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.. ~· ---•-..... ~- ____ ... .. ,~-· . -~ A GENE1\LOGIC1\L I-IISTORY Ko1B, Ku1r 01i CuLP F1\}IILY AND ITS BRANCI-IJ..:S IN AMERICA WITII BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. OF THEIR DESCENDANTS FRO:1.1 THE EARLIEST AVAILABLE RECORDS FROM 1707 TO THE PRESENT TIME, INCLUDING DlELJ\i\AN KOLB IN GERMANY \.VITI-I l'ORTRt\ITS AND OTJ-IER. ILLUSTRATIONS IIV DANIEL KOLB CASSEL ot-• GER~IAN'fOWN, 1'111 J.,\UF.f.l1111A, PRN~SYLV A:-JI A Nmut1~·1•ows, PA.: ~IOllGAN IL Wll,l,'"1, 1'u111.1~11>:" 1!--!~·, Cot•\"ltlOJIT, ]~0;1. BY DANIEi, KOJ.IJ C,\SSEJ., GKlll\tANTO\\•N, P.A. DEDICATED TO TJIE MEMORY OF TJJE DESCENDANTS 01' DIELMA:-1 KOLi! llY DANIEL K. CASSEi. <W GERMANTOWN, 1'1111.AIH:Ll'II IA, INTRODUCTION. The history of the Kolb family in America has hitherto been unpreserved save by personal recollection transmitted from generation to generation and by such information as may be found in f..,mily Bibles, church archives, pubhc records, etc., and "'as fhst being lost to the ,vorld. The ,vant of some ac curate, complete, enduring record of this old and numerous stock has, therefore, long been felt and the undersigned, an1ong other descendants of the blood, finally suggested the co1npilation and publication of a formal history of the fhmily. The collection of the information it ,vas at once apparent ,vould prove a gigantic undertaking and ought to be, placed in the hands of one peculiarly fitted for that kind,of ,vork. • As a person thus fitted it ,vas decided to give the matter under the care of l\lr. San1uel 1(. Cassel, of Blooming Glen, Bucks county, Pa., no,v deceased. After his health ,vas f..,iling he handed all papers and books over to the author to con1plete it, ,vho kindly consented. The ,vork ,vas at once taken up again. Descendants ,vere hunted up, grandf.,thers and grand n1others interviewed, fa1nily Bibles and old documents rum maged, public records searched, hundreds of letters ,vritten, years of labor besto,ved; and at last the information attainable is about all attained, the ,vork goes to press, and to-day ,ve present to posterity and to the ,vorld the fruit of our labors. 'vVe pre;ent the history of a f.,n1ily ,vhose settlement in this country dates ,vay back beyond the Revolution, even to the year I 707, ,vhose descendants have spread not only over every section of this broad land, but over Canada as ,veil, and ,vhose number has already gro,vn into thousands. We pre sent the history of a plain, sturdy, country folk; of an indus- 6 KULP FAMILY. trious, thrifty, upright, Christian people. We present the his tory of an ancestry \\•hereof ,ve.are justly proud and ,vhom ,ve ever delight to honor. vVe present the history of a people ,vhose men1ory posterity may cherish to endless day and ,vhose virtues the ,vorld may ,vell emulate. Up _to the present generation the family produced but fe,v professional n1en. It ,vas a people of peace and quiet. It ,vas a line of unassuming, conscientious sons of toil. Most of them ,vere f.-irmcrs ; a fe,v of then1 adopted some other manual pursuits. But the generation of to-day is not confined to the ,vorkshop and the farm. It graces every ,valk in life. It is represented in every profession. It has ,van high honors among men. It has made its mark in business, in the school-room, in journalisn1, in medicine, at the bar, in the army, on the platform and in the pulpit. God speed the ne,v departure. May the Kolb de scendants freely enter the pursuit for \\1hich their tastes and capabilities may fit them ; may they keep pace ,vlth the car of progress ; n1ay they aspire to every thing that is ,vorthy and honorable ; but may they never forsake the virtues of the f.-ithers and bring shame upon an honored name. May they so live that the very name shall be a passport to respect, con fidence, preferment. Every 111an every hour of his life, ,vhether consciously or unconsciously, is making history, and that history either is to his credit or it is not. May the Kulp pos terity ever bear this truth in their hearts and so live that the • history of the future shall be to them an honor and a blessing. I-loping all honor ,viii be given to the Lord, the genealogy is no,v respectfully submitted to the public. DANIEL I{OLB CASSEL. Germn11tvw11, Phil,uldphin, Pa., J895. PREFACE. The object of the follo,ving genealogy is to preserve from oblivion the more remote history of the pioneer ances tors of the Kolb f.,mily, and to place upon record the names and biographies of their descendants, from fhther to