Biographies

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 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 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 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 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 F. Ancona Underwriter and manufacturer; born in Reading, Pa., son of Hon. S.E. Ancona and Francisca E. (Feger) Ancona. He was educated in the schools of Reading, Pa. He married first at Washington, D.C., Sallie Flinn, who died; and in 1890 he married Catharine Stambach of Reading. He resided for several years at Hamburg, … Read more

John George Jungmann John George Jungmann, missionary, b. in Hockenheim, Palatinate, 19 April, 1720; d. in Bethlehem, Pa., 17 July, 1808. In 1732 he came with his father to this country, and settled at l Oley, Berks co., Pa. At that place he witnessed, in 1742, the baptism of the first three Moravian converts from … Read more

John Henry Stamm John Henry Stamm, an ex-soldier of the late Civil war, and a prominent citizen of Miamisburg, Ohio, was born in Berks county, Pa., in the town of Stouchsburg, September 20, 1839, and is a son of Moses and Lydia (Heckerman) Stamm, both of whom were natives of Berks county, Pa. The father … Read more

John Keim John Keim, Hardware Merchant, was born at Oley, Berks county, Pennsylvania, July 6th, 1749. He was the only son of Nicholas Keim. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and in the fall of 1777, marched with Colonel Lutz’s Battalion to reinforce the army under General Washington. Like his father, he was … Read more

John Lehman John Lehman was born August 14, 1790, in Berks county, Pa. His father, Martin Lehman, and mother, Christina Speck, were immigrants from Germany, and were sold out to service by the captain of the vessel until their passage was paid, as the custom then was. In the spring of 1812 John married Miss … Read more