Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Mongomery County, PA Saturday - September 5, 1903 HEFTY MAN RAN FOR CAR AND DIED Henry BEAN, of Ironbridge, died suddenly in a trolley car at Collegeville, on Saturday morning. Mr. BEAN is 68 years old, weighs about 250 pounds and in his hurry to catch the car he ran a short distance. Soon after he had been seated in the car the conductor noticed that he was ill and when he reached him he found him unconscious. The car was stopped and a physician was summoned, but the man was already dead. Mr. BEAN was known in this and adjoining counties as the "salve man" because of his migrations in peddling a pain reliever. SHOT HIMSELF INSTEAD OF A CAT Prof. Warren H. DETWILER, of Hatboro, accidentally fired a bullet into his forehead while gunning for a cat. He, on Monday morning went out into the yard with a revolver to shoot a cat that was under the porch. It is supposed that in some manner he slipped on the wet boardwalk and the weapon being discharged the bullet entered his forehead. No one saw the accident, and his unconscious body was discovered by his little daughter. He died soon after the accident. CAMPERS AT FINLAND A party of young men from this borough left on Thursday on a week's outing. They pitched their tents on the banks of the Swamp creek, at Finland, and the party is known as the Pennsburg Outing Club. The young men expect a grand time. They are well equipped with fishing tackle, guns and ammunition of all kinds. The members of the club are: Leo SECHLER, Clarence HUNSBERGER, Horace SMITH, Howard TRUMBORE, V.H. STECKEL, Val. TRUMBORE, Martin KAPP, Wm. WELKER, Clement DIEHL, Frank HERSH and Titus RAUDENBUSH. KNIGHTS OF MALTA LODGE TO BE STARTED An effort is being made to start a Knights of Malta Lodge in Pennsburg. William BREY and Charles SCHOENLY have been canvassing the towns and they have had promises of twenty-five who wish to become charter members. As soon as thirty-five names are secured application will be made to the Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia for a charter. The prospects are that about fifty names will go in as charter members, as many are desirous of joining the order. The lodge will be organized in Pennsburg and will hold its regular meetings in this town. The organizers expect to be able to apply for the charter in the course of a few weeks. MONTGOMERY COUNTY DELEGATES ORGANIZE The delegates of Montgomery county to the Democratic State Convention, held at Harrisburg on Wednesday, organized at the Bolton House and elected Dr. Titus ALBRIGHT, of Telford, Chairman; Wm. SCHALL, Norristown, Committee on Resolutions; D.K. GRABER, Pennsburg, Committee on Permanent Organization, and Charles McAVOY, Norristown, Committee on Credentials. BECHTELSVILLE HOTEL SOLD D.K. BORKEY, of Philadelphia, this week sold the Union House, at Bechtelsville, to George BARTHOLOMEW, of Powder Valley, at private figures. The agreement was signed on Thursday. Mr. BARTHOLOMEW will take possession on April first. A.B. DOTTERER is the present landlord. INJURED IN A MINE George STENGEL, of Bally, Berks county, who is employed at the Reading Iron Company's ore mines at Boyertown, was severely injured shortly before noon on Wednesday. While down the shaft doing some work at the pump a portion of ground fell front overhead striking him on the head and right shoulder, which knocked him off the scaffold and down the shaft into the water, a distance of forty feet. At the same time his lamp went out leaving him in total darkness. Almost unconscious he climbed back some distance, until he reached the cage, he then climbed into it and gave the engineer the signal, who hoisted him to the surface. Mr. STENGEL was by this time unconscious. Dr. J.B. RHOADS was at once summoned who dressed the wounds at his head, after which he was brought to his home in one of P.B. ESHBACH's livery teams. Upon his arrival home Dr. R.Y. LECHNER was summoned, who found that his shoulder blade was broken and fears he is bruised internally. TRIED TO COMMITT SUICIDE BY DROWNING With a twenty-five pound stone tied to his neck, Sebastian GREBE, aged 65, attempted to drown himself in the Schuylkill River, at Reading, on Wednesday. Mrs. William TOBIAS, rowing on the river, saw the old man leap into the water and sink without a struggle. She rowed to shore, called a policeman and took him to the rescue. Together they lifted the old man into the boat and at the police station he was bailed out. He would assign no cause for his attempted suicide. RAISED SECOND CROP OF RASPBERRIES Charles GREULICH, Sr., of East Greenville, raised a second crop of raspberries in his garden. This week he picked them and he found them to be larger than the first crop and in fact larger than any he ever raised on those same bushes. The berries were of the black kind and were very palatable. HIT IN FACE BY BASEBALL BAT Amos, the ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sorado MILLER, of Pennsburg, was this week accidentally hit in the face with a baseball bat while playing ball on the school grounds. His forehead was cut and the wound had to be held together with plaster. LUTHERAN CONGREGATION WILL CELEBRATE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY The Lutheran congregation of Old Zionsville, Lehigh county, will tomorrow celebrate its 145th anniversary. Rev. Dr. E.F.J. SCHANTZ, of Myerstown, president of the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, will occupy the pulpit in the morning. In the afternoon Revs. J.F. LAMBERT, of Catasauqua, and H.J. KUDER, of Siegried will preach. In the evening Revs. M.O. RATH, of Allentown, and G.D. DRUCKENMILLER, of Freemansburg, will officiate. Rev. I.B. RITTER (picture), of Emaus, is the pastor of the church. The church stands in one of the oldest communities of Lehigh county, the Milfords having been settled first of the lands of this county. The road passing the church is the old King's high road from Philadelphia to Macungie, which was laid out during the reign of King George III. The congregation was an offshoot from an old congregation established near Dillinger's in 1734 or 1735. Peter HUETTEL gave the new congregation an acre of his 120-acre tract bought from John BIDGAMAN, in 1757, in which year a log church was built. This gave way to another in 1758. The present brick edifice was erected in 1876. The first church record was opened in 1758 by Rev. Frederick SCHERTLEIN. The first pastor was Rev. SCHAEFFER. Then came Rev. Jacob Friedrich SCHERTLEIN, 1758-60, followed for nine years by Rev. George MEISNER. In 1769 Rev. Jacob VANBUSKIRK became pastor, serving twenty-four years and later three years more to 1800, Rev. G.F. ELLISEN serving in the intermin. Then came in order Revs. I.P.F. KRAMER, Frederick GEISENHAINER, Heinrich HEYER, Isaac ROELLER, Ferdinand PLITT, H. HEINLEY, H.G. STECHER, F.W. MENDSEN, Benjamin GERMAN, Wilhelm GERMAN, A.L. DECHANT, Jacob WOGELBACH, and in 1857 Rev. William RATH, who died July 2, 1889. His son, Rev. M.O. RATH, assisted him after 1877, succeeded to the pastorate and resigned in 1894. Rev. I.B. RITTER succeeded him on September 1 of the same year. The church has 316 members and a Sunday school of 151 members.

