THE AMERICAN 



MONTHLY 



MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL 



VOL. XIV. JULY, 1893. No. 7. 



Notice of Rev. Francis Wolle, 



BETHLEHEM, PA. 



[Author of Diatoniace^ of North America, etc.] 



WITH FRONTISPIECE. 



After a painful illness of seven weeks, Rev. Francis Wolle 

 died at four o'clock on the morning of February 10th, 1893, 

 at his home in Bethlehem and surrounded by the members of 

 his family. 



Francis Wolle, a son of John Frederick Wolle, merchant of 

 Bethlehem, and Sabina Henry, his wife; was born at Jacobs- 

 burg, near Nazareth, Pa., Dec 17, 1817. He was one of seven 

 sons. After his school days, he spent most of liis early life in 

 teaching, first at Nazareth (Nazareth Hall), and then in the 

 higher departments of the Parochial school in Bethlehem. 



Three or four of his earlier years, prior to 1838, were spent at 

 home where he aided his father in business. At this time, he 

 originated the idea of an easier way to produce the necessary 

 paper bag of a country store. In 1852, he obtained his first 

 patent, the first issued in the United States, and probably the 

 first in the world for a machine for such purposes. On July 6th, 

 1848, he was married to Elizabeth Caroline (Weiss) Seidel, 

 daughter of Jedediah and Mary Weiss of Bethlehem. 



In 1861, Mr. Wolle was ordained a deacon, and in 1867, a 

 presbyter of the Moravian Church. In the year 1857, he as- 

 sumed the duties of vice principal of the Moravian Seminary 

 for Young Ladies, of Bethlehem, his brother, Sylvester Wolle 

 being principal. In 1861, he took the entire charge of the in- 

 stitution and continued to hold the principalship until 1881 

 when he retired to private life. 



