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MARSHALL COLLEGE
Class of 1862 Obituaries
Lewis Cass AUDENRIED, son of the late George
Audenried, of Northampton county, Pa., and a nephew of the late Lewis Audenried, of Philadelphia, was born in
1840. He entered the Freshman class in 1858, became a member of the Goethean Society, and graduated in 1862. On
August 11, 1862, he entered the army as captain of Company H, 122d Reg. Pa. Vols.
He was actively engaged in the Shenandoah Valley, at Fredericksburg and
Chancellorsville, Va., and was mustered out with his company, May 15, 1863. On July 3, 1863, he was commissioned
major of the 51st Reg. Pa. Militia of 1863, and was mustered out with the regiment, September 2, 1863. He then
engaged in business in Philadelphia, as one of the firm of Berger, Audenried & Fry, wholesale grocers.
Mr. Audenried was married to Miss Lydia A. Lemon of
Lancaster. He died October 25, 1867, aged 27 years, leaving a widow and one child. The former, now deceased,
subsequently became the wife of Thomas J. Davis (1862); the latter is the widow of David Bair Shenk of Lancaster.
Mr. Audenried was a young man of excellent talents, and as a student was very popular with his associates.
[Bates, 4 : 66 ; 5 : 1293 ; Gerhard, Rev. D. W. History of the
Class of '62 ; Private sources.]
David Joshua ESCHBACH, son of David and
Elizabeth (Rishel) Eschbach, was born on his father's farm in Paradise township, Northumberland county, Pa., June 4,
1841. Early in life he developed a fondness for books, and prepared for college at McEwensville, Pa., under the
instruction of Prof. Low Ryneaison, and Prof. Henry R. Nicks (1858), at Limestoneville, Pa. In 1859 he was admitted to
the Sophomore class and was regularly graduated in 1862.
He was an active member of the Goethean Literary Society,
and also of the Chi Phi fraternity. His purpose of devoting himself to the Christian ministry was changed by loss of
health during his course of study.
In the fall of 1862 he engaged in the general merchandise
business at Limestoneville, and a year or two later in the lumber business near Milton, Pa. On January 6, 1863, he
was married to Miss Elizabeth R. Kerfoot, of Lancaster, Pa. In 1865 he formed a partnership with his brother-in-law,
George B. Kerfoot, and under the firm name of Kerfoot and Eschbach they conducted a commission business in
Philadelphia. Later he was a member of the firm of Eschbach and Balliet, conducting a grocer's commission business in
the same city. The last few years he was engaged as an insurance agent, pursuing his business to the limited extent
his health would permit. He died October 26, 1878, at Philadelphia. His remains were brought to Lancaster and
buried by the side of his only child in Woodward Hill cemetery.
[Gerhard, Rev. D. W. History of the Class of '62; Rev. E. R.
Eschbach, D. D.]
Oliver Augustus FOLLMER, only son of John and
Lydia (Stitzel) Follmer, was born on a farm in Limestone township, now in Montour county, Pa., in 1841. He was
prepared for college partly at McEwensville, under Prof. Low Ryneaison, and subsequently by Prof. Henry R. Nicks
(1858), at Limestoneville, Pa. He was admitted to the Sophomore class in 1859 and was graduated in 1862. He
was a member of the Goethean Literary Society and of the Chi Phi fraternity.
From 1862 to 1863 he was principal of the Dewart (Pa.)
Academy, and soon afterwards removed to the West. The winter of 1863 and the spring of 1864 he was chiefly engaged
in hunting and fishing in western Wisconsin. June 1, 1864, he, entered the office of the superintendent of the Chicago
Division of the Illinois Central Railroad, at Centralia, Ill., where he remained as a clerk until August 1, 1869. He
then engaged in merchandising for a short time and afterwards taught a select school at Red Oak, Iowa. For
several years he was a cotton planter in Mississippi, an unprofitable venture. For three years, from November, 1874, he
was engaged in teaching. In 1877 he became deputy treasurer of Nuckolls county, Neb., and at the same time was a
member of the firm of D. W. Montgomery & Co., real estate, loan and collection agency. January 1, 1882, the
old firm was dissolved and he became the leading member of the firm of O. A. Follmer & Co., continuing in the same
business until his death. He died of Bright's disease, February 27, 1884, at his home at Nelson, Neb.
While at Centralia, Mr. Follmer was married, July 8,
1868, to Miss Sabina E. Hobbs, whose ancestors were from Lancaster county, Pa. On their wedding journey they
visited friends and former classmates in Lancaster and Philadelphia. Three daughters were born to them.
