Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

STRUNK FAMILY

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Surnames: STRUNK, STRUNCK, SAILER, GINDER, KNABB, KLINE, HAWS,
KOONS, RUTLEDGE, SNYDER, GLASSMOYER, DUNKLE, BRENHEISER, REIFF,
HERBEIN, HOCH, MOYER, CLEAVER, KIEFFER, DE TURCK, HARTMAN, FISHER,
SCHAEFFER, LIVINGOOD, DWIGHT, HOECKLY

Strunk-Strunck. A Strunck family lived, as is supposed from all
accounts, in Upper Engelheim, in what is termed Rhine Prussia, on
the west side of the river Rhine on or near the river Moselle,
between the towns of Trier and Coblentz, about 50 degrees north
latitude and about 7 degrees east longitude, from Greenwich. This
family left two sons, Andrum and John Wyant. Andrum died in
1714.

(I) John (Johan) Wyant Strunck, the ancestor who founded this old
family in Berks county, was born in 1693. He came to America in the
ship “Phoenix,” landing at Philadelphia Oct. 20, 1744. There were
104 passengers on board this ship. Coming on to Berks county, he
settled in Heidelberg township, engaged in farming, and was
successful in tilling the soil. He reared a large family to follow
in his footsteps, and his descendants reside in that section of
Berks county as well as in the southeastern part, and are numbered
among the most representative people of this portion of the
Keystone State. Johan Wyant Strunck spent his last years at the
home of his son Lorentz, where he died April 26, 1783, and is
buried on the Strunck private burial-ground in Amity township, now
almost entirely destroyed, on land formerly owned by Jacob
Strunk.

(II) Lorentz Strunck, son of Johan, was the first of the name to
locate in Amity township. He, too, was a farmer, and is buried
probably in the private burial-ground. One of his sons was
Jacob.

(III) Jacob Strunck was a resident of Amity township. He was born
Aug. 18, 1761, and died Nov. 1, 1828, aged sixty-seven years, two
months, thirteen days. He owned and lived on the farm which is now
the property of Franklin Sailer. This was the old Strunck homestead
in Amity. He was twice married. On Sept. 4, 1792, he married Maria
Kutz, and of the eleven children of this union, one died in
infancy. He married (second) Caroline Ginder, who came from Germany
and was first married to a Mr. Knabb. By her marriage with Mr.
Strunck she had one son and one daughter: Samuel and Caroline (m.
Elam Kline a farmer of Exeter township, who died and is buried at
Schwartzwald Church). Jacob Strunck and his wife are buried side by
side in the north corner of the old burial ground at Amityville
Church.

(IV) Amos K. Strunck, youngest son of Jacob and Maria (Kutz)
Strunck, was born Nov. 9, 1812, in Amity township. He came to the
vicinity of Boyertown, Berks county, at an early age. He married
Amelia B. Haws, daughter of John V. R. Haws, and they had five
children, three girls and two boys. Amos K. Strunck took an active
interest in public affairs. From historical records it appears that
he held official positions in town, township and county for a
period of forty years. He held a commission as justice of the peace
for about twenty years in Boyertown. He also published a book of
all the persons who held office in Berks county from 1752 to 1860.
This work required a great amount of patient research and an
accuracy that could challenge criticism. The citizens of the county
did not fully appreciate the value of his services, but he found
much pleasure in the compilation, because it added much value to
the history of the county in which he spent nearly his whole
life.

(V) Oliver H. Strunck, youngest son of Amos K. and Amelia B., was
born in New Berlinville, Berks county, Nov. 8, 1847. Unlike his
father he did not remain in Berks county, but at an early age
traveled over the country so that he had the advantage of seeing at
least fifteen of the states in the United States. He came back to
Berks county at the age of about twenty-three. He attended the Mr.
Pleasant Academy, in Boyertown, of which L. M. Koons was principal.
Here he prepared for Franklin and Marshall College, at Lancaster,
and was graduated from that College in 1877, as valedictorian of
his class. In the fall of the same year he entered the Reformed
Theological Seminary at Lancaster, and graduate from that
Institution in 1880. He was ordained a minister in the Reformed
Church at Bloomsburg, Pa., in the same year. He was called to the
Bloomsburg charge and served as their minister four years and a
half. He resigned the charge to become the pastor of St. John’s
Reformed Church at Schuylkill Haven, Pa., and he entered upon his
work there Dec. 15, 1884, and has served this congregation for
nearly twenty-five years. The membership in church and Sunday
school, and the benevolence of the people have about doubled in
this period. He is the only minister of the gospel in the Strunck
family. He married Josephine L. Rutledge, of Lancaster, Pa. They
had five children, two of whom are living, the son in New York City
and the daughter at home.

(IV) Samuel Strunk, son of Jacob and Caroline (Ginder), was born in
Amity township in 1825, and died in 1889. He is buried at
Schwartzwald Church in Exeter township. By occupation he was a
farmer, and he owned a farm of thirty-five acres in Exeter
township. Samuel Strunck was a prominent Democrat, held the office
of poor director for Berks county from 1873 to 1876, was
supervisor, tax collector, assessor (for thirty-six consecutive
years) and school director of his township, and tried to carry out
his ideas of good citizenship in every way. He married Maria Snyder
(daughter of Samuel Snyder), and Mrs. Samuel Strunk had these
children: Jacob S. is mentioned below; Caroline, widow of Peter
Glassmoyer, lives at Reading, and has two children, Cora S. (of
Reading) and Howard S. (of Springfield, Mo.); Mary, now of Reading,
married David F. Dunkle, and has two children, Maria S. and Robert
S. Dunkle, of Reading; Ammon S. is mentioned below; Samuel S., of
Kansas City, was a farmer, but in 1907 sold his farm and now lives
retired (he has had three children, Frank R., George R. and Emma
R., deceased); Henry S. is mentioned below.

This old and representative family is worthy of
all honor. Its representatives are not only well known throughout
Berks county, but are also to be found among the substantial people
in various parts of the country.

(V) Jacob S. Strunk was born July 11, 1847, in Exeter township, and
was reared upon his father’s farm. He alternated going to school
and working for his parents until he was eighteen years of age. In
1869 he became foreman of construction on the Oley turnpike, and
was thus employed for four years. In 1873 he commenced farming on
his own account on the Charles Brenheiser farm in Exeter township.
In 1876 he went to the Amos Reiff property, which he farmed three
years, and then coming to Oley settled on the Jacob Herbein farm,
of 135 acres, where he remained for thirteen years, and then bought
the old Samuel Hoch farm, one mile west of Griesemersville, near
Limekiln post-office. Here he has since lived, although in the
spring of 1907 he retired from active life. The farm is a fine
property, consisting of 135 acres of the most fertile land in the
Oley Valley. The barn, 98 feet long, was built in 1823 by Samuel
and Elizabeth Hoch, who also built the big stone house, in 1808.
Politically Mr. Strunk is a Democrat, and was school director of
Oley township for six years. He and his family belong to the
Reformed denomination.

In 1870 Mr. Strunk married Lucy Herbein,
daughter of Isaac and Susan (Moyer) Herbein, of Exeter township.
She died in 1905. They had these children: Sarah Ann m. Charles
Cleaver, and died in 1901; Mary m. Edward Kieffer, of Reading;
Deborah m. Solomon De Turck, of Oley township; Samuel m. Clara
Hartman, and lives in Exeter township; Emma m. Charles Cleaver;
Hannah m. James Fisher, who farms his father-in-law’s farm in Oley
township; Grover, unmarried, resides at home and is now a student
attending school; Laura is unmarried.

