J. WOODS BROWN, deceased, was born in White Deer valley, Union county, Pennsylvania, December 1, 1826, son of Samuel T. and Nancy (Woods) Brown. He attended the Milton Academy, also the McEwensville Academy under the Rev. S. S. Sheddon, D. D. He entered Jefferson College in the spring of 1846, and graduated from that institution in 1848. He then read law one year with Samuel Hepburn, of Milton, and afterwards entered the law school at Easton, Pennsylvania, under Judge McCarty and Henry Greer, and graduated in 1851, when he returned to Milton and engaged in practice. In 1853 he entered into co-partnership with W. C. Lawson, which relation continued successfully until 1880. After the great fire of that year in Milton neither partner cared to continue in the practice of law. Mr. Brown was an active and influential Democrat and a leader in the local councils of his party. In 1862-63 he represented Northumberland county in the House of Representatives in the State Legislature and occupied a prominent position in that body. He held a number of positions in civil life, in which his fidelity and conscientiousness were prominently manifested. He was the principal factor in the organization of the First National Bank of Milton in 1863, was elected its president, and continued in this office until his death. He was a remarkably quiet and unobtrusive man, yet possessed of that courage which always prompted him to follow the line of duty in a forcible, and oftentimes aggressive, manner. His conceptions of right and his condemnation of all things that reflected the image of impropriety made him a fearless advocate of good. January 29, 1851, he married Maria, daughter of William and Catherine Polk, of Easton, Pennsylvania. Seven children were born to their union, four of whom are living. Mr. Brown died, January 6, 1888. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 978 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JAMES C. BROWN, general superintendent of the Eagle Silk Mills, is a native of Scotland, born at Glasgow Oct. 25, 1870. He was brought to America by his parents in his childhood, and was but thirteen when he began working in the silk mills at Patterson, N.J., as bobbin boy, for $2.50 a week. He applied himself diligently to his task, and with the untiring perseverance and thoroughness of the true Scot learned all branches of the silk manufacturing business. His reputation spread and in 1904 he came to Shamokin from Phillipsburg, N.J. to take charge of the mills for J. H. & C. K. Eagle. Not only has he a thorough understanding of the manufacturing end of the business, but he has superior executive and business ability, and the mills have prospered under his wise administration. Mr. Brown is a Mason of high degree, belonging to Delaware Lodge, No. 52, F. & A.M., of Phillipsburg, N.J., of which he is past master; Eagle Chapter, No. 30, R.A.M., of Phillipsburg; Shamokin Commandery, No. 77, K.T.; Williamsport Consistory, thirty-second degree; Rajab Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., of Reading; and the Temple Club. He also belongs to Lodge No. 355, B.P.O.E. He has a beautiful home at Edgewood. ( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 703 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

SAMUEL T. BROWN was for many years one of the best known business men of Milton, where he lived nearly half a century. He was born in White Deer valley, Union county, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1798, and was a descendant of an old Puritan family that settled in that valley at an early date in its history. He learned the tanning trade, and in 1830 came to Milton and purchased the property now known as the Milton tannery, where he carried on business over thirty years. During this time he became actively identified with the growth and progress of the town. He was a stockholder and director of the old Northumberland Bank more than twenty years, and was one of the organizers and directors of the First National Bank from its inception up to his death, June 4, 1875. Mr. Brown was twice married, first to Nancy Woods, June 18, 1819, who bore him five children, three of whom grew to maturity: Cyrus; J. Woods, and Oliver. The two last mentioned are dead. He married for his second wife Elizabeth A. Young, of which union one child was born, but died in early youth. His widow survived him until October, 1883. Mr. Brown was an excellent citizen, a good neighbor, a man of sterling business character, and a kind husband and father. Politically he was a Democrat, and in religion a consistent member of the First Presbyterian church of Milton. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 977 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)
SAMUEL T. BROWN learned the trade of tanner, and on coming to Milton, Northumberland County, in 1830, purchased the property later known as the Milton Tannery, where he did business for thirty years. Meantime he was active in other things which affected the growth of the town and enterprises made necessary because of its growth. For over twenty years he was a stockholder and director of the old Northumberland County Bank, and he was an organizer and director of the First National Bank, continuing to serve as director from its inception until his death. On June 18, 1819, Mr. Brown married Nancy Woods, born in 1796, who died in 1836, the mother of five children, three of whom grew to maturity, Cyrus, J. Woods and Oliver; all are now deceased. For his second wife Mr. Brown married Elizabeth A. Young, and they had one child, who died young. Mrs. Elizabeth A. (Young) Brown was born in 1812, and died in 1881. Mr. Brown’s death occurred June 4, 1875. This family are buried at Milton. Mr. Brown was a member of the First Presbyterian church of Milton and one of the most highly respected citizens of his day in the borough, noted for his sterling traits of character and high principles in all his dealings. He was a Democrat in politics. Cyrus Brown, eldest son of Samuel T., was born May 25, 1824, in White Deer valley, Union County, and was a child when the family settled in Northumberland County. He received his education in the schools of Milton and at Lewisburg Academy, learning the drug business in a drug store in Philadelphia. Returning thence to Milton in 1854, he was in the business on his own account from that time until his death, a period of almost forty years, during which he earned the reputation of being about the most progressive man in his line in the county. He established a large business, the largest drug business ever conducted in the borough, and in addition to the regular lines handled white lead in large quantities and was the inventor and for many years the manufacturer of the Red Horse powder. His store was burned out in the great fire of May, 1880, his insurance falling fifty thousand dollars short of his losses, but he rebuilt, erecting in 1882 the fine store on Broadway where the business has since been carried on. Mr. Brown was enterprising and farsighted, and he was an extensive advertiser in the days when advertising was not generally considered a necessary investment. But the results proved the wisdom of his ideas, and he built up a business which has continued to maintain its supremacy up to the present day. Since his death, which occurred Sept. 14, 1893, it has been carried on by his widow with the assistance of able clerks. Mr. Brown was a man of fine character and upright life, universally respected. He served as a member of the borough council and proved himself a useful citizen in other capacities. In politics he was a Democrat, and in religion a member of the Presbyterian church. In 1859 Mr. Brown married Louisa B. Krauser, daughter of David Krauser, and she died leaving one daughter, Hettie L. On Jan. 1, 1876, he married (second) Mrs. Rebecca E. Rhodes, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Freeze) Hullihen, and widow of Dr. Charles Rhodes. ( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 369 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

SIMON PETER BROWN was a resident of the borough of Milton for forty years, during which period he was not only considered one of the substantial citizens of that place but also one whose influence counted for much in the promotion of progressive enterprises. He made a great success of his own undertakings, and when he became interested in public institutions, those bearing on the general welfare of the community, he gave them the same thought which had made his personal affairs prosper. Intelligent, broad-minded and public-spirited, he was a man whose life, though unassuming and avoiding rather than seeking notoriety, was one of continuous usefulness to his fellow men as well as to those who had the right to claim his attention. Mr. Brown was a native of Union County, Pa., born Aug. 14, 1843, son of Cyrus and Elizabeth (Wooltrout) Brown whose children were as follows: Mary Ann (who married Aaron Van Buskirk), Daniel, Reuben, Abram, Obediah (died young), Jeremiah (died young) and Simon Peter. The last named was a pupil in the schools of his home locality in Union county and later went to school at Lewisburg. He came to Milton about 1867 and there spent the remainder of his days. He began work in the borough as a clerk in the store of William Heinen, remaining there when it was conducted by the firm of Heinen, Etzler & Raush, and later by the Heinen & Schreyer Company. But he did not continue long in the humble capacity in which he began his connection with the business. He became a partner, and after the death of Mr. Heinen the firm became Schreyer, Brown & Co., continuing thus until Mr. Brown withdrew from the association, in 1894. Though unostentatious in everything he did Mr. Brown was recognized as a most efficient worker by all who had any dealings with him. Many of the most important movements in Milton counted him among their most effective promoters. He was one of the organizers of the Milton Water Company and served as director; was for years president a the Milton Gas Company and was one of the directors of the Milton National Bank. He was faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics a Republican. His death, which occurred April 28, 1907, was a distinct loss to the community. On March 14, 1882, Mr. Brown married Laura B. Knauff, daughter of John and Susan (Clinger) Knauff, and she survives him, she and her mother occupying the beautiful home on East Broadway erected by Mr. Brown. ( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 33 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

CHARLES J. BRUNER was educated at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, studied law under Alexander Jordan, and was admitted to the bar of Northumberland county, January 3, 1843. He at once opened an office at Sunbury, where he was associated with William L. Dewart for a time. As captain of Company F, Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, he led the first detachment of troops from Northumberland county at the outbreak of the civil war. Subsequently he was appointed internal revenue collector for the Fourteenth Pennsylvania district by President Grant, and retained that office fourteen years. Captain Bruner was born at Sunbury, November 17, 1820, and died on the 15th of March, 1885. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 252 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)
CAPTAIN CHARLES J. BRUNER was born in Sunbury, November 17, 1820, and died, March 15, 1885. His father was the Rev. Martin Bruner of the German Reformed church, and his mother's maiden name was Mary Gray - the latter a native of Sunbury and the former of Philadelphia. The Rev. Martin Bruner died in 1852; his widow lived to the age of seventy-five years. He came to Sunbury when twenty-one years old, from here moved to Hagerstown, Maryland, and from there to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he died. Charles J. Bruner came to Sunbury to live in 1840. He was educated in Lancaster, studied law under Judge Alexander Jordan, and was admitted to the bar in 1843. For a time after coming to the bar he was associated with the late Major Dewart; afterward he had no law partner. At the meeting of the bar at Sunbury, Monday, March 30, 1885, held for the purpose, the formal announcement of Captain Bruner's death was made and the following resolutions were adopted:-
The bar of Northumberland county, having convened to take recognition of the death, and to pay some seemly tribute to the character and memory of the late Charles J. Bruner, Esquire, whose relations as a member thereof have always been so honorable, but whose untimely decease it has been so suddenly and unexpectedly called to deplore, doth resolve,
First, That his spotless career as a lawyer while in active membership of this bar, his exemplary courage when in camp and field, while he served his country as a soldier in the early and trying days of the late civil war, his enviable record for efficiency and integrity as an officer in the civil service of the Federal government during the fourteen years or more he held the important trust of collector of internal revenue for the Fourteenth district of Pennsylvania, and his fair promise of honorable achievement on his recent return to and renewal of active employment in his profession of the law, have made his name and character well worthy to be held in active memory, and render his fame well worthy of perpetuation among the historical records of our bar and his virtues and achievements in public and professional life well worthy of righteous emulation.
Second, That his learning, the high order of his natural abilities, his discriminating judgment and quickness of perception, and the noble Virtues of his public and private life, have largely contributed to place him in high rank among the just and honorable of his profession.
Third, That by his genial manners, his amiable temper, his affectionate disposition, his generous impulses, as well by his unswerving fidelity in pure and disinterested friendship as by his kindly and beneficent influences in social and professional intercourse, he has won his way to the strongest feelings and best impulses of our hearts.
Fourth, That a committee of four members of the bar be appointed to convey to his family the assurance of our heartfelt sympathy with them in this sudden and great bereavement, and to commend them in the great depth of their sorrow to the strong staff tendered by him "who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," and fails not to remember the widow or the orphan, but notes in tenderness of mercy even the fall of the sparrow.

