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GEORGE ANDERS SEIPT, of Worcester township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, is the third George Seipt born on the farm he now occupies, and identified with the agricultural interests and public life of the township.

George Seipt, grandfather, was a well-to-do and respected farmer, and a lifelong resident of Montgomery county, as well as a lifelong occupant of the farm which was his birthplace. He was the father of nine children, as follows: 1. Anthony, born October 2, 1825, who became wealthy as a hotel proprietor and who was president of the Perkiomen railroad, died in September, 1902. 2. Susanna, born November 20, 1826, now deceased, was the wife of Samuel Drescher of Norriton township. 3. Mary, born March 29, 1828, died in Kankakee county, Illinois, the wife of Jonas Kribel. 4. Abraham H., born September 4, 1829, married Elizabeth Anders, daughter of George Anders, and is now living at Wayne Junction, Philadelphia. 5. Anna, born April 14, 1832, is the wife of Charles E. Boyer and lives in Reddick, Kankakee county, Illinois. 6. The sixth child is deceased. 7. George H. is the father of George Anders. 8. William, born February 6, 1843, married Amanda, daughter of Samuel Schultz. 9. The youngest is also deceased.

George H. Seipt, father, was born April 3, 1837. He spent his life on the homestead, where his father had lived before him, and was one of the substantial men of the township. He brought the farm, enriched by the labor of his forefathers, to a high state of cultivation. He married Sarah Anders, and six children were born of the union, as follows: 1. Mary A., born July 10, 1867, lives with her mother. 2. Samuel A., born September 19, 1869, who is employed by the City Trust Company, 927 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, married May M., daughter of Hiram A. Kriele and has one child, Wilbur. 3. George Anders is mentioned at more length elsewhere. 4. Allen A., born October 23, 1874, is now taking a post-graduate course in the University of Pennsylvania. 5. Howard A., born April 29, 1878, now at Lafayette College at Easton, is a graduate of the State Normal School at West Chester, where, he also took a post graduate course, a part of his preparatory work having been done at Perkiomen Seminary. 6. Emma, born August 10, 1880, was educated in the public schools of the township, and in the Normal School at West Chester, and has been a teacher for three years.

George Anders Seipt, third child and second son of George H. and Sarah (Anders) Seipt, was born on the family homestead, July 6, 1871. He attended Cassel’s school in the township during his boyhood, and in September, 1890, he entered Pierce’s Business College in Philadelphia. He was graduated from there in May, 1891, and accepted a position as bookkeeper with Lippincott, Johnson & Company, 1021 Walnut street. He held this position for about three years, when he was called home by the death of his father, which occurred January 1, 1894. The care of the homestead fell upon him and since that time he has been carrying on the farm. The place comprises sixty-two acres of land, which is made to support a dairy herd that averages sixteen head. He is one of the most progressive of the younger farmers of the section and makes a careful study of the nature of the soil on his farm and its adaptability. He is a member of the Schwenkfelder church and a Republican in politics.

August 22, 1895, Mr. Seipt married Joanna M. Hoffman, born May 6, 1874, a daughter of James Hoffman of Montgomery county. One child, Sarah Frances, was born September 16, 1896.

Through his mother, Sarah (Anders) Seipt, Mr. Seipt is descended from members of the early colony of Schwenkfelders who came to Philadelphia in 1734. They were a persecuted sect of Silesia, followers of Caspar Schwenkfelder, one of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation who differed from Luther in some minor points of doctrine. In common with the persecuted of all lands and all religions, they sought freedom in America. Balthasar Anders, great-grandfather of Mrs. Seipt, was one of this band of colonists. He brought with him one son, George, born in Germany in 1733, and a daughter Anna, born April 8, 1736. His son Abraham, born in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1739, was the father of Samuel Anders. Samuel Anders was born March 8, 1812, in Lower Providence township, and lived for forty-two years near the place of his birth. He died in 1888. He married Christina Meschter, who was herself a direct descendant of one of the early Schwenkfelder families. Melchoir Meschter and his wife, Regina, were of the colony already mentioned which came to Philadelphia in 1734. They had a son Christopher, born December 17, 1746, who was the father of Jeremiah. Jeremiah Meschter, who was born August 27, 1777, and died at the age of seventy, married Susanna Dresher, who was born July 29, 1781, and died October 26, 1831, a descendant of George and Maria Dresher, members of the Schwenkfelder colony. Christina, daughter of Jeremiah and Susanna (Dresher) Meschter, who was born August 11, 1821, and died April 22, 1887, became the wife of Samuel Anders. Sarah M. Anders, a daughter of this marriage, was the wife of George H. Seipt and the mother of George Anders Seipt.