Emil Christian Wagner, junior member of the firm of Swayne & Wagner, dealers in coal and feed at Sharon Hill, this county, and one of our most enterprising and successful citizens, is a son of Christian and Mary ( Steffan ) Wagner, and was born at Eslingen, Wurtemberg, Germany, March 24, 1859.
The Wagners are an ancient German family whose members have been numerous and well-to-do in the Fatherland, engaged in milling for generations. Possessing the twin virtues of industry and frugality-- qualities which distinguish the German race at home and abroad-- they have been important factors in the industrial history of their section of the German empire.
Christian Wagner (father) was a machinist by trade, and for fifteen years was employed in the Eslingen Locomotive works, which are among the largest of their kind in the old world. Having accumulated considerable property, he then embarked in the milling business at Wurtemberg, which enterprise he conducted successfully until his death, in 1885, when in the fifty-sixth year of his age.
For many years he was a strict member of the Lutheran church, and married Mary Steffan, a native of Germany. By that union he had a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters: Charles W., who married Anna Schmidt, and now resides in the city of Chicago, Illinois, where he owns extensive works ; Mary, who has been twice married, and lives in Germany ; Emil C., the subject of this sketch ; Sophia E., wife of Carl Braun, a merchant in Chicago ; William, a merchant miller of Wurtemberg. Germany; Pauline, living in Germany; and Herman, a confectioner in the city of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Mary Wagner is still living in Germany, aged nearly sixty-four years.
Emil Christian Wagner was reared in the Fatherland, and obtained his education in the National schools and a German High school. Leaving school at the age of fourteen years, he entered the mill with his father to learn the milling business, and after completing his trade he worked as a journeyman in different parts of Europe, traveling through Wurtemberg, Bavaria, Prussia, and other parts of the old world, in order to see the country and become familiar with the characteristics of the people and the business opportunities presented by the different places he visited.
He finally made a tour through France, and then turned his face toward the new world, landing at Philadelphia, May 31, 1884. Soon after locating in that city he engaged in the retail milk trade, and successfully conducted that business for more than three years.
In 1888 he removed to Glen Olden, Delaware county, where he operated a flouring and grist mill until 1890, at which time he formed a partnership with John Swayne, under the name of Swayne & Wagner, and the new firm embarked in the coal and feed business at Sharon Hill, grinding chop and handling all kinds of coal, feed, pipe, cement, and other articles connected with these lines. In 1890 they erected a large structure thirty by one hundred and eighty feet in dimensions on Chester pike for the accommodation of their business, and have ever since remained at that location.
They are energetic, wide awake gentlemen, giving close personal attention to their business in all its details, and they have built up an excellent trade and become quite successful and widely known.
On August 31, 1884, Mr. Wagner was married in Philadelphia to Louise Frederika Staib, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Christian D. Staib. To Mr. and Mrs. Wagner have been born three children : Emil Christian, jr., Harry, and Louise.
In his political affiliations Mr. Wagner is a stanch republican.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Pages 160 & 161.
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Wagner, Emil Christian Sr. - 1859-1928
Emil Christian Wagner, junior member of the firm of Swayne & Wagner, dealers in coal and feed at Sharon Hill, this county, and one of our most enterprising and successful citizens, is a son of Christian and Mary ( Steffan ) Wagner, and was born at Eslingen, Wurtemberg, Germany, March 24, 1859.
The Wagners are an ancient German family whose members have been numerous and well-to-do in the Fatherland, engaged in milling for generations. Possessing the twin virtues of industry and frugality-- qualities which distinguish the German race at home and abroad-- they have been important factors in the industrial history of their section of the German empire.
Christian Wagner (father) was a machinist by trade, and for fifteen years was employed in the Eslingen Locomotive works, which are among the largest of their kind in the old world. Having accumulated considerable property, he then embarked in the milling business at Wurtemberg, which enterprise he conducted successfully until his death, in 1885, when in the fifty-sixth year of his age.