(V) Ammon S. Strunk was born May 25, 1854, in Exeter township, and
there spent his early life working on his father’s farm, during the
busy season also working for neighboring farmers. He received his
education in the local common schools, which he attended during the
winter time, and later taught school, doing excellent work in that
profession in his young manhood. He graduated from the Lock Haven
State Normal School in 1878. Later he was a valuable public
servant, having been appointed census enumerator in 1880; in 1881
he was appointed deputy sheriff; in 1883 became deputy to the clerk
of the Orphans’ court; in 1884 was elected register of wills,
serving a term of three years in that office. While in this office
he registered as a law student in the office of D. Nicholas
Schaeffer, Esq., and later was admitted to the Bar.

In 1904, while in the midst of a contest for the
nomination for county controller, Mr. Strunk was stricken with
paralysis. Though confined in the hospital and unable to direct his
campaign personally, his friends almost succeeded in securing him
the nomination under his powerful leadership and political
sagacity. However, an independent candidate, Dr. H. F. Livingood,
was elected by 4,088 majority over the regular nominee–something
that had never happened in the “Gibraltar of Democracy.” He died
March 16, 1905, thus ending a short but strenuous life.

(V) Henry S. Strunk is a native of Exeter township, born March 16,
1864, and began his education in the “Old Hill School” in that
township. He was only sixteen years old when licensed to teach, and
in three terms of teaching in his native township, and by such
other opportunities for work as are open to sons of farmers, he
saved sufficient money to enable him to take a course at the
Keystone State Normal School, at Kutztown, from which he was
graduated in 1885.

In the fall of the same year his brother, Ammon
S. Strunk, appointed him deputy register of wills, and he remained
in the office for sixteen consecutive years, during three of
which–1891-92-93–he filled the office of register with signal
credit and ability. Resigning the position of deputy register of
wills in the fall of 1901, Mr. Strunk accepted a position as teller
in the Neversink Bank of Reading, then being organized. He served
in this position until October, 1908, when he was elected cashier
of the bank. By virtue of his able service in the various positions
of trust he has filled, Mr. Strunk is well and favorably known
throughout the county.

On April 6, 1896, Mr. Strunk married Sarah
Trimble Dwight, a daughter of Francis G. and Ida (Hoeckly) Dwight,
of Reading. To this union have been born three children: Grace D.,
Blanche D. and Henry D.

STRUNK, JOHN
M.

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Surnames: STRUNK, MILLER, GARTY, GOOD, KISSINGER, WEINHOLD,
CHRISTIAN

John M. Strunk, senior member of the well-known coal, flour and
feed firm of Strunk & Son, with main office at Fifth and
Woodward streets, Reading, Pa., was born Feb. 20, 1839, in Cumru
township, Berks county, at the present site of Mohnsville, son of
Daniel Strunk, and grandson of William Strunk. The latter was a
soldier in 1814 in the second war with England and died at
Baltimore, Maryland.

In the latter years of his life Daniel Strunk
was a farmer in Cumru township, but in his youth he was engaged in
making gun-barrels at Mohnsville. He died at Reading, in the
sixty-sixth year of his age, and was interred in the Charles Evans
cemetery, at Reading. Mr. Strunk married (first) Rebecca Miller,
daughter of John Miller, also of Berks county, and she died at the
age of thirty-seven years. He married (second) Catharine Garty. Mr.
Strunk was the father of the following children: William, who died
at the age of eleven; John M; Amelia, who m. Daniel Good, and lives
in West Reading; Miss Catharine, of Reading; George, who died aged
four years: Cyrus, who died at the age of forty-five years; Frank,
who died aged three years; and Harriet, who died at the age of
thirty-seven John M. Strunk was educated
in the public schools, after leaving which he was engaged in
farming until he attained his majority. At this time he learned the
milling trade, which he followed for a period of nine years, at the
end of which time he came to Reading, and in 1869 established his
present business, first locating at Eighth and Cherry streets, on
the present site of A. N. Kissinger’s storage warehouse. He
remained on that property for about twenty years and then came to
his present location on the northeast corner of Fifth and Woodward
streets, where he has been successful. He owns and operates one of
the finest farms in the county, located at Lorane Station, in
Exeter township, consisting of 121 acres of land, well improved
with good buildings. He is also the owner of valuable real estate
in the city of Reading.

Mr. Strunk married Catharine A., daughter of
Isaac Weinhold, and they reside at No. 441 Woodward street. Their
children are: (1) D. Webster is married and has one daughter,
Lillian C.; he resides in Reading. (2) Anna M. is at home. (3) J.
Arthur is chairman of Strunk & Moyer, Limited, and is the
active member of the firm of Strunk & Son, of which he became a
member in 1901. He married Elizabeth M. Christian and has one
daughter, Catharine C. and they reside at No. 826 North Fourth
street, Reading.

STRUNK,
MILTON R.

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Surnames: STRUNK, BOYER, LATSCHAR, SCHULTZ, READER/ROEDER, WEBB,
BREISCH, CLYMER.

Milton R. Strunk, general factory superintendent of the large
Boyertown Casket Company, Boyertown, Pa., was born in Milford
township, Upper Bucks county, Pa., March 2, 1859, son of Daniel
Strunk, and grandson of Christian.

Peter Strunk, the great-grandfather of Milton
R., married Susanna _______ , and they had two children: Christian,
who is mentioned below; and Heinrich, born Nov. 8, 1803, died Jan.
14, 1866, married Rebecca Boyer (1808-1900). They were Mennonites
and are buried in the Hereford Mennonite Meeting House cemetery.

Christian Strunk was born in Berks county May
16, 1802, and at his death April 19, 1838, was buried at the
Mennonite Meeting House at Bally. He followed farming, and had a
good farm in Washington township, Berks county. He was accidentally
killed at Allentown by the running away of his team. In religious
faith he was a Mennonite. He married Barbara Latschar, who was born
Feb. 20, 1798, and who died Oct. 9, 1891, in her ninety fourth
year, and was buried at Bally Meeting House. Their children were:
John, 1825-1838; Hannah, born Nov. 22, 1827; Susanna and Peter,
twins, born Oct. 21, 1829; Maria, 1831-1834; and Daniel, born Jan.
17, 1834. Christian Strunk had a sister who married Henry Schultz,
of Kraussdale, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania.

Daniel Strunk, son of Christian, was born in
Washington township, Berks county, Jan. 17, 1834, and his death
occurred Aug. 2, 1905. He is buried at Aulenbach’s cemetery at
Reading. By occupation he was a shoemaker, and for a number of
years carried on that trade in South Bethlehem, Pa., later moving
to Reading, where he died. He married Anna Reader (also spelled
Roeder), born April 5, 1833, daughter of John Reader, of Bucks
county. He died at East Greenville, and is buried at New
Goshenhoppen Church. To Daniel Strunk and wife were born the
following children: Edwin, of Reading; Adeanianna, who married
Richard Webb, of Bethlehem, Pa.; Milton R.; Cornelius, of
Boyertown; Emma Jane, who died in infancy; and Laura, who died aged
six years.

Milton R. Strunk, son of Daniel, attended the
common schools of his district, and at the age of eighteen began
learning the carriage builder’s trade at Spinnerstown, Bucks
county. This engaged his attention for sixteen years. In the fall
of 1893 he became general superintendent of the Boyertown Casket
Company, a position in which he is still employed. In 1892-1893 he
came to Boyertown, and in 1905 he built a modern home on North
Reading avenue.

