HIESTER S. ALBRIGHT, vice-president
of the First National bank of Orwigsburg,
and a prominent shoe manufacturer of
the same place, was born in West Brunswick
township, Schuylkill county, this State, on
June 20, 1856, and is a son of William S. and
Amanda (Bodey) Albright. His paternal great-
grandfather was Peter Albright, who resided in
West Brunswick township, and earned a livelihood
at farming, and died May 5, 1836. His
paternal grandfather, Joseph Albright, is a
native of West Brunswick township, Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania, where he still lives,
at the ripe age of eighty-three years, a prosperous
and contented farmer. All his life he
has been an active and devoted member of the
German Reformed church. His marriage with
Esther Sheridan, in the year 1834, who died
k April 5, 1883, was blessed with seven children,
of whom three still survive : Thomas, who re-
sides on the old homestead ; Susan, married
to Solomon R. Moyer, a prominent shoe
manufacturer and miller of Orwigsburg ; and
Morgan S., a shrewd horsedealer, also of Or-
wigsburg; Joseph, Beneville, Lucian, William
S., the father of Heister S., are dead.
William S. Albright was born May 31,
1836, in West Brunswick township, Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania, where he lived until
about the year i860, when he became a resident
of Orwigsburg, at which place he lived
until his death, September 5, 1868. While on
the farm he was extensively engaged in farming
and milling, but upon locating in Orwigsburg
he gave his time exclusively to droving,
dealing principally in horses and cattle. He
married Amanda Bodey, who was born January 11,
1837, in Manheim township, Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania. To this union were
born five children, three of whom died in in-
fancy; the other two still survive, Bella Virgi-
nia and Hiester S.
Hiester S. Albright, on January 6,
1886, married Virginia F., the daughter of James J.
Newhard (now deceased), formerly a jeweler,
of Lebanon, Pennsylvania. To them was born,
April 17, 1887, a child, Nellie Virginia. Mr.
Albright attended the public schools of Or-
wigsburg until the age of twelve, when his
school days were suddenly ended by the death
of his father, and young Albright was thrust
out into the world to win the battle of life
single-handed. He was first employed by
Moyer & Son, who conducted a general mercantile
business in Orwigsburg, whom he so
faithfully served that at the end of one year a
better position awaited him with John C Beck,
also a general merchant of Orwigsburg. He
remained in the employ of Mr. Beck for two
years, until he sold out, after which he was
employed by the Orwigsburg Shoe Manufacturing
Company, as packer an d shipper,
and was afterward transferred to the cutting
department, where he worked about two
years. It was then that in the West alone
was found the realization of the " Young
man's imagination," so thither he went to reap
a harvest which he had not sown. But when
once there he saw the advantages of the East
as he had never seen them before, consequently
returned and accepted a position with
the Philadelphia and Reading Express Company,
in the autumn of 1879, remaining until
the spring of 1880, when he formed a partner-
ship with A. E. Brown for the manufacture of
shoes, which lasted until July 1, 18S3, when
Mr. Brown was succeeded by George C. Diefenderfer,
since which time the firm has been
known as H. S. Albright & Co. Their factory
is a handsome two and a half story frame
building, fronting sixty-four feet on Market
Street, and extending back eighty feet, well
equipped with the most improved machinery
for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and
children's shoes, giving employment to about
seventy-five men, besides eight traveling sales-
men, who carry the product to nearly all the
northwestern States, even selling on the Pacific
coast. In addition to his interest in the factory,
Mr. Albright owns a very desirable farm
of thirty acres situate in the suburbs of Orwigsburg
,where he devotes a part of his time
to agricultural pursuits. Mr. Albright's superior
standing in the community is pointedly
marked out by his lodge membership, public spirit
and business enterprise. He is a member of
Schuylkill Lodge, No. 138, F. and A. M. ;
Mountain City Chapter, No. 196; and Constantine
Commandery, No. 41, at Pottsville ;
Harrisburg Consistery ; Lulu Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Shrine, at Phila-
delphia ; and a 32nd degree Mason of the
Northern jurisdiction of the United States.