For many years he was a strict member of the Lutheran church, and married Mary Steffan, a native of Germany. By that union he had a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters: Charles W., who married Anna Schmidt, and now resides in the city of Chicago, Illinois, where he owns extensive works ; Mary, who has been twice married, and lives in Germany ; Emil C., the subject of this sketch ; Sophia E., wife of Carl Braun, a merchant in Chicago ; William, a merchant miller of Wurtemberg. Germany; Pauline, living in Germany; and Herman, a confectioner in the city of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Mary Wagner is still living in Germany, aged nearly sixty-four years.
Emil Christian Wagner was reared in the Fatherland, and obtained his education in the National schools and a German High school. Leaving school at the age of fourteen years, he entered the mill with his father to learn the milling business, and after completing his trade he worked as a journeyman in different parts of Europe, traveling through Wurtemberg, Bavaria, Prussia, and other parts of the old world, in order to see the country and become familiar with the characteristics of the people and the business opportunities presented by the different places he visited.
He finally made a tour through France, and then turned his face toward the new world, landing at Philadelphia, May 31, 1884. Soon after locating in that city he engaged in the retail milk trade, and successfully conducted that business for more than three years.
In 1888 he removed to Glen Olden, Delaware county, where he operated a flouring and grist mill until 1890, at which time he formed a partnership with John Swayne, under the name of Swayne & Wagner, and the new firm embarked in the coal and feed business at Sharon Hill, grinding chop and handling all kinds of coal, feed, pipe, cement, and other articles connected with these lines. In 1890 they erected a large structure thirty by one hundred and eighty feet in dimensions on Chester pike for the accommodation of their business, and have ever since remained at that location.
They are energetic, wide awake gentlemen, giving close personal attention to their business in all its details, and they have built up an excellent trade and become quite successful and widely known.
On August 31, 1884, Mr. Wagner was married in Philadelphia to Louise Frederika Staib, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Christian D. Staib. To Mr. and Mrs. Wagner have been born three children : Emil Christian, jr., Harry, and Louise.
In his political affiliations Mr. Wagner is a stanch republican.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Pages 160 & 161.
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There is a second cemetery and memorial page for Emil Christian Wagner.
The Wagners are an ancient German family whose members have been numerous and well-to-do in the Fatherland, engaged in milling for generations. Possessing the twin virtues of industry and frugality-- qualities which distinguish the German race at home and abroad-- they have been important factors in the industrial history of their section of the German empire.
Christian Wagner (father) was a machinist by trade, and for fifteen years was employed in the Eslingen Locomotive works, which are among the largest of their kind in the old world. Having accumulated considerable property, he then embarked in the milling business at Wurtemberg, which enterprise he conducted successfully until his death, in 1885, when in the fifty-sixth year of his age.
For many years he was a strict member of the Lutheran church, and married Mary Steffan, a native of Germany. By that union he had a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters: Charles W., who married Anna Schmidt, and now resides in the city of Chicago, Illinois, where he owns extensive works ; Mary, who has been twice married, and lives in Germany ; Emil C., the subject of this sketch ; Sophia E., wife of Carl Braun, a merchant in Chicago ; William, a merchant miller of Wurtemberg. Germany; Pauline, living in Germany; and Herman, a confectioner in the city of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Mary Wagner is still living in Germany, aged nearly sixty-four years.
Emil Christian Wagner was reared in the Fatherland, and obtained his education in the National schools and a German High school. Leaving school at the age of fourteen years, he entered the mill with his father to learn the milling business, and after completing his trade he worked as a journeyman in different parts of Europe, traveling through Wurtemberg, Bavaria, Prussia, and other parts of the old world, in order to see the country and become familiar with the characteristics of the people and the business opportunities presented by the different places he visited.
He finally made a tour through France, and then turned his face toward the new world, landing at Philadelphia, May 31, 1884. Soon after locating in that city he engaged in the retail milk trade, and successfully conducted that business for more than three years.
