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The Fisher-Stombaugh Families THE FISHER-STOMBAUGH FAMILIES AND ALLIED LINEAGES OF MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA 1715 - 1949 BY FLORENCE HEPP PETERSEN In Collaboration with Her Husband Elmore Petersen lt is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. --Plutarch 854 Fifteenth Street Boulder, Colorado January 195() Copyright 1950 by Florence Hepp Petersen All rights reserved: This book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced without the written permission of the author.,,. ...... Lithoprint,d in U.S.A. University Lithoprinters, Ypsilanti, Michigan 1950 THE FISHER-STOMBAUGH FAMILIES AND ALLIED LINEAGES OF MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA "'z 0 H 8 ~ SlllON ~ Philip :-: ii:ffia'tiii"iii•:•:• 1 d.1760 .•:•:•:•:•:•:•:(?):•:•:•:•:•:•:•: ltlizabeth 2 d, 1820 3 4 5 6 7 To My Mother: ELIZABETH STOMBAUGH HEPP This Book is Affectionately Dedicated-­ Florence Hepp Peter sen Typical Art Design of the Pennsylvania Dutch Colonial Period OUR GENEALOGY Stella P. Baisch (6-176) Of times and seasons through the passing years We read the records our forefathers made: Through days of peace and plenty, war and tears In eras bright with joy or dim with shade. To young America in days of yore They came, with faith and courage, stout of heart, With hope that high adventure was in store, With trust that Freedom never would depart. From lands beyond the sea they brought the song, The folklore and the wisdom of the heart; The handicrafts that to the old belong, The zeal of youth to build in every art. To Freedom's holy soil they brought the seed Bestowed by Luther, Wesley, Calvin, Huss, With roots of Christian doctrine and of creed, To pass the sacred heritage to us. From Runnymede's bright meadow shone the light When Magna Carta' s Liberty was born; Of William Tell in drama glowing bright, The glorious country of the Matterhorn. The love of Freedom, brought from many a land, United lives of similar taste and aim, Inspired all to add with heart and hand The precious treasures of a cherished name. W e--reap in cumulative craft and kind The riches that our ancestry laid by-- The hybrids of their Health and Heart and Mind Their love of Truth and Beauty from on High. We give a toast to every loving soul, The great, great, great, great, greats, now gone before; They walked a steady way to reach their goal, May we advance their progress more and more. Parkston, South Dakota May 23, 1948 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chart of Ancestral Families iv Dedication ..... vii "Our Genealogy" ix List of Illustrations . xiii Key to Numbering and Abbreviations xvii PART I Acknowledgments and Historical Background Chapter I Sources and Acknowledgments ..... 3 II Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Germans 7 III Early Settlements in America .. 17 IV The Maryland Germans •..... 25 V The Responsibility of Citizenship 31 PART II The Fisher Lineage VI The Fisher Lineage Generation I 37 VII The Fisher Lineage Generation II 55 VIII The Fisher Lineage Generation Ill. 65 IX The Fisher Lineage Generation IV. 75 X The Fisher Lineage Generation V . l O l XI The Fisher Lineage Generation V (Concluded). 