In politics, Mr. Albright is an active republican,
and to him frequently falls the honor of
representing his town in state as well as in
county conventions. In religion, he is a de-
voted and consistent member of the German
Reformed church. He is a director and vice-
president of the Edison Electric Light Com-
pany of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and to him
more than to any other person is due the
organization of the First National Bank of
Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, which opened its
doors the latter part of September, 1890. He
became its first vice-president, which position
of trust and honor he still holds. The business
interests, prosperity and local government
of a place are always fostered and secured by
men of the character of Hiester S. Albright.
Source: Pages 421-423 of the Henry W. 1867-1935 Ruoff. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania comprising a historical sketch of the county by Samuel T. Wiley ; together with about five hundred and fifty biographical sketches of the prominent men and leading citizens of the county online.
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HIESTER S. ALBRIGHT, of Orwigsburg, head of the firm of H. S. Albright & Company and president of the First National Bank of that place, has demonstrated his fitness for the manipulation of large interests by his success in the direction of both these institutions. The firm of H. S. Albright & Company now is the largest shoe manufacturing concern at Orwigsburg, and in the expansion of its activities has also established plants at Landingville and New Ringgold, having thus been instrumental in promoting industrial prosperity in various sections of Schuylkill county.
The Albrights are an old established family of this county, where Peter Albright, great-grandfather of Hiester S. Albright, was born, on the farm in West Brunswick township afterwards the birthplace of his son Joseph and grandson William S. Albright. Peter Albright lived upon that farm, engaged in its cultivation, and died there May 5, 1836. He is buried in the Reformed Cemetery. Among his children were Abraham, Jonathan, Joseph, Peter, Daniel, Rebecca, Sarah, Diana, Susanna, Esther and Catharine.
Joseph Albright, son of Peter, lived and died on the homestead in West Brunswick township, reaching the very advanced age of over eighty-four years.
He was a lifelong agriculturist and prospered in his work, and an active and devout member of the German Reformed Church. With his wife he is buried in the Reformed cemetery at Orwigsburg. In 1834 he married Esther Sharadin, daughter of Jacob Sharadin, and she died April 5, 1883. They were the parents of seven children, namely: William S. ; Thomas S., who lived on the old homestead ; Susanna, who became the wife of Solomon R. Mover, a prominent business man of Orwigsburg; Morgan S., who is now steward of anaesthetics and their practical application, and did much to promote their proper use in both of his professions and to remove the opposition which the pioneers in their use had to meet in many cases in spite of the advantage which would seem to need no defense. As early as the sixties he was enthusiastic in this particular work of the medical profession, and in 1872 he published a pamphlet on anaesthetics, discussing the subject in popular language,
''giving the origin, history, etc., of the most popular and useful anesthetics, designed to prove to the masses their harmless character." The arguments he presents are interesting, showing the fear of anaesthetics entertained by many people in that day.
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of the First National bank of Orwigsburg,
and a prominent shoe manufacturer of
the same place, was born in West Brunswick
township, Schuylkill county, this State, on
June 20, 1856, and is a son of William S. and
Amanda (Bodey) Albright. His paternal great-
grandfather was Peter Albright, who resided in
West Brunswick township, and earned a livelihood
at farming, and died May 5, 1836. His
paternal grandfather, Joseph Albright, is a
native of West Brunswick township, Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania, where he still lives,
at the ripe age of eighty-three years, a prosperous
and contented farmer. All his life he
has been an active and devoted member of the
German Reformed church. His marriage with
Esther Sheridan, in the year 1834, who died
k April 5, 1883, was blessed with seven children,
of whom three still survive : Thomas, who re-
sides on the old homestead ; Susan, married
to Solomon R. Moyer, a prominent shoe
manufacturer and miller of Orwigsburg ; and
Morgan S., a shrewd horsedealer, also of Or-
wigsburg; Joseph, Beneville, Lucian, William
S., the father of Heister S., are dead.
