Biographies

Conrad Metzger Source: Genealogical and Biographical History of Lehigh County. Conrad Metzger, is the progenitor of a large family. The first record of him is found in the tax list of Maxatawny township, Berks County (1757). There he married an reared a family. Among them was a son Conrad Jr. The pioneer was a farmer … Read more

Conrad Weiser Conrad Weiser, a distinguished officer and Indian agent, connected with the early provincial history of Pennsylvania, was born at Astaet, in Wurtemburg, November 12, 1696. In 1709 his father emigrated from Germany, and having arrived at New York, via England, in 1710, settled upon what were then known as Queen Anne’s Bounty Lands, … Read more

Conrad Weiser Weiser, Conrad, pioneer, was born at Afsteadt, near Württemberg, Germany, Nov. 2, 1696, son of John Conrad and Anna Magdelena (Uebele) Weiser. When he was thirteen years old, his father, having lost his wife, emigrated to America, and on June 13, 1710, arrived in New York with a party of German settlers. The … Read more

Conrad Weiser One of the most noted agents of communication between the white men and the Indians, was Conrad Weiser, a native of Germany, who came to America in early life, and settled, with his father, in the present Schoharie county, New York, in 1713. They left England, in 1712, and were seventeen months on … Read more

Cyrus J. Rhode Cyrus J. Rhode, Berks county, was born June 11, 1832, In Greenwich township. Berks county. Pennsylvania, lived and worked on a farm up to the age of sixteen years; attending the public schools during winter time. Later attended the Keystone State Normal school at Kutztown, through different periods, equivalent to one year … Read more

Daniel Heister Heister, Daniel. Was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1747. He received a good English education, and became a thorough businessman. He settled in Montgomery County, where he was active during the Revolution, being Colonel, and afterwards Brigadier-General, of the Militia, and in service. In 1784 he was elected to the Supreme Executive … Read more

Daniel Hiester Daniel Hiester, congressman, b. in Bern township, Berks co., Pa., 25 June, 1747; d. in Washington, D.C., 7 March, 1804. His father, Daniel, emigrated from Silesia in 1737, and settled in Gosenhoppen, Pa., afterward purchasing from the proprietary government a tract of several thousand acres in Berks county. The younger Daniel received a … Read more

Daniel T. Ancona Insurance agent, and lawyer; born in Reading, Pa., January 16, 1864; son of S.E. Ancona (formerly congressman from the Berks district) and Francisca E. Ancona. He was educated in the public schools of Reading, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., in the class of 1884, Franklin Oration. He was married in Reading, … Read more

Daniel Udree Udree, Daniel. Born in Philadelphia; removed to Berks County, Pennsylvania, where he entered largely into the manufacture of iron, and was a most successful business man. He was in the State Legislature from 1799 to 1805; and was a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania from 1813 to 1815, from 1819 to 1821, and … Read more

David Dibert David Dibert, merchant, b. in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 24 September, 1824; d. at Ridgewood Park, Berks County, 30 August, 1889, son of John and Rachel Cable (Blauch) Dibert. He was descended from Huguenots, who made their home in America in 1740. The family name was originally spelled De Bere. Mr. Dibert was educated … Read more