History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . He is at present the president of thePirst National Bank of Beaver Springs, Pa. Hehas been a member of the Iivangelical Lutheranchurch since his youth and tal<es an active partin all church work as well as Christian Endeavorand Sunday school work and has taught a classin the Simday school since a young man. followed the fire insurance business for tenyears with success, taking the general agency ofthe Beavertown Mutual l^ire Insurance Companywhen it was in its infancy and by hard and ener-getic work he fought the then
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . He is at present the president of thePirst National Bank of Beaver Springs, Pa. Hehas been a member of the Iivangelical Lutheranchurch since his youth and tal<es an active partin all church work as well as Christian Endeavorand Sunday school work and has taught a classin the Simday school since a young man. followed the fire insurance business for tenyears with success, taking the general agency ofthe Beavertown Mutual l^ire Insurance Companywhen it was in its infancy and by hard and ener-getic work he fought the then low rates of thestock companiesas they at that time chargedonly about one-half the rate on farm propertyas they do now) and pushed the BeavertownCompany up to over $1,700,000 insurance, havingadded o\er $,S00,000 new insurance the first is a record that any man can well feelproud of. WILLIAM H. DREESE. A^r. Dreese was born Jan. 7th, I,, and is a 5onof Jacob Dreese who died at the age of 88 years. Hewas born at Beaver Springsand lived here all his. W. Director. life except one year when he lived at Three Rivers,Mich., and one year at ^uillas, Mifflin o;cupaton bting blacksmithing for a period offifty-one years. He was married to ElizabethHetrich, who died Nov. 29, 1905. Four sons,namely, Irvin, F-rank, Edward and Foster,the latter dying at the age of two years. never applied for office, but was electedschool director for three years and director of theFirst National Bank since its organization. He donated one acre of land for the wagon factory,one of the leading industries in this city. He hasbeen a member of the Lutheran church since hewas fifteen years old and a charter member ofof the Beavertown Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,having been a director in said company for thepast 24 years. C. O. GREENHOE. Mr. Greenhoe was born near Beaver Springs,at what is now known as Benfers Mill, January
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