William S. Albright was born May 31,
1836, in West Brunswick township, Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania, where he lived until
about the year i860, when he became a resident
of Orwigsburg, at which place he lived
until his death, September 5, 1868. While on
the farm he was extensively engaged in farming
and milling, but upon locating in Orwigsburg
he gave his time exclusively to droving,
dealing principally in horses and cattle. He
married Amanda Bodey, who was born January 11,
1837, in Manheim township, Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania. To this union were
born five children, three of whom died in in-
fancy; the other two still survive, Bella Virgi-
nia and Hiester S.
Hiester S. Albright, on January 6,
1886, married Virginia F., the daughter of James J.
Newhard (now deceased), formerly a jeweler,
of Lebanon, Pennsylvania. To them was born,
April 17, 1887, a child, Nellie Virginia. Mr.
Albright attended the public schools of Or-
wigsburg until the age of twelve, when his
school days were suddenly ended by the death
of his father, and young Albright was thrust
out into the world to win the battle of life
single-handed. He was first employed by
Moyer & Son, who conducted a general mercantile
business in Orwigsburg, whom he so
faithfully served that at the end of one year a
better position awaited him with John C Beck,
also a general merchant of Orwigsburg. He
remained in the employ of Mr. Beck for two
years, until he sold out, after which he was
employed by the Orwigsburg Shoe Manufacturing
Company, as packer an d shipper,
and was afterward transferred to the cutting
department, where he worked about two
years. It was then that in the West alone
was found the realization of the " Young
man's imagination," so thither he went to reap
a harvest which he had not sown. But when
once there he saw the advantages of the East
as he had never seen them before, consequently
returned and accepted a position with
the Philadelphia and Reading Express Company,
in the autumn of 1879, remaining until
the spring of 1880, when he formed a partner-
ship with A. E. Brown for the manufacture of
shoes, which lasted until July 1, 18S3, when
Mr. Brown was succeeded by George C. Diefenderfer,
since which time the firm has been
known as H. S. Albright & Co. Their factory
is a handsome two and a half story frame
building, fronting sixty-four feet on Market
Street, and extending back eighty feet, well
equipped with the most improved machinery
for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and
children's shoes, giving employment to about
seventy-five men, besides eight traveling sales-
men, who carry the product to nearly all the
northwestern States, even selling on the Pacific
coast. In addition to his interest in the factory,
Mr. Albright owns a very desirable farm
of thirty acres situate in the suburbs of Orwigsburg
,where he devotes a part of his time
to agricultural pursuits. Mr. Albright's superior
standing in the community is pointedly
marked out by his lodge membership, public spirit
and business enterprise. He is a member of
Schuylkill Lodge, No. 138, F. and A. M. ;
Mountain City Chapter, No. 196; and Constantine
Commandery, No. 41, at Pottsville ;
Harrisburg Consistery ; Lulu Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Shrine, at Phila-
delphia ; and a 32nd degree Mason of the
Northern jurisdiction of the United States.
In politics, Mr. Albright is an active republican,
and to him frequently falls the honor of
representing his town in state as well as in
county conventions. In religion, he is a de-
voted and consistent member of the German
Reformed church. He is a director and vice-
president of the Edison Electric Light Com-
pany of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and to him
more than to any other person is due the
organization of the First National Bank of
Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, which opened its
doors the latter part of September, 1890. He
became its first vice-president, which position
of trust and honor he still holds. The business
interests, prosperity and local government
of a place are always fostered and secured by
men of the character of Hiester S. Albright.
Source: Pages 421-423 of the Henry W. 1867-1935 Ruoff. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania comprising a historical sketch of the county by Samuel T. Wiley ; together with about five hundred and fifty biographical sketches of the prominent men and leading citizens of the county online.
