Henry  Manhart  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Ashland,  and  was
only  a  boy  when  he  commenced  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade  from  his  father,
under  whose  able  tuition  he  became  a  skillful  workman.  Remaining  with
him  until  twenty  years  old,  he  afterwards  traveled  for  a  time  working  on
his  own  account,  and  during  this  period  was  located  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,
returning  to  Ashland,  where  he  has  since  been  engaged  at  his  crade,  and  in
the  course  of  his  long  and  busy  career  has  erected  numerous  stores  and  resi-
dences in  the  borough  and  vicinity.  Mr.  Manhart  has  made  an  excellent
reputation  in  business,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  personally.  Socially
he  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Americans.
In  1872  Mr.  Manhart  was  married,  at  Roaring  Creek,  Pa.,  to  Alice  Knittle,
a  native  of  Columbia  county,  where  her  father,  Jacob  Knittle,  was  a  farmer.
He  and  his  wife,  Angeline  (Derr),  were  both  born  in  Columbia  county,  the
latter  at  Rohrsburg,  and  she  still  survives,  now  (1914)  eighty-four  years  old,
making  her  home  at  Catawissa,  Columbia  county.  Mr.  Knittle  died  in  1904.
They  were  the  parents  of  ten  children,  as  follows :  Alice,  Mrs.  Henry  Man-
hart ;  Kersey,  who  lives  at  Roaring  Creek ;  Clara,  the  wife  of  Henry  Shayne,
of  Catawissa ;  Hattie,  who  lives  with  her  mother  in  Catawissa ;  Anna,  the
wife  of  Christ  Hartman,  of  Milton,  Pa. ;  Kate,  married  to  Elmer  Laban,  of
Roaring  Creek ;  William,  also  living  with  his  mother  at  Catawissa ;  and  three
deceased.
