrew, born
Oct. 12, 1777, died on his farm March 22, 1843, aged sixty-five
years, five months, ten days. He is buried at Washington
meeting-house. On May 29, 1804, he married Susanna Yeakel, daughter
of Abraham Yeakel, and she died April 3, 1861, at the age of
seventy-eight years. They had children: a son who died in infancy,
Joseph, David, Sarah, Regina, Thomas, Lydia, Hannah, Leah and
Rebecca. A grandson of the first Rev. Christopher Schultz, he lived
on the fine farm in Hereford township now owned by his grandson,
Horatio K. Schultz. He, too, like his famous namesake, was a
minister of the Schwenkfelder Church, and continued in the active
ministry until his death. He always drew large audiences, wherever
he preached, whether in his own church or a neighboring pulpit, as
he was frequently called upon to officiate elsewhere. His fine
personal appearance, fluent speech, fervent and impressive piety,
well-stored mind and high social qualities, tempered by a true
Christian spirit and kindly nature, commanded the respect of all
with whom he came into contact, and he was popular as well as
esteemed.

Thomas Y. Schultz, son of Rev. Christopher, born
Dec. 25, 1813, died April 13, 1873, aged fifty-nine years, three
months, eighteen days, and is buried at the Schwenkfelder Church in
Washington township. He was a farmer, owning the place which now
belongs to his son Horatio in Hereford township, and followed
agricultural pursuits all his life, prospering in his work. He
built the large barn, which now stands on the home place. He was
married Nov. 21, 1850, to Hannah Kriebel, daughter of Jacob
Kriebel, born April 6, 1823 and two children were born to them.
Horatio K. and Thamar K. Mrs. Schultz now makes her home with her
son, Horatio K., on the homestead. She is well preserved and in
possession of all her faculties. Mr. Schultz was a Schwenkfelder in
religious faith.

Thamar K. Schultz, daughter of Thomas Y.
Schultz, born Feb. 17, 1858, is the wife of Howard W. Kriebel, of
East Greenville, editor and proprietor of the Pennsylvania German,
a valuable magazine, which champions the interests of the German
settlers and their descendants.

Horatio K. Schultz was born Sept. 22, 1851, on
the farm in Hereford township where he now resides. He received his
education in the public schools of his district, was reared upon
the farm, and worked for his parents until he reached his majority.
In 1877 he began farming on the homestead on his own account, and
there he has since remained, engaged in agricultural pursuits, in
which he has met with success. His farm comprises of 123 acres,
located three-quarters of a mile west of Hereford post-office, and
on this property stands, besides the large barn previously
mentioned as having been built by his father in 1854, a stone
dwelling which was erected before the Revolutionary war, and
rebuilt in 1822 by Christopher Schultz, who added a second story to
the original structure, besides making an addition to the northern
side. An interesting relic in Mr. Schultz’s possession is a
“grandfather” clock with Andrew Schultz’s wife bequeathed in her
will to her son, Rev. Christopher Schultz, from whom in turn it has
descended through with the old property. Mr. Schultz’s farm is
finely stocked and well taken care of in every respect. He is a man
esteemed for his worthy life and honorable character, highly
regarded wherever he is known.

On Jan. 20, 1877, Mr. Schultz married Magdalena
Schultz, daughter of Andrew and Magdalena (High) Schultz, and to
this union were born five children: Ellenora, who is unmarried;
Flora; Webster, of Mauch Chunk, Pa.; Homer; and Sadie, who married
Milton Bieler, a farmer of Upper Hanover township, Montgomery Co.,
Pa. The mother of this family died April 6, 1889. On Sept. 3, 1898,
Mr. Schultz married for his second wife Mrs. Ida (Fry) Fetterman,
widow of Oscar K. Fetterman, of Upper Milford township, Lehigh
county, and daughter of Readen and Mary (Miller) Fry, of that
township. Two children have been born to this marriage, Ada and
Catharine.

