SAMUEL LAUBACH was born at Northampton. Aug. 25, 1863. He was educated in the public schools of Allen Township and the Allentown preparatory school. After which he entered upon a clerkship with the Laubach estate, for two years he was freight clerk in the Northampton railway station. In 1906 he leased the coal-yard from the estate and in 1909 purchased it from the estate together with the farm and a number of dwellings. He is also a member of the Laubach Company. On June, l891 he was married to Mary Warne, a daughter of Jacob and Amanda (Fritch) Wame. of Coplay. This union was blessed with two children; Robert w., a graduate of the Nazareth Military Academy, Mercersburg, and now a student in Lafayette college; and Anna, a student in the Northampton high school. Mrs. Laubach died January 29, 1898, and was buried on the family plot on the Howertown cemetery. He was married a second time to Annie P. S Sieger, a daughter of Elias and Louisa (Peter) Sieger, of Coplay. (See Sieger family). They reside in their beautiful home on Newport Avenue, near his place of business. Mr. Laubach is a member of Howertown Reformed congregation, and Mrs. Laubach, of the Coplay Lutheran congregation.