Mr. Strunk is a broad-minded businessman, and is
a man of large business capacity. When he took charge of the casket
factory there were employed only about forty men, and now the
number is over three hundred. It is the leading industry in lower
Berks county.

On Jan. 31, 1880, Mr. Strunk married Catharine
C. Breisch, daughter of William and Barbara (Clymer) Breisch. of
Milford township, Bucks county. They have no children of their own,
but have an adopted daughter, Sadie. Mr. and Mrs. Strunk are
members of the Reformed Church of the Good Shepherd and he has
served it in official capacity. They are highly esteemed in the
community.

STUMP
FAMILY

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Surnames: STUMP, MAURER, KLINGEMAN, EBERT, HANDWORK, HEINTZLEMAN,
LEIBENSPERGER, FETHEROLF, KIEFER, HENGEY, BRENTZINGER, DE LONG,
HEFFNER, SWOYER, SHOFER

The Stump family, now represented in Maxatawny township, Berks
county, by Calvin S. Stump, a successful teacher in he public
schools, and Jacob H. Stump, his brother, a leading undertaker, is
one of the oldest in this part of the State.

(1) Henry George Stump emigrated from his home in Germany when he
was twenty-eight years of age, crossing the Atlantic on the ship
“Edinburgh” and landing at Philadelphia, Oct. 2, 1753. A land
warrant dated Sept. 4, 1754 shows that George Stump purchased from
Philip Maurer a tract of 200 acres (by estimation) of land, located
in Albany township, Berks county, for 575 pounds “of lawful money
to him in hand given.” This warrant which appears in Deed Book 7,
Page 12, was not recorded until Nov. 6, 1778. In 1759 when the
first tax of Albany township was levied, William Stump paid five
pounds; and Daniel Stump is given on the same list as being under
twenty-one years old. These two, William and Daniel, may have been
sons of the emigrant, Henry George; but of two of his sons, John
and Henry, there is definite record.

(II) John Stump, son of Henry George, had four sons, Jonas, Samuel,
Daniel and Amos, and these all settled down to pioneer life in
Albany township.

(III) Jonas Stump, son of John, became the father of three sons,
Benjamin, Samuel and Henry.

(IV) Henry Stump, son of Jonas, was born in Albany township, Jan.
6, 1825, and died in Lynn township, Lehigh county., Oct. 23, 1890,
where for some time he had been engaged in farming. He married
Rachel Klingeman, daughter of Michael Klingeman, and they had
children as follows; Emanuel; John K.; Elias P. m. Alice Ebert;
Emma m. Moses Handwork, and died at Kutztown, Oct 3, 1907; James
died aged twenty-eight years; Daniel m. Jane Heintzleman; and Mary
died aged thirty years.

(V) John K. Stump, son of Henry, was born in Albany township, Berks
county, Nov. 25, 1853. He is one of the best known residents of
Maxatawny township where he resides in a pleasant home built by
himself on Park avenue, Kutztown, adjoining the home of his son,
Calvin S. In building this home Jr. Stump made use of the lumber of
the historic old “Watch Haus” which was erected prior to 1760 on
his grandfather’s property in Albany township as a protection for
the pioneer settlers against the Indians. By trade John K. Stump is
a carpenter, and at this he has worked all his life with the
exception of about fifteen years which he devoted to farming. At
the present time he is interested in the manufacture of cement
building blocks. In 1875 he married Catherine Leibensperger,
daughter of Jacob and Caroline (Fetherolf) Leibensperger,
granddaughter of Jonathan Liebensperger, and great-granddaughter of
Mathias Liebensperger. To John K. Stump and wife were born children
as follows: Calvin S.; Ellen Jane, who is running a successful
millinery business at the Park avenue home; Jacob H.; Curtin D., a
graduate of the Ruourard Training School for Embalmers, New York
City, and the holder of a New York State License as embalmer, and
now engaged as an undertaker and embalmer at Fleetwood (he m. Alice
Kiefer); Alfred M., a graduate of the Keystone State Normal School
class of 1903, and of Muhlenberg College, class of 1908, and now a
student at Mt. Airy Theological Seminary, Philadelphia; Clara, who
is engaged in dressmaking at home; and James W., now (1909) a
junior at the Keystone State Normal School.

(VI) Calvin S. Stump attended the public schools of Albany
township, and later the Keystone State Normal School, from which he
graduated in June, 1901. In the fall of 1897 he began teaching
school in Albany township, and after his graduation, he taught the
Lyons grammar school for four terms, the Eagle Point school one
term, and the home school at Swoyer’s the past three years, and he
has the reputation of being a through instructor.

On Dec. 25, 1903, Mr. Stump married Mamie Hengey, daughter of
Wilson and Elizabeth (Brentzinger) Hengey, and granddaughter of
Reuben Hengey. She was the eldest of her father’s children, the
others being Minnie and Stella. Mr. and Mrs. Stump have a daughter,
Norma Grace, born Oct. 26, 1906. Mr. Stump is a member of Lodge No.
634, I. O. O. F., of Lyons; the Jr. O. U. A. M. No. 1004; and the
K. O. T. M., of Kutztown. He and his wife are consistent members of
the Maxatawny Lutheran (Zion) Church, where he was confirmed. In
politics he is a Democrat, and like his grandfather, father and
brothers, seldom fails to cast his ballot on election day to aid in
that party’s success.

(VI) Jacob H. Stump, the leading undertaker of Kutztown, was born
Jan. 17, 1881, in the old Watch House mentioned above. When he was
a year old his parents moved into Maxatawny township, located near
Shofer’s postoffice. He was reared on the home farm, and commenced
his education in the local schools, completing it at the Keystone
State Normal School. After leaving school he learned cabinet making
with Tilghman De Long at Topton, Pa., in whose employ he remained
for two and one half years. Then he went to New York City, and
attended the U. S. School for Embalming, from which he graduated
with high standing, April 19, 1902, and in the same year he came to
Kutztown. He embarked in he undertaking business and by close and
careful attention to every part of his business, he has won the
confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens and is firmly
established as a business man. He is a member of the State
Undertakers Association, and has held a license since 1906.

On April 3, 1903, Mr. Stump married Mattie Z. Heffner, daughter of
Levi and Hettie (Stump) Heffner (See Heffner family history
elsewhere). To this union has been born one daughter, Edna Mae. Mr.
Stump is a Lutheran member of Maxatawny Zion Church, and Mrs. Stump
belongs to St. John’s Church, Kutztown (Reformed). Mr. Stump is
fraternally connected with I. O. O. F., No. 634, Lyons; K. G. E. ,
No. 70, Kutztown; and Jr. O. U. A. M., No. 1004, Kutztown.

STUMP,
FRANKLIN S.

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Surnames: STUMP, MILLER, BAUSHER, LEIBY, ZETTLEMOYER, DIETRICH,
GREENAWALT, ACKER, KISTLER, HOLLENBACH, YENSER, OLDS, BOND, KUNKLE,
LEVAN, SNYDER, KERN, FOOS, WILL, BRUNNER, STEINBRUCK

Franklin S. Stump, a highly esteemed citizen and representative
farmer of Albany township, Berks Co., Pa., he operates an excellent
farm of 148 acres, was born Sept. 26,1862, in Albany township,
Berks county, son of Nathan and Mary (Miller) Stump.

