The Fisher-Stombaugh Families

THE FISHER-STOMBAUGH FAMILIES

AND ALLIED LINEAGES

OF MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA

1715 - 1949

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

Lithoprint,d in U.S.A. University Lithoprinters, Ypsilanti, Michigan 1950 THE FISHER-STOMBAUGH FAMILIES

AND ALLIED LINEAGES

OF MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA

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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

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. XVIII, and that she carries the serial number of 9-241, which places her in Generation IX, No. 241. No other person has that number: 9-241. In this place the record further gives two generations back of Faith Fisher. It relates that her father is Albert Paul Fisher, Serial No. 8-368, and that her grandfather is Ralph F. Fisher, Serial No. 7-252.

Step 2. To determine the ancestry back of Ralph F. Fisher we refer again to the index and we find his name appears first on page 184; that is in Chap. XIII. Since no one else in the book has No. 7-252, we know our identifi cation is correct. The record shows that Ralph's father was Daniel Fisher, Serial No. 6-145, and his grandfather was John H. Fisher, Serial No. 5-34.

Step 3.· The next step is to locate John H. Fisher. The index shows his name first appears in Chap. IX, page 89. By his Serial No. 5-34, we discover his father to be George Fisher, Serial No. 4-4, and his grandfather to have the same name, George Fisher, Serial No. 3-1. We are now back to the old Squire of Codorus Twp., York Co., Pa.

Step 4. Since the Third Fisher Generation is written up in Chap. VIII, we turn to it. Qn the first page· of that chapter, George, No. 3-1, is listed as the son of Michael Fisher, Serial No. 2-3. Michael is the miller of Carroll Co., Md.

Step 5. The Second and First Generations of the Fishers are contained in Chaps. VII and VI, respectively. In them it is shown that Michael, No. 2-3, is the son of George Fisher, Serial No. 1-1, the pioneer immigrant ancestor.

In summary, the genealogy that has been traced for Faith Fisher, is as follows:

Faith Fisher Serial No. 9-241, dau. of Albert Paul Fisher Serial No. 8-378, son of Ralph F. Fisher Serial No. 7-252, son of Daniel Fisher Serial No. 6-145, son of John H. Fisher Ee rial No. 5- 34, son of George Fisher Serial No. 4- 4, son of George Fisher Serial No. 3- 1, son of Michael Fisher Serial No. 2- 3' son of George Fisher Serial No. 1- l.

xvii ABBREVIATIONS

Except for standard abbreviations, commonly recognized and accepted for such items as the names of states, months of the year, political subdivisions, and other contractions in general use, created abbreviations have been used sparingly.

(*) author's ancestor b. born (c) circa, "about", with dates d. died (?) unknown or lacking m. married ch. church bur. buried ct. court cem. cemetery bk. book rec. record bap. baptized Ref. Reformed dau. daughter Luth. Lutheran Ger. German spon. sponsored

xviii PART I

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

I hear the tread of pioneers, Of nations yet to be-- The first low rush of marching feet Where soon will roll a human sea. - -Selected.

Chapter I

SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The purpose of this book is twofold. Its dominant aim is to trace as completely as possible, the genealogy of what is here called the Fisher-Stombaugh Families. The approach to these lineages is made through the branch of which my mother, Mrs. Fred C. Hepp, nee Elizabeth Stombaugh, of Long Beach, California, is a member. They have been chosen as the core of this story, first, because the record is complete from present generations to their origins in America; and second, because of the prominence achieved by many persons in each generation.

It would be incorrect to assume that because the Fisher-Stombaugh families have been selected as the titular ancestral lines, that other supporting families have been neglected or overlooked. Quite the contrary is true. Neither time, effort nor expense have been spared in the effort to trace every family which has a direct connection to our subject, to its beginning in America. The result is that the reader of these pages will find illuminating records, fully documented, covering other family names such as Hildebrand, Hornbaker, Hovis, Simon, Gladfelter, Cramer and Young. Names that are known of early direct families but concerning which there are wide gaps or only meager data available, are Wagner, Lehr, and Conrad. In these latter areas there is room for a great deal of fruitful research.

The second purpose of this book goes beyond that of personal and family interest. While the story written here is the recorded history of one group of people through which, for two centuries in America, has flowed a common blood stream, yet its implications may well be regarded as a segment of the social history of our country. None of the characters described have been national heroes or great political figures. Rather all of them, especially in colonial times and in the days of the Westward Movement, were men and women sturdy, indus trious, and courageous, the real human stuff of which our country is made. To know them intimately, and others like them by means of a genealogy is to be able to more adequately and correctly interpret the American nation.

The maternal derivation of this genealogy has already been mentioned. The paternal family, Hepp, has also been included, but its record is necessarily brief for the reason that the original one directly involved, John Henry Hepp, came to America about 1850, a century or more after this story opens. It should be said, however, that there are indications that the Hepp family stems from signif icant origins in Germany, and should there by chance be readers of this book who possess authentic information concerning this line, such material will be gratefully received by this author. This request also applies to all other families named in which gaps and omissions are apparent.

A genealogy has little or no value unless it is authentic. This does not mean that tradition and family lore have no place in a history of this kind. Inci dents and characterizations which have been handed down from generation to generation are tremendously useful in rounding out and completing the whole story of a given individual. They often furnish both details and high-lights to a written portrait which would otherwise be stark and barren.

Yet one principle has been consistently adhered to in compiling this record. Every bit of information has been subjected to those searching questions: what is the evidence; where is proof to be found?

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An investigator of family records soon discovers where to look for data and upon what types of source material he can rely with assurance. It must be remembered that vital statistics of an official nature, such as we know them today, are recent procedures. Public records of births and deaths are devices of the twentieth century, and marriage license dockets are not to be found prior to 1800, and are rare enough before 1850. Therefore, when one delves into the past of a century or more ago, one must search elsewhere for documentary evidence. Fortunately, our ancestors are a matter of record in most instances. The searcher comes to have the feeling that every person, no matter how obscure in his daily life, has been written down somewhere if only the record itself could be found.

In order to trace the genealogies with which we are here concerned, espe cially the main lines in the first century of their existence in this country, the following sources of information have been found to be most useful, ( 1) public records in county court houses, especially land transactions, wills, administrators' and executors' accounts, and the dockets of orphans' courts; (2) church fecords, particularly those kept by early pastors, often recorded in the German language and script in books now seared with age but containing indispensable records of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and communicants; and (3) closely related to the church records have been the inscriptions, often in German, on gravestones in ancient churchyards and burial grounds, some of which have been found in fields, woods and other long-forgotten places.

To secure the information these invaluable sources have to yield, it was our experience that the most satisfactory way to use them was to see them and to study them personally. Accordingly, three visitations in 1940, and 1942 and 1948 of some weeks each, were made to the very places where our ancestors lived, wrought, died and were buried. These journeys took us to the following counties in Pennsylvania: York, Franklin, Bedford, Blair, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Chester, Bucks and Berks. In Maryland we found fruitful sources in the counties of Balti more, Carroll, Frederick and Washington. In Indiana, Henry, Hamilton and Wayne counties were the principal locations, and in Iowa, Jasper, Shelby and Audubon counties. It should be stated that in every court house visited, and a great many hours and days were spent in them, courteous attention and helpfulness were the rule and never the exception.

One of the most important sources of information was the library of the York County -Historical Society in York, Pennsylvania. This collection includes transcriptions of all available church records in the county, and the vital data of every known York County gravestone. In addition, there are files of old news papers, carefully indexed, and sets of biographical and genealogical works, all of which were found useful. The author is deeply indebted to Mr. Henry J. Young, Director of the Society; to Mrs. Alice E. Starner, Librarian; and to Mrs. Edith Beard Cannon, Researcher, for their valuable assistance.

Other historical libraries in which personal researches were made were the State Historical Library at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; the Peabody Institute and Maryland Historical Library, both in Baltimore; and the Hall of Records in Annapolis, Maryland.

There is another class of source material, more personal in nature, from which valuable data have been gleaned. In this class first to be mentioned are old Bible records. Our ancestors were deeply religious; to them, births, deaths and marriages were sacramental incidents worthy to be recorded in the family Bible on pages provided for that purpose. It is unfortunate that later generations have not preserved more carefully these ancient scriptures and the family records they con tained. Sometimes we have found them relegated to attics when they deserve places of greater prominence and safety.

Also of a personal nature are diaries kept by some of our ancestors who were inclined to record dates and events which seemed important to them as they 5 lived their daily lives. One of these has come down from the Reverend Joseph Fisher (1821-1897) to his descendants, and has been made available to me by the confidence of Professor LeRoy Hope Baumgardner of Yale University, to whom I hereby express my gratitude.

Of a similar nature, though not so formal and precise, are the verbal and written recollections of aged persons whose memories have been the repositories of family lore, facts and figures as true as if recorded on parchment. (Subsequent verification attest their accuracy.) Foremost among these are Mrs. J. W. Cart wright (Leonora Stombaugh, daughter of John Stombaugh) of blessed memory. From this dear old lady, who passed away in her ninety-first year at the home of her nieces, Mrs. Inez Frank and the late Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell in Liberty, Indiana, came much first-hand information about the Stombaugh line. It was my privilege to hear her relate these things, and to write down her quaint words as I visited with her a few short months before her death in 1941. To her goes my undying gratitude, as well as to Mrs. Frank and her sister for their hospitality and cooperation.

From Mrs. Estella Steffey Ecki of Dayton, Ohio, has come similar infor mation, handed down to her from her grandfather, Michael Steffey. Likewise, contributions of material have been received from Mrs. Mildred Fisher Gore of Chicago, valuable data recalled by her aunt, Mrs. Florence Crane Newton, of things related by her mother, Maria Fisher Botefuhr. My thanks are due to Mrs. Ecki and Mrs. Gore for their special help.

Invaluable contributions have also been received from three particular researchers who merit special mention. One is Dr. Albert Cook Myers of Moylan, Pennsylvania, eminent Pennsylvania historian, authority on William Penn, and expert in the history of the Colonial and Revolutionary period. His maternal ancestry stems from the original Fishers, a circumstance which has led him to uncover important source material. Another is Dr. Charles T. Zahn, noted physicist of Washington, D. C. For many years Dr. Zahn has pursued a fruitful avocation or hobby of recovering and translating the pastoral records of the earliest German churches in Pennsylvania and Maryland. A third and younger researcher is Charles H. Glat felter of Glenrock, Pennsylvania. Along with his academic studies at Gettysburg College and Johns Hopkins University, Mr. Gladfelter has made definite determina tions of family relationships and land holdings of his own forebears and other families bearing the names of Gladfelter, Hildebrand and Cramer, all of whom have a direct connection with this family history. These three gentlemen have generously made available the products of their own work for use in rounding out the story presented here.

There remains to be acknowledged another class of sources most volum inous of all, namely, the responses to hundreds of letters sent out to descendants of the various families whenever and wherever their names and addresses could be determined. Enclosed with such letters were formal genealogy blanks, easy to fill out and invaluable in compiling the desired family record. Frequently, when returns to inquiries of this kind were received, explanatory letters accompanied the more formal documents.

It is impracticable to mention each of these correspondents by name in this place. To all of them the author of this book is profoundly grateful. This story of our family would have been sketchy and barren indeed without such un stinted cooperation. Because of the special services they have rendered, however, there must be mentioned my obligations to the following: Mrs. Berniece Fisher Laudig, of Noblesville, Indiana; Mrs. Nellie Johnson Harshman, of Middletown, Maryland; Mr. Allan 0. Freehafer, of Dayton, Ohio; Miss Nettie Miller, of Ottumwa, Iowa; the late Mrs. B. G. Lynch, of Westminister, Maryland; Mr. James Otto Wolfgang, of Indianapolis, Indiana; Mrs. Stella Baisch, of Parkston, South Dakota; Mrs. Florence Crane Newton, of Detroit, Michigan; Mrs. Marguerite Bogle, of Long Beach, California; Mr. Newton Schaal, of Berthoud, Colorado; Mrs. Rosetta Schwalm, 6

of Baldwin, Kansas; Mrs. Presada Zeisset, of Leonardville, Kansas; .Mrs. Louise Carrie Schneider, of Cullman, Alabama; Miss Laura Mabel Dimmitt, of Huntington Park, California; and Miss Letha Lowen, of St. Joseph, Missouri.

It must also be recorded that my unreserved thanks go to my parents for their matchless contributions. Before his death in 1932, my father, Fred C. Hepp, related much of the Hepp family history to me which it was my privilege to write down as he told it. Because of her age, my mother, Elizabeth Stombaugh Hepp, has drawn upon her memory to span four score years thereby revealing incidents and facts that would otherwise have been lost.

One final word needs to be said. This project has not been without its disappointments. One disappointment has been the lack of information about their ancestry on the part of many persons now living and to whom communications have been sent. Too often, sometimes almost to the point of despair, letters have come back with the discouraging report that even grandparents are unknown or at best, largely legendary. Another disappointment has been the failure to receive any response whatever from persons who are known to be members of this great family. Survey blanks have been sent out and letters written to them with the urgent solic itation for data, however meager. The failure to respond to such requests obvi ously have left "living vacuums" in the story.

Hence, the family record contained in this book is by no means complete. The main stems are there, but many branches are missing. It is the earnest hope of the author that the account presented here may stimulate many others in our line to make investigations for themselves in order to fill in the blank spaces; and to extend the record even farther into the distant past, or to bring it down to uate where conclusions seem to be abrupt. Of such persons I am especially solicitous that they may communicate with me freely and frequently.

A careful perusal of this book will reveal the fact that our family names are worth our attention; our ancestors merit our pride; they lived lives of use fulness and .service, with unbounded faith in and devotion to the land of their adoption and the nation which they and their descendants have helped to build. May the future generations of these families, the records of which are hereby in part preserved, carry on the story thus begun, long after we of this generation have joined the great spiritual company of our fathers.

Boulder, Colorado Florence Hepp Petersen. June, 1949 Chapter II

PENNSYLVANIA AND THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS

When Benjamin Franklin stood before the Parliament of Great Britain in 1766, and reported that, in his opinion, one-third of the white population of Pennsylvania were Germans, the group of which he spoke then included many of the persons whose names and families are described in this book. They were c,.mtemporaries of Franklin, their oath of allegiance to the British. Crown was the same as his, and their life and environment paralleled those of many persons who loom large on the pages of American history. Who were these Germans, and whence and why did they come to Pennsylvania?

WILLIAM PENN, PROPRIETOR AND FOUNDER

Politically, there was no Germany during the period of American coloniza tion. Instead, Middle Europe was a confederation of small kingdoms, duchies and principalities more or less loosely bound together and designated as "German" because of the bond of a common language. It was from these remnants of the old Holy Roman Empire that the colonists came to "Penn's Woods". They were early called "Dutch" by the Engli&h who had preceded them. This word is merely a corruption of the more ancient one, "Deutsch", meaning the "folk".

Every schoolboy knows that Pennsylvania takes its name from William Penn, the Quaker who came to the new world to explore a vast tract of land of which he had accidentally become possessed. King Charles II of England had incurred heavy financial debts from Admiral William Penn, William's father. These debts were never fully repaid before the elder Penn's death. To settle the Penn indebtedness, Charles II had to deal with the son of the old Admiral, but instead of paying him eighty thousand pounds sterling, he granted to William Penn a vast region in the American colonies, which soon became known as .. Penn's Woods". This grant was made in 1681. It was an unexplored territory, inhabited by tribes of Indians belonging to The Six Nations. Its resources and potentialities were unknown to both king and grantee; even its boundaries were indefinite.

In 1682 William Penn came to the New World to view his newly acquired proprietorship. His treaty with the Indians and the foundling of the "City of Brotherly Love" need not be elaborated here. But with all of his Quaker instincts, Penn was a business man. He realized that if he was to benefit financially by this grant of land, he must convert the wilderness into farms, towns and building lots. In short, he must enter the real estate business on a large scale. He would have to find colonists who could be induced to brave the dangers of a hazardous ocean voyage; he would have to find them in new "markets" because England was already exploited by proprietors of similar grants in other colonies; and he would have to advertise with vigorous persuasion.

The first stroke of genius in his advertising campaign was to find a better name for his new domain. Penn's Woods was not an attractive title, though it was truly descriptive. His lands were heavily timbered, to be sure. Then why not adopt the name of the fabled diety of the wood, Sylvanus? And there he had it, Pennsylvania (Penn's sylvania) would be the name.

With all of his business acumen, William Penn was a religious man, a. devout Quaker. His faith espoused tolerance and freedom from oppression. If this conscience of the Quaker could find expression, it in itself would be a strong advertisement for colonization in Pennsylvania. Oppressed peoples were not far 7 8 to seek. Europe was full of them, especially in the Palatinate in the Rhine valley, which had been desolated by successive wars for three-quarters of a century.

William Penn had traveled in these German lands. In fact, his mother was herself a German. He had formed a high opinion of the industry and fortitude of the farmers and craftsmen of the Palatinate. Moreover, he was deeply in sympathy with those who suffered religious and economic persecution for he had found that the Mennonites and other members of the "plain sects", held religious beliefs similar to those of the Quakers. Of them he once wrote, "They are very near the Truth."

It was almost instinctive, therefore, that it should be on the continent of Europe among these German speaking peoples that William Penn should issue his invitation to come and colonize his Pennsylvania. Not only would these folk make desirable settlers in an unbroken wilderness from a material point of view, but at the same time, they would be able to worship God as they saw fit, a consider ation of importance to Proprietor Penn.

THE PALATINATE AND THE PALATINES

In the late seventeenth century, strictly speaking, the Palatinate consisted of three contiguous districts cut through by the Rhine River and lying in the south western part of what is now recognized as Germany. These were Darmstadt, Worms, and Spires. However, since the word "Palatine" later became the designa tion of all the German immigrants to Pennsylvania, and their homeland the "Palatinate". it is important to indicate all of the territories from which our an cestors came. A pamphlet printed in 17 11 lists them as Darmstadt, Hanau, Nurem burg, Baireuth, Wurzberg, Mayence, Treves, Spires, Worms, Hesse-Darmstadt, Zweibrucken, Nassau, Alsace, Baden and Wurttemberg.

NORTH SEA GERMANY

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Map Showing the Gertnan States of the So-Called" Palatinate" in 1711 9

CAUSES OF PALATINE MIGRATION

In order to discover why the invitation issued by William Penn met with ready response, and why for more than half a century afterwards, tens of thou sands of people shook the dust of the Old World off their feet to find opportunity and sanctuary in the wilderness of a new world, it is necessary to review briefly the history of Europe of that period. In this history are to be found the causes for the continuous stream of emigration, which may be summarized as follows: ( 1) war devastation, (2) heavy taxation, (3) religious quarrels and persecution, (4) land hunger on the part of the elderly and desire for adventure on the part of the young, (5) liberal advertising on the part of the proprietor, including flattering reports by letters and other reports from earlier settlers, (6) benevolent and active cooperation on the part of the British home and colonial governments, and (7) an extraordinary severe winter in 1708-1709.

Long before William Penn became the proprietor of Pennsylvania, the lands of the Palatinate had suffered devastations by one war after another. The first of these was the Thirty Years' War which ended in 1648. This war left the people in the Rhineland prostrate. Some authorities have estimated that two-thirds of the population perished, and that an equal proportion of the livestock and other forms of personal property were consumed by soldiers or wantonly destroyed.

The Palatines were a hardy race, and in spite of their sufferings, they made a remarkable recovery. Prosperity for them, however, was short-lived. In 1672 a new war broke out between Holland and France, and again the Palatinate was subjected to the ravages of contending armies. For six years the struggle continued. Louis XIV of France ordered the Palatinate to be thoroughly and systematically devastated in order that it might be rendered useless to his enemies. The result was that the survivors of fire and pillage had little left when the war ended in 1678.

Then there came a short respite of a decade near the end of which Penn made his first attempt to secure colonists from these devastated peoples for Pennsylvania. He extended his invitation in 1682, and within less; than a year, in 1683, Francis Daniel Pastorius brought over a band of devout Mennonites and established the village of German Town on the outskirts of Philadelphia. In spite of the glowing reports sent back to Europe by Pastorius and some of his group, the number of i_hose who came during the next few years was small, and their immigration ceased altogether when another war, the War of the Palatines, began in 1688.

It was a war of malice, as far as Louis XIV was concerned, He had laid claim to the Palatinate after the war with Holland, only to find that the Palatines were harboring the Huguenots, French Protestants, which the king had expelled from France. The war lasted till 1697, and the fertile lands of the Rhine Valley were laid waste again.

The War of the Palatinate had scarcely closed when the War of the Spanish Succession broke out in 170 l. It lasted for thirteen years, and in the course of it, the French Marshall Villars suddenly descended upon the Palatinate in 1707, plundering and stealing anything and everything of any value to his armies. True, he withdrew in the fall of that year, but the invasion had wiped out the fruits of promising revivals, and it had frustrated the hopes of a people whose only prospect now seemed obliteration.

To the curse of war was added a bitter prank of nature. It is recorded that the winter of 1708- 1709 was the most cruel and severe of a century. The descriptions of it which have come down to us have doubtless grown in the telling of them, yet the truth was bad enough, no matter how exaggerated the fiction. Beginning in October, the cold was intense, and by Novt'mber, it was said to be so cold that fire would not burn in the open, birds froze to death on the wing, and 10

saliva congealed in its fall from the mouth to the ground. The temperature dropped so much that wine and spirits froze solid in their casks, and great rivers like the Seine, the Rhone, and the Rhine, never before ice-bound, were frozen over. It is also said that even the sea along the coasts was covered with ice sufficiently thick to bear loaded carts. Furthermore, the cold weather lasteq well into April, and wheIL spring finally came, the poor farmers found that the frost had killed their vines and fruit trees, major elements in their subsistence.

There were other influences which were disturbing the harassed inhabit ants of the Rhine Valley. One of these was the burden of heavy taxes. The splen dor of the French king at Versailles was dazzling to many a petty ruler in the small German principalities, and in their attempt to imitate the Grand Monarch, the expenses of their lavish living had to be borne by their subjects. Consequently, the taxes which were levied were often so exhausting that the peasants were left without food. The need for money to carry on the never-ending wars already mentioned, added to their troubles.

Of course, the inhabitants of the Palatinate had no money with which to pay their heavy taxes. In lieu thereof, these people on the lands were subjected to crushing conditions and restrictions. For example, each farmer had to work three whole days or six half days each week for his landlord. This landlord must be given a share of all products raised on the land. If the farmer wished to sell his produce, it must first be offered to the landlord, and whatever the farmer wished to buy must be bought from the landlord if he had it to sell.

The landlord extended his power over personal and family affairs as well. He had supervision over the marriage of the farmer's children, and every wedding involved a fine to be paid to the landlord. Moreover, he had the right and power to call into his service, without pay, any peasant's child able to work, nor could such a young person secure work elsewhere without securing a license for him. No one could change his vocation or be away from his home overnight without per mission from the landed master, and extra precautions were taken to prevent voluntary flight and disappearance of these subjects. And finally, the farmer and his sons were subject to military service on call of the ruler.

Along with the rest of their troubles, there was always more or less religious quarrels and persecution. In the nearly two centuries which had inter vened i:dnce the Reformation, Protestantism in various forms, had taken firm hold in western Europe. In the Treaty of Westphalia ( 1648) which marked the end of the Thirty Years' War, three churches were recognized: Catholic, Lutheran, and Calvinist (Reformed). By the end of the seventeenth century, at least two-thirds of the Palatines belonged to the two latter groups of worshippers, and it was persons adhering to these faiths, Ltitherans and Reformed, who made up the bulk of the immigration to Pennsylvania in the early part of the eighteenth century. It seems that German Catholics were not among them.

There were also minor groups of believers among the Protestants, the most important of which were the followers of Menno Simons, the Mennonites, already referred to, and the Anabaptists or Dunkards (sometimes called Brethren). These latter sects were called the "Plain People". They also migrated to America, and are so known to this day in Pennsylvania.

Many religious sects in so small an area as the Palatinate gave rise to quarrels and disputes among their respective groups. But what was worse were the terms of the Treaty of Westphalia which provided that the religion of the ruler should be the religion of the people. Thus three successive Electors (rulers) of the Palatinate belonged to the Reformed church, the Lutheran church, and the Catholic church, respectively. Each one, in turn, attempted to enforce his particular religious doctrine upon his subjects. Resistance led to intolerance, and intolerance, in many instances, to outright persecution. For example, after the Palatinate war, John William, Duke of Newburg, an ardent Catholic, became 11

Elector of the Palatinate, succeeding a Calvinist. The Huguenots, who had been driven out of France because they were Protestants, and who had found sanctuary among the Germans, were immediately pounced upon. So were those who had be friended them, especially the "sects", that is, Mennonites, Quakers, and Dunkards. But the Lutherans and Reformeds did not escape attack. Protestant church prop erty was confiscated and life was made hazardous for those who would not conform to the religious beliefs of their ruler. Religious persecution was not the sole cause of the great migration from the Palatinate, but it was one of the major causes.

The devastation of war, loss of property, and abject poverty developed in these peasants a hunger for land upon which they could settle and which they could call their own. Many, if not most of them, were illiterate, not by choice, but by force of circumstances. What they lacked in erudition they more than made up for in endurance, energy, and the willingness to work. They were good husbandmen. For generations immemorial, they had been children of the soil. To sow and reap, to plant and harvest the fruits of the good earth, were their accomplishments.

It was at a time like this that the invitation came to them to seek their fortunes in a new land. For the elders among them it was a chance to satisfy a desire for security; for the younger there was the added allurement of adventure on a grand scale. Poverty stricken though they were, they found a champion in their enterprise not only in William Penn, but in Queen Anne of England. In fact, it was said of her that her sympathy for the oppressed Palatines and the liberal ity of her contributions for their relief were so great that she was accused of encouraging continued poverty. This criticism was obviously unjust, for these exiles were not only hardworking farmers, but many of them were skilled artisans and mechanics as well. In the years which followed their settlement in America, they contributed immensely to the wealth and strength of the British colonies.

PERIODS OF PALA TINE MIGRATION

If we now take a general view of the history of the exodus of Germans from Europe to America, it is possible to distinguish three well-defined periods. The first period extends from 1683 to 1708. It was marked by the founding of Germantown by Pastorious and his group in 1683. In the years which followed the number of those who came was small, probably not more than 500 persons. It is clear why this is so when we remember the conditions which prevailed in the Palatinate at this particular time. Emigrants could not get away even if they wished, and such a benefactor as Queen Anne had not yet appeared. It is also true that those who settled at Germantown remained in or near Philadelphia. As far as can be determined, none of the ancestors with which we are concerned in this book were members of this original German settlement.

The second period, from 1708 to 1727, was characterized by a consider able increase in the number of immigrants who came to America. It is most significant, however, because of the manner and the circumstances which released the stream of migration in Europe. In 1708 the Reverend Joshua Kocherthal brought a party of forty-one people from Landau in the Rhenish Palatinate to London, enroute to the colonies in America. In the summer of that year, Kocherthal and his group were provided passage to New York where they arrived in December. They were given land on the west bank of the Hudson River where they founded the town of Newburg.

Kocherthal returned to London in 1709 where he was instrumental in encouraging increased immigration to the colonies via England, and with the help of the British government. The severe winter of 1708-1709 mentioned above, had hardly ended when such migration began. For two decades or more, it had been the policy of the British government to use the resources of the Crown to foster immigration to the colonies. This policy became known in the Rhine Valley, lZ and particularly that Queen Anne had great sympathy for the distressed Palatines. What meager possessions these people had were quickly gathered together, and a hopeful journey down the Rhine River was begun. It took from four to six weeks to complete the first lap of this journey in Holland. There the wanderers were subjected to further delays, but finally they reacr.ed London. In the course of the year 1709, more than thirteen thousand five hundred had descended upon London, most of them destitute of everything except the desire to get away from their ancient troubles and the hope that somewhere in the world they could find content ment.

These German people evidently believed that promptly upon their arrival in England, they would be dispatched across the sea to new homes in the new world. However, no one seemed ready to undertake such an enterprise. It would require extensive financing which neither the government nor private interests were anxious to make. At the same time, these foreigners became public charges. Void of resources, they had to be fed at public expense. Finally, some were sent to Ireland, others to North Carolina, some were sent back to their old homes, and some were scattered elsewhere. But one group consisting of about three thousand men, women, and children in April, 1710, was started on a journey to New York.

After a hazardous voyage, about two thousand five hundred of them arrived safely. They were settled upon lands in the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys. There they did not find life any too pleasant or easy, but they made the most of their circumstances. By 1713 it was reported that at least two thousand of them were living on the lands originally assigned to them. From the standpoint of this book, it is of interest to note that in a published list of Palatines in New York, indebted to the British Government for subsistence given them in 17 10-17 12, several of our ancestral family names appear: Conrad, Fisher, Hildebrand, Young Uung), Lehr, Simon, Stombaugh (Stambuch}, and Wagner. This record is not necessarily proof that some of our forefathers in America were members of the New York colony. They may have been; only further intensive research can prove or disprove such a claim.

As has been stated previously, the Palatines were land hungry. This hunger was not adequately satisfied in New York due to constant friction as to whether the Palatines should be permitted to own land. Before an agreement was reached in t-his matter, a great uneasiness had developed among them. In 1723 fifteen families of the New York colony cut their way through the wilderness to the Tulpehocken district just east of Swatera Creek in Pennsylvania. This district borders on the northern edge of what is now York County. They came at the invitation of Sir William Keith, Governor of Pennsylvania. Several more groups followed them, and by 1725, thirty-three families were in the district, with fifty more expected. Meantime, other immigrants had come directly to Pennsylvania from Europe, so that by the end of 1726, it was estimated that there were fourteen thousand Germans in that colony.

The third period, and that of the greatest migration of Germans to Pennsylvania, began in 1727 and continued steadily till the outbreak of the Revolu tionary War. The people who had settled in the Tulpehocken district founded the beginnings of Berks and Lebanon counties. They began to advertise among their people in the homeland about the favorable conditions for settlement they had found in their new environment. They told of the hardships they had encountered in New York, and urged their relatives and friends to avoid that colony, but to come to Pennsylvania where ownership in land would be granted, and where they could escape the oppressions still prevalent in the valley of the Rhine. There the Palatines were again the victims of a war, this time that of the Austrian Succession (1741-1747}. The injustices and petty tyrannies of the rulers, and the religious cruelties which continued to prevail, did not lighten the burdens of the Palatines who remained behind. Therefore, they came in great numbers, whether they had the means to pay for the journey or not. 13

THE REDEMPTIONERS

It was the latter class, "redemptioners ", as they were called, who prob ably suffered more than any other group in their determination to reach the land of promise. In one way or another, they managed to reach a seaport, nearly always in Holland. To do so, they had to part with their meager possessions, but there they had no money with which to go farther. In order to secure passage for them selves and their families to Pennsylvania, they contracted with the shipmasters for credit for the passage, with the understanding that if the credit were not liquidated upon arrival at Philadelphia, the cost might be repaid to the captain of the vessel by anyone who wished to do so in the colony. In return for this consideration, the ones who had received such credit agreed to work for the one who paid for the journey as long as he might consider such employment necessary. This period of service without further remuneration, usually took from three to five years. It was the application of a method long in use for immigrants from the British Isles to other American colonies. Officially, such persons, including the Germans, were known as "indentured servants".

Unfortunately, this practice led to serious abuses. Because of the passion ate desire to leave the homeland, a traffic in redemptioners developed. Unscru pulous agents of shipowners known as "Neulanders ", went through the country, and by fair means or foul, induced both men and women redemptioners. In some extreme instances, even kidnapping was resorted to in order to bring such helpless persons on board ship.

Once on a vessel, their treatment was commonly without regard for their comfort or well-being. Upon arrival at Philadelphia, their disposal sometimes took on the aspects of a slave market. In fact, the "sale" of a redemptioner was the language used. Little or no consideration was given to the kind of persons who secured them, and members of families were sometimes separated. These abuses did not fall upon all members of this penniless class. For large numbers of them, this system of credit provided the only avenue by means of which they could ever reach America, hence it was of unquestionable advantage to them. Moreover, many of them fell into the hands of good masters where good homes were gben them. In this way they became acquainted with the land of U1eir adoption, and when the period of service was finished, they were ready to assume their own responsibilities. Also as a class, their subsequent record shows that German redemptioners turned out to be good citizens.

THE VOYAGE TO AMERICA

The journey from the Palatinate to Pennsylvania was a long and tedious one, beset with hardships which only men and women strong in body and spirit, could endure. For a first-hand account of one, we have the journal of Gottlieb Mittelberger, a church organist and schoolmaster, who came to Pennsylvania in 1750 and returned to Europe in 1754. He called his record, "A Journey to Pennsylvania in 1750". His story, freely translated from the German, is substan tially as follows:

The journey to Pennsylvania was not an easy one. It lasted from the beginning of May to the enct of October, fully half a year, amid hardships as no one is able to describe il.dequately with their misery.

The journey naturally fell into three parts. First, there was the trip down the Rhine to Holland. This took about six weeks because the Rhineboats from Heilbronn to Rotterdam had to pass twenty-six customs houses, at all of which the boats were examined, which was done when it suited the convenience of the custom house officials. In the meantime the ships, with the people, were detained long, so that the passengers had to spend much money. When the ships came to Holland, they were detained there likewise from five to six weeks. Sailing Vc:s,el ot the Eighteenth Centur, (From Scull's Map of Pennsylvania, 1754) 15

Because things were very dear there, the poor people had to spend nearly all they had during that time.

The second stage of the journey was from Rotterdam to one of the English ports. Most of the ships called at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. This was the favorite stopping place as one hundred and forty-two ships are recorded as having sailed from Rotterdam to Cowes. Other ships touched at one of several other English ports such as: Deal, Dover, Portsmouth, Gosport, Porte in Dorsetshire, Plymouth, Falmouth, Cornwall, and Leith in Scotland.

In England there was another delay of one to two weeks, when the ships were waiting either to be passed through the customs house, or waiting for favor able winds, as all boats are sailing boats. When the ships had for the last time weighed their anchors at Cowes or some other English port, then the real misery began with the long voyage. For from there the ships, unless they had good wind, must often sail eight, nine, even twelve weeks before they reached Philadelphia. Even with the best wind, the voyage lasted seven weeks.

The third stage of the journey, or the ocean voyage proper, was marked with much suffering and hardship. The passengers being packed densely like herrings, without proper food and water, were soon subject to all sorts of diseases, such as dysentery, scurvy, typhoid, and smallpox. Children were the first to be attacked and die in large numbers. Mittelberger reports the deaths of thirty-two children on his ship.

Of the heartless cruelty to which the passengers were subjected, he gives the following example: .. One day just as we had a heavy gale, a woman on our ship, who was to give birth and could not under the circumstances of the storm, was pushed through the porthole and dropped into the sea because she was so far in the rear of the ship and could not be brought forward."

The terror of disease, brought about to a large extent by poor food and lack of good drinking water, was much aggravated by frequent storms through which the ship and passengers had to pass. "The mieery reaches the climax when a gale rages for two or three nights and days, so that everyone believes the ship will go to the bottom. In such visitation the people cry and pray most piteously. When in such a gale the sea rages and surges so that the waves rise often like mountains one--above the other, and often tumble over the ship so that one fears to go down with the ship; when the ship is constantly tossed from side to side by the storm and waves, so that no one can either walk or sit or lie, and the closely packed people in the berths are thereby tumbled over each other, both the sick and the well -- it will be readily understood that many of these people, none of whom had been prepared for hardships, suffer so terrible that they do not survive."

When at last the Delaware River was reached and the City of Brotherly Love came in sight where all their miseries were to end, another delay occurred. A health officer visited the ship and if any persons were discovered with infectious diseases, they were ordered removed one-half mile from the city.

An account of the arrival of these passenger ships into the harbor of Philadelphia, is given by the Reverend Henry M. Muehlenberg in a report which he sent to Halle in 1769:

"After much delay, one ship after another arrives in the harbor of Philadelphia when the rough and severe winter is before the door. One or more merchants receive the lists of freights and the agreements which the immigrants have signed with their own hands in Holland, together with the bills for their travel down the Rhine and the advances of the Newlanders (Redemptioners' agents) for provisions which they received on the ship on account. Formerly, the freight for a single person was six to ten louis d'ors ($4.50), but now it amounts to four teen louis d'ors ($7 ,65). Before the ship~llowed to cast anchor at the harbor 16

front, the passengers are all examined, according to the law in force, by a physi cian as to whether any contagious disease exists among them. Then the new arrivals are led in procession to the City Hall and there they must render the Oath of Allegiance to the King of Great Britain. After that they are brought back to the ship. Then announcements are printed in the newspaper stating how many of the new arrivals are to be sold. Those who have money are released. Whoever has well-to-do friends seeks a loan from them to pay the passage, but there are only a few who succeed. The ship becomes a market place. The buyers make their choice among the arrivals and bargain with them for the number of years and days they will serve as redemptioners. They then take them to the merchant, pay their passage and their other debts, and receive from the government authorities a written document which makes the newcomers their property for a definite period."

OATH OF ALLEGIANCE

The Oath of Allegiance referred to above was provided for in 1727. On September 14 of that year, Governor Gordon of the Province of Pennsylvania, called a special meeting of the council reporting that a great number of Palatines were arriving in Pennsylvania from ports in Holland. He advised that "it would be highly necessary to concert proper measures for the peace and security of the province, which may be endangered by such numbers of Strangers daily poured in, who being ignorant of our Language & Laws, and settling in a body together, make, as it were, a distinct people from his Majesties Subjects."

Accordingly, the council resolved that these Palatines "should sign a declaration of their allegiance and subjection to the king, their fidelity to the proprietary, and that they would demean themselves peaceably towards all his majesty's subjects, and conform to the laws of England and Pennsylvania." This order remained in force in the colony from 17 2 7 to the beginning of the Revolu tionary War in 177 5. It is from the records of the signatures to this oath, as well as those made upon the ships' registers signed at the same time, both of which are still in existence, that we are able to determine when many of our ancestors arrived in America. One difficulty encountered, however, in tracing ancestors to these lists, is that only those persons sixteen years of age and older, were re quired to sign them. Therefore, if an ancestor should have been a minor under sixteen years of age, not only would his name not appear, but the lists themselves would not rev-eal his parentage, and when they do, it is often possible to fix the date of immigration, and the country of origin, In the peak year of immigration, 1749, more than six thousand German immigrants entered the port of Philadelphia and signed the oath of allegiance. In 1751 sixteen vessels entering the same port brought four thousand one hundred thirty-four German colonists. The records show their points of origin were Wurttemburg,· Zweibrucken, Mannheim, the Palatinate, and Switzerland. Chapter III

EARLY SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA

It is not only of interest but it is also necessary for the genealogist to know where such colonists as we are describing, settled once they have been received into the new land. We have already mentioned the first German colony at Germantown, in colonial days, six miles from Philadelphia, but now an integral part of that city. We have also seen the establishment of the German settlement at Tulpehocken by those who migrated into Pennsylvania from New York. When the stream of German immigrants increased from a mere trickle to almost a torrent after 1727, obviously these two original small settlements were entirely inadequate to accommodate this new flood of immigration. Therefore, the tide of newcomers spread out fanwise from Philadelphia.

First, they were content to remain in the vicinity of Philadelphia, in the counties of Montgomery, Lancaster, and Berks. As the population increased, they moved westward across the Susquehanna River and founded the counties of York, Adams, and Cumberland. They also pushed northward into Dauphin, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northampton, and Monroe Counties. They spread over state lines into Baltimore, Frederick, Washington, and Carroll Counties in Maryland. Some went as far south as Virginia and North Carolina. One can trace the migration of this people in Pennsylvania chronologically, by taking note of the years when the various counties mentioned were organized. Philadelphia County was, of course, the first one in 1682. Then came Lancaster in 1729; York, 1749; Cumberland, 1750; and Berks and Northampton, 1752. Among all of these counties, Lancaster became the gathering place for the Germans after 1727, from which they spread out, first of all into York County immediately across the Susquehanna River. From the standpoint of this genealogy, York County in Pennsylvania and Baltimore in Maryland (from which Frederick and Carroll Counties were later formed), are the richest in authentic data: public records, church records, and other documents.

COLONIAL LIFE AND LIVING

Although these German settlers moved boldly into the undeveloped wilder ness, there was no starvation period for them in their new situation. Most of them were farmers, bred in the intensive tilling of the soil, who knew how to make the soil produce food quickly and abundantly. Furthermore, it seems that they instinctively knew which was the best land, for it is a singular circumstance that there is a direct relationship between their original settlements on primitive soil and the geological formation of that soil. The best land in Pennsylvania has its origin in limestone formations. It is upon these formations, almost exclusively, that the German colonists established themselves. A geological map of the counties of Lancaster, York, Northampton, Lehigh, Lebanon and Adams, showing ribbons and islands of limestone, would, at the same time, serve as an ethno logical map of the same area, showing ribbons and islands of concentrations of German population.

The life of the pioneer settler is always one of privation and hardship. Abject suffering may be absent, but it is usually present, too. It is necessarily so because most of the persons who can be truly called pioneers, enter that life without any means except the inherent strength of physique and spirit in them selves.

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The earliest German pioneers in Pennsylvania were obviously very poor in material assets, as we have seen. What confronted them was a great forest whose only challenge was comfortless toil and the constant guard against the dangers of a wilderness. They had to set out to make homes for themselves in a region where hitherto civilization was unknown.

To begin with, then, various makeshifts for shelter in lieu of houses, were 1·esorted to. Some of these were merely the over-hanging branches of trees tied together and covered with foliage and bark to provide a meager protection against the elements. Others made shelters of poles covered with bark or foliage. In some instances "dugouts" in the sides of steep banks served for shelter. Another form of common construction was a habitation half in the ground and half out of it. That is, an excavation of the desired length and width would be made to a depth of about three feet. Above this depression, walls were built upward to the desired height by using sod, earth, or logs. The roof was made of poles upon which was placed either brush or bark, and then a layer of earth. Chimneys were built of stone and a mixture of clay and grass. Doors were hand-hewn planks, and windows were of oiled paper or skins.

It was not long, however, before the German settler outgrew his make shift domicile. The log cabin was his first real house. The timber required was to be found on every farm. It cost nothing except a lot of hard work, but the land had to be cleared for farming, anyway.

Some of these cabins were small, crude, and temporary, but many of the pioneers put up log structures that lasted for generations. For the walls of the better houses, the logs were hewed on three sides so that the inside walls presented a smooth appearance. The ends of the logs were notched where they crossed at the corners of the building. In this way they were held together securely. All openings between the logs were chinked with clay. Roofs were made of poles, sometimes thatched with grass or reeds, but more often covered with overlapped boards or hand-hewed shingles. The floors were of hard-packed earth or clay, though "puncheon" floors were common. These floors were made of split logs hewed smooth and kept scrubbed and sanded clean by the scrupulous housewife.

Chimneys were built of stone laid in a mortar of clay. The chimney was usually against one end of the house on the outside, only the opening into it avail able from the--inside. The windows were customarily oiled paper or oiled skins until glass was available. Doors consisted of two parts, an upper one and a lower one, each with its own hinges and fastenings. The upper half, when open, would thereby serve as a large window. Some of these log houses were a story-and-a half in height, with a roomy attic reached by a ladder under a rather steep roof. As the German family grew in size, which it usually did rapictly, additions were built to the original cabin, generally in the form of "lean-to's".

Other "conveniences" provided at the place of residence was a cellar, a spring house, and an out-door oven. Most of the cooking and baking, however, was done in the fireplace in the cabin itself. These pioneers had no matches, hence fires had to be started with steel, flint and tinder. Once started, embers were carefully preserved so that fires could be raised when needed without difficulty or delay. The open fireplace also furnished light after dark, though homemade tallow "dips" were the common candles.

The furnishings of the pioneer cabins were also necessarily simple and somewhat crude. There would be a table, benches and stools, a cupboard, a bedstead, and a chest, all hand made from lumber cut on the farm. Extra beds were made on the floor, as for example in the attic. Such beds were merely two ticks filled with feathers, leaves, or corn husks, whatever material was to be had. Cooking utensils were limited to a few pots which could be hung by hooks or chains in the open fireplace. Tableware was also mostly lacking. What there was consisted mainly of some pewter dishes, wooden platters, metal or earthenware cups, knives, forks, and spoons. 19

For his farm work, the pioneer was likewise meagerly supplied. To begin with, if he had two implements, an ax and a grubbing hoe, he could get along. Later, he would add a sickle, make himself a wooden fork and a wooden rake, and a flail to thresh his grain. Livestock and draft animals were available to Pennsylvania from earlier English, Dutch, and Swedish settlers, but the German pioneer did not, at once, have the means to buy them. When once he did have the money, a start was all he needed. Usually he began with an ox or two. To his cattle he added poultry and a few hogs, though he did not want for meat. The wilderness was full of game of all sorts.

After the Germans once acquired livestock, they took good care of it. It was not allowed to run loose. It was housed in substantially built log stables and sheds. In more recent times the characteristic "bank barn" of imposing size, style, and arrangements, was often the most prominent building on a Pennsylvania German farm. Pastures and fields were fenced in with so-called "worm fences", logs split into rails and laid zigzag one on top of another until the desired height of the fence was reached.

For the early pioneers there were, of course, no roads. Whatever travel was necessary was done on foot or by horseback along trails in the woods. On the farm sleds of various kinds were at first used, and then two-wheeled carts. The wheels of these carts were merely cross-sections of large logs, or wide planks fastened together and cut into circles.

For wearing apparel, homespun clothing of wool or linen, or "linsey woolsey", half linen and half wool, was the rule. Therefore, the raising of sheep and flax was a regular part of the pioneer economy. Trousers and jacket~ were made either of buckskin or coarse cloth made of tow. Shoes and boots were coarse and heavy. They were usually made by itinerant shoemakers who visited various settlements periodically. These shoes were sometimes heavily reinforcE!d with iron cleats to make them wear longer. Both men and women customarily went barefoot during the warm months of the year.

Meat, vegetables, coarse bread, and sc.ups of various kinds, were staple articles of diet. Milk was used a great deal, which, when it soured, was trans formed into "smearcase" or cottage cheese. Quite commonly clabber was also standard fare. Commentators on this early period have often called attention to the orchards which were planted by these German immigrants. The limestone soil was well-suited to the raising of apples, especially. Therefore, apple butter and dried apples were also a part of the diet. Little tea and coffee were avail able. ln their stead, brews made from herbs and burnt rye or wheat sufficed for table beverages.

PERIOD OF COLONIAL TRANSITION

The foregoing brief sketch is applicable principally to the first generation of our German ancestors in this country. By dint of frugality, ingenuity, and hard work, definite improvements gradually took place in the life of the pioneers. Many of the crudities that we,:-e necessary at the beginning had been outgrown and dis carded by the second and third generations. By the end of the colonial period, that is, by 1775, stone houses were replacing the original log cabins. Roads were being pushed through the forests and over the mountains. Whorever a stream could supply a dependable source of water power, grist and saw mills were built. Iron stoves began to take the place of the open fireplace for cooking, and cider presses were · set up in order to make more extensive use of the fruit of the apple orchards.

Wagons also came into use. Some were made locally in the settlements, and others were brought in. One particular type of wagon was made by the German wagonmakers in Lancaster County. It was called the Conestoga wagon from Conestoga Creek upon which the town of Lancaster was located. Conestoga 20

wagons came to have a long and important history in the later great westward movement of the population, and the consequent development of the interior of the United States. It was a heavy, sturdy wagon, usually drawn by four to eight horses. The bed was made concave so that the center of the wagon box was lower than its ends. The purpose of this construction was to prevent a load from sliding from one end of the wagon to the other as it was drawn over the numerous hills characteristic of the countryside. The wagon was covered with a canvas stretched over hoop-poles or bent strips of wood attached at their ends to the sides of the wagon box.

The Old Conestoga Wagon

Other vehicles, such as light wagons and coaches came into being as roads were developed over which they could move. Increased travel led to the construction of taverns and inns in towns along the main roads called turnpikes. Some of these buildings, erected as early as 17 50, are still standing and are in good repair.

RELIGION AND RELIGious LIFE

It has been pointed out that one of the reasons our ancestors left the homeland in Europe was to escape religious persecution. Therefore, it is to be expected that we should find religion and religious worship important elements in the daily lives of these German settlers. They brought their faiths with them, and all the records we have of them give evidence of their deep religious instincts. It is fortunate for the genealogist that this is so because church records of births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths, as well as inscriptions on gravestones in rural and urban churchyards, are important sources of authentic family data.

As far as has been determined, the German colonists with whom we are dealing in this book were members of the Lutheran and Reformed churches. That is, they were the followers of Martin Luther and John Calvin. In matters of doctrine, there was not a great deal of difference between them. Moreover, wher ever they settled they very often shared the same building for purposes of worship, and the same graveyard. There were other German sects in the colonies, such as Mennonites, Dunkers, Moravians, and Schwenkfelders, but it-has not been found that our immediate ancestors were among any of these faiths.

At first, meetings for worship were held in private homes. Then small log meeting-houses were built. For a while the bare ground served as floor, later to be paved with flat stones or clay brick. Sometimes a section of log 2 l

An Old-Time Church Service served for a pulpit, and benches of partially hewed logs for seats. The windows were small and glazed with small panes of plain glass. No provision was made for heating the meeting houses in winter. One pastor often served several churches, making the rounds of his "circuit" on horseback, seeking lodging and sustenance from his parishioners. In fact, this system was followed at a much later date when the third and fourth generations again became pioneers in Indiana and elsewhere in the central part of the country. In the chapters which follow more or less extensive accounts are given of several members of the Fisher family who were "circuit riders", and important ministers of the gospel in the regions to which they went.

To Church on Horseback

Funerals were occasions of more than passing notice. When a burial was to take place, friends and neighbors for miles around gathered with the relatives of the deceased. Invariably, refreshments were served either before or after the trip to the cemetary. So much was made of these occasions that not a few persons planned years ahead to have such feasts at their funerals as might be deemed worthy of them, and in order that they might be remembered appre ciatively by their friends and neighbors. 22

One cannot help but comment with approbation on the fact that these early colonists, poor as they were, in most instances saw to it that graves were marked. Sometimes the gravestones were only slabs of slate upon which the proper inscrip tions (in German) had been rudely cut with a knife or other sharp instrument. Many better tombstones of marble, limestone, and sandstone were also used. Sometimes they carried a rather extensive family record. Commonly the religious motive was injected in the inscriptions, such as "Hier shclafen in Gott" (Here sleep.s in God), or "Hier Ruhe in Gott" {Here rests in God). Moreover, every early will that has been found in our family begins, "In the name of God, Amen." By the first item in such will, the maker of it "commits his soul to God who gave it", and requires that his administrators give him "a decent Christian burial".

Burial grounds always surrounded the church or meeting house. Because of the difficulty of transportation, and possibly for sentimental reasons, bodies were interred in family plots or neighborhood cemeteries in the fields and wo9ds. But even in them, the revealing record of the deceased, carved in stone, appears. It must be added that doubtless many of the burial places of the early settlers have disappeared and the records of the burials in them lost.

LITERACY AND EDUCATION

The Pennsylvania Germans of the colonizing period compare favorably with other immigrants with respect to their education. Most of them were at least literate; they could read and wrHe. An examination of the immigration lists made at Philadelphia upon their landing, shows that 75 per cent of the immigrants could sign their names to the Oath of Allegiance, previously referred to, and only 25 per cent signed by making their marks. But it must be said that with them, as among other immigrant groups, there was every degree of ignorance and education. They had had small opportunity for learning, traditionally. That they were aware of the need of it is evidenced by the fact that Benjamin Franklin observed that in his time, the Germans in the province had as many printing presses and newspapers as did the English. Then there is the further fact that schools were established very early in their settlements.

Schools generally came after the organization of churches, but sometimes even first. These schools were often conducted in the meeting-houses on week days, though log school houses were soon to appear. Pastors of churches were also schoolmasters, and there were instances when schoolmasters read sermons on Sunday when ministers were lacking.

The instruction in the schools was in the German language since that was the language of these colonists, and sitlce it was also the language of the Luther Bible, the "book of books" for the early Pennsylvania Germans. The general aim of education in this period was to teach the children to be able to read the Bible intelligently, and to understand German sermons and hymns. They were taught to write and to spell passably, and to calculate enough for the purposes of the rural economy in which they lived. That was the extent of the formal education desired by the parents for their children. Farming, for them, was definitely a way of life, of which religion was a part, a way of life not to be interfered with by higher education for the professions or industry. And such training, as it was, was largely for boys. It was thought that girls would get along just as well with out it. Parents expected their sons to become farmers and their daughters to become wives of farmers. Therefore nothing must be done which might cause dis satisfaction with farm life. English might be taught sufficiently to make it possible for the young men as they grew up to engage in business transactions where English would be required, or to exercise the privilege of voting. At the beginning, English had no real place in the well-knit farm community. When Pennsylvania became a state after the Revolution, and public schools were undertaken, the Germans strong ly opposed them on the grounds that they would not give the kind of education desired, that English would take the place of German, and that religion would not be given the major emphasis. 23

This condition in education prevailed until 1834 when the Germans them selves seemed to become aware of the need for improvement in their school system. In that year the legislature of the state passed an act to establish a gen eral system of education by common schools. At first there was opposition to this law in the German counties, but gradually oncoming generations fell in line until today the old order has changed and parochial schools have largely disappeared. Furthermore, numerous colleges have been established by the descendants of the German colonists. Among them may be mentioned Albright, Elizabethtown, Gettys burg, Lebanon Valley, Muhlenberg, and Susquehanna. The personnel of all of these is largely of Pennsylvania German stock, but the colleges were all founded as English speaking institutions.

Since repeated reference has been made to the spoken language of German, an explanatory statement is in order. This language was really not pure German but a dialect which came to be called "Pennsylvania Dutch". Of course, it was in no sense "Dutch", nor was it colored with the language of Holland. The Penn sylvania German territory was occupied by immigrants from the various sections of the upper and middle Rhine Valley, as has already been indicated. The Pala tinate furnished by far the largest number of settlers, Wurttemberg and Switzer land sending the next largest number. These immigrants spoke German dialects peculiar to the sections from which they came. In the course of a few generations, these several dialects were blended to develop a new one which is the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch, or more properly, Pennsylvania German. But even in it the speech characteristics of the Palatinate, especially the eastern half of the Pala tinate, has predominated.

Chapter IV

THE MARYLAND GERMANS

When the influence of German colonization upon American history is con sidered, special emphasis is usually given to the Germans in Pennsylvania, often disregarding the significant contributions of colonists of the same origin who settled elsewhere. The tendency is so commonplace that present day descendants of these early immigrants traditionally think of their forebears as "Pennsylvania Dutch", meaning, of course, "Deutsch", or German, for none of them were Hollanders. The point is that such ancestry could, in many instances, be called "Maryland Dutch", or "Deutch", with equal propriety.

It is true that the great stream of German colonists that poured into America through the port of Philadelphia deposited the major portion of its immigrants upon the soil of Pennsylvania where they became permanently estab lished. But as the current of migration flowed west to the Susquehanna and across that river, leaving groups of settlers along its course, substantial numbers of Germans pushed forward along the valleys that curved southwestward into Mary land and beyond to Virginia. It is with those who remained in the colony of the Calverts -- Maryland -- that we are concerned in this chapter.

THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND

Maryland takes its name from Henrietta lv1.aria, the queen of Charles I, king of England. It was in the reign of this British monarch that a royal patent was granted to George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, to a tract of land lying between the south bank of the Potomac River and the fortieth parallel of latitude on the north. It was bounded on the west by a line drawn due north from the head of the Potomac, and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Hence, it included Chesapeake Bay.

George Calvert died before he could undertake the colonization 0f his new land, so his title and charter passed to his son, Cecil, in 1632. In the following year, the new Lo:r;d Baltimore sent his brother, Leonard Calvert, to Maryland with two hundred colonists. In the spring of 1634 they founded a town near the mouth of the Potomac, calling it St. Mary's. This was the first permanent settlement in the new colony.

Although the Calverts were staunch Roman Catholics, and Jesuit priests were prominent in all original colonizing ventures, yet Lord Baltimore introduced a novelty for his time, namely, the separation of church and state in the provincial government with which he had been endowed by royal grant. This was the first , attempt that was made to establish religious freedom in the New World. Lord Baltimore welcomed, without distinction, every immigrant who cared to participate in his colonizing enterprise.

Cecil, Lord Baltimore, died in 1675. Charles, his eldest son, who had become governor of the province in 1661, fell heir to the family title and estates. Under him as the new proprietor, the liberal policies of the Calverts were main tained but not without opposition from the Protestants, most of whom belonged to the Church of England, and bitter against all so-called Dissenters, including the Catholics. Along with these vigorous internal contentions for the next two decades, there was coupled the agressions of William Penn, who was the new proprietor of the lands that bordered on Maryland Colony on the north. Penn disputed the ZS 26

40°N. boundary between the two colonies, which was not to be settled for another seventy-five years, and he laid claim to the territory that is now Delaware, even though it lay within the area defined by the Maryland charter.

The rule of England had meantime passed into the hands of a royal author ity more friendly to the Quaker proprietorship than to the Calverts of Maryland. Therefore, in 1692, the joint British sovereigns, William and Mary, not only sup ported William Penn in his claims, but allowed the proprietary government in Maryland to be overthrown, not to be restored till 1715. By that time the Proprietor had become a Protestant, and the Church of England was recognized as the leading religious institution in the colony. The transition from the predominance of the Catholic Church to the ascendency of Protestantism in Maryland had an important influence upon the German migration to this region.

THE GERMAN COLONISTS

Researchers and historians have failed to determine just when the first German settlers came to Maryland. It was but natural that the original colonists, who came mostly from England, should locate thems-elves on land around Chesa peake Bay and the lower reaches of the Potomac River. That is where they landed after a long and arduous journey across the Atlantic. Here Germans played a very minor role, although a few of them did appear before the end of the seventeenth century, none of whom had even a remote connection with this family's record.

As was pointed out above, the colony of Maryland was the private property of a Catholic lord, whereas the great majority of Germans who migrated to the New World were Protestants. They knew nothing of the religious tolerations of the Calverts, but they remembered keenly their unhappy circumstances under the ruling Catholic princes of Germany. So when they chose to emigrate to escape oppression, they seemed to distrust and avoid Catholic Maryland and to prefer, instead, other colonies like New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania, especially the latter whose proprietor was a Quaker with a zeal for religious freedom.

Maryland Colony was a hundred years old before its settlements began to move away from the coastal region of Chesapeake Bay. The economic system of the colony, founded upon tobacco raising, tended to keep the population within easy access to water transportation. It was not until the one-crop system of tobacco production threatened to ruin the economy as well as the fertility of the land itself, that thought was given to the cultivation of grain in the hinterland. To establish such a desirable counterbalance in the development of the resources of the colony, called for new immigrants to settle in the western sections of Maryland. This pur pose was not easily accomplished and met with particular difficulties because the region belonged in part to the border territory in dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania.

As long as the settled territory of Pennsylvania did not extend beyond the broad Susquehanna, violent boundary disputes did not materialize. Pennsylvania authorities had been slow to encourage colonists to cross the Susquehanna for per manent settlement on its west side because the relations with the Indians in that territory concerning title to the land were vague and uncertain. But when Maryland became active in colonizing west of the river after the turn of the eighteenth century in order to encourage the raising of grain, the government of Pennsylvania no longer hesitated to issue licenses for settlement of the land across the big stream. It appears that a German colonist in 1728 was the first to receive such a permit. His location was at the mouth of Kreutz Creek in what is now York County. In the years immediately following this event, numerous other settlers, also mostly Germans, moved into the Kreutz Creek Valley and developed permanent colonization there from 1730 on. 27

Concurrently with this movement, Maryland settlers pushed their way northward and westward from the tidelands of the Chesapeake. Among them were stubborn defenders of the boundary claims of the Calverts. It will be remembered that the original grant of Maryland to Lord Baltimore was bounded on the north by the 40°N. parallel. That degree of latitude crosses the Susquehanna River approx imately where Kreutz Creek empties into it. Hence, the lands of the German settlers in Kreutz Creek Valley lay below that imaginary line and technically with in the jU'.risdiction of Maryland. But these German farmers had received their land grants from the authorities of Pennsylvania who issued their licenses in accordance with an order in council of King James II in 1685. This order fixed the boundary approximately fifteen miles farther south than the fortieth paralled, and included a strip of territory in which were situated the present sites of Philadelphia, Chester, West Chester, York, Hanover, Gettyburg, Waynesboro, Chambersburg, and Myers dale, all in Pennsylvania.

The period of 1685 to 17 3 0 had been one of quiescence, as far as boundary troubles were concerned. But when the settlers from the rival colonies moved in to the disputed territory, physical clashes that led to terrorism and bloodshed were inevitable. Such violence was repugnant to the inclinations and desires of the Germans. They were solid, peaceful farmers who desired well-defined and orderly conditions rather than dissension and strife. They had left their old homes in Europe because they wanted to find a place where peace prevailed and where they could work and worship without imposed interference. It was their misfortune to find themselves caught in the heated Calvert - Penn controversy.

So they appealed to the Governors of Maryland and Pennsylvania for protection against injury and ruin, which were a constant threat. This appeal had the effect of bringing the border tumult to the attention of George II, then King of England, who, on August 18, 1737, commanded the two colonial governments to bring their disorders and quarrels to an end, and to allocate no more land to settlers in the disputed territory until a final boundary ruling could be made. In order to expedite the peaceful negotiations between Lord Baltimore and the Penns, on May 25, 1738, the king ordered a temporary line to be drawn to separate the disputed lands. This line ran 15 1/4 miles soutl1 of Philadelphia due west to the east bank of the Susquehanna River·, and 14 3/4 miles south of Philadelphia on the west bank, and continued due west for 88 miles more to a range of the Blue Ridge

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Mountains. The line was stopped at this point because the treaties between the Indians and the proprietors of Pennsylvania provided that no settlements should be made by white colonists "to the west of the Blue Ridge". The boundary line thus surveyed was accepted by both provinces on May l, 1739.

This "Temporary Line of 17 39," as it came to be known, became the accepted boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland for nearly three decades. Finally, in 1763, two experienced surveyors in London, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, were brought to America to survey and establish a line that would define accurately and permanently the precise boundary between the two colonies. After four years of work, a report of their labors was accepted in 1767, and the famous Mason and Dixon Line came into being. Its exact location was designated to be 39° 43 12tl'N. latitude, where it has remained to the present time.

The lands in dispute at the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland, and the final settlement of the conflict by the establishment of the Mason and Dixon Line, is significant in this history in that the original land holdings of some of our ancestors were situated in the fifteen-mile strip over which the controversy raged. These lands had been surveyed and patented to them in some cases nearly two decades before the Mason and Dixon line came into being. Since these pioneers were Germans and their religious faith was Lutheran or Reformed (Calvinist) rather than Catholic, they naturally looked to Pennsylvania as their guardian, benefactor and protector even though, geographically, they might be Marylanders. Undoubtedly, many of them gave little thought as to which province they technically belonged except when legal business had to be transacted. Even today the researcher who undertakes to visit and identify the exact tracts of land where these ancestors lived, becomes confused as he crosses and recrosses from Maryland to Pennsylvania without knowing when he is in one state or in the other.

THE GERMAN COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN MARYLAND

While German colonists were involved in the border disputes between the Penns and the Calverts, there existed at the same time an uncontested territory in western Maryland, where these agrarian pioneers could and did settle in peace and safety. It was the valley of the Monocacy River and its tributaries.

At first this valley was a region to traverse rather than to settle. Through it ran an old Indian trail which connected the hunting grounds of Pennsylvania with the more temperate Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. While the colony of Maryland was being developed, there existed similar problems of the settlement of the inland sections of the older province of Virginia. To accomplish this end, settlers were encouraged to move westward and to take up land in the valleys between the ranges of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Toward the end of the 1720's land hungry Germans in Pennsylvania had found easy access to the Shenandoah Valley over the old Monocacy Trail, and, accelerated by land speculators, a substantial migration was moving through western Ma·ryland to the new settlements in Virginia.

To the proprietor of Maryland it looked as if his purpose to develop his own interior areas would be by-passed, and that his lands would only serve to pro vide a convenient highway for immigrants to move into Virginia where their industry would serve to benefit a rival colony. To counteract this trend, in March 1732, Lord Baltimore issued a proclamation which might today be called an attractive real estate advertisement. It was framed to be valid for all newcomers to Mary land, but it was obviously drawn up more particularly to halt the German migration from Pennsylvania short of the crossing of the Potomac. To such as would come to western Maryland within the next three years and promise· to settle on any of the "back lands" of the province, Lord Baltimore offered the following terms: two hundred acres of land of their own choosing, completely free for three years, with a land rent of only one penny per acre thereafter. In addition, assurance was given that every such settler would be as well secured in liberty and property as in any British colony in America. 29

The proclamation had the desired effect. Germans from Pennsylvania moving along the Monocacy Road looked about them, made their "choices", as tracts came to be known, and settled down to stay. It has been said that the history of western Maryland starts with the year 1732. As such, it marks the beginning of the steady migration of Germans from Pennsylvania to Maryland to form the basic social and economic structure of Frederick, Carroll, and Washing ton Counties. These pioneer settlements soon developed into definite political subdivisions of Maryland. The first of these was Frederick County, organized in 1784 and taking in all of what was more or less indefinitely recognized as "Western Maryland", or the "backwoods region", that is, the region lying west of the Patapsco River, which was considered to be the western boundary of the old Baltimore County, established in 1659. In less than twenty years the population had grown sufficiently to warrant the division of Frederick County into two parts, the western portion of which became Washington County in 1766. Finally, after long and persistent effort, often discouraging, Carroll County was created in 1837 out of adjacent portions of Frederick and Baltimore Counties. The part that our Fisher ancestors played in that endeavor will be fully described later in this book in the Fisher genealogy.

Like their fellow countrymen in Pennsylvania, many of whom were also family relatives, the settlers in western Maryland were a pious people. As soon as the first difficult beginnings of settlement in the wilderness had been overcome, • and enough immigrants had arrived in one section to form a community, they built a school for the religious education of their children, of which there were generally many. Then followed the organization of a church and the erection of a log or stone building to provide a place of worship. Around these two institutions towns came into being. Researchers have found that the church histories of the early German colonies in both Pennsylvania and Maryland provide the most reliable and complete account of the lives and living of their inhabitants. Examples of typical instances where the churches of the colonists were first established in communities that were later to become important towns and cities are indicated in the following list:

TOWN FIRST CHURCH ESTABUSHED TOWN ORGANIZED

Frederick 1738 1745 Middletown 1755 1783 Hagerstown 1759 1762 Manchester 1760 1790 Westminister 1761 1764

Chapter V

THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP

In spite of their devotion and adherence to their own customs, traditions, and language, the German colonists were quick to assume the responsibilities of citizenship in the new land of their adoption, For evidence of their loyalty to the government of the province, we may turn to the record of the part they took in colonial wars.

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

The first generation had hardly more than become fairly well established before Pennsylvania became involved in the French and Indian War. The German settlers had been bearing the brunt of Indian raids along the foothills of the Blue Mountains, and had endured bitter suffering at the hands of the savages. When the opportunity came to take up arms against them, the Germans of Pennsylvania and Maryland contributed heavily toward the successful conclusion of the war. One of the most effective military units engaged in the war was the Royal American Regiment which was recruited almost wholly from the German colonists in Penn sylvania and Maryland. The Second Pennsylvania Regiment was made up entirely of soldiers from the German counties of Berks, Lancaster, York, and Northampton. As will appear later in its proper place, at least one of our direct ancestors, Johannes Hildebrand, himself an immigrant in 1743, was one of the soldiers who took part in "King George's" War, an immediate prelude to the French and Indian War.

But these colonists not only contributed fighting men. They were relied upon for horses and wagons to carry the inland expeditions of Braddock and Washington in 1755, and Forbes in 1758, against Fort Duquesne in western Penn sylvania, the fall of which in the latter year opened the entire Ohio Valley to British exploration, conquest, and dominion. Their fertile and productive farms were the sources of supply of provisions for the armies in the field in this war as they were In the next one, when that liberty, of which these colonists had dreamed for nearly a century, was itself at stake.

THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE

This love of liberty was deep-seated with the Germans of Pennsylvania. They had been willing to suffer much and to travel far to find it. Therefore, when the British Parliament and George III of England set out to punish the American Colonies by means of repressive acts in 1774, such punitive measures were heartily resented by the Pennsylvania Germans. They had not forgotten what had once happened to them and their forefathers in Europe. The arbitrary action of the British king reminded them of the dreaded invasions which had swept down upon the Rhineland time and again, leaving only destruction, devastation, and merciless slaughter in their wake. Tyranny they would not tolerate from whatever source, so the colonial Germans joined in the prutests against the English government, and stood ready to back up those protests with force, if necessary.

The record of these early German forebears of ours coincides with that critical period in history when th,'= American Colonies were undergoing a change in direction and purpose that was to lead to the outburst of the Revolutionary War. What has been said above of the Pennsylvania Germans was equally true of those

3 1 32 who settled in western Maryland. Their attitudes and inclinations were substantially the same. They insisted upon freedom of worship without the domination of a church not of their own choosing. They tended to stress individual rights in matters that affected them politically and economically. And the fact that the Mary land Germans had often been slighted and humiliated by some of their contemporary Anglo-Saxon colonists because of their cultural, religious and language character istics, was an additional factor that did much to whet their enthusiasm for the Revolutionary cause.

Every American citizen contemplates with reverence and pride the Declaration of Independence. He probably remembers from his school days Lee's immortal resolution "that these united colonies are, and, of a right, ought to be, free and independent states." What most of us do not remember, if we ever knew, is that when the vote of the colonies was taken on the adoption of this declaration, the vote stood six to six until Pennsylvania cast the deciding vote. It was the political alliance between the German and Scotch-Irish in Pennsylvania that proved to be a vital factor in aligning Pennsylvania on the side of those colonies which favored a declaration of independence in 1776.

True enough, the Revolutionary War had begun in 1775, but when the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776, it meant a fight to a finish. The Pennsylvanians and the Marylanders of German parentage entered into the conflict with zeal and determination. They were now American citizens with a clear under standing of the issues of the war.

It is not necessary to recite all the historical incidents in that war in which these people played a major role. It is sufficient to point out in this place, for further elaboration in detail later in this book, that our ancestors served the Continental Army, and served it well. The muster rolls of Pennsylvania and Mary land contain many persons bearing the family names of Fisher, Hildebrand, Stom baugh, Hovis, Conrad, Hornbaker, Gladfelter, Wagner, Simon, and Young. Those of our immediate forebears of whom authentic Revolutionary records have been dis covered, will be given proper citations in the genealogy which follows. There is plenty of historical evidence in support of the statement of one writer that "the Germans of Pennsylvania were the first to answer Washington's call to Cambridge, and they were the last to leave his side at Mount Vernon."

From the very beginning of this country down to the present time, the patriotism of these people as manifested by their participation in the wars of our country, cannot be questioned. We find them in the War of 1812; one of our immediate ancestors, George Fisher, can be cited as having had an important part in it. A quarter of a century before the national government faced the issue of slavery, the Germans of Pennsylvania had openly raised their voices against it. Therefore, when the Civil War broke out, the men bearing our family names entered the ranks of the Union Army in large numbers. By that time many of the descend ants of the early settlers had migrated westward to Indiana, Iowa, and even Kansas. No emphasis is required to prove the service of the families here recorded in World Wars I and II. The readers of this volume are familiar with the facts. They regard them with just pride.

THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT

There remains in this historical sketch, a brief review of the part that was played by our ancestors in the Westward Movement. Two decades before the American Revolution, large numbers of Germans from Pennsylvania, some of our ancestors among them, had spilled over into Baltimore and Frederick Counties in Maryland. They were mostly farmers, many of whom operated mills on their farms. The communities they established are relatively easy to identify because of the Lutheran and Reformed churches which came into being, the foundations of which they brought with them. Other portions of the population moved into what 33

are now Adams and Franklin Counties in Pennsylvania, and Washington County in Maryland.

By the turn of the century, more faces were turned toward the west. By 1805 we find some of our people in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, hence at least a partial crossing of the Allegheny Mountains had begun. Transportation was still difficult, if not actually hazardous. The roads were poor, either rocky and rough or quagmires in swamps and low valleys. All streams had to be forded, and it took both ingenuity and patience to negotiate the intervening mountain ranges.

Meanwhile, alluring accounts were coming back east from adventurers in to the great Northwest Territory, of which the United States had come into posses sion as a result of the victory in the war with England. Here were boundless prairies and great hardwood forest of walnut, poplar, and oak. Land, good land, could be had for the taking of it. It was by no means unknown, but it lacked settlers.

For settlers to reach this new area, the paramount difficulty was trans portation. Early in the nineteenth, century, railroads still being unknown, outlets across the Alleghenies were sought by two means: the construction of roads and the building of canals. These enterprises were called "internal improvements" obviously beyond the range of private capital. Accordingly, financial aid was sought from the individual states as well as from the federal government.

The first undertaking was the construction of a "national turnpike" or great highway from Maryland into Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. It was begun in 1811 and completed in 1838. It reached from Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois. The route chosen is the one now followed by U. S. Highway 40. As sections of this road was completed, heavy traffic was at once attracted to it. In "going west", emigrants used different methods of travel. On the turnpike some walked, some rode horseback, some drove wagons drawn by horses or mules, or even oxen. These wagons were, very commonly, the large, broad-wheeled, canvas-covered Conestoga wagons of Pennsylvania, laden with goods and members of a family. Families went singly or in groups. The grown-up boys took turn in driving the team. The father hunted along the way for game and ,wild honey, keeping a sharp lookout for a good place to settle. The children kept the cattle from straying too far from the wagon. At night camp was made along the roadside, preferably near a spring of running water. Here they cooked their food, fed the horses and cattle, and prepared for another day's journey of fifteen or twenty miles.

Land records show that the first member of our line to join the westward procession, was Benjamin Fisher who acquired land in Wayne County, Indiana, in 1835. Ten years later we find that the George Stombaugh family had migrated from Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania; to Henry County, Indiana. Wayne and Henry Counties adjoined one another in the east central part of Indiana, and the national turnpike passed through both of them. Hence, it is highly probable that their families were occupants of some of those covered wagons of which we have written. By 1850 other members of these families, together with several friends and relatives, had left the old east to establish new homes in what was then the "west".

In this westward movement, people from all of the states along the eastern seaboard took part, but especially from New England and the Middle States. The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 provided easy access to the west for the emigrants who were not obliged to cross the mountains in Pennsylvania. Those who could reach the Ohio River at or near Pittsburgh could float down the stream to points in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois.

By the middle of the nineteenth century the tide of population westward was in full flood. It had swept across the prairies of Indiana and Illinois and had hardly been halted on the banks of the Mississippi. Moreover, a new wave of 34

immigration from Europe was beginning to manifest itself in greater volume than had ever been realized before. The seeming boundlessness, the fertility, and the promise of the great Mississippi Valley was as a magnet that drew people to it. Its force not only pulled upon the older sections of the United States, but spanned the Atlantic to beckon those who had not heretofore heard or heeded the call of America.

The German states in Europe were again seething with unrest. A revo lution against oppressive rulers had broken out in 1848, ending disastrously in 1850 for those who had revolted. Many of these people had to flee for their lives, and as usual, they sought sanctuary in the new world. Among those who came to the United States under such conditions was the paternal ancestor of the author of this volume. He was John Henry Hepp, an officer in the army of Wurttemberg on the losing side in the Revolution. A more extensive account of him appears elsewhere in this book, There had been famine in Ireland in 1846 and hard times in England and in the Scandinavian countries. In fact, the United States was a greater lure than ever to those who were oppressed, ambitious, or adventurous in the old world.

Meantime, the steam railroad had rapidly been developed in this country, and this new method of relatively fast and easy transportation stimulated migration from the eastern seaboard to the interior. Gold had been discovered in California in 1849, Oregon had been settled in 1843, and the Mormons had taken their caravans across the Great Plains and established themselves on the shores of the Great Salt Lake in Utah in 1847. In New York, the editor of the New York Tribune, Horace Greeley, coined the challenging phrase, "Go west, young man, go west!"

To our ancestors who had pioneered in Indiana in 1835, the Hoosier State no longer seemed "west". There were reports that the new state of Iowa, admitted into the Union in 1846, had land open for settlement which exceeded in productivity anything Indiana could offer. Adventure, opportunity, and the pioneering spirit again took hola of Ben Fisher, and after twenty-two years in Wayne County, we see him packing up his goods and his family, and once more set his face toward the west. He arrived in Jasper County, Iowa, in 1857, there to begin anew the establishment of a home on unbroken soil. As had been the case when he moved from Pennsyl vania to Indiana, now again, friends, relatives, and members of his family were to follow him to the new state west of the Mississippi.

The pioneer spirit was not confined to those of our ancestors who were farmers. We have already alluded to their deep religious instincts, and to the fact that the Fisher line provided several early ministers of the gospel. These men also played their part in the "westward movement". In Indiana there were three of them by 1850. They were Joseph Fisher, Jacob Keiper, and Michael Steffey. Another, Samuel Dickover, began his ministry in Illinois in 1846. He was joined by John Phillip Wingert in 1862. Farther west, John F. Schreiber entered upon the preaching career in Nebraska in 1858, moving to Kansas in 1864. All of these men were related to one another. The Reverends Keiper, Schreiber, Wingert, and Dick over had married sisters: daughters of Benjamin Fisher. Reverend Joseph Fisher was the son of George Fisher, and Reverend Steffey was his brother-in-law. Hence Reverends Fisher and Steffey were uncles of the wives of the other four.

These preachers were all members of the Evangelical Church, a highly evangelistic organization formed among the Germans in Pennsylvania shortly after the Revolutionary War. It grew out of protests against the formalism in the traditional Lutheran and Reformed churches, and a zeal for evangelism among people whose fervor had cooled or who had no church affiliations whatever. The frontier appealed especially to itinerant preachers of this denomination for it offered virgin fields for their labors. A letter written by Reverend John F. Schreiber at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sept. 27, 1858, is typical of the enthusiasm and determination of these early missionary preachers. It reads in part: 35

"How enchanted we were, after we reached Iowa's last heights fr_om which we could see the Missouri valley spread out before us! The scene was romantic and glorious. How inviting the borders of Nebraska welcomed us through the rays of the setting sun .... On June 25, 1858, I, for the first time, stepped on Nebraska soil. Nebraska, the great prairie territory, contains some of the best land that can be found; has good water, and a healthy climate. The country along the Missouri River is espe cially beautiful. It is completely scattered over with Germans. My sphere of activity is quite extended, and I have my designated places for preaching .... Every beginning is hard, especially for a preacher in a new country where he must begin friendless and brotherless .... The region is like a field of death where Satan is constantly harvesting."

From Kansas, a companion of Reverend Schreiber wrote:

"In the first place, I had to build a cabin, since there was no building to rent .... In addition to this, the streams are so high that it is difficult to travel. ... It will require courage, determination and self-denial because the devil is loose here in all quarters. It is not advisable to buy a good horse, for it will be stolen."

Westward Migration of Family Pioneers

The accompanying map is intended to show in a generally way the west ward movements of the pioneer elements of the families treated in this book. It is assumed that at some time, though not definitely proven in all instances, Philadelphia was the port of entry of the ancestral German immigrants. That was their starting point. From there they migrated to York County (1), Pennsylvania. (Follow numerals in parentheses on map to trace the movements described.) Next they are found in Baltimore (2.), Carroll (3), Frederick (4), and Washington (5) Counties, Maryland. Members of the Stombaugh branch moved farther into Penn sylvania to Franklin (6), Bedford (7), Huntingdon (8), and Blair (9) Counties. The known ancestor in the Hornbaker line moves from Franklin County (6) Pennsylvania, to Bourbon County ( 12), Kentucky, where further trace of him is lost. Then the Fisher element comes west to Wayne County ( 10), Indiana, where it is joined by the Stombaugh branch in the neighboring Henry County ( 11 ). Next, these combined families proceed ever westward to new territory in Jasper County (14), Iowa. Meantime the ancestral Hepp appears in Bureau County ( 13), Illinois, probably from New York state. From there the Hepp branch also migrates to Jasper County ( 14), Iowa, where the Fisher and Stombaugh lines join, taking the name Stombaugh. The next move is to Shelby County (16), Iowa, where the Stombaugh and Hepp lines merge to take the name Hepp. Later, a last move is made to the next county on the East, Audubon ( l S), where the pioneering ended. 36

CONCLUSION

This, then, is the historical background of our people. It has been in cluded in this book in order that the reader of the pages oi genealogy and biography which follow may have a better perspective of the place and origin of our people in the social, political, and economic evolution of which we are all a part. We have stemmed from a hardy race, one of which we need not be ashamed, but rather an ancestry of which we can be justly proud. By their industry, initi ative, and devotion to conviction and duty, they have contributed much to the build ing of this great country. Future generations of this family will do well to con template the paths their forefathers have trod. PART II

THE FISHER LINEAGE

Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored. --Daniel Webster.

THE FISHER COAT-OF-ARMS *** Arms Shield in red, with an erect but bowed dolphin in gold.

Helmet Uncrowned, in silver, with gold locket and neck-band.

Crest Same motif as on shield: erect but bowed dolphin in gold.

Mantle Gold underneath with red overturn.

Symbolism The shield displays a lively dolphin or fish, symbol of the family name derived from the chief trade or occupation of the family for whom the original arms were created. Red signifies valor and courage, and gold, generosity and trust. The silver of the helmet denotes purity and justice.

Chapter VI

THE FISHER LINEAGE

GENERATION I

* 1-1. GEORGE FISHER, Immigrant. b. (c) 1731, in Germany. d. 7-19-1797, Baltimore Co. (now Carroll), Md. Bur. Jerusalem Ch. Cem., Bachman' s Valley. rn (c) 1753, Anna Maria Lahr (Lehr). Children of George and Anna Maria Fisher: 2-1. David, b. (c) 1754; d. 10-15-1815, Baltimore Co. (now Carroll), Md., bur. Westminster cem. m. {l) Catherine , 6-3-1776, b. 6-9- 1750, Baltimore Co.; d. 11-15-1793, bur. Westminster cem. m. {2) Elizabeth Galt, b. 1769; d. 4-16-1849, bur. Westminster cem. {Will rec.) 2-2. Elizabeth, b. (? ); d. (? ); m. Jacob Fuhrman. (Will rec.) *2-3. Michael, b. 1757; d. 3-25-1799, bur. Jerusalem Ch. cem., Bachman's Valley, Carroll Co., Md. m. Elizabeth Conrad, 11-25-1780, d. (?) Lycoming Co., Pa. (Will rec.) 2-4. Henry, b. 8-8-1759; bap. 10-14-1759. (Rev. Jacob Leschy, rec., York, Co., Pa., Hist. Soc.) d. (? ). 2-5. Leonard, b. 3-15-1760; bap. 5-13-1760, span. Leonard Geissler and Margaretha Duerwachter (in). d. 2-12-180 l, bur. Jerusalem Ch. cem., Bachrnan's Valley, Carroll Co., Md. m. Catherine Leier, 12-4-1789. (Ch. and will rec.) 2-6. Anna Maria, b. 2-26-1762; bap. (?) span. Frederick Decker and Anna Maria. d. infancy. {Ch. rec.) 2-7. Anna Maria, b. 4-15-1764; bap. 5-19-1765, spon. George Everhardt and the late Paul Everhart, single son, and Anna Floetzer (in). d, 4-30-1848, bur. Salem Ch. cem., York Co., Pa. m. Philip Lawyer. {Ch. and will rec.) 2-8. Johannes, b. 12-7-1766; bap. {?) spon. Johannes Born and Elizabeth. __ d. (?). m. Elizabeth . {Ch. and will rec.) 2-9. Joh. Henrick, b. 10-l""s=17b8; bap. {?) span. George Gutti and Elizabeth. d. (?). (Ch. rec.) George Gutti, above named sponsor, was a co-signer with the elder George Fisher and his sons of a petition asking for the creation of a new county from adjacent portions of Baltimore and Frederick Counties, (c) 1782-1785, to be described later. 2-10. Catherine, b. 2-8-1771 (twin); d. (?); m. Adam Burns. (Ch. and will rec.) 2-11. Clara, b. 2-8-1771 (twin); confirmed with sister Catherine in Union German (later Zion) Luth. Ch., Manchester, Md., 7-1-1787. d. 2-22-1834, bur. Salem Ch. cem., York Co., Pa. m. Casper Lawyer. {Ch. and will rec.) 2-12. Mary Magd., b. 11-6-1774; bap. (?), spon. Michael Born and wife. Confirmed Easter, 4-12-1789. (Rec. Salem Ch., Vol. 2). m. John Smeeth. d. (?). (Ch. and will rec.) Z-13. Joh. George, b. 2-23-1776; d. 10-18-1834 (Rec. St. Benjamin's or Krider's Ref. Ch., Westminster, Md.). m. Catherine ___ {Will rec.) 2-14. Anna Maria, b. 12-5-1780; bap. {?) spon. Henrich Wirheim and wife. d. (?). m. Adam Steever. (Ch. and will rec.)

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2-15. George, b. 10-16-1784; bap. (?) span. William Hinkle and wife Mary. d. (? ). (Ch. rec.) 2-16. Joseph, b. 12-17-1785. d. (?). (Ch. rec.)

It will be noted that of the sixteen children of this family, only eleven of them are mentioned in their father's will, which probably means that five of them had died before his will was made in 1794. It will also be observed that there is no church record for the first three children for the obvious reason there was no church in the Fisher locality before 1760, the year the first German Lutheran church in Baltimore County was founded at the later site of Manchester, Md. Unless otherwise indicated, the church records for all the children born after 1759, are derived from the preserved records of that church. The child, Henry, was baptized by an itinerant preacher in 1759.

NATIVITY AND IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA

George Fisher was born in that section of Germany known as the Palatinate in the Rhine River V'alley. While the exact date of his birth is unknown, it is set at about 17 31. That year is selected because he must have been at least twenty one years of age when land was subsequently patented to him in 1752 in the Province of Maryland.

By tracing back through land records, which will be described below, it can be determined with certainty that George Fisher arrived in America as an immigrant on Sept. 27, 1749. In Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Strassburger and Hinke, Vol. I, pp. 414-415, there appears this record of immigrants landing at Philadelphia:

(List 138C) At the Court House at Philadelphia, Wednesday, the 27th Sept. 1749. Present: Joshua Maddox, Esquire. The Foreigners whose Names are underwritten, imported in the Ship Isaac, Capt. Robert Mitchell, from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes in England, did this day take the Oaths to the Government. From the Palatinate, by list 79. 206 freights. (Then follow the 79 names among which a re): Hans Rutolph (X) Fisher Hans ( ) Conrath, sick Michael Fisher Ully Kunrath Jurge (X) Fisher Hans Kunrad Georg Adam Fischer In this list "]urge" (George) is our ancester, Michael is his brother, of whom there is more later. It is not clear who were Hans Rutolph and George Adam, but in subsequent land and family relationships it appears there were two more brothers and one sister who also immigrated to America. They were John (Johannes), Daniel, and an unnamed sister. Just when these three Fishers came to the Colonies is difficult to say with certainty, but ships' records show a Johannes Fisher in the Ship Fane in the same year (Oct. 17, 1749) and a Daniel in the Ship Halifax on Sept. 22, 1752. The arrival of the sister cannot be determined because "females" were not named in ships' lists. (Strassburger and Hinke, Vol. I, pp. 425 and 483.) On the latter ship with Daniel there was also- one Johan George Lahr, who may have had some family connection with Anna Maria Lahr who was to become the wife of our ancester, George Fisher, Daniel's brother, a year or so later. Similarly, the Kunrath, Kunrad, Conrath names which appear along with the Fishers in the ship list of the vessel Isaac, are obviously "Conrad", a family name to be linked with our Fisher line in the second generation.

These associations of family names are not offered as proof but merely as interesting coincidents. Yet, one's imagination, in the absence of irrefutable evidence, provides a clue as to how the families came to be joined in those primitive pioneer days. 43

THE COLONIAL OATH OF ALLEGIANCE

How do historians know who came to America in what ships? In 1726 the Provincial Government of Pennsylvania issued an order that since the Palatines "fly hither on the score of their Religious Liberties, and come under the Protection of his Majesty, it is requisite that they should take the Oath of Allegiance to his Majesty, and promise Fidelity to the Proprietor ... " This order was directed to masters of vessels entering the Port of Philadelphia. Accordingly, the "lists of immigrants" entering at that place and commonly referred to are in reality the names of adult males who were signers of the Oath of Allegiance, either in their own handwriting or by making their marks (X) when others wrote their names for them. Hence we find various spellings of the same name because the scribes of that day "wrote by ear." Women and children are not listed in these records, except in a very few instances. Therefore, there is generally no certain proof available to fix the time and circumstances of the arrival of this important colonial element, often two-thirds of the total of a ship's "freights", as the passengers were called. From Sept. 21, 1727, forward, the following oath was taken by all the German immigrants who entered the Port of Philadelphia:

"We Subscribers, Nstives and Late Inhabitants of the Palatinate upon the Rhine & Places adjacent, having transported ourselves and Families in this Province of Pennsylvania, a Colony subj e c t to the Crown o f Gr ea t Br i t a in , in hopes and Ex pa ct a ti on of finding a Retreat & peaceable settlement therein, Do Solemnly promise & Engage, that We will he faithful & bear true Allegiance to his present MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE SECOND, and his successors, Kings of Great Britain, and will be faithful to the Proprietor of this Province; And that we will demean ourselves peaceably to all His said Majesties Subjects, and strictly observe & conform to the Laws of England and of this Province, to the utmost of our Power and best of our understanding." (Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Vol. 888, p. 282£.)

RECORDS OF THE ORIGINAL FISHER BROTHERS

It has been asserted that there were four original German colonial brothers and one sister, of which our ancestor was one, namely, George. The other brothers -were Michael, John and Daniel, but we do not know the name of the sister. Proof of this assertion is to be found in land, testamentary, and church records. We will esamine the land records first.

It was but natural that these immigrants should move westward with the stream of settlers after their feet were once on the soil of Pennsylvania. As was noted in Chapter IV, that migration had reached the east bank of the Susquehanna River by the end of the 1720's, and as soon as licenses made it feasible, coloni zation of the lands on the west bank was under way by 1730. So for two decades before the Fisher brothers were ready to seek their own fortunes here, German settlers had patented lands in what was to become York County in the very year George, Michael and John Fisher landed at Philadelphia, 1749.

When the crossing of the Susquehanna had been made, settlements tended to be concentrated along one of its small tributaries, Codorus Creek. The un appropriated land in this valley lay near its headwaters. It is here we can first locate one of the Fishers. There is a land record in Gettysburg, Pa. (Prothonotary, Bk. B, p. 184, Adams Co., Pa.), that has been found by the historian, Albert Cook Myers, which recites that in 1751, Michael Fisher received a warrant for 50 acres of land from the Penn Proprietors. This land was situated at the head of Codorus Creek in what is now Manheim Twp., York Co., Pa., about 3½ miles southeast of the present town of Hanover. (The original MS warrant is on file in the Harrisburg, Pa., land office.) 44

The route of travel from the older settlements east of the Susquehannah, crossed that river at the present site of Wrightsville. It followed a belt of lime stone in a southwesterly direction through York County and southeastern Adams County, across into Maryland and on to the Potomac and Virginia. This was the old Indian Monocacy Trail mentioned in Chapter IV. It passed close by the land warranted to Michael Fisher, and since it had been converted into a wagon road in 17 32, it provided an easy access to the even newer territory in Maryland where the liberal terms of Lord Baltimore continued to attract new German settlers.

For some reason, Michael Fisher did not long retain his land in Penn sylvania for on Feb. 27, 1752, we find that he and his brother George had purchased 22 acres of land from William Young in Maryland, which was added to a larger tract of 325 acres purchased in 1753 to form a new tract to be known henceforth as "United Friendship." The records of these land transactions are as follows:

1. Twenty-two acres purchased from William Young on Feb. 27, 1752, to be added to a tract called" Tipperara" warranted to Michael and George Fisher containing 325 acres, all in Baltimore Co., to be combined to form a new tract to be known as "United Friendship." Patent for 22 acres issued Sept. 29, 1765. (Bk. B.C. & G.S. No. 28, p. 33. Hall of Records, Annapolis.)

2. Mikel Fisher and George Fisher of the Province of Pennsylvania, purchased from William Youngs parcel of land containing 325 acres and cal led "Tipparrara," lying in Baltimore County on one of the Draughts of Big Pipe Creek. The said Mikel and George Fisher to have and to hold in equal part of aforesaid 325 acres, and by agreement they are to divide between them and their heirs, this property. (Date of deed, March 7, 1753. Baltimore Land Records, Bk. TR No. D, pp. 520-1. Hall of Records, Annapolis.)

This legal record agrees, in general, with the family tradition of the settlement of George Fisher in Maryland. This story, as related by Mrs. Estelle Ecki of Dayton, Ohio, a direct descendant, and told to her by her grandfather, Michael Vv. -Steffey, is, in part, as follows:

"George Fisher came from the old country and unloaded his goods under an oak tree on the banks of Pipe Creek in Maryland, and built a log cabin. Afterwards he built a mill on the bank of Pipe Creek."

"UNITED FRIENDSHIP"

The fidelity of the two brothers, Michael and George Fisher, and the last ing regard each for the other, is worth noting. For twenty years they held their land jointly without apparent division of the original tract. Then in 1773 the agree ment effected between them in 1753 whereby "United Friendship" came into being, was concluded. A land record shows that on April 7, 177 3, Michael and George Fisher sold jointly certain parcels of "United Friendship," as follows:

To John Weaver, 147 acres. To Philip Weaver, 11½ acres. To John Weaver, 50 acres.

This transaction further recites that on the sanH' day a deed was executed whereby 45

Michael conveyed his half of what remained of "United Friendship" to his brother George. (Land Record, Baltimore Co., Bk. AL #G, p. 221. Hall of Records, Annapolis.)

George Fisher retained possession of this portion of "United Friendship" as long as he lived. In the settlement of his estate, two deeds, both dated Sept. 8, 1798, are recorded. The first one is a transfer to John Fisher (2-8), a son and heir, by his ten brothers and sisters mentioned in the father's will, their shares and interests in that part of "United Friendship" which Michael had deeded to his now deceased brother in 1773. The second deed of 1778, by a similar transaction, transfered to Leonard (2-5), also a son and heir, all the interests of the remaining ten heirs in that part of "United Friendship" possessed by the father but not conveyed to him by his brother Michael. (La'nd Record, Baltimore Co., Bk. WG #56, pp. 434-39. Hall of Records, Annapolis.) Thus the old home stead, after nearly a half century, passed into the hands of John Fisher and Leonard Fisher, and out of the ownership of anyone in the direct family line in this genealogy, which is traced through another of the heirs, Michael.1(*2-3).

But this son, Michael, was not left entirely dispossessed of land by his father, George. About a year before the latter's death, on Aug. 10, 1793, he deeded to his son, Michael "a parcel of 45 acres of land from Teporara for a mill seat with the full and free prevelidge to draw the worter to his mill through his land and meadow where it is now cut without any lett hindrance or inter ruption, and to alter or amend the said mill race when it is necessary." (Land Record, Baltimore Co., Bk. WG #MM,. p. 107. Hall of Records, Annapolis.) From that time on this Michael was known as "miller." His "mill seat" was probably in "Bachman' s Valley" in Carroll County, Md. This point will be given further treatment in the following chapter in which the record of Michael Fisher, Gener ation II, will be covered.

WILL OF MICHAEL FISHER, THE ELDER

There is one more item of family history to record that illustrates the close ties that existed between the two brothers, Michael and George Fisher. George preceded his brother in death by two years, but when Michael died in 1799, since he had no issue of his own, he remembered some of George's children in his will together with other relatives. His complete will is as follows (exact wording of the --will of Michael Fisher, the Elder, as recorded in the Register of Wills, Baltimore Co., Md., Book F, p. 182):

In the name of God, Amen. I, Micheal Fisher of Baltimore County, in the State of Maryland, Farmer, being very sick and weak in Body, but of Sound mind and Memory, thanks be given to almighty God, Calling to mind the Mortality of my Body, do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament in the following manner and form, that is to say,

First of all I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Ex ecutors, hoping that Lord will raise it up again at the last Day. And as for my Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me within this life, I Give, Devise and Dispose of the Seam in the following manner and form:

It is my will and pleasure that all my Real and Personal Estate is not to be sold till after my wifes Cleara her Decease only as much as will pay my Lawful! Debts and the remainder of my Real and Personal Estate is to be Left in my Executors Care unsold till after my wifes Decease and She is to Live in the 46

House where I now live 1n, and the Executors are to keep her two Cows in feed and pasture and a maid to nurse her and as much grain as She is in need of and as much necessaries as She Wants for her mentainment, all this during her natural Life, and after my wifes Decease, all my real and Personal Estate is to be sold by my Executors, and the money after it is all Paid to the Executors, it is to be Devided in the following manner and form hereafter Particuler mentioned, that is to say,

To my Sisters Sons Jacob Houcks Children fifty Pounds to be Equilly Devided amongst them, and to Elisabeth Caltriter forty Pounds, and to my brothers Daughter Annamery Stever fifty Pounds, and to my brothers Daughter Magdalena Smeeth fifty Pounds, and to my Sisters Daughters Daughter Easter Benned thirty Pounds, and to my Sisters Sons Micheal Houcks Children fifty Pounds and these are not to he paid untill the youngest of these Children are of Lawful! age, then it ia to be Equilly Devided amongst them, and to the Jerusalems Church in Fredrick County and State of Maryland fifty Pounds, and to my wifes Sisters Daughters Daughter Ciera Smeeth fifty Pounds, and all the remainder of my Real and Personal Estate what is Left after the Aforegoing Legesees are paid my Brothers Son John Fisher his Heirs and Assigns are to have the Remainder of the Seam.

Lastly, I do hereby Nominate, Ordain, Constitute and Appoint John Fisher and George Matter Both of Baltimore County and State of Maryland, Farmers, to he my whole and sole Executors of this my last will and Testament, and I do hereby Revoke and Dissannul all former Will and Wills Testament and Testaments, and Legacees by me made, Ratifying and Confirming this ana no other to be my last Will and Testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal, Dated the Eighteenth Day of April Anno Domini Seven teen Hundred and ninety nine.----- MICH FISHER (Seal)

Signed and Sealed published pro nounced and Declared by him the said Michael Fisher as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us Conrad Hileman John Bower his Joseph x Mathias mark

In the foregoing will, three of the heirs mentioned are his brother George's children: Annamery Stever (Anna Maria, 2-14); Magdalena Smeeth (Mary Magd., 2-12); and John (Johannes, 2-8). The latter was also made residual legatee and one of the administrators of the estate. Michael also left fifty pounds to the Jerusalem Church which had been founded by the German settlers who had come into Maryland from Hanover, Pennsylvania, and established themselves on Pipe Creek in what came to be known as Bachman's Valley. The church itself was originally called Bower's Church in honor of the donor of the land upon which it stands, John Bower, who was one of the witnesses to Michael Fisher's will. 47

The little church building stands on rising ground just above the confluence of three small streams that form the headwaters of Big Pipe Creek and the site of Bachman's Mills, originally built by John Bower in 1780. Surrounding the church is the burial ground in which undoubtedly both George and Michael were buried, although all traces of their graves have been lost. But at least two of George's sons are there, Michael and Leonard, for whom gravestones are now standing.

Jerusalem Church, Carroll County, Maryland

JOHN AND DANIEL FISHER, AND SIS T.ER

In order to round out the story of the first four Fisher brothers and their sister, as far as can be told, reliance is placed on church and land records, both fragmentary. The records of Michael and George are fairly complete, almost from the time of their landing at Philadelphia. This is not true of John and Daniel for eight or nine years after their arrival in America. It is just possible they were "redemptioners," and as such would have been obliged to work about that long as indentured servants for established colonists who paid ships' masters for their transportation to this country. If this assumption is correct, then it would be logical for them to make their way to Maryland to be with their brethren as soon as they were free of their bondage. This experience could have happened to them for in 1758, John had arrived in the Pipe Creek Valley, and two years later,· Daniel had appeared also.

That John acquired land adjacent the "United FrLendship" tract of bis brothers Michael and George is clear from the following record:

A patent for 36 acres, dat"d May 22, 1759, was issued to John Fisher for "John's Pleasure," in Baltimore Co., Md., having been Narranted to him on Dacember 20, 1758. Th ■ land is situated on a branch which descends into Great ?ipo Creek. (Land Record, Baltimore Co., Bk. B.C. & G.S. No. 10, µ. 257, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.) 48

When the brother Daniel arrived in the growing Fisher community, it seems that the tracts of land on Pipe Creek available to him, if any were not to his liking for he acquired a piece of ground across a low ridge to the southeast, but only a couple of miles from "United Friendship." The record reads:

A patent for 30 acres, dated June 28, 1760, was issued to Daniel Fisher for " Fisher's Landow," in Baltimore Co,, Md., having been warranted to him on the same date, The land is identified by a chestnut tree on the south side of a small branch that descends in the North Fork of Potapaico Falls. (Land Record, Baltimore Co., Bk. B.C. & G.S. No. 10, P· 520, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.)

The church and genealogical records of this Fisher family group may be outlined as follows:

I. I. George: b. (c) 1731; d. 1797. (Principal ancestor.) m. Anna Maria Lahr (in). 16 children.

II. Michael: b. (c) 1729 or 1733; d, 1799. m. Clara No children. (Verified by will.)

III. Daniel: b. (? ); d. 1801. m. Elizabeth Kert (in). ch. Tobias, b. 3-17-1760; bap. 5-26-1760; spon. Tobias Bruder and wife. (From German Luth. Ch. records, Manchester, Md.)

IV. Johannes Qohn): b. (?); d. (?). m. Anna Catherine Staelz (in). c·h. (1) Johannes, b. 6-24-1760; bap. 7-11-1760; spon. Johannes and Anna Maria Born, single children of Michael Born. (2) Maria Elizabeth, b. (?); bap. 7-25-1762; spon. Adam Weiss and Maria Elizabeth. (3) Mary Magd., b. (?); bap. 5-19-1764; spon. Christian Zeus and Mary Magd. (From German Luth. Ch. records, Manchester, Md.)

V. (Sister) ~acob Houck ch. ( l) Elizabeth. m. ___ Caltriter. (2) Michael: (3) Esther. m. ~~= Benned. (From the will of Michael Fisher, II above.)

There is one more item in the archives of this church that is of interest. In 1760 the congregation undertook to raise money to build a school house. In the list of persons who voluntarily pledged money toward the realization of this enter prise are George, Daniel and John Fisher. While we do not have exact death dates for all of these four brothers and their sister, we know that the men, at least, were all living in 1790 because their names are listed from Baltimore County in the First Census of Population of the United States. The names of females were not recorded in that census.

PARTICIPATION IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

As was pointed out in a previous chapter, the German colonists in stinctively supported the cause for American Independence from the outset. There is no record of Tories among them. Therefore, after the Declaration of 49

Independence in 1776, and the several Colonies had declared themselves to be independent states, settlers of German descent joined their patriotic fellow citizens in taking a new Oath of Fidelity. This time it was not to a sovereign across the sea or a proprietor who was lord and master. In Maryland this oath contained this pledge:

OATH OF FIDELITY: I do swear that I do not hold myself bound to yield any allegiance or obedience to the King of Great Britain, his heirs or successors, and that I will be true and faithful to the State of Maryland, and will to the utmost of my power support and Maintain and defend the freedom and independence thereof and the government as now established against all open enemies and secret and traiterous conspiracies, and will use my utmost endeavours to disclose and make known to the Governor or some one of the Judges or Justices thereof all treasons or traiterous conspiracies, attempts or combinations against the State or the government thereof which may come to my knowledge. So help me God.

In the returns of subscribers to the Oath of Fidelity from Baltimore County in March, 1778, the famiJi.ar names of the Fishers from the Manchester District appear:

Return of Frederick Decker: John Fisher George Fisher, Jr. Return of John Hall: George Fisher Minutes of County Court: Michael Fisher David Fisher

(Oath of F1delity, Box 3, Folders, 7 and 10; and Minutes of Court, Baltimore County, 1772-1781, p. 31 l. Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.)

As the progress of the Revolutionary War required more soldiers for the Continental Army, George Fisher, Sr., left his farm and volunteered for duty. The details of his service are not preserved, but it appears he ranked as an officer. His permanent service :record shows: The Commission of Ensign (that is, Lieutenant) was issued to George Fisher of Maryland, December 4, 1778. He was a member of Capt. Lemmon's Company belonging to the Upper Battalion of Militia in Baltimore Co., Md. (Maryland Archives, Vol. 21, p. 257 .) George's second son Michael, our direct ancestor, also rendered military service in the Revolutionary period. His record will be described later in its proper place.

PETITION FOR A NEW COUNTY

An outstanding characteristic of the members of the Fisher clan in the state of their adoption was their interest in public and comrnunity affairs even though none of the pioneers ever held public office, as far as is known. The language difficulty may have been a restraining factor. Nevertheless, their names appear on documents and in records where the willingness to subscribe and be counted was important. We have seen how they played that role in church, school, and military affairs. One further evidence of such awareness of public duty is a worn and discolored document discovered by the Maryland historian, Louis H. Diehlman, several years ago. It is a petition of citizens in Baltimore County addressed to the General Assembly of Maryland, urging the creation of a new county out of adjacent portions of Frederick and Baltimore Counties.

Age and water have faded the signatures upon this paper until now some of them have completely disappeared. However, when first found it seemed possible 50

to decipher with a fair degree of certainty, the names of the persons who had originally signed the document. Five of the first thirteen individuals to sign their names were the Pipe Creek Fishers, led off by George, the pioneer, as so often happened. On the paper with his name were those of his brother Michael, and three of his sons, Leonard, John and George. Because the petition proposes to call the new county Paca in honor of Governor William Paca, it can be dated between 1782 and 1785. This early, if not the first effort to create a new county in western Maryland failed, but the necessity for one remained. None of the Fishers who joined in the first effort lived to see its accomplishment, but their labors bore fruit nevertheless, and on January 19, 1837, by enactment of the General Assembly of Maryland, Carroll County, as presently constituted, came into being. (A Hundred Years of Carroll County, by Branford Gist Lynch, Westminster, Md., 1939. Democratic Advocate Co., Pub.)

CLOSE OF THE FIRST GENERATION

It is a strange coincidence that the close of the first generation of our Fisher ancestors in this country should come right at the end of the eighteenth century. The record of Administrators' Accounts for Baltimore County (Vol. I, 1631-1801) shows that the deaths of six members of the group took .place in the years 1797 to 1801, inclusive. All four of the original brothers passed away in this period, and two of the sons of George the Elder, as well. This striking circumstance can be summarized as follows:

Name Relationship Died Age Immigrated • George Ancestor 17 97 ( C) 66 17 49 •Michael Son of George 1799 42 Michael Brother of George 1799 ( C) 7 0 1749 Leonard Son of George 1801 41 John Brother of George 1801 (c)69 1749 Daniel Brother of George 1801 (c)63 17 52 •our ancestors.

What caused t·.• ese deaths, so near together, is uncertain. Those who died may have been the victims of a contagious disease for it is said that an epidemic of sinallpox prevailed in Baltimore and Frederick Counties at this time. Whatever it was that took them, their sudden passing could only have been regarded as calamit0us when so many of the different families lost husbands and fathers at approximately the same time. Fortunately, the children of the second generation survived, or this genealogy could not have been possible.

As this story is unravelled £cir its length of two centuries, one could wish that pictures of our ancestors and their families could have been available so that we could have seen what they looked like. Obviously, they had neither the means nor the occasion to employ painters to reproduce their likenesses on canvas, and photography, except as a scientific experiment, was not developed on a com mercial basis before the decade 1850-60. Hence, the first pictures obtainable of our people will be a few portraits of members of the third and fourth generations.

Perhaps there could be no more fitting close to this chapter than a facsimile reproduction of the Last Will and Testament of our first George Fisher, as it is recorded in Will Book No. T,p.-U., Register of Wills, Baltimore City, Md. 51

To the Ho:-:oun-ABLE the GENERAL AssEMl3LY of MARYLAND.

The PIT IT Io N of the Subfcribers, Inhabitants of the Upper Part of Baltimore-County and the Lower Part of Frederick-County,

HUMBLY SIIEWETH,

HAT your Petitioners from experience, fin,! it extremely inetlbftnient and burthcnfomc, for them to attend the Courts of th<:ir refpec.tive Counties, owing to their clillance from the plarcs, where they T arc now hclJ :-\Ve therefore pray your llonours, to take our cafc into confideration, and grant ug rdid", by cm,cting a I.aw fur erecting a new Coumy out of the extreme parf1 of the aforcfaiJ Coun t-ies, 10 he called l'aca-County, in complimclll 10 our worihy Govc:rnor; far be it from us 10 attempt Ji~lating ur prefcrihing to your Honours, h111 we b,·g lea,·,: tn mention the follnwing outlines of the divifion, ~-hich we think woulJ he con\'ellicnt to the l'cnple at lar1-:c, anJ t::ml ro facilitate the execution of rho: I.aw,, "iz.-Hegin nin~ at Pau-Sprin~, running thence down the \\"el\ern or Pincy-1'"alls, to the Fall;i of Parapfco, then up the faiJ Falls lo Hell's !'nill, from thence in a llr.1i;;h1 line to rht: place where. the Lines of Baltimore and Har fnrJ Counties lhike the tcmpor"ry line hctwcen l\laryl:mJ ,mJ Pcnnlylvania, then along the faid line to the place where it llrikcs the South .Mount.,in, anJ frmn th~ncc back to l"au'1 Spring in foch dirc:dion as your Honours may think molt digil>k. \V J". her; leave to affore your Honours, that we are not atluate,I by local or individual prejudices, a fpirit of turbulence, or a with to agr;ranJii,e any Spot, lliflrid, Man or fet of Men, at the c:xpence of any other part of the Community, but mcrdy to render attenJance on the County Courts, more cafy and con venient to the lnhal>iranrs than at prelent. 1 N orJer ro prc,·enr C.onrefh about the pl;irc where the C'.ounty Courts fhall be held, fimil:ir to thofe ,..-hich ha\'e difirat:leJ anJ Ji,;iJcd fcveral nci;;hbouring Counties, for ma11y years pal\, and leave no room for future murmurs or complaints, we pray your llonours to appoint five aUc and difinterefied Men, who re. fide not in this County, or have Property or ( \mncxions in it, to meet pcrfonally, and deliberately examine the dilkrcnr places propofcd, an,I dt:tcrmine without partiality or appeal upon the Spot, which in their con. fcicncc and judgmenl tl1cy may think molt prnpcr-\Vc beg leave Humbly to reprefent to your Honours, tlm an equality of Repr,:fcntatinn in the l.cgiflaturc being generally acknowledged alfentially necelfary in a Rcpublican Govcromc1-.r, neither Baltimore or ·i:rederick Counties, agreeable to their prcfent limits, ha,·e :a !hare of Reprefent.1tion adequate lo their property or population, which inconvenience, we humbly con ceive, would in fome me,·fure, be reaificd by the formation of a new County, \VE fubmit ourfelvce ••nd our fituation wit'lout Teferve to the confideration of your Honours, eatneR:. ly intreat you to grant u fuch relief as in your wildom may fcem. meet, and We Jlwl, as in duty bound, ever pray, &c. Restoration of Names on Original Petition BEN JAMIN BUCKINGHAM:

JACOB MATIER

GE.ORGE FISHER

GEORGE GUTTIER

ANTHONY MENCHE

PT-lILIP WEVER

MICI-\AEL SCHILT

WILLIAM HINKU:

LECNARD FISHER

JOHN FISHER

GEORGE FIGHER, Junior

MICHAEL FISHER

JACOB "NEVER

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THE FISHER LINEAGE

GENERATION II

*2-3. MICHAEL FISHER , our ancestor, son of George Fisher (*l-1). b. 12-22-1757. d. 3-25-1799; bur. Jerusalem C:h. cem., Bachman's Valley, Carroll Co., Md. m. Elizabeth Conrad, 11-25-1780; d. in Elimsport, Lycoming Co., Pa.,_ after having gone there with second husband, Jacob Bailey, d. (c) 1829; bur. by wife Elizabeth, Elim sport, Pa. Children of Michael and Elizabeth: *3-1. George, b. Feb. 1782, Baltimore Co., Md. d. 2-20-1848, York Co., Pa.; bur. on Shuey farm near St. Paul's Ch., Hempstead Twp., Carroll Co., Md. m. Christina Hovis (*3-66); b. 1783; d. 11-29-1868; bur. Clarksville, Ind. 3-2. Catherine, b. 12-25-1782; bap. 3-3-1783; span. Anna Fisher, single. (St. Benjamin's or Krider's Luth. Ch. rec., Carroll Co., Md.) d. 5-1-1877; bur. Loudon Park cem., Baltimore, Md. m. Patrick Toner, 5-26-1808; b. 1787; d. 182.3. 3-3. Ann Maria, b. 4-21-1784; bap. 3-29-1784; span. Michael 'Graul and wife (St. Benjamin's Ch. rec.) Said to have died young. 3-4. Elizabeth, b. 2-3-1785. (Bap. St. Benjamin's Ch., spon. parents.) m. Joshua Marshall, d. 1829. Letters of Administration of will of Joshua Marshall issued to George Fisher, of York Co., Pa., brother of widow, on 9-11-1829. (Baltimore Co., Md., Will Book 1827-1831, p. 208.) No further data on this person. 3-5. Mary Ann, b. 1-2.6-1786; d. 8-23-1848; bur. Jerusalem Ch. cem., Bachman's Valley, Md. m. Joseph Mathias, b. 1782; d. 4-8-1830; bur. Jerusalem Ch. cem. beside wife. 3-6. Eve, b. 4-30-1787; hap. 6-24-1787; span. Catharine Baumgardner, single. (St. Benjamin's Ch. rec.) d. infancy. 3-7. Michael, b. 6-12-1788; bap. 8-3-1788; span. Philip Lawyer and Anna, his uncle and aunt.) (St. David's Ch. rec., W. Manheim Twp., York Co., Pa.) d. infancy. 3-8. Adam, b. 1790, Baltimore Co., Md. d. 10-5-1864, Hanover, Pa. m. Mary Christina Forney, dau. Adam Forney, 3-16-1813, Luth. Ch., Hanover, Pa. b. 12-27-1792; d. 5-28-1861. 3-9. Johannes, b. 8-25-1792; bap. 10-28-1792; span. Joh. George Mathias and Elizabeth. (German Lutheran Ch., Manchester.) d. (?). m. Catherine Bailey. There are no data on the death and burial of Johannes, which occurred before 1845. In Lycoming Co., Pa., there is a record of his wife's will, pro bated July 29, 1845, which contains the following entry: Will of Catherine Fisher, widow, of Washington Twp., towit: "A bequest in my late father's will to me, now in the hands of John Ranck, to my son-in-law, Paul Fisher, for his tender care of me." (Will Bk. A, p. 417.) Catherine was the daughter of Jacob Bailey who married Elizabeth (Conrad), widow of Michael Fisher (*2-3) above. 3-10. Christiana, b. 3-30-1794, Baltimore Co., Md., d. 6-30-1876; m. Jacob Bailey, Jr., son of Jacob, Sr., who married Elizabeth, widow of her father, Mic-hael Fisher. Jacob, Jr., was also the brother of Catherine (3-9) above. Jacob., Jr., b. 1787; d. 9-26-1846; bur. Lycoming Co., Pa.

