Prof. G. G. Hertzog, p. 244

PROF. G. G. HERTZOG, a well-known teacher, and talented professor in the Southwestern State Normal School, at California, is a son of Andrew Hertzog, whose father, John, was born near Hagerstown, Md.

John Hertzog was educated in his native State; he was of German descent, and spoke and read the German and English languages with equal ease. Coming to Fayette county, Penn., he remained a bachelor until middle age, when he selected a wife in the person of Mrs. Sarah Burchinal, a widow lady, who had four children by her former marriage, namely: Jeremiah, Luther, Thomas and Rebecca. One son, Andrew, was born to the union of John and Sarah (Burchinal) Hertzog. The father followed agricultural pursuits, and died at an advanced age. In his political sympathies he was a Jeffersonian Democrat.

Andrew Hertzog was born November 11, 1811, in Springhill township, Fayette Co , Penn., and there attended the subscription schools. He followed the business of building and contracting for many years, and after his marriage settled on the homestead farm in Fayette county. He married Susanna, daughter of George and Hannah Gans, natives of Pennsylvania, who were the parents of the following children: Asenath, Susanna, Hannah, Mary, Willam, Paul and Philip. Mr. Gans was a Democrat in politics, and in religion a member of the Baptist Church. After his death Mrs. Gans was married to Joseph Baker, and by him had four children, Viz. : Michael, George, Josiah and Caroline. To the union of Andrew and Susanna (Gans) Hertzog were born the following children: John J., Hannah (deceased), G. G., Sarah (wife of William Mallory), Andrew, Amanda (married to George Lyons), O. G. (a minister of the Disciple Church, now acting as financial agent for Hiram College, Ohio), Susanna (wife of Cyrus Pyle), Caroline (married to George D. Bowers), Mary (wife of Elza Warman) and Lizzie (wife of J. D West). Politically Mr. Hertzog was a Whig and Republican, serving for years as justice of the peace, and in religion was a member of the Baptist Church at Mt. Zion.

Prof. G. G. Hertzog was born September 22, 1837, in Fayette county, Penn., and from earliest boyhood developed strong intellectual capacity. After attending the common schools, he remained sometime at the academy at George's Creek; then took a thorough course of instruction at the Southwestern State Normal School, at California. On December 25, 1862, he was married to Emily C., daughter of John G. Hertig, and she has borne him four children, viz.: Lucy S. and Walter S. (who both graduated at the Southwestern State Normal School, the latter in 1891, and is now a teacher), Russell 'I'., deceased, and Carl S. Lucy S. after graduation took a medical course at the Homeopathic College, of Cleveland, Ohio, and since receiving her diploma has been employed as principal of the Women's and Children's Dispensary at Cleveland, Ohio. Prof. Hertzog was first connected with the Southwestern State Normal School in 1866, since when he has been an instructor in the higher branches, and is now professor of mathematics and book-keeping. His energetic personality is felt and appreciated in every department of the school, to which he has devoted many years of his life with eminent success, as is fully evinced by the phenomenal progress the institution has made. In politics be is a stanch Republican, and in religion an earnest worker in the Christian Church, in which he has been an elder for over twenty years, and in the Sunday school, of which he has been superintendent for many years.

Text taken from page 244 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed February 1998 by Ed Macke of Flower Mound, TX as part of the Beers Project.
Published February 1998 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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