Hans George Bechtel arrived in Pennsylvania in 1728 and helped found the Hereford Mennonite Church in Bally, PA.  A monument recognizing him stands in the cemetery across the street to the southeast of the church building.

http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/hereford_mennonite_church_bally_pennsylvania_usa

The original Hans George Bechtel plantation occupied land at today’s intersection of Niantic Road and Pine Street, a little more than half a mile southeast of the church building.  Isaac Bechtel, whose gravestone stands in the cemetery in Bally, may have also lived on this land.

http://www.bechtelfamily.com/site/gbland.html

By the 1860s, Isaac Bechtel’s grandson, Jacob B Bechtel, had acquired land and had established a farm in Gablesville, PA, about 5 miles to the southwest.  The Jacob B Bechtel farm occupied land that today is at the intersection of North Funk Road and West Philadelphia Avenue.  Jacob B Bechtel and John Bliem Bechtel lived in two houses on this property and Andrew Shelly Bechtel and his younger brother Harvey were both born there.  The houses remained in the possession of Harvey Bechtel’s children until the mid-1980s.  This is a photo of the farm taken when the barn between the two houses was still intact. 

Bechtel Farm, Gablesville, PA

The next 10 photos from the album:

Photo 11: taken in Reading, PA

Photo 12: already been identified as John Bliem Bechtel (1840-1912), photo taken in Norristown, PA.

Photo 13: taken in Quakertown, PA

Photo 14: taken by William Nick, travelling artist

Photo 15: taken by William Nick, travelling artist

Photo 16: taken in Boyertown, PA

Photo 17: taken in Boyertown, PA.  Making his first appearance in this shot with (presumably) his wife, the gentleman above appears in the album in 3 separate photos.

Photo 18: taken in Quakertown, PA

Photo 19: taken in Allentown, PA

Photo 20: unknown origin