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HIESTER S. ALBRIGHT, of Orwigsburg, head of the firm of H. S. Albright & Company and president of the First National Bank of that place, has demonstrated his fitness for the manipulation of large interests by his success in the direction of both these institutions. The firm of H. S. Albright & Company now is the largest shoe manufacturing concern at Orwigsburg, and in the expansion of its activities has also established plants at Landingville and New Ringgold, having thus been instrumental in promoting industrial prosperity in various sections of Schuylkill county.
The Albrights are an old established family of this county, where Peter Albright, great-grandfather of Hiester S. Albright, was born, on the farm in West Brunswick township afterwards the birthplace of his son Joseph and grandson William S. Albright. Peter Albright lived upon that farm, engaged in its cultivation, and died there May 5, 1836. He is buried in the Reformed Cemetery. Among his children were Abraham, Jonathan, Joseph, Peter, Daniel, Rebecca, Sarah, Diana, Susanna, Esther and Catharine.
Joseph Albright, son of Peter, lived and died on the homestead in West Brunswick township, reaching the very advanced age of over eighty-four years.
He was a lifelong agriculturist and prospered in his work, and an active and devout member of the German Reformed Church. With his wife he is buried in the Reformed cemetery at Orwigsburg. In 1834 he married Esther Sharadin, daughter of Jacob Sharadin, and she died April 5, 1883. They were the parents of seven children, namely: William S. ; Thomas S., who lived on the old homestead ; Susanna, who became the wife of Solomon R. Mover, a prominent business man of Orwigsburg; Morgan S., who is now steward of anaesthetics and their practical application, and did much to promote their proper use in both of his professions and to remove the opposition which the pioneers in their use had to meet in many cases in spite of the advantage which would seem to need no defense. As early as the sixties he was enthusiastic in this particular work of the medical profession, and in 1872 he published a pamphlet on anaesthetics, discussing the subject in popular language,
''giving the origin, history, etc., of the most popular and useful anesthetics, designed to prove to the masses their harmless character." The arguments he presents are interesting, showing the fear of anaesthetics entertained by many people in that day.
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HIESTER S. ALBRIGHT, vice-president
of the First National bank of Orwigsburg,
and a prominent shoe manufacturer of
the same place, was born in West Brunswick
township, Schuylkill county, this State, on
June 20, 1856, and is a son of William S. and
Amanda (Bodey) Albright. His paternal great-
grandfather was Peter Albright, who resided in
West Brunswick township, and earned a livelihood
at farming, and died May 5, 1836. His
paternal grandfather, Joseph Albright, is a
native of West Brunswick township, Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania, where he still lives,
at the ripe age of eighty-three years, a prosperous
and contented farmer. All his life he
has been an active and devoted member of the
German Reformed church. His marriage with
Esther Sheridan, in the year 1834, who died
k April 5, 1883, was blessed with seven children,
of whom three still survive : Thomas, who re-
sides on the old homestead ; Susan, married
to Solomon R. Moyer, a prominent shoe
manufacturer and miller of Orwigsburg ; and
Morgan S., a shrewd horsedealer, also of Or-
wigsburg; Joseph, Beneville, Lucian, William
S., the father of Heister S., are dead.
William S. Albright was born May 31,
1836, in West Brunswick township, Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania, where he lived until
about the year i860, when he became a resident
of Orwigsburg, at which place he lived
until his death, September 5, 1868. While on
the farm he was extensively engaged in farming
and milling, but upon locating in Orwigsburg
he gave his time exclusively to droving,
dealing principally in horses and cattle. He
married Amanda Bodey, who was born January 11,
1837, in Manheim township, Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania. To this union were
born five children, three of whom died in in-
fancy; the other two still survive, Bella Virgi-
nia and Hiester S.
Hiester S. Albright, on January 6,
1886, married Virginia F., the daughter of James J.
Newhard (now deceased), formerly a jeweler,
of Lebanon, Pennsylvania. To them was born,
April 17, 1887, a child, Nellie Virginia. Mr.