CAPT. JAMES BRYSON, who died in the prime of life while serving his country as a cavalry captain in, the Civil war, was a descendant of one of the prominent old families of Northumberland County. The Brysons are of Scotch-Irish descent and Presbyterians in religious faith.
Robert Bryson, the Captain’s great-grandfather, born in 1727, died Sept. 29, 1769, aged forty-two years. He lived in Delaware Township, Northumberland County. His wife, whose maiden name was Esther Quigly, was born in 1728, and died in September, 1809, at the age of eighty-one years. They had children as follows: James, Rev. John, William and Samuel. Of these, Rev. John Bryson, born in January, 1758, in Cumberland County, Pa., died Aug. 3, 1855, in his ninety-eighth year; he married Jane Montgomery, and they had five children, Christian, Jane, John, Robert and Hetty.
James Bryson, son of Robert, was born Jan. 29, 1757, and was a large landowner and farmer in Delaware Township, where he died April 5, 1847, in his ninety-first year. He is buried at Warrior Run Church. He married Esther Graham, daughter of John Graham, on June 22, 1780, and the following children were born to them: Robert, William B., Mrs. Reineansin, Mrs. Nickson and a daughter, also married, whose name is not known. The mother of this family, born in 1751, died April 21, 1820, aged sixty-nine years.
William B. Bryson was born Nov. 30, 1794, in Delaware Township, where he died. He was a farmer and blacksmith, following those occupations for many years. On Feb. 3, 1820, he married Rebecca Caldwell, who was born May 12, 1801, and died in Watsontown. They are buried at McEwensville, Northumberland County. Fifteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. William B. Bryson, namely: Margaret, born Nov. 10, 1820; Capt. James, born Jan. 1, 1822; Esther G.; born Aug. 22, 1823, who married Andrew Russel (a son, William, resides at Watsontown, Northumberland County); Mary E., born Feb. 20, 1825, who married John Easton, of Union County, Pa.; Ella R., born Feb. 25, 1827, who married Samuel McCarty; Rev. Robert C., born Dec. 3, 1828; John C., born Nov. 9, 1830; Hannah, born Aug. 16, 1832, who died in 1846, aged fourteen years; William, born Oct. 2, 1838, who married Mary Elsie (she still resides at Watsontown, Northumberland County); Jane, born May 22, 1835, who married Samuel Russel; Capt. Samuel, born Jan. 31, 1837; Rebecca, born Jan. 18, 1839, who married William Wagner, of Winchester, Va.; Sarah, born Sept. 3, 1841, who married William Klopp; Martha, born April 22, 1848, who married Dr. William Truckenmiller; and Priscilla, born Sept. 1, 1845
Capt. James Bryson was born Jan. 1, 1822, on the old homestead in Delaware Township, Northumberland County, and though he died in the prime of life, just at the age of forty, he was one of the most prominent young men in the county. He had entered the Union service as captain of Company D, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and died of fever at Louisville, Ky., in April, 1862, while on duty at that place. His death was a shock to all who knew him and was widely mourned in the vicinity of his home. His remains rest in the upper cemetery at Milton, Pa., where a fine monument marks his grave.
On Jan. 1, 1852, Captain Bryson married Margaret Montgomery, daughter of William S. and Jane (Caldwell) Montgomery, the former born Dec. 17, 1808, the latter Aug. 13, 1808. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery had a family of five children: David C., Robert (of McEwensville, Pa.), Oliver (deceased), Edward L. (of Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Margaret.
Four children were born to Capt. James and Mrs. Bryson: Agnes M., born in 1854, died in 1901; Clara J., born in 1856, died in 1902; Rebecca, born May 1, 1858, is the wife of William L. Wilson, a hardware merchant of Jersey Shore, Pa.; and William J., born in 1861, died in 1864. Mrs. Margaret Bryson makes her home in Milton, Northumberland County, residing on Front Street.
Rev. Robert C. Bryson, son of William B., born Dec. 3, 1828, died April 13, 1873, aged forty-four years, four months, ten days. He was a Presbyterian minister, and was located at Ashland, Pa., for some years as pastor. On Aug. 25, 1859, he married Ruth E. Arnold, daughter of John and Hannah P. (Yeager) Arnold, and she still survives, now making her home at Reading, Berks Co., Pa. Four children were born to this union: Charles H., who is deceased; Myra, married to Gilbert Voris Russel; Robert C., who married Lydia A. Moore, and died in 1910; and Ruth, at home.
Capt. Samuel Bryson, the eleventh child of William B. Bryson, born Jan. 31, 1837, died Dec. 24, 1879. He was a farmer by occupation. Early in the Civil war he entered the Union service as a private, becoming a member of Company D, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and after the death of his brother, Capt. James Bryson, of that company, was promoted to its command to fill his place. He served nearly four years in the war. On Dec. 23, 1868, he married Martha W. Dean, daughter of Judge Joseph Dean, who served two terms as associate judge of Montour County, Pa. The Judge was twice married, having three children by his first wife, whose maiden name was Pollock, and eight by his second, Adaline Coal. To Captain Bryson and his wife were born five children: James, Howard, Janet and Fannie and Ada (both of whom are deceased). ( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 432 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

SAMUEL C. BRYSON, deceased, was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, upon the farm where his widow now resides, in 1837, son of William B. and Rebecca (Caldwell) Bryson. He was a farmer by occupation. He enlisted in Company D, Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, as a private, and was promoted to the rank of captain, serving nearly four years. December 23, 1868, he married Martha W., daughter of Joseph Dean, of Montour county, Pennsylvania. Her father served two terms as associate judge of Montour county, and his first wife was Mary Pollock, by whom he had three children, Joseph being the only one now living. His second wife was Adaline Coal, who bore him eight children: Oliver, a lawyer, of Kansas City, Missouri: Mary D.; Clingan; Ursula Gauger; Alice D.; Foster; William A., and Martha. Captain Bryson died, December 24, 1879. He was the father of six children: James; Howard; Helen; Janet; Fannie, deceased, and Ada, deceased. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 1157 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

BENNEVILLE M. BUBB, of Dalmatia, is one of the oldest justices in Northumberland County, his services as such having extended over a period of more than forty years—from 1869 to the present. There are few men in his locality better known, and none commands more respect than this venerable citizen, who holds a most honored place in the esteem of all his fellow men. He was born Nov. 21, 1833, in Lower Mahanoy Township, son of Philip Bubb, and comes of an old settled family of the region, where his grandfather, Johan Philip, lived and died.
Johan Philip Bubb, born Sept. 28, 1789, owned a tract of land in Lower Mahanoy Township, and was a cooper by trade. He died Dec. 10, 1854, and was buried at Zion’s church. His two wives, Magdalena and Hannah Kerstetter, respectively, were sisters, and his children, the two first named born to the first union, were as follows: Philip, Lydia (married Joseph Fenstermacher), Polly (married John Patrick), Sally (married Josiah Wert), Catharine (married Jacob Michael), Susan (married Augustas Badman, late of Montgomery County, Pa.) and Isaac (who was a farmer in Lower Mahanoy Township). Philip Bobb had a brother Michael and sisters Elizabeth (Mrs. John Lenker), Mrs. Paul Lahr, Mrs. Michael Wert and Mrs. Witmer.
Philip Bobb, son of Philip, was born in Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, and became a well known resident of Lower Mahanoy Township, where he owned a tract of land. He followed shoemaking until his retirement, and died at a ripe; old age. His wife, Magdalena (Michael), was born Jan. 2, 1810, daughter of Wilhelm Michael, and died Jan. 16, 1895. Philip Bubb and his wife are buried at Dalmatia. He was a Lutheran, she a member of the Reformed Church. They had ten children, five of whom died young, the others being: Benneville M.; Elizabeth, who married Peter Sechrist; Sarah, who married George Shull; Isaac, who died while serving in defense of his country in the Civil war, being killed at the siege of Atlanta while serving as a regular in the 15th United States Infantry; and Anna, who married Henry Spotts.
Benneviile M. Bubb was reared at the paternal home in Lower Mahanoy Township. He obtained his education in the subscription schools and at Freeburg Academy. When about fifteen years old he became clerk in a general store at Georgetown (which is now known as Dalmatia) conducted by one Andrew Ditty, who was succeeded in the business by the firm of Ditty & Lenker, of which he was the senior partner. Later Mr. Lenker withdrew and was succeeded by John Bingeman, the firm then becoming known as Bingeman & Ditty. Mr. Bubb was with Mr. Ditty about two years, at the end of which time he became clerk in the general store of Peter Borel (name now spelled Burrell, it is of French extraction). Mr. Borel operated a general store and bought up grain, which was taken across the Susquehanna at Georgetown, by flats, to “McKees Half Falls,” to the Pennsylvania canal, was loaded onto a Union canal boat, at Middletown, where the Union canal started, and went by way of Reading to Philadelphia, where the grain was sold. Mr. Bubb was with Mr. Borel for five years, until he and George W. Arbogast bought out the good will, stock and fixtures of Borel’s store, the firm being Arbogast & Bubb. This association lasted three years, when Mr. Bubb bought out the interest of his partner and conducted it alone for two years. At the end of that time he admitted George Bordner to the firm, which became Bubb & Bordner for two years. When the Civil war began they sold out to Backhus & Ells, for whom Mr. Bubb continued clerking, also conducting the post office in the store. He was the postmaster during the two administrations of President Lincoln, from 1860 to 1866. He remained as clerk with P. S. Bickel, who succeeded to the general merchandise business of Backhus & Ells, and who was a justice of the peace many years, Mr. Bubb succeeding him in this office in 1869. He has continued to hold this office, by reelection, ever since and in this connection has also been extensively engaged in surveying, conveyancing, etc., establishing his business as surveyor in 1880. He has written many wills, deeds, etc., and his reputation for reliable work is such that his services are in great demand. He is a true peacemaker, having by his friendly and wise advice settled many cases without recourse to the regular processes of law, thus saving those who consulted him, as well as the community, many thousands of dollars which might have been expended in useless litigation, to say nothing of maintaining goodwill between relatives and friends. He has clerked at many public sales. During 1908, 1909 and 1910 Mr. Bubb was badly hampered in his work by a cataract in the right eye; he has also an undeveloped cataract in the left eye. Having been a resident of Dalmatia from his youth he has seen the town improve greatly. It was laid out by one Gray, a deputy surveyor of Pennsylvania, in 1798, and the original name was Georgetown. In 1908 the name was changed to Dalmatia because of a Georgetown in Beaver County, Pa., causing errors in mail and freight shipments. Mr. Bubb owns a number of lots in the town, and has also a stone quarry of six acres.
Mr. Bubb is a Republication in politics, and has served Lower Mahanoy Township on the school board a number of years. He was one of the first school directors elected in the Township, in 1865, and helped to establish the free schools here, although he had opposed their introduction. At the time he was teaching subscription school, and he taught two terms of public school. He continued to serve as school director until 1888. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Dalmatia independent school district and the erection of the present four-room brick school building. All in all, he has been a highly useful citizen.
Mr. Bubb’s first wife, Eliza (Roush), born Sept. 9, 1838, died April 8, 1861, leaving a son, William C. She is buried at Georgetown church. On Dec. 7 1862, he was married (second) to Susan Sechrist, daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Sechrist) Sechrist, and granddaughter of Christian Sechrist, whose wife’s maiden name was Grace. To this marriage were born seven children: Pauline married Luther Albert; Lizzie A. died young; U. S. Grant lives at Milton, Pa.; Isaac N. died in infancy; Henry S. is a resident of Dalmatia; Lewis N., of Herndon, Pa.; Arthur S., of Philadelphia (he is a printer and works on the Philadelphia Inquirer). Mr. Bubb and his family are members of the Reformed Congregation of the Dalmatia Church, and he has served as deacon and elder for many years. He has an old German Bible brought to America by the Sechrists, who hailed from Switzerland, and in whose family it has been for several centuries. Though fully three hundred and fifty years old it is well preserved. ( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 270 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)
B. M. BUBB, justice of the peace and surveyor, was born in Lower Mahanoy township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, son of Philip and Magdaline (Michael) Bubb. His education was obtained at the subscription schools and the Freeburg Academy. His early occupation was clerking in Georgetown, and about 1858 he engaged in the general mercantile business in the same place, which he conducted some three years, when he sold out. In 1860 he was appointed postmaster, and filled the office six years. He was elected justice of the peace in 1869, which office he has since filled. In 1880 he established his business as surveyor. Mr. Bubb was one of the first school directors elected in the township, in 1865, and held the office until 1888. He is a member of the German Reformed church, and has served in the office of deacon and elder. Politically be is a Republican, and a gentleman of enterprise and public spirit. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 1238 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

