ENOS J. SHOEMAKER was born at East Texas, Oct. 24, 1 826. He was reared and educated in that section of the county, and learned the trade of tanner, which he followed for some time. For a period of five years he conducted the Eagle Hotel, at Emaus. In 1870 he came to Allentown and engaged in business at Ninth and Hamilton streets, and later located at Ninth and Turner streets. He died June 15. 1909, and is buried in West End cemetery.

Mr. Shoemaker and family were members of Zion's Reformed church. In politics he was a Republican, and a member of The I. O. O. F. He married Lucilla Wieder, daughter of Valentine Wieder, of East Texas. She died Oct. 30, 1891, and is buried in West End Cemetery. They had two children: Alice L., who married Alfred B. Grim; and Ida, who mated Alvin Boyer, of Allentown.