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REIFF6,8,10,24 was born on 12 Feb 1862. He was born on
12 Feb 1863 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. He died on 21 Aug 1921.
He died on 21 Aug 1921 in Berks County, PA. He was buried in Friedens
Union Cemetery, Oley, PA. Lot was a prominent public man of Berks
county. He was educated in the public schools, Oley Academy, and Kutztown State
Normal School, and has taught school for sixteen terms. He is a Democrat, served
as township school director; member of the county standing committee; was delegate
to the Democratic State Convention in 1890, 1898, 1899, and 1908, and was a presidential
elector in 1900; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1898, and re-elected
in November, 1900. While still serving as a legislator in 1901, he was appointed
by Clerk of Courts, Jacob B. Esser, as Deputy Clerk of Quarter Sessions, and
was reappointed under the administration of Peter S. Hall, and Samuel T. Bordner.
He was Deputy County Treasurer under Henry H. Fry from 1906-1908. Mr. Reiff has
been a political leader of Berks county since 1904. Mr. Reiff was the efficient
secretary of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Berks county, which institution
was organized in 1845; and in 1893 was prominent in the organization of the Schuylkill
Valley Mutual Wind, Storm and Lightning Insurance Company of Berks county, of
which he was secretary. Mr. Reiff is an extensive property owner of the county.
Fraternally he belongs to the following bodies: The Knights of the Golden Eagle
of Manatawny; the P. O. S. of A. of Oley Line; the Order of Red Men; Oley Lodge,
No. 218, I. O. O. F.; and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie No. 66, the latter
two are of Reading.
Lot Weidner REIFF and Deborah M. BAER were married in Jul 1893 in Berks County,
PA. Deborah M. BAER8,24 (daughter
of David Schwartz BAER and Esther K. DETURCK) was born on 4 Jan 1874 in Berks
County, PA. She died on 15 Dec 1933 in Berks County, PA.
She was buried in Friedens Union Cemetery, Oley, PA. Lot Weidner
REIFF and Deborah M. BAER had the following children:
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