James Barber Krause Son and grandson of ministers of the Evangelical Association of America, James B. Krause inherited his professional instincts from worthy sources, and in his achievement at the bar and in business has brought no reproach to their honored names. He is a great-grandson of Christian Krause, whose ancestor, either John or Jacob … Read more

James B. Hunter James B. Hunter, county commissioner of Montgomery county, was born in Berks county, Pa., September 23, 1841, His parents were Jacob and Matilda (Boyer) Hunter, both of whom were natives of Berks county, Pa., and who, in 1852, brought their family to Ohio, locating in Jefferson township, Montgomery county. They are now … Read more

John D. Jones John D. Jones, was born near Morgantown, in Berks county, Pennsylvania, on the 9th of December, 1797, and was the son of John and Elizabeth Jones, being paternally of Welsh ancestry, as his name would indicate, with a mixture of Scotch-Irish blood, derived by maternal descent. His great-grandfather, David Jones, came to … Read more

John Bortz BORTZ, JOHN, came from Berks Co. about 1890. He is a carpenter and has charge of all the bridges and the stations on the S. & S. and Mine Hill divisions of the P. & R. R.R. He has his own home. He has one daughter who is clerk in the Pine Grove … Read more

John Bergen Stevens For nearly two decades John Bergen Stevens has practiced law at the Berks county (Pennsylvania) bar, the twentieth century finding him still a law student under the preceptorship of his honored father, Garrett Barcalow Stevens, who for thirty-nine years (1872-1911) practiced at the same bar to which his son was admitted in … Read more

John Barr Came from Berks Co., in 1810. Located on a farm two miles South of Pine Grove, now owned by the Weimers at Bxmoor, sold it and bought what is now the Eagle Hotel, lived there till about 1828, bought a farm in Lebanon Co., lived there one year, returned to Pine Grove and … Read more

John Banks Banks, John. Was born in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, in 1793; was brought up on his father’s farm, but received a classical education; studied law, and came to the bar in 1819, and settled in the western part of the State; was a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania from 1831 to 1836, when he … Read more

John Andrew Shulze John Andrew Shulze, Governor of Pennsylvania, born at Tulpehocken, Berks county, July 19, 1775, was the son of the Rev. Dr. Shulze, one of the early pastors of the Lutheran church, and a grandson of the Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg, its founder in America. He represented Lebanon county for several years in the … Read more

John Ritter Ritter, John. Was born in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, February 6, 1779. He received such education as the country afforded in German, and but three months of English schooling. At eighteen years of age he entered the printing-office of the Readinger Adler, of which his father was half-owner. This was at the … Read more

John Riegel John Riegel, one of the old and substantial farmers of Jackson township, Montgomery county, Ohio, and a resident of the county since six years of age, was born in Berks county, Pa., July 12, 1826, of German ancestors. John Riegel, his grandfather, also a native of Berks county, was there married and had … Read more