Further bio.

Edwin Mickley, the assistant superintendent of the Thomas Iron-Works, is the great-great-grandson of John Jacob Michelet, who was a native of Deux-Ponts, Alsace, and born in 1697. He married Elizabeth Burkhalter, and had five children; John Jacob, whose birth occurred in 1734 and his death in 1809, being e the eldest son. He was united in marriage to Susane Miller, who was the mother of five children. The name of John Jacob was perpetuated in their eldest son, born in 1766, who died in 1857. He married Eva Catherine Schreiber, whose children were Jacob, Joseph J., Polly, Sarah, and Anna. Jacob, of this f number, and the father of Edwin, was born in 1794, and married to Anna, daughter of Nicholas Kern.

Among their eleven children was Edwin, whose birth occurred on the 20th of April, 1830, in Whitehall township, where, on the homestead, his youth, until his sixteenth year, was spent. The two succeeding s years were devoted to study at Kingston, in the Wyoming Valley, after which, on his return, be determined upon the development of his mechanical genius by acquiring proficiency in the trade of a master-machinist. With this in view he entered the shops of the Crane Iron-Works, and after an extended experience in its various departments repaired to New York, where the winter of 1854 was spent in the shops of the Globe Works. Meanwhile be assisted Mr. Samuel Thomas in the erection of the Boonton Iron. Works, in Morris County, N.J., and left them in successful operation. In the spring of 1854, Mr. Mickley removed to Fogelsville, and conducted a foundry and machine-shop, having here constructed the first engine used in the zinc mines of the vicinity. After two and a half years spent in connection with the latter enterprise, in October, 1866, be became associated with the Thomas Iron-Works as superintendent of their mining interests. His capacity and thorough knowledge of mechanics rendered his assistance invaluable, not less in this than in other departments of the business. He aided in the erection of the furnaces known as Nos. 3 and 4, and for a period bad charge of the company's works. It is but just to say that Mr. Mickley has been one of the important factors in the success of the Thomas Iron-Works, and in the prestige they have gained among manufacturers. i In directing his efforts towards the reduction in cost of production, he has been especially successful, and enabled the company to manufacture iron at cheaper rates and of superior quality. During the late war Mr. Mickley served as first lieutenant of Company 13, Thirty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania (ninety days) Militia, then engaged in defensive operations. Having early affiliated with the Whig party in politics, he found the principles of the Republican platform in harmony with his convictions, though he has never sought official position. He has ever manifested strong interest in the intellectual as well as the material growth of Hokendauqua, and served for twenty years as president of the school board. He is a director, and was one of the chief promoters, of the Ironton Railroad. He is also a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. He is a Presbyterian in his religious faith, member and elder of the Hokendauqua, Church of that denomination, and superintendent of the Sabbath-school. Mr. Mickley was married in September, 1853, to Miss Matilda, daughter of Solomon Fogel, of Fogelsville. Their children are Anna D., Lillie E. (Mrs. H. M. Chance, of Philadelphia), Minnie F., and a son, John Jacob.

. Edwin Mickley, the third son of this gentleman and the subject of this sketch, was reared to man's estate in this county, and received his education in the Kingston (Pa.) Seminary. In 1848 he entered the service of the Crane Iron Company at Catasauqua, and remained with them for several years, working in the capacity of a machinist. In 1854 he went to New York, and engaged with the Globe Iron Works. On his return to this county he engaged in the foundry and machine business at Fogelsville, which he carried on for two and a-half years. During that time he built the first engine used by the Pennsylvania & Lehigh Zinc Company at Friendensville, and after quitting the foundry business he engaged with the Thomas Iron Company at Hokendauqua, Pa., with which company he remained for thirty-three years as Mining Engineer. He resigned his position with the Thomas Iron Company in- March 1889, and after a tour of Europe, remodeled the homestead, where he takes much interest in his stock farm and dairy, giving much attention to practical farming and the organizing of the first Farmers' Club of Lehigh County. In June, 1863, Mr. Mickley enlisted in the Union army. He was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company B, Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania Militia, by Gov. Andrew G. Curtin, the late well known war Governor. The regiments were sent to the front, and after their return were ordered to Pottsville to enforce the draft. After this was accomplished, the regiment was honorably mustered out of the service.

September 27, 1853, Mr. Mickley married Miss Matilda E. Fogel, of Fogelsville, the daughter of Solomon Fogel, late a prominent citizen of this county. Mr. Mickley has always been prominent in school matters, and for a quarter of a century has rendered efficient service as President of the board. With his wife he is a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church at Hokendauqua, which he is serving as Elder. He is identified with Lieut. George Fuller Post No. 378, G. A. R., standing very high among the old soldiers, and is a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. He is the owner of a beautiful residence, which is considered one of the finest rural homes in Lehigh County