Samuel C. Ermentrout Physician: born in Reading, Pa., March 28, 1844. He was educated in the public schools, and the Reading Classical Academy, and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as M.D. in 1866. He married Emma Keppleman of Reading, eldest daughter of John Keppleman, an iron founder. He served in the Civil War … Read more

Reynold Keene Reynold Keene, elected 1781, resigned 1790; eleventh Secretary (1783 and 1786) and the seventh President of Board of Managers. He was born on the Island of Barbadoes about 1738 and was the son of Peter Keene. He passed most of his life in Philadelphia and was elected to represent the city and liberties … Read more

Philip Gunckel Philip Gunckel was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, April 7, 1766, and learned the trade of milling. In 1793 he married Katarina Schaeffer, born July 12, 1766, also in Berks County, Pennsylvania. In 1796 he moved his family to Center County, Pennsylvania, built a mill, and became proprietor of Millheim, Pennsylvania. In the … Read more

Philip Greth Smith (1810-1879) Philip Greth Smith was born in Bern township, Berks County, Pa., in 1810 and educated at Mt. St. Mary’s College, Maryland, reading medicine with his brother-in-law, Dr. Daniel Deppen, of Bernville. In the fall of 1835 he married Louisa G. Allgaler, of Reading, and moved to Lebanon, where he engaged and … Read more

Nicholas Paris Mervine Although not himself a native of Altoona, Pennsylvania, Nicholas Paris Mervine has practically never known any other home but this city, having come there at an age when even the most childish of associations are yet to be formed. Since that time he has become most closely associated with the community’s life … Read more

Nicholas Lutz Nicholas Lutz, soldier, b. in the Palatinate, Germany, 20 Feb., 1740; d. in Reading. Pa., 28 Nov., 1807. He was captain of a battery at the battle of Long Island, where he was taken prisoner, but was exchanged in 1779. He was a delegate to the Pennsylvania convention to ratify the Federal constitution … Read more

Nicholas Keim Nicholas Keim, Hardware Merchant, was born in Oley, now in Berks county, Pennsylvania, April 2d, 1719; and was the son of John Keim, who emigrated from the province of Alsace, on the Rhine, to America, in 1707, locating in the fair valley of Oley, a French Huguenot settlement “remarkable in the annals of … Read more

Newton D. Strong This gentleman, with whom we were well acquainted, was the second son of William L. Strong, a Presbyterian minister, who for more than twenty-five years was pastor of a church in Connecticut, and afterwards of a church in central New York. Newton was born October 17, 1809, at Somers, Lolland County, Connecticut, … Read more

Samuel R. Rittenhouse Samuel R. Rittenhouse, M.D., of Reading, Pa., was born near the Trappe, Montgomery county, Pa., January 16th, 1832. His father, Jacob D. Rittenhouse, was a farmer in Montgomery county, Pa. He was a man of full, robust habits, and died of apoplexy, April 17th, 1843, in his sixty-first year. His paternal ancestors … Read more

Samuel L. Young Samuel L. Young, Lawyer, was born in Rockland. township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, September 24th, 1822. He is a son of Daniel Young, who was engaged in the iron business as manager of the works of General Daniel Udree. He was at one period Prothonotary of Berks county, and in 1851 was elected … Read more