WILLIAM C. BUBB, son of Benneville M. Bubb, is postmaster at Dalmatia, where he was born Feb. 14, 1861. He was engaged at clerking in a store there for many years, first for P. S. Bickel & Son, later for Albert Schnee; and for two years he was engaged in the mercantile business at Dalmatia on his own account. On Aug. 29, 1897, he was appointed postmaster of Dalmatia, which is a fourth-class office. He married Sevilla Brosius, daughter of Napoleon Brosius, who lived at Mount Pleasant Mills, Pa., and they have one daughter, Mary Magdalene. Mr. Bubb and his family are members of the Reformed Church. He has a nice residence in Dalmatia. Politically he has been identified with the Republican party, was formerly committeeman from Lower Mahanoy Township, and has been delegate to a number of county conventions ( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 271 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOHN, HENRY, and DIETRICH BUCHER emigrated from Switzerland to Pennsylvania: Dietrich established an iron furnace near Reading; John and Henry located at Sunbury. Henry Bucher was a farmer, and resided at the southwest corner of Walnut and Third streets; he owned nearly all that part of the borough between the Susquehanna river and Shamokin creek from the mouth of the latter to Spruce street, and first reduced this land to cultivation. He married a Miss Epley, and they had issue as follows: Henry; Elizabeth, who married George Weiser (tanner); Mary, who married Jacob Leisenring; Francis; George, a soldier in the war of 1812, and John. Henry had a hotel on Front street and operated the ferry for some years; Francis was a tanner, and one of the last persons engaged in that business at Sunbury. He died on the 19th of March,1875, at the age of seventy years. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 454 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

J. F. BUCHER, deceased, was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1834. His father, Nicholas Bucher, was a native of Switzerland, and settled in Northampton county when a boy. He married Elizabeth Bachman, and in 1837 removed to Northumberland county, where he engaged in farming. He was a member of the Reformed church. He was the father of six children, five of whom are living: Samuel; John, of Milton; Sarah; J. F., and Catharine, wife of David Kohler. The subject of this sketch received his education at the Lancaster and Milton schools, and at the age of eighteen years learned the blacksmith trade, which occupation he followed for some time. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Seventy-second Pennsylvania Volunteers as first lieutenant, serving nine months. In 1868 he removed to Milton, where he worked at his trade until 1874. In 1886 he located upon the farm where his family now resides, and where his death occurred, September 15, 1890. In 1864 he married Adeline, daughter of John Wolfe, by whom he had eight children: Elizabeth; Mary; Clara W.; John N.; Margaret J.; J. F.; Frederick B., and Adeline, deceased. He was a member of the F. & A.M. of Milton and the G.A.R. Politically he was a Democrat; he served in the offices of justice of the peace and auditor of the township, and was elected county treasurer in 1881, serving three years. Mr. Bucher was a member of the Reformed church, to which his family also adheres. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 1133 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOHN WEISER BUCHER- The Bucher family date their advent into Northumberland county back to the Indian occupation, and the name figures with more or less prominence in all the succeeding generations. Henry Bucher, grandfather of John W., reared a large family of children, and his youngest son, Francis, a tanner by occupation, married Mary Ann Mawser, December 8, 1831, reared six sons and two daughters, and died, March 19, 1875. Of his eight children, the subject of this sketch is the oldest of four sons and one daughter now living. He was born in Sunbury, September 15, 1835, received an academic education, learned the tanning business under his father, and at the age of about twenty years became clerk and deputy of the register and recorder, a position he filled about six years. He was next appointed deputy prothonotary and held that office one year. In February, 1864, he enlisted in Company C, Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, at Harrisburg, and served one year as a private under General Hancock in the Nineteenth army corps. He was mustered out at Charleston, South Carolina, returned to Sunbury, and for two or three succeeding years was engaged in the tanning business. His next employment was with Ira T. Clement as book-keeper of that gentleman's manufacturing establishment, a position he was continued in for several years. He has been secretary of the Sunbury Steam Ferry and Tow Boat Company and associate manager or superintendent of the various manufacturing industries of Mr. Clement, in whose employ he was for the fourth of a century. Mr. Bucher has been chief burgess and treasurer of Sunbury and four of five terms borough councilman. In July 1890, he was elected secretary and treasurer of the Sunbury Trust & Safe Deposit Company, a new bank now being started up on the corner of Fourth and market streets. He is prominent in Masonry, Odd Fellowship, Knights of Pythias, Improved Order of Red Men, and the Reformed church. He was first married in Sunbury, December 15, 1858, to Hester A., daughter of the late James Beard, at one time prothonotary of the county and afterward a lawyer. She died December 26,1862, leaving three children: Francis Edward, a lawyer in Philadelphia: John Beard, a merchant of Sunbury, and Mary Margaret, who was born, September 13, 1862, and died, February 14, 1877. His second wife, to whom he was married, March 4, 1868, was Mary Jane, daughter of Ira T. Clement, who died in December following, leaving one child, Laura C. February 13, 1872, Mr. Bucher married Mary Faust, by whom he has had five children: Samuel Faust, deceased; William Henry; Sarah Helen; George Franklin, and Mary Ann Masser. deceased. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 839 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)
JOHN WEISER BUCHER, formerly of Sunbury, a citizen of that borough whose activities in business, social and public circles made him known to most of its residents, was born there Sept. 15, 1835. He is a member of the third generation of his family to live at that place, the Buchers having been active and prominent here from the early days, the emigrant members of the family having settled in Sunbury in the days of the Indian occupation.
John, Henry and Dietrich Bucher came to Pennsylvania from Switzerland, Dietrich establishing an iron furnace near Reading, Berks County, John and Henry locating at Sunbury, Northumberland County. Henry Bucher, who was the grandfather of John Weiser Bucher, was born April 16, 1764, in Switzerland, was a farmer by occupation, and resided at what is now the southwest corner of Walnut and Third Streets, owning much land in Sunbury, nearly all that part of the borough between the Susquehanna river and Shamokin creek, from the mouth of the latter to Spruce Street. He was the first to put this land under cultivation. He married Catharine Epley, who was born Jan. 24, 1768, and died at Sunbury Aug. 17, 1847. Mr. Butcher died at Sunbury Feb. 3, 1824. Their children were: Henry; Elizabeth, who married George Weiser, a tanner; Mary, who married Jacob Leisenring; Francis; George, who was a soldier in the war of 1812; and John. Of this family, Henry lived and died in Sunbury; he had a hotel on Front Street, and operated the ferry for some years.
Francis Bucher, youngest son of Henry and Catharine (Epley) Bucher, lived at the old homestead in Sunbury. He learned the trade of tanner and was one of the last persons engaged in that business in the borough. He died March 19, 1875, at the age of seventy. On Dec. 8, 1831, he married Mary Ann Masser and to their union were born six sons and two daughters: The eldest two, both named Henry, died in infancy; John Weiser is the oldest surviving member of the family; Emily died unmarried in 1908; Edward (deceased) married Amelia Fisher (whose mother was ninety-seven years old in 1910—the oldest living woman in Sunbury); Richard, who lived and died in Sunbury, was in the army for fifteen years, was held prisoner at Andersonville for over a year and was in Custer’s forces; Louisa died young; William H. is a resident of Sunbury.
John Weiser Bucher received an academic education, and learned the trade of tanner with his father. When about twenty years old he became clerk and deputy to the register and recorder, filling that position about six years, after which he was appointed deputy prothonotary, serving as such one year; he also served one term as deputy treasurer of the county. He served one year in the Civil war, and upon his return to Sunbury resumed the tanning business, at which he was engaged for two or three years. He then entered the employ of Ira T. Clement, in whose employ be continued for a quarter of a century, beginning as bookkeeper in his manufacturing establishment and after several years in that position becoming secretary of the Sunbury Steam Ferry and Tow Boat Company and associate manager or superintendent of the various manufacturing industries of Mr. Clement. In July, 1890, he was elected secretary and treasurer of the Sunbury Trust & Safe Deposit Company, then a new banking concern, just established in its quarters at Fourth and Market Streets. Though not as active in business as formerly, Mr. Bucher retained many of his local interests as long as he remained in Sunbury. On Feb. 19, 1911, he and his daughter Sarah left Sunbury for Kingman, Ariz., to make their home with his son William Henry.
Mr. Bucher took a prominent part in administering the public affairs of the borough, having served many years as town clerk and in the council, and in 1868 as chief burgess; he was also elected treasurer of the borough, in every position justifying the confidence his fellow citizens have shown in his ability and integrity. He cast his first vote for Buchanan, but has since been a Republican in politics.
In February, 1865, Mr. Bucher enlisted in Company C, 47th P. V. I., at Harrisburg, and served one year in the 19th Army Corps, as a private under General Hancock. He was mustered cut at Charleston, S. C. He is a prominent member of Lieut. William A. Brunner Post, No. 335, G.A.R., of Sunbury, and served as quartermaster of that organization continuously from 1895. The history of the members of that post which he compiled, containing a biography with detailed war record of 246 comrades, cost him much time and labor, occupying him for over two years, and is a valuable and interesting work; he has also compiled a complete roster of the post. Mr. Bucher is quite an authority on matters of local history having long devoted much of his leisure to intelligent study, and his fine library of over fifteen hundred volumes contains many valuable works, which he thoroughly appreciates and enjoys. In his more active years he was prominent in various fraternal bodies, and he was the oldest Mason in Sunbury (member of Lodge No. 22, F. & A.M.) and the oldest Odd Fellow in that borough (member of Lodge No. 203). He formerly held membership in the Knights of Pythias, I.O.R.M., P.O.S. of A. and American Mechanics. He was long identified with the First Reformed Church of Sunbury, which he served many years as organist. In 1891 Mr. Bucher erected the beautiful home at No. 1048 River Road which he occupied until his removal from the borough.
On Dec. 15, 1858, Mr. Bucher was married in Sunbury to Hester A. Beard, daughter of James Beard (deceased), at one time prothonotary of Northumberland County and afterward a lawyer. She died Dec. 26, 1862, leaving three children: Francis Edward, who graduated from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., and is now a prominent lawyer in Philadelphia; John Beard, a merchant of Sunbury; and Mary Margaret, born Sept. 13, 1862, who died Feb. 14, 1877. On March 4, 1868, Mr. Bucher married (second) Mary Jane Clement daughter of Ira T. Clement and she died in December of the same year, leaving a daughter, Laura Irene, born Dec. 19, 1868, who died Nov. 2, 1892. On Feb. 13, 1872, Mr. Bucher married (third) Mary Faust, and to their union were born five children: Samuel Faust, who is deceased; William Henry, a graduate of Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa., and of the Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, who was a surgeon in the United States navy from 1897 and because of physical disability stationed at Kingman, Ariz., since 1908 (he is now retired); Sarah Helen, unmarried; George Franklin; and Mary Ann Masser, deceased. ( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 734 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark) <

