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Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery LINDENMUTH, ANSON WILLIAM (REV) p. 1646 Surnames: LINDENMUTH, KAUFFMANN, REED, NOECKER, GESCHWIND, OSENBACH, MILLER, HINKEL, KETNER, ALTHOUSE, MARBERGER, RENTSCHLER, WINTERS, HORNING, STOUDT, LEIBENSPERGER, MOLL Rev. Anson William Lindenmuth, pastor of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, comprising the Amityville-Friedensburg parish, is one of the younger of the … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery LICHTENWALLNER, JOHN p. 1450 Surnames: LICHTENWALLNER, BEAR, STETLER, LEIBENSPERGER, SHAFFER, KLINE, FOGEL, STEININGER, SMITH, MILLER, ALBRIGHT, FOLK, SCHMOYER, GERNERT, STETTLER, SCHANTZ, HUNSICKER, MEITZLER John Lichtenwallner. The Lichtenwallner family of Longswamp township traces its ancestry back to Johannes Lichtenwallner, who with his wife and one year old … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery LEWIS, CHARLES ALBERT p. 979 Surnames: LEWIS, FRANCIS, HENNINGER, HUNTER, RAPP, MUHLENBERG, YOUNG. Charles Albert Lewis who for ten years prior to his death had been a resident of Reading, Pa., was born Aug. 13, 1860, in Blue Ball, Lancaster county, son of Henry and Mary … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery LEVAN, JAMES B. p. 1388 Surnames: LEVAN, LUTZ, SHISSLER, FRIES, SMITH, KRAMER, LEIBY, HEINLY, HARTMAN, DE TURK, KISTLER, FETHEROLF, LONG, TREXLER James B. Levan, a farmer at Mountain post-office, in Albany township, Berks county, was born on the farm n which he now resides, Feb. 23, … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery LEVAN, ABRAHAM F. p. 1084 Surnames: LEVAN, DAVIS, LERCH, KEENE Abraham F. Levan, who has been living retired since 1886, at his home, midway between Jacksonwald and Esterly, was for many years engaged in agricultural pursuits in Exeter township, where he was born Jan. 18, 1841. … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery LENHART, ELMER T. p. 1680 Surnames: LENHART, HOHL, GRIM, HEMMERLY, LUTZ, TREXLER, SMITH, KOMP, MILLER Elmer T. Lenhart belonged to the recent representatives of an old and honorable family of Berks county, intimately associated with its development since the middle of the eighteenth century, Lenhartsville on … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery LEININGER, CHARLES p. 818 Surnames: LEININGER, COLEMAN, BURKHART, STITZER, BROWN Charles Leininger, hosiery manufacturer and farmer at Mohn’s Hill, was born at Fritztown, Spring township, Sept. 3, 1855, son of Joseph and Rebecca Leininger. His youth was passed on the home farm, and there he gained … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery LEINBACH, DANIEL G. p. 625 Surnames: LEINBACH, GULDIN, LEVAN, HECKLER, MALLON, EVANS, ROLLAND Daniel G. Leinbach, an aged citizen of Reading now living retired at No. 639 Pine street, was born in Exeter township, Berks county, Dec. 13, 1829, son of Frederick and Maria (Guldin) Leinbach. … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery LEINBACH, AARON S. (REV.) p. 1260 Surnames: LEINBACH, KRICK, WALBORN, DUNDORE, LOOSE, REBER, MOSSER, RUTH, HOUCK, CALL, FICHTHORN, RIESER, SCHAFFER, ARMSTRONG, SCHANTZ, BAUSMAN “Rev. Dr. Aaron Seibert Leinbach, a well-known Reformed Clergyman, who died in Reading, was a son of the late Rev. Thomas H. and … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery LEH, EPHRAIM M. p. 1463 Surnames: LEH, MUTH, REINERT, BURDEN, MAURER, BUSH, WEIDER, RITTER, WALTERS, HOUCK, GABEL, LECHNER, MOWDEY Ephraim M. Leh, a farmer in Colebrookdale township, near the Douglass township line, Berks county, was born Nov. 14, 1849, and is said to have descended from … Read more