My Genealogy Hound

GEORGE HERWIG, supervisor, Dravosburg, was born in Weida, Roda, Hessen, Germany, a son of Adam and Gillase Herwig, who were tillers of the soil in their native land, and came to America in 1845, where the father engaged in the butcher business for forty-five years, of which seventeen were spent in Pittsburgh. They were the parents of the following children: Elizabeth, Dorothea, Barbara, Catharine, Margaret, Daniel, Jacob, George and Adam. Of these Jacob sacrificed his life in the service of his country at the second battle of Bull run. Our subject came to America in 1838; he came to Dravosburg in August, 1855, but for the last seven years has not been in business. For the last four years he has been supervisor of the road, and has given general satisfaction. He married Louise Kaufman, a native of Germany, and they have six children: Daniel M., William, Mrs. Ella M. Robison, Louisa, Paulina and Anna. The sons are employed in the National Rolling-mill at McKeesport, where Daniel M. is head bookkeeper, and William foreman. Mr. and Mrs. Herwig are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is a republican.