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COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES

Montour Co.* P a. H e was one o( the pros­ perous farm ers in Hemlock* near Buckhorn* spending most of his life there. l i e owned iw'o fam is in that tow*nship* one of too acres and the other containing over aoo« near Buck­ hom* and there he resided until his death* which occurred Ja n . 22, 1 9 1 1 . H is wife* Catherine (S tra u b ), daughter o f Adam and S la ry (G ru v e r) Straub* was born A p ril 30, 16 3 1, and died Sept. 20* 1890. M r. and M rs. Moore are buried in the old Moore cemetery at X cw Columbia. They had a family of twelve children* nam ely: John G.* who is a resident o f W est Hemlock township; M ary Jo an n a.'w ife of Charles E . H ow cr; Lydia E * who married John H . Hartman, and died Feb. 24* J908, leaving two children, Cleveland and M a ria; Adam Frank, who lives on the old homestead farm in ilemlcK'k tow*nship. C o­ lumbia county; X cil, who died young: Sara A.* w ife o f George J. Hartman, o f WilkesB a rre : Nora J.» Laura J. and Aiza C., all three o f whom die<l in 1B 7 5 : Maggie, who died in 18 78; David, who died in 18 7 5; and May, who died in 1878. C. F R E D L K N 11A R T, county commis­ sioner o f Columbia county* and a resident o f Berwick, was bom Oct. I, 1882. a son o f Eugene and Sarah Marta (M ills) Lenhart, and grandson o f George Lenhart. ficorge I.cnhart* the grandfather, was lx)m M ay 9. 18 19 . and was an early settler at Dan­ ville. Montour county, where he conducted a general store for some years, l-ater leav­ ing Danville and settling at Bloomsbufg. he foTlow'cd the tailor’s trade for a number of years, retiring some years >>c(ore his death, which occurred A pril 2, 1905. H e is buried at Bloomsburg. H is w ife, whose maiden name was Margaret Jano^fcC olltstcr, w as l)orn Oct. 9, 1824. and died at the age o f sixty-six ye ars; she is buried at Danville. Though he did not take any part in public affairs he w as inter­ ested in politics* first as a W hig and taler a s a Republican. He and his w ife wore mcmliers of the Gernwn Lutheran Church. They were the parents of the follow'ing children: George, o f Danrille, is unm arried: M ary mar­ ried Jam es Hulligan and after his death (sec­ ond) Daniel I,a n ic : Eugene is mentioned be­ lo w; Sarah married Charles W are, o f Dan­ ville : Clarence died young. Eugene Lenhart. the father o f C. Fred le n h art, w as bom Oct. 10* 1845* in Danville* where he received his education. A fte r leav­ ing school he entered the employ o f W ater­ man it Beaver, in thcir rolling mills, where he

was engaged until his enlist mem iu Captain Chalfant’s Company ( D ), 153d Regiment, i'cniisyivania State Militia* for ninety days' service. H e w as enrolled Ju n e 30, 1863* and discharged at Reading* Aug. i8» i8(>3. On March 22* 1864, he rcenlisted, b u r n in g cor|)oral in Capt. John E. Reilly’s Company ( F j* 187th Pennsylvania X’oUmlcer Infantry* for three years. Assigned to the ist Brigade, ist Division* 5th A rm y Corps, of the A rm y of the J'otomac. he ]iarticipatcd in all its l>attlcs from Cold H arbor until after the engagement at Weldon railroad. Then he w as relieved from n receiving his discharge, Aug. 3* 1865, at Harrisburg, he returned to DanviUe and resumed work in the employ o f Waterman & Heaver; later he w as em­ ployed ill the old Rough and Keady mill, and also in the Cootxrative mill. On M ay 3 1 . 1875, Mr. Lenhart left Danville and removed 10 Berwick, where he entered the employ of the Jackson X: Woodin M anufacturing C ompany as puddlcr and roller, continuing with them aliout eighteen years, until he embarked in the wholesale and retail ice cream busi­ ness. also handling newspapers. He sold out after conducting this business about twelve years and took a position in the general offices of the American C ar and Foundry Com pany .It Bcrw'ick, where he remained three years. H e was then appointed janitor of the cou rt­ house at Hloomsburg, and held (hat position four years* since when he has been li%*ing re ­ tired. at Berwick. M r. IvCnhart w as married at Bloom sburg to Sarah M aria M ills, who was born Ju n e 9, 1R48. at W ilkes-Barre, daughter o f Jo h n Becmer ,ind X ancy ( Ijiffc r ty ) M ills. H er father* lK>m Feb. 23. 18 12, was an attorney and in practice .some years at Danville, whence he removed lo Jerscytow n, Pa.* later r e lu m ­ ing to D anville: he died Oct. 22. i 8qo. M rs. Atilts died Ja n . 1875, aged sixty-three vears, two weeks, five days. S ix children w ere fiom to Nfr. and M rs. Lenhart: E v a E u gen ia, born Oct. 28, 18 6 7; George A ., Ju ly to. i8 6 0 : Sarah Mae, Feb. 2 1, 1873 (m arried C, B. W il­ liams, o f Kingston, P a .) : J . W alter. D ec. 3. t8/5 (o f B e rw ick ): Clarence E ., X o v . 13, 1879 ( o f Bcrw dck): C . Fred. Oct. 1. 1882. T he mother o f this family died Feb. 12, 18 0 1. M r. Lenhart is a member o f Susquehanna Commandery, Xo. f8, Knights o f Afalta, B e r­ wick; since 1866 he has belonged to the G.