Albright attended the public schools of Or-
wigsburg until the age of twelve, when his
school days were suddenly ended by the death
of his father, and young Albright was thrust
out into the world to win the battle of life
single-handed. He was first employed by
Moyer & Son, who conducted a general mercantile
business in Orwigsburg, whom he so
faithfully served that at the end of one year a
better position awaited him with John C Beck,
also a general merchant of Orwigsburg. He
remained in the employ of Mr. Beck for two
years, until he sold out, after which he was
employed by the Orwigsburg Shoe Manufacturing
Company, as packer an d shipper,
and was afterward transferred to the cutting
department, where he worked about two
years. It was then that in the West alone
was found the realization of the " Young
man's imagination," so thither he went to reap
a harvest which he had not sown. But when
once there he saw the advantages of the East
as he had never seen them before, consequently
returned and accepted a position with
the Philadelphia and Reading Express Company,
in the autumn of 1879, remaining until
the spring of 1880, when he formed a partner-
ship with A. E. Brown for the manufacture of
shoes, which lasted until July 1, 18S3, when
Mr. Brown was succeeded by George C. Diefenderfer,
since which time the firm has been
known as H. S. Albright & Co. Their factory
is a handsome two and a half story frame
building, fronting sixty-four feet on Market
Street, and extending back eighty feet, well
equipped with the most improved machinery
for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and
children's shoes, giving employment to about
seventy-five men, besides eight traveling sales-
men, who carry the product to nearly all the
northwestern States, even selling on the Pacific
coast. In addition to his interest in the factory,
Mr. Albright owns a very desirable farm
of thirty acres situate in the suburbs of Orwigsburg
,where he devotes a part of his time
to agricultural pursuits. Mr. Albright's superior
standing in the community is pointedly
marked out by his lodge membership, public spirit
and business enterprise. He is a member of
Schuylkill Lodge, No. 138, F. and A. M. ;
Mountain City Chapter, No. 196; and Constantine
Commandery, No. 41, at Pottsville ;
Harrisburg Consistery ; Lulu Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Shrine, at Phila-
delphia ; and a 32nd degree Mason of the
Northern jurisdiction of the United States.
In politics, Mr. Albright is an active republican,
and to him frequently falls the honor of
representing his town in state as well as in
county conventions. In religion, he is a de-
voted and consistent member of the German
Reformed church. He is a director and vice-
president of the Edison Electric Light Com-
pany of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and to him
more than to any other person is due the
organization of the First National Bank of
Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, which opened its
doors the latter part of September, 1890. He
became its first vice-president, which position
of trust and honor he still holds. The business
interests, prosperity and local government
of a place are always fostered and secured by
men of the character of Hiester S. Albright.
Source: Pages 421-423 of the Henry W. 1867-1935 Ruoff. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania comprising a historical sketch of the county by Samuel T. Wiley ; together with about five hundred and fifty biographical sketches of the prominent men and leading citizens of the county online.
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HIESTER S. ALBRIGHT, of Orwigsburg, head of the firm of H. S. Albright & Company and president of the First National Bank of that place, has demonstrated his fitness for the manipulation of large interests by his success in the direction of both these institutions. The firm of H. S. Albright & Company now is the largest shoe manufacturing concern at Orwigsburg, and in the expansion of its activities has also established plants at Landingville and New Ringgold, having thus been instrumental in promoting industrial prosperity in various sections of Schuylkill county.
The Albrights are an old established family of this county, where Peter Albright, great-grandfather of Hiester S. Albright, was born, on the farm in West Brunswick township afterwards the birthplace of his son Joseph and grandson William S. Albright. Peter Albright lived upon that farm, engaged in its cultivation, and died there May 5, 1836. He is buried in the Reformed Cemetery. Among his children were Abraham, Jonathan, Joseph, Peter, Daniel, Rebecca, Sarah, Diana, Susanna, Esther and Catharine.
Joseph Albright, son of Peter, lived and died on the homestead in West Brunswick township, reaching the very advanced age of over eighty-four years.
