PRESTON E. LENTZ, the oldest son of Gideon, was bon Sept. 10, 1884. He worked in school slate factory for six years, then carried on excavating, hauling, and leveling roadbeds for steam and trolley railroads, having had large contracts in Lehigh, Northumberland Bucks and Luzerne counties. In the contact business he was associated with his father and they employed as many as forty men. On April 3, 1908, he became the proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, at Newhard. He is a member of the J. O. U. A. M of Slatington. On Dec. 24, 1907 he married Lillie M. Roth, daughter of Frank Roth, whose history appears elsewhere in this volume. They have an only son, Clarence H. Lentz.