In 1888 he removed to Glen Olden, Delaware county, where he operated a flouring and grist mill until 1890, at which time he formed a partnership with John Swayne, under the name of Swayne & Wagner, and the new firm embarked in the coal and feed business at Sharon Hill, grinding chop and handling all kinds of coal, feed, pipe, cement, and other articles connected with these lines. In 1890 they erected a large structure thirty by one hundred and eighty feet in dimensions on Chester pike for the accommodation of their business, and have ever since remained at that location.
They are energetic, wide awake gentlemen, giving close personal attention to their business in all its details, and they have built up an excellent trade and become quite successful and widely known.
On August 31, 1884, Mr. Wagner was married in Philadelphia to Louise Frederika Staib, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Christian D. Staib. To Mr. and Mrs. Wagner have been born three children : Emil Christian, jr., Harry, and Louise.
In his political affiliations Mr. Wagner is a stanch republican.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Pages 160 & 161.
Passport Application from 1903
Passport Application from 1923
Death Certificate from California in 1928
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Reed, Helen Lucretia - 1847
Reed -- Helen Lucretia [? m.], , 1847. G.R.I.
G.R.1. Gravestone Record, Mount Vernon Cemetery, Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
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G.R.1. Gravestone Record, Mount Vernon Cemetery, Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
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Reed, Helen M. - 1841
Reed -- Helen M. [ ], wife of Marshall, Feb. 15, 1841. G.R.13.
G.R.13. — Gravestone Record, Colebrook Cemetery, Whitman
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
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G.R.13. — Gravestone Record, Colebrook Cemetery, Whitman
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
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Peterson, Betty [Bates] - 1816
Peterson -- Elbridge, son of Asaph T. and Betty [child of Asaph Torrey and Betty (Bates), P.R.26.], Apr. 1, 1816.
P.R.26.— Private Record, from the Asaph T. Peterson Bible, now in the possession of James Walter Soule of Meriden,Connecticut.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
You can visit the memorial page for Betty [Bates] Peterson.
P.R.26.— Private Record, from the Asaph T. Peterson Bible, now in the possession of James Walter Soule of Meriden,Connecticut.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
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Peterson, Asaph Torrey - 1816
Peterson -- Elbridge, son of Asaph T. and Betty [child of Asaph Torrey and Betty (Bates), P.R.26.], Apr. 1, 1816.
P.R.26.— Private Record, from the Asaph T. Peterson Bible, now in the possession of James Walter Soule of Meriden,Connecticut.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
You can visit the memorial page for Asaph Torrey Peterson.
P.R.26.— Private Record, from the Asaph T. Peterson Bible, now in the possession of James Walter Soule of Meriden,Connecticut.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
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Peterson, Elbridge - 1816
Peterson -- Elbridge, son of Asaph T. and Betty [child of Asaph Torrey and Betty (Bates), P.R.26.], Apr. 1, 1816.
P.R.26.— Private Record, from the Asaph T. Peterson Bible, now in the possession of James Walter Soule of Meriden,Connecticut.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
You can visit the memorial page for Elbridge Peterson.
