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Excerpt from A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz and a Complete Genealogical Family Register: To the Fourth Generation With Accounts, and Addresses Delivered at the Fretz Family Reunions Held at Bedminster, Pa, 1888, 1893; 1898, and 1903, With Portraits and Other Illustrations The object of this work is to preserve from oblivion the more remote history of the pioneer ancestors of the Fretz family and their immediate descendants from father to son, down to the fourth generation. It is to be regretted that the records are not more complete. Owing to a lack of interest in the matter, some for reasons best known to themselves, failed to respond to inquiries for information. It is also desirable to preserve in a convenient form accounts of the several Fretz family reunions so far held, together with the addresses delivered that are available, and to collect together and insert all available portraits of descendants of the family. The author acknowledges himself indebted to the many friends for furnishing him with valuable information, and while we express our sincere gratitude to all who in any way aided us, we especially acknowledge our indebtness to those who have very materially aided us. They are Dr. C. D. Fretz, of Sellersville, Pa., Rev. A. M. Fretz, Reuben G. Fretz, and Quincy A. Fretz, of Bedminster, Pa., Dr. John H. Fretz, of Hagersville, Pa., Dr. A. N. Fretz, of Fleetwood, Pa., J. F. Hendricks, A. M. of Doylestown, Pa., Prof. A. B. Fretz, of Cedar Grove, N. J., Thos. J. Fretz, of Allentown, Pa., and Jacob Fretz, of Fenwick, Ont. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.