PETER E. BUCK has been for many years one of the best known and most prominent hardware and iron merchants of Schuylkill and Northumberland counties, and is recognized as one of the most successful business men of eastern Pennsylvania. Born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1840, he came to Pottsville with his parents in 1846, and attended the public schools until the spring of 1853. He then entered the hardware store of George Bright, afterwards Bright & Lerch, and was with them until January, 1863, when he opened the beginning of his now large business located at Ashland, Schuylkill county. This he has carried on successfully to the present time, and has built it up to a mammoth wholesale and retail establishment; for some years his son, Frank L., has been the active manager, assisted by Harry J., a younger son. Mr. Buck, in August, 1883, purchased the extensive hardware establishment of William R. Kutzner of Shamokin, and has carried on a prosperous wholesale and retail hardware business there ever since, known as the Shamokin Hardware Company, Limited, William G. Buck, manager, Frank L. Buck, chairman, and Peter E. Buck, treasurer. Mr. Buck is a leading Republican, and has held several positions of honor and trust; he was chosen without opposition an elector for Harrison and Morton in 1888, was trustee of the Anthracite hospital, at Ft. Springs, and its treasurer for a number of years, filled the office of school director for six years and president of the board five, and was also president of the Ashland Gas Light Company in its early career. Mr. Buck is a large stockholder in the Citizens' National Bank of Ashland, and also a director; he is interested largely in the First National Bank, and the Shamokin Banking Company, both of Shamokin, and is the largest individual stockholder in these three first-class institutions. He also owns a nice block of stock of the First National Bank of Mt. Carmel and has recently been induced to accept a directorship in the new Merchants' National Bank of Shenandoah City, in which institution he is a leading stockholder. He has been a Mason since 1863, a Knight Templar since 1870, and became a member of Philadelphia Consistory, Scottish Rite Masonry, 320, in 1890. Mr. Buck was married, May 8, 1860, to Anna Elizabeth Sterling, of Pottsville, who has borne him seven children: Carrie J.; Frank L.; William G.; Harry J.; Anna E.; Walter E., and H. Gertrude, the two last named deceased. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 943 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

ROBERT BUCK, deceased, was born at New Castle, Delaware, December 14, 1827, son of James and Mary (Thompson) Buck. His father was a native of Ireland, and died in October, 1869; the mother was a native of Delaware, and died in 1872. They were the parents of twelve children, seven of whom are living: David, of Iowa; Margaret, Mrs. Absalom Barben, of Chester county, Pennsylvania; Mary E.; Samuel, of Renovo, Pennsylvania; John, of Driftwood, Pennsylvania; James, of Harrisburg, and William. The subject of this sketch received a common school education, and engaged in the boot and shoe business at London Grove, Pennsylvania, and in 1864 embarked in railroading, first as a laborer, and then took charge of construction. In 1871 he was appointed supervisor by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and continued in that position up to his death, January 7, 1890. He was married in 1855 to Ruth A. John, who died in 1868, leaving three children: Emmaline, Mrs. H. P. McKee; Mary H., Mrs. Edwin B. Hogue, and Jennie, Mrs. William Rossel. He was again married in June, 1870, to Elizabeth A. Seiler, of this county, and to this union has been born one child, Robert M. Mr. Buck was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Watsontown, also a member of Watsontown Lodge, No. 401, F. & A.M., Warrior Run Chapter, and Baldwin Commandery, No. 22, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 1077 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOSEPH BUDDINGER, the leading meat merchant of Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa., and a prosperous and enterprising citizen, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 7, 1847, and is a son of Anthony and Julia (Fricker) Buddinger. Anthony Buddinger, the father of our subject, was born in Germany and came to America in 1849, locating in Mount Carmel, where he lived until his death in 1898. He learned the trade of carpentering in his native country, where he followed it some years; he also followed it at Mount Carmel nearly all of the years of his residence there. He was united in marriage with Julia Fricker and they reared four sons and two daughters: Conrad, who was killed at the battle of Gettysburg in the Civil War; E. William, formerly a machinist by trade, who is now engaged in the butcher business in Mount Carmel; Joseph, the subject of this sketch; Mathias, who follows the trade of a carpenter; Julia, who died shortly after landing in this country; and Teresa, the wife of William Reamsnyder of Williamsport, Pa. Joseph Buddinger was about six years of age when he was brought to Mount Carmel by his parents, and soon after entered the public schools, which he attended for the brief period of three months. Although his schooling was limited, he has acquired a very extensive knowledge of the affairs of the world by constant contact with business men and men of high education. He early in life learned the trade of a carpenter, which he followed until 1873, when he went into the butchering business, which he has since continued. He was first located on Fifth street, but later moved to his present excellently located establishment on Oak street, about the year 1880. He carries the highest grades of meats of all kinds and is patronized by the leading citizens of Mount Carmel. He has many friends and is highly esteemed. Mr. Buddinger enlisted in the Civil War in Company D of the 48th Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., March 10, 1864, and served with great credit until its close; he actively participated in the following important engagements: Battle of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Weldon Railroad, Spottsylvania, Spottsylvania Courthouse, and before Petersburg. He was wounded on June 17, 1864, at Weldon Railroad, slightly wounded in front of Petersburg in 1865, and at the battle of Cold Harbor received a wound which resulted in deafness in one ear. Our subject was first united in marriage with Sarah Kutz of Schuylkill County, Pa., by whom he had two children, namely: Carrie E., the wife of William Straup of Mount Carmel; and Katie, the wife of George Clark of Mount Carmel. His second union was with Josephine Kreighbaum, and they have three children: Sally; Julia; and Adam Lawson Lee. Politically Mr. Buddinger is now a consistent Prohibitionist, but formerly was affiliated with the Republican party. Fraternally he is a member of Mount Carmel Lodge No. 630, I. O. O. F.; MountCarmel Commandery No. 22, Knights of Malta; and Burnside Post No. 92, G. A. R. (Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY, 1899 , pg. 437 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOHN N. BUFFINGTON, proprietor of the Uniontown Marble & Granite Works, was born Feb. 1, 1867, at Pillow, Pa., son of Cyrus F. Buffington. The family to which he belongs has been identified with that community for several generations.
Solomon Buffington, his great-grandfather, lived and died in the Lykens Valley, and is buried at St. John’s Church there. His wife was Elizabeth Romberger and after her first husband’s death she married a Sheaffer, of Snyder County, Pa. Solomon Buffington and his wife had children: Josiah,, Benjamin, Solomon, Jonathan, John, Mary (who was twice married, her first husband being named Mark, the second Netzel), Susan (Mrs. Shoop) and Mrs. Burtner.
John Buffington, son of Solomon, was a native of Lykens Valley and in his earlier years moved to Uniontown (Pillow), where he followed the wheelwright business. He is buried at Uniontown, at the United Brethren Church, in the welfare of which he had long been active. To him and his wife, Catharine (France), was born a large family: Cyrus F., Sarah (married John Clinger), William, Hannah (married Solomon Leitzel), Elizabeth (married Isaac Hand), Christiana (married Isaac Graeff), Harriet (married William Drumm), Solomon (of Shamokin, expressman at the depot), Mary, and three who died young.
Cyrus F. Buffington, son of John, is the father of John N. Buffington. He was born Sept. 24, 1839, and has lived at Pillow all his life, following his trade, that of wheelwright. He was a successful man, prospering by dint of industry, and for fifty years he and his brother William were associated in business, making many wagons. They employed three or four hands and had a thriving trade. Both now lead a semi-retired life. Cyrus F. Buffington has been a justice of the peace for thirty years and has held a number of other local offices, having been an active and highly esteemed member of his community. He is identified with the United Brethren Church and one of its foremost members, having held all the church offices, in which he gave most conscientious and efficient service. Mr. Buffington married Caroline Bingaman, daughter of Nicholas Bingaman, and they have had the following children: Rev. Henry, of Coalport, Pa., a prominent minister of the United Brethren Church; Irwin, deceased: John N.; Flora, married to Charles Shettelsworth, of Williamstown; Lloyd, a blacksmith of Uniontown and Emma, married to Isaac Boyer.
John N. Buffington spent his youth in Pillow (Uniontown), where he lived until eighteen years old. He then went to Shamokin, in which borough he clerked in stores for twelve years, four years for J. P. Haas & Co., two years for W. H. Malick & Co., and six years for the Shamokin Hardware Company. In January, 1898, he returned to Uniontown and formed a partnership with Ed. D. Bingaman, Bingaman & Buffington taking the business of P. Sauser and continuing it for ten years. Mr. Buffington then purchased the interest of his partner and he is now sole proprietor. He employs four skilled mechanics and does a large business, mostly local. He has erected many monuments in Tower City, and in fact all over lower Northumberland County. His prosperity is well deserved, for it has been won by hard work, and he is respected for his ability and high standards by all with whom he has had dealings. He was a member of the borough council three years.
On Dec. 25, 1899, Mr. Buffington married Lizzie S. Hepler, daughter of William H. and Mary (Dunkelberger) Hepler, of Eldred Township; Schuylkill County, the latter a daughter of Jacob Dunkelberger. Mr. and Mrs. Buffington have had two children, Leon Earl and Albert Franklin. The family occupy a large brick residence in Uniontown equipped with all modern conveniences. They are members of the United Brethren Church at Uniontown, and Mr. Buffington has been a regular attendant at services and an active helper in the church work; he has filled all the official positions.
George Buffington, a venerable resident of Pauls Valley, in Dauphin County, Pa., has a sixty-acre farm there which he cultivates, his son William now doing the active work. His wife, Amelia Sponsell, is well along in the seventies, but they are nevertheless active in church life, Mr. Buffington as a member of the United Brethren Church and Mrs. Buffington of the M. E. Church. They have had ten children: George W.; Sarah J., married to Elias Duncan; Laurance, who was killed in the lumber woods in Center county; Alice, who died young; Ellen, married to Gabriel Zimmerman; Adaline; Charles, who died after he was married, aged about twenty-five years, leaving one child Annie, who married Mr. Anders, and lives in Pauls Valley; John, of Fisher’s Ferry, Pa.; and William, who is at home.
George W. Buffington, son of George, is a farmer in Lower Augusta Township, Northumberland County. He was born in Pauls Valley, Dauphin Co., Pa., in September 1856, and was reared to farm life. After he grew up he hired out among farmers in Dauphin and Northumberland counties and began farming for himself in Little Mahanoy Township in 1884. After farming there one year he did laboring work some years, at Paxinos. and in 1891 came to Lower Augusta Township, where he ran the D. H. Snyder & Co. farm for fourteen years on shares. In 1905 he purchased his present farm, which was the William Spies place, in Lower Augusta. It comprises seventy-six acres of fertile land, and is improved with nice buildings, all substantial and in good repair. He attends markets at Sunbury. Mr. Buffington is a Republican and is a school director of his Township at present. He and his family are Lutherans, and he served as deacon while living at Paxinos.
In October, 1878, Mr. Buffington was married, in Little Mahanoy Township, to Hannah Reed; daughter of William Reed, of Little Mahanoy, and their family consists of two sons and three daughters: William, of Gratz, Pa.; Frances, of Rockefeller Township; Lydia, unmarried, at home; Froena, married to Howard Klock, who lives with his father-in-law; and Mary Ada, at home. ( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 202 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOHN Y. BUOY, member of the firm of B. K. Haag & Company, was born in Milton, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, March 14, 1851, son of James and Eliza (Yearick) Buoy. His father was a cabinet maker by trade, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and served as steward and treasurer of the same many years. Politically he was a Democrat, and was candidate for sheriff at one time. His wife died in 1854, and he was again married, to Eliza Cronmiller, of Union county. He died in 1861, and his widow in 1885. Seven children were born to the first union, five of whom are living: Sarah, of Olean, New York; Charles W., pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, Philadelphia; Clara, Mrs. P. L. Hackenberg; James, grocery merchant, and John Y. By the second marriage there was one child: Thomas, of Penfield, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania. The subject of this sketch was reared in Milton, and received his education at the public schools and the Williamsport Commercial College. In 1869 he went to Williamsport, entered the office of the general superintendent of the Pennsylvania railroad as train dispatcher, and held that position until 1887, when he removed to Milton and became a member of the present firm. In 1882 he married Mary, daughter of B. K. Haag, by whom he has three children: Robert; Charles, and John. He is a member of the Williamsport Lodge, F. & A.M., and politically is a Republican with Prohibition proclivities; he is the present treasurer of the borough of Milton. Mr. Buoy and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is steward. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 998 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

