Biographies

J. Laurence Getz Hon. J. Laurence Getz, Journalist, and ex-Congressman, was born at Reading, Pennsylvania, September 14th, 1821. His father was an officer in the navy, and fought under Captain Laurence in the War of 1812. His grandfather, on the maternal side, was a soldier of the Revolution. After receiving a thorough academic education, he … Read more

J. Lawrence Getz Getz, J. Lawrence. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, September 14, 1821; his father was an officer in the navy, and fought under Captain Lawrence in 1812; he received an academical education in Reading and in Nottingham, Maryland; read law, and came to the bar in 1846; and, having turned his attention … Read more

Jacob B. Herzog Jacob B. Herzog, Berks county, was born February 10, 1860, in Rockland township, where he lived until he was fifteen years old, when he removed to Oley; was educated in the public schools of his native township, and in the Oley Academy; worked on a farm, learned the trade of painting; has … Read more

Jacob Barr Jacob Barr, another son of John, Sr., was born in Berks Co.; he was a tailor by trade, and carried on the business for about 20 years. He owned the place which Wellington Christ and Peter Keeney now own. He sold the place and moved on a farm two miles west of Pine … Read more

Jacob K. McKenty McKenty, Jacob K. He was born in Douglassville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1827; graduated at Yale College in 1848, and at Yale Law School in 1850; settled in Reading, and commenced the practice of law in 1851; in 1856 he was elected District Attorney for Berks County; and was elected a Representative … Read more

Jacob S. Livingood Jacob S. Livingood (23d J.D., Berks), born July 19, 1820; died August 25, 1906. Admitted to the Bar January 7, 1845. At the time of his death he was the oldest member of the Berks County Bar–86 years of age. He was born at Womelsdorf, and belonged to, a family of Swiss-German … Read more

Jacob W. Strohecker Source: History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, pp. 548-549. Jacob W. Strohecker, a prominent farmer of the southern portion of Jordan township, was born Nov. 5, 1850, on the farm where he now lives, son of William and Sallie (Wiest) Strohecker. John and Elizabeth (Williams) Strohecker, his grandparents, were native of Berks County, … Read more

James A. Hahn Dr. James A. Hahn was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1804. He studied medicine with Professor Gibson, Professor of Surgery in the Pennsylvania Medical College at Philadelphia, and graduated there in 1824. He was resident physician in Blockley College Hospital. He located in this County in 1826, first in Fayette, … 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

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