John and Elizabeth (Bausher) Stump, the
great-grandparents of Franklin S. Stump, are buried at Dunkel’s
Church, where many of the family name are now at rest. Their son
Samuel, born Oct. 16,1794, died March 5, 1864, married Rachel
Leiby, born April 15, 1801, died May 22, 1875, daughter of Daniel
and Elizabeth Leiby. Samuel and Rachel Stump had children: Aaron m.
(first) Elizabeth Zettelmoyer, (second) Ann Dietrich; Nathan;
Samuel m. (first) Sallie Greenawalt, (second) Amanda Acker; John;
Joel m. (first) Mary A. Dietrich, (second) Julia Kistler; Mary m.
Isaac Miller; Leah m. Moses Greenawalt; Elizabeth m. Nathan
Dietrich; Joseph m. Hettie Hollenbach; Gideon m. Katie Yenser;
Moses m. a Miss Olds; Catherine A. m. Edwin Bond; Charles; Peter m.
Elizabeth Kunkle; and Daniel.

Nathan Stump, father of Franklin S., was born in
Berks county, Nov. 29, 1823, and m. (first) Elizabeth Miller, by
whom he had two children: Sarah, born Feb. 21, 1847, m. Alfred S.
Miller; and Mary E., born July 28, 1848, m. William Levan, and died
in 1905. Mr. Stump m. (second) Mary Miller, born Feb. 1, 1833, died
June 21, 1882, daughter of Isaac (1804-1855) and Hannah Miller. To
the second marriage of Mr. Stump there were born five children:
John, born Sept. 1, 1860, m. Emma Leiby; Franklin S.; Ella, born
March 11, 1867, m. Nathan Snyder; Charles R., born March 19, 1871,
died Aug. 29,1877; and Amanda, born July 9, 1874, m. Lewis Kern.
Mr. Stump m. (third) Sybilla Miller. Although the three wives all
bore the same name they were no relation.

Franklin S. Stump was educated in the public
schools of his native township and the Keystone State Normal
School, and for ten terms thereafter, nine in Berks and one in
Schuylkill county, he was engaged in school teaching. Subsequently,
however, he embarked in agricultural pursuits, and he is now
engaged therein, being a modern, practical farmer. With his family
he attends the Lutheran Church at Lenhartsville.

In 1885 Mr. Stump married Mary Ann Bausher, born
in 1865, daughter of Simon and Anna (Dietrich) Bausher,
granddaughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Foos) Bausher and
great-granddaughter of Philip Bausher on the paternal side, and
granddaughter of Michael and Hannah (Will) Dietrich, great
granddaughter of Johan Michael and Sophia (Brunner) Dietrich, and
great-great-grand daughter of Adam and Maria Barbara (Steinbruck)
Dietrich on the maternal side. Mrs. Stump’s father was born Nov. 2,
1841, and her mother March 9, 1841.

Mr. and Mrs. Stump are the parents of ten
children, as follows: Gertie, born Dec. 10, 1885; Robert, May 9,
1887; Mamie, Dec. 9, 1888; George, Aug. 21, 1890 (died April 17.
1892): Annie April 3, 1892; Cora, March 26, 1894; Edna, Nov. 8,
1897; Helen, Aug. 25, 1899; William, July 15,1901; and Harvey, July
2, 19O3.

STUMP, HENRY
L.

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Surnames: STUMP, BROBST, DENNIS, ZIMMERMAN, LANDIS, MILLER,
WESSNER, STEIN, BRUNNER, DETURCK, KEMP, SMITH, HARTLINE, HAINES,
YODER, FIERING, RHOADS

Henry L. Stump, proprietor of the “Oley Valley Hotel” at
Friedensburg, and one of the best-known and most popular men of
Oley township, was born in Albany township, Berks county, April 15,
1862, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Brobst) Stump, and member of a
family known here for an hundred and more years.

Jonas Stump, grandfather of Henry L., was born
in Albany township, this county, Aug. 30, 1789, and he was engaged
in farming in his native township until his death, Oct. 1, 1857, in
his sixty-ninth year. He married Mary Brobst, born Dec. 4, 1791,
died March 19, 1869. They were both buried at the New Jerusalem
Church. Their children were: Benjamin, Samuel, Heinrich, Elizabeth
(married Abraham Dennis), Sallie (married Michael Zimmerman),
Catharine (married John Landis), Annie (married William Miller),
Lydia (married John Wessner), Maria (married Michael Stein) and
Sophia (died unmarried).

Samuel Stump, son of Jonas, was born on his
father’s farm in Albany township March 25, 1817, and died there
Nov. 13, 1893, aged seventy-six years, seven months, eighteen days;
he is buried at New Jerusalem Church, of which he was an official
Lutheran member. He owned a good farm of seventy acres, to which he
gave his attention, this now being owned by his son Henry L. In
1842 he married Elizabeth Brobst, born in 1825, died in 1866, and
they had fourteen children: Catharine, Sarah, Tilghman, Seniah,
Emma, John B., James, Rebecca and Louisa (twins), Henry L.,
Isabella, and three, Charles, Samuel and Amanda, who all died young
and were buried at New Jerusalem Church.

Henry L. Stump attended the common schools of
his native district and worked for his parents until he was about
twenty-one years old. When he first left home he went to Boyertown,
and there clerked in the grocery store of Samuel Brunner for a
year, at the end of that time going to Delaware county, Pa., where
for three years he was engaged at farm work.

He then returned to Albany township, and again
worked on his father’s farm. In 1888 he entered the hotel business
at Kempton, where he successfully conducted the “Kempton House” for
fourteen years, establishing a good reputation with the traveling
public. His well laden tables, good service and clean rooms appeal
to the tired traveler and when he left Kempton in the spring of
1902, it was to become the proprietor of the “Washington House,” on
South Seventh street, Reading, where he remained for one and a half
years, but owing to the difficulty of obtaining good help at that
point he sold out. In a short time he assumed charge of the “Oley
Valley House,” at Friedensburg, and this he has been successfully
conducting ever since, enjoying in a high degree the goodwill and
respect of the community.

Mr. Stump is a progressive and up-to-date
business man, and he is interested in whatever will benefit his
town and county. He was one of the organizers and is a member of
the board of directors of the Oley Hosiery Mills, where some thirty
hands are employed; and he was also one of the organizers and is a
director of the First National Bank of Oley, a very prosperous
financial institution. Mr. Stump is a well-known sportsman, being a
fisherman and hunter of some repute. In 1890 he caught the first
large carp ever caught in the Ontelaunee, this weighing sixteen
pounds. In 1905, with four other sportsmen, Mr. Stump made a trip
to Virginia and killed three deer. In the fall of 1906, with five
others, he made a trip to Center county, where four deer were shot,
Mr. Stump shooting a buck weighing two hundred pounds, which he has
mounted and on exhibition in his hotel. The meat he had roasted and
served to two hundred friends. In 1908 he and six other sportsmen
made another trip to Center county and killed two deer, Mr. Stump
killing one.

Fraternally Mr. Stump is a member of Suyeto
Tribe, No. 477, I. O. R. M., of Oley; Castle No. 119, K. G. E.;
Council No. 544, American Mechanics, Kempton (of which he is a
charter member), and Aerie No. 66, F. O. E., Reading.

John B. Stump a prosperous farmer near
Friedensburg, Oley township, was born in Albany township, Aug. 6,
1853, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Brobst) Stump. His early
training was all along the line of farm work, and he gave his
services to his parents until he was about twenty years old. He
then lived out among the farmers of Albany and Upper Bern townships
for four years. In 1874 he came to Oley and he continued working
for others until 1892, when he began for himself. Since 1904 he has
lived at his present place, which is the property of Susan DeTurck,
and is known as the old Kemp farm in Oley, the house being erected
by Jacob Kemp in 1757 and still in a good condition. Another built
by J. and Catharine Kemp in 1809 stands on the same farm. Mr. Stump
is interested in good stock, and at the present time has six
horses, six mules and twenty-seven head of cattle. His farm is kept
in good condition and he shows his ability to get good results from
his labors.

