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Below is a family biography included in the book, Portrait and biographical record of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties, Pennsylvania published in 1894 by Chapman Publishing Company. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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NATHAN STOFFLET, the owner and occupant of a well improved farm in North Whitehall Township, this county, is numbered among the intelligent, industrious and prosperous agriculturists of this productive county. He was born here March 7, 1834, and is the son of Jonas and Margaret (Sager) Stofflet, also natives of Lehigh County.
The great-grandfather of our subject came from Germany during the last century and made settlement in what is now known as Whitehall Township, where he purchased a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits. The parental family of our subject included ten children, of whom the following-named survive: Hannah, Mrs. Thomas Schaadt; Nathan; Sarah, Mrs. George Bates; Fieta, Mrs. John Sykes, and John.
Our subject was reared to man’s estate in this county and carried on his primary studies in the pioneer schools first taught in the log house with its home-made furniture, etc. Later he attended a private school at Allentown. January 18, 1855, Mr. Stofflet was married to Miss Sarah A. Miller who was born in this county August 5, 1832. She was the daughter of John and Salome (Neward) Miller, also natives of this county.
The subject of this sketch owns forty five acres of land, which is well equipped in every particular and cultivated in such a manner as to bring him good returns. It has been greatly increased in value since it came into his possession by the many substantial improvements which he has made. In politics Mr. Stofflet is a true-blue Republican, firmly believing that the principles of that party are best adapted to the welfare of the nation.
The Miller family are well known throughout this section, and the father of Mrs. Stofflet died in Whitehall Township many years ago. He reared a family of children, of whom the following are living: Mrs. Stofflet, Reuben, Fieta, Polly and Rebecca S. Our subject and his wife are devoted members of the Reformed Church in Egypt, in which denomination the former served as Deacon for twelve years, and has been Vice-President of the Foreign Missionary Society for eight years.
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This family biography is one of numerous biographies included in the book, Portrait and biographical record of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties, Pennsylvania published in 1894 by Chapman Publishing Company.
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