P.R.26.— Private Record, from the Asaph T. Peterson Bible, now in the possession of James Walter Soule of Meriden,Connecticut.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
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Peterson, Mehitable - 1841
Peterson -- Betsey Bates, daughter of Asaph and Mehitable, May 12, 1841.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
Peterson, Asaph - 1841
Peterson -- Betsey Bates, daughter of Asaph and Mehitable, May 12, 1841.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
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~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
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Peterson, Betsey Bates - 1841
Peterson -- Betsey Bates, daughter of Asaph and Mehitable, May 12, 1841.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
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~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
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Wand, Lulu - 1894
Otto Wand, proprietor of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company mills at Collingdale, this county, where he has resided since 1892, is the only son of John and Louisa (Meyer) Wand, and was born September 18, 1859, at Nordhausen, province of Saxony, Prussia.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
Wand, Lena - 1894
Otto Wand, proprietor of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company mills at Collingdale, this county, where he has resided since 1892, is the only son of John and Louisa (Meyer) Wand, and was born September 18, 1859, at Nordhausen, province of Saxony, Prussia.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
Pabst, John - 1886
Otto Wand, proprietor of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company mills at Collingdale, this county, where he has resided since 1892, is the only son of John and Louisa (Meyer) Wand, and was born September 18, 1859, at Nordhausen, province of Saxony, Prussia.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
Pabst, Sophie - 1886
Otto Wand, proprietor of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company mills at Collingdale, this county, where he has resided since 1892, is the only son of John and Louisa (Meyer) Wand, and was born September 18, 1859, at Nordhausen, province of Saxony, Prussia.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
Prahmer, Anna - 1894
Otto Wand, proprietor of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company mills at Collingdale, this county, where he has resided since 1892, is the only son of John and Louisa (Meyer) Wand, and was born September 18, 1859, at Nordhausen, province of Saxony, Prussia.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
Sheiber, Agnes - 1894
Otto Wand, proprietor of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company mills at Collingdale, this county, where he has resided since 1892, is the only son of John and Louisa (Meyer) Wand, and was born September 18, 1859, at Nordhausen, province of Saxony, Prussia.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
Meyer, Louisa - 1894
Otto Wand, proprietor of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company mills at Collingdale, this county, where he has resided since 1892, is the only son of John and Louisa (Meyer) Wand, and was born September 18, 1859, at Nordhausen, province of Saxony, Prussia.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
Wand, John - 1894
Otto Wand, proprietor of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company mills at Collingdale, this county, where he has resided since 1892, is the only son of John and Louisa (Meyer) Wand, and was born September 18, 1859, at Nordhausen, province of Saxony, Prussia.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
Wand, Otto : 1859-xxxx
Otto Wand, proprietor of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company mills at Collingdale, this county, where he has resided since 1892, is the only son of John and Louisa (Meyer) Wand, and was born September 18, 1859, at Nordhausen, province of Saxony, Prussia.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
His father was a distiller by occupation, and had served in the regular army of Prussia. He was the father of three children, of whom only the subject of this sketch came to America. The two daughters were Agnes Sheiber and Anna Prahmer. The father died September 15, 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Young Wand grew to manhood in his native town of Nordhausen, and received his early education in the schools of that place. He afterward attended college and also the university, where he passed his regular examinations and then entered the Prussian army as a volunteer for one year. At the expiration of his term of military service, in July, 1879, he came to the United States, locating first at San Francisco, California, where he remained for some time. In 1882 he removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and successfully conducted that enterprise until 1892.
In the latter year he purchased the business and plant of the Collingdale Manufacturing Company, at Collingdale, Delaware county, and has since that time been numbered with the enterprising manufacturers of this county. He is engaged in the production of all kinds of fancy turned work, including balustrades, fancy moldings and in the manufacture of tables. His mills employ twenty skilled workmen, and turn out an annual product amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars in value.
In politics Mr. Wand is a republican and protectionist, though he has never taken any active part in political affairs, preferring to devote his attention strictly to his prosperous business.
He is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 449, Free and Accepted Masons : St. John Chapter, No. 232, Royal Arch Masons : Kadosh Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Knights of Birmingham. He is also connected with the Order of United Friends.
On September 16, 1886, Mr. Wand was united in marriage to Sophie Pabst, a native of Philadelphia, and a daughter of John Pabst. To Mr. and Mrs. Wand have been born two children, both daughters : Lena and Lulu.
Since becoming a manufacturer Mr. Wand has met with remarkable success, and is becoming widely known for the superiority of his products, which are in great demand in all parts of the surrounding country.
~ Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, 1894, Page 406.
Arnold, M. (Mr. & Mrs.) - 1894
Arnold/Rankin
Two of the most prominent of our young people, Miss Alda Rankin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rankin, and Mr. Harry H. Arnold, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Arnold, were united in marriage Wednesday evening, Oct. 17, at the residence of the bride’s parents, on Main street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. S. Elder, assisted by Rev. K. G. Gillette. The wedding was a quiet one, and the guests embraced only the immediate relatives and the most intimate friends of the bride and groom. It was a joyous occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold left this morning or a wedding tour to prominent points of interest in the east and will be gone a couple of weeks. All our people will join must [sic] heartily in congratulations and good wishes for this most popular young couple.
