Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy--family history--biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present
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SCH8S
v.lSCHUYLKILL
COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA
— —Genealogy Family History Biography
Containing Historical Sketches of Old Families and of
Representative and Prominent Citizens
Past and Present
IN TWO VOLUMES
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME I
CHICAGO
J. H. BEERS & COMPANY
1916
v06GL
10-3 : 3 57 9\,1153969
^ PREFACE
The importance of placing in book form biographical history of representa-
live citizens—both for its immediate worth and for its value to coming^^
generations— admitted by all thinking\Q is people; and within the past decade
there has been a growing interest in this commendable means of perpetuating
biography familyand genealogy.
That the public is entitled to the privileges afforded by a work of this
nature needs no assertion at our hands ; for one of our greatest Americans has
said that the history of any country resolves itself into the biographies of its
stout, earnest and representative citizens. This medium, then, serves more
than a single purpose while it family genealogy
; f>erpetuates and biography, it
records history, much of which would be preserved in no other way.
In presenting its patrons "Schuylkillto County, Pa., Genealogy—Family
History—Biography," the publishers have to acknowledge, with gratitude, the
encouragement and support their enterprise has received, and the willing
assistance rendered in enabling them to surmount the many unforeseen
obstacles to be met with in the production of a work of this character. In
material composingnearly every instance the the sketches was gathered from
those immediately interested, and all were submitted in typewritten form for
affording amplecorrection and revision, thus opportunity for accuracy and
,
\^v reliability. The volumes are placed in the hands of the public with the
belief that they will be found a valuable addition to the library, as well as an
invaluable contribution to the historical literature of the State of Pennsylvania.
THE PUBLISHERS.