121 XII The Fisher Lineage Generation VI. 149 XIII The Fisher Lineage Generation VI (Continued) 175 XIV The Fisher Lineage Generation VI ( Concluded) 197 xv The Fisher Lineage Generation VII 207 XVI The Fisher Lineage Generation VII (Continued) 233 XVII The Fisher Lineage Generation VII (Concluded). 255 XVIII The Fisher Lineage Generations VIII - IX 263 PART III The Hildebrand Lineage XIX The Hildebrand Lineage Generation I 289 xx The Hildebrand Lineage -- Generations II - VII 303 PART IV The Simon, Cramer, and Hovis Lineages XXI The Simon, Cramer, and Hovis Generations ..... 313 PART V The Stombaugh Lineage XXII The Stombaugh Lineage Generations I - III 321 XXIII The Stombaugh Lineage Generation IV . 335 XXIV The Stombaugh Lineage Generations V - VI 347 xxv The Stombaugh Lineage Generations VII - VIII 365 Index 37 3 xi LIST OF ILLUSTRA TlONS Charts Chap. Ancestral Family Names p. iv Glatfelter Lineage XIX Holt-Harbison-Foresman-Fisher Family Relationship VIII Hornbaker Generations XXIII Coats of Arms Clark XXIII Conrad VII Fisher VI Hepp XII Hildebrand XIX Stombaugh XXII Drawings Conestoga Wagon III Old-Time Church Service III "Pennsylvania Dutch" Art Design p. viii Pioneer Church (c) 1840, (Ind.) IX Sailing Vessel of the 18th Century II To Church on Horseback III (Note: End pieces at the close of chapters and other ornaments used through­ out the book, are authentic representations of "Pennsylvania Dutch" illustrative designs and symbols.) Facsimile Documents Fisher, George the Elder: Will, 1797 VI Petition to Form a New County in Maryland, (c) 1782 VI Stombaug)!., Keturah: Educational Certificates XXIV Carroll Co., Md., and York Co., Pa.: Ancestral Localities VIII Frederick and Washington Counties, Md., and Franklin Co., Pa.: Ancestral Localities XXII Henry and Wayne Counties, Ind,: Ancestral Localities IX Hildebrand and Pioneer Neighbors, York Co., Pa. XIX Migration Routes, Pennsylvania and Maryland IX Palatinate States, 1711 II Pennsylvania and Maryland Counties Settled by German Colonists IV Switzerland XIX Westward Migration of Pioneer Ancestors V York Co., Pa.: Ancestral Localities XIX Photographs--Buildings Dickover, Samuel: Indiana Home IX Dill, John S.: Indiana Home IX Fisher, Benjamin: Indiana Barn IX Fisher, Benjamin: Indiana Home IX Fisher, Benjamin, Jr.: Dresser Made of Many Woods X Fisher, Michael: Mill Site in Carroll Co., Md. VII Fisher, Michael: Old Mill, Carroll Co., Md. VII xiii Greencastle, Ia., School House IX Hildebrand, John: Homestead in York Co., Pa. xx Jerusalem Church, Bachman's Valley, Carroll Co., Md. VI Myers, Moses: Indiana Home IX Pleasant Hill Church, Wayne Co., Ind. IX Settler's House, Wayne Co., Ind. IX Stombaugh, Solomon: Indiana Home IX Zion Evangelical Church, Indianapolis, Ind. IX Photographs--Gravestones Fisher, Christina Hovis ( 1868) Vlll Fisher, George ( 1848) VIII Fisher, Gideon H. ( 1848) VIII Fisher, Michael ( 1799) vu Fisher, Rachael Lamotte ( 1813) and husband, George ( 1856) IX Hildebrand, Barbara ( 1794) XIX Hildebrand, Elizabeth Simon ( 1820) xx Hildebrand, Felix ( 1820) xx Hildebrand, Johannes (1783) XIX Steffey, Albert ( 1848) VIII Stombaugh, George (1852) XXII Photographs--Persons Bachman, Walter H. xv Bachman, Zola Hepp xv Baisch, Stella Pfeiffer XIII Baker, Kezia Fisher X Baumgartner, Samuel Henry and Kezia Keiper XII Bowans, Michael X Bowans, Sybella X Carr, Elizabeth May Fisher XII Cartwright, Leonora Stombaugh XXIII Clements, Rebecca Fair XI Clements, Wilbur Fiske XI Cummings, John and Keziah Fisher XII Dickover, Eleanor Fisher X