~ Clarion Democrat, October 18, 1894
Two of the most prominent of our young people, Miss Alda Rankin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rankin, and Mr. Harry H. Arnold, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Arnold, were united in marriage Wednesday evening, Oct. 17, at the residence of the bride’s parents, on Main street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. S. Elder, assisted by Rev. K. G. Gillette. The wedding was a quiet one, and the guests embraced only the immediate relatives and the most intimate friends of the bride and groom. It was a joyous occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold left this morning or a wedding tour to prominent points of interest in the east and will be gone a couple of weeks. All our people will join must [sic] heartily in congratulations and good wishes for this most popular young couple.
~ Clarion Democrat, October 18, 1894
Apple, J. H. - 1894
Arnold/Rankin
One of the most charming weddings that has occurred in Clarion for some time took place at 8:30 o’clock last evening at the residence of the bride’s parents. At the hour named Miss Alda Blair Rankin, the estimable daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rankin, of West Man street, and Mr. Harry H. Arnold, the well known and gentlemanly junior member of the firm of Arnold Bros., of this place, were made man and wife.
The officiating clergyman was Rev. J. S. Elder, D.D., pastor of the first Presbyterian church, assisted by the Rev. J. C. Gillette, minister of the M. E. church. The best man was Mr. Charles Glenn, of Clarion, the bridesmaid, Miss Emma Clover, of Fisher, and the ushers Mr. W. R. Brownell, of Lindsey, and Mr. Will Rankin, brother of the bride. The out of town guests present were Dr. W. Alexander and wife, of Reynoldsville, Mr. S. A. Davidson, of Newville, Pa., W. R. Brownell, of Lindsey, Pa.
This morning the happy couple left on the early train for Frederick, Md., where they will spend a short time as guests of Prof. J. H. Apple and wife, and from there will visit Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York before their return. The best wishes of the Republican Gazette is extended to them.
~ Republican Gazette, October 18, 1894
One of the most charming weddings that has occurred in Clarion for some time took place at 8:30 o’clock last evening at the residence of the bride’s parents. At the hour named Miss Alda Blair Rankin, the estimable daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rankin, of West Man street, and Mr. Harry H. Arnold, the well known and gentlemanly junior member of the firm of Arnold Bros., of this place, were made man and wife.
The officiating clergyman was Rev. J. S. Elder, D.D., pastor of the first Presbyterian church, assisted by the Rev. J. C. Gillette, minister of the M. E. church. The best man was Mr. Charles Glenn, of Clarion, the bridesmaid, Miss Emma Clover, of Fisher, and the ushers Mr. W. R. Brownell, of Lindsey, and Mr. Will Rankin, brother of the bride. The out of town guests present were Dr. W. Alexander and wife, of Reynoldsville, Mr. S. A. Davidson, of Newville, Pa., W. R. Brownell, of Lindsey, Pa.
This morning the happy couple left on the early train for Frederick, Md., where they will spend a short time as guests of Prof. J. H. Apple and wife, and from there will visit Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York before their return. The best wishes of the Republican Gazette is extended to them.
~ Republican Gazette, October 18, 1894
Davidson, S. A. - 1894
Arnold/Rankin
One of the most charming weddings that has occurred in Clarion for some time took place at 8:30 o’clock last evening at the residence of the bride’s parents. At the hour named Miss Alda Blair Rankin, the estimable daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rankin, of West Man street, and Mr. Harry H. Arnold, the well known and gentlemanly junior member of the firm of Arnold Bros., of this place, were made man and wife.
The officiating clergyman was Rev. J. S. Elder, D.D., pastor of the first Presbyterian church, assisted by the Rev. J. C. Gillette, minister of the M. E. church. The best man was Mr. Charles Glenn, of Clarion, the bridesmaid, Miss Emma Clover, of Fisher, and the ushers Mr. W. R. Brownell, of Lindsey, and Mr. Will Rankin, brother of the bride. The out of town guests present were Dr. W. Alexander and wife, of Reynoldsville, Mr. S. A. Davidson, of Newville, Pa., W. R. Brownell, of Lindsey, Pa.
