GEORGE WASHINGTON SHOEMAKER acquired his preliminary education in the public schools of his native town, and this was supplemented by attendance at the Hummelstown high school, from which he was graduated. He then resided in Tiffin, Ohio, where he served three years apprenticeship in J. F. Marquardt's drug store, after which he went to Philadelphia, attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and was graduated therefrom. He then located in Newark Ohio, and established a pharmacy, with Frank D. Hall, under the firm name of Hall & Shoemaker, which was conducted successfully for a period of one year. He then changed his place of residence to the city of Philadelphia, assumed the charge of a drug store located at the corner of Broad and Girard Avenues and after serving in that capacity for one year removed to Allentown in 1887, and purchased the drug business of Dr. E. G. Marlin, at 722 Hamilton street, where he remained 26 years, and on May 14, 1914, removed to larger quarters at 804 Hamilton street. During these past twenty-five years the business has increased wonderfully, both in volume and importance, and he is now the proprietor of an establishment which is well equipped with a full line of selected drugs and other articles pertaining to that line of business. In addition to this enterprise he recently operated a stonecutting yard and was a general contractor in building of bridges, also finishing cut stone for the same. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Allentown Lodge. No. 130, B. P. O. of Elks; Improved Order of Red Men; Knights of the Golden Eagle; an active member and treasurer of the Good Will Fire Company; the Livingston Club; and a member of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Mr. Shoemaker married, in 1892, Luella J. Weikel, only child of Alfred M. and Mary (Colver) WeikeL the former named being a son of Peter Weikel and his wife nee Gruber and the latter a daughter of Samuel Colver. Three children were born to this union: Alfred Weikel, Paul Colver, and Lorene Mary Shoemaker. Alfred W. graduated from the Bethlehem Preparatory School in 1909, and from Lafayette College in 1913, and is now attending the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Paul C. graduated in 1911 from the Bethlehem Preparatory School, studied at Lafayette and is now a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania. Lorene M. is a student at the Frances Steitler School in Allentown.