son, do,vn to the present time and generation. For many years the author of this ,vork felt a desire to kno,v more about his an cestry, and the particulars connected ,vith his progenitors and their descendants than the meager legends and traditions related to him by individual n1embers of his o,vn f.,mily. Consequently during the last fe,v years he collected such facts and data as ,vere accessible. It ,vas the original inten tion to prepare a history of his o,vn branch of the f.,mily only, but l1aving been deeply interested in the ,vork himself, he also naturally a,vakened a like interest in individuals of the other branches ; it \\'as then decided to make the history a general one by collecting and introducing all f.,cts that could be so arranged ,vithout making the ,vork too expensive and voluminous. The actual \\•ork, ho,vever, of compiling this history ,vas not begun until about A. D. I 879. The task, an arduous one, \\'as undertaken none too soon. It should have been begun years ago, ,vhile there ,vere yet living those of the third generation, ,vho could have given more 'satisfactory inforn1ation of the early ancestors that ,vould be of great interest and value to the ,vork, but ,vhich ,vith their demise is forever lost. Already the ancestral thread ,vas lost to n1any ,vho ,vere unable to trace their lineage f.,rther than to the grandf.,ther or ,vere totally una,vare of the f.,ct that they ,vere in any ,vay connected ,vith the l(olb family. Had the author been a,vare of the gigantic proportions the ,vork ,vould assume in tracing the branches and ,,·here- 8 KULP FAMILY. abouts of many of the descendants and collecting the neces sary information it is more than probable the ,vork ,vould never have been undertaken. It is to be regretted that the records are not more complete in tnany of the branches. O,ving to a lack of interest in the matter some, for reasons best kno\\'n to themselves, h'tiled to respond to inquiries for information concerning their respective fa1nilies, thereby caus ing these defects. The ,vork has been prepared at a greater sacrifice of time than ,vas anticipated. I-lad all pron1ptly responded to com munications the ,vork "'ould have been far easier. The ,vriter is h'tr from satisfied \\0 ith the result of the ,vork. I-le is a,vare that in1perfections exist, but pleads in extenuation of the fact that the difficulties ,vt·re insurmountable. The author ackno,vledges himself indebted to the many friends for.kind f."tvors received during the compilation of this ,vork, and ,vhile \\'e express our sincere gratitude to all ,vho in any ,vay aided us ,ve especially ackno,vledge our indebted ness to those ,vho have very 111aterially aided us. They are as follo,vs: George Brubaker I{ulp, attorney-at-la,v, \Vilkes barre, Luzerne county, Pa.; Samuel K. Cassel, of Bloon1ing Glen; Catharine I(olb, of Lucon (no,v91 years old), especially for valuable infonnation ,vhich could not have been obtained through any other source; also. Jonathan Kolb, of Chester county, anc! Jacob I{olb, ·canada; John l{ulp and Abraham I{ulp, of Kulpsvillc, and many others; also fron1 an old family record of the De Vossen f.'tmilv.• \Vith these re1narks let the ,vork go forth into the ,vorld. I-loping all honor ,vill be given to the Lord the genealogy is no,v respectfully subn1itted to the public. DANIEL I{OLB CASSEL. G,rma11tow11, Ph11adelplu'a, /'a., 189.5, EXPLANATIONS. I. The arrangen1ent of this ,vork is selected from the best arranged f.,mily records found in the Pennsylvania His torical Society an1ung about six hundred c9pics and is ap proved by many historians. 2. The volun1e comtnences ,vith an introduction and all necessary prelin1inary n1atter. 3. Genealogy comn1ences ,vith Dielman J(olb, of \Volfs hein1, Baden, Gern1any, and the;: genealogical nun1bering be gins \\'ith hin1 as No. I, his children in An1crica No. 2, &c. 4. The reader ,viii find three colun1ns of figures in front of each f.,n1i!,y nan1e ; the first designates the generation, the second is a continuous or individual nun1ber running through the entire ,vork, designating each nan1e by its particular num ber, for reference. 5. The third or last colun111 gives the nun1bcr of chil dren in each f.,n1ily. 6. The nan1e of the head of each f.,1nily is in capital letters and follo,vcd _by the \\'hole line of descent. 7. The nan1es of the children arc given in italics. 8. The sn1all figures found over particular nan1es denote the generation. ABBREVIATIONS. b. born. m. married. d. died or dead. ISSUe.• children born. occ. occupation. ?. query. res.