Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Danehower, William H. January 30, 1851 - 
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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

WILLIAM H. DANEHOWER. Jacob Danehower, the grandfather of 
William H. Danehower, the subject of this sketch, was a 
native of Montgomery township, in Montgomery county, 
Pennsylvania. He was descended from one of the early 
settlers of that section of the county, was educated in the 
schools of the township, became a farmer, and followed that 
occupation through life. He married Catharine Hallman of the 
same township, and they had eleven children, all of whom are 
deceased but one. Among them was George H. Danehower.

George H. Danehower (father) was born on the homestead in 
Montgomery township in 1815, and died in 1899. When he was 
but two years of age the family removed to Gwynedd township, 
where he obtained a fair education for those days, and 
became interested in agricultural pursuits, which he 
followed until incapacitated from age. He was a leading man 
of his township, and was much respected by everybody that 
knew him. He was a Democrat in politics, and was active in 
support of its candidates and principles, although he 
declined on several occasions to hold offices when they were 
offered him. He attended the Lutheran church. Mr. Danehower 
married Catherine Phander, of an old family in Gwynedd and 
Horsham townships, of German descent.
 
His wife died at the age of thirty-nine years. She was a 
daughter of Philip Phander, of Horsham township. Mr. and 
Mrs. Danehower had the following children: Charles, Phebe, 
Catherine, deceased, Jacob, George and William H., subject 
of this sketch.

William H. Danehower was born on the homestead in Gwynedd 
township, January 30, 1851. He was educated in the public 
schools, and then devoted himself to farming on the 
homestead, which occupied him until 1882, when he removed to 
his present home in Hatfield. Mr. Danehower married in 1882 
Catherine A. Beaver, daughter of Frederick and Margaret 
Beaver, farmers, of Gwynedd township. 

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Danehower: George H. and 
Frederick B., both unmarried. Mr. Danehower is a Democrat in 
politics, and is a member of the Lutheran church. He has 
held to the same principles, religiously and politically, as 
his forefathers. He is a man who stands high in the 
community, and is thoroughly respected. His farm contains 
more than sixty acres, and he is very successful in the 
management of it.

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