Berks County

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery HUMBERT, DAVID K. (REV) p. 1226 Surnames: HUMBERT, FETHEROLF, SHOLLENBERGER, KNODERER, DELONG, SCHAEFFER, KITTLING/KIDLING, WAGNER, SAGE, WISE Rev. David K. Humbert, an aged retired minister of Bowers, Berks county, was born March 9, 1834, in Greenwich township, and lived under the parental roof until he was … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery HUNTZINGER, BENJAMIN K. p. 1000 Surnames: HUNTZINGER, FOX, GONSER 0 Benjamin K. Huntzinger, prominently identified with the fire insurance business of Pennsylvania for upward of thirty years, was born in Lower Heidelberg township, Berks county, May 12, 1846. He was educated in the township schools and … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery IAEGER, SAMUEL T. p. 1662 Surnames: IAEGER, CLYMER, TRUMP, FOX, SLOAN Samuel T. Iaeger, of Reading, Pa., whose place of business is situated on Douglass street, is a manufacturing pharmacist and druggist. Mr. Iaeger was born in 1831, in Greenwich township, Berks county, son of Rev. … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery JACKSON, WILLIAM E. p. 1664 Surnames: JACKSON, BUSHY, MORRIS, THORNTON, ROGERS, BARKLEY, RUNYEON, FRITCH, KLINE, NOLL, SNYDER, MOHR, YOUNG, SHEARER, MILLER, WAGNER, JOHNSON, COX, MOYER, ARMON William E. Jackson, who recently moved with his family from Cumru township to Philadelphia, was born Jan. 4, 1866, in … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery JENNINGS, JOHN A. L. p. 1366 Surnames: JENNINGS, LONG, WEAVER, MILLER, YERGER, D ERRICK, GANSTER, TROXEL John A. L. Jennings, one of the prominent citizens of Reading, Pa., who is now serving the city in the capacity of councilman, was born at Ninth and Walnut streets, … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery JONES, ALFRED SCHROEDER p. 439 Surnames: JONES, KELLY, DEININGER, LEE, GOOD, HAMMER Alfred Schroeder Jones was born at Fisher’s Ferry, Susquehanna river, a few miles below Sunbury, Aug. 18, 1835. When he was six years old his father, Thomas Jones, who was a farmer and the … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery KACHEL, CHARLES S. p. 905 Surnames: KACHEL, HARTZ, KRAMER, ZIEMER Charles S. Kachel, who is engaged in truck farming in Brecknock township, is one of the most popular citizens of his locality, and has been prominent in church, public and business circles. He was born on … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery KAUCHER, JOHN R. p. 1322 Surnames: KAUCHER, ROSE, CLEVELAND, TILL, LEEDOM, WRIGHT John R. Kaucher, of Reading, represents a family resident in that city for several generations, his father and grandfather before him having been, like himself, natives of the place. The grandfather John Kaucher was … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery KEEHN, DANIEL B. p. 999 Surnames: KEEHN, BECHTEL, BIEDEMAN, BOYER, CHRISTIAN, DAUTRICH, DE TURK, FISHER, GOODHART, HOFFMASTER, KLINE, NEWKIRK, REIFF, RUTH, SHAFFNER, SIDEL Daniel B. Keehn, an old and respected resident of Mt. Penn, has passed his entire life in that section of Berks county. He … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery HIRNER, HENRY CHRISTIAN pg. 722 Surnames: HIRNER, STERL, SCHEIFFLY, GOELZ, HEBERLE Among the self-made men of this section of Pennsylvania, who won a prominent position for themselves in the business world, was Henry Christian Hirner, who died Sept. 30, 1898, at Reading, in which city he … Read more