History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . exception of four yearswhen he lived in Juniata county. He became amember of the Reformed church fifty-threeyears ago and served as elder for 20 years; is anactive Sunday school worker and held the officesof superintendent and assistant superintendent,and has also been a teacher for thirty years. Hiswife, Melinda, was a daughter of George Hoof-nagle. liight children were born to this union,four boys and four girls, viz : Henry A., WilliamR., Lewis H., Jonathan M., Harriet, Mary, Re-becca and Sarah. Mr. Rauch and wife are bothsev


History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . exception of four yearswhen he lived in Juniata county. He became amember of the Reformed church fifty-threeyears ago and served as elder for 20 years; is anactive Sunday school worker and held the officesof superintendent and assistant superintendent,and has also been a teacher for thirty years. Hiswife, Melinda, was a daughter of George Hoof-nagle. liight children were born to this union,four boys and four girls, viz : Henry A., WilliamR., Lewis H., Jonathan M., Harriet, Mary, Re-becca and Sarah. Mr. Rauch and wife are bothseventy-five years old. He served during theCivil War and is an active member of the ;is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, andhas gone through all the chairs of the 1. O. O. of Adanisburg, No. ,S()(), and was a repre-sentative to the Grand Lodge; has also served asOverseer of the IT)or. When about seventeenyears old he learned the milling trade and work-ed at it about two years, but was compelled toquit on account of his nose bleeding; he then. to Beaver Springs and accepted the position asrailroad foreman July 7, 1901, which position hestill holds. He has also been foreman on worktrain. Mr. Thomas was married to Mary , of Milroy, and the following childrenhave been born: C. Earle and C. Raymond. Heis a Past Grand of Adamsburg Lodge No. 566, LO. O. P. Deaths. March 6, 1880, Christina, wife ofSamuel Bachman, aged 60 years, 11months and 27 days. March 14, 1883, Alvilda, wife of M. Smith,aged 32 years, 11 monthsand 14 days. Dec. 23, 1886, Henry Smith, aged76 years, 1 month and 16 days. CITIZENS OF BEAVER SPRINGS WILLIAM H. RIEGEL. Mr. Riegel was born May 21, 1857, and is a sonof Peter and Matilda Riegel; was married toMary, daughter of Daniel and Mary Maurer, , 1876, and to them was born one daughter,Elsie, who was married Nov. 26, 1904, to A. Kalt-rit€r, of Mt. Pleasant Mills. Mr. Riegel went toKansas, March, 1878, and took up 80 acres of la


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