Dimmitt, Robert Cassel and Lydia Fair (marriage) Dimmitt, Robert Cassel and Lydia Fair XI Fair, Elias D. XI Fair, George W. XI Fair, Henry and Children: Clara and Fred XI Fair, Sarah Giltner XI Fisher, Adam X Fisher, Benjamin and Elizabeth IX Fisher, Benjamin, Jr. X Fisher, Daniel IX Fisher, Earl Vernon XII Fisher, Edward and Harriet Lint X Fisher, Ellen Steffey XI Fisher, Frank and Della XIII Fisher, Gideon, Sarah Ellen (wife), Eliza and Sarah Ann (sisters) X Fisher, Iola X Fisher, Iola and Viola XII Fisher, John Huffman XI Fisher, Joseph IX Fisher, Levi Peter XI Fisher, Lydia Dill X Fisher, Maria Catherine XI Fisher, Michael IX xiv Fisher, Rebecca IX Fisher, Rosanna Myers X Fisher, Sarah Ann IX Fisher, Silas and Phyanna XI Freehafer, Allen 0. XIV -Freehafer, George W. XI Fuller, Jemimah Bowans XII Hepp, Claude William xv Hepp, Elizabeth Stombaugh p. vii Hepp, Estella, Maylon, Florence and Esther (1894) XII Hepp, Frederick Carl (1931) XII Hepp, Frederick C. and Elizabeth (1883) XII Hepp, Frederick C. and Elizabeth with Children: Maylon, Estella, and Florence ( 1890) XII Hepp, George xv Hepp, Helen Fink xv Hepp, John Henry XII Hepp, Maylon H. xv Hepp, Maylon and Estella ( 1889) XII Hepp, Virgil Eugene xv Hildebrand, Anna Maria xx Hildebrand, Jacob xx Keiper, Jacob and Sarah Ann X Laudig, Arza Byron and Berniece Ione XIII Leakey, Ephraim XXIV Lowen, Keturah Stombaugh XXIV Lowenberg, Ellen Fair XI Manchester, Mary Jane Fisher XI Miller, Frank and Alice Fisher XII Myers, Albert Cook XIV Myers, Elizabeth Toner IX Petersen, Elmore xv Petersen, Florence Hepp xv Pfeiffer, Godfrey XI Pfeiffer, Laura Belle XIII Pfeiffer, Sarah Fair XI Pickett, Bishop J. Waskom xv Pickett, Ruth Robinso1, xv Riley, Esther Hepp xv Riley, Theodore- and Esther Hepp xv Robinson, Bishop John Wesley and Elizabeth Fisher and daughter, Ruth XII Schreiber, Rev. John F. X Schreiber, Rev. John F. and Family XII Schreiber, Maria Fisher X Stauffer, Francis Gilbert and Elizabeth Keiper XII Steffey, Josiah. XI Steffey, Martin Luther XI Steffey, Rev. Michael and Family IX Stombaugh, Eliza Fisher X Stombaugh, Elizabeth (age 16) XII Stombaugh, Eve XXIII Stombaugh, Finley S. XXIII Stombaugh, George X Stombaugh, George XXIV Stombaugh, Joanna XII Stombaugh, John XXIII Stombaugh, Lovina XXIV Stombaugh, Lovina, Sarah Ann, Isabelle, and Catherine XXIV Stombaugh, Philip XXllI Stombaugh, Susannah Hernley XXIII Thompson, Estella Hepp xv xv Thompson, William Henry xv Will, Silas XI Will, Mary Ann Fair XI Wingert, Elizabeth Fisher X Wingert, Rev. John Phillip X Wiseman, Enos XI Wiseman, Mary Elizabeth XI Wolfgang, Anna Mary Fisher and daughter, Eliza Lida Keiser IX Wolfgang, George XIII Wolfgang, James Otto, son and grandson XVI xvi KEY TO NUMBERING AND ABBREVIATIONS The usefulness of a published genealogy hinges upon its index and the key that has b-een devised whereby persons may readily find their own names in the record, their generations, ancestors and other family data. We believe this pur­ pose has been achieved in the present work. The scheme is a simple one, and should be workable without difficulty by any reader. By way of illustration, let us follow, step by step, an actual personal record selected at random. GENEALOGY OF FAITH FISHER Step l. Reference to the index shows that Faith's name is recorded on page 275 Turning to that page we find it in Chap.
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