SOLOMON F. RUPP, justice of the peace of Weisenberg township for nearly thirty eight years and one of the most enterprising and successful farmers of this section of Lehigh county, was born Feb. 14, 1847 on the Rupp homestead, a short distance from his residence and now included in his superior plantation of 137 acres. He received his education in the township school and in Palatinate College at Myerstown, Lebanon county, after which he taught public school for twenty-six terms in Weisenberg, two in Upper Macungie, one in Lowhill and one in Heidelberg, altogether thirty terms, having assisted in the farming operations during the months of summer and fall.

In 1880 he and his brother. Henry, rented the homestead and farmed it on the shares, until 1890, then he alone farmed it on the shares until April 1894 when in the settlement of his father's estate, he became the purchaser, and since then has cultivated it in a most successful manner.

Squire Rupp has officiated as one of the justices of the peace of Weisenberg since 1885, and in the performance of his duties has won the entire confidence of the community as evidenced by his re-election without intermissions for six consecutive terms. He has served continuously since 1881 as a director of the Lehigh County Mutual Life Insurance Company. He filled the office of county auditor from 1871 to 1874) and the office of county surveyor from 1907 to 1911; and he served as one of the township election officers for several terms, and as one of the directors of the Fogelsville Loan and Building Association. Since 1909 he has been identified with the Kutztown Rural Telegraph and Telephone Co., as one of its directors, and during this time the lines have been extended from Kempton to Germansville, and the instruments in use have been increased several hundred in number.

In 1881 Mr. Rupp was married to Jane T. Rauch, daughter of Reuben Ranch, Jr., and they have three children: William Henry, who graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1906, and is actively engaged in the management of his father's large plantation; Ada Jane, m. Jacob D. Kuhns; and Ellen Florence, who is at home with her parents.