I lived in Upper Merion Township growing up and never heard of "The Gulf in Upper Merion". However, there is Gulf Mills area located right next to Upper Merion and Conshohocken. I think Gulf Mills is in Upper Merion Township. Hope this helps. Thelma

I have a transcript of some of the records from St Paul's Lutheran at Red Hill (aka New Goshenhoppen Lutheran, aka the "Six-Cornered" Church) that includes these three marriages either performed at Indienfield or for Indienfield congregation members. It appears that St Paul's, Indienfield, and Great Swamp were in the same "joint charge" since a few of the St Paul's records note either Great Swamp or Indienfield as the location or home congregation of people involved in events... STUMP, Hermann (widower) & FINDERIN, Philippina Elisabeth m. 1753 of Indienfield NEES, Deowald & BERHNARDT, Catharina m. Jun 14, 1772 at Indienfield NEES, Michael & ZERCKELSIN, Margaret m. Mar 6, 1753 of Indienfield I know nothing more about any of these people... Hope this helps, but it also raises another question... Where is Great Swamp? (I'd guess also someplace in the Perkiomen watershed) but there's also a Long Swamp in northern Berks county, not awfully far away... good hunting, robin ------------------ At 9/19/03 09:49 AM -0600, Marjorie Erlebach wrote: >I am trying to find a copy of the Indianfield Lutheran Church records for >a marriage about 1771.

Is anyone working on the Ackerman/Metzger lines from IndianField, Montgomery or Springfield, Bucks County? Would like to exchange information. I am trying to determine if the Metzger line intermarried with Ackerman. Marjorie

Is there anyone on the list who is familiar with an area in Montgomery County that in 1813/1814 would have been called "The Gulf in Upper Merion". I have been desperately trying to document a Nathan/Nathaniel SMITH - having no personal details on him other than he married Rachel Coates prior to 1816. I know that during that period the Coates family was living in Upper Merion. I know that the only surviving son (Charles M. SMITH b. 1816 PA) of Nathaniel & Rachel Smith earned his living as a teacher in Ohio. What I suspect is that the N/Nathan SMITH mentioned both in "Bean's History of Montgomery Co" and in 1813 Norristown PA Newspaper as planning on opening a boarding school for young ladies and gentlemen is my missing Nathaniel Smith. In both articles it states that N. or Nathan SMITH is from "the Gulf in Upper Merion". Other than the Montgomery County Historical Society (can't afford their rates right now) does anyone have any suggestions on where I might find more details on... "the Gulf in Upper Merion", the success or failure of the boarding school or any SMITH families in that area. Thank you for any help or direction that anyone is able to provide, Susan McIntyre Michigan

Margie, The Family History Library has a film #0020347 that has Indian Creek and Indian Fields records on it. I don't recall the dates right now, but I found my ancestors births which were in the late 1700s. Betty T.