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3-11. Saloma, b. (c) 1796; d. (?) m. Thomas Marshall, with whom, according to a land record, she was living in Baltimore Co., Md., in 1817. No other data are available. 3-12. Susanna, b. 3-24-1797; bap. 5-14-1797; spon. Philip Lawler and wife, her uncle and aunt. (German ,Luth. Ch., Manchester, Md.) On October 15, 1801, by the Orphans' Court of Baltimore, Adam Steever was appointed her guardian, her father having died two years previously, and her mother having married Jacob Bailey. Adam Steever was Susanna's uncle by marriage. His wife was Anna Maria (2-14), sister of her father. Susanna m. Wm. Foresman, 3-11-1824; b. 2-7-1799; d. 5-9-1889, presumably in Lycoming Co., Pa., where she was living, unmarried, in 1817. She died 6-6-1830, and is buried in Elimsport, White Deer Valley, Lycoming Co., Pa. 3-13. David, b. (c) 1798. No other record of this son except he is mentioned in his father's will, and he released his inheritance on Dec. l, 1817, his residence then being Lycoming Co., Pa. 3-14. Michael, b. 7-21-1799. He is the "unborn child" mentioned in his father's will. He was born four months after his father died. There is no further record of this son, not even a release of his father's estate, as is true of his brothers and sisters. The inference is he may not have grown to manhood.

MICHAEL FISHER, MILLER

It will be recalled that in 1793 George Fisher, the Elder (*l-1), deeded a parcel of land consisting of 45 acres from his tract called "Teporara" to his son, Michael, for a "mill seat." The year before, on April 13, 1792, Michael had paid l!:.., 7s, 6ci for one acre of ground called White Oak Spring from the estate of Christian Bower through his administrators, John Richards and Joseph Matthias. (Note: This Joseph Matthias was undoubtedly the father of the Joseph Matthias who married Michael's daughter, Mary Ann (3-5). (Baltimore City Court House Deeds, W .G., Bk. HH, p. 379.) Later, the v\'hite Oak Spring was incorporated with the 45 acres received from his father to form one complete land holding. It re mained so, not only to the time of his death in a short period of six years later, but to the final disposition of his estate in 1817 when John Bixler bought the entire 46 acres, "to-gether with buildings and water courses", for $6,000; Jacob Bailey and wife, Elizabeth, widow of the late Michael Fisher, executors. (Book W .G. 142, p. 84 .)

Michael Fisher, though only 36 years old when hP became possessed of the "mill seat" from his father, set about developing his property, built his mill, and soon had it in operation, else 46 acres would not have sold for $6,000 shortly after the turn of the nineteenth century. We are able to identify the location of Michael's mill because of a little stone house Christian Bower had built at the White Oak spring as a residence for himself and his wife Veronica. We know that was her name because in the cemetery up on the hill beside the Jerusalem Church, scarcely more than a stone's throw from their little home, ancient grave stones, side by side, recall: Christian Bauer, b. 12-5-1734, d. 179 l; and Veronica Bauer, his wife, d. 10-22-1796, aged 53 years and 5 days. We also know that Christian and Veronica lived in this little house, and when they built it, which still stands, though the old mill is gone, for in the gable of it is embedded a stone which bears this inscription: C.B. 1785 V.B. Gattes Segen Leucht in Diesem Haus und wer da Gete in 'd aus (Translation) Christian Bauer 1785 Veronica Bauer God's Blessing Shines within this Hause And on them that passeth in and out. 57

There is a paragraph in Scharf's History of Western Maryland (Vol. II, p. 888), which, by interpolation, tells the whole story of Michael's mill, and hence the settlement of the Fisher clan in what was then Baltimore County. Written in 1882, the eminent historian recites:

''Bachman' s Mills. •• A small village on the road to Hanover, 7 miles from Westminster, and 5 miles from Manchester, situated at the head of Big Pipe Creek. It was formerly Bowers Mills, erected about 1780. William and A. C. Bachman own the mills now. The village lies in a beautiful and productive valley, settled early in the eighteenth century.''

-..Stone House of Christian and Veronica Bauer at Location of Michael Fisher's Mill. Jerusalem Church and Cemetery on Rising Ground in the Distance.

The village no longer exists, but Bachman's Valley, as it· is known today, is as beautiful as ever. The little stone house wherein "God's blessing shines," stands near the corner where two rural highways meet and three small streams join to form Big Pipe Creek. Beside the road on higher ground is Jerusalem's Church with the cemetery in front, a part of "Track Hill Ridge" donated_ in i 790 by Joseph Mathias to this German Lutheran congregation from land of his own homestead and adjoining that of John Bower. (Registrar of the Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Carroll Co., Md., p. 115-116. Maryland Historical Society.)

RE..VOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD

Like his father, Michael Fisher joined the colonial armed forces in th.eir struggle for independence. He entered early, at the age of 18 years, enlisting in 1775 as a sailor in Captain Bryant's Company assigned to the schooner, Flyin_g__ Fish. The enlistment apparently was for the entire period of the war, 1775-1783; however, he appears on the payroll of the schooner for three months only, Sept. l9 to Dec. 19, !782. (Maryland Archives, Vol. 18, p. 615) 58

Old Michael Fisher Mill in Bachman' s Valley: Mill Race Visible in Foreground; Little Stone House on Left.

UNTIMELY DEA TH OF MICHAEL FISHER

Michael Fisher died in 1799 at the early age of 42 years. The cause of his death is not recorded. As his will indicates, he left his wife, Elizabeth, ten children and one child yet unborn. The stone that marks his grave in Jerusalem Church cemetery carries the following inscription in German, translated as follows:

''Here reata in God Michael Fisher. He was born into this world in the year 1757 on 25 March. His honored wife Elizabeth born Conrad (in). They lived together honorably 18 years and 4 months and had together 6 sons and 8 daughters.''

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Michael Fisher Stone in Jerusalem Church Cemetery, Bachman's Valley, Md. 59 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MICHAEL FISHER

In the name of God Amen, I Michael Fisher of Baltimore County in the State of Maryland (Miller) being very Sick and weak in Body, but of Sound mind and Memory, thanks be given onto Almighty God, Calling to mind the Mortality of my Body, do make and ordain this, my last Will and Testament in the following manner and form, that is to say, First of all commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty god that gave ~t, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buired in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors, hoping that Lord will raise it up again at the last Day. And as for my Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to Bless me with in this life, I give, Devise, and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form. Viz:

It IS my will and pleasure that my wife Elizabeth shall have my Plantation and Mills to live 1n together with the profits thereof until my youngest child, which is not born yet, at this present ti me, arrives to the age of Eighteen years if it is alive at that time, if it is not alive at that time, She is to have the same for the Term of Eighteen years, if she remains a Widow, but if she should marry again 1n that Term at the seam time all my Real and Personal Estate Shall be praised And at the end of the said Eighteen years she shall deliver said Estate in the Seam repair as she found it and at the Expiration of Said Eighteen years, whether she remain a Widow or no, my Executers Shall sell all my Real and Personal Estate, and give a lawful Deed of Conveyance and she shall have one third part of the whole and the remainder shall be Equally Devided amongst my Children that is to say, my sons George, Adam, John, David, and my daughters Catarina, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Salloma, Christiana, Susanna, and another son or daughter not born at this present, and it is my Will and pleasure that my children shall, each of them, at the time of sale, receive and be paid an Equil Shear of the remaining two thirds of my Personal Estate and the money which fall in hand by seal of my Real Estate and the payments of my Real Estate is to fall yearly a payment, the first to my oldest child, the second pay ment t; my next oldest and so on to the oldest to the youngest, and so on till each have an Equil payment a peace and if there is any more left of my Real Estate, it 1s to be divided as before, and if my wife should think or suppose that she could spare any or ought of my Moveable Effects within the said Term of Eighteen years above mentioned, they may he disposed of by my Executors at their discretion.

Lastly, I do hereby nominate, Ordain, Constitute and appoint, my brother Leonard Fisher and my wife Elizabeth to by my whole and sole Executor and Executrix, of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and Seal. Dated the Twentyeth Day of March anno Domini Seventeen hundred and ninety nine, Signed. George Everhart Michael Fisher William Hinkle John Bower. (Written in German Script.)

How unexpectedly Michael came to the end of his life is indicated by the fact that his will was made on March 20, 17';19, and he died five days later. The will was entered for probate on May 2., 1799, with his brother Leonard and his 60

wife as executors. (Baltimore City Court House, Will Bk. 6. p. 182.) Since all of his children were minors, and one, not yet born at the time of his death, Michael specified in his will that his mills and plantation should remain un divided in his widow's possession for eighteen years. That term would expire in 1817. In the meantime, his two administrators would be responsible for his estate.

But his brother Leonard, also died relatively young in 180 l at the age of 41 years, hence failed to serve out his term as executor. Also, sometime before 1817, date not discovered, Elizabeth married Jacob Bailey and named him adminis trator with herself. Then on July 22, 1817, the real estate of Michael Fisher was sold at public auction for $6,000 to John Bixler, who was the highest bidder. Then followed the legal procedure of reimbursing the living heirs and securing their releases of further claims upon their inheritances. The records of these releases indicate the status of Michael's family as of August and December, 1817, as follows (Baltimore Co., Book of Releases, 7, No. B, 1816-1819 and Book W.B. 2, pp. 188- 194):

Baltimore Co., Md. before Justice of the Peace James Richards, on Aug. 6, 1817, personally appeared:

l. George Fisher (*3-1). 2. Catherine Fisher (3-2) and husband, Patrick Toner. 3. Elizabeth Fisher (3-4) and husband, Joshua Marshall. 4. Anna Fisher (3-5) and husband, Joseph Mathias. 5. Adam Fisher (3-8). 6. Saloma Fisher (3-11) and husband, Thomas Marshall.

Lycoming Co., Pa., Prothonotary Ct., before John Barrows, Judge, on Dec. l, 1817, personally appeared:

7. John Fisher (3-9). 8. Christianna Fisher (3-10) and husband, Jacob Bailey, Jr. 9. Susanna Fisher (3-12). 10. David Fisher (3-13).

ELIZABETH CONRAD FISHER BAILEY

It is from the inscription on Michael Fisher's tombstone in the Jerusalem Church cemetery that we learn his wife's maiden name was Elizabeth Conrad. (The inscription says she was born "Conradin"; the "in" suffix on a surname is the old German way of identifying an unmarried woman.) Who were Elizabeth's parents is a puzzle that has not been solved. Conrad, in its various forms of spelling, is a colonial family name that is as old as the migration from the Palitinate. It occurs in the embarkation lists from Holland in 1709, and in the Simmindinger Register of Palatinate immigrants living in New York in 17 17. Of the male adults entering Philadelphia from 1732 to 1773 as reported by Strass burger and Hinke, there are thirty-eight by the name of Conrad. Conrads were among the earliest settlers in western Maryland; there were officers by that name from Maryland in the Continental Army; and by 1800 artisans and business men by that name were established in Baltimore. (Dieter Cunz: The Maryland Germans, pp. 86, 136 and 181.)

In spite of all these "signs" along the genealogical way, the precise link that connects Elizabeth with her own ancestry has not been found. Hence she remains in the same category with her mother-in-law, Anna Maria Lahr, the wife of George Fisher the Elder (*l-1). No exact lineage of the Lahr ancestry has been possible, either, even though the name is fairly common among the German colonists.

Sometime after the death of her husband, Michael, in 1799, Elizabeth 6 l

THE CONRAD COAT-OF-ARMS **** Arms Shield in red with gold chevron surmounting three green clover leaves arising from a green mounded field.

Helmet Uncrowned, in silver, with gold locket.

Crest Two erect wings, the left red, and the right green.

Mantle Green underneath, red overturn.

Symbolism The shield displays a chevron, signifying shelter and protection. It surmounts three clover leaves, emblems of hope. The red of the shield stands for valor and courage, and the gold of .the chevron, generosity and trust. The green color, so prominent throughout this coat-of-arms, symbolizes strength, freshness and vigor. The erect wings of the crest indicate a rise in the world by meritorious deeds. 62 married Jacob Bailey. The date of this marriage is not known, but it was during the interval 1799-1817, as has already been noted. Jacob Bailey was a widower who lived in Shrewsbury Twp., York Co., Pa., not many miles across the Penn sylvania-Maryland border from Bachman's Valley. Upon their marriage, Jacob and Elizabeth first lived together in York County, but soon disposed of their interests there and moved to north central Pennsylvania where a new territory was being developed in Lycoming County that had been organized in 1795.

Jacob and Elizabeth had no children with each other, but with each of their previous spouses their families were large. Elizabeth's flock consisted of at least ten children, as have been noted, and it has been said Jacob had twelve motherless children after his first wife died, although proof of that fact is lacking. That he had some children is true because two of them married two of his newly-acquired step-children: Catherine married Johannes Fisher (3-9), and Jacob married Christianna Fisher (3-10).

After having settled in Lycoming County, Jacob and Elizabeth Bailey made no further move as long as they lived. We have the death date of Jacob, (c) 1829, but not of Elizabeth. However, they are both buried in ground that Jacob himself gave to his c~mmunity, Elim sport, for a cemetery. Their graves are marked only with small field headstones.

Of the Bailey's, it appears there were three generations of male adults each carrying the given name of Jacob. The ancestral colonial home was in Shrewsbury Twp., York Co., Pa. Whence and when the first colonist came to the German settlement there is indeterminate. However, there are both burial and will records of Jacob the Elder. In the cemetery of Fissel's Jerusalem Chu'rch in Shrewsbury Twp., two tombstones show that Jacob Bell died 8-1-1812 at the age of 77 years and 11 months, and his wife, Eve Elizabeth Beli, died 6-24-1809, aged 77 years. In the accounting of the said Jacob Bell's willbyJohn Bell and Henry Ruhl, executors, on April 29, 1813, the following interesting "burial" expenses are listed:

Gravestone b3, 16 s, 2 d. Coffin D' 18 s, 9 d. Wine at funeral D' 11s, 3d. Funeral service 0' 15s, 0 d.

We may therefore summarize the Bailey generations as follows:

( l) Jacob Bailey, 1735-1812. m. Eve Elizabeth 1732-1809. ' (2) Jacob Bailey, {?)-1829. m. Elizabeth Conrad Fisher, {c) 1760-(? ). ( 3) Jacob Bailey, 1787-1846. m. Christianna Fisher, 1794-1876.

OTHER FISHER FAMILIES, GENERATION II

2-1. DAVID FISHER b. 1754; d. 10-15-1815 m. (1) Catherine , 6-3-1776; b. 6-9-1750; d. 11-15-1793. (2) Elizabeth Galt, b. 1769;cf:° 4-16-1849. Children of David and Catherine: 3-15. (Daughter unnamed), b. 4-8-1777 (Ger. Luth. Ch., Manchester.) 3- 16. George, b. 8-22-1778. (Ger. Luth. Ch., Ma1;chester); d. 6-21- 1781; bur. St. Benjamin's Ch. Cem., Westminster. 3 - l 7. Michael, b. 1-26-1871; d. 7-7-1781; bur. St. Benjamin's. 'l- 18. Anna Maria, b. 6-17-1782; d. 6-29-1782; bur. St. Benjamin's. 3- 19. Jacob, b. 8-28-1783 (St. Benjamin's rec.); d. 7-1-1865; bur. St. Benjamin's. 3-20. Rachael, b. 1-22-1785 (St. Benjamin's rec.) 63

3-21. David, b. 1-1-1787; d. 8-27-1787 (St. Benjamin's rec.) 3-22. Salome, b. 1-25-1788 (St. Benjamin's rec.) 3-23. John Philip, b. 9-30-1790 (St. Benjamin's rec.)

Z-2. ELIZABETH FISHER FUHRMAN (no dates for birth and death); m. Jacob Fuhrman (or Foreman) who died in Manheim Twp., York Co., Pa. The date of his will is 2-12-1825, in which the children are named: 3-24. Jacob. 3-25. Michael. 3-26. Susannah, m. Peter Overlander. 3-27. Henry, 3-28. George, (omitted from will). 3-29. Elizabeth, b. 1780; d. 4-26-1857; m. John Walter. 3-30. Catherine, m. Jacob S. Buzzard. 3-31. Anna Catherine (called Polly) m. Bose. 3-32. Philip.

2-5. LEONARD FISHER b. 3-15'-1760; d. 2-12-180 l; bur. Jerusalem Ch. Cem., Carroll Co., Md. m. Catherine Leier, 12-4-1789. It is possible Catherine was related to Leonard's mother who was Anna Maria Lahr. The records of the Zion Lutheran Church, Manchester, list the following children of Leonard and Catherine: 3 - 3 3 . Mary, b. 6 - 7 - l 7 9 2. 3-34. John George, b. 7-2-1793. 3-35. Catherine, b. 8-22-1796. 3-36. Michael, b. 8-18-1799.

With respect to the children, their names and number, there seem to be discrepancies between the church record, the will record, and a gravestone inscrip tion. Leonard wrote his will 12-28-1800; he died 2-12-180 l; the will was entered for probate 3-11-1801. He named as executor his uncle Daniel Fisher, of Frederick Co., Md. Witnesses were his brother John and i:wo neighbors in the Pipe Creek Valley, George Everhart and John Bower. Heirs, beside his wife, were two chil dren, George and Catharina, "neither one of age", which agrees with their birth dates in the Zion Church. (Baltimore Co., Will Book 6, p. 359.)

Leonard Fisher is buried in the Jerusalem Church cemetery beside his brother Michael. • There an inscription on his tombstone, written in German, yields the following information, translated:

1801 - Here rests in God Leonhard Fischer. He was born into this world in the year 1760 on the 21 March and died in the year 1801 on 14 February. His wedded wife was Catharina Leier(in). They lived together in wedlock 11 years 2 months

and 10 day s , and they brought forth toge the r 3 ch i l d re n . Hi 8 age was 40 years 10 months and 23 days.

Like his father, George (* 1-1) and his brother Michael (*2-3), Leonard Fisher saw service in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. He en listed with troops from Pennsylvania, of which the following is his record: Leonard Fisher, First Lieutenant, 8th Company, 3rd Battalion, May 17, 1779. (Pa. Archives, Ser. 6, Vol. I, p. 449.)

2-7. lv1ARIA ANNA FISHER LA WYER b. 4-15-1765; d. 4-30-1848; bur. Salem Ch. cem., York Co., Pa. m. Philip Lawyer (Lauer). d. 1810 (Will date, 2-3-1810). Children of Philip and Anna: 3-37. Anna Mary. 3-38. John. 64

3-39. Elizabeth. 3-40. Abraham. 3-41. Susanna. 3-42. Philip.

2-8. JOHANNES FISHER b. 12-7-1776; m. Elizabeth Children: 3-43. Susanna, b. 3-24-1797 (twin) (Union Luth. Ch., Manchester, rec.) 3-44. Johannes, b. 3-24-1797 (twin) (Union Luth. Ch., Manchester, rec.) 3-45. John George, b. 6-18-1799 (St. Benjamin's Ch. rec.)

2-11. CLARA FISHER LAWYER b. 1771; d. 2-22-1834. m. Casper Lawyer (Lauer) b. 9-6-1764; d. 12-23-1854; bur. Jerusalem Ch. Cem., Bachman's Valley, age 90 years, 3 months and 15 days. Children: 3-46. Martin, b. 5-25-1799 Uerusalem Ch. rec.) 3-47. Henry, b. 6-22-1804 Uerusalern Ch. rec.)

2-12. MARIA MAGDALENA (Molly) FISHER SMEETH b. 11-6-1774 m. John Smeeth (Smuck) Children: 3-48. Elizabeth, b. 10-26-1792 (Sherman Luth Ch., York Co., rec.) 3-49. Clara.

2-14. ANNA MARIA FISHER STEEVER b. 12-5-1780 m. Adam Stever, whose will was made 4-16-1816 and probated 3-28-1818. (Baltimore Co., Wills K, 1815-1827, Bk, W.B. 10, p. 443.) One child: 3-50. Adam. It appears this son was one of the witnesses to his father's will. A will of another Adam Stever, perhaps this one, is dated 1-16-1827. His wife is given as Elizabeth. (Baltimore Co., Will Bk. 12, p. 336.) Chapter VIII

THE FISHER LINEAGE

GENERATION III

*3-1. GEORGE FISHER, our ancestor, son of Michael Fisher (*2-3). b. Feb. 1782, Baltimore Co., Md. d. 2-20-1848; bur. Hempstead Twp., Carroll Co., Md., almost on the boundary line between Maryland a·nd Pennsylvania. m. Christina Hovis (*3-66), dau. Frederick (*2-37) and Maria Magdalena (*2-34) Hovis, (c) 1801; b. 1783; d. 11-29-1868; bur. rural Methodist Ch. cem., near Noblesville, Hamilton Co., Ind. Children of George and Christina Fisher: *4-1. Benjamin, b. 1-2-1803, York Co., Pa.; d. 2-23-1883; bur. Fisher cem., Jasper Co., Iowa. m. Elizabeth Hildebrand (*4-63), 9-18- 1827; b. 1-24-1811; York Co., Pa.; d. 9-29-1887; bur. Fisher cem. beside husband. 4-2. Daniel, b. 6-24-1804, York Co., Pa.; d. 1-18-1887; bur. near Agency la. m. Barbara Hess, 11-30-1830, York Co., Pa. (First Reformed Ch. rec., York, Pa.) b. 8-22-1809, York, Pa.; d; 10-19-1868, Agency, Ia. Barbara was the daughter of Jacob Hess. Her mother's name was Peters. The ancestral home was near Carlisle, Pa. 4-3. Anna Mary, b. 4-25-1805, York Co., Pa.; d. 10-25-1878, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. William Wolfgang, York Co., Pa. 4-4. George, b. 4-11-1808, York Co., Pa.; d. 7-13-1856, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. (1) Rachael M. Lamotte; (2) Catherine Yessler, 12-5- 1829, both ·in York Co., Pa. 4-5. Rebecca, b. 9-13-1810, York Co., Pa., d. 12-7-1872; bur. Agency, Iowa. m. John Fair, 3-23-1837; b. 9-3-1807; d. 4-6-1891; bur. Agency, Ia. 4-6. Sarah, b. (?); d. (?). m. Absalom Shafer. No other data. 4.::.,. Michael, b. 9-12-1815, York Co., Pa.; d. 3-10-1899, Elkhart, Ind. m. Sarah Ann Stick. 4-8. Helena, b. 12-5-1817 (St. Jacob's Ch. rec.). No other data; not among heirs of estate. 4-9. Joseph, b. 5-27-1821, York Co,, Pa.; d. 8-2-1897; bur. Logans port, Ind. m. ( 1) Lydia Grove, 1844; d. 1894; (2) Martha Bortner, 1895. 4-10. Anna, b. 10-24-1824, York Co., Pa., d. 10-17-1898, Dayton, Ohio. m. Michael Steffey, 10-19-1843; b. 4-27-1821; d. 7-25-1905; bur., South Bend, Ind. 4-11. Caleb; no further record.

GEORGE FISHER, ESQUIRE

George Fisher was born in a portion of Baltimore County that has now become northeastern Carroll County, Maryland, on September 26, 1781. He was the oldest of fourteen children born to Michael (*2-3) and Elizabeth (Conrad) Fisher, at their homestead near the headwaters of Big Pipe Creek in Bachman's Valley.

George was a youth scarcely eighteen years old when his father died in

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1799. Yet he early assumed the responsibilities of manhood, and at the age of twenty he married Christina Hovis (*3-66). The young couple acquired land in South Codorus Township, York County, Pa., on the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland, less than half a dozen miles from Christina's birthplace in Krebs Valley, and scarcely any farther from her subsequent parental home in Shrewsbury town. It was a section of country whose interests were as common to Carroll County in Maryland as to York County in Pennsylvania for in the former, in the immediate neighborhood, there were established families bearing the names of Wolfgang, Fair, Shafer and Lamotte which were later to become related to George Fisher and his family by marriage.

There is a record of eleven children having been born to George and Christina, nine of whom lived to maturity to establish families and homes of their own. Some of these families were destined to become prominent in subsequent years as pioneers in the great Westward Movement of the population, and as leaders and ministers in the Christian life of frontier society. The family record shows that one of their sons, Joseph, was a renowned preacher of the Evangelical Church among the early settlers of Indiana. Likewise, a daughter, Anna, became the devoted wife for half a century of another pioneer minister of the same faith, Michael Steffey. (Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association, 1915; Vol. I, pp. 144-148; 283-291.)

In the rural community where he resided, George Fisher was a prominent farmer and neighborhood blacksmith. He was also regarded as an esteemed church man who reared his family in accordance with the principles of his Christian faith. The subsequent records and careers of his direct decendants for the next century bear eloquent testimony of the sturdy physical and spiritual inheritance that has been theirs from George and Christina.

As a citizen, George Fisher took an active interest in public affairs. For twenty-six years he served his township as justice of the peace. Stories still persist of the justice meted out by this country squire under a big tree in his farm yard as neighbors came to settle their differences by the guidance of his honest judgment.

Loyalty and devotion to country was ingrained by precept and principle in the nature of both George and his wife, Christina. When George was born, both his grandfathe-r, George (*1-1), and his father, Michael (*2-3) were enlisted in the American armed forces of the Revolutionary War. Similarly, Christina's father, Frederick Hovis (*2-37) was a soldier in the Continental Army. It was to be ex pected, therefore, when the call to arms came again, neither family nor farm could prevent the Squire of Codorus from answering that call. When the War of 1812 • broke out in hostilities between England and the United States, he joined the Regiment of Pennsylvania as a private under Captain Christian Shuey. Later, as the war progressed, he was assigned to the headquarters of Major General Nathaniel Watson at York, Pa., and when the war ended he was mustered out with the rank of major. (Pa. Archives, Ser. 6, Vol. 7, p. 386; Vol. 8, p. 828.)

Upon return to civil life, he once more resumed his status of country squire in Codorus Township. His outstanding service record, the rise from private to major in two years, enhanced his standing as a citizen in his community, and in 1827 his county elected him to the State Legislature at Harrisburg where he served in the House of Representatives for four successive years during the administrations of Gov. John Andrew Schulze, 1827 to 1830, inclusive. (York County Historical Papers, No. l.) A visitor to the legislature of that time refers to Mr. Fisher as "a genteel and good looking man."

In 183 l he returned to his agricultural pursuits, but never lost his interest in public affairs. When he had reached the age of sixty-six years, he died suddenly on his farm on February 20, 1848. Notice of his death was carried in three county newspapers, The Pennsylvania Republican, the Democratic Press, and The Gazette, all published in York. 67

George Fisher's demise was obviously unexpected to himself, his family and his friends for he died intestate. On March 6, 1848, the Probate Court of York County appointed his son, Michael Fisher, administrator, and on August 8, 1848, he filed his petition for the settlement of his father's estate. (York Co., Pa., Orphans' Court Docket, Book D, p. 242.) This petition lists the following heirs:

Widow, Christina, residing in York County, Pa. George and Daniel Fisher who reside in Hamilton Co., Ind. Benjamin and Anna Mary, intermarried with William Wolfgang, who reside in Wayne Co., Ind. Anna, intermarried with Michael Steffey, residing in Baltimore Co., Md. Rebecca, intermarried with John Fair, residing in Carroll Co., Md. Michael, Joseph and Sarah Fisher, all residing in York Co., Pa.

The estate consisted of personal property valued at $550.46, and 98 acres of land which were subsequently sold out in two tracts, 67 acres to Charles Emig for $800, and 31 acres to Josiah V. Hoshour for $400. (Orp. Ct. Doc., Bk. W, p. 408; 4-24-1849.)

Squire Fisher was buried in a family burial plot on the Shuey farm a few hundred yards inside the Maryland border across a little valley from St. Paul's Church in Hempstead Township, Carroll Co., Md. It may be just a coincidence that "Shuey" was also the name of George Fisher's original commanding officer when he first wore his country's uniform as a soldier in the War of 1812. In any event, there in a field to mark his grave stands a white stone in his memory. Nearby are two smaller ones indicating the burial places of two of his grand children, Albert Steffey, little son of Michael and Anna Fisher (4-10) Steffey; and Gideon, son of Michael (4-7) and Sarah Ann (Stick) Fisher. It is reported that the accidental death by drowning of Albert Steffey at the age of three years when he fell into the mill-race of a paper mill where his father was working in Maryland, was the immediate cause of Michael Steffey's becoming a preacher of the gospel. (Indiana Conference, Vol. I, p. 286.)

George Fisher Esquire ( 3-1)

Gideon H. Albert Son of Michael & Sarah Son of Michael & Anna Ann Fisher Steffey (S-56) (5-68) 68

After the disposal of George Fisher's estate and the apportioning of the proceeds among his heirs, those of his children and their families who had not already done so, left Pennsylvania and their neighboring homes in Maryland for the new country in Indiana. Naturally, the widow and mother, Christina Hovis Fisher, went with her children to spend her remaining years with them in their new surroundings. Even though Indiana was to be her home for nearly twenty years, it is said that she never overcame a feeling of loneliness and unrequited longing for the old scenes of her youth and wifehood in Pennsylvania. In her declining years her mind would revert to such cherished memories, and as she walked among the flowers in the garden, she would talk to herself and imagine she was back in her Pennsylvania home. (From a letter from the great granddaughter of Christina Hovis Fisher, Mrs. Myrtilla Fryberger Riker, 2-11-1942.)

Christina Fisher lived to the ripe old age of eighty-five years. She passed to her reward on November 29, 1868, and her body lies buried in the little grave yard of a country Methodist church which stands beside the state road between Nobleville and Clarksville in Hamilton County, Indiana.

OTHER FISHER FAMILIES, GENERATION III

3-2. CATHERINE FISHER TONER, dau. Michael Fisher (*2-3), b. 12-25-1782; bap. 3-3-1783, by Rev. Daniel Shroeder, St. Benjamin's or Krider's Ch., Near Westminster, Carroll Co., Md. d. 5-1-1877; bur. Loudon Park cem., Baltimore, Md. m. Patrick Toner, 5-26-1808;

Gravestone Christina Hovis Fisher Hamilton Co., Ind .. b. 1787; d. (c) 1823; bur. Conewago Catholic Chapel, Adams Co., Pa. Children of Patrick and Catherine Toner: 4-12. John, b. 10-18-1817; d. 8-28-1891; m. Elmira Will, 10-26-1841. 4-13. Elizabeth, b. 10-1817 (twin of John); d. 6-14-1854; m. Solomon Myers. 4-14. Mary, b. (? ); d. (? ); m. Adam Miller. 4-15. James, b. 6-17-1820; d. 2-5-1872. m. (1) Elizabeth Aller, 10-31- 1848; (2) Margaret Ann Zimmerman, 5-27-1855. °'\0

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Catherine Fisher was married to Patrick Toner by the noted minister, Rev. Frederick Valentine Melsheimer (1749-1814) in St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Hanover, Pa., on May 26, 1808. Patrick Toner was a native of Ireland and a Catholic. He died a relatively young man at the age of about 36 years. After her husband's death in 1823, Catherine first went to live with her sister, Mary Ann (3-5), wife of Joseph Mathias, in the old home locality of Bachman's Valley, Md. After her sister's death in 1848, she moved to Ohio and for many years lived with her son James Toner, a carpenter, at Carrollton and Tiffin City, Ohio. After his first wife had died, James and his family moved to Missouri in the late 1850' s, so his mother went to live with her daughter, Mary married to Adam Miller, also a carpenter, at Crestline, Ohio. In 1867, the Millers also went to Missouri, leaving Catherine Toner without a home once more. Her last move was to Balti more, Md., where she was to spend the last ten years of her life with her son, John, at 24 7 Mulberry St. There she died on May 1, 1877, at the age of 94 years. She is buried in the stone enclosed family lot in Loudon Park Cemetery of Baltimore. It is from Catherine and Patrick Toner that the Pennsylvania historian, Albert Cook Myers, is descended, as will be noted in subsequent generations.

3-5. MARY ANN FISHER MATHIAS, dau. Michael Fisher (*2-3), b. 1-26-1786; d. 8-23-1848; bur. Jerusalem's Ch., Bachman's Valley; m. Joseph Mathias, b. 1782; d. 4-8-1830; bur. beside his wife. Children of Joseph and Mary Ann Mathias: 4-16. Benjamin, b. 4-4-1807; bap. 6-10-1807; spon. Joseph Mathias and wife, Gertrude (grandparents of the infant.) 4-17. Daniel, b. 1-22-1809; bap. 3-5-1809; spon. John Mathias, uncle of Joseph, the infant's father. 4-18. Leah {Named in will; no other data.) 4-19. Joseph, b. 11-19-1812; d. 12-13-1812; spon. Frederick Bachman and wife Elizabeth. (Note "Bachman" name of family which later came into possession of Michael Fisher's mills, and from which "Bachman's Valley" gets its name.) 4-20. Rachael, b. 1-20-1815; bap. 2-19-1815. 4-21. Reuben, b. 4-3-1817; bap. 5-11-1817; span. George Mathias and wife, Elizabeth. d. 5-25-1845; bur. Jerusalem Ch. cem. 4-22. John, bap. 5-23-1819; spon. George Fisher (*3-1,)brother of infant's mother) and wife, Christina. 4-23. Anna Maria, b. 12-22-1821; bap. 1-10-1822; spon. Samuel Myer and Anna. (Called "Polly" in will.) 4-24. Rebecca (Named in will; no other data.}

It is certain that the Mathias family was both prominent and highly respected in the little valley of the heap.waters of Big Pipe Creek. Along with the Fishers, they had been among the early settlers of the region. As far as can be determined, the first ancestor was Stephen Mathias who had three sons, Joseph, John, and George. Joseph was the father of Joseph, Jr., husband of Mary Ann Fisher, above. As has been noted previously, Joseph Mathias, Sr., in 1790 donated the land upon which the original Jerusalem Church in Bachman's Valley was built and where the present edifice now stands. It was there all of his grand children listed above were baptized. It is in the little cemetery in front of the church where the generations of the Mathias families have been laid to rest. Joseph Mathias, Sr. was born, 8-11-1733, and died 2-19-1811. His wife, Gertrude, was born, 9-22-1742, and died 9-8-1819. Their remains rest side by side in the Jerusalem Church cemetery, and close by are the graves of Joseph, Jr., and his wife Mary Ann.

Joseph Mathias, Sr., made his will on October. 16, 1810. It was probated on April 26, 1811. He evidently favored his son Joseph for he fell heir to the family plantation of 208 acres and "my German family Bible." Another son, George, and a neighbor, John Wampler, were named executors. (Frederick Co., Will Bk. RB, No. 1, pp. 173-174.) 71

Joseph Mathias, Jr. made his will on March 29, 1830. It was entered for probate on April 26, 1830. He left the plantation he had received from his father to his wife, "Polly" (that is, Mary Ann) until his youngest son, John, should become of age. Then the estate was to be sold and the proceeds divided equally among the mother and her nine children, all mentioned by name. His uncle George Mathias, and his son Benjamin were named executors. {Frederick Co., Will Bk. GM, No. 6, pp. 128-129.

3-8. ADAM FISHER, son, Michael Fisher (*2-3) b. 1790; d. 10-5-1864, Hanover, Pa. m. Mary Christine Forney, dau. Adam Forney, 3-16-1813, Hanover, Pa. b. 12-27-1792; d. 5-28-1861. Children of Adam and Christine Fisher: 4-25. Julianna, b. 1813. m. Louis Michael, Hanover, Pa. 4-26. Ernaline, m. Alexander Cairns, Baltimore, Md. 4-27. Michael, b. 3-15-1817; d. 7-3-1897. m. Henrietta Dorothea Stoehr, b. 10-29-1819, dau. Daniel and Ann Eve Stoehr, on 12-24-1840. Michael lived in Hanover, Pa., and followed the trade of cabinetmaker all his life. The home of Michael and Henrietta Fisher was a large mansion with his cabinet shop adjoining it. Many pieces of furniture showing his fine work manship, are still in existence. 4-28. Adam, b. 6-23-1820; d. 7-29-1848. m. Mary Jane Reed of Cincinnati, 0. Lived in Baltimore, Md. 4-29. Reuben, b. 1833; d. 12-5-1855. Single. 4-30. Maria, m. Henry Zimmerman. 4-31. Ellen, m. Simon Beard, Baltimore, Md. 4-32. Catherine, m. Jackson J. Campbell, d. 10-15-1863, Baltimore, Md. 4-33. George, m. ( 1) Emily Holtzman; (2) Lizza Emerick; (3) Mary Bennett. 4-34. Susan, m. George Price, Baltimore, Md. 4-35. Elizabeth., m. John Zimmerman, brother of Henry, the husband of Maria (4-30) above, Harrisburg, Pa. 4-36. David, d. in infancy.

Adam Fisher, the eighth child of Michael (*2-3) left his father's farm and mills and went to Hanover, Pa., when he was 18 years old. Hanover was only 10 miles from his home, but it meant breaking family ties and traditions, neverthe less. There he learned the cabinet-maker's trade later to be followed so success fully by his son Michael. After his marriage he gave up his trade and became a tavern keeper, the host of "The Old Hotel on Pleasant Hill" in Hanover. In 1840 he sold out in Hanover and moved to Baltimore, Md., where he became the owner of the "Bee Hive Hotel." Baltimore rernained his home the rest of his life, and there many of his descendants still live. He died at the age of 74 years on Oct. 5, 1864, while on a visit to one of his daughters in Hanover. His remains were brought back to Baltimore to be buried in the Western Cemetery of that city.

3-10. CHRISTINA FISHER BAILEY, dau. Michael Fisher (*2-3), b. 3-30-1794; d. 6-30-1876; m. Jacob Bailey, b. 1787; d. 9-26-1846. Children of Jacob and Christina Bailey: 4-37. David, living in Marion Co., Ind., in 1853. 4-38. Sarah, b. 1815; d. 3-26-1887, York Co., Pa. 4-39. Jacob, b. 11-25-1822; d. 10-8-1878; m. Sevilla Hess. 4-40. Christina, b. 12-11-1831; d. 4-19-1909; m. William Trump, 1853. 4-4 l. John, m. Elizabeth -..--.--, 4-42. Susanna, m. Charles Myhart. 4-43. Eleanora, m. Benjamin Smith. 4-44. Elizabeth, m. Moses Allen. 4-45. Henry, living in Wellsville, Ohio, 1852. 72

4-46. George, m. Ellen Trump, sister of William Trump, husband of Christina (4-40} above. 4-47. Leah. 4-48. Rebecca, m. Adam Benner, Ogle Co., Ill.

Christina, who was the tenth child of Michael and Elizabeth Fisher, became the wife of Jacob Bailey, Jr., and by so doing created a set of legal relationships that are as confusing as they are amusing. Jacob Bailey, Jr.'s father became the husband of Christina's mother, Elizabeth, after her father, Michael Fisher, died. Thus Elizabeth was at once Christina's mother and mother-in-law, and Jacob was her step father and father-in-law. Furthermore, her step brother, Jacob, Jr., became her husband, and Catherine Bailey, already her sister-in-law because she had married her brother, John Fisher, became her step sister. From Jacob, Jr.'s standpoint, the situation was just as complicated because Elizabeth became his step mother as well as mother-in-law. Jacob and Christina Bailey had twelve children as shown above, but the grandparents of these children were their parents father- and mother-in-law.

3-12. SUSANNA FISHER FORESMAN, dau. Michael Fisher (*2-3). b. 3-24-1797; d. 6-6-1830, m. William Foresman, b. 2-7-1799; d. 5-9-1889. Children of William and Susanna Foresman: 4-49. Hannah, b. 1825; m. John Baird. 4-50. Elizabeth, b. 1826; d. 1906; m. Hugh Hayes. 4-51. Mary, b. 1828; d. 1910; m. William Holt. 4-52. Fisher, b. 1829; d. 1908; m. Esther Hughes.

Susanna was the twelfth child of Michael and Elizabeth Fisher. She was but a small child when her widowed mother married Jacob Bailey, but in the home that was made by that marriage, she grew up in Maryland. When the Bailey family

Diagram of the Holt-Harbison-Foresman-Fisher

Family Relationship

John Holt, Sr. (Soldier), m. John Harbison (Soldier), m ◄ Sarah Millikin Isabella Harb1eon I I

John Holt, Jr., m.

Mary Harbison

W1111am Holt, m. Mary Foresman daughter of

William Foresman and Susanna Fisher 73 left Maryland for Lycoming County in north central Pennsylvania, Susanna went along. It was in that locality that she met William Foresman to whom she was married on March 11, 1824. Four children were born to this union before Susanna died on June 6, 1830. She was buried at Elimsport in White Deer Valley in Lycoming Co., Pa.

Through the lineage of Susanna and William Foresman, it is possible to trace Revolutionary War ancestry in two directions. As has already been shown, both Susanna's father, Michael, and her grandfather, George, served in the Revolution. But Susanna and William had a daughter, Mary, who married William Holt. The parents of both John and Mary were Revolutionary War soldiers in the same military unit, namely, the Fifth Cumberland Co., Pa., Militia. {Pa. Archives, Ser. 5, Vol. 6, pp. 295-6.)

After the death of Susanna, William Foresman married Elizabeth Buchanan from which union there was no issue. They moved from White Deer Valley to Snowshoe Township in Lycoming Co., Pa., and finally from there to Prairie Home, in Shelby Co., Ill., where he died on May 9, 1887.

Chapter IX

THE FISHER LINEA&'E

GENERATION IV

*4-1. BENJAMIN FISHER, our ancestor, son of George Fisher (*3-1). b. 1-2-1803; bap. 3~1803, Jerusalem Lutheran Ch., Carroll Co., Md.; spon. David Everhart and wife Catharine. (From Jerusalem Ch. Register, Maryland Historical Soc., p. 20). d. 3-23-1883, Greencastle, Jasper Co., Iowa; bur. Fisher Gem., private family burial ground on old farm. m. Elizabeth Hildebrand (*4-63), dau. Jacob (*3-56) and Anna Maria (Wagner) Hildebrand, 9-18-1827; b. 1-24-1811, York Co., Pa. d. 9-29-1887, Greencastle, Jasper Co., Iowa; bur. Fisher Gem. beside husband and both of her parents. Children of Benjamin and Elizabeth Fisher: *5•1. Eliza, b. 8-17-1828, York Co., Pa.; d. 4-10-1909, Shelby Co., Iowa. m. George Stombaugh (*5-131), Wayne Co., Ind., 1-23- 1855. 5-2. Rebecca, b. 1-21-1830, York Co., Pa.; d. 3-7-1885, Shelby Co., Iowa. m. Martin Rummel, Wayne Co., Ind. 5-3. Sybella, b. 1831, York Co., Pa.; d. 1888, Bird City, Kansas. m. Michael Philip Bowans, 11-23-52, Wayne Co., Ind. 5-4. Adam, b. 2-29-1832, York Co., Pa.; d. 2-15-1912, Greencastle, Jasper Co., Iowa. m. ( l) Elizabeth Myers, 1-22-1856, Wayne Co., Ind.; (2) Lydia Dill, 1868, Wayne Co., Ind. 5-5. Eleanor, b. 9-24-1833, York Co., Pa.; d. 8-17-1899, Albuquerque, N. M.; m. Samuel Dickover, 1852, Wayne Co., Ind. 5-6. Sarah Ann, b. 10-10-1834, York Co., Pa.; d. 3-1'7-1917, Naper ville, Ill.; m. Jacob Keiper, 6-17-1854, Wayne Co., Ind. 5-7. Benjamin Franklin, b. 9-18-1836, Wayne Co., Ind., d. 1-11-1919, Long Beach, Calif.; m. Rosanna Myers. 5-8. Edward H., b. 3-14-1838, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 8-11-1903, Maxwell, Ia.; m. ( l) Rebecca A. ; (2) Harriet Lint, Jasper Co., Ia. Civil War veteran. 5-9. Elizabeth, b. 9-9-1839, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 8-12-1912; m. John Phillip Wingert, 4-9-1863. 5-10. Maria, b. 1-7-1841, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 10-13-1915, Leonardville, Kansas.; m. John Frederick Schreiber, 3-24-1860, Jasper Co., Iowa. 5-11. William, b. 5-4-1843, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 10-21-1863; died of pneumonia in Civil War; bur. National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss., Sec. l, Grave 601; Co. B, 13th Infantry, Iowa Volunteers. 5-12. Silas, b. 6-17-1845, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 4-30-1876, Jasper Co., Iowa; m. Christina Nedrow. Civil War veteran. 5-13. Jemima, b. 4-16-1847, Wayne Co., Ind; d. (?) Long Beach, Calif.; m. Sanford Moyer. 5-14. Keziah, b. 2-16-1850, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 2-27-1918, Long Beach, Calif.; m. (l) Spencer Carney; (2) Wilson; (3) John Baker. 5-15. Gideon, b. 8-20-1851, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 1-19-1916, Shelby Co., Iowa; m. Sarah Ellen Long, 3-12-1874. ·

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Benjamin and Elizabeth Fisher (4-1 and 4-63)

BENJAMIN FISHER IN PENNSYLVANIA

Benjamin Fisher was the eldest of eleven children born to George (':<3-1) and Christina (Hovis, *3-66) Fisher. He was born on January 2, 1803, and two months later he was baptized in the little Jerusalem Lutheran church that was adjacent to the land and mills of his grandfather, Michael {*2-3) in what is now called Bachman's Valley, Carroll Co., Md. Tradition has it that Benjamin was born in Baltimore County, which is quite possible. Carroll County had not yet been formed out of portions of the original Baltimore and Frederick Counties, and it is conceivable that his parents, George and Christina, lived for some time after their marriage in 180 l in Maryland before the farm just across the line in Penn sylvania was procured. At any rate, Benjamin spent the days of his youth and young manhood in the border area of the Mason-Dixon Line where three generations of Fisher's had made their homes.

Benjamin Fisher and Elizabeth Hildt!brand (*4-63) were married September 18, 1827. Just where her parents, Jacob (*3-56) and Anna Maria Hildebrand, were living at the time is uncertain, but Jacob's father, Felix (*2-17), had died in 1820 and it is qui~ possible that Jacob had used his inheritance to acquire land in Shrewsbury or Codorus townships in York Co., Pa., bordering on the Maryland line. It is doubtful that Benjamin ever owned land in this ,locality even though he began to rear his family there. From U.S. Census records (Indiana, 1850) we know that the first six children of his large brood of fifteen, were born in Pennsylvania.

BENJAMIN FISHER IN INDIANA

Benjamin Fisher was in the prime of manhood when the so-called .. Ohio Fever" possessed the virile men of his time and place. It was the urge to join the great surge of migration across the mountains to the bountiful flat lands of the Ohio-Mississippi Valley. Historically, it is called the "Westward Movement," and Benjamin Fisher, and his wife and children, became a part of it in 1835, as did other members of his family, including his wife's parents.

While this vast shift in the population had been going on for three decades, and Ohio and Indiana had achieved statehood. by virtue of their rapid settlement, yet a major impetus was given to the movement by the completion in 1830 of the Cumberland Road, or "National Pike," from Cun,berland, Md., to Vandalia, Ill., then the capital of that state. This road had been built by the Federal Government to provide an easier and a safer route to the west than had existed before direct ly over the Allegheny mountain ranges. The response to this improvement in transportation is observed by an historian of more than half a century ago: ,, susqueh Clairsv11ie, ~~~~~XL VAN I A I'- l ,----- ✓- / "--, i ,· ' _,,,~ ( ' ' ,I \/I ~v~~ v-'f.~ __,,(, ~ ~.,.._ ___• ..-, ,,, YORK CO • • l .r,._0':'),~ • ~ o-<:'-v I • ~cC ,I - ...... ✓-- ADAIIS CO. \) Yo I • ' BEDFORD co./ l - I ~ I FULTON eset. t / - CUMBERLAND- co:-- ,. ,J ~c ~,- ~ Hagerstown ~o ~ (\'I ~ ~ %ct"~ ~ --·, " (t <» g "°o \ a> 0 Q) ~ ~ Y'l ~ 9' "o " Ul ~1$) "'O 0 ' \ ~~ ~.,. d <» ~ t,.~ :.,... -,;00,e•. ~ov' J "-l..-.~ W E S T M ~ \ ~ - - - - YlflQ:INlA _AfiYLAN --• !I-. _ \ ,vtY~ - - - - D •'-• .o,.~-"

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Places of Interest in the Ancestral Locality Near

Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana

(All buildings as they appeared in 1940)

Benjamin Fisher Ho ■ e Solomon Stombaugh Ho ■ e

John S. Dill Home Samuel Dickover Home

Moses Myers Home Pleasant Hill Church 80

Typical Settler' a Honse Barn originally erected bu i 1 t ( c) 18 3 S ; clapboard a \c) 18S0, poplar and walnut frame fastened together with are natiTe walnut, pegs and rawhide, Amos Lannerd place Benj smin Fisher place

• 'As many as twenty four horse coaches haTe been counted in line at one time on the road, and large, broad-wheeled wagons, coTered with white csnTas stlet

It was undoubtedly with such a "broad-wheeled wagon covered with white canvas stretched on bows" that Benjamin Fisher moved his family and possessions to Indiana. The "Pike" itself followed the present route of U.S. Highway 40, and passed through Cambridge City, Ind., within five miles of the place where Benjamin and his fellow pioneers settled down to found a new community. In spite of the fact that Indiana had been a state for nearly twenty years and had a population of _perhaps 100,000 people, this region was still virgin land covered, for the most part, with a primeval forest of hardwoods: oak, poplar, walnut, cherry, and many others. Out of such timber were sawed and hewn the lumber needed for house and barns, and the framework of buildings that were built with bricks made from the glacial clay of low hillsides, burned in kilns set up on the farms and fired with cords of hardwood from native trees. After more than a century of wear n.nd weather, many of these houses and barns are still in use today.

In the community of Pennsylvania settlers near Cambridge City in Wayne Co., Ind., there were certain other families that were destined to become related by intermarriage with the Fisher clan. They are identified especially by the names Dill, Dickover, Myers, and Stombaugh. They were not only substantial farmers and landowners, but they were a highly religious group of people as well. From their families there came several ministers and missionaries who will be fully described later in this genealogy.

It has been said that for six days of the week the Pennsylvania German farmer belonged to his soil, but on Sunday he belonged completely to his church. What the New England town meeting was to the Yankee, the church was to the Pennsylvania German. The soil made him a farmer; the church made him a member of the community. Faith was strong in him, and a belief in the super natural was part of his nature. He felt he could plow and plant, but that only God could make his work produce grain and fruit. li~!!EX QQY.!!IX

George & John Stombaugh .-Pressey Cemetery George Stombaugh burial r-- cemetery

~ Lisbon~ Samuel Dickover ~F=1=s=he=r=~~= I " H111) Church Koses'\ Kiplinger Cemetery \ I school Jacob Hildeb~ nd Site.of old community Philip StombAugh

Richmond 15 miles 82

Up to the turn of the nineteenth century, all of our Colonial German ancestors in Pennsylvania and Maryland belonged either to the Lutheran Church or the Reformed Church. The former claimed origin in Martin Luther and the latter in John Calvin. In the new settlements in America, the two faiths were often hardly distinguishable; indeed, charges of both were frequently served by the same preacher. But in the year 1800 a German religious zealot in Pennsylvania, Jacob Albright, founded what was called the "Evangelical Association," a new religious group with a church organization and a doctrine similar to Methodism. At the beginning it was wholly German in language and expression. As its name implies, its emphasis was upon evangelism, "experimental religion," as its early preachers called it, that is, an interpretation of Christianity which emphasizes man's fallen condition and his need for redemption through faith and prayer, called "conversion." It was subjective and personal in character rather than social in its primary interests. Hence, "revivals," "cq.mp-meetings," and "protr'.,cted preaching services" were standard procedures in its evangelistic program.

This was the faith of the Fishers, the Dills, the Dickovers and their companions anq friends when they came from Pennsylvania to Indiana in 1835. How enthusiastically they joined in the pioneer advancement of that faith on the Indiana frontier is described by B. F. Wissler in Historical Sketches of the Indiana Conference (Vol. II, p. 68):

~Before the people had a church at Pleasant Hill, they worshipped in private houses. On such occasions when quarterly meetings were held, communion services were held in the forenoon, followed by a sumptuous meal, served at times to es many as 200 persons. These meetings were held at the (Benjamin) Fisher's, (John) Diil' s, and (Samuel) Dickover' s. These meals were not mere lunches, but con sisted of white bread, if obtainable, otherwise corn breed, pork, beef, chicken, otten with large kettles of soup, potatoes, and pies in great stacks. To feed such crowds, the women of the neighborhood would get together, one and two days before, and get reedy for the occasion. These occasions were to these pious p Jple spiritual recreations, and afforded opportunities for sociability.••

It was not till ten years after Benjamin Fisher took his land that the first church building was erected for the local "Class," as a rural congregation was called. It was built on a corner of the Dickover farm, and was called the Pleasant Hill church. Here it became an established center, geographically, socially and spiritually. The little church was within easy walking distance from the homes of the families that were to become so closely knit by marriage: Fisher's, Dickover's, Dill's, Myers', and Stombaugh's. In fact, in the private diary of Rev. Samuel H. Baumgartner, an Evangelical preacher for 40 years, him self a grandson of Benjamin Fisher, it is related that 'three families alone made up most of the members of the Plea.sant Hill Class, with 53 members between them as follows: the Fisher family, 17 members; the Dickover family, 17 members; and the Dill family, 19 members.

As proof of the Reverend's figures, at least for the Fisher family, and therefore it may be assumed for the others as well, there is the U.S. Census of Population for 1850 for Wayne Co., Ind., as listed on page 83.

The Census of 1850 also indicates that Benjamin Fisher owned 500 acres of land in Wayne County. The parents of his wife are also listed: Jacob Hilde brand, age 67, farmer, 700 acres of land, and his wife, Anna Mary, age 58. The Hildebrands lived not far from their daughter and son-in-law, but their names do not appear in the records of the Evangelical Association. The reason for that 83

may be that they clung to their ancestral Lutheran faith which was far less emotional but more ritualistic than the religion of their daughter and her husband.

Name Relationship Birthplace

Benjamin Fisher Father 47 Pennsylvania Elizabeth Mother 39 " Eliza Daughter 22 " Rebecca " 20 " Savella " 19 Adam Son 18 Elenora Daughter 16 " Sarah Ann 15 n Benjamin Son 13 Indiana Edward " 12 Elizabeth Daughter 10 Mariah " 9 William Son 7 Silas " 5 " Jemimah Daughter 3 Keziah " 5 mo. ( Gideon is not listed in this census because he was not born till 1852, being the last of the flock, but well known to Rev. Baumgardner.)

BENJAMIN FISHER IN !OW A

After twenty-two years in Indiana, Ben Fisher was ready to move again. In that period canals had been built -- one of them, the Whitewater, to Cambridge City itself -- the railroads had come, and withal, the population had increased ten fold. Perhaps the prevalence of a million people of all persuasions, or none, in Indiana were too many for him. Certainly, the exclusive German Community of pioneer days was gone, and with it the language, customs and habits of the "Pennsylvania Dutch."

But there was more new land, equally as fertile, if not more so, still farther west in another new state, Iowa. The railroads had not yet crossed the Mississippi, but the roads across the prairies of Indiana were well-marked because the wagons had never ceased rolling. Accordingly, in 1857, Ben Fisher and Jacob Hildebrand sold out in Indiana and once more loaded their goods and their families -- the latter grown smaller by marriage -- into covered wagons and headed westward. The main route to be followed was the extension of the one over which they had come from Pennsylvania, long before, namely, the "National Pike." It was a great highway now, close at hand, leading into Illinois. Illinois was almost as flat as a table, but well filled with settlers, a famous contemporary American among them, very active in politics in that year of 1857, namely Abraham Lincoln. Undoubtedly, Ben voted for Honest Abe in 1860, for an Iowa history gives his politics as Republican. Crossing Illinois, therefore, was not difficult.

Perhaps the Mississippi was reached and crossed by ferry at or near Burlington. From there the route lay northwestward in the pleasant valley of the Skunk River, which, when followed led to the new settlement in Jasper County. There he acquired 150 acres of land in Section 13 of Poweshiek Township, but it had no house, and Ben Fisher could get none. So the covered wagon boxes were set on the prairie without other shelter, and primitive living began all over again.

Progress was more rapid in Iowa, because the whole nation was growing up. It now extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Canada to the Gulf, a consummation that had taken place in Ben's own lifetime. The country was in a ferment, seething with restlessness, uncertainty and growing pains. A Civil War 84

had to be fought and won to hold it together, and upon the altar of that union Ben and Elizabeth sacrificed a son, William, who died of pneumonia on Oct. 21, 1863, while in the service of his country. He is buried in the National Cemetery at Vicksburg, Miss. Two other sons, Edward H., and Silas were also Union soldiers. They survived the war but Silas came out in broken health from which he never fully recovered, death overtaking him at age 31 in 1876. Edward, noted for nis personal pride in later years for having been a Union Soldier in the 60's, lived to age 65 years.

School House at Greencastle, Iowa, where the Ben Fisher children and grandchildren went to school

As the years went by the little community of Greencastle developed near the Fisher farm. Here was built a church, a school house, a grist mill, a store, a blacksmith shop and such other industries as befitted a flourishing inland town in pioneer days. The first white man to have settled in this vicini.ty had come only eleven years prior to Ben Fisher, in 1846, the year of Iowa's statehood. Three years later a school had been started, and within a dozen years· it could be reported that "a successful Independence Day celebration was held in Greencastle on July 4, 1859, at which a throng assembled at the school house, formed a gay procession and marched to the music of the Greencastle String Band." In 1875 a flouring mill was erected by Edward H. Fisher (son of Benjamin) and Godfrey Pfeif£er, whose wife was cousin of Edward and a niece of Benjamin. This mill had a capacity of 100 barrels of flour daily.

When the Great Western Railway was built from Des Moines to Minneapolis, by-passing Greencastle, the little village that nestled among the lush fields of Poweshiek Township languished and died. Today no trace of it remains except a school house, still of the vintage of the nineteenth century. The old families that pioneered here are also gone, and many of their descendants have moved ever westward to Kansas, Colorado and California. 85

CHARACTERISTICS OF BENJAMIN AND ELIZABETH FISHER

The strong characters of Benjamin and Elizabeth Fisher are reflected in the rugged lives they lived. They were perfect examples of that hardy race of pioneers who built firmly the foundations of the American economy and social structure in the Middle West. Their deep religious faith was the strength of their courage and fortitude whether on the long road of the immigrant, in the uncut woods of Indiana, or on the unbroken sod of the Iowa prairie. They were acquainted with hard work and sometimes privation, but they had the satisfaction of rearing successfully a large family of fifteen children from infancy to adult hood without any of whom they need be ashamed.

Personally, Benjamin Fisher has been described as short, heavy set, and rather on the chubby side. He was a jovial man with a keen sense of humor. He loved sports, such as they were in his time, and he found pleasure and respite in hunting and fishing. He was a craftsman as well as a farmer, and it is said he made useful as well as ornamental baskets of willows collected along a small prairie stream that flowed through his land. He was kind and thoughtful, ever ready to help a kin or neighbor. In his community he was affectionately known as "Uncle Benj."

Elizabeth Hildebrand Fisher was a faithful and devoted wife who was rewarded in kind by the affections of her husband whom she followed willingly ever onward to new ventures. Undoubtedly she, too, possessed the urge of the pioneer spirit. She must have been blessed with both physical and spiritual strength to take in stride the arduous tasks that were hers as the wife of a frontiersman and the mother of fifteen robust boys and girls. The sad note in her life appears at its close when she fell victim of the dread disease of cancer. To alleviate her suffering and to attempt to find a cure for her, Benjamin spared none of his resources. Indeed, most of the value of his land was used up in this endeavor, but to no avail. She passed away September 29, 1877, at the age of 66 years, and was laid to rest in a burial place set aside by Benjamin on his own farm for his own people.

Upon the death of Elizabeth, Benjamin liquidated his remaining possessions at Greencastle, and purchased property in the town of Colfax which had become the railroad point and trading center for the community. There to care for him in his declining years came his daughter, Keziah, to keep house for him. As her reward, when he made--his will in 1882, Benjamin gave the town house to her; it was all the worldly goods he had left. It was on March 23, 1883, that the old pioneer came to the end of his eventful and useful life at the age of 80 years. His body was laid beside that of his wife in the plot he himself had long before selected for that purpose. With his passing there ended an epoch in the settlement and develop ment of the great central section of the United States. He, with his family, represented a type of wholesome, stalwart citizenry that played a major role in an evolutionary period of our country which had come and gone, never to be experi enced again except in memories and traditions to be recalled by descendants.

EPITAPHS

Another typical characteristic of the era in which they lived, are the epitaphs that are carved on the tombstones of Benjamin and Elizabeth Fisher. Epitaphs were a custom of their day that has now largely vanished, probably a loss rather than a gain to present-day generations. Epitaphs were the expressions of many sentiments -- affection, esteem, sorrow, hope, religious faith, warnings, and many others. Here are the ones for Benjamin and Elizabeth: Benjamin Fisher Whilst In This Tomb Our Father Lies Hia Spirit Rests AboYe; In Realms of Bliss It NeYer Dies But Kno,rs a SaYior' s LoYe. 86

Eli~abeth Fisher Remember Me Aa You Pass By. A ■ You Are Now So Once Waa I. As I Aa Now So You Must Be. P~epare For Death and Follow Me.

OTHER FISHER FAMILIES, GENERATION IV

4-2. DANIEL FISHER, son of George Fisher (*3-1). b. 6-24-1804, York Co., Pa. d. 1-18-1887, Wapello Co., la.; bur. Agency, Ia. m. Barbara Hess, b. 8-22-1809, York Co., Pa.; d. 10-19-1868, Agency, Ia., dau. Jacob Hess. Marriage record, 11-30-1830, First Reformed Ch., York, Pa. Children of Daniel and Barbara Fisher: 5-16. Ellen, b. 10-9-1832, York Co., Pa.; d. 1-11-1908, Dahlonega, Ia.; bur. Ottumwa, Ia. m. Andrew Louis Goehring, Sept. 1857, Wapello, Co., Ia. 5-17. Henry, b. 10-27-1834, York Co., Pa.; d. 9-17-190 l, Hastings, Ia.; bur. Emerson, la. m. Susannah Forest, 11-23-1861, Agency, Ia. 5-18. Sarah, b. 11-11-1837, York Co., Pa.; d. 1880. m. (1) Theodore Padgett; (2) Adrian Lathrope. 5-19. Rebecca, b. 10-18-1840, York Co., Pa., d. Sept. 1928. m. Samuel Humbert. Samuel and Rebecca Humbert settled near Hastings, Nebr., in 1870, and later moved to Kearney, Nebr. No other data are available. 5-20. Susan, b. 6-30-1843, York Co., Pa.; d. March 1931. m. William Thomas. No children. 5-21. George, b. 11-22-1846, York Co., Pa.; d. 3-24-1914, Carns, Nebr.; bur. Hastings, Iowa. m. Viola Cary, dau. Abel Cary, 1869, Hastings, Iowa. 5-22. Adam, b. 3-20-1851, Hamilton Co., Ind.

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Daniel Fisher was the second son of George Fisher (*3-1), the Squire of Codorus Township in York Co., Pa. It appears he grew up and was married in York County. His wife's maternal ancestors were from Carlisle, Pa., her mother's surname being Peters. Daniel and Barbara had seven children. Soon after the birth of the sixth one, George, in 1846, they moved across the Mason and Dixon Line to Maryland, where they remained but briefly. From there they migrated to Hamilton tounty, Ind., where they were living at the time of Daniel's father's death in 1848. (Orphans' Ct. Rec., York Co. Pa.) There they remained at least ten years, and in 1858 Daniel and his family moved westward to Iowa where they acquired land in Wapello County near Agency, so named because here was once located the federal "agency" for the Wapello tribe of Indians. Chief Wapello is buried near Agency. Daniel Fisher was a farmer and he remained on his Iowa farm till his death in 1887.

4-3. ANNA MARY, dau. George Fisher (*3-1). b. 4-25-1805, York Co., Pa. d. 10-25-1878, at the home of Isaac P. Keiser, Hamilton Co., Ind.; bur. Bethel cem. near Noblesville, Ind. m. William Wolfgang, Lineboro, Md.; b. 9-2-1803, York Co., Pa.; d. 1-13-1863, Hamilton Co., Ind.; bur. Bethel cem. near Noblesville, Ind. Ch.ildren of William and Anna Mary Wolfgang: 5-23. Emanuel, b. 10-16-1828, Lineboro, Md.; d. 6-30-1887, Hamilton Co., Ind.; m. ( 1) Fannie Wyant; (2) Reginia Stahl. 5-24. Mary Jane, b. 4-25-1835. m. Andrew Jackson Fryberger. 5-25. Christiana, b. 5-5-1836. 5-26. Ephriam. 5-27. Louis, m. ( 1) Emma Florence Snowden; (2) Elizabeth Brooks. 5-28. Rachel, b. 1837; d. 12-1-1854.

Anna Mary Fisher Wolfgang and daughter Eli~a Lida Keiser ( 4-3 and 5-30) 88

5-29. James K., b. 12-13-1844, Wayne Co. Ind., d. 8-21-1931, near Niles, Mich., at home of dau. Julia. m. Lucy Matilda Pettit, 5-7-1867, Edwardsburg, Mich. 5-30. Eliza Lida, b. 10-13-1847; d. Mar. 1896; m. Isaac P. Keiser. 5-31. Sarah, m. Ray. 5-32. Elizabeth, d. age 22 yrs.; bur. Bethel cem., Hamilton _Co., Ind. 5-33. Susan.

Anna Mary was the eldest daughter of George and Christina (Hovis) (*3-66) Fisher. She grew up with her parents in the lower part of York Go., Pa., and there she met her husband, William Wolfgang, whom she married (c) 1827. Their first child, Emanuel, wa:s born in Pennsylvania, but the family record indicates that Anna Mary and her husband and young son migrated with her parents and grandparents to Wayne Co., Ind., in 1835, From there they went farther west to Hamilton County, an area more heavily timbered than Wayne County. There near the locality of present-day Noblesville, William Wolfgang established a shingle and barrel stave factory in the hardwood forest.

After the death of his wife's father, George Fisher (*3-1), in 1848, William Wolfgang rode all the way back to Pennsylvania on horseback, to help pre pare his mother-in-law, Christina (*3-66) to come out to the frontier in Indiana to live with him and her daughter. As has been related previously, Christina did so, and spent the remainder of her days in the Hoosier state. One of the problems of making a living on the frontier is illustrated by the story that since the Wolf gang's could not find a market in Indiana for turkeys they raised, they drove them to Cincinnati.

When William Wolfgang died in 1863, his wife Anna Mary, transferred her home to that of her daughter, Eliza Lida, wife of Isaac P. Keiser. Since the mother of Anna Mary was her charge, Christina also came under the care of her granddaughter, Eliza, There she died in 1868, followed by her daughter ten years later.

THE WOLFGANG LINEAGE

According to Dr. Charles T. Zahn, a descendant, the original Wolfgang ancestor in America was Johan Nicolaus Wolfgang. He is said to have been a widower who married Catharina Weber in York Co., Pa., June 21, 1750. (Record in Trappe Church near Collegeville, Pa.) Shortly after their marriage they settled in Manheim Twp., York County. There they lived out their lives and are buried in St. Jacob's (Stone) Church cemetery near Glenville. Their dates are: Nicolaus, husband of Catharina, b. 2-2-1711; d. 2-11-1790; Catharina (Weber), wife of Nicolaus, b. 12-15-1718; d. 3-22-1809.

According to their gravestone records, six children were born to Nicolaus i3-nd Catharina Wolfgang, but there are no church records, and hence names for only four of them, {No estate settlements have been found.) Of these four children, a son, the namesake of his father, is the father of William Wolf gang who married Anna Mary Fisher (4-3) described above. The second Nicolaus Wolfgang took to wife Maria Elizabeth Hetrick. They are also buried in St. Jacob's Church cemetery, and their dates are: Nicolaus, husband of Maria Elizabeth, b. 8-25-1763; d. 4-9-1842; Maria Elizabeth, wife of Nicholaus, b. 10-4- 1768; d. 7-22-1848. To this couple were born eight children, of which our William was the sixth, b. 9-2-1803 (St. Jacob's ch. rec.)

It is from a brother of William Wolfgang, named Jacob, b. 3-31-1793, that Dr. Abdel! Ross Wentz of Gettysburg College, and Dr. Charles T. Zahn, previously mentioned as having given material assistance to this study, are descended. 89

4-4. GEORGE FISHER, son of George Fisher (*3-1). b. 4-11-1808, York Co., Pa. d. 7-13-1856, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. (l) Rachael M. Lamotte, Carroll Co., Md., b. 1-14-1813; d. 9-8-1848; bur. Hamilton Co., Ind,, beside George. (2) Catherine Children of George and Rachael Fisher: 5-34. John Huffman, b. 3-13-1835; d. 9-2-1916, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Ellen Steffey, dau. George and Lydia (Walker) Steffey. 5-35. Susanna, b. 8-17-1836; hap. 11-13-1836 (Trinity Reformed Ch., Manchester, Md.) d. 8-16-1855; bur. Hamilton Co., Ind., beside parents. 5-36. Mary Elizabeth, b. 8-17-1838, Hamilton Co,, Ind.; m. Enos Wise- man. 5-37. Daniel, b. 2-5-1843; d. 2-3-1912. m. Jennie Davidson. 5-38. Caleb H., b. (? ); d. 1915. m. Mat Hare. (Descendants are said to live in Hennessey, Oklahoma.) 5-39. Joshua, b. 11-1-1845; d. 1-23-1929. m. Mary A. Helms. (Descendants are said to live in Concordia, Kans.) Child of George and Catherine Fisher: 5-40. Amanda, b. 1852; d. 1888. m. (1) Taylor Helms; (Z) William De Camp, b. 11-30-1857; d. 5-13-1933.

Burials of George and Rachael Fisher Rural Comet.ery, Hamilton Co., Ind. (4-4) 4-5. REBECCA FISHER, dau. of George Fisher (*3-1). b. 9-13-1810, York Co., Pa. d. 12-7-1872, Agency, Ia. m, John Fair, 3-23-1837, Manchester, Md. b. 9-3-1807, Baltimore Co. (now Carroll), Md.; d. 4-6-1891, Agency, Iowa. Children of John and Rebecca Fair: 5-41. Adam, b. 12-15-1837, Carroll Co., Md.; d. 8-8-1865, Man chester, Md. Studied for the ministry in Gettysburg Theological Seminary. While there it is said he watched the battle of Gettysburg from a college window. After having been ordained as a Lutheran minister in 1864, be served one year at Harris burg, Pa. He died soon afterwards. 5-42. Sarah, b. 2-19-1839, Carroll Co., Md., d. 2-18-1935, Parkston, So. Dak., bur. Des Moines, Iowa. m. Godfrey Pfeiffer, 10-15- 1861, Agency, Iowa. 90

5-43. Mary Ann, b. 10-19-1840, Carroll Co., Md.; d. 11-26-1876; m. Silas Will, 10-15-1861, Ottumwa, Iowa. 5-44. Ellen, b. 8-24-1842, Carroll Co., Md.; d. 6-27-1933, Agency, Iowa. m. Jacob Lowenberg, 2-26-1863, Agency, Iowa. 5-45. George W., b. 5-24-1844, Carroll Co., Md.; d. 3-9-1921, Council Bluffs, Ia.; bur. Agency, Ia. m. Eleanor Virginia Clements, 2-15-1871, Agency, Ia. 5-46. Elias D., b. 2-15-1846; bap. 4-11-1846 (Trinity Reformed Ch., Manchester, Md.); d. 2-2-1918, Agency, Ia.; bur. Ottumwa, Ia. m. Sarah Elizabeth Giltner. 5-47. Henry, b. 2-3-1848, Carroll Co., Md. m. (1) Mollie Neiswander; (2) Clara Rousculp. 5-48. Amanda, b. 10-9-1849, Carroll Co., Md.; d. 1-11-1936. m. Sherman Ferris, 12-16-1869. 5-49. Rebecca, b. 9-3-1851, Carroll Co., Md., d. 1-5-1942, Agency, Ia. m. Wilbur Fiske Clements, 2-15-1871, Agency, Ia. 5-50. Lydia Mabel, b. 5-18-1853, Carroll Co., Md.; d. 1-10-1949, Huntington Park, Calif. m. Robert C. Dimmit, 3-9-1875, Iowa.

Rebecca (Fisher) Fair did not marry till she was 29 years old. She was a skilled seamstress, designer and milliner. The latter profession she learned at the town of Strasburg, near Lancaster, Pa., after which she opened her own store in York, Pa. In designing her hats, for example, she would weave leghorn shapes, bleach them in barrels of sulphur fumes, and mold them to her customers' tastes. She designed patterns for quilts and dresses. As she grew older as a mother of ten children, she became very large and heavy. It is said she smoked a pipe, as many pioneer women did, her excuse being that she did so as a pro tection against disease.

John Fair was a spinner, .weaver and dyer. He operated a woolen mill situated on a branch of Gunpowder Falls Creek in Carroll Co., Md., not more than two or three miles from Rebecca's home across the line in Pennsylvania. Power was furnished to a mill wheel by water coursing down an open mill race, often a dangerous hazard for children at play, sometimes claiming lives by drown ing. A spring under the mill furnished fresh water for domestic use, and the dye house served as household laundry where Rebecca washed clot~.es.

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The paternal ancestors of John Fair for the two previous generations had the same given name. Briefly, their genealogies are as follows:

I. John Fair, b. 1742; d. 1827; m. Barbara ~ 1763; b. 1745; d. 1834. Revolutionary War soldier. (Md. Archives, XVIII, pp. 594-5).

II. John Fair, son of John and Barbara, b. 12-9-1774; d. 10-9-1861. m. Mary Lind, 1799; b. 10-6-1781; d. 3-22-1866. Soldier in War of 1812.

III. John Fair, son of John and Mary, b. 9-3-1807; d. 4-6-1891. m. Rebecca Fisher (4-5) above.

4-7. MICHAEL FISHER, son of George Fi_sher (*3-1). b. 9-12-1815, York Co., Pa. (Prowell, History of York Co., Pa., Vol. 2, p. 133.) d. 3-10-1899; bur. Elkhart, Ind. m. Sarah Ann Stick, York Co., Pa. Children of Michael and Sarah Ann Fisher: 5-51. Jemimah, b. 5-11-1843, York Co., Pa.; d. 5-24-1854, Hamilton Co., Ind. 5-52. George Calvin, b. 4-23-1844, Elkhart, Ind., d. 5-16-1922, Chicago, Ill.; m. Mary Elizabeth Freehafer. 5-53. Mary Jane, b. 5-24-1850, Anderson, Ind.; d. 5-10-1921, Cleve land, O.; bur. Elkhart, Ind. m. Benjamin 0. Manchester, 9- 1-1867, Elkhart, Ind. 5-54. Keziah, b. 5-5-1853, Noble Co., Ind.; d. 5-28-1935, Elkhart, Ind. m. (1) Philip Samuel Gimberling, 8-17-1881; (2) Fred Lutman, Oct. 1892, 5-55. Jerome Hovias, b. 2-27-1858; d. 7-3-1936, Toledo, Ohio. m. Ellen Root, 12-31-1880. 5-56. Gideon (died in infancy). 5-57. Maria Catherine, b. 3-4-1859, Noble Co., Ind.; d. Feb. 1939, Monroe, Mich. m. John H. Bctefuhr, Aug. 1879. 5-58. Levi Peter, b. 4-29-1862; living, 1949, Long Beach, California. m. Emma Marie Hormel, 11-4-1885, Toledo, Ohio. 5-59. Joseph Sylvester, b. 1-10-1864. d. young.

It will be recalled that Michael Fisher was appointed by the Probate Court of York Co., Pa., administrator of his father's estate when the latter died in 1848. That estate was not liquidated and settled till 1849, after which Michael also left his native state to seek his fortune in Indiana where most of his brothers and sisters had gone before him. However, instead of going to Wayne or Hamilton Counties, Michael pushed on farther north to Elkhart County on the Michigan border. There he settled down as farmer and basket-maker. A product of this trade, a woven willow clothes hamper, is now a prized possession of his granddaughter, Mrs. Marguerite Bogle in Long Beach, Calif. Michael Fisher was early a member of the Evangelical Association to which most of his relatives belonged. Later, however, he became a member of the Methodist Church. It is said he was a collector of antiques. The story goes that when in his old age he contemplated the disposal of them among his children, to avoid arguments he devised a novel scheme of division. With his children around him, he would require each one in rotation to turn his back, when the father would select a piece, and ask, "Who gets this?" Without knowing what the article was, the child addressed would name a brother or sister as the recipient. This "stunt" was continued until all items had been given away. On his death-bed, the story is that he called his children around him and had them sing, "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder."

Of Anna Stick (Stuck), Michael's wife, our knowledge is fragmentary. She was born in York County, and she died and was buried by the side of her husband in Elkhart, Ind. 92

Michael Fisher Sarah Ann Fisher (4-7l ( 4-7)

4-9. JOSEPH FISHER, son of George Fisher (*3-1). b. 5-27-1821, York Co., Pa.; d. 8-2-1897; bur. Logansport, Ind. m. ( 1) Lydia Grove, 3-14-1844, York Co., Pa. (2) Martha Bortner, 1895. Children of Joseph and Lydia Fisher: 5-60. George J., b. 2-15-1845; d. 2-16-1845; Codorus Twp. York Co., Pa. --5-61. Silas Henry, b. 4-6-1846, York Co., Pa.; d. 6-6-1893, Elkhart, Ind. m. Phyanna Witwer, 8-31-1869. 5-62. Israel Benjamin, b. l-l:i-1849, York Co,, Pa.; d. 3-29-1928, Brandon, Fla.; bur. Brandon, Fla. m. (1) Elizabeth Tice, 1868; (2) Susie Reed. 5-63. Gideon Albert, b. 3-28-1851, Clarksville, Hamilton Co., Ind.; d. 1929, White Pigeon, Mich. m. (1) Mary Niederhauser, 5-26- 1881; (2) Mary Shaffer, 2-29-1887. 5-64. Sarah C., b. 4-15-1853, Benton, Ind.; d. 1-18-1918, Lafayette, Ind. m. -=--___,,.... Spencer. (No children.) 5-65. Lorenzo S., b. 4-26-1856, Evansville, Ind.; d. 4-30-1937, South Bend, Ind. m. Emma Anglemyer, 4-7-1885, Rochester, Ind. 5-66. Pearl Aurora, b. 2-18-1859, South Bend, Ind.; d. 7-15-1864, Greenville, Ohio.

Since the life of Joseph Fisher is centered upon his service as a minister of the gospel in the denomination of the Evangelical Association, no better biography is possible than his church record. There follow, therefore, excerpts from a sketch of his life by Rev. S. H. Baumgartner, Historian of the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association. (Indiana Conference, Vol. I, pp. 144-148; 1941.)

Joseph Fisher was the son of George who was a highly re spected farmer, and for many years a Justice of the Peace. George waa a careful churchman, rearing his family in the 93

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tenets of his faith, but for many years he was a stranger to experimental religion, and an opponent to all forms of emotion alism. However, later in life he experienced vital religion,

Joseph was the youngest of the sons. When his older brothers left home he had the care of the farm. He was of a jovial disposition, reveling in fun and frolic,

Iu 1844 he married Lydia Grove, who for fifty years was the anchor and balance of his life. It was not until after his marriage that he was deeply convicted of his sinfulness and converted. It waa in a plain country school house, in Carrol Co. Maryland, that he heard the Spirit's call. Members of the United Bretharn Church were holding a meeting. He was am~ng those who found the Lord. In his old age, he gladly testified 'The Lord wonderfully and powerfully saved me at about 12 o'clock at night and I was able to shoµt, ~Glory to God." One year after hia conversion, he was licensed as an exhorter, and two years iater, as a preacher on probation. ID the year of 1850 he moved to Clarksville, Hamilton Co., Ind., and in the same year, with his brother-in-law, Michael W. Steffey, united with the Evangelical Association at East Germantown, Ind.

He was received into the itinerancy in June by the Illinois Conference. He was stationed on the Miami Mission. The roads were bad, the membership small, and the· salary still smaller. For weeks at a time, he was away from his family who very seldom knew where he was in his travels and labors, His first year's work resulted in 18 conversions and 20 accessions. 94

In traveling to one camp-meeting he writes, NI had travel ed on horseback several days, often stopping to dismount for prayer, my ■ ind being much occupied and somewhat agitated with what I might meet, since I was a total stranger to the brethern. 0

In June 1851, he joined the Elkhart, Ind., Circuit. He moved his family to Elkhart. The next year he united with the Indiana Conference. It was a great year for this servant of God; the work grew in every direction. Souls were saved by the score. Sixty-three united with the church. The circuit was extended over eight counties in Indians, and into scuthern Michigan. In 1854 he was appointed to Mt. Carmel Circuit, which meant s 300 mile move by wagon. The next year brought him to the Evansville Mission, which was one of his hardeat years. He had but five conversions and a salary so small that he had to borrow money to complete the year. It was here that he built a parsonage, doing most of the work with his own hands Again he was returned to Mt. Carmel. In fifteen months 106 united with his church. At Carmi a powerful revival occurred, which resulted in 40 conversions and as many secessions. A church building was soon in progress, it was dedicated Aug. 16,1856. Persecution soon followed, the enemies pelting snd injnring our people with stones.

The next year, 1857, Brother Fisher served as Presiding Elder in the St. Joseph and Whitewater Districts. With M. Mayer, he organized the first Evangelical society in Louisville, Ky.

Rev. Fisher built ■ any churchea and parsonages, includ ing those in Indianapolis and Kendallville, Ind. He was a

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member of the Executive Committee of Plainfield College. For e 1 even yea r s , he w a a Vi c e Pres id en t o f the Ind i an a Con fer en c e .

He was a strong man physically, mentally, and spirit ually. He had a rehust body, a military bearing, and a com manding appearance that proved a great asset in his work. His sonorous voice greatly aided his vivid portrayals of sin, and in his early years he was regarded as the most successful revivalist in the Conference. He was patriotic almost to a fault. During the Civil War, his convictions ~Ver-powered him and he would give vent to his beliefs, often to his own detriment. His greatest joy wss that his two sons, Israel B. and Lor~nzo, follpwed him into the ministry.

4-10. ANNA FISHER,daughter of George Fisher (*3-1). b. ~0-24-1824, York Co., Pa.; d. 10-17-1898, Dayton, Ohio. m. Michael Warner Steffey, 10-19-1843, Hanover, Pa.; b. 4-27-1821, York Co., Pa.; d. 7-25-1905, Dayton, O.; bur. South Bend, Ind. Children of Michael and Anna Steffey: 5-67. Martin Luther, b. 7-28-1844, York Co., Pa.; d. 8-31-1928, Glendale, Calif.; bur. South Bend, Ind. m. Mary Anna Wilhelm, 4-7-1868, Mt. Carmel, Ill. 5-68. Albert, b. 10-5-1845, York Co., Pa.; d. accidentally by drown ing in mill race, Carroll Co., Md., 4-17-1848; bur. beside maternal grandfather, Shuey farm cem., Hemstead Twp., Carroll Co., Md. 5-69. Sarah Jane, b. 1-10-1847, York Co., Pa.; d. 7-11-1931, Dayton, O. m. George W. Freehafer, 4-23-1867, South Bend, Ind. 5-70. Alice, b. 12-4-1848, York Co., Pa.; d. 1-1-1916, South. Bend, Ind. m. Daniel Ort, 5-9-1867, South Bend, Ind. 5-71. Margaret, b. 3-15-1850; d. 5-5-1850; Hamilton Co., Ind. 5-72. Josiah H., b. 8-20-1851, Clarksville, Ind.; d. 5-22-1919, Wash ington, D. C.; bur. Dayton, 0. m. Mary Caroline Schoenherr, 8-8-1872, Dayton, 0. 5-73. Gideon W ., b. 3-23-1854, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; d. 7-25-1914; bur. Grand Rapids, Mich. in. Hattie Underhill. 5-74. Martha, b. 7-27-1856; d. 9-18-1857. 5-75. Edward Conrad, b. 2-21-1858; d. 6-30-1859, Dayton, 0. 5-76. Emma Elizabeth, b. 11-26-1859; d. 6-26-1865, Dayton, 0. 5-77. Melvin Benjamin, b. 2-25-1862; · d. 1-18-1863, Dayton, 0. (Note the infant mortality of the four foregoing children; it is said they all died of a contagious disease.) 5-78. Milton Monroe, b. 2-3-1864, Sou.th Bend, Ind.; living in 1949, Ann Arbor, Mich. m. Julia Ann O'Grady, 9-17-1890, Ann Arbor, Mich. 5-79. Ida May, b. 11-21-1866; d. 2-26-1913, in Florida; bur. Dayton, 0. m. Ezra F. Kimmel, Nov. 1885, Dayton, 0.

Since Michael Steffey was also a noted pioneer preacher in the Evangelical denomination, a sk-etch of his life, largely religious, will be taken from his biography by Rev. S. H. Baumgartner (Indiana Conference, Vol. I, pp. 283-291):

The ancestors of Michael Steffey were Penn~ylvanians. His father was Lutheran and his ~other Reformed. Both were faithful and moral church members, hut totally ignorant of experimental religion. Among the Lutherans and those who belonged to the Reformed denomination, there also lived me'-'lhers of the Evan gelical Association and the United Brethren Church,

Early in life, he was convicted of sin, under the teach ing cf the Gospel, without knowing what it meant, nor how to 96

obtain a change of heart. His pastor taught conviction of sin, but that all sin could not he taken away, that the teaching of the pardon of sin was false. Steffey was warned against minis ters of the Evangelical Association and the United Brethren Church. They were called the" devil's preachers, with hear ta as black as iron kettles.~ Steffey was told if he followed them•• th.ey will lead you to bell."

He was confirmed in the Lutheran faith when 14 years old. At the age of 18 he went to his brother George to learn the carpenter trade. Here be fell into ungodly society. Yet he began attending the Methodist Episcopal services at Blue Balls and at Middletown, Md.; here he heard s powerful sermon. An invitation was extended for sinners to come to the altar. Many rushed forward and prayed as never before. Such a mani festation of God's power was seen that conviction strong and deep seized Steffey's heart. At a Lutheran revival in Manchester, Md., he came to the altar, but was not saved, One Sunday in August 1842 he remained at home to rebd the Bible and to pray. After the family h'l.d gooe to church, he went upstairs, opened his Bible, and read. He fell upon his knees, praying and wrestling with God, Suddenly, peace, .1 ike a river, flooded his soul.

In the fall of 1847 he commenced working for a paper mill in Maryland, against his minister's advice. One year later, his small son, Albert, fell into the mill-race and was drowned, Before his son was buried, he promised to become a preacher. During the winter of 1848-49, he and Joseph Fisher, bis brother-in-law (4-9) held prayer-meetings, wherever they had opportunity.

In May, 1849, accompanied by four other famlies, he moved to Indiana. He had a one-horse wagon for his family and hia personal effects. The journey lasted four weeks. They continued the family worship along the road side. People passing by stopped, looked and listened, then asked ••,rho are th ~-y .,- On June 1 , 16 4 9 , they arr i v e d f i v e mi 1 es sou the as t o f Noblesville, Ind., where they all settled. Here they formed a prayer-meeting class, with Mike Fisher, another brother-in-law (4-7), as class-leader.

In 1850 the Illinoia Conference established the Hamilton Mission, ,rhioh was near the homes of Michael Steffey and Joseph Fi sher . Mr . Ste ff e y preached n ea r l y every Sun da y {or two yea r a , During a q u a r t er l y meeting at Be th le he m , near Ci c er o , Ind , , Catholic boys snapped corn over the audience. On a Sunday morning, at a meeting to celebrate the Lord's Supper, they found that some 'devil's satellite' had placed a rotting skeleton of an ox behind the preacher's stand, and over it ,raa hanging from the ceiling, a penned-up hull-dog, and the seats were spattered with rotten eggs. The howling dog ,ras released, the akeleton was r~moved and the seats were cleaned. The Reverend George Blank encouraged the friends to serve God, assuring them that they would get to a place of perpetual sweet-smelling S& VO r.

Brother Steffey was urged by Rev. Samuel Dickover and Rev. Jacob Keiper to enter the active ministry. He heaitated on ac e o u n t o f p o o r h ea l t h an d la c k o f e du c s t i on . I n 18 5 2 , h e • t a r t - ed preaching. In 1853, the Conference sent him to the Elkhart, 97

Michael Steffey Family (Photographed about 1868) Reeding left to right: Top row--Sareh Jane (Freehefer); Martin Luther; Alice (Ort), Second row--Josiah; Anna Fisher Steffey; ReT, Michael Steffey; Gideon, Lower row (children)--Ida (Kimmel); Milton.

Ind., Circuit with Jacob Keiper as preacher in charge. He moTed his family to Ott' s Settlement, near Benton, Elkhart Co., Ind. His congregation soon welcomed the Steffey' a by bringing th-.;m provisions, goods for clothes, split wood, etc. Thus, his family oi five children were taken care of and at the end of the year, he bad a little money left from his 73 dollars salary.

At the session of 1854, Michael Steffey was returned to the Elkhart Circuit, with Peter Gaeta as colleague. This year a camp meeting, held et Ott' s, was greatly disturbed l:y n band of rowdies, led by a Mr. Lacy. They came with clubs. ReY. Fuchs w"s preaching. Rev. Steffey succedded in quieting them during the service, but in the night, the toughs returned and threw firebrands on tents and tried to pull them down. Samuel DickoTer and Michael Steffey were on guard, but found they were unable to cope with the mob. They called the brethren out of bed to help. They were armed with ropes end straps but failed to capture the rowdies. A club thrown at ReT. Steffey, missed him and struck George Klein on the fore head, knocking him $enseless.

The first year on this circuit (1854) Rev, Steffey began preaching in South Bend, Ind., which was the beginning of this work in that city. This field was extended the second year, having 17 appointments and reaching far into Michigan. 98

In 1855 Rev. Steffey was sent to the newly established Indianapolis Mission. Brethren from the Ott' s Claas helped to convey his family and household gooda to !'iern, Ind., fro ■ whence they could continue by railroad,

In 1863 he waa re-elected and assigned to the Elkhart District, which reached far up into Michigan. When the Michigan Conference waa organia~d in 1864, the district be came smaller. In 1867 be was again re-elected, but feeling that he ahould spend more time at home with his increasing fa ■ ily, he resigned. He was then assigned to the new miasion at Ft. Wayne.

After he bad given 41 years of unbroken service,he locat ed in South Bend, Ind., in April 1893 snd remained there until the death of his wife in 1898. Thereafter he made bis home with his daughter, Mrs. George Freehafer, at Dayton, Ohio.

Rev. D. S. Oakes, who was intimately aquainted with him, said of him hhe was a man of keen intellect, good judgment and fine executive abilities. He made an excellent Presiding Elder. As a pastor, he was active, consistent, sympathetic and always took a deep interest in hia parishioners.''

4-13. ELIZABETH TONER, dau. Patrick and Catherine (Fisher) (3-2) Toner. b. 10-18-1817, Adams C~ .• Pa. (Twin of John, 4-12). d. 12-24-1900, Cashtown, Adams Co., Pa.; bur. Fairview cem., Ar'endts ville, Adams Co., Pa. m. Solomon Myers, 11-12-1837, Manheim Twp., York Co., Pa.; b. 10-14- 1812; d. 4-21-1881; bur. Red Mount Church cem., Washington Twp., York Co., Pa. Children of Solomon and Elizabeth Myers: 5-80. Sarah, b. 12-4-1838, Rohrbaugh's Mill, York Co., Pa.; d. 6-23- 1861, Nunnemaker's Mill, Adams Co., Pa.; bur. Lutheran Ch. cem., Emmitsburg, Md. Unmarried. 5-81. Levi Toner, b. 4-11-1840, Rohrbaugh's Mill, York Co., Pa.; d. 1-6-1899, Upper Sandusky, 0. m. Matilda D. Sheaffer, 10- 19-1869, Boiling Springs, Pa.; b. 1-14-1843; d. 3-25-1927, Graham, N.C. 5-82. Mary Catherine, b. 3-20-1843, Kindig's Mill, York Co., Pa.; d. 4-10-1925, Cashtown, Adams Co., Pa.; bur. Fairview cem., Arendtsville, Adams Co., Pa. m. James Felix, 3-9-1865. 5-83. Susan, b. 8-23-1846, Kindig's Mill, York Co., Pa.; d. 11-25- 1934; bur. Fairview cem., Arendtsville, Adams Co., Pa. m. John H. Dull, 10-4-1868, York Springs, Adams Co., Pa.; b. 1-26-1841; d. 9-28-1898. 5-84. John Toner, b. 1-27-1850, Kindig's Mill, York Co., Pa.; d. 5-12-1937, Moylan, Delaware Co., Pa.; bur. Providence Friends Meeting House cem., Media, Pa. m. Sarah A. Cook, 12-23-1873, New Chester, Adams Co., Pa.; b. 7-9-1844, Cook's Mill, Adams Co., Pa.; d. 8-9-1937, Moylan, Pa.; bur. Media, Pa., beside husband. 5-85. Jacob Toner, b. 1-27-1850, Kindig's Mill, York Co., Pa., twin of John (5-84); d. 9-21-1928, York Springs, Adams Co., Pa.; bur. Sunnyside cem. there. m. Mary E. Pfeffer, 10-31-1876, Hanover, Pa., b. 4-1-1850; d. 11-21-1887; bur. York Springs, Pa. 5-86. Annie, b. 4-3-1854, West Manheim Twp., York Co., Pa.; d. 11- 17-1934, Arendtsville, Pa.; bur. Fairview cem. there. m. Joseph E. Wierman, 2-19-1880, New Oxford, Adams Co., Pa.; b. 5-4- 1837, Adams Co., Pa.; d. 4-14-1917, Arendtsville, Pa. 99

Elizabeth Toner Myera (4-13)

5-87. Elizabeth A., b. 2-3-1858, West Manheim Twp., York Co., Pa.; d. 5-3-1936, Bendersville, Adams Co., Pa., bur. Lutheran cem. there. m. Walter W. Detter, 2-3-1881, Bendersville, Pa.; b. 2- 2-1859; d. 11-27-1948, bur. beside wife.

4-27. MICHAEL FISHER, son of Adam Fisher (3-8). b. 3-15-1817, Hanover, Pa. d. 7-3-1897, Hanover, Pa. m. Henrietta Dorothea Stoehr, 12-24-1840; dau. Daniel and Ann Eve Stoehr, b. 10-29-1819; d. 10-15-1863. Children of Michael and Henrietta Fisher: 5-88. Lo1,1ise Henrietta, b. 1-5-1842. m. Jacob Grove. 5-89. Mary Ann, b. 10-25-1843. 5-90. Charlotte Elizabeth, b. 9-25-1845. 5-91. Alice Josephine, b. 1-3-1847. 5-92. Martha Marion, b. 10-13-1848. 5-93. Emma Juliet, b. 2-14-1851. rn. George D. Gitt. S-94. John Milton, b. 1-6-1853. m. Hazel 5-95. Ida Eva, b. 4-5-1855. m. Jacob Hosdettes. 100

5-96. Michael Adam, b. 11-5-1860. m. Mary Haverstick. 5-97. Gertrude Susan, b. 2-18-1863. m. Dr. Luther Weaver.

4-33. GEORGE FISHER, son of Adam Fisher (3-8). Birth and death dates unknown. m. ( l) Emily Holtzman; (2) Lizza Emerick; (3) Mary Benµett. Children: 5-98. Ida. 5-99. Edgar. 5-100. George. 5-101. Belle. 5-102. Orville. 5-103. Nellie. 5-104. Bessie. Chapter X

THE FISHER LINEAGE

GENERATION V

THE FAMILY OF BENJAMIN FISHER

*5- l. ELIZA FISHER, our ancestor, daughter of Benjamin (*4-1) and Elizabeth (*4-63) Fisher: -- b. 8-17-1828, York Co., Pa. d. 4-10-1909, Shelby Co., Ia.; bur. Oak Hill Cem., Irwin, Ia. m. George Stombaugh (*5-131), 1-23-1855, Wayne Co., Ind.; b. 8-6-1836, Blair Co., Pa.; d. 8-14-1909, Shelby Co., la.; bur. Oak Hill cem., Irwin, Ia., beside wife; grave unmarked. Children of George and Eliza Stombaugh: 6-1. Clayton, b. 9-8-1855, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 5-23-1916, Eustis, Clay Co., Nebr.; bur. Stowe cem., Eustis, Nebr. m. Anna Elizabeth Schwerdtfeger, 1880, F.lwood, Nebr. 6-2. Mahlon, b. 1858, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 4-20-1864, Jasper Co., Ia.; bur. Fisher cem. near Greencastle, Ia., where his grandparents and great grandparents are also buried. A.n inscription on this child's gravestone reads:

"I'll Take This Little Lamb," Said He, '½nd Fold Him On My Breast."

*6-3. Elizabeth, b. 4-5-1865, near Greencastle, Jasper Co., Ia. Mother of the author of this history c1.nd currently living in Long Beach, California. m. Frederick Carl Hepp, 3-29-1883, Harlan, Shelby Co., Ia.

Eliaz :,;tombaugh George Stombaugh ( 5-1) (5-131) IO 1 102

6-4. Joanna, b. 10-24-1866, near Greencastle, Jasper Co., Ia.; d. 4-6-1947, Long Beach, Calif.; bur. Sunnyside cem., Long Beach, Calif. She was never married. 6-5. George W ., b. 8-15-1869, near Greencastle, Jasper Co., Ia.; d. 7-19-1883, by drowning in a small lake near Harlan, Ia.; bur. Oak Hill cem., Irwin, Ia.

George and Eliza Stombaugh began their married life on a farm in Henry Co., Ind., in 1855. After George's father's (Solomon, *4-74) death in 1861, he and Eliza attempted to manage his mother Eve's farm, but failed to satisfy her. They therefore sold their inheritance in Indiana in 1862, and moved to Jasper Co., Ia., where Eliza's parent::; had settled five years before. After living eighteen years in Jasper County, they, like their ancestors before them, responded to the urge to seek their fortunes in pioneer surroundings. Accordingly, they moved their family and possessions to Gosper County in western Nebraska in 1879, where homesteading on unoccupied land was undertaken. This venture was beset with three successive yea.rs of crop failures due to a prevailing drought and a scourge of grasshoppers. Discouraged by so disastrous an experience they moved back to Iowa and bought a farm a few miles north of Harlan in Shelby County. Later they lived in various places in Shelby and Audubon Counties.

Eliza Fisher ;was nearly 27 years old when she married George Stombaugh, eight years her junior. She was industrious and gifted in many crafts. WMh, living on the farm in Indiana she raised and sheared sheep, the wool from which she spun into yarn. From some of this yarn two colonial blue and white counter panes were woven 'by a master weaver in Cambridge City named Frederick D'anitz, a name woven into a corner of the fabric. Eliza wove intricate wreaths from the hair of members of her family. 'J;'his hair was fashioned into delicate flowers, sprays of grain, berries and other motifs which she reproduced from the beauties of nature she saw round about her on the farm. She made many quilts which were beautifully designed and delicately stitched. Fortunately, these things and many others, the products of her labor and talents, have come down through the years into the possession of her descendants.

Although her life was not an easy one, and her mental and physical burdens were many, she is remembered for her sweet, patient and tolerant Christian character. She was never given to complaint or self-pity, even though the man she married acquired neither fame nor fortune. On the other hand, neither did he disgrace his family. Rather, he was an honorable man whose limitations in acumen and ambition made it a struggle for him to provide necessities and meager comforts for his family. As their declining years came upon them, Eliza made her home with her daughter, Joanna, at Botna, Iowa, where she died on April 10, 1909. George was cared for by the other daughter, Elizabeth, in Gray, Ia., where he passed away four months after his wife. They are buried side by side in the Oak Hill cemetery at Irwin, Ia.

5-2. REBECCA FISHER, second daughter of Benjamin (4-1) and Elizabeth (4-63) Fisher. b. 1-21-1830, York Co., Pa. d. 3-7-1885, Shelby Co., Ia.; bur. Kirkman cem., Kirkman, Ia. m. Martin Rummel, farmer, b. 11-3-1827; d. 10-32-1896, Shelby Co., Ia.; bur. Kirkman cem., Kirkman, la. Children of Martin and Rebecca Rummel: 6-6. Elizabeth, m. Rinehart. 6-7. Celia, m. George Ferguson. 6-8. Emma, m. Will Walters. 6-9. Augusta, m. John Ross. 6-10. Etta, unmarried. 6-11. Elva, m. Lou Scroggs. 103

5-3. SYBELLA FISHER, third daughter of Benjamin (4-1) and Elizabeth (4-63) Fisher. b. 1831, York Co., Pa. d. 1888, Bird City, Kansas. m. Michael Philip Bowans, 11-20-1852, Wayne Co., Ind. Children of Michael and Sybella Bowans: 6-12. Elizabeth, b. 7-23-1855, Dublin, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 1-22-1922, Northwood, N. Oak. m. Jesse Hull Rinehart. 6-13. Jemimah, b. 7-6-1856, Dublin, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 3-31-1942, Kalo, la.; bur. Otho, Ia., m. Sylvester Corydon Fuller. 6-14. Henry, b. 7-22-1858, Dublin, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 3-6-1942, Monroe, Ia.; bur. same place. m. Cora Estella Austin. 6-15. Keziah, b. 7-6-1857, Dublin, Wayne Co., Ind. m. ( 1) R. Warren; (2) Robert W. Whitted. 6-16. Lincoln. 6-17. Edward, d. 6-2-1941. m. Rose 6-18. William, b. 6-26-1872, m. Josie No children.

Sybella Bowana Michael Bowans (5-3) ( 5-3)

Michael Philip Bowans was born in Germany. His port of entry to the United States was New Orleans, La. From there he migrated to Wayne Co., Ind., probably by river steamboat up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers to Cincinnati, and from there probably by canal boat or road to Cambridge City, Ind. When he landed at New Orleans, and when he came to Wayne County is not known for sure. However, the latter date was sometime in or before 1852, because on November 20 in that year a marriage license was issued to him and Sybella Fisher. The marriage returns show that the wedding was performed by Rev. Peter Gates. (Wayne Co., Ind., Marriage License Rec.)

According to a recollection by Henry Bowans, son of Michael and Sybella, related to the author in 1940, the Bowans family came to Iowa from Indiana in 1861. They came by train to Iowa City and there Ben Fisher (*4-1), the father of Sybella, met them with team and wagon and brought them and their possessions to Jasper County where Ben had located four years before. Michael's family con sisted of himself, his wife and four small children at this time. 104

After four years in the Greencastle community in Jasper County, the Bowans family moved to a farm near Monroe, Ia., a few miles farther south in the same county. Here Michael died. When his death occurred has not been determined, but thereafter, his widow, Sybella, disposed of her possessions in Iowa and with those of her children who had not yet married, moved out to Cheyenne County in the western, treeless, great plains section of Kansas where she located on a government homestead near Bird City. There she remained till her death in 1888; but even at that time, Cheyenne County, in the very northwest corner of Kansas, was considered to be a frontier as well as a pioneer section of the country.

The name "Bowans" has not always been spelled in its modern form. The original German name was Bowenz and even Baughans. Sometimes it was also spelled Bowens. Finally, in order to eliminate both confusion and difficulty in spelling this name, Sanford Moyer, an attorney in Colfax, Ia., and a brother-in- law of Sybella (his wife was Benjamin's daughter, Jemimah Fisher, 5-13), took legal steps to fix the spelling, "Bowans" as it is used today.

5-4. ADAM F'ISHER, oldest son of Benjamin (4-1) and Elizabeth (4-63) Fisher. b. 2-29-1832, York Co., Pa. d. 2-15-1912, near Greencastle, Jasper Co., Ia.; bur. McKeever Gem., Colfax, Ia. m. (1) Elizabeth Myers, 1-22-1856, Wayne Co., Ind., by Rev. John Fohl; b. 1833; d. 9-21-1867. (2) Lydia Dill, 1868, Wayne Co., Ind.; b. 12-28-1834; d. 9-16-1919, Gray, Ia.; bur. McKeever cem., Colfax, Ia., beside husband. Children of Adam and Elizabeth Fisher: 6-19. Isaiah Franklin, b. 9-30-1859, near Greencastle, Jasper Co., Ia.; d. 10-13-1935, Cherokee, Ia., m. Ella Elizabeth Rickey, 3-25- 1888, Colfax, Ia. 6-20. William, b. 1861, near Greencastle, Jasper Co., Ia.; d. 1921, Minneapolis, Minn. m. Jennie ; no children. Child of Adam and Lydia Fisher: --- 6-21. Iola, b. 8-1-1871 near Greencastle, Jasper Co., Ia.; d. 1-9-1894; same.; bur. McKeever cem., Colfax, Ia.

Adam Fisher Lydia Dill Fisher (S-4) (5-4) 105

Adam Fisher was a farmer. He owned a large productive farm in Jasper Co., Ia., near Greencastle where he had come with his parents as a young married man in 1857. His bride of that early day was Elizabeth Myers, a childhood neigh bor and playmate in Indiana, daughter of Moses Myers. Elizabeth's sister, Rosanna, married Adam's brother Benjamin.

Adam's first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1867 at the age of 34 years. Then he returned to his birthplace in Indiana to marry another friend of his youth, Lydia Dill. She was the daughter of John and Rebecca Dill who lived down the road a little piece from the Pleasant Hill church which all the young people used to attend. Lydia and Adam were married in 1868. They returned to Iowa at once where Lydia undertook to mother Adam's two small sons, Isaiah and William, left motherless by the death of Elizabeth. For forty-one years thereafter she served them in that capacity, loyally and devotedly.

Adam and Lydia had one child of their own, Iola. She was born in 1871, and since she was the only daughter in the family she was the "apple of their eyes." As she reached young womanhood she was sent to college in nearby Des Moines, the capital and largest city of the state. Here she majored in music, specializing in voice culture and singing. During an interlude in her studies while she was entertaining some friends and neighbors with her singing in her farm home one evening during the New Year's season of 1894, she collapsed and died that night of a hemorrhage of the throat. Iola was only 22 years old when she died, and her death was a severe blow to her devoted parents.

Iola Fisher (6-21)

After Adam Fisher died in 1912, Lydia lived for some years with her step-son, Isaiah and his wife, at Rolfe, Iowa. During the very last few years of her life she made her home at Gray, Ia., with her niece, Elizabeth Hepp, the daughter of her husband's sister Eliza (*3-1). There she passed away in 1919, to be brought back to Jasper County to be laid beside her husband in the McKeever cemetery at Colfax, Ia.

The family of John and Rebecca Dill was the largest one in the Pleasant Hill community of Wayne County, Ind. It is said there were nineteen children in all, of whom the names of fifteen are recorded as follows: William, Henry, John, Lousiana, Rebecca, Matilda, Jacob, Lydia, Susan, Solomon, Rachael, David, Israel, Henrietta, and Samuel. Eleven of these children, with their parents, are listed in the 1850 U.S. Census of Population for Jackson Twp., Wayne Co., Ind. The father, John Dill, is listed as a farmer whose land is valued at $3,500. The first named son, William Dill, (b. 1842; d. 1935) married Amanda Heiney (b. 1849; d. 1944) to which union five children were born; Elwood, Charles, Claude, Jessie and Orpheus. 106

The latter is engaged in the cement and tile business in Cambridge City, not far from the old home where his father was born. This house is a beautiful colonial house, still in use though more than a century old. Its bricks were made on the farm where it stands, and much of its woodwork is of black walnut, cut and fashioned into lumber from trees that grew on the land.

John and Rebecca Dill are buried in the little cemetery where the Pleasant Hill church once stood, but more lately destroyed by fire, hardly half a mile from the old homestead. Their tombstones read:

John S. Dill Rebecca Leonard Dill d. Oct. 30, 1868 Wife of John S. Dill Aged 67 years d. Oct. 1, 1895 Aged 88 years

5-5. ELEANOR FISHER, fourth daughter of Benjamin (4-1) and Elizabeth (4-63) Fisher. b. 9-29-1833, York Co., Pa. d. 3-17-1899, Albuquerque, N. Mex., and buried there. m. Samuel Dickover, 1852, Cambridge City, Ind.; b. 2-3-1826, near Cambridge City, Ind. d. 11-20-1883; bur. Naperville, Ill. Children of Samuel and Eleanor Dickover: 6-22. Joshua Caleb, b. 4-26-1856, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; d. 7-30-1933, Chicago, Ill.; bur. Naperville, Ill. m. Emma Fauerlia Wagner. 6-23. Josiah Benjamin, m. Kittie --=~- (No other data.) 6-24. John Jacob, b. 3-11-1860; d. Jan. 1948, Santa Barbara, Calif. and buried there. m. Anna A. Meek, 5-16-1884. 6-25. Gideon Lincoln, b. 8-1-1864, Naperville, Ill.; d. 9-12-1942, Norfolk, Nebr., and buried there. m. Anna Bruder, 1-15-1890, Hot Springs, S. Oak,

Eleanor Fisher Dickover {5-5)

Samuel Dickover devoted his life to Christian preaching as a minister in the Evangelical church. His life and that of his wife, Eleanor, may therefore be sketched by quoting excerpts from a biography by Rev. S. H. Baumgartner, historian for the Evangelical Association. (Indiana Conference, Vol. I, p. 135 ff.): 107

Samuel Dickover was born of humble parents on an Indiana farm in Wayne County in 1826. As a youth his formal schooling was meagre but he grasped every opportunity to improve himself intellectually.

Samuel's parents were staunch members of the United Brethren Church which held their denominational loyalty up to the time when the Evangelical Asso ciation became the dominant spiritual influence in the community. It was in 1842 when the young Dickover was 16 years old that he attended a campmeeting which was being conducted by Rev. Christian Augenstein of the Evangelical faith on the farm of John Dill, a neighbor. It was here Samuel was converted, baptized and made a member of the church. His example influenced his parents to transfer their membership to the Evangelical church also.

Samuel Dickover did not like farming so he set about learning a trade. Meantime he spent much time in the study of the scriptures until he becayne con vinced he should undertake preaching the gospel as a career. Accordingly, the Illinois Conference of the Evangelical Association gave him his first license to preach in 1846 at the youthful age of twenty. Upon the outset of his new calling he served the following circuits: Des Plaines in 1846; De Kalb in 1847; Elkhart in 1848; and Mt. Carmel in 1849. He was very successful in all of these places. In 1850 he was elected Presiding Elder, in which office he continued for the greater part of his life.

Reverend Dickover had a strong and winning personality. He was known for his good executive ability, and in ceremonies he was a master. As a preacher he was sound and biblical, a power in the pulpit and a great winner of souls. He was also accomplished as a singer and a leader of others.

In 1852 Samuel found a life companion in Eleanor Fisher, the daughter of Benjamin Fisher, friend and neighbor of Samuel's parents in Wayne Co., Ind. Eleanor became a true helpmate to him and a devoted mother of their children.

