Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery MECK, JACOB R. p. 817 Surnames: MECK, RUTH, HIMMELBERGER, HAAS, STRAUSS, WERNER, BECKER, KLAHR, KLINE, PIFFER, BENSING, BALTZ Jacob R. Meck, has many business interests at Meckville, Berks county, where he is also postmaster. He was born in Bethel township, this county, May 4, 1859, son … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery MELCHER FAMILY p. 1095 Surnames: MELCHER, MELCHOIR, BUCK, SIEGFRIED, KEHS, KOHL, SCHUTT, ADAM, LINSENBIGLER, GIEBEL, QUIGLEY, EDDINGER, MUTTER, STOUDT, BRENSINGER, CHELIUS, CLEMMER The Melcher (or Melchior) family was early settled in Bucks county, Pa. In the Goshenhoppen church records one Nicholas Melcher had a son George, … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery MERRITT, THOMAS P. p. 480 Surnames: MERRITT, IRICK-BUDD, PATTISON, HASTINGS, PENNYPACKER, RAMBO, BROADS, CURRIE-ROSS, BOAS, RAUDENBUSH Thomas P. Merritt, son of Abraham and Margaret (Irick-Budd) Merritt, was born at Mt. Holly, N. J., Sept. 29, 1844. He received his education in the schools of his native … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery McHOSE, ISAAC p. 1316 Surnames: McHOSE, LOHRBACH, BLAINE, BOYER, WIEDER Isaac McHose, a well-known citizen and retired business man of Reading, Pa., residing at Fifth and Walnut streets, who was for many years a generous supporter of public institutions and the prime mover in various business … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery MACHEMER, HENRY L. p. 1624 Surnames: REBER, HETTIGER, RHOADS, LAMBERT, TOBIAS, HARTMAN, REEDY, SMITH, SAVAGE, KOLLER Henry L. Machemer of Bern township, a successful merchant and farmer, was born in Lower Heidelberg township, June 13, 1852, and is a son of David Machemer. Jacob Machemer, the … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery MADEIRA, AMBROSE B. p. 1167 Surnames: MADEIRA, BECKER, BETZ, BROWNMILLER, GASS, HECKMAN, KREDELL, LESHER, MICHAEL, RICK, SHEPP, SHUMAN, TOBIAS, YOUNG Ambrose B. Madeira, justice of the peace at Wyomissing, Pa., and one of Wyomissing borough’s energetic and successful young men, was born Sept. 11, 1884 in … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery LEWIS, CHARLES ALBERT p. 979 Surnames: LEWIS, FRANCIS, HENNINGER, HUNTER, RAPP, MUHLENBERG, YOUNG. Charles Albert Lewis who for ten years prior to his death had been a resident of Reading, Pa., was born Aug. 13, 1860, in Blue Ball, Lancaster county, son of Henry and Mary … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery LICHTENWALLNER, JOHN p. 1450 Surnames: LICHTENWALLNER, BEAR, STETLER, LEIBENSPERGER, SHAFFER, KLINE, FOGEL, STEININGER, SMITH, MILLER, ALBRIGHT, FOLK, SCHMOYER, GERNERT, STETTLER, SCHANTZ, HUNSICKER, MEITZLER John Lichtenwallner. The Lichtenwallner family of Longswamp township traces its ancestry back to Johannes Lichtenwallner, who with his wife and one year old … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery LINDENMUTH, ANSON WILLIAM (REV) p. 1646 Surnames: LINDENMUTH, KAUFFMANN, REED, NOECKER, GESCHWIND, OSENBACH, MILLER, HINKEL, KETNER, ALTHOUSE, MARBERGER, RENTSCHLER, WINTERS, HORNING, STOUDT, LEIBENSPERGER, MOLL Rev. Anson William Lindenmuth, pastor of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, comprising the Amityville-Friedensburg parish, is one of the younger of the … Read more