Joseph Gackenbach, son of John was a mechanic and made plows in South Whitehall township where he lived many years on a tract of thirty acres of land which is now owned by Solomon Fries on Walbeits Pike. Joseph Gackenbach was best known as an auctioneer, a profession he followed for twenty years.

He married Caroline Gorr, a daughter of Jacob Gorr. They are buried on the Jordan Reformed Church Cemetery. Their children follow: Mary (m. Oliver Steckefl; John J.; Henry J.; Ellen (m. Henry Remaly); Charles, of Siegfried; and Ida, deceased was the wife of John Murtaugh, of Siegersville.