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564	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
WILLIAM H. BEILSTEIN, well known in the industrial world of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, is a descendant of German ancestry and is a representative of the second generation of his family in America, he is a son of John Charles Beilstein, a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, born May 10, 1811, died January 25, l865. He married, May 27, 1841, Christina Crone, born March 27, 1817, died August 30, 1874, and had children: Susan Elizabeth, born March 4, 1842, married February 9, 186O, John E. Fry, born October 1, l837. William H., see forward. John Charles Beilstein was a very devout member of the German Lutheran church.     William Henry Beilstein was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, October 17, 1844. His preliminary education was received in the common schools of the township, and he then attended the convent school at Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He was apprenticed to the trade of engineering, and upon completing his apprenticeship obtained a position as engineer. At present (1907) he has charge of a stationary engine, and his services, which are reliable and faithful, are fully appreciated. He attends the Lutheran church, and is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party. He is a member of Johnstown Lodge, No. 89, Knights of Pythias, and of the Protected Home Circle.     Mr. Beilstein married, April 28, 1867, Mary Glitsch, born July 4, 1850, daughter of Casper and Anne E. (Hoffman) Glitsch, and granddaughter of Christian and Elizabeth Glitsch, the former born in 1800, died 1891. Casper Glitsch was born in Laundahausa, Hesse-Darmstadt, 1822, died July 24, 1883. He came to America in 1847, was by occupation a machinist, was in the employ of the, Cambria Steel Company for thirty-five years, and during this period worked overtime in order to accumulate sufficient capital to purchase land. In his study of English, which he could speak and read with fluency, he made use of an English and German Bible. He voted the Democratic ticket until the breaking out of the Civil war, was a noted politician and widely and favorably known among the leaders of his party. He served in the capacity of school director for many years, being very active in educational matters in Johnstown, and also was a member of the committee for Sandyvale. He was energetic and progressive in spirit and resolute in business purpose, and therefore was numbered among the most useful of the successful men of affairs in Johnstown. He was an active member of the German Lutheran church. His wife, Anna E. (Hoffman) Glitsch, daughter of Conrad Hoffman, bore him the following children: Henry, born 1846; Elizabeth, 1848; Mary, 1850, wife of William H. Beilstein; Susan, 1852; Christian G., 1854; Sophia, 1858; Louisa, 1860; Lena J., 1862; Amelia, 1864; George. L., 1866; Regina, 1869. Children of William H. and Mary (Glitsch) Beilstein were: 1. Laura Christina, born December 18, 1868, married, August 20, 1891, Dr. J. W. Wirt, born April 28. 1861. 2. Charles C., born March 15, 1871; married (first) Ella May Grubb, born October 13, 1873; (second) Helena Newman. Children by first marriage: Mary Jane, born June 1, 1893, died September 15, 1900; Viola Ruth, born April 16, 1895; Lulu Gretchen, born December 18, 1896. 3. Susan E., born December 19. 1873, married, June 22, 1899. Otto Doepfer born February 10, 1878, one child, Arthur, born May 25, 1902.     JAMES M. WALKER, one of the well known men in the commercial and industrial circles of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, and in the employ of the Cambria Steel Company for many years, is one of the most public-spirited citizens of the city. Although a native of this

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