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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 <luty ac the front and sent to the State of Pennsylvania. He served as one of the es corts when President Lincoln’s body w as re ceived in f'hiladclphia and conducted it to the Statchouse. V]x>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.
