Berks County

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery BLAND, H. WILLIS p. 400 Surnames: WILLIS, JACOBS, GREELEY, SCHWARTZ, PATTISON H. Willis Bland, President Judge of the Orphans’ Court of Berks county, was born August 20, 1845, at Blandon, that county, a village which derives its name from his paternal ancestors. He attended the public … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery BOBST, SAMUEL p. 1518 Surnames: BOBST, ERNST, HELFROTH, GNAU, HAUCK, SCHULTZ, BINGAMAN, KEMP, SPANGLER, SCHELL One of the early settlers of Alsace township, Berks county, was John Bobst, a large landowner and farmer there, and the family has been represented in the county ever since. John … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery BOONE, CYRUS p. 1650 Surnames: BOONE, MECK, SPAYED, BUSHONG, CLYMER, YERGER, LANDO, ROTHWELL, SELTZER, SPEAS, DREY Cyrus Boone, a well know farmer, and a veteran of the Civil war, was born in Bern township, Sept. 27, 1843, a son of John and Elizabeth (Meck) Boone, and … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery BORKERT, ALBERT G. p. 673 Surnames: BORKERT, GANTZ, SHEELER, BROWN, GOODMAN, WENTZEL Albert G. Borkert, well known in Reading, Pa., as a contractor and builder, was born in that city in 1835, son of Daniel Borkert, a native of Oley Valley, and one of the first … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery BAER FAMILY p. 1638 Surnames: BAER, BAR, BARR, BAEHR, BAHR, BAIR, BARE, BEAR, FETLER, MILLER, ALBRIGHT, SNYDER, WERT, RICE, RILL, ALTHOUSE, PAUCH, KLINE, DUNKELBERGER, ZIMMERMAN, HIMMELBERGER, GICKER, BROSSMAN, DICKENSON, BENDER, STOUDT, KRAMER, LASH, GESHWINDT, KALBACH, MERVINE, WEIVEL, HARTMAN, JACKSON, ROTHENBERGER, KERSCHNER, UNGER The Baer family of … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery BAGENSTOSE, JACOB p. 854 Surnames: BAGENSTOSE, BACKENSTOSS, SNYDER, MOYER, RUNKEL, HIMMELBERGER, SHARFF, KAUFFMAN, DUNDORE, LENGEL, REEDY, GEISS, GAUL, ECKEL, KLOPP, SPADE, LOOSE, SPEICHER, DAVIS, DIETRICH, KALLBACH, BOHN JACOB BAGENSTOSE, a highly esteemed retired agriculturist of Bern township, Berks county, who is acting in the capacity of … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery BANKS, JOHN p. 354 Surnames: BANKS, PORTER John Banks, the fifth President Judge of Berks county, serving from 1836 to 1847, was born near Lewisburgh, Juniata county, in the year 1793. His paternal grandfather emigrated from Scotland. His father being a farmer, his youth was spent … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery BARSOTTI, FRANK S. p. 1067 Surnames: BARSOTTI, PARTSSIANNA, DENINO, ROSHORN, HULLENBACH, STRAUSS Frank S. Barsotti, an energetic and enterprising business men of Reading, Pa., extensively engaged as a dealer in fruit, was born in Lucca, Tuscany, in the northern part of Italy, Feb. 24, 1859, son … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery BAUS, JOHN B. p. 918 Surnames: BAUS, STAUFFER, GEISINGER, WEIDNER, BUZZARD, STRUBEL, ZIEGLER, WANNAMAKER, GABEL, BARTO, RAUB, JOHNSON. John B. Baus, proprietor of the “Barto Hotel” in Washington township, Berks county, had been carrying on that place since 1902. He was born Feb. 29, 1864, in … Read more

Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery BEARD, ELMER H. p. 1516 Surnames: BEARD, WARREN, HIPPLE, ENDLICH, LIVINGOOD, HARTMAN ELMER H. BEARD, city engineer of Reading, is one of the busiest men in the busy, bustling city of Reading, for, with the fifty-one men in his charge, he is carrying out the enormous … Read more