Reuben H., son of Edwin J. and Priscilla Steward Bachman, was born 8/24/1874. He was educated in the public schools, and learned his trade in the Allentown Wire Mill, working at it for 12 years with the Bethlehem Steel Company. Mr. Bachman married 6/10/1899, Ella E., daughter of Irwin E. and Sarah (Dankel) Huff, and they have had children: Roy David, and Luther Robert.