- Chairman of the building committee that built St. Thomas Union (Reformed and
Lutheran) Church in Bernville while living in Reading (1897).
- Superintendent of Penn Valley Sunday School for 25 years.
- Active member of the democratic party; frequent delegate to county conventions.
- Member of Penn township school board for 11 years (president for 6 years).
- President of Bernville Cemetery Association for 9 years.
- Elected sheriff of Berks county, serving one term of 3 years.
- Leader of “Old Home Week” in Bernville.
- Chief Marshall 1907-1908.
- 32nd degree mason.
- Member of several fraternal organizations.
- Traveled extensively (reportedly, he visited every state)
George died on 6 December 1919, age 73, in Berks Co. He was buried in Haags cemetery in Bernville, Berks Co., PA. A large monument with a life-size union soldier on top watches over his grave. The 1920 census shows Mary 74 years old, widowed, living in Penn Township, with 4 boarders. She died in 1930, age 84, in Berks County, and is buried beside her husband.
Posterity: 5 children lived to maturity and had children:
- Sarah (or Sallie) (1868-1945) married William B. Werner, a minister in the Reformed Church. She taught school for 10 years. In 1900, he was a clergyman in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery Co., PA, and in 1910, he was a minister in Hudson, Steuben County Indiana. They moved to Gold Hill, NC, where in 1920 he was superintendent of Nazareth Orphan Home, with 46 boys and girls. In 1923, they moved to Maryland,
where he served as pastor of the Reformed Church in Brunswick (for 6 years), and then Burkittsville (for 8 ½ years). They had 2 daughters, Helen (born in 1885, a music teacher, married Mr. Safrit, lived in Tuscarora) and Emily (b. 1887, married C. Albert Orrison, who served as mayor of Brunswick 1928-1930).
- Frank (1870-1934) married Cora Haag. They moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he was a government food inspector. They had one son, Frank.
- George W. (1873-1943) married Maggie B. Mertz. He became a physician and practiced in Bernville. Two children: Helen Margaret and Charles.
- Mary R. (1877-1934) taught school before she married Charles Bender. They remained
in Berks County. One child: George Frank Bender.
- John H. (1888-1981) graduated from Franklin and Marshall College (Lancaster) in 1909, married Bertha Mae (Fahrenbach). They moved to Washington, D.C.
Grave marker in Haags cemetery in Bernville, Berks Co., PA. - 28 -