[College Student, 4: 138; Gerhard, Rev. D. W. History of the
Class of '62; Rev. E. R. Eschbach, D. D.]
Rev. Calvin Ulrich HEILMAN, A. M., son of George
Gingrich and Christiana (Ulrich) Heilman, was born at Heilman Dale, Lebanon county, Pa., November 28,
1840. He was baptized February 17, 1841, entered Hill church Sunday-school May 14, 1843, and was confirmed October 6,
1855. His early schooling was received near his parents' home and one year, from October 1, 1854, at John Beck's
school, Lititz, Pa. He prepared for college the three following years at the Heilman Dale Select School, under
the instruction of Mr. A. R. Kremer, and subsequently under the private instruction of Daniel Balsbaugh, principal
of the Annville Academy. He entered the Freshman class at the beginning of the winter term, 1859, and was
graduated July 30, 1862.
He completed the course of theological studies in the
Seminary at Mercersburg in 1864. The same year he was licensed to preach by the Eastern Synod, in session at Lancaster, Pa.
For three months he was assistant to the Rev. H. Heckerman (1844), at Bedford, Pa., after which he became pastor of
the St. Clairsville charge, consisting of five congregations in Bedford and Blair counties. In this charge he was ordained
to the ministry, August 19, 1865, by a committee of the Mercersburg Classis; and here he remained for six years, until
he resigned to accept the financial agency of Franklin and Marshall College. In this capacity he secured over $35,000
in money and subscriptions, and was instrumental in obtaining for the College the Peter Wilhelm estate. After three
years' service he resumed pastoral work, September 15, 1874, by accepting a call to the Paradise charge in Somerset
county, Pa., serving it for ten years. From November 1, 1884, to November 1, 1893, he was pastor of the
Waterstreet charge, residing at Alexandria, Pa. November 11, 1893, he was settled by Mercersburg Classis as pastor of
the Greencastle charge in Franklin county, Pa. His active duties continued there till June, 1895, when, with the hope
of regaining his health, he went to Petersburg, Huntingdon county, Pa., and there died July 24, 1895. He was buried
at Hill church, Lebanon county, Pa.
During a ministry extending over thirty-one years, Rev.
Heilman built five new churches, two parsonages, and repaired six other churches. He delivered 2,991 addresses,
preached 4,537 sermons, baptized 1,403 persons, and confirmed 1,074. He officiated at 198 weddings, and at 348
funerals.
Mr. Heilman was greatly interested in his Alma Mater.
He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the College from 1886 to the time of his death, and was a trustee of the
Wilhelm estate. He attended every commencement after his entrance to college save the last, which on account of
failing health his physician forbade him. He served also as a member of the Board of Regents of Mercersburg College,
in its reorganization as an academy for boys.
While at college he was a member of the Goethean
Literary Society. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and was also a Good Templar. He served as school director, and for a time taught a public school when no regular
teacher could be secured. He also served as associate editor of the Messenger for a time. He was a generous soul,
using his wealth liberally for the help of those in need, especially of young men desiring to prepare for the
ministry or other professions.
On October 12, 1869, Rev. Heilman married Mary D.,
daughter of George D. McIlvaine, of Gap, Lancaster county, Pa. Their children are Sarah Alice, George McIlvaine,
and Mary Frances, who, with their mother, are now living at Greencastle.
[Acts and Minutes of the Synod of the Potomac of the Reformed
Church, 1895; Gerhard, Rev. D. W. History of the Class of '62; S. P. Heilman, M. D.; Rev. H. H.
Ranck.]
Jeremiah HOFFMAN, Esq., A. M., was born February
9, 1842, at Schaefferstown, Lebanon county, Pa. He received his early schooling in the public schools of his native
town. He entered the Schaefferstown Academy in 1855, where he fitted for college, for one year under Wm. M.
Missemer, and then under Cyrus V. Mays (1856), entering the Sophomore class in 1859, and graduating with the class
of 1862. He was a Goethean.
In the summer and autumn of the same year he assisted in
raising a company of volunteer infantry for the U. S. service, and was commissioned 1st lieutenant of Company K,
142d Reg. Pa. Vols., September 1, 1862. He participated in the battle of Fredericksburg and other battles in which the
Army of the Potomac was engaged, including Gettysburg, in which he was wounded and captured during the first
day's fight. Being incapacitated for ,further active military service he was honorably discharged November 21, 1863,
having been promoted, in the meantime, July 4, 1863, to the rank of captain.