On Jan. 20, 1874, Mr. Stump married, in Oley,
Amanda Smith, daughter of Isaac and Susan (Hartline) Smith, and
they have had children: Edwin, of Reading, married Annie Haines;
Charles, of Oley township, married Laura Yoder; Andrew, of
Friedensburg, married Amanda Fiering; George and Maurice are at
home; Ella married Isaac Rhoads, of Friedensburg; Miss Sadie is at
home.

Isaac Smith, father of Mrs. Stump, was the
father of four children: Mary Ann, Ezra, Amanda and John.

Jacob Smith, father of Isaac, lived in Earl
township. He married Mary Yoder, and their children were: Mary,
Lizzie, Susanna, John, Jacob, Isaac and Abraham.

STUMP, JOHN
B.

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Surnames: STUMP, BENNETSCH, WEISER, SCHEUER, LEINEWEBER, MARIS,
BUSH, FRYMER, STRICKLER, MERKEY, BOYER, RICHARDSON, MILLER,
KALBACH, STOUDT, WERHEIM, DUNDORE, GRUBER, FILBERT, LENGEL,
HIMMELBERGER, FISHER, LAMM, GELSINGER, BALSLEY, FROMM, FAHR,
BROSSMAN, TEXTER, HAAK, ALTHOUSE, GRAEFF, BEIBER, COLLINS,
FAHRENBACH, KULP, BROWN

John B. Stump. Among the old and honored families of Berks county,
Pa., who have been identified with the agricultural interests of
this section for many years, may be mentioned that of Stump, of
which John B. Stump, a highly respected citizen and retired
agriculturist of North Heidelberg township, is a worthy
representative. He was born in North Heidelberg township, Dec. 5,
1833, son of Daniel and Maria Magdalena (Bennetsch) Stump.

Christopher Stump, one of the pioneers of
Heidelberg township, Berks county, was a man of remarkable physical
strength, and over six feet in stature. He accompanied Conrad
Weiser to the midwinter Indian conference of the Six Nations in
northern New York. He was twice married, and had sixteen children,
in all, among them being two Susannas, two Margarets, two
Catharines and two Christophers. He owned several slaves, according
to his will, which was made Feb. 28, 1769, and in which he is
mentioned as Christopher Stump, von Heidelberg township, Lancaster
(now Lebanon) county. He left the eldest son one shilling as his
birthright. The second son, Frederick, is doubtless the celebrated
founder of Fredericksburg, Lebanon county, formerly Stumpstown,
founded in 1758, whose questionable escapades there made him flee
his native heath, to appear later in the wilds of Tennessee as a
pioneer. It is said he left his neighborhood because he had
despatched an Indian. In 1780 we find him at Nashville, Tenn.,
where that backwoods Commonwealth was formed. Several German names
appear among the signatures to the Compact of government, among
them Jacob Stump, afterward “killed by Indians in his field while
father, ‘Old Fred Stump,’ just escaped with his life by running.”
“By sure, I did run dat time,” the old German was wont to say,
looking back upon his experience! He was a miller here later, but
by this episode it would seem that the vengeance of the Red men
followed him, if indeed this is our Stumpstown Stump, as is very
plausible.

The children of Christopher Stump were: George
Adam (who received 100 as well as the shilling mentioned as his
birthright), Frederick, Christopher, Maria (m. Johannes Scheuer),
Susanna (m. John Leineweber), Margaret (m. Ludwig Maris), Catharina
(m. Georg Adam Bush), Henry, Magdalene (m. William Frymer),
Susanna, Catharina (m. Leonhart Strickler), Juliana, Margaret,
Leonhart and Christopher (who received the homestead in Heidelberg
township of 270 acres), and Michael (who received 230 acres of land
over the Blue Mountain, on the Mahanoy creek, which was patented
land, so the deed says).

The estate of Christopher Stump was very large,
most of the sons receiving 100 each, while the daughters received
but 50. This incident, bequesting the daughters only one-half the
sum given the sons, would seem to confirm the impression that
female members in the pioneer families were regarded as less
valuable than the male members.

Johannes Stump, the great-grandfather of John
B., was born in 1746. He was a farmer, and took up land along the
Tulpehocken creek, in North Heidelberg township, where he died in
1822. He is buried on the homestead, in a private burial-ground,
where many of the family name sleep their last sleep. His children
included Samuel, Benjamin, John and another son, the latter two of
whom settled in Ohio. Samuel Stump and John Merkey, the latter
possibly a son-in-law of Johannes, settled up Mr. Stump’s estate.
The family were Dunkards in their religious faith.

Johannes Stump had a brother Casper, who had
settled across the Tulpehocken, in what is now Jefferson township,
where in 1759 he paid L20 tax, being a large landowner. There is no
record that Casper Stump left any descendants, and if he did they
left this section as young men.

Benjamin Stump, the grandfather of John B., was
born Dec. 5, 1779, and died on his large farm near North Heidelberg
post-office Jan. 10, 1841, aged sixty-one years, one month, five
days. He married Magdalena Boyer, daughter of Abraham Boyer, and
their children were: William, born in 1807, who died in 1825;
Daniel; Molly, who married Joseph Richardson; Sally, who married
Matthias Miller; and Eliza, who married Joseph Kalbach.

Daniel Stump, father of John B., was born on the
old homestead near the line of Jefferson, in North Heidelberg
township, April 21, 1805, and died April 24, 1875, aged seventy
years, three days; he was buried at the Corner Church, of which he
was a Lutheran member. He was a lifelong farmer, owning a tract of
200 acres, and for many years was supervisor of his district. Mr.
Stump married Maria Magdalena Bennetsch, daughter of Heinrich
Bennetsch, and they had these children: William, who had Jonathan
(the father of Milton L. and William B.), Henry and James; a
daughter who died in infancy; Adam, who was the father of Levi;
John B.; Amanda, who married Adam Stoudt; Isaac, who was the father
of Charles, who went West; Henry, who died young; Benjamin, born in
1840, who died in infancy; and Daniel, of Robesonia, who is the
father of Adam of Bernville.

John B. Stump was reared upon the home farm, and
when twenty-four years of age began operating a tract of seventy
acres, to which he added ten acres. On that property he spent
nineteen years. In 1877 he removed to the old Werheim farm, later
known as the Dundore and still later as the Miller farm, Mr. Stump
purchasing it from a Miller, and here he resided until the spring
of 1908, when he moved to his fine residence in Robesonia,
purchased by him in the fall of 1907. The farm on which Mr. Stump
spent thirty-one years consists of ninety-six acres; he also owned
another, of 112 acres, in North Heidelberg township. All three of
his farms are tenanted, two of them by his sons.

In politics Mr. Stump is a Democrat. He and his
family are members of St. Daniel’s Lutheran Church, of which he was
deacon and trustee, and he helped to purchase the cemetery. He is
greatly respected in his district, where he has lived a clean,
upright and honorable life. He and his wife are in comfortable
circumstances, and the sunset of their lives is a happy one.

Mr. Stump married Amelia Gruber, daughter of
Emanuel Gruber, and to them have been born ten children: (1)Adam G.
Stump is mentioned at length below. (2)Isabella married John
Filbert, of near Robesonia (3)Ida married James Lengel, of Reading.
(4)Henry G. Stump, born July 14, 1865, has been a lifelong farmer.
He operated one of his father’s farms for several years and then
bought the farm known as Arthur Himmelberger’s farm, in Heidelberg
township, containing sixty acres, where he now resides.

