Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery FREEMAN, JAMES L. p. 578 Surnames: FREEMAN, LUFT, GERHARD, BREIDENSTEIN, BENSING, MILLER, EVANS, SCHLEGEL, SCHELL, SMITH, REINHART, LUDWIG, LAMM, GAUL, BRITTON, RATHJE, GEESEKA, HARTZ, HAFER, FLECK, BOWER, SCHMEHL, ZIEGLER, NEATOCK, GRING, ANDREW, KURTZ James L. Freeman, who carries on an extensive business in lime and fluxing … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery FOX, AARON G. p. 961 Surnames: FOX, LASH, YOCOM, HEMMIG, THOMPSON, POTTEIGER, MAURER, HEFFNER, GRAEFF, MILLER, WEITZEL, GEHRET, HUYETT, BEECHER, GAUL, HETTINGER, FISHER, KOCH, FIANT, CLAUSER, HOTTENSTEIN Aaron G. Fox was born Oct. 12, 1841, in Alsace, now Muhlenberg, township, Berks Co., Pa., and was brought … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery FOLGER, WALTER p. 1492 Surnames: FOLGER, HEMIG Walter Folger, a well-known hotel man of Reading, Pa., proprietor of the Folger hotel and cafe, on North Fifth street, was born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 13, 1866. Mr. Folger received his education in his native city, and for … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery FLICKER, AUGUSTUS S. p. 601 Surnames: FLICKER, SWAVELY, TROUT, DRAYER, CARL, BECKER, YOUNG, KISSINGER, SNYDER, GAMBLER, SPOTTS Augustus S. Flicker, deceased, known among the hotel men of Reading, Pa., and for fourteen years the proprietor of the “Merchants Hotel” of that city, was born in Oley … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery FLAIG, JOSEPH F. p. 1398 Surnames: FLAIG, HAAS, KING, SUMMER, PELTZER, LINK, FOGEL, BLANKENBILLER Joseph F. Flaig, a well-to-do resident of Reading, Pa., whose home is located at No. 226 South Twelfth street, in the Tenth ward of the city, was born Oct. 6, 1843, in … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery FISHER, J. WILMER p. 434 Surnames: JOHNSON, KEEVER, SOUDEN, ERMENTROUT Johnson Wilmer Fisher was born in Reading, June 18, A. D. 1870. Henry B. Fisher, his grandfather, was born in Oley township, Berks county, and was well known in the manufacturing world in his day. For … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery FINK, ALLEN J. (D.R.) p. 714 Surnames: FINCK, FINK, GIFT, HEFFNER, HOFFMAN, KALBACH, RAUBENHOLD, STEIN, WITHERS Dr. Allen J. Fink, formerly a druggist at Hamburg, Pa., and a very highly esteemed citizen of that borough, was born in Hamburg, Berks county, Nov. 13, 1860, son of … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery FIDLER, HENRY F. p. 1663 Surnames: FIDLER, MATHEW, MOYER, SCHAFFER, HALL, SHAFFER, SALLADA, ZIEGLER, BALSLEY, KEENER, MILLER Henry F. Fidler, a prominent citizen of the borough of Womelsdorf, Berks county, where he is engaged in an extensive cigar manufacturing business, was born there July 31, 1854, … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery FERGUSON, WILSON p. 1321 Surnames: WILSON, COLEMAN, ROBESON, GRUBB, DAVENPORT, ADAMS, HOFF, LARPER, DOOLITTLE, BROCKMIER Wilson Ferguson, treasurer of the Montello Brick Company, one of the leading industrial concerns of Reading, Pa., belongs to one of the prominent families of the state. His grandparents, John and … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery FEGLEY, AMANDUS N. (M.D.) p. 402 Surnames: FEGLEY, NYCE, FOX, DOTTS, SASSAMAN, WEIS, WILT, KOCH, HAAS Amandus N. Fegley, M. D., who has carried on the practice of medicine at Oley Church, in Oley township, Berks county, since 1871, was born Sept. 16, 1842, in Douglass … Read more