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JAMES K. SILLIMAN Source: Pennsylvania, A History, George P. Donehoo, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), p. 37 Surnames: Silliman, Kellar Among the most prominent citizens of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, was James K. Silliman, local financier, whose death there on June 26, 1914, in the prime of life, in his forty-sixth year, was very … Read more
CLARENCE JAMES SMITH (COL.) Source: Pennsylvania, A History, George P. Donehoo, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), p. 20 Surnames: Smith, Bonstein, Weiler, Leisenring, Clappison, Curtis Journalism has been the sphere of service in which Colonel Smith’s active career has centered, while his military record in war and peace is impressive. Allentown, Pennsylvania, is … Read more
REV. JOHN BAER, STOUDT, D. D. Source: Pennsylvania, A History, George P. Donehoo, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), p. 171 Surnames: Stpidt. Oswald, Reppert, Baer, Carl, Lease, Kline, Herring, DeLong, Yoder As a preacher and pastor, Rev. John Baer Stoudt, D. D., has won an enviable and popular regard in the field of … Read more
EARL SAMUEL STOYER Source: Pennsylvania, A History, George P. Donehoo, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), p. 382 Surnames: Stoyer, Reber As Napoleon once said of the English that they were a nation of shopkeepers, so it might now be said – doubtless with equal truth – that the Americans are a nation of … Read more
JAY GILFILLAN WEISER Source: Pennsylvania, A History, George P. Donehoo, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), p. 154 Surnames: Weiser, Gilfillan, Jones Jay Gilfillan Weiser – Six generations from his illustrious forbear, Conrad Weiser, Jay Gilfillan Weiser is an honored and useful citizen of that commonwealth whose earliest history bears the record of his … Read more
History of Johann (Hans) Schneider History of Johann (Hans) Schneider and his descendants, as compiled by the Rev. Elam Snyder about 1910 It is only in comparatively recent times that proper attention has been given to the German and Swiss settlers in PA. Our school histories invariably tell us a great deal of the various … Read more
The Description of the Borough of Reading <!– By Major William Stahle Reading: Published By The Author 1841. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, By Major William Stahle, In the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Knabb & Boyer Printers –> Source: William … Read more
The Description of Reading by William Stahle Chapter IX. Education. Reading Academy—Female Seminary—Private, Infant and Free Schools—Sunday Schools The people of Reading are doing much more for the education of youth at the present than any former period. There seems to be a determination to place the all-important cause of education on a footing worthy … Read more
The Description of Reading by William Stahle Chapter X. Societies, Charitable and Literary—Libraries. It has been justly observed, that Reading is distinguished for the number of its societies, and the facility with which a society, for any purpose, may be started. An incredible number of associations have at one time or another had an existence, … Read more
The Description of Reading by William Stahle Chapter XI. Government of the Borough of Reading—Fire Companies—Military Officers and Companies Reading was erected into a borough, by an act of the General Assembly passed September 12, 1783. The original act of incorporation was repealed on the twenty-ninth of March 1813, and the present act passed. The … Read more