Reverend Dickover's death was tragic. On Friday, November 16, 1883, Samuel Dickover and Ludwig Gruner were riding on a C. B. & Q. passenger train which had stopped on a treacherous bend near Otter Creek Bridge, Ottawa, Ill., in order that a stalled train might be moved. Without warning a fast freight plowed into the passenger train demolishing the rear coach and killing all but four of its 15 passengers, among them Reverend Dickover and his companion, Mr. Gruner. Before they succumbed, Gruner was released first from the wreckage and pled with his rescurers to save his Presiding Elder. When the latter was finally freed, it was found that he was badly scalded, bruised, crushed and lacerated. He was rushed to the horn~ of Reverend Strickfaden, missionary of his church in Ottawa, where he soon died. Friends and ministers gathered fron"l all parts of the district to show their last respects for him. He was buried in Naperville, Ill. Bishop R. Dubs preached the sermon; Bishop Esher gave the eulogy of his life, and Reverend Augenstein officiated at the grave.

Samuel's wife Eleanor moved to South Dakota with her family after the sad death of her husband. There she remained till 1894, when she moved to Los Angeles, Calif. After a few years there her health began to fail, and wish ing to see her children again, she started back by train for South Dakota. She traveled by way of Arizona where her youngest son, Gideon Lincoln Dickover and his wife Anna (Bruder) lived. From there she continued her journey to Albuquerque, N. Mex., where her eldest son, Joshua Caleb had his home. Here she suffered an acute attack of diabetes, a disease with which she had long been afflicted, and died suddenly on March 17, 1899. Her body was buried in the Albuquerque cemetery.

5-6. SARAH ANN FISHER, fifth daughter of Benjamin (4-1) and Elizabeth (4-63) Fisher. b. 10-10-1834, York Co., Pa. 108

d. 3-17-1917; bur. Naperville, Ill. m. Jacob Keiper, 6-17-1854, Centerville, Wayne Co., Ind., by Rev. G. Platz; b. 12-31-1824, Reamstown, Lancaster Co., Pa.; d. 2-8-1909; bur. Naperville, Ill. Children of Jacob and Sarah Ann Keiper: 6-26. Josiah, b. 11-7-1855, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 8-11-1858. 6-27. Elizabeth, b. 10-6-1858, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 9-30-1936, Lyons, N. Y. m. Francis Gilbert Stauffer, 2-22-1881. 6-28. Kezia, b. 9-6-1860, Muscatine, la.; d. 8-4-1930, Hamden, Conn., at home of son, Leroy; bur. Naperville, Ill. m. Samuel Henry Baumgartner, 6-22-1886, in the chapel of Naperville College, Naperville, Ill., by President H. H. Rossweiler. 6-29. Sarah Ann, b. 5-5-1863; d. 1-4-1866. 6-30. Silas, b. 11-13-1866; d. 4-1-1877.

Jacob and Sarah Ann Keiper (5-6)

Sarah Ann Fisher cam~ to Wayne County, Ind., from York County, Pa., with her parents as a baby in 1835. There she grew to womanhood and joined the Evangelical Church, Whitewater Circuit, which at that time belonged to the Illinois Conference. She married Jacob Keiper, already an experienced preacher in the Evangelical Association, in 1854, two years after the Indiana Conference was organized and of which her husband was a charter member.

Since Jacob Keiper, like his brother-in-law, Samuel Dickover, was a minister of the Gospel, we will turn to his church's historian for excerpts from his biography. (Baumgartner -- in this case, the subject's son-in-law - Indiana Conference, Vol. I, p. 176):

Jacob Keiper was born in Reamstown, Lancaster Co., Pa., in 1824. His parents were the typical German colonial stock of Pennsylvania. His inclination towards things religious began early in life for .i.t is said he was converted in a camp-meeting near his home at the age of 13 years. This meeting was conducted by Rev. J. M. Sindlinger. Even in his youth, Jacob felt the urge to preach, and according to the custom of that time, he was licensed to do so in the Evangelical Association by a Quarterly Conference. 109

When Jacob Keiper was twenty-five years old he joined in the stream of migration to the West with Wayne Co., Ind., as his destination. There, in the village of East Germantown on the National Pike near Cambridge City, he met Rev, Absalom B. Schafer who caused him to be received at once into the Illinois Conference itineracy, and assigned him to the Dubois Circuit in Illinois.

Reverend Keiper's ministry came in those early pioneer days when hard ship was a constant companion, the salary was meager, food expensive, houses small and rickety, and traveling facilities worse than poor. These servants of God could truly say that in the course of their extensive traveling by horseback and wagon they "faced perils in the wilderness, in labor and travail, in watchings, in hunger and thirst, in fastings, cold and nakedness." It was the love of Christ that constrained them to do and to dare.

Jacob Keiper became a charter member of the Indiana Conference in 1852, and was one of thr~e who lived to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. In his min istry he served the following fields with great success: Illinois Conference, Dubois Circuit, 1849; Sheboygan, Wisc., Mission, 1850; Whitewater Circuit, 1851. In the Indiana Conference he served the Miami Circuit, 1852; Elkhart Circuit, 1853; Dubois Circuit, 1854; Indian Creek Circuit, 1855; and the Miami Circuit, 1856-1858. Due to a throat infection he was returned to the Illinois Conference in 1859 in connection with which he was sent to Iowa as a missionary to do frontier work. He labored through the year on the Grandview Mission, blazing a trail for the preachers of the Evangelical Association. In 1860 he served Muscatine; 186 l, Lisbon; 1862-64, Cedar Falls; and in 1864-65, Independence. At this juncture the Iowa Conference was formed, of which he became a charter member. Thereafter he served Dubuque and Ackley for one year, after which he returned to the Indiana Conference in 1867. When his old throat trouble recurred in 1873, he settled down in Naperville, Ill., to serve the Lord in various ways.

Jacob Keiper was a man of deep convictions whose mind did not easily change. Once he had made . a decision it was only after conclusive proof of error he could be made to retract. This trait often caused him trouble and made many enemies for him. When the Evangelical Association split in two, he joined with the seceders and became a delegate to the convention which organized the United Evangelical Church.

As a minister Jacob Keiper was superior. He was so devoted to his work that often he would risk his life in fording swollen streams in order to reach his appointments. He was effective as a soul winner, a good organizer, and a frequent builder of churches.

While attending a watchnight service in Naperville in 1908, he was stricken with paralysis and completely disabled. He lingered for a few weeks and died, February 8, 1909. He was buried in the Naperville cemetery. His faithful wife, Sarah, and two daughters, Mrs. F. G. Stauffer and Mrs. Samuel H. Baum gartner, survived him. Sarah outlived him by eight years, only finally succumb ing to cancer, to be laid beside him in the Naperville cemetery.

5-7. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FISHER, second son of Benjamin (4-1) and Elizabeth (4-63) Fisher. b . 9 - 18 - 1 8 3 6, Wayne Co., Ind. d. 1-11-1919, Long Beach, Calif., and buried there. m. Rosanna Myers, 10-7-1858, Wayne Co., Ind.; b. 4-11-1833 in Ohio; d. 12-27-1917, Long Beach, Calif., and is buried there. Children of Benjamin and Rosanna Fisher. 6-31. Ladora A., b. 8-28-1859, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 2-2-1940, Long Beach, Calif. m. Wils D .. Poulson, 1881, b. 3-8-1861; d. 8-29- 1914, Long Beach, Calif. 6-32. Lydia E., b. 9-8-1861, Greencastel, la.; d. Aug. 1912, Pueblo, Colo. m. Edgar B. Wicks, b. 1865; d. 1930, Pueblo, Colo. (No children.) 110

6-33. Elizabeth, b. 9-12-1863, Greencastle, Ia.; d. 6-17-1935, Delhi, India, and buried there. m. John Wesley Robinson, 8-27-1891. 6-34. Edward Riley, b. 9-15-1866, Greencastle, Ia.; living in 1949 at Phoenix, Ariz. m. Margaret Davis, 11-12-1891. 6-35. Benjamin Franklin, Jr., b. 5-23-1872, Greencastle, Ia.; d. 8-3-1938, Walla Walla, Wash.; bur. Mountain View cem. there. m. Edith Benton McClintock, 4-9-1906, Pueblo, Colo. 6-36. Gertrude, b. 12-19-1874, Greencastle, Ia.; living in 1949 at Los Angeles, Calif. m. Charles C. Kurtz, 11-21-1909.

Benjamin Fisher Rosanna Myers Fisher (5-7) (5-7)

Be:aj.amin F. Fisher differed from the other members of his family in that he was a successful business man. When he grew to manhood in Jasper Co., Ia., he entered the flour milling business. A published history of Jasper County states that he was a part owner of a mill at Greencastle under the name of Fisher and Daud. Evidently the Daud partner sold his interest in the enterprise b2cause a subsequent item shows that in 1875 Benjamin was in partnership with Godfrey Pfeiffer in the same mill.

Greencastle was an inland town without railroad facilities. For a quarter century it served a good purpose as a rural trading center, but when the Great Western Railroad was built from Des Moines to Minneapolis, it by-passed Green castle by three miles, and a new trading center came into being at Mingo. This eventuality was the death blow to Greencastle. Trade dwindled and buildings were torn down or moved away. Benjamin Fisher, Jr., and Godfrey Pfeiffer, moved with the rest. They took their mill to Harlan in Shelby County, Ia., in 1880, where some of their relatives had already preceded them. It is said of Benjamin Fisher, Jr. that he set up the first rolling mill in the state of Iowa at Pella, Marion Co., la.

Benjamin, Jr., had an avocation as well as his main business as a miller. He was an excellent carpenter and a skilled cabinet maker. There are many pieces of fine furniture among his descendants that are the products of his handicraft. One such dresser, constructed of rare and unusual woods collected from all parts of the world, is illustrated herewith. 11 l

Dresser msde by Benjamin Fisher in possession of his Granddaughter, Cecil Meyer

When their productive years were ended, Benjamin and Rosanna retired to Long Beach, California, in 1900, where their useful lives came to a peaceful close within two years of each other at ages 82 and 79, respectively. They are buried in the Long Beach cemetery.

5-8. EDWARD H. FISHER, third son of Benjamin (4-1) and Elizabeth (4-63) Fisher. b. 3-14-1834, Wayne Co., Ind. d. 13-11-1903, Maxwell, Ia., and buried there. m. (1) Rebecca A. , b. 11-15-1836; d. 7-8-1861, Greencastle, Ia. (2) Harriet Lint~3-1866, Jasper Co., Ia.; b. 7-17-1843; d. 3-30- 1915, Maxwell, Ia. Child of Edward and Rebecca Fisher: 6-37. Frankie, b. 9-28-1860; d. 8-14-1861; bur. Fisher family burial ground, Greencastle, la. Children of Edward and Harriet Fisher:. 6-38. Keziah, b. 8-4-1868, Greencastle, Ia.; d. 4-19-1938, Phoenix, Ariz. m. John Marion Cummings, 1-4-1891, Jasper Co., Ia. 6-39. Rose, b. 1-14-1871, Greencastle, Ia.; d. 11-10-1936, m, Frank Hammerly, 1892. 6-40. Elizabeth Mae, b. 6-27-1876, Greencastle, Ia., d. 5-26-1926. m. Frank E. Carr, 2-2-1903. 6-41. Iola, b. 11-5-1881 (twin), Greencastle, Ia.; d. 5-31-1904. (Single.) 6-42. Viola, b. ll-S-1881 (twin), Greencastle, Ia.; d. 9-3-19i5. m. Joseph Parker, March, 1904.

Edward H. Fisher's principal claim to fame was his patriotism and service to his country as a soldier during the Civil War. His service record supplied by the Adjutant General's Department of the State of Iowa, Dec. 6, 1940, is as follows: 112

Name: Edward H. Fisher. Age: 23 years. Residence: Jasper County; nativity, Indiana. Enlisted: Oct. 3, 1861, Co. B, 13th Inf. Iowa Volunteers .. Mustered: Oct. 21, 1861. Re-enlisted and remustered: Jan. l, 1864. Promoted: Fourth Sgt., Jan. 22, 1864. Mustered out: July 21, 1865.

Edward and Harriet Lint Fisher (5-8)

It is said that Edward Fisher fought at Shiloh and many other major battles except Gettysburg. However, he heard Lincoln give his Gettysburg address in 1863, and he was with Sherman on his march to the sea. Oldtimers in Colfax, Ia., have said that Ed Fisher was extremely proud of his Union soldier's uniform, and to his dying day he never failed to wear it in public whenever there was an occasion to do so.

5-9. ELIZABETH FISHER, sixth daughter of Benjamin {4-1) and Elizabeth (4-63) Fisher. {Elizabeth Stombaugh, mother of the author of this family history, was named after this Elizabeth Fisher, her aunt.) b. 9-9-1839, Wayne Co., Ind. d. 8-31-1912, Chicago, Ill. m. John Phillip Wingert, 4-9-1863; b. 6-22-1836; d. 5-12-1909, Chicago, 111.; bur. Chicago, Ill. Childr.en of John Phillip and Elizabeth Wingert: 6-43. Emma Maria, b. 3-8-1870, Pekin, Ill.; d. 9-25-1943, Los Angeles, Calif. m. John Quincy Puffe:i:, 2-15-1893. 6-44. Ida Jane, b. 8-26-1872, Downers Grove, Ill.; d. 8-13-1947, Los Angeles, Calif. (Single.) 6-45. Edward Henry, b. 3-21-1876, Peotone, Ill.; d. 3-19-1949, Canoga Park, Calif.; m. Ella Rose Freie, 2-23-1898, Chicago, Ill. 6-46. Louise Caroline, b. 12-13-1877, Gilman, Ill.; living near Cullman, Alabama, in 1949. m. Peter Henry Schneider, 9-24- 1902, Chicago, Ill. 6-4 7. Sanford William, b. 12-2-1880, Bishop Station, Ill.; living in Engleside, Ill., in 1949. m. Grace Alvaretta Hope, 7-10-1902, Chicago, Ill. 113

6-48. Eleanor May, b. 5-1-1882, Streator, Ill.; living in Wheeling, Ill., in 1949. m. Dr. Elmer Edwin Gieske.

Elizabeth Fisher Wingert Rev. John Phillip Wingert ( 5-9) ( 5-9)

Elizabeth Fisher was the third daughter of Benjamin and her mother, Elizabeth (from whom she derived her given name) to marry a Christian minister. John Phillip Wingert, like his ministerial brothers-in-law, was also a preacher in the Evangelical Association, but in the Illinois Conference for which no biographies of ministers are available. Therefore, the facts concerning his life and work are not as complete as might be desired.

John Phillip Wingert was born in Germany in 1836. When he was three years old, he immigrated to America with his parents of whom the father was Jacob Wingert. There was also a brother named Jacob, presumably the eldest son. It is said that Phillip spent his youth in New York, although of that there is no certainty. We hear of him next in connection with three important events in his life. One is the acquisition by him or his father of ZOO acres of land in Illinois in the vicinity of Norwood Park, now a suburb of Chicago. Here the family was engaged in farming. Wingert descendants relate that the produce of the farm, mostly grain, was hauled to market, probably Chicago, by yokes of oxen. Whether the land was b::rnght before the Civil War is not known, but it may very well have been, for there was an interval of twenty-two years between the arrival of the Wingert family in America and the outbreak of the war.

The next significant event in Phillip Wingert's life was his entrance into the Evangelical Association as an itinerant preacher in 1862. The conference of the church which met that year on April 10 in Peoria, Ill., was evidently a stirring one for its minutes include this item:

'On the afternoon of conference Sunday, Bishop Long led in a service of thanksgiving at the request of President Abraham Lincoln, for victories to the Union Armies thus far in the Civil War. Deep emotion prevailed, and earnest prayers were poured out for divine guidance, and vindication in the cause of Union and freedom. The confer ence adopted ringing resolutions pledging loyalty to ~he Union, and support of the Government of the United States." 114

The foregoing quotation speaks for itself as a characterization of the type of men who constituted the spiritual leadership of the Evangelical Association dur ing that period of great crisis in our American history.

Phillip Wingert entered the ministry from the village of Niles, now a suburb of Chicago. It was here that a "class" of the Evangelical Church had been organized as early as 1834. When it became the center of a "circuit." it is recorded that among the early "converts" the family name of Wingert appears. Hence it is likely that the Wingerts came west from New York sometime between 1839 and 1862 to settle as farming people in this locality. (Schwab and Thoren, History of the Illinois Conference of the Evangelical Church, 1837-1937, pp. 41, 45, 177-8, 321-3, et al.)

The third major event in Phillip Wingert' s life was his marriage to Elizabeth Fisher. ,The exact details as to when and where they first met are not recorded, but it is safe to assume that the year was 1862, and the place, Green castle, Iowa. This assumption is· 1ogical because it was the practice of the Evan gelical Church to assign preachers to "itineracies" upon their first appointments. In a sense, an itineracy was a missionary undertaking, not necessarily to "convert the heathen" but rather to proselyte and to extend the influence of a particular Christian faith. It is a matter of record that central Iowa was such a missionary field for the Evangelical Association in the 1860's.

We can imagine, therefore, that the young evangelist came to the little community of Greencastle in Jasper Co., Ia., on one of his first preaching missions. Here he would find sympathetic people with respect to religion, language and customs. If he preached in the Greencastle church, as he was practically sure to do, he could hardly avoid the dominant family in the community, the Ben Fisher's, of which three daughters had already married Evangelical preachers -- Eleanor to Samuel Dickover in 1852; Sarah Ann to Jacob Keiper in 1854; and Maria to John Schreiber just two years before. Elizabeth was a comely young lady of twenty three, certainly eligible by all standards to become the helpmate of a bachelor preacher of twenty-six who r.ot only was a man of high moral character but who also had a stake in 200 acres of rich Illinois land on the very outskirts of the rapidly growing city of Chicago. Undoubtedly it was a "good catch" for Elizabeth; maybe an answer to prayer because time was slipping for a girl at age twenty three in 1862.

It is evident that Phillip Wingert served his church faithfully and well. After 35 years in its ministry he retired from active preaching, and with his wife settled down to live their remaining years in Chicago. The Memorial Honor Roll of the Evangelical Church carries the name of John Phillip Wingert.

5-1 o. MARIA FISHER, seventh daughter of Benjamin (4-1) and Elizabeth (4-63) Fisher. b. 1-7-1841, Wayne Co., Ind. d. 10-13-1915, Leonardville, Riley Co., Kansas. m. John Frederick Schreiber, 3-24-1860, at the home of her parents in Jasper Co., Ia.; b. 2-2-1832, Baden, Germany; d. 9-16-1896, Leonard ville, Riley Co., Kansas. Children of John Frederick and Maria Schreiber: 6-50. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 2-14-1861, Jasper Co., la.; d. 5-20-1939, Lawrence, Kan.; bur. Oakhill cem. m. Adam H. Schaal, 1-7-1886. 6-51. Gideon Lincoln, b. 5-10-1862, Grandview, Louisa Co., Ia.; d. 6-8-1928. m. Phoebe Plummer, 2-14-1886. 6-52. William Henry, b. 5-25-1864; d. 8-30-1867, Captain Creek, Kans. 6-5 3. Hanna, b. 1-7-1866, Kans.; bapt. Rev. C. Berner; d. 8-20-1867. 6-54. Emma Kazia, b. 12-20-1867, Holton, Kans.; living in Holton, Kans., in 1949 with her daughter, Thelga. m. Frederick Stous, 3-24-1892, Holton, Kans. 6-55. Charles Fred, b. 1-26-1871; d. 4-9-1912; single. 11 5

6-56. Rosetta, b. 2-9-1874, Eudora, Kan., living near Baldwin, Kans., in 1949. m.John T. Schwalm, 11-18-1897. 6-57. Preseda, b. 8-9-1878, Richardson Co., Nebr; living in Leonard ville, Kans., in 1949. m. Henry Zeis set, 2-20-1908, Leonardville, Kans. 6-58. Edward Franklin, b. 1-18-1881, Atchison, Kans.,; living on a farm nine miles east of Overbrook, Kans., in 1949. m. ( 1) Marietta Fifield, 12-4-1918, Ft. Dodge, Ia.; d. June, 1925; bur. Graceland cem., Omaha, Nebr.; (2) Ellen Heinen, 1-18-1928, Overbrook, Kans. No children.

Maria Fisher was the fourth of the Fisher girls to marry preachers. Her husband was John Frederick Schreiber, an immigrant from Germany like her sister Elizabeth's husband, Phillip Wingert. John F. Schreiber was born in Baden, Germany, in 1832. From there he came to America in 184 7 with his parents, who immigrated at once to Illinois and settled in Stephenson County. It was here young John united with the Evangelical Church and later felt impelled to preach the gospel.

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It was in 1855 that John F. Schreiber was licenced to preach by the Illinois Conference of the Evangelical Association. In 1858 a call was made for missionaries to Kansas and Nebraska. The young preacher volunteered his services and was accepted to be assigned to Nebraska while a companion, Rev. C. Berner, was assigned to Kansas.

Since these appointments antedated the construction of a railroad across Iowa, they had to travel over roads that were hardly more than rutted trails. However, when the destination of Council Bluffs was reached on the Iowa side of the Missouri River, and John Schreiber could look into his "promised land," his achievement seemed to him to have been worth all the hardships and dangers he had endured along the way. His enthusiasr::1 was expressed in a letter he wrote to the editor of the Christliche Botschafter, a German language church paper. Excerpts from this letter have been quoted previously in Chapter V.

Within two years, Reverend Schreiber was brought back to Iowa to serve under the direction of the Iowa Conference. It was during this period that he met and married Maria Fisher in Jasper Co. When the Kansas Conference of the Evangelical Church was organized in 1864, Reverend Schreiber was assigned to the Leavenworth and Lawrence missions in Kansas. The next year at the first 116

session of that conference, he was elected presiding elder, thus becoming the first minister to be elected to this office by the Kansas Conference.

J. F. Schreiber gave 37 years of his life in the active service of his church. He was an early leader who wielded a strong influence in the expansion and establishment of his denomination in a pioneer field. In Maria Fisher he was fortunate to have a devoted wife and strong helpmate. He preceded her in death by nearly a score of years in 1896, and is buried in Leonardville, Kans. His life's work, however, goes on through two of his grandsons who have followed him in the Christian ministry. They are Ralph Roy Schreiber, son of Gideon Lincoln Schreiber (6-51), and Merton Schreiber 2' eisset, son of Preseda Fisher Zeis set (6-57).

5-1 l. WILLIAM FISHER, fourth son of Benjamin (4-1) and Elizabeth (4-63) Fisher. b. 5-4- l 34J, Wayne Co., Ind, d. 10-21-1863, Vicksburg, Miss., an unmarried soldier in the Civil War.

The service record of William Fisher as supplied by the Adjutant General's Department of the State of Iowa is as follows:

Name: William H. Fisher Age: 18 years. Residence: Jasper County; nativity, Indiana Enlisted: Oct. 3, 1861, Co. B, 13th Inf. Iowa Volunteers. Mustered: Oct. 21, 1861. Died of Pneumonia: Oct. 21, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss. Buried: National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss., Section l, Grave 60 l.

5-12. SILAS FISHER, fifth son of Benjamin (4-1) and Elizabeth (4-63) Fisher. b. 6-17-1845, Wayne Co., Ind. d. 4-30-1876, Greencastle, Jasper Co., Ia.; bur. Fisher family burial ground, Greencastle, Ia. m. Christina E. Nedrow, June, 1867, Jasper Co., Ia.; b. 12-11-1848; d. l-25-1870; bur. Fisher family burial ground, Greencastle, Ia. Child --of Silas and Christina Fisher: 6-59. Alice, b. 5-24-1868, Jasper Co., Ia.; d. 11-21-1947, Waterloo, Ia., and buried there. m. Frank Miller, 1-6-1887, Jasper Co., Ia.

Like his brothers Edward and William, Silas Fisher al.so served in the Union Army during the Civil War. His record is as follows:

Name: Silas H. Fisher. Age: 18 years. Residence: Jasper County; nativity, Indiana. Occupation: Farmer. Enlisted and mustered: Aug. 22, 1862, Newton, Ia.; Co. D, 40th Vol. Inf.; Private. Mustered out: Honorably discharged, Aug. 2, 1865.

When Silas returned from military duty, he was afflicted with tuberculosis from which he never recovered. The disease sapped his strength so that he was unable to do any work that required physical exertion. During the years he struggled for the health he did not regain, he turned to writing religious hymns to occupy his time. Many of these songs are still in use in churches. 117

5-13. JEMIMA FISHER, eighth daughter of Benjamin (4-1) and Elizabeth (4-63) Fisher. b. 4-16-1847, Wayne Co., Ind. d. (c) 1918, Long Beach, Calif. m. Sanford Moyer, b. 1843, West Greenville, Mercer Co., Pa.; d. 4-18- 1907, Pueblo, Colo., and is buried there. Sanford and Jemima Moyer had no children.

The story of Sanford and Jemima Moyer is fragmentary. It centers principally around him. The only documentary record of him is his official dis charge from the Union Army during the Civil War. It gives the following inform ation:

Name: Sanford J. Moyer. Enlisted and Mustered: March 2.l, 1862'; private, Co. G, 11th Reg. Pennsylvania Volunteers. Discharged: May 15, 1863, U.S.A. Antietam General Hospital, Md., by surgeon's certificate and not eligible for re-enlistment be cause of physical disability (wounds in battle). Birthplace: West Greenville, Mercer Co., Pa. Age when discharged: 20 years. Personal description: 5 ft. 9 in. tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, brown hair. Civilian occupation: School teacher.

When we next hear of Sanford Moyer, he is in Jasper Co., Ia., teaching school at Greencastle. One of his pupils was Jemima Fisher, four years younger than himself. Teacher and pupil fell in love and were married, presumably at the home of the bride's parents. According to the recollection of a presently living nephew, Edward R. Fisher (6-34), this wedding took place about 1865 when Jemima was eighteen and Sanford twenty-two. He also recalls they lived "across the road" from the old Fisher home.

It appears that Sanford Moyer gave up teaching and studied law, for in the 1870's he and Jemima were living in Colfax, la., under circumstances that would indicate a successful legal practice. But the pioneer spirit motivated them as it h:i.d their ancestors, and in 1880 they moved out to the frontier in Dakota Ter ritory to grow up with a new country at Chamberlain, a rail head on the Missouri River. This venture was unsuccessful, and after two years they moved still farther west, this time to Pueblo, Colorado, a bustling city called "Little Pittsburgh" because of its steel mills and many smelters. Here Mr. Moyer practiced law till his death in 1907.

When Sanford Moyer died his widow Jemima moved to Long Beach, California, where a brother, Benjamin (5-7) and his wife, and a sister, Keziah (5-14), and her husband, already lived. We do not have the exact date of Jemima's death, but it was probably about 1920 because it was after her brother and wife and her sister and husband had gone. She was cared for, a poor woman, physically and materially, in her last few years by her niece, Joanna Stombaugh (6-4), who provided her funeral and burial in the Long Beach Sunnyside cemetery.

5-14. KEZIAH FISHER, youngest daughter of Benjamin ( 4-1) and Elizabeth ( 4-63) Fisher. b. 2-16-1850, Wayne Co., Ind. d. 2-27-1918, Long Beach, Calif. m. ( l) Spencer Carney; (2) Wilson; (3) John Baker, b, 5-17-1844; d. 9-10-1906, Long Beach, Calif. 118

Children of Spencer and Keziah Carney: 6-60. Clarence 6-61. Artie, m. Edward Simon. 6-62. Cora, m. Coons.

Kezia Fisher Baker ( 5-14)

5-15. GIDEON FISHER, youngest son of Benjamin (4-1) and Elizabeth (4-63) Fisher. He was a farmer and lived for many years on his own farm near Harlan, Shelby Co., Ia. b. 8-20-1851, Wayne Co., Ind. d. 1-19-1916, Harlan, Shelby Go., Ia. m. Sarah Ellen Long, 3-12-1874; b. 1-15-1854, Elkhart, Ind.; d. 5-17- 19'35; dau. of Joseph and Lydia Poorbaugh Long. Children of Gideon and Sarah Ellen Fisher: 6-63. William Henry, b. 5-25-1864; d. 1867. 6-64. Hanna, b. 1-7-1866; d. 1867. 6-65. Earl Vernon, b. 3-21-1875, Jasper Go., Ia.;

Gideon, Sarah Ellen, Eliza, and Sarah Ann Fisher (5-15) (5-15) (5-1) (5-6)

Chapter XI

THE FISHER LINEAGE

GENERATION V (Continued)

THE FAMILY OF DANIEL FISHER

5-16. ELLEN (bap. Helena) FISHER, oldest child of Daniel (4-2) and Barbara Fisher. b. 10-9-1832, York Co., Pa. d. 1-11-1908, Dahlonega, Ia.; bur. Ottumwa, Ia. m. Andrew Louis Goehring, farmer, Sept. 1857, Wapello Co., Ia.; b. July, 1834, in Germany; d. 6-5-1905, Dahlonega, Ia.; bur. Ottumwa, Ia. Children of Andrew and Ellen Goehring: 6-72. Julius, b. 5-28-1858, Dahlonega, la.; d. 9-3-1939, m. Linda Herring. 6-73. Martin Henry, b. 9-17-1860, Dahlonega, la.; d. 12-1-1942, near Glenwood, Ia. m. Ada W. Johnson. 6-74. Anna Margaret, b. 3-23-1863, Dahlonega, Ia.; d. 10-31-1943. m. John Edward Ward, 11-25-1882. 6-75. Mary, b. Aug. 1866, Dahlonega, Ia. m. William Denny. 6-76. Daniel Peter, b. 5-13-1868, Dahlonega, la.; d. 1-13-1937. m. Theresa Elizabeth McBeth. 6-77. Philip, b. Feb., 187 l, Ottumwa, la. m. Louisa Martsching. 6-78. Arthur, b. Oct., 1873, Dahlonega, Ia.; d. 1934. m. Frances Gossman.

5-17. HENRY FISHER, oldest son of Daniel (4-2) and Barbara Fisher. b. 10-27-1834, York Co., Pa. d. 9-17-1901, Hastings, Ia.; bur. Emerson, Ia. m. Susannah Forest, 11-23-1861, Agency, Ia.; b. 12-10-1842, Scott Co., IfL; d. 10-11-1907, Hastings, Ia.; bur. Emerson, Ia. Susannah's parents were William and Catherine McLaughlin Forest. Children of Henry and Susannah Fisher: 6-79. James, b. 2-14-1864, Ottumwa, Ia.; d. 12-21-1923. m. Nellia Van Doren. No children. 6-80. William, b. 2-7-1867, Ottumwa, la.; d. 1-16-1947. m. Nettie Frady. 6-81. Irving, b. 2-5~1871, Hastings, Ia.; d. 12-19-1939. m. Jennie Cross. 6-82. Elmer Ellsworth, b. 8-10-1874, Hastings, Ia.; d. Rupert, Ida. m. Belle Lyman. He was a civic leader and served for a time as mayor of Rupert and as representative from his county in the State Legislature of Idaho. Elmer and Belle Fisher had no children. 6-83. Ella May, b. 5-3-1877, Hastings, la.; d. 1-16-1948, Lincoln, Nebr. m. Perry Lee Quimby.

5- 18. SARAH FISilER, second daughter of Daniel (4-2) and Barbara Fisher. b. 11-11-1817, York Co., Pa. d. !880. m. ( l) Theodore Padgett; d, 1864. (2) Adrian Lathrop, farmer.

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Children of Theodore and Sarah Podgett: 6-84. Theodore. 6-85. Nora. Children of Adrian and Sarah Lathrop: 6-86. Adrian. 6-87. Judson. 6-88. Chloe.

5-19. REBECCA FISHER, third daughter of Daniel (4-2) and Barbara Fisher. b. 10-18-1840, York Co., Pa. d. Sept. 1928. m. Samuel Humbert, farmer, who settled near Hastings, la., in 1870, later moving to Kearney, Nebr. Children of Samuel and Rebecca Humbert: 6-89. Myrtle. 6-90. Lulu. 6-91. Noble. 6-9'?,. Worth. 6-93. Ernest, d. Riverdale, Nebr. 6-94. Maude. 6-95. Madge.

5-21. GEORGE FISHER, second son of Daniel (4-2) and Barbara Fisher. b. 11-22-1846. d. 3-24-1914, Carns, Nebr.; bur. Hastings, Ia. m. Viola Cary, 1869; dau. Abel and Elizabeth Cary. b. 12-28-1851, Wayne Co,, Ind.; d. 9-17-1918, Omaha, Nebr.; bur., Hasting, Ia.' Children of George and Viola Fisher: 6-96. Fred, b. 7-23- 187 l, Hastings, Ia.; d. 12-9-1948, State of Wash ington; m. Nettie Cary, 10-28-1895, Hastings, Ia.; d. 5-3-1932, Loveland, Colo., and buried there. 6-97. Emmett, b. 10-29-1872, Hastings, Ia.; m. Margaret Shook, 10-23-1895. 6-98. Minnie, b. 9-26-1874; d. 11-23-1938. m. Bert L. Genung, 1899. 6-99. Walter A., b. 8-23-1876, Hastings, Ia.; living at Pacific Juncti0n, la., in 1949. m, Jessie B. Salmons, dau. Randolph and Enphie (McMullin) Salmons, 1-17-1907, near Emerson, la. b, 2-27-1887, Emerson, Ia. No children. 6-100. Abel Daniel, b. 1-19-1878, Smith Co., Kans.; living at Riverton, Wyo., in 1949. m. Laura Etta Miller, 5-29-1904, Hastings, Ia. 6-101. Ivan, b. 5-8-1880, Philipsburg, Kans. m. ( 1) Mamie Landacre; (2) Katherine 6-102. Percy, b. 188~2-;-d~.-1882. 6-103. Ralph S., b. 8-18-1889, Hastings, Ia. m. Nellie June Jones, 3-7-1916, Red Oak, Ia. 6-104. Elsie, b. 6-12-1892; d. 6-12-1899.

5-22. ADAM FISHER, third son of Daniel (4-2) and Barbara Fisher. b. 3-20-1851. m. Children: 6-105. -.:1arence (twin), b. 1876. 6-106. Clara_ (twin), b. 1876. 6-107. Fred.

WILLIAM AND ANNA MARY (FISHER) WOLFGANG FAMILY

5-23. EMANUEL WOLFGANG, first child of William and Anna Mary Fisher (4-3) Wolfgang. 123

b. 10-16-1828, Lineboro, Md. d. 6-30-1887, Bethel, Ind.; bur. Bethel cem., near Noblesville, Ind. m. (l) Fannie Wyant, (c) 1856, Hamilton Co., Ind.; b. 8-30-1837, d. 5-11-1864, Hamilton Co., Ind.; bur. Bethel cem. near Noblesville, Ind. (2) Reginia Stahl Waltz, 2-16-1865, Hamilton Co., Ind.; b. 9- 12- 1839; d. 3-29-1901, Noblesville, Ind. Children of Emanuel and Fannie Wolfgang: 6-108. Christiana, b. 5-23-1857, Bethel, Ind. m. George Kern, Hamilton Co., Ind. 6-109. William A., b. 8-3-1859, Bethel, Ind.; d. 1946. m. (1) Emma Hughes; (2) Etta Harrison, living at Milroy, Ind., 1949. 6-110. Elmer Franklin, b. 7-2-1861, Bethel, Ind.; d. 12-27-1940, Indianapolis, Ind. m. Lucy Dora Neill, 12-17-1890, Noblesville, Ind . ; b . 8 - l 2 - l 8 6 8 ; d . 9 - 2 8 - l 9 2 3 . Children of Emanuel and Reginia Wolfgang: 6-111. Charles H., b. 6-21-1867, Bethel, Ind.; d. 1940, Indianapolis, Ind. m. Belle Daugherty. No children. 6-112. Milton James, b. 2-15-1871, Bethel, Ind. 6-113. George Fisher, b. 9-24-1872, Bethel, Ind.; d. 2-24-1932, Nobles ville, Ind.; bur. Sheridan, Ind. m. ( l) Lillie 0. Thistlewaite, 1-12-1894, Sheridan, Ind.; b. 1-12-1872; d. 2-16-1916, Sheridan, Ind. (2) Nellie Mace Weaver, 6-15-1917, Louisville, Ky. 6-114. Fred A., b. 1-2-1876, Bethel, Ind.; living at Marion, Ind., 1949. m. ( l) Lizzie Marlow; (2) Nora Woods. 6-115. Pearl Maud, b. 12-28-1882, Bethel, Ind.; living at Logansport, Ind., 1949. m. ( l) Leo Denotus De Labadie; (2) Joseph Baker; (3) John Kinzer, 2-7-1917; b. 1-13-1886.

5-24. MARY JANE WOLFGANG, first daughter of William and Anna Mary (4-3) Wolfgang. b. 4-25-1835, Hamilton Co., Ind. d. 10-25-1878. m. Andrew Jackson Fryberger, 5-11-1867, Hamilton Co., Ind.; b. 10-8- 1844, Noblesville, Ind.; d. 1924. Children of Andrew and Mary Jane Fryberger: 6-116. Victoria, d. 10-7-1889, Hamilton Co., Ind. 6-117. Harry D., m. Clara Phelps. 6-118-. William, m. Maude Whitesell. 6-119. Myrtilla F., b. 9-28-1873, Clarksville, Ind.; living in Memphis, Tenn., in 1949. m. William E. Rike,, Noblesville, Ind. 6-120. Julia, m. Joseph Roberts. 6-121. Katherine, b. 2-16-1878, Hamilton Co., Ind.; d. 6-23-1927. m. Fred M. Atkins. 6-122. Raymond H., Attorney at Law, Minneapolis, Minn. 6-123. Mayme, b. 8-6-1880 (unmarried). 6-124. Frankie (died young).

Andrew Jackson Fryberger was a veteran of the Civil War. At the age of 17 years he enlisted in the Union Army, fir st in the 54th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, and later in Co. E, 8th Cavalry, known as the 39th Regiment of In:iiana Vclunteers. This regiment was attached to the Army of the Cumberland under the command of Gen. G. H. Thomas. When Gen. W. T. Sherman began his famous "March to the Sea" in the fall of 1864, certain of his troops were drawn from the Army of the Cumberland, so Andrew Fryberger found himself in Georgia with Sherman rather than in Tennessee with Thomas.

After Sherman's objectives had been accomplished and he turned his armies northward through the Carolinas in the spring of 1865, the Union forces were resisted by the Confederates under the command of Gen. Joseph Johnston. In a skirmish between units of the opposing armies at Averysboro, N. C., in March, 1865, Andrew Fryberger was shot through the chest and left for dead. However, 124

the story goes that as the dead soldiers were being buried, someone observed a flutter of an eyelid on one of them. It was Andrew. His wound was detected and "cleaned" by forcing a silk handkerchief through it, in at the front and out at the back. He was then taken to a military hospital at Goldsboro, N. C., not far from the place where the battle took place. He was probably there when Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865. When hostilities ceased, he was taken to New York for final hospitalization where he was discharged on May 3, 1865. He then went back to his old home in Indiana, and two years later, May 11, 1867, he married Mary Jane Wolfgang.

5-27. LEWIS WOLFGANG, third son of William and Anna Mary (4-3) Wolfgang. b. 2-9-1848, York Co., Pa. d. 2-4-1923, bur. Mt. Zion Ch. cem., Hamilton Co., Ind. m. (1) Elizabeth Brooks, 9-11-1866, Greenfield, Ind. b. 5-27-1843, d. 2- 12-1885. (2) Emma Florence Snowden, Feb. 1885; b. 6-18-1857, d. 1-13-1897. Children of Lewis and Elizabeth Wolfgang: *( l). Marion Harvey, b. 1-18-1868. *(2). Leenis Clifford, b. 9-14-1869; d. (? ), Michigan. *(3 ). Arthur Owen, b. 3-16-1872; d. 3-12-1947, Franklin, Ind. *(4). Lulu Ethel, b. 4-18-1874; d. 5-8-1947. *(5). Arza Porter, b. 6-17-1876; d. 12-11-1904. 6-125. Sadie Leola, b. 11-11-1878, living with daughter in Indianapolis, Ind., 1949. m. Kenneth E. Hardy. 6-126. Anna Bernice, b. 4-10-1881, living in Fennville, Mich., in 1949. m. Richards. Children of Lewis and Emma Wolfgang: 6-127. Clarence Heber, b. 1-27-1888. m. Emelia Swartz; living at Fairmont, Ind. *(6). Lewis Floyd, b. 2-9-1890. m. Susan E. Julian, Franklin, Ind.; living at Middletown, Ind., 1949. 6-128. Loren Kenneth, b. 2-26-1895. m. ( l) Myrtle Nance. (2) Emily Sewell. Living at Fortville, Ind., 1949. *(7). Emma, b. and d. 2-25-1894. *(8). Ralph Wand and Raymond H., twins, b. 6-23-1892; d. 7-14 and 21-1892. * The names starred (*) indicate data received too late to assign names with consecutive serial numbers for the 6th generation.

5-29. JAMES K. WOLFGANG, fourth son of William and Anna Mary (4-3) Wolf gang. b. 12-13-1844, Wayne Co., Ind. d. 8-21-1931, at the home· of his daughter, Julia, Mrs. John W. Snuff, a farmer, near Niles, Mich. m. Lucy Matilda Pettit, 5-7-1867, Edwardsburg, Mich.; b. 3-18-1848, St. Joseph Co., Ind.; d. 2-22-1932, at home of dau., Julia Snuff, Niles, Mich.; bur. Franklin Community Cem., Berrien Co., Mich. Children of James and Lucy Wolfgang: 6-129. Cassius Alton, b. 3-29-1868, St. Joseph Co., Ind.; d. 1-16-1933, Whiting, Ind.; bur. Franklin Community Cem., Berrien Co., Mich. m. Nettie Norris, 1886. 6-130. Franklin Albert, b. 2-23-1870, St. Joseph Co., Ind.; d. 4-21- 1904, South Bend, Ind.; bur. Franklin Community Cem., Berrien Co., Mich.; single. 6- 131. Cora Alice, b. 10-5-1872, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. ( 1) Gottlob Walter, 5-6-1891 of Dowagiac, Mich. (2) Joel Edmund Jinkins, farmer, 10-5-1910; d. 1-23-1941. 6-1',2, Minnie Luella, b. 8-22-1874, Cass Co., Mich.; d. 11-11-1893; bur. Franklin Community Cem., Berrien Co., Mich. 6-133. Ella May, b. 11-3-1876, Cass Co., Mich.; m. Harry E. Denyes, 2-24-1902, South Bend, Ind. 125

6-134. Julia Ann, b. 3-19-1879, Berrien Co., Mich. m. John W. Snuff, 5-1-1895, a farmer, near Niles, Mich. 6-135. Mable Ione, b. 8-14-1880, Berrien Co., Mich. m. Loren Clarke, 1898, of Niles, Mich. No children. 6-136. Homer Giles, b. 8-20-1882, Cass Co., Mich. m. Anna Fultz, 10-26-1902. 6-137. Sadie Ethel, b. 6-6-1887, Berrien Co., Mich.; d. 7-21-1906. m. William A. Ehrich of South Bend, Ind., 9-20-1909. 6-138. Carl, b. 11-8-1890; d. 11-8-1890, Berrien Co., Mich. 6-139. Floyd Melvin, b. 7-21-1893, Berrien Co., Mich. m. ( 1) Elotta Pearl Stage, 6-19-1912, South Bend, Ind.; d. 10-26-1918. (2) Theresa M. Shorten, 3-27-1937.

James K. Wolfgang was a veteran of the Civil War. He served in Co. I, 132nd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, Western Division, Noblesville, Hatnilton Co., Ind. His wife, Lucy Matilda Pettit, was the daughter of James K. Pettit and his wife, Julia Ann Hoover of Elkhart, Ind.

5-30. ELIZA LIDA WOLFGANG, fourth daughter of WHliam and Anna Mary (4-3) W .)lfgang. b. 10-13-1847, Hamilton Co., Ind. d. March, 1896. m. Isaac P. Keiser, b. 3-22-1844, d. 3-20-1905. Children of Isaac and Eliza Keiser: 6- 140. Anna Mary, d. 1-13-1945, Indianapolis, Ind. m. Arrius Court land Bishop. 6-141. Kathryn Maude, b. 7-30-Hl81, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Harry Smith Beaver.

GEORGE (4-4} AND RACHEL (LAMOTTE} FISHER FAMILY

5-34. JOHN HUFFMAN FISHER, first child of George (4-4) and Rachel (Lamotte) Fisher. b. 3-13-1835, Carroll Co., Md. d. 9-2-1916, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Ellen Steffey, dau. George and Lydia (Walker) Steffey; b. 9-19-1836; d._9-10-1917, Hamilton Co., Ind.

John Huffman Fisher Ellen Steffey Fisher { 5-34) (5-H) 126

Children of John and Ellen Fisher: 6-142. Sarah, b. 6-12-1856; d. Dec. 1856. 6-143. Henry, b. 11-18-1857; d. 6-30-1933. m. Eliza Kinnamon. 6-144. Clara, b. 5-10-1861; d. 3-24-1916. m. August Brooks. 6-145. Daniel, b. 2-17-1863; d. 12-7-1936. m. Carrie Harrison. 6-146. Nellie Ellen, b. 9-8-1864. m. George W. Haverstick. 6-147. Albert, b. 8-8-1866; d. 12-21-1935. 6-148. Lydia Alice, b, 7-25-1869; d, 8-11-1945. m. Clement Stanford. 6-149. Cassius, b. 6-8-1872. m. Kinnamon Sears. 6-150. Frank, b. 7-8-1875; m. Della Leach, 5-2-1896.

5-36. MARY ELIZABETH FISHER, second daughter of George (4-4) and Rachel Fisher. b. 8-17-1838, Hamilton Co., Ind, d. (? ); bur. Dayton, Ohio. m. Enos Wiseman, 5-23-1858, Hamilton, Co., Ind.; b. 1-3-1836, Frederick Co., Md.; d. 2-12-1894; son of Samuel Wiseman, Frederick Co., Md. Children of Enos and Mary Elizabeth Wiseman. 6-151. Amanda Ellen, b. 3-8-1860, Frederick Co., Md.; d. 9-3-1934. m. Charles W. Johnson, 1-8-1880, Frederick Co., Md. 6-152. William Fritzheugh, b. 10-11-1861, Frederick Co., Md.; d. 2-13-1936, Dayton, Ohio. m. Flora Freeman, Dec. 1892. 6-153. David Singleton, b. 3-30-1864, Frederick Co,, Md.; d. 10-19- 1936, Dayton, Ohio. rn. Amanda Catherine Kirst, 4-22-1889, Montgomery Co., Ohio. 6-154. Joseph Jackson Lee, b. 3-19-1866, Frederick Co., Md. m. Susanna Hunter. 6-155. Clara Virginia., b. 3-21-1868; d. 12-14-1916; m. (1) John Banks, 1886; (2) Sherman Goins; (3) Duffy Ennis. 6-156. Mary Ann, b. 1870. m. John Cook ..

Enos Wiseman was born in Frederick Co., Md., but as a young man he followed the westward wave of migration to Indiana. There in Hamilton County he met Mary Elizabeth Fisher, whose parents had come to Indiana from Penn sylvania in the thirties. As soon as Enos and Mary Elizabeth were married, they went back to his old home in Frederick Co., Md. There they remained eight years

Enos Wiseman Mary Elizabeth Wiseman ( 5-3 6) (5-36) during whkh interval three sons and ". daughter were born to them. Sometime between 1866 and 1868 they moved back to Indiana where two more children were born. When they returned to Indiana their oldest daughter, Amanda, remained behind in the home of her grandfather, Samuel Wiseman. There she grew to womanhood and later married Charles Johnson. This circumstance explains how 127

it happens that there are direct descendants of George and Rachel Fisher in so widely separated sections of the country Fis Indiana and Maryland. While the data are incomplete, it is assumed that both Enos and Mary Elizabeth died in the Middle West. It is believed Mary Elizabeth is buried in or near Dayton, Ohio, though the yea.r she died is lost. Enos died in 1894, but the location ,of his grave has not been found.

5-37. DANIEL FISHER, second son of George (4-4) and Rachel Fisher. b. 2-5-1843, Hamilton C 0 ., Ind. d. 2-3-1912. m. Jennie Davidson, b. 1-8-1857; d. 3-20-1918. Children of Daniel and Jennie Fisher: 6-157. Pearl A., b. 12-30-1876, Hamilton Co., Ind.; d. 8-24-1887. 6-158. Ferdinand Elliot, b. 10-5-1877, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Marie Hummel, 1920. 6-159. Ward Herbert, b. 5-29-1886, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Minnie Genevieve Rohrer, 10-14-1911.

Daniel Fisher was a Civil War veteran. He served with the 8th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. His brothers, Caleb and Joshua, and his cousin, Andrew Fryberger, were also in the same regiment.

5-38. CALEB H. FISHER, third son of George (4-4) and Rachel Fisher. b. (? ), Hamilton Co., Ind. d. 1915. m. Mat Hare. Children of Caleb and Mat Fisher: 6-160. Calvin F.;

Caleb Fisher was a Civil War veteran. He served with the 8th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. His brothers, Daniel and Joshua, and his cousin, Andrew Fryberger, were also in the same regin,ent.

5-39. JOS}IUA FISHER, fourth son of George (4-4) and Rachel Fisher. b. 11-1-1845, Hamilton Co., Ind. d. I-23-1929, Concordia, Kans.; bur. Pleasant Hill cem. there. m. Mary A. Helms, 10-20-1867, Hamilton Co., Ind. Children pf Joshua and Mary Fisher: 6-163. Eva Christina, m. James M. Shaffer. 6-164. John Franklin, m. Flora Cain. 6-165. Charles LaFayette,· m. Carry Nelson. 6-166. Cora Ellen, d. 7-23-1935; m. Edgar Gaines Hormel. 6-167. Maude Edna, m. George Harvey Brown. 6-168. Katie La Rue, m. Guy Travis.

Joshua Fisher was a soldier in the Civil War. He enlisted from Hamilton Co., Ind., August 25, 1863, as a private in Co. E, 39th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, later designated as the 8th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. This was the same unit to which his brothers Daniel and Caleb, and his cousin, Andrew Fry berger also belonged. In October, 1863, this regiment was attached to General Sherman's Army prPparatory to his famous "March to the Sea." In a skirmish with the Confederates at Pea Vine Creek. Georgia, November 27, 1863, Joshua Fisher was wounded by a gunshot in the left ankle which shattered the bones in that leg. He was hospitalized at Ringold, Ga., where his foot was amputated. He was then moved to a hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., and thence to Nashville, Tenn., and finally to Madison, Ind. There he remained until June, 1864, when he was honorably discharged from the Union Army. 134

6-205. Clydena Belle, b. 8-24-1876, Ottumwa, Ia.; d. 11-9-1944, Down ing, Calif.; bur. Rose Hill Mausoleum, Whittier, Calif. m. Zella Gephart, 10-10-1900. No children. 6-206. Laura Mabel, b. 2-2-1878, Ottumwa, Ia. Unmarried. 6-207. Howard Gilbert, b. 4-25-1880. m. Edith Blanche Stevens, 6-15- 1904. 6-208. Lura Etta, b. 8-17-1882; d. 1-22-1887; Ottumwa, Ia. 6-209. Kyle D., b. 3-3-1885; m. Ralph Clayton Hofmann, 1-18-1905, Ottumwa, Ia. 6-210. Clarence Cassel, b. 12-12-1887, Dahlonega, Ia. m. Ozella Rosemond Rudd, 6-24-1914. 6-211. Robert Earl, b. 6-19-1890, Dahlonega, Ia.; d. 11-2-19<12, Bells Garden, Calif.; bur. Rose Hill Mausoleum, Whittier, Calif. m. Bertha Viola Porter, 1-1-1913. 6-212. Herbert Harry, b. 1-27-1893, near Ottumwa, la.; d. 2-2-1943, Calif. m. Mary Adelaide Church, 6-12-1917. 6-213. Ralph Bertrand, b. 8-15-1895, near Ottumwa, Ia. m. Jennie Elizabeth Lambert, 2-14-1920, _Los Angeles, Calif.

No finer vignette of the lovely character and great soul of Lydia Fair Dimmitt could be presented in this family history than to use selected excerpts from a beautiful tribute written by her daughter, Mrs. Kyle D. Hofroann, when her mother passed away in January, 1949, at the age of 96 years:

Lydia Fair Dimmitt, born near Manchester, Md., came with her pa~ents and nine brothers and sisters to Iowa in 1856. They settled on a far ■ near Ottu ■ wa. Mra. Di ■■ itt was a school teacher .before her marriage to Robert C. Oim ■ itt, a farmer, in 1875.

Mrs. Dimmitt never relaxed her labor nor her vigilance in raising her children to high standards in religion, education, health and honesty. Her artistic nature and her love of beauty was attested by her own handiwork. She found ti ■ e to enjoy a garden of flowers along with a vegetable garden for her large family. She embellished her dairy products with a mold of whe~t to make them more attractive to her customers. Her knit ting of mittena and hose and her sewing of coats and clothes for both boys and girls were such that the garments were always beautiful with added colors and fine stitches. She tolerated no idle time; she was always busy after her heavy farm work so that her children could go {orth in clean and shining gar ■ ents fashioned by ~er own hands.

In 1907 the Dimmitt family moved to California, and in 1913 established a ho ■ e in Huntington Psrk. Here, when her family had left the shelter of her ho ■ e, she entered into active church and club life from which she derived great pleasure and satiafaction. She was a loyal ■ ember of the Presbyterian denomination.

Only when sbe reached the advanced age of 90 years were her activitie ■ curtailed. Thereafter she spent ■ uch of her time on her glassed-in porch on s busy corner, where, to qoute her, she "watched the world go by." For tboae wbo passed her window there always ca ■ e a smile, the wave of a hand or a kindly greeting from this frail, white-haired lady from out of the psat who bad kept herself abreast of the present. Stranger or friend, she greeted the• alike 135

She kept her large family near her, and many were the happy gathering for so long a ti••· In the ho ■ e of her daughter, Laura Mabel Dimmitt, she had a refuge of love during the last five years of her life. In her family she built a great monument to herself; the heritage she left is a memory of love and nnselfiah devotion.

THE MICHAEL FISHER (4-7) FAMILY

5-52. GEORGE CALVIN FISHER, oldest child of Michael (4-7) and Sarah Ann (Stick) Fisher. b. 4-23-1844, Elkhart, Ind. d. 5-16-1922, Chicago, Ill. m. Mary Elizabeth Freehafer, b. 12-16-1852; d. 3-26-1919. Children of George and Elizabeth Fisher. 6-214. Ivan Alberto, b. 4-23-1875; d. 1927. m. May Colling. 6-215. Elta Luetta, b. 11-8-1878, South Bend, Ind. m. Charles Oswald Thamer, 1-11-1899, York, Nebr. 6-21'6. Lawrence Lewellyn, (died in infancy). 6-217. Melvin Erle, b. 1-16-1882. m. Goldie 6-218. Cedric Charles, b. 6-1-1883, York, Neor.; d. 2-9-1941, Waukegan, Ill. m. Anna Reynolds, 6-17-1907, Waukegan, Ill. 6-219. Jennie Gladys, b. 4-8-1885, m. Charles F. Sabine, 4-30-1906. 6-220. Leila Dott, b. 7-31-1889, m. ( 1) Charles M. Smith; (2) Dean; (3) F. J. Civilier. --- 6-221. Florence Edwina, b. 8-5-1891. m. William A. French. 6-222. Mildred H., b. 1-29-1893. m. Milton Burr Gore.

In his young manhood, George Calvin Fisher left his home near Elkhart, Ind., and went to South Bend where he learned the trade of cabinet maker in a furniture factory. In the 1880's he homesteaded near York, Nebr., where he also acquired an interest in a grain elevator. Later he became a hardware merchant in the same town. Upon retirement, he moved to Chicago, Ill., where he passed away at age 74.

5-53. MARY JANE FISHER, second daughter of Michael (4-7) and Sarah Ann Fisher. b. 5-24-1850, near Anderson, Ind. d. 5-10-1921, Cleveland, O.; bur. Elkhart, Ind. m. Benjamin 0. Manchester, 9-1-1867, Elkhart, Ind.; b. 11-11-1846, Canfield, O.; d. 11-5-1938, Toledo, 0. Children of Benjamin and Mary Jane Manchester: 6-223. Phillip Erle, b. 6-20-1868, Elkhart, Ind.; d. 11-25-1945, Sarasota, Fla.; bur. Greenwood cem., Brooklyn, N. Y. m. Grace Wheeler, 10-12-1893, Goshen, Ind. 6-224. Joseph Melvin, b. 11-7-1872, Elkhart, Ind. m. Edith L. Brewster, 5-24-1898, Toledo, Ohio; b. 12-24-1890, Bryan, O.; d. 12-5- 1942, Cleveland, O.; bur. Woodland cem., Toledo, 0. No children. 6-225. Elta Belle, b. 10-4-1874, Elkhart, Ind., d. 3-20-1922, Indianapolis, Ind.; bur. Elkhart. Ind. Unmarried.

Benjamin 0. Manchester was at one time a public school principal in Toledo, Ohio. His parents were Isaac Manchester and his wife, Margaret Wilson. The original Manchester home was in Washington Co., Pa. There, near West Middletown, 28 miles from Pittsburgh, Isaac Manchester erected the old Man chester residence, .. probably the most striking survival in this region of early colonial architecture. The estate of 1,000 acres was bought by Isaac Manchester in 1795 from Capt. Samuel Teter." (Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, Aug. 20, 1911.) 136

Mary Jane Fisher Manchester (5-53)

5-54. KEZIAH FISHER, third daughter of Michael (4-7) and Sarah Ann Fisher. b. 5-5-1853, Elkhart, Ind. d. 5-28-1935, Elkhart, Ind. m. (1) Phillip Samuel Gemberling, 8-17-1881. b. 7-27-1885, Indian Grove, Pa.; d. 10-3-1889, Benton Harbor, Mich. (2) Fred Lutman of Logansport, Ind., Sept. 1892, who was killed in a railroad accident, 8-30-1901, while in the government mail service. He left four sons frorn a previous marriage.. (3) There was a third marriage, which proved unsuccessful; the name of this husband ·has not been supplied. ChilcC of Philip and Kezinh Gemberling: 6-226. Leota Dale, b. 9-18-1882, Elkhart, Ind. m. Robert A. Gardner, a chemist, 12-19-1903; b. 11-30-1877, Niles, Mich. No children.

5-55. JEROME HOVIAS FISHER, second son of Michael (4-7) and Sarah Ann Fisher. b. 2-27-1858, Elkhart, Ind. d. 7-3-1936, Toledo, 0. m. Ellen Root, 12-31-1880, b. 9-19-1859, d. 8-21-1938. Children of Jerome and Ellen Fisher: 6-227. Elsie Fern, b. 8-26-1886, Elkhart, Ind. rn. Stanley Wentzell. 6-228. Hazel De, b. 9-10-1891, Plymouth, Ind. rn. Aubrey Elmore Tracy, 10-10-1909.

Jerome Fisher was a craftsman in a sash and blind factory in Elkhart, Ind. Later he became an outstanding salesman for the Singer Sewing Machine Co.

5-57. MARIA CATHERINE, fourth daughter of Michael (4-7) and Sarah Ann Fisher. b. 3-4-1859, Elkhart, Ind. d. Feb. 1939, Monroe, Mich.; bur. Fremont, 0. m. John H. Botefuhr, Aug. 1879, Elkhart, Ind. Parents: Jacob Botefuhr and Elden Brady. 137

Maria Catherine Fisher (5-57)

Children of John and Maria Botefuhr: 6-229. Mildred, died in infancy. 6-230. Florence Edwina, b. 5-14-1882, Toledo, 0. m. ( 1) Daniel Bradley Crane, 1-11-1903; (2) Roland H. Newton, 7-24-1948, of Detroit, Mich.

5-58. LEVI PETER FISHER, third son of Michael (4-7) and Sarah Ann Fisher. b. 4-29-1862, Elkhart, Ind.; living in Long Beach, Calif., in 1949. m. Emma Marie Hormel, 11-4-1885, Toledo, 0.; b. 6-11-1864, Buffalo, N. Y .; d. 12-22-1947, Long Beach, Calif. Parents: John George Hormel and Susan Decker. Children of Levi and Emma Fisher: 6-231. Marguerite May, b. 12-7-1887, Toledo, 0. m. ( 1) William Moses Ramsell, 11-18-1915, Austin, Minn.; (2.) Fred Graham Bogle, 1928, Long Beach, Calif. 6-232. Her.bert Hormel, b. 4-22-1891, Toledo, 0. m. Wilhelmina Saunders, 1915. 6-233. Helen Alberta, b. 3-31-1893; d. 5-15-1894; Toledo, 0. 6-234. Donald Dean, b. 6-24-1895; d. 2-1-1897; Toledo, 0.

As a youth, Levi Fisher grew up in Elkhart, Ind. When he was twenty years old he set out for himself and began his trade as interior decorator in Toledo, Ohio. In addition to his trade, Mr. Fisher ran a store that handled wall paper and art goods. It was in Toledo that he met Emma Marie Hormel, to whom he was married in 1885, and who was to remain his wedded wife for more than 62 years.

After the turn of the century, Levi and Emma came west where he followed his trade in Minneapolis, Minn., and Ottumwa, Ia. In 1909 they moved to Austin, Minn., to become associated with George A. Hormel, brother of Emma, and founder of the noted Hormel Packing Company. Levi Fisher remained with this con cern till 1922, when the Fishers moved to Long Beach, Calif. Here Mr. Fisher took up his old trade again and continued it for fifteen years before he retired in 1937.

It is hardly correct to say that Levi Fisher has ever retired. It is more nearly true that he has given up his trade because it has interfered with 128

5-40. AMANDA FISHER, youngest child of George (4-4) and Rachel Fisher. b. 1852; d. 1888. m. ( 1) Taylor Helms; (2) William De Camp, b. 11-30-1857; d. 5-13- 1933. Child of Taylor and Amanda Helms: 6-169. Stella. Children of William and Amanda De Camp: 6-170. Goldie, b. 10-8-1883; m. Arthur Bennett. 6-171. Flossie, b. 10-10-1887; d. 10-25-1936. m. Vern Conway.

JOHN AND REBECCA (FISHER, 4-5) FAIR FAMILY

5-42. SARAH FAIR, oldest daughter of John and Rebecca Fisher (4-5} Fair. b. 2-19-1839, Manchester, Carroll Co., Md. d. 2-18-1,935, at the home of her daughter, Stella Pfeiffer Baisch, Parkst'on, S. Dak.; bur. Des Moines, Ia. m. Godfrey Pfeiffer, 10-15-1861, Agency, Ia.; b. 5-14-1837; d. 6-27- 1914, Des Moines, Ia. Children of Godfrey and Sarah Pfeiffer: 6-172. Laura Belle, b. 7-26-1862, Dahlonega, Ia., d. 6-20-1948, at the home of her sister, Stella Pfeiffer Baisch, Parkston, S. Dak.; bur. Wyuka cem., Lincoln, Nebr. (Never married; further biography appears in 6th generation.) 6-173. Louise Jane, b. 12-22-1863, Fremont, Ia., d. 3-6-1934, Des Moines, Ia. m. George H. Kerr, 9-17-1896, Parksto_n, S. Dak. 6-174. Emma May, b. 6-28-1865, Hedrick, Ia.; d. 8-17-1899, Omaha, Nebr. m. George Henry Taylor, 11-29-1888. 6-175. Rebecca Katherine, b. 12-29-1867, Hedrick, Ia., d. 4-5-1943, Kadoka, S. Dak. m. ( l) Dr. Burt Frank Osburn, 12-31-1891, Wilber, Nebr.; (2) Samuel Preston Brooks, 1911; d. 1935, Kadoka, S. Dak. 6-176. Stella Clara, b. 9-14-1873, What Cheer, Ia.; living in Parkston, S. Dak., in 1949. m. Richard W. Baisch, 6-19-1902, Parkston. S. Dak.

Godfrey Pfeiffer Sarah Fair Pfeiffer (5-42) (5-42) 12.9

Godfrey Pfeiffer was born in Vinningen, near Pirmasens, Bavaria, Germany. He came to America with his parents in 1846. His father was John Pfeiffer and his mother's surname was Allman. For a short time the family lived in New York, but in the same year that they arrived in the United States they moved to Butler Co., Ohio. There they lived until 1860 when they came west to Iowa where they settled on a farm in Benton Twp., Keokuk Co. It was there that Godfrey Pfeiffer met Sarah Fair and married her in 1861.

By trade Godfrey Pfeiffer was a miller. We have already noted that he was a partner with his wife's cousin, Benjamin F. Fisher (5-7), in a mill in Greencastle, Ia., and later in Harlan, Ia. In Iowa, he built five flour mills of his own and set up thirteen additional ones for other people. He was a Lutheran as a youth but united with the Presbyterian church in this country. He was also a Mason.

When the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad extended its line from Chamberlain to Rapid City, South Dakota, in 1905, certain vacant government land was thrown open to homesteaders in what was then a portion of Stanley County. Godfrey and Sarah Pfeiffer and their daughter Rebecca (then Mrs. Burt Osburn), took advantage of this opportunity, and in 1906 filed on claims north west of the townsite of Kadoka. Many other settlers were also attracted to this region, and by 1915 the new county of Jackson was formed with Kadoka as the county seat.

5-43. MARY ANN FAIR, second daughter of John and Rebecca (4-5) Fair. b. 10-19-1840, Manchester, Carroll Co., Md. d. 11-26-1876, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Silas Will, 10-15-1861, Ottumwa, Ia.; b. 10-3-1821, New Centerville, Somerset Co., Pa.; d. 3-28-1867, Ottumwa, Ia. Children of Silas and Mary Ann Will: 6-177. George Clarence, b. 9-21-1862, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Lydia Viola Reeves, 8-26-1896, Barnes City, Ia. 6-178. Cordy Alice, b. 1-24-1864, Ottumwa, Ia~; d. 9-17-1908, Ottumwa, Ia. Unmarried.

Silas 'llill Mary Ann Yair Will ( 5-43) (5-43) 130

6-179. Rebecca Ellen, b. 1-7-1867, Ottumwa, Ia.; d. 8-15-1946. m. Jacob Chattuck, 6-7-1896.

The parental ancestors of Silas Will for the two previous generations are as follows:

I. General Daniel Will, an officer in the Continental Army, Revolu tionary War; b. 2-5-1747, Brooklyn Twp., Berks Co., Pa.; d. 9-17- 1820. m. Maria Magdalena ; b. 8-25-1748; d. 10-15-1833.

II. John Will, son of Daniel Will, b. 8-22-1787; d. 2-3-1876. m. Mary Dietz, b. 5-8-1789; d. 10-15-1826. Issue: five sons and two daughters.

III. Silas Will, son of John and Mary Will, b. 1-3-1821; d. 3-28-1868. m. Mary Ann Fair (5-43) above.

5-44. ELLEN FAIR, third daughter of John and Rebecca (4-5) Fair. b. 8-24-1842, Manchester, Carroll Co., Md. d. 6-27-1933, Agency, Iowa. m. Jacob Lowenberg, £armer, 2-26-1863, Agency, Ia.; b. 3-4-1838, Butler Co., Ohio; d. 5-2-1922, Agency, Ia. Children of Jacob and Ellen Lowenberg: 6-180. Delpha, b. 8-9-1864, Ottumwa, Ia.; d. 4-12-1936, Agency, Ia. m. Clinton Miller, 1883, Wapello Co., Ia. 6-181. Judson A., b. 3-15-1867, Agency, la.; d. 9-21-1941. m. (l) Nettie Cunningham; (2) Blanche Davis. 6-182. Cora, b. 1-31-1870, Agency, Ia. m. Frank Connelly, 6-16-1898, Ottumwa, la. 6-183. Floyd, b. 9-19-1872, Agency, Ia.; d. 11-30-1887, Agency, Ia. 6-184. Roy, b. 9-21-1877; m. Carrie Krieling, 6-7-1905.

5-45. GEORGE W. FAIR, second son of John and Rebecca (4-5) Fair. b. 5-24-1844, Manchester, Carroll Co., Md. d. 3-9-1921, Council Bluffs, Ia.; bur. Agency, Ia.

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m. Eleanor Virginia Clements, 2-15-1871, Agency, Ia.; b. 5-23-1852, Blooming Grove, Ind.; d. 11-6-1925, Des Moines, Ia.; bur. Agency, la. Parents: Richard Clements and Elizabeth Webb. Children of George and Eleanor Fair: 6-185. Fisher Altis, b. 1-7-1872, Agency, Ia. m. (1) Nell Spry, 11-7- 1897, Agency, Ia.; (2) Nellie Foster, 9-17-1939, Ft. Morgan, Colo. 6-186. Etta Rebecca, b. 5-25-1874; d. 10-28-1878, Agency, Ia. 6-187. Vinnie May, b. 9-23-1876, Agency, Ia. m. George Ray Logan, who is a veteran of World War I having served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. 6-188. Harry Clarence, b. 6-4-1874, Agency, Ia.; d. 2-14-1947. m. Della Chidester. 6-189. Drury Hampton, b. 12-14-1882, Agency, la. m. Bessie Ever hard.

5-46. ELIAS D. F'AIR, third son of John and Rebecca (4-5) Fair; farmer. b. 2-15-1846, Manchester, Carroll Co., Md. d. 2-2-1918, Agency, Ia. m. Sarah Elizabeth Giltner, b. 4-1-1848, on a farm, Wapello Co., Ia.; d. 3-10-1939, Ottumwa, Ia. Parents: William Giltner and Betsy Young. Children of Elias and Sarah Fair: 6-190. Adam Bert, b. 11-22-1870, Wapello Co., la.; d. 10-21-1939. m. (1) Clara Harvet, 6-24-1896; d. 10-22-1911. {2) Alma __, 1912. 6-191. Loie, b. 1-14-1872, Wapello Co., Ia.; m. Clyde Adams, 10-14- 1897; d. 9-7-1928. No children. 6-192. Amy, b. 5-18-1876; d. 8-14-1946, Wapello Co., Ia. m. Earl Slater, 10-26-1904; d. 11-5-1916. No children. 6-193. Jessie, b. 1-16-1878, Wapello Co., Ia. m. Roy W. Johnson, 10-26-1905. No children. 6-194. Pearl Elizabeth, b. 10-8-1883, Agency, Ia. m. Dr. Benjamin H. Erb, 6-16-1910. 6-195. William E., b. 3-20-1885, Agency, Ia.; d. 12-24-1938. m. Alice Forbes.

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5-47. HENRY FAIR, fourth son of John and Rebecca (4-5) Fair. b. 2-3-1848, Manchester, Carroll Co., lvid. m. ( 1) Mollie Neiswander; (2) Clara Rousculp. Children of Henry and Mollie Fair: 6-196. Fred Adam, d. 4-22-1935, Denver, Colo. rn. (1) Isabelle ___ , (2) Mary J. Burger; (3) Ruby Goodwin. 6-197. Clara, d. 4-8-1942, Denver, Colo. m. Harry M. Mason.

Henry Fair and Children Clara Fred

5-48. AMANDA FAIR, fourth daughter of John and Rebecca (4-5) Fair. b. 10-9-1849, Manchester, Carroll Co., Md. d. 1-11-1936, Tacoma, Wash. m. -Sherman Ferris (Civil War Veteran), 12-16-1869, b. 3-14-1845; d. 6-27-1921, Tacoma, Wash. Children of Sherman and Amanda Ferris: 6-198. Joseph, b. 5·-7-1870. m. Ada Virginia Harris, 9-1-1901. 6-199. Opal, b. 9-10-1872; d. 10-24-1875. 6-200. Audry, b. 10-2-1874. Unmarried. 6-201. Ina Z., b. 7-31-1892. m. William L. Seipp, 8-27-1913.

5-49. REBECCA FAIR, fifth daughter of John and Rebecca (4-5) Fair. b. 9-3-1851, Manchester, Carroll Co., Md. d. 1-5-1942, Agency, Ia., bur. there. m. Wilbur Fiske Clements, 10-8-187 l; b. 11-24-1849, Indiana; d. 2-2-1937, Agency, Ia. Children of· Wilbur and Rebecca Clements: 6-202. Avonia Kyle, b. 7-24-1872, Agency, Ia. m. William Henry Perdew, 8-19-1897, Agency, Ia. 6-203. Melville Fiske, b. 2-13-1875, Agency, Ia., d. June, 1937. rn. Minnie Ella Cover, 6-27-1900. 6-204. Gladys Merle, b. 2-7-1887, Agency, Ia. m. Lorne Parks, 6- 10-1908.

5-50. LYDIA N'.ABEL FAIR, youngest child of John and Rebecca (4-5) Fair. b. 5-18-1853, Manchester, Carroll Co., Md. d. 1-10-1949, Huntington Park, Calif. 133

Rebecca Fair Clements Wilbur Fiske Clements (5-49) ( 5-49)

Lydia Fair and Robert Cassel Dimmitt (Two life periods) (5-50) m. Robert Cassel Dimmitt, 3-·9-1875, Wapello Co., la.; b. 10-17-1852, Ottumwa, la.; d. 8-16-1941, Huntington Park, Calif.; bur. Rose Hill Mausoleum, Whittier, Calif. Children of Robert and Lydia Dimmitt: 138

Levi Peter Fisher (5-58) his church and c1v1c duties in which he has been a diligent worker for 65 years. Outstanding events in this long service in the general welfare are the following: In Austin, Minn., he was president of the Men's Civic Club; in Mower County, of which Austin t~ the county seat, he was president of the County Sunday School Association and chairman of the speakers' committee that was instrumental in securing prohibition against liquor sales in that county; he was a general chairman of the largest Sunday School association conference ever held in Minnesota. In Long Beach, he has retained his interest in church work as an elder in the First Presbyterian Church. In addition, it is reported that Mr. Fisher has been found active in every civic "drive" for the past fifteen years.

THE JOSEPH FISHER (4-9) FAMILY

5-61. SILAS HENRY FISHER, oldest child of Joseph (4-9) and Lydia (Grove) Fisher. b. 4-6-1846, Codorus Twp., York Co., Pa. d. 6-6-1891, Elkhart, Ind. m. Phyanna Witwer, 8-31-1869, South Bend, Ind.; ·b. 8-29-1845, Stark Co., 0.; d. (?) Benton Harbor, Mich.; bur. Elkhart, Ind. Phyanna outlived Silas and was married the second time to Jacob Wenger. Children of Silas and Phyanna Fisher: 6-235. Ada May, b. 7-23-1870, Elkhart, Ind. m. (1) Adam W. New; (2) Sylvester E. Johnston. 6-236. Emma Floretta, b. 2-2-1873, Elkhart, Ind., m. Lewis Stout Van Antwerp, 10-1-1891, Elkhart, Ind. 6-237. Elmer Eugene, b. 11-3-1876; d. 9-12-1905, Elkhart, Ind. m. Elsie Robbins. 139

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6-238. Bertha Lenora, b. 12-20-1879; d. 5-15-1907, Elkhart, Ind. m. George E. Vernier. 6-239. Royal Preston, b. 1-28-1882; d. 3-28-1942; m. (1) Leanna Brenner; (2) Madge I. Davidson.

5-62. ISRAEL BENJAMIN FISHER, second son of Joseph (4-9) and Lydia Fisher. b. 1-15-1849, Shrewsbury Twp., York Co., Pa. d. 3-29-1928, Brandon, Fla., and is buried there. m. ( 1) Elizabeth Tice, 1868, Elkhart, Ind.; b. 12-20-1844, Lebanun, Pa.; d.- 2-7-1929, Portland, Ore., and is buried there. (2) Susie Reed (widow); no other data. Children of Israel and Elizabeth {Tice) Fisher: ( l) Irvin, b. 1869; d. (? ). (2) Stella, b. 1875; m. ___ Blackerly; living in Portland, Ore., in 1949. (3) Etta, b. 1879; d. 1925. m. ___ Mize. (4) Hester, b. 1883; d. 1942. m. McBroom. {5) Cora, b. 1885; m. Martin; living in Portland, Ore., in 1949.

The most complete sketch of Israel Fisher, though itself fragmentary, comes from the personal diary of Rev. Samuel H. Baumgartner. He recalls that Israel came with his father, Joseph ('±-9) and family, from Pennsylvania to Clarksville, Hamilton Co., Ind., in 1850. As he grew to manhood, he learned the trade of wagon-maker in Elkhart, Ind., where he met Elizabeth Tice and married her in 1868. Four daughters and one son were born to this union.

It appears that as Israel grew older he came more and more under the ministerial influence of his father and finally decided to follow the latter's calling himself. Accordingly, he set about to become a preacher in the Evangelical denomination. He received his license to preach from the Indiana Conference in 1877. In 1888 he was sent to the Oregon Conference by the Board of Missions of the Evangelical Church. In this assignment he served local churches in Oregon 140 in Albany, Corvallis, Salem and Portland. In all he served eleven years during five of which he was presiding elder, 1891-95. In 1899 he returned to the Indiana Conference, where he preached a few years more.

The diary discloses that at this point Israel encountered domestic difficulties that resulted in his divorce from Elizabeth Tice. He then married Susan Reed, a widow. In the meantime, after his separation from his first wife, Israel Fisher joined the church of the United Brethren in Tennessee, and preached there as presiding elder for four years. Then he moved to Florida where he associated himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and served as assistant pastor in Brandon, Fla., two years, and at the same time took a job as superintendent of a fruit farm. He died and was buried in Brandon in 1928 at the ripe old age of 79 years.

It is said that Israel Fisher was an excellent, effective minister, and that in the course of his career he was instrumental in building many churches for his denomination. Politically, he was a strong Republican, a conviction which at times brought him vigorous opposition from the traditional Southern Democrats, with whom he was associated.

5-63. GIDEON ALBERT FISHER, third son of Joseph (4-9) and Lydia Fisher. b. 3-28-1851, Clarksville, Ind. d. 1929, White Pigeon, Mich., and buried there. m. ( 1) Mary Niederhauser, 5-26-1881, Linn Grove, Ind.; b. 1-4-1854, Vera Cruz, Ind.; d. 6-26-1886, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; bur. Linn Grove, Ind. (2) Mary Shaffer, 9-29-1887, Waterloo, Ia., dau. Rev. Adam Shaffer. Child of Gideon and Mary (Niederhauser) Fisher: 6-240. Mayme, b. 5-12-1883, Ft. Wayne, Ind. m. Guy McConnel, 8-11- 1903, Elkhart, Ind. Children of Gideon and Mary (Shaffer) Fisher: 6-241. Ethel Pearl, b. 8-13-1889, Elkhart, Ind.; d. 1-19-1932. m. Ernest Wright Baldwin, 6-9-1909. 6-242. Albert Arthur, b. 3-28-1892; m. Marjory Fern Moore, 3-30- 1912.

5-65. LORENZO S. FISHER, fourth son of Joseph (4-9) and Lydia Fisher. b. 4-26-1856, Evansville, Ind. d. 4-30-1937, South Bend, Ind. m. Emma Anglemyer, 4-7-1885, Rochester, Ind. d. 6-29-1940. Children of Lorenzo and Emma Fisher: 6-243. Pearl Aurora, b. _8-30-1886; d. 7-13-1901. 6-244. Dwight L., b. 1887; d. 1887. 6-245. Ruth, b. 10-30-1894. m. Samuel Earl Keesey. 6-246. Jeanne, b. 3-3-1896. m. Chester Lee Witwer, 10-27-1923.

Lorenzo was the second of Joseph Fisher's sons to enter the ministry like their father. It was while Lorenzo was living in Ft. Wayne, ind., that he decided upon preaching as a career. To prepare himself for this work he entered the Evangelical Seminary in Naperville, Ill., from which he graduated in 1883. He was at once licensed to preach by the Indiana Conference, and served two years as minister to the Rochester, Ind., church. In 1885 he was sent to the Portland, Ore., mission, and thereafter became a member of the Oregon Conference in 1887. He served this conference successfully for twelve years when he and his family returned to South Bend, Ind., in 1899, where he built and dedicated a church in 1900. From South Bend he went to Elkhart, Ind., where he consummated the merger of the German and Watch Tower churches of his own denomination. He was elected presiding elder of the Indianapolis District in 1907, an office he held four years. In 1911 he returned to the pastorate of the First Evangelical Church in Elkhart, but because of an affliction in his throat, he was forced to give up preaching in 1914. Thereafter he located with his family in South Bend where 141

he entered the life insurance business, a calling he followed the rest of his active life. He died, full of years, at eighty-one, in 1937.

THE MICHAEL AND ANNA (FISHER 4-10) STEFFEY FAMILY

5-67. MARTIN LUTHER STEFFEY, oldest child of Michael and Anna Fisher (4-10) Steffey. b. 7-28-1844, York Co., Pa. d. 8-31-1928, Glendale, Calif.; bur. South Bend, Ind. m. Mary Anna Wilhelm, 4-7-1868, Mt. Carmel, 111.; b. 10-7-1844, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; d. 1-16-1919, South Bend, Ind., and buried there. Parents: Conrad Wilhelm and Gertrude Smith. Children of Martin and Mary Anna Steffey: 6-247. Eulora, b. 5-7-1869, South Bend, Ind.; d. 12-7-1942, Glendale, Calif. m. Henry Nelson Bradbury, 3-18-1891, South Bend, Ind. 6-248. Charles Delvin, b. 8-14-1872; d. 6-20-1877, South Bend, Ind. 6-249. Estelle, b. 8-15-1878, South Bend, Ind.; d. May, 1943, Glendale, Calif. Unmarried. 6-250. Elsa, b. 5-30-1882; d. 1-30-1913, South Bend, Ind. 6-251. Gertrude, b. July, 1883; d. 12-25-1884, South Bend, -Ind. 6-252. Claude, b. 12-14-1885; living in Glendale, Calif., in 1949; unmarried.

Martin Luther Steffey (5-67)

Martin Luther Steffey was a Civil War Veteran. He enlisted in the Union Army at Mt. Carmel, Ill., on Aug. 14, 1862, at the age of 18 years. After a year and a half of active duty, he was captured by the Confederate Army and sent to a Southern Army prison at Tyler, Texas. Here he spent 18 months to the end of the war when' he was released and honorably discharged in June, 1865.

SARAH JANE STEFFEY, oldest daughter of Michael and Anna (4-10) Steffey. b. 1-10-1847, York Co., Pa. d. 7-11-1931, Dayton, Ohio. m. George W. Freehafer, 4-23-1867, by Rev. John Kauferrnan, South Bend, Ind.; b. Z-11-1843, Wooster, O.; d. 10-1-1910, Dayton, 0., and buried there. Children of George and Sarah Jane Freehafer: 142

6-253. Charles Melvin, b. 7-26-1868; d. 4-17-1872. 6-254. Allan Olinthus, b. 5-27-1870, South Bend, Ind.; living in Dayton, Ohio, in 1949. m. Anna Kimmel 6-26-1895, Dayton, 0., dau. Christian and Sarah (Ecki) Kimmel, and sister of Ezra Kimmel, who married Ida May Steffey (5-79). 6-255. Nelle Bertha, b. 4-4-1874, Decatur, Ill.; living in Dayton, Ohio, in 1949. m. John William Maag, 9-26-1894, Indianapolis, Ind.

George W. Freehafer was a man with many facets to his life. Since he at one time was a minister in the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Associ ation, a sketch of his life will consist of excerpts from his biography by Rev. S. H. Baumgartner (Indiana Conference, Vol. I, pp. 148-151):

George W. Freehafer's ancestors were German colonists in Pennsylva,nia. His parents moved to Wayne Co., Ohio, near Wooster, in 1846. In 1847, they migrated by ox-team and covered wagon to Huntington Co., Ind. There in a log house erected in a clearing of virgin woodland, George grew to manhood.

At the age gf 18 years he learned to he a carpenter and followed that trade for three years. He then spent a year in a seminary of the United Brethren Church hut temporarily abandoned the idea of becoming a preacher and taught school instead, meantime continuing in his trade during the summer months. He next decided to become a bookkeeper and to that end took a course in the Eastman National Business College in Chicago. This am bition also failed to suit him so he went to South Bend, Ind., to engage once more in his trade as carpenter.

ReY. M. W. Steffey was then pastor of the Evangelical church in South Bend, of which George Freehafer became a member. He also formed the acquaintance of Reverend Ste{fey's daughter, Sarah Jane, whom he married in 1867. For four years he pursued his trade with the exception of an interYal of emplcyment in the Studebaker Brothers Wagon Works, forerunners of the great Studebaker Motor Corporation.

In 1871 George Freehafer again felt the call to enter the Christian ministry, for he had h~en a professing Christian since his boyhood. He therefore applied to the Indiana Confer- ence and was granted a license to preach. Thereafter he served the following fields: St. Mary's Circuit, 1872-74; NoblesYille, 1874-75; Kenualhille. 1875-77; Waterloo, 1877-79. While on the Kendallville charge, a seYere cold afflicted his throat which he could not 0Yercome but lost his voice and suffered e neryoua breakdown.

Since he was thus forced to giYe up P!eaching, he moYed back to South Bend, and then out to York, Nebr., in search of health. His health improved but his material well-being worsened, ao he returned to South Bend to engage in an unsuc cessful venture in the meat business. In 18l4 he went to ladianapolis to takes job as salesman for the Indianapolis Chair Co. In this position he prospered and earned enough money to liquidate all of his previous debts, but the financial panic of 1893 threw him out of work once more. Disaster was aYerted by public eaploy ■ ent in the Marion County court house.

Meantime, George's son, Allen 0. Freehafer, and Ezra F. Kia ■ ell, his uncle by marriage to Ida May Steffey (5-79), 143

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sister of George's wife, Sarah Jane, had deTeloped a prosper ous real estate business in Dayton, Ohio. Since its growth called for more help, George Freehafer went to Dayton in 1898 and joined his son's firm. It was there he was accidentally killed in 1910. (Cause, not revealed.)

In hie biography, George W. Freehafer is characterized as a m~n possessed of sterling qualities, He was genial, friendly and temperate. As a pastor he was conscientious, faithful end earnest. A fellow church member said of him: •~e was a man true to his convictions, affable in disposition, pure in bis public and private life, and an earnest and deToted Christian."

5-70. ALICE STEFFEY, second daughter of Michael and Anna (4-10) Steffey. b. 12-4-1848, York Co., Pa. d. 1-1-1916, South Bend, Ind. m. Daniel Ort, farmer, 5-9-1867, South Bend, Ind.; b. 4-22-1846, Penn Twp., St. Joseph Co., Ind.; d. 5-9-1911, South Bend, Ind. Parents: Frederick Ort and Charlotte Novis. Children of Daniel and Alice Ort: 6-256. Ida Anna, b. 2-4-1868, St. Joseph Co., Ind.; living i.u South Bend, Ind., in 1949. m. Joseph Warren Barnes, 11-17-1887. 6-257. Charlotte Fidelia, b. 9-27-1869, St. Joseph Co., Ind.; living in South Bend, Ind., in 1949. m. Peter Jacob Novis, 10-18-1887. 6-258. Harvey S., b. 9-14-1872, St. Joseph Co., Ind.; d. 3-28-1931; bur. South Bend, Ind. m. Em:na Kipher, d. Oct. 1930, Columbus, Ohio. No children. 6-259. Walter Daniel, b. 9-14-1874, St. Joseph Co., Ind.; living in Mishawaka, Ind., in 1949. m. Grace A. Eberhart, 11-3-1892. 6-260. Milton Frederick, b. 12-4-1879, St. Joseph Co., Ind.; living in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1949. m. i' 1 Blanche Ross, 12-24-1900; (2) Minnie Renner, Nov. 1925. 144

Josiah Steffey ( 5-72)

5-72. JOSIAH H. STEFFEY, third son of Michael and Anna (4-,10) Steffey. b. 8-20-1851, Clarksville, Ind. d. 5-22-1919, Washington, D. C. m. Mary Caroline. Schoenherr, 8-8-1872, Dayton, O.; b. 2-29-1852, Marietta, O.; d. 3-26-1933, Dayton, O.; bur. Woodland cem. Dayton, 0. Children of Josiah and Mary Steffey: 6-261. Estella Ann, b. 9-2-1873, South Bend, Ind., living in Naperville, Ill., in 1949. m. William Henry Harmon Ecki, 12-1-1897, Dayton, 0. 6-262. Charles Evans, b. 3-18-1880, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; living in Dayton, 0., 1949. m. Florence Louise Ecki, 4-23-1923, Dayton, 0. 6-263. Orville Deevey, b. 12-29-1881, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; d. 4-6-1946, Banning, Calif., bur. Forest Lawn cem., Glendale, Calif. m. Mary Ann Wild, b. 10-1-1881, Dayton, 0. 6-264. Arthur Garfield, b. 12-15-1885, Dayton, 0.; living in Oakdale, Calif., 1949. m. ( 1) Helen Knaier; d. 1937. (2) Josephine Mae Osborne.

5-73. GIDEON W. STEFFEY, fourth son of Michael and Anna (4-10) Steffey. b. 3-23-1854, Mt. Carmel, Ill. d. 7-25-1914, Grand Rapids, Mich., and buried there. m. Hattie Underhill. Children of Gideon and Hattie Steffey: 6-265. Gladys May, b. 2-10-1877; d. 4-25-1946. m. William Lowing Kimerly, 6-29-1899. 6-266. Clara Irene, b. 10-29-1880. m. George M. DeWar, 6-12-1900.

The following tribute to her father, Gideon W. Steffey, was written by his daughter, Mrs. Gladys May Kimerly, shortly before her death in 1946: Father had an unusually bright, happy and radiant dis position. By orcupation, he was a salesman. He made friends easily and kept them. He shared all he possessed to the last penny, bnt was blessed and rich because of it. He was a wonderful husband and father. He left bis fa~ily very little in material wealth, but a great heritage of love, of peace, harmony and goodwill toward every living creature. 145

5-78. MILTON MONROE STEFFEY, seventh son of Michael and Anna (4-10) Steffey. b. 2-3-1864, South Bend, Ind.; living in Ann Arbor, Mich., 1949. Before his retirement from active life he operated a laundry in Ann Arbor, and for a time was connected with the local power and light company. m. Julia Ann O'Grady, 9-17-1890, Ann Arbor; b. 5-31-1867; d. 1-4-1937. Children of Milton and Julia Ann Steffey: 6-267. Helen Irene, b. 7-6-1891, Ann Arbor, Mich. Professionally, a registered graduate nurse. She has held the office of First Vice Chairman of the Private Duty Section of the American Nurses Association for ten years ( 1949). She is unmarried. 6-268. John Milton, b. 3-1-1894, Ann Arbor, Mich. m. Margaret Irene Riley, 10-3-1923. 6-269. Harry Michael, b. 3-29-1899, Ann Arbor, Mich. m. Eileen Florence Mitchell, 10-23-1926. He served three years in the armed forces of the United States; overseas, in World War II. He attained the rank of captain and at present is a member of Army Reserve Officers Corps. 6-270. Stuart Stanilaus, b. 5- 28-190 l, St. Paul, Minn.; m. Ruth Emma Clancy, 5-19-1924. 6-271. George Monroe, b. 11-12-1911, Ann Arbor, Mich. Single.

5-79. IDA MAY STEFFEY, youngest child of Michael and Anna (4-10) Steffey. b. 11-21-1866; d. 2-26-1913, in Florida. m. Ezra F. Kimmel, Nov. 1885, Dayton, Ohio; b. 10-20-1863; d. 3-30- 1945. m. (2) Mary Schabacker. Children of Ezra and Ida May Kimmel: 6-272. Florence Maria, b. 11-19-1886. m. William Frederick Schoch. 6-273. Russell E., b. 6-3-1890; d. 10-20-1947. m. Helen Conley.

Ezra F. Kimmel was the son of Christian and Sarah Kimmel. His father was born in Germany in 1838 and came to Dayton, Ohio, in 1844. His mother was born on a farm near Loudenville, Ohio. His sister, Anna, was the wife of Allen 0. Freehafer (6-255). In the elder Kimmel's mature years he was superintendent of the Buckeye Iron and Brass Works in Dayton. He was accidentally killed in a railroad wreck while returning from the Chicago Worid's Fair in 1893.

Ezra --Kimmel grew up in the atmosphere of the financial section of Dayton and eventually he became president of the Mutual Home and Savings Associ ation. During his presidency his firm completed the erection of a magnificent office building in Dayton in 1931. However, in 1933 Mr. Kimmel was forced to retire because of poor health. His first wife was Ida May Steffey whom he met in Dayton during the pastorate there of her father, Michael Steffey. In 1913, Ezra took Ida May to Florida for her health but she succumbed to a paralytic stroke immediately after her arrival there. Subsequently, he was married to Mary Shabacker in Dayton with whom he was living at her parents' home when he died in 1945.

THE JOHN TONER MYERS FAMILY

5-84, JOHN TONER MYERS, second son of Solomon and Elizabeth (4-13) Myers. b. 1-27-1850. Kindig's Mill, York Co., Pa.; d. 5-12-1937, Moylan, Delaware Co., Pa.; bur. Providence Friends Meeting House Cem., Media, Pa. m. Sarah A. Cook, 12-23-1873, New Chester, Adams Co., Pa.; b. 7-9- 1844, Cook's Mill, Adams Co., Pa.; d. 8-9-1937, Moylan, Pa.; bur. Media, Pa., beside husband Children of John and Sarah Cook Myers: 6-274. Albert Cook, b. 12-12-1874, York Springs, Pa. Single; living at Moylan, Pa., in 1949. 146

6-275. Georgia Cook, b. 11-7-1877, York Springs, Pa.; d. 6-21-1926, Media, Pa.; bur. Providence Friends Meeting House cem., Media, Pa. m. Dr. Benjamin Mott Underhill, Ph. D., 5-21- 1912, Moylan, Pa.; b. 4-29-1863; d. 7-10-1930; bur. beside wife. Dr. Underhill was the son of Benjamin Underhill and his wife, Sarah Pearson Truman. He was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Two children, James T. and Sarah G. 6-276. E. Mae, b. 11-17-1879, York Springs, Pa. Single. Former professor of history at Friends' Select School, Philadelphia, until retirement in 1945. Living in Wellesley, Mass., in 1949. 6-277. Edith Cook, b. 5-19-1885, York Springs, Pa. m. Leonard Henry Dudman, 3-18-1916, Moylan, Pa.; b. 12-25-1891, London, Eng., son of George and Mary Dudman. Living in Harrisburg, Pa., in 1949. One son, Leonard H.

THE MICHAEL AND ANN EVE (STOEHR) FISHER FAMILY

5-93. EMMA JULIET FISHER, sixth child of Michael (4-27) and Henrietta Fisher. b. 2-14-1851. (No other dates.) m. George D. Gitt. Children of George and Emma Gitt: 6-27 8. William. 6-279. George. 6-280. Daisy, 6-281. Helen.

5-95. IDA EVA FISHER, eighth child of Michael (4-27) and Henrietta Fisher. b. 4-5-1855. (No other dates.) m. Jacob Hosdettes. Children of Jacob and Ida Hosdettes: 6-282. Gertrude. 6-283. Stella. 6-284. Juliet. 6-285. Nettie. 6-28t>. Abraham. 6-287. Raymond. 6-288. Ruth. 6-289. Dorothy, m. Kinsing.

5-96. MICHAEL ADAM FISHER, ninth child of Michael (4-27) and Henrietta Fisher. b. 11-5-1860. (No other dates.) m. Mary Haverstick. Children of Michael and Mary Fisher: 6-290. Roderick. 6-291. Henrietta; m. John Truman Perry.

5-97. GERTRUDE SUSAN FISHER, youngest child of Michael (4-~7) and Henrietta Fisher. b. 2-18-1863. (No other dates.) m. Dr. Luther Motz Weaver, b. 5-20-1862. Children of Luther and Gertrude Weaver: 6-292. Catherine Amelia, b. 2-11-1892. 6-293. Alice Fisher, b. 6-26-1893. 6-294. Gertrude Flora, b. 10-20-1894. 6-295. Mary Elizabeth, b. 5-25-1896. 6-296. Martha Marion, b. 7-30-1898. 6-297. Charlotte Stoehr, b. 8-17-1899; m. Ernest Border Cassler. 147

6-298. George Michael, b. 5-21-1901. 6-299. Luther Motz, Jr., b. 3-17-1905. m. Thelma Irene Miller. 6-300. Frank Warren, b. 12-22-1906.

Chapter XII

THE FISHER LINEAGE

GENERATION VI

DESCENDANTS OF ELIZA FISHER (5-1)

6-1. CLAYTON STOMBAUGH, oldest child of George (5-131) and Eliza (5-1) Stombaugh. b. 9-8-1855, Henry Co., Ind. d. 5.-23-1916, Eustis, Clay Co., Nebr.; bur. Stowe cem., Eustis, Nebr. m. Anna Elizabeth Schwerdtfeger, 1880, Elwood, Nebr., b. 7-10-1863, Uneda Co., N. Y.; d. 5-11-1939, Eustis, Nebr.; bur. Stowe cem. Eustis, Nebr. Children of Clayton and Anna Elizabeth Stombaugh: 7-1. Murrel V., b. 4-21-1882, Kirkman, Ia.; d. 3-14-1922. m. Louise Degering, 12-24-1904. 7-2. Alden E., b. 3-1-1884, Kirkman, Ia.; d. 3-10-1944, Buhl, Idaho. Unmarried. 7-3. Arch V., b. 4-25-1885, Kirkman, Ia. m. Jennie Parsons, 4-11- 1907; 7-4. Mabel M., b. 3-12-1887, Eustis, Nebr. m. James Tibbits, Sept. 1907. 7-5. Fern, b. 1-29-1890, Eustis, Nebr. m. Raymond Stubblefield, 8-28-1912, Elwood, Nebr. 7-6. Grace, b. 1-17-1895, Leroy, Kans. m. Fred Volkman, July, 1912. 7-7. Cli,fford C., b. 7-7-1897, Eustis, Nebr. m. Helen Heater. 7-8. Orville, b. 4-28-1905, Eustis, Nebr.; d. 1-29-1906. 7-9. Marvin, b. 3-8-1908, Eustis, Nebr. m. Esther Malone, 8-25- 1926.

*6-3. ELI~_ABETH STOMBAUGH, third child of George (5-131) and Eliza (5-1) Stombaugh. Mother of the author of this genealo y. b. 4-5-1865,, near Greencastle, Iowa-.-Currently 1949) living in Long Beach, Calif. m. Frederick Carl Hepp, 3-29-1883, Harlan, Ia. b. 2-21-1859, Bureau Co., Ill.; d. 1-12-1932, 1032 Obispo Ave., Long Beach, Calif.; bur. Sunnyside cem., Long Beach, Calif.; son of John Hen1·y and Margaretha Barbara (Zapf) Hepp. Children of Frederick Carl and Elizabeth Hepp: 7-10. Maylon Harold, b. 7-21-1884, near Gray, Audubon Co., Ia. m. Helen Hannah Fink, 8-3-1909, Ackley, Ia. 7-11. Estella, b. 1-13-1886, near Gray, Audubon Co., Ia. m. William Henry Thompson, 8-12-1908, Gray, Ia. 7-12. Clarke, b. 9-5-1887, Gray, la.; d. 4-4-1889, Gray, Ia.; bur. Gray cem. 7-13. Florence, b. 8-24-1889, Gray, la.; m. Elmore Petersen, 9-9- 1916, Gray, Ia. Member D.A.R., Nat'l. No. 323,506, through George Fisher (* 1-1), Michael Fisher (*2-3), Johannes Hilde brand (* 1-2), Felix Hildebrand (*2-17), Frederick Hovis (*2-37), and Philip Stombaugh (*2-40). 7-14. Esther, b. 2-5-1893, Gray, la. m. (1) Hans Henry Moeller, 10- 27-1915, Gray, Ia.; (2) Theodore Riley, 10-10-1947, Long Beach, Calif.; b. 12-8-1893. 149 150

7-15. George, b. 12-14-1897, Gray, la. m. Hanna Augusta Dreher, 2-18-1921. Veteran of World War I; Naval Aviation Mechanic overseas. 7-16. Zola Alice, b. 6-24-1900, Gray, Ia. m. Walter Huidekoper Bachman, 3-23-192 l, Denver, Colo. 7-17. Virgil Eugene, b. 7-11-1907, Gray, Ia. m. Sarah Dean Allen, 3-21-1932, San Francisco, Calif.

THE HEPP FAMILY

"Hepp" is a common surname, especially in Southern Germany. It is a name of record from the 14th century. In the 17th century the name was numerous in the Hessian provinces of the Rhine valley. It was known to rank in the nobility for there was a Palatine Count Hepp, and the Hepp arms suggest a significant family tradition.

The record of the ancestry of the Hepp family connected with this gene alogy is regrettably brief. It begins with John Henry Hepp who immigrated to the United States from Germany in the 1850's. The circumstances surrounding his leaving his native land have never been fully told. It has been fairly substan tiated, however, that he was one of the many who emigrated from Germany follow ing the unsuccessful attempt of German patriots to free themselves from the oppression of a reactionary government dominated by Austria and Prussia following the Revolution of 1848.

Ever since the fall of Napoleon in 1815, the desire for a liberal and constitutional government had been smoldering and occasionally bursting into flame in the German states of Europe. But in this period of history, the House of Haps burg in Austria was the dominant power in western Europe. The Emperor, Francis II, through his minister, Metternick, tolerated no movement in the direction of democracy. At the end of the Napoleonic wars there were thirty-eight separate German states, each with its ruling prince or so-called king. Among them was Austria, over-shadowing all the others, even Prussia. These states were held together in a loose confederation called "bund" (union), but controlled by the Austrian emperor who was virtually dictator. Francis II died in 1835, but Metter nick, by that time made a prince, was continued in office and maintained the ancient absolutist Haps-burg policy for Ferdinand I, heir to the Austrian throne. In 1848, people in Europe nearly everywhere, including the German states, again tried to shake off the shackles of servitude and oppression. Unfortunately, the lack of organization and armed forces proved their efforts fruitless. Supported by the armies of the Court, Austria again emerged victorious, to the despair of liberals and patriots alike. Those who had supported the revolution had no choice but to submit to even greater repression or flee the country.

John Henry Hepp is said to have been such a patriot official in the small kingdom of Wurttemberg. Tradition has it that he was a baron and that his life was in jeopardy because of his political affiliation in his homeland. Whatever may have been the facts, they remained undisclosed by himself after he came to this country. That he came from a family of substance is evidenced by the fact that it is said he brought an equivalent of $2,700 with him to the United States, no mean sum in 1850 in the circumstances.

It is probable that John Henry Hepp entered the port of New York for his first few years were spent in comparative seclusion in the Adirondack Mountains for security reasons. Then he migrated westward to Illinois where he met and married Barbara Zapf on May 21, 1857, at Mendota in Bureau County. Barbara was herself an immigrant from Bavaria. She was one of six children of Carl and Barbara Zapf, two of whom. came with her to this country, Margaret and Fred. Margaret married Henry Bauer, also in Mendota, Ill. 15 1

THE HEPP COAT-OF-ARMS *****

Arms Shield quartered: 1 and 4, silver with spread eagle in blue; 2 and 3, red with rampant lion in gold.

Helmet Silver with gold crown.

Crest Spread eagle in blue between elephant's tusks, the left silver and bluli!, and the right, red and gold.

Mantle Gold underneath with red overturn.

Symbolism The shield displays in quarters the arms of two families united by marriage. The first and fourth quarters are composed of silver denoting purity and justice; the second and third quarters are red, signifying valor and courage. The eagle, king of birds, stands for strength, wisdom, and authority, and its blue color, loyalty and truth. The lion ranks first among heraldic charges and indicates a warrior who is strong, wise, and fearless, and its gold signifies generosity and trust. In the crest the crown suggests authority, and the elephant's tusks, strength combined with intelligence. 152

John Henry and Barbara began to rear their family in Bureau Co., Ill. There five children were born to them, one of which did not survive childhood. The oldest of the children, Frederick Carl, became the husband of Elizabeth Stombaugh (*6-3) and the father of Florence (7-13}, author of this book. The year following the Civil War, the Hepp family moved to Poweshiek Co., Ia. Here two more children were born, one of whom died in childhood. In 1873 they moved to the Greencastle community in Jasper Co., Ia., and there became acquainted with the Stombaugh and the Fisher families. Here the youngest child, a daughter, was born in 1876. In 1881 a final move was made to Audubon Co., Ia., where Barbara died in 1882 with John Henry surviving her fourteen years longer.

Frederick Carl Hepp, son of John Henry and Barbara, and the immediate Hepp ancestor in this history, was first a farmer and later a blacksmith and merchant. He had first known his future wife, Elizabeth Stombaugh, when they were school children together at Greencastle, la. When in 1879 the Stombaugh family moved to Gosper County in western Nebraska, their youthful associations were interrupted, but not for long. The Hepps moved to Audubon County in 1881 and the following year the Stombaughs came back to Iowa to establish a home in neighboring Shelby County. Concurrent with this event, Barbara Hepp died, and in seeking to locate old friends to be notified of her passing, the two families came together once more. Old friendships were revived between the young people which kindled an affection that led to the marriage of Frederick Hepp and Elizabeth Stombaugh on March 29, 1883, when Elizabeth was a week short of 18 years of age. They were married at Harlan, Ia., by Rev. W. E. Hamilton, pastor of the Methodist Church in the presence of J. E. Kaley and the bride's sister, Joanna.

The first three years of married life of the young couple were spent on the farm owned by the elder Hepp near the village of Gray. Two children were born on this farm, and then in 1886 the young family moved into the little town where Frederick pursued the trade of blacksmith and wagon maker, and later added a store to deal in hardware and farm implements. Six more children were born in Gray, all of whom have survived but one who died in childhood. A characteristic of the Stombaugh strain emerged in this family as it had in others in that lineage, namely, the inclination toward things educational. Even though the material resources of the family were modest, encouragement, augmented by self-help, made it possible for the four oldest surviving children all to become public school teachers -- Maylon, Estella, Florence and Esther. Later, the younger children manifested the same interest, George becoming skilled in architecture and building; Virgil, a prominent physician and surgeon; and Zola the wife of an industrialist and the mother of two daughters, both cif whom are university graduates.

The management of a business, the rearing of a large family and the development of a home in which high ideals and clean living held supremacy would seem to be sufficient to occupy the time and energy of any two parents, but not so with Fred and Lizzie Hepp, as their friends and neighbors knew them. If there was a civic or community enterprise in the little village that needed leadership, Fred Hepp could be relied upon to furnish it. He was even made postmaster dur ing the second administration of President Grover Cleveland, 1892-1896. If there was sickness, death or other circumstances that needed the ministrations of a thoughtful and competent neighbor, Lizzie was there to give aid. In so small a place as Gray, such a status of one of its families was not without its embarrass ment on the one hand, and envy on the other.

After thirty-seven years in this small agricultural Iowa town, an advance in years and the dispersion of their children to homes of their own indicated the desirability of Fred and Elizabeth Hepp to seek less rigorous circumstances than had been their lot for four decades of married life. So they disposed of their possessions in Gray and nwved to Long Beach, California, where they were beckoned not only by climate, but by friends and relatives who had preceded them there. In Long Beach they built an apartment house which became their residence as well as their enterprise for the rest of their lives. Their long and purposeful 153

union was broken one year short of half a century together when Frederick Hepp died in 1932.

An epilogue to this story of a pioneer is contained in a letter directed by his son, George Hepp, to his sisters and brothers under date of January 17, 1932:

•~o ends a life that was lived honestly -- one that never leaned upon nor asked favors of anyone. It was the life of a man who kept his troubles to himself. He was a man who had had reverses such as none of us will probably ever see, but he met and withstood them with undefeatable courage, His methods of bnsineas were crude in form, a fact that made it hard for him to regain hia losses. He was a keen thinker, and he was able to use self-devised means to carry out his plans. He did not care for aodern co ■ forts of life, but enjoyed living to work and saYe and give. He appreciated his family, each one, and their will was his. A courage of steel was his fortitude to the last."

THE HEPP GENEALOGY

HEPP, JOHN HENRY, parentage not known, but said to have been oI German nobility. b. 8-11-1828, Wurttemberg, Germany. d. 2-10-1896, Gray, Ia.; bur. Lincoln Center cem. near Gray, Ia. m. Barbara Zapf, 5-21-1857, Mendota, Ill. b. 2-14-1834, Schmeikonloh, Bavaria; dau. of Carl and Barbara Zapf; d. 7-4-1882, Gray, Ia.; bur. Lincoln Center cem. beside husband. Children of John Henry and Barbara Hepp: l. Frederick Carl, b. 2-21-1859, Bureau Co., Ill.; d. 1-12-1932, Long Beach, Calif.; bur. Sunnyside cem., Long Beach. m. Elizabeth Stombaugh, 3-29-1883. 2. John Edward, b. 4-7-1860, Dover Co., Ill.; d. 9-5-1939, Audubon, Ia.; bur. Maple Grove cem., Audubon. m. Lillie Belle S· ·alley, Jan. 1900. 3. Carl Henry, b. 6-2-1861; d. 11-12-1864, Bureau Co., Ill. "4. Amelia Elizabeth, b. 12-22-1863, Bureau Co., Ill.; d. 8-5-1885, Audubon Co., Ia., bur. Lincoln Center cem., Gray, Ia. m. Al Mitchell. One child, Francis, died in infancy; bur. beside mother. 5. Carl Henry, b. 2-22-1866, Bureau Co., Ill.; d. 11-8-1922, Audubon Co., Ia.; bur. Lincoln Center cem., Gray, Ia. Unmarried. 6. Odelia Louise Friedereke, b. 7-13-1870, Poweshiek Co., Ia.; d. 4-12-1948, Gray, Ia.; bur. Lincoln Center cem., Gray, Ia. Unmarried. 7. Ida Sophia, b. 1-8-1872; d. 5-5-1873, Poweshiek Co., la. 8. Ida May, b. 5-19-1876, Jasper Co., Ia.; living in Gray, Ia., 1949. Unmarried.

Since John Edward (#2 above) is the only other child of John Henry and Barbara Hepp, except Frederick Carl, from which there was issue, that fact will be recorded here.

John and Lillie Belle Hepp had one daughter, Goldie, b. 3-27-1906, Audubon, Ia.; m. Paul William Peterson, b. 3-11-1901. To this union one daughter, Dorothy Jean, was born, 2-6-1926, Audubon, Ia. Subsequent to the birth of their daughter, Goldie and Paul Peterson were divorced with Goldie continuing to live in Audubon where she is recognized as an esteemed citizen and prominent business woman. 154

John Henry Hepp

THE RECOLLECTIONS OF YOUTH

It is not often that a genealogy has the opportunity to record the recol lections of an aged parent whose memory can span three-quarters of a century to bring back they days of childhood and youth in vivid perspective. Yet such a narrative is presented here. It is one written down by Elizabeth Stombaugh Hepp in her own words, and is representative of experiences of children who lived in a period during the development of the Middlewest that can never again be duplicated. What follows is entitled "Memories of 1872 to 1883 ":

I was born in a log house in Jasper County, five miles north of Colfax, Iowa. There I lived with my mother, father, s:Cster Joanna, and brother Clayton.

When I was six years of age I started to school with my sister, Joanna, who was a year younger. Such happy days those were! We started out with our primers under our arms, our lunch baskets, and above all, we wore our new sunbonnets. We had two miles to walk but the way did not seem long for there were other children that we met along the road. We went swiftly along in the morning to avoid being late to school, but we skipped and played on our way home.

Occosionally, mother would give us a penny to buy a stick of candy. We prized those pennies as much as children prize a five-dollar bill in these days.

In summer, sister, mother and I would walk two miles to attend Sunday school and church. In the winter time during ''protracted meetings," father would bitch up a team of hors•• and take us to church in a big bob sled. He would put a lot of straw in the bottom of the sled, and mother would spread a big warm blanket over it, and we would all pile in. We would skim over snow banks and listen to the jingle of sleigh bells as we rode on our way to the church in the little town of Greencastle. Those were more happy days\ 155

During the summer months oar auuts and uncles would come to visit us. My Aunt Elizaheth--later,Elizabeth Wingert- after whom I was named, came often. She taught me to make many nice things such as zephyr yarn flowers and hair flowers. I was more than eager to learn how to make these lovely things. When I was eight or nine years old I started knitting my own stockings. Mother would start me out and would look on now and then. I loved this work.

As I grew older I wanted to have my hair curled and puffed. We did not have any beauty parlors then, so we made our own curls and puffs, as I did, too. I will tell you how it was done. First, I had to straighten out hair combings. Then I went to the garden to find a smo~th corn stalk about the thick ne.a s of my little finger and about six inches long. I would then wet the hair, wrap it around the corn stalk and place it across a pan in a good hot oven until it was dry. Then I would loosen the string with which it was tied, and slip off the finished curl.

I enjoyed working in the garden. 'At times I would also help in the harvest fields and assist in husking corn in the fall. I would run errands for our neighboring Aunt Lydia--the wife of Adam Fisher--and care for her little daughter, Iola. On Saturdays, Aunt Lydia would pay me a handful of ~mall change for '\rorking" for her, and I would hurry home to ahow mother all the money I had earned. They were happy daye!

Father had a very gentle horse which we children would ride. If mother wanted something from the store,! would straddle old Jimmy, and away I would go. I also often rode old Jimmy to bring in the cows for milking.

Father raised sugar cane out of which sorghum molasses was made right on the farm. The cane would be put through a sorghum mill to extract the juice. Then a large pan would be filled about half full with this juice and placed over a hot fire. Mothe-r would tend to the cooking and skimming, and the sorghum would be as clear as honey when done. From the last of the skimminga, mother would make the heat of vinegar.

In the fall we would go to the nearby dense timber to gather ripe plums, wild grapes, crab apples, and msny kinds of nuts. There in the summer time we would gather quantities of wild blackberries. All of these things were within a radius of fiTe miles from our farm home. It was a wonderful country in Jasper County in those days!