----- Original Message ----- From: Marjorie Erlebach To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:51 PM Subject: Indianfield Lutheran Church I am trying to find a copy of the Indianfield Lutheran Church records for a marriage about 1771. I know the Historical Society has an indexed list. Has it ever been put on the web? Is there any way to have this record researched? Margie in Idaho

Hi, My name is Sue (Adams) Spittler and I live in the Reading, PA area. I am new to genealogy research and have just started the search for my ADAMS ancesters who lived in West Conshohocken, Montgomery Co., PA. They came to West Conshohocken from Ireland in the mid 1860"s. My direct relatives are James and Elizabeth ADAMS, who arrived with four children - Hugh, John, Elizabeth,and Mary all born in Ireland. They had three more children born in PA - Sarah, Robert, and James. There is also a John ADAMS and a Richard ADAMS who I believe are brothers of James. All of them lived in West Conshohocken in 1880. I am new to message boards, and I'm not sure how this works, but I am looking forward to sharing information with anyone who has relatives from West Conshohocken. Thanks, Sue Spittler

Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - September 13, 1913 Clement STOUDT, a young farmer of Bechtelsville, met with a serious accident when two of his mules became frightened and pulled him into the cutting apparatus of the binder. The accident happened about noon on Wednesday when Mr. STOUDT was driving two mules in a binder which he was about to put in storage for the winter. The animals were being driven toward the barn became frightened and pulled him suddenly forward over the cutting bar, which punctured his right side. Fourteen holes from three to four inches in depth from which blood oozed with great force and a dislocated shoulder blade were the extent of his injuries. Friday - September 14, 1923 The large frame barn on the farm of James RAHN, at Perkiomenville, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night at a loss of about $15,000. Anna RAHN, a member of the family was painfully injured. Anna RAHN, who had gone to Pennsburg to attend the movies in the Aurora Theatre learned about the fire and started for Perkiomenville in an automobile. In the excitement she jumped from the still rapidly moving automobile near the scene of the fire and was thrown on her face in the road. Several teeth were knocked out and her face was otherwise painfully cut and bruised. Friday - September 10, 1943 For the second time within several months, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred DELONG, Penn street, Pennsburg, entertained this week a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Mrs. DELONG's brother, Sgt. Kenneth DRUMM, of Galt, Ontario, arrived here Tuesday for a three-day visit. Recently his brother, Pilot Officer Warren DRUMM, now with the R.C.A.F. in England, spent several days here with his sister and brother-in-law. Kenneth recently was graduated and awarded his wings at a Canadian aerial gunnery school. He is now on two weeks' embarkation leave preparatory to assignment overseas. Another brother, Russell, also is serving in the R.C.A.F., a member of the ground crew and still in training in Canada. The fliers are sons of Mr. and Mrs. John DRUMM, formerly of this community, who moved from here to Galt in 1934. While here, Mr. DRUMM was superintendent of the Tremblau broad silk mill in East Greenville, and continues in that work at Galt.

Hello to all. I am new to this list and would like to have some assistance, if possible. I am and have been searching for GOTTMANN or GOTTMAN's in Pennsylvania. I know that they lived there between the 1847 and 1865 because that is the time period when all of the children were born and the census always gives their birthplace as Pennsylvania. I do have one bit of information that states that one of the children named Samuel was born in New Hanover Pennsylvania. I did not know where that was until I ask someone on the Fayette County List. If they were in your County I have been looking in the wrong place all these years. The family is as follows: Christian (John Henry, is a unconfirmed bit of information but I have never seen it connected to his name) Gottmann born January 11, 1817 in Prussia. Married Charlotte (Boyd, another piece of unconfirmed information) she was born February 14, 1824 and the census always state that she was born in PA. son John born May 16, 1847, Lavina born July 1, 1849, Samuel born May 11, 1851, Mary Catherine born February 15, 1853 died March 9, 1853, Levi born July 10, 1856, Henry born August 7, 1858, and Emma born March 16, 1865. I can't find them on any PA census during this time. I do find them on the Kansas census in 1870. I have more information if needed. I didn't want to make this too long. I appreciate your assistance. Jo Gottman

