Husband Hiester Henry Muhlenberg 1 2
Born: 15 Jan 1812 - Reading, Berks Co, PA 3
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Died: 5 May 1886 3
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Father: Rev. Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (1782-1844) 2 4
Mother: Rebecca Hiester ( -1841) 2 5
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Other Spouse: Catherine S. Hunter ( - ) 3
Wife Amelia Hanold 3
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General Notes: Husband - Hiester Henry Muhlenberg
He acquired a preliminary education under the instruction of Rev. John F. Grier, in the Reading Academy. In 1826 he entered the sophomore class of Dickinson College, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1829. He selected medicine as a profession and began the study of it in the office of Dr. Thomas Harris, a physician of excellent reputation in Philadelphia. He attended the medical lectures at the University of Pennsylvania during the winters of 1831 and 1832, and was graduated from that institution with the class of 1832.
Dr. Muhlenberg began the practice of his profession in his native city and continued eight years. During this period and for some years following he took an active interest in politics, and until the breaking out of the Civil War he remained a firm and consistent Democrat. During the panic of 1837 the affairs of the Farmers' Bank of Reading became very much involved, and the complete ruin of the bank seemed close at hand. The integrity, capacity and financial ability of Dr. Muhlenberg were well known and he was placed temporarily in charge of the bank in order to restore its affairs to a sound and healthy condition. His management of the affairs of the bank was in the highest degree successful, so that he was induced to give up his intention of resuming the practice of medicine and urged to accept the position of cashier of the Farmers' Bank in March, 1842. He was annually re-elected and served continuously in that position for a period of forty-three years. The integrity, capacity and financial ability of the cashier preserved the bank from embarrassment during the panic of 1857, the financial troubles incident to the the Civil War and of the financial crisis of the year 1873.
Dr. Muhlenberg was for ten years a member of Councils of the borough of Reading, and a member of the first Councils after the city corporation in 1850.
Prior to the Civil War he took great interest and an active part in the volunteer military organizations of his own county. He entered a noted company, called the Washington Grays, as a private, and afterwards became lieutenant. During the Catholic riots of 1844, in Philadelphia, as lieutenant of the Washington Grays he formed part of the force sent to that city to assist in quelling the riot. During the Civil War he twice enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Volunteers-once before the battle at Antietam, and again after the battle of Gettysburg.
Dr. Muhlenberg was one of the original trustees of the Charles Evans Cemetery Company, and for many years was the president of that corporation. He was a director and president of the Reading Water Company.
He became a member of the Lutheran Church in 1830 and was a member of the vestry of Trinity Church for many years.
By the last marriage he had seven children.
General Notes: Wife - Amelia Hanold
from Reading, Berks Co, PA