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WILLIAM W. DAVIDHEISER, treasurer of the Manatawny Knitting Company, of Pottstown, was born in Amity township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, May 10, 1851. He is the son of John and Sarah (Weasner) Davidheiser, both born in Pennsylvania.

John Davidheiser (father) was a miller and later a farmer in Berks county, Pennsylvania, living to the age of sixty-seven years, seven months, and fourteen days. He died in 1900. His wife died in 1894, aged sixty-three years. Both he and his wife were Lutherans, and in politics he was a Democrat. They had three children: William W.; Harriet, wife of Luther Fisher, of Boyertown; and Jacob, of Pottstown.

George Davidheiser (grandfather) was also born in Pennsylvania, and spent the greater part of his life in Berks county. He died at the age of sixty-seven years, leaving a large family.

Jacob Weasner (maternal grandfather) was also a native of Pennsylvania and lived in Berks county. He died many years ago at the age of seventy years. By occupation he was a farmer. He married Mary Romich and they had six children. The Weasner family is of German origin.

William W. Davidheiser was reared on his father’s farm in Berks county and attended the district schools in the vicinity of his home. He began life on a farm of two hundred and fourteen acres in Amity township, and remained on this farm, which belongs to the estate, until 1878. On removing from Amity township, he went to Greshville, and purchased a farm of two hundred and fourteen acres and seventy acres adjoining. He also owns this at the present time. He lived at Greshville until 1901, at which time he went to Pottstown, where he now lives. He owns a beautiful home at the corner of Third and Johnson streets. He also is the owner of four houses in Boyertown and he has an interest in the Manatawny Knitting Mills of Pottstown, of which he is treasurer.

January 1, 1877, William W. Davidheiser married Miss Matilda Bahr, daughter of Jacob and Kate (Bliem) Bahr. They had two children: Minerva, and one who died in infancy. Minerva married Daniel R. Swaively and they reside in Amityville. They had three children, two of whom are now living: Leon and Stella. Mrs. Matilda (Bahr) Davidheiser died in 1880, when she was twenty-six years old. She was a member of the Lutheran church.

November 26, 1882, William W. Davidheiser married Miss Melinda Moyer, daughter of John and Maria (Moser) Moyer. Mr. Davidheiser and wife belong to the Lutheran church at Boyertown.

John Davidheiser, son of William W. and Melinda (Moyer) Davidheiser, married Miss Katie A. Turner, of Boyertown, Pennsylvania. They have one child, William Warren. John is a clerk for the Manatawny Knitting Company. The wife of John Davidheiser is the daughter of William and Kate (Arman) Turner. William Turner was a hotel-keeper and now lives on a small farm.

Mr. Davidheiser is a Democrat in politics and was a school director in Douglass township, Berks county. He is a stockholder in the Reading National Bank, and also in the Security Company at Reading, and in a canning factory at Boyerstown. He is also interested in the stone-crushing business in Douglas township, Berks county.

Mrs. Davidheiser’s parents were born in Berks county. John Moyer was a farmer and died in 1863, at about thirty-six years of age. His wife died in 1890 at the age of fifty-six. They had six children, as follows: Amanda, wife of Henry Romich of Boyertown; Melinda, wife of Mr. Davidheiser; William, of Reading; Katie, wife of Henry Trout, of Pottstown; Augustus, of Boyertown; and Ellen, wife of Jacob Davidheiser.

John Moyer, grandfather of Mrs. Melinda (Moyer) Davidheiser, was born in Pennsylvania and was a farmer. His wife was Catherine Dierolf, who lived to be ninety-three years of age. He died well advanced in years. They had three children.

The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Davidhieiser, Frederick Moser, was a native of Pennsylvania. His wife was Dena Weand. He was more than seventy years of age at the time of his death. She died before him. They had six children. The father of Frederick Moser was Franz Moser, who emigrated from Germany and settled in Berks county.