DOB given as 6/29/1843

John D. Schreiber was born in 1847, and died Nov. 20, 1902. In 1862 he came to Allentown and clerked in various stores for four years. He formed a partnership under the firm name of Miller, Schreiber & Company, who conducted the first store for the sale of dry goods exclusively, in Allentown. Subsequently as Schreiber Brothers, located at 634 Hamilton Street, the firm was burned out in 1870 and discontinued business. He was then employed as a salesman and later as a druggist. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity. He married, first, Miss Addie Schell, who died soon after marriage, and second, in 1889, Miss Alice Bear, who had one daughter, Edna May.