LINDNER, Francis Walter
1852 - 1916 (64 years)
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Name LINDNER, Francis Walter Born 22 Feb 1852 Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States 
[1] Gender Male Biography - From Floyd's History Of Northumberland County 1911: FRANCIS W. LINDNER, son of Israel, was born Feb. 22, 1852, and attended the public schools of Schuylkill county, remaining with his father until he was twenty-one. He then farmed in Liberty township, Montour county, for six years, and in Chillisquaque township, Northumberland county, for three years. In 1882 he entered the business world as a dealer in farm implements at Pottsgrove. This business he carried on until 1890, when he was elected county commissioner of Northumberland county, and served two terms, or until 1896, during which time he lived at Sunbury. Returning at the end of that time to Pottsgrove, he there carried on the mercantile business he had established some years before, and this he continued until 1899, when he resumed the implement business, conducting establishments at Pottsgrove, Milton and Watsontown. He was very successful until his retirement, in 1907, his son Harvey L. succeeding him. That year he built his fine residence at Pottsgrove, equipped with modern conveniences that contribute much to the material comfort.
Mr. Lindner is a Democrat in politics, and in addition to his service as county commissioner, referred to above, he has been assessor of his township, and at the present time is serving as president of the East Chillisquaque township school board. In religious faith he is a Lutheran, while his wife is a Presbyterian. Fraternally Mr. Lindner is amember of the I. O. O. F. and the Artisans, and he was a charter member of Sunbury Lodge of Elks, No. 267.
Mr. Lindner has been twice, married. His first wife, Alice Van Horn, daughter of William Van Horn, died in 1901, and is buried in Oak Grove cemetery. To this marriage were born: Harvey L., mentioned below; Charles W., of Muncy, who married Cora Hunter, and has two children, Irwin and Desna; Alfred R., a salesman at Milton, who married Edith Trego and has a son, John; James C., a bookkeeper at Milton, who married Ida Compton and has a daughter, Isabell; Lee E., of Shamokin, a telegraph operator with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, who married Lena Allender, and has one child, Alice; Francis W., a clerk at Milton, unmarried; and Margaret, who married AIbert C. Dieffenbach, a retired navy officer at Philadelphia. Mr. Lindner's second marriage was to Elizabeth Moore, daughter of John and Catherine (Voris) Moore. She taught school for fourteen terms, and is an artist of considerable talent.
Census (desc) 1860 Rush Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States Census (desc) 1870 Liberty Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States living with his parents and working as a farm laborer Census (desc) 1880 Chillisquaque, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States [3] working as a farmer Census (desc) 1900 East Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States [4] working as a dry goods merchant Census (desc) 1910 Chillisquaque, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States [5] _UID 1BD0AEE9DD4E1C478E1807C90C1D6D435F59 Died 23 Apr 1916 East Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States [1, 6] Buried Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Address:
Harmony CemeteryPerson ID I1084 Milton Families Last Modified 6 Feb 2015
Father LINDNER, Israel, b. 9 Jan 1827, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 25 Oct 1901, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 74 years) Mother MESSERSMITH, Catherine, b. 25 Sep 1827, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 25 Jun 1916, East Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 88 years) Family ID F1711 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 VORIS, Elizabeth (3), b. 1856, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 1918, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 62 years) Married 3 Feb 1903 Liberty Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States Last Modified 27 Apr 2019 Family ID F687 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Margaret Ellen (1), b. 1852, d. 1874 (Age 22 years) Children 1. LINDNER, Catharine Ellen, b. 10 Dec 1872, d. 10 Mar 1884 (Age 11 years) Last Modified 27 Apr 2019 Family ID F1717 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 VAN HORN, Alice Elizabeth (2), b. 22 Feb 1859, Liberty Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 11 Oct 1901, Liberty Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 42 years) Married 3 Feb 1876 Children + 1. LINDNER, Harvey Luther, b. 24 Sep 1876, Liberty Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 1932, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 55 years)+ 2. LINDNER, Charles William, b. 20 Aug 1880, Pottsgrove, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 8 Oct 1942 (Age 62 years)3. LINDNER, Margaret Lavina, b. 9 Nov 1878, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 1 Jun 1966, Selinsgrove, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 87 years)+ 4. LINDNER, Alfred Roy, b. 7 Sep 1882, Pottsgrove, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 10 Oct 1943, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 61 years)+ 5. LINDNER, James Clarence, b. Oct 1883, Pottsgrove, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 1932, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age ~ 48 years)6. LINDNER, Lee Eckman Washington, b. 22 Feb 1886, Pottsgrove, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 26 Jan 1939, Shamokin Dam, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 52 years)7. LINDNER, Francis Walter Jr., b. Feb 1891, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 15 May 1915, Washington, District of Columbia, United States (Age ~ 24 years)8. LINDNER, Ralph E. Last Modified 27 Apr 2019 Family ID F335 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- From Floyd's History Of Northumberland County 1911: FRANCIS W. LINDNER, son of Israel, was born Feb. 22, 1852, and attended the public schools of Schuylkill county, remaining with his father until he was twenty-one. He then farmed in Liberty township, Montour county, for six years, and in Chillisquaque township, Northumberland county, for three years. In 1882 he entered the business world as a dealer in farm implements at Pottsgrove. This business he carried on until 1890, when he was elected county commissioner of Northumberland county, and served two terms, or until 1896, during which time he lived at Sunbury. Returning at the end of that time to Pottsgrove, he there carried on the mercantile business he had established some years before, and this he continued until 1899, when he resumed the implement business, conducting establishments at Pottsgrove, Milton and Watsontown. He was very successful until his retirement, in 1907, his son Harvey L. succeeding him. That year he built his fine residence at Pottsgrove, equipped with modern conveniences that contribute much to the material comfort.
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Born - 22 Feb 1852 - Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States 
Census (desc) - 1860 - Rush Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States 
Census (desc) - living with his parents and working as a farm laborer - 1870 - Liberty Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States 
Census (desc) - working as a farmer - 1880 - Chillisquaque, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States 
Census (desc) - working as a dry goods merchant - 1900 - East Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Married - 3 Feb 1903 - Liberty Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States Census (desc) - 1910 - Chillisquaque, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Died - 23 Apr 1916 - East Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States 
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Harmony Cemetery - - Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States = Link to Google Earth
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