Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Berkhimer, Allen July 6, 1842 - 
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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

ALLEN BERKHIMER, son of Charles Berkhimer, was born on the 
farm now owned and occupied by Isaac E. Ambler, on the 
Bethlehem turnpike north of the borough of Ambler, on July 
6, 1842. He attended what was commonly known as the Eight 
Square School, on the Fleck homestead farm, until he reached 
the age of nineteen years, in the meantime assisting his 
father on the farm, as is customary in rural neighborhoods. 
In 1847, his father, having purchased the homestead on 
Bethlehem turnpike, removed to it with his family in the 
spring of the year. The farm contains seventy acres of 
highly improved rolling land. Mr. Berkhimer's father 
operated it for general farming and dairy purposes, and his 
son was taught very thoroughly the practical business of 
farming by one of the most thrifty and progressive 
agriculturists of the township of Gwynedd.

Allen Berkhimer married, March 4, 1875, Elizabeth P., 
daughter of Samuel A. and Maria Posey Willett, of Ambler, 
after which he established himself at Penllyn, where he 
conducted for one year a coal yard and feed store, located 
on the north Pennsylvania Railroad. Selling out the coal and 
feed business, he leased the home farm from his father, 
continuing thereon as a tenant until 1881, when he succeeded 
his father in the possession of the farm, and has operated 
it as a dairy ever since, keeping ordinarily twelve head of 
cows, of the best stock.

The children of Allen and Elizabeth P. Berkhimer are: 1. 
Charles William, born April 30, 1876; he attended the Eight 
Square School, married April 28, 1904, Maud E., daughter of 
William and Lavina Whittock, of Penllyn and now resides with 
his wife's parents, 2. Samuel Anderson, born August 14, 
1877, attended the Eight Square School and also Peirce's 
College of Business in Philadelphia, and now assists his 
father on the farm, being unmarried. 3. Bessie Willett, born 
October 25, 1879; she married, November 14, 1899, John M. 
Lowe, son of Jeremiah and Fannie Lowe, of Boiling Springs, 
Cumberland county, Pennsylvania; they reside in 
Philadelphia; they had two children, John Allen, born June 
1, 1901, died September 22, 1904; and Samuel Raymond, born 
March 17, 1904. 4. Allen Willett, born September 8, 1881, is 
unmarried and resides in Philadelphia.

Mrs. Berkhimer died February 4, 1891. Mr. Berkhimer married 
(second wife) March 4, 1893, Margaret Louisa, widow of 
Joseph Zell, of Bustleton. Mrs. Berkhimer is the daughter of 
Charles and Susanna B. Wright. The children by the Zell 
marriage are two: Bertha Viola, born July 16, 1882; and 
Susanna, born August 21, 1886.Both are unmarried, and reside 
with Mr. and Mrs. Berkhimer.
 
Charles Berkhimer, father of Allen Berkhimer, was born May 
2, 1809, at the Berkhimer homestead, "The Maples," in 
Whitpain township, now owned and occupied by John Berkhimer. 
Charles Berkhimer was the son of Jacob Berkhimer, whose wife 
was a Rubicam. Charles Berkhimer attended a free school kept 
on Skippack turnpike, near Blue Bell, and assisted on his 
father's farm. He married Mary Ann Fleck, born July 3, 1816, 
of Springhouse, and, after his marriage, settled near Ambler 
on a farm. 

His children: Mary, born September 3, 1839, married, October 
1, 1863, David Dunnett, who kept a store at Springhouse for 
many years. They live in Philadelphia. Allen, subject of 
this sketch. Anna, born August 13, 1847, married Charles H. 
Marple, son of Daniel Marple, they having one child, Mary 
Ellen, born August 20, 1870, who married George W. Hartman, 
son of Frederick Hartman, they residing at Gwynedd station 
and having one child, Anna May, born April 22, 1896.

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