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near Watsontown* Northumberbnd Co., Pa.* daughter o f William 1.*. Antrim, a native of Bucks county* Pa. They have one son, Frank A., liom March 20* tS B j, who is associated in business with his father; he married Fcrda Wingert. Mr. Brown has been an active member of the Friendship F ire Company o f Danville since iS jS. T h e day after his marriage he worke<l in Milton lighting a fire which nearly wiped out the town, l i e also belongs to the Knights of the Golden Eagle, and to Lodge No. 754, IL P. O. Elks. He w as reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Brow ns being jirominent in the work of that church at D anville; M r. and Mrs. Brown and their son and daughter-in-law belong to St. Paul’s Omrch. D A V ID E L L S W O R T H H A R IN G * super­ intendent of the Danville Stove & M anufac­ turing Company, is one of the well known fimircs in the industrial circles o f Danville, lie was born A pril 6, 1867, at Slabtown, Co­ lumbia Co., P a., son o f O iarles B. Haring und grandson o f David Haring. The latter was bom in .pril. 1800, in Bucks county. Pa.* and w*as a potter by trade. Charles B. Haring, father o f David E. H ar­ ing. W'as borti in April* 184c* in Bucks coun­ ty, und learned the trade o f carpenter and cabinetmaker* w'hich he followed during most o f his active years. He gave il up, however, in 1895* when he Ik came mcNscnger in the United States treasury dcpanment at W ash­ ington* D. C .. heing ap|M>inted under the civil service rules in Cleveland's administration. He continued to hold that (>osition until his death, which occurred in iqot). He married Sarah A. Fctterman. a native of Columbia county, who still survives. She is a daugh­ ter o f John and M ary (L a v a n ) Fetlerman, o f Columbia county, the form er o f whom was a blacksmith during his acti*e years. Four children were lioni lo Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. H aring: David K .: l*'tta BcHc. w ife of W ilbur Hamilton. M. 1).* of Washington* D. C .; W aller Wellington, o f Washington. I), C .; and John W ilbrd. o f Washington, I). C. D*avid E . Haring attendcil school until thir­ teen years old. lie then licgan work at Dan­ ville. cleaning brick, for which he received twenty-five cents a day* and later clerked in A general mercantile business, l i e went to lenni the trade o f molder in the big mill foundry at D.invi!lc. and on Oct. 9* 1S82. commenced work as a stove moUlcr, being thus engaged tnilil 1804. He then went to

Washington, D. C.* where he w as in the grocery business fo r fourteen months* at the end o f that time selling out and returning to Danville. In 1901 he went from here to W.iyncsboro* Va.. to take a position as fore­ n u n ill the foundry of the Loth Stove Com ­ pany, but did not remain long, in 1902 taking cliarge of the foundr)* of the Danville Stove W orks as foreman. In 1903 he was pro­ moted to his present position, that o f su]K*rintendent* in which he has given high satis­ faction to all concerned. M r. Ila rin g ’s effi­ ciency and thorough familiarity with the busi­ ness of stove molding make him invaluable to this concern and his conscientious w*ork has won (he appreciation o f his employers and the respect o f those in his charge. On Dec. 2 1, i886, M r. Ilarin g m arried Sarah Ann Knerr* u f Northumberland county* Pa.* daughter o f Jerem iah Knerr* and they have had three children* nam ely: Ralph E ., deceased; Irving Leroy* deceased; and KthcI Irene, now living at home, who is a graduate of the Danville high school* M r. Haring is a prominent memlKr o f T rin ity Lutheran Church at Danville* and is serving in the church council. H e is also prominent in Suniday school work, having a class of thirty whose members are preparing themselves for teaching in the Sunday school. He has twice been elected a member of the school Ixiard from the Second ward, first in the fall o f 1900. Socb ll^ M r. H aring belongs to Mahoning Lodge, No. 516* F. & A. M*; Beaver Lodge* No- 132. K. o f P .; Montour Castle, No. K. G. E .; I.otus Conclave, No. 127, Im proved O rder o f Ilcptasophs ( o f which he is a past a rch o n ); and Iron M oldcrs’ Union No. 124* o f Danville, o f which he is a past president* and he w as corresponding representative o f that organization for eight years. Jerem iah K nerr, father o f Mrs. D avid E. Haring, was bom Ju ly 13* 1847, in N orth­ umberland county* Pa., where his father. .Andrew' K nerr, passed most o f his life. T h e latter w as a miller hy trade. He m arried Anna I'hner, a native o f Gcm iany. from which country the K n err family also came. T hey had a fam ily of seven children, only two o f whom sur*ivc* Jerem iah and Ella, the lat­ ter the w ife o f E. Koch, and living in Sham o­ kin* Pa. Andrew K n err died in 1895. at the age o f sixty-five years. A fte r his school days were over Jeremiah Knerr learned milling with his father, with whom he remained until nineteen years old. He then engaged in milling on his own ac­