HORACE WILLIAM BURG, M. D., is not only a leading and skilful physician and surgeon of Northumberland County, but is also burgess of Northumberland borough, and is regarded as one of the most active and energetic men of that place. He was born May 10, 1852, in Lower Windsor, York County, Pa., and is a son of Philip William and Mary A. (Eckert) Burg. Philip William Burg, our subject's father, was born in Amsterdam, Holland, and during the early part of his life, after locating in this country, carried on a very extensive tobacco business in Baltimore, Md., and amassed a fortune. Selling out his business he purchased a very fine farm and grist-mill in Lower Windsor township, York County, Pa., where he engaged in farming and milling for several years, and lived at the time of his death. He married Mary A. Eckert, a daughter of Jacob Eckert of Northumberland. To them were born three children: Clinton, who died young; Horace William, our subject; and Somers, now deceased, who was engaged in mercantile business. Our subject's father was a Whig in his political preferences, and later a Republican. He served as justice of peace, besides officiating in many other minor offices. Horace William Burg, our subject, was a young lad when his mother, after the death of his father, returned to Northumberland, where she resided the remainder of her life. He attended the public and high schools there, and then attended the New Berlin Academy and Dickinson's Seminary at Williamsport, Pa., and also graduated from the Williamsport Commercial College in 1873. He read medicine with his uncle, Simon W. Burg, M. D., of New Berlin, and at a later period with Joseph Priestly, M. D., of Northumberland. He was graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1877, and at once located in Northumberland and opened an office for the practice of his profession. His success in his chosen calling has been most gratifying, and to-day he stands pre-eminent among the best physicians and surgeons of the county. He has a very extensive practice in the surrounding country and is called upon to attend many cases in Sunbury. In 1875 Dr. Burg married Cora H. Simpson, a daughter of Col. A. C. Simpson, an attorney at Selinsgrove, who formerly lived in Northumberland, Pa. These children have blessed our subject's union: Edwin; Stoddard; Mary Blanche, who died at the age of three years; one who died in infancy; and Dorothy. Dr. Burg recently enlarged his fine residence and built a new barn; he has also erected on the same lot a neat and commodious office with all modern improvements. He is a very active Democrat; he served one term as burgess some time ago and is now filling out the second year of the present term; he has also been assessor and has held many other minor offices, and in so doing he has contributed much to the progress and improvement of the borough. Our subject, Dr. Burg, is of a social disposition, and so has considered it both pleasant and profitable to become a member of the following societies, in which he has served as an officer: Jr. O. U. A. M.; Knights of Pythias, and Conclave of the same order; and Knights of Malta. Professionally he is a member of the Sunbury Medical Society and of the American Medical Association. His wife is an Episcopalian, while he is inclined to be liberal in his religious views. (Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY, 1899 , pg.266 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

ISAAC C. BURD, president of the Burd & Rodgers Company, incorporated, vice president of the American Filter & Cooler Company, and one of the most prominent and influential citizens of the borough of Shamokin, was born in Union County, Pa., July 9, 1863, son of Isaac P. and Susannah (Collier) Burd. The early home of the Burd family was in Scotland, where Edward Burd, gentleman, lived on his estate of Ormiston, near Edinburgh. His wife was Jean Haliburton, daughter of George Haliburton, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Col. James Burd, third son of Edward Burd, was born at Ormiston in 1726, and came to America long before the Revolutionary war. For many years he was in the military service of the Province of Pennsylvania, being one of the noted military men during the French and Indian war, in which he commanded the 2d Battalion of a Pennsylvania regiment of Provincial troops. He completed the building of Fort Augusta (now Sunbury), Northumberland County, in 1756-57. He was with the Forbes expedition, and was in command at Fort Pitt. In 1748 Colonel Burd was married at Philadelphia to Sarah Shippen, daughter of Edward Shippen, and sister of Chief Justice Edward Shippen. Isaac P. Burd, father of Isaac C., was born in Union County, and always lived in the vicinity of Swengel. He was but a boy when his father died, and he grew up in the care of strangers. He had one brother, John, and two sisters, Mary and Margaret. He was a carpenter by trade. During the Civil war he gave nine months of service to his country. His death occurred March 20, 1900, when he was nearing his eightieth birthday. He married Susannah Collier, born Jan. 28, 1822, died Jan. 10, 1903, daughter of Aaron Collier, a shoemaker and early settler of Union County, and his wife, Catherine Catheman, one of the large family of children born to David Catheman, a wealthy farmer. Aaron Collier and wife were the parents of George, Joseph, Sophia, Susannah and Lizzie. To Isaac P. Burd and wife were born seven children: George, of Ohio; Isabella, married to John Fry, of near Allenwood, Pa.; Catherine, who married Adam Diehl, of Swengel, Pa.; William, who conducts a general store at Swengel; Samuel, manager of the Winfield & New Berlin Railroad at New Berlin; John C., who died Dec. 4, 1902, at Shamokin; and Isaac C., of Shamokin. Isaac C. Burd attended the common schools in Union County, and at the age of fifteen began clerking at Swengel, where he remained four years. He then came to Shamokin, and for two years was engaged as a clerk, at the end of that time forming a partnership with Mr. W. H. Zaring. They conducted a general store for nearly two years, and then Mr. Burd sold his interest to his partner and started a small store of his own at No. 233 Spruce Street. He has been very successful in his work, and has branched out until he has one of the finest stores of its kind in Shamokin. In August, 1907, the business was incorporated as the Burd & Rodgers Company, with Mr. Burd as president, the other members being some of his reliable employees. Mr. Burd was united in marriage to Ida Rogers, daughter of H. L. and Susan (Reitz) Rogers. Two children have come to brighten their home, Walter H. and Catharine R. Mr. Burd is one of the original directors of the Market Street National Bank, and is vice president of the American Filter & Cooler Company. Fraternally he is a member of the P.O.S. of A., and his religious connection is with the Evangelical Church. He belongs to the Shamokin Auto Club. ( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 709 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

WILLIAM T. BURKERT, car inspector, was born in Minersville. Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, March 27, 1848, son of Thomas and Mary (Koch Burkert, both natives of Pennsylvania, and descended from two of the oldest families of the State. They located in Mt. Carmel in March, 1865, where his father leased the Mt. Carmel House and operated it three years. They were the parents of ten children, six of whom are living: Sarah; Caroline; Mary Jane; William T.; Emma, and Oliver C. The father died in Mt. Carmel and the mother lives in Shamokin. Our subject was seventeen years of age when he removed with his parents to Mt. Carmel. He learned the blacksmith trade in Ashland and followed that business for many years. He traveled in the western States, working at his trade, and returned to Mt. Carmel in September, 1884. For the past five years he has been employed as car inspector for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Mr. Burkert was married, December 22, 1872, to Susannah, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Simerson) Lerch, of Mt. Carmel. Politically he is a Republican; he was elected burgess of Mt. Carmel in February, 1889, and served one term. He is a member of the K. of M. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 1042 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

CAREY E. BURNS, at present serving as one of the auditors of Northumberland County, is a native-born citizen of Lower Augusta Township. He is a son of John Burns and grandson of Peter Burns.
The Burns family is of Scotch-Irish descent. Peter Burns was born March 8, 1786, and came in an early day to Lower Augusta Township, Northumberland County, where he became a prosperous farmer. He died April 27, 1849, and is buried with his wife, Elizabeth (Oxenreider), at the Augusta Baptist Church in Lower Augusta Township. She hailed from Berks County, and was a typical German woman, so that the Burns family unites the qualities of the two races that have made Pennsylvania especially famous. She was born in 1789, and died Dec. 13, 1856. Among the children of this couple were: Peter, who settled out West; Christian, who lived at Winfield, Pa.; Leah, Mrs. Campbell; Mary, Mrs. Jacob Frederick; and Susan, Mrs. Behler.
John Burns, son of Peter, was born in 1810 in Lower Augusta Township, and farmed on the place in Hollowing Run still occupied by his widow, Mary, and son Carey E. Burns. He died there Aug. 27, 1879, and is buried at the Augusta Baptist Church. By his first marriage he had the following family: Sarah, Mrs. Daniel Kauffman; Silas, of Shamokin, Pa.; Andrew J., who lived and died in Lower Augusta Township, passing away Nov. 4, 1875; aged thirty-five years, two months, sixteen days; Malinda, who died unmarried; Dennis, who died in Lower Augusta when twenty years old; Elizabeth, who married William Leffler and (second) Jacob McKeloy; Horatio, who died young; and another, whose name is not recalled. John Burns married for his second wife Mary Leffler, who was born June 7, 1828, daughter of William Leffler, and who is now living with her son Carey, tenderly cared for by him and his wife. Though past eighty she is well preserved. Nine children were born to the second marriage: Malinda, who died young; Horatio, who died young; Alfred, of Idaho; Ellis, of Nebraska; Mary, who married James A. Barrett, who died in 1898 and is buried at Selinsgrove, Pa.; Erwin, who died young; Harvey, of Kansas; Carey E.; and Frank, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Carey E. Burns was born Feb. 5, 1868, on the Burns homestead in Hollowing Run which he still occupies. He received an excellent education in the public schools of the Township, and in the summer of 1893 was licensed to teach public school, his paper being signed by Prof. W. E. Bloom, then county superintendent of schools. Mr. Burns was trained to farm work from early boyhood, and at an early age took charge of the farm for his mother, his father having died when he was a boy of eleven. This property of 110 acres is well located in the Hollowing Run in Lower Augusta Township, and was at one time a Shipe homestead, as was also the adjacent tract. It is a valuable farm, and has been well kept up under the management of the present occupant.
Mr. Burns has been active in the work of the Republican party in Northumberland County ever since he attained his majority, served as committeeman of his district for a number of years, has been delegate to a number of county conventions, and has done excellent work for the organization in every capacity. He served three years as auditor of his Township, and in the fall of 1908 was elected county auditor, a position he is filling with the efficiency his constituents expected of him. He is a man of high personal standing, enjoying the confidence of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
On Feb. 11, 1897, Mr. Burns married Jessie E. Snyder, daughter of the late Silas B. Snyder, who married Lydia Shipman. Mr. and Mrs. Burns have no children. He is a member of the Augusta Baptist Church, which he is at present serving as deacon, and is also superintendent of the Sunday school, a position he has held for some years. ( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 302 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

