BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF
DANIEL BERTSCH
Daniel
Bertsch was born in December, 1801, and spent the early part of his life at
Lockport, Northampton Co., Pa., where his parents resided. After receiving a limited education he 
learned
the trade of a blacksmith, and for several years followed it. He made Mauch Chunk his residence in 1826,
and on abandoning his craft was employed on the construction of the works of
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company between Mauch Chunk and Easton. He afterward received a contract for a
portion of the works between Mauch Chunk and White Haven, and other contracts
from the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad for the construction of a part of the
road between White Haven and Wilkesbarre.
Mr. Bertsch continued the business of contracting until 1845, when he
engaged in the mining of coal by contract at Summit Hill for the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company, and continued thus employed until 1865, when the
company decided upon the working of their own mimes. Mr. Bertsch was married to Miss Catherine Solt, to whom were born
two sons – Daniel and John – and three daughters, -- Caroline, wife of Hon.
John Leisenring, who died in September, 1879; Emeline, wife of James A. Polk,
and Harriet, wife of S. B. Price. Mr.
and Mrs. Bertsch and their deceased daughter were members of the Presbyterian
Church of Mauch Chunk. The death of Mr.
Bertsch occurred Feb. 20, 1877.
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From
The History of the Counties of Lehigh & Carbon, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
By
Alfred Mathews & Austin N. Hungerford
Published in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1884
Pages 709 & 710
Transcribed from the original in March, 2003
by
Jack Sterling
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March 2003