Biography: Samuel H. ROMIG, c 1900: Amityville, Berks County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Betty Burdan USGENWEB ARCHIIVES NOTICE: Printing this file by non- commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ "Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, PA" ; Morton L. Montgomery J.H.Beers, Chicago, 1909; Volume II, p. 1503 Surnames: BOYER, ESHELMAN, FRITZ, GROSS, HOLLOWAY, KECK, MAUGER, RHOADS, ROMICH, ROMIG, SCHAFFER also a note includes GABEL and MARQUETT Samuel H. ROMIG, a representative of the old Berks County family of that name, is a retired farmer and contractor. He now lives with his son, William E., at No. 1344 Good Street, Reading. The ROMIGs, spelled "ROMICH" by other branches of the family, trace their history back to one John ROMIG, who settled near Worman, Douglass Township, where he resided until his death in 1804. He left five sons: John, George, Chirstian, Jacob, and Henry, all of whom reared families. George ROMIG, grandfather of Samuel H., was a farmer and lived in the vicinity of Amityville. He was born Jan. 9, 1765, and passed away April 2, 1850. He married Sophia FRITZ, born Nov. 17, 1773, died March 24. 1828. They had seven sons and four daughters, among whom were: Samuel, who lived in Amity Township; George, who lived in the Swamp; Jacob; William, mentioned later; Betzy, m. to Jacob ROMICH; Mary, m. to John SCHAFFER; and Sarah, m. to Thomas MAUGER. The will, dated May 28, 1842, and probated May 24, 1850, gave the homestead of seventy acres to William, where he resided during life; George also obtained a farm; and Jacob ROMICH, a son-in-law, was given a tract of land in Earl Township. The executors of the will were George ROMIG and Jacob ROMICH. William ROMIG, son of George, was born March 26, 1806, and passed his life as a resident of Amityville, where he owned and cultivated a tract of land. He died Feb. 11, 1885, and was buried in Amityville Cemetery. His wife was Lydia HOLLOWAY, born Sept. 13, 1811, daughter of Jacob; she died March 7, 1893. Their children were: Sarah, now deceased, m. to Wellington GROSS, of Amityville; and Samuel H., our subject. Samuel H. ROMIG was born in Amity Township April 20, 1841, and in this township continued residence until the spring of 1909. He secured a common school education, and learning the carpenter's trade, pursued that as a business vocation, together with operating his home farm. For many years he was in partnership with Jacob HOLLOWAY, and some of the largest and most substantial of the buildings in and about Amityville are monuments to their industry. Mr. ROMIG, although retired from business life, continues his interest in social and religious affairs. A lifelong member of the Amityville Lutheran Church, he has been in the church council since 1876. For many years he served in the offices of deacon, elder, treasurer etc., and always officially connected with the Sunday-school as teacher, treasurer, etc. Having children of his own, he was earnest in improving the educational facilities of his home township, and was the means, in connection with others, of securing teachers and equipment which made Amity Township schools second to none in the county. When the war cloud rolled up from the South in 1861, Mr. ROMIG became actively interested, enlisting in Company A, 128th PA V. I., and serving in this regiment during 1862-63, some nine months, being in many engagements, the most severe of which was Antietam. In politics Mr. ROMIG votes the Republican ticket. Mr. ROMIG was married to Sarah ESHELMAN, born Sept. 20, 1843, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (RHOADS) ESHELMAN, the former for many years a well known miller of Amity Township. To this union have been born two children" Maggie Jane, who died Oct. 1, 1878, at the age of twelve years, two months and one day; and William E. William E. ROMIG was born July 10, 1870, in Amity township, and was reared with all the advantages found in a cultured home. His education was carefully looked to, and by the time he was seventeen, he had become so proficient as to convince Prof. D. S. KECK, county superintendent of schools, that he was entitled to a license to teach. After two successful terms of teaching, in what is called the "March" school, in his native township, he entered the railroad office at Douglassville. After proving himself thoroughly competent to take charge of a station, he entered the employ of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, and for seventeen years was a different points on the system in New Jersey, principally at Cape May. In 1893 he returned to Berks County, and was stationed at Temple, until 1909, when he secured a position as stenographer for the Parish Manufacturing company, of Reading, where he is still employed. Mr. ROMIG married, July 12, 1890, Sarah Ellen BOYER, daughter of John H. And Elizabeth BOYER [see sketch elsewhere]. An only daughter, Lena B., brightens their home. In a social way Mr. ROMIG affiliates with the Odd Fellows, Mayflower Lodge No. 258, and with the Modern Woodmen of America, both at Cape May. He and his family are members of the Amity Lutheran Church, and, like his father, he votes the Republican ticket. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The BOYER sketch referred to above appears in "Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, PA" ; Morton L. Montgomery J.H.Beers, Chicago, 1909; Volume I, p. 635, under the subject, John H. BOYER and says in summary... John H. BOYER, farmer and citizen of Amity Township, veteran of the Civil war, was born Dec. 2, 1842, in Exeter Township, Berks County, son of Abraham S. and Lucetta HOLLOWAY BOYER, and a member of an old and representative family of the lower end of Berks county. On Nov. 3, 1866, Mr. BOYER married Elizabeth G. GABEL, d/o David and Mary (GABEL) GABEL, of Colebrookdale, and they had three children: Catherine m. Webster MARQUETT, , Sarah Ellen m. William E. ROMIG and resides in Reading with one daughter Lena B.and; and Charles G...... "