Further bio.
FRANCIS J. NEWHARD, of Whitehall Township, proprietor of the Newhard stone crusher and quarry on the Egypt pike, was born on the homestead, March 27, 1843, one of twins. He was reared on the farm and engaged in farming until 1890, when he embarked in his present business, in which he employs twelve people. Mr. Newhard owns 67 acres of the original tract purchased by his great-great-grandfather in 1746, now in the family for 168 years. His father built the present house in 1849 and the barn in 1854. On the tract is also a small log house, built by a Tollman over a century ago. In 1908, Mr. Newhard erected a fine cement block residence on the pike, where he resides. He has served as a school director in the township for six years and as assessor for two years, as a Democrat. He is a member of and has served as deacon of the Reformed congregation at Mickley's church. He is a member of the executive committee of the Newhard Family Reunion and served several years as treasurer. Mr. Newhard has rare natural ability in sketching and cartooning and is a free-hand drawer and fine penman as well as a skilled woodworker. He married, in 1869, Alice M., daughter of Abraham and Maria (Erdman) Mickley. They have no children, but have an adopted daughter, Maggie J,, daughter of Charles Newhard who married Frank T. Merkle, a grocer, at Eighth and Chew streets, Allentown, and has two children: Ralph F,, and Esther L.