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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company; Elwood Roberts, Editor. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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FRANK S. GODSHALK is a native of Montgomery county, having been born at North Wales, in Gwynedd township, December 20, 1859. He attended the public schools of the county until about seventeen years of age, working on his father’s farm when school was not in session. About 1888 he purchased the Frank H. Godshalk farm and has resided thereon ever since. He married Lizzie G., daughter of Jacob Tyson and they had three children: Kate and Norman, deceased, and Harry.
Charles H. Godshalk (father) was born January 31, 1834, and died at Reading, Pennsylvania, August 3, 1893. He is buried at Skippack Church, Montgomery county. He was a farmer of Montgomery county. He married Mary Schall, born July 12, 1834, in Montgomery county, who is still living at Skippack, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Jonathan Schall, who was born March 18, 1804, and died March 27, 1877. Mr. Schall was a farmer in Montgomery county and married Sarah Nice, also of Montgomery county, who was born October 9, 1807, and died September 1, 1895. The children of Charles and Mary (Schall) Godshalk are: Elias, deceased; Morris; Ella, deceased; Howard; Romanus, deceased; Sallie; Venie, who married George Ballman and resides in Reading, Pennsylvania; Charles and Oler, deceased; Georgia; Mary; Elma, deceased; and Frank S., the subject of this sketch.
Peter Godshalk (grandfather) married Lavinia Haldman. They are both deceased. Their children were: Catharine, Charles H. (father), Oler, Frank, Solomon, Louisa, Reiff, Peter, and two who died in infancy.
Jonothan Schall (maternal grandfather) and has wife Sarah (Nice) Schall had the following children: Mary (mother), Defro, Eliza, Catharine, Sarah, Jesse, Jacob, Philbert, Henry and Leander. Frank S. Godshalk is a Republican in politics, and is serving his second term as supervisor of his township, He belongs to Trinity Reformed church, at Skippack.
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