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William Heister Heister, William. Nephew of John and of Colonel Daniel Heister, was born in Bern Township, Berks County. He established himself in Lancaster County, where he cultivated a farm, and by his industry, honesty, and good sense, recommended himself to the popular regard. He was a member of the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses; of … Read more

William H. Livingood William H. Livingood (23d J.D., Berks), born April 5, 1837; died October 22, 1906. Admitted to the Bar January 19, 1860. He was a son of Dr. John B. Livingood, of Womelsdorf, Berks County. Four of his brothers became memnbers of the medical profession, and another, Jacob S. Livingood, seventeen years his … Read more

William C. Ludwig William C. Ludwig, Merchant, was born in Reading, Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1809. He was educated at the Reading Academy, and at the age of eighteen years came to Philadelphia and entered the dry goods house of Eckel & Warne as clerk. He remained here a year and a half, when by … Read more

William Bittler Source: History of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Volume II, By B. J. Griswold, Page 66, 1917. William Bittler has given nearly half a century of effective service in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and is one of the veteran men of this corporation in the city of Fort Wayne. Technical … Read more

William Addams Addams, William. He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; and was a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, from 1825 to 1829, and served on a Committee for the Deaf and Dumb Institutions of New York and Ohio. He was also Auditor of Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1813 and 1814; Commissioner of the County … Read more

Thomas Morris Hon. Thomas Morris, United States Senator from Ohio, was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, January 3d, 1776. He was the fifth of a family of twelve children, born to Isaac and Ruth (Henton) Morris. His mother was the daughter of a Virginia planter. The first representative of the family name came from England … Read more

Thomas Geier Source: Henry W. Ruoff, ed., Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County. Philadelphia: Rush, West and Co., Publishers, 1893, p. 694. Thomas Geier is a son of Henry and Catharine (Moyer) Geier. He was born in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, November 12, 1837. Grandfather Henry Geier was of German descent, a farmer by … Read more

Sydenham E. Ancona Ancona, Sydenham E. He was born in Warwick, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1824, and, removing to Berks County, was for several years connected with the Reading Railroad Company. He was elected in 1860 a Representative from Pennsylvania to the Thirty-seventh Congress serving on the Committees on the Militia and on Manufactures. … Read more

William Riland William Riland, Soldier of 1812, was born in Berks county, near Reading, August 19th, 1793. He is the son of Andrew Riland, a miller. He was brought up on a farm, about twelve miles from Philadelphia, and, at the age of sixteen years, went to work at the trade of blacksmithing, at Chestnut … Read more

William Muhlenberg Hiester William Muhlenberg Hiester, Lawyer, was born at Reading, Berks county, Pennsylvania, May 15th, 1818. He is a son of the late Dr. Isaac Hiester, for many years a distinguished physician of Reading, and grandson, on the maternal side, of General Peter Muhlenberg of revolutionary renown. His mother, Hetty Muhlenberg, was the last … Read more