Subsequently he studied law under Hon. John W. Ku-linger (1843), and was admitted to practice in the several
courts of Lebanon county, January 4, 1866. Mr. Hoffman was a Democrat in his party affiliations. In 1865 he was the
candidate of his party for county treasurer, and in 1866 for State Senator, but met with defeat in his strongly
Republican district. He died July 29, 1867, from injuries received in being thrown out of a carriage. Had he lived to years
of maturity there is no doubt he would have attained a commanding social and professional position.
[Bates, 4: 485; Gerhard, Rev. D. W. History of the Class of '62;
Charles M. Zerbe, Esq.]
Rev. Henry Frederick KEENER, A. M., the son of
Henry and Susan (Uber) Keener, was born November 22, 1835, near .Greensburg, Westmoreland county, Pa. From
childhood on he was religiously inclined and early in life felt called to the Gospel ministry. He earned the money for
his education by teaching. His preparatory training was received in the Sewickly Academy, and the Elder's Ridge
Academy in Western Pennsylvania. He entered the Sophomore class in 1859, and was graduated from college with
class of 1862, delivering the valedictory. He was a member of the Diagnothian Society.
Shortly after his graduation he enlisted, August 14, 1862,
as a private in Company F, 135th Reg. Pa. Vols., and was in the service nine months, until May 24, 1863. The greater
part of the time the regiment was on guard duty in the city of Washington, where Mr. Keener served as clerk at the
colonel's headquarters. On June 27, 1863, he re-enlisted in the State militia, as 2d sergeant, Company B, 54th Regiment, and was discharged August 16, 1863.
In October, 1863, he became principal of the public
schools, Latrobe, Pa., and taught fifteen months, and then served as principal of the public schools, Blairsville, Pa., for
seven and a half months. He entered the Theological Seminary at Mercersburg in 1865, was graduated in 1867, and
at once entered upon the pastorate 'of the Latrobe and Johnstown missions. He remained in the Latrobe
pastorate two years and eight months; Beam's charge, Somerset county, five years and three months; Zion's charge, nine
years; Brush Creek charge, Westmoreland county, two years; Centreville, Somerset county, one year. For nine
years, 1875-84, he was stated clerk of the Pittsburg Synod, and for twelve years previous, of his Classis. During his
ministry he built five churches and remodeled others.
Mr. Keener was married to Miss Julia Bossart of Latrobe,
June 11, 1867. He died March 18, 189o, leaving a widow and six children to mourn his early departure. Of the
children four are daughters and two sons, as follows : Naomi J., Anna S., Ruth J., Mary P., Henry Harbaugh, and
Theodore B. He is buried in the M. E. cemetery at Latrobe.
Rev. Keener was a member of Post 4, G. A. R., at
Latrobe, and also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
[Bates, 4: 311; Gerhard, Rev. D. W. History of the Class of '62;.
Mrs. Julia E. Keener.]
Samuel Valentine MAYS, Esq., A. M., son of Benjamin
and Margaret (Valentine) Mays, was born December to, 1842, at Schaefferstown, Pa. He attended the academy in
his native town under the care of his brother Cyrus (1856), was prepared by him for the Sophomore class in 1859, and
was graduated with the class of 1862. He was a Goethean.
After leaving college he taught in an academy at Andalusia, Bucks county, Pa., and afterwards assisted his brother
Cyrus as professor of English and mathematics at the Germantown Academy for two years. Subsequently he
read law under Benj. Johnson, Esq., and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar, October 19, 1867. While a
student he was active in the law academy, taking a leading part in its discussions. Several years after his
admission to the bar he was retained by the firm of Seyfert, McManus & Co., of Reading, Pa., to go to California to look after large mining interests in that State.
While there he was, against his wishes, elected president of
the Philadelphia Law Academy. This honor he declined. During his two years' stay on the Pacific coast he made a
trip of 400 miles to the mines on horseback, and met with an accident in coming down the mountains, his horse falling
on him and injuring him internally. He returned home, broken in health and after a lingering illness died November 18, 1875.
Mr. Mays was a born leader. His natural abilities,
supplemented by the splendid training he had received, fully equipped him for a leading position at the bar and in public
life.
[Gerhard, Rev. D. W. History of the Class of '62; J. M. Mays.]