This morning the happy couple left on the early train for Frederick, Md., where they will spend a short time as guests of Prof. J. H. Apple and wife, and from there will visit Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York before their return. The best wishes of the Republican Gazette is extended to them.
~ Republican Gazette, October 18, 1894
One of the most charming weddings that has occurred in Clarion for some time took place at 8:30 o’clock last evening at the residence of the bride’s parents. At the hour named Miss Alda Blair Rankin, the estimable daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rankin, of West Man street, and Mr. Harry H. Arnold, the well known and gentlemanly junior member of the firm of Arnold Bros., of this place, were made man and wife.
The officiating clergyman was Rev. J. S. Elder, D.D., pastor of the first Presbyterian church, assisted by the Rev. J. C. Gillette, minister of the M. E. church. The best man was Mr. Charles Glenn, of Clarion, the bridesmaid, Miss Emma Clover, of Fisher, and the ushers Mr. W. R. Brownell, of Lindsey, and Mr. Will Rankin, brother of the bride. The out of town guests present were Dr. W. Alexander and wife, of Reynoldsville, Mr. S. A. Davidson, of Newville, Pa., W. R. Brownell, of Lindsey, Pa.
This morning the happy couple left on the early train for Frederick, Md., where they will spend a short time as guests of Prof. J. H. Apple and wife, and from there will visit Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York before their return. The best wishes of the Republican Gazette is extended to them.
~ Republican Gazette, October 18, 1894
Alexander, W. (Dr.) - 1894
Arnold/Rankin
One of the most charming weddings that has occurred in Clarion for some time took place at 8:30 o’clock last evening at the residence of the bride’s parents. At the hour named Miss Alda Blair Rankin, the estimable daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rankin, of West Man street, and Mr. Harry H. Arnold, the well known and gentlemanly junior member of the firm of Arnold Bros., of this place, were made man and wife.
The officiating clergyman was Rev. J. S. Elder, D.D., pastor of the first Presbyterian church, assisted by the Rev. J. C. Gillette, minister of the M. E. church. The best man was Mr. Charles Glenn, of Clarion, the bridesmaid, Miss Emma Clover, of Fisher, and the ushers Mr. W. R. Brownell, of Lindsey, and Mr. Will Rankin, brother of the bride. The out of town guests present were Dr. W. Alexander and wife, of Reynoldsville, Mr. S. A. Davidson, of Newville, Pa., W. R. Brownell, of Lindsey, Pa.
This morning the happy couple left on the early train for Frederick, Md., where they will spend a short time as guests of Prof. J. H. Apple and wife, and from there will visit Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York before their return. The best wishes of the Republican Gazette is extended to them.
~ Republican Gazette, October 18, 1894
One of the most charming weddings that has occurred in Clarion for some time took place at 8:30 o’clock last evening at the residence of the bride’s parents. At the hour named Miss Alda Blair Rankin, the estimable daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rankin, of West Man street, and Mr. Harry H. Arnold, the well known and gentlemanly junior member of the firm of Arnold Bros., of this place, were made man and wife.
The officiating clergyman was Rev. J. S. Elder, D.D., pastor of the first Presbyterian church, assisted by the Rev. J. C. Gillette, minister of the M. E. church. The best man was Mr. Charles Glenn, of Clarion, the bridesmaid, Miss Emma Clover, of Fisher, and the ushers Mr. W. R. Brownell, of Lindsey, and Mr. Will Rankin, brother of the bride. The out of town guests present were Dr. W. Alexander and wife, of Reynoldsville, Mr. S. A. Davidson, of Newville, Pa., W. R. Brownell, of Lindsey, Pa.
This morning the happy couple left on the early train for Frederick, Md., where they will spend a short time as guests of Prof. J. H. Apple and wife, and from there will visit Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York before their return. The best wishes of the Republican Gazette is extended to them.
~ Republican Gazette, October 18, 1894
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