He was a lifelong agriculturist and prospered in his work, and an active and devout member of the German Reformed Church. With his wife he is buried in the Reformed cemetery at Orwigsburg. In 1834 he married Esther Sharadin, daughter of Jacob Sharadin, and she died April 5, 1883. They were the parents of seven children, namely: William S. ; Thomas S., who lived on the old homestead ; Susanna, who became the wife of Solomon R. Mover, a prominent business man of Orwigsburg; Morgan S., who is now steward of anaesthetics and their practical application, and did much to promote their proper use in both of his professions and to remove the opposition which the pioneers in their use had to meet in many cases in spite of the advantage which would seem to need no defense. As early as the sixties he was enthusiastic in this particular work of the medical profession, and in 1872 he published a pamphlet on anaesthetics, discussing the subject in popular language,
''giving the origin, history, etc., of the most popular and useful anesthetics, designed to prove to the masses their harmless character." The arguments he presents are interesting, showing the fear of anaesthetics entertained by many people in that day.
Source: J.H. Beers & Co. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy--family history--biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present (Volume 1) Page 96
of the First National bank of Orwigsburg,
and a prominent shoe manufacturer of
the same place, was born in West Brunswick
township, Schuylkill county, this State, on
June 20, 1856, and is a son of William S. and
Amanda (Bodey) Albright. His paternal great-
grandfather was Peter Albright, who resided in
West Brunswick township, and earned a livelihood
at farming, and died May 5, 1836. His
paternal grandfather, Joseph Albright, is a
native of West Brunswick township, Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania, where he still lives,
at the ripe age of eighty-three years, a prosperous
and contented farmer. All his life he
has been an active and devoted member of the
German Reformed church. His marriage with
Esther Sheridan, in the year 1834, who died
k April 5, 1883, was blessed with seven children,
of whom three still survive : Thomas, who re-
sides on the old homestead ; Susan, married
to Solomon R. Moyer, a prominent shoe
manufacturer and miller of Orwigsburg ; and
Morgan S., a shrewd horsedealer, also of Or-
wigsburg; Joseph, Beneville, Lucian, William
S., the father of Heister S., are dead.
William S. Albright was born May 31,
1836, in West Brunswick township, Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania, where he lived until
about the year i860, when he became a resident
of Orwigsburg, at which place he lived
until his death, September 5, 1868. While on
the farm he was extensively engaged in farming
and milling, but upon locating in Orwigsburg
he gave his time exclusively to droving,
dealing principally in horses and cattle. He
married Amanda Bodey, who was born January 11,
1837, in Manheim township, Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania. To this union were
born five children, three of whom died in in-
fancy; the other two still survive, Bella Virgi-
nia and Hiester S.
Hiester S. Albright, on January 6,
1886, married Virginia F., the daughter of James J.
Newhard (now deceased), formerly a jeweler,
of Lebanon, Pennsylvania. To them was born,
April 17, 1887, a child, Nellie Virginia. Mr.
Albright attended the public schools of Or-
wigsburg until the age of twelve, when his
school days were suddenly ended by the death
of his father, and young Albright was thrust
out into the world to win the battle of life
single-handed. He was first employed by
Moyer & Son, who conducted a general mercantile
business in Orwigsburg, whom he so
faithfully served that at the end of one year a
better position awaited him with John C Beck,
also a general merchant of Orwigsburg. He
remained in the employ of Mr. Beck for two
years, until he sold out, after which he was
employed by the Orwigsburg Shoe Manufacturing
Company, as packer an d shipper,
and was afterward transferred to the cutting
department, where he worked about two
years. It was then that in the West alone
was found the realization of the " Young
man's imagination," so thither he went to reap
a harvest which he had not sown. But when
once there he saw the advantages of the East
as he had never seen them before, consequently
returned and accepted a position with
the Philadelphia and Reading Express Company,
in the autumn of 1879, remaining until
the spring of 1880, when he formed a partner-
ship with A. E. Brown for the manufacture of
shoes, which lasted until July 1, 18S3, when
Mr. Brown was succeeded by George C. Diefenderfer,
since which time the firm has been
known as H. S. Albright & Co. Their factory
is a handsome two and a half story frame
building, fronting sixty-four feet on Market
Street, and extending back eighty feet, well
equipped with the most improved machinery
for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and
children's shoes, giving employment to about
seventy-five men, besides eight traveling sales-
men, who carry the product to nearly all the
northwestern States, even selling on the Pacific
coast. In addition to his interest in the factory,
Mr. Albright owns a very desirable farm
of thirty acres situate in the suburbs of Orwigsburg
,where he devotes a part of his time
to agricultural pursuits. Mr. Albright's superior
standing in the community is pointedly
marked out by his lodge membership, public spirit
and business enterprise. He is a member of
Schuylkill Lodge, No. 138, F. and A. M. ;
Mountain City Chapter, No. 196; and Constantine
Commandery, No. 41, at Pottsville ;
Harrisburg Consistery ; Lulu Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Shrine, at Phila-
delphia ; and a 32nd degree Mason of the
Northern jurisdiction of the United States.