GEORGE BURNS, retired, was born in Sunbury, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1814, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Specs) Burns. His grandfather immigrated to this country from Scotland, and settled in Union county, Pennsylvania. Peter Burns, his father, was a pilot on the Susquehanna river. He helped build one of the first public school houses in the county outside of a borough. This school house was built by four neighbors; Peter Burns gave the ground, gave and hewed the timber, and carried the nails and glass for the building from Harrisburg, a distance of fifty-five miles, on his back. He served in the war of 1812, and was the father of thirteen children, five of whom are living: Peter, of Wisconsin; George, of Watsontown; Christian, of Union county; Mary, Mrs. Jacob Frederick, and Leah, Mrs. William Campbell. The subject of this sketch was educated in the log school house his father helped build, and at the age of twenty-one went to the Arctic ocean on a whaling expedition; he returned in eighteen months and learned the gunsmith trade. In 1841 he accepted the contract to deliver the stone and timber for the Shamokin dam. He then built the bridge across the mouth of Mahanoy creek, after which he went to Indiana and spent nine years in that State farming and wool growing, after which time he returned to near the headwaters of Penn's creek, built a saw mill, and ran it successfully for several years, rafting the products of the mill down Penn's creek to Selinsgrove, thence down the Susquehanna to the different markets. In 1862 he removed to Watsontown, and engaged in the mercantile business. He was one of the stockholders of the tannery and shoe factory, has served in the town council, and as president of the Cemetery Association since its organization. Mr. Burns has been married three times. His first wife was Lucinda McMoody, daughter of John R. McMoody, of Lower Augusta township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and by her he had seven children, three of whom are living: Samuel P., of Selinsgrove; Lucy A., Mrs. Andrew Hyronimus, and Sarah J., Mrs. Samuel Winkleman. His second wife was Eliza Quinn, and the third Anna Quinn, daughters of Michael Quinn, of Union county, Pennsylvania. Mr. Burns has been a member of the Masonic order since 1832. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 1076 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

ANDREW L. BUTCHER, who is farming his father’s old homestead in Washington Township, is a grandson of Dieter Bucher, the ancestor of a prominent branch of the Bucher family, many of whose members May be found in Northumberland County. One branch located in Lower Mahanoy Township. The Bucher family has long been settled in Pennsylvania, the homes of the earlier members being in Lancaster and Montgomery counties. Dieter Bucher was a native of Limerick Township, Montgomery County, whence he came to the Mahantango Valley, in Northumberland County, purchasing two farms lying along the creek, from Uniontown to the county line. He never lived there any length of time, however, dying in, his native district. His son Andrew lived upon one of these farms for some years, and his son-in-law David Lenker occupied the other, in later years purchasing Andrew Bucher’s place and eventually owning both properties. Dieter Bucher was twice married, his first wife being a Ziegler, his second a Miss Shutt. To the first marriage were born three children: Mary, who married Frank Markley; Catharine, who married David Lenker; and Andrew. By the second wife he had two children: Ephraim and Louisa, the latter marrying Jonathan Eisenbrown, who is still living in Philadelphia, at an advanced age. Dieter Bucher had a sister, Lydia, who was the mother of Gov. John F. Hartranft, of Pennsylvania. Andrew Bucher, son of Dieter, was born Nov. 22, 1822. He came from the Mahantango Valley to Washington Township about 1852, settling at the Mahanoy (St. Peter’s) Church, where he owned the eighty-five-acre farm now the property of his son Andrew L. Bucher. He was a lifelong farmer and prospered in his work, about 1860 building what is now the west end of the dwelling on the farm, and in 1868 putting up the barn which is still in use. He was a useful and highly esteemed member of the community, serving as school director, tax collector and assessor, and he was a very active member of the Reformed congregation at St. Peter’s Church, of which he was deacon, elder, trustee and treasurer. In political conviction he was a Republican. He died in April, 1894, aged seventy-four years, four months, fourteen days, and is buried with his wife at Mahanoy. Her name was Elizabeth Lenker, and she was born Dec. 7, 1827, daughter of Michael Lenker, of Lower Mahanoy Township; she died in September, 1888, aged sixty years, nine months, nine days. Mr. and Mrs. Bucher had five children: Mary married Isaac O. Billman; Sallie married Jacob Smith; Amanda married I. M. Wentzel; E. Alice died aged twenty-six years; Andrew L. was the only son. Andrew L. Bucher was born March 16, 1861, and received his education in the common schools. He was reared to farm life, and began farming for himself on the homestead in 1884, since which year he has continued to follow general agricultural pursuits, disposing of his produce at Trevorton and Shamokin; he has been huckstering for a number of years. He is also agent for fertilizers, and is a successful business man, recognized as such by all his neighbors and associates. The homestead, which came into his possession in 1897, is nicely located, overlooking Mahanoy and Mahanoy Church, and it is equipped with substantial buildings. Mr. Bucher is a Republican, and has been school director of his Township, but his principal activity outside of his private affairs is in St. Peter’s Church, of which he has been a trustee many years; formerly he held the office of deacon. He has served the congregation faithfully, and takes a sincere interest in the welfare of the church. Mr. Bucher has the old grandfather clock of his grandfather Dieter Bucher, which is still a good timepiece, though fully one hundred and fifty years old. It has a brass face and besides marking the hours and minutes shows the date and the movements of the moon. Mr. Bucher also has a lot of red chinaware that belonged to his father. On Oct. 23, 1881, Mr. Bucher married Sarah A. Blasser, daughter of Jacob Blasser, of Herndon. She died May 21, 1895, aged thirty-two years, three months, leaving a son, Charles E., who is now employed as a tombstone cutter at Mahanoy; he married Mary Harris and has two children, Guy and Stanley. Mr. Bucher’s second marriage was to Lizzie Latsha, daughter of Adam W. and Wilhelmina (Fegley) Latsha, and they have three children: I. May, Harry F. and John J. Jacob Billman, grandfather of Isaac O. Billman, who married Mary Bucher, daughter of Andrew Bucher and sister of Andrew L. Bucher, belonged to a family which was settled in Berks County, Pa., in an early day and was himself a pioneer of Schuylkill County. He married Maria Magdalena Weaver, and their children were: Maria (or Polly, who married Jacob Tressler), Solomon, Peter, Daniel, Jacob and David. Solomon Billman, son of Jacob, was born Sept. 24, 1812, in the vicinity of Hegins, Schuylkill County; where his father then lived. He died near Mahanoy, Pa., at the age of seventy-eight years, and is buried at St. Peter’s Church, Mahanoy. His first marriage was to Luzetta Ossman, by whom he had three children, Isaac O., Amos and Solomon. By his second wife, Salome (Michael), he had four: Aaron, Lizzie, Sarah and Mary. Isaac O. Billman, son of Solomon, was born in 1839, and died in 1904. He married Mary Bucher, and to them were born the following children: Agnes, George, Charles, J. Calvin, Lizzie, Verna and Lester. ( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 225 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