Hello. I would enjoy corresponding with others who may be related or have information on these families. It is written in ahnentafel format. Thank you. Marc. [email protected] THOMPSON FAMILY HISTORY Ahnentafel Generation-7 94. George Culin Livezey 1824PA a1880 1850Phi, 1860-80Sch 95. Anne Mary Livezey c1835NY a1880 1850-80Sch Generation-8 180. George Gaugler 1785PA 1824PA 1790Mon, 1810-20Nor 181. Mary Magdalene Gaugler 1793PA 1869 1850-60Sny 188. Jacob Livezey 1791PA 1826 1820Phi 189. Eleanor Livezey 1790PA 1833 1800, 1820Phi The abbreviations used are as follows: General: a-after, b-before, fb-foreign born, c-circa. Countries: CZE-Czechoslovakia, CAN-Canada, ENG-England, FIN-Finland, FRA-France, DEU-Germany, HO-Holland, IRL-Ireland, ITA-Italy, PRT-Portugal, SCO-Scotland, SWE-Sweden, CHE-Switzerland. States: PA-Pennsylvania, IL-Illinois, NY-New York. Pennsylvania Counties: Ada-Adams, All-Allegheny, Ber-Berks, Cen-Centre, Cum-Cumberland, Dau-Dauphin, Jun-Juniata, Lan-Lancaster, Leh-Lehigh, Mon-Montgomery, Nor-Northumberland, Per-Perry, Phi-Philadelphia, Sch-Schuylkill, Sny-Snyder, Uni-Union, Yor-York. New York Counties: Man-Manhattan.

My great-great-grandfather was Charles Bowes TYSON born 1840 Norristown PA s/o Joseph TYSON and Anna BOWES. Charles later moved to St Catharines Canada. Anybody have any connections to this family? Thanks.

If anyone one the list is researching William Colflesh b. abt. 1831 to John & Hannah Colflesh please let me know as I have some documentation to share (attached to records I have received on another family). Susan McIntyre

In a message dated 9/2/03 10:17:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Could someone tell me if the Bertolet Cemetery is on-line? > Doris, At this site: http://www.interment.net/data/us/pa/montgomery/bertolet.htm there are only 6 listings of the surname DOTTERER. In case that is the surname you are looking for. Mary Lou

Could someone tell me if the Bertolet Cemetery is on-line? Thank you, Doris Snyder

The descendants of the immigrant ancestors, Simon and Eva FRANKENFIELD will be holding their 86th Annual Reunion on Saturday, September 13, 2003, from 10:30am-2:30pm at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2170 Route 212, Coopersburg, PA 18036 (Bucks County, PA). This is the church Simon and Eva FRANKENFIELD attended, and they are buried in this church's cemetery. Brigitte Angstadt, a descendant of the Frankenfield family from Kirberg, Germany, will be our guest speaker. Her talk will be "Emma Frankenfield and Kirberg, Germany". Brigitte, who spent part of her life in the Frankenfield ancestral village, Kirberg, Germany, will describe the history of this village and what life was like in that area of Germany. Copies of the Frankenfield crest will be available to attendees. She will also share "Windbeutels" with attendees..you won't want to miss these! Please bring your lunch and a dessert to share. Come early and stay late! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at: [email protected] Diane Frankenfield Frankenfield Family Reunion Secretary

Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - August 29, 1903 CAMPER INJURED BY BROKEN BOTTLE James BAKER, of Allentown, one of the party of campers located near the Minnehaha mills in Upper Hanover township, met with a painful accident one day last week. He was barefooted and walked in the grass near the tent when he tread into a broken bottle. He cut an ugly gash in his foot and for several days he did not have much use of the member. AN ALLENTOWN ALDERMAN ABSCONDS Alderman E.F. OCHS, of Allentown, left last Thursday for parts unknown. He was a member of the printing firm of E.F. OCHS & Bro., of Nos. 525-527 Chestnut street, of that city. The printing business has been seized by his creditors since his departure. FELL INTO MINE HOLE AND MAY DIE Wenz BARR, residing near Emmaus, fell 30 feet into an abandoned ore mine on the flats in Lower Macungie, Saturday night. He broke an arm, a leg and several ribs, and is in a critical condition. HAND PAINFULLY INJURED Amandus DELONG, an old and respected citizen of Vera Cruz, who was working at the Donaldson pipe foundry, Emaus, for many years, met with a very painful accident on Saturday. His work at the foundry was to feed a crusher and just as he had shoveled some material into the hopper he noticed a horse shoe in the stones and being afraid it might break the machinery he reached in to dislodge it. The fore finger of his left hand was caught and almost twisted from the hand and the next finger is badly smashed. Luckily the jar of the machinery caused by the horse shoe tore the belt or his whole arm might have been wrenched out of its socket. AID SOCIETY WILL HOLD LAWN FETE The Ladies' Aid Society of the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church of Ridge Valley will hold its annual lawn fete on Saturday evening, September 5. The fete will be held on the lawn of B.F. CRESSMAN. Robert ROSS, of Philadelphia, has been engaged to furnish the music for the occasion. A good time is anticipated. THIRTY INJURED IN CHESTNUT HILL PARK Thirty persons were injured on Sunday night on the toboggan slide in Chestnut Hill Park. One of the cars came to a sudden stop near the bottom of the slide and nine heavily loaded cars, one after another, bumped into the leader, while hundreds of scared and excited people looked on unable to aid the imperiled riders. None of the injured passengers are in a serious condition.

Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - August 29, 1903 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE MERCANTILE BUSINESS IN ONE TOWN Jacob S. GELLER (picture) has been conducting a mercantile business in the borough of Lansdale for more than a quarter of a century. His first entry in the day book at the Grand Emporium was made July 8, 1878. Mr. GELLER was a resident of Marlborough township in the early seventies and at that time proprietor of the Hoppenville Store. He was born in Skippack township in 1846 and at the age of seventeen he started "huckstering," attending the Philadelphia market. For thirty years Mr. GELLER huckstered in connection with the store business. He served Girard College with butter for twenty-eight years. Mr. GELLER is considered one of the shrewdest business men of his town and he has given the town a store property of which it may well be proud, for the Grand Emporium is considered the most spacious store building in the county outside of the larger towns. He also kept a store at Kulpsville for three years prior to his moving to Lansdale. DESTROYED PROPERTY WILL NOT BE REBUILT The appraisers of the Line Lexington Fire Insurance Company awarded John G. EGOLF, of Philadelphia, $3300, for the three houses recently destroyed at Telford, by the fire on May 28. The property destroyed included a warehouse barn and two wood houses, all of which was insured in said company for $4020. Mr. EGOLF, displeased with the award, decided not to rebuild and he since sold the lot to William BLANK for $775. He thereby received a total of $4075, for the property. Mr. EGOLF had offered the property for sale at $4000, several times before it was destroyed by fire. FOUND RIPE RASPBERRIES NEAR BALLY Charles MILLER, of Red Hill, while driving along the road near Bally, this week, found a raspberry vine containing 46 large raspberries. This is something quite uncommon at this season of the year. WILL BUILD ADDITION TO PANTALOON FACTORY George MELCHIOR, pantaloon manufacturer of Bally, has broken ground to build an addition to his factory. The business has so increased that he must have more room and more help. Mr. MELCHIOR started the business about two years ago, with fifteen hands. At present he employs about sixty and expects to employ some more as soon as he has sufficient room. At the same time he will erect a steam engine to take place of the present gasoline engine. He will also fit the factory with steam pipes for heating purposes. PLOWED UP TWO NESTS OF EGGS Morris STAUFFER, of Bally, while plowing one day last week, turned up a nest of snake eggs. He at once stopped and counted them and found it to be nineteen. He then broke them and found nineteen snakes, each one containing a live snake varying in length from about three to six inches. They were all killed. After plowing about two yards further he plowed up another nest of eggs, and upon examination they proved to be turtle eggs. LOST WATCH FOUND ON STREET Allen G. KRIEBEL, of Hereford, lost his watch one day last week while taking his gasoline engine from Hereford to the Queen of the Valley Farm. The watch was found near the Pennsburg Coal yard by Robert DERR and returned to its owner. FOURTEEN ACRES OF PICKLES Fourteen acres of pickles is a rare sight in this section of the county, but that's what may be seen on the farm of the late Rev. E.H. POHLE, of near North Wales. The POHLE's have a contract with the Philadelphia Pickling Company for all the pickles grown. The crop this year is pronounced a failure owing to the wet weather. In one of the farm buildings may be seen ten or a dozen hogsheads filled with pickles in pickle, getting ready for the pickle-eating public. This product of the farm, as well as the milk, potatoes, &c., goes direct to Philadelphia, where the POHLEs find the demand for their "goods" larger than the supply. BOYS RUN OVER BY A TRAIN Harry DRACE, a fourteen year old Pottstown boy was thrown under a coal train in that borough on Tuesday morning and had his left arm ground off near the elbow. The accident occurred while he was climbing over the coal train which had been lying upon the siding. Suddenly the train pulled out and the shock threw him beneath the wheels. Besides having his arm cut off he was severely bruised and scratched. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT Last Sunday evening, while playing on a wagon in the barn yard, the six-year-old son of Theodore GEHMAN, a farmer west of Macungie, fell into a dung hook. A prong entered his head just over an eye. Dr. J.A. BROBST was hurriedly summoned and attended to the injured lad. He thinks the eye may be saved and finds that so far no very serious results have followed. PURCHASED A PROPERTY AT HEREFORD Mrs. J. JONES, of Philadelphia, purchased the property of Nathaniel HALLMAN, of Hereford for $1800. The sale comprises eighteen acres of land, good house and a barn. Mrs. JONES and her daughter, Helen, were visiting with the family of Jonathan KRAUSS and they were so impressed with that section of the country that they purchased a home. They will move there next Spring. ERECTED AN UP-TO-DATE STONE CRUSHER John JACOB, of Upper Hanover township, has had a stone crusher erected on his farm. The crusher is an up-to-date one and the power is furnished by a gasoline engine. The crusher was started this week and it is Mr. JACOB's intention to run it continuously provided he can sell the stone. He has orders for stone from the supervisors of the township at present and he expects to fill those first. FELL FROM HAY LOFT AND BROKE RIBS Christian KULP, of near Pleasant Run, assisted his son-in-law, Dr. Daniel BICKEL, in thrashing grain one day last week and while throwing sheaves from the loft he slipped and fell to the floor below. When picked up it was found that several ribs were fractured besides being badly bruised. A physician was summoned who attended to his injuries.

Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - August 29, 1903 THE DEATH LIST Joseph B. SHELLY, a well known dealer in wagons and agricultural implements, was found dead in bed at his home in Quakertown on Friday morning. Deceased was about 45 years old and was prominently identified with the Mennonite denomination in this section. He leaves a family. Edwin BREY, of Philadelphia, formerly of Upper Hanover township, died of consumption at the German Hospital, Philadelphia, on Sunday evening at 6.30 o'clock. Mr. BREY was a son of the late Reuben BREY and was never married. His age was 51 years, 1 month and 19 days. About four months ago he came to visit his sister Mrs. Allen MILLER, of Pennsburg, and while here he took sick with typhoid fever, after a seven weeks illness he was removed to the German Hospital where his sickness developed into consumption from which he died. His remains were brought to this borough to the residence of Allen MILLER by Undertaker Clayton H. FRYER on Monday. He is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Reuben, of Red Hill; Monroe, of East Greenville, and Sarah, wife of Allen MILLER, of Pennsburg. The funeral was held on Thursday at the St. Paul's Lutheran church near Red Hill. Services were conducted by the Rev. J.J. KLINE, of Pottstown. Interment on the church cemetery. Jesse ROTHENBERGER, one of the oldest residents, of Pennsburg, died on Wednesday evening at 5.30 o'clock after a brief illness of several weeks. His death was due to Cholera morbus. His occupation was a drover and he for many years made weekly trips to Berks county to purchase cattle and then drove them to Harleysville and Kulpsville where he disposed of them at public and private sales. Although well advanced in years he was hardy and was able to walk many miles in order to drive his cattle from place to place. He lived to the ripe old age of 76 years, 2 months and 13 days. He is survived by his widow and two children, Amandus, of Allentown and Tillie wife, of Allen J. DRESSLER, of Pennsburg. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at one o'clock at the Pennsburg Reformed Church. Rev. J.L. ROUSH will officiate. Eva Leona ALTHOUSE, daughter of Mrs. Mary ALTHOUSE, of East Greenville, died on Saturday evening of a complication of diseases. She was in ill health for the last half year but was able to be up and about until the last few weeks when she was compelled to remain in bed. Her death was hastened on by a weak heart. Her age was 10 years, 11 months and 22 days. She is survived by her mother, one sister Ella, and three step-brothers, Charles WEISS, Frank ALTHOUSE and Howard ALTHOUSE. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Services at the New Goshenhoppen Reformed church. Interment on the church cemetery. Rev. Calvin M. DELONG will officiate. Sarah PETERS, an inmate of the Mennonite House at Frederick, formerly of Philadelphia, died on Monday at the age of 65 years, 5 months and 12 days. She is survived by several sisters who reside in New York. The funeral was in charge of Undertaker Clayton FRYER, of Pennsburg, and was held on Thursday afternoon. Interment was made at the Bertolet Meeting House Cemetery near the home. Rev. GRUBB, of Philadelphia, officiated. Mrs. Samuel SCHWENK, of Pottstown, died on Monday. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. HILLEGASS, of Gilbertsville, and is survived by her husband, her parents, brother Dewitt, of Philadelphia, and sons George and William. Infant child, the five-months-old daughter of Joseph REPPERT, of Zieglersville, died of convulsions on Sunday. The family had been on a visit to Pennsburg and it seemed all right but in 45 minutes the child was dead. The funeral will be held to-day and interment will be made at Sumneytown. RUSTY NAIL CAUSES DEATH A nine-year-old daughter of farmer Eugene WILLIAMS, of near Kutztown, stepped upon a rusty nail last week and died Tuesday night of lock-jaw. KILLED