Benjamin Franklin Luckenbill was born (1883) in Wayne Twp. He was the son of Anna Maria (nee Shappell) and Franklin Luckenbill.

Ben and siblings. Ella, Maria, Annie. Jarious(Charles), Albanis, Alice, Jacob and Benjamin.
Sometime prior to 1910 Ben and Ella moved to Dock St. in Sch.Haven. There they raised their family.

Bennie, Isabell, Ella, George, Benjamin, Guy Jr., Anna Miller. Guy, Sue, Ray, Catherine, Popo, Momo, Ray Jr.
He eventually opened a hotel and bar on Dock St.
He was also a longtime member of the Rainbow Hose Co.
Ben passed in 1965.

Ben’s mother Anna Shappell (b 1854) was the daughter of Sallie (nee Oswald) and Samuel Shappell both of North Manheim Twp. No other information is know.

Anna passed in 1927, a resident of Pottsville.

Franklin Luckenbill (b 1855) was the son of Magdelena (nee Nonemacher) and Jacob Luckenbill, both long time residents of Wayne Twp.

Jacob was the son of Daniel Luckenbill, which is an important name to remember if you are going to read the other parts of this post.

Again, the story moves south of the Berks co. line from here.
There should be pictures of Luckenbill’s Bar on Richard Nagle’s website.