BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF
AMANDES SIEGER.
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Samuel
Sieger, the grandfather of Amandes Sieger, was by birth a Prussian. Among his
children was a son, Samuel, born in Siegersville, Lehigh Co., where he resided
during his whole life. He married 
Miss
Hattie Guth, of Guthville, Lehigh Co., and had children, – Edwin, Tilghman,
John, Josiah, Lewis L., and Amandes. The last named was born at Siegersville,
on the 24th of April, 1840, where his early youth was spent. At the age of
eighteen his education was continued at Allentown, and subsequently at the
Mount Holly Academy, Mount Holly, N.J. After some time sent in travel, he
located at the place of his birth as a coal and lumber merchant, and continued
this pursuit for four years, when he again gratified his taste for travel. Having,
together with his brothers, an interest in ore-beds, he engaged in the mining
of iron ore, which is still continued, together with the mining and
manufacturing of slate for roofing purposes at Tripoli, Lynn township, where he
is president of the Tripoli Slate Company. Mr. Sieger also for a brief period
embarked in the grain and coal business. He was married on the 26th of
December, 1874, to Miss Catherine, daughter of Peter Hendricks, of Union
County. Their children are Virginia Ann, Hattie, and Bessie. Mr. Sieger has
been an important factor in the politics of his county and a zealous exponent
of the principles of his party. As a Democrat he
was elected in 1880 to the State Legislature, and by a loyal constituency
re-elected to the same position in 1882, serving on the Committees on Printing,
Ways and Means, Constitutional Reform, and City Passenger Railroads, and
Mining. He is a Lutheran in his religious faith, and a member of the Jordan
Lutheran Church. He is connected with the order of Masonry as member of Lehigh
Lodge, No. 326, of Free and Accepted Masons.
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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
Transcribed
from the original during winter 2006
by
Shirley
Kuntz
Web page by
May 2006