He and his family are members of St. Daniel’s
(Corner) Church, of which he was deacon for two years. In political
matters he is a Democrat. On Dec. 5, 1885, he was married to Emma
V. Fisher, daughter of John W. and Ellen (Lamm) Fisher, and to them
has been born a family of four children, Charles L., E. Mabel,
Claire A. and Le Roy U. (who died in June, 1906). Charles L., son
of Henry, married April 6, 1907, Lizzie I. Gelsinger, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gelsinger, and to them has been born one son,
Le Roy H.

(5)John S. Stump, born July 26, 1870, in North
Heidelberg township, was engaged in farming for several years on
one of his father’s farms, and now farms the J. Balsley place, near
Womelsdorf, Pa., On Dec. 25, 1890, he married Amelia Fromm,
daughter of Nathan and Lovina (Fahr) Fromm, and there have been
born to them two sons, John C. and Harry F. He and his family are
also members of St. Daniel’s (Corner) Lutheran Church, of which he
was serving as deacon for two years. He is a Democrat in political
matters and was a school director for three years in his district,
and its treasurer for one year.

(6)George D. Stump was born Feb. 10, 1873, in
North Heidelberg township. In 1896 he engaged on his own account in
farming on one of his father’s farms.

He is a Democrat in political matters, served as
committeeman for two years in his district, and was several times a
delegate to the county convention.

He and his family are members of St. Daniel’s
Lutheran Church, of which he was a deacon two years. On June 1,
1895, he was married to Katie Brossman, daughter of Jared and
Catherine (Kalbach) Brossman, and to them three children have been
born, Raymond, Varia and Eugene.

(7)Cora married Harry Kalbach, of Reading.
(8)Katie died when three years old. (9)Maggie married John Lengel,
of Reading. (10)Wallace Stump was born March 21, 1882, in North
Heidelberg township, and was reared on his father’s farm, where he
remained until of age, when he left for Reading and secured
employment in Van Reed’s Paper Mill. On May 17, 1902, he was
married to Mary E. Texter, and to them have been born three
children, Elizabeth May, Sadie Amelia Ellen, and one son, who died
in infancy. Mr. Stump was a member of St. Daniel’s (Corner) Church,
until a year ago, when he joined the Hain’s Church, near
Wernersville, Pa. In political matters he is a Democrat.

Adam G. Stump, one of the prominent
agriculturists of North Heidelberg township, was born July 2, 1858,
son of John B. Stump. He attended the common schools of his
district, which he left at the age of sixteen years, when he
commenced working for his parents. In 1880 he engaged in farming on
his own account on his father’s farm in North Heidelberg township,
residing there eight years, at the end of which time he purchased
twenty-five acres of good land, on which he built a new barn, 30×56
feet, in 1903. Here he has carried on operations to the present
time, and has met with much success, being ranked with the
substantial men of his township. He is a Democrat in political
matters, and in addition to being a member of the school board
served as treasurer of that body for three years. He and his family
are members of St. Daniel’s (Corner) Church, of which he was deacon
two years, elder for four years, trustee three years, and president
two years. Among Mr. Stump’s valued possessions is an old
“grandfather” clock, made in 1829, which belonged to Jonathan Haak.
Michael Gruber, grandfather of Mrs. Stump, bought it at the
Jonathan Haak sale, and it then came into the possession of Mrs.
Stump in 1888.

On Aug. 30, 1879, Mr. Stump was married to Clara
M. Althouse, daughter of Reuben and Henrietta (Gruber) Althouse. To
Mr. and Mrs. Adam G. Stump have been born four children, three sons
and one daughter: Warren A., who died in infancy; Claud C., who
taught school for one term and then took up the study of pharmacy
at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, but was obliged to leave
that institution on account of ill health (he entered the White
Haven Sanatorium and after a stay of three months left for Mt.
Alto, Pa., where he now resides); Miles, a student at school; and
Verna May.

William B. Stump, an energetic and progressive young agriculturist
of North Heidelberg township, where he is serving as school
director and assessor, was born Jan. 19, 1876, in that township,
son of Jonathan E. and Anna (Graeff) Stump. As shown above he is a
grandson of William, great-grandson of Daniel, and
great-great-grandson of Benjamin (son of Johannes).

Jonathan E. Stump was born March 23, 1849, in
North Heidelberg township, on the farm of his father, William
Stump. He followed farming the major portion of his life, but
retired from agricultural pursuits in 1886, and since 1889 he has
lived in his frame house near Klopp’s store. He retains his
father’s and grandfather’s farms in that district, two fine tracts
of 110 acres each, one of which is tenanted and the other operated
by his son William B. Mr. Stump is the heaviest tax-payer of North
Heidelberg township, a most influential man of his district, and
highly respected by all who know him. He has served seven times as
delegate to county conventions; six years as school director, and
eight years as tax collector. He is a botanist of note, and has
collected and mounted many specimens of plant life. He is also a
well-known antiquarian, and has a large collection of muskets and
other interesting relics of the wars since Revolutionary days, and
his comfortable home contains many valuable paintings. He is a
Lutheran member of St. Daniel’s Church, of which he has been
treasurer for more than thirty years. He has also been treasurer of
the cemetery board since its organization, in 1880. His wife was a
member of the Reformed congregation of the same church.

Mr. Stump married Anna Graeff, born April 23,
1848, who died in October, 1903, daughter of Benjamin Graeff, a
record of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Two children were
born to this union, Milton L. and William B.

Milton L. Stump, son of Jonathan E. and Anna
(Graeff) Stump, was born Oct. 19, 1870, in North Heidelberg
township. He attended the local schools of his district and the
Bernville high school, taught by Prof. Milton J. Beiber, and
Michael A. Gruber. In the spring of 1890 he entered the store of
Klopp & Kalbach, dealers in general merchandise and farming
implements, as clerk, and there he has been engaged ever since. He
is a Democrat in political matters and is at present an auditor in
his district. He is a member of St. Daniel’s (Corner) Lutheran
Church, serving two years as deacon, four as elder, and now as
secretary, which office he has held since 1904.

On April 13, 1895, Mr. Stump was married to
Alice E. Collins, daughter of Dr. Owen E. and Joanna (Fahrenbach)
Collins, of Obold, Pa. They live with his father. Mrs. Stump was a
school teacher for four consecutive terms and one spring term – two
terms in Geigertown (Robeson township), one term in North
Heidelberg township, and one term at Obold, in Penn township.

William B. Stump attended the local schools and
Bernville high school, which was then taught by Profs. M. A. Gruber
and Theodore Kulp, and worked for his parents until he was of age.
In the spring of 1898, he commenced operations on his grandfather’s
farm, a tract of 110 acres, on which a barn was erected in 1843 by
Daniel Stump. The house, one part of which is constructed of logs,
stands over a strong, excellent spring of water, this having been a
custom of the pioneer settlers, as a precaution in case of siege by
the Indians, as well as for convenience. He is an energetic and
industrious farmer, operates his property by the most up-to-date
methods, and has eight horses, four mules and twenty head of
cattle.

Mr. Stump is one of the stanch Democrats of his
district, and has always been active in the ranks of his party. He
has held various local elective offices, and in the spring of 1907
he was elected a school director of North Heidelberg township, now
serving in the capacity of president of the board; in the spring of
1908 he was elected to the office of assessor. With his family he
attends St. Daniel’s (Corner) Church, of which he has been a
deacon.

