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MILTON R. DAVIDHEISER, of the firm of Davidheiser & Wiand, contractors and builders of Pottstown, was born in Upper Pottsgrove township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, December 6, 1851. He is the son of Henry and Sarah (Reigner) Davidheiser.

Henry Davidheiser (father) was born in Montgomery county, and spent his life in farming in upper Pottsgrove township, where he owned a fine farm of 160 acres. He died at the age of seventy years. His wife survived him ten years, and at the time of her death was seventy-one years old. He was a Lutheran in religious faith, and she was of the Reformed church. They had eight children who grew to maturity, six sons and two daughters, four now living. They are: Ephraim, Reuben, Mary Ann, wife of Henry Y. Wise, Milton R.

Henry Davidheiser (grandfather) was a farmer and died in 1852, being advanced in years. He had nine children. Joseph Reigner (maternal grandfather) lived in Upper Pottsgrove township, where he died at an advanced age. He was a farmer. His wife was Rosanna Reigner, and they had three sons.

Milton R. Davidheiser was reared on his father’s farm, and lived with his parents until he married. He received his early education in the district schools, and later attended the Hill school at Pottstown. After leaving school he entered on the occupation of teaching, and remained thus engaged for sixteen terms, working at the carpenter trade in the summer season, and teaching in winter.

On October 10, 1874, he married Miss Anna E. Linderman, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Egolf) Linderman. They have had no children. Mr. and Mrs. Davidheiser are members of Emmanuel Lutheran church, of Pottstown. Mr. Davidheiser is a church trustee and a member of the church council, and is also the present church treasurer, and a teacher in the Sunday school connected with it. Politically he is a Democrat. He has never sought or held public office, but has served on the borough school board for fifteen years, being its president for a number of years, Mr. Davidheiser and his brother Reuben own a brickyard at Stowe, a short distance above Pottstown. He built a beautiful home in which he resides at 364 York street, in 1893-4. He also owns a number of other properties in Pottstown.

Mrs. Davidheiser’s parents were natives of Montgomery county. They had two children. The father died in 1900, the mother is still living. He was a school director and a prominent man in his community, having been a teacher in his younger life. Mrs. Davidheiser’s grandfather was Aaron Lindeman. He lived on Crooked Hill, in the vicinity of Pottstown. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died at the age of eighty-five years, and was buried in Limerick.