. History of Northampton County [Pennsylvania] and the grand valley of the Lehigh under supervision and revision of William J. Heller, assisted by an advisory board of Company A, 129th Penn-sylvania Volunteers, which saw nine months service, including Antietam,Iredericksburg and Chancellorsville. In 1862, before entering the army, hemarried Elzabeth A. McDaniel, and they resided for a time at St. Clair, butmoved in 1870 to Catasauqua, and in January, 1887, to Bethlehem. Helargely organized the Grand Army Post at Catasauqua, and was a pastcommander of the post at Bethlehem. He served
. History of Northampton County [Pennsylvania] and the grand valley of the Lehigh under supervision and revision of William J. Heller, assisted by an advisory board of Company A, 129th Penn-sylvania Volunteers, which saw nine months service, including Antietam,Iredericksburg and Chancellorsville. In 1862, before entering the army, hemarried Elzabeth A. McDaniel, and they resided for a time at St. Clair, butmoved in 1870 to Catasauqua, and in January, 1887, to Bethlehem. Helargely organized the Grand Army Post at Catasauqua, and was a pastcommander of the post at Bethlehem. He served several terms as a school director in Bethlehem, and first asclass leader, then later as Sunday school superintendent organized what laterbecame the Fritz Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church on the South Laramy died on January 15, IQ14, and his wife on March 9, of their seven children survived. Ella and Margaret, residents of Beth-lehem ; Anna, wife of W. Lathrop Meaker; and Robert E., of whom further. Rlhert Edward Laram- was born in Catasauqua, Lehigh county, Penn-•?• l\ on January 18, 1875. He was educated in the public schools of. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIDIIAUY ASTOB. LENOX ANDTILOBN FOLNDATIONS BIOGRAPHICAL 185 Catasauqua and Bethlehem, and graduated from the high school of the latterin 1890. Further preparation for coHcejc was made with two years in theUlrich—now Bethlehem—Preparatory School, 1890-92. He entered LehighUniversit} in 1892, graduated in i8g6, and received the degree in was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and was elected to member-ship in the honorar} fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of theEpitome board of his class. In 1S94-95 he served as president of the Penn-sylvania Intercollegiate Oratorical Association, and in his senior year servedas class president of the class of 1896, to which position he was later chosenfor life. In the year 1910-11 he was president of the Alumni Association ofLehigh
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