In 1896 William B. Stump was married to Laura F.
Brown, the estimable daughter of the late Samuel L. and Catherine
(Fisher) Brown, prominent agricultural people of Heidelberg
township, and to this union have been born two daughters: Anna
Catherine, born March 11, 1897, and Dorothy Hannah, born Christmas
Day, Dec. 25, 1907, and baptized Easter Sunday, 1908. Mr. and Mrs.
Stump are well known in North Heidelberg township, where they are
held in the highest esteem and have many warm friends.

STUPP, AARON
S.

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Surnames: STUPP, STUP, LECHNER, STEIN, WEISER, LAUCKS, BATTORFF,
SCHNEIDER, HAIN, ECKERT, KELLER, HIBSHMAN, REINHOLD, LEISS, MILLER,
PEIFFER, BEHNEY, PLEIS

Aaron S. Stupp, of Reading, who has lived on Front Street since
1901, was born Nov. 28. 1861, in Marion township, Berks county, son
of William and Elizabeth (Lechner) Stupp.

Martin Stupp (Stup), the ancestor of this
family, was one of the early Tulpehocken settlers, coming thither
from the Schoharie, in New York. He died in the early part of 1755,
and his will was probated March 18th of that year by Peter Stein
and Samuel Weiser, on the oath of Conrad Weiser the great patriot
and Indian interpreter. The executors of this will, which was a
German document, were his wife Susanna Stupp, Abraham Laucks and
Martin Battorff. A daughter, Magdalena Stup, was married according
to the records of Christ’s Church at Stouchsburg, Pa., Nov. 13,
1748, to Abraham Schneider, who was a son of George Daniel
Schneider, the ancestor of that numerous family.

Leonard Stupp, the great-grandfather of Aaron
S., died at his farm, and is buried at the Corner Church. He owned
300 acres of valuable land in Heidelberg township, where he spent
all of his life engaged in agricultural pursuits. His children
were: Eva, who married Benjamin Hain; and Johannes.

John (Johannes) Stupp, the grandfather of Aaron
S., died at the old farm, on which he had spent all his life, in
farming. He was buried at the Corner Church, of which he was a
member. He married Sarah, daughter of John Eckert, and they had
these children: John died single, aged eighty-three years; Ezra, of
Myerstown, is eighty-two years old; Beckie m. Jacob Keller, and is
eighty; William; James m. Hannah Hibshman; Mary m. Jesse Reinhold;
Eliza m. Joseph Leiss; Susan m. Lewis Miller; and two children died
young.

William Stupp, father of Aaron S., was born in
1834, and died Nov. 9,1906, being buried at Christ Evangelical
Lutheran Church, beside his wife. He was a farmer by occupation,
and owned the old, homestead of ninety-three acres in Marion
township. In earlier life Mr. Stupp was an official of the Corner
Church, but later became a member of the Tulpehocken Church. He
married Elizabeth Lechner, and they had two children: Morris J. and
Aaron S.

Aaron S. Stupp was reared to agricultural
pursuits, and worked for his parents until reaching his majority,
when for three years he engaged in farming on his own account on
the homestead in Marion township, and in 1887 went to Stouchsburg,
where he engaged in the restaurant business and also conducted a
saloon for one year. For three years he lived with his father in
Marion township, and in 1901 he came to Reading, where he has since
been employed in a cigar factory. He now resides in his own
residence at No. 267 North Front street, which he purchased in the
spring of 1907. Mr. Stupp is a Republican in politics. He and his
family are members of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Marion
township, where the family have a nice burial lot and large
monument. Fraternally he is connected with the Ancient Order of
Good Fellows No. 42, and the P.0.S. of A. No. 237, both of
Stouchsburg, and the Order of Progressive Americans No. 1. of
Reading.

In 1881 Mr. Stupp married Sallie Peiffer,
daughter of Edward and Caroline (Behney) Peiffer. Their children
are: Carrie L. m. Albert B. Pleis, a painter of Reading; Howard F.,
a salesman of Reading; and Grant U., a barber of Reading.

SUENDER, GEORGE C.

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Surnames: SUENDER, EISENHART, SCHWENK, BAST, KRAMER, FRAME, CLOUS,
KAUFMAN, SHEIDY, MENGES, HEILIG, DERSCH

George C. Suender, who resides at No. 1230 North Twelfth street,
Reading, Pa., has served as ward assessor of the city for the past
seventeen years. Mr. Suender was born in 1845, in Saxony, Germany,
son of George and Catherine D. (Eisenhart) Suender.

George Suender was a spinner by trade, an
occupation which he followed in his native country, and in 1847
emigrated to America on the ship “Louisa Maria,” Capt. Lew Schwenk,
landing May 7th, of that year, after a stormy voyage of seven
weeks, at Philadelphia. After coming to this country Mr. Suender
engaged in common laboring and huckstering, and in these
occupations continued until his death in 1890, at the age of
seventy-two years, his widow surviving until 1903, when he passed
away, being eighty-four years old. They were the parents of
children as follows: George C.; Charles, M. D., deceased;
Catherine, m. to Charles Bast; and Louisa, m. to George Kramer. In
religious belief the family were Reformed. In 1856 Mr. Suender was
naturalized, and became a stanch Democrat.

George C. Suender received his education in the
schools of Berks county, attending pay schools in Bern township and
Freeland Seminary, and after leaving the latter institution taught
school for five years. In 1868 he commenced farming, continuing
thereat until 1870, when he embarked in the livery business on
Pearl, below Franklin street, Reading. One year later he sold out
to engage in the flour and feed business with William Frame, and
shortly thereafter accepted a position with William T. Clous &
Son, ice dealers. In 1880, Mr. Suender engaged in the milk
business, and this he carried on until April 30, 1907, when he sold
out. Mr. Suender has been prominent not only in business, but in
political circles as well. He has long been a stanch adherent of
Democratic principles in this section, was school director for six
years, and for the past seventeen years has served efficiently as
ward assessor. He is well known throughout the city, and has many
warm friends. Mr. Suender was married (first) to Elizabeth Kaufman,
by whom he had two children: Lillie; and Elizabeth, m. to John
Sheidy. His second marriage was to Louisa Menges, and to them there
have been born six children: Katie, m. to Elmer Heilig; Eugenia H.;
T. Howard; Charles F.; Emma, m. to John Dersch; and Vernie. The
family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

SUENDER,
JAMES W.

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Surnames: SUENDER, EISENHART, BEST, KRAMER, LINDENMUTH, LEY

James W. Suender, proprietor of the” Filbert House,” is a new
comer to Strausstown, Berks county. He is a native of Schuylkill
county, Pa., born at New Ringgold in 1870, and is of German
descent, his grandfather, George Suender, having been a native of
Germany.

George Suender was a spinner by trade, and
followed that occupation while in his native country. He emigrated
to America in 1847, on the ship “Louisa Maria,” landing at New York
May 7th of that year, after a stormy voyage of seven weeks. He
brought with him his and a small family. Settling in what was then
BIoomsburg, in Bern township, Berks Co., Pa., Mr. Suender engaged
as a laborer and hucksterer, and there remained until his death, in
1890, when he was seventy-two years old. His widow survived until
1903, reaching the age of eighty-four years. Her maiden name was
Catherine D. Eisenhart, and they were the parents of the following
named children: George C., who is a well-know citizen of Reading,
Berks county; Charles E., M. D, now deceased; Catherine, m. to
Charles Best, and now living at Leesport, Pa.; and Louisa, m. to
George Kramer. In religion this family adhered to the faith of the
Reformed Church. Mr. Suender was naturalized in 1855, and was a
staunch Democrat in political opinion. He and his wife are buried
in the Bern Church burial ground in Bern township.