HOWARD BUYERS, of Sunbury, foreman of the construction gang for the Susquehanna Silk Mills, is a descendant of two of the oldest settled families of this section of the county, being a son of John and Mary Alice (Painter) Buyers.
The Buyers family in this country is traced back to John Buyers, who with his wife Letitia (Patton) emigrated from Monaghan, County Monaghan, in the North of Ireland, in 1735 or 1736, and settled in the Pequea valley, in Lancaster county, Pa. He was a farmer by occupation, and there passed the remainder of his days, being buried in Lancaster county. He had a large family, and his posterity is still numerous in that section.
John Buyers, son of John and Letitia (Patton) Buyers, was born in Lancaster county June 9, 1749, and learned the trade of carpenter. He removed to Sunbury, Northumberland County, shortly after that place was laid out, and was engaged upon the erection of many of the first houses, including the old jail building on Market Street. He first resided at the southeast corner of Race and Second Streets, several years later removing to the southeast corner of Penn and Front Streets, where he began merchandising. In 1796 he built a brick residence and store room on the opposite corner of Penn Street, continuing business there until 1814 or 1815. At the time of his death he lived along the river below the site of Blank & Gottshall’s mill, in the brick house which he had erected. He owned what was known as “Buyers Island” in the Susquehanna river, south of Sunbury, which contains about ninety-five acres of fertile land, this property remaining in the Buyers name for 115 years. Mr. Buyers was prominent as a local official for many years, his name in that connection first appearing in 1776, as overseer of the poor in Augusta Township; on Sept. 28, 1780, he was commissioned justice of the peace, serving also as justice of the county court, and frequently presiding in the absence of the regularly commissioned president. On Sept. 1, 1791, he was commissioned justice of the peace for Sunbury and Augusta Township, serving as such some years. On Dec. 31, 1784, and on Jan. 3, 1786, he was elected county treasurer, filling that office again later, in 1787 88. From 1800 to 1808, inclusive, he was county auditor. He died at Sunbury May 5, 1821. Mr. Buyers was a Presbyterian in religious faith.
John Buyers married Ann Fullerton, daughter of William Fullerton, and she died Oct. 30, 1808, in her fifty ninth year. Mr. and Mrs. Buyers are buried in the South Fourth Street cemetery at Sunbury. They had a family of ten children: Margaret, Letitia, John, William F., Sallie, Robert, Samuel, George P., Alexander F. and Jeremiah.
William F. Buyers, son of John and Ann (Fullerton) Buyers, was born Jan. 12, 1782, at Sunbury, and learned the printing business with Breyvogel. In Kennedy’s Gazette of Oct. 26, 1801 the statement is made that “William Buyers has now established a printing office at Williamsport,” from which it is, evident that he entered upon his career as a newspaper publisher immediately after completing his apprenticeship. His paper was the Williamsport Gazette, the pioneer newspaper of Lycoming county, Pa., which he continued to publish, under many difficulties and often irregularly, until 1808. Returning to Sunbury, which had been without a paper since the suspension of its first journal, Der Freiheitsvogel, he started the second paper at that place, The Times, in the summer of 1812. It is said that he retired at the end of three years, but this seems improbable, as he certainly published the paper in 1816 and 1817. During the war of 1812 he commanded a company in the 77th Regiment of Pennsylvania militia. In 1815-18 he served as commissioner of Northumberland County. In 1816 he was a Federal Republican candidate for Congress, but was defeated. The issue of his paper for Sept. 26, 1816, shows a four column folio, 18 inches long, and 11 inches wide, and as the Congressional election was to be held the following month the number was replete with political articles. It is likely Captain Buyers published The Times throughout the period it was continued under that name. His printing office was in the second story of the “state house,” which occupied the site of the present courthouse, and he was also located in a small frame building on the west side of Second Street, at the corner of Barberry alley, where the “Neff House” stable now stands. Mr. Buyers died June 27, 1821, at the comparatively early age of thirty-nine years. On Dec. 13, 1815, he married Martha Hunter, who was born Jan. 5, 1792, daughter of Alexander Hunter, and a descendant of Col. Samuel Hunter. Two children were born to them, Ann M., born Sept. 6, 1816, died May 9, 1853, and William D., born Jan. 5, 1819, who died March 25, 1853, neither of whom ever married, both dying after reaching maturity. George Patton Buyers, son of John and Ann (Fullerton) Buyers, was engaged in boating on the river before the construction of the canal. He then built a canal-boat, which he ran between Sunbury and Philadelphia. He married Mrs. Martha (Hunter) Buyers, widow of his brother William F. Buyers, and to them were born three children: John; Hunter, who lived at Sunbury and died unmarried; and Mary, who married Latrobe B. Reed and is buried at the South Fourth Street cemetery in Sunbury. Mrs. Martha (Hunter) Buyers died June 6, 1854.
John Buyers, son of George Patton Buyers, was born in December, 1827, in Sunbury, and lived on Buyers Island for eighteen years, engaged in farming. He moved to the island in 1869 and thence in 1887 to Selinsgrove, where he spent the remainder of his days, dying in April, 1908, in his eighty-first year. He is buried in Pomfret Manor cemetery. In his earlier life Mr. Buyers was a merchant in Sunbury for a time, and later cultivated one of the Hunter farms, until the breaking out of the Civil war, when he raised Company I, 58th Pennsylvania Volunteers, for the Union service, becoming the first captain of that organization, which was known as the Augusta Rangers. He was in active service in command of this company from October, 1861, to the summer of 1863; his drummer boy, John Mullein, who managed to get into the service when fourteen years old, is still living. Mr. Buyers was a man of typical military appearance, weighed 160 pounds and was of medium build and straight as an arrow. He was officially connected with the old state militia, and he was a member of Good Intent Fire Company. His neighbors and friends held him in high esteem, and he was called upon to fill Township office. But for the last twenty-five years of his life he spent most of his time reading, enjoying newspapers and books, and he became usually well informed. In religion he was a strict Presbyterian.
Mr. Buyers married Mary Alice Painter, daughter of Jacob Painter, of Sunbury, and they became the parents of nine children: William, who died when a boy; John, who lives in Texas; Heber, who died at Fort Concho, Texas; Mary H., who married Rev. William P. Taylor, a Methodist minister, and died in Delaware, where her husband was then stationed; Howard; Kate R., unmarried, living at Selinsgrove; Harris P., of Sunbury; Rev. Frank C., a Methodist minister stationed at Lock Haven, Pa.; and Emily A., unmarried, who lives at Sunbury.
Howard Buyers was born March 25, 1862, and was reared at home to farm life. He never attended public school, as the family lived on Buyers Island during his youth and the father instructed the children himself. They kept regular school hours, and as the father was a man of remarkable intelligence and well informed the children did not suffer for the lack of public school advantages. Mr. Buyers continued at farm work until after he was grown, and he learned electrical work, at which he is occupied in the Silk Mills when not busy on construction work. He has charge of the construction gang at the Susquehanna Silk Mills, having from ten to sixty men under his direction as the necessities of the work demand. He has a high reputation for efficiency, and enjoys the confidence of his employers fully.
In 1889 Mr. Buyers married Sallie Cool, a daughter of William Henry and Jane (Leisenring) Cool, who for years lived at Montandon, Northumberland County. They have two children: Anna Painter, who is taking the classical course at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.; and John Howard, who is a student in the Sunbury high school. Mr. Buyers and his family are members of the Methodist Church at Sunbury.
Col. Samuel Hunter, one of the maternal ancestors of the Buyers’ family above referred to, was born in 1732 in the North of Ireland. His military career began in 1760, on May 2d of which year he was commissioned lieutenant in Capt. Joseph Scott’s company, Col. Hugh Mercer’s battalion, of the Pennsylvania regiment. On Nov. 10, 1763, he became captain in Col. Turbutt Francis’s battalion. He was at Fort Augusta in June, 1763, when the first intelligence of Pontiac’s conspiracy was received, and initiated the measure subsequently carried out by Colonel Burd, for the defense of that post. The following year he joined Colonel Bouquet’s expedition, but was again at Fort Augusta in 1768, and doubtless earlier. His home was north of the town. Quoting from an historical sketch of Sunbury:

Colonel Hunter was a prominent man at Fort Augusta until his death, which occurred there April 10, 1784. On March 24, 1772, he was commissioned, one of the first justices for Northumberland County, was elected to the Assembly from this county for 1772-75, was a member of the Committee of Safety (1775-76), and of the Council of Censors (1783); when the militia was organized at the outbreak of the Revolution he was elected colonel of the 1st Battalion, Feb. 8, 1776, was appointed county lieutenant, March 21, 1777, and reappointed April 6, 1780. In this responsible position he directed the movements of the local militia during the Revolution, and his official correspondence is so highly prized for accurate and historical importance that it is preserved in the Pennsylvania Archives.
Col. Samuel Hunter married Susanna Scott who survived him with two daughters, Nancy and Mary, the former marrying Alexander Hunter, the latter Samuel Scott.
Of the family of Alexander and Nancy (Hunter) Hunter we have no record positively complete, but various scattered records show that he died in June, 1810 and that his widow, Ann (Nancy), died Sept. 25, 1834. Continuing the quotation above made, regarding the Scott and Hunter farms, “the upper division, taken in execution as the property of Alexander Hunter at the suit of John Cowden, was sold at sheriff’s sale on the 22d of April, 1814, and purchased by Thomas Grant. In compliance with his will, his executors and executrix, George, William and Deborah Grant deeded it to Mrs. Nancy Hunter, widow of Alexander Hunter, October 16, 1817. Her will, made July 26, 1883, gave the farm to her son Samuel, who was born Dec. 25, 1807, and died July 3, 1852, leaving the farm to his sisters Mary (born Nov. 14, 1798; died April 22, 1886) and Nancy (born July 16, 1803, died Feb. 21, 1859) and Elizabeth (wife of Henry Billington). Mary Hunter eventually acquired 106 acres of the tract, selling it to Benjamin Hendricks Aug. 9, 1859. On June 25, 1863, it was purchased from Mr. Hendricks by Joseph W. Cake. Mrs. Martha (Hunter) Buyers, who married William F. Buyers and later his brother, George Patton Buyers, was also a daughter of Alexander and Ann (Hunter) Hunter.
The other daughter of Colonel Hunter, Mrs. Mary Scott died intestate, and her property was divided among her children, Samuel H., Sarah (Mrs. Gobin, wife of Charles Gobin) and Susan. Samuel H. Scott also died intestate, his property going to his two sisters, who sold the farm to David Longenecker, of Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 4, 1854. It was acquired by Joseph W. Cake Aug. 23, 1859, and he founded Caketown on these two historic pieces of property. ( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 985 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOHN BUYERS was born, June 9, 1749, son of John and Letitia (Patton) Buyers, who emigrated from the town of Monaghan, County Monaghan, Ireland, in 1735 or 1736, and settled in the Pequea valley, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. There he was born and reared, and learned the trade of carpenter. Within a short time after the town of Sunbury was laid out he removed thither, and was employed upon the erection of many of the first houses, including the old jail building on Market street. He first resided at the southeast corner of Race and Second streets, but removed several years later to the southeast corner of Penn and Front streets, where he began merchandising; in 1796 he built a brick residence and store room on the opposite corner of Penn street, and continued business there until 1814 or 1815. His name first appears in local official connection in 1776 as overseer of the poor in Augusta township; on the 28th of September, 1780, he was commissioned as justice of the peace, serving also as justice of the county court,and frequently presiding in the absence of the regularly commissioned president; he was commissioned as justice of the peace for Sunbury and Augusta township, September 1, 1791, serving in that capacity some years; on the 31st of December, 1784, and the 3d of January, 1786, he was elected county treasurer, which office he also filled in 1787-88, and in 1800-08, inclusive, he served as county auditor. His death occurred on the 5th of May, 1821; Ann, his wife, daughter of William Fullerton, died on the 30th of October, 1808, in the fifty-ninth year of her age. They were the parents of ten children: Margaret; Letitia; John; William F.; Sallie; Robert; Samuel; George R.; Alexander F., and Jeremiah. William F. Buyers was the founder of the Sunbury Times, and is referred to biographically in this work in the chapter on the Press. George P. Buyers was engaged in boating on the river before the construction of the canal; he then built a canal boat, and ran it between Sunbury and Philadelphia. He married Martha Hunter, a descendant of Colonel Samuel Hunter; their son, John Buyers, born in 1827, was the first captain of the Augusta Rangers (Company I, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers), and was in active service in command of this company from October, 1861, to the summer of 1863. He now resides at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 473 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

The Times was established in 1812 by WILLIAM F. BUYERS, and was the second paper at Sunbury. Mr. Buyers was born at that town, January 12, 1782, son of John Buyers, a prominent merchant and early resident of the county seat. He learned the printing business with Breyvogel; in Kennedy's Gazette of October 26, 1801, the statement is made that "William Buyers has now established a printing office at Williamsport," from which it is evident that he entered upon his career as a newspaper publisher immediately after completing his apprenticeship. This was the Williamsport Gazette, the pioneer journal of Lycoming county, Pennsylvania; he published it, under many difficulties and often irregularly, until 1808. Returning to Sunbury, which had been without a local paper since the suspension of Der Freiheitsvogel, he began the publication of the Times in the summer of 1812. The statement has been made that he retired at the expiration of three years. but this seems improbable, as the paper was certainly published by him in 1816 and 1817. He commanded a company in the Seventy-seventh regiment of Pennsylvania militia in the war of 1812; on the 13th of December, 1815, he married Miss Martha, daughter of Alexander Hunter, of Sunbury; in 1815-18 he served as commissioner of Northumberland county; and on the 27th of June, 1821, he died at the age of thirty-nine. In 1816 he was a Federal Republican candidate for Congress, but was defeated. The issue of the Times for September 26, 1816 (Volume V, No. 13), is a four-column folio, eighteen inches long and eleven inches wide; the congressional election occurred in the following month, and this number is correspondingly replete with political articles. It is probable that Captain Buyers published the Times throughout its continuance under that name. His printing office was in the second story of the "state house," which occupied the site of the present court house, and at a small frame building on the west side of Second street at the corner of Barberry alley, where the Neff House stable now stands. (History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, edited by Herbert C. Bell, Published by Brown, Runk & Co. of Chicago, Ill, 1891 pg. 277 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

