Gottlieb Moyer, believed to be the oldest iron master in Eastern Pennsylvania, died at the home of his son, George Moyer, at St. Lawrence, at 8.30 a. m. Thursday, of bronchitis, aged 94 years, 7 months and 24 days. He was a son of Philip Moyer, who came to this country from Germany a few years before the opening of the present century. About 1807 Mr. Moyer's father engaged in the forge business near Antietam Lake. In 1819 be died, and the business was continued by his two sons, Henry and Gottlieb. They did a profitable business and amassed a fortune. The product was disposed of to merchants, blacksmiths and in Philadelphia. The goods were transported by team. So was the fuel, which was principally bituminous coal. Mr. Moyer retired from business about twenty-five years ago, and at the time of his death was nearly blind from a cataract. He was a member of the Schwarzwald church since 1815, and one of the incorporators of the Schwarzwald cemetery company.He was one of the early directors of the First National bank of this city. Three children survive, George Moyer, with whom he resided; Mrs. John Jackson, of Philadelphia, and Morgan J. Althouse, Jacksonwald. Two sisters reside in the western part of the State, and there are twenty grandchildren.
Gottlieb Moyer, believed to be the oldest iron master in Eastern Pennsylvania, died at the home of his son, George Moyer, at St. Lawrence, at 8.30 a. m. Thursday, of bronchitis, aged 94 years, 7 months and 24 days. He was a son of Philip Moyer, who came to this country from Germany a few years before the opening of the present century. About 1807 Mr. Moyer's father engaged in the forge business near Antietam Lake. In 1819 be died, and the business was continued by his two sons, Henry and Gottlieb. They did a profitable business and amassed a fortune. The product was disposed of to merchants, blacksmiths and in Philadelphia. The goods were transported by team. So was the fuel, which was principally bituminous coal. Mr. Moyer retired from business about twenty-five years ago, and at the time of his death was nearly blind from a cataract. He was a member of the Schwarzwald church since 1815, and one of the incorporators of the Schwarzwald cemetery company.He was one of the early directors of the First National bank of this city. Three children survive, George Moyer, with whom he resided; Mrs. John Jackson, of Philadelphia, and Morgan J. Althouse, Jacksonwald. Two sisters reside in the western part of the State, and there are twenty grandchildren.
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