Fishing was another happy activity in the summer time. All we needed was hook, line, and fishworms. We never went home from the little stream near our home without a string of fish. It makes me long for those good days when I think of the wonderful foods that were ours that did not cost ua one sentt And then there W&ll my grandfather, Benjamin Fisher, who lived very near to us . He ha d a 1 a r g e a pp 1 e or ch a rd . How we did love to go up t~ Grandfather's and Grandmother's for we knew they would always give us some big red apples~

We moTed from Jasper County, Iowa, to western Nebr&ska when I was fourteen years old. There father filed on a home stead and a timber claim of 320 acres. But it was a time of 156

drought and grasshoppers. If the corn did come up, the grass hoppers would eat it. We liTed there three years, and since we could harTeat no crops, father beca ■ e discoraged ao we p.acked up and went back to Iowa "God' ■ conn try," father called it. We made the trips to western Nebr~aka out and back in a coTered wagon. When we returned to Io~• we settled in Shelby County on a farm of eighty acres near the town of Harlan. It •a• there I was married to Frederick Carl Hepp on March 29, 1883.--Elizabeth Hepp, Long Beach, California, 19•0.

Elizabeth Stombaugh Fred C. Hepp and Age 16 Years Elizabeth Sto ■ baugh (Marriage 1883)

Maylon and Estella Hepp 1889

The Fred C. Hepp Fsmily The Hepp Childr~n 189 0 1894. Maylon, Estella, Florence Estella, Maylon, Florence Esther 1S7

Frederick Carl Hepp 1931 158

JOANNA STOMBAUGH

6-4. JOANNA STOMBAUGH, fourth child of George and Eliza Stombaugh. b. 10-24-1866, near Greencastle, Jasper Co., Ia. d. 4-6-1947, Long Beach, Calif., bur. Sunnyside cem., Long Beach.

Joanna Stombaugh (6-4)

Joanna Stombaugh never married, but her failure to have husband and family was not due to lack of a suitor or definite plans for marriage. Rather, it was because of a choice she felt impelled to make between devotion to her mother and a marriage that would exclude that mother from her immediate attention. When she chose to give her mother her undivided affection, the whole course of her life was changed.

Joanna was sixteen years old when she returned with her parents and older sister, Elizabeth, from Gosper Co., Nebr., to a small farm near Harlan in Shelby Co., Ia. Within a year Elizabeth had married and Joanna was the only child left at home. Farming for her fathel" proved unsatisfactory and soon he gave it up to eng,age in the retail meat business in the nearby small town of Kirkman. By this time Joanna was a handsome, refined young woman of twenty who was keenly conscious of the difficult financial straits which continually beset her parents. To help out, she purchased a loom and engaged in cusi:om carpet weaving, a vocation in which she became expert. Since the butcher shop in Kirkman was unprofitable for her father, Joanna was able to support herself and her mother, while her father sought a living in various undertakings.

It was at this point in her life that Joanna had her experience that ended in a romantic disappointment. Who the young man was that courted her has not been recorded, but it is evident that the courtship conformed to the proper formali ties of young ladies and gentlemen of the times. After her death more than sixty years later, faded copies of two letters, yellow with age but in her own hand writing, were found carefully preserved among her dearest possessions. It is clear they are copies of her written responses to two communications she had received from the young man who wished to marry her. Unfortunately his letters were not found, nor does his name or the dates of the letters appear. As to the latter, other circumstances indicate they were written about 1886. They are reproduced herewith, exactly as to composition, spelling and punctuation: 159

The Letter of Hesitancy

Worth Sir

Although agreeably Surprised by your frank declaration offering me an undeniable happy position I can not give you an Immediate decided answer. I am certain that you know me well enough that without the knowledge and consent of my parents, I Should neYer think of taking the most important step of nor Should I ever thoughtlessly and without exzamining my own heart give any consent to a union for life. if theirfore your attach ment is not a mere pasain• feeling I am certain that you will allow me a few days to consult both with my parents and myself before I pronounce the Irrevocable, Yes. permit me however to express to you my esteem and to Subscribe myself,

Your Sincere friend

The Letter of Acceptance

Dear Sir your kind letter has confirmed what I have long Supposed from your attentive conduct toward me. I think that I have never given you cause to doubt my affection for you and if such should haYe been the case. involuntarily, I ask your pardon and reckon upon it with the greatest confidence, as I can assure you of my warmest gratitude for the affection wich you entertain for me.

I haYe always enjoyed the purest pleasure in your Society, and Shall he happy to bind our Relations by nearer and dearer ties, whilst I give to you. the Solemn promice, next to God and to my parents, to look upon you as the Sole confident of my heart, the ~nly participator of my Joys and Sorrows. I have concealed nothing from my parents they approve of our union and leave all to myself. I have decided in your favor, and accept of your heart, anticipating a happy future of which I find a guarantee in the excelent qualities of your character. I am proud of the love of the man who is esteemed by evrybody for his rare merit~ but Estee ■ is not all I feel for you, 1t is the purest an~ moal fervent affection that has made your Society so Indis pe ■ sable to me, and has centered all my Joys 1n the sphere of your actions. May I never want Opertunities to prove to you how tenderly I am devoted to you. Your Ever faithfnll

Having committed herself, Joanna proceeded with preparations for her wedding. Years later, nieces and other relatives recall having seen her wedding dress which was kept safely in a trunk and displayed only under the most intimate circumstances. It was of dove gray, delicate woolen material, with tight bodice of leg-of-mutton sleeves. It was trimmed in white satin and white braid. It was as beautiful as the comely bride-to-be. What, then, happened to upset the happy prospects?

It is said that the very night before the wedding was to take place the prospective groom came to Kirkman to taKe his betrothed for a buggy-ride and to talk about their future plans. Knowing that Joanna was making a home for her mother Eliza, the young man expressed doubt as to the wisdom of continuing this arrangement after they we-re married. He may even have indicated some opposition to it. At any rate, Joanna's devotion to her mother was so deep that she could tolerate no proposal or suggestion that might lead to her mother's being taken from her immediate care. Rather than risk such an eventuality, she called off the wedding that was to have. taken place the next day, and remained unmarried the rest of her life. 160

Following this event, Joanna and her mother moved to Gray, la., in adjoining Audubon County, where her sister, Elizabeth, had already established her home, and with whom her father had begun to make his home. There she built a house and continued weaving carpets. Then there came her appointment as postmistress at Botna, less than ten miles from Gray, but again in Shelby County To Botna she transferred the residence of her mother and herself, and in con junction with her post office she operated a small confectionery and food store. By this means she was not only able to support herself and her mother, but also to begin the purchase of a town lot in Long Beach, Calif., on the installment plan. Like so many Iowans, many close relatives included, it was her ambition to some day make California her home.

This hope was realized soon after her mother died in her home in Botna in 1909. Having reconciled herself to the final separation from the one whom she had loved most fervently, she disposed of her interests in Iowa and moved to Long Beach. There she erected a modest apartment house on the lot at 234 Elm St., which she had bought sight unseen, but which eventually became valuable property in the heart of the business section of the city. In this location she lived for thirty-seven years till she passed away in 1947. In her younger days she had cultural aspirations and amused herself by playing the accordian and writing poetry and songs. In her more mature years in California she extended aid to older people among her relatives who were in distress. As age crept upon her she became more and more a recluse tending meticulously to her business affairs but denying herself many pleasures and comforts. At her death by her will she bequeathed a substantial estate to her legal heirs.

SUCCEEDING FAMILIES OF THE SIXTH GENERATION

6-7. CELIA RUMMEL, daughter of Martin and Rebecca Fisher (5-2) Rummel. No dates supplied. m. George Ferguson. Children of George and Celia Ferguson: 7-18. Gertrude. 7-19. Louie.

6-12. ELIZABETH BOWANS, daughter of Michael Philip and Sybella Fisher (5-3) Bowans: b. 7-23-1855, Dublin, Ind. d. 1-22-1922, Northwood, N. Dak.; bur. Ray, N. Dak. m. Jesse Hull Rinehart, 3-4-1876, Prairie City, Ia., b. 10-15-1849, Belleville, Ohio; d. 10-31-1927, Ray, N. Dak. Children of Jesse and E-lizabeth Rinehart: 7-20. Arthur V ., b. 1-1-1877, Prairie City, Ia. Single. 7-21. Albert Leroy, b. 2-29-1884, Rock Rapids, Ia.; d. 2-21-1933; bur. Ray, N. Dak. m. Julia Edwards Beavers, 3-17-1915. 7-22. Lowell Ernest, b. 5-21-1890, Rock Rapids, Ia. Single. 7-23. Mabel L., b. 7-27-1893, Rock Rapids, Ia. m. Samuel E. Meroney, 6-15-1935, Springfield, Ill. No children. 7-24. Jessie May, b. 3-26-1896, Rock Rapids, Ia. d. 1899; bur. Rock Rapids, Ia.

6-13. JEMIMAH BOWANS, daughter of Michael Philip and Sybella (5-3} Bowans. b. 7-6-1856, Dublin, Ind. d. 3-31-1942, Kalo, la.; bur. Otho, la. m. Sylvester Carydon Fuller, farmer; b. 12-31- 1"850, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 8-22-1929, Otho, Ia. Children of Sylvester and Jemimah Fuller: 7-25. Oliver Vernon, b. 11-23-1876, Monroe, Ia. m. Janet Duncan, 4-6-1898. 7-26. Harry Leroy, b. 11-20-1878, Monroe, la. m. Catherine McKean. 161

7-27. Stella May, b. 2-14-1881, Sydney, Ia. m. Peter Duncan, 10-33- 1901, Kala, Ia. 7-28. Eustace Eugene, b. 11-20-1884, Monroe, Ia., d. 9-19-1919, Renton, Wash. Single. 7-29. Ralph Winfred, b. 11-25-1889, Rockwell City, Ia. Served six IT'lOnths with A.E.F. in France, World War I, after which he was invalided home. m. Esther Laird. No children. 7-30. Carl Clifford, b. 9-3-1890, Kala, Ia.; d. 3-23-1949. Served fifteen months in U.S. Army in World War I. m. Marie Anderson. No children. 7-31. Sylvia Irene, b. 2-22-1895, Kalo, Ia. rn. Raymond T. Caster, 1913, Elwood, Nebr. 7-32. Victor Raymond, b. 1-27-1902, Kala, Ia., d. 7-31-1944, Otho, la. m. LaRue Hinkle, 4-21-1926.

Jemimah Bowans Fuller ( 6-13)

6-14. HENRY BOWANS, son of Michael Philip and Sybella (5-3) Bowans. b. 7-22-1858, Dublin, Ind. d. 3-6-1942, Monroe, la. m. Cora Estella Austin, 4-2-1884; b. 1869; d. 4-22-1939, Monroe, la. Henry Bowans was a coal miner at Monroe, la., for 32 years. Children of Henry and Cora Bowans: 7-33. Hugh Melvin, b. 12-2-1885, Monroe, Ia. m. Grace A. Schackel, 6-27-1915, Prairie City, Ia. 7-34. Leslie Terrace, b. 7-12-1887, Monroe, la. d. 9-21-1948, Denver, Colo. 7-35. Inez, b. 5-9-1890, Monroe, Ia. m. Roy Walker. 7-36. Pearl, b. 2-28-1892, Monroe, la. m. Fred R. Hummel. 7-37. Beulah Mabel, b. 2-17-1895, Monroe, Ia. m. Earl Curry. No children. 7-38. Elva Gladys, b. 12-5-1897, Monroe, la. 7-39. Leona Edith, b. 7-25-1901, Monroe, Ia. m. Ernest Kile. 7-40. Archer Victor, b. 10-27-1908, lv1.onroe, Ia. m. Margaret Decker. 162

6-15. KEZIAH BOWANS, daughter of Michael Philip and Sybella (5-3) Fisher Bowans. b. 7-6-1856, Dublin, Ind. d. 7-3-1936, Rockwell City, Ia. m. ( 1) David Proctor Warren, 10-5-1875; b. 1-2.7-1851; d. 6-11-1882. (2) Robert W. Whitted, 2-28-1883, Monroe, Ia.; b. 1-5-1857, Monroe, Ia.; d. 8-23-1936, Rockwell City, Ia.; son of Warren Whitted. Children of David Proctor and Keziah Warren: 7-4 l. Archie Irving, b. 1-12-1877, Marion, Ia.; m. Sarah Ellen Reed, 6-22-1904; b. 1-15-1878. 7-4 la. Alice Mabel, b. 7-20-1881; d. 9-22-1881. Children of Robert W. and Keziah Whitted; 7-42. Florence May, b. 9-30-1884, Rockwell City, Ia.; m. ( 1) Clarence H'. Stover, 7-11-1904; b. 10-22-1883; d. May, 1925. (2) Charles Kittrick, 9-6-1926; b. 10-22-1881. 7-43. Bessie L., b. 3-6-1887, Rockwell City, Ia.; m. Arthur Stephen Galbraith, 12-12-1908; b. 8-22-1878. 7-44. Lulu Orletta, b. 5-7-1889; d. 6-6-1891. 7-45. Edith Pearl, b. 2-16-1892, Rockwell City, Ia.; m. Albert Pearl Selsor, 3-10-1914; b. 7-29-1888. 7-46. Hazel Phyllis, b. 8-15-1894, Rockwell City, Ia.; m. Oliver Henry Holmdahl, 7-31-1919; b. 1.:..15-1895. 7-47. Leland Arthur, b. 10-9-1900, Rockwell City, Ia.; m. Doris Green, 7-10-1921.

6-17. EDWARD BOWANS, son of Michael Philip and Sybella (5-3) Bowans. b. (?); d. 6-2-1941. m. Rose Child of Edward and Rose Bowans; 7-48. Edward.

6-19. ISAIAH FRANKLIN FISHER, son of Adam (5-4) and Elizabeth Fisher. b. 9-30-1859, near Greencastle, la. d. 10-13-1935, Cherokee, Ia. m. Ella Elizabeth Rickey, 3-25-1888, Colfax, Ia.; b. 6-10-1865, Colfax, la~; d. 3-4-1934, Rolfe, la. Children of Isaiah and Ella Fisher: 7-49. Carl S., b. 10-6-1891; d. 1893; Rolfe, Ia. 7-50. Milton R., b. 2-10-1889, Rolfe, Ia.; d. 5-14-1943, Ft. Dodge, Ia.; m. Maude White, 12-15-1909, Cedar Falls, Ia. 7-51. William R., b. 5-5-1904, Rolfe, Ia. m. Ve:ra Garrett, 6-2-1925, Ft. Dodge, la.

6-20. WILLIAM FISHER, son of Adam (5-4) and Elizabeth Fisher. b. 1861, Greencastle, Ia. d. 11-1-1921, Minneapolis, Minn. m. Jennie William and Jennie Fisher had no children of their own but adopted a child named Vonnie who married Zednachek. (No other data.)

6-22. JOSHUA CALEB DICKOVER, son of Samuel and Eleanor Fisher (5-5) Dickover. b. 4-26-1856, Mt. Carmel, Ill. d. 7-30-1933, Chicago, Ill.; bur. Naperville, Ill. m. Emma Fauer1ia Wagner, 1-15-1890, Hot Springs, S. Dak.; b. 9-20- 1859, Naperville, Ill.; d. 9-5-1937, Chicago, Ill.; bur. Naperville, Ill.; daughter of Benjamin Wagner. Joshua Dickover was in the laundry business. Children of Joshua and Emma Dickover: 7-52. Harry Claude, b. 8-5-1877, Harrisburg, Cook Co., Ill.; d. 3-9- 1939. m. Margaret Kohlsheere, 12-1"9-1900. 163

7-53. Mabel, b. 12-27-1878, Naperville, Ill. m. Guy Wilnot Favorite, 7-2-1913. 7-54. Ralph Jesse, b. 2-7-1882, Naperville, Ill.; d. 7-21-1923. m. Gertrude Hodson, 1901. 7-55. Hope Arthur, b. 7-26-1885, Custer City, S. Dak. m. Pearl Seney, 1908. 7-56. Chrrles Wagner, b. 10-20-1887, Custer City, S. Dak.; d. 12- 14-1926. m. Alice Hansen, 1915. 7-57. Hazel, b. 6-2-1890, Hot Springs, S. Dak. m. Harry Foster Stickney, 9-8-1917.

6-23. JOSIAH BENJAMIN D!CKOVER, son of Samuel and Eleanor Fisher (5-5) Dickover. No dates available. m. Kittie Children of Josiah and Kittie Dickover: 7-58. Catherine. 7-59. Joseph. 7-60. Warren. 7-61. Josephine. 7-62. Emory. 7-63. Helen.

6-24. JOHN JACOB DICKOVER, son of Samuel and Eleanor Fisher (5-5) Dick over. b. 3-11-1860. d. Jan. 1948, Santa Barbara, Calif., and buried there. m. Anna A. Meek, 5-16-1884; b. 1-5-1860; d. 1928, Santa Barbara,. Calif.; bur. beside husband. Children of John and Anna Dickover: 7-64. Eva Eleanor, b. 3-22-1886, .Long Beach, Calif. m. Aleck Leroy Ferguson, 8-20-1912. 7-65. Erle Roy, b. 1-20-1888, Long Beach, Calif. m. Mrs. Helen McNary Ballard, 12-19-1933. No children. Erle Roy Dickover . graduated from the University of California in 1913 with the degree B. Sc. Soon after graduation he entered the foreign service of the United States Government, which became his career. Chronologically, he has held the following posts: student interpreter, Japan, 1914; vice consul, Darien, 1916; consul, Kobe, 1921-32; first secretary of embassy, Tokyo, 1932- 37; acting chief, Office of Philippine Affairs, Dept. of State, 1937-38; consul general, Australia, 1940-43; chief, division of Japanese Affairs, Dept. of State, 1944-45; adviser to U.S. Representatives on Far Eastern Commission since 1945. 7-66. Grace Laura, b. 12-25-1891, Long Beach, Calif. m. Jesse Walter McCluskey, 8-22-1927, Santa Barbara, Calif.; b. 12-2- 1889, Riverside, Ia. No children. 7-67. Stanley Roy, b. 1-1-1893, Long Beach, Calif. m. Margaret Hanna, 19 2.4.

John Jacob Dickover was a prominent dentist for forty years in Santa Barbara, Calif. Along with his profession, his avocation was building attractive homes and landscaping them. He was a pioneer in the development of the Riviera section of Santa Barbara -- the beautiful residential part of the city situated on the mountain slopes ovrrlooking the city and ocean. Many of the show places in this section are of his creation.

6-25. GIDEON LINCOLN DICKOVER, son of Samuel and Eleanor Fisher (5-5) Dickover. b. 8-1-1864, Naperville, Ill. d. 9-12-1942, Norfolf, Nebr. 164

m. Anna Bruder, 1-15-1890, Hot Springs, S. Dal<.; b. 8-15-1870, Prince ton, Ill.; living in Atkinson, Nebr., in 1949; dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Gatz) Bruder. Children of Gideon and Anna Dickover: 7-68. Le Roy, b. 3-27-1894, Cripple Creek, Colo. m. Betty Nielson, 7-4-1921. No children. 7-69. Floyd Panic, b. 1-19-1896, Pueblo, Colo. m. Merna Hanson. 7-70. Vera Marova, b. 11-19-1898, Colorado City, Colo. m. ( 1) Albert R. Tooker, 9-30-1913; (2) Claude F. Humphreys. 7-71. Alta Pitinta, b. 10-11-1900, Pasadena, Calif. m. Thomas F. Campbell, 6-2-1923. No children. 7-72. Gideon Lincoln, Jr., b. 2-21-1901, Anaheim, Calif. m. Eileen Ellenwood, 5-1-192 l. 7-7 3. Venus Thora, b. 1-4-1909, Atkinson, Nebr., m. William English, 1-1-1938.

6-27. ELIZABETH KEIPER, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Ann Fisher (5-6) Keiper. b. 10-6-1858, Wayne Co., Ind. d. 9-30-1936, Lyons, N. Y.; buried there. m. Francis Gilbert Stauffer, 2-22-1881; b. 8-6-1858, Boyertown, Pa.; d. 7-11-1945, New Haven, Conn.; bur. Lyons, N. Y.; son of William and Hariet Gilbert Stauffer. (Francis Stauffer m. (2) Mrs. Nancy M. Chandler, 8-27-1938.) Child of Francis and Elizabeth Stauffer: 7-74. Leslie De Witt, b. 4-3-1888, Bellevue, Ohio. m. Mary Harriet Nickols, 11-27-1915.

When Francis Gilbert Stauffer was a young man in his twenties, he entered the ministry in the Evangelical Association. However, because of an affliction in his throat he had to give up preaching after a few years service. His last charge was at Bellevue, Ohio, after which he moved his family to Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1893, where he established a jobbing business in wire and steel products. He retired in 1928 but remained in Chattanooga until 1935 when he and Elizabeth

Francis Gilbert end Elizabeth Keiper Stauffer ( 6-27) 165 moved to Orlando, Florida. In 1937 they gave up their residence in Florida to enter the Evangelical Home at Lewisburg, Pa. Enroute to this place Elizabeth died at the home of her husband's brother, William Stauffer, at Lyons, N. Y. After her death, Francis Stauffer lived a year in the Evangelical Home and then went to New Haven, Conn., where he married Nancy M. Chandler in 1938. Together they operated a small business in greeting cards, stationery, and miscellaneous novelties and gifts, many of which they made themselves. This business continued until Francis Stauffer's death in 1945. His remains were taken to Lyons, N. Y ., to be buried beside his first wife, Elizabeth Keiper.

6-28. KEZIA KEIPER, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Ann Fisher (5-6) Keiper. b. 9-6-1860, Muscatine, Iowa. d. 8-4-1930, Hamden, Conn.; bur. Naperville, Ill. m. Samuel Henry Baumgartner, 6-22-1886, in the college chapel, Naperville, Ill. b. 3-2-1860, French Twp., Adams Co., Ind. d. 11-18- 1936, New Haven, Conn.; bur. Naperville, Ill. Child of Samuel Henry and Kezia Baumgartner: 7-75. Hope Leroy, b. 8-6-1891, Rochester, Ind. m. (1) Lela Ruth Braddoc:ic, 8-2-1921; d. 11-13-1926, New Haven, Conn.; (2) Evelyn Dillon Mar, 8-16-1930.

Samuel Henry and Kezia Keiper Baumgertner (6-28)

As a youth, Samuel Henry Baumgartner grew up on il form in Adams County, Ind., and attended the elementary schools in his native township. Later, he attended three summer sessions in the Adams County Normal School at Decatur, Ind. He then taught school for three years in the township school where he began his own education.

The father of Samuel Henry Baumgartner carried the same name, Samuel Baumgartner. He was born in Jura, Baderich-Graben, Ober amt Courtelary, Canton Bern, Switzerland, on April 17, 1818. He died, probably on his farm in Adams Co., Ind., on March 22, 1881. Samuel's wife was Verena Welty. She was born in Bagischwand, Lauperswyl, Emmenthal, Canton Bern, Switzerland, on April 25, 1824, and died in Huntington, Ind., Sept. 8, 1896. Samuel Baumgartner came to America in 1837; Verena Welty came in 1844. They met in Ohio and were married there on Feb. 1, 1849. 166

Since the members of his family were ardent religious workers in the Evangelical Church, Samuel Henry Baumgartner was persuaded to prepare for the ministry. Accordingly, he entered the seminary of this denomination, Northwestern College, Naperville, Ill., in 1883. From this institution he graduated four years later, and in 1887 he began his career as a minister in the Indiana Conference of the Evangei.ical Association. In this work he continued for forty years. During these four decades he not only preached and developed churches as a local pastor, but he served many years a presiding elder, as solicitor for the Haven Hubbard Memorial Old People's Home, as historian of his denomination, and as one who was charged with many other positions of responsibility and trust in the Indiana Conference and in the church as a whole. In his last years he made his home with his son in Hamden, Conn., a s.uburb of New Haven, and for a little less than a year in South Bend, Ind.

It was at Northwestern College in Naperville that Samuel Henry Baum gartner met Kezia K-eiper who became his wife in 1886. Kezia's parents were missionaries in the Evangelical Church in Indiana and Iowa from 1854 to 1873. In the latter year they moved permanently to Naperville. Here Kezia finished her public school education, and then in September, 1878, entered the local college her self. In 1882 she graduated from Northwestern College with a bachelor's degree in the English Scientific Course. In 1884-85 she re-enrolled in, the college as a student in the art department, specializing in oil painting and crayon work. Mean time, Samuel Henry had arrived on the campus, to whom her engagement was announced in 1884. Their wedding took place in the college chapel on June 22, 1886, the president of the college, Rev. H. H. Rassweiler, officiating.

After her marriage to Samuel Henry Baumgartner, and after his graduation and license to preach, as pastor's wife Kezia took an active part in many forms of church work such as Sunday School teacher, officer of the Women's Missionary Society, and evangelism. She was highly accomplished as a religious poet; some of her poems having been set to music as church hymns. For one of them, "I Will Trust Thee," the music was written by her composer son, Hope Leroy, and published in HARP OF ZION in 1905.

Samuel and Kezia Baumgartner retired from the active ministry in 1927 to move to Connecticut as previously stated. But the unbroken union and rest from their labors did not last long for two years later Kezia suffered a stroke of paralysis to which she succumbed in 1930.

THE BISHOP JOHN WESLEY ROBINSON FAMILY

6-33. ELIZABETH FISHER, daughter of Benjamin {5-7) and Rosanna Myers Fisher. b. 9-12-1863, Greencastle, Ia. d. 6-17-1935, Delhi, India, and buried there. m. John Wesley Robinson, 8-27-1891, Harlan, Ia.; b. 1-6-1866, Moulton, Ia.; d. 5-30-1947, Naini Tal, India, and buried there. Children of John Wesley and Elizabeth Robinson: 7-76. Paul Fisher, b. 7-26-1893; d. 8-10-1894, Lucknow, India. 7-77. Ruth, b. 3-9-1895, Lucknow, India; m. Jarrell Waskom Pickett of Willmore, Ky., 7-27-1916, at Evanston, Ill. 7-78. Miriam, b. 1-6-1899, Lucknow, India; m. John Wesley Hedenberg, Chicago, Ill., 6-24-1920.

As missionary, bishop and administrator of the Methodist Church in India for more than half a century, John Wesley Robinson, the husband of Elizabeth Fisher, stands out as the most prominent figure among all the ministers of the Gospel that have appeared in this family history. Early in his young manhood he felt the call to preach, and in 1890 he was admitted to the Des Moines, Ia., Conference of the Methodist Church. To better prepare himself for his work, he 167

studied at the Garrett Biblical Institute in Evanston, Ill., from which he graduated in 1892, and was immediately assigned to missionary service in India.

It appears that it was while John Wesley was a student in Evanston that he met Elizabeth Fisher. She came from a family in which active religious work had a long and esteemed tradition, so it was not strange that she should be attracted to the young man who was preparing himself for effective preaching. So strong was their attraction for each other that they were married a year before John Wesley's course at the Biblical Institute was finished. The wedding took place on August 27, 1891, at the home of the bride's parents, Benjamin and Rosanna Fisher in Harlan, Shelby Co., Ia., where her father was a miller.

Within a year after their marriage, 1892, John Wesley Robinson and his young wife found themselves in India. For the first nine years there he served as pastor of the English church in Lucknow, and one year in Sitapur. Then the family moved to Bombay where he was stationed when he was made a bishop in 1912. Bishop Robinson took up his episcopal residence in Delhi from which he administered the work of his church in the North India and Northwest India Conference. His geographical territory included 350,000 square miles with a native population of 70,000,000 people. Under his supervision there were some 130 missionaries, 800 Indian preachers, 156,000 Indian Methodist church members, and 2,500 Sunday schools with 80,000 native children in their classes.

When he reached the age of 70 years in 1936, he took advantage of a rule of his church and entered what is called a "retired relation". He gave up active work but retained the title of bishop. But in spite of his age and his inclination to become inactive in the foreign field, he was called back in 1937 to. help out a clergyman friend who for reasons of health required an extended fur lough. So Bishop Robinson was back in India to give two years to editing the "Indian Witness", a leading Christian paper in India. In 1939 his church returned him to active duty because it was determined that the work in India was under staffed. In this capacity he assumed the duties of bishop of the Lucknow area where he had begun his career in India nearly fifty years before. In addition to his administrative and ministerial work, Bishop Robinson has served as manager of the Methodist Publishing House in Lucknow; as treasurer of the India Famine Fund in the early l 900's; as secretary of the India Epworth League; as editor of "The Star of India," a Christian magazine published in the Hindustani tongue; and a superintendent of the Oudh District.

John Wesley Robinson, in 1940, wrote the author touchingly of his wife, Elizabeth. During thirty-six years of her life, she served by the side of her

John Wesley and Elizabeth Fisher Robinson and daughter Ruth ( 6-3 3) 168 eminent husband as wife, mother, missionary and friend. The bishop has described her as "blonde, five feet six inches tall, fair to look upon, and to me, the one of all the world." In 1928 she suffered a bad attack of dengue fever from whf'ch"" sne never"fully recovered, and after several years of great suffering she passed away in 1935 and was buried at Delhi. During the many years of her distant separation from her own brothers and sisters in the United States, Elizabeth cherished a brief interlude in which her sister Ladora (6-31) visited her and her family in India.

Almost concurrent with the great sorrow of losing his beloved Elizabeth, Bishop Robinson experienced the deep joy and satisfaction of seeing his son-in-law, Jarrell Waskom Pickett, husband of his daughter Ruth, succeed him in the episcopacy of India in 1935. For a time the residence of the new bishop and his family was in Bombay but in recent years it has been in Delhi.

In spite of his advancing years, the old spiritual workhorse could not give up entirely the Christian duties he loved to perform. When he "retired" in 1936, he said, "I step out willingly, but I only ask one thing, that I be allowed to cherish that work in my heart, to uphold it in my prayers, and that by such private effort as I may be able to make the rest of my life, I be allowed to do what I can to further the cause of the Methodist Church that I love and which has done so much for me." For eleven more years he continued to further that cause until on May 30, 1947, after an illness of one day, he went to his· reward at the lovely Himalya Mountain town of Naini Tal, and there is buried.

A fitting tribute to the life and work of Bishop John Wesley Robinson, has been written by Rev. S. K. Mondal, a native Indian Methodist minister:

•~hile every inch a bishop, in his quiet dignity and ad ministrative ability, Bishop Robinson always had time to give a patient hearing to those who had come to see him, and who needed his help and council. He used his position and authori ty not to hurt but to help and heal. Though a bi~hoph he never ceased to be a missionary. He traveled throughout the length and breadth of India, covering 350,000 miles during his period of service. In all matters affecting denominational and inter• denominational relationships, in al~ difficult situations where exp.erience and statesmanship were needed, India knew where to look for the man who could give guidance and direction that m i g h t be n e c es s a r y. Th a t man was Bi sh o· p J . W• Robin son . "

6-34. EDWARD RILEY FISHER, son of Benjamin (5-7) and Rosanna Fisher. b. 9-15-1866, Greencastle, Ia.; living at Phoenix, Ariz., seasonally, in 1949. m. Margaret G. Davis, 11-12-1891, Harlan, Ia.; b. 12-29-1868; living in Pueblo, Colo., in 1949. Child of Edward and Margaret Fisher: 7-79. Cecil Rose, b. 4-5-1894, Bowman's Grove, Shelby Co., Ia. m. Frank John Meyer, 8-18-1915, Pueblo, Colo.; b. 3-19-1891. No children.

Edward R. Fisher came to Harlan, la., from his birthplace in Jasper Co., Ia., with his parents in 1880. There he grew to manhood and in 1895 he came west to Pueblo, Colo., {or his health. In 1900 he opened· a jewelry store in the latter city, which has developed ~nto one of the finest stores of its kind in Colorado. In recent years this store has been operated by his daughter, Cecil, and her husband, Frank Meyer. Edward Fisher is obliged to spend a major portion of each year in Phoenix, Ariz., for the sake of his health. Among his souvenirs is a sewing kit which was carried by his uncle, Edward H. Fisher (5-8) 169 in the Civil War. Another prized possession, now in the home of his daughter, is a dresser made by his father, Benjamin, out of thousands of pieces of wood collected from many parts of the world.

6-35. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FISHER, JR., son of Benjamin (5-7) and Rosanna Fisher. b. 5-23-1872, Greencastle, Ia. d. 8-3-1938, Walla Walla, Wash.; bur. Mt. View cem. there. m. Edith Benton McClintock, 4-9-1906, Pueblo, Colo.; b. 9-11-1880, near Granby, Mo.; dau. of Franklin and Frances Annette (Benton) McClintock. Children of Benjamin and Edith Fisher: 7-80. Frances Edith, b. 8-22-1908, Nucla, Colo. Single. 7-81. Marian May, b. 12-15-1911, Nucla, Colo.; rn. George Eugene Guthridge. 7-82. Inez Rose, b. 10-6-1914, Nucla, Colo.; m. Clifford M. Irwin.

Benjamin Franklin Fisher was instinctively a technician. He was first a druggist in Pueblo, Colo., then a dentist in Omaha, Nebr., and for the last twenty years of his life he operated a dental laboratory in Walla Walla, Wash., which he established there. in 1919.

6-36. GERTRUDE FISHER, daughter of Benjamin (5-7) and Rosanna Fisher. b. 12-19-1874, Greencastle, Ia.; living in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1949. m. Charles C. Kurtz, 11-21-1909. Child of Charles and Gertrude Kurtz: 7-83. Charles, b. 5-10-1912; m. Dorothy Leffler, 9-19-1940.

6-38. KEZIAH FISHER, daughter of Edward H. (5-8) and Harriet (Lint) Fisher. b. 8-4-1868, Greencastle, Ia. d. 4-19-1938, Phoenix, Ariz. m. John Marion Cummings, 1-4-1891, Greencastle, Ia.; b. 4-14-1870, Greencastle, Ia.; d. 11-11-1948, Phoenix, Ariz. Children of John and Keziah Cummings: 7-84. Lorraine, b. 10-1-1891; d. 5-29-1893. 7-85. Laura Dot, b. 10-13-1895, near Mingo, la.; m. Carl F. Mayer, 11-10-1920. 7-8-6. Earl Edward, b. 2-5-1898, near Mingo, Ia.; m. Gladys Keller meyer, 11-13-1922; b. 1-6-1898, Lima, Ohio.

6-39. ROSE FISHER, daughter of Edward (5-8) and Harriet Fisher. b. 1-14-1871, Greencastle, la. d. 11-10-1936. m. Frank Hammerly, 1892; b. 12-28-1868; d. 6-26-1935. Children of Frank and Rose Hammerly: 7-87. Hugh Fisher. 7-88. Clifford.

6-40. ELIZABETH MAE FISHER, daughter of E,dward (5-8) and Harriet Fisher. b. 6-27-1876, Greencastle, Ia. d. 5-26-1926. rn. Frank Edward Carr, 2-2-1903; b. 4-12-1878. Children of Frank and Elizabeth Carr: 7-89. Coleen, b. 12-16-1903, Colfax, Ia.; m. Victor Otis Partridge, 10-10-1923, Des Moines, Ia. 7-90. Curtis William, b. 8-20-1905, Colfax, Ia.; m. Mary Genevieve Warrell, 11-18-1927, Maxwell, Ia. 7-91. Forest Edward, b. 10-9-1907, Maxwell, la., m. Genevieve Cummins, 7-13-1932. 170

6-42. VIOLA FISHER, daughter of Edward (5-8) and Harriet Fisher. b. 11-5-1881, Greencastle, la. d. 9-3-1915. m. Joseph Parker, March, 1904; b. 1-26-1882, Collins, Ia. Children of Joseph and Viola Parker: 7-92. Nada, twin (like her mother), b. 5-15-1906, Greencastle, Ia.; m. Jack Acker, July, 1924. 7-93. Veda, twin, b. 5-15-1906, Greencastle, Ia.; single. 7-94. Irving, b. 12-2-1909; single.

6-43. Elvflv1A MARIA WINGERT, daughter of John Phillip and Elizabeth Fisher (5-9) Wingert. b. 3-8-1870, Pekin, Ill. d. 9-25-1943, Los Angeles, Calif. m. John Quincy Puffer, 2-15-1893, Chicago, Ill; b. 11-11-1866, Chats worth, _UL; d. 2-28-1937, Los Angeles, Calif.; bur. Forest Lawn Cem., Los Angeles, Calif. Children of John and Emma Puffer: . 7-95. Alford Wingert, b. 12-6-1896, Chatsworth, Ill.; d. 12-8-1900. 7-96. Eva Gertrude, b. 9-3-1905, Chatsworth, Ill.; m. Robert H. Kerr. 7-97. Vera Fern, b. 3-11-1909, Chatsworth,. Ill.; m. Paul J. Wallace. No children.

6-45. EDWARD HENRY WINGERT, son of John Phillip and Elizabeth (5-9) Wingert. b. 3-21-1876, Peotone, Ill. d. 3-19-1949, Canoga Park, Calif. m. Ella Rose Freie, 2-23-1898, Chicago, Ill.; b. 12-10-1877, Kankakee, Ill., dau. John Fred and Elizabeth Hess Freie. Children of Edward and Ella Wingert: 7-98. Ruth Elizabeth, b. 9-11-1900, Chicago, Ill. m. Clarence Merle Ellinger, 10-3-1925. 7-99. Eva Eleanor, b. 4-2-1912, Boxholm, Boone Co., Ia. m. George Maxfield Sheldon, 10-15-1932.

6-46. LOUISE CAROLIN•~ WINGERT, daughter of John Phillip and Elizabeth (5-9) Wingert. b. fZ-13-1877, Gilman, Ill.; living near Cullman, Ala., in 1949. m. Peter Henry Schneider, 9-24-1902, Chicago, Ill.; b. 3-22-1877, Wheeling, Ill.; son of Peter and Sophie Glaser Schneider. Children of Peter and Louise Schneider: 7-100. Hazel Ella, b. 6-25-1905, Chicago, Ill.; m. Fred Kessler, 6-2- 1946. 7-10 l. Alverna Leota, b. 7-9-1907, Chicago, 111. m. Oscar Frey, 6-15-1929.

6-47. SANFORD WILLIAM WINGERT, son of John Phillip and Elizabeth (5-9) Wingert. b. lZ-2-1880, Bishop Station, Ill.; living in Engleside, Ill., in 1949. m. Grace Alvaretta Hope, 7-10-1902, Chicago, Ill., b. 8-6-1880, Morocco, Ind.; dau. Ira and Caltha Ann Williams Hope. Children of Sanford and Grace Wingert: 7-102. Bloyce Amazon, b. 10-2-1903, Chicago, Ill.; m. Bessie Anna Adams, d. 12-26-1945. 7-103. Elmer Joseph, b. 7-25-1905, Bristol, Ill.; d. 8-8-1905. 7-104. Alvaretta Louise, b. 3-28-1918, Chicago, 111.; m. Carl W. Walters.·

6-48. ELEANOR MAY WINGERT, daughter of John Phillip and Elizabeth (5-9) Wingert. b. 5-1-1882, Streator, Ill., living in Wheeling, Ill., in 1949. 171

John and Keziah Fisher Elizabeth May Fisher Cummings (6-38) Carr ( 6--1,0)

Iola and Viol~ Fisher Frank and Alice Fisher (Twins, 6-0 and 6-42) Miller (6-59) m. Dr. Elmer Edwin Gieske, D.V.M., d. 6-5-1946. Dr. Gieske practiced veterinary medicine in Wheeling, Ill., for 34 years. Children of Elmer and Eleanor Gieske: 7-105. Virginia lone, b. 10-28-1917, Wheeling, Ill. m. George W. Meier of Northbrook, Ill., 4-27-1946. 7-106. Leonard Dale, b. 6-19-1919 Wheeling, Ill. Veteran of World War II: was given a medical discharge in 1943. 172

6-50. SARAH ELIZABETH SCHREIBER, daughter of John Frederick and Maria Fisher (5-10) Schreiber. b. Z-14-1861, Jasper Co., Ia.; bap. by Rev. Samuel Dickover, Lisbon, Ia. d. 5-Z0-1939, Lawrence, Kan.; bur. Oakhill cem. there. m. Adam H. Schaal, 1-7-1886, Alida, Kans. Children of Adam and Sarah Schaal: 7-107. Walter A., b. 4-24-1888, Abilene, Kans.; m. Goldie Fern Hyre, 6-25-1919, Lawrence, Kans. Walter Schaal is assistant cashier and trust officer of the Lawrence National Bank, Lawrence, Kans. No children. 7-108. Newton H., b. 6-13-1892, Holton, Kans.; m. Etta Esther Illian, Lawrence, Kans., 5-16-1917.

Rev. John F. Schreiber and family ( 5-10)

6-5 l. GIDEON LINCOLN SCHREIBER, son of John and Maria (5-10) Schreiber. b. 5-10-1862. Grandview, Louisa Co., Ia.; bap. Rev. C. Berner. d. --6-8-1928. m. Phoebe Plummer, 2-14-1886; b. 1-19-1867. Children of Gideon and Phoebe Schreiber: 7-109. Frank F., b. 1-1-1887; m. Myrtle Braden, Sept. 1909. 7-110. Alvin A., b. 6-8-1889; m. (1) Maude Chandler, 1913; (2) Mabel Greig, 19 22. 7-111. Ralph Roy, b. 4-21-1891, Leonardville, Kans; m. Cleta Burgert, 6-7-1916. 7-112. Clara M., b. 12-11-1893, Leonardville, Kans.; m. Almer Porter, 2-14-1917. 7-113. Wallace W_, b. 3-8-1895, Leonardville, Kans.; rn. Mary Bickel, 6-11-1919. 7-114. Harvey H., b. 1-27-1897; d. 2-9-1897, Leonardville, Kans. 7-115. Gladys G., b. 4-16-1898, Leonardville, Kans.; m. Albert Torneden, 8-8-1925. 7-116. Lester L., b. 3-27-1900, Leonardville, Kans.; m. Amy James, 11-2-1925. 7-117. Willard M., b. 11-12-1902; d. 3-3-1903, Leonardville, Kans. 7-118. Theodore, b. 10-11-1903, Leonardville-, Kans.; m. Irma Miley, 12-L.4-1928. 7-119. Charles Frederick, b. 7-20-1905, Leonardville, Kans., m. Edna Mowrey, 1926. 7-lZ0. Merton M., b. 8-30-1909, Leonardville, Kans.; m. Glc>dys Arnold. 7-121. Mildred, b. 5-12-1915; d. 10-9-1941, Leonardville, Kans. 173

6-54. EMMA KAZIA SCHREIBER, daughter of John and Maria (5-10) Schreiber. b. 12-20-1867, Holton, Kans.; hap. at a summer camp meeting, Holton, Kans. Living in Holton, Kans., with her daughter, Thelga, in 1949. m. Frederick Stous, 3-24-1892, Holton, Kans.; b. l-l l-1865, Holton, Kans.; d. 4-11-1945; son of John and Barbara Reigner Stous. Children of Frederick and Emma Stous: 7-122. Wallace Frederick, b. 2-16-1893, Holton, Kans.; m. Mina Bate man, 2-28-1917, Holton, Kans. 7-123. Laura Esther, b. 4-18-1896; d. 5-2-1896, Holton, Kans. 7-124. Thelga Perseda, b. 2-6-1899, Holton, Kans. Single.

6-56. ROSETTA SCHREIBER, daughter of John and Maria (5-10) Schreiber. b. 2-9-1874, Eudora, Kans.; hap. 4-19-1874, by Rev. Pfeiffer. Living near Baldwin, Kans., in 1949. m. John Thomas Schwalm, 11-18-1897; d. 4-18-1930. Children of John and Rosetta Schwalm: 7-125. Laura Esther, b. 1-18-1899, Cosby, Mo.; m. Andrew Elm. 7-126. Edith Emma, b. 5-21-1900, Clarksdale, Mo.; m. Orville E. Elm, 8-21-1924. 7-127. Roy Edgar, b. 10-3-1903, Clarksdale, Mo.; m. Winona Esther Breithaupt. 7-128. John Elmer, b. Jan. 1906; d. 7-1-1918. 7-129. Charles Lester, b. 6-3-1908, Lawrence, Kans.; m. Helen Esther Sutton, 3-24-1937. 7-130. Mildred, b. 5-1-1910; d. Aug., 1910, Baldwin, Kans.

6-57. PERSEDA SCHREIBER, daughter of John and Maria (5-10) Schreiber. b. 8-9-1878, Richardson Go., Nebr.; hap. 3-23-1879, by Rev. J. J. Escher; living in Leonardville, Kans., in 1949. m. Henry Zeisset, farmer, 2-20-1908, Leonardville, Kans.; b. 2-6-1878, Wurttemberg, Germany, son of Jacob and Margaret Miller Zeisset. Children of Henry and Perseda Zeisset: 7-131. Merton Schreiber, b. 11-8-1909, Leonardville, Kans.; m. Ina Belle Hubbard. 7-132. Carol Alberta, b. 12-25-1911, Leonardville, Kans.; m. Raymond George Benninga, farmer, 8-3-1938, Leonardville, Kans.

6-59. ALICE. FISHER, daughter of Silas (5-12) and Christina Fisher. b. 5-24-1868, Jasper Co., Ia. d. 11-21-1947, Waterloo, la., and buried there. m. Frank Miller, 1-6-1887, Jasper Co., la. Child of Frank and Alice Miller: 7-133. Earl Vernon, b. 7--2-1893; d. 2-26-1919; m. Edith Houston. No children.

6-65. EARL VERNON FISHER, son of Gideon (5-15) and Sarah Ellen Fisher. b. 3-21-1875, Greencastle, Jasper Co., Ia. d. 3-11-1947, Council Bluffs, Ia.; bur. Memorial Park cem. there. m. ( l) Iva Gertrude Ganser, 6-22-1902, Mt. Vernon, Ia., b. 12-23-1876, Jones Co., Ia.; d. 7-11-1908, Columbus, Wisc.; bur. Harlan, Ia. (2) Abbie Marie Pixley, 8-16-1910, Mitchell, S. Dak., b. 1-30-1881, Elgin, Ill. Child of Earl and Iva Fisher: 7-134. George Morris, b. 6-19-1908, Columbus, Wisc.; m. ( l) Pauline Delatour; (2) Helen Nervich; (3) Genevieve Maud Herriot, 6- 13-1942.· Children of Earl and Abbie Fisher: 7-135. Iva May, b. 1-27-1913, Chamberlain, S. Dak.; m. Claude Koger, 5-2-1936, Council Bluffs, Ia. 7-136. Mary Charlotte, b. 2-13-1923, Cedar Rapids, Ia.; m. Alfred Wayne Clemens (grand-nephew of Mark Twain -- Samuel L. Clemens), 10-5-1941, Omaha, Nebr. 174

Earl Vernon Fisher ( 6-65)

Earl Vernon Fisher was born in Jasper Co., Ia., but when a small boy he came with his parents to Shelby Co., Ia., where he grew to manhood on a farm. His early education was in the country school. Not having access to a high school, his preparatory work was done in Highland Park Normal College, Des Moi11es, Ia., and at Lincoln Normal University, Lincoln, Nebr., from which he graduated in 1897. In 1898 he entered Cornell College at Mt. Vernon, Ia., graduating in 190 l. In October, 1902, he joined the Wisconsin Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, on trial, and was ordained elder in October, 1906. Feeling the need of further education, he entered the Garrett Biblical Institute in Evanston, Ill., in 1907, serving churches in Wisconsin whUe he proceeded with his divinity course.

He g-raduated from the Garrett Institute in 1909, and in October of that year he transferred to the Dakota Conference of the Methodist Church with a pastorate at Chamberlain, S. Dak. It was while there in 1910, he married his second wife Abbie Marie Pixley, instructor in piano at Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, S. Dak., the first Mrs. Fisher having died after childbirth, two years previously.

In 1913, Reverend Fisher transferred to the Presbyterian Church in which he continued to serve to the time of his death in 194 7. In 1917, he took up life insurance business as an avocation, and continued in it for 13 years. From 1930 to 1940 he gave his whole attention to the ministry until he was given the honorable retired relationship in the latter year. After retirement, he ktpt himself busy serving churches in a supply capacity and at the same time carrying on as sales manager for a hybrid seed corn concern in Council Bluffs, la. He was an active Mason and held memberships in the Masonic Lodge, Joppa Council, Knights Templar, Scottish Rite, and Oriental Shrine.

6-66. WARREN CLAUDE FISHER, son of Gideon (5-15) and Sdrah Ellen Fisher. b. 5-9-1876, Greencastle, Ia. m. (l) Rose Ross, 6-15-1901; d. 6-6-1905. (2) Lucille Carpenter, 6-15- 19 l O. Children of Warren and Rose Fisher: 7-137. Merril Rose, b. 10-12-1902; d. 10-19-1915. 7-138. Leslie Day, b. 9-25-1904; d. 5-30-1905. 17 5

Children of Warren and Lucille Fisher: 7-139. Warren Le Grande, b. 11-25-1911, Hillsdale, Wyo.; m. (l) Mildred Linder, 1-24-1932; (2) Florence Rutenbur, 6-22-1946. 7-140. Harriet Ellen, b. 12-15-1912, Hillsdale, Wyo., m. Joseph B. Tyler, 6-4-1939. 7d41. William Carpenter, b. 11-29-1914, Hillsdale, Wyo., m. Marjory Dockstader, 10-28-1937.

6-67. HOYT SHERMAN FISHER, son of Gideon (5-15) and Sarah Ellen Fisher. b. 6-7-1879, near Kirkman, Ia. m. Mary Bernice Gingery, 12-25-1900, Harlan, Ia.; b. 12-7-1878, Harlan, Ia., daughter of Lewis and Cylinda Howard Gingery. Children of Hoyt and Mary Fisher: 7-142. Cecil May, b. 1-30-1902; d. 2-5-1902, Wessington Springs, S. Dak. 7-143. Arthur Gerald, b. 5-6-1909; d. 5-12-1909, Wessington Springs, S. Dak. 7-144. Ellard Winfred, b. 6-16-1911, Wessington Springs, S. Dak.; m. ( 1) Fern Anderson, 1930; (2) Arlene Joyce, 7-16-1938.

6-68. SANFORD J. FISHER, son of Gideon (5-15) and Sarah Ellen Fisher. b. 12-21-1880, near Kirkman, Ia. m. Daisy Hunter. Children of Sanford and Daisy Fisher: 7-145. Bernice. 7-146. Floyd P. 7-147. Ruth.

6-69. GRACE FISHER, daughter of Gideon (5-15) and Sarah Ellen Fisher. b. 12-1-1883, Shelby Co., la. m. James Jensen, 6-12-1904. Child of James and Grace Jensen: 7-148. Leo F., b. 3-1-1905, Shelby Co., Ia.; m. Della May Nause, 8-25-1928, South Gate, Calif.

6-70. HARRY L. FISHER, son ·of Gideon (5-15) and Sarah Ellen Fisher. b. 3-22-1889, Shelby Co., Ia. m. Ju.ne Poling, 4-16-1904; b. 6-18-1892, Irwin, Ia., daughter of Martin H. and Minerva Tague Poling. Child of Harry and June Fisher: 7-149. Wilda June, b.2-5-1915, Council Bluffs, Ia.; m. Fred A. O'Banion, 4-8-1939.

Chapter XIII

THE FISHER LINEAGE

GENERATION VI (Continued)

SUCCEEDING FISHER FAMILIES, SIXTH GENERATION

6-72. JULIUS GOEHRING, son of Andrew and Ellen Fisher (5- 16) Goehring. b. 5-28-1858, Dahlonega, Ia. d. 9-3-1939. m. Linda Herring. Children of Julius and Linda Goehring: 7-150. Edgar. 7-151. Ida, m. T. J. Holmes. 7-152. Florence, rn. Edward S. Randall. 7-153. Omar. 7-154. Lela.

6-73. MARTIN HENRY GOEHRING, son of Andrew and Ellen (5-16) Goehring; farmer. b. 9-17-1860, Dahlonega, Ia. d. 12-1-1942, Glenwood, Ia., bur. Emerson, Ia. m. Ada Williams Johnson, 2-8-1911, Emerson, Ia.; b. 8-3-1876, Coloma, Mo., dau. Alonzo Franklin and Josephine Standley Johnson. Children of Martin and Ada Goehring: 7-155. Arthur Gerrald, b. 1-29-1912, Emerson, Ia.; m. Thelma Loraine Hoverter, 1-1-1933. 7-156. Martin Alfred, b. 3-3-1914, Emerson, Ia.; m. Florence Marie TenEick, 7-22-1934.

6-74. ANNA MARGARET GOEHRING, daughter of Andrew and Ellen (5-16) Goeh:cing. b. 3-23-1863, Dahlonega, Ia. d. 10-31-1943. m. John Edward Ward, 11-25-1882, Dahlonega, Ia.; b. 4-5-1857, Dahlonega, Ia.; d. 10-4-1912, Eddyville, Ia. Children of John and Anna Ward: 7-157, Arthur Joseph, b. 9-30-1883, Ottumwa, Ia.; m. Effie Hazel Rosa, 1-28-1902. 7-158. Laura Carrie, b. 7-31-1885, Ottumwa, Ia. Single. 7-159. Theodore, b. 8-6-1887, Ottumwa, Ia.; d. 3-15-1949, Eddyville, Ia.; m. Fannie Mae Forsyth, 7-23-1919, Kirksville, Ia.; b. 10- 23-1894; dau. James Perry and Minnie May Myers Forsyth. No children. Theodore Ward was a veteran of World War I, having served from August, 1917, to the end of the war in the 88th Divi5ion, 337 Field Artillery, Battery E, including foreign service. 7-160. Thomas Roy, b. 1-20-1890, Ottumwa, Ia.; d. 1-21-1948, Des Moines, Ia., bur. Ottumwa, Ia. m. Alta Short McAdam. 7-16 l. Hallie Jerry, b. 9-18-1897, Kirksville, Ia. m. Velma Irene Harris, ll-22-1927, Manchester, Ia.

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6-75. MARY GOEHRING, daughter of Andrew and Ellen (5-16) Goehring. b. August, 1866, Dahlonega, Ia. m. W ill.iam Denny. Children of William and Mary Denny: 7-162. Louis. 7-163. Thomas. 7-164. Burton. 7-165. Philip. 7-166. Leslie. 7-167. Lillian, m. M. 0. J. Gerde. 7-168. Victor. 7-169. Marie. 7-170. Harold.

6-76. DANIEL PETER GOEHRING, son of Andrew and Ellen (5-16) Goehring. b. 5-13-1868, Dahlonega, Ia. d. 1-13-1937, Batavia, Ia.; bur. Libertyville, Ia. m. Theresa Elizabeth McBeth; b. 10-9-1871, West Point, Nebr.; d. 1-6-1933, Libertyville, Ia.; bur. Fell cem. there. Daughter of Andrew McBeth. Children of Daniel and Theresa Goehring: 7-171. Andrew Louis, b. 11-1-1894, Bancroft, Nebr.; m. Hazel Ferne Hill, 1-26-1916, Libertyville, Ia.; b. 10-24-1893~ Libertyville, Ia. 7-172. Helen Dora, b. 8-25-1896, Bancroft, Nebr.; m. Perry Leslie Lewis, 12-18-1918, Batavia, Ia. 7-173. Lila Fanton, b. 8-30-1898, Bancroft, Nebr., m. Harry Earl Williams, 12-23-1916, Ottumwa, Ia. 7-174. Mable Bertha, b. 8-16-1900, Bancroft, Nebr., m. Cecil Irving Mickelwait, 6-6-1927. 7-175. Luella Marie, b. 10-14-1903, Centralia, Mo.; m. Eddie Alvin Allman, 2-25-1931, Agency, Ia. 7-176. Minnie Bernice, b. 7-27-1907, Eddyville, Ia., m. Paul L. Winsell, 6-22-1935. 7-177. Clifford Harold, b. 10-18-1914, Batavia, Ia., m. Lois Maxine Beale, 8-7-1938.

6-77. PHILIP GOEHRING, son of Andrew and Ellen (5-16) Goehring. b. 2-19-1871, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Louisa Martsching, 3-2-1886, Ottumwa, Ia., b. 8-10-1876, Agency, Ia.; d. 9-14-1942, Selma, Kans., bur. Kincaid, Kans.; dau. William Martsching. Children of Philip and Lou.i sa Goehring: 7-178. William Martin, b. 2-8-1897, Ottumwa, Ia., m. Ida Pauline Madron, 12-27-1925. 7-179. Viola Henrietta, d. 5-7-1935. 7-180. Mary Elnora, b. 8-15-1914, Vilas, Baca Co., ColE>.; m. Willa Donaldson, 7-3-1932.

6-78. ARTHUR GOEHRING, son of Andrew and Ellen (5-16) Goehring. b. October, 1873, Dahlonega, Ia. d. 1934. m. Frances Gossman. Children of Arthur and Frances Goehring: 7-181. Anna, m. William Madigan. 7-182. George. 7-183. Donald.

6-80. WILLIAM FISHER, son of Henry (5-17) and Susannah Fisher. b. 2-7-1867, Ottumwa, Ia. d. 1-16-1947. 179

m. Nettie Frady. Child of William and Nettie Fisher: 7-184. Gladys, b. 3-21-1897, Emerson, Ia.; m. Clarence S. Collins, 10-3-1922, Malvern, la.

6-81. IRVING FISHER, son of Henry (5-17) and Susannah Fisher. b. 2-5-1871, Hastings, Ia. d. 12-19-1939. m. Jennie Cross. Child of Irving and Jennie Fisher: 7-185. Ruth, b. 12-1-1898.

6-83. ELLA MAY FISHER, daughter of Henry (5-17) and Susannah Fisher. b. 5-3-1877, Hastings, Ia. d. 1-16-1948, Lincoln, Nebr. m. Perry Lee Quimby, living with son George, Lincoln, Nebr., in 1949. Children of Perry and Ella Quimby: 7-186. Harold Fisher, b. 3-12-1902, Strahan, Ia.; d. 5-17-1939, Lincoln, Nebr.; m. Edith Myrtle Couch. 7-187. Helen Louise, b. 5-31-1905, Strahan, la.; m. George Leonard Thacker.

6-96. FRED FISHER. son of George (5-21) and Viola Fisher. b. 7-23-1871, Hastings, la. d. 12-9-1948, State of \\-ashington; bur. Loveland, Colo. m. Nettie Cary, 10-28-1895, Hastings, Ia.; b. 10-13-1870, Hastings, Ia., dau. David and Mary Lewis Cary; d. 5-3-1932, Loveland, Colo., and buried there. Child of Fred and Nettie Fisher: 7-188. Lottie Mae, b. 10-24-1900, Hastings, la. m. Elvin Mothershed, b. 5-31-1900, Bedford, la. Lottie Mae Fisher came to Colorado in 1906 with her parents. They drove all the way frorp Hastings, Ia., to Loveland, Colo., in a covered wagon. The move was made for the benefit of the health of the mother, Nettie Fisher. Apparently the change was beneficial for she lived 26 years more after coming to Colorado.

6-97. EMMETT FISHER, son of George (5-21) and Viola Fisher. b. 10-29-1872, Hastings, la. m. Margaret Shook, 10-23-1895. Children of Emmett and Margaret Fisher. 7-189. William Eugene, b. 1896, m. Kathryn 7-190. Cary Abel, b. 1899-, m. Nina 7-191. Worth Everett, b. 1900, m. Helen 7-192. Leo, twin, b. 1902; d. 1902. 7-193. Cleo, twin, b. 1902; d. 1914. 7-194. Minnie, b. 1904; single. 7-195. Harry, b. 1908; d. 1927. 7-196. Bert, b. 1913; d. 1916.

6-98. MINNIE FISHER, daughter of George (5-21) and Viola Fisher. b. 9-26-1874, Hastings, Ia. d. 11-23-1938, Ainsworth, Nebr. m. Bert Leon Genung, 9-20-1899, Hastings, Ia.; b. 9-10-1875, Mills Co., la.; d. 5-13-1940, Bassett, Nebr. Children of Bert and Mimue Genung: 7-197. Mable Jeanette, b. 6-26-1902, Carns, Nebr.; d. 9-20-1944, Omaha, Nebr. m. Amos Hart, 7-2-1925, Carns, Nebr. 7-198. Louise Ruth, b, 10-7-1907, Carns, Nebr. m. Louis Leslie Hall, 8-20-1929. 180

6-100. ABEL DANIEL FISHER, son of George (5-21) and Viola Fisher. b. 1-19-1878, Smith Co., Kans.; living at Riverton, V..yo., 1949. m. Laura Etta Miller, 5-29-1904, Hastings, la.; b. 3-26-1883, Penfield, Ill., dau. Thomas W. and Malinda Plowman Miller. Children of Abel and Laura Fisher: 7-199. Beulah Lucille, b. 11-24-1904, Hastings, Ia.; m. Elbert Huston Alexander, 7-21-1926, Laramie, Wyo.; b. 11-21-1899, Pickens, S. C.; son of Benjamin Norman and Martha Anna Porter Alexander. No children. 7-200. Floyd Everett, b. 2-3-1906, Hastings, fa.; single. 7-201. Velma Vioia, b. 12-18-1908, Gridley, Calif., m. Wilbur E. Githens, 6-17-1927, Douglas, V. yo. 7-202. Luella Eulala, b. 9-1-1911, Lemon, S. Dak.; m. (1) Vincent Clark; (2) Richard Housious. 7-203. George Elwin, b. 2-23-1914, Miles City, Mont.; m. Bonnie Eskridge. 7-204. lona Loretta, b. 11-17-1922, Douglas, Wyo.; m. Robert Williams.

6-101. IVAN FISHER, son of George (5-21) and Viola Fisher. b. 5-8-1880, Philipsburg, Kans.; m. (l) Mamie Landaker, 1904; (2) Katherine , 1921. Child of Ivan and Mamie Fisher: 7-205. Opal, b. 1905; m. Charles Conley. Children of fvan and Katherine Fisher: 7-206. George, b. 1922; single. 7-207. Janette, b. (? ); m. Albert L. Koberr, a veteran of World War II, Dec. 194 7.

6-103. RALPH S. FISHER, son of George (5-21) and Viola Fisher. b. 8-18-1889, Hastings, Ia. m. Nellie June Jones, 3-17-1916, Red Oak, Ia.; b. 6-25-1891, Imogene, Ia.; dau. Daniel and Martha Webb Jones. Ralph Fisher is a veteran of World War I. He joined the U.S. Army, 9-22-1917, and served one year overseas with Supply C, 355th Inf., 89th Div. Discharged with the rank of sergeant, 6-2-1919. Children of Ralph and Nellie Fisher: 7-208. Ermal Iona, b. 11-24-1920, Bassett Rock, Nebr.; m. F. H. Cockron, veteran of World War II. 7-209. Donald Ralph, b. 10-5-1926, Bassett Rock, Neb.; served with the Army of Occupation, European Theatre of War, World War II; rn. Betty Kay Hoffman, 1948.

6-108. CHRISTIANA WOLFGANG, daughter of Emanuel (5-23) and Fannie Wolfgang. b. 5-23-1857, Bethel, Ind. m. George Kern; b. 1883, Hamilton Co., Ind. Child of George and Christiana Kern: 7-210. Lee.

6-109. WILLIAM A. WOLFGANG, son of Emanuel (5-23) and Fannie Wolfgang. b. 8-3-1859, Bethel, Ind. d. 1946. m. ( 1) Emma Hughes; (2) Etta Harrison, living at Milroy, Ind., in 1949. Son of William A. Wolfgang: 7-211. Paul.

6-110. ELMER FRANKLIN WOLFGANG, son of Emanuel (5-23) and Fannie Wolf gang. b. 7-Z-1861, Bethel, Ind. d. 12-2.7-1940, Indianapolis, Ind. m. Lucy Dora Neill, 12-17-1890, Noblesville, Ind.; b. 8-12-1868; d. 9-28- 1923. 181

Children of Elmer and Lucy Wolfgang: 7-212. Norris Clay, b. Hamilton Co., Ind.; m. Clofa Randall. 7-213. Marjery Neill, b. 1896, Hamilton Co., Ind.; m. Gilbert Lee Dunnahoo, M. D. 7-214. Robert Nerr, b. 1894, Hamilton Co., Ind.; d. 1919; m. Alma Lewis.

George Wolfgang (6-113)

6-113. GEORGE FISHER WOLFGANG, son of Emanuel (5-23) and Reginia Wolf gang. b~ 9-24-1872, Bethel, Ind. d. 2-24-1932, Noblesville, Ind. m. ()) Lillie 0. Thistlewaite, 1-12-1894, Sheridan, Ind.; b. 1-12-1872; d. 2-16-1916, Sheridan, Ind. (2) Nellie Mace Weaver, 6-15-1917, Louisville, Ky. Children of George and Lillie Wolfgang: 7-215. James Otto, b. 6-11-1896, Sheridan, Ind.; m. Letha Florence Dean, 6-22-1918, Sheridan, Ind. 7-216. Doyle Marcus, b. 6-12-1898, Sheridan, Ind. Served in U.S. Navy, 2-14-1918 to 3-19-1919, World War I; unmarried. 7-217. John Walter, b. 6-11-1900, Sheridan, Ind. m. Ruth Meriam Shiverdecker, 2-22.-1931, Noblesville, Ind.; b. 11-5-1909. No children. 7-218. Bernice Eliza, b. 7-15-1902, Sheridan, Ind.; m. Paul Kelbie Webster, 9-12-1923, Sheridan, Ind. 7-219. Fern Reginia, b. 6-24-1906, Sheridan, Ind.; d. 1937; m. Fred Goins.

6- 115. PEARL MAUD WOLFGANG, daughter of Emanuel (5-23) and Reginia Wolfgang. b. 12-28-1882, Bethel, Ind.; living at Logansport, Ind., 1949. m. ( 1) Leo Denotus DeLabodie; (Z.) Joseph Baker; (3) John Kinzer, 2-7- 19 l 7; b. 1- 13 - 18 86. Child of Leo and Pearl DeLabodie: 7-2.20. Hubert Francis, b. 3-15-1905, South Bend, Ind.; m. Naomi Eltzroth, 1927. 182

6-117. HARRY D. FRYBERGER, son of Andrew and Mary Jane Wolfgang (5-24) Fryberger. m. Clara Phelps. Children of Harry and Clara Fryberger: 7-221. (dau.), m. C. W. Johnson, Austin, Minn., (1949). 7-2l2. (dau.), m. W. J. Fouts, Harrisburg, Pa:, (1949). 7-223. Frieda, d. 3-29-1949, Washington, D.C.; m. Roy Lee Stover, Attorney at Law, Washington, D.C., 1927.

6-119. MYRTILLA FRYBERGER,daughter of Andrew and Mary Jane (5-24) Fryberger. b. 9-28-1873, Clarksville, Ind.; living in Memphis, Tenn., in 1949. m. William E. Riker, Noblesville, Ind.; b. 5-2-1873. Children of Myrtilla and William Riker: 7-224. Mary Isabelle, b. 8-6-1904, _Noblesville, Ind.; m. Clyde Henry Schultz, 12-28-1926. 7-225. Nellie, b. 11-13-1906, Noblesville, Ind.; m. Thomas JL. Beals, 12-3-1928 (Tennessee). 7-226.. William, Jr., b. 7-12-1909, Noblesville, Ind.; m. Beatrice Hopper, 7-2-1937 (Tennessee).

6-121. KA THERINE FRYBERGER, daughter of Andrew and Mary Jane (5-24) Fry berger. b. 2-16-1878, Hamilton Co., Ind. d. 2-23-1927. m. Fred M. Atkins. Children of Fred and Katherine Atkins: 7-227. John Durfee, minister of the Vanderveer Park Methodist Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., (1949). 7-228. David. 7-229. Mary Ruth.

6-129. CASSIUS ALTON WOLFGANG, son of James K. (5-29) and Lucy Wolfgang. b. 3-29-1868, St. Joseph Co., Ind. d. 1-16-1933, Whiting, Ind.; bur. Franklin Community cem., Berrien Co., Mich. m. Nettie Norris, 1886. Children of Cassius and Nettie Wolfgang: 7-230. Goldie, d. young; bur. Berrien Springs cem., Mich. 7-23 l. Jewel, d. young; bur. Berrien Springs cem., Mich.

6-133. ELLA MAY WOLFGANG, daughter of James K. (5-29) and Lucy Wolfgang. b. 11-3-1876, Cass Co., Mich. m. Harry E. Denyes, 2-24-1902, South Bend, Ind.; b. 4-8-1904; d. 1-25- 1920. Children of Harry and Ella May Denyes: 7-232. Dorothy Annette, b. 1-18-1903, Elkhart, Ind.; m. Harry S. Driggs, 6-25-1926, South Bend, Ind. 7-233. Gaylord James, b. 4-8-1904, South Bend, Ind.; d. 1-25-1920, when a student in junior high school; bur. Riverside cem., Dowagiac, Mich. 7-234. Ralph Gordon, b. 10-22-1911, South Bend, Ind.; m. Wilda Dick son, 1-3-1932. 7-235. Elizabeth Lucille, b. 1-11-1919; d. 1-11-1919; bur. Riverside cem., Dowagiac, Mich.

6-134. JULIA ANN WOLFGANG, daughter of James K. (5-29) and Lucy Wolfgang. b. 3-19-1879, Berrien Co., Mich. m. John W. Snuff, farmer, 5-1-.1895, Niles, Mich.; d. 1-30-1938. Children of John and Julia Snuff: 7-236. Irva Jule, b. 6-13-1900, Berrien Co., Mich.; m. (l) Verl Strong, Niles, Mich.; (2) Clarence Myers, 5-23-1938. 183

7-237. Alton J., b. 1-31-1907, Berrien Co., Mich. Single.

6-136. HOMER GILES WOLFGANG, son of James K. (5-29) and Lucy Wolfgang. b. 8-20-1882, Cass Co., Mich. m. Anna Fultz', 10-26-1902, South Bend, Ind. Child of Homer and Anna Wolfgang: 7-238. Goldie Ann, b. 9-11-1912, Chicago, Ill.; m. Mylon Lorenzen, 6-1-1935, Chicago, Ill.

6-137. SADIE ETHEL WOLFGANG, daughter of James K. (5-29) and Lucy Wolf gang. b. 6-6-1887, Berrien Co., Mich. d. 7-21-1926; bur. Riverside cem., South Bend, Ind. m. William A. Ehrich, of South Bend, Ind., 9-20-1909, Niles, Mich. Child of William and Sadie Ehrich: 7-239. William A., Jr., b. 9-11-1912, Chicago, Ill.; graduate of the Tri-State College at Angola, Ind., B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, 1934; B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1935.

6-139. FLOYD MELVIN WOLFGANG, son of James K. (5-29) and Lucy Wolfgang. b. 7-21-1893, Berrien Co., Mich. m. (1) Elotta Pearl Stage, 6-19-1912, South Bend, Ind.; d. 10-26-1918; bur. South Bend, Ind. (2) Theresa M. Shorten, of Winamac, Ind., 3-27-1937. Children of Floyd and Elotta Wolfgang: 7-240. Fred Ellwood, b. 11-14-1913, South Bend, Ind.; m. Evyiyn Holbrook of Warsaw, Ind., 8-1-1936. 7-241. Florence Eileen, b. 7-18-1918, South Bend, Ind., a twin; m. Arden Hull, 12-25-1936, Crown Point, Ind. 7-242. Phylis Darleen, b. 7-18-1918, South Bend, Ind., a twin; m . .Robert Alabaugh, 7-29-1938, South Bend, Ind. Served with U.S. Marines, World War II.

6-140. ANNA MARY KEISER, daughter of Isaac and Eliza Wolfgang (5-30) Keiser. d. 1-13-1945, Indianapolis, Ind. m. Arrius Courtland Bishop; d. 11-23-1943, Indianapolis, Ind. Child of Arrius and Anna Mary Bishop: 7-24J. Nellie Morene, b. 8-14-1893. Nurse; unmarried.

6-141. KATHRYN MAUDE KEISER, daughter of Isaac and Eliza (5-30) Keiser. b. 7-30-1881, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Harry Smith Beaver, b. 8-15-1878; d. 6-20-1946. He was a contractor and builder; art was his hobby. Child of Harry and Kathryn Beaver: 7-244. Olive Blossom, b. 12-25-1909; m. Carl Jester Waltz.

6-143. HENRY FISHER, son of John H. (5-34) and Ellen Fisher. b. 11-18-1857. d. 6-30-1933. m. Eliza Kinnamon, b. 9-16-1858; d. 3-29-1928. Children of Henry and Eliza Fisher: 7-245. Walla Owen, b. 11-10-1879, Hamilton Co., Ind.; d. 5-10-1946. m. ( 1) Nora Whitsel; (2) Nina Collins; (3) Augusta Ballard. 7-246. Harry Victor, b. 12-23-1883, Hamilton Co., Ind.

6-144. CLARA FISHER, daughter of John H. (5-34) and Ellen Fisher. b. 5-10-1861. d. 3-24-1916. m. August Brooks, b. 3-5-1853; d. 2-16-1926. Children of August and Clara Brooks: 7-247. Ernest, b. 6-29-1881, Hamilton Co., Ind.; d. 1881. 184

7-248. John Earl, b. 3-23-1883; m. Stella Miesse. 7-249. Lola Ellen, b. 9-28-1892; d. 8-13-1933. m. Earl Roudebush.

6-145. DANIEL FISHER, son of John H. (5-34) and Ellen Fisher. b. 2-17-1863. d. 12-7-1936. m. Carrie Ellen Harrison, b. 12-22-1866; d. 5-22-1914. Children. of Daniel and Carrie Fisher: 7-250. Eva Pearl, b. 5-24-1887; m. Earl F. Williams. 7-251. George H., b. 12-25-1888; m. ( 1) Grace Lowe; (2) Helen McNeely. 7-252. Ralph F ., b. 1-17-1893; m. Elsie May Johnson. 7-253. Lois E., b. 3-24-1894; d. young. 7-254. Samuel Paul, b. 4-4-1901; d. 2-27-1913. 7-255. Ernest D., b. 4-30-1907; m. Harriet Risler, 7-23-1931.

6-146. NELLIE ELLEN FISHER, daughter of John H. {5-34) and Ellen Fisher. b. 9-8-1864, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. George W. Haverstick, 4-29-1886; b. 2-14-1863. Children of George and Nellie Haverstick: 7-256. John Grover, b. 1-9-1888; m. (1) Chloe M. Wright, 9-9-1909; (2) Harriet Fisher. 7-257. Edna Merle, b. 1-9-1891; m. ( 1) William Thom; {2) Arthur C. Combs, 6-4-1935.

6-148. LYDIA ALICE FISHER, daughter of John H. (5-34) and Ellen Fisher. b. 7-25-1869, Hamilton Co., Ind. d. 8-11-1945. m. Clement Stanford. Child of Clement and Lydia Stanford: 7-258. Mary Lucille, b. 7-1-1905; m. (l) John Evans; (2) Floyd Day.

6-149. CASSIUS FISHER son of John H. (5-34) and Ellen Fisher. b. 6-8-1872, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Kinnamon Sears, b. 3-9-1876. Child of Cassius and Kinnamon Fisher: 7ee.259. Clara Etta, b. 6-11-1916; m. George Dickson, 9-12-1936.

6-150. FRANK FISHER, son of John H. (5-34) and Ellen Fisher. b. 7-8-1875, near Noblesville, Hamilton Co., Ind.; farmer. m. Della Leach, 5-2-1896, Hamilton Co., Ind. Children of Frank and Della Fisher: 7-260. Dersie Elizabeth, b. 10-9-1896, Hamilton Co., Ind.; m. Earl M. Dreher, 10-5-1916. 7-261. Bernice Ione, b. 2-4-1900, Hamilton Co., Ind., m. Arza Byron Laudig, farmer, 7-30-1921, Hamilton Co., Ind. No children.

6-151. AMANDA ELLEN WISEMAN, daughter of Enos and Mary Elizabeth Fisher (5-36) Wiseman. b. 3-8-1860, Frederick Co., Md. d. 9-3-1934, Frederick Co., Md. m. Charles W. Johnson, 1-8-1880, Frederick Co., Md.; b. 6-22-1857; d. 9-3-1918, Frederick Co., Md. Children of Charles and Amanda Johnson: 7-262. Edwin Luther, b. 2-17-1881, Frederick Co., Md.; m. Hazel Lee Summers; 10-18-1908. 7-263. Carrie Elizabeth, b. 10-26-1882, Frederick Co., Md.; m. David Tilden Gaver. 7-264. Hermie Catherine, b. 3-3-1884; d. 11-10-1889, Frederick Co., Md. 7-265. Anna Florence, b. 2-28-1888, Frederick Co., Md.; m. Seymour Summers, 9-13-1905, Md. 185

Frank and Della Fisher Arza Byron and (6-150) Bernice Ione Laudig (7-261)

7-266. Nellie Amanda, b. 9-27-1890, Frederick Co., Md.; m. Clyde L. Harshman, 10-27-1909, Frederick Co., Md. 7-267. Mary Esther, b. 10-14-1894, Frederick Co., Md.; m. Grover C. Gaver. 7-268. Charles Elmer, b. ,. -24-1898, Myersville, Md.; m. Helen Lucinda Johnston.

6-152. WILLIAM FITZHEUGH WISEMAN, son of Enos and Mary Elizabeth (5-36) Wiseman. b. 10-11-1861, Frederick Co., Md. d. 2-13-1936, Dayton, Ohio. m. Flora Freeman, Dec. 1892, Miami Co., Ohio. Child of William and Flora Wiseman: 7-269. Ida, d. aged 8 years.

6-153. DAVID SINGLETON WISEMAN, son of Enos and Mary Elizabeth (5-36) Wiseman. b. 3-30-1864, Frederick Co., Md. d. 10-19-1936, Dayton, Ohio. m. Amanda Catherine Kirst, 4-22-1889, Montgomery Co., Ohio; b. 7-13- 1868, Montgomery Co., Ohio; d. 5-15-1945, Dayton, Ohio; dau. Henry and Sarah Batdorf Kirst. Children of David and Amanda Wiseman: 7-270. Rose.Marie, b. 10-15-1897, Dayton, Ohio; m. Jacob Andrew Reasor, 11-1-1919, Dayton, Ohio; b. 2-13-1897; d. 5-26-1929, Dayton, Ohio; son of Oliver and Mary Ann Engle Reasor. Veteran of World War I from Chillicothe, Ohio. No children. 7-271. Ada Sarah Elizabeth, b. 4-9-1905, Montgomery Co., Ohio. m. (l) Thomas Allen, 10-14-1920, Dayton, Ohio; (2) Clarence Weller, 6-28-1934, Anderson, Ind.; veteran World War I. 186

7-272. Henry Richard, b. 11-2-1906, Montgomery Co., Ohio; m. Gwendolyn Porter, 1-7-1928. 7-273. Walter Eugene, b. 7-28-1910, Dayton, Ohio; m. Margaret Lauvina Franke, 7-6-1929, dau. Herman Albert and Anna Elizabeth Marts Franke.

6-154. JOSEPH JACKSON LEE WISEMAN, son of Enos and Mary Elizabeth (5-36) Wiseman. b. 3-19-1866, Frederick Co., Md. m. Susanna Hunter, 7-12-1887, Montgomery Co., Ohio; b. 5-21-1869, Montgomery Co., Ohio; d. 5-6-1943. Children of Joseph and Susanna Wiseman: 7-274. Musetta Ellen, b. 2-25-1890, Montgomery Co., Ohio; m. Roy L. Dadisman. 7-275. Della May, b. 4-28-1891, Frederick Co., Md.; d. 5-1-1926, Montgomery Co., Ohio. m. Frank C. Caylor. 7-216. William Cleveland, b. 12-19-1892, Frederick Co., Md. m. ( 1) Stella Swope; (2) Mary Kathryn Newcomer. 7-277. Clarence Lee, b. 1-7-1895; d. 7-12-1897, Montgomery Co., Ohio. 7-278. Irma Lillian, b. 1-15-1897, Montgomery Co., Ohio. m. Joseph L. Summers.

6-155. CLARA VIRGINIA WISEMAN, daughter of Enos and Mary Elizabeth (5-36) Wiseman. b. 3-21-1868. d. 12-14-1916. m. ( 1) John Wesley Banks, 12-9-1886; (2) Sherman Goins; (3) Duffey Ennis. Children of John and Clara Banks: 7-279. Ida May, b. 2-21-1888, Montgomery Co., Ohio; m. Lewis Geehring. 7-280. Anna Ruth, b. 12-31-1894; d. 12-2-1930; m. Earl Schramm. 7-281. Susan Ellen, b. 4-21-1900; m. Richard Arlie Easterling.. Child of Sherman and Clara Goins: 7-282. Elizabeth Harriet, b. 9-5-1905; d. 9-14-1923.

6-156. MARY ANN WISEMAN, daughter of Enos and Mary Elizabeth (5-36) Wise man. b. 1870, Frederick Co., Md. m. John Cook. Child of John and Mary Ann Cook: 7-283. Forest.

6-158. FERDINAND ELLIOT FISHER, son of Daniel (5-37) and Jennie Fisher. b. 10-5-1877, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Marie Hummel, 1920. Children of Ferdinand and Marie Fisner. 7-284. Jack. 7-285. Ferd. 7-286. Ward. 7-287. Jane.

6-159. WARD HERBERT FISHER, son of Daniel (5-37) and Jennie Fisher. b. 5-29-1886, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Minnie Genevieve Rohrer, 10-14-1911. Both Ward and Minnie Rohrer Fisher are graduates of the University of Illinois: Ward Fisher, B.S. (Arch. Eng.) 1911; Minnie Rohrer Fisher, B.A., 1909. Child of Ward and Minnie Fisher: 7-288. Janet Davidson, b. 10-7-1923, Oklahoma City, Okla. 187

6- 160. CAL VIN F. FISHER, son of Caleb H. (5-38) and Mat Fisher. d. 1915. rn. twice (no wives' names available). Children of Calvin Fisher: 7-289. Hazel; rn. E. 0. Ruder. 7-290. Lotta. 7.:.291. Cecil. 7-292. Eugene. 7-293. Melba. 7-294. Clarence.

6-163. EVA CHRISTINA FISHER, daughter of Joshua (5-39) and Mary Fisher. rn. James M. Shaffer. Children of James and Eva Shaffer: 7-295. Harry Vernon, m. Matilda Wilson. 7-296, Nellie May, m. Rinehart Barnow. 7-297. Bessie Ellen, m. James Bartlett. 7-298. Violet J., m. Earl Olney. 7-299. Leila, m. Earl Mathews. 7-300. Minnie Alberta, m. Charles Mauk. 7-301. James Elvert. 7-302. Charles Franklin, m. Josephine Dungan.

6- 164. JOHN FRANKLIN FISHER, son of Joshua (5-39) and Mary Fisher. m. Flora Cain. Children of John and Flora Fisher, all born in Hamilton Co., Ind.: 7-303. Harry; m. Geneva Snow. 7-304. Charles; m. Ruth Marshall. 7-305. Jessie; m. William Strait. 7-306. Josephine; m. William Hill. 7-307. Floyd; m. Della Robins. 7-308. Pansy; m. Walter Early. 7-309. Milford; m. Juanita Brummett. 7-310. Clifford. 7-311. Frank; m. Nettie Duckow.

6-166. CORA ELLEN FISHER, daughter of Joshua (5-39) and Mary Fisher. d. 7---23-1935. m. Edgar Gaines Hormel. Child of Edgar and Cora Hormel: 7-312. Edgar Ward, m. ( l_) Wilmette Riley; (2) Alta Allen, 3-21-1942.

6-167. MAUDE EDNA FISHER, daughter of Joshua (5-39) and Mary Fisher. m. George Harvey Brown. Children of George and Maude Brown: 7-313. Paul Harold, m. Dorothy Pearson. 7-314. Sarah Athelene; m. John Brook:;. 7-315. Duane Joshua; m. Katherine Williams.

6-168. KATIE LA RUE FISHER, daughter of Joshua (5-39) and Mary Fisher. m. Guy Travis. Child of Guy and Katie Travis: 7-316. Bert Newman.

6-170. GOLDIE DE CAMP, daughter of William and Amanda Fisher (5-40) De Camp. b. 10-8-1883, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Arthur Bennett, 8-30-1905; b. 11-28-1883; d. 5-20-1921. Children of Arthur and Goldie Bennett, all born in Hamilton Co., Ind.: 7-317. Constance E., b. 8-21-1906; m. Ray Gentry (Ind.). 7-318. Hester Louise, b. 11-28-1908; m. Forrest Taylor. 188

7-319. Lowell, b. 7-1-1910; m. Mary Henshaw, 8-27-1938. 7-320. Mildred, b. 6-22-1912.

6- 17 1. FLOSSIE DE CAMP, daughter of William and Amanda (5-40) De Camp. b. 10-10-1887, Hamilton Co., Ind. d. 10-25-1936, Lapel, Ind. rn. Vern Conway, 6-18-1910 (Ind.); b. 12-5-1883. Child of Vern and Flossie Conway: 7-321. Carroll De, b. 9-23-1921; m. Evelyn Mittendorf, 3-1-1944.

THE PFEIFFERS AND THE FAIRS

6-172. LAURA BELLE PFEIFFER, daughter of Godfrey and Sarah Fair (5-42) Pfeiffer. b. 7-26-1862, Dahlonega, la. d. 6-20-1948, Parkston, S. Dak.; bur. Wyuka cem., Lincoln, Nebr.

Laura Belle Pfeiffer (6-172)

Laura Belle Pfeiffer was an educator. She had neither husband nor children of her own, and in that sense, she reared no family. In a larger sense, however, she reared a host of youths, both boys and girls, who were subjected to her guiding influence of half a century of teaching in the whole system of American public education -- the grades, the secondary schools, and the state university.

Laura Belle received the first preparation for her future career in the public schools of Newton, la. After graduating from high school there, she spent one year in Carthage College in Illinois. Her first teaching position followed in the public schools of Wilber, Nebr. In the fall of 1890 she entered the University of Nebraska, but because she had to finance her own education, she withdrew in 189 l for two years to serve as principal of the high school in York, Nebr. In 1893 she returned to the university and remained with her studies till she earned the A.B. degree in 1897. Thereafter she served for six years as head of the history depart ment in the Omaha, Nebr., high school.

The expPrience of teaching history in the high school stimulated her interest in the subject, and encouraged her to do advanced work in the field. Accordingly, in 1903, Laura Belle Pfeiffer found herself back in the University of Nebraska with a graduate teaching assistantship. This opportunity made it 189

possible for her to receive her M.A. degree in 1906. By now her goal was the Ph. D. degree, which meant intensive original research, including foreign study since her specialization was modern European History, with particular emphasis upon the French Revolution. Therefore, in two succeeding years, 1909 and 1910, she went to France for her investigations. In addition, she spent summers in other years at the Universities of Chicago, Wisconsin, and California. As a result of this work she was awarded the Ph. D. degree by the University of Nebraska in 1912. Then followed her permanent appointment to the faculty of that institution, first as Assistant Professor, and later as Associate Professor of History, her title upon retirement in 1937, and changed to the honorary title Associate Professor Emeritus in 1940 for the rest of her life.

Dr. Pfeiffer's interests were not confined exclusively to the university campus. In 1920 she attended the International Suffrage Conference of Women in Geneva, Switzerland. She was active in the American Association of llniversity Women, the History Teachers' Association of Nebraska, the P.E.O. Sisterhood, and the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. At different periods in her long life she had been affiliated with the Lutheran Church, the Presbyterian Church, and finally the Unitarian Church. Her hobby was collecting antiques. One of her prized possessions was a tall floor clock made in 1810 for her grandfather, George H. Fair, in Carroll Co., Md.

6-173. LOUISE JANE PFEIFFER, daughter of Godfrey and Sarah (5-42) Pfeiffer. b. 12-22-1863, Fremont, Ia. d. 3-6-1934, Des Moines, Ia. m. George H. Kerr, 9-17-1896, Parkston, S. Dak.; b. 8-29-1866, Edwards ville, 111.-, son of Daniel and Clara Estabrook Kerr. Children of George and Louise Kerr: 7-322. Marian Estabrook, b. 8-2-1898, Keokuk, Ia.; m. Glenn Daniel Devine, 6-30-1920, Des Moines, la. 7-323. Carrol George, b. 10-25-1900; d. 10-29-1900, Des Moines, Ia.

6-174. EMM.A MAY PFEIFFER, daughter of Godfrey and Sarah (5-42) Pfeiffer. b. 6-28-1865, Hedrick, Ia. d. 8-17-1899, Omaha, Nebr. m. George Henry Taylor, 11-29-1888, Fonda, la., shoe salesman; b. 7-16-1866, Bascobel, Wisc.; son of Hiram A. and Elizabeth Turner Taylor. Children of George and Emma Taylor. 7-324. Edna Louise, b. 10-28-1889, Omaha, Nebr. Single; musician and composer; B. Mus., Columbia School of Music, Chicago, 1927. 7-325. Helen Elizabeth, b. 6-20-1891, Omaha, Nebr. Single; concert pianist; composer, M. Mus., Columbia School of Music, Chicago; Mu Phi honorary music sorority. 7-326. Georgia, b. 11-20-1892, Omaha, Nebr.; m. Roy Kenneth Straw, 9-5-1916. 7-327. Ruth, b. 3-14-1894, Omaha, Ne.or. Single; nurse; enlisted in U.S. Army, V, orld War I, stationed at Ft. Des Moines, Ia., and Fitzsimmons Hospital, Denver, Colo.; discharged, 12-3-1919. Since 1919, nurse, Omaha Public Schools; Veterans Hospitals, Lincoln, Nebr., and Cheyenne, Wyo.; Veteran's Clinic, Omaha, Nebr. 7-328. Ralph, b. 9-4-1895, Omaha, Nebr.; m. Florence Rutledge, 5-17- 1924. No children. Builder and decorator, Washington, D.C. 7-329. Edwin, b. 11-19-1897, Omaha, Nebr.; m. Nellie Dearmont, 10- 13-1943, Arlington, Va. No children. Veteran World Wars I and II; LL. B., University of Omaha; practicing Attorney, Omaha; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington; in glazing business, Wash ington, D.C. 7-330. Emma May, b. 8-4-1899; d. 9-4-1899, Omaha, Nebr. 190

6-175. REBECCA KATHERINE PFEIFFER, daughter of Godfrey and Sarah (5-42) Pfeiffer. b. 12-29-1867, Hedrick, Ia. d. 4-5-1943, Kadoka, S. Dak. m. ( 1) Dr. Burt Frank Osburn, 12-31-1891, Wilber, Nebr.; b. 3-29-1868, Waterloo, Ia. (2) Samuel Preston Brooks, 2-5-1911; b. 4-25-1852; d. 6-7-1935, Kadoka, S. Dak. Children of Burt and Rebecca Katherine Osburn: 7-331. Lawrence Paul, b. 12-28-1893, Sioux City, Ia.; m. Ethel Viola Jackson, 9-4-1928, Mitchell, S. Dak. 7-332. Eleanor May, b. 7-4-1895, Sioux City, Ia.; m. Harvey Fred Brunner, 8-17-1919, Murdo, S. Dak.

Like her distinguished sister, Laura Belle Pfeiffer, Rebecca Katherine Pfeiffer was also a teacher but her labors were confined to public schools. Her first school was in Wilber, Nebr., where her sister had once taught. In 1896 she came to South Dakota and taught in Parkston which later became the home of another sister, Stella. In 1906 she went with her parents, Godfrey and Sarah Pfeiffer, to Stanley County, South Dakota, and there filed on a homestead northwest of the. new town of Kadoka. This western community was to become her home for the remainder of her life. Here she taught school and reared her two children by her first husband, Dr. Burt Osburn, from whom she was divorced while the children were small. Dr. Osburn was the son of Benjamin Franklin Osburn, a veteran of the Civil War who served with a New York regiment of the Union Army in the, Battle of Gettysburg, and later was with General Sherman on the famous March to the Sea. Katherine, as she was known, became the wife of Samuel Preston Brooks in 1910, who was her devoted husband for 25 years till his death in 1935. When she passed away in 1943, the obituary in her home town newspaper observed that "since her husband died Mrs. Brooks has lived quietly in her home with her books and her memories, ready at all times to lend aid to friends and neighbors."

6~176. STELLA CLARA PFEIFFER, daughter of Godfrey and Sarah (5-42) Pfeiffer. b. 9-14-1873, What Cheer, Ia. m. Richard W. Baisch, 6-19-1902, lumber merchant, Parkston, S. Dak.; b. 1-12-1878, Yankton, S. Dak., son of Henry and Johanna Wenzloff Baisch. Child of Richard and Stella Baisch: 7-333. John Carroll, b. 3-22-1903, Parkston, S. Dak.; m. Thelma Ebenhahn, 6-14-1931, Omemee, N. Dak.

The characteristic of intellectual competence has been a trait that has permeated the whole Pfeiffer lineage, and Stella Baisch has been no exception. She was also a teacher in her younger years, and a student at various educational institutions. When she relinquished that career her interest in education did not wane. She has been a member of her local school board, and a charter member of the Parkston Progressive Literary Club. She is an author of a collection of poems, many of which have been published in magazines and newspapers. Also, she has written two anthologies, a song, "Hor.,espun," and numerous literary articles. Her picture and her mother's picture appeared in the magazine, Out standing Women, Dec. 1929, along with a sketch of South Dakota literature and a poem, Picture of Mother," both written by Mrs. Baisch. Her memberships include, D.A.R., past regent; P.E.O.; Eastern Star, and the Presbyterian Church.

6-1 77. GEORGE CLARENCE WILL, son of Silas and Mary Ann Fair (5-43) Will. b. 9-21-1862, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Lydia Viola Reeves, 8-26-1896, Barnes City, Ia.; b. 1-10-1872, Oskaloosa, Ia.; dau. William J. and Mary Ann Hatfield Reeves. Children of George and Lydia Will: 7-334. Ralph Reeves, b. 8-13-1898, Ottumwa, Ia.; m. ( 1) Ruby Estella Boykin, 3-17-1923; (Z) Gladys Stone, 9-23-1934. 7-335. Frank Maurice, b. 12-3-1900; d. 3-12-1918, Ottumwa, Ia. 19 1

Stella Pfeiffer Baisch (6-176)

7-336. Harold Clarence, b. 2-10-1902, Ottumwa, la.; m. Margaret Mueller, 6-10-1929. 7-337. Everett William, b. 10-26-1903, Ottumwa, Ia.; m. Louise Williams, 7-5-192.5. 7-338. Mary Alice, b. 1-1-1908, Ottumwa, Ia.; m. Rockwell A. Davis, 9-4-1929.

6-179. REBECCA ELLEN WILL, daughter of Silas and Mary Ann (5-43) Will. b. 1-7-1867, Ottumwa, ta. d. 8-15-1946. m. Jacob Chadduck, 6-7-1896, Ottumwa, la. Child of Jacob and Rebecca Chadduck: 7-339. Alice Elizabeth, b. 8-8-1900, Ottumwa, Ia.; m. Louis C. May, 1935.

6-180. DELPHA LOWENBERG, daughter of Jacob and Ellen Fair (5-44) Lowenberg. b. 8-9-1864, Ottumwa, Ia. d. 4-12-1936, Agency, Ia. m. Clinton Miller, 1883, Wapello Co., Ia.; b. 7-3-1858; d. 10-19-1928, Agency, Ia. Children of Clinton and Delpha Miller, all born near Ottumwa, Ia.; 7-340. Grace, b. 2-23-1884; m. James F. Williams, 4-21-1912. 7-341. Floyd, b. 10-23-1885; m. Ida Hurr, 4-4-1911. 7-342. Blanche, b. 8-30-1887; d. 11-1-1921. 7-343. Arnold, b. 1-22-1889; m. Nina Trout, 2-17-1915. 7-344. Madge, b. 10-17-1890; m. Wendell Graham, 4-22-1920. 7-345. Claire Clement, b. 2-20-1892; m. Lana Edith Yeager, 1-26-1916; b. 1-21-1897, Bladensburg, Ia. No children. 7-346. Ray, b.·1-20-1894; m. Elizabeth M. North, 1-17-1923. 7-347. Beulah, b. 5-4-1896; 'TI. Charles Vannoy, 4-27-1921. 7-348. Kenneth, b. 7-21-1898; m. Willa Brownlee, 8-25-1928. 7-349. Nettie, b. 1-9- 190 l, Single; she is Administrative Assistant to the Wapello County Superintendent of Schools, Ottumwa, Ia., an educational career she has pursued since 1930. She has been of great assistance in the preparation of this genealogy. 192

7-350. Effie, b. 3-16-1904; m. Ray Box, 10-28-1925. 7-351. Dorothy, b. 10-30-1907; m. Harry Wood, 7-17-1929.

6-181. JUDSON A. LOWENBERG, son of Jacob and Ellen (5-44) Lowenberg. b. 3-15-1867, Agency, Ia. d. 9-1-1941, Chicago, Ill. m. ( l) Nettie Cunningham, b.4-8-1867; d. 1-2-1900. (2) Blanche Davis, b. 5-25-1886. Children of Judson and Nettie Lowenberg: 7-352. Miriam E., b. 7-22-1897, Ottumwa, Ia.; single. Miriam E. Lowenberg is a scientist, scholar and author in the highly technical but extremely important field of child nutrition. Her educational background consists of the following: Ph. B., University of Chicago; M.S., Iowa State College; and Ph. D., Iowa State University. Her experience includes college teaching positions in Home Economics and Child Nutrition. Some titles of her books and other publications are as follows: "Food for Your Children," 1934; "Your Child's Food," 1939; "What Shall My Child Eat?" 1938; "Food for Young Children in Group Care," 1942; and numerous articles in Parents' Magazine, Woman's ~ Companion, and less known periodicals. Honorary member of the Eugene Field Society of Writers, and recipient of the Omicron Nu Fellowship from the National Home Economics honorary society. 7-353. Morris Cunningham, b. 12-13-1899, Ottumwa, Ia.; m. Frances Lee Van Slyke. · Children of Juds.on and Blanche Lowenberg: 7-354. Norma, b. 2-17-1907, Ottumwa, Ia. 7-355. Floyd, b. 11-8-1908, Ottumwa, Ia. 7-356. Thelma, b. ll-21-1910, Ottumwa, Ia.; rn. Harold Sonnechien, 3-11-1939.

6-182. CORA LOWENBERG, daughter of Jacob and Ellen (5-44) Lowenberg. b. 1-31-1870, Agency, Ia. m. Frank Connelly, 6-16-1898; b. 9-1-1872, Agency, Ia.; was auditor for the Lasham Cartage Co., Chicago, Ill., for 25 years. Children of Frank and Cora Connelly: 7-½7. Ned, b. 5-21-1899, Hedrick, la.; m. Esther Jansen, 1922. 7-358. Hal, b. 2-1-1903, Chicago, Ill.; m. (1) Myrtle Andersen, 8-14- 1926, Chicago, Ill.; b. 6-27-1903; d. 8-31-1933, Chicago, Ill. (2) Fern Lane, 10-31-1936. No children. Hal Connelly is a commercial photographer with the Jam Handy Commercial Advertising Corporation, Chicago.

6-184. ROY LOWENBERG, son of Jacob and Ellen (5-44) Lowenberg. b. 9-21-1877, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Carrie Krieling, 6-7-1905; b. 1884. Children of Roy and Carrie Lowenberg: 7-359. Harry Rome, b. 9-20-1909; m. Edith Eitrick. 7-360. Georgia.

6-185. FISHER ALTIS FAIR, son of George W. (5-45) and Eleanor Fair. b. 1-7-1872, Agency, Ia. m. ( 1) Nell Spry, 11-7-1897, Agency, la.; b. 6-14-1874, Kirkville, Ia.; d. 7-15-1928, Council Bluffs, Ia.; dau. Henry Newton and Eberilla Bane Spry. (2) Nellie Foster, 9-17-1939, Ft. Morgan, Colo. Children of Fisher Altis and Nell F·air: 7-361. Donald Spry, b. 10-4-1898, Council Bluffs, Ia.; m. Lou French. 7-362. Harold Clements, b. 7-21-1902, Council Bluffs, Ia.; m. Ruth Gregerson. Harold Fair is Assistant Manager and Program Director of Radio Station WHO, Des Moines, Ia. ( 1949) 193

7-363. Virginia Bane, b. 5-22-1904, Council Bluffs, Ia.; m. Ernest Bergman. Virginia Bane Bergman is an accomplished pipe organist. 7-364. Fisher Altis, Jr., b. 10-22-1917, Council Bluffs, la.; m. (1) Mary Ellen Shaffer; (2) Lois Louise Burson.

6- 188. HARRY CLARENCE FAIR, son of George W. (5-45) and Eleanor Fair. b. 6-4-1878, Agency, la. d. 2-14-1947. m. Della Chidester. Children of Harry and Della Fair: 7-365. Harry Clarence, Jr., b. (?); d. 4-11-1916. 7-366. Mary Ellen, b. (?); d. 5-12-1909. 7-367. Elizabeth, b. 12-22-1915.

6-189. DRURY HAMPTON FAIR, son of George W. (5-45) and Eleanor Fair. b. 12-14-1882, Agency, Ia. m. Bessie Everhard, 7-2'- 1914. Child of Drury and Bessie Fair: 7-368. Jean.

6-190. ADAM BERT FAIR, M.D., son of Elias D. (5-46) and Sarah Fair. b. 11-22-1870, Wapello Co., la. d. 10-21-1939, Ottumwa, Ia. He was an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. m. ( 1) Clara Harvet, 6-24-1896, Wapello Co., la.; d. 10-22-1911. (2) Alma ~,,.----' 1912. Children of Dr. Adam Bert and Clara Har vet Fair: 7-369. Claude Harvet; m. Alice Johnson. 7-370. Helen Louise; m. Lucian Stanton. 7-371. Robert J .; m. Dorothy Arrison.

6-194. PEARL ELIZABETH FAIR, daughter of Elias D. (5-46) and Sarah Fair. b. 10-8-1883, Agency, Ia. m. Benjamin H. Erb, D.D.S., 6-16-1910; b. 2-12-1879, Grundy Center, Ia., a practicing dentist at Anamosa, Ia., 1949. SonofJuhn and Adella Swan Erb. Child of Benjamin and Pearl Erb: 7-372. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 10-17-1911, Anamosa, Ia.; m. Kenneth R. Hargrave, 3-1-1935.

6-195. WILLIAM E. FAIR, son of Elias D. (5-46) and Sarah Fair. b. 3-20-1885, Agency, Ia. d. 12-24-1938. m. Alice Forbes. Children of William and Alice Fair: 7-373. Sarah Ann, b. 6-29-1925; m. Edwin Berkeley Rabjohn, 2-19-1948, Emporia, Kans. Sarah Ann is "· graduate of Stanford University, and is a medical technician in the Palo Alto, Calif., clinic (1949). 7-374. William Forbes, b. 3-24-1932.

6-196. FRED ADAM FAIR, son of Henry (5-47) and Mollie Fair. b. Agency, la. d. 4-22-1935, Denver, Colo. He was a civil engineer. m. ( l) Isabella ; (2) Mary Burger; (3) Ruby Goodwin. Children of Fred and Mary Fair: 7-375. Fred Adam, Jr. 7-376. John Henry. 7-377. Marion Jay. Child of Fred and Ruby Fair: 7-378. Charles Russell. 194

6-201. INA Z. FERRIS, daughter of Sherman and Amanda Fair (5-48} Ferris. b. 7-31-1892. m. William L. Seipp, 8-27-1913; b. 7-13-1885; d. 6-26-1943, Tacoma, Wash. Children of William and Ina Seipp: 7-379. Audrey Amanda, b. 8-21-1914. Single. 7-380. Joseph ·William, b. 7-31-1916, lieutenant in U.S. Air Corps, 1940-1949; m. Edna Abraham, 6-26-1948. 7-381. Robert Walter, b. 8-20-1924.

6-202. AVONIA KYLE CLEMENTS, daughter of Wilbur and Rebecca Fair (5-49) Clements. b. 7-24-1872, Agency, Ia. m. William Henry Perdew, 8-19-1897, Agency, la.; b. 7-26-1867, Carthage, Ill.; d. 8-29-1937, Agency, Ia. ·Son of William and Rebecca Westbrook Perdew. Children of William and Avonia Perdew. 7-382. William Clements, b. 1-28-1900, Boston, Mass.; m. Mary Hale, 6-29-1922. 7-383. Ava Jeanette, b. 1-12-1902, New Sharon, la.; a teacher; single. 7-384. Neil Westbrook, b. 1-17-1903, New Sharon, Ia.; m. Bernice Calix, Nov. 1931. 7-385. Richard Melville, b. 3-7-1905, Mediapolis, Ia.; m. Hanni Schubert, 4-10-1940. 7-386. Harlan Fiske, b. 12-19-1906, Centerville, Ia.; m. Dorothy Bart mass, 12-31-1937. 7-387. Rebecca F ., b. 2-25-1908, Centerville, Ia.; m. Charles A. Clinton, Aug. 1938. 7-388. Miriam, b. 12-19-1911, Newton, Ia.; m. Dennis L. Fox, Aug. 1931. 7-389. Philip Wilbur, b. 9-20-1915, Oskaloosa, Ia.; m. Ruth A. Sener, Apr. 1939.

6-204. GLADYS MERLE CLEMENTS, daughter of Wilbur and Rebecca (5-49) Clements. b. 2-7-1887, Agency, Ia. m. Lorne Parks, 6-10-1908. Children of Lorne and Gladys Parks: 7-3"90. Lorne Clements, b. 4-16-1909; m. 8-28-1934, name of wife not supplied. 7-391. Marjorie Dell, b. 9-11-1913. 7-392. Barbara Meryl, b. Aug. 1925; m. Aug. 1947, name of husband not supplied.

6-206. LAURA MABEL DIMMITT, daughter of Robert and Lydia Fair (5-50) Dimmitt. b. 2-2-1878, Ottumwa, Ia.; moved to California in 1904.

Laura Mabel Dimmitt has remained unmarried. She has spent forty-four years of her life as a school teacher. When she reached the age of retirement under the California State Retirement Law, she took advantage of its provisions to give her attention to her home and to her mother, Lydia Fair Dimmitt. For the latter, she cared tenderly during her last years at her lovely home in Hunt ington Park, California.

6-207. HOWARD GlLBER T DIMMITT, son of Robert and Lydia (5-50) Dimmitt. b. 4-25-1880, Wapello Co., Ia. His occupation was master mechanic and roundhouse foreman for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad until his retirement in 1944. m. Edith Blanche Stevens, 6-15-1904; b. Wapello Co., la. Children of Howard and Edith Dimmitt: 7-393. Robert John, b. 6-16-1905, Ottumwa, Ia.; m. Mildred Elizabeth Nockleby, 8-18-1926. 195

7-394. Bruce Stevens, b. 9-26-1906, Othunwa, · la.; m. Lorraine Gaffney, 10-6-1934. 7-395. Lyndall Lura, b. Z-4-1909, Ottumwa, Ia.; m. Gerald Zimmerman, 9-28-1945. No children. Prior to her marriage, the peacetime career of Lyndall Lura Dimmitt was that of physio-therapy technician and teacher in Springfield, Ill. During World War II, she enlisted in the U.S.A. Medical Corps to continue her pro fession in the Beaumont General Hospital, El Paso, Texas. When the war ended she came back to Illinois and married Gerald Zimmerman who is an Illinois State Highway Engineer. 7-396. Howard Gordon, b. 10-19-1910, Ottumwa, la.; m. Magdalen Coppens, 11-28-1935.

6-209. KYLE D. DIMMITT, daughter of Robert and Lydia (5-50) Dimmitt. b. 3-3-1885, Dahlonega, la. m. Ralph Clayton Hofmann, 1-18-1905, near Ottumwa, la.; b. 6-17-1882, Ottumw~, Ia.; son of Bernhardt and Maria Rosena Schlageter Hofmann, Children of Ralph and Kyle Hofmann: 7-397. William Bernhardt, b. 8-5-1906; d. 11-30-1906, Ottumwa, la. 7-398. Mary Louise, b. 2-18-1909, Ottumwa, Ia., m. Frederick Roy Egan, 6-9-1934, who enlisted in the U.S. Army, World War II, message center, 333rd Infantry, 12-7-1942; promoted to 1st Lt., Corps of Engineers. No children. 7-399. Oliver Dimmitt, b. lZ-lZ-1911, Regina, Can., m. Phyllis Upton, 3-Z-1935.

6-Z 10. CLARENCE CASSEL DIMMITT, son of Robert and Lydia (5-50) Dimmitt. b. lZ- lZ-1887, Dahlonega, Ia. m. Ozella Rosemond Rudd, 6-24-1914; b. 10-1-1893, Logan, Ia. Children of Clarence and Ozella Dimmitt: 7-400. Virginia Mabel, b. 7-20-1917, Huntington Park, Calif.; m. Edward Merman, 6-24-1938. 7-401. William John, b. 7-6-1921, Huntington Park, Calif.; m. Beverly Stover, 2-14-1942. World War II service: Machinist Mate, U.S. Coast Guard. 7-402. Marjorie Kyle,· b. 3-20-1923, Huntington Park, Calif.; m. William Reed Boardman, 7-21-1944. 7-403. Robert Clarence, b. 2-18-1928, Huntington Park, Calif.; m. Norma Jean Schaffer, 12-20-1947.

6-Zll. ROBERT EARL DIMMITT, son of Robert and Lydia (5-50) Dimmitt. b. 6-19-1890, Dahlonega, la. d. l l-Z-1942, Bell Gardens, Calif.; bur. Rose Hill cem., Whittier, Calif. m. Bertha Viola Porter, 1-1-1913; b. 4-20-1894. Children of Robert and Bertha Dimmitt: 7-404. Donald Earl, b. 12-22-1916, Huntington Park, Calif.; m. Tillie Kaiser, 3-12-1936. World War II service: Seabee ship fitter. 7-405. Dorothy Clydena, b. 10-10-19lis, near Downey, Calif.; m. Edwin Gaston, 3-24-1940. 7-406. Elizabeth Jean, b. 8-11-1923, near Downey, Calif.; m. Ira L. Watson, 12-12-1944.

6-ZlZ. HERBERT HARRY DIMMITT, son of Robert and Lydia (5-50) Dimmitt. b. 1-27-1893, near Ottumwa, Ia. d. 2-2-1943, Los Angeles, Calif.; bur. Forest Lawn cem., Glendale, Calif. m. Mary Adelaid~ Church, 6-12-1914, Los Angeles, Calif.; b. 9-16-1894, Evansville, Ind.; dau. Stephen Hayes and Eliza Brizius Church. Children of Herbert and Mary Dimmitt: 7-407. Douglas Church, b. 1-7-1922, Los Angeles, Calif.; m. Ruth Margaret Harris, 6-10-1944. World War II service: Aviation cadet at Yale University. 7-408. Herbert Elmer, b. 4-6-1926. World War II service.

6-213. RALPH BERTRAND DIMMITT, son of Robert and Lydia (5-50) Dimmitt. b. 8-15-1895, near Ottumwa, Ia. m. Jennie Elizabeth Larnbert, 2-14-1920, Los Angeles, Calif.; b. 10-4- 1897, New London, Conn.; dau. Thomas and Elizabeth Strawbridge Lambert. Child of Ralph and Jennie Dimmitt: 7-409. Richard Bertrand, Jr., b. 8-22-1925, Los Angeles, Calif. Served in World War II. Chapter XIV

THE FISHER LINEAGE

GENERATION VI, (Concluded)

6-214. IVAN ALBER TO FISHER, son of George Calvin (5-52) and Elizabeth Fisher. b. 4-23-1875, South Bend, Ind. d. 1927. m. May Colling. Children of Ivan and May Fisher: 7-410. Harold Ivan, b. Feb. 1900. 7-411. Bernice, died in infancy. 7-412. Kenneth Albert, b. 12-23-1904. 7-413. Edwin Elroy, b. 3-8-1909; m. Marjorie O'Conner.

6-215. ELTA LUETTA FISHER, daughter of George Calvin (5-52) and Elizabeth Fisher. b. 11-8-1878, South Bend, Ind. m. Charles Oswald Thamer, 1-11-1899, York, Nebr.; b. 10-7-1874, Taswell Co., Ill. Children of Charles and Elta Thamer: 7-414. Charles Rolland, b. 12-5-1900, near York, Nebr.; d. 7-13-1901. 7-415. Gladys Irene, b. 4-1-1906, near York, Neb.; m. Harry Raymond Atkison, 4-1-1924, Belleville, Kans. 7-416. Vera Luetta, b. 6-24-1915, near York, Neb.; m. Jerold R. Hicok, 2-14-1942, Seattle, Wash.; b. 4-16-1916. No children. The World War II service of Jerold R. Hicok: Eighteen months with First and Third Armies in five major campaigns on the continent of Europe: Normandy, Ardennes, Rhineland, Northern France, and Central Europe.

6-217. MELVIN ERLE FISHER, son of George Calvin (5-52) and Elizabeth Fisher. b. 1-16-1882, South Bend, Ind. m. Goldie Children of Melvin and Goldie Fisher: 7-417. Juanita. 7-418. Stanley. 7-419. George Calvin. 7-420. Donald. 7-421. Jack.

