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Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery HORST, AMOS p. 956 Surnames: HORST, WINGENROTH, SWEIGART, MILLER Amos Horst, accountant in the service of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, at Reading, has lived in that city since 1889. He is of an old Lancaster county family, and was born at Vogansville, that county, … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery HOYER FAMILY p. 1410 Surnames: HOYER, HYER, HEYER, MCNEAL, BRIDENSTEIN, HAWS, STANLEY, HOUCK, SNYDER, SCULL, LLOYD, ADAMS, RUFFNER, KILLIAN, WINNINGS, HOLLOWAY, WILKINSON, WOMSHER, MILLER, SEYFRIT, GEIGER, WELLS, SCHAEFFER, FRY, KURTZ, KRAMER, SPATZ, LONENECKER, GABLE, KOCH, MATZ, KUTZ, DUNKLE, ALTHOUSE, WESTLEY, SEIFRIT, LEWIS, BECHTEL, MARKS, MCMICHAEL, HOCH, … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery HILBERT, HENRY E. p. 1217 Surnames: HILBERT, ECK, SMITH, LONG, LEPPART Henry E. Hilbert, senior member of the well known grocery and general merchandise firm of Hilbert & Smith, of Reading, who was formerly one of the best known educators in this section of Berks county, … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery HILTEBEITEL, JESSE p. 1317 Surnames: HILTEBEITEL, SHADE, BROSSMAN, RENNINGER, RUSSELL, FRANKHOUSER, BECK Jesse Hiltebeitel (deceased), who was for many years a prominent business man of Reading, Pa., engaged in dealing in cattle and stock, was born in 1822, in Montgomery county, Pa., and received his education … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery HERBST, EDWIN M. (DR.) p. 437 Surnames: HERBST, MAURER, SCHALL, HINTERLEITER, GILBERT, DOTTERER, LEA, STETTLER Dr. Edwin M. Herbst, State senator from the Eleventh District and a prominent physician of many years of experience, was born in Pikesville, Berks county, Sept. 10, 1857, son of the … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery HESTON, AUGUSTUS page 815 Surnames: HESTON, TYSON, DE LONG, WEAVER, SHAFFER, HENSING, BEAVER, MILLER, WETZEL, HESTON, HUMMEL, HEIN Augustus Heston, who passed from this world in 1898, at Reading, where he had resided for nearly thirty years, came of a Quaker family long identified with Philadelphia. … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery HIESTER, ADAM W. p. 1692 Surnames: HIESTER, STRUNK, KAUFMAN, EMERICH, MILLER, DEGLER, CHRIST, ZERBE, LINDERMUTH, DIEFFENBACH, DEGLER, SEYFERT, ANTHONY, STUPP, VIEBACH, HASSLER, DIERWECHTER, LUDEN Adam W. Hiester, a well-known jeweler of Strausstown, Pa., was born Dec. 13, 1868, in Upper Tulpehocken township, not far from where … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery HIGH, A. M. p. 381 Surnames: HIGH, MERKEL, REIGER, BROWN, DELP A. M. High, postmaster of Reading, Pa., and the most potential force in the Republican party of that city, is a son of Joel and Marie (Merkel) High, and was born in Richmond township, Berks … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery HART, G. HOWARD p. 1698 Surnames: HART, DURRELL, MOORE, MOULD, TROUT, WEIDNER, YOUNG G. Howard Hart, traveling freight agent of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company, who resides at No. 341 North Second street, Reading, and maintains an office at No. 290 Broadway, New York, was … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery HASSLER, AUGUSTUS B. p. 761 Surnames: HASSLER, SNYDER, KOHLER, EBNER Augustus B. Hassler, proprietor of the “Germania Hotel”, at Ninth and Penn streets, Reading, is of German parentage, but is of American birth. His father, also named Augustus, left Germany for the United States in 1852, … Read more