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ISAAC KUMMERER, of Lower Pottsgrove township, was born August 26, 1855, in Berks county, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Jacob H. and Catherine (Muthard) Kummerer.

Jacob H. Kummerer (father) was also born in Berks county, and removed to the Kummerer farm in Lower Pottsgrove township, Montgomery county, in 1867. He lived on this farm until fifteen years ago. Since that time he has been living in Pottstown retired. He is seventy-three years of age. He never followed any occupation but that of farming. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of the German Reformed church. His wife was born in Berks county, and died at the age of sixty-eight years. She was buried, November 20, 1901, in Edgewood cemetery, Pottstown. Jacob and Catherine Kummerer had nine children, as follows: 1. Jonathan (deceased). 2. Isaac. 3. Sarah (deceased), married Harry Porter (deceased). 4. Elizabeth (deceased). 5. Aaron (deceased). 6. Lydia, married Jacob Yerger, and they reside in Pottstown. He is a farmer. They have six children. 7. Mary (deceased), married Edward K. Miller, who lives in Pottstown. They have had three children, two of whom are living. 8. Catherine, married Irwin Walt, and lives at Sanatoga, where they are farmers. 9. Emma, married John Staufenburg, and they live in Philadelphia. He is a grocer. They have five children.

Jacob Kummerer (grandfather) was born in Berks county. He lived near Boyertown, where he was a miller for many years. He married Anna Herb, who died many years before his death. He was ninety-eight years old when he died, and both he and his wife are buried in the Hill Church cemetery, Berks county. He lived retired many years. In politics he was a Democrat, and was supervisor of his township. He was a member of the German Reformed church. Jacob and Anna Kummerer had six children, three of whom are now living. Daniel Muthard (maternal grandfather) lived near Gablesville, Berks county. He was a weaver, and also conducted a nursery for many years. He married Elizabeth Derr, who died in 1883, aged eighty-one years. He died in 1876, and he and his wife are buried at Boyertown. They were Lutherans in religious faith.

Isaac Kummerer received a common school education, leaving school at the age of eighteen. For several years he helped his parents on the farm. On coming of age he went west, living in Salina, Kansas, for about a year, and in Pueblo, Colorado, a short time. He was employed on a railroad and spent some months in Crape Creek, a short time in Gunnison City, and then went to Utah. There he was engaged in the mule business until he returned to his home in the east. Since that time he has lived on his present farm.

Isaac Kummerer married Catherine, daughter of Samuel and Susan (Adams) Mest, residents of Berks county. Isaac and Catherine Kummerer were married March 29, 1884, in Berks county. They had seven children, as follows: Mabel Pearl (deceased); John Earl (deceased); Jacob Roy, Samuel Edward, Sallie Ernestine, Harry Harrison, William Eck.

Mr. Kummerer is a Democrat in politics. He is a member of the Order of Heptasophs. In religious faith Mr. Kummerer and his family are members of the Reformed church. Their home has been remodeled very much during the last few years, and is being made more comfortable and beautiful every year.

Mrs. Kummerer’s father was a blacksmith in Berks county. His first wife died in 1875. They had five children, of whom three are living. He married (second wife) Rebecca Dotter, and they had two children. All the dead of the family are buried in Hill churchyard, Berks county.