6-218. CEDRIC CHARLES FISHER, son of Geurge Calvin (5-52) and Elizabeth Fisher; watchmaker. b. 6-1-1883, York, Nebr. d. 2-9-1941, Waukegan, Ill. m. Anna M. Reynolds, 6-17-1907, Waukegan, Ill.; b. 6-30-1886, Menomonie, Wisc. Children of Cedric and Anna Fisher: 7-422. Wesley Reynolds, b. 10-1-1912, Aberdeen, S. Dak.; d. 1-21-1914, Norfolk, Nebr. 7-423. Gerald Laverne, b. 6-24-1914, Norfolk, Nebr.; m. Caroline Gallaugher, 9-14-1936. 7-424. Cedric Stephen, b. 11-11-1916, Norfolk, Nebr., m. Wanda Ferguson, 9-18-1940, Ellendale, Minn. 197 198

6-219. JENNIE GLADYS FISHER, daughter of George Calvin (5-52) and Elizabeth Fisher. b. 4-8-1885. m. Charles F. Sabine, veteran of World War I, 4-30-1906; d. Oct. 1932.. Children of Charles and Jennie Sabine: 7-425. Theodore, b. Jan. 1907; m. Fern Hoover, May, 1934. 7-426. Norman C., m. Janette Aiken, Oct. 1930. 7.-427. Kenneth Fisher, b. Aug. 1916; m. Jane Collyer, Sept. 1939. 7-428. Marjorie, b. 1918; m. William Otis. 7-429. Charles F., Jr., b. May, 1923. 7-430. Robert, b. June, 1925. 7-431. Shirley Mae, b. 5-30-1927.

6-220. LEILA DOTT FISHER, daughter of George Calvin (5-52) and Elizabeth Fisher. b. 7-31-1889. m. (1). Charles Michael Smith, 6-25-1906; (2) Dean; (3) F. J. Civalier. --- Children: 7-432. Dorothy Mildred, b. 6-8-1909, Chicago, Ill.; m. E. G. Weterer, 10-22-1938. 7-433. Beatrice Leila, b. 11-30-1916, Chicago, Ill.; m. Dean E. Wallace, 6-14-1939.

6-221. FLORENCE EDWINA FISHER, daughter of George Calvin (5-52) and Elizabeth Fisher. b. 8-5-1891. m. William A. French, Sept. 1914; d. 1918. Child of William and Florence French: 7-434. William Charles, m. Lela Bernards.

6-222. MILDRED H. FISHER, daughter of George Calvin (5-52} and Elizabeth Fisher. Graduate, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1920. b. 1-29-1893. m. Milton Burr Gore, Oct. 1927. Children of Milton and Mildred Gore: 7-435. Milton Burr, Jr., b. 6-28-1929. 7-436. Robert Fisher, b. 11-8-1932.

6-223. PHILLIP ERLE MANCHESTER, son of Benjamin and Mary Jane Fisher (5-53) Manchester. b. 6-20-1868, Elkhart, Ind. d. 11-25-1945, Sarasota, Fla.; bur. Greenwood cem., Brooklyn, N. Y. m. Grace Wheeler, 10-12-1893, Goshen, Ind.; b. 8-5-1874, Brooklyn, N. Y.; dau. Willis Leonard and Lillian Bennett Funk Wheeler. Child of Phillip and Grace Manchester: 7-437. Doris, b. 11-2-1898, Toledo, O.; m. Allen Irving Smith, 6-17-1920.

"The American Legion certified that there has been deposited with National Headquarters a certified copy of a service record showing that Phillip E. Man chester rendered patriotic services to the National Cause during the Great War (World War I). He served as Division Engineer for the New York Central Railroad at Cleve- " land, Ohio, under the direction of the U.S. Railroad Administration for the U.S. Government.

6-228. HAZEL DE FISHER, daughter of Jerome (5-55) and Ellen Fisher. b. 9-10-1891, Plymouth, Ind. m. Aubrey Elmore Tracy, 10-10-1909, an employee of the New York Central Railroad for 44 years; b. 7-23-1883, Elkhart, Ind. Child of Aubrey and Hazel Tracy: 7-438. Jean De Ver, b. 10-10-1914, Elkhart, Ind.; m. Clarence D. Bruns, 8-28-1937. 199

6-230. FLORENCE EDWINA BOTEFUHR, daughter of John and Maria Fisher (5-57) Botefuhr. b. 5-14-1882, Toledo, Ohio. m. ( 1) Daniel Bradley Crane, 1-11-1903; (2) Roland H. Newton, 7-24- 1948, of Detroit, Mich. Children of Daniel and Florence Crane: 7-439. John Jarvis, b. 1-13-1904, Toledo, 0.; d. 1-21-1943; m. Imogene St. Clair, 9-2-1926, Toledo, 0. 7-440. Daniel Bradley, b. 8-9-1908, Toledo, O.; m. Alba Hale Bodell, 8-2-1934, Monroe, Mich.

6-231. MARGUERITE MAY FISHER, daughter af Levi P. (5-58) and Emma Fisher. b. 12-7-1887, Toledo, 0. m. (1) William Moses Ramsell, 11-18-1915, Austin, Minn.; b. 3-27-1885, Ottumwa, la.; d. 6-6-1918, Iowa City, Ia.; bur. Ottumwa, Ia.; son of William Benjamin and Caroline Roemer Ramsell. (2) Fred Graham Bogle, 1928, Long Beach, Calif.; d. 1935. Children of William and Marguerite Ramsell: 7-441. Helen Marguerite, b. 10-7-1916, Iowa City, Ia.; m. Comdr. George Henry Miller, 10-11-1945. 7-442. William Moses, Jr., b. 1-23-1918, Iowa City, Ia.; m. Betty June Grissom, 1-11-1947, Denver, Colorado.

Marguerite Fisher .Bogle graduated from Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, in 1909. She then taught mathematics in the Albert Lea College for Women, Albert Lea, Minn., for five years. She ended her teaching career when she married William Ramsell in 1q15. Mr. Ramsell was engaged in the wholesale grocery business in Iowa City, Ia. During the period of World War I he gave special assistance to the retail grocers of Iowa in their efforts to conform to the regulations of the Federal Food Administration. In recognition of such services he was cited by the latter for his patriotic spirit and devotion to duty as Canned Food Inspector in the area under his supervision. His untimely death occurred before he could experience the satisfaction of the victorious culmination of the war effort to which he had given his energy.

During his young manhood William Ramsell was a student in the School of Law at Iowa State University. He was an athlete listed as an All-American center on the basketball team of his alma mater. A few years after his wife, Marguerite, was left a widow, she moved with her two small children to Long Beach, Calif., which has since been her home. Here she married Fred Graham Bogle in 1928, but again death robbed her of her companion and she was left a widow a second time in 1935. In spite of her vicissitudes, she has successfully raised her two fine children, Helen and William, to the place where they have established their own families. Her personal sorrows along the way have been mitigated to a degree by the presence of both of her parents in Long Beach till the death of her mother in 194 7, and presently by her spirited old father who now makes his home with her ( 1949).

6-232. HERBERT HORMEL FISHER, son of Levi P. (5-58) and Emma Fisher. b. 4-22-1891, Toledo, 0. m. Wilhelmina Saunders, 1915, a graduate in Home Economics, Iowa State University; dau. of Dr. W. J. and Anna Elzel Saunders Child of Herbert and Wilhelmina Fisher: 7-443. David William, b. 6-3-1916, Salt Lake City, Utah; m. Dorothy Marshall, 11-18-1942, Burlington, Ia.

6-235. ADA MAY FISHER, daughter of Silas (5-61) and Phyanna Fisher: b. 7-23-1870, Elkhart, Ind. m. ( l) Adam W. Neu, b. 12-10-1869, New Berlin, Ohio; (2) Sylvester E. Johnson, b. 10-10-1869, Ligonier, Ind. Children of Adam and Ada May Neu: 200

7-444. Gladys Evelyn, b. 7-1-1893, Elkhart, Ind.; m. Oliver R. Wenger, 10-10-1910. 7-445. Beryl lrine, b. 2-15-1895, Elkhart, Ind.; m. Ronald Huff. 7-446. Charles Raymond, b. 11-1-1896, Cando, N. Dak.; m. (1) Leah Marie Orr, 6-26-1921; (2) Marian Christian. 7-447. Clarence L., b. 9-1-1898, Dauphin, Manitoba, Can. Single. 7-448. Vernon E. (Reinoldt, an adopted name), b. 9-26-1900, Dauphin, Manitoba, Can.; m. Lillian Ruth Murphy, 12-11-1926. 7-449. Byron H., b. 3-22-1902, Dauphin, Manitoba, Can.; d. 4-22-1902. 7-450. Franklin Howard, b. 7-7-1903, Dauphin, Manitoba, Can.; m. Helen Summerlott, 7-9-1927. 7-451 .. Cecil E., b. 9-15-1905, Dauphin, Manitoba, Can.; d. April, 1920.

6-236. EMMA FLORETTA FISHER, daughter of Silas (5-61) and Phyanna Fisher. b. 2-2-1873, Elkhart, Ind. m. Lewis Stout Van Antwerp, 10-1-1891, Elkhart, Ind.; b. 4-1-1869, New Brunswick, N. J.; d. 1-28-1938, Benton Harbor, Mich.; son of James and Kate Cannon Van Antwerp. Children of Lewis and Emma Van Antwerp: 7-452. Lewis Edward, b. 6-29-1892, Benton Harbor, Mich.; m. Florence Morse, 1920, of St. Joseph, Mich. 7-453. James Spencer, b. 10-7-1894, Benton Harbor, Mich.; m. Anna Margaret Kuschell, 12-7-1919. 7-454. Ethel May, b. 10-10-1897, Jeffersonville, Ind.; d. 5-16-1921', Chicago, Ill.; m. Vernon L. Short, 9-5-1920. No children.

6-238. BERTHA LENORA FISHER, daughter of Silas (5-61) and Phyanna Fisher. b. 12-20-1879, Elkhart, Ind. d. 5-15-1907, Elkhart, Ind. m. George E. Vernier, 5-23-1900; b. 1-29-1882. Children of George and Bertha Vernier: 7-455. Thelma Esta, b. 5-25-1901, Elkhart, Ind.; m. Vail Hedge, 8-26- 1928. 7-456. Ethel Lenora, b. 11-3-1902, Elkhart, Ind.; m. Kenneth Hardwick, 11-17-1928.

6-239. ROY~L PRESTON FISHER, son of Silas (5-61) and Phyanna Fisher. b. 1-28-1882, Elkhart, Ind. d. 3-28-1942, Cleveland, 0. m. (1) Leanna Brenner, d. 1924, Cleveland, 0., bur. Elkhart, Ind.; (2) Madge I. Davidson, 8-12-1925. Children of Royal and Leanna Fisher: 7-457. Robert Edmund, b. 3-6-1904, Elkhart, Ind.; m. Katherine Forman. 7-458. George Henry, b. 12-20-1906, Elkhart, Ind.; m. Maxine Burger.

6-240. MAYME FISHER, daughter of Gideon (5-63) and Mary Fisher. b. 5-12-1883, Ft. Wayne, Ind. m. Guy McConnell, 8-11-1903, Elkhart, Ind. Children of Guy and Mayme McConnell: 7-459. Jack, b. 8-15-1904. 7-460. (Daughter) b. 12-12-1905.

6-241. ETHEL PEARL FISHER, daughter of Gideon (5-63) and Mary Fisher. b. 8-13-1889, Elkhl'l.rt, Ind. d. 1-19-1932. m. Ernest Wright Baldwin, 6-9-1909. Children of Ernest and Ethel Baldwin: 7-461. Delight Arthur, b. 6-3-1910; d. 10-12-1910. 7-462. Delbert George, b. 6-17-1911. 7-463. Verna Pearl, b. 1-26-1916; m. Lyle Robert Wilburn, 6-21-1932. 7-464. Duane Harmon, b. 4-30-1921. 7-465. Vesta Ilene, b. 12-20-1926. 201

6-242 ALBERT AR THUR FISHER, son of Gideon (5-63) and Mary Fisher. b. 3-28-1892. m. Marjory Fern Moore. 3-20-1912. Child of Albert and Marjory Fisher: 7-466. Virginia Fern, b 8-15-1914; m. Oscar Dillion, 10-17-1933.

6-2.45. RUTH FISHER, daughter of Lorenzo (5-65) and Emma Fisher b., 10-30-1894. m. Samuel Earl Keesey, 6-8-1918, South Bend Ind. Child of Samuel and Ruth Keesey: 7-467. Samuel Fisher, b. 5-3-1919, South Bend; Ind.; m. Marjorie Jean Jones, 6-20-1944, South Bend, Ind.

6-246. JEANNE FISHER, daughter of Lorenzo (5-65) and Emma Fisher. Member D.A.R., National No. 333,036. b. 3-3-1896, Monmouth, Ore. m. Chester Lee Witwer, 10-27-1923, South Bend, Ind.; b. 9-2.0-1896, Plymouth, Ind.; son of Edwin Lee Witwer. Child of Chester and Jeanne Witwer: 7-468. William Lee, b. 1-2.6-1935, South Bend, Ind.

6-247. EU LORA STEFFEY, daughter of Martin Luther (5-6 7) and Mary Anna Steffey. b. 5-7-1869, South Bend, Ind. d. 12-7-1942, Glendale, Calif., and buried there. m. Henry Nelson Bradbury, 3-18-1891, South Bend, ~nd.; b. 4-15-1870, Bloomington, Minn.; d. 9-21-1940, Glendale, Calif. Children of Henry and Eulora Bradbury: 7-469. Nelle Harmon, b. 6-20-1893, Bloomington, Minn.; m. Alfred Rasmussen, 10-6-1926, Los Angeles, Calif., d. 11-2.4-1939, Fresno, Calif. No children. 7-470. Claude Albion, b. 1-14-1895, Minneapolis, Minn.; m. Eleanor Clemons, 9-12-1933, Glendale, Calif. No children. 7-471. Estelle Marion, b. 4-29-1904, Mil)neapolis, Minn.; m. George Wilkins, 7-5-1925, Glendale, Calif.

6-2.54. ALLAN OLINTHUS FREEHAFER, son of George and Sarah Jane Steffey (5-69)- Freehafer. b. 5-27-1870, South Bend, Ind. m. Anna Kimmel, 6-26-1895, Dayton, O.; b. 3-2.4-1871; d. 3-4-1946, Dayton, 0.; dau. Christian and Sarah Ecki Kimmel. Children of Allan and Anna Freehafer: 7-472. Sarah Jane, b. 8-7-1897, Dayton, O.; m. Lester J. Schloerb, 10-20-1923. 7-4 7 3. Charles Arthur, b. 10-16-1903, Dayton, O.; m. Gertrude Runyon, 3-22-1936, La Grange, Ill.

Allen 0. Freehafer came from Indianapolis, Ind., to Dayton, Ohio, in 189 1. In the latter city he has been engaged in the real estate and insurance business since 1895. He is a member of the Richard Montgomery Chapter of S.A.R., National No. 41,364; State No. l, 898.

6-255. NELLE BERTHA FREEHAFER, daughter of George and Sarah Jane (5-69) Freehafer. b. 4-4-1874, Decatur, Ill. m. John William Maag, 9-26-1894, Indianapolis, Ind.; b. 8-15-1871, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 3-3-1941, suddenly in Jackson, Miss., while away from his home in Dayton, Ohio. Children of John and Nelle Maag: 7-4 74. Dorothy Cornelia, b. 4-18-1898; d. 7-2.9-1900. 7-475. Blessing Elizabeth, b. 9-29-1901, Dayton, 0.; m. Hugh Doane Watson, 3-1-1924, Dayton, 0. 202

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6-257. CHARLOTTE FIDELIA ORT, daughter of Daniel and Alice Steffey (5-70) Ort. b. 9-2-7-1869, South Bend, Ind. m. Peter Jacob Novis, 10-18-1887; b. 8-18-1862, St. Joseph, Ind.; d. 11- 2-1934, South Bend, Ind. Children of Peter and Charlotte Novis: 7-476. Ort Lionel, died young. 7-477. Wana Leon, b. 1-18-1891; m. Byron Clelland Bury, 3-18-1910. 7-478. Boyde, b. 1893. 7-479. Forest Glenn, b. 3-4-1895; m. Fern Council.

6-260. MILJ'ON FREDERICK ORT, son of Daniel and Alice (5-70) Ort. b. 12-4-1879, St. Joseph Co., Ind. m. (1) Blanche Ross, 12-24-1900, South Bend, Ind.; b. 9-24-1881; d. 8- 24-1924, Elkhart, Ind.; bur. Pine Lake cem., La Porte, Ind.; dau. of Andrew Jackson and Catherine Taylor Ross. (L.) Minnie Renner, Nov. 1925. Children of Milton and Blanche Ort: 7-480. Milton Ross, b. 10-17-1904, Dayton, Ohio; d. 2-17-1944. Single. Milton Ross Ort was a physician who gave his life for his country in World War II. He held the A.B. degree from the University of Michigan, and the M.D. degree from the University of Indiana. During the early period of the Roosevelt regime in the 30's, he was medical inspector of the C.C.C. in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. In February, 1942, he received the certificate of Tropical and Military Medicine from the medical department of the Professional Service School, Washington, D.C. He was commissioned major in the Army but loaned to the Navy and sent to the New Hebrides Islands as the malariolog ist for .that region. His staff consisted of 90 naval doctors. In the line of duty he fell victim of an explosion of gasoline on Efate Island and died of burns on Feb. l 7, 1944. Dr. Ort was a man of strong personality and friendly attitude toward young and old. For his own amusement and recreation, he enjoyed music. He sang with a pleasing· tenor voice and played the violin as a hobby. 203

7-48 l. Catherine Alice, b. 12-5-1906, Dayton, 0. Single. Catherine Ort is presently ( 1949) Director of the Student Union Building at Kalamazoo College, Michigan. Her educational background includes the A.B. degree from the University of Michigan, and the M.A. degree from Columbia University where her field of specialization was institutional management. Her career has included posts as Home Economist in the Universities of Michigan, Delaware, Kansas, and Cornell.

Blanche Ross Ort, the mother of Milton and Catherine, was an artist in her own right. Her mediums of artistic expression were china painting, water color, and oils. She was a woman with an attractive personality and fine character. She possessed a fine contralto voice which she shared with her friends and neighbors in community musiqi.l festivals.

6-261. ESTELLA ANN STEFFEY, daughter of Josiah (5-72) and Mary Steffey. b. 9-2.-1873, South Bend, Ind. m. William Henry Harmon Ecki, an attorney at law, 12.-1-1897, Dayton, Ohio. Children of William and Estella Ecki: 7-482. Mildred, b. 3-3-1899, Dayton, O.; m. Clifford N. Wall, 8-3-1927. 7-483. Mary Elizabeth, b. 3-24-1907, Dayton, 0., m. Paul F. Zimmer man, 11-2-1929.

6-262. CHARLES EVANS STEFFEY, son of Josiah (5-72) and Mary Steffey. b. 3-18-1880, Ft. Wayne, Ind. m. Florence Louise Ecki, 4-23-1903, Dayton, O.; b. 7-13-1877, Dayton, O.; dau. Frederick and Fredericke Kirschner Ecki. Children of Charles and Florence Steffey: 7-484. Miriam, b. 3-6-1905, Dayton, O.; m. Adam Schantz, Ill, 11-30- 1929, Dayton, 0. 7-485. Richard Ecki, b. lZ-23-1906, Dayton, 0.; m. Ruth Flynn, 6-18- 1938, Dayton, 0. 7-486. Charles Donald, b. 6-6-1912, St. Louis, Mo.; m. Marg1tret Buckley.

6-263. ORVILLE DEEVEY STEFFEY, son of Josiah (5-72) and Mary Steffey. b. 12-29-1881, Ft. Wayne, Ind. d. 4-6-1946, Banning, Calif.; bur. Forest Lawn cem., Glendale, Calif. m. Mary Ann Wild, b. 10-1-1881, Dayton, 0.; dau. Frederick and Dorothea Zehmann Wild. Children of Orville and Mary Ann Steffey: 7-487. Robert W., b. 4-13-1905, Dayton, 0.; m. Kathleen Bartlett, Feb. 1944. 7-488. Dorothy Carolyn, b. 2-14-1908, Dayton, 0.; m. Charles Omar Barker, Jr., 8-26-1933.

6-264. ARTHUR GARFIELD STEFFEY, son of Josiah (5-72) and Mary Steffey. b. 12-15-1885, Dayton, 0. m. ( l) Helen Knaier; d. 1937. (2) Josephine Mae Osborne. Child of Arthur and Helen Steffey: 7-489. Arthur, Jr., m. Aud:i:y Lee, 3-15-1926.

Arthur G. Steffey. was an employee of the National Cash Register Company in his home city for 48 years. He retired 5-1-1948, to live in Oakdale, Calif.

6-265. GLADYS MAY STEFFEY, daughter of Gideon (5-73) and Hattie Steffey. b. 2-10-1877, Ft. Wayne, Ind. d. 4-25-1946, Grand Rapids, Mich. m. William Lowing Kimerly, 6-29-1899, Indianapolis, Ind.; b. 1-11-1870; living with son, Clarence, in Santa Monica, Calif., 1949. 204

Children of William and Gladys Kimerly: 7-490. Clarence Gideon, b. 3-17-1904, Grand Rapids, Mich.; m. (1) Ursel Drain, 6-26-1928, Delta, Colo.; (2) Arma Spurlock, 1-28- 1947, Sacramento, Calif.; b. 10-13-1904, Wayne, Va. No children. 7-491. Harvey Luke, b. 4-4-1911, Grand Rapids, Mich.; m. Charlotte Lynn Mitchell, 10-9-1934, of Detroit, Mich.

6-266. CLARA IRENE STEFFEY, daughter of Gideon (5-73) and Hattie Steffey. b. 10-29-1880, Ft. Wayne, Ind. m. George M. DeWar, 6-12-1900, Indianapolis, Ind. Children of George and Clara DeWar: 7-492. Arthur Gideon, b. 11-20-1903, Grand Rapids, Mich.; m. Marie Crinnon, 1929, Grand Rapids, Mich. 7-493. Jane Grace, b. 10-17-1910, Grand Rapids, Mich.; m. Flood Shields Andrews, 12-24-1930, Indianapolis, Ind.

6-268. JOHN MILTON STEFFEY, son of Milton (5-78) and Julia Ann Steffey: b. 3-1-1894, Ann Arbor, Mich. m. Margaret Irene Riley, 10-3-1923.; b. 4-5-1899, Jackson, Mich. Children of John and Margaret Steffey: 7-494. Jane Marie, b. 10-23-1925, Jackson, Mich.; m. Edward Marshall Marriott. 7-495. John Milton, Jr., b. 3-8-1927, Jackson,' Mich.

6-270. STUART STANISLAUS STEFFEY, son of Milton (5-78) and Julia Ann Steffey. b. 5-28-1901, St. Paul, Minn. m. Ruth Emma Clancy, 5-19-1924. Children of Stuart and Ruth Steffey: 7-496. Gloria Marie, b. 11-3-1925. 7-497. Stuart William, b. 11-27-1927; d. 8-7-1937. 7-498. Carolyn Ann, b. 10-17-1933.

6-272. FLORENCE MARIA KIMMEL, daughter of Ezra and Ida May Steffey (5~79) Kimmel. b. __ ll-19-1886, Dayton, 0. m. William Frederick Shoch; d. 1946, St. Paul, Minn. Child of William and Florence Shoch: 7-499. Russell William, b. 2-26-1914; m. Mary Eloise Anderson, 11-4- 1939.

6-273. RUSSELL E. KIMMEL, son of Ezra and Ida May (5-79) Kimmel. b. 6-3-1890, Dayton, 0. d. 10-20-1947. m. Helen Sarah Conley; d. 1941. Children of Russell and Helen Kimmel: 7-500. Marianne, m. Hooker Lytte. 7-501. Sarah J.

6-274. ALBERT COOK MYERS, son of John Toner (5-84) and Sarah Cook Myers. b. 12-12-1874, York Springs, Pa. Unmarried.

Albert Cook Myers is both nationally and internationally known as teacher, scholar, lecturer and author of significant historical works. As a definitive historian of William Penn and the colonial period of Pennsylvania, he is a pre eminent authority. His formal education is evidenced by the degrees Bachelor and Masters of Letters, Swarthmore College, and Doctor of Literature, Franklin and Marshall College. His researches have taken him to Europe on five different occasions, and upon one of them, in 1911, he was presented to King George V at the Court of St. James. 205

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Throughout his long professional career, Albert Cook Myers has been especially generous with his time, energy and talents to the people of his native Pennsylvania. He has served for nearly half a century in a wide variety of undertakings that have had to do with the discovery, recognition, presentation and preservation of events, persons and places of historical importance to his state and nation. Along with his primary interests as historian and scholar, he has also found time to share in the civic affairs of his community and to be active in the Society of Friends (Quaker) of which he is a member. Currently, his home is in the classical old house of American colonial architecture that was the residence of his parents at Moylan, near Media, Pa. Here he lives among his books, papers, pictures and other historical treasures, that tell the absorbing story of founding fath_~rs, his own immediate ancestry among them.

Persons who are interested in a more extensive and detailed record of the career and contributions of Albert Cook Myers are referred to the biographical account of him in any recent volume of "Who's Who in America."

Chapter XV

THE FISHER LINEAGE

GENERATION VII

THE STOMBAUGH AND HEPP BRANCHES

7-3. ARCH V. STOMBAUGH, son of Clayton (6-1) and Anna Elizabeth Stombaugh. b. 4-25-1885, Kirkman, Ia. m. Jennie Parsons, 4-11-1907, Eustis, Nebr., b. 5-27-1888, Summerfield, Kans.; dau. Frank M. and Samantha Ham Parsons. Children of Arch and Jennie Stombaugh: 8-1. Charles E., b. 11-27-1908, Eustis, Nebr.; d. 7-20-1935; m. Mary Willis, 9-21-1928; d. 3-1-1949. 8-2. William Alfred, b. 8-23-1910, Eustis, Nebr.; m. Winifred Rox burgh, 2-6-1931. 8-3. Nellie J., b. 4-3-1913, Eustis, Nebr.; m. Duard Stagemeyer, 4-6-1932. 8-4. Fred A., b. 8-2-1915, Eustis, Nebr.; m. Lyllis Gutsman, 3-2- 1938. 8-5. Edna M., b. 11-15-1917, Eustis, Nebr.; m. Glen Paton, 8-18- 1934. 8-6. Eva Evalyn, b. 12-25-1918, Eustis, Nebr.; m. William Laverne McCormick, 10-27-1938.

7-5. FERN STOMBAUGH, daughter of Clayton (6-1) and Anna Elizabeth Stom baugh. b. 1-29-1890, Eustis, Nebr. m. Raymond Stubblefield, 8-28-1912, Elwood, Nebr.; b. 10-30-1889, Eustis, Nebr.; son of David and Elizabeth Henderson Stubblefield. Children of Raymond and Fern Stubblefield: 8-7. Raymond, Jr., b. 6-12-1913, Holdredge, Nebr.; served with the National Guard, Tacoma, Wash., World War II. 8-8. George, b. 10-26-1915, Orafino, Nebr.; m. Ruth Hay, 8-8- 1938, Kearney, Nebr. 8-9. Evelyn, b. 12-8-1916, Orafino, Nebr.; m. Everett Rogers, 4-1- 1933, Norton, Kans. 8-10. Dorothy, b. 3-1-1919, Orafino, Nebr.; m. Harold Surber, 2-12- 1936. 8-11. Dale, b. 8-3-1922, Orafino, Nebr.

7-9. MARVIN STOMBAUGH, son of Clayton (6-1) and Anna Elizabeth Stombaugh. b. 3-8-1908, Eustis, Nebr. m. Esther Lorene Malone, 8-23-1926, Twin Falls, Idaho; b. 8-15-1908, Tipton, Mo.; dau. Samuel Smith and Bessie Lee Taylor Malone. Children of Marvin and Esther Stombaugh: 8-12. Ruthelma, b. 2-11-1928, Buhl, Ida.; m. Leslie L. Goble, 12-14- 1946. 8-13. Burva Jean, b. 9-12-1931, Eustis, Nebr., m. Bell C. Rygh, 8-5-1948. 8-14. Samuel Lee, b. 1-13-1932, Buhl, Ida.

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7-10. MA YLON HAROLD HEPP, son of Frederick C. and Elizabeth Stombaugh (*6-3) Hepp. b. 7-21-1884, near Gray, Ia. rn. Helen Hannah Fink, 8-3-1909, Ackley, Ia.; b. 1-5-1878, Independence, Ia.; d. 8-7-1948, Minneapolis, Minn.; bur. Lakewood cem.; dau. Gottlieb F. and Barbara Roth Fink. Children of Maylon and Helen Hepp: 8-15. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 1911; d. 1911. 8-16. Maylon Harold, Jr., b. 8-30-1913, Minneapolis, Minn.; m. Barbara Ann Woodbury, 6-9-1936. 8-17. Edward James, b. 4-20-1917, Minneapolis, Minn.; m. Elaine Isaackson, 5-2-1941.

r '\ .. A ' I/ --,. ··~-im~YI .. · Helen Fink Hepp Maylon Herold Hepp ( 7 -10) (7-10)

The career of Maylon Hepp has been that of an educator. In preparation for his profession he was a student in the Iowa State Teachers College, the Bradley Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Minnesota. He taught in the public schools of Ackley, Ia., for three years; Hampton, Ia., three years; and in the secondary school system of Minneapolis from 1911 to his retirement in 1949. His wife, Helen Fink Hepp, also beg-an her career as a teacher at Whitten and Ackley, Ia. After her marriage and she had reared her family, her interests out side of her home were in her church as superintendent of the primary department in the Congregational Sunday School; the Par:::,1t-Teachers Association, and the city-wide Schoolmasters Wives' Club.

7- 11. ESTELLA HEPP, daughter of Frederick C. and Elizabeth (*6-3) Hepp. b. 1-13-1886, near Gray, Iowa. m. William Henry Thompson, 8-12-1908, Gray, Ia.; b. 7-17-1883, Auburn, Ia.; son of Henry and Eliza Crouch Thompson. Child of William and Estella Thompson: 8-18. Grace Elizabeth, b. 8-3-1916, Council Bluffs, Ia.; m. Worley Faks Brown, 8-12-1940, Sioux City, Ia.

Like her older brother, Estella Hepp also began her career as a teacher. After high school she taught for four years in the country schools near Gray, Ia., continually improving herself for the task by attending teachers' institutes during summers at the county seat. In 1905 she was elected to teach fourth grade pupils 209

Estella Hepp Thompson William Henry Thompson ( 7 -1 ll ( 7-11) in the public school of Correctionville, Ia. There she taught three years, mean time undertaking extension work with Northwestern and Iowa Universities. It was while she taught at Correctionville that she met a young banker, William H. Thompson, whom she married, August 12, 1908. Even after he:r marriage her interest in things educational did not wane, but for several years she served as substitute teacher in all the grades and the high school as well.

Will Thompson began to work in the bank in Correctionville when he was less than 20 years old. By the time he was twenty-five he was assist'ant cashier. He served his bank for 29 years. Then in 1931 the Board of County Commissioners of his home ceunty, Woodbury, la., appointed him County Auditor to fill the un expired term of a previous encumbent who had died. He has been publicly elected to this office in every succeeding county election to date ( 1949). Will Thompson is a prominent Mason, not only in the Lodge but in the Shrine Consl."story and other high bodies of the order. The family is affiliated with the Presbyterian church.

7-13. FLORENCE HEPP, daughter of Frederick C. and Elizabeth (*6-3) Hepp. b. 8-24-1889, Gray, Ia. m. Elmore Petersen, 9-9-1916, Gray, Ia ; b. 8-17-1888, Clay Co., S. Dak.; son of Ole and Sidsel Petersen. No children.

Florence Hepp Petersen is the author of this genealogy. Her professional career before and, in part, since her marriage has been that of teacher and mus1c1an. She is a product of the common and high schools of Gray, Ia. For her advanced and specialized education she has attended the Iowa State Teachers' College; Chicago Musical College, (Diploma in Public School Music); Art Guild, Minneapolis; University of South Dakota; University of Colorado; and the Umberto Beduschi School of Voice Development, Chicago. As a teacher of the elementary grades she has taught in the public schools of Iowa and Colorado. She has been supervisor of public school music and teacher of art in the secondary schools of Iowa. From 1928 to 1933, she was a member of the faculty of the School of Music of the University of Colorado. She was associated with her husband in the Pioneer University Cruise Around the World, 1926-27. Her club and organizational 210

Florence Hepp Petersen Elmore Petersen (7-13) ( 7 -13)

activities have included the P .E.O. sisterhood; University of Colorado Faculty Women's Club (past president); University of Colorado Dames Club (founder); and the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Nat'l. No. 323,506, ( state registrar). Her artistic hobbies have been china painting, wood carving and gardening.

Elmore Petersen is an economist, author, and university dean. His whole ancestry stems from Denmark from which country his father, Ole Petersen, emigrated to the United States in 1867, and his mother, Sidsel Pedersdatter, in 1872. The fam:J.y comes from peasant stock which can be traced back three centuries and confined entirely to the Danish Island of Lolland. In the United States the elder Petersen's were pioneers in Dakota Territory where Ole and a brother, Jens, homesteaded in 1869, and after the arrival of Sidsel in 1872, she and Ole were married in 1873. Elmore was the youngest child in a family of eight children, all born on the same farm in Clay County, South Dakota. His early education was gained in a country school on a corner of his father's farm. In spite of having been denied the privilege of a high school education, he was permitted to enter the University of South Dakota at age sixteen in January, 1905, and from which he graduated with the degrees B.A., and B. Com. in 1911. Subsequently he did advanced graduate work in the Universities of Chicago and Illinois, having been awarded the M.A. degree from the latter in 1920. He received the honorary LL. D. degree from his alma mater, the University of South Dakota, in 1949.

Dean Petersen's teaching career has been continuous since his college graduation in 1911, first at the University of South Dakota and next at the Univer sity of Illinois. In September, 1915, he was elected to the faculty of the University of Colorado where he has served through all the ranks from instructor to dean since that time. There have been brief intervals when he has taught at Stanford University, Ohio State University, and as head of the Department of Economics on the Pioneer University Cruise Around the World, 1926-27. Besides his teaching assignments in the fields of economics, marketing and management, his adminis trative duties have been Director of the University Extension Division, 1920-37, and Dean of the School of Business, 1932 to date. He is the author of Chambers of Commerce as Community Builders, 1920; Scandinavia, 1930; A Market Analysis of the Denver Wholesale Trade Territory, 1935; Business Organization and Manage ment (with E.G. Plowman) 1941; rev. ed., 1948; besides numerous articles in 2 11

journals. His public service has included official positions in the Colorado State Planning Commission; Boulder, Colorado, County Planning Commission; Boulder City Council; Boulder Chamber of Commerce; Rotary International (past District Governor); and membership in many national professional societies and honorary organizations. (For specific details, see Who's Who in America.)

7-14. ESTHER HEPP, daughter of Frederick C. and Elizabeth (*6-3) Hepp. b. 2-5-1893, Gray, Ia. m. (1) Hans Henry Moeller, 10-27-1915, Gray, la. (2) Theodore Riley, 10-10-1947, Long Beach, Calif.

The family trait of an instinctive inclination toward things educational and artistic has been manifest in Esther Hepp Riley as in her brothers and sisters. She, too, gained her early education in the common and high schools of Gray, Iowa. Then, to prepare herself properly for public school teaching, shey took a normal course in the Iowa State Teachers' College. Then followed a period of teaching in the public schools of Audubon County, Ia. She then supplemented her general education with one in music at the Chicago Musical College where she received a diploma in public school music. For many years, even after her marriage, she was an accomplished teacher of piano. Another phase of her artistic nature has found expression in china painting, which she carried on for a number of years on a professional basis. In later years she pursued a course of training in the Spokane School of Cosmetology and subsequently opened her own beauty shop which she operated in Gladbrook, Iowa, before she moved to California in 1943.

Theodore Riley, the second husband of Esther Hepp, was born in Henry County, Indiana. There ·he grew to manhood, and volunteered for service in World War I. He went to France with the American Expeditionary Forces in 1917, and was twice wounded in action, first at Soissons and later at the battle of the Argonne. Thereafter he was decorated with the Purple Heart, Regimental Citation, and the French Ribbon. Upon receiving his honorable discharge after• having recovered from his wounds, he returned to Indiana. There he married and began the rearing of a family only to be left a widower with two small children to raise, a son and a daughter. By dint of hard work, thrift and devotion to his children, he brought them through successfully to adulthood when he moved to California. There he has been engaged for the past several years as a civilian in the procurement division of the U.S. Navy at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, Calif.

Esther Hepp Riley Esther Hepp and ( 7-14) Theodore Riley (7-14) 212

7-15. GEORGE HEPP, son of Frederick C. and Elizabeth (*6-3) Hepp. b. 12-14-1897, Gray, la. m. Hannah Augusta Dreher, 2-18-1921, near Gray, la.; b. 8-29-1901, near Gray, Ia.; dau. Frederick (b. 8-5-1857) and Pauline Helena Matilda Hensel (b. 1867; d. 3-13-1944, Audubon Co., Ia.) Dreher, both immigrants to America from Germany, and married, Audubon Co., Ia., 6-3-1887. Children of George and Hannah Hepp: 8-19. Claude William, b. 7-14-1922, near Gray, Ia.; d. 7-20-1944, from wounds received in the invasion of Saipan, 7-16-1944; bur. at sea. Claude was born on a farm in Iowa but came to Compton, Calif., with his parents when he was four years old. He was a product of the public schools and junior college of that city. As a youth he was associated with his father in the building contractor business before he enlisted for service in World War II.

Claude William Hepp ( 8-19)

Claude Hepp first enlisted in the Navy Seabees (Naval Construction Battalion), 1-13-1943, and trained with that group at Norfolk, Virginia, until July of that year. Th,~n his unit was as signed to the U. S. Marine Corps though retaining their navy ratings. In the Seabees, Claude was rated carpenter's mate, third class equivalent to sergeant in the Marines. After training with the Marines at Camp Pendleton, Oregon, his unit was sent to the South Pacific after being incorporated with the 18th Marine Combat Engineers, Second Marine Division. For a time this division was stationed in New Zealand in preparation for the attack on Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. When that mission had been successfully completed in April, 1944, the Marines moved on to the Marianas Islands. On July 14, 1944, Claude Hepp celebrated his 22nd birth day by taking part in the bloody invasion of the Island of Saipan. Two days later he was hit by a Japanese shell, severely wound ing him in his left leg and left arm. He was immediately placed on board a hospital ship headed for the Hawaiian Islands 213 but died four days later and was buried at sea with full military honors. A poem he composed after the Battle for Tarawa, appears herewith.

The Ba t t le for Tar aw a

"The time has come, " the Commander said, "When we must fight once more; "So pack your gear and shoulder your gun,., "II e will board ship at four. "

We boarded the ship in New Zealand For a place we knew not where. But deep down 1n our hearts we thought Of the hardships we'd ha Ye to bear.

Twenty long days and twenty long nights It took to reach the Atolls We wiped off our guns and counted our shells And loosened the straps on our rolls.

Then came the word, "All hands topside" And our boats were lowered to sea I' 11 tell you every man was scared And we prayed for the things to be.

Our {leet was constantly pounding the isle To make things easier on shore Then they finally slacked up around noon To let our fighting men score.

The first waYe shoved off for 'Helen" The coral reefs made it tough; The tank bogged down, the boats were sunk My God, those boys died rough.

Machine gun nests were thick on the beach

But OU r men struggled nearer the sand Some of them died in the water Some of them died on the land.

That was the first waYe I haYe told about Then the second waYe moYed in 'Twas the same thing, but their lines grew weak And some of the boys wore a grin.

Now the Marines kept pouring in From the places a rat wouldn't go They tromped over bodies of dead Nipponese And onward to finish the foe.

Then our boys had formed a line And darted from tree to tree But the Japs were camouflaged so slick It made them hard to see.

Jap snipers 1n the tree tops Pill boxes on the ground Mortar shells were flying everywhere Hell was all around. 214

Those pill boxes I spoke about Were concrete, logs and steel And the contents of the hole below Our bombs could not reveal.

Our tanks pulled right up to those boles And fired again and again Now you can bet that made it Hell For those stubborn Japs within.

Flame throwers left a path of death And burned everything in sight It didn't take long for the Jape to decide That the Marines, too, could fight.

tmperial Marines the Japs called themselves They were supposed to be tough But they soon found out that the U.S.M.C. Was built of the rugged and rough.

Do not under-estimate our slant-eyed foes They were fortified to the Tee But it took the Second Division To set up another V.

Exterminated Japs filled every hole And soon began to smell On blood-stained coral we made our beds And slept in that living Hell.

Four thousand Japs were slain on that island Pill boxes numbered five hundred Soon the air strip was repaired Again our Air Force thoundered.

More than eleven hundred Marines lost their lives They put up a damn good fight I salute each and every one Whom we buried the following night.

'Twas the bloodiest battle in Marine history Well done, what service rendered! I'm sure as long as time ■ sy go Their victory will be reme ■ bered.

Just one word for the Sesbees In discussion they're always left out But the fighting 18th was ,nere from the first And was the last to move out.

8-.ZO. Virginia Gene, b. 7-1-1924; d. 9-24-1924, near Gray, Ia. 8-21. George Paul, b. 2-23-1927, near Gray, Ia. George Hepp, Jr., served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. He enrolled in the service in January, 1945. After three months of training he was assigned to ship duty in the Pacific in the course of which his vessel called at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands; Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands; and finally Okinawa where his ship stood by as the war ended. He was at Okinawa for five months after which he continued around the world to arrive in New York where he signed off ship in March, 1946. 8-22. Pauline Barbara, b. 2-6-1941, Compton, Calif. 215

George Hepp (7-15)

George Hepp, Sr., spent his early youth in the small agricultural village of Gray, Ia., and there received his common school education. He then went to Minneapolis to live at the home of his brother Maylon, while he attended one of the Minneapolis high schools. Meantime World v\iar I had broken out before his high school graduation. Anxious to serve his country in that struggle, he enlisted as a Naval Aviation Mechanic. Early in 1918 he was sent to France to assist in the training of army flyers since there was no army aviation division at that time. Upon return to civilian life, for a time he engaged in the automotive repair business in his home town of Gray, Ia. When he had married Hannah DreheT, the daughter of a prominent farmer whom he had known from boyhood, he turned his attention to farming, a venture he did not long pursue for in 1926 he moved with his family to ~_ompton, Calif., to engage in designing, contracting and building houses, an enterprise he has pursued ever since. Meantime his wife, Hannah, had learned the beautician's trade, and for many years she has owned and operated her own beauty shop in Compton.

7-16. ZOLA ALICE HEPP, daughter of Frederick C. and Elizabeth (*6-3) Hepp. b. 6-24-1900, Gray, Ia. m. Walter Huidekoper Bachman, 3-23-1921, Denver, Colo.; b. 12-11-1888, Strasburg, Pa.; son of Benjamin Franklin and Elizabeth Laura Laher Bachman. Children of Walter and Zola Bachman: 8-23. Edith Alice, b. 3-19-1922, Denver, Colo.; m. Robert Edward Stetson, 7-31-1944. 8-24. Janet Marie, b. 5-3-1925, Denver, Colo.; m. Robert Frederick Linstedt, 5-12-1947.

Walter H. Bachman received his early education in the grade schools of Strasburg, Pa. In 1900 his father, Dr. B. F. Bachman, a graduate of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania in veterinary medicine, moved with his family to Pittsburgh, Pa., to practice his profession. It was in the latter city that Walter graduated from high school. Upon completion of such schooling he went to work for the Armstrong Cork Co. in their plant in Pittsburgh. In 1908 his parents moved to Denver, Colorado, and two years later, 1910, he joined them in their new home.

It was in June, 1912, that Walter Bachman entered the employment of the C. S. Card Iron Works, the manufacturing concern of which is is now president. 2.16

1111111 •,•.::.L Zola Hepp Bachman Walter H. Bachman ( 7-16 ) ( 7 -16) At first he was office clerk part time and shop worker part time. Then he became draftsman, salesman and secretary of the corporation in 1921. In 1943 he was elected president to succeed the founder of the company, C. S. Card, who became Chairman of the Board.

During the period of World War I, Walter Bachman enlisted in the Depot Brigade of the Quartermaste:::- Corps and served for 15 months from September, 1917, to December 1, 1918. Meantime, the girl whom he later married, Zola Hepp, had come to Colorado from her home in Gray, Iowa, in the fall of 1917, to live for a time at the home of her sister Florence, and brother-in- law, Elmore Peter sen, in Pueblo, Colo. There she attended high school for a term, but soon secured employment rn the Strasburg Jewelry Co., in Trinidad, Colo., where she rema•ned till 1918. In that year she came to Denver to enter the accounting department of the Davis & Shaw Furniture Co., a position she held till her marriage in 1921.

The Bachman family goes back to pre-Revolutionary days in Pennsylvania. The founder of the family in the United States was John Bachman who immigrated to this country from Switzerland (c) 1770. An outline of five generations of this lineage, is as follows:

I. John Bachman, Immigrant, b. 3-20-1746; m. Maria Rohrer, 4-9-177 l; b. 1-28-1748; issue, nine child1en including -

II. Jacob Bachman, cabinet maker, b. 4-25-1782; m. Barbara Kendig, 2-12- 1822; b. 11-16-1803; d. 1-30-1876; issue, ten children including -

III. Christian Bachman, cabinet maker and undertaker, b. 5-21-1827; m. Barbara Buckwalter, b. 3-10-1833; d. 3-22-1901; issue, seven children including -

IV., Benjamin Franklin Bachman, veterinary, b. 9-18-1858; d. 3-3-1932; m. Elizabeth Laura Loher, 12-18-1884; b. 4-9-1862; d. 11-5-1942; issue three children, Emily (deceased), Nancy, wife of Gordon D. White, and -

V. Walter Huidekoper Bachman, industrialist, b. 2-11-1888; m. Zola Alic(' Hepp, 3-23-1921; b. 6-24-1900. 217

7-17 VIRGIL EUGENE HEPP, M. D., son of Frederick C. and Elizabeth (*6-3) Hepp. b. 7-11-1907, Gray, la. m. Sarah Dean Allen, 3-26-1932, San Francisco, Calif.; b. 2-5-1910, Long Beach, Calif., dau. Charles Albert and Rhea Elizabeth Hebner Allen. She is a graduate of Miss Fulmer' s Kindergarten and Primary Teachers' School. Children of Virgil and Sarah Dean Hepp: 8-25. Frederick Allen, b. 8-18-1938, Colusa, Calif. 8-26. Marla Jean, b. 7-12-1940, Colusa, Calif.

Virgil Eugene Hepp (7-17)

Dr. Virgil E. Hepp received his early education in the common school of Gray, Ia., and the Polytechnical High School of Long Beach, Calif. He graduated from the latter in 1926, and two years later was admitted to Stanford University. At Stanford he was granted the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1933, and the degree Doctor of Medicine in 1937. He took his internship in the Alameda County Hospitals, Oakland, Calif., in 1936-37.

Dr. Hepp began his medical career as county physician and surgeon for San Luis Obispo County, Calif., in 1937. The next year he entered the private practice of medicine in Colusa, Calif., where he remained till 1941, when he returned to Stanford University to specialize in otolaryngology (diseases of the nose, ears and throat). He first engaged in the practice of his specialization in the Stanford University hospitals in San Francisco, 1943-45. Then he pursued private practice in Palo Alto for three years, 1945-48, when he joined the Sans1,_m Clinic in Santa Barbara as head of the Department of Otolaryngology.

In addition to his practice as an eminent physician and surgeon, Dr. Hepp has held several teaching and staff assignments as follows: visiting otolaryngologist, San Francisco city and county hospitals, 1943-45; branchiscopist, San Francisco tuberculosis sanitarium, 1946-48; full time instructor, otolaryngology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, 1946-47; staff of Cottage Hospital and Santa Barbara General Hospital, Santa Barbara, Calif., 1948 to date. Proficiency in his chosen career has been recognized by his having been admitted to the leading societies of his profession. He was a diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology in 1943. He is a fellow of the Americar.. College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Opthalmology and Otolaryngology, and the American Medical Association. 218

He is a member of the Pacific Coast Society of Opthalmology and Otolaryngology, the Santa Barbara County Medical Society, and the California Medical Association.

OTHER FISHER DESCENDANTS

7-21. ALBERT LEROY RINEHART, son of Jesse and Elizabeth Bowans (6-12) Rinehart. b. 2-29-1884, Rock Rapids, Ia. d. 2-21-1933, Ray, N. Oak. m. Julia Edwards Beavers, 3-17-1915; d. 10-5-1931, Ray, N. Oak. Children of Albert and Julia Rinehart: 8-27. Donna Beatrice, b. 2-2-1916, Ray N. Oak.; m. George Higue, 3- 8-1941, Glendale, Calif. 8-28. Kenneth LeRoy, b. 6-28-1919, Ray, N. Dak.

7-25. OLIVER VERNON FULLER, son of Sylvester and Jemimah Bowans (6-13) Fuller:. b. 11-23-1876, Monroe, Ia. m. Janet Duncan, 4-6-1898, Kalo, Ia.; b. 6-30-1880, Coalville, la, Children of Oliver and Janet Fuller: 8-29. Adeline Margaret, b. 1-10-1899, Kalo, Ia.; m. Vincent Homer Spensley, 11-3-1917. 8-30. Stella May, b. 8-22-1900, Kala, Ia.; m. John Hiram Marmie, 4-6-1921. 8-31. Zelda Dorothy, b. 2-17-1902, Kalo, Ia.; m. Eugene Arthur Kelley, 7-29-1921. 8-32. Clayton Jay, b. 2-15-1906, Kalo, Ia.; m. Alice Ruth Chelgren, 5-6-1929. 8-33. Raymond, b. 3-6-1908; d. 1-6-1909, Kalo, Ia. 8-34. Melvin Eugene, b. 1-7-1915, Kalo, la.; m. Murrine Beatrice Lundberg, 10-28-1937. Veteran of World War II; in the Infantry in Italy, 1944-46.

7-26. HARRY LEROY FULLER, son of Sylvester and Jemimah (6-13) Fuller: b. 11-20-1878, Monroe, Ia. m. Katherine McKean, b. 10-30-1882. Children of Harry and Katherine Fuller: 8-35. Harry Alton, b. 4-19-1904; d. July, 1937; m. (1) Esther Evans, 1924; (2) Lora Lee Driscoll. 8-36. John Vernon, b. 6-12-1908; m. Katheryn . 8-37. Floyd Corydon, b. 1-2-1913; m. Edna --,-1943. 8-38. Mary Maxine Sylvia, b. 2-22-1916; m. Charles Williams, 6-8-1934. 8-39. Ralph Howard, b. 7·-31-1920, Renton, Wash.; m. Wilma Mae Bellmore.

7-27. STELLA MAY FULLER, daughter of Sylvester and Jemimah (6-13) Fuller. b. 2-14-1881, Sydney, la. m. Peter Duncan, 10-23-190 l, Kalo, Ia. Children of Peter and Stella Duncan: 8-40. Verne Leroy, b. 8-7-1902, Kala, Ia.; m. Adelheide R. Rau, 4-3-1940. 8-41. Iris Ardella, b. 9-27-1906, Kale, la.; m. Remus Raymond Owens, 6-24-1935. 8-42. Marvin Warren, b. 4-11-1909, Kalo, Ia.; m. ( 1) Emma Mornd, 5-8-1931; (2) Anne Faaberg. 8-43. Ronald Sylvester, b. 10-18-1911, Kalo, Ia.; m. Floy Sieman, 10-23-1938.

7-3 l. SYLVIA IRENE FULLER, daughter_ of Sylvester and Jemimah (6-13) Fuller. b. 2-22-1895, Kale, Ia. 219

m. Raymond Thomas Caster, 1913, Elwood, Nebr.; b. 6-19-1892, Arapahoe, Nebr.; son of Edward and Addie Moore Caster. Children of Raymond and Sylvia Caster: 8-44. Helen M., b. 6-18-1913, Kalo, Ia.; m. Henry Johnson, 6-15- 1932. 8-45. Theodore Edward, b. 1-7-1915, Duluth, Minn.; m. Geraldine Kutka, 9-4-1941. 8-46. Gerald GregQry, b. 1-5-1919, Duluth, Minn.; m. Frances Engmen, 1-1-1945. 8-4 7. Audrey Faith, b. 4-12-192 l, Duluth, Minn.; m. Otis Richie, 12-28-1941. 8-48. Ruth Louise, b. 2-17-1923, Duluth, Minn. 8-49. Loraine, b. 3-10-1926, Duluth, Minn.; m. Omer J. Lambert, 1-14-1943. 8-50. Bette Jean, b. 4-28-1929, Duluth, Minn.; m. John Belland, 11-3-1948. 8-51. Rodney, b. 3-19-1935, Duluth, Minn. 8-52. Robert, b. 4-30-1936, Duluth, Minn.

7-32. VICTOR RAYMOND FULLER, son of Sylvester and Jemimah (6-13) Fuller. b. 1-27-1902, Kalo, Ia. d. 7-31-1944, Otho, Ia. m. LaRue Hinkle, 4-21-1926, Children of Victor and LaRue Fuller: 8-53. Gerald Leroy, b. 1-10-1927, Ft. Dodge, Ia. 8-54. Arthur D., b. 2-16-1928, Otho, Ia. 8-55. Robert Lyle, b. 3-19-1929, Otho, Ia. 8-56. Rhonda Zell, b. 3-15-1935, Otho, Ia. 8-57. Elizabeth Ann, b. 11-10-1943, Otho, Ia.

7-33. HUGH MELVIN BOWANS, son of Henry (6-14) and Cora Bowans. b. 12-2-1885, Monroe, Ia. m. Grace A. Schakel, of Prairie City, Ia., 6-27-1915; b. 12-31-1891, Beaconsfield, la. Children of Hugh and Grace Bowans: 8-58. Melvin Loren, b. 12-30-1918, Prairie City, Ia.; m. Gladyce Bernice Ballard, Monroe, Ia., 2-26-1941. 8-59. Elsie Edith, b. 6-28-1920, Prairie City, la.; m. Paul Davis of Stanhope, Ia., 5-24-1942. 8-60. Sophia Kathryn, b. 7-14-1930, Prairie City, Ia.

7-34. LESLIE TERRACE BOWANS, son of Henry (6-14) and Cora Bowans. b. 7-12-1887, Monroe, Ia. d. 9-21-1948, Denver, Colorado.; bur. Monroe, Ia. Children of Leslie Bowans (name of wife not known~ 8-61. Herbert Leslie, b. 1917; d. 2-3-1934. 8-62. Edward, b. 11-8-1920. 8-63. Lois, b. 1921; m. Chester Ramer. 8-64. Cora, b. 5-1-1922; m. Ralph Bartlett.

7-35. INEZ BOWANS, daughter of Henry (6-14) and Cora Bowans. b. 5-9-1890, Monroe, Ia. m. Roy Walker. Children of Roy and Inez Walker: 8-65. Dale. 8-66. Doris. 8-67. Marjorie. 8-68. Ruby. 8-69. Gladys. 8-70. Herbert. 8-7 l. Evelyn. 2.!.0

7-36. PEARL BOWANS, daughter of Henry (6-14) and Cora Bowans. b. 2-28-1892, Monroe, Ia. m. Fred R. Hummel. Children of Fred and Pearl Hummel: 8-72. Bernard, b. 10-22-1915, Monroe, Ia.; m. Alice McGriff. 8-73. Raymond G., b. 1-15-1918, Monroe, Ia.; m. Lois Catherine Graettinger. 8-74. Betty, b. 7-13-1923, Monroe, Ia.; m. Marshall.

7-39. LEONA EDITH BOWANS, daughter of Henry (6-14) and Cora Bowans. b. 7-25-1901, Monroe, la. m. Ernest Kile. Children of Ernest and Leona Kile: 8-75. Wilma Faye, b, 1-21-192.1; m. ---=,,---- Long. 8-76. Eunice Edith, b. 4-25-1923; m. Wayne Rexroat. 8_-77. Joann Jocelyn. 8-78. Ardyce Lea.

7-40. ARCHER VICTOR BOWANS, son of Henry (6-14) and Cora Bowans. b. 10-27-1908, Monroe, la. m. Margaret Decker. Child of Archer and Margaret Bowans: 8-79. Duane, b. 7-25-1934, Monroe, Ia.

7-41. ARCHIE IRVING WARREN, son of David and Keziah Bowans (6-15) Warren. b. 1-12-1877, Marion, Ia. m. Sarah Ellen Reed, 6-22-1904; b. 1-15-1878. Child of Archie and Sarah Ellen Warren: 8-80. Dale Eugene, b. 6-4-1905; m. Irene Faye Drury, 9-23-1930.

7-42. FLORENCE MAY WHITTED, daughter of Robert W. and Keziah Bowans (6- 15) Whitted. b. 9-30-1884, Rockwell City, la. m. (1) Clarence H. Stover, 7-11-1904; b. 10-22-1883; d. May, 1925, Aberdeen, S. Dak. (2) Charles Kittrick, 9-6-1926; b. 10-22-1881. Children of Clarence and Florence Stover: _S-81. Cleo Ila, b. 6-19-1905, Rockwell City, la.; m. E. Gerald McCoy, 9-29-1923. 8-82. Harold Arthur, b. 4-16-1907, Des Moines, Ia.; d. 2-2-1938; m. Mersedes Caruthers, Sept. 1936. 8-83. Iris, b. 11-7-1909, Rockwell City, Ia.; m. (1) Fred Pell, Jan. 1926; (2) William Newman, 7-3-1936.

7-45. EDITH PEARL WHITTED, daughter of Robert W. and Keziah (6-15) Whitted. b. 2-16-1892, Rockwell City, Ia. m. Albert P. Selsor, 3-10-1914; b. 7-29-1888, Potomac, Ill.; son of Frank and Rebecca Rice Selsor. Children of Albert and Edith Selsor: 8-84. Robert L., b. 12-28-1914, Canton, S. Dak.; m. Mary S. Moffitt, 10-4-1940. Served 5 years in U.S. Army during World War II. 8-85. Marvin D., b. 12-22-1916, Canton, S. Dak., m. Mary Lee Mengel, 9-25-1948. He served five years in U.S. Army during World War II, most of the time overseas. 8-86. Lucille M., b. 4-8-1922, Canton, S. Dak.; m. Glenn A. Froman, 1-1-1947. She served two years in World 'war II as an army nurse, overseas. 8-87. Albert C., b. 2-21-1925, Tulare, S. Dak. He served in the U.S. Navy "Seabees", overseas, in World War II. 221

7-47. LELAND ARTHUR WHITTED, son of Robert W. and Keziah (6-15) Whitted. b. 10-9-1900, Rockwell City, Ia. m. Doris Green, 7-10-1921. Children of Leland and Doris Whitted: 8-88. Jerald, b. 12-3-1921, Ft. Dodge, Ia.; m. Beverly Roher, 7-4- 1941, Ft. Dodge, Ia. 8-89. Darl, b. 12-4-1923, Ft. Dodge, Ia.; m. Phillis Smothers, 8-7- 1947, Ft. Dodge, Ia. 8-90. Robert, b. 8-22-1925, Ft. Dodge, Ia.; m. Freda Smith, June 1946, Long Beach, Calif. 8-91. Dwain. 8-92. Vonda, m. Burnett. 8-93. Joan.

7-50. MILTON R. FISHER, son of Isaiah (6-19) and Ella Fisher. b. 2-10-1889, Rolfe, Ia. d. 5-14-1943, Ft. Dodge, Ia. m. Maude White, 12-15-1909, Cedar Falls, Ia. Child of Milton and Maude Fisher: 8-94. Edris Fae, b. 3-6-1911, Rolfe, Ia.; m. ( 1) Harry P. Leaper, 5-2-1931; {2) Merle C. McDonough, 4-1-1936.

7-51. WILLIAM R. FISHER, son of Isaiah (6-19) and Ella Fisher. b. 5-5-1904, Rolfe, Ia., farmer. m. Vera Garrett of Troy, Ia,, at Ft. Dodge, Ia. Children of William and Vera Fisher: 8-95. Shirley Gale, b. 2-14-1927, Rolfe, la.; m. Donald E. Phillips, 6-10-1948, Cedar Falls, Ia. 8-96. Bruce Franklin, b. 2-16-1931, Rolfe, Ia. 8-97. Barbara Ann, b. 8-6-1935, Rolfe, la. 8-98. Gary William, b. 10-3-1939, Rolfe, Ia.

7-52. HARRY CLAUDE DICKOVER, son of Joshua (6-22) and Emma Dickover. b. 8-5-1877, Northfield, Ill. d. 3-9-1939, Chicago, Ill. m. Margaret Kohlsheere, 12-19-1900, Sioux City, Ia., b. in Germany. Childr.en of Harry and Margaret Dickover: 8-99. Theodore Harold, b. 1-15-1902, Sioux City, la.; m. Elizabeth

8-100. Clair Raymond, b. 12-26-1909, Sioux City, Ia. 8-101. Clinton Harry, b. 7-19-1906, Sioux City, la. 8-102. Dorothy Margaret, b. 7-20-1914, Sioux City, Ia. 8-103. Violet Luelle, b. 3-29-1919, Sioux City, Ia.

7-53. MABEL DICKOVER, daughter of Joshua (6-22) and Emma Dickover. b. 12-27-1878, Naperville, 111. m. Guy Wilnot Favorite, 7-2-1913; b. 3-30-1885, Harristown, Ill., son of Walter E. and Addie Timmons Favorite. Children of Guy and Mabel Favorite: 8-104. Vivian Joyce, b. 2-5-1915, Chicago, Ill.; m. Samuel D. Byler, 5-13-1944. 8-105. Leslie Orville, b. 4-13-1917, Chicago, Ill.; m. Mildred Spangler, 1-20-1940. 8-106. Marjorie Lucille, b. 3-22-1920, Chicago, Ill.; m. Kenneth C. White 5-25-1940.

7-54. RALPH JESSE DICKOVER, son of Joshua (6-22) and Emma Dickover. b. 2-7-1882, Naperville, Ill. d. 7-21-1923. m. Gertrude Hodson, 190 l; b. 10-20-1877, Sioux City, la. 222

Child of Ralph and Gertrude Dickover: 8-107. Fern, b. 7-29-1902; m. Earl McConiga, Chicago, Ill.

7-55. HOPE ARTHUR DICKOVER, son of Joshua (6-22) and Emma Dickover. b. 7-26-1885. m. Pearl Seney, 1908; b. 3-9-1888; d. 11-19-1930, Chicago, Ill. Children of Hope and Pearl Dickover: 8-108. Dwight Donald, b. 7-19-1907, Sioux City, Ia.; m. Blanche Campbell, b. 10-26-1904. 8-109. Lois Pricillis, b. 11-19-1909, Sioux City, Ia. 8-109a. Maxine, b. 8-19-1911, Sioux City, Ia.; m. Charles Miner. 8-109b. Janith, b, 8-3-1914, Sioux City, la.

7-57. HAZEL DIC KOVER, daughter of Joshua (6-22) and Emma Dickover. b. 6-2-1890, Hot Springs, S. Dak. m. Harry Foster Stickney, 9-8-1917; b. 1-20-1887, Sioux City, la.; d. 1-3-1936, Chicago, Ill.; bur. there; son of William M. and Lillian Foster Stickney. Children of Harry and Hazel Stickney: 8-110. Marian, b. 4-24-1920, Chicago, Ill.; m. James V. H. Edsall, 11-26-1943. 8-111. William D., b. 1-6-1923, Chicago, Ill.; d. 5-27-l934.

7-64. EVA ELEANOR DICKOVER, daughter of John (6-24) and Anna Dickover. b. 3-22-1886, Long Beach, Calif. m. Aleck Leroy Ferguson, 8-20-1912; b. 7-13-1885; d. July, 1945. Child of Aleck and Eva Ferguson: 8-112. Eleanor Grace, b. 2-4-1922.

7-67. STANLEY ROY DICKOVER, son of John (6-24) and Anna Dickover. b. 1-1-1893, Long Beach, Calif. m. Margaret Hanna, 1924. Child of Stanley and Margaret Dickover: 8-113. Stanley Roy, Jr., b. 11-11-1929.

7-70. VERA MAROVA DICKOVER, daughter of Gideon (6-25) and Anna Dickover. b. -- 11-19-1898, Colorado City, Colo. m. (1) Albert R. Tooker, 9-30-1913, O'Neil, Nebr.; b. 7-3-1888, Sutton, Nebr. (2) Claude F. Humphreys, 6-6-1944. Children of Albert and Vera Tooker: 8-114. Marjorie Evelyn, b. 3-12-1915, Atkinson, Nebr.; m. Louis Thompson Genung, 2-2-1934. 8-115. Janice Eileen, b. 4-3-1917, Atkinson, Nebr.; m. Claude H. Denchfield, 10-25-1937. 8-116. Vera Marie, b. 7-9-1920, Atkinson, Nebr.; m. Jerry Stransky, 10-5-1945. 8-117. Albert Ralph, b. 12-27-1922, Atkinson, Nebr. 8-118. Robert Paul, b. 3-2-1924, Atkinson, Nebr. 8-119. Raymond Eugene, b. 1-26-1926, Atkinson, Nebr.; m. Marjorie Coleman, 9-5-1948. 8-120. Betty Ann, b. 4-19-1928, Atkinson, Nebr.; m. Roy F. Mack, 5-19-1946. 8-121. John Tomes, b. 5-19-1929, Atkinson, Nebr. 8-122. Earl L., b. 1-8-1938, Atkinson, Nebr ..

7-74. LESLIE DE WITT STAUFFER, son of F.rancis and Elizabeth Keiper (6-27) Stauffer. b. 4-3-1888, Bellevue, Ohio. m. Mary Harriet Nickols, 11-27-1915; b. 5-15-1891, Clyde, 0., dau. George D. and Lydia Kenworthy Nickols. 223

Children of Leslie and Mary Stauffer: 8-123. Mary Harriet, b. 1-24-1918, Bellevue, ·o.; m. Ralph M. Fox, M.D., 9-11-1943. 8-124. Robert Nickols, b. 1-11-1923, Cleveland, O.; U.S. Navy, World War II; B.S. Swarthmore College; M.S., University of Michigan; civil engineer with Jervis B. Weth Co., Detroit; m. Carol Dragstedt, 9-4-1948. 8-125. Alice Anne, b. 6-18-1928, Cleveland, 0., m. Edward L. Kitts, 3-6-1948.

Leslie De Witt Stauffer received his grade and high school training in Chattanooga, Tenn., and also one year in the University of Chattanooga to supple ment a 3-year high school course. Thereafter he entered Ohio Wesleyan Univer sity from which he graduated with the B.S. degree in 1910. His wife, Mary Nickols, is also a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan with the Class of 1912.

After graduation Leslie Stauffer taught German and coached athletics for four years at the University of Chattanooga. He then gave up educational work to enter business with his father in Chattanooga. In 1915 he entered the employment of the Austin Company, Industrial Engineers and Builders, Cleveland, 0. Four and a half years later he opened a New York office for the K. K. Ferguson Co. In less than two years he was back in Cleveland engaged in the residential construction and general contracting business of his own. In 1937 he rejoined the Austin Com pany as Sales Engineer in the Detroit office, a position he holds at the present time (1949).

7-75. HOPE LEROY BAUMGARTNER, son of Samuel and Kezia Keiper (6-28) Baumgartner. b. 8-6-1891, Rochester, Ind. m. (1) Lela Ruth Braddock of Indianapolis, .8-2-1921; d. 11-13-1926, New Haven, Conn. (2) Evelyn Dillon Mar, 8-16-1930. Children of Hope Leroy and Evelyn Baumgartner: 8-126. Robert Mar, b. 9-9-1931, New Haven, Conn. 8-127. Janet Hope, b. 8-6-1934, New Haven, Conn. 8-128. David Samuel, .b. 1-27-1936, New Haven, Conn. 8-129. John Ernest, b. 8-20-1938, New Haven, Conn.

Hope Leroy Baumgartner by profession is a composer and teacher of music. He received the degree Ba

Leroy Baumgartner' s creative work covers a wide range of compositions, for the most part of a religious character. Among his published anthems are the following titles: "In Him We Live"; "Say not that Christ is Dead" (Easter); "My King Rode in through the City Gates" (Palm Sunday); "The Conqueror" (Easter); "O God, Who set the Seers Aflame;" "In Thy Hand are all Our Ways." His published organ compositions include "Berceuse in E;" "Easter Morning;" "Idylle;" "Solemn Procession;" "In Te, Domine, Speravi;" and "Vision" (included in H. W. Gray's Modern Anthology).-He has also published a chorale suite in five movements called "The City."

Besides his published works, Professor Baumgartner has many compositions still in manuscript. Notably among them are the following: sonata for violin and pianoforte; concert piece for organ and orchestra; a prelude on verses from the Sixty-Third Psalm; chorale in E flat for organ; sonata for organ; Easter piece for harp and organ; Christmas piece for violin and organ; and a string quartet in four movements. L24

7-77. RUTH ROBINSON, daughter of John Wesley and Elizabeth Fisher (6-33) Robinson. b. 3-9-1895, Lucknow, India. m. Jarrell Waskom Pickett of Willmore, Ky., 7-27-1916, Evanston, Ill.; b. 2-21-1890, Jonesville, Texas. Children of Jarrell and Ruth Pickett: 8-130. Elizabeth Day, b. 2-11-1918, Arrah, Bikar, India; m. Henry Ankeny Lacy, 7-22-1940, Whittier, Calif.; b. 1917, Kuliang Fukien, China, son of Methodist missionary. Both are graduates of Whittier College, Calif. 8-131. Miriam Lee, b. 6-8-1919, Naini Tal, India; m. William E. Gould of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., 1942; living in Honolulu, T. H., 1949. After graduation from Whittier College, Calif., in 1940, Miriam Pickett took her master's degree at Columbia University, New York, in 1941. The next year she was married to William Gould who was a radio officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. While her husband was in the service, Miriam was Assistant Dean of Women at Redlands University, Calif. Since returning to civilian life, William Gould has been employed by the International Radio Corporation, Honolulu, T. H. 8-132. Margaret Joy, b. 10-18-1926, Lucknow, India; m. John Sagan, 1948, Port Jervis, N. Y. Margaret Pickett graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in June, 1948. Her husband, John Sagan, is presently (1949) a graduate student at the University of Illinois while she is assist ant to the pastor of the First Methodist Church in Champaign, Ill. 8-133. Douglas Robinson, b. 1-27-192,9, Lucknow, India; currently (1949) a junior at Ohio Wesleyan University.

The career of Jarrell Waskom Pickett ha's been that of educator, missionary, minister and churchman. He was born in East Texas the son of Leander Lycurgus and Ludie Carrington Day Pickett. Upon completion of his elementary and second ary education, he entered Asbury College at Wilmore, Ky., from which he was

Ruth Robinson Pickett Bishop J. Waskom Pickett (7-77} ( 7 -7 7) 225 awarded the A.B. degree in 1907; A.M., 1908; and D.D., 1925. He received the LL. D. degree from Ohio Northern University in 1944. He began his professional career as a teacher of Latin and Greek in Vilonia, Ark., 1908-09, and later in the same capacity in Taylor University, Upland, Ind., 1909-10. In 1910 he went to India as missionary for the Methodist Church. In that calling he has advanced steadily, and in 1936 he was elevated to bishop to succeed his father-in-law, John Wesley Robinson, in the Bombay area. At the pre sent time ( 1949) he is the senior bishop for his church in India with headquarters in Delhi. As such, he has many other responsibilities of major importance in the Methodist missionary enterprise in India.

7-78. MIRIAM ROBINSON, daughter of John Wesley and Elizabeth (6-33) Robinson. b. 1-6-1899, Lucknow, India. m. John Wesley Hedenberg, 6-24-1920, Chicago, Ill.; b. 5-15-1897, Chicago, 111, son of James Wesley and Lillah Rick Higgens Heden berg. Children of John Wesley and Miriam Hedenberg: 8-134. John Wesley, Jr., b. 12-9-1922, Glendale, Calif.; m. Doris M. Rosenblum, 5-20-1943. 8-135. Robert James, b. 8-5-1924; m. Shirley Duncan, 6-5-1948; b. 5-4-1926. Robert James Hedenberg served with the Merchant Marine in World War II from Nov, 1942, to April, 1946. On April 30, 1943, the ship to which he was assigned was torpedoed in the Pacific Ocean. He escaped in a life boat in which he and his companions were adrift for fourteen days before being rescued. In 1948 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and received his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Officers' Candidate School at Ft. Riley, Kans., a capacity in which he is serving in 1949.

7-81. MARIAN MAY FISHER, daughter of Benjamin (6-35) and Edith Benton Fisher. b. 12-15-1911, Nucla, Colo. m. George Eugene Guthridge. Children of George and Marian Guthridge: 8-136. Carol Annette, b. 10-14-1941, Walla Walla, Wash. 8-137. Betty Lynne, b. 11-13-1945, Walla Walls, Wash.

7-82. INEZ ROSE FISHER, daughter of Benjamin (6-35) and Edith Fisher. b. 10-6-1914, Nucla, Colo. m. Clifford M. Irwin; b. 1912. Children of Clifford and Inez Irwin: 8-138. Michael Clifford, b. 2-21-1942, Kellogg, Ida. 8-139. Margot Ellen, b. 12-7-1943, Spokane, Wash. 8-140. Timothy Benjamin, b. 5-21-1948, Grangeville, Ida.

7-85. LAURA DOT CUMMINGS, daughter of John and Keziah Fisher (6-38) Cummings. b. 10-13-1895, near Mingo, Ia. m. Carl F. Mayer, 11-10-1920, Springfield, Mo.; son of William Perry and Cora Belle Wise Mayer. Child of Carl and Laura Mayer: 8-141. Leota Arline, b. 7-20-1923, Glenwood Springs, Colo.; m. Lester William Reid, 9-29-1943, Phoenix, Ariz., veteran of World War II, having served four years as pilot and instructor in the Army Air Corps; discharged with the rank of captain.

7-86. EARL EDWARD CUMMINGS, son of John and Keziah (6-38) Cummings. b. 2-5-1898, near Mingo, Ia. m. Gladys Kellermeyer, 11-13-1922, Carthage, Mo.; b. 1-6-1898, Lima, Ohio. 226

Children of Earl and Gladys Cummings: 8-142. Jack Edward, b. 11-14-1923, Pittsburg, Kans.; m. Lois Miriam Hickernell, 4-25-1946. Veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army. 8-143. William Earl, b. 9-7-1926, Fredonia, Kans.; veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Navy. 8-144. Dorothy Marie, b. 12-25-1931, Ft. Wayne, Ind.

7-89. COLEEN CARR, daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Mae Fisher (6-40) Carr. b. 12-16-1903, Colfax, Ia. m. Victor Otis Partridge, 10-10-1923, Des Moines, Ia.; b. 12-4-1901, Altoona, Ia., son of Arthur L. and Maggie Ellerman Partridge. Children of Victor and Coleen Partridge: 8-145. Donald Gail, b. 7-30-1924, Maxwell, Ia.; m. Margaret Lurena Free, 2-19-1944. 8-146. Dean Francis, b. 1-25-1926, Maxwell, Ia. Inducted into the U.S. Army, 3-5-1945; served 14 months on Okinawa with the 99th Quarter Master Battalion Headquarters near Nake. Ranked T/4 when discharged at Ft. Sheridan, Ill., 12-7-1946. 8-14 7. Carolyn Elizabeth, b. 7-5-1929, Maxwell, Ia.; m. Marion Dean Wolf, 10-10-1947, son of Arley Wolf of Collins, Ia. 8-148. Dorothy Ann, b. 8-31-1932, Elkhart, Ia.

7-90. CURTIS WILLIAM CARR, son of Frank and Elizabeth (6-40) Carr. b. 8-20-1905, Colfax, Ia. m. Mary Genevieve Warrell, 11-18-1927, Maxwell, Ia.; dau. Henry Curtis and Flora Holmes Warrell. Children of Curtis and Mary Carr: 8-149. Wanda Jane, b. 9-22-1932, Maxwell, Ia. 8-150. Francis Eugene, b. 12-27-1934, Elkhart, Ia. 8-151. Deloris Ann, b. 11-14-1937, Bondurant, Ia. 8-152. Paul Eddie, b. 1-17-1939, Bondurant, Ia. 8-153. Darrell William, b. 6-14-1945, Bondurant, Ia. 8-154. Rose Mary, b. 11-4-1947, Bondurant, Ia.

7-91. FOREST EDWARD CARR, son of Frank and Elizabeth (6-40) Carr. b. 10-9-1907, Maxwell, la. m. Genevieve Cummins, 7-13-1932. Children of Forest and Genevieve Carr: 8-155. Jerry Dale, b. 8-27-1934. 8-156. James Lynn, b. 3-5-1938.

7-92. NADA PARKER (a twin like her mother), daughter of Joseph and Viola Fisher (6-42) Parker. b. 5-15-1906, Greencastle, Ia. m. Jack Acker, July, 1924. Child of Jack and Nada Acker: 8-157. Alice Viola, b. 2-14-1926; m. Jerald Burke.

7-96. EVA GERTRUDE PUFFER, daughter of John and Emma Wingert (6-43) Puffer. b. 9-3-1905, Chatsworth, Ill. m. Robert H. Kerr, Lt. Col., U.S. Army, World War II. Children of Robert and Eva Kerr: 8-158. Robert James, b. 6-8-1935. 8-159. Janet, b. 9-22-1937. 8-160. Joane Hartley, b. 5-15-1942.

7-98. RUTH ELIZABETH WINGERT, daughter of Edward (6-45) and Ella Wingert. b. 9-11-1900, Chicago, Ill. m. Clarence Merle Ellinger, 10-3-1925; b. 9-4-1893. 2.27

Children of Clarence and Ruth Ellinger: 8-161. Robert Leroy, b. 12-15-1927, Los Angeles, Calif. 8-162. Fred Wayne, b. 7-6-1933.

Ruth Wingert Ellinger is a teacher of music in the Los Angeles public schools. She did not have the opportunity to -attend high school when a girl, an experience that was deferred till her adulthood. Her education was not neglected, however, for she earned a scholarship in violin to the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago from which she graduated in 1921. After moving to California and even after establishing her home and while rearing a family, she attended adult education classes and pursued courses sufficient to graduate from the Canoga Park High School in 1934. From there she went on with her education till she earned her A.B. degree in 1939. She has been a teacher in the Los Angeles school system for six and one-half years (1949). Ruth Ellinger's career is remark able in that it illustrates how obstacles in the way to an education can be overcome by persistence and determination.

7-99. EVA ELEANOR WINGERT, daughter of Edward (6-45) and Ella Wingert. b. 4-12-1912, Boxholm, Ia. m. George Maxfield Sheldon, 10-15-1932; b. 10-17-1917. Children of George and Eva Sheldon: 8-163. Kathleen, b. 8-7-1924. 8-164. George Maxfield, III, b. 4-1-1938. 8-165. Steven Timothy, b. 1-6-1945.

7-101. ALVERNA LEOTA SCHNEIDER, daughter of Peter and Louise Wingert (6-46) Schneid·er. b. 7-9-1907, Chicago, Ill. m. Oscar Frey, 6-15-1929, Chicago, Ill.; b. 10-11-1904, Birmingham, Ala., son of Henry and Adele Richter Frey. Child of Oscar and Alverna Frey: 8-166. Allene Edna, b. 12-1-1930, Chicago, Ill.

7-104. ALVARETTA LOUISE WINGERT, daughter of Sanford (6-47) and Grace Wingert. b. 3-28-1918, Chicago, Ill. m. Carl W. Walters, 6-26-1937; b. 1-4-1916. Children of Carl and Alvaretta Walters: 8-167. Mary Lou, b. 5-23-1941, Madison, Ind. 8-168. Joyce Ann, b. 6-24-1942, Chicago, Ill. 8-169. Barbara Jean, b. 2-9-1945, Chicago, Ill.

7-108. NEWTON H. SCHAAL, son of Adam and Sarah Elizabeth Schreiber (6-50) Schaal. b. 6-13-1892, Holton, Kans. m. Etta Esther Illian, 5-16-1917, Lawrence, Kans.; b. 6-25-1894, Hastings, Nebr. Children of Newton and Etta Schaal: 8-170. Dorothy Esther, b. 7-8-1919, Longmont, Colo. 8-171. Dale Harvey, b. 2-7-1923, Longmont, Colo.; m. Barbara Olene Sanders, b. 4-4-1926, Colorado Springs, Colo. 8-172. Max Newton, b. 1-26-1925, Matheson, Colo. Veteran of World War II. Spent two years in overseas service as T /3, Signal Corps, General McArthur' s headquarters, Tokyo, Japan. 8-173. Walter John, b. 6-12-1933, Colorado Springs, Colo.

7-110. ALVIN A. SCHREIBER, son of Gideon Lincoln (6-51) and Phoebe Schreiber. b. 6-8-1889, Leonardville, Kans. m. (1) Maude Chandler, 1913. (2) Mabel Greig, Nov. 1922; b. 12-18- 1904. Children of Alvin and Mabel Schreiber: 228

8-174. Everett S., b. 12-2-1923. 8-175. Earl S., b. 9-25-1924. 8-176. Maria, b. 7-7-1925. 8-177. Verla, b. 1-14-1928. 8-178. Melvin, b. 12-8-1930. 8-179. Arthur, b. 9-8-1932.

7-111. RALPH ROY SCHREIBER, son of Gideon (6-51) and Phoebe Schreiber. b. 4-21-1891, Leonardville, Kans. m. Cleta A. Burgert, 6-7-1916, St. Joseph, Mo.; b. 6-7-1891, Cambridge, Kans.; dau. S. A. and Mary Hauptfueher Burgert. Children of Ralph and Cleta Schreiber: 8- 180. Lester Burgert, b. 3-27-1917, Naperville, Ill.; m. Jane Hodges, 6-20-1945. Veteran World War II; served four years in the U.S. Army Air Corps. 8-181. Lois Bernice, b. 6-1-1919, Lawrence, Kans.; m. John McKown, 4-23-1944. 8-182. Marvin LeRoy, b. 1-19-1921, Glasgow, Mo.; m. Marjorie Leidlinger, 5-6-1944.

Ralph R. Schreiber, like his grandfather, John Frederick Schreiber, chose the Christian ministry in the Evangelical Church as a career. He received his college and seminary training in the denominational college at Naperville, Ill. He is pastor of the church in Lawrence, Kans. ( 1949).

7-112. CLARA M. SCHREIBER, daughter of Gideon (6-51) and Phoebe Schreiber. b. 12-11-1893, Leonardville, Kans. m. Almer Porter, 2-14-1917; b. 1889. Children of Almer and Clara Porter: 8-183. Irene, b. 11-20-1917. 8-184. Alma, b. 11-7-1922. 8- 185. Edith, b. 5-28-1928.

7-113. WALLACE W. SCHREIBER, son of Gideon (6-51) and Phoebe Schreiber. b. 3-8-1895, Leonardville, Kans. m. Mary Bickel, 6-11-1919; b. 4-16-1898. Children of Wallace and Mary Schreiber: 8-1-36. Elva, b. 12-10-1924. 8-187. Wayne, b. 9-16-1926. 8-188. Ardith Leah, b. 4-14-1935.

7-115. GLADYS G. SCHREIBER, daughter of Gideon (6-51) and Phoebe Schreiber. b. 4-16-1898, Leonardville, Kans. m. Albert Torneden, 8-8-1925; b. 11-15-1892. Children of Albert and Gladys Torneden: 8-189. Alice Mae, b. 12-26-1926; m. Harold Shirk, 12-18-1948. 8-190. Harold, b. 10-8-1928. 8-191. Reta, b. 12-9-1930. 8-192. Phoebe, b. 10-28-1936.

7-116. LESTER L. SCHREIBER, son of Gideon (6-51) and Phoebe Schreiber. b. 3-27-1900, Leonardville, Kans. m. Amy James, 11-2-1925; b. 11-9-1901. Children of Lester and Amy Schreiber: 8-193. Wallace, b. 3-9-1928; m. Marnyl Coulson, 3-14-1948. 8-194. Betty, b. 7-9-1932. 8-195. Wilbur, b. 2-4-1937. 8-196. Norma, b. 6-15-1940.

7- 118. THEODORE SCHREIBER, son of Gideon (6-51) and Phoebe Schreiber. b. 10-11-1903, Leonardville, Kans. m. Irma Miley, lZ-24-1928, Hoxie, Kans.; b. 12-12-1907. 229

Children of Theodore and Irma Schreiber: 8-197. Lyle Edwin, b. 4-26-1932; d. 8-9-1933. 8-198. Carol, b. 8-27-1934, Hoxie, Kans. 8-199. Beth Irene, b. 8-12-1937, Hoxie, Kans.

7-119. CHARLES FREDERICK SCHREIBER, son of Gideon (6-51) and Phoebe Schreiber. b. 7-20-1905, Leonardville, Kans. m. Edna Mowrey, 8-7-1926; b. 1-18-1908. Child of Charles and Edna Schreiber: 8-200. Richard, b. 3-26-1932, Kansas-.

7-120. MERTON M. SCHREIBER, son of Gideon (6-51) and Phoebe Schreiber. b. 8-30-1909, Leonardville, Kans. m. Gladys Arnold, 9-1-1938; b. 9-2-1909. Children of Merton and Gladys Schreiber: 8-20"1. Duane, b. 4-12-1940, Kansas. 8-202. Dwight, b. 4-2-1942, Kansas.

7-122. WALLACE FREDERICK STOUS, son of Frederick and Emma Schreiber (6-54) Stous. b. 2-16-1893, Holton, Kans. m. Mina Bateman, 2-28-1917, Holton, Kans.; b. 10-20-1894, Holton, Kans., dau. Robert and Mary Reycraft Bateman. Children of Wallace and Mina Stous: 8-203. Harold Wallace, b. 11-12-1920, Holton, Kans.; m. Mary Evelyn Standing, 5-16-1940. Veteran of World War II; entered army, July, 1942; served overseas 22 months; honorably discharged Jan. 1946. 8-204. Marvin Dale, b. 12-16- l 933, Holton, Kans.

7-125. LAURA ESTHER SCHWALM, daughter of John and Rosetta Schreiber (6-56) Schwalm. b. 1-18-1899, Cosby, Mo. m. Andrew Elm, 2-28-1924, Topeka, Kans., by her cousin Rev. Ralph R. Schreiber; b. 12-2-1895, near Baldwin, Kans. Children of Andrew and Laura Elm: 8-2(15. Esther Fern, b. 12-15-1924, Baldwin, Kans.; rn. Leroy Rose, 3-21-1947. 8-206. Mildred, b. 6-24-1926, Baldwin, Kans. 8-207. Lorraine, b. 10-1-1933, Baldwin, Kans. 8-208. Andrew Marvin, b. 7-26-1936, Baldwin, Kans.

7-126. EDITH EMMA SCHWALM, daughter of John and Rosetta (6-56) Schwalm. b. 5-21-1900, Clarksdale, Mo. m. Orville E. Elm, 8-21-1924, Baldwin, Kans.; b. 10-17-1896, Baldwin, Kans. Child of Orville and Edith Elm: 8-209. Lois Marie, b. 10-20-1927, Baldwin, Kans.

7-127. ROY EDGAR SCHWALM, son of John and Rosetta (6-56) Schwalm. b. 10-3-1903, Clarksdale, Mo. m. Winona Esther Breithaupt, 3-29-1932, Baldwin, Kans.; b. 8-20-1912, Baldwin, Kans.; dau. John William and Lottie Bertha Rappard Breithaupt. Children of Roy and Winona Schwalm. 8-210. Irwin Milton, b. 7-12-1933, Baldwin, Kans. 8-211. Roy Edgar, Jr., b. 6-24-1939, Baldwin, Kans. 8-212. John T., b. 2-24-1945, Baldwin, Kans. Z30

7-129. CHARLES LESTER SCHWALM, son of John and Rosetta (6-56) Schwalm. b. 6-3-1908, Lawrence, Kans. m. Helen Esther Sutton, 3-24-1937; b. 6-12-1913. Child of Charles and Helen Schwalm: 8-213. Margie Mae, b. 3-22-1938.

7-131. MERTON SCHREIBER ZEISSET, son of Henry and Perseda Schreiber (6-57) Zeisset. b. 11-8-1909, Leonardville, Kans. m. Ina Belle Hubbard, 5-12-1937. Children of Merton and Ina Belle Z eisset: 8-214. Ray Merton, b. 12-18-1939. 8-215. Paul Timothy, b. 9-19-1946.

Merton Schreiber Zeisset is a Christian minister in the Evangelical United Brethren Church. He entered college in Le Mars, Ia., in 1930 and graduated in 1934. Then he entered his denomination's seminary in Naperville, Ill., from which he graduated, 5-10-1937. He has served charges in Enid, Okla., and Baldwin, Kans.

7-132. CAROL ALBERTA ZEISSET, daughter of Henry and Perseda (6-57) Zeisset. b. 12-25-1911, Leonardville, Kans. m. Raymond George Benninga, 8-3-1938, Leonardville, Kans.; b. 4-6-1909, Bala, Kans.; son of Reinhard and Katie Greenfield Benninga. Children of Raymond and Carol Benninga: 8-216. Dwight Alan, b. 6-15-1940, Clay Center, Kans. 8-217. Norma Faye, b. 8-24-1942, Clay Center, Kans. 8-218. Maurice James, b. 6-23-1947, Clay Center, Kans. 8-219. Miriam Pauline, b. 2-4-1949, Clay Center, Kans.

7-134. GEORGE MORRIS FISHER, son of Earl (6-65) and Iva Fisher. b. 6-19-1908, Columbus, Wisc. m. (1) Pauline Delatour, 3-21-1934; (2) Helen Nervick; (3) Genevieve Maud Herriott, 6-13-1942. Child of George and Pauline Fisher: 8-220. George Alan, b. 1-4-1935, Missoula, Mont.

George M. Fisher is a graduate o( the University of Idaho in the Class of 1933. His profession is forestry and landscape engineer, and as such he has worked for the U. S. Forestry Service for nine years in the West. During World War II his contribution to the war effort was employment in the government service in landscaping and camouflaging.

7-135. IVA MAY FISHER, daughter of Earl (6-65) and Abbie. Fisher. b. 1-27-1913, Chamberlafo, S. Dak. m. Claude Koger, 5-2-1936, Council Bluffs, Ia.; b. 8-8-1912, Council Bluffs, Ia.; son of Andrew D. and Bertha Sheets Koger. Child of Claude and Iva May Koger: 8-221. Claudia May, b. 5-19-1945, Council Bluffs, Ia.

7- 136. MARY CHARLOTTE FISHER, daughter of Earl (6-65) and Abbie Fisher. b. 2-13-1923, Cedar Rapids, Ia. m. Alfred Wayne Clemens, 10-5-1941, Omaha, Nebr.; b. 5-22-1921, Council Bluffs, Ia., son of Fred F. and Lucy Marie Bird Clemens. Children of Alfred and Mary Clemens: 8-222. Ronald Wayne, b. 9-16-1942, Glendale, Calif. 8-223. Joyce Louise, b. 7-2-1946, Pasadena, Ca.lif.

Alfred Wayne Clemens is a veteran of World War II. He served as a private, first class, in the U.S. Army from June 10, 1944, to July 2, 1945, with the 84th Division in Belgium and Germany. His paternal grandfather was Lyman Clemens, a first cousin of Samuel L. Clemens -- Mark Twain. 231

7-139. WARREN LEGRANDE FISHER, son of Warren (6-66) and Lucille Fisher. b. 11-25-1911, Hillsdale, Wyo. m. ( 1) Mildred Linder from Springfield, Mass., 1-24-1932; b. 5-20-1912. (2) Florence Rutenbur, 6-22-1946. Children of Warren and Mildred Fisher: 8-224. William Le Grande, b. 5-31-1934, Masonville, N. Y. 8-225. Ethel Lucille, b. 4-20-1936, Masonville, N. Y. 8-226. Juliene, b. 10-12-1938, Sidney, N. Y. Child of Warren and Florence Fisher: 8-227. Lester Le Grande, b. 6-27-1947.

7-140. HARRIET ELLEN FISHER, daughter of Warren (6-66) and Lucille Fisher. b. 12-15-1912, Hillsdale, Wyo. m. Joseph B. Tyler, 6-4-1939; b. 8-13-1911, Texas. Children of Joseph and Harriet Tyler: 8-22..8. Warren Joseph, b. 1-30-1940. 8-229. Robert James, b. 9-9-1941.

7-141. WILLIAM CARPENTER FISHER, son of Warren (6-66) and Lucille Fisher. b. 11-29-1914, Hillsdale, Wyo. m. Marjory Dockstader, 10-Z.8-1937; b. 9-8-1915, Lisbon, N.Y. Child of William and Marjory Fisher: 8-230. William Carpenter, Jr., b. 7-26-1940.

William Carpenter Fisher has chosen the U.S. Navy as his career. Dur ing World War II he was 1st chief of the Hell Cat squadron, which was the first to use radar as a detection device. He was based on the carrier, Bunker Hill, and engaged in 33 missions. He has spent 16 years in the Navy and is now Chief Aviation Machinist at Alameda, Calif.

7-144. ELLARD WINFRED FISHER, son of Hoyt (6-67) and Mary Fisher. b. 6-16-1911, Wessington Springs, S. Dak. m. (1) Fern Anderson, 1930; {2) Arlene Joyce, 7-16-1938. Children of Ellard and Fern Fisher: 8-231. Henry Sherman, b. 10-5-1930. 8-232. Avis Lee, b. 1-24-1933. 8-23-3. Phyllis De Loy, b. 11-9-1934. Child of Ellard and Arlene Fisher: 8-234. Roger Frank, b. 3-24-1944.

7-148. LEO F. JENSEN, son of James and Grace Fisher (6-69) Jensen. ·b. 3-1-1905, Shelby Co., Ia. m. Della Mary Nause, 8-25-1928, South Gate, Calif.; b. 2-22-1902. Children of Leo and Della Jensen: 8-235. Edith Ann, b. 4-22-1929. 8-236. Charles Lloyd, b. 4-25-1939. 8-237. Mary Frances, b. Nov. 29, 1940. 8-238. Fay Ellen, b. 8-31-1943.

7-149. WILDA JUNE FISHER, daughter of Harry (6-70) and June Fisher. b. 2-5-1915, Council Bluffs, Ia. m. Fred A. O'Banion, 4-8-1939. Child of Fred and Wilda O'Banion: 8-239. Fred A., Jr., b. 2-5-1947.

Chapter XVI

THE FISHER LINEAGE

GENERATION VII (Continued)

7-152. FLORENCE GOEHRING, daughter of Julius (6-72) and Linda Herring Goehring. b. Ottumwa, Ia. m. Edward S. Randall. Children of Edward and Florence Randall: 8-240. Edna, m. Marcus McClellan. 8-24 l. Edward, m. Rosmae Gage.

7-155. ARTHUR GERRALD GOEHRING, son of Martin (6-73) and Ada Johnson Goehring. b. 1-29-1912, Emerson, Ia. m. Thelma Loraine Hoverter, 1-1-1933; b. 4-10-1914. Children of Arthur and Thelma Goehring. 8-242. Phillip Dwayne, b. 11-4-1935; d. 11-4-1935. 8-243. Neil Gerald, b. 11-1-1942, Glenwood, Ia.

7-156. MARTIN ALFRED GOEHRING, son of Martin (6-73) and Ada Goehring. b. 3-3-1914, Emerson, Ia. m. Florence Marie Ten Eick, 7-22-1934. Children of Martin and Florence Goehring: 8-244. James Eldon, b. 3-5-1938. 8-245. Janenne, b. 11-19-1941. 8-246. Louis Martin, b. 9-28-1946.

7-157. ARTHUR JOSEPH WARD, son of John and Anna Goehring (6-74) Ward. b. 9-30-1883, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Effie Hazel Rosa, 1-28-1902; b. 8-1-1884. Children of Arthur and Effie Ward: 8-247. Edythe Margaret, b. 1-3-1903, Mahaska Co., Ia.; m. James Ernest Bishop, 7-2-1922. 8-248. Mary Grace, b. 6-13-1906, near Ottumwa, Ia.; m. Frank P. Flaggard, 1-1-1924, Leon, Ia. 8-249. Laura Blanche, b. 10-18-1908, near Van Wert, Ia.; m. Coy Homer Cowden, 12-8-1928, Bolivar, Mo. 8-250. Floyd Eli, b. 6-21-1911; m. Virginia Marie McAdams, 4-24-1933. 8-251. Mike Theodore, b. 11-5-1917; m. Frances Nadine Owens, 6-1- 1941. 8-252. John Edward, b. 3-16-1922; m. Darlene Joan Owens, 3-16-1943. He was inducted into the U.S. Army at Leavenworth, Kans., 4-7- 1945. He served seven months in the United States and one year with the 44th Tank Battalion in the occupation of Japan. He was honorably discharged 10-31-1946 with the rank of sergeant.

7-160. THOMAS ROY WARD, son of John and Anna (6-74) Ward. b. 1-20-1890, Ottumwa, Ia. d. 1-21-1948, Des Moines, Ia.; bur. Shaul cem. near Ottumwa, Ia. m. Mrs. Alta Short McAdams, 11-1-1920. Child of Alta McAdams, step-daughter of Thomas Ward: 8-253. Virginia, b. 1914; m. Floyd E. Ward (8-250). 2. 33 2.34

7-161. HALLIE JERRY WARD, son of John and Anna (6-74) Ward. b. 9-18-1897, Kirksville, Ia., farmer. m. Velma Irene Harris, 12-22-1927, Manchester, la.; b. 2-10-1907, Manchester. Ia. Children of Hallie and Velma Ward: 8-254. John Ruben, b. 7-3-1930, Waterloo, Ia. 8-255. Edith Margaret, b. 3-24-1939, Oelwein, l'a. 8-256. Betty Jo, b. 12-2-1941, Oelwein, Ia.

7-171. ANDREW LOUIS GOEHRING, son of Daniel (6-76) and Theresa McBeth Goehring. b. 11-1-1894, Bancroft, Nebr. m. Hazel Ferne Hill, 1-26-1916, Libertyville, Ia.; b. 10-24-1893, Liberty ville, Ia.; dau. Gil9ert Percy and Elizabeth Saylor Hoffman Hill. Children of Andrew and Hazel Goehring: 8-257. Louis Keith, b. 11-1-1916, Libertyville, Ia.; m. Mabel Evelyn Laughlin, 2-18-1940, Fairfield, Ia. 8-2.58. Ferne Elizabeth, b. 5-20-1918, Libertyville, la.; m. Sylvester Henry Mineart, 5-20-1941, Pleasant Plains, Ia. 8-259. Daniel Carrol, b. 1-4-1920, Pleasant Plains, Ia.; m. Marie Laughlin, 8-29-1946. He entered the service of his country, 10-6-1942, in the Army Air Force, 59th sqdn., 61st Group Troop Carrier Command. He remained with this group through out the war. He served overseas till 1945 as control operator in the following Theatres of War: African, Middle Eastern, and European. His decorations include seven bronze stars, Dis tinguished Unit Badge, and Good Conduct Medal. He was on duty the night of the Normandy invasion (D Day) and helped to direct planes assisting in the invasion. He was discharged 9-26-1945, Jefferson Barracks, Mo., with the rank of sergeant. 8-260. Karl Martin, b. 3-10-1923, Pleasant Plains, Ia. He entered the service in World War II on 3-13-1943 as camouflage technician with the engineers of the Air Force. He spent eight months on Okinawa, and was there on V-J Day. His decorations are the Victory Ribbon, American Theatre Ribbon, Asiatic Pacific Ribbon, and Good Conduct Medal. He was discharged 3-13-1946 with the rank of Technician Fourth Grade. 8-2-61. Darlene Marie, b. 7-3-1924, Pleasant Plains, Ia. 8-262. Mabel Margaret, b. 7-2-1928, Pleasant Plains, la. 8-263. Marion Glen, b. 1-31-1930, Pleasant Plains, la. 8-264. Raymond Edward, b. 7-1-1933, Pleasant Plains, la.

7-172. HELEN DORA GOEHRING, daughter of Dan.iel (6-76) and Theresa Goehring. b. 8-25-1896, Bancroft, Nebr. m. Perry Leslie Lewis, 12-18-1918, Batavia, Ia.; b. 5-15-1893, Liberty ville, Ia.; son of William Lewis. Children of Perry and Helen Lewis: 8-265. Leslie Delbert, b. 5-27-1920, Libertyville, Ia.; m. Mildred M. Meyers, 2-14-1944, Ainsworth, Ia. 8-266. Lillie Elizabeth, b. 8-6-1921, Libertyville, Ia.; m. Keith William Smutz, 8-18-1940, Libertyville, Ia.

7-173. LILA FANTON GOEHRING, daughter of Daniel (6-76) and Theresa Goehring. b. 8-30-1898, Bancroft, Nebr. m. Harry Earl Williams, 12-23-1916, Ottumwa, Ia.; b. 4-15-1894, Liberty ville, la.; d. 1-29-1946, Libertyville, Ia.; son of John L. and Maggie M. Stansberry Williams. Children of Harry and Lila Williams: 8-267. Velma Lucille, b. 7-16-1917, Libertyville, Ia.; m. Raymond C. Booth, 4-30-1939. 8-268. Helen Marie, b. 12-5-1918, Libertyville, Ia.; m. Francis Harold Kneckt, 6-26-1938. 235

8-269. Lloyd Raymond, b. 7-11-1920, Libertyville, Ia.; m. Betty Lou McCormick, 1942. Lloyd Raymond Williams was drafted into the U.S. Army on 8-12-1942. He received his "wings" in March, 1943, and with eleven other men he was immediately sent to the South Pacific in a B-24 heavy bomber. On 2-11-1944 they were sent to Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, after it had been taken from the enemy. After 38 combat missions, both day and night, this crew, minus several men, was relieved and sent back to the United States. Lloyd was discharged 9-3-1945.

7-174. MABLE BERTHA GOEHRING, daughter of Daniel (6-76) and Theresa Goehring. b. 8-16-1900, Bancroft, Nebr. m. Cecil Irving Mickelwait, 6-6-1927, Council Bluffs, Ia.; b. 8-2-1900, Rochester, la.; son of Samuel H. and Nettie B. Howe Mickelwait. Child of Cecil and Mabel Mickelwait: 8-270. Ruth Ellen, b. 7-23-1930, Council Bluffs, Ia.

7-175. LUELLA MARIE GOEHRING, daughter of Daniel (6-76) and Theresa Goehring. b. 10-14-1903, Centralia, Mo. m. Eddie Alvin Allman, 2-25-1931, Agency, la.; b. 3-15-1888, Fremont, Ia., son of John and Addie Ritter Allman. Children of Eddie and Luella Allman: 8-271. Harold Edwin, b. 12-6-1932, Ottumwa, la. 8-272. Paul Vernon, b. 6-21-1935, Fremont, Ia.

7-176. MINNIE BERNICE GOEHRING, daughter of Daniel (6-76} and Theresa Goehring. b. 7-27-1907, Eddyville, Ia. m. Paul Lloyd Winsell, 6-22-1935, Ottumwa, Ia.; b. 11-10-1906; son of Fred and Cora Drake Winsell. Children of Paul and Minnie Winsell: 8-273. Wilma Elaine, b. 6-8-1939, Selma, Ia. 8-274. Lila Marie, b. 8-12-1941, Selma, Ia. 8-275. Doris Ilene, b. 5-26-1943, Selma, la. 8-276. Phyllis Lucille, b. 6-3-1946, Selma, Ia. 8-277. Merriam Burnice, b. 2-15-1948, Selma, la.

7-177. CLIFFORD HAROLD GOEHRING, son of Daniel (6-76} and Theresa Goehring. b. 10-18-1914, Batavia, Ia. m. Lois Maxine Beale, 8-7-1938, Fairfield, Ia.; b. 9-24-1916, Libertyville, Ia.; dau. Alvin and Della Stever Beale. Children of Clifford and Della Goehring: 8-278. Marilyn Jean, b. 3-13-1940, Jefferson Co., Ia. 8-279. Delbert Richard, b. 7-13-1941, Jefferson Co., la. 8-280. Donna Maxine, b. 12-8-1948, Jefferson Co., Ia.

7-178. WILLIAM MARTIN GOEHRING, son of Philip (6-77) and Louisa Martsching Goehring. b. 2-8-1897, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Ida Pauline Madron, 12-27-1925, Seneca, Nebr. Children of William and Ida Goehring: 8-281. Richard Leroy, b. 10-11-1926, Seneca, N_ebr.; m. Alice Mae Hempkin, 3-1-1946. 8-282. Esteleen, b. 12-29-1932, Seneca, Nebr. 8-283. Carlyn Ann, b. 1-28-1937, Thedford, Nebr.

7-184. GLADYS FISHER, daughter of William (6-80) and Nettie Frady Fisher. b. 3-21-1897, Emerson, Ia. m. Clarence S. Collins, 10-3-1922, Malvern, Ia. 236

Children of Clarence and Gladys Collins: 8-284. Kenneth, b. 9-6-1924, Georgetown, Calif. 8-285. Lois, b. 10-3-1926, Georgetown, Calif. 8-286. Loretta, b. 6-26-1934, Georgetown, Calif.

7- 186. HAROLD FISHER QUIMBY, son of Perry and Ella May Fisher (6-83) Quimby. b. 3-12-1902, Strahan, Ia. d. 5-17-1939, Lincoln, Nebr. m. Edith Myrtle Couch, dau. Edward M. and Jane Pollard Couch. Child of Harold and Edith Quimby: 8-287. Jane Loree, b. 2-6-1935, Lincoln, Nebr.

7-187. HELEN LOUISE QUIMBY, daughter of Perry and Ella (6-83) Quimby. b. 5-31-1905, Strahan, Ia. m. George Leonard Thacker. Children of George and Helen Thacker: 8-288. Mary Ja, b. 4-27-1943, Lincoln, Nebr. 8-289. Robert George, b. 12-17-1948, Lincoln, Nebr.

7-188, LOTTIE MAE FISHER, daughter of Fred (6-96) and Nettie Cary Fisher. b. 10-24-1900, Hastings, Ia. m. Elvin Mothershed, b. 5-31-1900, Bedford, la. Child of Elvin and Lottie Mothershed: 8-290. Gene Arnold (adopted), b. 12-24-1933, Denver, Colo.

7-189. WILLIAM EUGENE FISHER, 9 on of Emmett (6-97) and Margaret Shook Fisher; veteran, World War I. b. 1896. m. Kathryn . Children of William and Kathryn Fisher: 8-291. Charles E., m. Betty --.....- In World War II, served with Home Guards from Lincoln, Nebr., 1941. Was with the ground crew of the Air Corps, European Theater. Discharged and re-enlisted in the army. 8-292. '

7-190. CARY ABEL FISHER, son of Emmet (6-97) and Margaret Fisher. b. 1899. m. Nina Child of Cary and Nina Fisher: 8-296. Gene, m. Betty Parker, 12-10-1940. In World War II, was with the Home Guards from Lincoln, Nebr., 1941.

7-191. WORTH EVERETT FISHER, son of Emmett (6-97) and Margaret Fisher. b. 1900. m. Helen Child of Worth and Helen Fisher: 8-297. Marion, b. 1945.

7-197. MABLE JEANETTE GENUNG, daughter of Bert and Minnie Fisher (6-98) Genung. b. 6-26-1902, Carns, Nebr. d. 9-20-1944, Omaha, Nebr. m. Amos Hart, 7-2-1925, Carns, Nebr.; b, 8-18-1901. Children of Amos and Mabel Hart: 8-298. Ruth Elaine, b. 11-7-1927, Carns, Nebr. 237

8-299. Jeanette Julia, b. 5-1-1933, Carns, Nebr. 8-300. Nancy Ellen, b. 9-20-1938, Stuart, Nebr. 8-30 l. Sue Ann, b. 1940; d. 1940.

7-198. LOUISE RUTH GENUNG, daughter of Bert and Minnie (6-98) Genung. b. 10-7-1907, Carns, Nebr. m. Louis Leslie Hall, 8-20-1929, near Carns, Nebr. Child of Louis and Louise Hall: 8-302. Beverly Louise, b. 7-6-1930, Lincoln, Nebr.; m. PH Young, Jr., 11-22-1948, Bassett, Nebr.; b. 3-14-1926, Valentine, Nebr. PH Young is a veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the infantry of the U.S. Army on 10-29-1944, and received a medical discharge, 8-14-1945.

7-20 l. VELMA VIOLA FISHER, daughter of Abel (6-100) and Laura Miller Fisher. b. 12-18-1908, Gridley, Calif. m. Wilbur E. Githens, 6-17-1927, Douglas, Wyo.; b. 10-12-1904, Boulder, Colo., son of Milton R. and Geraldine Sledd Githens. Children of Wilbur and Velma Githens: 8-303. William Edward, b. 5-12-1928, Douglas, Wyo. 8-304. James Richard, 1), 6-18-1930, Douglas, Wyo.

7-202. LUELLA EULALA FISHER, daughter of Abel (6-100} and Laura Fisher. b. 9-1-1911, Lemon, S. Dak. m. (l) Vincent Clark; (2) Richard Housioux. Children ( surname not indicated}: 8-305. Darrel, b. 1-30-1932. 8-306. Keith, b. 7-8-1934. 8-307. Ronald, b. 4-22-1936. 8-308. Carol Marilyn, b. 11-16-1938. 8-309. Valorie, b. 2-5-1941.

7-203. GEORGE ELWIN FISHER, son of Abel (6-100) and Laura Fisher. b. 2-23-1914, Miles City, Mont. m. Bonnie Eskridge. Children of George and Bonnie Fisher: 8-3LQ. Loretta Ann, b. 3-3-1932. 8-311. Eddie D., b. 1934 (died in infancy).

7-204. IONA LORETTA FISHER, daughter of Abel (6-100) and Laura Fisher. b. 11-17-1922, Douglas, Wyo. m. Robert Williams. Children of Robert and Iona Williams: 8-312. Sharon Lee, b. 3-13-1942. 8-313. De Etta, b. 10-4-1945.

7-205. OPAL FISHER, daughter of Ivan (6-101) and Mamie Landaker Fisher. b. 1905. m. Charles Conley. Children of Charles and Opal Conley: 8-314. Vera, m. Young of Pash City, Mont., rancher. 8-315. Marion.

7-212. NORRIS CLAY WOLFGANG, son of Elmer (6-110) and Dora Neill Wolf gang. b. 9-13-1892, Noblesville, Ind. m. Clofa Randall, 2-23-1913, Noblesville, Ind.; b. 9-12-1895. Children of Norris and Clofa Wolfgang: 8-316. Robert, b. 7-2-1915, Indianapolis, Ind.; d. 12-22-1916. 8-317. Mildred, b. 3-10-1919, Norfolk, Va.; m. Lewis C. Bender, 5-26- 1938, Noblesville, Ind. 238

8-318. Paul, b. 5-16-1921, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. Dorothy Joan Pearson, 12-31-1941, Indianapolis, Ind. World War II service: U.S. Army General Hospital, Optical Unit. 8-319. Barbara, b. 8-25-1930, Patricksburg, Ind. 8-320. Julia, b. 2-5-1933, Hillisburg, Ind. 8-321. John David, b. 6-11-1939, Indianapolis, Ind.

7-213. MARJERY NEILL WOLFGANG, daughter of Elmer (6-110) and Dora Wolfgang. b. 1896, Noblesville, Ind. m. Gilbert Lee Dunnahoo, M.D., 1927, New York City. Children of Gilbert and Marjery Dunnahoo: 8-322. Margot Jean, b. 1930, Portland, Me. 8-323. Marilee, b. 1933, Honolulu, T. H.

7-214. ROBERT NE'RR WOLFGANG, son of Elmer (6-110) and Dora Wolfgang. b. 10-6-1893, Noblesville, Ind. d. 1919. m. Alma Lewis. Child of Robert and Alma Wolfgang: 8-324. Harold, b. 2-21-1915; m. Minnie Ruth Lewis, 7-9-1939.

7-215. JAMES OTTO WOLFGANG, son of George Fisher (6-113) and Lillie Thistlewaite Wolfgang. b. 6-11-1896, Sheridan, Ind. Served in U.S. Navy, World War I, 6-14- 1918 to 3-19-1919. m. Letha Florence Dean, 6-22-1918, Sheridan, Ind.; b. 10-11-1897; Sheridan, Ind. Children of James Otto and Letha \\ olfgang: 8-325. Ruthanna, b. 2-1-1921, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. Everitt F. Wood, 1-24-1941; b. 2-27-1915. 8-326. James Harold, b. 8-13-1922, Indianapolis, Ind.; World War II service record: lithographer in 654th Engineer Topographic Battalion, three years European Theatre of War; reproduction unit, First Army; took part in invasion of Normandy (Omaha Beach) 7-3-1944. m. Alma Jean Cowgill, 6-8-1946.

Three Generations James Harold Wolfgang James Stephen Wolfgang James Otto Wolfgang (8-326; 9-201; 7-215) 239

7-218. BERNICE ELIZA WOLFGANG, daughter of George (6-113) and Lillie Wolf gang. b. 7-15-1902, Sheridan, Ind. m. Paul Kelbie Webster, 9-12-1923, Sheridan, Ind.; b. 5-8-1898. Children of Paul and Bernice Webster: 8-327. Paul Kelbie, Jr., b. 6-24-1924; in World War II served in U.S. Army, Oct. 1942 to Nov. 1945, radar unit. Currently senior, Purdue University. m. Ruth Virginia Bergdolt. 8-328. Robert Eugene, b. 3-31-1927. Served in U.S. Navy, April 1945 to Aug. 1946, Southwest Pacific, World War II. 8-329. Marilyn Lou, b. 8-24-1930.

