Biographical Notes of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, PA, 1916



G. N. Eckert Biography

ECKERT, DR. G. N., came from Reading. He was the owner of a great deal of land. He built the Swatara furnace at what is now Outwood, the firm being Eckert and Guilford. Afterward it was turned into a forge where they used to make stoves. Some can still be found around the country called Swatara stoves.

He was a member of the 30th Congress and was President of the Lorberry Railroad.



Source: Biographical Notes, 1841-1916, of Pine Grove, Pa: J. W. Barr: Achenbach & Reber: 1916











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