Henry Walborn NEWCOMET, A. M., M. D., son of
Samuel and Eliza (Walborn) Newcomet, was born at Crosskill Mills, Berks county, Pa., June 20, 1838. He prepared
for college at the Myerstown Academy and at the seminary at Gettysburg, Pa., entering the Freshman class in 1858, and
graduating in due course. He was a Goethean. He was a member of the Ringgold Light Artillery of Reading, Pa.,
a volunteer company organized in 185o, which was the first military company to volunteer after the firing on Ft.
Sumter, in April, 1861.
After his graduation he began the study of medicine in
the office of Dr. Edward Wallace, of Reading, completing his course in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in
1865. For a time he was assistant demonstrator of anatomy and assistant in the clinical department of the University of
Pennsylvania. He was also assistant physician at the Philadelphia Dispensary. For a year he practiced medicine at
Stouchsburg, Berks county, Pa., and in 1867 located in Philadelphia. He was a member of the Philadelphia County
Medical Society, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and a fellow of the
American Academy of Medicine. Dr. Newcomet had, a large practice and was very successful in his profession.
In September, 1871, he was married to Miss Elizabeth K.
Steil. In 1872 he had his first pulmonary hemorrhage. Accompanied by his wife and daughter, he started for Colorado, in May, 1885. He was obliged to take his bed in St.
Louis, Mo., where he died June 3, 1885, leaving a wife, two sons and a daughter: William S., M. D., of Philadelphia;
Horace, civil engineer, Logansport, Ind.; and Miss Edith Newcomet, Philadelphia.
[Gerhard, Rev. D. W. History of the Class of '62.]
George S. WAGNER, son of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Reitzel) Wagner, prepared for college in the York County Academy, entered the Sophomore class in 1859, and
graduated with his class. He was a member of the Goethean Society. After graduation he remained at home for a time
with his parents at York, Pa., from which place he went to Washington, D. C., where he was associated with his father
in editing a bee journal. Afterwards he became librarian of the United States Senate, which position he held at the
time of his death, November 12, 1874. He died of congestion of the lungs, brought on by close confinement to his
work. He was buried at York.
For a year or more before his death he was engaged, in
addition to his duties as librarian, in making a general index of the Debates of Congress. The idea was his own and
the work he had done was afterwards bought by Congress. Mr. Wagner was a member of the Reformed Church.
[Gerhard, Rev. D. W. History of the Class of '62.]
Rev. Amandus Fenstermacher ZIEGLER, A. M., son of
Solomon and Maria (Fenstermacher) Ziegler, was born in Upper Macungie township, Lehigh county, Pa., March 31,
1835. He lost his father when he was only thirteen years of age. He attended the public schools of his native
township and was partly prepared for college at the Allentown Seminary. He afterwards attended the Preparatory
Department at Lancaster and entered college as a Freshman in 1858. During his collegiate course he boarded himself part
of the time, and by dint of great self-denial graduated in 1862. He was a member of the Diagnothian Literary
Society.
For two years he taught school at Kline's Corner, Berks
county, Pa. He entered the Theological Seminary in 1864, graduated in May, 1866, and was licensed to preach the Gospel by Lancaster Classis, May 28, 1866. He taught public
school at Mertztown, Berks county, Pa., until the spring of 1868, at the satire time supplying the pulpits at Lynnville and
Tripoli, Pa. He received a regular call and was ordained to the ministry at Apple's church, near
Leithsville, Northampton county, Pa., June 1, 1868. His charge consisted of four congregations, Blue church, Lehigh county, Apple's
church, Northampton county, and two in Bucks county, Applebachsville and Keller's. He served the last two until
his death.
He was married, September 10, 1869, to Miss Sallie Leith,
daughter of Samuel and Catharine Leith, who with eight children survived him. Three have since died. Those now
living are Jacob, Paul, Mary, Emma, and Addie. After suffering for some time with consumption, he died July 30,
1889, and was buried at the church of his childhood, Ziegel church.
Rev. Ziegler was a successful pastor, earnest and
out-spoken in the pulpit. He is kindly remembered by those who were instructed by him in the Heidelberg catechism,
many of whom still speak of his excellent work as a catechist. He struggled hard to secure his education, and was
well advanced in years before he entered his chosen profession. Failing health interfered seriously with his work during the latter part of his career.
[Gerhard, Rev. D. W. History of the Class of '62; Hon. Jeremiah
S. Hess.]
Source: Franklin and Marshall College
Obituary Record, Edited for the Alumni Association, Vol. 1, No.1, Lancaster,
Pa. Published by the Alumni Association of Franklin and Marshall
College, June 1897.
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