7-119. FERN REGINIA WOLFGANG, daughter of George (6-113) and Lillie Wolf gang. b. 6-24-1906, Sheridan, Ind. d. 3-10-1937, Sheridan, Ind. m. Fred Goins, Nov. 1924. Child of Fred and Fern Goins: 8-330. George Kenneth; served in U.S. Army, World VI ar II.

7-220. HUBERT FRANCIS DE LABODIE, son of Leo Denotus and Pearl Maud Wolfgang (6-115) De Labadie. b. 3-15-1905, South Bend, Ind. m. Naomi Eltzroth, 1927, Logansport, Ind. Children of Hubert and Naomi De Labadie: 8-331. Joann, b. 3-18-1925; m. Jack Ragel, Aug. 1946, Evanston, Ill. 8-332. John Dale, b. 1-29-1929. 8-333. William, b. 3-17-1947.

7-223. FRIEDA FRYBERGER, daughter of Harry D. (6-117) and Clara Phelps Fryberger. b. Noblesville, Ind. d. 3-29-1948, Washington, D. C. m. Lee Roy Stover, Washington, D. C ., 1927. Children of Lee Roy and Frieda Stover: 8-334. Edward Roy. 8-335. Donald Walter, b. 1936. -- Frieda Fryberger Stover was a teacher. She grew up in Minnesota but graduated from the Northern State Normal School at Aberdeen, S. Dak., in 1922. Thereafter she taught primary grades in Sisseton and Watertown, S. Dak. In 1927 she went .to Washington, D. C., where she married Lee Roy Stover, an attorney in the Treasury Department. After her- marriage, Frieda Stover continued her teach ing iri the Sidwell Friends School in Washington. She was an active member in the Presbyterian Church and the local Parent-Teacher Association. She is buried in the Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

7-224. MARY ISABELLE RIKER, daughter of William E. and Myrtilla Fryberger (6-119) Riker. b. 8-6-1904, Noblesville, Ind. m. Clyde Henry Schultz, 12-28-1926, Memphis, Tenn.; b. 3-27-1903, Ottumwa, Ia., son of George J. and Anna Damkin Schultz. Children of Clyde and Mary Schultz: 8-336. Barbara Ann, b. 8-18-1928, Chicago, Ill. 8-337. Mary Clyde, b. 3-16-1930, Chicago, Ill. 8-338. Nancy Lee, b. 2-8-1936, Chicago, Ill.

After his marriage to Mary Isabelle Riker, Clyde Schultz and his two brothers moved from Memphis, Tenn., to Chicago, Ill., where they established a wholesale meat business. The daughters, Barbara and Mary, are currently (1949) university students. 240

7-225. NELLIE RIKER, daughter of William E. and Myrtilla (6-119) Riker. b. 11-13-1906, Noblesville, Ind. m. Thomas L. Beals, 12-3-1928. Child of Thomas and Nellie Beals: 8-339. Thomas William, b. 11-11-1929.

7-226. WILLIAM RIKER, JR., son of William E. and Myrtilla (6-119) Riker. b. 7-12-1909, Noblesville, Ind. m. Beatrice Hooper, 7-2-1937. Children of William and Beatrice Riker: 8-340. Sandra Nelle, b. 10-18-1943, Memphis, Tenn. 8-34 l. Judith Ann, b. 2-15-1947, Memphis, Tenn.

7-232. DOROTHY ANNETTE DENYES, daughter of Harry E. and Ella May Wolf gang (6-133) Denyes. b. 1-18-1903, Elkhart, Ind. m. Harry S. Driggs, 6-25-1926, South Bend, Ind. Child of Harry and Dorothy Driggs: 8-342. Harry Stoddard, b. 9-23-1933, South Bend, Ind.

7-234. RALPH GORDON DENYES, son of Harry and Ella May (6-133) Denyes. An artist. b. 10-22-1911, South Bend, Ind. m. Wilda Dickson, 1-3-1932, South Bend, Ind. Child of Ralph and Wilda Denyes: 8-343. Patricia Jean, b. 9-3-1932, South Bend, Ind.

8-236. IRVA JULE SNUFF, daughter of John and Julia Ann Wolfgang (6-134) Snuff. b. 6-13-1900, Berrien Co., Mich. m. (1) Verl Strong, 7-20-1917, Niles, Mich,, (2) Clarence Meyers, 5-23- 1938 Children of Ver] and Irva Strong: 8-344. Richard Henry, b. 5-20-1918, Niles, Mich.; joined U.S. Navy, 10-5-1938; m. Bettie Lou Burge of Niles, Mich., 12-29-1942, in New York City. 8-345. Marilyn, b. 4-9-1920, Niles, Mich.

7-241. FLORENCE EILEEN WOLFGANG, daughter of Floyd Melvin (6-139) and Elotta Stage Wolfgang. b. 7-18-1918, South Bend, Ind. m. Arden Hull of Warsaw, Ind., 12-25-1936, Crown Point, Ind. Children of Arden and Florence Hull: 8-346. Sandra Darlene, b. 3-28-1938. 8-34 7. Thomas Allen, b. 9-3-1942.

7-244. OLIVE BLOSSOM BEAVER, daughter of Harry and Kathryn Keiser (6-141) Beaver. b. 12-25-1909, Indianapolis, Ind. m. Carl Jester Waltz; b. 8-21-1910, Edinburgh, Ind. Child of Carl and Olive Waltz: 8-348. Carolyn Ruth, b. 4-18-1942, Indianapolis, Ind.

7-245. WALLA OWEN FISHER, son of Henry (6-143) and Eliza Kinnamon Fisher. b. 11-10-1879, Hamilton Co., Ind. d. 5-10-1946. m. ( l) Nora Whitsel; (2) Nina Collins; (3) Augusta Ballard. Children of V, alla Fisher (maternal parentage not supplied): 8-H9. Lea, b. 3-9-1898; m. (1) Camp; (2) Agnes Mack, 2-11-1930. 8-350. Laura, b. 6-25-1900; m. Carl Redick, 12-25-1926. 8-351. Paul Vernon. 8-352. Vernon Lida. 8-353. Harry Owen, b. 1-1-1915. 241

7-246. HARRY VICTOR FISHER, son of Henry (6-143) and Eliza Fisher. b. 12-23-1883, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Edan Passwater, b. 9-10-1894. Children of Harry and Edan Fisher: 8-354. Eleanor Janet, b. 9-28-1914; m. Marion Beaver. 8-355. Howard Lester, b. 5-4-1916. 8-356. Margaret Blanche, b. 3-3-1918. 8-357. Richard, b. Feb. 1922; d. 1922. 8-358. Glenda Sue, b. 11-25-1935.

7-248. JOHN EARL BROOKS, M. D., son of August and Clara Fisher (6-144) Brooks. b. 3-23-1883. m. Stella Miesse; b. 2-14-1883. Children John and Stella BTooks: 8-359. R'uth, b. 4-16-1908; m, William Stonebraker, 1928. 8-360. George E. (no dates1 died young. 8-361. Mary Esther, b. 12-7-1911; m. Male ohm F. Bundy, 4-25-1948. 8-362. Lotta Irene (no dates), died young. 8-363. Paul, b. 3-25-1917. Veteran World War II, armored Infantry. m. (1) Vivian South, 2-14-1938; (2) Evelyn Heim, 7-3-1943.

7-249. LOLA ELLEN BROOKS, daughter of August and Clara (6-144) Brooks. b. 9-28-1892. d. 8-13-1933. m. Earl Roudebush, b. 2-21-1889. Children of Earl and Lola Roudebush: 8-364. David Earl, b. 3-30-1917; veteran World War II, private, ground crew, Army Air Force. m. Hazel Kent, 12-24-1938. 8-365. Miriam Louise, b. 10-15-1919; m .. Thomas Baldwin. 8-366. Joseph Brooks, b. 9-22-1926; veteran World War II.

7-250. EVA PEARL FISHER, daughter of Daniel (6-145) and Carrie Harrison Fisher. b. 5-24-1887. m, Earl F. Williams. Children of Earl and Eva Williams: 8-36-'7. Carry Katherine, b. 9-15-1908; m. George Carry, 5-16-1926. 8-368. Bertha May, b. 12-20-1912; m. ( 1) Elmer Ketterman, Nov. 1927; d. Jan. 1943; (2) Cecil Cunningham, 7-31-1948. 8-369. Charles F., b. 4-25-1914; m. Rae Wiles, 3-1-1941. 8-370. Mary Frances, b. 4-15-1918; m. James Tate. 8-371. Thelma, b. 7-9-1919; m. (1) Melvin Cecil; (2) James Martin. 8-372. Doris, b. 1-5-1921. 8-373. Richard, b. Oct, 1922; Co. L, 302nd Infantry, World War II; 9 months overseas.

7-251. GEORGE H. FISHER, son of Daniel (6-145) and Carrie Fisher. b. 12-25-1888. m. (1) Grace Lowe; (2) Helen McNeely, 6-8-1940. Children of George and Grace Fisher: 8-374. Ethel Lorene, b. 1-18-1919; m. William Lantz, 6-23-1940. 8-375. George, b. 7-2-1920; d. 6-15-1933.

7-252. RALPH F. FISHER, son of Daniel (6-145) and Carrie Fisher. b. 1-17-1893. m. Elsie May Johnson, b. 11-14-1894. Children of Ralph and Elsie Fisher: 8-376. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 4-12-1914; m. Edward Baker, 1-8-1934. 8-377. Esther May, b. 2-7-1916; m. Clarence Worl, 6-30-1939. 8-378. Albert Paul, b. 1-15-1918; m. (1) Charity McKenzie 2-1-1942; (2) Seraphine Latino, 10-28-1945. 242

7-256. JOHN GROVER HAVERSTICK, son of George and Nellie Fisher (6-146) Haverstick. b. • -9-1888. m. ( 1} Chloe M. Wright, 9-9-1900; b. 5-27-1892; d. 3-6-1920, Hamilton Co,, Ind.; (2) Harriet Fisher, 11-27-1929; b. 11-4-1892. Children of John and Chloe Haverstick: 8-379. Susannah Dean, b. 7-10-1910; m. Wayne Lyan, 2-2-1933. 8-380. Edna Isabelle, b. 7-20-1912; m. William F. Harger, 11-13-1931. 8-381. John Grover, Jr., b. 1-17-1915; m. Maxine Bragg. Veteran, World War II; enlisted 2-29-1942 in Texas; Sgt. F. C., Sv. Btry., 94th F. A., Germany, 1949. 8-382. James Wright, b. 1-13-1918; served in 6th Armored Div., European Theater, World War II; six major battles; bronze star and croix de guerre. 8-383. Chloe Haverstick {Hooke), b. 2-28-1920; adopted by Dr. and Mrs. Sam Hooke; m. Jack Hall Schernaukau, 4-4-l 94Z.

7-257. EDNA MERLE HAVERSTICK, daughter of George and Nellie (6-146) Haver stick. b. 1-9-1891, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. (l) William Thom, b. 11-4-1890; d. 9-13-1921. (2) Arthur C. Combs, 6-4-1935; b. 8-2-1889. Children of William and Edna Thom: 8-384. William Arnold, b. 4-13-1914; m. Dorothy Dakin Staats, 9-14- 1938. 8-385. George Allen, b. 6-20-1915; m. Wilma Geraldine York, 2- 14- 1936. Veteran World War II.

7-258. MARY LUCILLE STANFORD, daughter of Clement and Lydia Fisher (6- 148) Stanford. b. 7-1-1905. m. ( 1) John Evans; (2) Floyd Day. Child (surname not indicated): 8-386. Jo Ann, b. 12-2-1924; m. Ralph• Bowman, 6-12-1947.

7-260. DERSIE ELIZABETH FISHER, daughter of Frank (6-150) and Della Leach FisheJ". b. 10-9-1896, near Noblesville, Ind. m. Earl M. Dreher, 10-5-1916; b. 12-31-1893. Children of Earl and Dersie Dreher: 8-387. Virginia Kathryn, b. 10-17-1917, Noblesville, Ind.; m. Ralph Eugene Craig, 2-17-1940. 8-388. Mary Elizabeth,. b. 1-2-1919, Noblesville, Ind.; m. Thurall Ford, 12-25-1940. 8-389. Hester Louise, b. 7-27-1927, Noblesville, Ind.; m. Thomas McEntire, 2-27-1945; Seaman, First Class, U.S. Navy, World War II. 8-390. Michael, b. 9-7-1931, Noblesville, Inti.

7-262. EDWIN LUTHER JOHNSON, son of Charles and Amanda Wiseman (6-151) Johnson. b. 2-17-1881, Frederick Co., Md. m. Hazel Lee Summers, 10-18-1908, Frederick Co., Md.; b. 7-26-1892. Child of Edwin and Hazel Johnson: 8-391. Beulah May, b. Frederick Co., Md.

7-263. CARRIE ELIZABETH JOHNSON, daughter of Charles and Amanda (6-151) Johnson. b, 10-26-1882, Frederick Co., Md. m. David Tilden Gaver, 10-18-1908, Frederick Co., Md.; b. 12-14-1876; d. 8-18-1946, Frederick Co., Md. 243

Children of David and Carrie Gaver, all born in Frederick Co., Md.: 8-392. Mildred Irene, b. 11-24-1903; d. 12-25-1903. 8-393. Helen Elizabeth, b. 11-6-1904; m. Hammond Grimes, 5-5-1923. 8-394. John David, b. 1-31-1906; m. (1) Mary Crabtree, 7-23-1932.; (2) Louise Ardell Penn, 12-24-1943. 8-395. Rachael Ellen, b. 9-21-1908; m. Edward Manchau, 7-16-1938. 8-396. Paul Millard, b. 8-10-1910; m. Emily Frances Ripley, 8-25- 1930. 8-397. Leona May, b. 5-13-1912; m. Marcus B. Pickett, 7-31-1937. 8-398. Willard Johnson, b. 7-7-1921; m. Naomi Ray Witterback, 4-16- 1944.

7-265. ANNA FLORENCE JOHNSON, daughter of Charles and Amanda (6-151) Johnson. b. 2-28-1S88, Frederick Co., Md. m. Seymour Summers, 9-13-1905, Md.; b. 6-1-1886. Children of Seymour and Anna Summers, all born in Frederick Co., Md.: 8-399. Paul Eugene, b. 12-16-1906; m. Lena Jane Elmore, 9-21-1935. 8-400. Francis Willard, b. 4-6-1908; m. Mary Hooper, 1-31-1931. 8-40 l. Caroline Johnson, b. 9-20-1910; m. Woodrow Thomas Barkley, 3-3-1934. 8-402. Gernie Evelyn, b. 3-12-1912; m. Robert Paden, 11-28-1934. 8-403. Isabelle Dorothy, b. 1-22-1914; m. William T. McGee, 5-9-1936; b. 11-11-1914. 8-404. Edna Louise, b. 5-7-1916; m. Carl Francis Easton, 3-24-1939; veteran World War II; U.S. Army from 4-25-1944 to 12..Jl6-1946; discharged with rank of Staff Sgt., 9-5-1946. 8-405. Virginia Rebecca, b. 5-6-1918. 8-406. Anna Mary, b. 4-25-1922; m. Charles Albert Summers, 4-2.5-1942. 8-407. Edward Seymour, b. 2-25-1925. 8-408. John Edward, b. 12-20-1926; m. Winifred Alexander, 12-26-1948.

7-266. NELLIE AMANDA JOHNSON, daughter of Charles and Amanda (6-151) Johnson. b. 9-27-1890, Frederick Co., Md. m. Clyde L. Harshman, 10-27-1909, Frederick Co., Md.; b. 9-3-1885. Children of Clyde and Nellie Harshman, all born in Frederick Co., Md. 8-409. Madeline Elizabeth, b. 10-8-1910; m. Charles Boone, 8-17- 1932. 8-410. Helen Amanda, b. 3-19-1916; rn. Richard J. Baxter Rudy, 7-20-1937. 8-411. Marion Johnson, b. 4-30-1932; m. Elaine Shank, 9-29-1945.

7-267. MARY ESTHER JOHNSON, daughter of Charles and Amanda (6-151) Johnson. b. 10-14-1894, Frederick Ca., Md. m. Grover C. Gaver, 10-10-1917, Frederick Co., Md.; b. 10-6-1892. Children of Grover and Mary Gaver, all born in Frederick Co., Md.: 8-412. Richard Eugene, b. 1-19-1919; m. Ruth Sherwood, 4-24-1941. 8-413. James Elmer, b. 9-16-1923; m. Eve Mildred Cooney, 9-7-1945. 8-414. Cecil Johnson, b. 5-23-1925; m. Betty Jean Hoffman, 12-24-1947.

7-271. ADA SARAH ELIZABETH WISEMAN, daughter of David (6-153) and Amanda Kirst Wiseman. b. 4-9-1905, Montgomery Ca., 0. · m. (1) Thomas Allen, 10-14-1920, Dayton, O.; (2) Clarence Weller, 6-28- 1934, Anderson, Ind.; veteran World War II; U.S. Army, Co. D, MTB, 3rd Platoon. Children of Thomas and Ada Allen: 8-415. Thomas, Jr., b. 11-13-1921, Dayton, O.; m. Lois Zug, 1-14-1941, Dayton, 0. 8-416. Joseph Eugene, b. 3-9-1923, Dayton, O.; served in U.S. Navy, 244

World War II; m. (l) Joyce Stoddon, 7-12-1945; (2) Betty Meyers, 11-22-1947.

7-272. HENRY RICHARD WISEMAN, son of David (6-153) and Amanda Wiseman; served in Co. H, 23rd Q.M. T .R.K. Reg., U.S. Army, World War IL b. 11-2-1906, Montgomery Co., 0. m. Gwendolyn Porter, 1-7-1928. Children of Henry and Gwendolyn Wiseman: 8-417. Richard Frank, b. 10-15-1928, Dayton, 0. 8-418. David Eugene, b. 8-21-1935, Dayton, 0.

7-274. MUSETTA ELLEN WISEMAN, daughter of Joseph (6-154) and Susanna Hunter Wiseman. b. 2-25-1890, Montgomery Co., 0. m. Roy L. Dadisman, 11-4-1909, Dayton, 0. Child of Roy and Musetta Dadisman: 8-419. Norma Virginia, b. 7-14-1914, Dayton, O.; m. Raymond Sweeney, 6-15-1935, Dayton, 0.

7-275. DELLA MAY WISEMAN, daughter of Joseph (6-154) and Susanna Wiseman. b. 4-28-1891, Frederick Co., Md. d. 5-1-1926, Montgomery Co., 0. m. Frank C. Caylor, 10-20-1910, Dayton, 0. Children of Frank and Della Caylor: 8-420. Donald Earl, b. 9-2-1912; d. 9-6-1912. 8-421. Frances. E., b. 11-5-1913, Montgomery Co., O.; m. Cecil Brown, 6-8-1935. 8-422. Bernice May, b. 5-12-1915, Montgomery Co., O.; d. 4-15-1940. m. Donald Taylor, 1-9-1937. 8-423. Doris Evelyn, b. 4-29-1919; m. Harley Pummill, veteran of World War II. 8-424. Rosalba, b. 3-8-1923, Montgomery ,Co., 0. 8-425. Robert Everett, b. 4-29-1926, Montgomery Co., 0.

7-276. WILLIAM CLEVELAND WISEMAN, son of Joseph (6-154) and Susanna Wiseman. b. 12-19-1892, Frederick Co., Md. m. f 1) Stella May Swope, 11-30-1916, ·Montgomery Co., O.; d. 1944, dau. Henry and Alice Gano Swope. (2) Mary Kathryn Newcomer, 11-21-1946. Child of William and Stella Wiseman: 8-426. William Charles, b. 8-16-1920, Dayton, O.; veteran World War II; enlisted at Dayton, 0., 7-14-1942; sergeant in 30th Air Depot Group, 30 months, European Theater; engaged in Rhine land campaigns; received meritorious service award. m. Ruth Elizabeth Eggert, 10-15-1942, Toledo, 0.

Judge William C. Wiseman received his early education in the district schools and high schools of Jefferson Twp., Montgomery Co., O. Thereafter he taught in the public schools, 1911-1912, and then entered the Cincinnati Law College from which he received the LL.B. degree in 1915. He was admitted to the Ohio Bar, 7-1-1915, and practiced law in Dayton till 1921. He served as Judge of the Municipal Court of Dayton from Jan. 1, 1921, to Jan. 1, 1929, and as Judge of the Probate Court of Montgomery Co., 0., from Feb. 9, 1929, to Oct. 21, 1945. On the latter date Gov. Frank J. Lausche of Ohio appointed Judge Wiseman to the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Second District,· for an unexpired term of one year. In 1946 he was elected to this judgeship for two years, and again in 1948 he was re-elected by the people of his state as Judge of the Court of Appeals for a full term of six years.

7-278. IRMA LILLIAN WISEMAN, daughter of Joseph (6-154) and Susanna Wiseman. b. 1-15-1897, Montgomery Co., Ohio. 245

m. Joseph L. Summers, 4-24-1920, Dayton, 0. Children of Joseph and Irma Summers: 8-427. Dona Lee, b. 1-29-1921, Dayton, O.; m. ( l) Harold Wilbur Harmony, 9-7-1940; (2) Eldon Powers. 8-428. Mary Carol, b. 12-25-1922, Dayton, 0.,; m. (1) Wilbur Dieterle, 3-29-1941; (2) Thurman Coppess, 2-14-1947. 8-429. Wanda Eileen, b. 4-5-1924, Dayton, O.; m. Maris Williamson, 5-5-1945. 8-430 .. Gene Ione, b. 9-28-1926, Dayton, O.; m. Richard Ullery, 7-29- 1944. . 8-431. Mark Earl, b. 7-25-1921, Dayton, 0.

7-279. IDA MAY BANKS, daughter of John and Clara Wiseman (6-155) Banks. b. 2-21-1888, Montgomery Co., O. m. Lewis Geehring, 12-20-1905, Montgomery Co., 0. Child of Lewis and Ida May Geehring: 8-432. Lucille Elizabeth, b. 3-30-1907.

7-280. ANNA RUTH BANKS, daughter of John and Clara (6-155) Banks. b. 12-31-1894, Montgomery Co., 0. d. 12-2-1930. m. Earl Schramm, 7-2-1910, Montgomery Co., 0. Children of Earl and Anna Schramm: 8-433. La Veana, b. 3-25-1911; m. William McClain, 2-20-1932. 8-434. Orland Le Roy, b. 9-1-1913; m. Gloria Yockley, 11-21-1936. 8-435. Jack Junior, b. 1-9-1917; d. 12-2-1947, Nebr.; m. Roslee ___

7-281. SUSAN ELLEN BANKS, daughter of John and Clara (6-155) Banks. b. 4-21-1900, Montgomery Co., 0. m. Richard Arlie Easterling, 9-16-1918. Children of Richard and Susan Easterling: 8-436. Robert Richard, b. 5-27-1920; m. Mary Ellen Wilkinson, 8-19- 1939. 8-437. Patricia Louise, b. 5-18-1924. 8-438. Marilyn Lucille, b. 10-6-1927; m. William Lee Ayers, 6-12- 1948,

7-296. NELLIE MAY SHAFFER, daughter of James and Eva Fisher (6-163) Shaffer. m. Rinehart Barnow. Children of Rinehart and Nellie Barnow: 8-439. Mary,. m. Fred Slinkard. 8-440. Violet, m. Homer Lovsee. 8-441. Blanche. 8-442. Henry. 8-443. Charles.

7-297. BESSIE ELLEN SHAFFER, daughter of James and Eva (6-163) Shaffer. m. James Bartlette. Child of James and Bessie Bartlette: 8-444. Charlie.

7-299. LEILA SHAFFER, daughter of James and Eva (6-163) Shaffer. m. Earl Mathews. Children of Earl and Leila Mathews: 8-445. Pauline. 8-446. Joyce.

7-300. MINNIE ALBERTA SHAFFER, daughter of James and Eva (6- 163) Shaffer. m. Charles Mauk. Children of Charles and Minnie Mauk: 246

8-447. Bettie Ann. 8-448. Bonnie Lou. 8-449. Barbara Irene, b. 2-5-1935; d. 1935.

7-302. CHARLES FRANKLIN SHAFFER, son of James and Eva (6- 163) Shaffer. m. Josephine Dungan. Children of Charles and Josephine Shaffer: 8-450. Geraldine. 8-451. Nadine.

7-304. CHARLES FISHER, son of John (6-164) and Flora· Cain Fisher. m. Ruth Marshall. Children of Charles and Ruth Fisher: 8-452. Earl. 8-453. Alberta.

7-305. JESSIE FISHER, daughter of John (6-164) and Flora Fisher. m. William Strait. Children of William and Jessie Strait: 8-454. Maxine, m. H. D. Breault. 8-455. Josephine. 8-456. Wilber. 8-457. Betty Jane. 8-458. Peggy. 8-459. Paul. 8-460. Donnie.

7-306. JOSEPHINE FISHER, daughter of John (6-164) and Flora Fisher. rn. William Hill. Child of William and Josephine Hill: 8-461. Charlotte.

7-307. FLOYD FISHER, son of John (6-164) and Flora Fisher. m. Della Robins. Children of Floyd and Della Fisher: 8-462. Bonnie. 8-463. Junior. 8-4t>4. Darlyne.

7-308. PANSY FISHER, daughter of John (6-164) and Flora Fisher. m. Walter Early. Children of Walter and Pansy Early: 8-465. Jo Ann. 8-466. Richard.

7-309. MILFORD FISHER, son of John (6- 164) and Flora Fisher. m. Juanita Brummett Child of Milford and Juanita Fisher: 8-467. Jack.

7-311. FRANK FISHER, son of John (6-164) and Flora Fisher. m. Nettie Duckow. Child of Frank and Nettie Fisher: 8-468. Kathryn.

7-312. EDGAR WARD HORMEL, son of Edgar and Cora Ellen Fisher (6-166) Hormel. m. (1) Wilmette Riley; (2) Alta Allen, 3-21-1942. Children of Edgar and Wilmette Hormel: 8-469. Phyllis Jo Ann, b. 4-9-1933. 8-470. William Edward, b. 7-24-1935. 247

7-313. PAUL HAROLD BROWN, son of George Harvey and Maude Edna Fisher (6-167) Brown. m. Dorothy Pearson, 11-6-1935. Child of Paul and Dorothy Brown: 8-471. Philip Benjamin, b. 11-6-1935.

7-314. SARAH ATHELENE BROWN, daughter of George Harvey and Maude (6- 167) Brown. m. John Brooks. Children of John and Sarah Brooks: 8-472. Marcia Ellen, b. l-lZ-1936. 8-473. Carla Jean, b. 2-6-1937. 8-474. Jack Steven, b. 6-4-1939.

7-315. DUANE JOSHUA BROWN, son of George Harvey and Maude (6-167) Brown. m. Katherine Williams. Child of Duane and Katherine Brown: 8-475. Duane, Jr., b. 1-16-1940.

7-317. CONSTANCE E. BENNETT, daughter of Arthur and Goldie De Camp (6-170) Bennett. b. 8-21-1906, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Ray Gentry, 8-31-1929; b. 10-27-1905, Ind. Children of Ray and Constance Gentry: 8-476. Eleanor Sue, b. 6-7-1932. 8-477. Nancy Beth, b. 10-10-1938. 8-478. Max Lee, b. 2-8-1942.

7-318. HESTER LOUISE BENNETT, daughter of Arthur and Goldie De Camp (6-170) Bennett. b. l l - 2 8 - l 9 0 8, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Forrest Taylor, 11-4-1931; b. 12-5-1905. Children of Forrest and Hester Taylor: 8-479. James Dennis, b. 2-13-1940; d. 2-20-1940. 8-480. Philip A., b. 3-28-1942.

7-321. CARROLL DE CONWAY, son of Verne and Flossie De Camp (6-171) Conway. b . 9 - 2 3 - l 9 2 l, Ind . m. Evelyn Mittendorf, 3-1-1944, Cadiz, Ind. Child of Carroll and Evelyn Conway: 8-48 l. Jerry De, b. 4-30-1948.

7-322. MARIAN ESTABROOK KERR, daughter of George and Louise Pfeiffer ( 6 - l 7 3) Kerr. b. 8-2-1898, Keokuk, Ia. m. Glenn Daniel Devine, 6-30-1920, Des Moines, Ia., b. 10-22-1895, son of William Samuel and Elizabeth Victoria Foreman Devine. Children of Glenn and Marian Devine: 8-482. George Kerr, b. 3-5-1921, Des Moines, Ia. Veteran of World War II; Capt. in 4th Infantry Division when entered France D-Day plus 12; saw action in major engagements; decorations: silver star, bronze star, combat infantry badge, Presidential Unit Citation, Belgian Cross, and stars for five major campaigns. 8-483. Glenn Daniel, Jr., b. 3-13-1923, Fairfield, Ia.; m. Marian Murchison McEwen, 6-16-1945. Veteran World War II; navigator-instructor, Army Air Corps. Was embarked on a B-29 enroute to Pacific when V-J Day came. 8-484. Robert Estabrook, b. 1-27-1928, Fairfield, Ia. Has served 18 months in the U.S. Marine Corps. 8-484a. James Audrey, b. 10-22-1935, Cedar Rapids, Ia. 248

7 - 3 26. GEORGIA TAYLOR, daughter of George and Emma May Pfeiffer (6-174) Taylor. b. 11-20-1892, Omaha, Nebr. m. Roy Kenneth Straw, 9-5-1916, Omaha, Nebr.; b. 8-4-1892, Deepwater, Mo. Son of Roy and Georgia Straw: 8-485. Richard Kenneth, b. 2-26-1929, Mission, Tex.

Georgia Taylor Straw grew up in her hometown of Omaha and there received her education in the elementary schools and high school. After graduation from high school she studied piano for a few years, and later worked in the Peters Trust Company until her marriage to Roy K. Straw.

Roy Straw received his education at Tabor, Ia., and later worked in a bank at that place. He came to Omaha in 1913 to accept a position in the Peters Trust Company where his future wife was also employed. Later he joined the staff of the Peters National Bank in Omaha. In 1924 he was selected by John Shary, one of the largest and wealthiest land developers in south Texas, to manage the land sales and tax departments of his company in the lower Rio Grande Valley, a position he presently (1949) occupies.

7-331. LAWRENCE PAUL OSBURN, son of Burt and Rebecca Pfeiffer (6-175) Osburn. Military service, World War I, 7-15-1918 to 1-23-1919. b. 12-28-1893, Sioux City, Ia. m. Ethel Viola Jackson, 9-4-1928, Mitchell, S. Dak.; b. 9-24-1903. Children of Lawrence and Ethel Osburn: 8-486. James Duane, b. 2-26-1933, Pierre, S. Dak. 8-487. Lawrence Paul, Jr., b. 6-19-1937, Pierre, S. Dak.

7-332. ELEANOR MAY OSBURN, daughter of Burt and Rebecca (6-175) Osburn. b. 7-4-1895, Sioux City, Ia. m. Henry Fred Brunner, 8-17-1919, Murdo, S. Dak.; b. 9-5-1891. Children of Henry and Eleanor Brunner: 8-488. Paul Fair, b. 12-17-1921, Yankton, S. Dak.; veteran of World War II. 8-489. Robert Loren, b. 12-11-1923, Oakland, Calif.; was a combat flier in World War II with rank of lieutenant; was aboard the U .S.S. Missouri during the surrender ceremonies of the Japanese, and returned to the United States on a carrier with Admiral Halsey's 3rd Fleet. m. June Janotta, 12-13-1946.

7-333. JOHN CARROLL BAISCH, son of Richard and Stella Pfeiffer (6-176) Baisch. b. 3-22-1903, Parkston, S, Dak. m. Thelma Ebenhahn, 6-14-1931, Omernee, N. Dak., b. 12-17-1907, Ornemee, N. Dak. Child of John Carroll and Thelma Baisch: 8-490. Katherine Fair, b. 11-5-1942, South Bend, Ind.

John Carroll Baish received his early education in the grade and high schools of Parkston, S. Dak. Thereafter he entered the University of Nebraska from which he graduated with the LL.B. degree in 1926, and the A.B. degree in 1928. He followed this training with a special course in patent law at Northwestern University. He was admitted to the bar in Nebraska in 1926, and in South Dakota in 19 31. He is also a Registered Patent Attorney in the. U.S. Patent office. He first practiced his profes-sion as patent attorney in Omaha, Nebr. After ten years in that city he joined the Bendix Aviation Corporation in South Bend, Ind., in 1940, and was patent attorney for that firm till 1945. In that year he became a partner in the R. Welton Whann firm of patent l1w in Los Angeles, Calif., his present connection ( 1949). 249

7- 334. RALPH REEVES WILL, son of George (6-177) and Lydia Reeves Vv ill. Veteran World War I, 2nd Lt., military instructor, U.S. Army, Albuquerque, N. Mex., May to Nov., 1918. b. 8-13-1898, Ottumwa, la. m. (1) Ruby Estella Boykin, 3-17-1923; d. 6-29-1933. (2) Gladys Stone, 9-23-1934. Children of Ralph and Ruby Will: 8-491. Ralph Reeves, Jr., b. 1-1-1924, Albuquerque, N. Mex.; m. Gloria Colon, 10-19-1946, Albuquerque, N. Mex. Veteran, World War II; radio-gunner assigned to a B-26, European Theater, 1945- 1946. 8-492. Frank Goodwin, b. 1-7-1928, has served in U.S. Navy, Oct. 1945 to Jan. 1949. Child of Ralph and Gladys Will: 8-493. James Stone, b. 12-15-1940,

7-336. HAROLD CLARENCE WILL, son of George (6-177) and Lydia Will. Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy; enlisted in Naval Reserves, July, 1942; assigned to naval ordnance plant in Georgia till 1945. b. 2-10-1902, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Margaret Mueller, 6-10-1929. Children of Harold and Margaret Will: 8-494. John Harold, b. 8-1-1935. 8-495. Nancy Rita, b. 9-14-1938.

7-337. EVERETT WILLIAM WILL, son of George (6-177) and Lydia Will. b. 10-26-1903, Ottumwa, la. m. Louise Nilliams, 7-5-1925. Child of Everett and Louise Will: 8-496. Mary Louise, b. 1-14-1929.

7-338. MARY ALICE WILL, daughter of George (6-177) and Lydia VY ill. b. 1-1-1908, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Rockwell A. Davis, 9-4-1929; veteran World War II; was called from Officers' Reserve to active duty, Nov. 1940; served in the European Theater, Feb. 1944 to Nov. 1946; commissioned Lt. Col. Children of Rockwell and Mary Alice Davis: 8-49.7. William Rockwell, twin, b. 6-18-1932. 8-498. Tedford Alyn, twin, b. 6-18-1932.

7-340. GRACE MILLER, daughter of Clinton and Delpha Lowenberg (6-180) Miller. b. 2-23-1884, Wapello Co., Ia. m. James F. Williams, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, 4-21-1912, Ottumwa, la.; b. 3-14-1876, Carroll Co., Mo.; d. 2-2-1937, Highland Center, Ia. Children of James and Grace Williams: 8-499. Warren K., b. 2-6-1913, Highland Center, Ia.; d. 10-17-1938, Ottumwa, la.; m. Arlene Greenup, 5-8-1936, Ottumwa, la. 8-500. Doris Marie, b. 3-10-1914, Highland Center, la.; m. Frank A. Vv olf, 2-22-1935, Ottumwa, la. 8-501. Chester Fred, b. 1-9-1916, Highland Center, Ia.; m. Marcella Robertson, 10-21-1941, Highland Center, Ia.; served in World War II, April 1941 to Sept. 1945; overseas, for a time in Ireland, and in combat duty, N. Africa and Italy; rank, Staff Sergeant.

7-34 1. FLOYD MILLER, son of Clinton and Delpha (6-180) Miller. b. 10-23-1885, Wapello Co., la. m. Ida Hurr, 4-4-1911; b. 9-20-1886. Children of Floyd and Ida Miller: 250

8-502. Lois, b. 6-29-1915, "Wapello Co., Ia.; m. Harold E. Kinsinger, 10-23-1940. 8-503. Maxine, b. 10-5-1917, Wapello Co., la.; m. Wallace F. Manning, 6-4-1938.

7-343. ARNOLD MILLER, son of Clinton and Delpha (6- 180) Miller. Veteran World War I, 9-19-1917 to 3-12-1919; sent to France after hostilities ceased. b. 1-22-1889, Wapello Co., la. m. Nina Trout, 2-17-1915; b. 2-25-1893. Child of Arnold and Nina Miller: 8-504. Jean Lucille, b. 7-11-1922; m. Frank Royce, 9-10-1946; b. 1-3- 1923; a soldier in World War II, Dec. 1941 to Jan. 1946.

7-344. MADGE MILLER, daughter of Clinton and Delpha (6-180) Miller. b. l 0-17-1890, Wapello Co., Ia. m. Wendell G. Graham, 4-22-1920, 'Wapello Co., Ia.; b. 9-14-1882, Ottumwa, la.; served in World War I as mechanic, Co. G, 168th Inf., 42nd Div., 4-27-1917 to 5-17-1919; fought in six major engagements in France. Children of Wendell and Madge Graham: 8-505. Ralph Clinton, b. 3-7-1921, Ottumwa, Ia.; m. Gladys Lydia Annis, 2-23-1947; b. 9-26-1922. Veteran World War II, 5-22-1942 to 3-20-1946, Pfc. 8-506. Richard Wendell, b. 2-7-1924, Ottumwa, Ia.; m. Mildred Lucille Denning, 4-26-1947; b. 11-25-1925. Ordnance man, 1st Cl., Pacific Area, World War II, 12-15-1942 to 2-5-1946.

7-346. RAY MILLER, son of Clinton and Delpha (6-180) Miller. b, 1-20-1894, Ottumwa, Ia. Entered World War I, 7-22-1918; sailed for Europe 10-13-1918; discharged 6-30-1919. m. Elizabeth M. North, 1-17-1923, Wapello Co., Ia.; b. 3-2-1901, Ottumwa, Ia.; dau. James and Ellen Atkinson North. Child of Ray and Elizabeth Miller: 8-507. Shirley Ann, b. 6-22-1935, Ottumwa, la.

7-34 7. BEULAH MILLER, daughter of Clinton and Delpha (6-180) Miller. b. --5-4-1896, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Charles Vannoy, 4-27-1921, Wapello Co., Ia.; b. 10-3-1892. Children of Charles and Beulah Vannoy: 8-508. Marie, b. 10-12-1922; m. Olen Willier, 9-23-1942. 8-509. Clinton, b. 7-7-1925. 8-510. Donald, b. 5-28-1927. 8-511. Robert, b. 9-19-1931.

7-348. KENNETH MILLER, son of Clinton and Delpha (6-180) Miller. b. 7-21-1898, near Ottumwa, Ia. m. Willa Brownlee, 8-25-1928, Ottumwa, la,, by Rev. C. A. Field; b. 8-5-1902, Keosauqua, Ia. Child of Kenneth and Willa Miller: 8-512. Kenneth, Jr., b. 9-20-1932, Ottumwa, la.

7-350. EFFIE MILLER, daughter of Clinton and Delpha (6-180) Miller. b. 3-16-1904, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Ray Box, 10-28-1925, Wapello Co., Ia.; b. 3-12-1904, Unionville, Ia. Child of Ray and Effie Box: 8-513. Lyle R., b. 10-31-1926, Ottumwa, la. Entered the service in World War II, 6-22-1945; discharged 12-2-1946; served in this country as clerk typist in U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, Green Haven, N. Y. 251

7-351. DOROTHY MILLER, daughter of Clinton and Delpha (6-180) Miller. b. 10-30-1907, Wapello Co., Ia. m. Harry Wood, 7·· 17-1929, "Little Brown Church in the Vale", Nashua, la.; b. 10-30-1903, Keokuk Co., la., son of John R. and Sarah C. Ruggles Wood. Children of Harry and Dorothy Wood: 8-514. Beverly Elaine, b. 12-9-1936, Ottumwa, Ia. 8-515. Betty Eileen, b. 6-30-1939, Ottumwa, Ia.

7-353. MORRIS CUNNINGHAM LOWENBERG, son of Judson A. (6-181) and Nettie Cunningham Lowenberg. b. 12-13-1899, Ottumwa, Ia. Record, World War II: entered service, 12-26-1942, 1st Lt., C.A.C.; E. T .0., 2-3-1944 to 9-30-1945; with military government as agricultural specialist, England, France, Belgium; Exec. Officer, Econ. branch, SHAEF, Versailles and Rhiems, France; Frankfort, Germany; returned to inactive duty as Capt. C.A.C., 12-18-1945. m. Frances Lee Van Slyke, 6-15-1926, Manila, Ia.; b. 1-21-1903, Manila, Ia., dau. Frank L. and M. Ethel Brokaw Van Slyke. Children of Morris and Frances Lowenberg: 8-516. Morris Vance, b. 12-26-1947; m. Genevieve Crea McConnell, 11-29-1947. 8-517. Nancy Lee, b. 5-8-1929, Iowa Falls, Ia. 8-518. Larry Wayne, b. 10-25-1940, Ottumwa, Ia.

7-356. THELMA LOWENBERG, daughter of Judson A. (6-181) and Nettie Lowen berg. b. 11-21-1910, Ottumwa, Ia. B.S. (Home Econ.) Iowa State College, 1931. m. Harold M. Sonnichsen, 3-11-1939, Cambridge, Mass., b. 4-4-1912, Hancock, Minn.; professional chemist, Ph. D., Harvard University. Children of Harold and Thelma Sonnichsen: 8-519. Susan Elizabeth, b. 2-25-1940, Niagra Falls, N. Y. B-52.0. Harold Eric, b. 5-16-1944, Buffalo, N. Y.

7-357. NED CONNELLY, son of Frank and Cora Lowenberg (6-182) Connelly. b. 5-21-1899, Hedrick, Ia.; professional C.P.A., Chicago, Ill. m. Esther Jansen, 10-4-1922, Chicago, Ill.; b. 8-20-1903, Chicago, Ill. ChildrEfa of Ned and Esther Connelly: 8-521. •Barbara Cele, b. 7-8-1926, Chicago, Ill.; B.S, (Horne Econ.) Iowa State College, 1948. m. Charles Heidel, 8-7-1948. 8-522. Ray, b. 9-6-1928, Chicago, Ill.; student at Iowa State College, 1949.

7-361. DONALD SPRY FAIR, son of Fisher Altis (6-185) and Nell Spry Fair. b. 10-4-1898, Council Bluffs, Ia. Veteran, World War I. Occupation: news reporter and chart maker for the Racing Form, Detroit, Mich. m. Lou French. Child of Donald and Lou Fair: 8-523. Harold Clements, b. 1919, Deming, N. Mex.

7-364. FISHER ALTIS FAIR, JR., son of Fisher Altis (6-185) and Nell Fair. b. 10-22-1917, Coundl Bluffs, Ia. Service record, World War II: Inducted 11-24-1942; overseas, Pacific Theater, 9-21-1944 to 12- 12-1945; decorations: service stars, New Guinea, South Philippines, Luzon; bronze arrowhead, Philippines; Commissioned 2nd Lt., 8-30- 1945; discharged, 12-20-1945. m. ( 1) Mary Ellen Shaffer; (2) Lois Louise Burson, 2-8-1940, Davenport, la.; b. 12-19-1917, Plano, Ill.; dau. Leslie L. and Anna Louise McKay Burson. Child of Fisher Altis and Mary Ellen Fair: 8-524. Donald Shaffer, b. 11-17-1935, Council Bluffs, Ia. 252

Child of Fisher Altis and Lois Fair: 8-525. Virginia Ann, b. 5-20-1941, Sandwich, Ill.

7-369. CLAUDE HARVET FAIR, son of Adam Bert (6-190} and Clara Harvet Fair. b. Ottumwa, Ia. m. Alice Johnson. Child of Claude and Alice Fair: 8-526. Mary Beth, b. 6-13-1940.

7-370. HELEN LOUISE FAIR, daughter of Adam Bert (6-190) and Clara Fair: b. Ottumwa, Ia. m. Dr. Lucian Stanton. Child of Lucian and Helen Stanton: 8-527. Robert Edwin.

7-371. ROBERT J. FAIR, son of Adam Bert (6-190) and Clara Fair. b. Ottumwa, Ia. m. Dorothy Arrison. Children of Robert and Dorothy Fair: 8-528. Beth, b. 1941. 8-529. Nancy, b. 1945, Sheridan, Wyo.

7-372. SARAH ELIZABETH ERB, daughter of Benjamin and Pearl Elizabeth Fair (6-194) Erb. b. 10-17-1911, Anamosa, Ia. m. Kenneth R. Hargrove, 3-1-1935, Anamosa, la., b, 4-23-1913. Children of Kenneth and Sarah Hargrave: 8-530. Mary Kay, b. 10-26-1937, Maquoketa, Ia. 8-531. Judith Ann, b. 9-8-1940, Lost Nation, Ia. 8-532. Jane Elizabeth, b. 9-1-1945, Lost Nation, Ia.

7-385. RICHARD MELVILLE PERDEW, son of William Henry and Avonia Kyle Clements (6-202) Perdew. b. 3-7-1905, Mediapolis, Ia. , m. Hanni Schubert, 4-10-1940. Child of Richard and Hanni Perdew: 8-533. Ingrid Hanni, b. 6-29-1943.

7-388. MIRIAM PERDEW, daughter of William Henry and Avenia (6-202) Perdew. b. 12-19-1911, Newton, Ia. m. Dennis L1ewellyn Fox, 1931; b. 12-22-1901. Children of Dennis and Miriam Fox: 8-534. Ronald Llewellyn,- b. 1-24-1934. 8-535. Stephen John Perdew, b. 6-8-1935. 8-536. Kathleen Miriam, b. 9-12-1940, La Jolla, Calif. 8-537. Allen Dennis, b. 5-29-1948, La Jolla, Calif.

Dr. Dennis L. Fox, Ph. D., is Associate Professor of Bio-chemistry in the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at La Jolla, Calif., a branch of the Univer sity of California.

7-389. PHILIP WILBUR PERDEW, son of William Henry and Avonia (6-202) Perdew. b. 9-20-1915, Oskaloosa, Ia. m. Ruth A. Sener, April 1939. Child of Philip and Ruth Perdew: 8-538. John William, b. 3-22-1942.

7-393. ROBERT JOHN DIMMITT, son of Howard (6-207) and Edith Stevens Dimmitt. b. 6-16-1905, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Mildred Elizabeth Nockleby, 8-18-1926; b. 5-16-1905. 253

Children of Robert and Mildred Dimmitt: 8-539. Barbara Jean, b. 8-10-1928. 8-540. Susan Elizabeth, b. 12-21-1945.

7-394. BRUCE STEVENS DIMMITT, son of Howard (6-207) and Edith Dimmitt. b. 9-26-1906, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Lorraine Gaffney, 10-6-1934. Child of Bruce and Lorraine Dimmitt: 8-541. Bruce Stevens, Jr., b. 6-9-1935.

7-396. HOWARD GORDON DIMMITT, son of Howard (6-207) and Edith Dimmitt. b. 10-19-1910, Ottumwa, Ia. m. Magdalen Coppens, 11-28-1935; b. 5-5-1911. Children of Howard and Magdalen Dimmitt: 8-542. Carole Lynn, b. 10-27-1936. 8-543. Gary Gordon, b. 7-25-1938.

7-399. OLIVER DIMMITT HOFMANN, son of Ralph and Kyle Dimmitt (6-209) Hofman. b. 12-12-1911, Regina, Can. m. Phyllis Upton, 3-2-1935. Children of Oliver and Phyllis Hofmann: 8-544. Patricia Louise, b. 3-27-1936, Los Angeles, Calif. 8-545. Thomas Randall, b. 10-14-1938, Los Angeles, Calif. 8-546. William Terrill, b. 9-30-1943.

7-401. WILLIAM JOHN DIMMITT, son of Clarence (6-210) and Ozella Rudd Dimmitt. b. 7-6-1921, Huntington Park, Calif. m. Beverly Stover, 2-14-1942, b. 1-6-1923. Child of William and Beverley Dimmitt: 8-547. Marie Beverly, b. 1-7-1945.

7-402. MARJORIE KYLE DIMMITT, daughter of Clarence (6-210) and Ozella Dimmitt. b. 3-20-1923, Huntington Park, Calif. m. William Reed Boardman of Cordova, Ill., at Tallahassee, Fla., 7-21- 1~_44; b. 3-20-1922. In World War II he served in the Army Air Corps four years, his rating was 1st Lt.; decorations: air medal and Distinguished Flying Cross. Child of William and Marjorie Boardman: 8-548. Mark Dimmitt, b. 12-29-1946, Moline, Ill.

7-405. DOROTHY CLYDENA DIMMITT, daughter of Robert (6-211) and Bertha Porter Dimmitt. b. 10-10-1918, near Downey, Calif. m. Edwin Gaston, 3-24-1940; b. 4-6-1911. Children of Edwin and Dorothy Gaston: 8-549. Evelyn Ethel, b. 4-24-1942. 8-550. Barbara Belle, b. 7-12-1945.

7-406. ELIZABETH JEAN DL.'v1MIT':", daughter of Robert (6-211) and Bertha Dimmitt. b. 8-11-1923, near Downey, Calif. m. Ira L. Watson, 12-12-1944; b. 6-11-1921. Child of Ira and Elizabeth Watson: 8-551. Danny Dennis, b. 11-20-1945, Bell Gardens, Calif. 254 Chapter XVII

THE FISHER LINEAGE

GENERATION VII (Concluded)

7-415. GLADYS IRENE THAMER, daughter of Charles and Elta Fisher (6-215) Thamer. b. 4-1-1906, near York, Nebr. m. Harry Raymond Atkison, 4-1-1924, Belleville, Kans.; b. 2-24-1905, Bradshaw, Nebr., son of Robert A. and Ida Babcock Atkison. Children of Harry and Gladys Atkison: 8-552. Ida Louise, b. 4-10-1925, Platte, S. Oak.; m. Harold L. Scofield, 11-20-1940, Reno, Nev., veteran of World War II, 9-8-1942 to 10-9-1943, Army Air Corps. 8-553. Shirley Lee, b. 1-15-1929, York, Nebr.; m. Samuel Lafayette Scott, 12-19-1946, Newport, Ore., served with Army Air Corps in World War II from April 1944, to 6-1-1946, including 6 months on the Island of Saipan. 8-554. Harry Raymond, Jr., b. 10-2-1931, York, Nebr.

7-423. GERALD LA VERNE FISHER, son of Cedric (6-218) and Anna Reynolds Fisher. b. 6-24-1914, Norfolk, Nebr.; jeweller and watch-maker. m. Carolyn Gallaugher, 9-14-1936, b. 4-17-1916, Groton, S. Oak. Children of Gerald and Caroline Fisher: 8-555. Betsey Ann, b. 9-22-1938, Zion, Ill. 8-556. Geraldine Marie, b. 4-2-1943, Zion, Ill.

7-424. CEDRIC STEPHEN FISHER, son of Cedric (6-218) and Anna Fisher. b. 11-11-1916, Norfolk, Nebr. m. Wanda Ferguson, 9-18-1940, Ellendale, Minn., b. 4-5-1916, Ellendale, Minn. Child- of Cedric and Wanda Fisher: 8-557. Bruce Stephen, b. 7-1-1942.

7-425. THEODORE SABINE, son of Charles and Jennie Fisher (6-219) Sabine. b. Jan., 1907. m. Fern Hoover, May, 1934. Child of Theodore and Fern Sabine: 8-558. Theodore, Jr., b. Sept., 1936.

7-426. NORMAN C. SABINE, son of Charles and Jennie (6-219). Sabine. Veteran of World War II. m. Janet Aiken, Oct. 1930. Child of Norman and Janet Sabine: 8-559. Janet, b. Jan. 1938.

7-427. KENNETH FISHER SABINE, son of Charles and Jennie (6-219) Sabine. Veteran of World War II. b. Aug., 1916. m. Jane Collyer, Sept., 1939. Son of Kenneth and Jane Sabine: 8-560. Michael, b. 1939.

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7-433. BEA TRICE LEILA SMITH, daughter of Charles Michael and Leila Dott Fisher (6-220) Smith. b. 11-30-1916, Chicago, Ill. m. Dean E. Wallace, 6-14-1939. Served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. Children of Dean and Beatrice Wallace: 8-561. Colette April, b. 4-21-1946. 8-562. Dean Edmund, b. 4-10-1948.

7-437. DORIS MANCHESTER, daughter Phillip (6-223) and Grae~ Wheeler Manchester. b. 11-2-1898, Toledo, 0. m. Allen Irving Smith, 6-17-1920, Cleveland, O.; b. l_-21-1894, Wilming ton, Del., son of Norris Wood and Sarah Bolgiapo Smith. Served as a C.P.O. in the U.S. Navy, 2 years, World War -I. Children of Allen and Doris Smith: 8-563. Allen Irving, Jr., b. 12-19-1921, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 8-564. Barbara Jeanne, b. 9-1-1924, Washington, D.C.; m. Thomas Rhudell Burkdell, Washington, D.C.

7-438. JEAN DE VER TRACY, daughter of Aubrey and Hazel Fisher (6-228) Tracy. b. 10-10-1914, Elkhart, Ind. B.A., Fenn College, Cleveland, 0. m. Clarence D. Bruns, 8-28-1937. Child of Clarence and Jean Bruns: 8-565. David Tracy, b. 10-26-1941, Cleveland, 0.

7-439. JOHN JARVIS CRANE, son of Daniel and Florence Botefuhr (6-230) Crane. b. 1-13-1904, Toledo, 0. d. 1-21-1943, near San Francisco, Calif. m. Imogene St. Clair, 9-2-1926, Toledo, 0. Children of John Jarvis and Imogene Crane: 8-566. Joan St. Clair, b. 11-17-1927. 8-567. John, Jr., b. 6-3-1930; d. 1933.

Jahn Jarvis Crane made the supreme sacrifice in World War II. He was killed in the crash of an airplane on a mountain near San Francisco while in line of duty. At tne time of his death he was Commander in the Pacific Squadron of Submarines based on Honolulu, from which point he was returning to the mainland when the plane in which he was riding encountered a severe storm in San Francisco harbor. The plane was driven off its course to its destruction. All personnel on the plane were instantly killed. Commander Crane was a Navy career officer. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922 and graduated in 1926. He was advanced to the rank of Commander only a week before his death.

Commander Crane was posthumously cited for meritorious service by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet. The citation said in part: "Through his efforts, submarines departed on patrol in a high state of material preparedness. His leadership, zeal, and initiative were in keeping with the highest traditions of the naval service."

7 -441. HELEN MARGUERITE RAMSELL, daughter of William and Marguerite Fisher (6-231) Ramsell. b. 10-7-1917, Iowa City, Ia. m. George Henry Miller, 10-11-1945, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Calif.; son of George and Lillian Sherman Miller, Great Neck, Long Island, N. Y. Children of George and Helen Miller: _8-568. Pamela Helen, b. 10-4-1947. 8-569. Prescilla Mildred, b. 1-4-1948, Oakland, Calif. 257

Helen Ramsell Miller graduated from the Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, after which she entered Occidental College at Eagle Rock, Calif. Here she received the B.A. degree in 1938. She continued her education with a year of graduate work at the University of California, thereby qualifying for secondary teachers' credentials. From 1939 to 1941 she taught English in the high schools of Turlock and Santa Rosa, Calif. With the advent of World War II, Helen enlisted in the WAVES in August, 1942, and received her commission as Ensign, Jan. l, 1943. Her first assignment was instructor in naval communications at the Naval Training Station, Smith College, Northampton, Mass. From there she was transferred as communications officer to the office of the Western Sea Frontier at San Francisco, after having been promoted to lieutenant, senior grade, in August, 1945. She remained at that post until she was honorably discharged in October, 1945.

George Heivy Miller, husband of Helen, received his early education in the public schools of Long Island, New York. Upon graduation from high school he entered the U.S. Coast Guard Academy at New London, Conn., of which he is a graduate. During the course of World War II he advanced in rank to Commander, and at the time of his marriage in 1945 he was serving as executive officer of the U .S.S. Admiral Eberle, attack transport.

7-442. WILLIAM MOSES RAMSELL, JR., son of ¼illiam and Marguerite Fisher (6-231) Ramsell. b. 1-23-1918, Iowa City, la. m. June Grissom, 1-11-1947, Colorado Springs, Colo. Children of William and June Ramsell: 8-570. Patricia Ellen, b. 8-24-1947, Boulder, Colo. 8-57 l. Barbara Ann, b. 12-3-1948, Long Beach, Calif.

William Ramsell, like his sister Helen, is also a graduate of the Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif. After high school he spent two years in Occidental College, Eagle Rock, Calif., before he was drafted into the military service of his country in August, 1941. He was assigned to training at Camp Wallace, Texas, where he was soon advanced from private to supply sergeant. In December, 1944, he accompanied American infantry troops to the battle areas of the Pacific, and took part in the invasion and recapture of the Philippine Islands. Early in 1945, while Sgt. Ramsell was leading a platoon of the 24th Infantry Division in an----attack upon a strong Japanese positio~ on the island of Mindanao, he was wounded by Japanese machine gun fire. He was removed to a base hospital where it was found necessary to amputate his right leg above the knee. When he had :recovered sufficiently to withstand the voyage, he was brought by hospital ship to the Bushnell General Hospital in San Francisco.

It was while Sergeant Ramsell was hospitalized in San Francisco that the relationship of patient to nurse became one of romance. The army nurse who attended him was a Illinois girl named Betty June Grissom. When he was dis charged from the hospital and considered continuing his education which had been interrupted at Occidental College in 1941, he determined to transfer to the Univer sity of Colorado at Boulder. This plan was also convenient for another reason because Nurse Grissom was working in Colorado Springs. It was in Denver the wedding took place on January 11, 1947.

As so many "GI' s" in college were doing, the young couple began their married life in a trailer, while the war veteran pursued his studies. William Rarnsell matriculated in th.e School of Business, and in June, 1948, he was graduated with the degree, B.S. (Bus.). After graduation he returned to California, not only with his diploma, but with a wife and child as well.

7-443. DAVID WILLIAM FISHER, son of Herbert Hormel (6-232) and Wilhelmina Saunders Fisher: b. 6-3-1916, Salt Lake City, Utah. 258

m. Dorothy Mildred Marshall, 11-18-1942, Bethany Lutheran Church, Burlington, la.; b. 10-20-1920, Burlington, Ia. Children of David and Dorothy Fisher: 8-572. David Robert, b. 4-28-1944, Edgewood Arsenal, Md. 8-573. Mary Margaret, b. 11-2-1947, Galesburg,· 111.

David W. Fisher is a graduate of the Iowa City High School, 1938. He began a premedical course in the University of Iowa upon completion of his high school course, but his studies were interrupted by his being inducted into the U.S. Army, 4-3-1942. His basic training was accomplished at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyo., after which he was sent to Officer Candidate School. He advanced through all ratings from private and corporal and finally to captain, 12-23-1945. His military duties consisted principally as instructor in the Officer Candidate School at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, and as a member of the Chemical War fare Board at the same place.

In civilian life, David Fisher is a sales representative of Wyeth, Inc., a concern which supplies physicians, hospitals, and pharmacists with drugs, pharmaceuticals, biological and nutritional products.

7-444. GLADYS EVELYN NEU, daughter of Adam and Ada May Fisher (6-235) Neu. b. 7-1-1893, Elkhart, Ind. m. Oliver Reene Wenger, 10-10-1910; b. 8-25-1891, Goshen, Ind., son of Jacob N. and Lydia Schuman Wenger. Children of Oliver and Gladys Wenger: 8-574. Wilbur Dwight, b. 4-17-1912, Elkhart, Ind.~ m. Mildred Swarm, 6-6-1936. 8-575. Wilma May, b. 4-10-1914, Montpelier, O.; m. John David Hixon, 6-14-1936. 8-576. Marjorie Ellen, b. 4-14-1916, Montpelier, O.; m. Paul Arthur Withers, 4-18-1936. 8-577. Edward Oliver, b. 7-24-1918, Elkhart, Ind. Served in Army Air Corps as 2nd Lt., 4½ years, World War II. m. Elsie Elaine Poyser, 9-1-1940. 8-578. Howard Franklin, b. 12-20-1920, Crandon, Wisc. S1..::rved in the Merchant Marine for five years during World War II. m. Mary Ann O'Donnell, 4-2-1944.

7-446. CHARLES RAYMOND NEU, son of Adam and Ada (6-235) Neu. b. 11-1-1896, Cando, N. Dak. m. (1) Leah Marie Orr, 6-26-1921; b. 3-12-1897; d. 7-9-1935, Cleveland, 0. (2) Marian Emma Christian, 9-3-1945; b. 4-15-1912. Children of Charles and Leah Neu: 8-579. Charles Raymond, Jr., b. 7-31-1923, Elkhart, Ind. 8-580. William Amos, b. 2-9-1925, Elkhart, Ind.; m. Patricia M. Johnson, 1-31-1948; b. 4-3-1929. 8-581. Sara Ruth, b. 7-6-1931, Cleveland, 0. 8-582. Leah Marie, b. and d., along with mother, 7-9-1935.

7-448. VERNON E. NEU REINOLDT, son of Adam and Ada (6-235) Neu. When he was 8 years old, he was adopted by Dr. and Mrs. Reinoldt, hence the surname, "Reinoldt." b. 9-26-1900, Dauphin, Manitoba, Can. m. Lillian Ruth Murphy, 12-11-1926; b. 8-19-1909, Kansas City, Mo. Children of Vernon and Lillian Reinoldt: 8-583. Kathaleen, b. 10-27-1927, Muskegon, Mich. 8-584. James, b. 12-9-1932, Muskegon, Mich.

7-450. FRANKLIN HOWARD NEU, son of Adam and Ada (6-235) Neu. b. 7-7-1903, Dauphin, Manitoba, Can. 259

m. Helen Summerlott, 7-9-1927; b. 3-13-1910. Children of Franklin and Helen Neu: 8-585. Dick Duane, b. 4-19-1928, Elkhart, Ind. 8-586. Joan, b. 7-12-1931.

7-452. LEWIS EDWARD VAN ANTWERP, son of Lewis and Emma Fisher (6-236) Van Antwerp. b. 6-29-1892, Benton Harbor, Mich. Veteran, World War I. m. Florence Sarah Morse of St. Joseph, Mich., 1920; b. 7-26-1894. Children of Lewis and Florence Van Antwerp: 8-587. Robert Lewis, b. 7-1-1921; Tech. Sgt., U.S. Army, June 1943 to March 1946, World War II; m. Vera Ruth Deaner of Sodus, Mich., 6-13-1943. 8-588. Jack Edward, b. 7-29-1924; graduate in pharmacy, Ferris Institute; served as Pharmacist Mate, 1st Cl., U.S. Navy, Jan. 1943 to June 1946, World War II. m. Virginia Rose Curtis, 8-11-1947, Hart, Mich.

7-453. JAMES SPENCER VAN ANTWERP, son of Lewis and Emma (6-236) Van Antwerp. b. 10-7-1894, Benton Harbor, Mich. Veteran World War I, Hawaii and France; pay officer with rank of lieutenant. m. Anna Margaret Kuschell of St. Joseph, Mich., 12-7-1919. Child of James and Anna Van Antwerp: 8-589. Doris Ann, b. 12-20-1923, Kalamazoo, Mich.; m. Lt. John Rhodes, 11-4-1945, Kalamazoo, Mich.; b. 5-10-1919, St. Paul, Minn.

7-456. ETHEL LENORA VERNIER, daughter of George and Bertha Fisher {6-238) Vernier. b. 11-3-1902, Elkhart, Ind. m. Kenneth Hardwick, 11-17-1928; b. 6-29-1905. Child of Kenneth and Ethel Hardwick: 8-590. George, b. 8-20-1923, Elkhart, Ind.

7-463. VERNA PEARL BALDWIN, daughter of Ernest and Ethel Fisher (6-241) Baldwin. b. +-26-1916. m. Lyle Robert Wilburn, 6-21-1932. Child of Lyle and Verna Wilburn: 8-591. Betty Jean.

7-467. SAMUEL FISHER KEESEY, son of Samuel and Ruth Fisher (6-245) Keesey. b. 5-3-1919, South Bend, Ind. m. Marjorie Jean Jones, 6-20-1944, South Bend, Ind.; b. 9-5-1920, South Bend, Ind., dau. Lewis W. and Anna Crew Jones. Children of Samuel and Marjorie Keesey: • 8-592. William Fisher, b. 8-23-1947, Toledo, 0. 8-593. Robert Leslie, b. 4-9-1949, Toledo, 0.

Samuel Keesey received his educational background in the public schools of South Bend, Ind., and after graduating from high school there he entered Indiana University at Bloomington. He graduated from the University in April, 1943, with the degree, B.S. (Bus.). Since the United States was in the midst of World War II, Samuel Keesey entered officers training at once upon graduation. On Aug. 13, 1943, he was commissioned 2nd Lt. in the Quartermaster Corps.

Overseas duty began 9-7-1944 by being shipped from San Francisco with the 3477th QM Truck Co. to the South Pacific. Landing was made in New Guinea 10-9-1944. Thereafter his unit took part in the rapid liberation of the East Indies 260

and the Philippines. Samuel took part in the invasion of Luzon, 1-13-1945, and entered Manila, 2-21-1945. There his company carried food and medical supplies to those interned in Santo Tomas prison. He was promoted to 1st Lt., QMC, 2-20- 45. He left the Philippines 7-6-1946 and was separated from the service in August 1946. His decorations are as follows: American Theater ribbon; Asiatic-Pacific Theater ribbon with two bronze stars; Philippine Liberation ribbon with one bronze star; victory ribbon; and Philippine Independence ribbon.

Samuel F. Keesey began his civilian career with Sears, Roebuck & Co., as a trainee, 9-10-1946. His advancement with the company has been steady. At present (1949) he is division manager of the Toledo, Ohio, store of Sears, Roebuck & Co.

7-4 7 l. ESTELLE MARION BRADBURY, daughter of Henry and Eulora Steffey (6-247) Bradbury. b. 4-29-1904, Minneapolis, Minn. m. George M. Wilkins, 7-5-1925, Glendale, Calif. Children of George and Estelle Wilkins: 3.:..594_ George, Jr., b. 2-17-1927, Los Angeles, Calif. 8-595. Marion, b. 10-24-1934.

7-472. SARAH JANE FREEHAFER, daughter of Allan 0. (6-254) and Anna Kimmel Freehafer. b. 8-7-1897, Dayton, 0. m. Lester J. Schloerb, 10-20-1923, Dayton, O.; b. 12-22-1897, Milwaukee, Wisc.; Director of Occupational Research in the Public Schools of Chicago, Ill. Children of Lester and Sarah Jane Schloerb: 8-596. Margaret Jane, b, 8-30-1924; employed in Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill. 8-597. Elizabeth Ann, b. 5-23-1928. 8-598. Richard Allen, b. 5-5-1930.

7-473. CHARLES AR THUR FREEHAFER, son of Allan 0. (6-254) and Ann.a Freehafer. b. 10-16-1903, Dayton, 0. m. Gertrude Runyon, 3-22-1936, La Grange, Ill.; b. 7-24-1907, La Grange, ITT., dau. William H. and Grace Hocking Runyon. Children of Charles and Gertrude Freehafer: 8-599. Charles Runyon, b. 3-14-1937, Dayton, 0. 8-600. Nancy Jean, b. 11-1-1939, Dayton, 0.

7-475. BLESSING ELIZABETH MAAG, daughter of John and Nelle Freehafer (6-255) Maag. b. 9-29-190 l, Dayton, 0. m. Hugh Doane Watson, 3-1-1924, Dayton, O.; b. 4-19-1901, Clinton, Ill., son of Dudley Drayton and Gertrude Aiken Watson; B .A., Oberlin College, 1923. Children of Hugh and Blessing Watson: 8-601. John Dudley, b. 1-21-1930, Denver, Colo. 8-602. Dorothy Jean, b. 5-12-1937, Denver, Colo.

7-482. MILDRED ECK!, daughter of William and Estella Steffey (6-261) Ecki. b. 3-3-1899, Dayton, 0. m. Clifford N. Wall, 8-3-1927. Children of Cliffo-rd and Mildred Wall: 8-603. Jerold Clifford, b. 8-29-1933, Naperville, Ill. 8-604. Robert Ecki, b. 8-1-1935, Naperville, Ill.

7-483. MARY ELIZABETH ECKi, daughter of William and Estella (6-261) Ecki. b. 3-24-1907, Dayton, 0. 26 l

m. Paul F. Zimmerman, 11-2-1929, officer in the Northern Trust Co., bankers, Chicago, Ill. Children of Paul and Mary Elizabeth Zimmerman: 8-605. Paul Ecki, b. 4-27-1933, Aurora, Ill. 8-606. Richard Steffey, b. 9-17-1938, Aurora, Ill.

7-484. MIRIAM STEFFEY, daughter of Charles Evans (6-262) and Florence Ecki Steffey. b. 3-6-1905, Dayton, 0. m. Adam Schantz, III, 11-30-1929, Dayton, 0.; b. 2-13-1903, Dayton, 0., son of Adam and Mary Eve Alt Schantz. Children of Adam and Miriam Schantz: 8-607. Adam Charles, b. 9-25-1932, Dayton, 0 8-608. John, b. 7-21-1934, Dayton, 0. 8-609. Marianna, b. 11-23-1937, Dayton, 0.

7-486. CHARLES DONALD STEFFEY, son of Charles Evans (6-262) and Florence E-cki Steffey. b. 6-6-1912, St. Louis, Mo. m. Margaret Buckley, 2-10-1940; b. 12-29-1912, Cleveland Heights, 0. Children of Charles and Margaret Steffey: 8-610. Charles Evans, II, b. 9-28-1941, Cleveland Heights, 0. 8-611. Susan Lee, b. 3-3-1945, Cleveland Heights, 0.

7-488. DOROTHY CAROLYN STEFFEY, daughter of Orville D. (6-263) and Mary Ann Wild Steffey. b. 2-14-1908, Dayton, 0. m. Charles Omar Barker, Jr., 8-26-1933, Banning, Calif.; b. 11-13-1907, son of Charles Omar and Beulah Roth Barker. Children of Charles and Dorothy Barker: 8-612. Carolyn Ann, b. 7-25-1935, Loma Linda, Calif. 8-613. Mary Joan, b. 3-1-1938, Loma Linda, Calif.

7-489. ARTHUR STEFFEY, JR., son of Arthur G. (6-264) and Helen Knaier Steffey. m. Audry Lee, 3-15-1926. Children of Arthur and Audry Steffey: 8-6-14. Beverly, b. 7-19-1927, Montgomery Co., 0.; m. Karl Kane, Dayton, 0. 8-615. Carole, b. 11-25-1934, Montgomery Co., 0. 8-616. Dary, b. Montgomery Co., 0., (no date given). 8-617. Sharon, b. Montgomery Co., 0., (no date given).

7-491. HARVEY LUKE KIMERLY, son of V.. illiam and Gladys Steffey (6-265) Kirner ly. b. 4-4-1911, Grand Rapids, Mich. m. Charlotte Lynn Mitchell, 10-9-1934, of Detroit, Mich. Child of Harvey and Charlotte Kimerly: 8-618. Avery Lynn.

7-492. AR THUR GIDEON DE WAR, son of George and Clara Steffey (6-266) De War. b. 11-20-1903, Grand R~pids, Mich. m. Marie Crinnon, 1929, Grand Rapids, Mich. Children of Arthur and Marie De War: 8-619. Susan Marie, b. May 1932. 8-620. John Duncan, b. 1937.

7-493. JANE GRACE DE WAR, daughter of George and Clara (6-266) De War. b. 10-17-1910, Grand Rapids, Mich. m. Flood Shields Andrews, 12-24-1930, I.;ndianapolis, Ind. 262

Children of Flood and Jane Andrews: 8-62 l. Robert Madison, b. 6-23-1932, Clemson College, S. C. 8-622. Nancy Mae, b. 7-12-1934, Clemson College, S. C. 8-623. John Morton, b. 12-28-1944.

Flood Shields Andrews is a specialist in horticulture. His educational background and training are represented by the following degrees: B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute; M.S., Michigan State College; Ph. D., Cornell University. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel, 1940 to 1946, both at home and abroad. For a time he was Professor of Horticulture in the school for service men after the war at Bairritz, France. Chapter XVIII

THE FISHER LINEAGE

GENERATIONS VIII & IX

8-1. CHARLES E. STOMBAUGH, son of Arch V. (7-3) and Jennie Parsons Stombaugh. b. 11-27-1908, Eustis, Nebr. d. 7-20-1935, Gardner, Wyo. m. Mary Willis, 9-21-1928, Buhl, Ida.; b. 1-10-1912, Minam, Oreg.; d. 3-1-1949, Twin Falls, Ida. Child of Charles and Mary Stombaugh: 9-1. Robert Vernon, b. 6-17-1929, Buhl, Ida.

8-2. WILLIAM ALFRED STOMBAUGH, son of Arch V. (7-3) and Jennie Stom baugh. b. 8-23-1910, Eustis, Nebr. rn. Winifred Ellen Roxburgh, 2-6-1931, Alma, Nebr.; b. 3-27-1913, Sioux City, Ia. Children of William and Winifred Stombaugh: 9-2. Wallace William, b. 10-22-1932, Buhl, Ida. 9-3. Eunice, b. 5-16-1935, Buhl, Ida. 9-4. Betta Ann, b. 10-5-1939, Buhl, Ida. 9-5. Norman Lee, b. 2-27-1941, Buhl, Ida. 9-6. Patricia Ellen, b. 4-14-1943, Buhl, Ida. 9-7. Eileen Marie, b. 5-14-1948, Kirkland, Wash.

8-3. NELLIE JANE STOMBAUGH, daughter of Arch V. (7-3) and Jennie Stom baugh. b. 4-3-1913, Eustis, Nebr. m. (l) Duard Fred Stagemeyer, 4-6-1932, Beaver City, Nebr.; b. 7-29- 1911, Holbrook, Nebr. (2) Ralph D. Shane, 8-3-1944. Child -of Duard and Nellie Stagemeyer: 9-8. Kenneth Leland, b. 976-1932, Oxford, Nebr.; m. Patricia ___ 1-5-1948, Ely, Nev.; b. 9-4-1932, Oxford, Nebr.

8-4. FRED A. STOMBAUGH, son of Arch V. (7-3) and Jennie Stombaugh. b. 8-2-1915, Eustis, Nebr. m. Lyllis Gutsman, 3-2-1938, McCook, Nebr.; b. 12-1-1915, Cambridge, Nebr. Children of Fred and Lyllis Stombaugh: 9-9. Sharon K., b. 10-22-1938, Buhl, Ida. 9-10. Roland, b. 10-15-1940, Buhl, Ida. 9-11. Danny, b. 8-5-1941, Buhl, Ida. 9-12. Phillip, b. 5-10-1944, Buhl, Ida. 9-13. Velda May, b. 12-24-1947, Twin Falls, Ida.

8-5. EDNA M. STOMBAUGH, daughter of Arch V. (7-3) and Jennie Stom0augh. b. 11-15-1917, Eustis, Nebr. m. Glen Paton, 8-18-1934, Norton, Kans.; b. 6-11-1908, Holbrook, Nebr. Child of Glen and Edna Paton: 9-14. Wayne, b. 6-28-1939, Holbrook, Nebr.

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8-6. EVA EVALYNE STOMBAUGH, daughter of Arch V. (7-3) and Jennie Stombaugh. b. 1 2. - 2 5 - l 9 l 8, Eustis, Nebr. m. William Laverne McCormick, 10-27-1938, Twin Falls, Ida.; b. 4-17- 1917, Loveland, Okla. Children of William and Eva McCormick: 9-15. Billy Dean, b. 5-23-1940. 9-16. Connie Karen, b. 6-17-1943.

8-8. GEORGE. STUBBLEFIELD, son of Raymond and Fern Stombaugh (7-5) Stubblefield. b. 10-26-1915, Orafino, Nebr. m. Ruth Hay, 8-8-1938, Kearney, Nebr. Child of George and Ruth Stubblefield: 9-17. Donna Jean, b. 1-15-1940, Twin Falls, Ida.

8-10. DOROTHY STUBBLEFIELD, daughter of Raymond and Fern (7-5) Stubble field. b. 3-1-1919, Orafino, Nebr. m. Harold Surber, 2-12-1936, Norton, Kans. Child of Harold and Dorothy Surber: 9-18. Larry, b. 5-11-1937, Orafino, Nebr.

8- 12. RUTHELMA STOMBAUGH, daughter of Marvin (7-9) and Esther Malone Stombaugh. b. 2-11-1928, Buhl, Ida. m. Leslie L. Goble, 12-14-1946; b. 2-7-1924. Child of Leslie and Ruthelma Goble: 9-19. Deborah Jean, b. 1-13-1948.

8- 16. MAYLON HAROLD HEPP, Jr., son of Maylon H. (7-10) and Helen Fink Hepp. b. 8-30-1913, Minneapolis, Minn. m. Barbara Ann Woodbury, 6-9-1936, Oberlin, 0.; b. 10-20-1913, West Lafayette, Ind., dau. Charles Goodrich and Marion Benjamin Wood bury. Chilci_ren of Maylon and Barbara Ann Hepp: 9-20. Barbara, b. 8-8-1942, Haverford, Pa. 9-21. Susanna, b. 11-1-1944. 9-22. David Maylon, b. 3-18-1947.

Dr. Maylon H. Hepp is currently an Associate Professor of Philosophy in Denison University, Granville, Ohio. He received his early education in the public schools of Minneapolis, Minn. After graduating from high school, he entered Oberlin College at Oberlin, Ohio, in 1930, and from which he holds the degrees Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts. In 1936 he was awarded a 3-year scholarship to Brown University, Providence, R. I., where he earned the Ph. D. degree in 1939. Since achieving his degree he has held teaching positions in Brown University, Haverford College, Park College, and Denison University.

8-17. EDWARD JAMES HEPP, son of Maylon H. (7-10) and Helen Fink Hepp. b. 4-20-1917, Minneapolis, Minn. m. Mary Elaine Isackson, 5-2-1941, Minneapolis, Minn.; b. 2-6-1921, dau. Louis 0. and Grayce E. McKee Isackson. Children of Edward and Elaine Hepp: 9-23. Bruce Frederick, b. 10-6-1942, Minneapolis, Minn. 9-24. Bradley James, b. 2-15-1947, Minneapolis, Minn.

For three years prior to his induction into the u .S. Army in World War II on 6-2-1943, Edward Hepp was a student in the University of Minnesota, where he also starred as a track athlete. In the service he took his basic training at Camp 26 5

Roberts, Calif., where he advanced from private to sergeant. On 11-3-1944, he was sent to Fort Benning, Ga., for officers' training. There he received his com mission as 2nd Lieutenant, 1-23-1945. He then became instructor at Camp Maxey, Texas, in the 25th Infantry training regiment. In August, 1945, he was assigned to Fort Ord, Calif., for overseas shipment, but the end of the war was by then appar ent, so his unit was retained in the States, and Lt. Hepp continued as instructor in the 2nd Replacement Regiment. On the basis of the point system, his turn for dis charge did not come till 4-13-1946. Upon return to civilian life, Edward Hepp entered business in Minneapolis as salesman for a prominent printing and advertis ing firm. His wife, Elaine, was also a student for three years at the University of Minnesota.

8-18. GRACE ELIZABETH THOMPSON, daughter of William H. and Estella Hepp (7-11) Thompson. b. 8-3-1916, Council Bluffs, la. m. Worley Faks Brown, 8-12-1940, Sioux City, Ia.; b. 2-25-1914, Fremont, Nebr., son of Alvah E. and Mary Faks Brown. Child of Worley and Grace Brown: 9-25. Bruce Thompson, b. 8-30-1948, Omaha, Nebr.

Worley F. Brown was enga.ged in the accounting profession in Omaha, Nebr., when he was inducted into the U.S. Army on 5-17-1943, in World War II. He received his basic training at the Lincoln, Nebr., Air Base, and was then sent to the Army Administration School at Fargo, N. Dak. His next assignment was overseas training at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., from which he left for Asiatic duty, 1-10-1944, arriving at Bombay, India, exactly a month later. In India he was assigned to the 305th Service Group, Ondal, India, with the rank of Master Sergeant at group headquarters. There he remained till after war's end. He left Calcutta 2-15-1946, arrived in the U.S. 3- 16- 1946, and was discharged 3-21-1946. In civilian life he has returned "lgain to his prewar profession of accounting.

Grace Thompson Brown has not been without a professional career her self. She received her early education in the public schools of Correctionville and Sioux. City, Ia., having graduated from East High School in the latter city in 1934. Her freshman and sophomore years were spent in Morningside College, Sioux City, Ia., after which she entered the University of Nebraska in 1936. There she graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences with the B.S. degree in 1938, at the same time having met the necessary education requirements for teacher certification.

For the next two years Grace taught English and speech in the high school at Anthon, la. Then came her marriage in 1940 to Worley Brown. The culmination to her teaching career was thereby indicated, but World War II inter vened to require the service of her husband in the armed forces of his country. Hence, Grace Brown returned to teaching in 1943, and for three years she was principal of the high school at Ireton, la. When the end of the war came and husband and wife were rejoined, Worley and Grace Brown established their home and began the rearing of a family in Omaha, Nebr.

8-23. EDITH ALICE BACHMAN, daughter of Walter H. and Zola Hepp (7- 16) Bachman. b. 3-19-1922, Denver, Colo. m. Robert Edward Stetson, 7-31-1944, St. Barnabas Church, Denver, Colo.; b. 10-10-1920, Alliance, Nebr., son of Howard Carlton and Julia Mary Stover Stetson. Children of Robert and Edith Stetson: 9-26. Robert Edward II, b. 6-5-1946, Denver, Colo. 9-27. Richard Bachman, b. 11-11-1948, Denver, Colo.

Edith Alice (Bachman) Stetson received all her early education from the public schools of the city of Denver. After graduating from high school she 266

matriculated at the University of Colorado where she graduated with the degree B.S. in Home Economics with the Class of 1944. She is a member of the Alpha Phi sorority.

It was at the University Edith Alice met Robert E. Stetson, a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, who was to become her husband. Robert Stetson is an engineer. From the University of Colorado he received the degree B.S. (M.E.), with the Class of 1943. Since World War II was in progress at the time of his graduation, he enlisted on 9-15-1943 as Aviation Cadet, Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Training, Army Air Forces. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Maintenance Engineering Officer, 1944. He was then assigned to Wright Field, Dayton, 0., where he was promoted to l st Lieutenant, Photographic Service, Technical Supply Division, 1945. He remained at Wright Field to the end of the war and was discharged at that post, 3-31-1946. Upon return to civilian life he was first employed by the U.S. Reclamation Service, but since 1947 he has been a designing engineer with the Silver Engineering Company in Denver.

8-24. JANET MARIE BACHMAN, daughter of Walter H. and Zola Hepp (7-16) Bachman: b. 5-3-1925, Denver, Colo. m. Robert Fred Linstedt, 5-12-1947, St. Barnabas Church, Denver, Colo.; b. 9-1-1921, Denver, Colo., son of Arthur Leonard and Louise Charlotte Kreiner Linstedt. Child of Robert and Janet Linstedt: 9-28. Christine Dianne, b. 5-13-1949, Denver, Colo.

Janet Bachman Linstedt, like her sister, is a product of the public schools of Denver and the University of Colorado. From the latter institution she graduated, 6-8-1946, with the degree, B.S., (Business). After graduation she accepted a responsible position in the bridal department of the Denver Dry Goods Co., a position she continued to hold for more than a year after her marriage. She is also a member of the Alpha Phi sorority.

Robert F. Linstedt is a member ~f the Sigma Chi fraternity and a graduate of the University of Colorado. Early in his student career, 1941, he enrolled in the U.S. Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps at the University, and on 1-23-1942, he was sworn into the Naval Reserve. He was ordered to active duty in the U-.-S.N.R.O.T.C. at the University, 7-1-1943, while he pursued his studies in engineering. On 2-24-1944, he received his degree, B.S., (Arch. Eng.), and his commission as Ensign in the U.S.N.R. on 2-27-1944.

Having received his degree and his commission, Ensign Linstedt was at once sent to sea. Thereafter his service record can be summarized by Theaters of War and ships as follows: Gulf Sea Frontier, YP398; Eastern Sea Frontier (Atlantic and Carribean), U .S.S. PC 1222; Western Sea Frontier (Pacific and East China Sea), U.S.S. PC1179. He was commander of the latter vessel from January to April, 1946. He was promoted to Lieutenant, U.g.), 7-1-1945; he was released to inactive duty in the naval reserve, May 1946, and joined the organized naval reserve, 1-26-1947. In civilian life he practices his profession as an architectural engineer with a contracting firm in Denver.

8-29. ADELINE MARGARET FULLER, daughter of Oliver V. (7-25) and Janet Duncan Fuller. b. 1-10-1899, Kalo, Ia. m. Vincent Homer Spensley, D.D.S., 11-3-1917, Ft. Dodge, Ia.; b. 5-25- 1892, Dubuque, Ia., son of John Fletcher and Edith Amanda Fawkes Spensley. Children of Vincent and Adeline Spensley: 9-29. Robert De Witt, b. 2-26-1919, Albuquerque, N. M.; m. Jeanette Miller, 8-16-1947. Robert Spensley is a medical student at Northwestern University having first received his master's 267

degree in biology at the University of New Mexico. He is a veteran of World War II, having enlisted in the army signal corps in 1942. He was a radio signal man for four years in the South Pacific. He saw action at Darwin, Australia, and in New Guinea, and he spent considerable time at Sydney, Aus tralia. 9-30. Homer Vernon, b. 2-12-1921, Albuquerque, N. Mex.; d. 10-22- 1942, Camp Cabanatuan, Philippine Is. After one year at the University of New Mexico, Homer Spensley joined the New Mexico National Guard in 1940, and in August, 1941 was sent to the Philippine Islands with the 200th Coast Artillery of New Mexico. He fought on Bataan, and was taken prisoner by the Japanese 4-9-1942. He was badly wounded the day before his capture, and he died six months later of various diseases as a prisoner in Camp Cabanatuan. 9-31. Norma Ruth, (twin) b. 4-6-1925, Albuquerque, N. Mex.; m. Richard Denton, 8-12-1944. 9-32. Lorna Jane, (twin), b. 4-6-1925, Albuquerque, N. Mex.; m. Wallace R. Bailey, 6-14-1947. 9-33. Geraldine R., b. 9-6-1928, Albuquerque, N. Mex.

8-30. STELLA MAY FULLER, daughter of Oliver V. (7-25} and Janet Duncan Fuller. b. 8-22-1900, Kalo, Ia. m. John Hiram Marmie, 4-6-1921; b. 8-24-1896. Children of John and Stella Marmie: 9-34. Gordon Keith, b. 2-10-1922.; enlisted in U.S. Army Medical Corps, World War II; stationed in England till the end of the war. 9-35. Marilyn June, b. 8-7-1927. 9-36. Roland Wayne, b. 10-29-1924. 9-37. Geraldine Rae, b. 1-9-1927. 9-38. Barbara Ann, b. 9-4-1935.

8-31. ZELDA DOROTHY FULLER, daughter of Oliver V. (7-25) and Janet Fuller. b. 2.-17-1902, Kalo, la. m. Eugene Arthur Kelley, 7-29-1921, Manson, Ia.; b. 11-11-1899, Terra Haute, Ind. Veteran of World Wars I and II, having served in the U.S. Navy, one year, 1917, and again, 6 months, 1944; presently a member of the Naval Reserve ( 1949). Children of Eugene and Zelda Kelley: 9-39. Beverly Jean, b. 1-13-1923, Ft. Dodge, Ia.; m. Ralph Beach Clarke. 9-40. Ione Mae, b. 1-24-1924, Chicago, Ill.; m. William Eddie Fronaberger. 9-41. Shirley Rae, b. 1-7-1926, Omaha, Nebr. 9-42. Bonnie June, b. 6-12-1928, Cicero, Ill.; m. John William Simpson, 2- I 2-1945, Long Beach, Calif.

8-32. CLAYTON JAY FULLER, son of Oliver V. (7-25) and Janet Fuller. b. 2-15-1906, Kalo, Ia. m. Alice Ruth Chelgren, 5-6-1929, Moorland, Ia.; b. 3-2-1906, near Moorland, Ia., dau. C.A. and Maggie Blunk Chelgren. Children of Clayton and Alice Fuller: 9-43. Eugene Clayton, b. 10-18-1929, Ft. Dodge, la. 9-44. Charles Vernon, b. 10-1-1932, Kalo, la. 9-45. Emerson Paul, b. 12-9-1935, Kalo, Ia. 9-46. Rosemary Elaine, b. 3-14-1939, Ft. Dodge, la. 9-47. Roger Glen, b. 8-13-1940; d. 8-18-1940. 9-48. Michael Dean, b. 12-14-1943, Ft. Dodge, la. 9-49. Gregory Bernard, b. 2-13-1948, Ft. Dodge, Ia. 268

8-34. MELVIN EUGENE FULLER, son of Oliver V. (7-25) and Janet Fuller. b. 1-7-1915, Kalo, Ia. m. Murrine Beatrice Lundberg, lC-28-1937, Ft. Dodge, Ia.; b. 4-13-1917, Burnside, Ia. Veteran of World \,\ ar II, having served in the infantry of the U.S. Army in Italy, 1944 to 1946. Children of Melvin and Murrine Fuller: 9-50. Terry Eugene, b. 12-30-1941, Otho, Ia. 9-51. Dick, b, 1947, Otho, Ia.

8-35. HARRY ALTON FULLER, son of Harry L. (7-26) and Katherine McKean Fuller. b. 4-19-1904. cl. July, 1937, Renton, Wash. m. (1) Esther Evans, 2-21-1924; (2) Lora Lee Driscoll, 10-15-1928. Children of Harry and Lora Fuller: 9-52. Harry Atlan, d. in infancy. 9-53. Lora Lee, b. 11-18-1932, Renton, Wash. 9-54. Sally Rae, b. 3-3-1934, Renton, Wash.

8-36. JOHN VERNON FULLER, son of Harry L. (7-26) and Katherine Fuller. b. 6-12-1908; lives near Renton, Wash. m. Katheryn , 11-18-1938; b. 7-13-1912. Children of John and Katheryn Fuller: 9-55. Nancy Lee, b. 6-6-1942, near Renton, Wash. 9-56. Donald Jay, b. near Renton, Wash.

8-37. FLOYD CORYDON FULLER, son of Harry L. (7-26) and Katherine Fuller. b. 1-2-1913. m. Edna , 1943. Children ofFloyd and Edna Fuller: 9-57. Corydon Alton. 9-58. Cheryl.

8-38. MARY MAXINE SYLVIA FULLER, daughter of Harry L. (7-26) and Katherine Fuller. b. 2-22-1916; lives near Seattle, Wash. m. Charles Williams, 6-8-1934; b. 3-24-1909. Children of Charles and Mary Williams: 9 - 5 9 . C ha rl e s, b . 9 - 27 - l 9 3 5 . 9-60. Floyd, b. 10-23-1938-. 9-61. Richard Allen, b. 10-20-1948.

8-39. RALPH HOWARD FULLER, son of Harry L. (7-26) and Katherine Fuller. b. 7-31-1920, Renton, Wash. Served in U.S. Army, 1945. m. Wilma Mae Bellmore, 6-6-1941, Renton, Wash., b. 3-6-1923, Grand Rapids, N. Dak., dau. James William and Erma Myra Saurs Bell more. Children of Ralph and Wilma Fuller: 9-62. Sandra Lee, b. 6-7-1942, Auburn, \\ ash. 9-63. Larry Edward, b. 12-2-1943, Seattle, ½ash. 9-64. Douglas Arthur, b. 8-20-1945, Seattle, Wash. 9-65. Sharon Lynn, b. 6-3-1947, Renton, \\ash.

8-40. VERNE LEROY DUNCAN, son of Peter and Stella Fuller (7-27) Duncan. b. 8-7-1902, Kala, Ia. m. Adelheide R. Rau, 4-3-1940, Walker, Minn.; b. 7-10-1909, ½alker, Minn., dau. Carl August and Emma Reinholde Knaak Rau. Child of Verne and Adelheide Duncan: 9-66. Peter Carl, b. 12-15-1941, Bemidji, Minn. 269

8-41. IRIS ARDELLE DUNCAN, daughter of Peter and Stella (7-27) Duncan. b. 9-27-1906, Kalo, Ia. m. Remus Raymond Owens, 6-24-1935, Kala, Ia. Children of Remus and Iris Owens: 9-67. Robert Thomas, b. 12-20-1935, Walker, Minn. 9-68. Nancy Rae, b. 5-16-1938, San Francisco, Calif.

8-42. MARVIN WARREN DUNCAN, son of Peter and Stella (7-27) Duncan. b. 4-11-1909, Kala, Ia. m. ( 1) Emma Mornd, 5-8-1931, Crookston, Minn. (2) Anne Faaberg, June, 1936. Children of Marvin and Emma Duncan: 9-69. Shirley Jean, b. 10-24-1931, Cass Lake, Minn. 9-70. Marilyn Ann, b. 7-2-1935, Dawson, Minn. Children of Marvin and Anne Duncan: 9-71. Patricia Karen, b. 3-13-1937, Dawson, Minn. 9-7 2. Marvin Warren, Jr., b. 4-24-1938, Dawson, Minn.

8-43. RONALD SYLVESTER DUNCAN, son of Peter and Stella (7-27) Duncan. b. 10-18-1911, Kalo, Ia. m. Floy Sieman, 10-23-1938, Litchfield, Minn. Children of Ronald and Floy Duncan: 9-7 3. Kay Lois, b. 9-29-1939, Appleton, Minn. 9-74. Douglas Allen, b. 6-16-1943. 9-75. Ronald, b. 10-22-1946.

8-44. HELEN M. CASTER, daughter of Raymond and Sylvia Fuller (7-31) Caster. b. 6-18-1913, Kala, Ia. m. Henry Johnson, 6-15-1932. Children of Henry ;,.nd Helen Johnson: 9-76. Gertrude, b. 6-1-1933. 9-77. Roger, b. 10-18-1935.

8-46. GERALD GREGORY CASTER, son of Raymond and Sylvia (7-31) Caster. b. 1-5-1919, Duluth, Minn. m. Frances Engmen, 1-1-1945; b. 11-3-1927. Children of Gerald and Frances Caster: 9-78~ Wayne Gerald, b. 10-26-1945. 9-79. Ronald Theodore, b. 11-19-1946.

8-47. AUDREY FAITH CASTER, daughter of Raymond and Sylvia (7-31) Caster. b. 4-12-1921, Duluth, Minn. m. Otis Richie, 12-28-1941. Children of Otis and Audrey Richie: 9-80. Dennis Wayne, b. 10-8-1942. 9-81. Larry Allen, b. 4-19-1944. 9-82. Janet Lee, b. 5-31-1945. 9-83. Linda Jay, b. 9-15-1946. 9-84. Warren Dale, b. 1-12-1948.

8-49. LORRAINE CASTER, daughter of Raymond and Sylvia (7-31) Caster. b. 3-10-1926, Duluth, Minn. m. Omer J. Lambert, 1-14-1943. Child of Omer and Lorraine Lambert: 9-85. Judy Ann, b. 10-1-1943.

8-58. MELVIN LOREN BOWANS, son of Hugh M. (7-33) and Grace Schakel Bowans. b. 12-30-1918, Prairie City, Ia. m, Gladyce Bernice Ballard, 2-26-1941, Monroe, Ia. Children of Melvin and Gladyce Bowans: 270

9-86. Linda Kay, b. 7-3-1942, Monroe, la. 9-87. Nancy Lou, b. 4-11-1947, Monroe, Ia.

8-64. CORA BOWANS, daughter of Leslie T. Bowans (7-34). b. 5-1-1922, Monroe, Ia. m. Ralph Bartlett. Children of Ralph and Cora Bartlett: 9-88. Sharon. 9-89. Cynthia. 9-90. Jerry.

8-72. BERNARD HUMMEL, son of Fred and Pearl Bowans (7-36) Hummel. b. 10-22-1915, Monroe, Ia. m. Alice McGriff. Children of Bernard and Alice Hummel: 9-91. Patty Ann, b. 1938. 9-92. Peggy Lou, b. 1938. 9-93. Michael Dennis, b. 1941.

8-73. RAYMOND G. HUMMEL, son of Fred and Pearl (7-36) Hummel. b. 1-15-1918, Monroe, Ia. Veteran of World War II. Entered the service of the U.S. Navy, 1-21-1944, and saw action in seven invasions. Honorably discharged, 12-7-1945. m. Lois Catherine Graettinger, 10-29-1939, dau. Louie Graettinger and wife of Graettinger, Ia. Children of Raymond and Lois Hummel: 9-94. Richard Lee, b. 8-5-1941. 9-95. Dennis Ray, b. 12-14-1947.

8-74. BETTY HUMMEL. daughter of Fred and Pearl (7-36) Hummel. b. 7-13-1923, Monroe, Ia. m. .---,-= Marshall. Child of Betty Marshall and husband: 9-96. Ronald Robert.

8-76. EUNICE EDITH KILE, daughter of Ernest and Leona Bowans (7-39) Kile. b. 4-25-1923. m. Wayne Rexroat. Child of Wayne and Eunice Rexroat: 9-97. Sue Ann.

8-80. DALE EUGENE WARREN, son of Archie I. (7-41) and Sarah Reed Warren. b. 6-4-1905, Rockwell City, Ia. m. Irene Fay Drury, 9-23-1930; b. 4-3-1909. Children of Dale and Irene Warren: 9-98. Judith Dale, b. 7-6-1937, Rockwell City, Ia. 9-99. Rebecca Rae, b. 9-14-1941, Rockwell City, Ia. 9- 100. David Arch, b. 1-20-1945, Rockwell City, la. 9-101. Don Leonard, b. 3-10-1947, Rockwell City, Ia.

8-81. CLEO ILA STOVER, daughter of Clarence H. and Florence V. hitted (7-42) Stover. b. 6-19-1905, Rockwell City, Ia. m. E. Gerald McCoy, 9-29-1923. Children of Gerald and Cleo McCoy: 9-102. Shirley Rae, b. 6-8-1926, Eagle Grove, Ia.; m. Glen Carver, 1-16-1946. 9-103. Carol Ione, b. 8-29-1936, Carrol, Ia. 271

8-83. IRIS STOVER, daughter of Clarence H. and Florence (7-42) Stover. b. 11-7-1909, Rockwell City, Ia. m. (1) Fred Pell, Jan. 1926, d. 1934. (2) William Newman, 7-3-1936. Children of Fred and Iris Pell: 9-104 .. Beverly Jean, b. 5-16-1926, Lake City, Ia,; m. Darwin Gidel, 8-20-1947. 9-105. Lyle Dean, b. 8-19-1930, Lavina, Ia.; m. Delores Pritchard, 2-12-1949. Children of William and Iris Newman: 9-106. Me Ruin Lee, b. 1-6-1938, Rockwell City, Ia. 9-107. Barbara Ann, b. 3-6-1941, Rockwell City, Ia.

8-84. ROBERT L. SELSOR, son of Albert P. and Edith Whitted (7-45) Selsor. b. 12-28-1914, Canton, S. Dak. Veteran World War II; served five years overseas in the U.S. Army. m. Mary S. Moffitt, 10-4-1940. Children of Robert and Mary Selsor: 9-108. Susan, b. 9-23-1943. 9-109. Linda, b. 1-6-1948.

8-88. JERALD WHITTED, son of Leland A. (7-47) and Doris Green Whitted. b. 12-3-1921, Ft. Dodge, Ia. m. Beverly Roher, 7-4-1941, Ft. Dodge, Ia. Child of Jerald and Beverly Whitted: 9-110. Jerilyn Dawn, b. 9-22-1946, Ft. Dodge, Ia.

8-89. DARL WHITTED, son of Leland A. (7-47) and Doris Whitted. b. 12-4-1923, Ft. Dodge, Ia. m. Phyllis Smothers, 8-7-1947, Ft. Dodge, Ia. Child of D.:1.rl and Phyllis Whitted: 9-111. Richard, b. 10-22-1948, Ft. Dodge, Ia.

8-90. ROBERT WHITTED, son of Leland A. (7-47) and Doris Whitted. b. 8-22-1925, Ft. Dodge, Ia. m. Freda Smith, June 1946, Long Beach, Calif. Child of Robert and Freda Whitted: 9-112. Bradley, b. 9-18-1947.

8-94. EDRIS FAE FISHER, daughter of Milton R. (7-50) and Maude White Fisher. b. 3-6-1911, Rolfe, Ia. m. (1) Harry P. Leaper, of Anamosa, Ia., 5-2-1931, Savannah, Ill. (2) Merle C. McDonough, of Estherville, Ia., 4-6-1936. Child of Harry and Edris Leaper: 9-113. Winigene Edris, b. 9-18-1932, Cedar Rapids, Ia. Children of Merle and Edris McDonough: 9-114. Mary Sue, b. 1-25-1937, Lakefield, Minn. 9-115. Barbara Joan, b. 3-15-1945, Spencer, Ia.

8-99. THEODORE HAROLD DICKOVER, son of Harry C. (7-52) and Margaret Kohlsheere Dickover. b. 1-15-1902, Sioux City, Ia. m. Elizabeth Children of Theodore and Elizabeth Dickover: 9-116. Theodore Harry, b. 2-6-1924; d. 2-20-1925. 9-117. June Loraine, b. 3-2-1929.

8-105. LESLIE ORVILLE FAVORITE, son of Guy and Mabel Dickover (7-53) Favorite. b. 4-13-1917, Chicago, Ill. m. Mildred Viola Spangler, 1-20-1940, Chicago, Ill. 272

Children of Leslie and Mildred Favorite: 9-118. Gail Lucille, b. 5-29-1942, Chicago, Ill. 9-119. Susan Joan, b. 8-16-1947, Chicago, Ill.

8-106. MARJORIE LUCILLE FAVORITE, daughter of Guy and Mabel (7-53) Favorite. b. 3-22-1920, Chicago, Ill. m. Kenneth C. White, 5-25-1940, Chicago, Ill. Children of Kenneth and Marjorie White: 9-120. Karen Ann, b. 3-10-1943, Chicago, Ill. 9-121. Kathie Jean, b. 1-28-1947, Chicago, Ill.

8-107. FERN DICKOVER, daughter of Ralph J. (7-54) and Gertrude Hodson Dickover. b. 7-29-1902. m. Earl McConiga, Chicago, Ill. Child of Earl and Fern McConiga: 9-122. Eugene Richard, b. 11-4-1929, Chicago, Ill.

8-108. DWIGHT DONALD DICKOVER, son of Hope A. (7-55) and Pearl Seney Dickover. b. 7-19-1907, Sioux City, Ia. m. Blanche Campbell, 10-26-1904. Child of Dwight and Bianche Dickover: 9-123. Dean Ardale, b. 6-17-1931, Chicago, Ill.

8-114. MARJORIE EVELYN TOOKER, daughter of Albert R. and Vera Dickover (7-70) Tooker. b. 3-12-1915, Atkinson, Nebr. m. Louis Thompson Genung, 2-2-1934. Child of Louis and Marjorie Genung: 9-124. Lewis Thompson, b. 5-30-1943, Atkinson, Nebr.

8-115. JANICE EILEEN TOOKER, daughter of Albert R. and Vera (7-70) Tooker. b. 4-3-1917, Atkinson, Nebr. m. Claude H. Denchfield, 10-25-1937. Children of Claude and Janice Denchfield: 9-125. Thomas Dean, b. 9-6-1941. 9-126. Judith Lynn, b. 10-12-1948.

8-116. VERA MARIE TOOKER, daughter of Albert R. and Vera (7-70) Tooker. b. 7-9-1920, Atkinson, Nebr. m. Jerry Stransky, 10-5-1945. Children of Jerry and Vera Stransky: 9-127. Jerry Bruce. 9-128. Sandra Lee.

8-119. RAYMOND EUGENE TOOKER, son of Albert R. and Vera (7-70) Tooker. b. 1-26-1926, Atkinson, Nebr. m. Marjorie Coleman, 9-5-1948. Child of Raymond and Marjorie Tooker: 9-129. Marjorie Diane, b. 3-6-1949, Casper, Wyo.

8-120. BETTY ANN TOOKER, daughter of Albert R. and Vera (7-70) looker. b. 4-19-1928, Atkinson, Nebr. m. Roy F. Mack, 5-19-1946. Child of Roy and Betty Ann Mack: 9-130., Joseph Frederick, b. 2-25-1947, Atkinson, Nebr.

8-123. MARY HARRIET STAUFFER, daughter of Leslie D. (7-74) and Mary Nickols Stauffer. 273

b. 1-24-1918, Bellvue, 0. m. Ralph M. Fox, M.D., 9-11-1943. Dr. Fox is a veteran of World War II having served as Lieutenant (j .g.) on a destroyer in the U.S. Navy. He is presently ( 1949) a resident in the University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich. Children of Ralph and Mary Fox: 9-131. Mary Frances, b. 1-24-1945. 9-132. Jane Elizabeth, b. 1948.

8-125. ALICE ANN STAUFFER, daughter of Leslie D. (7-74) and Mary Stauffer. b. 6-18-1928, Cleveland, 0. m. Edward L. Kitts, 3-6-1948, ex-Ohio Wesleyan University. Child of Edward and Alice Kitts: 9-133. Steven Edward, b. 3-5-1949, Mansfield, 0.

8-130. ELIZABETH DAY PICKETT, daughter of Jarrell Waskom and Ruth Robin son (7-77) Pickett: b. 2-11-1918, Arrah, Bikar, India. m. Henry Ankeny Lacy, 7-22-1940, Whittier, Calif.; b. 1917, Kuliang, Fukien, China, of missionary parents. Children of Henry and Elizabeth Lacy: 9-134. Ruth Ankeny, b. 1942, Landour, Mussoorie, India. 9-135. Henry Pickett, b. 1944, Landour, Mussoorie, India. 9-136. Jessie Louise, b. 1947, Landour, Mussoorie, India.

Henry Ankeny Lacy has followed the missionary calling of his parents as a career. A year after his graduation from Whittier College he went to India in 1941 to serve as head of the Parker High School in Moradabad, United Provinces. India was home to his bride, Elizabeth Pickett, for her father was then the Methodist Bishop of India, as was her grandfather, emeritus. Henry Lacy was not only an educator, but he also performed valuable work for boys• hostels in North India. In 1945 he was called by the U.S. Government to go to China as O.S.S. officer, a post he occupied for 18 months. His work was so outstanding in Japanese occupied territory that at the close of the war he received a special citation from the President of the United States and the decoration of a bronze star. During his absence from India, his work was carried forward by his wife. She, like her husband, is a graduate of Whittier College.

8-134. JOHN WESLEY HEDENBERG, son of John W. and Miriam Robinson (7-78) Hedenberg. b. 12-9-1922, Glendale, Calif. m. Doris M. Rosenblum, 5-20-1943. Children of John and Doris Hedenberg: 9-137. Robert William, b. 11-17-1946. 9-138. David Howard, b. 6-14-1948.

During World War II, John Wesley Hedenberg served in the U.S. Army Air Force from Jan. 1943 to Nov. 1945. He was a fighter pilot stationed in England and he completed 70 missions over Germany and France. After the war, he returned to his studies at the California Institute of Technology from which he graduated in 1948. He is a research engineer with the Hughes Aircraft Corporation of Culver City, Calif., ( 1949).

8-141. LEOTA ARLINE MA YER, daughter of Carl and Laura Cummings (7-85) Mayer. b. 7-20-1923, Glenwood Springs, Colo. m. Lester V. illiam Reid, 9-29-1943, Phoenix, Ariz. Child of Lester and Leota Reid: 9-139. Carla Lee, b. 10-28-1946, Phoenix, Ariz. 274

8-145. DONALD GAIL PARTRIDGE, son of Victor and Coleen Carr (7-89) Partridge. b. 7-30-1924, Maxwell, la. m. Margaret Lurena Free, Z-19-1944, dau. Edwin L. Free and wife. Child of Donald and Margaret Partridge: 9-140. Donna Lee, b. 9-22-1946.

Donald Gail Partridge enlisted in the U.S. Navy 12-14-1942. He received his training prior to sea duty at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station; the Armed Guard School, Gulfport, Miss.; and Solomon Island, Washington, D.C. As an armed guard on an American merchant vessel on convoy, he was on active duty in both the Atlantic and the Pacific., Ill health sent him to hospitals in Balboa Park, San Diego, and Banning, Calif. He was discharged from service, 11-26-1945, with the rank of Gunners Mate, 2nd Class.

8-147. ALICE VIOLA ACKER, daughter of Jack and Nada Parker (7-92) Acker. b. 2-14-1926. m. Jerald Burke, July 1924. Child of Jerald and Alice Burke: 9-141. Linda.

8- 17 1. DALE HARVEY SCHAAL, son of Newton H. (7-108) and Etta Illian Schaal. b. 2-7-1923, Longmont, Colo. m. Barbara Olene Sanders, b. 4-4-1926, Colorado Springs, Colo. Child of Dale and Barbara Schaal: 9-142. Linda Ann, b. 3-8-1947, Longmont, Colo.

8-180. LESTER BURGERT SCHREIBER, son of Rev. Ralph R. (7-111) and Cleta Burgert Schreiber. b. 3-27-1917, Naperville, Ill. m. Jane Hodges, 6-20-1945. Child of Lester and Jane Schreiber: 9-143. James Ralph, b. 5-29-1946.

8-181. LOIS BERNICE SCHREIBE;:R, daughter of Rev. Ralph R. (7-111) and Cleta Schreiber. b. 6-1-1919, Lawrence, Kans. m. J9hn McKown, 4-23-1944. Children of John and Lois McKown: 9-144. Susan Eileen, b. 2-16-1946. 9-145. Kathlene Diane, b. 1-12-1949.

8-182. MARVIN LEROY SCHREIBER, son of Rev. Ralph R. (7-111) and Cleta Schreiber. b. 1-19-1921, Glasgow, Mo. He served two years in the U.S. Army in World War II. m. Marjorie Leidlinger, 5-6-1944. Children of Marvin and Marjorie Schreiber: 9-146. Margaret Ann, b. 4-27-1946. 9-147. Linda Jean, b. 5-6-1948.

8-203. HAROLD WALLACE STOUS, son of Wallace F. {7-122) and Mina Bateman Stous. b. 11-12-1920, Holton, Kans. m. Mary Evelyn Standing, 5-16-1940, b. 5-19-1920, Lawrence, Kans. Children of Harold and Mary Stous: 9-148. David Harold, b. 9-27-1942, Lawrence, Kans. 9-149. Cheryl Janet, b. 8-9-1947, Kansas City, Mo.

8-205. ESTHER FERN ELM, daughter of Andrew and Laura Schwalm (7-125) Elm. b. 12-15-1924, Baldwin, Kans. 275

m. Leroy Rose, 3-21-1947; b. 4-10-1919, Belleville, Kans. Children of Leroy and Esther Rose: ' 9-150. Sandra Kay, b. 9-25-1947, Lincoln, Nebr. 9-151. Diana Rae, b. 10-5-1948, Lincoln, Nebr.

8-240. EDNA RANDALL, daughter of Edward S. and Florence Goehring (7-152) Randall. m. Marcus McClellan. Child of Marcus and Edna McClellan: 9-152. James.

8-241. EDWARD RANDALL, son of Edward S. and Florence (7-152) Randall. m. Rosmae Gage. Child of Edward and Rosmae Randall: 9-153. Carole.

8-247. EDYTHE MARGARET WARD, daughter of Arthur J. (7-157) and Effie Rosa Ward. b. 1-3-1903, Mahaska Co., Ia. m. James Ernest Bishop, 7-2-1922, near Leon, Ia.; b. 7-5-1902, Oxford, Nebr. Children of James and Edythe Bishop: 9-154. Richard Ward, b. 2-24-1924, Leon, Ia.; m. Clara Verl Fleming, 10-17-1943. 9-155. Leola Blanche, b. 3-16-1927, Kansas City, Kans.; m. John William Miller, 12-12-1941; veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army Air Corps on the Pacific Coast and in the Aleutian Islands.

8-248. MARY GRACE WARD, daughter of Arthur J. (7-157) and Effie Ward. b. 6-13-1906, Mahaska Co., Ia. m. Frank P. Flaggard, 1-1-1924, Leon, la., b. 7-19-1901, Burlington, Ia. Children of Frank and Mary Flaggard: 9-156. Margie Marie, b. 6-19-1925, Van Wert, Ia.; m. Dewey Duane Goodrich, veteran World War II; inducted into the service 2-23- 1942; discharged, 10-30-1945. He was in the European Theater 19 months with the 90th Infantry Division; his rank was corporal. In February, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge, he suffered frozen feet. 9-157. Leota Irene, b. 8-6-1927, Kansas City, Kans.; m. Dale Dwight Hughs. 9-158. Charles Arthur, b. 8-24-1929, Van Wert, Ia. During World War II he served in the Merchant Marine. In October, 1946, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and currently (1949) he is stationed in Yokohama, Japan. His rank is corporal. 9-159. Mona Delores, b. 2-16-1930, Garden Grove, Ia.; m. Robert Lee Sledd, 9-15-1946, Leavenworth, Kans., a veteran of World War II. He was Pfc., paratrooper, U.S. Army, 34 months in Europe. 9-160. Chester Duane, b. 12-26-1932, Garden Grove, Ia. 9-161. Gladys Anita, b. 4-3-1934, Garden Grove, la. 9-162. Dorothy Elizabeth, b. 3-26-1936, Garden Grove, Ia. 9- 163. Mary Juanita, b. 5-15-1937, Garden Grove, Ia. 9-164. Judith Kay, b. 8-20-1939, Le Roy, la. 9-165. Donna Dean, b. 11-17-1940, Le Roy, Ia. 9-166. Frances Diana, b. 1-2-1947, Kansas City, Kans.