BY MADDENED BULL Maddened by the heat, a bull at the Friends' Asylum, Frankford, attacked John LUKENS, on Tuesday evening, and gored him to death before anybody could come to the man's assistance. LUKENS was found dead at the feet of the enraged bull, who was bellowing in apparent delight at his bloody work. LUKENS was 63 years old, and it was his duty every night to drive the bull into a box stall and tie him. While doing this on Tuesday evening, the animal, affected by the intense heat, turned upon the old man and butted him against the side of the stall, breaking his ribs and causing other serious injuries. The savage horns penetrated a vital spot and the man was past all help when discovered. DIED AFTER FALL FROM BARN LOFT Injuries caused by falling from a barn loft caused the death of Raphael KLING, aged 71 near Macungie. HOPPENVILLE COUPLE WILL WED TODAY Edwin F. REITER, Jr., of Hoppenville, and Miss Ida S. KLINE, of the same town, will be married today. The wedding will be a private one only the members of the two families will be present. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B. KLINE, of the Hoppenville Hotel, and the groom is a son of merchant Edwin D. REITER, of the same town. MARRIED FIFTY YEARS The golden Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham BENFIELD, of Huffs Church was celebrated on Sunday. The relatives and friends of the aged couple began to arrive early Sunday morning and by eleven o'clock the house and yard were filled with a joyous crowd. A sumptuous dinner was prepared and all enjoyed the repast. The younger element spent the day in games while the older ones related instances which happened in their youth. All had an enjoyable time and before they left they congratulated both Mr. and Mrs. BENFIELD on their happy event and wished them many more bright days of wedded life. The following were present: Seneca BENFIELD and wife, Clayton BENFIELD and wife, Clayton BENFIELD, Mary A. BENFIELD, Abraham BENFIELD, Jr., and wife, Reuben A. MOLL, wife and child, Milton GERHART, wife and three children, J.D. REIFSNYDER, wife and six children, F.N. BENFIELD, Claudie, Eliza N., Minnie, Mary, Irvin, Lillie and Frank BENFIELD, Allen M. FISHER and wife, Edda FISHER, Charles BAUS, Frank MECK, Mary GERHART, Harry H. BENFIELD and wife, H. Winslow FEGLEY, wife and child, Alice MOLL, Annie BEITLER, Christie BEITLER, Mrs. David BITTENBENDER and two children, Lawrence FISHER, Amanda SEISHOLTZ, Mrs. George HOFFMAN, Mrs. Abraham REINERT, Edna MOYER, Mrs. Amanda BAUS, Valentine MOLL, John D. FRONHEISER and wife, Joseph FRONHEISER, wife and three children, Mrs. James CONRAD, William BENFIELD, wife and child, William ROHRBACH, Henry BENFIELD, Oswin BAUS and wife, Jacob BENFIELD and wife, Mrs. Benjamin CARL, Samuel BENFIELD and wife, Mrs. James F. NEALL, Atlantic City, N.J.; Clara MOYER, Annie MOYER, Edwin FOX, Daniel CONRAD, wife and child, Stella CONRAD, Charles KUSER, J.G. WERSTLER, Harry SEIBERT, wife and child, Lizzie BAUS, Henry S. MILLER, wife and two children, Edwin MOYER, Rev. J. Henry LEESER, Obediah FOX and wife, Horatio WESSNER and wife, Aaron BENFIELD and wife, Calvin BEITLER, Jennie REINERT, Edwin FRITCH, wife and two children, Alice REINERT, James BEITLER, August BEITLER, Freddie ROHRBACH, Howard REINERT, wife and two children, Harvey BAUS, wife and five children, Abraham DENNIS, wife and two children, Eugene ROHRBACH, Samuel S. ALTHOUSE, wife and three children, Henry MOYER, wife and child, Rev. O.R. FRANTZ and wife, Rev. A.J. FRANTZ and wife, Cherryville, Northampton County; Samuel S. KRIEBEL and wife, Watson BENFIELD, William EHST, Harrison MOSER and wife, August REINERT, wife and two children, Mary REINERT, Milton GERHART, wife and three children, Oswin SCHANTZ, wife and two children, Allen ERB, Claude ECK, John ROHRBACH, Emma RUPPERT, Daniel RUPPERT, William FO??, wife and child, William WESSNER, Claude WESSNER, Leon ERB and John GLASE and wife.

