[68-14] DANIEL S. SCHULTZ, b Apr. 10, 1816; d Dec. 29, 1886; 5 Isaac and Susanna (Schultz) Schultz [68-4]; m Nov. 11, 1841, MARY KRIEBLE, b Jan. 31, 1819; d Feb. 4, 1893; dau John and Agnes (Yeakle) Krieble [25-14].
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Daniel S. Schultz (Shultz) was born on the ancestral Schultz homestead in Upper Hanover Twp., of the present Montg. Co.,in Pa. His early education was received in part at Chestnut Hill and Norristown. Before his marriage he taught at Boyertown, Pa., and other places, at the same time studying surveying and reading law under Judge Stauffer. After his marriage in 1841, he located in Schultzville, Berks Co., Pa., and shortly afterward was elected Justice of the Peace, an office held by him for twentyfive years. As magistrate, surveyor and conveyancer, his abilities gave him far more arduous duties to perform than fall to the lot of the ordinary “‘squire.”’ Diligent attention to the interest of clients, accurate acquaintance with law, and sound discrimination in his legal decisions characterized all his work. Itis said of Mr. Schultz that not one of his decisions as a Justice was ever reversed by a court.
His well-deserved reputation as a village lawyer was appropriately rewarded by Gov. John F. Hartranft’s appointment of him as Notary Public—an office continued until the death of Mr. Schultz. He was also a member of the Goshenhoppen Mutual Fire Insurance Company from its inception, and served first as its secretary and later as its president. For a number of years he engaged in the coal and lumber business at Barto, Pa.
Mr. Schultz was a close student of Schwenkfelder history and as secretary of the ‘Upper District Conference,’ was one of the leaders of the denomination. He was also one of the instigators of the “Corpus” movement, and served as a member of the Publishing Committee of the first Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelders, being a co-author with the late William A. Yeakle in compiling most of the biographical sketches that appear in that book. Having a ready command of both the German and English languages, Mr. Schultz translated into English a great many of the German documents pertaining to the history of the Sechwenkfelders, for the use of the late Judge Heydrick in writing the historical sketch of ‘“The Schwenkfelders,” as well as for other historians that were interested in the literature of the Schwenkfelders. As secretary of the Conference, Mr. Schultz was the seribe who carried on the so-called “Barclay Correspondence” with Robert Barclay of England. [Cf. The Schwenkfeldian, Vol. II, p60; Vol. III, pp 8,19, 24.| There are many letters and papers in the Historical Library at Pennsburg, beautifully executed by Mr. Schultz, for the purpose of giving information to inquirers or for compiling data on the early history of the Schwenkfelders.
As magistrate, surveyor, conveyancer, translator, and secretary, Mr. Schultz truly led a busy, useful life, and was highly respected by all who knew him. [/H. S.]
Parents’ family: [25-14] John Krieble and Agnes Yeakle
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