Louis A., the eldest, was born at Parryville. Sept. 30, 1881, and was educated in the public schools of Allentown, and Muhlenberg College preparatory school. In 1899 he became an assistant in the chemical and physical laboratory of the Coplay Cement Company. On Aug. 12, 1902, he sailed for Spain to take charge of the laboratory of the Compania General de Asfaltos. at Barcelona. He assisted in erecting the mill at Pueblo, Spain, when he was taken ill with a fever, and died Jan. 31, 1903