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FRANKLIN G. FEGLEY, a carpenter of Pottstown, was born July 8, 1829, in Douglass township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. He is the son of John and Anna (Fritz) Fegley.

John Fegley (father) lived in Douglass township for a number of years and later removed to Pottstown, where he died October 1, 1869, at the age of fifty-nine years, and his wife several years later. He was a painter by trade. Both he and his wife were members of the Lutheran church and were buried in Pottstown cemetery. In politics he was a Democrat. They had only two children, one who died in infancy and Franklin G. Fegley.

George Fegley (grandfather) was a farmer in Douglass township. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran church, and are buried at Swamp. Their children were: John; Daniel; Jonas; Mary, who married Henry Buchert; and Sallie, who married Harry Solomon.

Peter and Susanna (Shaner) Fritz, the maternal grandparents of Franklin G. Fegley, lived in Douglass township, where he was a farmer. They were members of the Lutheran church and are buried at Boyertown. Their children were: Peter; Samuel; Catharine, who married Jacob Dannehower; Sallie, who married Mr. Neiman; Mrs. Susanna Boyer; Mrs. Esther Herbst; Mary, wife of A. Gilbert; Rebecca, wife of William Thomas, and living in Tylersport, at the age of ninety-three years; and Elizabeth, wife of Augustus Koons.

Franklin G. Fegley received a fair education, attending school until he reached the age of fourteen years. He learned the trade of carpentering and coopering, and worked at home until he was nineteen years of age. He then went to Pottstown and worked at his trade one year; worked some time in Tamaqua; two years in Gloucester county, New Jersey; several years in Philadelphia; eight years in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania; and finally returned to Pottstown, where he has since resided. He has lived in his present home for thirty-eight years, following his trade.

November 10, 1855, Franklin G. Fegley married Ellen Moser, who was born November 3, 1833, in Berks county, a daughter of George and Hannah (Bush) Moser, residents of Berks county. Mr. Moser was a constable and stone-mason. He was a member of the Reform church, the Hill church, Berks county. The children of George and Hannah (Bush) Moser were: Sadie, Judas, Rebecca, Lettie, Caroline, Elizabeth, Ellen, Daniel and Charles. All of these children are deceased except Ellen, the wife of Franklin G. Fegley.

Mr. and Mrs. Fegley never had any children but adopted William Henry Antrim when he was one year old. They reared him, giving him a good education, and at the age of twenty-two years he married and now lives in West Philadelphia. He is a reporter for the Philadelphia Record and has three children living.

Franklin G. Fegley is a Democrat in politics. He has held the offices of assessor, councilman and tax collector for twenty-four years. The fam- ily are members of the Lutheran church, and he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 449, of Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, of which he has been a member for fifty years. Mrs. Fegley had a paralytic stroke in September, 1900, and another in April, 1903, which has disabled her right side. Otherwise both she and her husband are in good health.