Isaac was the son of Leonard Raup and Nancy Pettt. He was the spouse of Rebecca Gilger.
ISAAC P. RAUP, proprietor of the Jersey Shore Gas Works, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1836, son of Leonard and Nancy (Petit) Raup, of the. same county. In early years our subject received only such advantages for an education as the country school of that time afforded. He was reared on a farm, and after arriving at manhood, his father having removed to Northumberland county, he spent about eighteen years in repairing and constructing railroads. He then took charge of the works for the Shamokin Gas Company, Shamokin, Pennsylvania,. and remained in the service of this company for over thirteen years. May 1, 1888, he removed to Jersey Shore, and purchased the plant of the gas works, which here modeled and increased in general capacity, and extended the mains several hundred feet throughout the town. He was enrolled in the State militia in 1863, in
Company K, Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, in General Couch's division. He volunteered for service in the beginning of March, 1865, was assigned to the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, and proceeded to the front under command of Col. Theophilus Kephart; he was at Bermuda when Vicksburg and Petersburg surrendered, and was mustered out August 25, 1865, at Portsmouth, Virginia, and finally discharged in Philadelphia shortly afterwards, and returned to his home in Shamokin. He was married in 1861, to Rebecca, daughter of J. L. and Susannah (Boughner) Gilger, of Shamokin, and to this union have been born seven children, five of whom are living: Anna A., who married William F. Frederick, of Shamokin; Kimber C., who lives in Altoona, where he is manager of the Telephone Exchange of that place; William S., who is manager of the Telephone Exchange of Shamokin; Edward B., and Charles R., who are with their parents. Mr. Raup and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a Republican.
ISAAC P. RAUP, proprietor of the Jersey Shore Gas Works, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1836, son of Leonard and Nancy (Petit) Raup, of the. same county. In early years our subject received only such advantages for an education as the country school of that time afforded. He was reared on a farm, and after arriving at manhood, his father having removed to Northumberland county, he spent about eighteen years in repairing and constructing railroads. He then took charge of the works for the Shamokin Gas Company, Shamokin, Pennsylvania,. and remained in the service of this company for over thirteen years. May 1, 1888, he removed to Jersey Shore, and purchased the plant of the gas works, which here modeled and increased in general capacity, and extended the mains several hundred feet throughout the town. He was enrolled in the State militia in 1863, in
Company K, Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, in General Couch's division. He volunteered for service in the beginning of March, 1865, was assigned to the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, and proceeded to the front under command of Col. Theophilus Kephart; he was at Bermuda when Vicksburg and Petersburg surrendered, and was mustered out August 25, 1865, at Portsmouth, Virginia, and finally discharged in Philadelphia shortly afterwards, and returned to his home in Shamokin. He was married in 1861, to Rebecca, daughter of J. L. and Susannah (Boughner) Gilger, of Shamokin, and to this union have been born seven children, five of whom are living: Anna A., who married William F. Frederick, of Shamokin; Kimber C., who lives in Altoona, where he is manager of the Telephone Exchange of that place; William S., who is manager of the Telephone Exchange of Shamokin; Edward B., and Charles R., who are with their parents. Mr. Raup and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a Republican.
Isaac was the son of Leonard Raup and Nancy Pettt. He was the spouse of Rebecca Gilger.
ISAAC P. RAUP, proprietor of the Jersey Shore Gas Works, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1836, son of Leonard and Nancy (Petit) Raup, of the. same county. In early years our subject received only such advantages for an education as the country school of that time afforded. He was reared on a farm, and after arriving at manhood, his father having removed to Northumberland county, he spent about eighteen years in repairing and constructing railroads. He then took charge of the works for the Shamokin Gas Company, Shamokin, Pennsylvania,. and remained in the service of this company for over thirteen years. May 1, 1888, he removed to Jersey Shore, and purchased the plant of the gas works, which here modeled and increased in general capacity, and extended the mains several hundred feet throughout the town. He was enrolled in the State militia in 1863, in
Company K, Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, in General Couch's division. He volunteered for service in the beginning of March, 1865, was assigned to the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, and proceeded to the front under command of Col. Theophilus Kephart; he was at Bermuda when Vicksburg and Petersburg surrendered, and was mustered out August 25, 1865, at Portsmouth, Virginia, and finally discharged in Philadelphia shortly afterwards, and returned to his home in Shamokin. He was married in 1861, to Rebecca, daughter of J. L. and Susannah (Boughner) Gilger, of Shamokin, and to this union have been born seven children, five of whom are living: Anna A., who married William F. Frederick, of Shamokin; Kimber C., who lives in Altoona, where he is manager of the Telephone Exchange of that place; William S., who is manager of the Telephone Exchange of Shamokin; Edward B., and Charles R., who are with their parents. Mr. Raup and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a Republican.
ISAAC P. RAUP, proprietor of the Jersey Shore Gas Works, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1836, son of Leonard and Nancy (Petit) Raup, of the. same county. In early years our subject received only such advantages for an education as the country school of that time afforded. He was reared on a farm, and after arriving at manhood, his father having removed to Northumberland county, he spent about eighteen years in repairing and constructing railroads. He then took charge of the works for the Shamokin Gas Company, Shamokin, Pennsylvania,. and remained in the service of this company for over thirteen years. May 1, 1888, he removed to Jersey Shore, and purchased the plant of the gas works, which here modeled and increased in general capacity, and extended the mains several hundred feet throughout the town. He was enrolled in the State militia in 1863, in
Company K, Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, in General Couch's division. He volunteered for service in the beginning of March, 1865, was assigned to the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, and proceeded to the front under command of Col. Theophilus Kephart; he was at Bermuda when Vicksburg and Petersburg surrendered, and was mustered out August 25, 1865, at Portsmouth, Virginia, and finally discharged in Philadelphia shortly afterwards, and returned to his home in Shamokin. He was married in 1861, to Rebecca, daughter of J. L. and Susannah (Boughner) Gilger, of Shamokin, and to this union have been born seven children, five of whom are living: Anna A., who married William F. Frederick, of Shamokin; Kimber C., who lives in Altoona, where he is manager of the Telephone Exchange of that place; William S., who is manager of the Telephone Exchange of Shamokin; Edward B., and Charles R., who are with their parents. Mr. Raup and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a Republican.
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