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Schuylkill County Pennsylvania" by J.H. Beer's and Co., 1916, Volume II, page 638-639. ABRAHAM CARL, deceased, was born in Schuylkill County, PA., a son of Philip Carl, also a resident of this county, whose useful life was rounded out within its confines. The children of Philip Carl were: Elizabeth, John, Daniel, Abraham, David and Samuel. While still a boy Abraham Carl learned the shoemaker's trade, and he followed it for a few years, but later became a butcher, learning that calling at Fearnot, where he resided for a period. In 1874 he located at Tower City, and until 1881 was actively engaged in butchering. Then for a year he operated a farm in Porter township, and returning to Tower City embarked in a general merchandising business, which he continued for seven years. He built the well known "Carl House" at Tower City, and operated this hotel until within a year of his death, which occurred Jan. 30, 1898. His remains were interred at the Artz Church, near Sacramento, in Hubley township, Schuylkill county. For many years he was one of the well known men of this section, and his success in business through honorable methods proved an incentive to others to pursue a like course. He was one of the members of the Patriotic Order Sons of America. Mr. Carl married (first) Catherine Schwalm, who died leaving one son, Fred M., who is now a butcher in Tower City. The second wife of Mr. Carl bore the maiden name of Ellen M. Shade, and she was a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Klinger) Shade. There were no children of this marriage, but Mrs. Carl has reared four belonging to others, one of whom Harry C. Kurtz, a son of Reuben Kurtz, has been with her since he was two years old. He is a plumber and tinsmith by trade, and is employed by Ira W. Hand at Reinerton, PA. Mrs. Carl still owns the "Carl House." Like the rest of the family she is a Lutheran, and her charities in conjunction with her church, in addition to those of a private nature, are many. She is beloved by all who know her, and those whom she has reared as her own rise up to call her blessed. |