Daniel William Hauck and Family

My Grandfather, Daniel William Hauck, raised

his family of four boys and three girls just a few

miles south of Dubois, Pennsylvania, near a village

called Luthersburg. As this history is being written,

the house on the Daniel W. Hauck Homestead still

stands. Louise, granddaughter of Daniel, and her

husband, Wendell Hartzfeld, took a picture of the

homestead in 1940. I took a picture of the home in

about 1998, and talked to the owner. It appears that

only two families owned the home since it belonged

to Daniel William Hauck. The current owner showed

me the location where Daniel Hauck had his black-

smith shop.

Daniel William died in 1919 from the influenza

epidemic that struck the world at the same time as

The World War. Chauncey, his third son, was in the

army at the time, guarding German prisoners in

France. Mary Jane lived until 1933.

Louis and Florence lived with Mary Jane Hauck

at the homestead for a few months after they were

married. My sister, Louise, was born in the room

above the kitchen.

On a page to follow, there is a picture of the

Daniel Hauck family on the front porch. Louis

Hauck, standing in the back row appears to be about

fourteen years old, which would date the picture at

about 1912.

During the influenza epidemic, Clara Francis

Hauck was caring for the Kramers who were suffer-

ing from the virus. Later, she married Perry Kramer.

While Chauncey was in the army, many letters were

written to and from home, and because he was not in

a war zone, he was able to save all the letters. After

Chauncey died, his wife, Allie Korb Hauck gave the

letters to Joe and Lorraine Shaw, who loaned them

to Fred Hauck. Those letters were scanned and saved

in computer files for later publication. Through

those letters, many of the events that happened at

the Daniel Hauck home were preserved for family

records. The letters are to be made a part of this his-

tory, so interested descendents of Daniel William

and Mary Jane Hauck may enjoy meeting the fam-

ily through words written so many years ago.

The picture of Daniel Hauck and family was in

the possession of my cousin, Lorraine Shaffer

Shaw, daughter of Alice Hauck in the picture.

While searching for family information, Lorraine

gave me a copy of the picture. The picture was

folded at one time and had a ragged white fold line

down the center. The line went down the right

cheek of Wesley, standing in the center of the pic-

ture. Computer software was used to cover up the

damage. The repair on Wesley's cheek was not very

successful and his right eye and cheek show the im-

perfection. Time permitting, I may be able to cor-

rect this by copying Chauncey's or Louis' eye and

copying it to Wesley. Louis Hauck was about 14

years old at the time of the photo. Matthew Hauck,

Mary Jane and Daniel Hauck Wedding

Daniel Hauck Homestead; picture taken 1940

great grandson of Louis, at

the age of 14 had a resem-

blance to Louis at age 14.

Inset is from the original

photo.

Mahoning Creek is on

the boundary of the Hauck

Homestead where Louis

Hauck was photographed

in the fall of 1919 on his

horse, Pearl. Louis was 21

at the time. He looked like

a cowboy from a western

movie. He would have

looked right at home riding

with Tom Mix of western

movie fame who lived

nearby in Dubois, PA, at

one time.

Chauncey Dean

Hauck was the third

child of Daniel

Hauck's family. He

joined the army in

time to serve in

France in 1918. He

was a guard at a

German prisoner of

war camp. Daniel

Hauck died before

Chauncey returned

from Europe.

Chauncey had

re turned f rom

France in the fall of

1919, and he and

Louis were living

with their widowed

mother. Louis had a

horse named Pearl.

The brothers were pictured in

Mahoning Creek with a friend,

Boyd Kramer.

The picture taken in 1920

with Pearl may have been beside

Daniel Hauck's blacksmith shop.

Louis Hauck never tired of own-

ing a horse. He used a horse to

farm until buying a tractor in

1946, and raised a colt after that.

Picture taken about 1912 on front porch of Daniel Hauck home

Back Row: Louis Hobson Hauck, Chauncey Dean Hauck

Third row: Bill Beck, Sam Hice, Wesley Hauck, Daniel William Hauck

Second Row: Lucy Blose Beck, Geraldine Beck, Sarah Beck Hice, Grand-

mother Beck, Velma Beck, Mary Jane Hauck, Clara Francis Hauck

Front Row: Clarence Beck, Iva Hauck, Bill Beck, Charles Hauck, Alice Hauck

The original photo was folded

Louis on Pearl

Chauncey

Louis on Pearl, Boyd

Kramer, Chauncey Hauck,

in Mahoning Creek

There will be more to write on the subject of

horses.

Daniel William Hauck died in the Spring of

1919 from the influenza epidemic that killed

thousands. Mary Jane Hauck died in 1933 and

Margaret Way died when Jim was three years

old.

Louis and Florence went to Vermont some-

time after the picture was taken. In Vermont,

Louis worked on a tunnel construction job, and

Florence used a Gearhart Knitting Machine to

make socks for sale.

Louis never shared much about his days at

home. Most of the information for this history

came from Florence and letters written by Uncle

Chauncey. Louis and Pearl

Probably by the blacksmith shop

Standing: Mary Jane Hauck (widow of Daniel), Roy Beck, Iva Hauck Beck, Lloyd Shaffer, Alice Hauck

Shaffer, Louis Hauck, Florence Way Hauck.

Front row: Wesley Hauck (holding Danny), Caroline Hauck (holding Billy), Grandmother Beck (holding

Louise), Grandfather Beck, Margaret Beck Way (Margaret Way holding Jim Way) The picture was taken

at the Weisgerber place in 1923. Louis and Florence both had a mother with the maiden name Beck, but

they were not related.