Berks County

Benjamin Shroder Schneck Benjamin Shroder Schneck, clergyman, b. in Upper Bern, Berks co., Pa., 14 March, 1806; d. in Chambersburg, Pa., 19 April, 1874. He was educated by his father, a German school-master of Reading, studied theology, and was ordained to the ministry of the German Reformed church on 5 Sept., 1826. He was pastor … Read more

Charles Albright Hon. Charles Albright, Lawyer, Manufacturer, and Legislator, was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, December 13th, 1830. He is a son of Solomon Albright, and springs from one of the oldest families in that portion of the State. He attended a school at Strasburg, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he was prepared for college, and … Read more

Charles Albright Albright, Charles. Born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1830; educated at Dickinson College; studied law, and came to the bar in 1852; in 1854 he visited Kansas, and in 1856 returned to Pennsylvania; in 1860 he was a Delegate to the Republican National Convention; entered the Army in 1862: was commissioned Colonel, … Read more

Charles Augustus Rowe Useful activities engaged the attention of Charles Augustus Rowe throughout a long and worthy lifetime. Both in his individual responsibilities and as a progressive citizen of Reading, he gave to his day and generation an example of commendable sincerity and faithfulness to duty. A man of large energy, trained in an important … Read more

Charles Hunter Charles Hunter, a well-known farmer of Jefferson township, Montgomery county, Ohio, was born near Earlville, Berks county, Pa., October 26, 1838, a son of Jacob and Matilda (Boyer) Hunter, both natives of Berks county, Pa., and of English and German descent, respectively. The paternal grandfather, John Hunter, and the maternal grandfather, Jacob Boyer, … Read more

Charles Read Charles Read, jurist, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 1 Feb., 1715; d. probably in North Carolina about 1780. His father, of the same name, was mayor of Philadelphia in 1725, sheriff of the county in. 1729-’31, collector of excise in 1725-’34, afterward collector of the port of Burlington, N.J., and at his death was … Read more

Christian C. Kestner Christian C. Kestner (23d J.D., Berks), born March 4, 1866; died November 10, 1906. Admitted to the Bar in Denver, Colorado, in 1893 and to the Bar of Berks County November 11, 1895. He was a graduate of Harvard University, and subsequently took a course in the Harvard Law School. Source: Report … Read more

Conrad Metzger Source: Genealogical and Biographical History of Lehigh County. Conrad Metzger, is the progenitor of a large family. The first record of him is found in the tax list of Maxatawny township, Berks County (1757). There he married an reared a family. Among them was a son Conrad Jr. The pioneer was a farmer … Read more

Conrad Weiser Conrad Weiser, a distinguished officer and Indian agent, connected with the early provincial history of Pennsylvania, was born at Astaet, in Wurtemburg, November 12, 1696. In 1709 his father emigrated from Germany, and having arrived at New York, via England, in 1710, settled upon what were then known as Queen Anne’s Bounty Lands, … Read more

Conrad Weiser Weiser, Conrad, pioneer, was born at Afsteadt, near Württemberg, Germany, Nov. 2, 1696, son of John Conrad and Anna Magdelena (Uebele) Weiser. When he was thirteen years old, his father, having lost his wife, emigrated to America, and on June 13, 1710, arrived in New York with a party of German settlers. The … Read more