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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES organized m 1887 as the Mahoning KoIUr^ MiU Company, which, in (893, w as taken in hand by a receiver, who operated it until 1895. Then U H. Frick ran it fo r a short time, and in 1898 it was purchased by H ow e & Polk ( F. P. Howe and R. K. P o lk ), who carried it on until 1903. The next owners were Cur­ ry & Vannan, who conducted the plant for some time and were succeeded by C u rry & Company, who ran it fo r two years, until 1906, in Ju ly of which year the business was incorporated under its present title, the Dan­ ville Foundry & Machine Company, with a capital of $40,000. 'Hie officers at that time w ere: F . H . Vannan, president; R . B . Pursel, secretary; Thom as J . Price, treasurer. The present officers a r c : F . H. Vannan, president; Clarence E . Haupt, vice president; E . W . Peters, sccrctar)*; Thom as j. Price, treasurer, and Irvin Vnnnan. general manager and mcclianical engineer. The employees number 135. a fact which gives this establishment an im­ portant place among the various enterprises of the town. JO H N N. H E R R, manufacturer o f wheat and buckwheat flour and dealer in all kinds of feed, at Schuyler, Pa., was born at S traw ­ berry Ric^e, Montour Co., P a., S e p t 12, 1858, son of ^ rn u c l and Christianna (Snyd er) H err. John H err, paternal grandfather o f John N. H err, was one of the first settlers in the vicinity o f Strawbcri)* Ridge, P a., where he acquired a large tract o f land. H e was e n ^ g e d in farm ing all o f his life, and became one of the substantial and influential men of his community. H is w ife bore the maiden name o f Elizabeth Mover. Samuel H err, son o f John H err, w as bom Aug. 14, 18 1S, in toncastcr county. Pa., and as a young man accompanied his parents to Straw berry Ridge, there engaging in farming for many years. Like his father he w as suc­ cessful in his ventures, accumulated a good property, and was known as a man o f enter­ prise and public spirit. H e died Aug. 23, 1889. at Washingtonvillc, Pa., at the age of seventy-one years. M r. H err married Christianna Snyder, a native o f Derry township, Montour Co., P a., born N ov. lo, 1829, daugh­ ter of Daniel and Elizabeth Snyder. She died A pril 25, 1895. Eight children were bom to M r. and Mrs. H err, nam ely: ( i) J o h n N. ( 2 ) Sarah Ja n e married Daniel Edw ard F ra ­ zier, o f D erry township, Montour county, and their children are Samuel Rolland, Minnie A lice, Raymond Edw ard, Christine Pearl and

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to k e Jenkins. ( 3 ) M ary Kmma married Emmanuel M owrer, and their children arc Charles, K va and Mollie. (4 ) Samuel W il­ lis, bom Jan. 4. 1868, a resident of Danville, Pa., first married Ida Fenstermacher, who ilied in California, leaving one son, Charles. H is second marriage w as to M ay Rcichley, by whom he has one child, David Martin. (5 ) Xnnic Cora, born Ja n. 27, 1873. ihe w ife o f Charles Strauss, of Sunbury, Pa., and has a fam ily o f six children, U llian, W illis, Violet. E lrey, Jennie and Eiw ilda. (6 ) Franklin died in infancy. ( 7 ) David, deceased, mar­ ried Kffic Grcsh. (8 ) Catherine married Clinton Jenkins, and died, leaving two daugh­ ters, Stella, now the w ife o f Robert Farn s­ worth, and Sadie, married to Frank Miller. John N. H err remained under the parental roof until he attained the age o f eighteen years, at which time he left home and went to Iowa, being there engaged in farming for two years. A t the end o f that period he returned to the home of his parents, who in the mean­ while had moved to D erry township, locating on the old Krailey farm. A fte r his father's retirement M r. H err managed the home farm until it w as disposed o f by his father, who after his retirement made his home at W ash­ ingtonville. M r. H err then moved to Schuy­ ler, where he bought the Schuyler flour mill, which he has since improved, and is now do­ ing a constantly increasing business in the manufacture o f high-grade wheat and buck­ wheat flour, as a dealer in all kinds o f feed, and as a shipper o f grain and baled hay. The plant is now known as the Keystone Steam Roller Mills. Industry and careful manage­ ment have made (his one of the leading busi­ ness concerns o f Schuyler, and have given A ir. H err a firmly established position among the leading citizens of the place. He was a charter member of the Farm ers' National Bank of Exchange, Pa., and one o f its di­ rectors. On March 15 . 1883, M r. H err w as married to Anna L . Gibson, bom Sept. 1^3. 1864, d a ^ h ter o f George and M ary (Flickin gcr) uib5011. T w o children have been bom to this union: .Murray E .. torn Feb. 3. 1884, and Olive Vesta, bom Ju ly 2, 1894® the latter liv­ ing at home. M r. and M rs. H err arc Luther­ ans, M r. H err belonging to the W ashington­ villc Church, and Mrs. H err to St. Jam es Church, at Turbotville. He is a incinbcr of W arrior Run to d g e, No. 645. I. O. O. F ., of Turbotville. to which his son also belongs. M urray E . H err was married June 25. 19 & . to Hannah K. Betz, and they reside at Schuy­