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AARON M. GREENAWALD. This gentleman is the owner and occupant of a productive tract of land in South Whitehall Township, this county, which consists of forty-eight acres, and is so managed as to bring forth abundant crops of good quality. In addition to cultivating the soil, he is a prominent teacher and well known throughout this section as Esquire Greenawald.

Our subject was born in this county, January 24, 1861, and is the son of Charles and Caroline (Hausman) Greenawald, who were also born in this locality, and are at present residing in Weisenburg Township. Jacob Greenawald, the grandfather of our subject, spent his entire life in the above township, and his father was the founder of this branch of the family in America. He was a native of Germany, and on making his home in the New World located in Weisenburg Township, where he was classed among its very earliest residents.

Our subject has three brothers who are living: Edwin, who is a well-to-do agriculturist of Weisenburg Township; Daniel J., a resident of Falls City, Neb.; and William A., who is engaged in business in Falls City, Neb. Aaron M., of this sketch, who was reared to manhood on his father’s estate, received a fair education in his native county, and being the carver of his own destiny has made it an honorable one. Affable in manners, courteous in address, firm in convictions, faithful in attachments and true in principles, he is well liked by all. When sixteen years of age he attended for one term Heidelberg College at Tiffin, Ohio, and immediately thereafter began teaching school, his first engagement being in Linn Township, this county. He has been very successful as an educator, and has taught in the various districts of Lehigh County, following that occupation during the winter season up to the present time, with the exception of two years, when he was obliged to retire from active work on account of failing health.

December 25, 1880, Aaron M. Greenawald was married to Miss Sarah Werley, who was born in Weisenburg Township. The lady was the daughter of Penrose and Diana Werley, residents of that place. The four children who have come to bless their home, bear the respective names of Llewellyn, Pirmah, Charles and Jennie.

In 1882 our subject moved upon the farm which he is at present occupying in South Whitehall Township, and which, as before stated, comprises forty-eight acres of well tilled land. Mr. Greenawald has always been in favor of every measure calculated to promote the welfare of his fellow-citizens, and has always been a stanch advocate of public schools. He holds membership with the German Reformed Church at Mickleys, and for many years has taken an active part in Sunday-school work. He is very popular in his community, and has served for several years as Justice of the Peace. He is a member of the Patriotic Order Sons of America, belonging to Guthsville Lodge No. 378. He likewise is connected with the Mutual Aid Society at Guthsville, in which he holds the position of Secretary. In his political affiliations he is a firm adherent of the principles of the Democratic party, of which he is one of the leaders in this community.