Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-12-30
10 SEQ 4 waoLg vILL.og.
rhs Loharh Heirs Disposln< Of Prep
srty HELD BY the Famny $50 Years

rhs Lohach Heirs DisposlnE Of Prsp.
srty HELD BY the Panty $50 Years
All Of the buildings and land com
prising one Of the oldest villages IN
Berks county. Pa together with
real estate within a mile d the place.
Was offered at public sale lately.
enc OF the heirs. Frank BrinizeghoH.
acting as auetsoneer The Lohachs.
who we're the owners 81 the village.
have ali died. there not being a sin
gls one left by that name, and All tho
houses and lands viii be owned by
persons 81 different names That Is
the cause 81 the sale,
The last L0baeh bearing that name
was Anna Lobach, who died last
spring, as also did her sister. Mrs
sarah Wiley, each over ~ years o.
age. These two were the last solo
owners 81 the village. seth A. Brown.
is the administrator q Anna L0bach.
who made no will and the exeeutor
OF Mrs sarah Wiley who rnado 4
viii and bequeathel her share
Of the place 20 Seth Brown.
his wife and his brother. Howard
Brown
Anna Lobach ard sarah Wiley
were sisters Of David Lobach. who
vas a justice 81 the peace for many
years and died some six years ago
They we're the children of samuel
LUbach. samuel had an only brother.
name "a William. who Was the father
81 the desceased wife 81 Samuel BOh-
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the widow 81 Rev J. :. Herman.
kut2town Mrs, &. 4 JeHries, 100
south Ninth street. Reading 4 tho
daughter Of Mrs Boiler These are
the nearest relatives % the I.obach
family o. i.obachsyille
iobachsyllle was known a. such
very nearly 1870 years II derives IL
name from Peter i.obach, who bought
forty acres and a woolen mill
from William Pott ia 1888 Peter
Lobach was succeeded by his son
Samuel who became the father %
Two sons. William aud samuel
William became the owne- % the
woolcn mill ard \ saw mill. Whiio
Samuel established and carried on
successfully ior years chair manu-
factory
In 1885 the WOODEN mill was con-
vcrtcd into creamery. which has
since beeu abandoned, aud q new
wooden mill was created q short dis
taace bolow on Pine creck b. William
I Loharh. which mill has since baen
! demolished samuel. the chair
maker, started a store. which upon
/ bis death passed 20 his son David.
/ who sold oat 20 l.cyi brown William
/ I.0bach built and conducted tavern
opposite his brother samucl's store
A poet Office WAS established In tho
store ia 1855 and has been there
ever since A daily all d received
aud delivered from Reading, being "a
the iikcyillc stage route George
+ W. Hess has bccn the postmaster
and storckeopcr the past two years
The store and postDgiico arc Ia q
large tao story stone dwelling house
and there g connected with e q farm
% scventy-iour acres The hotel
stand consists 81 large two story
stone building. two story stone shed.
large two-story stone buildiug form
cry used Hs wuOlCu milk saw
mill and three woll. % water How.
ard BroEn Uccspies n twosatory stone
! dwelling house aud oysr three acres
Of land attached thereto
4 farm ~ tweutF-ntuc acres about
milo from Lobachsyilla g. occupied
by Constable William ReichurL Tho
lohach vineyard q located on this
iaaTn. where formerly d great deal OF
vino was made About an acre 4
Sill In iins bearing condition. There
Is tract Of nine acres. another 81
ten acres. and THIRD II twenty-eirht
acres Of farming pasture and mead.
ow land near i.obachsvillo. and q
tract Of twenty. eight acres ~ wood
land. Some Of the property belongs
TO the estate 81 Anna Lobach and
Sarah Wiley, deceased. together
while others OF tho properties be-
long TO each estate separately.