Mr. Schultz and his family cling to the faith of
his forefathers, belonging him to the Schwenkfelder Church, of
which he has been deacon. He is a Republican in politics.

SCHULTZ, SAMUEL S.

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Surnames: SCHULTZ, DIETERICH, SCHWENKFELDER, HOFFMAN, YEAKEL,
URFFER, BRUNNER, SALLADE, ROBERTS, HEISTAND, GRABER, BLAND.

Samuel S. Schultz, Justice of the peace of Hereford township, Berks
county, is a member of the Schultz family where early home was in
Berthelsdorf, Saxony, Germany. There lived the earliest know
ancestor of the family. Mathias Schultz, born 1612, died 1682. He
had a son, Melchior, born 1647, who died 1708, leaving among other
children, two sons, Melchior (1680-1734) and Balthaser.

Balthaser Schultz, son of Melchior, was born in
1682, and he died in Saxony, Germany in 1727. He married Susanna
Dieterich, and she was with her four children accompanied about
forty other followers of Caspar Schwenkfelder to America in 1734.
Her children were: George, Susanna, Maria and Barbara.

George Schultz, son of Balthaser and Susanna,
was born about Candlemas, in 1710, and he died March 21, 1784. He
was a farmer in Upper Hanover township, Montgomery county, Pa., and
his descendants are quite numerous in that section. He married Anna
Hoffman, daughter of Rev. Balthaser Hoffman, in 1737, and she died
January 16, 1796. Their children were: Susanna, Balthaser,
Christopher, Ursula, Gregory and Eve.

Balthaser Schultz, son of George and Anna
(Hoffman) Schultz, was born April 23, 1744, and he died on his fine
farm in Upper Hanover township, on the Hosensack creek, April 12,
1813. This farm in 1879 was owned by his grandson, Reuben Schultz.
In 1768 Balthaser Schultz married Anna Yeakel, daughter of
Balthaser Yeakel, and she died in 1799. This union was blessed with
children as follows: Barbara, George, Andrew, Eve, Matthias, David,
Susanna and Rosina.

David Schultz, son of Balthaser and Anna
(Yeakel) Schultz, was born Nov. 23, 1779, and he became a farmer,
making his home in Upper Hanover township, Montgomery county. In
1807 he married Lydia Yeakel, daughter of Christopher Yeakel, and
she died July 5, 1845. He passed away April 7, 1851. They became
the parents of three children: Joshua; Reuben; and Rebecca, born
1814, and died 1872.

Rev. Joshua Schultz, son of David and Lydia
(Yeakel) Schultz, was born Sept. 11, 1808, and his death occurred
March 31, 1891, while in the pulpit of the Schwenkfelder Meeting
House at Kraussdale, and his remains were interred at Hosensack
Schwenkfelder Meeting House. He was a preacher of force and
eloquence, and was a man of deep piety. Like all the Schwenkfelder
ministers he preached at Kraussdale, Hosensack and Washington
Meeting Houses, and his precepts and example were productive of
much good to the community. He was wholly a self-made man, and he
became well-to-do, owning two fine farms-the one is now owned by
his son Samuel S., who lives above Chapel, the other being in the
possession of Benjamin U. Kressley. He built the present set of
buildings on the farm where now lives his son, Samuel S. On Feb.
24, 1835, the Rev, Joshua Schultz was married to Anna Schultz (born
1812, died 1871), daughter of Andrew Schultz, Sr., of Washington
township. Their children were: Susan, deceased wife of Erwin N.
Schultz; Mary, who married Henry K. Urffer, a carpenter and farmer
of Hereford township; Manoah S., a farmer on one of the farms in
Hereford township; Joshua, born 1851, and died 1852; and Samuel S.

