Horace H. Klugh
Biography from Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, PA, page 1168
Submitted by Suzanne NobleHORACE H. KLUGH. Among the prominent citizens of Maytown is Horace H. Klugh, a worthy representative of one of the old families of Lancaster county, the founder of the Klugh family having come to America from Wittenberg, Germany, among those who first made a home in this part of the State of Pennsylvania.
The paternal grandparents of Horace H. were Henry H. and Barbara (Hutzapple) Klugh, natives of Lancaster county, where the former followed the trade of shoemaker, and they passed their whole existence here, dying in Maytown; their remains rest in the old Lutheran Church cemetery. The family born to them consisted of six children: Frederick, Henry, Mary, Barbara ( who married Berry ...ll, Christiann (who married Daniel Brown ), and Benjamin, all of whom have passed out of life.
Henry Klugh, the father of Horace H., was a ...tter by trade, and later conducted a distillery. He married Margaret Kind, of Chanceford, York county, and reared the following named children: Benjamin, who is a physician of Florin, Pennsylvania, Horace; Viola, deceased; Anna, deceased; and Jacob ..enan, deceased. The parents were consistent members of the Lutheran and the Methodist Churches, respectively, and the father died in October, 1857, at the age of thrity-nine, the mother surviving until 1894, when she too passed away, at the age of seventy-six.
Horace H. Klugh was born in Maytown Nov , 1844, and there attended the village school, but at the early age of thirteen he lost his father, and was obliged to earn his own living. Nothing daunted, he found employment in the office of a daily paper, in Lancaster city, and for three years carried on the paper, proving satisfactory in every way. The next step in his business career was his entrance into the shop of Collins and McCurdy, to learn the shoemaker's trade, and he remained with that firm for three years.
In July, 1864, Mr. Klugh enlisted for service in the Civil war, in Co. D., 195th P.V.I., being mustered in at Harrisburg for 100-days service. He then went to Elizabethtown, where he continued work at his trade until March 1865, when he reenlisted, entering Co. D., 77th P.V.I., under Capt. George W. Skinner, and was placed on guard duty, traveling through Texas. He was finally discharged, at Victoria, Texas, in December 1865.
After his war experience Mr. Klugh returned to Maytown, where he worked during the summers in a brickyard and occupied his winter with his trade, but he later discontinued the former employment, and since 1889 he has been entirely engaged in shoemaking. In politics he is a Republican, and for six years he was the very efficient constable, also serving one term acceptably as register and assessor of his district. For many years, Mr. Klugh was connected with the Lutheran Church.
In July, 1866, Mr. Klugh was married in Elizabethtown, to Miss Sarah Jane Hagerly, and to this marriage has been born: Mina E., who married Walter B. Sharp, of Marietta, Pennsylvania,: and Henry, who died young. The parents of Mrs. Klugh were Joseph and Leah ( Jacobs) Hagerly, the former who died in 1869, at the age of seventy-one. The children of this worthy couple were: Mary, who married Webster Buller, of Philadelphia; Sarah J., born April 9, 1845, in Maytown, Pennsylvania., and Elizabeth, who died at the age of twenty-one.
Mr. Klugh is ranked by his fellow-citizens among the representative, substantial men of East Donegal, and is one of the most highly esteemed residents of Maytown. His energy and perseverance have enable him to conquer early disadvantages successfully.
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