Franklin County Pennsylvania Biographies
| JACOB STRICKLER, farmer and stock
grower, P. O. Chambersburg, was born in Antrim Township, Franklin Co., Penn.,
January 23, 1815. His parents, Henry (a farmer) and Mary (Price) Strickler,
were also natives of Pennsylvania and of German origin, and his paternal
and maternal ancestors were among the early German settlers of Pennsylvania.
His father's family consisted of nine children, all of whom grew to maturity.
Our subject was reared on the farm and educated in the schools of Antrim
Township, this county, and has since devoted himself to agricultural pursuits,
at which he has been very successful. He owns the well improved, well stocked
farm where he now resides, and has retired from the active duties of life,
having passed the management of the farm into the hands of his son Amos,
who is the eighth child in the family, is married, and makes farming his
business. December 19, 1839, Mr. Strickler married Anna, daughter of Jacob
Stouffer, a farmer and miller of Guilford Township, Franklin Co., Penn. Mrs.
Strickler is also of German origin. She has borne her husband the following
named children: Henry, a clerk in Waynesboro; Catherine, wife of Jacob Stoner;
John, a farmer, residing in Frederick County, Va., married; Abraham, a farmer,
residing in Peters Township, this county; Mary, at home; Jacob, a merchant
in Illinois, married; Daniel, also a merchant in Illinois, married; Amos,
and David, a medical man in Duluth Minn.
History of Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, IL, 1887, p. 802. . - Transcribed and Donated by Carol Parrish |
| ABRAHAM H. STRICKLER, M. D.,
Waynesboro, is the youngest of four sons of Joseph Strickler, who was
intermarried with Mary Snively. His grandfather, Henry Strickler, came from
York County, Penn., near the Lancaster County line, at Columbia, in 1807,
and settled near Greencastle. He was of German-Swiss descent. Mary Snively,
the Doctor's mother, was an only daughter of Peter Snively, a descendant
of John Jacob Schnebele, who emigrated to this country from Switzerland in
1714, and settled also near Greencastle. Dr. Abraham H. Strickler, the subject
of this sketch, was born in Antrim Township, this county. He graduated at
the College of New Jersey, Princeton, class of 1863, receiving the degrees
of A. B. and A. M. He then studied medicine in the office of Dr. William
Grubb, of Greencastle, and subsequently attended Bellevue Hospital Medical
College, New York, where he graduated in medicine in 1866. He commenced the
practice of his profession at Mercersburg, this county, where he remained
five years. In 1871 he located in Waynesboro, where he has ever since been
successfully engaged in active practice. During the war of the Rebellion
he served as cadet in the medical department of the Union Army, and while
yet an undergraduate in medicine, he performed the duties of assistant surgeon
in Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D. C. He was married in 1870 to Miss Clara
Anna Besore, only daughter of George Besore, of Waynesboro, whose biography
and portrait are found elsewhere in this volume. The Doctor and wife have
two children: Harry Clark and Belle. They are members of the Reformed Church,
in which he has been elder for eight years. He takes an active part in education,
and in the public affairs of the town. He is a member of the public school
board; a member of the executive board of Frick Company, and president of
American Manufacturing Company, of Waynesboro. In politics he is a Republican.
History of Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, IL, 1887, p. 963. |
| W. W. TEACH, proprietor of the "National
Hotel," Waynesboro, was born in Franklin County, Penn., May 5, 1848, son
of John and Mary (Bandrow) Teach, natives of Pennsylvania and of German origin,
the former of whom followed farming all his life. Our subject is the second
in a family of ten children, eight of whom were boys, all growing to maturity.
In early life he learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed in Washington
County, Md., until 1876, since when he has been engaged in the hotel business.
In 1883 he sold his hotel in Leitersburg, Md., came to Waynesboro, and has
since been engaged in the same line of business. His hotel is the largest
and best furnished in Waynesboro, and has the best accommodations. Mr. Teach
was married in Maryland November 1, 1871, to Helen, daughter of John Sprankel,
and of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Teach have seven children: Lottie, Clifford,
Gracie, Bessie, Emma, Lee and Laura. Mr. Teach is a member of the I. O. R.
M., of the order of Mechanics, also of the K. of P. and G. A. R. He was a
member of Cole's cavalry, Company G, during the late war, and was discharged
at the close of service.
History of Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, IL, 1887, p. 964.. - Transcribed and Donated by Carol Parrish |
| JOHN N. STICKELL, merchant, Waynesboro,
was born in Greencastle, Penn., September 3, 1855, a son of Joseph and Rachel
(Earheart) Stickell, natives of Franklin County, Penn., of German origin,
the former of whom was a coachmaker, and carried on the business for many
years in Greencastle, where he died in 1885. His family consisted of three
children. Our subject was reared in Greencastle, where he acquired his education
and learned coachmaking of his father. In 1879 he came to Waynesboro and
worked in the Frick shops one year. In 1881 he embarked in the cigar and
tobacco trade, and in 1883 established his present business - dealing in
groceries and queensware - in which he has been very successful. He is a
member of St. Paul's Reformed Church, and takes an active interest in the
Sabbath-school. He is a Republican in politics.
History of Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, IL, 1887, p. 963. . Transcribed and Donated by Carol Parrish. - Transcribed and Donated by Carol Parrish |
| J. F. THOMPSON, D. D. S., Waynesboro,
was born in Ringgold, Md., February 27, 1854, a son of Archibald and Mary
(Shoemaker) Thompson, former of whom was a native of New Jersey, of English-Irish
origin; latter of Pennsylvania, of German origin. Archibald Thompson followed
coachmaking in Washington County, Md. His family consisted of eleven children,
all of whom are now living, J. F. being the eighth. Our subject received
his education in Washington County, Md; studied dentistry and graduated in
dental surgery in Philadelphia, in 1884. He then practiced dentistry for
two years in New York; came to Waynesboro in 1886, and established his present
business. In politics he is a Republican.
History of Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, IL, 1887, p. 964. . Transcribed and Donated by Carol Parrish |
| DANIEL TRITLE, director of Frick
Manufacturing Company, Waynesboro, was born in this county February 14, 1823,
son of Philip and Martha (Haggy) Tritle, also natives of Franklin County,
and of German and Swiss origin. They were parents of thirteen children, all
of whom attained maturity. Our subject, the fifth born, was reared on his
father's farm, receiving his early education in a country school. He followed
farming until 1854, when he came to Waynesboro, and embarked in the hardware
business in company with John Philips. In 1857 they sold out, and Daniel
Tritle clerked for William Brotherton for several years. From 1862 to 1864
he was in the butchering business; then he farmed for a time. From 1870 to
1875 he clerked for S. B. Rinehart, in the hardware business, and from 1875
to 1878 he was a partner with S. B. Rinehart in same line of business. Since
1878 he has been connected with Frick Company in which he is now a director.
He is also a director of the First National Bank of Waynesboro. In 1864 our
subject was united in marriage with Elizabeth A., daughter of George Jacobs,
of German origin. Mrs. Tritle died October 7, 1885. The children born to
this union now living are Alice Belle, George and Emma. The family are all
members of the Lutheran Church, of which Mr. Tritle is an elder. In politics
he is a Republican. He has served as school director.
History of Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, IL, 1887, p. 964. Transcribed and Donated by Carol Parrish |