CLARENCE JAMES SMITH (COL.) Source: Pennsylvania, A History, George P. Donehoo, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), p. 20 Surnames: Smith, Bonstein, Weiler, Leisenring, Clappison, Curtis Journalism has been the sphere of service in which Colonel Smith’s active career has centered, while his military record in war and peace is impressive. Allentown, Pennsylvania, is … Read more

JAMES K. SILLIMAN Source: Pennsylvania, A History, George P. Donehoo, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), p. 37 Surnames: Silliman, Kellar Among the most prominent citizens of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, was James K. Silliman, local financier, whose death there on June 26, 1914, in the prime of life, in his forty-sixth year, was very … Read more

WILLIAM. H. SCHOLL Source: Pennsylvania, A History, George P. Donehoo, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), p. 355 Surnames: Scholl, Herbert, Angstadt, Nauman The qualifications of Hellertown’s postmastership, those chiefly of a growing industrial and mercantile community of a very progressive people, are met in a capable manner by Mr. Scholl, whose former educational … Read more

IRVIN M. SHLATER Source: Pennsylvania, A History, George P. Donehoo, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), p. 20 Surnames: Shalter, Sailer, Guest Irvin M. Shlater, principal of the Allentown Preparatory School, was born in Tuckerton, Berks County, Pennsylvania on February 3, 1880. He was the son of Michael J. and Emma R. (Sailer) Shalter. … Read more

HENRY MELCHIOR MUHLENBERG RICHARDS Source: Pennsylvania, A History, George P. Donehoo, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), p. 169 Surnames: Richards, Garber, Weiser, Muhlenberg, Paul, Roeder, Turner, Van Leer, Bittner, Peck, Bennetch A descendant on both his father’s and his mother’s side from an ancestry of patriotic and distinguished men and women, Mr. Richards … Read more

EUGENE M. KISTLER, M.D. Source: Pennsylvania, A History, George P. Donehoo, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), p. 28 Surnames: Kistler, Peter, Horne, Harris, Shade, Nagel, Lockwood, Noyes, Clauss, Webster, Howard, Wentz, Neuweiler Prominent in the social, civic, fraternal, as well as professional life of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Dr. Eugene M. Kistler has won his … Read more

JOHN H. KEPPELMAN Source: Pennsylvania, A History, George P. Donehoo, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), p. 173 Surnames: Keppelman, Beltz, Bower, Brown, Ermentrout, Beacher, Seiders, Veasey, Wolf, Schroeder, Rowe, Frees, Arthur, Moyer Seldom is a city more deeply moved by grief than was the case in Reading on August 9, 1924, when John … Read more

JOHN ARTHUR KEPPELMAN Source: Pennsylvania, A History, George P. Donehoo, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), p. 174 Surnames: Keppelman, Arthur, Sternbergh In presenting to the public the representative men of Reading and the State of Pennsylvania, who by superior force of character and energy, together with a combination of qualities of natural ability … Read more

Biographies from Pennsylvania, A History Pennsylvania, A History was compiled by George P. Donehoo, former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission and State Librarian. The original book contained an introduction by Thomas L. Montgomery who was then Librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The book was published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. in … Read more