[68-4] ISAAC SCHULTZ, 5b Mar. 4, 1778; d Oct. 15, 1867; s Abraham and Regina (Yeakle) Schultz [68-1]; m May 31, 1804, by Rev. George Kriebel, to SUSANNA SCHULTZ, b May 7, 1782; d Sept. 17, 1834; dau David and Anna (Kriebel) Schultz [70-2].
Children (8):
Isaac Schultz was a farmer by occupation and resided on the farm, now (1922) the property of the Levi G. Schultz Estate in Upper Hanover Twp., Montg. Co., Pa. It is a portion of the original Schultz. tract, the old homestead being owned today by R. L. Dicky. A literary spirit pervaded the atmosphere of the home of his childhood and this made a permanent impression upon him. At the early age of twelve he was a pupil in the Hosensack Academy under the care of George Carl Stocks who was the instructor at that time. That he was a proficient Latin student is evidenced by original Latin letters— still extant— written by him as a pupil to his fellow-students. Isaac Schultz always remembered his Latin teacher with warm affection, and when in after years the latter through misfortunes was reduced to poverty, his erstwhile pupil solicited funds from among the former students of the Academy to give relief to their teacher.
In the Society of Schwenkfelders Isaac Schultz first of all was a teacher, and in the years between 1798 and 1800 and later, he became a foremost leader. Having been elected, May 19, 1827, as secretary of the Society, he served in that capacity for more than thirty years, and was succeeded on May 15, 1858, by Joshua Schultz. During those years he likewise served as secretary for the trustees of the Literary Fund of the Schwenkfelders, but on May 11, 1850, he declined reélection to that office.
Although all his records for the Society were written in German, he possessed a mastery of English as well, and his letters to his children and grandchildren reveal a fineness of diction and choice selection of thought and vocabulary that win our admiration. In later years he was frequently invited to write for the press of the day; the themes of the numerous papers prepared by him, many of which appeared in public print, invariably related to the history of his people. An example of this nature of his work is to be found in I. Daniel Rupp’s “HE PASA EKKLESIA—An Original History of the Religious Denominations at present existing in the United States,” published in Philadelphia in 1844, and again inffa revised form in 1859. In each of these editions appears a chapter on “The Schwenkfelders,” written by “Isaac Schultz, Berks County, Pennsylvania’’—obviously an error for ‘“Montgomery
County.” He also translated numerous German documents into the English language. His services
LE to his community were of an eminent character and were always rendered for the sake of improvement and progress. [E. FE. 8. J.]
Parents’ family: [68-1] Abraham Schultz and Regina Yeakle
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