BYERLY, The Byerly family of the lower end of Northumberland County is descended from one Ludwig Byerly, one of three brothers who came from Berks County, Pa., and located to the north of the Blue mountains. He settled at Line Mountain, near Pitman, Schuylkill County; another brother is said to have settled at a different location in Schuylkill County, and the third at Danville, Columbia (now Montour) county. Ludwig Byerly was twice married, his first wife, whose maiden name was Beisel, being from the Mahantango Valley, where she also died. She was the mother of two sons and one daughter, Eliza (married Benjamin Leitzel), Samuel and Elijah. After his second marriage, which was to a Miss Delp, he moved about 1825 to Red Bank, in Jefferson County, where be followed farming and lumbering, and he lived to the age of about eighty. He is buried in the vicinity of Red Bank. Five sons and several daughters were born to his second union, the sons being: Ludwig, George, Henry, Emanuel and Solomon.
Samuel Byerly, eldest son of Ludwig, was born in 1811 in the Mahantango Valley, in Schuylkill County, and passed the greater part of his active life in Jordan Township, Northumberland County, where he died July 3, 1887, aged seventy-five years, six months, ten days. For a number of years in his earlier manhood he hired out among farmers, later purchasing a small farm in Jordan Township, which, however, he soon sold, thereafter going to work for his brother Elijah. When he again began farming on his own account he was a tenant at different places for nine years, and at the end of that period purchased a tract of 106 acres in Jordan Township, near Urban, where he had lived, as a tenant for three years. After he had owned it for four years he sold out at a profit and moved to Washington Township, where he lived for several years, then purchasing what was known as the Schreffler farm of 129 acres on the Middle creek, at the Himmel Church. Eventually he sold this place and returned to Jordan Township. He married Sarah Schaffer, daughter of John and Christina (Lenker) Schaffer, and she survived him a number of years, dying in September, 1900, aged eighty-seven years, three months, twenty days. Mr. and Mrs. Byerly are buried at St. Paul’s Church, Urban. They had children as follows: Jacob; Henry S.; Samuel, of Shamokin; Harriet, who married David Adams, both now deceased; Annie, who died young; Dinah, who died young; John S.; and Sarah, who married Nathan Guthman, of Mahantango Valley.
Jacob Byerly, son of Samuel, lives at Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., Pa. He was formerly a farmer. In politics he is a Democrat, and he is at present serving as supervisor. He married Catharine Schaffer, of Urban, who is now deceased, and to them were born eleven children: Edwin, Samuel, Gordon, George, William, Clara, three other daughters, and two deceased.
Henry S. Byerly, son of Samuel, attended the old-time subscription schools at Lower Mahanoy Township, and later went to school in Jackson Township. He was reared to farm life and continued to work for his father until he reached the age of twenty-two years, after which he was hired on the farm for a year and for another year burned lime for his uncle, Josiah Schaffer. In 1864 he engaged in the lime burning and hauling business, being encouraged to make this venture, by his uncle, Mr. Schaffer, and he carried it on successfully for several years. Meantime, in 1865, he purchased a small farm near Hebe, in the Mahantango Valley, where he lived one year, after which he and his uncle, Josiah Schaffer, purchased a 118 acre farm in Jordan Township, in partnership. This was formerly the Jacob Bohner place. Here Mr. Byerly lived for twenty years, in 1885 moving to a 113-acre tract in Jackson Township, to which he added until he had 154 acres. Here he lived until his retirement in 1898, since which time he has made his home at Herndon. He owns considerable real estate, all of which he has acquired through his own efforts, being a self-made man, one who has worked hard all his life. He has always been active in public affairs and in church life, being a man whom his fellow citizens instinctively intrust with matters affecting the general welfare. For six years he was school director of Jordan Township, during that time also serving as treasurer of the board. In Jackson Township he was overseer of the poor several years and tax collector for two years. Since becoming a resident of Herndon he has served three years as councilman. He is a Democrat in politics and a Lutheran in religion. He has always been an enthusiastic supporter of the church, is at present serving as treasurer, and has been trustee, deacon and elder.
On July 5, 1864, Mr. Byerly married Abigail Otto; who was born Jan. 8, 1840, daughter of John Otto (whose wife’s maiden name was Groh), and died Feb. 22, 1909; she is buried at Herndon; Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Byerly: Luzianna married William Steel, and they have had three children, Lura (deceased), Eugene and Beulah (they live in Jackson Township); Sarah A. R. married Edw. Steel, a brother of William Steel, and they live at Dalmatia; Cora Ellen is the wife of William Wayne, a resident of Herndon, and they have three children, Flossie, Alva and Charles; Catharine Lura died in infancy; one son died in infancy; John O., of Dalmatia, married Flora Trautman and they have one child, Oscar; Lydia married Penrose Miller, of Herndon, and they have one child, Mary; Henrietta is the wife of Charles Kehler, of Herndon (they have no children). Mr. Byerly, the father of this family, though now (1910) seventy years of age, is a well preserved man, and he is widely and favorably known.
John S. Byerly, son of Samuel, is engaged in farming near Urban,, in Jordan Township. He was born May 3, 1850, and received his education in the old pay schools conducted during his early boyhood, attending only two and a half days at the free school. His boyhood was passed under the parental roof, and he acquired a practical knowledge of farm work assisting his father, for whom he worked until he attained his majority. He afterward hired out as a laborer for several years until he began farming for, himself in Washington Township, on a forty-acre tract where he remained for two years. He moved thence to another farm in the same Township, where he lived for twelve years, on April 5, 1888, settling in Jordan Township, on the farm where he has since resided. This place, which contains about forty acres, formerly belonged to Peter Schwartz, from whom Mr. Byerly purchased it in partnership with his elder brother, Henry S. Byerly, and he has made a success of his work on this property. However, he is particularly well known as a horsedealer and veterinary surgeon. For thirty-one years he has kept stock horses, and be has always prided himself upon the quality and fine condition of the animals he handles, being considered the most reliable man in that line anywhere in this section. He never took a course in veterinary medicine, but he possesses a natural gift which enables him to diagnose and treat animal ailments successfully, and he has saved many valuable animals in the neighborhood, those who know him having the greatest confidence in his ability and skill. He has not only been a useful citizen of his community, but one who has made so many friends that he is liked and welcomed everywhere. He is a tall man, with a pleasant disposition and a jovial word for all and his popularity is well deserved. During the winter months he always keeps a good supply of cider on tap. He is a Democrat in politics, and has served three years as school director. He and his family are Lutheran members of St. Paul’s Church, which he has served as trustee, and is at present holding the office of elder.
In the summer of 1870 Mr. Byerly married Mary Schreffler, daughter of Gottfried and Jestina (Hepner) Schreffler, and they have three daughters: Emma J. is the wife of John Phillips and has two children, William and Gertie; Nora E. married Jacob Tressler and has children, Charles, Daisy, Mary, John and Goldie; Miranda M. married Andrew Schlegel and has two children, J. Charles and Elmer D.
Elijah Byerly, the younger son of Ludwig Byerly by his first marriage, was born Oct. 5, 1813, and was a lifelong farmer. He began farming on his own account at the place where his grandson, Jonathan M. Byerly, now lives, in Jordan Township. He married Mary Bower, daughter of Jacob Bower and granddaughter of Matthias Bower, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Matthias Bower owned the farm which later became the property of Elijah Byerly, who began to farm there upon after his marriage. Later his wife was given ninety nine acres of the large Bower homestead, and there Elijah Byerly erected a set of buildings and made his permanent home. He prospered, purchased adjacent land, until the farm comprised over two hundred acres, also starting a hotel which to this day is known as Byerly’s, and which in the earlier days was a great business center. Many cattle dealers used to stop there, and the place became known far and wide. It was conducted by Elijah Byerly’s son, Josiah until 1900. Elijah Byerly died March 19, 1873, and is buried at the Stone Valley (Zion’s) Church. His wife, who was born Jan. 22, 1814, died June 21, 1886. Their children, seven sons and three daughters, were: Elias, Benjamin, Henry, Frank, Josiah, Adam, Sovana (died in infancy), Ella (married Penrose Shadle), Maggie (married Adam Binghaman) and Emma (married Simon Reed).
Elias Byerly, son of Elijah, was born June 16, 1833, where his son Jonathan M. Byerly now lives. Throughout his life he followed farming successfully, and at different times he was also engaged in hotel-keeping, during the Civil war conducting the National Hotel at Pillow, Dauphin Co., Pa. He held local offices, serving as school director and tax collector, and was a prominent worker in the Lutheran congregation of Zion’s Stone Valley Church, serving as deacon, elder and trustee, and attending divine services faithfully; he missed but one communion in twenty years. He died Oct. 5, 1909 and is interred in the family plot at the Stone Valley Church. His widow, Elizabeth (Radel), daughter of Michael and Catharine (Bonawitz) Radel, was born Oct. 4, 1834, and though in her seventy-seventh year is well preserved. Eight children were born to this worthy couple: Jonathan M., Mary A., Josephine E., James M. (died in infancy), Senora C., Ivy (who died in infancy, she and James M. both living to be ten months, fourteen days old), Michael E. and Eva (wife of J. C. Boyer). Jonathan M., Michael E. and Eva are the only survivors of this family.( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 503 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JONATHAN M. BYERLY was born June 26, 1858, in Lower Mahanoy Township, and there received his early education in the local public schools, later attending a select school at Pillow, Dauphin County. In 1880 he received a license to teach from Professor Bowl, then superintendent of schools in Northumberland County, and began his career as an educator in Washington Township, where he taught for two terms. Later he taught two terms in Lower Mahanoy Township, and he made a reputation as a good disciplinarian as well as a conscientious instructor. From boyhood he had been accustomed to farm work, and he began farming for himself in 1882 in Lower Mahanoy, where he remained until his removal, in 1901, to his present farm in Jordan Township. He still owns the place in Lower Mahanoy, which now comprises 114 acres of valuable land which he bought from the estate of his uncle, Benjamin Byerly. The latter bought a Wetzel tract of twenty-five acres to which he added until the farm reached its present proportions. Jonathan M. Byerly farmed that place until he removed to his present home, which he bought in the fall of 1900, from Michael Emerich, and which is a most desirable property of 134 acres of limestone soil. This place has been artificially fertilized under his management, and he has made a number of improvements which have materially enhanced the value of the property. Mr. Byerly is one of the intelligent, progressive and influential men of his district, where by his useful life he has won the respect of all who know him. He is a Democrat, has served as school director and has long been an active church worker, being one of the leading members of Zion’s (Stone Valley) Church, where he and his family belong to the Lutheran congregation. He has served many years as deacon and elder, and was church treasurer for ten years.
On Jan. 8, 1882, Mr. Byerly married Louisa Emmerich, daughter of Michael and Hannah (Tressler) Emmerich. They have had children as follows: Benedict Beecher, who died when ten months, four days old; Naomi Josephine, wife of John A. Latsha; Claudia Alveretta, wife of C. C. Miller; Hannah E.; Elias M., married to Lizzie Paul; Ellen Salome; Isaac Theodore; Maud Helena, who died in her sixth year; and Mark Jonathan, who died when ten months old.
Josiah Byerly, son of Elijah, was born Dec. 28, 1843, at Byerly’s, in Lower Mahanoy Township, this County, and obtained a rather limited education in the pay schools which were then the only institutions of learning in the locality. He worked for his father until he was of age, and about 1882 began farming at the place in Jordan Township where he now lives, having a farm of 145 acres which belonged to his mother, having formerly been a Bower tract. On this place stands a large Swiss barn which was built in 1853 by Elijah Byerly; it is 100 by 45 feet in dimensions, and is an attractive feature of the property
On Nov. 22, 1868, Mr. Byerly married Catharine Snyder, daughter of John and Anna Barbara (Wert) Snyder, and to them have been born eight children, five sons and three daughters, namely: Harry E., of St. Louis, Mo.; Isaiah F., who lives at home; Walter C., who lives near his parents; George C.; Jeremiah; Annie, who died young; Martha, wife of J. Lengert; and Mary. Mr. Byerly and his family are Lutheran members of Zion’s Stone Valley Church, which he formerly served in the official capacities of deacon and elder, and he is at present a trustee, which office he has held six years. Politically he is a Democrat ( Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, by J. L. Floyd Published Chicago, Ill., 1911. pg. 505 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)