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 COLUM BIA A N D MONTOUR COUNTIES jurcd. at the battle o f Pittsburg Landing, and resigned in M ay, 18 6 2; in 18 7 1 w as appointed by ^ v e r n o r G c a iy lieutenant colonel o f Stale Guards o f P en n sylvan ia; represented the county of M ontour fo r one term in the Legis­ lature) : Penina, who died in D anville in 1 9 1 1 : Philip, who died in Phoenix, A riz ., in 1873 (he enlisted A u g. 1, 1862. in Company F, ii6 th Regim ent, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was di.schaigcd by reason o f disability at the age o f sixteen years, in Fcbruar)-, 18 6 3; in June, 1863, when Pennsylvania w as invaded by Lee. he enlisted in Captain Y ou n g's com ­ pany o f six months’ men, w as dischatged at H arrisbutg in Januar>', 1864. and Sept. i, 1864. af^ain enlisted, as a member o f Com pany F, 203d Regim ent, Pennsylvania V olun teers; was with B im e y ’s sharpshooters when (Icneral Terr)' and A dm iral P e rry captured Fort Fisher. Jan . 16. 18 6 5; w as shot through (he hand at F o rt Fish er, and w as discharged from service at F ortress Monroe, Ju n e 17, 18 6 5 ); Abbic, who m arried W illiam Auchenbach, who now resides at Gladbrook, Io w a; and Mary, who died in Danville in 18 9 1. S i m o n P . K a s k w as bom in R ush town­ ship, Northum berland Co., P a., .*ug. 27, 18 14 . At twenty y e ars o f age M r. K ase left home and commenced the battle o f life, l i e first engaged in building and selling threshing ma­ chines. In 18 3 5 he established an agricultural and machine shop in Lebanon county, and in 18 37 rctum cd to D anville and built the second iron foundry in that place. In 1840 he married Elizabeth M cR eynolds and startcil housekeeping in the home on W est M arket street which has fo r many years been known as the *’K a sc residence." In 1844 M r. K a sc built the first mill fo r the m anufacture o f merchant iron, and in 1846 he built bis rolling mill, which w as an important event in the history o f Danville. About 1864 M r. K asc started to build the D anville. Hazleton anil W ilkes-Barre railroad, extending from S u n ­ bur)- to Tom hickon. a distance o f fifty-fo u r miles. H e cncountcrcil much opposition in the building o f this road and nothing but his in­ domitable energy enabled him to push it to completion. M r. K asc died some years ago, leaving to su rvive him the follow ing children: O ara E .. J . H ervey, M . W heeler, Edw in S . Kasc. and M artha H aas, now deceased. J.ACOB SHF.r.HART and his w ife Christine (F.vcritt) Shelhart were natives o f Lehigh county. P a., and o f German origin. T h ey early settled in what is now M ontour county. H e lived to be eighty years old. and spent over seventy y e ars o f his life in this part o f It

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Penn.sylvania. H e g rew to manhood in Cooper township and m early life made farm ­ ing his business, but later devoted his time to the m anufacture o f wooden plows, which he carried on fo r a time, also m anufacturing w agons and wheelbarrows, when the canal w as being made through Danville. Eleven chil­ dren g rew up in the Shelhart home, Jaco b Shelhart l>cing the sixth of the fam ily,' bom A u g. 14. 1825. In 1865 he w as elected sheriff o f M ontour county, serving three years. In 18 79 he w as again elected sh eriff and served three years. D avid, the youngest of the fam ­ ily, w as bom in Franklin township, Columbia county. M ay 9. 18 3 3, and w as reared on the farm ur.dl seventeen years o f age. H e clerked in the store o f Christian I.aubach from 1850 to 1856. H e (hen started in business fo r him ­ se lf as a merchant tailtfr and fo r many years carried on that business, being one of the prin­ cipal merchants o f Danville. G id e o n M . S h o o p w as bom in Northum ­ berland county, Ju n e 2 3 .1 8 2 1 . a son o f G eorge and Elizabeth Shoop, the youngest of their fam ily o f seven children. H e attended the common schools o f his native county until he w as thirteen y e ars o f age. H e then went to Franklin county and learned the art o f manu­ facturing m ilbtones. In 1841 he came to D anville as collecting agent fo r several stage lines and also embarked in the luml>cr busi­ ness. dealing in and m anufacturing lumber quite extensively and owning several saw ­ mills. In 1846 he rented the " B r a d y H otel,” re[>aire<l and improved it, added another story to it and changed the name to that o f "M o n ­ tour Hou.se.” and conducted it fo r eighteen months. M r. Shoop’s main business, how­ ever. w as dciiling in lumber. Me purchased large tracts o f fand in the South and else­ where. from which he cut the tim lwr and m anufactured it into lumber. M r. Shoop's residence, corner o f F c r ty and F.ast M arket streets, w as one of the attractive bomes in Danville. On Dec. 2. 1846, he m arried Am elia D ., daughter o f W illiam G earhart, o f Roaringcreek. On the n t h o f A pril, 1849, M r. Shoop w as appointed postm aster at Danville, which position he continued to hold until N ov. 26, 1852. F o r a numlier o f years he w as a member of the board o f trustees o f (he State H ospital fo r the Insane at Danville, w as a director of the Danville N ail and M an­ ufacturing Com pany, director of the B ridge Com pany, and fo r a long lime director in the D anville N ational Bank. M r. Shoop w as a member o f S t. P au l's M ethodist Episcopal Cliurch, w as president o f its board o f trustees,