RICHARD D. WOTRING, son of Elias, dealer in real estate, at Allentown, was born Jan. 18, 1860, at the 'Wotring Grist Mill" in North Whitehall. He was reared on a farm and attended the township school at the Sand Spring. He became qualified as a teacher at the age of sixteen years, and he taught public schools in Heidelberg and Washington townships for a continuous period of twenty-seven years. He was licensed to teach by Prof. J. O. Knauss, and Prof. Alvin Rupp granted him a permanent certificate. In 1881 he purchased the Frederick Knauss homestead of seventy acres, near the village of Newside, and he conducted the farming operations there until 1909, when he located at Allentown and engaged in the sale of real estate, which he has continued in a successful manner until now. During his occupancy of the plantation, he made fine improvements by the erection of new buildings. The old two-story log dwelling-house had been erected during the Revolution. He is a member of Camp 391, P. O. S. of A., at Saegersville. In 1879 Mr. Wotring was married to Alice M., daughter of Tilghnnn and Polly (Miller) Krause, arid they had six children Cenda, married George C. Fullagar; Stella P., married George M. Hoffman; Minnie M, married Warren Weber and died in 1912, aged twenty-five years; Mattie M., who died in infancy, Retta. M., and Linda. They are members of the Reformed Church, which he has served as deacon and elder.