Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Anders, Daniel M. November 1, 1856 - 
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Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904
Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor

DANIEL M. ANDERS, A Commissioner Of Montgomery County, Was 
Born In That County, Near Where He Yet Lives, November 1, 
1856. He Is A Descendant Of A Schwenkfelder Family Who Came 
To America In 1734.

Balthasar Anders (Great-Great-Grandfather) And His Wife, 
Anna Hoffrichter, Emigrated From Germany And Settled In 
Pennsylvania. He Followed His Trade Of Shoemaker In 
Towamencin Township For Many Years, And Died There May 25, 
1754, At The Age Of Fifty-Six Years. His Mother, Who Came 
With Them To America, Was Buried In Philadelphia, September 
30, 1734, Eight Days After Their Arrival. His Wife Died 
March 29, 1784, Aged Eighty-Three Years And Nine Months. 
Their Children: George, Born 1733, In Germany; Anna, Born 
April 8, 1736; Abraham (Great-Grandfather), Born April 1, 
1739.

Abraham Anders (Great-Grandfather) Married Susanna, Daughter 
Of Melchior Kriebel, November 25, 1765. She Died March 28, 
1813, Aged Seventy-Three Years, Five Months, And He Died 
April 19, 1819, Aged Eighty Years And Six Days. Their 
Children: Benjamin, Born November 30, 1766; Rosanna, Born 
July 19, 1769, Died December 24, 1853; Abraham 
(Grandfather), Born June 2, 1774; Anna, Born April 13, 1780.

Abraham Anders (Grandfather) Married Susanna, Daughter Of 
Abraham Dresher, November 25, 1802, And Lived On A Farm In 
Worcester Township, Montgomery County. He Died August 2, 
1852, Aged Seventy-Eight Year And Two Months, And His Wife 
Died October 26, 1831, Aged Fifty Years And Three Months. 
Their Children: George, Born November 19, 1803, A Farmer; 
Lydia, Born July 6, 1805; Abraham, Born September 2, 1807; 
Anna (Mrs. O. Dresher), Born October 24, 1809; Samuel 
(Father), Born March I8, 1812; Susanna (Mrs. S. Shultz), 
Born October 2, 1815; Sarah (Mrs. C. Kriebel), Born August 
8, 1820.

Samuel Anders (Father) Lived On His Father'S Farm Until He 
Was Twenty-Five Years Old. He Married And Purchased The Farm 
Where His Son Daniel M. Now Lives. He Afterwards Added To 
His First Purchase, Built Large Buildings, And Improved The 
Farm In Every Way. He Sold Milk, Raised Stock And Did A 
General Farming. He Was A Whig And A Republican, And Held 
Some Township Offices. He Was A Stockholder And Director In 
The Montgomery County Bank, And Helped To Organize The First 
National Bank Of Norristown, Of Which He Was A Stockholder 
And Director Until His Death. He Was A Stockholder And 
Helped To Erect And Carry On The Creamery Near His Home. 
Like All Of His Family He Was A Member Of The Schwenkfelder 
Church. November 20, 1838, He Married (First Wife) Lydia, 
Daughter Of Jeremiah Meschter, Who Was Born April 6, 1813. 
They Had One Child, Charles, Born January 10, 1840, Died 
July 13, 1842. Lydia (Meschter) Anders Died July 21, 1842. 
On October 17, 1844, Samuel Anders Married (Second Wife) 
Christina, The Sister Of His First Wife. Their Children Were 
Sarah (Mrs. George H. Seipt), Born October 3, 1845; Hiram 
M., A Prominent Farmer Of Montgomery County; Aaron, Born 
March 21, 1849, Died August 28, 1850; Mary Ann, Born January 
26, 1851, Died April 27, 1854; Susanna (Mrs. William H. 
Anders), Born March 23, 1853; James M., Born July 18, 1854, 
M. D., Ph. D., Ll. D., A Physician Of Philadelphia; Daniel 
M., The Subject Of This Sketch; Ellen (Mrs. John H. 
Schultz); Samuel, Born August 4, 1860, Died November 4, 
1867. Samuel Anders (Father) Died April 12, 1888, At The Age 
Of Seventy-Six Years, And His Wife Died April 22, 1887.

Jeremiah Meschter (Maternal Grandfather), Was Born August 
27, 1777, And Was The Son Of Christopher Meschter And 
Rosina, His Wife. Christopher Meschter Was The Son Of 
Melchior And Regina Meschter, Who Came To Pennsylvania In 
1734. The Family Were All Members Of The Schwenkfelder 
Church. Jeremiah Meschter Married Christina, Daughter Of 
Jacob And Lydia (Yeakle) Kriebel, Who Was Born February 24, 
1789. They Were Married On May 9, 1811, And Their Children 
Were: Lydia, Born April 6, 1813, The First Wife Of Samuel 
Anders; Sophia (Mrs. A. Schultz); Samuel, Died Young; Jacob, 
Born October 3, 1818, A Minister Of The Schwenkfelder 
Church; Christina (Mother), Born August 11, 1821; And 
Jeremiah, A Carpenter. Christina (Kriebel) Meschter Died 
January 28, 1831, And Her Husband October 5, 1849. He Was A 
Prominent Farmer And Brick Manufacturer In Upper Hanover 
Township, Montgomery County.