8-249. LAURA BLANCH WARD, daughter of Arthur J. (7-157) and Effie Ward. b. 10-18-1908, near Van Wert, la. m. Coy Homer Cowden, 12-8-1928, Bolivar, Mo.; b. 8-28-1905, Aldrich, Mo. Child of Coy and Laura Cowden: 9-167. Ernest Alvin, b. 9-5-1933. 276

8-250. FLOYD ELI WARD, son of Arthur J. (7-157) and Effie \\ard. b. 6-21-1911. m. Virginia Marie McAdams, 4-24-1933; b. 12-19-1915. Children of Floyd and Virginia Ward: 9-168. Alta Hazel, b. 9-24-1935. 9-1'69. Caroline Gean, b. 1-16-1938. 9-170. Mary Marguerita, b. 1-24-1941.

8-251. MIKE THEODORE WARD, son of Arthur J. (7-157) and Effie Ward. b. 11-5-1917. m. Frances Nadine Owens, 6-1-1941; b. 1-20-1923. Children of Mike and Frances Ward: 9-171. Arthur Ervin, b. 1-7-1943. 9-172. Claudie Marie, b. 2-11-1949.

8-252. JOHN EDWARD WARD, son of Arthur J. (7-157) and Effie Ward. b. 3-16-1922. Veteran, World War II. m. Darlene Joan Owens, 3-16-1943, b. 9-9-1926. Children of John and Darlene Ward: 9-173. Raymond Mike, b. 7-14-1944, Leon, Ia. 9-174. Blanche Lea, b. 10-18-1947, Leon, Ia.

8-257. LOUIS KEITH GOEHRING, son of Andrew L. (7-171) and Hazel Hill Goehring. b. 11-1-1916, Libertyville, Ia. m. Mable Evelyn Laughlin, 2-18-1940, Fairfield, Ia. Children of Louis and Mable Goehring: 9-175. Larry Keith, b. 11-16-1941, Libertyville, Ia. 9-176. Gary Glen, b. 7-27-1943, Selma, Ia.

8-258. FERNE ELIZABETH GOEHRING, daughter of Andrew L. (7-171) and Hazel Goehring. b. 5-20-1918, Libertyville, Ia. m. Sylvester Henry Mineart, 5-20-1941, Pleasant Plains, Ia., b. 6-17- 1912. Children of Sylvester and Ferne Mineart: 9-177. Mary Margaret, b. 8-21-1942. 9- L78. Rosalie Marie, b. 9-18-1943. 9-179. Carol Elizabeth, b. 1-1-1945. 9-180. Marilyn Louise, b. 1.-9-1946.

8-2.65. LESLIE DELBERT LEWIS, son of Perry L. and Helen Goehring (7-172) Lewis. b. 5-27-1920, Libertyville, Ia. m. Mildred M. Meyers, 2-14-1944, Ainsworth, Ia. Children of Leslie and Mildred Lewis: 9-181. Connie Sue, b. 8-21-1946, Libertyville, Ia. 9-182. Duane Delbert, b. 11-8-1948, Libertyville, Ia.

8-266. LILLIE ELIZABETH LEWIS, daughter of Perry L. and Helen (7-17 2) Lewis. b. 8-6-1921, Libertyville, Ia. m. Keith William Smutz, 8-18-1940, Libertyville, Ia. Children of Keith and Lillie Smutz: 9-183. Karen Marlene, b. 6-11-1943, Washington, Ia. 9-184. Lyle Keith, b. 3-15-1945, Washington, Ia. 9-185. Darrell Eugene, b. 2.-24-1947, Fairfield, Ia.

8-267. VELMA LUCILLE WILLIAMS, daughter of Harry E. and Lila Goehring (7-173) Williams. b. 7-16-1917, Libertyville, Ia. 277

m. Raymond C. Booth, 4-30-1939; b. 8-2-1916. Children of Raymond and Velma Booth: 9-186. Marilyn Louise, b. 12-12-1941, Libertyville, Ia. 9-187. Rex Raymond, b. 10-31-1945, Libertyville, Ia.

8-268. HELEN MARIE WILLIAMS, daughter of Harry E. and Lila (7-173) Williams. b. 12-5-1918, Libertyville, Ia. m. Francis Harold Kneckt, 6-26-1938, b. 4-2-1916, Douds, Ia., son of Frank and Genevieve Elsensohn Kneckt; U.S. Army 7-28-1945 to 3-28-1946, World War II. Children of Francis and Helen Kneckt: 9-188. Larry Lee, b. 1-15-1939, Ottumwa, Ia. 9-189. Audrey Joyce, b. 10-10-1942, Woodland, Calif.

8-269. LLOYD RAYMOND WILLIAMS, son of Harry E. and Lila (7-173) Williams. b. 7-11-1920, Libertyville, Ia. m. Betty Lou McCormick, 3-22-1942; b. 7-22-1924. Children of Lloyd and Betty Lou Williams: 9-190. Melvin Dean, b. 1-11-1946, Libertyville, Ia. 9-191. Mary Lou, twin, b. 9-24-1947, Libertyville, Ia. 9-192. Martha Sue, twin, b. 9-24-1947, Libertyville, Ia.

8-281. RICHARD LEROY GOEHRING, son of William M. (7-178) and Ida Madron Goehring. b. 10-11-1926, Seneca, Nebr. m. Alice Mae Hempkin, 3-1-1946. Child of Richard and Alice Goehring: 9-193. Patricia Jean, b. 10-26-1947, Thedford, Nebr.

8-317. MILDRED WOLFGANG, daughter of Norris C. (7-212) and Clofa Randall Wolfgang. b. 3-10-1919, Norfolk, Va. m. Lewis C. Bender, 5-26-1938, Noblesville, Ind.; b. 8-26-1917. Children of Lewis and Mildred Bender: 9-194. Marcia Louise. 9-195. Margaret Elaine. 9-196. Donald Lewis.

8-324. HAROLD WOLFGANG, son of Robert N. (7-214) and Alma Lewis Wolfgang. b. 2-21-1915. Military Police, U.S. Army, 3-18-1944 to 12-5-1945, World W~r II. m. Minnie Ruth Lewis, 7-9-1939. Children of Harold and Minnie Wolfgang: 9-197. Patricia Ann, b. 5-19-1940, Lapel, Ind. 9-198. Margo Sue, b. 8-10-1942, Lapel, Ind. 9-199. Alma Lucille, b. 5-24-1945, Lapel, Ind. 9-200. Harold Frederick, b. 7-11-1947, Lapel, Ind.

8-326. JAMES HAROLD WOLFGANG, son of James Otto (7-215) and Letha Dean Wolfgang. b. 8-13-1922, Indianapolis, Ind. Veteran, World War II. m. Alma Jean Cowgill, 6-8-1946, Indianapolis, Ind. Child of James and Alma Wolfgang: 9-20 l. James Stephen, b. 12-8-1948, Indianapolis, Ind.

8-350. LAURA FISHER, daughter of Walla O. (7-245) Fisher. b. 6-25-1900. m. Carl Redick, 12-25-1926. Children of Carl and Laura Redick: 9-202. Phillis Ann, b. 10-20-1927. 278

9-203. Wilma Jean, b. 11-22-1931. 9-204. Robert Carl, b. 10-5-1935.

8-354. ELEANOR JANET FISHER, daughter of Harry V. (7-246) and Edan Pass water Fisher. b. 9-28-l914. m. Marion Beaver. Children of Marion and Eleanor Beaver: 9-205. Richard Dean, b. Oct. 1933. 9-206. Jerry Sheldon, b. Jan. 1936. 9-207. Linda Lou, b. 3-10-1938. 9-208. Arnold McK., b. 2-23-1939. 9-209. Rita Carol, b. 1-16-1941. 9-210. Roger Gary, b. 8-12-1944.

8-359. RUTH BROOKS, daughter of Dr. John E. (7-248) and Stella Miesse Brooks. b. 4-16-1908. m. William Stonebraker, 1928. Children of William and Ruth Stonebraker: 9-211. Sue Esther, b. 4-3-1929; m. Richard Wienhorst. 9-212. William Garbert, b. 1-26-1931. 9-213. Mary Beth, b. 8-25-1939.

8-361. MARY ESTHER BROOKS, daughter of Dr. John E. (7-248) and Stella Brooks .. b. 12-7-1911. m. Malcohm F. Bundy, 4-25-1948. Child of Malcohm and Mary Bundy: 9-214. John Earl, b. 4-23-1949.

8-363. PAUL BROOKS, son of Dr. John E. (7-248) and Stella Brooks. b. 3-25-1917. m. (1) Vivian South, 2-14-1938; (2) Evelyn Heim, 7-3-1943. Child of Paul and Vivian Brooks: 9-215. Robert Paul, b.· 5-2-1940.

8-364. DAVIJ;) EARL ROUDEBUSH, son of Earl and Lola Brooks (7-249) Roudebush. b. 3-30-1917. m. Hazel Kent, 12-24-1938. Children of David and Hazel Roudebush: 9-216. David Kent, b. 5-26-1941. 9-217. Laura Ann, b. 6-14-1947.

8-365. MARIAM LOUISE ROUDEBUSH, daughter of Earl and Lola Brooks (7-249) Roudebush. b. 10-15-1919. m. Thomas Baldwin, veteran of World War II, Sgt., Army Air Forces. Children of Thomas and Mariam Baldwin: 9-218. Brooks, b. 3-2-1946. 9-219. Becka, b. 9-23-1947.

8-367. CARRY KATHERINE WILLIAMS, daughter of Earl F. and Eva F=.sher (7-250) Williams. b. 9-15-1908. m. George Carry, 5-16-1926. Children of George and Carry Carry: 9-220. Norma Jean, b. 4-15-1927. 9-221. Jack Larue, b. 1-25-1931. 9-222. William Edgar, b. 8-15-1932. 9-223. Barbara Kay, b. 1936. 279

9-224. Danny Ray, b. 4-3-1941. 9-225. Linda Lou, b. Dec. 1942. 9-226. Sandra Jane, b. 2-12-1945.

8-368. BERTHA MAY WILLIAMS, daughter of Earl F. and Eva (7-250) Williams. b. 12-20-1912. m. (1) Elmer Ketterman, Nov. 1927; d. Jan. 1943. {2) Cecil Cunningham, 7-31-1948. Children of Elmer and Bertha Ketterman: 9-227. Freida May, b. 1-14-1931. 9-228. Joan, b. 4-1-1934. 9-229. Jimmie, b. 12-8-1940.

8-370. MARY FRANCES WILLIAMS, daughter of Earl F. and Eva (7-250) Williams. b. 4-15-1918. m. James Tate. Children of James and Mary Tate: 9-230. Patricia Ann, b. 3-13-1934. 9-231. Donald Edward, b. 1-23-1935. 9-232. Robert Allen, b. 8-9-1936. 9-233. Larry Eugene, b. Dec. 1942.

8-371. THELMA WILLIAMS, daughter of Earl F. and Eva {7-250) Williams. b. 7-9-1919. m. (1) Melvin Cecil; (2) James Martin, 11-19-1944. Children of Melvin and Thelma Cecil: 9-234. Ted Maurice, b. 12-20-1936. 9-235. Sammy Joe, b. 7-9-1940. 9-236. Rex Leroy, b. 5-25-1942.

8-374. ETHEL LORENE FISHER, daughter of George H. {7-251) and Grace Lowe Fisher. b. 1-18-1919. m. William Lantz, 6-23-1940. Child of William and Ethel Lantz: 9-237. Jeffery Lee, b, 6-18-1941. -- 8-376. SARAH ELIZABETH FISHER, daughter of Ralph F. (7-252) and Elsie Johnson Fisher. b. 4-12-1914. m. Edward Baker, 1-8-1934. Children of Edward and Sarah Baker: 9-238. Robert Paul, b. 11-11-1940. 9-239. Nancy Sue, b. 2-14-1943.

8-377. ESTHER MAY FISHER, daughter of Ralph F. (7-252) and Elsie Fisher. b. 2-7-1916. m. Clarence Worl, 6-30-1939. Child of Clarence and Esther Worl: 9-250. Dixie Lee, b. 10-27-1940.

8-378. ALBERT PAUL FISHER, son of Ralph F. (7-252) and Elsie Fisher. b. 1-15-1918. m. ( l) Charity McKenzie, 2-1-1942; (2) Seraphine Latino, 10-28-1945. Child of Albert and Charity Fisher: 9-241. Faith Barbara, b. 8-25-1942. Child of Albert and Seraphine Fisher: 9-242. Anthony Ralph, b. 11-9-1946.

8-380. EDNA ISABELLE HAVERSTICK, daughter of John G. (7-256) and Chloe Wright Haverstick. 280

b. 7-20-1912, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. William T. Harger, 11-13-1931. Children of William and Edna Harger: 9-243. Nancy, b. 3~ 1-1937, Noblesville, Ind. 9-244. Susannah, b. 6-15-1938, Noblesville, Ind. 9-24.5. James Thomas, b. 6-14-1939, Noblesville, Ind.

8-381. JOHN GROVER HAVERSTICK, JR., son of John G. (7-256) and Chloe Haver stick. b. 1-17-1915, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Maxine Bragg. Child of John and Maxine Haverstick: 9-246. Stephen.

8-383. CHLOE HAVERSTICK (HOOKE), daughter of John G. (7-256) and Chloe Haverstick, and adopted daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Sam Hooke after death of her mother, Chloe Haverstick. b. 2-28-1920, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Jack Hall Schernaukau, 4-4-1942. Children of Jack and Chloe Schernaukau: 9-247. Samuel Hooke, b. 9-4-1944, Noblesville, Ind. 9-248, Paul Wheeler, b. 8-27-1947, Noblesville, Ind.

8-384. WILLIAM ARNOLD THOM, son of William and Edna Haverstick (7-257) Thom. b. 4-13-1914, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Dorothy Dakin Staats; 9-14-1938. Children of William and Dorothy Thom: 9-249, Nancy Ann, b. 1-20-1940. 9-250. William Robert, b. 5-23-1943.

8-385. GEORGE ALLEN THOM, son of William and Edna (7-257) Thorn. b. 6-20-1915, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. Wilma Geraldine York, 2-14-1936. Children of George and Wilma Thom: 9-251. Stephen Allen, b. 7-25-1939. 9--252. Judith Lynn, b. 4-9-1942.

8-387. VIRGINIA KATHRYN DREHER, daughter of Earl M. and Dersie Fisher (7-260) Dreher. b. 10-17-1917, Noblesville, Ind. m. Ralph Eugene Craig, 2-17-1940, Noblesville, Ind. Child of Ralph and Virginia Craig: 9-253. Sharon Alane, b. 9-28-1947.

8-388. MARY ELIZABETH DREHER, daughter of Earl M. and Dersie (7-260) Dreher. b. 1-2-1919, Noblesville, Ind. m. Thurall Ford, 12-25-1940. Child of Thurall and Mary Elizabeth Ford: 9-254. Sandra Kay, b. 4-29-1945.

8-389. HESTER LOUISE DREHER, daughter of Earl M. and Dersie (7·-l60) Dreher. b. 7-27-1927, Noblesville, Ind. m. Thomas McEntire, 9-27-1945. Child of Thomas and Hester McEntire: 9-255. Dennis Edwin, b. 8-8-1946.

8-39 3. HELEN ELIZABETH GA VER, daughter of David T. and Carrie Johnson (7-263) Gaver. b. 11-6-1904, Frederick Co., Md. 281

m. Hammond Grimes, 5-5-1923; b. 5-30-1901. Children of Hammond and Helen Grimes: 9-256. Zelma Elizabeth, b. 3-11-1924; d. 7-13-1933. 9-257. Joseph Hammond, b. 2-15-1925; d. 11-9-1945. Joseph Grimes, Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army, World War II, was killed in action near Metz, Belgium, 11-9-1944. 9-258. Chester Ellsworth, b. 3-4-1926; in U.S. Army in Europe, World War II; m. Dolores E. Moore, 3-5-1946. 9-259. Phillis, b. 12-15-1927; d. 1-22-1928. 9-260. Eleanor, b. 12-26-1930. 9-26 l. Henry Thomas, b. 5-4-1933. 9-262. Russell Allen, b. 12-17-1941; d. 1-7-1942.

8-395. RACHAEL ELLEN GAVER, daughter of David T. and Carrie (7-263) Gaver. b. 9-21-1908, Frederick Co., Md. m. Edward Manchau, 7-16-1938; b. 8-27-1907. Children of Edward and Rachael Manchau: 9-263. Philip Edward. 9-264. Carole Ellen, b. 11-12-1941, Carroll Co., Md.

8-396. PAUL MILLARD GAVER. son of David T. and Carrie (7-263) Gaver. b. 8-10-1910, Frederick Co., Md. m. Emily Frances Ripley, 8-25-1930; b. 9-30-1909, Frederick Co., Md. Children of Paul and Emily Gaver: 9-265. Wallace Paul, b. 7-14-1931, Frederick Co., Md. 9-266. David Stanley, b. 8-10-1932, Frederick Co., Md. 9-267. Joel Eddy, b. 3-2-1945, Frederick Co., Md.

8-397. LEONA MAY GAVER, daughter of David T. and Carrie (7-263) Gaver. b. 5-13-1912, Frederick Co., Md. m. Marcus B. Pickett, 7-31-1937; b. 7-25-1913. Children of Marcus and Leona Pickett: 9-268. Judith Lee, b. 1-14-1943, Frederick Co., Md. 9-269. David Marcus, b. 11-4-1946, Frederick Co., Md. 9-270. Jane Elizabeth, b. 4-11-1948, Frederick Co., Md.

8-399. PAUL EUGENE SUMMERS, son of Seymour and Anna Johnson (7-265) Summers. b. 12~ 16-1906, Frederick Co., Md. m. Lena Jane Elmore, 9-21-1935; b. 9-4-1904. Child of Paul and Lena Summers: 9-271. Paul Eugene, Jr., b. 5-17-1940, Frederick Co., Md.

8-400. FRANCIS WILLARD SUMMERS, son of Seymour and Anna (7-265) Summers. b. 4-6-1908, Frederick Co., Md. m. Mary Emma Florence Hooper, 1-31-1931. Child of Francis and Mary Summers: 9-272. Marietta Frances, b. 8-17-1936.

8-40 1. CAROLINE JOHNSON SUMMERS, daughter of Seymour and Anna (7-365) Summers. b. 9-20-1910, Middletown, Md. m. Woodrow Thomas Barkley, 3-3-1934; b. 7-5-1913, Canton, Mo. Children of Woodrow and Caroline Barkley: 9-273. Maurice Clelland, b. 8-25-1938, St. Louis, Mo. 9-274. Eva Marie, b. 3-27-1942.

8-406. ANNA MARY SUMMERS, daughter of Seymour and Anna (7-265) Summers. b. 4-25-1922, Frederick Co., Md. m. Charles Albert Summers, 4-25-1942; b. 4-28-1918. Children of Charles and Anna Summers: 282

9-275. Rebecca Ann, b. 4-15-1943, Frederick Co., Md. 9-276. Fay Elaine, b. 9-12-1944, Frederick Co., Md.

8-409. MADELINE ELIZABETH HARSHMAN, daughter of Clyde L. and Nellie Johnson (7-266) Harshman. b. ro-8-1910, Frederick Co., Md. m. Charles Boone, 8-17-1932, Frederick Co., Md.; b. 12-28-1910. Child of Charles and Madeline Boone: 9-277. Constance Eugene, b. 4-7-1933, Frederick Co., Md.

8-410. HELEN AMANDA HARSHMAN, daughter of Clyde L. and Nellie Johnson (7-266) Harshman. b. 3-19-1916, Frederick Co., Md. m. Richard J. Baxter Rudy, 7-20-1937, Frederick Co., Md.; b. 7-20- 1913. Children of Richard and Helen Rudy: 9-278. Jeanette Amanda, b. 5-16-1938, Frederick Co., Md. 9-279. Sharon Elizabeth, b. 4-24-1945; d. 10-29-1947, Frederick Co., Md. 9-280. Richard Allan, b. 4-18-1949. Frederick, Md.

8-412. RICHARD EUGENE GAVER, son of Grover C. and Mary Johnson (7-267) Gaver. b. 4-19-1919, Highland, Md. Served in the U.S. Kavy in World War II from 12-20-1942 to 2-4-1946. m. Ruth Sherwood, 4-24-1941, Baltimore, Md.; b. 1-14-1919, Lee Mont, Va. Children of Richard and Ruth Gaver: 9-28 l. Robert Philip, b. 10-17-1944. 9-282. Charles Richard, b. 4-4-1948.

8-413. JAMES ELlvlER GAVER, son of Grover C. and Mary {7-267) Gaver. b. 9-16-1923, Md. Inducted into the U.S. Army in World War II, 3-16- 1943. After 30 months of training in the artillery, he was sent over seas in March, 1945, to join the 15th Field Artillery for combat in the northern Apennines and the Po Valley campaign in Italy. He was discharged 2-20-1946. m. Eva Mildred Cooney, 9-7-1945; b. 6-4-1925, Sparrows Point, Md. Child of James and Eva Gaver: 9-283. Nancy Loretta, b. 11-10-1948, Hagerstown, Md.

8-414. CECIL JOHNSON GAVER, son of Grover C. and Mary (7-267) Gaver. b. 5-23-1925. Inducted in the U.S. Army in World War II, 1-23-1944. As corporal in the infantry of the 6th Army, he took part in the Leyte invasion of the Philippine Islands. On 10-20-1944, he was severely wounded but recovered to go back into action in the invasion of the Island of Mindanao. Returned home, 2-16-1946. m. Betty Jean Hoffman, 12-24-1947.

8-415. THOMAS ALLEN, JR., son of Thomas and Ada Wiseman (7-271) Allen. b. 11-13-1921, Dayton, 0. m. Lois Zug, 1-14-1941, Dayton, 0. Child of Thomas and Lois Allen: 9-284. Darlene, b. 11-13-1942, Dayton, 0.

8-416. JOSEPH EUGENE ALLEN, son of Thomas and Ada (7-27 l) Allen. b. 3-9-1923, Dayton, 0. Enlisted in U.S. Navy in World War II, seaman, 1st class; served on the U .S.S. Allamack. m. (1) Joyce Stodden, 7-12-45; (2) Betty Meyers, 11-22-1947. Child of Joseph Allen (mother not indicated): 9-285. Sherry Marie. 283

8-419. NORMA VIRGINIA DADISMAN, daughter of Roy L. and Musetta Wiseman (7-274) Dadisman. b. 7-14-1914, Dayton, 0. m. Raymond Sweeney, 6-15-1935, Dayton, 0. Children of Raymond and Norma Sweeney: 9-286. Evelyn Ruth, b. 12-23-1941, Dayton, 0. 9-287. Richard Alan, b. 2-28-1949, Dayton, 0.

8-421. FRANCES E. CAYLOR, daughter of Frank C. and Della Wiseman (7-275) Caylor. b. 11-5-1913, Montgomery Co., 0. m. Cecil Brown, 6-8-1935. Veteran of World War II. Child of Cecil and Frances Brown: 9-288. Carol Sue, b. 10-6-1941.

8-422. BERNICE MAY CAYLOR, daughter of Frank C. and Della (7-275) Caylor. b. 5-12-1915, Montgomery Co., O.; d. 4-15-1940. m. Donald Taylor, 1-9-1937. Child of Donald and Bernice Taylor: 9-289. Elaine, b. 3-26-1940.

8-423. DORIS EVELYN CAYLOR, daughter of Frank C. and Della (7-275) Caylor. b. 4-29-1919, Montgomery Co., 0. m. Harley Pummill. Children of Harley and Doris Pummill: 9-290. Janet Arline, b. 11-7-1938. 9-291. Roland Eugene, b. 4-30-1942.

8-426. WILLIAM CHARLES WISEMAN, son of William C. (7-276) and Stella Swope Wiseman. b. 8-16-1920, Dayton, 0. Sergeant in Headquarters Squadron, 30th Air Depot Group, World War II. m. Ruth Elizabeth Eggert, 10-15-1942. Child of William and Ruth Wiseman: · 9-292. Kathryn Jeanne, b. 10-18-1947. Dayton, 0.

8-427. DONA LEE SUMMERS, daughter of Joseph L. and Irma Wiseman (7-278) Summe:rs. b. 1-29-1921, Dayton, 0. m. ( 1) Harold Wilbur Harmony, 9-7-1940, Dayton, O. (2) Eldon Powers. Children of Harold and Dona Ha.rmony: 9-293. Gary Lee, b. 7-4-1942; d. 8-2-1942. 9-294. Susan Lee, b. 12-21-1943. Child of Eldon and Dona Powers: 9-295. Linda Kay, b. 8-6-1947.

8-42.8. MARY CAROL SUMMERS, daughter of Joseph L. and Irma (7-278) Summers. b. 12-25-1922, Dayton, 0. m. ( 1) Wilbur Dieterle, 3-29-1941, Dayton, 0. (2) Thurman Coppess, 2-14-1947. Child of Thurman and Mary Coppess: 9-296. Kenneth Dale, b. 8-21-1948.

8-430. GENE IONE SUMMERS, daughter of Joseph L. and Irma (7-278) Summers. b. 9-28-1926, Dayton, 0. rn. Richard Ullery, 7-29-1944. Children of Richard and Gene Ullery: 9-297. Richene, b. 3-20-1945. 9-298. Lary Joseph, b, 5-9-1946. 284

8-433. LA VEANA MAY SCHRAMM, daughter of Earl and Anna Banks (7-280) Schramm. b. 3-25-1911, Montgomery Co., 0. m. William McLain, 2-20-1932. Children of William and La Veana McLain: 9-299. William Lee, b. 11-29-1932. 9-300. Diana, b. 10-12-1938; d. 12-2-1939.

8-434. ORLAND LEROY SCHRAMM, son of Earl and Anna (7-280) Schramm. b. 9-1-1913, Montgomery Co., 0. m. Gloria Yockley, 11-21-1936. Children of Orland and Gloria Schramm: 9-301. Eil'een Elizabeth, b. 12-25-1937. 9-302. Orland Le Roy, Jr., b. 9-23-1940.

8-435. JACK JUNIOR SCHRAMM, son of Earl and Anna (7-280) Schramm. b. 1-9-1917, Montgomery Co., O.; d. 12-2-1947, Nebr. m. Roslee . Children of ~and Roslee Schramm: 9-303. Sidney. 9-304. Jerry.

8-436. ROBERT RICHARD EASTERLING, son of Richard A. and Susan Banks (7-281) Easterling. b, 5-27-1920, Montgomery Co., 0. m. Mary Ellen Wilkinson, 8-19-1939. Children of Robert and Mary Ellen Easterling: 9-305. Jan Richard, b. 4-13-1940. 9-306. Robert Arlie, b. 10-10-1943.

8-489. ROBERT LOREN BRUNNER, son of Henry F. and Eleanor Osburn (7-332) Brunner. b. 12-11-1923, Oakland, Calif. Veteran World War. II. m. June Janotta of Little Ferry, N. Y., 12-13-1946, Naval Air Station Chapel, Corpus Christi, Tex. Child of Robert and June Brunner: 9-:-_307. Bonnie Jean, b. 2-18-1948, Sacramento, Calif.

8-49 l. RALPH REEVES WILL, JR., son of Ralph R. (7-334) and Ruby Boykin Will. b. 1-1-1924, Aibuquerque, N. Mex. m. Gloria Colon, 10-19-1946, Albuquerque, N. Mex. Child of Ralph and Gloria Will: 9-308. Estella Marguerite, b. 10-16-1948.

8-500. DORIS MARIE WILLIAMS, daughter of James F. and Grace Miller (7-340) Williams. b. 3-10-1914, Highland Center, Ia. m. Frank A. Wolf, 2-2.2-1935, Ottumwa, Ia.; b. 3-29-1914, Wapello Co., Ia. Children of Frank and Doris Wolf: 9-309. Carolyn Louise, b. 10-2-1936, Highland Center, Ia. 9-310. Roger Eugene, b. 10-14-1937, Highland Center, Ia. 9-311. Marilyn Louise, b. 11-2-1940, Highland Center, Ia. 9-312. Judith Ann, b. 2-26-1944, Highland Center, la.

8-50 l. CHESTER FRED WILLIAMS, son of James F. and Grace (7-340) Williams. b. 1-9-1916, Highland Center, Ia. m. Marcella Robertson, 10-21-1941, Highland Center, Ia.; b. 7-18-1915, near Highland Center, Ia. Child of Chester and Marcella Williams: 285

9-313. Marcene Ferne, b. 10-30-1946, Cheyenne, Wyo.

8-502. LOIS MILLER, daughter of Floyd (7-341) and Ida Hurr Miller. b. 6-29-1915, Wapello Co., Ia. m. Harold E. Kinsinger, 10-23-1940; b. 7-29-1914. Children of Harold and Lois Kinsinger: 9-314. Joanne, b. 7-4-1943. 9-315. James Alan, b. 12-6-1944. 9-316. Larry Ivan, b. 12-1-1947.

8-503. MAXINE MILLER, daughter of Floyd (7-341) and Ida Hurr Miller. b. 10-5-1917, Wapello Co., Ia. m. Wallace F. Manning, 6-4-1938, b. 11-10-1910, Children of Wallace and Maxine Manning: 9-317. William Wallace, b. 5-2-1944. 9-318. Barbara Lee, b. 9-11-1947.

8-552. IDA LOUISE ATKISON, daughter of Harry R. and Gladys Thamer (7-415) Atkison. b. 4-10-1925, Platte, S. Dak. m. Harold Lee Scofield, 11-20-1940, Reno, Nev.; b. 5-19-1918, Dewitt, Ore.; veteran World War II. Child of Harold and Ida Scofield: 9-319. Harrison Lee, b. 1-23-1948.

8-553. SHIRLEY LEE ATKISON, daughter of Harry R. and Gladys Thamer (7-415) Atkison. b. 1-15-1929, York, Nebr. m. Samuel Lafayette Scott, 12-19-1946, Newport, Ore.; b, 11-1-1925, Winchester Bay, Ore.; veteran World War II. Child of Samuel and Shirley Scott: 9-320. Patricia Ann, b. 3-20-1947, Newport, Ore.

8-564. BARBARA JEANNE SMITH, daughter of Allen I. and Doris Manchester (7-437) Smith. b. 9-1-1924, Washington, D. C. m. Thomas Rhudell Burkdell, Washington, D. C.; veteran World War II: M-aster Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, 3 years and 11 months, with service in the Central Pacific. Child of Thomas and Barbara Burkdell: 9-321. Robert Rhudell, b. 10-28-1947, Kokomo, Ind.

8-574. WILBUR DWIGHT WENGER, son of Oliver K. and Gladys Neu (7-444) Wenger. b. 4-17-1912, Elkhart, Ind. m. Mildred Swarm, 6-6-1936; b. 7-18-1915, Elkhart, Ind. Children of Wilbur and Mildred Wenger: 9-322. Peggy Ann, b. 9-22-1937, Elkhart, Ind. 9-323. Shirry Kay, b. 1-11-1940, Elkhart, Ind.

8-575. WILMA MAY WENGER, daughter of Oliver K. and Gladys (7-444) Wenger. b. 4-10-1914, Montpelier, 0. m. John David Hixon, 6-14-1936, Elkhart, Ind.; b. 4-12-1914, Elkhart. Ind. Children of John and W Hrna Hixon: 9-324. Patricia May, b. 9-30-1937, Elkhart, Ind. 9-325. David Jerry, b. 6-1-1941, Elkhart, Ind. 9-326. Susan Dian, b. 3-18-1944.

8-576. MARJORIE ELLEN WENGER, daughter of Oliver K. and Gladys (7-444) Wenger. b. 4-14-1916, Montpelier, 0. 286

m. Paul Arthur Withers, 4-18-1936, Elkhart, Ind.; b. 3-16-1911. Children of Paul and Marjorie Withers: 9-327. Richard Dean, b. 11-2-1937, Elk.hart, Ind. 9-328. Jane Ellen, b. 12-2-1943, Elkhart, Ind. 9-329. Robert Paul, b. 1-18-1945, Elkhart, Ind. 9-33'(). Thomas Arthur, b. 6-27-1946, Elkhart, Ind.

8-577. EDWARD OLIVER WENGER, son of Oliver K. and Gladys (7-444) Wenger. b. 7-24-1918, Elkhart, Ind. m. Elsie Elaine Poyser, 9-1-1940; b. 4-30-1922, Elkhart, Ind. Children of Edward and Elsie Wenger: 9-33 i. je-rry Edward, b. 4-30-1941. 9-332. Judy Carol, b. 3-20-1943. 9-333. Roberta Elaine, b. 9-8-1945. 9-334. Rodney Allen, b. 10-31-1947.

8-578. HOWARD FRANKLIN WENGER, son of Oliver K. and Gladys (7-444) Wenger. b. 12-20-1920, Crandon, Wisc. m. Mary Ann O'Donnell, 4-2-1944, Yonkers, N. Y.; b. 12-7-1922, Elkhart, Ind. Child of Howard and Mary Ann Wenger: 9-335. Barbara Ann, b. 8-4-1948, Elkhart, Ind.

8-587. ROBERT LEWIS VAN ANTWERP, son of Lewis E. (7-452) and Florence Morse Van Antwerp. b. 7-1-1921; graduate of Michigan State College. m. Vera Ruth Deaner of Sodus, Mich., 6-13-1943. Children of Robert and Vera Van Antwerp: 9-336. Shirley Jo, b. 8-11-1946, Benton Harbor, Mich. 9-337. Barbara Ann, b. 5-9-1948, Benton Harbor, Mich.

8-589. DORIS ANN VAN ANTWERP, daughter of James S. (7-453) and Anna Kuschell Van Antwerp. b. 12-20-1923, Kalam<;1.zoo, Mich. m. John Rhodes, 11-4-1945, Kalamazoo, Mich.; b. 5-10-1919, St. Paul, Minn. Child of John and Doris Ann Rhodes. 9-338. Sandra Ann, b. 4-14-1947, Denver, Colo.

John Rhodes is a lieutenant in the regular U.S. Air Force stationed at Lowry Field, Denver, Colo. Doris Ann Rhodes was a WAVE in World War II, and as a "link trainer" taught pilots blind flying.

GENERATION IX

9-8. KENNETH LELAND STAGEMEYER, son of Duard F. and Nellie Stombaugh (8-3) Stagemeyer. b. 9-6-1932, Oxford, Nebr. m. Patricia , 1-5-1948, Ely, Nev.; b. 9-4-1932, Oxford, Nebr. Child of Kenneth and Patricia Stagemeyer: 10- l. Sue Ann, b. 9-4-1948, Twin Falls, Idaho.

9-31. NORMA RUTH SPENSLEY, daughter of Vincent H. and Adeline Fuller (8-29) Spensley. b. 4-6-1925, Albuquerque, N. Mex. m. Richard Denton, 8-12-1944. Children of Richard and Norma Denton: 10-2. Linda Sue, b. 4-8-1945. 10-3. Pamela Jane, b. 10-14-1946. 287

9-32. LORNA JANE SPENSLEY, daughter of Vincent H. and Adeline (8-29) Spensley. b. 4-6-1925, Albuquerque, N. Mex. m. Wallace R. Bailey, 6-14-1947. Child of Wallace and Lorna Bailey: 10-4·. Barbara Rae, b. 10-2-1948.

9-39. BEVERLY JEAN KELLEY, daughter of Eugene A. and Zelda Fuller (8-31) Kelley. b. 1-13-1923, Ft. Dodge, Ia. m. Ralph Beach Clarke, 2-5-1945, Artesia, Calif. Children of Ralph and Beverly Clarke: 10-5. Ralph Beach, II, b. 10-21-1946, Los Angeles, Calif. 10-6. Pamela Jean, b. 10-2-1948, Los Angeles, Calif.

9-40. IONE MAE KELLEY, daughter of Eugene A. and Zelda (8-31) Kelley. b. 1-24-1924, Chicago, Ill. m. William Eddie Fronaberger, 1-31-1942, Tiajuana, Mexico. Children of William and Ione Fronaberger: 10-7. William Eddie, Jr., b. 1-8-1943, Artesia, Calif. 10-8. Robert Eugene, b. 8-21-1946, Downey, Calif.

9-102. SHIRLEY RAE MC COY, daughter of E. Gerald and Cleo Stover ( 8-81) McCoy. b. 6-8-1926, Eagle Grove, Ia. m. Glen Carver, 1-16-1946. Child of Glen and Shirley Carver: 10-9. Susan Kay, b. 10-12-1948, Spirit Lake, Ia.

9-104. BEVERLY JEAN PELL, daughter of Fred and Iris Stover (8-83) Pell. b. 5-16-1926, Lake City, Ia. m. Darwin Gidel, 8-20-1947. Child of Darwin and Beverly Gidel: 10-10. Daranna Jean, b. 9-16-1948, Inglewood, Calif.

9-154. RICHARD WARD BISHOP, son of James E. and Edythe Ward (8-247) Bishop. b. 2-24-1924, Leon, Ia. m. Clara Verl Fleming, 10-17-1943; b. 10-30-1924, Edwardsville, Kans. Children of Richard and Clara Bishop: 10-11. Caroline, b. 8-25-1945, Kansas City, Kans. 10-12. Percilla Annette, b. 8-9-1947, Kansas City, Kans.

9-155. LEOLA BLANCHE BISHOP, daughter of James E. and Edythe (8-247) Bishop. b. 3-16-1927, Kansas City, Kans. m. John William Miller, 12-2-1941; b. 2-27-1920, New York City. Veteran World War II. Children of John and Leola Miller: 10-13. Gloria Marie, b. 9-9-1942, Kansas City, Kans. 10-14. Sherian Lee, b. 5-14-1944, Pensacola, Fla. 10-15. John Phillips, b. 5-12-1945, Kansas City, Kans.

9-156. MARGIE MARIE FLA.GGARD, daughter of Frank P. and Mary Ward (8-248) Flaggard. b. 6-19-1925, Van Wert, Ia. m. Dewey Duane Goodrich, 10-18-1941, Bethany, Mo.; b. 3-16-1920, Truro, Ia, Veteran World War II. Children of Dewey and Margie Goodrich: 10-16. Lois Elaine, b. 8-16-1942, Kansas City, Kans. 288

10-17. Duana Marie, b. 12-21-1946, Osceola, Ia. 10-18. Dewey Duane, Jr., b. 7-19-1948, Osceola, la.

9-156. LEOTA IRENE FLAGGARD, daughter of Frank P. and Mary (8-248) Flaggard. b. 8-6-1927, Kansas City, Kans. m. Dale Dwight Hughs, 7-3-1944, Platte City, Mo.; b. 9-24-1912, Graham, Mo. Children of Dale and Leota Hughs: 10-19. Dale Eugene, b. 1-8-1945, St. Joseph, Mo. 10-20. Linda Carol, b. 10-23-1946, Smithville, Mo. 10-21. David Leroy, b. 8-2-1948, Smithville, Mo.

9-211. SUE ESTHER STONEBRAKER, daughter of William and Ruth Brooks (8-359) Stonebraker. b. 4-3-1929. m. Richard Wienhorst. Child of Richard and Sue Wienhorst: 10-22. Johanna Ruth, b. 3-8-1949.

9-258. CHESTER ELLSWORTH GRIMES, son of Hammond and Helen Gaver (8-393) Grimes. b. 3-4-1926. Veteran World War II. m. Dolores E. Moore, 3-5-1946. Child of Chester and Dolores Grimes: 10-23. Joseph Larry, b. 1-26-1947. PART III

THE HILDEBRAND LINEAGE

What our fathers with so much difficulty secured, do not basely relinquish. --Epitaph of William Bradford, fir st Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1621-1657.

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THE HILDEBRAND COAT-OF-ARMS **** Arms -- The chief shield in gold upon which there are imposed four diagonal flambeaux or torches, surmounted by three half, up-growing fleur-de lis in purple, growing out of green bases.

Helmet Silver, with a crown of gold. Gold locket and neckband.

Crest Red heart, with issuing flames.

Mantle Gold underneath with red overturn.

Symbolism The shield displays four diagonally crossed flaming torches, symbol izing carriers of light into dark places. The up-growing fleur-de- lis represent three evolving flowers of the lily, particularly the iris. The use of the fleur-de-lis in hearldry dates from the 12th century as a common charge in France, England, and Germany, where every gentleman desired to adorn his shield with the blossom of the lily) symbol of purity, truth and honor. The gold background sug gests generosity and trust, and the red in the mantle and staffs of the torches, valor and courage. The purple in the fleur-de-lis symbolizes sovereignty and justice, and the green, freshness and vigor. In the crest, the crown suggests authority, and the heart, being regarded as the seat of spiritual and conscious life, is a symbol of devotion and fidelity. The flames emanating from its center symbolize burning zeal, elevated and noble enthusiasm.

Chapter XIX

THE HILDEBRAND LINEAGE

GENERATION I

* 1-2. JOHANNES HILDEBRAND, Immigrant. b. 17 15, in Switzerland. d. 4-2-1782, York Co., Pa., bur. Bupp's cem., Springfield Twp., York Co., Pa. m. (c) 1748, Barbara Glatfelder, dau. Hans Peter and Salomea (Berg) Glatfelder, b. 1729 in Switzerland; d. 8-8-1794; bur. Bupp's cem., Springfield Twp., York Co., Pa. Children of Johannes and Barbara Hildebrand: *2-17. Felix, b. 11-14-1749; bap. 3-13-1750; span. Felix and Elizabeth Glatfelder. (Rev. Jacob Leschy, rec.) d. 3-26-1820; bur. Stine's cem., Springfield Twp., York Co., Pa. m. Mary Elizabeth Simon (*2-27), dau. Philip (*l-3) and Gertrude Simon, b. 12-3- 1746; d. 10-31-1820; bur. Stine's cem. beside husband. 2-18. Maria Margaretha (from Freidensal or Shuster Ch. rec., York Co.; no dates.) 2-19. Dorethea, b. (?); bap. 6-21-1751, span. Heinrick and Dorethea Walther. (Rev. Jacob Leschy, rec.) d. (?); bur. Stine's cem. m. Jacob Swartz. 2-20. John Jacob, b. (?); bap. 11-12-1752, span. Jacob and Elizabeth Reiv. (Leschy rec.) d. (? ); m. Mary Elizabeth Stiffler. 2-2 l. Casper, b. (? ); bap. 4-3-1755, span. Casper and Anna Maria Glatfelder (Leschy rec.) d. {? ); bur. Bupp's cem. m. Barbara Cramer, 6-13-1783 (First Reformed Ch., rec., York.) 2-22. Henrick, b. {? ); bap. 5-8-1757, span. Heinrick and Dorethea Walther. (Leschy rec.) d. {? ). m. Magdelena Krout, 11-14-1787. (First Reformed Ch., rec.) 2-23. Anna Maria, b. (? ); bap. 9-14-1760, span. Casper and Anna Maria Glatfelder. (Leschy rec.) d. (? ). m. John Sheiry. (First Ref. Ch., rec.) 2-24. Sarah, b. (? ); bap. 1763. (Leschy rec.) d. (? ). m. John Hartman, 1-21-1783. (First Ref. Ch., rec.) 2-25. Anna Barbara, b. 9-29-1766; bap. 10-31-1766. (Freidensal or Shuster Ch., rec.) d. (? ). m. Ludwig Hartman. (First Ref. Ch., rec.) It was in this church record that the maiden name of the mother of the foregoing nine children was revealed. The record specified: "Anna Barbara, daughter of Johannes and Barbara (Glatfelder) Hildebrand."

SWISS ORIGIN AND EMIGRATION

Johannes Hildebrand was born in Switzerland. Other than that his father's name was Hans Jacob Hildebrand, we know no details of his ancestry. There is a record in the State Archives of Zurich, Switzerland, that "in the year 1743, there emigrated to Pennsylvania from Eschenmosen, Parish Bulach, C..:.nton Zurich, Johannes Hildebrand, the d~ceased Hans Jacob's son", and from the Parish Glatt felden, three families as follows (Lists~ Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies; Albert B. Faust, Vol. I, pp. 39-52. National Genealogy Society, Washington, D. C .):

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(1) Casper Glatfelder, age 36, and his wife, Lisabeth Lauffer, age 34. They had with them the following children: Anna Margareth, age 13 Anna, age 11 Solomon, age 9 Johannes, age 7 also the father-in-law, Jacob Lauffer. (2) Heinrick Walder, age 30, and his wife Dorothea Walder, and the farmer's brother, Felix Walde:::-, unmarried, age 25. *(3) Hans Peter Glatfelder, age 45, and his wife, Salomea Berg, age 40. They had with them the following children: Elsbetha, age 16 *Barbara, age 14 Felix, age 12 Lisabeth, age 10 Hans Rudolf, age 9 Johannes, age 4

THE GLA TFELDER LINEAGE

It is principally through the Glatfelder line of our ancestry that we get a glimpse of our Swiss origins. As has been pointed out, Johannes Hildebrand married Barbara Glatfelder, who was the daughter of Hans Peter Glatfelder and his wife, Salomea Berg. There is no evidence as to the parentage of Salomea, but Hans Peter, together with his brother Casper, who both set out for America at the same time in 1743, were the sons of Felix Glatfelder whose birth and death dates are given as 1669 and 1724, respectively. His wife was Barbara Gorius, of whose lineage we know nothing.

The name "Glatfelder" has its origin in "Glattfelden". the parish from which colonists by that name emigrated to America. Glattfelaen, in turn, is an other way of saying, "Feld der Glatt," "Glatt Field" or "Plain". Through it flows a small branch of the Rhine River called the Glatt River. The villages from which came the colonial families of Glatfelder and Hildebrand, namely Glattfelden and Bulach, are situated on this stream, and there they remain, only five miles apart, as they have for perhaps a thousand years. l95

The following outline illustrates the Glatfelder ancestr.y pertinent to this genealogy, as well as the main stem of the descendents of Casper Glatfelder, the immigrant in 1743 by that name. The latter list is included here because its present generation is represented by Charles H. Glatfelter of Glenrock, Pa., whose interest and helpfulness have been manifest in the preparation of this book.

*Felix Glatfelder, 1669-1724 m. Barbara Gorius I I *Hans Peter Glatfelder, Casper Glatfelder, 1709-1773 1700- 1743 m. ( l) Elizabeth Lauffer m. Salomea (am) Berg m. (Z) Anna Marie Lauffer I >!

Daniel Gli:Ltfelder, 1790-1837 m. Margaret Emig, 1788-1864

Charles Glatfelder, 1817-1881 m. Leah Klinedinst., 1816-1884

Harry S. Glatfelder, 1859-1929 m. Amanda J. Caslon, 1860-1932

C. Harry Glatfelder, 1880- m. Cora C. Geesey, 1882-

Elizabeth Glatfelder m. Chauncey M. Krout

Charles H. Glatfelter, b. 5-11-1924. m. Mi.riam G. Krebs, b. 10-28-1925. 296

IMMIGRANT ARRIVAL AND SETTLEMENT

In the foregoing group of Swiss families, friends and relatives that set out for Pennsylvania in the summer of 1743, there were in all, nineteen persons mentioned by name: six adult males, three adult famales, and ten children. How long it took them to float down the Rhine River to Rotterdam, we do not know, but there they boarded a ship called Francis & Elizabeth, Capt. George North, Master. On August 30, 1743, that ship arrived at Philadelphia, and upon debark ation, as was required by law, all male members of the passenger list were re quired to take the Oath of Allegiance. According to the record of those who qualified in so doing, there were now only four of the six males who left Switzer land, namely, Johannes Hildebrand, Casper Glatfelder, Heinrick Walder and his brother, Felix Walder. (Strassburger and Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Vol. I, pp. 331-34.) Presumably the other two, Jacob Lauffer and our ancestor, Hans Peter Glatfelder, had died at sea.

Of the adult women, probably two of them arrived safely. Subsequent church records reveal that Casper Glatfelder's wife was Anna Maria with whom he had four more children after 17 4 7. It may be assumed, therefore, that his first wife died at sea. Henry Walter and his wife, Dorothea, sponsored some of Johannes Hildebrand's children at baptism, hence that pair arrived safely. Whether Salomea, the wife of Hans Peter Glatfelder, arrived or not, there is no trace. Perhaps she clid because three of her children can be identified in later records. Her daughter, Barbara, married Johannes Hildebrand, and became our direct ancester. Felix married Sarah Meir in 1750, and Elizabeth married Jacob Rein in the same year. What became of her other three children, Elsbetha, Hans Rudolph and Johannes, there is no trace.

Of the children of Casper and Elizabeth Glatfelder who began their long journey, we know that two arrived safely, ,but accounts of the other two are lack ing. Solomon grew up and finally settled at Somerset, Pa. Johannes became estab lished in Shrewsbury Twp., York Co., not far from his father's plantation. The two girls, Anna Margareth and Anna, are missing along with their mother.

Immediately upon arrival and after the necessary clearance at Philadelphia, this little group of Swiss colonists headed westward along the route of the German settlements to the Susquehanna River. Casper Glatfelder seems to have been the leader and a man of some means. With him were his brother Hans Peter's orphans, perhaps with their rnother, his brother-in-law, Henry Walter, and his wife, and his own family. The objective was the new. land on the west bank of the river. Accordingly, in the fall of 1743, Casper Glatfelder and Henry Walter acquired a large tract of land along the Big Conewago Creek in what is now New berry township north of the city of York. This land they held till 1746 when it was sold to one George Smyser. Then, with their flock, they pushed on farther south to the lands along the banks of a branch of Codorus Creek, six or seven miles south of York, where they were to establish their new but permanent homes. (From the researches of Charles H. Glatfelter.)

The story of Johannes Hildebrand, our ancestor, during these first years in America, is incomplete. He was a young bachelor and it is likely he came west with his Swiss companions, and may even have lived with them during the short period they remained on Conewago Creek. But in 1746 he joined a company of British Colonial troops under the command of Samuel Perry, organized to oppose the French in what was known as "King George's W=i.r." This conflict was but an extension to the French and English colonies in the, Nt.w World the War of the Austrian Succession in Europe. Its military operations, confined to the borders between the English colonies and Canada, were unimportant. They ended when peace was declared in Europe in 1748.

When the soldiers came back to their colonies, Johannes Hildebrand naturally returned to his old associates in York County. There he took a land 297 claim, apparently as the original owner. Later, there is a record that on December 7, 1749, a tract of 96 acres was surveyed to him, to which two other parcels of 48 acres and 86 acres each, were added in subsequent years, making a total home stead of 230 acres. His immediate neighbors were his old friends, Casper Glat felder and Henry Walter and their families. (Manuscript collection of Land Papers, York County Historical Society, York, Pa., and Penn;;ylvania Archives, Ser. 2, Vol. 2, p. 428.)

Having become a landowner and a man more than thirty years old, it was time Johannes married. The one who became his bride was the youthful Barbara Glatfelder, orphaned daughter of Hans Peter. He must have known her from her childhood, without perhaps realizing during the long days of their common ocean voyage she would one day become his wife. But so it happened, and evep. before the exact boundaries of his new claim had been determined, their first son, Felix,

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also our ancestor, arrived on Nov. 14, 1749. How the ties that had bound these families together from their origins across the sea to the end of their useful lives in the land of their adoption remained intact, is attested by the contiguity of their farms upon which they lived out their lives and reared their children. And finally, in death as in life, they remained neighbors for· their earthly remains are interred . in the little rural burial ground called Bupp' s Union Cemetery, bordering on a corner of Johannes Hildebrand's original homestead in America.

PARTICIPATION IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

As was pointed out in Chapter V, when the time came for the American Colonists to back up their claims for independence from the British crown, those of German ancestry entered into the conflict without hesitation. It must be remembered that those who took up arms were volunteers -- they had to be because there was, as yet, no central government to draft them.

When the Pennsylvanians cast the deciding vote that adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Johannes Hildebrand and all four of his sons stood ready for military duty, and as the war progressed, all entered the service of the Contin ental Army. The father, as was proper, was the first to enroll. In the Year of Independence, 1776, when he was 61 years old, he enlisted in Capt. John Jones company of militia in Col. Peter Grubb's battalion of "Associators" raised in near by Lancaster County. (Pa. Archives, Ser. 5, Vol. 7, p. 803.} "Associators" was a name used to designate the men who as volunteers made up an organized militia in the counties of Pennsylvania. Within two years the four sons of Johannes had followed their father's example.

In 1778, the returns of associators in the militia in York County for a company raised in Codorus township, list the names of Felix, Jacob, Casper and Henry Hildebrand, (all sons of the pioneer Johannes) enrolled in the Sixth Company of the Seventh Battalion. (York County, Pa., in the American Revolution, a source book by H. J. Young, pp. 591,592, 60 l and 602.)--It is interesting to note the ages of these young men at this time: Felix was 29, Jacob 26, Casper 2.3, and Henry 21 years old.

The services of father and sons in the armed forces of the infant nation were continuous~ to the end of the war, and, in one instance, after peace had come. In 1779, Jacob transferred to a unit from Shrewsbury township in the Fifth Company of the Fifth Battalion of militia. In 1780 his name appears upon Capt. Ferries' Muster Roll, as does that of his brother Felix in 1781. They remained with this company till 1782 when the fighting was over. Apparently Jacob was discharged from duty that year while Felix remained in the service some years more as will be described later in the treatment of his generation. (Pa. Archives, Ser. 6, Vol. 2, pp. 654, 670-7 l.)

Meantime Johannes, the father, appears as a private in 1780 in Capt. George Gieselman's company from York County. He was then 65 years old and undoubtedly assigned to some duty other than combat. In 1782, a year after Cornwallis had surrendered his army at Yorktown, Va., the names of both Casper and Henry Hildebrand also appear on the muster rolls of Capt. Gieselman' s com pany. (Pa. Archives, Ser. 6, Vol. 2, pp. 674-75.)

CLOSE OF AN EVENTFUL LIFE

It is a coincidence that when the independence of the United States became secure in 1783, the old immigrant, patriot and soldier should also come to the end of his days. The rigors of service in the Revolutionary War undoubtedly took a heavy toll of the physical strength of a man of his years. In his will, which was written in 1781, he states, "being Aged and weak in my Mortal Body" yet he lived two years longer. 300

So Johannes Hildebrand came to the end of his eventful life on April z. 1783. When his will was read as it had been written in the German language, it revealed not only his substantiability as a citizen but also his thoughtfulness in providing for his family after his decease. The translation of this will us it is - on file in York County, Pa., is as follows (Register of Wills, Book T, p. 118):

York County May the 18th in the year 1781

IN THE NAME OF GOD,AMEN. I John Hildebrand of Shrewsberry Township York County in the Province of Pennsylvania being Aged and weak in my Mortal Body, but of Sound & Good Understanding Blessed be our Dear God and as the Mortality of my Body being called to my Mind, I have thought to make my Last Will and Testament in manner, According to Law. Therefore Commend my Soul into the Hands of God who gave it me and my Body I Yield to the Earth to be buried in a Christian Manner, and Concerning any thing Else, it ia my Will That my Son Felix Hildebrand and Jacob Swartz Shall be my Exec~tors after my decease, and it is my Last Will That a publick Vendue Shall he Held and all Movea ble Effects Shall be Sold and my Debts first paid after which my Son Casper Hildebrand Shall Have my Plantation. and it is my Las t Wi 11 That he Sh a 11 Have the P 1 an ta ti on for Ever , and Sh a 11 have the Plantation For Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds in Hard money Silver or Gold and it is my Last Will that he pay Yearly Sixteen pounds in Silver or Gold unto his other Brothers & Sisters--end Shell beginn with the Eldest (that is Felix Hildebrand) according as the payments are set then Every time again With the others until! Each and Every of them have gotten one Gale (or payment) afterward then to begin again with the Eldest until! all be paid. and Concerning the rest Casper Hildebrand Shall Have a Good Right to the Land for Ever. after my Decease also this is my Last will That my Wife Anna Barbara Hildebrand Shall Have the third part of all Moveable Goods & Effects. also this is my Last Will that my wife Shell Have Her widow Seat upon the plantation and Shall Have An House to her ~-elf where She Chuseth It. also he Shall put one Iron Stove in the House for her end he Shell bring her to the House as much Cut firewood as She Shell be in Need of. also this is my Last Will that my wife after my Death Shell have Yearly Ten Bushels of wheat Two Bushels of Rie one Hundred pound of pork and Ten pounds of Hackled Flax and twelve pounds of Flaxen Tow. it is also my Last will That my wife Shall have yearly one pair of Sbooa end One peck of Salt, and She Shall have Liberty in the Garden to Plant as much as She pleaseth and where She pleaseth, also She Shall Take her Choice of one of the Cow to take where 3he thinks fit. also her Bed and whatsoever appertaineth there to and one Small Iron pott one Spinning Wheel one Chest one Box Iron with Two Heaters. also they Shall keep in Forage Two Sheep for her that She may Shear them Every Year, also they Shall Winter her Cow as their own upon the plantation (to wit) my Son Casper Shall feed and winter her Like his own. also this is my Last will that all my Children Shall Equally Heir ~like the one Like the other. My Son Henry Hildebrand Shall over and above his Share Thirty Bushels of Oats, after my decease also my Two Daughters Anna Maria Hildebrand Shall have above Her Equal Share One Cow One Bed and Bedstead and one Spiqning Wheele also my Daughter Sarah Shall have over and above her Equal Share one Cow one Bed and Bedstead and Spinning Wheel. it is also my Last Will that my Son the above named Casper Hildebrand Shall have 301

his Share in the payments of the Plantation (that is to say) of the Two Hundred and fifty pounds which he is to pay For the Plantation. I Therefore acknowledge in the Presence of Witnesses that this is my Last Will and My Testament and Know of No other.

Johanes Hildebrand (SEAL)

Peter Brillhard J: John Schmidt

They laid the body of Johannes Hildebrand to rest in a little graveyard on high ground overlooking the rolling acres of his own plantation. Here his old friends had preceded him--Casper Glatfelder in 1773; Henry Walter in 1781; and now himself, the last of these three pioneers, in 1783. His wife, Barbara, out lived him nine years, and on August 8, 1794, she too, was carried to the hilltop and laid beside her husband. There to mark their graves are field stones of slate, a characteristic geological formation of the region. The engraving upon them is crude, and for that all the more impressive because in the absence of artisans, skilled in the fashioning of monuments, the affection and esteem of their descendents are manifest akng with the desire to perpetuate a lasting memory to them. In German, these two stones simply state:

1783 In Jahr 1794 Den 2 Abril Den 8 August 1st Hanes Hildebrsn Hier Ruhed Barbara din Den Hebren Knd Hildebrande Schlafen -•-• Sein 1794 d6 Ocd Alder War 68 lahr H .A

(Translations)

On April 2, 1783 On the 8th of Johannes Hildebrand August in the year Fell asleep in the 1794 Barbara Lord-•-• His age Hildebrand was put ..was 68 years to rest here . Oct. 6, 1794 (date of erection of stone) H.A. (Her age eroded from stone but known to be 65 years.) 302

Johannes Hildebrand Barbara Hildebrand (1-2) {1- 2) Grave Markera of Field Stone in Bupp's Union Church Cemetery, York County, Pa. Chapter XX

THE HILDEBRAND LINEAGE

GENERATIONS II - VII

>1:2-17. FELIX HILDEBRAND, our ancestor, son of Johannes Hildebrand (*l-2). b. 11-14-1749,, Shrewsbury Twp., York Co., Pa.; bap. 3-13-1750, spon. Felix Glatfelder and wife Elizabeth (Rev. Jacob Leschy rec.) d. 3-26-1820; bur. Stine's cem. near Loganville, Springfield Twp., York Co., Pa. m. Mary Elizabeth Simon (*2-27), dau. Philip (*l-3) and Gertrude Simon, (c) 1772; b. 12-3-1746; bap. 2-24-1747 (Christ Luth. Ch., York, Pa., rec.) d. 10-31-1820; bur. Stine's cem. beside husband. Children of Felix and Elizabeth: 3-5 l. Anna Elizabeth, b. 11-20-1774; bap. 12-25-1774; spon. Johannes Hildebrand and Anna Barbara, his wife (Freidensal or Sh.uster Ch. rec.) d. (?). m. Michael Mitzel, b. 1777; d. 7-16-1845; bur. Lebanon Luth. Ch. cem., Hopewell Twp., York Co., Pa. 3-52. Philip, b. 8-24-1776; d. 9-5-1863; bur. Stine's cem., York Co., Pa. m. Catherine~--' b. 1782; d. 9-11-1865; bur. Stine's cem. beside husband. 3-53. Eva, b. 9-28-1778; bap. 10-8-1778 {Freidensal Ch. rec.) d. 9- 22-1817; bur, Stine's cem., York Co. Pa. m. John Smuck, 7- 12-1810 (First Moravian Ch. rec., York). 3-54. Henrick, b. 1779; d. 4-8-1787; bur. Stine's cem. beside parents. 3-55. Anna Dorothea, b. 10-30-1780; bap. 11-26-1780 (Freidensal Ch. rec.) d. {?) bur. St~ne's cem. beside parents. m. John Anstein. *3-56. Johann Jacoq, b. 8-8-1782; bap. 8-26-1782; span Philip Shafer and his wife Barbara {Freidensal Ch. rec.). d. 4-6-1868; bur. Fisher• family cem., Jasper Co., Iowa. m. Anna Maria {Polly) Wagner, 4-10-1810 (First Ref. Ch. rec., York, Pa.) b. 3-22- 1791; d. 8-22-1870; bur. Fisher cem. beside husband. 3-57. Anna Maria, b. 1789; d. 1797; bur. Stine's cem. beside parents. 3-58. Adam, b. 11-19-1791, York Co., Pa. d. 2-24-1869; m. Elizabeth Mitzel, b. 1-3-1795; d. 11-4-1854; bur. Sadler cem., Hopewell Twp., York Co., Pa. 3-59. Daniel, b. 3-9-1800; hap. 5-4-1800; spon. John Cramer and wife (Sadler's Luth. Ch. rec., Hopewell Twp., York Co., Pa.) No further data; presumably died young; no mention in will. 3-60. John. 3-61. George. 3-62. Catherine, m. Jacob Smuck.

FELIX HILDEBRAND, YEOMAN

Felix Hildebrand was the oldest child of Johannes and Anna Barbara Hilde brand in a family of nine children. When he was about 23 years old he married Mary Elizabeth Simon who lived with her twice widowed mother on the Philip Simon homestead two or three miles south and east of the Hildet-rand plantation. Since Elizabeth was one of the heirs of her father, she and her husband, Felix, may have lived on some of the land surveyed to Philip Simon in 1753. At any rate, in 177 2, Felix and Elizabeth bought from the heirs Elizabeth's old home. (Orphan's Ct. Doc., pp. 62-63, York Co.) In 1775, Felix acquired 62 acres more

303 304 from the land of John Gable who was the second husband of Elizabeth's mother. (Deed Book F, p. 313, York Co.)

There is every reason to believe Felix Hildebrand was a prominent citizen in his community, recognized for his public spirit as well as for his success as a farmer. It was right at the height of his young manhood that the American colonies declared themselves independent from Great Britain and thereby became involved in the War of the Revolution. Felix had a job of his own to per form in raising an oncoming family and paying for the land he and his wife had bought. Yet in 1778 he enlisted with a company of troops from Codorus township along with his three brothers. (The detailed Revolutionary War record of the Hildebrand father and sons is related in the previous chapter dealing with Gener ation I of the Hildebrand lineage.)

The successful conclusion of the Revoluticnary War did not end Felix Hildebrand's military service. As has been noted previously, he belonged to Capt. Adam Shafer's Company of York County Militia in 1786. His two sons-in-law, John and Jacob Smuck, likewise belonged to Captain Jacob Kanfelt' s Company of Militia in 1787 and 1784, respectively. (Pa. Archives, Ser. 6, Vol. 3, p. 1479.)

When the new nation had been firmly established in 1787, we may assume Felix and his family settled down to help in the growth of the new state of Pennsylvania. As it prospered so did the Hildebrands, and in 1817 Felix is record ed as having bought at sheriff's sale 180 acres in Shrewsbury township, later to be disposed of by his heirs. (Deed Book 3 I, p. 324, York Co.) That he also owned property in Shrewsbury town is indicated in his will which he wrote in 1815.

Felix Hildebrand died March 26, 1820, in his seventy-first year. His will, which was entered for probate 4-4-1820, specified that his son Philip and his son-in-law, Jacob Smuck, should be his executors. (Will Book 0, p. 224, York Co.) After seeing to it that his wife, Elizabeth, would be provided for as long as she lived, he detailed the manner in which the remainder of his property should be divided. In this part of his will there is an interesting section which reveals a father's disapproval of. a daughter's marital status. After specifying that all of his children shall "share and share alike," including his daughter "Dorothea intermarried John Anstein," there is this exception: "It is my will that my daughter _Dorothea intermarried as aforesaid shall if she shall continue to live separate and appart from her said husband John Anstein, have one hundred pounds, part of the share coming to her out of my estate both Real and personal, and no more, the residue of the share coming to the said Dorothea shall be

J o h n H i l d e b r a n d H om e s t ea d , Sh r e w s b u r y Twp., York Co., Pa. (Probably owned by son of Felix Hildebrand. Picture 1940) 305

GraYe, Felix Hildebrand Grave, Elizabeth Simon Hildebrand ( 2-17) (2-27)

equally divided to and amongst all the children born of her the said Dorothea share and share alike as they arrive to their respective ages, but if it shall so happen that my said daughter Dorothea take up with her said husband John Anstein and live with him before she receive the said sum of one hundred pounds, she shall not receive any part or parcel thereof, but the whole of her share or part of my estate coming to her shall be equally divided to and amongst her children born as aforesaid, share and share alike, so that the said John Anstein shall not 'have or receive any benefit or advantage of my estate either real or personal." From the foregoing, it would appear that the old man just didn't like this particular son in-law.

When Felix Hildebrand died in 1820, his body was laid to rest in a cemetery he had selected for his family on a sloping hillside overlooking the lovely valley in which his lands were situated. There at least three of his children had been laid away before him, and two more, together with his wife, were to follow him. Today this old burial ground is known as Stine's cemetery, beside a country lane less than half a mile off the main York to Baltimore highway a mile north of the village of Loganville. There Felix's gravE.: is marked by a white limestone gravestone over which generally waves a small American flag in recognition of his patriotic services when his country was born.

GENERATION III

3-51. ANNA ELIZABETH HILDEBRAND MITZEL, daughter of Felix (2-17) and Elizabeth Hildebrand b. 11-20-1774 d. (?) m. Michael Mitzel, b. 1777; d. 7-16-1845. Children of Michael and Anna Elizabeth Mitzel: 4-53. Daniel, b. 3-10-1799; d. 3-20-1882; m. Susan Raab. 4-54. Philip, b. 11-3-1800; m. Lydia Saylor. 4-55. John, m. ( 1) Lydia Raab; (2) Elizabeth Bell; (3) Sarah Eichel berger. 4-56. Susan, u. 4-9-1806. 4-57. Elizabeth, b. 7-16-1809; d. 4-4-1891; m. Johr, Sechrist. 4-58. Mary, b. 4-3-1812; d. 3-29-1883; m. Jacob Geesey. 4-59. Charles, b. 2-2-1814; d. 11-19-1901; m. Elizabeth Gibson. 4-60. Joel, b. 3-20-1819; d. 2-5-1896; m. Mary Ann Hershner.

Anna Elizabeth Hildebrand married into a family that was destined to become an important element in the social, economic and religious life of York County, Pa. Her husband, Michael Mitzel, was the oldest son of Michael and 306

Margreta Mitzel, who immigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany. From the issue of the seventh of eight children of Michael and Anna Elizabeth, namely, Charles (4-57), there descended in the sixth generation of Mitzel, Reverend Charles Michael Mitzel, who served as minister of the Shrewsbury, Pa., Joint Evangelical and Re formed Charge from 1924 to 1949. It is the same charge in which his ancestor, Michael, and a great uncle, Daniel, served as elders in the 1820's and 1850's respectively. A concise summary of the Mitzel family is as follows:

I. Michael Mitzel, m. Margreta (Immigrants.) II. Michael (1777-1845), m. Anna Elizabeth Hildebrand (1774 ---.) III. Charles (1814-1901), m. Elizabeth Gibson,

IV. Charles Wesley (1843-1913), m. Amanda Geesey.

V. Clarence Henry, m. Matilda Paules.

VI. Charles Michael ( 1891), m. Kathryn Isabelle Ehrhart, on July 24, 1909, to which union seven children were born, all of whom have grown to maturity.

The large Mitzel lineage, now descendants of the first Michael and Margreta, presently contains persons who are congressmen, business men, actors, ministers of the gospel, radio artists, farmers and educators.

3-52. PHILIP HILDEBRAND b. 8-24-1776 d. 9-5-1863 m. Catherine Children of Philip and Catherine: 4-61. Wilhelm, b. 3-1-1794. {Sadler's Ch. Rec., York Co,, Pa.) 4-62. Barbara, b. 1-30-1806. (Sadler's Ch. Rec., York Co., Pa.)

*3-56. LJOHANN) JACOB HILDEBRAND, our ancestor, son of Felix Hildebrand (*2-17). b. 8-8-1782 d. 4-6-1868 m. Anna Maria (called "Polly") Wagner, 4-10-1810; b. 3-22-1791; d. 8-22-1870. One child: *4-63. Elizabeth, b. 1-24-1811, hap. spans. Michael and Anna Elizabeth (3-51) Mitzel; d. 9-29-1877. m. Benjamin Fisher (*4-1), 9-18- 1827. It is at this point that the Hildebrand line merges with the Fisher line in this genealogy.

(Johann) Jacob Hildebrand was the sixth child of Felix and Elizabeth (Simon) Hildebrand. He is our direct ancestor. He was born 8-8-1782 in York Co., Pa., probably in Springfield Township, for there is a record in Freidensal's Church that he was baptized on 8-26-1782, Philip Shafer and his wife, Barbara, sponsors. He waited until he was nearly twenty-eight years old before he married, but his bride was a girl of not quite nineteen years, Anna Maria Wagner. Their wedding is listed in the First Reformed Church of York, Pa., under date of April 10, 1810. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Geo:i.~e Geistweit.

In the marriage record Anna Maria is called "Polly", which was a common nickname for girls of that given name. However, at the end of her life, the stone that marks her burial gives her correct name, Anna Maria. As for her ancestry, nothing has been discovered that can be relied upon. The name "Wagner" was a common one among the German people of Pennsylvania. It is to be found as a family name of colonists from the very beginning of the Palatinate migration 307

to America. Yet painstaking search through original sources of every kind has gone unrewarded with respect to Anna Maria Wagner's parentage; and how Jacob came to marry her in York, the county seat, some considerable distance, in those days, from his birth place. Of course, it may have been he was employed in York, or for some other reason lived there for a time.

Where Jacob Hildebrand and his wife took up their residence after they were married, and where their one child, a daughter, Elizabeth, was born, are also unclear. However, since Elizabeth was to marry Benjamin Fisher (*4-1), son of the Squire of southern Codorus Township, George Fisher (*3-1), we may assume this small family lived in the neighborhood in which George Fisher's farm was located.

When the United States became involved with England in the War of 1812, Jacob Hildebrand became an American soldier as his father and grandfather had been before him in the Revolutionary War. A muster roll shows that he was en listed in a company commanded by Capt. John Morris of the 17th Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia, commanded by Lt. Col. Andrew Wallace under the order of Major General Mead. His service with this command is indicated to have com menced on January 1, 1814, and ended on February 4, 1814. (Pa. Arch., Ser. 6, Vol. 10, p. 69.)

The daughter of Jacob and Anna Maria Hildebrand, Elizabeth, married Benjamin Fisher in 1827, who will be described more fully in the next generation. Suffice it to say here that Benjamin and Elizabeth lived on the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania for eight years after their marriage. Then in 1835 they moved with the surge of migration to the great prairies of the New West. With them went Elizabeth's parents, Jacob and Anna Maria to Wayne Co., Indiana. Here they remained another twenty-two years, and when Ben Fisher took his family and moved on still farther west to Iowa in 1857, the sturdy grandparents of Benjamin's flock went along again.

It was in the newly opened country of Jasper County, Iowa, that the long trek from Pennsylvania finally ended. Here on a farm near the little village of Greencastle, Jacob and Anna Maria spent their last days. The old patriarch, Jacob, was the first to go. He died on April 6, 1868, at the age of 85 years. His wife was to follow him two years later, aged 79 years. They are buried side by side in the Fis-her cemetery, a family burial ground set aside by Benjamin Fisher.

Jacob Hildebrand Anna Maria Hildebrand (3-56) ( 3-5 6) 308

In this genealogy, Jacob and Anna Maria Hildebrand have the distinction of being the first among all the ancestors whose lives are being traced, to have their photographs available. Whoever the photographer was who made their portraits, he was a pioneer in his profession, and this old couple were likewise among "first" to have their pictures made by a camera.

3-58. ADAM HILDEBRAND, son of Felix (*2-17) and Elizabeth Hildebrand. b. 11-19-1791 d. 2-24-1869; bur. Sadler's Ch. Cem., York Co., Pa. m. Elizabeth Mitzel, b. 12-12-1794; d. 11-11-1854; bur. Sadler's Ch. cem. beside husband. Children of Adam and Elizabeth Hildebrand: 4-64. Jesse, b. 5-23-1816; d. 5-21-1,895; m. Magdalena Stermer, 1839. 4-65. Margaret, b. 1819; d. 1903; m. Henry Hershner, York Co., Pa. 4-66. Eliza, b. 2-10-1823; d. 8-1-1890; m. Jacob Neuhaus, York Co., Pa. 4-67. Susanna, b. 12-8-1827; d. 12-8-1827. 4-68. John, m. Margaret Stermer, York Co., Pa. 4-69. Kate, m. Will McDowell, York Co., Pa. 4-70. Sallie (Sarah), m. Joseph Stermer, York Co., Pa. 4-71. Jacob, d. 1896 in Kansas; m. Wilhelmina Burkhorn. 4-72. Henry, d. in Ohio; m. Lydia Diehl, York Co., Pa.

GENERATION IV

4-59. CHARLES MITZEL, son of Michael and Anna Elizabeth (3-51) Mitzel and grandson of Felix Hildebrand (*2-17). b. 2-2-1814 d. 11-1901 m. Elizabeth Gibson Children of Charles and Elizabeth Mitzel: 5-105. William, b. 1-19-1837; d. 5-6-1915, Ohio. Civil War veteran. m. Lamanda Bortner. 5-106. EmanueL, b. 8-3-1839; d. 6-29-1902. m. Jane Wolfrom. 5-107. Henry, m. Julia Wolfrom. 5-108. Charles Wesley, b. 9-2-1843; d. 3-28-1913. Civil War veteran. m. Amanda Geesey. 5-109. John, m. Mary Shaffer. 5-110. Robert, m. Sarah Wagner. 5- 111. Abbie, m. Henry Herbst. 5-112. Caroline, m. Conrad Kroh.

4-64. JESSE HILDEBRAND, son of Adam Hildebrand (3-58) and grandson of Felix Hildebrand (*2-17). b. 5-23-1816 d. 5-21-1895, York Co, Pa. m. Magdalena Stermer, 1839, York Co., Pa.; b. 1821; d. 2-17-1865. Children of Jesse and Magdalena Hildebrand: 5-113. William, b. 3-19-1841; d. 2-6-1885. m. Louisa Smith. 5-114. Artemus, b. 1842, York Co., Pa.; d. 1923, Johnsonville, Ohio, where he moved (c) 1880. m. Leah Smith, dau. Samuel Smith, York Co., Pa., 9-19-1865. 5-115. Susan, b. 2-5-1848. 5-116. Amos, b. 1851, York Co., Pa.; d. 1937, Cardington, Ohio. Migrated to Morrow Co., Ohio, (c) 1880. m. Nancy Webb, dau. Henry Webb, York Co., Pa., 1-21-1873. 5 - l 1 7 . Eliz ab e th, b . 6 - 8 - l 8 5 3 ; d . 9 - 27 - l 8 8 5 . 5-118. Kate, b. 3-5-1855. m. John Althouse, 3-5-1884. 5-119. Margaret, b. 7-27-1857. 309

5-120. Jesse, b. 8-24-1859; d. 11-12-1928. m. Margaret Ann Miller, 6-8-1883. 5-121. Frank, b. 5-3-1862, York Co., Pa. 5-122. Rose, m. S. K. Diehl. 5-123. Mary, m. Henry Smith. 5- 124. Maggie. 5-125. Eliza. 5-126. Belle.

GENERATION V

5-108. CHARLES WESLEY MITZEL, fourth son of Charles (4-59) and Elizabeth Mitzel. b. 9-2-1843, York Co., Pa. d. 3-28-1913. He was a veteran of the Civil War. m. Amanda Geesey. Children of Charles and Amanda Mitzel: 6-301. Clarence Henry, m. Matilda Paules. 6-302. Caroline, m. William Ferree. 6-303. Charles Wesley, unmarried.

5-120. JESSE HILDEBRAND, eighth child of Jesse (4-64) and Magdalena Hilde brand. b. 8-24-1859, Hopewell Twp., York Co., Pa. d. 11-12-1928. m. Margaret Ann Miller, dau. Edwill Miller and wife of Hopewell Twp., at Gladfelters, York Co., Pa., 6-8-1883. b. 8-16-1861; d. 7-23- 1938; bur. Mt. Olivet cem., Hopewell Twp., York Co., Pa. Children of Jesse and Margaret Hildebrand, all born in North Hopewell Twp., York Co., Pa.: 6-304. Emory Edwill, b. 9-17-1884. 6-305. Purd G., b. 1-22-1886; m. Caroline Lehman of Jacobus, Pa., 10-25-1910. 6-306. Jesse Monteville, b. 6-15-1890; m. Nora Keeney of Graydon, Pa., 8-10-1912. 6-307. Marvin Sterling, b. 11-9-1893; m. Eva Elizabeth Whitcraft of New Freedom, Pa., 11-20-1920. Marvin is a veteran of Vv orld War I in which he served from 8-25-1918 to 3-7-1919. He was sent to France on 10-14-1918, arriving at Brest, 10-26-1918, sixteen days before the Armistice. He was returned to the United States 2-28-1919, and was discharged a week later at Camp Dix, N. J. Marvin and Elizabeth Hildebrand have had no children. 6-308. Mary Ann Irene, b. 7-23-1896; m. Melvin Rehmeyer of Hope well Twp., York Co., Pa., 4-28-1917. Children: (1) Hazel N., b. 12-10-1918; m. Kenneth Stermer. (2) Infant son, b. and d. 12-12-1923. (3) Jeanelle Anita, b. 7-31-1930. (4) Evans Melvin, b. 5-23-1940. 6-309. Elias Spangler, b. 12-11-1898; m. Bertha Bales of N. Hopewell Twp., Y o-rk Co., Pa., 4-21-1923. Children: (1) Jesse Alvin, b. 8-23-1929. (2) Gerry Eugene, b. 6-9-1931. (3) Le Roy Spangler, b. 7-8-1935. 6-310. Mazie Jane Celestia, }J. 11-2-1900; m. Harold D. Grove of Red Lion, Pa., January, 1927. Child: (1) Margaret Clara, b. 9-18-1929. 3 l 0

6-311. Curtis Nelson Dunnick, b. 7-14-1903; m. Carrie Feigler of N. Hopewell Twp., York Co., Pa. 12-8-1928. Child: (1) Alverta Ann, b. 8-6-1941. 6-312. Earl Raymond, b. 10-14-1906; m. Mary Feigler, N. Hopewell Twp., York Co., Pa., August, 1938. Children: ( l) Curtis, b. 1-11-1939; d. 1-14-1939. (2) Gabriel Earl, b. 9-6-1942.

GENERATION VI

6-30 l. CLARENCE HENRY MITZEL, oldest child of Charles Wesley (5-108) and Amanda Mitzel. No dates for birth and death. m. Matilda Paules, dau. Michael Paules. Children of Clarence and Matilda Mitzel: 7-502. Charles Michael, b. 11-14-1891, Windsor, York Co., Pa.; m. Kathryn Isabella Ehrhart, 7-24-1909; dau. Adam A. and Mary McDowell Ehrhart. 7-503. Robert Nevin, m. Minnie Stahley. 7-504. Marie Viola, m. Horace Smith. 7-505. Raymond Arthur, rn. Margie Kelly. 7-506. Clarence Wesley, m. Olive Strawbridge. 7-507. Mabel Irene, m. Dwight Logan. 7-508. Almeda Ruth, m. Charles Nicholas. 7-509. Paul Luther, m. Louise Graham.

GENERATION VII

7-502. CHARLES MICHAEL MITZEL, son of Clarence (6-301) and Matilda Mitzel. b. 11-14-1891, Windsor, York Co., Pa. m. Kathryn Isabella Ehrhart, 7-24-1909. Children of Charles and Kathryn Mitzel, all born in York Co., Pa.: 8-624. Violet Ehrhart, b. 8-4-19.10; m. Anthony Novino. 8-6-25. Kathryn Jane, b. 7-24-1913; m. Luther Irwin. 8-626. Iris Louise, b. 1-14-1916; m. Frederick Fries. 8-627. Cameron McDowell, b. 11-4-1918; m. Johanna Mendal. 8-628. Carlyle Betty, b. 10-17-1922. 8-629. Charles Paules, b. 6-2-1925. 8-630. Celaming Eugene, b. 5-28-1928.

Charles Michael Mitzel is a product of genuine old Pennsylvania German stock. From colonial days his direct ancestors have been citizens of the county in which he was born. He received all his early education in the grade schools of Adamsville, York Co., Pa., close to the old Mitzel homestead. Except for the limited advantages of such elementary training, he had no further formal schooling until he was twenty-four years old. In 1915 he matriculated in the old York County Academy, and in less than two years he had prepared himself for college, meantime supporting a wife and three young children.

Like many other men whose biographies have been ..:.-ketched in this genealogy, Charles Mitzel chose the Christian ministry as his professional career. Therefore, upon completion of his college preparatory work, he entered the Theological Seminary at Lancaster, Pa., and at the same time enrolled for special courses in Franklin and Marshall College in the same city. Upon graduation in 1920, he immediately entered upon active preaching. In the decades that followed, he served the following Evangelical and Reformed charges, all in Pennsylvania: Maytown, Lancaster Co.; Fairview, Butler Co.; Everett, Bedford Co.; and Shrews bury, York Co. 3 11

He has served the pastorate at Shrewsbury for a quarter of a century. There he has been the minister of the Charge that honored his great-great-grand father, Michael Mitzel, as an elder in the 1820's, and his great-great-uncle as an elder in the lSSO's. His present congregation numbers approximately 1,000 mem bers. Not only has Charles Mitzel been an able minister, but he has been a devoted father and a successful business man as well. He has educated and reared to adulthood three sons and four daughters. He owns land and other real estate, and by dint of perseverance, thrift, and industry he has provided himself and his wife with a degree of security which they hope to enjoy on a farm they own upon retirement from professional duties.

PART IV

THE SIMON, CRAMER, AND HOVIS LINEAGES

He who knows only his own generation remains always a child, - -George Norlin

Chapter XXI

THE SIMON, CRAMER AND HOVIS LINEAGES

GENERATION I

This chapte~ presents all the information we have been able to find with respect to three of our direct ancestral lines, namely, the Simon, Cramer and Hovis lineages. What lies behind their first generations that will be described here, and whence and when they came to Pennsylvania, remain unsolved problems. Whether they or their parents were immigrants we do not know except it neces sarily must have been one or the other. Their birth dates are unknown, but when they died can be determined by public records. Where their remains rest there is no evidence. Yet, in spite of our meagre information about them, we recognize that we stem from them equally as much as from those of whose lives the records are more extensive.

PHILIP SIMON

* 1-3. PHILIP SIMON. b. (?) d. (c) 1760, Shrewsbury Twp., York Co., Pa.; bur. (? ). m. Anna Gartroute (Gertrude) m. (2) John Gable (c) 1761; d. (c) 1770; bur. (? ). -- Children of Philip and Gartroute Simon: 2-26. Hans Adam {eldest, no dates). *2-27. Maria Elizabeth, b. 12-3-1746; d. 10-31-1820; bur. Stine's cem. near Loganville, Shrewsbury Twp., York Co. m. Felix Hildebrand (*2-17) (c) 1772. 2-28. Anna Maria, b. (? ); bap. 10-5-1755, spon. Paul Schneider and Anna Maria Diehl. (Leschy rec.) 2-29. Marillis (no dates). 2-3-0. Catharina (no dates).

Whether Philip Simon was an immigrant is a matter of conjecture. If he was, it was as a minor for there is no record of an adult by that name having arrived from Europe before 1770. That would be after the death of our ancestor by a decade. It would appear from the record of the births of his children that his marriage to Gartroute must have taken place prior to 1750, which would make it possible for him to have been the minor son of any one of several immigrants by the name of Simon between 1736 and 1748.

Philip was one of the pioneers that came into York County as soon as it was organized. The land upon which he settled was a few miles south and east of our other pioneer ancestors, but in the same township, Shrewsbury. This land was warranted to him on March 9, 1753, and surveyed for exact bounds on June 10, 1757. (Manuscript collection of Land Papers, No. 8122; York County Historical Society.)

Philip Simon died about 1760, without a will. His death :nust have been very untimely for he could hardly have been more than 33 years old. He left a young widow with five small children, the oldest, Hans Adam, not more than a dozen years old. Administration papers were filed by Gartroute Simon on January 17, 1761, but she soon married John Gable, ant: we find him a.nd his wife petitioning

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the court to be assigned the duties of administrators of the property left by Philip, and guardians of his children, Hans Adam, Elizabeth, Anna Maria, Marillis, and Catharina, all named in the docket. (Orphans Court, York Co., Pa., Docket A, p. 245, Dec. l, 1762.)

Presumably, the family continued to live on the Simon homestead in com fortable circumstances for several years. Then death struck again, and this time it was the mother, Gartroute, who was taken in 1770. She also died intestate and the court appointed Frederick Fissel and Michael Geiselman guardians over three minor children, Anna Maria, Marillis and Catharine. Hans Adam's name does not appear, and Elizabeth by now has married Felix Hildebrand. The court further appointed four appraisers to view the land of Philip Simon, and the improvements thereon, and report back to the court as to whether the land could be equitably divided between the heirs, or whether it would be better to sell the property and settle with the heirs in cash. (Orphans' Court, Docket C, p. 42, Nov. 27, 1770.)

The final transaction is the report of the appraisers on May 27, 177 2. They found that the property "would not admit of a division among the late widow and children without prejudice to and spoiling the whole, and that the same were of the value of three hundred and sixty-five pounds, undivided." At the same time "there came into court Felix Hildebrand and Elizabeth his wife which said Elizabeth is the eldest daughter of the said Philip Simon, deceased, and prayed that the said Elizabeth might be permitted to take the said lands and tenements late belonging to her said father, deceased, at the valuation thereof, she paying the late wj.dow and younger children of the said deceased their respective shares of the same."

The court approved the petition of Felix and Elizabeth, and by conforming to the terms specified by the court, they came into possession of the old Simon homestead. It was a desirable purchase for the land adjoined another tract upon which Felix and his wife had established their home. (Orphans' Court, Docket C, pp. 62-63 .)

DANIEL CRAMER

* 1-4. DANIEL CRAMER. b. _(?) d. (c) 1780, Codorus Twp., York Co., Pa.; bur. (?). m. Anna Margaret ; d. 1815; bur. (? ). Children of Daniel and Anna Margaret Cramer: 2-31. Daniel (No dates except release of his interest in father's estate, 8-29-1782. York Co. Land Rec. Bk. 2R, p. 423.) 2-32. Philip, b. (?); d. (?). Released interest in father's estate, 4-9-1791 (Land Rec. ZR-423); administrator with brother Helfrig of mother's estate, 1815-1817. (Bond Bk. EE, p. 168, and Orphans' Court Docket, Bk. M, p. 119, York Co.) m. Christina ; b. (?); d. (?); issue: 3 children (St. Jacob's Ch. rec.) --- 2-33. Helfrig (sometimes written "Helfer"), b. 1753; d. 9-22-1833; bur. St. Jacob's Ch. cem., Codorus Twp., York Co., Pa. m. Sophia Neudig, b. 9-19-1761; d. 11-20-1839; bur. beside husband; issue: seven children. (St. Jacob's Ch. rec.) *2-34. Maria Magdalena, b. (c) 1755; m. Frederick Hovis (*2-37), 7-5- 1774 (First Reformed Ch. rec., York, Pa.); d. (c) 1815; bur. (? ). Maria Magdalena was the first of two wives of Frederick Hovis. St. Jacob• s Ch. records of births and baptisms show she mothered at least seven of his children, among whom was our ancestor, Christina (*3-66), b. 1783. 2-35. Anna Maria, b. 8-22-1762. (St. Jacob's Ch. rec.) No other data. 2-36. Eva Elizabeth, b. 7-4-1766. (St. Jacob's Ch. rec.) No other data. 317

It may be regarded as almost certain that Daniel Cramer was an immigrant to Pennsylvania like most of the Germans of his generation who settled in York County in the middle of the eighteenth century. There is only bne Cramer by the name of Daniel listed among the Pennsylvania German pioneers who entered the port of Philadelphia and subscribed to the Oath of Allegiance there. He arrived on the ship Richard and Mary, Sept. 26, 1752. (Strassburger and Hinke, Vol. I, p. 488.) It would appear that he was already married to Anna Margaret and that their two sons, Daniel and Philip, were born in the old country and immigrated with them. It is possible that two brothers or other near relatives followed Daniel to America for two years later two Cramers named Johann Helfer and Lorentz arrived on the Ship Phoenix on Oct. 1, 1754. The assumption of such a close family relation ship is due to the fact that in the various Cramer families living in the same com munity the rather unusual given names of Helffer or Helfrig and Lorentz recur.

Daniel Cramer followed the then current trend of migration of German settlers in Pennsylvania westward to York County. There he found land in what is called Kreb's Valley. Just when he established his claim is not stated, but it was surveyed to him on Oct. 14, 1768. (York Co. Land Rec., Bk. ZR, p. 423.) It is known that the Cramer home had been founded there several years before that date. This fact can be traced in the baptismal and burial records of St. Jacob's (Stone) Church, which is situated adjacent to Daniel's land. These records go back to 1756, but they do not contain the names of children of Daniel and Anna Margaret before 1762. (St. Jacob's (Stone) Church Baptisms and Burials, 1756-1936, by Rev. Paul D. Yoder.) Only one of their family is buried in the churchyard, namely, Helfrig, whose birthdate is given as 1753, obviously too early for a baptismal record even had the family settled on the land that early. The daughter, Maria Magdalena, married Frederick Hovis in 1774. She was probably between 18 and 20 years of age at that time, which would also preclude the registration of her baptism in the records of this church.

Admittedly, there is a gap of seven years between Maria Magdalena, b. (c) 1755, and Anna Maria, b. 1762. This could mean that in the interval between the arrival of Daniel and his family in America and their appearance on the land in Codorus township near the time when the birth of another daughter is noticed by the local church, some ten years or less, their residence was elsewhere. There Helfrig and Maria Magdalena, as well as other children who failed to survive, could have been born.

When Daniel Cramer died in 1780, his son, Helfrig, together with one Jacob Shearer, are named executors of his will. In that will he mentions the fact that he has "daughters and one son-in-law," but he fails to give their names. These children could quite properly be Anna Maria, aged 18 at that time, Eva Elizabeth, aged 14, and Maria Magdalena, aged 25 and married for six years to Frederick Hovis, the latter thereby qualifying as the son-in-law. Letters testamen tary were issued to Helfrig Cramer and Jacob Shearer on March 7, 1780. An in ventory of the property was exhibited on Nov. 3, 1781, and an accounting was made on Oct. 3, 1782.

A subsequent land record (York Co. Land Rec., Bk ZR, p. 423) reveals the procedure by which Helfrig came into the possession of his father's homestead. This entry, after giving the legal description of the land, recites the following: The whole tract was surveyed on Oct. 14, 1768, to Daniel Kromer, deceased ( 1780) but is now the real property of Helfrick Kromer, as it appears at large by a release of his brother, Daniel Kromer, bearing date of Aug. 29, 17 82, given to his brother Philip Kromer; and Philip Kromer granted the same to Helfrick Kromer April 9, 1791, as it appears at large. (It is well to bear in mind that the spelling of proper names in early records vary greatly since such names were written down as they sounded to the scribe, and not according to a fixed usage. Thus the surname Cramer appears also as Kramer and Kromer; and Helfrig as Halfer, Helfer, and Helfrick.) 3 I 8

Daniel Cramer was not an old man when he died, probably less than 55 years old. But his wife Anna Margaret, outlived him by 35 years. She was prob ably about 85 years old when she died. She left no will, so the court appointed her two sons, Helfrig and Philip, as administrators of her estate. Their bonds were executed on Sept. 25, 1815; an inventory filed on Mar. 11, 1816; and a final accounting presented on Feb. 18, 1817. (York Co. Orphans' Court, Bond Bk. EE, p. 168; and Orphans' Court Docket, Bk. M. p. 119.)

At this point the Cramer lineage is concluded, as far as this genealogy is concerned. The line now merges with the Hovis family in the second generation.

FREDERICK HOVIS, SENIOR

* 1-5. TOBIAS FREDERICK HOVIS b. (?) In Germany. d. (c) 1784, Codorus Twp., York Co., Pa. Bur. (? ). m. Margratha -,---,--a (No other data.) Children of Frederick and Margratha: *2-37. Frederick, b. (?); d. 9-24-1825; bur. (?) m. (1) Maria Magdalena Cramer (*2-34), 7-5-1774, issue: 8 children; (2) Catharine (? ).

The Hovis family was closely associated with the other pioneers of our lineage who immigrated to York County and settled in Shrewsbury and Codorus townships. The record of Tobias Frederick Hovis that has come down to us is fragmentary. We do not know when he arrived in America or at what port he landed. In fact, the entire list of German immigrants who entered at Philadelphia contains no one by the name of Hovis, or any other that could be interpreted to be that name. We must conclude, therefore, that he landed at some other port to which German colonists were being brought. Of course, there were several such places all the way from Georgia to Boston. For example, he could have entered either at Baltimore or New York, and easily have found his way to the German settlements in Pennsylvania. Such ports did not keep the complete records of immigrants that we find in Philadelphia. Other colonies did not require the Oath of Allegiance, for instance, as did Pennsylvania where it resulted from an act of the provincial government.

We --know that the elder Hovis was in Codorus township during the period of the Revolutionary War. Public record shows that he prepared his will on Dec. 4, 1778, even though his death did not occur until nearly six years later. (Register of Wills, Bk. F, p. 238, York Co.) In 1783 Tobias Frederick Hovis appears in the tax lists of York County. He is shown to have owned 100 acres of land upon which were situated one dwelling and one out house. The list further shows there were six "inhabitants" in the household, presumably the father and mother and four children, among which was a son who bore his father's name.

Tobias Frederick Hovis died in 1784. His will was entered for probate on April 6th of that year. It names his wife, Margratha, and specified that his children shall share in his property equally. He does not name his children in the will. His executors are Barned Ziegler and Christian Rohrbach, both names of families common to the German community that developed in the valley of Codorus Creek, a dozen miles or less, south and west of the town of York where lived the Cramers, Glatfelders, Hildebrands, Walters, Hartmans, Simons and other fellow countrymen.

GENERA TlON II

MARIA ELIZABETH SIMON, our ancestor, daughter of Philip Simon ('~l-3). b. 12-3-1746 d. 10-31-1820; bur. Stine's cem., York Co., Pa. 319

m. Felix Hildebrand (*2-17) (c) 177 2. Children of Maria Elizabeth and Felix are described in the record of the latter in the Hildebrand Lineage, Generation II.

There is no further genealogy of the Simon line to be followed in this book. With the marriage of Elizabeth to Felix Hildebrand, the Simon branch merges with that of the Hildebrand.

*2-34. MARIA MAGDALENA CRAMER, our ancestor, daughter of Daniel Cramer (*l-4). b. (c) 1755 d. (c) 1815; bur. (?) m. Frederick Hovis (*2-37), 7-5-1774. Children of Maria Magdalena and Frederick are described in the re'cord of the latter in the Hovis Lineage, Generation II, below.

There is no further genealogy of the Cramer line to be followed in this book. With the marriage of Magdalena to Frederick Hovis, the Cramer branch merges with that of the Hovis.

*2-37. FREDERICK HOVIS, our ancestor, son of Tobias Frederick Hovis, (*l-5). b. (?} d. 9-24-1825; bur. (?} m. ( l} Maria Magdalena Cramer (*2-34}, 7-5-1774, according to a record in the First Reformed Church, York, Pa. (2} Catherine ___, who outlived him but with whom he apparently had no children. Children of Frederick and Magdalena Hovis: 3-63. Catherine, b. "2 weeks before Easter", 1775; bap. 5-20-1775. (St. Jacob's or "Stone" Ch. rec.} m. Everhart. (Will rec.) 3-64. Christian, b. 8-7-1776; hap. 8-31-177·6. (St. Jacob's Ch. rec.) d. probably young; no further mention of him. 3-65. Anna Maria, b. 8-4-1778; d. 11-14-1853; bur. Bupp's Union cem., Springfield Twp., York Co., Pa. m. Frederick Hartman, b. 7-4-1777; d. 12-7-1828; bur. Bupp's cem. beside wife. (Frederick was one of his father-in-law's executors.} *3-6_6. Christina, b. 1783; d. ll-29-1868; bur. Methodist Ch. cern., on old state road between Noblesville and Clarksville, Hamilton Co., Ind. m. George Fisher (*3-1) 180 l, York Co., Pa. (Further treatment in Fisher lineage, Generation III.) (Will rec.) 3-67. John, b. 2-12-1784; bap. in Freidensal Ch., York Co., span. Johann Cramer. Will record; no other data. 3-68. Jacob, b. {?); bap. 4-13-1789. {St. Jacob's Ch. rec.) d. Aug. 1827, aged 38 yrs., 8 months; bur. Bupp's cem., York Co., Pa. m. Barbara Glatfelder, d. 2-27-1868, aged 79 yrs., 7 months, 18 days; bur. Bupp's cem., beside husband. {Jacob was one of his father's executors.) 3-69. Daniel, b. 7-13-1791; bap. 8-12-1791. {St. Jacob's Ch. rec.) No other data about him. 3-70. Barbara, b. (? }; d. (? ); m. John Glatfelder. {Will rec.) No other data.

Our information about Frederick Hovis is incomplete. There is no precise records of the date of his birth, but from his service in the Re ,'olutionary War, which he began in 1776, it might be assumed he was born about 1755, which would be approximately the same year as the birth of his wife, Magdalena. He may have been a little older for his marriage to Magdalena took place two years before he enlisted for military service. When he died the newspaper, Gazette, in York, Pa., reported on September 27, 1825, that "Frederick Hovis, an aged inhabitant of Shrewsberry township", had died. It is conceivable he could have been more than 70 years old at the time. No trace of his burial place has been found. 320

Because several of the children of Frederick and Magdalena were baptized in St. Jacob's (Stone) Church, it is fair to assume that their first home was estab lished in that neighborhood, namely, the south central section of Codorus township in York County, Pa. This locality was within two or three miles of the Pennsylvania Maryland border on the south, a direction toward which there is evidence that the Hovis interests were attracted. The land across that border, in Frederick's time, was in Baltimore County. There is a Maryland land record which shows that in the year 1800 there was patented to Frederick Hovis a tract of 64i acres from "Shierer's GoodLuck lying in Baltimore County beginning at two bounded chestnuts standing on a ridge near the state line between Maryland and Pennsylvania, etc." (Book lC#P, p. 77, Hall of Records, Annapolis.)

This land holding was in the locality that was to become the home of Frederick's daughter, Christina, who married George Fisher (*3-1) in 180 l. There Christina and George raised their large family, and there, just inside the Maryland line, George Fisher lies buried. What was Frederick's final disposition of this land has not been found, but he evidently did not own it when he died in 1825 for it is not mentioned in his will. That will was made on September 5, 1825, and entered for probate nineteen days later, indicating it was practically a deathbed instrument. At that time, Frederick and his second wife, Catherine, were living in Shrewsbury town where, according to his will, he owned two houses and six lots of ground. (Will Book P, p. 317, York Co., Pa.)

It should also be mentioned that some members of the Hovis family turned north instead of south, and finally intermarried with the Glatfelders in Springfield township. As was shown in the genealogy above, Jacob married Barbara Glatfelder, and his sister, also a Barbara, married John Glatfelder. Another sister, Anna Maria, married Frederick Hartman, and all of them lived in the community of the Hildebrands, Glatfelders and Walters. Their remains rest in the little burial ground of Bupp's Union Cemetery along with several of the pioneers.

As a Revolutionary War soldier, Frederick Hovis enlisted near Hanover, not far from where he was living, in 1776. He was a private in Captain Michael Ege's company which was a part of the Fourth Battalion of York County militia. The troops of this militia marched from York, Pa., to Perth Amboy, N. J., when New York City was threatened by the British just before the battle of Long Island in the fall of 1776. From the ranks of these York County soldiers, two regiments of the "Flying Camp" were formed at Perth Amboy and served through the campaigns under Washington around New York City, and later in the battles of Trenton and Princeton. Muster rolls show that Captain Michael Ege' s company formed a part of the Second Regiment of the Flying Camp commanded by Colonel Richard Allister. (Pa. Archives, Ser. 6, Vol. 2, pp. 602-605.)

Since the Hovis line now merges with that of Fisher in the intermarriage of Christina Hovis and George Fisher, the treatment of the Hovis lineage stops at this point. PART V

THE STOMBAUGH LINEAGE

Remember the days of old: consider the years of many generations. --Deut. 32:7.

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THE STOMBAUGH COAT-OF-ARMS **** Arms -- Shield in red with chevron in silver upon which are emblazoned three red roses with green sepals.

Helmet -- Uncrowned, in silver, with gold locket and bands. The apertures in the visor and the underside of the shoulder plate, are red.

Crest -- Silver chevron with three red roses between two elephant's tusks, the left, silver, and the right, red. On either side of the crest are three ostrich feathers, on the left, red, silver, and red; on the right silver, red, and silver.

Mantle Silver underneath; red overturn.

Symbolism The shield displays a large chevron representing the gable rafters of a roof, signifying shelter and protection. On the chevron itself are three red roses, emblems of knighthood and honor. The red color of the shield stands for valor and courage, and the silver of the chevron, purity and justice. In the crest the same motif of the chevron in the shield is carried out. In addition, the elephant's tusks symbolize strength combined with intelligence, and the ostrich feathers indicate the idea of bending but not breaking: "No force can alter his decision, the same as the feather which cannot be shaken into disorder by the wind."

Chapter XXII

THE STOMBAUGH LINEAGE

GENERATION I - Ill

* 1-6. MARY ELIZABETH STOMBAUGH HONEY (HONIG) b. (?) d. (?) m. ( 1) Lawrentz Stombaugh, b. (? ); d. (? ); (2) Nicholas Honey (Honig) b. (?), d. 1751. Children with Lawrentz Stombaugh: 2-38. Jacob, d. 1796, Franklin Co., Pa.; m. Elizabeth; 3 children. 2-39. Nicholas, d. 1774, York Co., Pa.; m. Margaret; 1 son. 2-40. Lawrentz, d. 1805, Franklin Co., Pa.; m. Agnes; l son. 2-41. Peter, d. 1830, Bedford Co., Pa.; m. (l) Elizabeth; (2) Christine. *2-42. Philip, d. 1800, Washington Co., Md.; m. (? ); children: George (*3-84) and Magdalena (3-85). 2-43. Barbara, m. George Miller. 2-44. One other female (name not given). Child with Nicholas Honey: 2-45. John.

This beginning of the Stombaugh lineage is somewhat unusual in that a woman has been chosen as the titular ancestor. This selection may be explained by the fact that had it not been for the record of the settlement of the estate of her second husband, Nicholas Honey (the English form of the German .. Honig"), the first and second generations of the Stombaugh line might not have been so readily determined, if at all.

Nicholas Honey lived in Manheim Township, York County, Pa. There he owned 100 acres of land adjoining the homesteads of Christian Kerr, Yost Wagoner, Conrad Maul and his step-son, Jacob Stombaugh. Upon his death, his will, dated Feb. 16, 175 t; named his widow, Mary Elizabeth, and his son, John Honey, as sole heirs, and the above named Jacob Stombaugh as administrator. (Will Book A, p. 252, York Co., Pa.)

It so happened that this son, John Honey, died intestate and without any heirs. Consequently, the court set aside the will, as far as the inheritance to the son was concerned, and established George Honey, a brother of the dead Nicholas, as legal heir along with the widow, Mary Elizabeth. In the hearing before the probate court, it is recorded that George Honey lived in Frederick County, Md. Here he was a man of substance and prominence for his name appears with those of a few other select settlers in the first church book of the Lutheran "Congregation of Monocacy" that worshipped in a log church built in 1743 not far from the pre sent site of the city of Frederick, Md. The date of George Honey's signature is October 31, 1746, which suggests he was one of the early German pioneers that entered western Maryland from Pennsylvania. (The Maryland Germans, by Dieter Cunz. Princeton, 1948; p. 64). It is quite probable that the brothers Nicholas and George immigrated to America in 17 39. Among the passengers that disembarked from the ship Robert and Alice at Philadelphia on September 3, that year, are two adults bearing these names. (Strassburger and Hinke, Vol. I, p. 270.)

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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS ESTABLISHED

When the brother of Nicholas Honey, George Honey, was brought into the settlement of the farmer's estate, Jacob Stombaugh, as administrator, appeared before the Orphans' Court of York County on June 13, 1755, and claimed that "he and his brethren were brothers of t_he half-blood, John Honey, by the same Venter" (that 1s, mother), and asked for their share of the estate of Nicholas Honey. (Orphans' Court Docket, Book A, p. 56 .) "Half-blood," at that time, meant "half brother." Thus we know that Mary Elizabeth was married once before she married Nicholas Honey, and that her first husband's name was Stombaugh since that was her son Jacob's surname as admitted in court.

The claim of Jacob Stombaugh was considered to be legitimate, and a year later, December l, 1756, the court ordered the share of the estate that would have gone to John Honey, had he been alive, divided one-half to George Honey, and one half to "Jacob Stombaugh and his brethren." (York Co., Pa., Land Record, Book A, p. 188.) Fortunately, in a subsequent record we learn just who these "brethren" are, for when final settlement is made on March 23, 1757, the record shows there were five brothers and two sisters as follows (Orphans' Court, Bk. A, pp. 77 and 82): Jacob Stombaugh Nicholas Stombaugh Lawrentz Stombaugh Peter Stombaugh Philip Stombaugh (our ancestor) Barbara, the wife of George Miller One other female (name not given).

In the provincial census of 1762 for Manheim and Codorus townships, York County, there are listed Jacob, Lawrence, Peter, Philip and "Widow-" Stom baugh. Manheim township was where Nicholas Honey lived and had his property. Codorus joined this township on the east. The widow is obviously Mary Elizabeth. From this information it is possible to trace with a high degree of certainty, the destinies of the five brothers to the end of their lives. It is regrettable that the good mother, Mary Elizabeth, fades out of this story without further mention, as far as we can determine.

THE STOMBAUGH ANCESTRY

The original family name from which the modern one, Stombaugh, is derived, is spelled in various ways: Stambag, Stambuch, Stumbaugh, Stamback, and others. It is a venerable name among the colonists who came to America from the Palatinate. It occurs in the embarkation lists from Rotterdam in 1709 when one Jacob Stambag and wife left the old country to join the very first group of Palatines who emigrated to New York the year before, the Kocherthal Party that settled at Newburg on the Hudson in 1708.

In the so-called New York Subsistence List of 1710-1712, debtors to the British Government for subsistence given them, a widow named Anna Margretha Stambuch, with one son and o.,e daughter are named. (Knittle: Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration. Dorrance, 1937 .) Strassburg and Hinke, in their publication of the Pennsylvania German Pioneers who entered at Philadelphia, list only seven adults by this name from 1732 to 1751. They are as follows (note spelling): Name Date Ship Han Jacob Stambach Se pt :--Z-S-: 17 3 2 Loyal JuaTTh Jacob (X) Stanback Sept. 3, 1739 Robert and Alice Fillibs Stambach Sept. 3, 17 39 Friendship Jacob Stambagh Sept. 26, 1741 St. Mark Ulrich Hanbach Oct. 2, 1741 St. Andrew Hans Gerg Wambach Oct. 17, 1749 Dragon Hans Jacob Stambach Sept. 25, 1751 Phoenix 327

It is fairly certain that Lawrence Stombaugh who became the husband of Mary Elizabeth, was not an immigrant. It was quite possible for him to have been a son of an earlier pioneer, perhaps a Jacob Stombaugh. Old cemeteries in Lan caster County even today attest to the fact that families by that name were living there before German colonists ventured across the Susquehanna River. Perhaps the exact origin of this line will always remain one of the many things "we wish we knew." Even so, we can truthfully characterize this family from its ancestral origins as one that has always been restless and venturesome, a spirit essential to the true pioneer.

GENERATION II

2-38. JACOB STOMBAUGH b. (?) d. 1790 Franklin Co., Pa. m. Elizabeth Children of Jacoband Elizabeth Stombaugh: 3-71. John. 3-72. Jacob. 3-73. Margaret.

There is no available record of Jacob Stombaugh's birth, but from legal records we know he died in 1796. His must have been a "death-bed" will for it was made on December 3, 1796, and entered for probate on December 14, 1796. (Franklin Co., Pa., Will Book B, p. 27 .) His heirs were his widow, Elizabeth, and three children, John, Jacob and Margaret. His son Jacob was not yet 20 years of age; his son John was to maintain his mother; both Jacob and John were to learn trades of their own choosing; his daughter, Margaret, was given 100 pounds, cash. In his will, Jacob mentions a legacy left him by his father, Lawrence. It is from this bit of evidence that we discover the name of the father of the five Stombaugh brothers of the second generation, and who was also the husband of their mother, Mary Elizabeth Stombaugh Ho1:1ey.

2-39. NICHOLAS STOMBAUGH b. (?) d. 17]4, York Co., Pa. m. Margaret , who m. (2) George Leaseman. Child of Nicholas and Margaret Stombaugh: 3-74. Philip.

Nicholas Stombaugh was the only one of the five brothers that remained in York County all his life. He died there in 1774, and Peter, his brother, was named administrator of his estate. His heirs were his widow, Margaret, who subsequently married George Leaseman, and a son, Philip, under 20 years of age. (York Co., Pa., Orphans' Court Docket, Book C, p. 185.)

2-40. LAWRENCE STOMBAUGH b, (?} d. 1805, Franklin Co., Pa. m. Agness Child of Lawrence and Agness Stombaugh: 3-75. Philip.

Lawrence Stombaugh was doubtlessly named for his father. He was the first one to leave York County. He patented land in South Hampton Twp., Cumber land Co. (now Franklin), Pa., in 1766. (Franklin Co. Land Rec., Book 3, p. 416.) He held this land for nearly thirty years, when he sold it on April 8, 1795, in three separate tracts and transactions to Philip, John and Frederick Stombaugh. The family relationship of these three latter persons is not clear. (Franklin Co., Land Rec., Book 3, pp. 416-419.) Lawrence died in 1805. His will was made on 328

March l l, 1802, and entered for probate on April 15, 1805. His heirs were his widow, "Anny" (Agness), a son Philip, and a grandson, John, son of Philip. (Franklin Co., will Book B, p. 251.)

2-41. PETER STOMBAUGH b. (?) d. 1830 m. ( l) Elizabeth Shoaf; (2) Christine Children of Peter Stombaugh. (It is quite likely that the mother of some of these children was Elizabeth, and that some of them were the children of Christine.): 3-76. Peter. 3-77. Jacob. 3-78. Barbara, m. John Boyer. 3-79. Philip. 3-80. Susan. 3-81. Magdalena, m. Peter Swooveland. 3-82. Frederick. 3-83. Christian.

Peter Stombaugh's name appears on the tax lists of Franklin County in 1778. There he owned land which he sold on April 8, 1803. In the transfer of title to this land, the name of his wife is given as "Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Shoaf." (Franklin Co., Pa., Land Rec., Bouk 8, p. 128.) Having sold out in Franklin County, Peter moved westward to Bedford County. There he appears on the tax lists in 1808. There his first wife died and he married again to one Christina (last name not discovered) who became his widow. Peter died in St. Clair Township, Bedford Co., Pa., "an aged man," in 1830. By the terms of his will which was entered for probate 8-23-1830, his heirs were his widow Christina, and eight children: Peter, Jacob, Barbara intermarried with John Boyer, Philip, Susan, Magdalena intermarried with Peter Swooveland, Frederick and Christian. Final settlement of the estate was made on Apr. 19, 1831. {Bedford Co., Pa., Orphans' Court Docket, Book 4, p. 375.)

*2-42. PHILIP STOMBAUGH, our ancestor, son of Lawrentz and Mary Elizabeth Stombaugh (*l-6). b. _(?) d. 1800, Washington Co., Md. m. Children: *3-84. George, b. 12-12-1776; d. 6-6-1852; bur. John Pressel cem., near New Lisbon, Ind. m. ( 1) Ann Young, d. {c) 1805; (2) Catherine Haevel, no dates available. 3-85. Magdalena, no birth or death da~e available. m. Matthias Young, brother of Ann Young, w. of her brother George (*3-71).

