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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES F irst National Bank o f Catawissa, served as vice president two years, and U|Kin the death in 19 10 of S. D. kinard w as elected president, a position which he still holds. Ju d gc F o x is a member of the Methodist Clmrch at Cata­ wissa, and belongs to the P. O. S. o f A. and the K. o f P, H e married Ju n e 10, 18 7 1, Lydia Ann Fisher, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Fisher, o f Beaver township. M rs. F o x is a wonwin o f refinement and good taste and de­ voted to her home and family. T hey are the parents o f six children: Minnie Elm crta, w ife o f Bowman Cortright. lias four children, Ruth, Martha. L yd ia and John C o n rig h t; Frances Adora is the w ife o f Cliarles E. Smith, clerk for the county commissioners a l Bloomsburg, and has one child, C hristina; Sarah E ., wife of Charles M. H arder, postmaster o f Cata­ wissa, has one child, Catherine; M ary Rachel is at hom e: E lsie J. married Jam es M. Rhawn, sun o f V. H. Rhaw n. a U w ycr of C ataw issa; Jo h n Concer ts mentioned below. J o h n C. F o x, D .D .S., son o f Judge F o x and partner with his father in (he practice o f den­ tistry* at Catawissa, w as bom in Beaver town­ ship March 4, 1877, and educated in the public schools o f the borough. He bi^an the study o f dentistry under his father in 1894. entering the Philadelphia Dental College, whence he w as graduated in (898 with the degree o f D .D .S. Returning from college he became as­ sociated with his father in business. H e is a young man o f great promise, following closely in the footsteps of nis father. He be­ longs to the Reformed Church and to the Knights of the Golden Eagle. On Dec. 26, i)00. he m arried Anna M ay Roberts, a native o f Catawissa township, and daughter o f W ill­ iam H enry and Ellen (R o th ) Roberts. They have two children, M arjorie Jean and John Kobcrt.s. John C . F o x, twin o f Jam es T . F o x, li%*cs in Hailey, Idaho, where he has a general mercliaiidisc and millinery bU8ine>s.

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k ^ a n, leader and organizer o f men. Cer­ tainly there is not often found an instance more completely verifying the phrase "bom to command." H e w as the organizer .and leader of the religious body to which he be­ longed, the Schwcnkfctdcrs, in this country. Me wrote a catechism, a constitution, a la ^ e compendium o f their religious doctrines, and made (he collection fo r their hymn book used by the fugiti%*es. The theological work.s o f (his divine and tem])oraI leader arc yet, in much o f their entirety, incorporated in the church formulas o f his denomination. His son David was (he Doctor's grandfather. U n the maternal side the first emigrant to come to this country was George Schultz, the great‘great-great-grand father, who came to .m erka in 1734, in the twenty-fourth y e a r of his age. l i e w as a brother o f Rev. Christopher. Jerem iah Schultz, father o f D r. Schultz, was l>orn Ju n e 7, 1797. and died Feb. 3, 1874. T he mother was bom Sept. 5, 1798, and died Feb. 2, 1873. T heir children w ere: Henry, bom Ju n e 16, 1 8 2 1 ; Edw ard, bom Ju n e 20. 18 2 4 ; John, lK>m Sept. 6, 1828. and Solomon Schultz. Solomon Schultz Schultz w as reared and ixlucnted in his native county until he was fourteen years old. when he went to school at Washington Hall, Montgomery county. From there he went to the academy in Allen­ town, Pa., which has since liecome Muhlen­ berg College, where he rcinainetl one year; then studied a short time at Freeland Sem ­ inary, .Montgomery county, a fte r which he entered Princeton C o l l i e, New Jerse y , where he graduated in 1852. Following his gradu­ ation he taught school for a .short time until he Iiegan the study o f medicine with Dr. Dan­ iel D. Dctwilcr, o f Nfonigomcry county. A fte r careful preparation he altered the University o f Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1856. Immediately u])on leaving the university he i»|>enal an office tor the practice o f medicine SO L O M O N S . S C H U L T Z, M.D., late o f in AHeiitown, where he met with flattering I>anville. was a native o f Berks county, Pa., success. But soon an opiKuiunity offered for Ix>m Ju ly 5, 18 3 1, and died Sept. 27, H e him to pursue the natural hent o f his mind, w as the youngest son o f Jercmuih and M ary and he accepted a position in the State Hospi­ S . Schultz, both o f whom were natives o f tal for the Insane at Harrisburg, as assistant Berks rounty. physician, remaining there until i8 fu . H e l l i e Doctor’s first paternal ancestor in this (hen made the tour u f Europe, where he spent country was Rev. Christopher Schultz, his one year studying (he hospitals and public great-grandfather, who landed in the New institutions o f Germany, England and France. W orld Sept. 22. 1734, then sixteen years old In the meantime w ar w as raging in his native and a fugitive from religious persecution in Land, and he hastened his return and entered Silesia. Voting as he was, he was a fine the arm y as acting .assistant surgeon; and as scholar, and bccim c subsequently an able Ihco- assistant surgeon and sutgeon o f Pennsyl-