. 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 er, Adam Hartzog, settled in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania,near Pottsville, towards the close of the eighteenth century, while the pater-nal great-grandmother came of the Raudenbush strain, prominent in earlySchuvlkill county history. Israel T. Hartzog was born June 25, 1856, inthe village of Belmont, Schuylkill county, two miles east of Port Carbon,being the eldest son of William and Lucy (Raudenbush) Hartzog, and
. 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 er, Adam Hartzog, settled in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania,near Pottsville, towards the close of the eighteenth century, while the pater-nal great-grandmother came of the Raudenbush strain, prominent in earlySchuvlkill county history. Israel T. Hartzog was born June 25, 1856, inthe village of Belmont, Schuylkill county, two miles east of Port Carbon,being the eldest son of William and Lucy (Raudenbush) Hartzog, and diedin Bethlehem, Northampton county. June 18, 1917. He was a real estateand insurance broker in South Bethlehem for many years, and had a wideacquaintance and clientele in this and adjoining counties. He died sud-denly of acute dilatation of the heart. He was a highly informed member ofthe Masonic order, a recognized authority on its history, and a past masterof Hellertown Lodge, No. 563, Free and Accepted Masons. At the time ofhis death and for some time prior thereto he was affiliated with H. StanleyGoodwin Lodge, No. 648, of South Bethlehem. He is buried in the family. ^AXlx<Jc^l Mr,J^„ THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR. LENOX ANP TILPEN FOUNDATIONS It L BIOGRAPHICAL 201 plot in the beautiful churchyard of the New Goshenhoppen Church near EastGreenville, Montg-omery county, Pennsylvania, of which he had been a mem-ber at the time of his marriage. He married Martha Catherine Welker, whowas born December 2, 1856, in Upper Hanover township, now the boroughof Red Hill, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, June 24, 1880. MarthaCatherine Welker was the eldest daughter of Jonas and Catherine (Styer)Welker, one of the prominent pioneer families of that section of the died in Bethlehem, May 5, 1915, after a brief illness. She was a devotedwife and mother, an active member of the First Reformed Church of SouthBethlehem, and is buried with her husband in the family plot in t
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