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- He received his education in the Egypt schools and was engaged on the farm until the age of seventeen. He then spent two years in learning the coachmaker's trade with Frederick Becker of Catasiuqua. In 1871 he moved to Allentown and engaged in carriage-making with Wolf & Neligh, on North Seventh Street. Later the business was extended on South Seventh Street as Neligh & Newhard. Mr. Neligh subsequently sold his interest in the business and moved to West Point, Nebraska. Meanwhile, Mr. Newhard engaged in the livery business on North Hall Street, and since 1898 had been located on North Church Street, where he stabled 35 horses. He was the oldest liveryman in the city and did the largest business His stables have renovated and were models of neatness, with all modern appliances of the day. He was a member of Jordan Lodge, No. 673, F.&A.M., Allentown Lodge of Elks, Knights of Malta, Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Golden Eagle, Knights of the Mystic Chain, Jr. O.U.A.M., and of Salem Reformed Church. He was in politics as a life-long Democrat.
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