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died in 1795. He was twice married 

 and left the following children: Maria, 

 Frederick, Abraham, Conrad, Michael, 

 Jacob and Rebecca by the first wife, and 

 Isaac, Elizabeth, Daniel, ]\Iartin, and 

 George by the second wife. 



Frederick Althouse, born in Haycock 

 in 1783, on attaining manhood located in 

 Rockhill township, where he purchased 

 twenty-three acres of land in 1818. In 

 1824 he purchased of Andrew Schlichter 

 a farm of eighty-seven acres on the 

 Bethlehem road, near Sellersville, and 

 lived there the remainder of his life, 

 •dying January 26, 1852. He married 

 Susanna Schlichter, of Rockhill town- 

 ship, and had nine children who sur- 

 vived him, viz: Thomas, Elias, Daniel, 

 James, Andrew, Elizabeth, wife of Enos 

 Sellers; Hannah, wife of Isaac Barndt; 

 Mary, wife of Noah Weisel, and Abigail. 



Elias Althouse, second son of Fred- 

 •erick and Susanna (Schlichter) Alt- 

 house, was born and reared in Rockhill 

 township. He was born August 5, 1814, 

 and died in July, 1869. At the death of 

 liis father he accepted a portion of the 

 "homestead and it was adjudged to him 

 by the orphans' court, and part of his 

 allotment was a small lot included in 

 the present limits of Sellersville borough. 

 He was a tailor by trade, and probably 

 lived on this lot and followed his cal ing. 

 He moved back to Rockhill in 1856, and 

 lived there until his death in 1869. He 

 married Maria Dietz, daughter of Abra- 

 ham Dietz, of Rockhill, and they were 

 the parents of nine children, viz: Mil- 

 ton D.; Susanna, wife of Thomas R. 

 Leister: Elizabeth, wife of Peter R. 

 Ziegenfuss: Henry; John; Thomas: Will- 

 iam; Amos; and Emma, wife of Charles 

 Himmelwright. 



Milton D. Althouse was born in Rock- 

 liill township, January 6. 1841, and was 

 reared and educated in Sellersville. He 

 learned the trade- of a cigar maker when 

 a boy, and worked at that trade for 

 twenty-five years. He at one time 

 owned and conducted a cigar factory in 

 Sellersville. He has always taken an 

 active interest in the affairs of the town, 

 and has filled a number of local offices, 

 serving as school director and mem- 

 ber of borough council for several terms. 

 In politics he is an ardent Republican, 

 and for many years took an active part 

 in the councils of the party. He was 

 •elected to the office of recorder of deeds 

 of Bucks county in 1884, and served 

 one term of three years. He has also 

 filled the position of transcribing clerk 

 in the recorder's office. In 1889 he was 

 appointed postmaster of Sellersville by 

 President Harrison, and filled that posi- 

 tion for four years. Since July, 1903, 

 lie has had charge of the rural free 

 delivery on the Sellersville mail route. 

 He and his family are members of the 

 lieformed chitrch at Schlichtersville, 

 of which he has been an eider for 



twenty-two years, and deacon for eight 

 years. He also filled the 'position of 

 trustee and treasurer of the church. He 

 is a member of the Knights of the Golden 

 Eagle and Patriotic Order Sons of 

 America. He married, October 15, 

 1863, Elizabeth Nace, and they have 

 been the parents of four children, of 

 whom only Elmer E., the subject of this' 

 sketch, survives. 



Elmer E. Althouse was born in 1874, 

 and was reared in Sellersville. He 

 graduated from the Sellersville high 

 school in 1891. and from Pierce's Busi- 

 ness College, Philadelphia, in 1892. He 

 entered the law department of the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania and graduated 

 in 1896. He, however, had a taste for 

 journalism, having been correspondent 

 for Philadelphia and Doylestown papers 

 for some years, and in 1897 started the 

 "Sellersville Herald" in partnership with 

 C. R. Addison. During the first year 

 he purchased his partner's interest, and 

 has since conducted the paper alone, 

 which now has the largest subscription 

 of any weekly paper in upper Bucks. 

 He is also connected with the "Emaus 

 Herald," published at Emaus, Lehigh 

 county. Pennsylvania. The "Herald" is 

 a popular weekly local paper and exer- 

 cises a potent influence toward the im- 

 provement and development of the town 

 of Sellersville and vicinity. Mr. Alt- 

 house is deeply interested in the affairs 

 of his native town, and has filled a num- 

 ber of local positions; he is now serving 

 as borough auditor. 



He is a member of McCalla Lodge, 

 No. 596, F. and A. M., and Sellersville 

 Lodge, No. 658, I. O. O. F. Mr. Alt- 

 house married June 30, 1807, Margaret 

 G. Leinbach. daughter of Rev. Samuel 

 A., and Margaret (Everhart) Leinbach, 

 and they are the parents of two chil- 

 dren — Samuel L.. born October 12. 1899; 

 and INIary Elizabeth, born March 23, 

 1905. The family are members of St. 

 Paul's Reformed church, Sellersville. 



HENRY KEMMERER KLINE, re- 

 siding at Quakertown, Bucks count3% 

 Pennsylvania, is a representative of an 

 old family of German extraction. His 

 ancestor, Isaac Kline, came from Ger- 

 many and settled in Bucks county prior 

 to the Revolutionary war. By his wife 

 Barbara, Isaac Kline was father of a son 

 George, born August 17, 1788, who mar- 

 ried Susanna Hembach, boirn November 

 16, 1803. George and Susanna (Hem- 

 bach) Kline were the parents of the 

 following named children: I. Solomon, 

 born February 12, 1826; died July, 1904: 

 he married Sarah Keppler, and resided 

 in Easton. 2. Mary, inarried M. Erd- 

 man. 3. Isaac, born 1828; married Eme- 

 line Kneedler. of Kneedler's Corner, 

 Gwynedd township, and lived in Beth- 

 lehem. 4. Sarah, born April 12, 1834, 



