DR. ALFRED J. BECKER. Dr. Alfred J. Becker, the son of the Rev. Jacob and Mary Becker, was born at Siegfried, Northampton County, March 18, 1861. His father was a minister of the German Reformed Church, serving as pastor of the congregation at Towamensing ten years, and Shoenersville and Howertown forty-three years, where he preached with great acceptance to the people.

The paternal great grandfather of this subject, Rev. Christian Ludwig, D. D., one of the fathers of the Reformed Church, was born in Germany Nov. 17, 1756. He resided in Bremen till 1793, when he embarked for America, arriving safely at Baltimore in August 1793, and bearing with him the most flattering of testimonials of his learning and piety.

The grandfather, Rev. Jacob Becker, was born in Baltimore and became a minister in the Reformed Church, preaching in Northampton and Lehigh Counties. He was also a Homeopathic physician, being one of the first graduates of the Homeopathic Medical College of Allentown, Pa.

Dr. Becker was reared in Catasauqua; his education being obtained in the common schools in Weaverville Academy under Professor Kuna's 's instruction.

He commenced the study of medicine with his uncle, Dr. Aaron Becker, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Assistant Surgeon of the One Hundred Ninety-eighth Pennsylvania infantry during the Civil War. After leaving, his uncle's office he went to Philadelphia and entered the Hahnemann Medical College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he attended the clinics and lectures of the three-year course, graduating in 1885.

Dr. Becker began the practice of medicine in Catasauqua, where he has practiced for twenty-nine years. During this time he has built up an excellent business and made for himself a host of friends. In the practice of medicine he has given evidence of the possession of professional qualifications and ability such as are won only through close application, earnest study and diligent research; and is therefore accounted one of the leading Homeopathic physicians of Lehigh County.

Dr. Becker married on November 28, 1888, Ella, the daughter of Daniel Schreiber of Coplay. Lehigh County.

He is a member of the Lehigh Valley Homeopathic Medical Society and of the Alumni Association of the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the P. O. S. of A., being a past officer of both bodies. He is president of the Lehigh Building and Loan Association, and a director of the Lehigh National Bank. He is Reformed in religious faith, and a Republican in political belief.