OPLINGER
JOHN A. OPLINGER, lessee of what is
now known as Oplinger’s Mill at Howersville, manufactures a high
grade of flour, and is also a dealer in all kinds of grain,
feed, meal, etc. He is a native of this state, having been born
in Northampton County, November 18, 1839, and is the son of
Daniel and Lovina (Seip) Oplinger. The family is an old and
honored one in the county, the grandparents of John A. Oplinger
having located in the Lehigh Valley in a very early day. Daniel
Oplinger is still living, at the advanced age of seventy-eight
years, and is said to be one of the oldest residents of
Danielsville, where he makes his home. Of the children in the
parental family one is deceased and five survive, namely: John
A., the subject of this sketch; Emma, who is the wife of Henry
Buck, and resides in Catasauqua; Reuben R., living in Lehigh
Township; Mrs. Amandus App, who also makes her home in the above
township; and Catherine, who married Jeremiah Hower, and is
living in Lehigh Township. Rev. James M. is deceased.
John A. Oplinger was reared to
man’s estate in Lehigh Township, in the mean time aiding his
father on the home place, and attending first the district
schools, where he acquired a fair education. Later he became a
student in the Weaversville Academy, and afterward the Asbury
Academy in New Jersey, which was followed by a course at the
academy in Williamsburg, this county. For several years after
completing his education he was employed as a teacher, which
occupation he abandoned in order to engage in business for
himself. In 1865 he was united in marriage to Miss Alvesta E.,
daughter of Reuben Leitenguth, a resident of Pennsville, this
state. Their union has been blessed by the birth of four
children, namely: Henry H., Harvey N., Emma J. and Jeremiah D.
In addition to his milling
interests Mr. Oplinger is the proprietor of a valuable farm,
comprising eighty well improved acres in Lehigh Township, from
the rental of which he reaps a good income.
In politics Mr. Oplinger is a
Prohibitionist, and he has done much toward advancing the cause
of temperance in this section. The United Evangelical Church,
with which he has been connected for many years, finds in him
one of its most earnest workers.
The Oplinger Flouring Mill is
fitted out with a full roller system, and has a capacity for
turning out fifty barrels of flour every twenty-four hours. It
is operated by water-power and is one of the best mills in the
county. Our subject manufactures a fine grade of flour, making
a specialty of the following brands: "Magic,"Daisy, "XXXX
Patent, "Pride of Lehigh,"and "Economy.
"His two sons, Harvey
N. and Jeremiah D., are interested in the mill, and Henry H.
resides on the farm. The building, which is made of brick, is
four stories in height and located on Indian Creek, in Lehigh
Township.
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