Ref: The Hearthstone Town and Country Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Thursday - August 28, 2003 VALLEY PAST By Larry Roeder FORGING GREEN LANE Long before the ice houses, Perkiomen Railroad, and the Goshenhoppen Turnpike there was the Green Lane Forge. It was one of the earliest industries in the Upper Perkiomen Valley, and operated for nearly a century and a quarter from a location just north of where the Macoby Creek meets the Perkiomen in the town that inherited its name. There are many historians who feel the Green Lane Forge was, in fact, the first established industry in the area. Between 1730 and 1742 a wealthy Quaker named Thomas MAYBURRY acquired several large tracts of land in Marlborough and Frederick townships and modern day Green Lane Borough. The buyer's name has lent itself to some confusion, as the spelling of the name appears as MAYBURRY, MAYBURY, MAYBRY, MABURY AND MAYBERRY in several official documents! But we can be sure that no matter how you spell it, Thomas started the Green Lane Forge. MAYBURRY was born around 1692 in Herefordshire England. By 1717 he traveled to Massachusetts, and by 1730 found his way to Penn's Woods. Along the way he married Sophia RUTTER. Being a member of the Thomas RUTTER family, the first iron master in Pennsylvania, Sophia was familiar with the ways of the forge and furnace. If the name Thomas RUTTER doesn't ring a bell, I'll fill you in. In 1717 RUTTER was producing iron along the Manatawny Creek, near modern day Pottstown. In 1720 he hired a friend of his named Thomas POTTS (as in Pottstown and Pottsgrove) to serve as his iron master and the rest, as they say, is history! In 1742 MAYBURRY acquired four tracts of land from John, Thomas and Richard PENN. In addition to the four parcels he attained from the PENN family, he purchased another 1,000-acre tract near Tylersport from William ALLEN in the same year. An interesting side note to this is the road that boarders the William ALLEN tract still bears the name "1,000 Acre Road." The waters of the Perkiomen Creek and its tributaries were an inviting power source. A place where dams could easily be built to harness the energy needed to operate a large scale iron plantation! The abundance of wood from the lush green forests nearby provided the charcoal to fuel the forge. By 1733, MAYBURRY's forge was up and running. In the early days of operation, pig iron was transported from Durham Furnace. It was a 25-mile journey from the lower Bucks County site along the Delaware River to Green Lane. Without a furnace to turn the raw iron ore into molten iron, MAYBURRY was forced to purchase and ship the product to his forge to make it into usable "bar iron." The bar iron was then heated, hammered and shaped by blacksmiths into wheels, horseshoes, nails, hinges and other more recognizable items. The Green Lane Forge was kind of a community unto itself. Over time, an ironmaster's house, large stone barn, workers quarters, charcoal kilns, coalhouse and blacksmith shop were added to the property. All kinds of workers were needed to support the work of the forge. Folks moved into the area to work at cutting trees, driving wagons, supplying food, running stores and just about anything else a growing industrial town could need. According to an account of Conestoga Wagons and Colonial Roads by local historian H. Hammond ARMSTRONG, it was estimated that "about 1,000 tons of pig and bar iron were transported annually." Pulling the freight was a four, six, or eight-horse team hitched to a large wagon capable of carrying six to eight tons. Teamsters charged two pounds to haul a ton of iron from Green Lane to Philadelphia. MAYBURRY didn't confine his efforts to Green Lane. In 1745 he built the Hereford Furnace in Berks County, and began supplying pig iron to his Green Lane facility. By the way, the Hereford Furnace is credited with producing the first 10-plate cook stove with oven, made in America! Thomas Sr. died in 1747, but the Green Lane Forge stayed in the family. William MAYBURRY, Thomas' oldest son, ran the operation until his death in 1764. The forge stayed in William's family until 1784, when Thomas Jr. took over. He ran the operation until his death in 1797. Thomas Jr.'s son William managed the forge for two years before bringing brother Willoughby on board as a partner. That lasted until Willoughby sold his share to another brother, Thomas III in 1813. It was reported that the Green Lane Forge provided cannon balls and wrought iron to the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. I'm not surprised since several of the Thomas MAYBURRY descendents were gunners in the Pennsylvania State Regiment of Artillery during the war. By the late 1700's powder mills had sprung up along the neighboring Swamp Creek area. They too needed to burn the wood for charcoal. According to Armstrong's Collection of Some Facts and Stories About Green Lane, Sumneytown, and Vicinity in the Days of the Early Settlers, "the extensive cutting of wood for about a full century had created a shortage of supply for charcoal making. About 50 acres of woods had to be cut each year to supply one forge fire with enough charcoal, and the Green Lane Iron Works had three forge fires." In 1814, William and Thomas MAYBURRY sold the forge to the firm of WALKER, GEORGE, WILLIS and YARDLEY. They paid $46,000 for the idle forge property. WALKER and GEORGE sold their shares to their other two partners in 1821. In 1834 the Montgomery County Sheriff sold the property to William SCHALL. SCHALL built a furnace on the site to augment the forge. The operation employed 30 workers, but the second life was short lived. SCHALL sold the property in pieces. By 1871, what was left of the Green Lane Forge Plantation took its final breath and passed quietly into history.