Samuel S. Schultz, son of Rev. Joshua and Anna
(Schultz) Schultz, was born near Chapel, April 16, 1852, and was
educated in the public schools, which he attended between the ages
of eight and sixteen years. His boyhood was passed upon the farm,
and he early became familiar with the duties pertaining to a farm.
Before he left home he learned the carpenter’s trade, and when he
was twenty-one the farm was divided into two tracts, the original
tract being now in the possession of Manoah Schultz, and the other,
upon which the Rev. Joshua erected the buildings, belonging to
Squire Samuel S. The latter tract consists of forty-two acres, and
here Mr. Schultz has since lived. From 1885 to 1892 he followed the
carpenter’s trade as assistant and occasionally as foreman, doing
considerable jobbing and repairing.

In politics Mr. Schultz is a Republican, and
ever since he attained his majority he has taken a keen interest in
public affairs, At the age of twenty-one he was licensed to teach
by the late Prof. D. B. Brunner, and taught his first term at
Schultz school in Hereford township. He taught there four years. In
1884 he was elected school director, an office he filled for three
years, when he refused renomination. In 1895 he was elected justice
of the peace of his township, and in 1905 was again elected.
William H. Sallade, the former incumbent, serving the five years
from 1900 to 1905. As justice Mr. Schultz has never had a
discharged case; he has never sent a case to court. He was
president of the board of trustees of the Chapel Association, a
Protestant union church association, the church being located at
Chapel. He filled this office ten years, and he was superintendent
of the Sunday school from 1896 to 1907, and in various other ways
has given efficient service to his church. Since 1889 he has been
teacher of the Bible class.

In 1876 Mr. Schultz was married to Amanda
Roberts, daughter of Everhart Roberts. To this marriage have been
born six children: Ida, wife of Allen Heistand, of Hereford
township; Allen R., of Palmerton, Carbon Co.,, Pa.; Clara M., an
invalid; Mabel L., who married Charles Graber; J. Willis, a
namesake of Judge J. Willis Bland, of Reading; and Leo A. Squire
Schultz is a man of commanding presence and has a rugged
constitution. In the severest winter weather up to the time when he
was fifty years old he seldom wore gloves or mittens when out
working or driving. He is well-versed with the histories of the
families of his township, and has a most retentive memory. His
unselfish devotion to this fellowmen, and his ever ready desire to
help, have won him a lasting place in the affections of his
fellowmen.

SCHULZE,
EDWARD

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Surnames: SCHULZE, KEEPER

Edward Schulze, present proprietor of the Elias Schulze & Son,
the firm name under which the immense business of the Liberty Dye
Works is carried on, at the corner of Mifflin and Chestnut streets,
Reading, is the junior member of the firm. The business was
established by his late father, at Philadelphia, in 1891, where it
was conducted until 1897 when the plant was removed to Reading and
located at No. 133 Pearl street. Two years later the firm purchased
the old Henry Keeper tanning property, on which they built an
up-to-date plant. The senior member of the firm died in October,
1903, since then Edward has conducted the business, retaining the
old style.

Elias Schulze was born in Saxony, Germany, and
came to America in 1881. His business had been learned and pursued
in his native land, and he was an expert in his line.

Edward Schulze, the present proprietor, was
fifteen years of age when he came to America and has been familiar
with the dye business since boyhood. For four years he was employed
in a silk dye house in Philadelphia, and has had many years of
valuable experience. He does work for the leading firms of Reading
and vicinity and also for several large Philadelphia firms. He
employs from thirty-five to forty hands during the season, and his
daily output is from six to seven thousand pounds of dyed goods.
The plant is 152 x 100 feet in dimensions, and is equipped with the
most modern machinery known in the business. It is run by steam,
and the dye works proper is a one-story building 40 x 152 feet,
while the printing department is a two-story and basement, 32 x
152.

Mr. Schulze is very prominent in Masonry, a
member of Teutonia Lodge, No. 367, F. & A. M.; Reading,
Chapter, No. 152, R. A. M.; DeMolay commandery, K. T.; and Rajah
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.