Daniel M. Anders Belongs To The Fifth Generation Of His 
Family From The Immigrant Who Sailed From Germany In The 
Ship "St. Andrew," And Landed In Philadelphia. He Was Reared 
On His Father's Farm, And Was Educated In The Common 
Schools, And Spent One Year In The Washington Hall School At 
Trappe. After His Marriage He Rented The Farm From His 
Father. After His Father'S Death He Received The Farm By 
Will, And Has Always Lived There. He Has Erected A Large And 
Comfortable Residence There, Which Commands A Beautiful View 
Of All The Surrounding Country. He Attends The Philadelphia 
Market, Raises Stock And Is A Practical And Successful 
Farmer. He Is A Stockholder In The First National Bank Of 
Norristown, And A Director Since His Father's Death, In 
1888, Is A Stockholder In The Creamery Near His Home; A 
Stockholder And Director In The Norristown Market Company, 
Treasurer Of The Montgomery County Telephone Company, And 
President Of The Farmers' Union Horse Company. He Is Helping 
To Organize A Trolley Line Which Will Run Between Souderton 
And Trooper, And Is Director Of The Organization. He Is A 
Republican, And Served As A School Director For Thirteen 
Years In Lower Providence Township. In 1902 He Was Elected A 
Commissioner Of Montgomery County. He Is A Member Of The 
Schwenkfelder Church.

In December, 1879, Daniel M. Anders Married Catharine S., 
Daughter Of Henry L. And Catharine K. (Shutt) Heebner. She 
Was Born In Norriton Township, Montgomery County, March 2, 
1861. Their Children: J. Leidy, Born June 14, 1881, Is A 
Clerk In The First National Bank, Norristown; Wayne H., Born 
January 17, 1883, Died At The Age Of Four Months; Monroe H., 
Born December 16, 1884, Was Graduated At Maple Tree And 
Perkiomen Seminaries, And Is Now A Student At Princeton 
Seminary; D. Harold, Born November 12, 1886, A Student At 
The Norristown High School; Lorene H., Born October 13, 
1888, And K. Elsie, Born October 16, 1890, Both At The Maple 
Tree School.

Henry L. Heebner, The Father Of Mrs. Anders, Was Born 
December 8, 1826, And Was The Son Of Joseph R. And Susanna 
(Letherach) Heebner. He Was A Well-Known And Prominent 
Farmer, And Filled The Office Of School Director For A 
Member Of Years. He Was A Republican In Politics, And A 
Schwenkfelder In Religion, In Early Life, But Later Joined 
The Mennonite Church. He Married Catherine K., Daughter Of 
Jacob Shutt, December 7, 1851. He Died At His Home February 
26, 1901, At The Age Of Seventy-Four Years, And His Wife Is 
Still Living At The Age Of Seventy-Eight, And Resides On The 
Homestead. Their Children: Mary S., The Second Wife Of 
Joseph H. Hunsberger, Was Born January 7, 1854; Martha S., 
The First Wife Of Joseph H. Hunsberger, Was Born November 
17, 1856; Catharine K. (Mrs. Anders); Jacob Wayne S., A 
Farmer Who Owns His Father'S Old Home.

 Joseph R. Heebner, The Grandfather Of Mrs. Anders, Was The 
Son Of Abraham And Catharine (Rittenhouse) Heebner, Of 
Norriton Township, All Schwenkfelders. He Married Susanna, 
Daughter Of Henry Lederach, March 21, 1826. He Was Born 
April 9, 1799, And Was A Well-Known Farmer. The Children Of 
Mr. And Mrs. Heebner: Henry L. (Father); Abraham L., Born 
September 5, 1828; David L., Born August 25, 1830, Died At 
The Age Of Three Days; Catharine L., Married Abraham 
Kriebel, And Was Born December 24, 1831; Anna L., Born 
February 9, 1834, Still Unmarried; Benjamin L., Born August 
17, 1835; Joseph L., Born April 7, 1837; William L., Born 
January 1, 1840, And Enoch M., Born June 20, 1843. Jacob 
Shutt, The Maternal Grandfather Of Mrs. Anders, Was A 
Farmer. The Family Were Mennonites And Dunkards. His 
Children: Catharine K. (Mrs. Henry L. Heebner); Mary (Mrs. 
J. B. Bean); John K., A Farmer And Miller Now Retired At 
Harleysville; Elizabeth K., Married E. K. Freed, President 
Of The Lansdale Bank; Sarah A. (Mrs. W. S. Delp) And Lavina 
K. (Mrs. P. R. Shelly). The Wife Of Jacob Shutt Was Mary 
(Kline) Shutt.

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