In politics, Mr. Albright is an active republican,
and to him frequently falls the honor of
representing his town in state as well as in
county conventions. In religion, he is a de-
voted and consistent member of the German
Reformed church. He is a director and vice-
president of the Edison Electric Light Com-
pany of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and to him
more than to any other person is due the
organization of the First National Bank of
Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, which opened its
doors the latter part of September, 1890. He
became its first vice-president, which position
of trust and honor he still holds. The business
interests, prosperity and local government
of a place are always fostered and secured by
men of the character of Hiester S. Albright.
Source: Pages 421-423 of the Henry W. 1867-1935 Ruoff. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania comprising a historical sketch of the county by Samuel T. Wiley ; together with about five hundred and fifty biographical sketches of the prominent men and leading citizens of the county online.
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HIESTER S. ALBRIGHT, of Orwigsburg, head of the firm of H. S. Albright & Company and president of the First National Bank of that place, has demonstrated his fitness for the manipulation of large interests by his success in the direction of both these institutions. The firm of H. S. Albright & Company now is the largest shoe manufacturing concern at Orwigsburg, and in the expansion of its activities has also established plants at Landingville and New Ringgold, having thus been instrumental in promoting industrial prosperity in various sections of Schuylkill county.
The Albrights are an old established family of this county, where Peter Albright, great-grandfather of Hiester S. Albright, was born, on the farm in West Brunswick township afterwards the birthplace of his son Joseph and grandson William S. Albright. Peter Albright lived upon that farm, engaged in its cultivation, and died there May 5, 1836. He is buried in the Reformed Cemetery. Among his children were Abraham, Jonathan, Joseph, Peter, Daniel, Rebecca, Sarah, Diana, Susanna, Esther and Catharine.
Joseph Albright, son of Peter, lived and died on the homestead in West Brunswick township, reaching the very advanced age of over eighty-four years.
He was a lifelong agriculturist and prospered in his work, and an active and devout member of the German Reformed Church. With his wife he is buried in the Reformed cemetery at Orwigsburg. In 1834 he married Esther Sharadin, daughter of Jacob Sharadin, and she died April 5, 1883. They were the parents of seven children, namely: William S. ; Thomas S., who lived on the old homestead ; Susanna, who became the wife of Solomon R. Mover, a prominent business man of Orwigsburg; Morgan S., who is now steward of anaesthetics and their practical application, and did much to promote their proper use in both of his professions and to remove the opposition which the pioneers in their use had to meet in many cases in spite of the advantage which would seem to need no defense. As early as the sixties he was enthusiastic in this particular work of the medical profession, and in 1872 he published a pamphlet on anaesthetics, discussing the subject in popular language,
''giving the origin, history, etc., of the most popular and useful anesthetics, designed to prove to the masses their harmless character." The arguments he presents are interesting, showing the fear of anaesthetics entertained by many people in that day.
Source: J.H. Beers & Co. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy--family history--biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present (Volume 1) Page 96
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