Dr. Charles E Suender, father of James W., was
born in 1847 on board the vessel which brought the family to this
country, about three days before they landed. He received his early
education in the local schools in the vicinity of his boyhood home
and his professional training at the Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, graduating in 1867. He began practice at New Ringgold
Schuylkill county, and was also at Middleport, that county before
removing to Gratz, Dauphin county, where he was located until his
death in 1877. His career, thus cut short at the early age of
thirty years, was one of promise. He is buried at Gratz. Dr.
Suender married Sue Lindenmuth, daughter of Michael Lindenmuth, and
they had two children: Charles, who is now in the express business
at Mahanoy City, Pa.; and James W.

James W. Suender attended the public schools and
later a college in Iowa. Since he began life on his own account he
has been engaged for the most part traveling for the McCormick
Machine Company, by which concern he was employed for a period of
eighteen years, his district including twenty-six States. Tiring of
this business, however, he located for a time at Pine Grove.
Schuylkill county, and in 1908 came to his present location at
Strausstown town, embarking in the hotel business. His house has
twenty rooms, and though he is comparatively new to the hotel
business he has a familiarity with the demands of the traveling
public which well equips him for the position of host. He is
courteous and attentive to the wants of his patrons and his house
bids fair to become both popular and profitable. Socially Mr.
Suender is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. He is a Republican in
political sentiment but not active in such matters.

Mr. Suender married Lida Ley, and they have had
one child, Lavinia. Mrs. Suender is a daughter of William Ley,
granddaughter of Christian Ley, and great-granddaughter of an early
resident of Berks county, in that part of the county now included
in Lebanon. He owned a fine farm, a place now the object of popular
interest, General Washington having stopped there in Colonial
times.

SULLENBERGER, HENRY M.

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Surnames: SULLENBERGER, MILLER, ALBRIGHT, EGE, BRINKEL, IRVINE,
CROCKETT, REBER, KEIM, WOLFE, KERSCHER, KLEINGINNA, HAAK, SHEARER

Henry M. Sullenberger, a truck farmer and representative man of
Bern township, Berks Co., Pa., was born in Millersburg, Berks Co.,
Pa., in Bethel township, April 9, 1848, son of Samuel and Sarah
(Miller) Sullenberger, and grandson of Samuel, Sr., and Maria
(Albright) Sullenberger.

Samuel Sullenberger, Sr., became the father of
the flowing children: John; Joseph; Abraham and Samuel, all of whom
lived in Cumberland county. The Sullenberger family name has been
upon the records of Cumberland county for over a century. Like many
of the early settlers, the Sullenbergers came from Lancaster
county. John Sullenberger, a brother of Samuel, Sr., was a resident
of that portion of Allen township, now Monroe, as early as 1799,
record appearing of that date taxing him for both real and personal
property. Therefore it is reasonable to suppose that he had settled
there prior to 1799, for the records show that on May 21, 1795,
Michael Ege conveyed to John Sullenberger 132 acres of land
adjoining lands of George Brinkel, Samuel Irvine and heirs of James
Crockett. This land lies on the eastern slope of the Stony Ridge in
Monroe township, and is still in the family.

Samuel Sullenberger, Jr., was born Oct. 17,
1803, in Cumberland county, and when a young man he clerked in a
general store. Later he became a teacher and taught school for
twenty-one years in Berks county, in both Bethel and North
Heidelberg townships, continuing in harness until two years prior
to his death, which occurred in February, 1860, in Maiden-creek
township, when he was fifty-six years old. His remains are interred
at Shoemakersville Union church. His wife Sarah was a daughter of
John Miller, of Upper Bern (now Tilden) township, Berks county. Her
death took place in April, 1894, when she was eighty-one years old.
The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sullenberger were: Mary,
widow of Francis Reber, living at Newark, N. J.; Sarah, who married
William Keim, and resides at No. 538 Eleventh street, Reading, Pa.;
Rebecca, who married William Wolfe, of Shoemakersville; Henry M.;
William, of Philadelphia; and Emma, who married James Kerscher of
Reading.

Henry M. Sullenberger attended the schools of
Bethel township, and for one session in Silver Spring township,
Cumberland county. He worked among the farmers until he attained
his majority, when he began teaching school during the winter,
continuing his farm work in the summer. Thus he continued for
twelve years, and he then engaged in boating on the canal. In 1892
he purchased his present property, where he still resides. From his
house can be obtained the best view of the surrounding country to
be found in all of Berks county. Reading can be plainly seen, as
well as the beautiful stretch of Lebanon Valley. Many visit his
home to enjoy this charming view. Mr. Sullenberger conducts his
property as a truck farm, attending the Reading markets, his stand
being No. 136 at Ninth and Buttonwood streets, and he enjoys a
large trade. His industry and business ability have placed him in
his present position, while his pleasant manner has won him many
friends.

In politics Mr. Sullenberger is a Republican,
and served as county committeeman for four years, and is now
township supervisor, acting as secretary of the board. Much of his
time has been given to his township, he being a public-spirited
man, deeply interested in the development and improvement of his
community. For many years he has been a member of Epler’s Lutheran
church, of which he is elder, and in younger days he was very
active in Sunday-school work.

In 1871 Mr. Sullenberger married Miss Henrietta
E. Kleinginna, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Haak) Kleinginna.
Their children are: Carrie, who married Robert Shearer and resides
in Muhlenberg township; Rev. John K. a graduate of the Keystone
State Normal School, class of 1892; Samuel, at home; William, who
died in 1885 aged five years.

The Rev. John K. Sullenberger taught school for
three terms, and then attended Muhlenberg College, from which he
was graduated in 1898. Later he attended Mount Airy Seminary at
Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in 1901, and he is now in
charge of Grace Lutheran church at Allentown, Pa., being generally
recognized as a young man of great promise, and an earnest and
devout clergyman.

SUMMONS,
EDWIN S.

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Surnames: SUMMONS, HENRY, PRINTZ

Edwin S. Summons, who has been extensively engaged in the plumbing
business in Reading, Pa., for nearly thirty years, is now located
at No. 209 North Sixth street. Mr. Summons was born Jan. 9, 1854,
in Reading, son of the late Samuel and Sarah (Henry) Summons.

Samuel Summons, who was formerly a prominent
farmer of Chester county, came to Berks county in 1835, and
followed the trade of carpenter. He was elected on the Democratic
ticket of Berks county to the position of county commissioner, and
he served the county during 1856-59 in that capacity. He also
served as prison inspector for a period covering twelve years.
Until its disbanding Mr. Summons was a member of Montgomery Lodge,
I. O. O. F. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, in the faith of
which he died in 1881, his wife passing away in 1903. Seven
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Summons, only two of whom
survive: Miss Mary A., resides at No. 351 North Fifth street,
Reading; and Edwin S.

Edwin S. Summons attended the schools of
Reading, and when a young man went to learn the plumber” trade, at
which he has since engaged. In 1877 he engaged in business for
himself on North Fifth street, he coming to his present place of
business in 1896. Mr. Summons married Miss Margaret A. Printz, and
they have had children as follows: Samuel, Robert, William, C.
Raymond, Walter (deceased), Sarah and Edwin. Mr. Summons is a
member of Calvary Reformed Church of Reading. In his political
views he is a Democrat, but has never sought office. Mr. Summons’
residence is at No. 413 Woodward street.