Land records at Frederick, Md., (Frederick Co., Land Record, Bk. M, pp. 562-564; Bk. P, pp. 649-650) show that Philip Stombaugh and his brother Jacob bought land from Chrishpher Shockey on Oct. 2, 1769. It was a portion of a tract of eighteen hundred ac1 es known as "Sarah's Delight". This land had been granted by patent to Christopher Shockey by Frederick, Lord Baltimore, Proprietor of the Province of Maryland, on July 12, 1768. Part of this grant lay in what is now Franklin Co., Pa., and part in Frederick Co., but now Wcishington Co., Md. (Scharf: History of Western Maryland, p. 613 .) The piece acquired by Jacob was in Pennsylvania, but Philip's land was in Maryland. In order to establish the boundaries of land holdings in this tract, as settlement of the region increased, a resurvey was made on April 24, 1797, which fixed the limits of Philip's land and certified his title to 150 acres.

It has been possible to identify the location of the land in question because of the appearance of the names Shockey, Harbaugh, a.nd Stombaugh in various titles FRANKLIN COUNTY

FREDERICK COUNTY WASHINGTON COUNTY MARYLAND MARYLAND

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of its ownership. We have noted that Christopher Shockey received the original grant of 1,800 acres from Lord Baltimore in 1768. The next year Shockey sold 150 acres to Philip Stombaugh and an indeterminate amount to Jacob Stombaugh. Shortly thereafter, Shockey sold 200 acres more to his brother Valentine, who, incidentally, turned out to be a counterfeiter and gangster who wound up in the York Co., Pa., jail between the years 1775 and 1804. (Scharf: p. 614.)

While Valentine Shockey was in prison his 200-acre tract of "Sarah's Delight," part of which was in Maryland and part in Pennsylvania, was purchased in 1787 by Jacob Harbaugh. This Jacob Harbaugh was also a pioneer in western Maryland. He had settled in a valley in northwestern Frederick County in 176 l. He was one of several brothers who migrated into the region from Pennsylvania and established a family community in a secluded mountain valley on Friends Creek, on the east slope of South Mountain, less than half a dozen miles east of the area later to be patented by Christopher Shockey. To this day, the little valley is called the Harbaugh Valley, and the descendents of the family have long been prominent in the history of that section of Maryland.

Jacob Harbaugh sold the land he acquired from Valentine Shockey in 1787, to his son, George Harbaugh, in 1804. That was four years after Philip Stombaugh had died and his land had been divided between his son, George, and his daughter, Magdalena, wife of Matthias Young. But George sold his interest in the land to his brother-in-law, Matthias, on March 14, 1804, and soon thereafter moved away. (Washington Co., Land Record, Book P, p. 522.) On November 15, 1826, Matthias Young and his wife, Magdalena, sold the original Philip Stombaugh tract to George Harbaugh, so that finally a large portion of the old patent of "Sarah's Delight" came into the possession of the Harbaugh family. (Washington Co., Md., Deed Bk. II, p. 7 2.) As evidence of this fact, a little rural church, some two miles north east of the village of Ringgold, Md., just across the Mason and Dixon line in Pennsylvania, bears the name "Harbaugh Church."

Sometime before March 17, 1804, Philip Stombaugh died intestate leaving a son, George, and a daughter, Magdalena. (Washington Co., Md., Executors and Administrators Accounts, Bk. 2, p. 177: First account of Magdalena Stombaugh and Matthias Young, administrators of estate of Philip Stombaugh, deceased. Inventory, $779.15, r'ersonal property. Several disbursements, among them "5 pounds sterli_ng" to George Stombaugh. Date, April 18, 1801.)

Philip must have died late in 1800 or early in 1801. Obviously, he was a widower when he died, else there would have been named a wife to share in his estate. The result is, who Philip's wife was has never been discovered. Neither has his burial place been found, though his grave must be in Washington County near the Pennsylvania line. It is admitted, however, that to find his final resting place, and perhaps a stone that marks it, merits further diligent search. If, perchance, it might be found, there also might be discovered the grave of his wife. Thus, a missing segment of the complete life story of this patriot pioneer yet remains to be revealed.

Philip Stombaugh, like so many of his fellow settlers, was an early patriot. He served in the Continental Army of the Revolutionary V-. ar under Capt. Vv illiam Strain in the 6th Battalion of the Cumberland Co., Pa., Militia, 1780-81. It must be remembered that Cumberland County, Pa., bordered on Frederick County, Md., during colonial days. Franklin County, a section of Cumberland County in Penn sylvania, did not come into existence before 1784, and Washington County was created out of a portion of Frederick County, Md., in 1776. Therefore, the close proximity of Philip's residence in Maryland to those of his brothers Jacob and Peter in Cumberland County across the then rather vague boundary line between the two provinces, made it easy and natural for him to join them under the same officer in Pennsylvania. 331

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS

It is clear that three of the five Stombaugh brothers described above served in the Revolutionary War: Jacob, Peter, and Philip. The name of Lawrence appears nowhere in Revolutionary War records, and, of course, neither does Nicholas for he died before the war began. It is interesting to observe that all three of the soldier brothers served under the same officer:

1. Jacob Stombaugh (2-38), private under Capt. William Strain, 1780-1782. 2. Peter Stombaugh (2-41), private under Capt. William Strain, 1780-178 l. 3. Philip Stombaugh, (*2-42), private under Capt. William Strain, 1780- 1781. (Pa. Archives, Ser. 5, Vol. 6, pp. 143, 389, 390, 391, 397, 398, 430, 431.)

GENERATION III

3-82. FREDERICK STOMBAUGH, son of Peter (2-41) b. 1792 d. 6-26-1870; bur. Reformed Ch. cem., Osterburg, Pa. m. Rosanna Dively, b. 1788; d. 11-4-1878. Children of Frederick and Rosanna Stombaugh: 4-73. Michael, b. 1824; d. 1899; m. (1) Margaret Berkheimer; (2) 1 Amanda Waring. 4-74. John, b. 8-3-1831; d. 1923. 4-75. Barbara. 4-76. Sarah.

*3-84. GEORGE STOMBAUGH, our ancester, son of Philip (*2-42). b. 12-12-1776, Washington Co., Md. d. 6-6-1852, Henry Co., Ind.; bur. John Pressel cem. near New Lisbon, Ind. m. ( l) Ann Young, dau. John Young, Washington Co., Md., (c) 1797; d. (c) 1805, Bedford Co., Pa. m. (2) Catherine Haevel, Bedford Co., Md., before 1812; no. data on her birth, death, and burial. Children by Ann Young: 4-77. Magdalena, b. 2-15-1798, Washington Co., Md. m. Samuel Kemberling. 4-78. George, b. 9-6-1799, Washington Co., Md. *4-79. Solomon, b. 1-7-1803, Washington Co., Md.; d. 6-3-1861, Wayne Co., Ind. m. Eve Hornbaker. 4-80. Mary, b. 10-30-1805, Bedford Co., Pa. m. Mathias Copeland. Children by Catherine Haevel: 4-81. John, b. 4-8-1816, Huntingdon Co., Pa.; d. 1-18-1870; m. Susannah Hernley. 4-82. Philip, b. 11-16-1823, Blair Co., Pa.; d. 12-23-1873; m. (1) Mary Ann ; (2) Susan Clark. 4-83. Nancy, m. Andre v Robertson. 4-84. Eliza Margaret, rr .. Daniel Market. 4-85. Hannah, b. 1819 (of unsound mind).

George Stombaugh was a restless man. Unlike his father Philip, who remained on his land in northeastern Washington Co., Md., from the time he first acquired it in 1769 to his death in 1800, George did not remain settled many years in any one place. When he and Ann Young were first married, (c) 1797, they must have lived on the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania near the homestead of his father, Philip. When Philip died in 1800, he failed to leave a will, but a land record dated March 17, 1804, shows that George Stombaugh had inherited a piece of land from his father. The heirs named in this document are one son, George, whose wife was Anna, and a daughter who was the wife of Mathias Young. 332

(Washington Co., Md., Land Rec., Book P, p. 522.) Another land record, many years later, reveals that the wife of Matthias Young was George Stombaugh's sister, Magdalena. A deed dated March 23, 1831, shows that Matthias Young and his wife, Magdalena (Stombaugh) relinquished all right and ownership in portions of two tracts of land known as "German Maiden's Choice", and "Lawrence's Dis appointment". (Washington Co., Md., Deed Book II, pp. 120-122.)

THE MIGRATIONS OF GEORGE STOMBAUGH

George and Ann Stombaugh must have gone to Bedford County soon after Philip's (George's father's) death, because a land record in Bedford Co., Pa. (Bedford, county seat), Deed Book G, p. 345, shows that George Stombaugh bought land from John Blickensdorfer in Woodbury Twp., Bedford Co., in 1805.

Another Bedford Co. record, Deed Book H, p. 736, shows that George Stombaugh and his wife Catherine sold this land in Woodbury Twp. to Jacob Greable on Aprillr;-7812. (From this and the Huntingdon Co. record given below, we know Ann, George's first wife and mother of Mary, their youngest child born Oct. 30, 1805, seven months after the land in Woodbury Twp. was bought, was alive late in 1805. We also know she had died and George had married Catherine before 1812.)

When George and Catherine sold their land in Bedford County, the¥ moved to the neighboring county on the north, Huntingdon. There they resided in 1815 because a tax list of Huntingdon Co. dated March 14, 1815, shows George Stom baugh owned 212 1/4 acres of land in that county. In Record Book S, No. l, p. 457, Huntingdon Co., Pa., there is an entry dealing with a deed of George Stom baugh and Catharine, his wife, to Abraham Good, Jan. 4, 1824, transferring 220 acres of land adjoining that of David Markey in Franktown Twp., for $1,050.

The first record of George Stombaugh in Indiana is his purchase of land. In Deed Record M, p. 316, Henry Co. (Newcastle, county seat), there is an entry dated Dec. 26, 1845, which shows that George Stombaugh and his son John bought 80 acres jointly from Daniel and Margaret Ulrich. Meantime, John had preceded his father to Indiana by probably ten years because in 1837 he and his wife, Susanna, sold a piece of land in neighboring Fayette County. (Deed Book U, p. 207, Wayne Go., Ind.)

On Aug. 30, 1847, John bought 60 acres of the original 80 acres from his father and mother for $325. George and Catharine retained the remaining 20 acres until George's death in 1852. (Deed Record 0, p. 222, Henry Co., Ind.)

DEATH, HEIRS AND BURIAL OF GEORGE STOMBAUGH

George Stombaugh died on his farm in Henry Co., Ind., on June 6, 1852, at the age of 75½ years. He left no will. In the Probate Court of Henry County (Probate Complete Record, Bc.ok l, p. 76) Montgomery Brandon was appointed administrator of his estate on Jan. 2, 1854. The deceased left personal property valued at $150, and debts of $201.26. He also left 20 acres of land, namely, the undivided one-fourth of the W 1/2, SW 1/4, S35, Tl7, Rll, Henry Co., Ind., prob able value, $350. On Jan. 25, 1855, Montgomery Brandon, Administrator, sold this land to John Stombaugh, a surviving son, for $333.33.

In the settlement of this estate, the survivors of George Stombaugh are given as follows: (a) Widow: Catharine Stombaugh. (b) Sons; Solomon, John, Philip. (c) Daughters: Mary, Nancy, Eliza, Hannah (non compos mentis). (d) Grandchildren: Samuel Kernberling, son of Madalina (Magdalena) Kem berling, daughter of deceased; Philip, Sarah Ann, and George W ., children of Gear ge Stombaugh, son of deceased. 333

The Gravestone of George Stombaugh

( ·3-84)

Since the widow, Catherine, is not mentioned in the settlement of George's estate, it is sure she had died between 1852 and 1862, and must be buried near New Lisbon, Ind. However, her grave has not been identified. George Stombaugh lies buried in a little plot of ground called the John Pressel cemetery. It is a private burial ground now fenced off in a field close to a highway about a mile north and east of New Lisbon.

THE IDENTITY AND ANCESTRY OF ANN YOUNG

That Ann Young was the daughter of John Young as well as the first wife of George Stombaugh and the mother of .four of his children is revealed in an Orphan's Court Record of Huntingdon Co., Pa., (Book B, April 1816 term, and File H, No. 135) as follows:

"The petition of George Stombaugh respectfully showeth that your peti tioner was intermarried with Ann Young by whom he had four children, two of whom are minors under the age of fourteen years, viz., Solomon, about thirteen years of age, and Mary, about ten years old; that the said Ann Young is deceased and the children are entitled to a distributive share of the estate of their grand father, John Young, deceased, and ai:e without any person legally authorized to take charge of their persons, educatLin, and property. He therefore prays the Court appoint a suitable person or persons for that purpose.

"Whereupon it is considered by the court and ordered that George Stom baugh be and he hereby is appointed guardian of Solomon Stombaugh, and Philip Sowers of Mary Stombaugh." In File H, p. 136, same book as above, is this record:

"The petition of George Stombaugh (Jr.) respectfully showeth that he is a minor above the age of fourteen years, namely, sixteen in September last, and is entitled to a distributive share in the estate of John Young, deceased, his grand·· father, and is without any person legally authorized .to take charge of his education 334

and property, and he therefore prays the court will permit him to make a choice of a guardian for that purpose. Whereupon he making choice of George Stombaugh the court appointed the said George Stombaugh to be guardian of the said minor."

From the foregoing detailed record of George Stombaugh and his first wife the following summary of identity, ancestry, and brief life of Ann Young may be ' deduced:

Ann Young probably died in Bedford Co., Pa. in 1805 after the birth of her child, Mary, on Oct. 30, 1805. Mary was her fourth child, so she had prob ably been married to George eight years. This would fix the year of marriage as 1797. Assuming she, was a year younger than her husband and that she married not later than twenty, the year of her birth would then be 1777, and she would have died at the early age of twenty-eight.

Ann had one brother, Matthias, who married Magdalena Stombaugh, the only sister of George Stombaugh (who had no brothers). In other words, brother and sister married brother and sister: two Youngs married two Stombaughs. It is likely that Matthias was older than his sister, say two years. That would place his birth-date in 1775.

From the Huntingdon County record, it is learned that the father of Ann was John Young, and that he died about 1815. If his oldest child, Matthias, was born in 1775, John, his father, was probably married in 1774. If he was of average age at the time of marriage, say 21 years, his birth year would be 1753, and he would have been 62 years old at the time of his death in 1815.

There is no proof as yet, as to who was the father of John Young and the grandfather of Anna. One possibility is a William Young of Southampton Twp., Franklin Co., Pa. A land record, (Book 8, p. 38, Aug. 10, 1804, Franklin Co.) relates that John Young and his wife ElizabP.th of Southampton Twp. released a parcel of land which he, John, had inherited from his father, William Young, deceased. The grantee in this transaction was William the eldest son and brother of John. The record shows this land was acquired by the father from Richard Peters in 1761. Therefore, this Young came to what was then Cumberland county five years prior to the time when Lawrence Stombaugh came in 1766, and Philip Stombaugh to.. Frederick Co., Md., in 1769.

Other land records (Book 7, p. 79 and pp. 159-161) shows land trans actions by this elder William Young in Lurgan Twp., Cumberland County, in 1775, and in Peters Twp., Franklin Co., in 1787. No records of a will or orphans' court settlement of a \\' illiam Young estate between 1787 and 1804 have yet been discovered. Neither are there any Revolutionary War records yet found of William Young. Chapter XXIII

THE STOMBAUGH LINEAGE

GENERATION IV

THE STOMBAUGHS IN INDIANA

In the previous chapter we have traced the first three generations of our Stombaugh lineage. The span of time involved has been approximately a century -- from the death of Nicholas Honey in 1751 to the arrival of George Stombaugh in Henry Co., Ind., in 1845. While our primary interest has been a family history, it is obvious that the impact of historical events of national significance shaped the pattern of the lives of our ancestors in that era. So the shift from the colonial homes of the immigrants to the new frontier of the then "Northwest," completed a cycle and made immigrants of a new sort of the third and fourth generations as they were willingly swept with the tide of the Westward Movement.

Since most of our ancestors who migrated to Indiana from 1835 to 1850 settled in Wayne, Henry and Hamilton counties, a brief resume of the economic conditions that prevailed there at that time may be in order. The region itself was a part of the Northwest Territory of which the U.S. Government became possessed by the famous Ordinance of 1787. At that time the land was substantially wholly inaccessible, but it was good land, not only level, fertile, anci well watered, but often covered with hardwood forests. Since it was being offered for sale by the government for $1.25 per acre, it was not long before the magnet of the bound less material opportunities in the new country became irresistable to the younger generations in the population in the origina~ state.s of the Union.

The rush of settlement naturally inflated values, but th.- financial panic that swept the land in 1837 wiped. out many ventures no more substantial than temporary speculations. Those who had settled upon the land as farmers, and of such were o-ur ancestors, fared better than trades people. Personal wants were few. The pioneer farmer raised his own food, made his own clothes, built his own house, and, for the most part, was self-sufficient. Corn was the principle article of food. Each family had one or more cows for milk and butter. The abundance of wild game was an almost inexhaustable source of meat. Sassafras roots, spicewood and sycamore bark gave substance and flavor to table drinks since tea and coffee were generally unobtainable. Furniture was homemade and crude; manners were course but wholesome; money was scarce and luxuries were few, but underneath there was courage, fortitude and faith.

It was not an accident that Cambridge City, Ind., was the destination of the Stombaughs, Fishers, Dills anL the rest. It was the trading post from which they moved into the neighboring hinterland. As the population grew, trading centers came into being at breaks in transportation routes. The site of Cambridge City was at such a break. The National Pike passed through it from east to west, as did the pioneer traffic on the north-south route between the upper White water River Valley and Cincinnati on the Ohio. It became an important station on the old Whitewater canal built to provide water transportation to the Ohio River.

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THE VINTON HOUSE

When the Whitewater Canal reached Laurel, Ind., from Cincinnati in 1844, with a promise that it would soon be completed to Cambridge City, many immigrants haited at this point at the crossroads, hoping to prosper with the growth of the town. One such newcomer was a young man of twenty, Eldridge Vinton. At first he found employment as a porter in the old White Hall Tavern, which later became the Kirby House. In 1849 he rented another tavern called the United States Hotel. Subsequently he bought it and changed its name to the Vinton House. The old inn has never closed its doors from that day to this, exactly a century as this is written, and for most of that period it has been operated by Mr. Vinton and his descendants.

This old hotel is worth mentioning because it is likely many of our early people stopped there as guests, as we ourselves have done. It literally whispers old memories in its quaint halls and rooms. Under its roofs travelers by covered wagon, stage, canal boat, steam train, electric car, automobile and airplane have found shelter. At its doors have halted caravans of horseback riders and immigrant wagons, bound for the alluring west. In the basin back of the hotel canal boats turned around for the trip back to Cincinnati. For a hundred years its guests have included the high and the low; the renowned and the obscure; the settler and the migrant.

It was to this environment, just a few miles northwest of Cambridge City near the present village of New Lisbon, that George Stombaugh (*3-84) came with his wife from Pennsylvania in the summer of 1845. His children were the fqurth generation of this lineage, and for those of them for whom records are available, further description follows.

4-78. GEORGE STOMBAUGH, oldest son of George Stombaugh (*3-84) and his first wife, Ann Young. b. 9-6-1799, Washington Co., Md. d. in Wayne Co., Ind., date not recorded. The name of his wife has not been found, but there were three children: 5-127. Philip. 5-128. Sarah Ann, m. Lindsey. 5-129. George W ., b. ~1838; d. 3-9-1911, Wayne Co., Ind. m. Mary ·- E. Davis, 1-11-1866. Civil War veteran, 3rd Indiana Battery of Artillery.

SOLOMON AND EVE STOMBAUGH

*4-79. SOLOMON STOMBAUGH, our ancestor, second son of George Stombaugh (''3-84) and his first wife, Ann Young. b. 1-7-1803, Washington Co., Md. d. 6-3-1861, Henry Co., Ind.; bur. Kiplinger cem., near Cambridge City, Wayne Co., Ind. m. Eve Hornbaker, le) 1830, Blair Co., Pa.; b. 9-15-1807, Franklin Co., Pa., dau. Samuel Hornbaker; d. 3-19-1892, Richmond, Ind.; bur. Kiplinger cem. near Cambridge City, beside her husband. Children of Solomon and Eve Stombaugh: 5-130. Catherine, b. 2-16-1833, Blair Co., Pa.; d. 1918, Henry Co., Ind. m. Ephraim Leakey, Nov. 1854, Henry Co., Ind. ,:,5-131. George, b. 8-6-1836, Blair Co., Pa.; -d. 8-14-1909, Shelby Co., Ia.; m. Eliza Fisher (*5-1), 1-23-1855, Wayne Co., Ind. 5-132. Sarah Ann, b. 7-9-1837, Blair Co., Pa.; d. 8-27-1916, Richmond, Ind.; bur. Richmond cem. m. Robert Chestnut, 1857, Wayne Co., Ind. "i-133. Isabelle, b. 2-18-1842, Blair Co., Pa.; d. 10-10-1917, Wayne Co., Ind. m. ( l) Jacob Ritter; (Z) Jacob Hershberger, 7-3-1869; both in Wayne Co., Ind. 337

5-134. Lovina, b. 3-3-1844, Blair Co., Pa.; d. 11-20-1913, Alma, Nebr. m. Madison Osborne, 10-5-1865, who enlisted in the Union Army in the Civil War when he was eighteen· years old, and served four years. 5-135. Finley S., b. 5-10-1846, Blair Co., Pa.; d. 7-21-1865; bur. Kiplinger cem. near Cambridge City, Ind., beside parents. He was a Civil War soldier with the following service record: Mustered into service at Cambridge City, Ind., Dec. 18, 1863, as private, Company C, Capt. Brown commanding, 9th Indiana Cavalry; honorably discharged July 18, 1865.

Finley S. Stombaugh {5-135)

5-l36. Solomon F., b. 6-14-1847, Blair Co., Pa.; d. ( ?J. Solomon, Jr., like his brother Finle_y, was a soldier in the Civil War. At the age of sixteen, in Oct. 1863, he enlisted in Company C, 9th Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, the same company which his brother joined two months later. Solomon took part in the following engagements: Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., 1864; and the seige of Mobile, 1865. He was honorably discharged in 1865. After his father's death in 1861, and previous to his enlistment, he lived with his mother, Eve Stombaugh, in Jackson Twp. (Wayne County, Ind., History.) 5-137. Margaret Lane, b. 4-9-1851; d. 8-25-1852; Wayne Co., Ind. 5-138. Clarence (died y<..ung).

Solomon remained behind in Pennsylvania for a few years after his father moved to Indiana. An entry in Record Book E, No. 2, p. 334, Huntingdon Co., Pa., shows that on Nov. 28, 1844, Solomon Stombaugh secured a mortgage release on 160 acres in Frankstown Twp., from Henry Hileman and his wife, Hetty Boreslough. At that time, a portion of what later became Blair Co., Pa., in 1846, was included in Huntingdon County, including Frankstown Twp.

Solomon Stombaugh moved to Indiana in 185 i, and bought land in Wayne County. A land record in the Wayne County courthouse, Richmond, Ind., shows that on Nov. 21, 1851, Solomon Stombaugh of Blair Co., Pa., bought 140 acres 338 from Henry and Elizabeth Rieman for $4,000. (Sf: l/4, S8, T 16, R 12.) (Deed Bk. 16, p. 104.)

According to information received from his granddaughter, Leonora {Stom baugh) Cartwright (5-148) in her 90th year (1940) and who remembered him well, Solomon Stombaugh was a tall, slender man with a bald head. He was not a vigorous man, his health having failed because of an afflicted heart. He died at the relatively early age of 58 years.

There is a record in Wayne County, Ind., Court House (Book Q, p. 102 ff.) that on June 3, 1861, Solomon Stombaugh died intestate leaving a widow, Eve, and six children, three of whom are minors: Lavina, Finley and Solomon. The court appointed Eve Stombaugh administrator of her husband's estate; Philip Hardiman guardian of her three minor children; and Philip Stombaugh, her brother in-law, surety (that is, bondsman) for the proper discharge of her responsibilities.

This record is slightly in error for there were seven children that survived their father instead of six. In addition to the three minors named, there were also Catherine, George, Sarah Ann, and Isabelle. We know this is true because they were alive and named in their mother's will more than thirty years later. (Henry Co., Ind., Will Bk. 9, p. 169.)

The remembrance of Eve Stombaugh is that she was a strong-willed woman, "bossy," as old Auntie Cartwright recalled her, rugged in physique and character. It is said she managed her affairs with a strong hand. That she was successful as it is evidenced by the fact that while the total value of her husband's estate in 1861 was $1,400 to be divided between herself and seven children, she conserved her meager share so that at the time of her death thirty years later there was still an estate. Meantime she had made a living as well.

The foregoing genealogy shows that Eve's son George (*5-131) and Eliza Fisher (*5-1), daughter of neighbor BenjamiIL Fisher, (*4-1) had married in 1855. Family tradition has it that the young couple lived in a log cabin on a portion of the Stombaugh farm, and there their first two children, Clayton and Maylon, were born. When George's father had died, he and Eliza attempted to help Eve with her property, but it didn't work, so they sold their interest in George's inheritance on Aug. 12, 1862, the year after Solomon's death. Then they followed Eliza's family to Jasper County, Iowa, whence her father had moved five years before.

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Next, Eve's oldest daughter, Catherine (5-130) and her husband, Ephraim Leakey, attempted to operate Eve's farm for her, but they, too, failed to work in agreement with her. It was then that Solomon's widow concluded it was time to give up farming and retire. Accordingly, on Jan. 8, 1868, she sold her land to one John Graves and bought another piece close to the village of New Lisbon. Later she disposed of this farm and moved into New Lisbon town itself intending there to spend her declining years. However, as she grew older and feebler, she transferred her residence to Richmond, Ind., to make her home with her daughter, Sarah Ann, whose husband was Robert Chestnut. There she passed away on March 19, 1892, in her 85th year. She was buried in the Kiplinger cemetery beside her husband.

THE HORNBAKER ANCESTRY OF EVE STOMBAUGH

I. HENRY HORNBAKER.

According to records discovered by Clyde 0. Hornbaker, Attorney, Chicago, Ill., the original Hornbaker ( spelled Herenbocker) family immigrated to New Jersey from Holland. The year is not given but it must have been fairly early because it appears this particular Henry was born about 17 23. No record has been furnished as to the source of this birth date or his parentage. It is reported that he moved from New Jersey to Maryland in 1791. (Evidence not supplied.) It can be established he died in Washington Co., Md., sometime between May 6 and July 23, 1791. There is a record of his will (Will Book A, p. 2S8, Washington Co., Md.) showing he made his will on May 6, 1791, and that it was entered for probate on July 23, 1791. This document provides:

Executrix, wife Eve Heirs, in addition to wife, John (eldest son) antj. four other unnamed sons; Mary, the wife of John Burkhard, and four other unnamed daughters.

On Mar. 21, 1807, the widow Eve. Hornbaker rendered a Second Account ing of her administration of the estate of Henry Hornbaker (Record Book 3, p. 53, Washington Co., Md.). This record reveals the names of three of the unnamed sons, and two of the unnamed daughters in the will, and another name, presumably that of the husband of one of the daughters, as follows:

Philip: A land record, Book SS, p. 232, Aug. 9, 1839, shows that his wife was Susan, daughter of Jonathan Hinckle of Vv ashington Co., Md., but that Philip and Susan were living in Franklin Co., Pa., at that time. Harmon (Harmonius) S. (Samuel) , Ann, wife of John Heble (Hoevil) (Washington Co. Marriage License record, Nov. 28, 1801, Rev. Rawhauser.) Elizabeth, (also called Peggy) wife of Andrew Tolston; Washington Co. Marriage License record, Feb. 4, 1809. Rev. Rawhauser. Henry Benkley, evidently >he husband of one daughter.

From these data, we have the following issue of Henry Hornbaker and his wife, Eve: 1. Samuel, m. 2. Mary, m. John Burkard 3. Philip, m. Susan Hinckle 4. Ann, m. John Heble (Hoevel). (Doubtless some relation to Catharine Haevel, second wife of George Stombaugh.) 5. Harmonius, m. Leah Hibler 6. Eliza.beth, m. Andrew Tolston 7. John, m. 340

8. (Daughter), m. Henry Benkley 9. Henry, m. Dorothy (Orph. Ct. Docket, Book D, p. 401, Franklin Co., Pa., shows he ~in F·eb., 1841, leaving widow and 11 children, four of whom were of age.) l O. One daughter, indicated in will, unaccounted for.

Early in the 19th century the members of the above Hornbaker family moved from Washington Co., Md., across the Pennsylvania state line to nearby Franklin County. The last record of Eve Hornbaker, widow of Henry, in Washing ton County is a sale of lots in Jerusalem Town (now Funkstown) to John Mayer on Mar. 25, 1812. (Land Record Book Y, p. 67). It is said she was then more than 100 years old. There is no record of her death, but Philip died intestate on Feb. 14, 1848, leaving widow S_usan, and three children: John, Jane, and Nancy. (Franklin Co., Pa., Orph. Crt., Book C, p. 73.)

II. SAMUEL HORNBAKER

According to a report by Attorney Clyde 0. Hornbaker of Chicago, there is a family tradition that Samuel Hornbaker went to Kentucky near the turn of the 19th century, and that he died or was killed there. There is evidence that his brother Harmonius had also gone to Kentucky as early as 1795, (Kentucky admitted as state, 1792) and that the latter was living with his family in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1810.

No evidence has been found as to when or where Samuel died and was buried, except that this event occurred before the year 1815. In that year, there are two records in Franklin Co., Pa., dealing with his family and his estate:

1. Orphans Court, Book B, p. 94: The Court appointed Jacob Whitemore of the Borough of Chambersburg, guardian over the persons and estates of Margaret Hornbaker, Eve Hornbaker, and Henry Hornbaker, all minor children under the age of 14 years, of Samuel Hornbaker, late of Franklin County. 2. Orphans Court, Book B, p. 129: The Court received and approved the account of Jacob Barhave, administrator of the estate of Samuel Hornbaker. (The final settlement of this estate is dated Feb. 21, 1827 .)

In the absence of documentary evidence, certain valid deductions may be made from the meager official records in Franklin County concerning Samuel Hornbaker:

1. Since his children were all under 14 years of age in 1815, he could not have left Franklin County before 1802. 2. He probably left his wife' behind with the three small children, but she, too, seems to have been dead by 1815 because she is nowhere mentioned in the official records. 3. Of the orphans under the guardianship of Jacob Whitemore, the two daughters have bt. en identified: (a) Margaret marr.;ed a man named Benson; Mrs. Cartwright remembers her having visited Eve in Indiana after Solomon's death. (b) Eve Stoml;>augh, the wife of Solomon.

Since other branches of the Hornbaker lineage have been interested and helpful in compiling this genealogy, the bare outline of six generations follows. It is based on fragmentary but reliable data. HORNBAKER GENERATIONS I I Henry Hornbaker b. ( c) 1723 1 ' d. 1791 I I I Harmonious Hornbaker Hornbaker Samuel b. 1756 (no other data) 2 d. 1833 I I I I Eve Hornbaker Isaac Hornbaker b. 1807 b. 1808 John Hornbaker 3 d. 1892 d. 1868 (no other data) m. Solomon Stombaugh I I I George Stombaugh Henry Hornbaker b. 1836 b. 1839 ( ? ) 4 d. 1909 d. 1925 m. Eliza Fisher I I I

Elizabeth Stombaugh Will Hornbaker ( ? ) b. 1865 b. 1863 5 m. F. C. Hepp I I I

Florence Hepp Doyle M. Hornbaker Clyde 0 Hornbaker b. 1889 b. 1907 6 m. Elmore Petersen HZ

JOHN STOMBAUGH

4-81. JOHN STOMBAUGH, first son of George Stombaugh (*3-84) by his second wife, Catherine Haevel. b. 4-8-1816, Blair Co., Ind. d. 1-18-1870, Henry Co., Ind.; bur. Wisehart cem. near New Lisbon, Ind. m. Susannah Hernley, 8-10-1835, Milton, Wayne Co._, Ind.; b. 4-3-1812; d. 11-10-1892; bur. Wisehart cem. beside husband. Susannah was the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Shellenbarger) Hernley. Children of John and Susannah Stombaugh: 5-139. Eliza Alice, b. 2-13-1837, Fayette Co., Ind., d. 12-5-1882, Henry Co., Ind. m. John L. Raper, Henry Co., Ind., 5-15-1860 5-140. Nancy, b. 3-18-1838, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 10-11-1887; bur. New Lisbon cem., Henry Co., Ind. 5-141. Harriet, b. 11-22-1839, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 1927, Henry Co., Ind. m. Adam Stopher, 7-26-1860; no children. 5-142. Catherine, b. 5-22-1841, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 9-28-1928, Plain field, Ind. m. (l) David Goldman, 2-28-1861; (2) Joseph M. Lacy, 11-23-1867; both in Henry Co., Ind. 5-143. Anna Maria, b. 4-17-1843, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 4-1-1870. m. John Clark, 10-17-1861. 5-144. Amanda, b. 7-22-1844; d. 10-4-1844; Henry Co., Ind. 5-145. Mary Jane, b. 9-3-1845, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 12-29-1929, Henry Co., Ind. m. Joseph Funk, 11-3-1864, Henry Co., Ind. 5-146. George W., b. 2-10-1847, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 9-5-1923, 1-\ayne Co., Ind. m. Sarah A. Huber. 5-147. Lucinda, b. 2-18-1849; d. 1-10-1870; Henry Co., Ind. 5-148. Leonora, b. 7-7-1850, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 1941, at the home of her two nieces, Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell and Mrs. Inez Frank, Liberty, Union Co., Ind. m. James Washington Cartwright, 2- 8-1892; no children.

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5-149. Inez Ellen, b. 11-10-1852.; d. 10-11-1929, Henry Co., Ind. m. Charles Knapp.

John Stombaugh Susannah Hernley Stombaugh ( 4-81) ( 4-81)

What we know about John and Susarinah Stombaugh comes to us mainly from recollections of their descendants and public records. It is sure that John was the son of George and his second wife, Catherine Haevel, and that he was the first one of the Stombaughs to go west. He was either in Fayette or Wayne County, Ind., in 1835, for in that year he married Susannah Hernley who was a native of Lancaster Co., Pa., and therefore a western immigrant herself. Susannah lived with her parents, Henry and Elizabeth Hernley, near Milton, Ind., which is in the southwest corner of Wayne County, right next to Fayette County. It is possible John Stombaugh already owned land in Fayette County when he married Susannah. At any rate, the young couple sold that land in 1837, and moved into Henry County near New Lisbon, not more than ten miles north. Their first child, Eliz.a Alice, was born in Fayette County, but all of the rest of their twelve children were born in Henry County.

John Stombaugh was there to meet his father, George, and other members of the family when they arrived in 1845. As has already been noted, he joined with his father in the purchase of 80 acres of land in Henry County in 1845, which they owned jointly for two years. In 1847, John purchased sole interest in 60 acres of the original piece, and in 1855, three years after his father's death, he paid the other heirs for their interest in the remaining ZO acres.

John Stombaugh di-ed in 1870 at the comparatively young age of 54 years. By virtue of the emblem on his tombstone, it would appear that he was a prominent member of the Masonic Order. His photograph suggests that he is wearing a regalia and sitting in one of the principle chairs of his lodge. Susannah outlived her husband twenty-two years and died at the age of eighty. They are both buried in the old, and now overgrown and little used, Wisehart Cemetery, a mile north of New Lisbon, Ind. Other members of their family lie buried in the same ground. 344

PHILIP STOMBAUGH

4-82. PHILIP STOMBAUGH, second son of George Stombaugh (~'3-84) by his second wife, Catherine Haevel. b. 11-16-1823, Holidaysburg, Blair Co., Pa. d. 12-2.3-1873, Trenton, Grundy Co., Missouri; bur. Masonic cem., Trenton. m. (1) Mary Ann , b. 182.7; d. 2-2.6-1848, aged 2.1 years; bur. Wisehart cem., New Lisbon, Ind. (2) Susan Clark, I 1-9-1849, Wayne Co., Ind.; b. 5-10-1825, Butler Co., Ohio; d. 6-24-1901. Children of Philip and Susan Stombaugh: 5-150. Keturah Alice, b. 8-28-1850, near Newcastle, Henry Co., Ind.; d. lZ-2-1893, Trenton, Mo. m. Joshua Lewis Lowen, 9-2.4-1871, Trenton, Grundy Co., Mo. 5-151. Irena Jane, b. 9-21-1852, near Newcastle, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 11-5-1925, Trenton, Mo.; bur. I.O.O F. cem., Trenton, Mo. m. Robert Harris Hume, 11-8-1876, Trenton, Mo. 5-152. Emma Florence, b. 5-4-1857, near Newcastle, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 1Z-Z7-l902, Louisiana, Mo. m. William Albert Smith, 5- 2.7-1880. 5-153. Lorelia Agnes, b. 2-11-1859, near Newcastle, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 11-15-1893; bur. Cameron, Mo. m. George W. Benjamin, originally from Massachusetts. No children. 5-154. Charles Cook, b. 10-12-1860, near Newcastle, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 8-21-1917, Trenton, Mo. m. May Wallingford. 5-155. Effie, b. 12-13-1870, near Newcastle, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 9-14-1944, Louisiana, Mo. m. William Albert Smith, widower of her sister, Emma Florence, 11-30-1909; no children. Effie was the only daughter of Philip Stombaugh who did not teach school. In 1900 she took a two-year assignment with the U.S. Bureau of the Census in V.. ashington.

Philip Stombaugh was born in Blair Co., Pa., near the county seat, Holidaysburg. There is no exact record when he came to Indiana, but it is a safe guess that he accompanied his parents in 1845 as a young man of 22 years. Within three years he had married and lost his first wife named Mary Ann, whose tombstone in the \'Visehart cemetery near New Lisbon, Ind., fixes her death in 1848. Within a little less than two years he had married the second time to Susan Clark who became the mother of all his children.

Except for the records of the births of their children, there is a lapse of a dozen years in the story of Philip and Susan. In 1861, however, they bought 80 acres from Jehu and Elizabeth Burket in V.. ayne Co., Ind., for $2,400. This land was sold two years later to Charles F. Gough for $3,600. There is next an inter lude of seven years which is said to have been an unhappy one for Philip.

There is a family tradition that sometime in that period, generosity pre vailed over judgment, and Philip became surety for "a friend" whose name has not been revealed. By 1870, this so-called friend had become insolvent and Philip Stombau,gh found himself liable for his debts. The result was Philip's financial ruin.

This disaster caused him to move with his family to Trenton, Missouri. The trip was made by railroad to Chillicothe, then the end of the line. The re mainder of the journey to the new home in Grundy County, 25 miles to the north, was made with team and wagon.

The main reason why Philip moved his family and household possessions so far away from Indiana was that he had been offered a job in a combined woolen and flour mill at Trenton by his brother-in-law, Daniel Market (or Markert), the husband of Eliza Margaret Stombaugh (4-84), next to the youngest child of her 345

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parents, George and Catherine Stombaugh. It is thought that Philip did not accumu late any property in Missouri for he died at the early age of 50 years within three years after leaving Indiana. It may well have been that the heart-break of mis placed confidence had much to do with shortening his life. Like his brother John, Philip was an ardent Mason and he lies buried in the Masonic cemetery in Trenton, Mo.

In the old family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Albert M. Pribe, a granddaughter of Philip and Susan (Clark) Stombaugh, the birth dates and birth places of Philip and Susan are recorded, as well as their marriage date. It is also indicated that both of them had been members of the Christian Church from early youth. Susan Clark was a daughter of Amos Clark and a sister of John Clark who was the husband of Anna Maria Stombaugh (5-143), daughter of John and Susannah Stomb

Susan Clark Stombaugh, the wife of Philip, is the descendant of a May flower family. The name Clark, which is one of the most distinctive of American names, is of English origin. It is derived. from the word clerk, from the Latin clericus, and was originally applied to a person who could read and write, quite a distinction in the days when last names were first used in England. The name appears as Cleric us in the Domesday Book of William the Conqueror.

In Massachusetts alone there were at least thirteen distinct first settlers of the name before the year 1650. Some of these spelled their name Clark and some Clarke. One of the most proe1inent of them all was Thomas Clarke who was mate of the Mayflower, and was the fir st man of that famous company to lartd in Plymouth. It is from him that Susan is directly descended. The ancestral lineage is as follows: Susan Clark ( l 825-190 l): Amos Clark ( 1803-1871): Abraham Clark ( 1770-1827): Daniel Clark, veteran of the Revolutionary War, died at Valley Forge (1737-1777): (__ ): (William?): ( ): Thomas Clark (1599-1697).

The coat of arms of the Clark family is described as follows: a shield of gold bisected diagonally with a serrated band of blue.

After Philip died, his widow purchased a home in Trenton where she lived for several years. In later life she became an invalid and spent the last 346 seven years in a wheel chair in the home of her daughter Emma, the wife of William Albert Smith, in Louisiana, Mo.

4-84. ELIZA MARGARET, next to the youngest daughter of George Stombaugh (*3-84) by his second wife, Catherine Haevel. Birth and death dates unknown. m. Daniel Market (Markert). Child of Daniel and Eliza Market: 5-156. Byron, m. Samila

Nothing more ls known about this family except that they were in Grundy Co., Mo., when Philip and his family moved there in 1870. Chapter XXIV

THE STOMBAUGH LINEAGE

GENERATIONS V AND VI

5-129. GEORGE W. STOMBAUGH, third son of the second George Stombaugh (4-78), the name of whose wife has not been discovered. b. 6-18-1838, Blair Co., Pa. d. 3-9-1911, Wayne Co., Ind. Veteran of Civil War. m. Mary E. Davis, 1-11-1866, Wayne Co., Ind. b. 10-27-1838; d. 9-20-1906. Children of George W. and Mary Stombaugh: 6-313. Louise, b. 7-8-1867; d. 9-9-1932; m. Frank Ingerman, 9-26-1905; all in Wayne Co., Ind. 6-314. George, b. 4-23-1871; d. 8-8-1930; m. Adeline Ingerman, 4-20- 1909; all in Wayne Co., Ind. 6-315. Fred, b. 2-2-1875.

5-130. CATHERINE STOMBAUGH, oldest child of Solomon (*4-79) and Eve Stom baugh. b. 2-16-1833, Blair Co., Pa. d. 2-10-1918, New Lisbon, Henry Co., Ind. m. Ephriam Leakey, Nov., 1854, Henry Co., Ind., b. 2-16-1833 (note the coincidence that husband and wife had identical birthdays); d. 9-12- 1927, both near New Lisbon, Henry Co., Ind. Children of Ephriam and Catherine Leakey: 6-316. Margaret, b. 10-18-1856, Dudley Twp., Henry Co., Ind.; d. Aug. 1938. m. Edward Fultz. No children. 6-317. Joseph R., b. 7-9-1858, Dudley Twp., Henry Co., Ind.; d. 11-27- 1946, Newcastle, Ind. m. Gertrude Hollinger, 8-17-1893. 6-318. Eva Ellen, b. 9-1-1861, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 1932. m. Frank Martindale. 6-319. Mary B., b. 12-29-1862, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 12-6-1935. m. William E. Kerr. 6-320. Carrie, b. 11-29-1864, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 3-16-1936. She was a seamstress and remained unmarried. 6-321. Emma, b. 3-18-1867, Henry Co., Ind.; living in New Lisbon, Ind., in 1949. m. Alfred L. Waltz, contractor and builder, d. 1-6-1946, New Lisbon, Ind. No children. 6-322. Lovina, b. 1-29-1869, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 1-16-1939. m. Charles L. Luellen. 6-323. William W ., b. 11-18-1873, Henry Co., Ind. m. May Garrison. 6-324. John Stombaugh, b. 8-10-1875, Henry Co., Ind. d. 4-28-1934. m. Jennie Koontz.

Ephriam Leakey was the eldest son of Joseph R. and Abigail Biggs Leakey, who came to Indiana originally from Tennessee and Ohio. The homestead upon which they settled near New Lisbon in Henry County about 1830, was the birthplace of Ephriam and eight other children, all listed by name in the U.S. Census of Population for 1850. It is said of Ephraim Leakey that he believed in and supported all helpful institutions in his community. He undertook to provide a good education for his children and he was so successful in this endeavor that five of them became teachers: Margaret, Joseph, Mary, Emma and Lovina. He was at all times keenly interested in public affairs and sought to perform his duties as a citizen faithfully

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Ephraim Leakey (5-130) and intelligently. He was a charter member of the Chirstian Church of New Lisbon. His vocation was farming. Of Catherine Stombaugh Leakey, her son, Joseph, during his lifetime, had the highest praise. She was an able companion to her respected husband, and a devoted and competent mother of her large family of children, all of whom became mature and substantial men and women.

*5-131. GEORGE STOMBAUGH, second child of Solomon (4-79) and Eve Stombaugh. m. Eliza Fisher (*5-1) (For a full genealogy of George and Eliza Stombaugh and their family, see Chapter X, under the family of Benjamin Fisher (*4-1).

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5-132. SARAH ANN STOMBAUGH, third child of Solomon (4-79) and Eve Stom baugh. b. 7-9-1837, Blair Co., Pa. d. 8-27-1916, Richmond, Ind. m. Robert Chestnut, 1857, Wayne Co., Ind.; b. 4-6-1836, Cumberland Co., Pa.; d. 11-19-1917, Richmond, Ind. Children of Robert and Sarah Ann Chestnut: 6-325. Solomon, b. 1859; d. 1860; Wayne Co., Ind. 6-326. Victoria, b. 8-9-1861, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 12-26-1945, Richmond, Ind. m. Henry White, 10-27-1884, Wayne Co., Ind. 6-327. William, b. 10-8-1864, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 1-8-1918, m. Clara Parshall, 1891. 6-328. Edward, b. 8-18-1866, Richmond, Ind.; d. 12-26-1912. 6-329. Della, b. 11-20-1868; living in Richmond, Ind. in 1949.

5-133. ISABELLE STOMBAUGH, fourth child of Solomon (4-79) and Eve Stom baugh. b. 2-18-1842, Blair Co., Pa. d. l 0- l O- I 9 1 7, Wayne Co., Ind. m. ( l) Jacob Ritter. (2) Jacob Hershberger, 7-3-1869, Wayne Co., Ind. d. 11-17-1922; son of John and Elizabeth Hoover Hershberger. John owned a mill from which Millville, Ind., was named. Elizabeth Hoover was a relative of David Hoover, founder of Richmond, Ind. Child of Jacob and Isabelle Ritter: 6-330. Russell, b. 8-18-1886; d. 1923. m. Susan Roller, 7-18-1892. Children of Jacob and Isabelle Hershberger. 6-331. Cora Belle, b. 4-8-1872, Marion, Ind.; d. 9-14-1922. m. Archibald Campbell, 12-21-1900. 6-332. Ida May, b. 6-28-1874. m. John Falck, 10-21-1899.

Lovin a Sarah Ann Isabelle Catherine Four daughters of Solomon and Eve Stombaugh (5-134) (5-132) (5-133) (5-130) 350

5-134. LOVINA STOMBAUGH, fifth child of Solomon (4-79) and Eve Stombaugh. b. 3-3-1844, Blair Co., Pa. d. 11-20-1913, Alma, Nebr.; bur. Republican City cem., Alma, Nebr. m. Madison Osborne, 10-5-1865, Wayne Co., Ind.; b. 9-15-1842, Guernsey Co., Ohio; d. 5-21-1910, Harlan Co., Nebr., bur. Republican City cem. near Alma, Nebr. Children of Madison and Lavina Osborne: 6-333. Melvin Durant, b. 10-3-1866, Wayne Co., Ind.; d. 11-6-1908, Alma, Harlan Co., Nebr. m. Mary Belle Jennings. 6-334. Olive Eve, b. 11-12-1869, Jasper Co., Ia.; d. 9-14-1942, Wymore, Nebr. m. John M. Chambers. 6-335. Charles Albert, b. 11-22-1872, Jasper Co., Ia.; d .. 5-21-1935, Bakersfield, Calif.; bur. Republican City cem., Alma, Nebr. m. Sadie E. Cobeldick, Alma, Nebr.; b. 9-14-1880, near Alma, Nebr.

Lovina Stombaugh (5-134)

5-139. ELIZA ALICE STOMBAUGH, oldest child of John (4-81; and Susannah Stom baugh. b. 2-13-1837, Fayette Co., Ind. d. 12-5-1882, Henry Co., Ind.; bur. Wisehart cem., New Lisbon, Ind. m. John L. Raper, 5-15-1860, Henry Co., Ind. b. 9-6-1832, near Lisbeth City, N. C .; d. 12-6-1917; bur. Wisehart cem., New Lisbon, Ind. Children of John and Eliza Raper: 6-336. William Em.ery, b. 11-5-1861, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 12-10-1933, Henry Co., Ind.; bur. Wisehart cem., New Lisbon, Ind. m. Rosa E. Weed, Henry Co., Ind. No children. 6-337. Julia E., b. 10-5-1868, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 11-3-1898, Henry Co., Ind.; bur. New Lisbon, Ind. Single. 6-338. Flora May, b. 4-8-1874, Henry Co., Ind. m. Ralph Edward Price, 9-6-1899. b. 12-14-1871, near Vandalia, Ill.; son of William Edward and Christine Marts Price. No children.

5-142. CA THERINE STOMBAUGH, fourth child of John ( 4-81) and Susannah Stombaugh. b. 5-ZZ- l 841, Henry Co., Ind. 351

d. 9-28-1928, Plainfield, Ind., at the home of her daughter, Ida Susan Mercer; bur. Wisehart cem., New Lisbon, Ind. m. { 1) David Goldman, 2-28-1861, Henry Co., Ind. David Goldman was born 5-18-1834. He was a soldier in the Union Army in the Civil War in Company I, 36th Indiana Regiment of Infantry. During the last year of the war he was afflicted with camp dysentery and congestion of the brain from which he died in a hospital at Nashville,. Tenn., on 7-12- 1864. He is buried in the military cemetery at Nashville. (2) Joseph Monroe Lacy, 10-23-1867; b. 1-5-1847; d. 9-17-1921, all in Henry Co., Ind.; bur. Wisehart cem., New Lisbon, Ind. Also a Civil War veteran. Child of David and Catherine Goldman: 6-339. John R., b. 10-24-1863, Henry Co., Ind., d. 11-8-1899, New Lisbon, Ind.; bur. Wisehart cem., New Lisbon, Ind. m. Flora Casand of Dublin, Ind., 2-16-1896. Child of Joseph and Catherine Lacy: 6-340. Ida Susan, b. 9-16-1868, Henry Co., Ind. m. George Edward Mercer, 1-3-1886, Henry Co., Ind.

5-143. ANNA MARIA STOMBAUGH, fifth child of John (4-81) and Susannah Stombaugh. b. 4-17-1843, Henry Co., Ind. d. 4-1-1870. m. John Clark, 10-17-1861, Wayne Co., Ind., brother of Susan Clark who was the second wife of Philip Stombaugh (4-82) and mother of his children. Children of John and Anna Maria Clark: 6-341. Ira Benton, b. 2-18-1863, New Castle, Ind.; d. 5-17-1922, Nashville, Tenn.; bur. Mt. Olivet cem. there. m. Katherine Lane Townes, 1-5-1899, Athens, Ala. 6-342. Dorothy, b. New Castle, Ind.

5-145. MARY JANE STOMBAUGH, seventh child of John {4-81) and Susannah Stom baugh. b. 9-3-1845, near Cambridge City, Ind. d. 12-29-1929, Dublin, Ind.; bur. Dublin, Ind. m. Joseph Funk, 11-3-1864, Henry Co., Ind. b. 5-15-1837, Cambridge City, Ind.; d. 6-12-1902, Dublin, Ind. Childrep. of Joseph and Mary Jane Funk: 6-343. Lucinda, b. 3-8-1867, near Milton, Ind.; d. 7-14-1911; bur. Los Angeles, Calif. 6-344. Elizabeth, b. 7-23-1874, Fayette Co., Ind.; d. 5-4-1943, Liberty, Ind. m. Dr. Frank Leland Mitchell, 11-3-1900, Cambridge City, Ind., veteran of the Spanish American War; d. 1918. 6-345. Harry, b. 4-29-1876, New Castle, Ind.; d. 11-16-1880; Fayette Co., Ind. 6-346. Inez Ellen, b. 2-14-1892, Dublin, Ind.; m. Earl J. Frank, 6-14-1924, Liberty, Ind., b. Brookville, Ind., son of Henry and Ida Van Meter Frank. Earl is a veteran of World War I. Inez is a graduate of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, with a B.A. degree. She has been a public school tt.acher for many years, and is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. No children.

Joseph Funk was the son of Jacob Funk and his wife, Elizabeth Sherrick. The latter d. 3-8-1867, and both are buried in the village cemetery at Dublin, Ind. The Jacob Funk family came to Indiana in the early 1800's from Pennsylvania where they had been friends of the Stombaugh family. Later when both families had settled in Wayne County, the Funks near Cambridge City and the Stombaughs on farm land a few miles distant, that old friendship continued and eventually culminated in family intermarriage. The U.S. Census of Population of 1850 for Indiana lists Jacob Funk as a farmer, age 41, and his wife, Elizabeth, age 38. That would put their birth dates at 1809 and 1812, respectively. The census also gives four children of Jacob and Elizabeth, of which Joseph is the second, age 14 in 1850. When the Civil War 352 broke out, Joseph enlisted in Company I, 36th Indiana Infantry, and served three years and three months in the Union Army. After his marriage and the close of the war, he and his wife first lived on a farm near Milton, Ind., where Lucinda, the oldest child was born. Then they moved to nearby Fayette County, where Elizabeth was born; and• next to New Castle, Henry County, where Harry was born. About 1880 Joseph Funk brought his family to Dublin, Wayne County, where he spent the rest of his life. In Dublin his business was that of running a huckste.r wagon in the surrounding territory. As so modest a business man he was known and esteemed by his customers for his honesty and happy manner.

5-146. GEORGE W. STOMBAUGH, eighth child of John (4-81) and Susanmlh Stom baugh. b. 2-10-1847, Henry Co., Ind. d. 9-5-1923, Wayne Co., Ind. m. Sarah Ann Huber, b. 9-12-1855; d. 7-16-1935, Wayne Co·., Ind. Child of George W. and Sarah Ann Stombaugh: 6-347. Harry J., b. 12-13-1879, Cambridge City, Ind. m. Della May L. Reed, 6-22-1904, Logansport, Ind., dau. Harrison Reed and his wife, Katherine Ullery.

5-149. INEZ ELLEN STOMBAUGH, youngest of eleven children of John (4-81) and Susannah Stombaugh. b. 11-10-1852, Henry Co., Ind. d. 10-11-1929, Henry Co., Ind. m. Charles T. Knapp, Henry Co., Ind. b. 5-2-1847, Ripley Co., Ind., and came to Henry Co. with his parents, 1861. d. 5-12-1936. Children of Charles T. and Inez Ellen Knapp; 6-348. Arch. 6-349. Ray. 6-350. James M., b. 12-11-1876, Hagerstown, Ind. m. Ethel J. Fox, d. 1928. The vocation of James Knapp has been dealer in artistic monuments and memorials in Hagerstown, Ind. His avocation has been politics and public service, in both of which he has been prominent for many years. In his local community he has been sct-:>ol board member, county clerk, town clerk and truant officer. In his state he has been a member of the House of Representatives for twenty years, of which body he has been floor leader twice and speaker twice. He has been chairman of the State Republican convention of Indiana, and he has been mentioned for Governor. Nationally he held a clerkship in the Federal Congress for three years in the early 1900's. 6-351. Hazel, m. Samuel Siersdorfer. No children.

5-150. KETURAH ALICE STOMBAUGH, oldest daughter of Philip (4-82) and Susan Stombaugh. b. 8-28-1850, near New Castle, Ind. d. 12-2-1893, Trenton, Grundy Co., Mo. m. Joshua Lewis Lowen, 9-24-1871, Trenton, Mo.; b. 10-28-1841, Knox Co., Mo.; d. 3-28- l 9LB, Trenton, Mo.; son of Hamilton H. Lowen and his wife, Sallie Ann Gollier. Children of Joshua and Keturah Lowen: 6-352. Nellie Agnes, b. 7-10-1872, Trenton, Mo.; d. 10-8-1942, Rochester, Minn. m. James Andrew Merrill, 12-23-1896. 6-353. Archer Hamilton, b. 11-7-1874, Trenton, Mo. m. Edna Stovall, 12-27-1907. 6-354. Letha Margaret, b. 5-7-1878, Trenton, Mo.; living in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1949. The career of Letha Lowen is an estimable one. Her mother died a few months before she· graduated from high school, leaving two younger children to be cared for. Accordingly, her going to college was postponed for four years while she kept house for the 353

family. She then secured a teacher's license by examination and began her professional career as a teacher in her home town in the very same school where her mother had taught before her. After attending many summer sessions and one regular year at the University of Chicago, she was awarded the Bachelor of Science degree in Education there. Some years later she received the Master of Arts degree from Columbia University, N. Y. She has traveled extensively in Europe as well as in her own country. Through it all, she has not only earned all her own necessary financial resources, but she has helped to educate her sisters and nieces. She has always remained unmarried, and as this is written ( 1949) she is instructor of mathematics in the St. Joseph, Mo., Junior College. 6-355. Beulah Elizabeth, b. 7-27-1888 (twin with Bernice), Tindall, Grundy Co., Mo. m. Victor J. Bellerue, 9-29-1910; resides in Los Angeles, Calif., 1949. 6-356. Bernice Louise, b. 7-27-1888 (twin with Beulah), Tindall, Grundy Co., Mo. This twin did not care greatly for school and would not even consider being a teacher. Yet the work in which she has been eminently successful proves she has the dominant family trait to a marked degree. For twenty-eight years she was employed by the manufacturers of Hot Point products as field representative of their Chicago factory. Sne"trained salesmen all over' the United States in 'the fine points of cooking by electricity, and she often addressed as many as 2,000 women at once, and held their attention. Twice she was sent to Hawaii by her company, and for one summer it financed her for a term at Columbia University. She has given up her strenuous life as a business woman and is currently (1949) associated with the Mt. Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, Calif.

Ketur&h Lowen (5-150) 354

JOSHUA AND KETURAH (STOMBAUGH) LOWEN

The mother of Joshua Lowen was left a widow with six children in the early 1850's. The Lowen home was then in Knox Co., Mo., but upon the death of her husband she followed her brothers to Grundy Co., where she purchased a farm six miles from Trenton. There her son Joshua and his t-.ivo brothers cleared the land of timber and tended crops in summer and went to school in the winter time. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Joshua volunteered and served in the Union Army for three years. After the war was over, he returned to school in Trenton and later secured a teacher's certificate which enabled him to teach for several years. Along with his teaching he studied law in the office of his uncle, Judge J. H. Shanklin. He was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1871, and practiced law till 1879, when he moved to the country to take over his mother's farms. There the family lived for twelve years when the need for better schools for the children caused Joshua to move back to Trenton in 1891 where he continued to live until the tim.e of his death in 1908.

The interest in education, both for its own sake and as a career, seems to have been instinctive on both sides of the family. Joshua Lowen's wife, Keturah Stombaugh, was one of four of the five daughters of Philip Stombaugh who were school teachers. She evidently received her initial training for this vocation in the Centre ville Collegiate Institute, Centreville, Ind., not far from her home in Wayne County. One of her essays, written when she was seventeen, has been preserved. It is evident from its topic that her school was a "boarding school" at that time. Written in a clear, dainty and almost perfect Spencerian style of penmanship, the composition is as follows, even to exact spelling and punctuation, together with her instructor's comments at the end:

The first week at hoarding acho~l is considered a great eYent in any young lady'$ life it is then she leaYea home and kind friends for the first time and goes to live among strangers. I well remember the first week I spent here how lonely I was, but I soon became acquainted with all and the weeks passed away like days until twenty weeks haYe past, and I am sory to say this is my last one

There seems to be many enjoyments aonnected with boarding school life We here a great deal about school girls trials but after all we are inclined to think there is more happiness con nected with our school days than any other period of life There are many curious, interesting and instructiYe things to be learned in our Yarious branches of study

to the well disciplined mind study seems a pleasure, besides there is our kind Teachers ever present to aid us in our studies direct us in regard to our duties to cheer us when lonely and protect us from the harsh trials of life. And then there is the pleasant associations of classmates, What is more pleasant than school girls intimacy. How ofter we see the tear of fond recol lection glisten in the faded eye of ao ■ e aged friend while speak ing of some lost one who shard the joys and sorrows of there sc~ool days

The school room is a stage on which the students play, and one fruitful with knowledge. Characters are formed during school days, and such peculiarities and traits of character as are aani fested here will be due to folow them during there lives.

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Collegians My school days here haYe been spent very pleasantly and I ehall often think of my connections with this school and our society with the fondest recollection

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Very Good Keturah. You haYe improved s great deal lately in composition writing. Ada Woods. March 20, 1868

As her report card shows, Keturah finished her term on April 10, 1868, with a general average of 96. l. By the end of the next year she had passed a teacher's examination in Henry County and was licensed to teach in the public schools there. Then came the move to Missouri, and the next evidence of her competence is a Teachers' Second Grade Certificate for Grundy Co., Mo., issued on July 9, 1870. Within a little more than a year she had met and married Joshua Lowen, also a teacher.

The prominent place which education occupied in the lives of these parents was in like manner manifest in their children which followed them. Judged by the high achievements of their descendents, it might seem that the schooling of Joshua and Keturah, and the instruction they gave their pupils, were both restricted and rudimentary. A conclusion of this kind fails to recognize the full significance of the fundamentals of the learning process which were taught by these devoted teachers in a pioneer society. They established foundations upon which succeeding generations could build with confidence.

5-151. IRENA JANE STOMBAUGH, second child of Philip (4-82) and Susan Stombaugh. b. 9-21-1852, near New Castle, Henry Co., Ind. d. 11-5-1925, Trenton, Mo.; bur. I.O.O.F. cem. beside husband. m. Robert Harris Hume, 11-8-1876, Trenton, Mo., b. 3-8-1843, Madison Co., Ky., son of Simeon B. and Margaret F. (Harris) Hume. d. 12-18-1928; d. 12-18-1928; bur. I.O.O.F. cem., Trenton, Mo. Children of Robert and Irene Hume, all born in Trenton, Mo.: 6-3_57. Ethel Lillian, b. 7-12-1877; d. 9-18-1899, Trenton, Mo. 6-358. Margaret Myrtle, b. 11-11-1878; m. Harry Engle, 8-11-1938, Santa Anna, Calif., a jeweler by trade. No children .. 6-359. Robert Allen, b. 2-17-1880; carpenter. Single. 6-360. Homer Leslie, b. 4-15-1882; d. 10-4-1899, Trenton, Mo. 6-361. Ferne, b. 4-21-1885; d. 10-1-1899, Trenton, Mo. 6-36Z. Charles Mansur, b. 2-7-1890; d. 4-5-1910, Trenton, Mo. 6-363. Susan Irene, b. 1-21-1893; m. Earl G. Clem, 9-2-1919, Trenton, Mo., son of Willis A. and Elizabeth A. (Smith) Clem. Mortician in Chicago.

Robert Harris Hurne lived on a farm in Kentucky until he was 18 years old. On October 17, 1861, he joint.;d the Confederate Army at Cumberland Ford as a member of Col. Brazelton's Battalion, 3rd Tenn. Cavalry. He was captured in 1863 and kept a prisoner of war till the end of the conflict. He came to Trenton, Mo., in 1869, where he set himself up as a grocer. He was a member of the City Council of Tren ton for a number of years.

Irena Stombaugh, wife of Robert Hume, came to ·Trenton, Mo., with her par ents in 1870, and like her sister Keturah, she was a teacher in the public schools for many years. She was a member of the Christian Church, the Rebecca Lodge, and the Dorcas Richardson Chapter, D.A.R.

5-152. EMMA FLORENCE STOMBAUGH, third daughter of Philip (4-82) and Susan Stombaugh. 357 b. 5-4-1857, near New Castle, Henry Ca., Ind. d. 12-2.7-1902, Louisiana, Mo. m. William Albert Smith, 5-27-1880, Trenton, Mo. b. 4-17-1854, Pana, Ill., son of James Heuston and Margaret (Richards) Smith. d. 11-25- 1928. Like her sisters, Keturah and Irena, Emma was also a public school teacher. Children of William and Emma Smith: 6-364. Dean Philip, b. 3-9-1883, Trenton, Mo.; d. 6-12-1920; m. Winifred Metcalf. 6-365. Irma Richards, b. 6-7-1885, Trenton, Mo. m. Albert M. Pribe, 4-21-1909. 6-366. William Albert, Jr., b. 12-23-1886, Trenton, Mo. m. Agnes Thomas, 4-4-1916. 6-367. Ruth Helene, b. 1-21-1890, Trenton, Mo. m, J. Hurlie McCune, 6-29-1912. 6-368. James Heuston, b. 6-22-1896, Louisiana, Mo. m. Helen M. Lovell, 12-29-1921.

5-154. CHARLES COOK STOMBAUGH, fourth child of Philip (4-82) and Susan Stom baugh. b. 10-12-1860, near New Castle, Henry Co., Ind. d. 8-21-1917, Trenton, Mo. m. May Wallingford. Children of Charles and May Stombaugh: 6-369. Edith. 6-370. Charles Cook II. 6-371. Philip. 6-372. Arnold. 6-373. Leona, m. Harold Green. 6-374. Lora, d. 11-18-1893. m. Sam K. Skillings.

5-156. BYRON MARKET, son of Daniel and Eliza (Stombaugh) Market (4-84). m. Samila . Children of Byron and Samila Market: 6-375. Leroy. 6-376. Verna.

GENERATION VI

6-314. GEORGE STOMBAUGH, son of George W. (5-129) and Mary Davis Stombaugh. b. 4-23-1871, Wayne Co., Ind. d. 8-8-1930, Cambridge City, Ind. m. Adeline Ingerman, 4-20-1909, Wayne Co., lnd.; b. 2-24-1876. Children of George and Adeline Stombaugh: 7-510. David Barton, b. 5-9-1910, Wayne Co., Ind. He is a graduate of Purdue University and is engaged in the radio business in Cambridge City, Ind. 7-511. Miles Eugene, 1:.. 11-11-1914, Wayne Co., Ind.

6-317. JOSEPH R. LEAKEY, son of Ephriam and Catherine Stombaugh (5-130) Leakey. b. 7-9-1858, Dudley Twp., Henry Co., Ind. d. 11-27-1946, New Castle, Ind.; bur. Mooreland cem., Newcastle. m. Gertrude Hollinger, 8-17-1893, New Castle, Ind.; b. 1868; d. 12-24-1945; dau. Dr. I. N. Hollinger, New Castle, Ind. Child of Joseph and Gertrude Leakey: 7-512. Newton E., b. 1-8-1895, New Castle, Ind.; m. Caroline Glaser, 1922.

During his long life, Joseph Leakey was a man of varied capabilities and many accomplishments. As he grew up on his father's farm near New Lisbon, Ind. he completed his grammar school education in the country school near by, and the 358

Spiceland Academy for college preparatory work. Later, he entered the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute which he left at the end of his junior year to engage in public school teaching. He followed this career for twenty-nine years, re tiring from it in 1908.

While his interest in education never waned, his activities shifted to public office in his home county. He was first appointed deputy County Treasurer which led to his election as County Treasurer for two terms, and then County Auditor for two terms more. In all, he served a score of years in the Henry County Court House, relinquishing his duties only when he reached 70 years of age in 1928.

Besides his home to which he was deeply devoted, Joseph Leakey had a third interest to which he dedicated himself. It was his church. From his early manhood, he was a member of the Christian denomination. In the First Christian Church of New Castle he served as Sunday School teacher, deacon, and elder. As a citizen he was characterized as one who had poise and discrimination, not swayed by excitement or expediency. He was recognized as a councillor and leader, one with whom con fidence was never betrayed but upon whose judgment friends and neighbors could rely with assurance.

6-318. EVA ELLEN LEAKEY, daughter of Ephriam and Catherine (5-130) Leakey. b. 9-1-1861, Liberty Twp., Henry Co., Ind. d. 1932. m. Frank Martindale, a house painter, New Castle, Ind.; b. 1857; d. 1932. Children of Frank and Ellen Martindale: 7-513. Margaret Catherine, b. 11-8-1889, New Castle, Ind.; m. Oris Leland Gilstrap, 9-18-1909. 7-514. Ephriam E., b. 1892, New Castle, Ind.; m. Vada M. ___ No children. 7-515. Mary, b. 1902, New Castle, Ind.; m. John C. Bowden, b. 1888.

6-319. MARY B. LEAKEY, daughter of Ephriam and Catherine (5-130) Leakey. b. 12-29-1862, Liberty Twp., Henry Co., Ind. d. 12-6-1935. m. William E. Kerr, farmer. Children of William and Mary Kerr: 7-516. Paul W ., b. 1888, Henry Co., Ind.; m. Ann , b. 1900. 7-517. Ruth, twin, b. 1892, Henry Co., Ind.; m. Herbert Lake, a hardware merchant, b. 1892. 7-518. Lute E., twin, b. 1892; d. 1893; Henry Co., Ind.

6-322. LOVINA LEAKEY, daughter of Ephriam and Catherine (5-130) Leakey. b. 1-29-1869, Liberty Twp.~ Henry Co., Ind. d. 1-16-1939. m. Charles J. Luellen, farmer; b. 1867; d. 11-1-1941. Children of Charles and Lavina Luellen: 7-519. John Boyd, b. 1895; m. Dorothy Bell, b. 1893. 7-520. Herman, b. 1901; m. Lucille Cureton, b. 1903.

6-323. WILLIAM W. LEAKE:..', son of Ephriam and Catherine (5-130) Leakey. b. 11-18-1873, Liberty Twp., Henry Co., Ind. m. Gay Garrison, b. 1878. Children of William and Gay Leakey: 7-521. Margaret E., b. 1907. 7-522. Edward E., b. 1910; m. Ina May Humphrey. 7-523. James G., b. 1913; m. Kathleen Tucket.

6-324. JOHN STOMBAUGH LEAKEY, son of Ephriam and Catherine (5-130) Leakey. b. 8-10-1875, Liberty Twp., Henry Co., Intl. d. 4-28-1934. m. Jennie Koontz, b. 1875. Childr~n of John and Jeannie Leakey: 359

7-524. Floyd W., b. 4-28-1900, Henry Co., Ind.; m. Mildred Idola Ammer man, b. 1901. 7-525. Helen E., b. 1903, Henry Co., Ind.; m. James Lanabaugh.

6-330. RUSSELL RITTER, son of Jacob and Isabelle Stombaugh (5-133) Ritter. b. 8-18-1886, Henry Co., Ind. d. 1923. m. Susan Roller, b. 7-18-1892. Children of Russell and Susan Ritter: 7-526. Paul. 7-527. Harry.

6-331. CORA BELLE HERSHBERGER, daughter of Jacob and Isabelle (5-133) Hersh berger. b. 4-8-1872, Marion, Ind.; a school teacher. d. 9-14-1922. m. Archibald Campbell, 12-21-1900. Child of Archibald and Cora Campbell: 7-528. Margaret Isabell, b. 7-2-1906; m. Paul Scott Yeagley, 6-14-1937.

6-332. IDA MAY HERSHBERGER, daughter of Jacob and Isabelle (5-133) Hershberger. b. 6-28-1874, near Marion, Ind.; school teacher. It was at her home that her father, Jacob Hershberger, died in 1922. m. John Falck, 10-21-1899. Child of John and Ida May Falck: 7-529. Florence (adopted), b. 10-26-1906; m. G.D. Robinson, 8-26-1932, d. 4-29- 1948. 6-333. MELVIN DURANT OSBORNE, son of Madison and Lavina Stombaugh (5-134) Osborne. b. 10-3-1866, Wayne Co., Ind. d. 11-6-1908, Alma, Harlan Co., Nebr. m. Mary Belle Jennings, b. 4-5-1866, Nebraska City, Nebr.; d. 12-3-1931, Stockton, Calif. Children of Melvin and Mary Belle Osborne: 7-530. Goldie L., m. A. J. Cates. No children. 7-531. Jessie E., died in infancy. 7-532. Fred Madison, b. 6-20-1892, Eustis, Nebr.; m. Grace Muller, 8- 19-1912, Concordia, Kans; 7-533. Elsie C., m. Frank D. Gillerans. 7-534. Jay M., died in infancy. 7-535. Jack M., b. 3-18-1905, Alma, Nebr,

6-334. OLIVE EVE OSBORNE, daughter of Madison and Lavina (5-134) Osborne. b. 11-12-1869, Jasper Co., Ia. d. 9-10-1942, Wymore, Nebr.; bur. Republican City cem., Alma, Nebr. m. John M. Chambers, b. 4-22-1870, Green Co., Ia.;- d. 7-21-1935, Wymore, Nebr. Children of John and Olive Chambers: 7-536. Gladys Lavina, ;,. 10-17-1892, Frontier Co., Nebr.; m. William R. Wake. 7-537. William Madison, b. 9-28-1896, near Des Moines, Ia.; m. ( 1) Thelma ; (2) Edna Mae Robertson (from Alabama), Cheyenne, Wyo. ~y~e_t_e-ran of World War I, 1st Sgt.; volunteered at age 20; served 2 years and 3 months overseas. 7-538. James M., b. 1-29-1907, near Oxford, Nebr.; m. Helen Harpster.

6-335. CHARLES ALBERT OSBORNE, son of Madison and Lavina (5-134) Osborne. b. 11-22-1872, Jasper Co., Ia. d. 5-21-1935, Bakersfield, Calif.; bur. Republican City cem., Alma, Nebr. m. Sadie E. Cobeldick, 6-29-1898, Alma, Nebr.; b. 9-14-1880, near Alma, Nebr. Child of Charles and Sadie Osborne: 360

7-539. Thelma Etta, b. 11-27-1902, Alma, Nebr.; m. Jay Carter England, 10-24-1897, Blackwell, Okla.; b. 10-22-1897, Billet, Ill., son of Thomas B. and Estella Howell England. No children. On 5-11- 1917, at the age of nineteen, Jay Carter England enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served with the 75th Co., 6th Reg., 2nd Div., and was with the first group to go to France. He was wounded in action, 7-19-1918, and was awarded the Croix-de-Guerre by the French government, and the Purple Heart by his own.

6-340. IDA SUSAN LACY, daughter of Joseph and Catherine Stombaugh (5- 142) Lacy. b. 9-16-1868, Henry Co., Ind.; living in Park Ridge, Ill., in 1949. m. George Edward Mercer, 1-3-1886, Henry Co., Ind.; b. 6-25-1865, Henry Co., Ind.; d. 5-1-1940; bur. Plainfield, Ind. Children of George and Ida Mercer: 7-540. Edith, b. 5-4-1887, New Lisbon, Ind.; m. Ruben Errol Williams, 6-3-1917; d. 11-16-1946; bur. Plainfield, Ind. 7-541. Harrison, b. 10-10-1888, New Lisbon, Ind.; d. 2-27-1917; bur. Plainfield, Ind. 7-542. Katherine, b. 10-)0-1890, New Lisbon, Ind.; d. 7-17-1944; bur. Indianapolis, Ind.; m. r--...... -- Bullington. 7-543. John Rue, b. 1-13-1896, Carthage, Ind. 7-544. Walter Joshua, b. 3-24-1898, Carthage, Ind. 7-545. Jessie, b. 5-23-1901, Carthage, Ind.

6-341. IRA BENTON CLARK, son of John and Anna Maria Stombaugh (5-143) Clark. b. 2-18-1863, New Castle, Ind. d. 5-17-1922, Nashville, Tenn.; bur. Mt. Olivet cem. there. m. Katherine Lane Townes, 1-5-1899, Athens, Ala., b. 10-9-1870, Des Quoin, Ill.; d. 4-29-1939, Nashville, Tenn.; dau. Col. Robert and Kate Erskine Lane Townes. Children of Ira and Katherine Clark: 7-546. Dorothy, b. 11-8-1899, Nashville, Tenn., m. Wilburn C. Hailey. 7-547. Marie Lane, b. 2-26-1901, Nashville, Tenn.; d. 6-29-1901, Nash ville, Tenn. 7-548. Ira Benton, Jr., b. 3-27-1904, Nashville, Tenn.; m. Florence Car mody of Chicago, Ill., 1942; b. 9-24-1900. No children. 7-549. Lane Stombaugh, b. 11-19-1910, Nashville, Tenn.; d. 11-5-1938, Nashville, Tenn. Single.

In the Encyclopedia of American Biography (The American Historical Society, Inc.), it is recorded that Ira Benton Clark was a well-known pharmacist in the State of Tennessee. It is said of him that he awakened the druggists of his state to the need of mutual cooperation. He contributed more than any man of his generation to the advancement of his profession in Tennessee. His services to it were recognized everywhere, for which he received many honors.

6-344. ELIZABETH FUNK, daughter of Joseph and Mary Jane Stombaugh (5-145) Funk. b. 7-23-1874, FayP.tte Co., Ind. d. 5-4-1943, Libert.?, Ind. rn. Frank Leland Mitchell, M.D., 11-3-1900, Cambridge City, Inci., veteran of the Spanish American War; d. 10-28-1918, Liberty, Ind. Children of Frank and Elizabeth Mitchell: 7-550. Joseph Leland, b. 4-8-1901, Dublin, Ind.; rn. Margaret Mitchell. 7-55 l. Mary Elmira, b. 2-14-1902, Indianapolis, Ind.; m. John Richard Tyler, 6-7-1924. 7-552. Helen Gertrude, b. 10-8-1905, Everton, Ind.; m. ( l') Andrew J. Dunker, 1928; (2) Harry B. Roberts, 11-3-1945. 7-553. Jean Elizabeth, b. 8-26-1917, Richmond, Ind.; m. Allen C. Maze, 5-9-1942.

E:lizabeth Funk Mitchell graduated from the Dublin, Ind., High School in 361

189 2, after which she attended the Spiceland Academy. After the completion of the normal course there she taught school until she married Dr. Frank Mitchell in 1900 to make her home in Liberty, Ind. In addition to her duties as wife and mother, she took time to interest herself in the affairs of her community. She was an official member of the Methodist Church, Eastern Star, Clytie Club, Daughters of the Union, and the Union County Welfare Board. Twenty-two times she was elected County Attendance Officer.

6-352. NELLIE AGNES LOWEN, daughter of Joshua and Keturah Stombaugh (5-150) Lowen. b. 7-10-1872, Trenton, Mo. d. 10-8-1942, Rochester, Minn. m. James Andrew Merrill, 12-23-1896, Trenton, Mo.; b. 4-6-1861, Rock castle Co., Ky.; son of Andrew H. and Ann Eliza Eastin Merrill; d. 6-23-1938, Superior, Wisc. Children of James and Nellie Merrill: 7-554. Robert, died young. . 7-555. George Lowen, b. 4-9-1902, Superior, Wisc.; m. Martha Bunyens, 4-;4-1943, of Ghent, Belgium. 7-556. Helen Elizabeth, b. 1-11-1909, Superior, Wisc.; m. Dr. Maurice C. Neely, D. D.S.

James Andrew Merrill may be called geologist, educator and administrator. In his early youth he came to .Missouri from his birthplace in Kentucky. He was a student in William-Jewell College, 1879-80, but graduated fr.om the State Normal School at Warrensburg, Mo., 1887. Then he went to Harvard where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1893. In 1923 he was awarded the honorary LL.D. by Missouri Valley College.

Dr. Merrill was a teacher of natural sciences in the Warrensburg State Normal School, 1887-1897, and served in the same capacity in the Manual Training High School of Kansas City, Mo., 1907-1910. In the latter year he was appointed professor of geology and geography in the State Teachers College at Superior, Wisc., a post he held until he was elected president of the institution in 1922. In 1925 he gave up the presidency to revert to his previous rank and to give his time to teach ing, research and writing. In 1936 he was made President Emeritus of his college.

The pt-ofessional and scholarly career of Dr. Merrill as a geologist was extensive. His productive writings include a geography of Missouri; two Geographies of Wisconsin; a textbook in zoology; a reader in the geography of Wisconsin, and a popular monograph, "The Wonderland of Lake Superior." In addition, he has written numerous articles for scientific and educational journals. He belonged to the Con gregational Church and Masonic orders.

6-353. ARCHER HAMILTON LOWEN, son of Joshua and Keturah (5-150) Lowen. b. 11-7-1874, Trenton, Mo. m. Edna Stovall, 12-27-1907, Jameson, Mo., b. 8-29-1876, Jameson, Mo. Children of Archer and Edna Lowen: 7-557. Alice Louise, b 3-2-1912, Los Angeles, Calif., single. 7-558. Robert s.tovall, b. 9-20-1915, Denver, Colo.; m. Helen Louise Nelson Skaggs, 4-9-1949, Pasadena, Calif. Veteran of World War II, U.S. Navy.

Archer Hamilton Lowen, after graduating from the Trenton, Mo., high school, attended the Warrensburg, Mo., State Normal School, and thereafter taught school for several years. He then went to the University of Wisconsin to study mining which resulted in his becoming employed by mining companies in Arizona. When the depression of the 1890's closed the mines, Archer Lowen moved to Los Angeles to engage successfully in the business of real estate and insurance.

6-355. BEULAH ELIZABETH LOWEN, daughter of Joshua and Keturah (5-150) Lowen. b. 7-27-1888, Tindall, Grundy Co., Mo.; living in Los Angeles, Calif., 1949. 362

m. Victor J. Bellerue, 6-29-1910; b. 1883; d. Nov. 1944. Children of Victor and Beulah Bellerue: 7-559. Victor Lowen, b. 6-23-1911, La Crosse, Wisc.; m. Eilene Powers, 2-14-1936, Los Angeles, Calif. 7-560. Alberta Margaret, b. 8-29-1916, Peace River region in Alberta, Canada; m. Robert C. Sheats, Aug. 1946, Arlington, Va. 7-561. Mary Bernice, b. 7-2-1918, La Crosse, Wisc. m. Charles W. Reynolds, 3-31-1941.

By admission of her sisters, Beulah had a slight edge on the rest in both beauty and brains. After she had graduated from the Trenton, Mo., high school, she went to Superior, Wisc., to live with her sister, Nellie Merrill (6-352) in order to attend the Teachers College there in which her brother-in-law was a member of the faculty. She taught three years in Wisconsin schools and then married Victor J. Bellerue whose ancestry was Norwegian and French. In 1929 the family moved to Los Angeles where her two daughters have graduated from U .C .L.A. Her son Victor is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. Beulah Bellerue was left a widow in 1944. To occupy her time and talents she is now (1949) secretary to the principal of one of the public schools of Los Angeles.

6-364. DEAN PHILIP SMITH, son of William and Emma Stombaugh (5-152) Smith. b. 3-9-1883, Trenton, Mo. d. 6-12-1920, Louisiana, Mo. m. Winifred Metcalf, Winnipeg, Can. Child of Dean and Winifred Smith: 7-562. Dean Seyward, b. Jan. 1914, Winnipeg, Can.; m. Marian Robinson, Brandon, Ontario.

6-365. IRMA RICHARDS SMITH, daughter of William and Emma (5-152) Smith. b. 6-7-1885, Trenton, Mo. m. Albert Marzolf Pribe, 4-21-1909; b. 9-27-1882, Louisiana, Mo.; d. 7-16-1948, Frank.fort, Mich.; bur. Louisiana, Mo. Children of Albert and Irma Pribe: 7-563. Emily Elizabeth, b. 6-25-1914, Waco, Tex., m. Harvey Coale Tull, 3-25-1939, Cincinnati, 0. 7-564. Nancy Clark, b. 8-2-1920, St. Louis, Mo.; m. Col. Vvilliam Dumont Greenfield, l"0-21-1942, Cincinnati, 0.

Albert Marzolf Pribe was a native son of Louisiana, Mo., where he received his early education in the local public schools, and where he worked for a time for the noted Stark Bros., Nursery. In 1904 he entered the employment of Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., with whom he remained forty-one years till his retirement as departmental manager in 1945. He was a member of the following organizations: Masonic orders: 32nd degree and Shrine; Elks Lodge; Rotary International; and the official board of the Louisiana Christian Church.

6-366. WILLIAM ALBERT SMITH, JR., son of William and Emma (5-152) Smith. b. 12-23-1886, Trenton, Mo. d. 6-21-1921, St. Louis, Mo. m. Agnes T. Thomes, 4-4-1916. Child of William and Agnes Smith: 7-565. Richard Goodman, b. 9-10-1918, Louisiana, Mo.; m. Ginette Erickson.

6-367. RUTH HELENE SMITH, daughter of William and Emma (5-152) Smith. b. 1-21-1890, Trenton, Mo. m. John Hurlie McCune, 6-29-1912, Louisiana, Mo.; b. 4-20-1884, Louisiana, Mo. Child of Hurlie and Ruth McCune: 7-566. John J., b. 3-12-1914, Louisiana, Mo.; d. 5-28-1938, Columbia, Mo. He was a graduate student at the University of Missouri when he was stricken with pneumonia. 6-368. JAMES HEUSTON SMITH, son of William and Emma (5-152) Smith. b. 6-U.-1896, Louisiana, Mo. m. Helen M. Lovell, 12-29-1921. Children of James and Helen Smith: 7-567. James Heuston, Jr., b. 8-25-1926. 7-568. Andrew Jackson, b. l-17-1933.

Chapter XXV

THE STOMBAUGH LINEAGE

GENERATIONS VII AND VIII

7-512. NEWTON E. LEAKEY, son of Joseph R. (6-317) and Gertrude Hollinger Leakey. b. 1-8-1895, New Castle, Ind. Aviator in World War I. m. Caroline Glaser, 1922; b. 11-17-1895. Children of Newton and Caroline Leakey: 8-631. Marcia M., b. 5-12-1923, New Castle, Ind.; m. George Byron Heilman, 8-23-1947; b. 9-26-1923. 8-632. Bruce Hollinger, b. 6-18-1925, New Castle, Ind. Inducted into the army in World War II at the age of 18 years in 1943. He served with the Medical Corps as front line first aid in 36th Division in Italy and Southern France. On 10-4-1944 he was wounded in action in the Voges Mts., Southern France. Cur rently (1949) he is a student in Purdue University. 8-633. Joseph William, b. 9-2-1932, New Castle, Ind.

7-513. MARGARET CATHERINE MARTINDALE, daughter of Frank and Eva Ellen Leakey (6-318) Martindale. b. 11-8-1889, New Castle, Ind. m. Oris Leland Gilstrap, 9-18-1909; New Castle, Ind., b. 8-11-1891. Children of Oris and Margaret Gilstrap: 8-634. Leland Harold, b. 6-15-1915; m. Shirley Lolglazier, 1-9-1937. 8-635. John Franklirt, b. 7-1-1919; m. Irene Balleu, 11-19-1938. 8-636. Eva Catherine, b. 1-3-1926; m. Emmett Ellsworth Floyd, 9-18- 1946.

7-515. MARY MARTINDALE, daughter of Frank and Eva (6-318) Martindale. b. 1902, New Castle, Ind. m. John C. Bowden; b. 1888. Children of John and Mary Bowden: 8-637. Barbara, b. 1932. 8-638. Lucy, b. 1933.

7-516. PAUL W. KERR, son of William and Mary Leakey (6-319) Kerr. b. 1888, Henry Co., Ind. Ranked as Captain, U.S. Army, World War I. m. Ann --=--=-; b. 1900. Children of Paul and Ann Kerr: 8-639. Louise, b. 1927. 8-640. Paul, Jr., b. 1930.

7-517. RUTH KERR, daughter 0f William and Mary Leakey (6-319) Kerr. b. 1892, Henry Co., Ina. m. Herbert Lake; b. 1892. Children of Herbert and Ruth Lake: 8-641. Miriam Ruth, b. 8-19-1916; m. John B. Hart, 5-28-1938. 8-642. John Kerr, b. 11-28-1924; d. 12-29-1925, New Castle, Ind. 8-643. Herbert Truman, b. 12-10-1926, New Castle, Ind. Joined U.S. Navy in World War II, 10-13-1944; served until 6-30-1946. 8-644. Julia Ann, b. 3-14-1930, New Castle, Ind.

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7-519. JOHN BOYD LUELLEN, son of Charles and Lovina Leakey (6-322) Luellen. b. 1895, Henry Co., Ind. Served in U.S. Army Medical Corps, World War I. m. Dorothy Bell; b. 1893. Children of John and Dorothy Luellen: 8-645. John, b. 1920, Henry Co., Ind. 8-646. Richard, b. 1926, Henry Co., Ind. 8-64 7. Charles, b. 1929, Henry Co., Ind.

7-520. HERMAN LUELLEN, son of Charles and Lovina (6-322) Luellen. b. 1901, Henry Co., Ind. m. Lucille Cureton, b. 1903. Child of Herman and Lucille Luellen: 8-648. David, b. 1933, Henry Co., Ind.

7-524. FLOYD W. LEAKEY, son of John S. (6-324) and Jennie Koontz Leakey. b. 4-28-1900, near New Lisbon, Ind. m. Mildred Idola Ammerman, b. 190 l. Children of Floyd and Mildred Leakey: 8-649. Virginia Ann, b. 10-29-1922, New Lisbon, Ind.; m. Robert H. Skillen, 1943. 8-650. Donald J., b. 12-16-1924, New Lisbon, Ind.

7-528. MARGARET ISABELL CAMPBELL, daughter of Archibald and Cora Hershberger (6-331) Campbell. b. 7-2-1906. m. Paul Scott Yeagley, 6-14-1937. Child of Paul and Margaret Yeagley: 8-651. John Paul, b. 9-18-1938.

7-532. FRED MADISON OSBORNE, son of Melvin D. (6-333) and Mary Belle Jennings Osborne. b. 6-20-1892, Eustis, Nebr. m. Grace Muller, 8-19-1912, Concordia, Kans.; b. 2-10-1889, Concordia, Kans., dau. Charles Muller. Children of Fred and Grace Osborne: 8-c652. Karl Durant, b. 5-9-1913; ~- Florence Bond. 8-653. Evelyn Gene, b. 1-8-1915; m. Louie D. Johnson. 8-654. Fred Lynn, b. 3-22-1922; m. Martha Marie Shaul, 9-1-1948. Served with the U.S. Marines in the Pacific area, World War II. 8-655. Reta Maureen, b. 3-16-1931; m. Edsel J. Haddock, 6-15-1947. 8-656. Ivan Muller, b. 2-14-1920. In 1940 he was attending the San Jose State College in California when the call came for young men to join the Colors. Ivan enlisted in the Army Air Force, and by 1943 he had received his commission as a 1st Lieutenant and his wings as a pilot. He was sent into combat in the Pacific Theater. On 12-29-1943, with a crew of ten men in a B-24 bomber of the 7th Air Force, he was sent on a mission over the Marshall Islands in the Central Pacific. Of that mission. no trace was ever again found, and for months it was assumed that the airmen might have survived and taken captive by the enemy. However, on 2-6-1946, all of the men were officially declared dead by the U.S. Government.

7-533. ELSIE C. OSBORNE, daughter of Melvin D. (6-333) and Mary Belle Osborne. m. Frank D. Gillerans. Child of Frank and Elsie Gillerans: 8-657. Francis, b. 4-9-1929.

7-536. GLADYS LOVINA CHAMBERS, daughter of John and Olive Osborne (6-334) Chambers. 367

b. 10-17-1892, Frontier Co., Nebr. m. William R. Wake; b. 4-3-1893. Chiltlren cf William and Gladys Wake: 8-658. Vera Hazel, b. 2-28-1917; m. Lawrence Toedter, Z-24-1937. 8-659. Elmer W., b. 4-3-1920; m. Ruth Sewell, 7-5-1942. 8-660. Elizabeth Arline, b. 3-19-1923; m. (1) Alvin F. Howard, 7-19-1942, killed in action in the "Battle of the Bulge", Belgium, 12-17-1944. {2) John Grant Cooper, 9-29-1946, also a veteran of World War II. 8-661. Peggy Blanche, b. 12-10-1924; m. Calvin Nevotry, 8-28-1946. 8-662. Gladys Joan, b. 10-19-1929.

7-537. WILLIAM MADISON CHAMBERS, son of John and Olive (6-334) Chambers. b. 9-28-1896, near Des Moines, Ia. m. ( 1) Thelma ___; (2) Edna Mae Robertson (from Alabama) at Cheyenne, Wyo. Child of William Chambers (mother not given): 8-663. Billie Mae, b. Wymore, Nebr.; d. 4-4-1944; m. James Horn.

7-538. JAMES M. CHAMBERS, son of John and Olive (6-334) Chambers. b. 1-29-1907, near Oxford, Nebr. m. Helen Harpster; 3-13-1911, Blue Springs, Nebr. Children of James and Helen Chambers: 8-664. John Neil, b. 4-22-1941, Beatrice, Nebr. 8-665. Linda Ann, b. 5-19-1944, Wymore, Nebr. 8-666. Kathy Lee, b. 9-18-1948, Wymore, Nebr.

7-546. DOROTHY CLARK, daughter of Ira B. (6-341) and Katherine Townes Clark: b. 11-8-1899, Nashville, Tenn. m. Wilburn Cantrell Hailey; b. 5-5-1896. Child of Wilburn and Dorothy Hailey: 8-667. Wilburn Cantrell, Jr., b. 9-14-1923; m. Mary Claire Dorscheid.

7-550. JOSEPH LELAND MITCHELL, son of Frank and Elizabeth Funk (6-344) Mitchell. b. 4-8-1901, Dublin, Ind. m. Margaret Mitchell, 7-24-1932. Child of Joseph and Margaret Mitchell: 8-608. Janet Helen, b. 3-11-1936, St. Louis, Mo.

7-551. MARY ELMIRA MITCHELL, daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (6-344) Mitchell. b. 2-14-1902, Indianapolis, Ind. m. John Richard Tyler, 6-7-1924; b. 3-31-1902. Child ot John and Mary Tyler: 8-669. Joseph Richard, b. 9-11-1925, Richmond, Ind.

Mary Mitchell Tyler has maintained the family tradition of public school teaching. For more than twenty years she has been a teacher in the James Whitcomb Riley School of New Castle, Ind., meantime rearing a son and maintaining a home. She received her general and prc{essional education in the following institutions: De Pauw University, Ball State Tec..chers College, and the National College of Educa tion. Her son Joseph received his college education at Indiana University after which he returned to his home town to go into the automobile business with his father in New Castle.

7-552. HELEN GERTRUDE MITCHELL, daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (6-344) Mitchell. b. 10-8-1905, Everton, Ind. m. (1) Andrew J. Dunker, 1928; (2) Harry B. Roberts, 11-3-1945. Adopted son of Harry and Helen Roberts: 8-670. John, b. 5-3-1937, Richmond, Ind. 3b8

7-553. JEAN ELIZABETH MITCHELL, daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (6-344) Mitchell. b. 8-26-1917, Richmond, Ind. m. Allen C. Maze, 5-9-1942, Liberty, Ind.; b. 7-25-1916, son of Chester and Faith Carson Maze, Union Co., Ind. Children of Allen and Jean Maze: 8-671. Marilyn, b. 7-25-1943, New Castle, Ind. 8-67 Z. Charles Mitchell, b. 7-1-1945, Richmond, Ind. 8-673. Michael Allen, b. 3-19-1949, Richmond, Ind.

7-556. HELEN ELIZABETH MERRILL, daughter of James Andrew and Nellie Lowen (6-352) Merrill. b. 1-11-1909, Superior, Wisc. m. Dr. Maurice Clinton Neely, dentist, 7-26-1938; b. 8-10-1908, Washing ton, D.C., son of William Clinton and Florence Mortimer Neeley. Adopted daughter of Maurice and Helen Neely: 8-674. Sandra Helen, b. 3-9-1946, Stevens Point, Wisc.

Dr. Maurice C. Neely established himself in his profession in Black River Falls, Wisc., where he practiced dentistry for nine years before moving to Madison, Wisc., in 1941. He has been a prominent dentist in that city since that date. Helen Elizabeth Neely taught kindergarten in the public schools of Black River Falls, Wisc., nine years previous to her marriage to Dr. Neely. She received her pro fessional education in the State Teachers College at buperior, Wisc., of which her father, the late Dr. James Andrew Merrill, was pres'ident. (See his biographical sketch under Serial No. 6-352).

7-559. VICTOR LOWEN BELLERUE, son of Victor and Beulah Lowen (6-355) Belle rue. b. 6 - 2 3 - l 9 l l, La Crosse, Wisc. m. Eilene Powers, 2-14-1936, Los Angeles, Calif., b. 4-18-1913, Pueblo, Colo., dau. Joseph W. and Nora Mitchell Powers. Children of Victor and Eilene Bellerue: 8-675. Victor Terry, b. 5-9-1939, Los Angeles, Calif. 8-676. Daniel Powers, b. 12-6-1940, Los Angeles, Calif.

Victor L. Bellerue is a practical geographer in the modern manner. He spent seven y-ears in Peru where he was the head of a mission for his company, F a.irchild Aerial Surveys, Inc., to the Peru Air Corps. In that South American coun try he collaborated in_ developing an aerial mapping service for Peru with special emphasis upon petroleum exploration. Back in the United State3 with headquarters in Los Angeles, he is with the same company doing mapping and magnetic surveys.

7-560. ALBERTA MARGARET BELLERUE, daughter of Victor and Beulah Lowen (6-355) Bellerue. b. 8-29-1916, Peace River region in Alberta, Canada. m. Robert C. Sheats, a naval officer, Aug. 1946, Arlington, Va. Child of Robert and Alberta Sheats: 8-677. Phillip Alan, b. 8-8-1947.

Even though Alberta Bellerue Sheats was born on the north frontier in Canada, her childhood home from the age of two was in Blair, Wisc. At the age of thirteen she went with her parents to California where she graduated from high school and enrolled in the University of California at Los Angeles. As an undergraduate her record was so outstanding that she was "tapped for Spurs", a coveted recognition for women students. After graduation from U.C.L.A., she taught for three years, and then as her contribution to the national effort in World War II, she enlisted in the WAVES. In this service she was stationed for three years at the Naval Receiving Station in Washington, D.C., as assistant to the Welfare Director. At the time of her discharge from the Navy her rank was Lieutenant (j.g.).

7- 56 1. MARY BERNICE BELLERUE, daughter of Victor and Beulah Lowen (6-355) Belle rue. 369

b. 7-2-1918, La Crosse, Wisc. m. Charles W. Reynolds, 3-31-1941. Children of Charles and Mary Reynolds: 8-678. Robert Evan, b. 10-17-1943, Pasadena, Calif. 8-679. Lois Joanne, b. 12-30-1946, Pasadena, Calif.

Like her sister, Alberta, Mary Bernice Reynolds is also a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles. Her field of interest has been physical education with specialization in dancing. Both before and after her marriage she has taught dancing in the public schools, and she has been retained by the Pasadena Playhouse as supervisor of dances.

Her husband, Charles W. Reynolds, is a veteran of World War II having served in the Navy as Pharmacists Mate, 2nd Class. By instinct and training, how ever, he is an artist, and as such he teaches art in the Pasadena public schools. A medium especially suited to his talent is lithography, and two of his lithographs have been selected for the collection in the Congressional Library.

7-562. DEAN SEYWARD SMITH, son of Dean P. (6-364) and Winifred Metcalf Smith. b. Jan. 1914, Winnipeg, Canada. m. Marian Robinson, Brandon, Ontario. Children of Dean and Marian Smith: 8-680. Carol, b. 1945. 8-681. David, b. 1947.

7-563. EMILY ELIZABETH PRIBE, daughter of Albert and Irma Smith (6-365) Pribe. b. 6-25-1914, Waco, Texas. m. Harvey Coale Tull, 2-25-1939, Cincinnati, O.; b. 5-18-1914, Pennsylvania. Children of Harvey and Emily Tull: 8-682. Harvey Coale, Jr., b. 8-13-1941. 8-683. Charles Albert, b. 3-22-1944.

7-564. NANCY CLARK PRIBE, daughter of Albert and Irma Smith (6-365) Pribe. b. 8-2-1920, s·t. Louis, Mo. m. Col. William Dumont Greenfield of Dayton, 0., 10-21-1942, Cincinnati, O.; b. 9-15-1914, Dayton, 0. Childr~m of William and Nancy. Greenfield: 8-684. Billy, b. 5-25-1944, Cincinnati, 0. 8-685. Linda Pribe, b. 1-21-1946, Kansas City, Mo.

Col. William D. Greenfield is an officer on active duty in the regular U.S. Air Force. During World War II he saw action in New Guinea, France and Germany. In the European Theater he was in command of a fighter group of P-47 planes.

7-565. RICHARD GOODMAN SMITH, son of William A. (6-366) and Agnes Thomas Smith. b. 9-10-1918, Louisiana, Mo. m. Ginette Erickson. Children of Richard and Ginette Smith: 8-686. Constance Agnes, m. Enloe. 8-687. Thomas.

Richard Goodman Smith is a career man in the U.S. diplomatic service. Currently he is Administrative Assistant, American Embassy, Paris, France (1949).

GENERATION VIII

8-634. LELAND HAROLD GILSTRAP, son of Oris L. and Margaret Martindale (7-513) Gilstrap. b, 6- 15- l 9 15; Ind. m. Shirley Lolglazier, 1-9-1937; b. 2-2-1917. 370

Children of Leland and Shirley Gilstrap. 9-339. Ronald Lee, b. 10-6-1939, Salem, Ind. 9-340. Stephen Wayne, b. 7-28-1943, Salem, Ind. 9-34 l. David Edward, b. 12-12-1944, Salem, Ind ..

8-635. JOHN FRANKLIN GILSTRAP, son of Oris L. and Margaret (7-513) Gilstrap, b. 7-1-1919; a farmer near Salem, Ind. m. Irene Balleu, 11-19-1938; b. 7-5-1921. Children of John and Irene Gilstrap: 9-342. Phyllis June, b, 12-5-1939, Salem, Ind. 9-343. John Franklin, b. 1-21-1942, Salem, Ind. 9-344. Arthur Odell, b. 7-21-1944, Salem, Ind. 9-345. Donald Wayne, b. 7-29-1946, Salem, Ind.

8-636. EVA CATHERINE GILSTRAP, daughter of Oris L. and Margaret (7-513) Gilstrap. b. 1-3-1926, Ind. m. Emmett Ellsworth Floyd, 9-18-1946; b. 12-7-1925; an accountant now preparing to qualify for the C.P.A. (1949). Child of Emmett and Eva Floyd: 9-346. Barton Lynn, b. 6-27-1927, Salem, Ind.

8-641. MIRIAM RUTH LAKE, daughter of Herbert and Ruth Kerr (7-517) Lake. b. 8-19-1916, New Castle, Ind. m. John B. Hart, 5-28-1938; b. 8-28-1915. Children of John and Miriam Hart: 9-347. Janellyn, b. 3-11-1943. 9-348. Suzanne, b. 8-24-1947.

8-645. JOHN LUELLEN, son of John B. (7-519) and Dorothy Bell Luellen. b. 1920, Henry Co., Ind. m. Justine Blackburn. Child of John and Justine Luellen: 9-349. Susan.

8-652. KARL DURANT OSBORNE, son of Fred M. (7-532) and Grace Muller Osborne. b. 5-9-1913. m. -Florence Bond, 4-27-1941. Children of Karl and Florence Osborne: 9-350. Karleen, b. 2-12-1942, Bakersfield, Calif. 9-351. Maureen, b. 8-5-1943, Bakersfield, Calif.

8-653. EVELYN GENE OSBORNE, daughter of Fred M. (7-532) and Grace Muller Osborne. b. 1-8-1915. m. Louie D. Johnson, 1-27-1935; b. 4-2-1911. Children of Louie and Evelyn Johnson: 9-352. Cleo Ellen, b. 7-31-1936, Bakersfield, Calif. 9-353. Lind Joan, b. 8-13-1940, Bakersfield, Calif. 9-354. Richard Alle~1, b. 2-8-1945, Bakersfield, Calif.

8-655. RETA MAUREEN OSBORNE, daughter of Fred M. (7-532) and Grace Muller Osborne. b. 3-16-1931. m. Edsel J. Haddock, 6-15-1947; b. 2-13-1927. Child of Edsel and Reta Haddock: 9-355. Steven Craig, b. 10-1-1948, Bakersfield, Calif.

8-658. VERA HAZEL WAKE, daughter of William R .. and Gladys Chambers (7-536) Wake. b. 2-28-1917. m. Lawrence Toedter, 2-24-1937. 371

Children of Lawrence and Vera Toedter: 9·dS6. Jerry Lou, b. 4-7-1938. 9-357. Jack Lee, b. 2-3-1940, Denver, Colo.

8-659. ELMER W. WAKE, son of William R. and Gladys Chambers (7..-536) Wake. b. 4-3-1920. m. Ruth Sewell, 7-5-1942. Child of Elmer and Ruth Wake: 9-358. Ruth Ann, b. 6-19-1947.

8-660. ELIZABETH ARLINE WAKE, daughter of William R. and Gladys Chambers (7-536) Wake. b. 3-19-1923. m. (1) Alvin F. Howard, 7-19-1942, Las Vegas, Nev.; killed in action, World War II, 12-17-1944. {2} John Grant Cooper, 9-29-1946. Child of Alvin and Elizabeth Howard: 9-359. Mary Elizabeth, b. 8-21-1943, Wymore, Nebr. Child of John and Elizabeth Cooper: 9-360. Susanne Arline, b. 7-22-1947.

8-661. PEGGY BLANCHE WAKE, daughter of William R. and Gladys Chambers {7-536) Wake. b. 12-10-1924. Served as WAC, U.S. Army, World War IL m. Calvin Nevotry, 8-28-1946. Child of Calvin and Peggy Nevotry: 9-361. Donald Lee, b. 8-30-1947, Beatrice, Nebr.

8-667. WILBURN CANTRELL HAILEY, JR., son of Wilburn C. and Dorothy Clark (7-546) Hailey. b. 9-14-1923, Clarksville, Tenn. m. Mary Claire Dorscheid; b. 2-26-1924. Child of Wilburn and Mary Hailey: 9-362. Claire Dorscheid, b. 11-21-1948, Tenn.

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A Andersen- Bachmann-- Myrtle, 192 Elizabeth Loher, 215, Abraham- - Anderson- 216 Edna, 194 Fern, 175,231 Emi 1 y, 216 Acker-• Marie, 161 Frederick, 70 Alice Viola, 226,274 Mary Eloise, 204 Janet Marie, 215,266 Jack, 170,226 Andrews-- John, 216 Nada, 170 Flood Shields, 204,261, Maria, 216 Adams- - 262 Nancy, 216 Beasie Anna, 170 Jane Grace, 204,261 Walter Huidekoper, 150, Clyde, 131 John Morton, 262 , 215,216 Loie, 131 Nancy May, 262 William, 57 Aiken- Robert Madison, 262 Zola Alice, 150,215 Gertrude, 260 Anglemeyer- Zola Hepp, 216 Janet, 255 Emma, 92,140 Bailey-- Jannette, 198 Annis-- Barbara Rae, 287 Albright- Gladys Lydia, 250 Catherine, 55,72 Jacob, 82 Anstein-- Christiana, 55 Alexander-- Anna Dorothea, 303,304, Christina, 71 Benjamin N., 180 305 Christina Fisher, 71, 72 Beulah Lucile, 180 John, 303,304,305 David, 71 Elbert Huston, 180 Arnold- - Eleanora, 71 Martha Ann, 180 Gladys, 172,229 Elizabeth, 60,71 Winifred, 243 Arrison- - George, 72 Allabaugh-- Dorothy, 193,252 Henry, 71 Phylis Darleen, 183 Atkins-- Jacob, 55,56,60,62 Robert, 183 David, 182 Jacob, Jr., 55,60,62,71 Allen-- Fred, 123 72 Ada Sarah, 185,243 Fred M., 182 John, 71 A1 ta , 18 7 , 2 46 John Durfee, 182 Leah, 72 Betty, 244,282 Katherine, 123,182 Lorna Jane, 267,287 Charles Albert, 217 Mary Ruth, 182 Rebecca, 72 Da·rlene, 282 Atkinson- Sarah, 71 Elizabeth, 71 Ellen, 250 Sevilla, 71 Joseph Eugene, 243,282 Atkison-- Susanna, 71 Joyce, 244,282 Gladys Irene, 197,255 Wallace R., 267,287 Lois , 2 43 , 2 S-2 Harry Raymond, 197,255 Baird-- Moses, 71 Harry Raymond, Jr., 255 Hanna, 72 Rhea Elizabeth, 217 Ida B., 255 John, 72 Sarah Dean, 150,217 Ida Louise, 255,285 Baisch- Sherry Marie, 282 Robert A., 255 Henry, 190 Thomas, 185,243 Shirley Lee, 255,285 Johanna, 190 Thomas, Jr., 243,282 Austin-- John Carroll, 190,248 Aller- Cora Estella, 103,161 Katherine Fair, 248 Elizabeth, 68 Ayers-- Richard W., 128,190 Allman-- Marilyn Lucille, 245 Stella Clara, 5,128, Eddie Alvin, 178,235 William Lee, 245 190 Harold Edwin, 235 Stella Pfeiffer, 191 John, 235 B Thelma, 190, 248 Luella Marie, 178,235 Baker-- Paul Vernon, 235 Babcock- Edward, 241,279 Alt- - Ida, 255 John , 7 5 , 11 7 Mary Eve, 261 Bachman-- Joseph, 123,181 Althouse - - A. C., 57 Keziah, 75,117 John, 308 Barbara, 216 Nancy Sue, 279 Kate, 308 Benjamin F., 215,216 Pearl, 123 Ammerman-- Christian, 216 Robert Paul, 279 Mildred Idols, 359,366 Edith Alice, 215,265 Sarah Elizabeth, 241

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Baldwin- Bartlett- Beli- Becka, 278 Ralph, 219,270 John, 62 Brooks, 278 Sharon, 270 Bell- - Delbert George, 200 Bartlette-- Dorothy, 358,366 Delight Arthur, 200 Bessie Ellen, 245 Elizabeth, 305 Dua

Bergdol t- - Bortner- - Boyer- Ruth Virginia, 239 Lamanda, 308 Barbara, 328 Bergman-- Martha, 65,92 John, 328 Ernest, 193 Botefuhr-- Boykin-- Virginia Bane, 193 Florence Ed~·ina, 137,199 Ruby Estella, 190,249 Berkheimer- Jacob, 136 Bradbury- - Margaret, 331 John H., 91,136,137 Claude Albion, 201 Bernards-- Maria Catherine, 91 Eleanor, 201 Le la, 198 Maria Fisher, 5,137 Estella Marion, 201,260 Bickel-- Mildred, 137 Eulora, 141,201 Mary, 172,228 Bowens-- Henry Nelson, 141,201 Biggs- Archer Victor, 161,220 Nelle Harmon, 201 Abigail, 34 7 Beulah Mabel, 161 Braddock-- Bird-- Cora, 219,270 Lela Ruth, 165,223 Lucy Marie, 230 Cora Esther, 103,161 Braden-- Bishop-- Duane, 220 Myrtle, 172 Anna Mary, 125,183 Edward, 103,162,219 Brady-- Arrius C., 125,183 Elizabeth, 103,160 Elden, 136 Caroline, 287 Elsie Edith, 219 Breault-- Clara Verl, 275,287 Elva Gladys, 161 H. D., 246 Edythe Margaret, 233,275 Gladyce Bernice, 269 Maxine, 246 James Ernest, 233,275 Grace, 161 Breithaupt-- Leola Blanche, 287 Grace A., 218 John William, 229 Nellie Morene, 183 Henry, 103,161 Lottie Bertha, 229 Percilla Annette, 287 Herbert Leslie, 219 Winona Esther, 173,229 Richard Ward, 275,287 Hugh Melvin, 161,218 Brenner-- Bixler-- Inez, 161,219 Leanna, 139,200 John 56,60 Jemimah, 103,160 Brewster-- Blackerly- Josie, 103 Edi th L. , 135 Stella, 139 Keziah, 103,162 Brizius- Blackburn- Leona Edith, 161,220 Eliza, 195 Justine, 370 Leslie Terrace, 161,219 Bragg-- Blickensdorfer- Lincoln, 103 Maxine, 242,280 John, 332 Linda Kay, 270 Brokaw-- Blunk-- Lois, 219 M. Ethel, 251 Maggie, 267 Margaret, 161,220 Brooks-- Boardman-- Melvin Loren, 219,269 August, 126,183 Marjorie K., 195,253 Michael Philip, 75,103,104 Carla Jean, 247 Mark Dimmitt,- 253 Nancy Lou, 270 Clara, 126,183 William Reed, 195,253 Pearl, 161,220 Elizabeth, 87,124 Bodell-- Rose, 103,162 Ernest, 183 Alba Hale, 199 Sophia Kathryn, 219 Evelyn, 241,278 Bogle-- Sybella, 75,103,104 George, 241 Fred Graham, 137,199 William, 103 Jack Steven, 247 Marguerite May, 5,91,137, Bowden-- John, 187,247 199 Barbara, 365 John Earl, 184,241 Bolgiano-- John C., 358,365 Lola Ellen, 184,241 Sarah, 256 Lucy, 365 Lotta Irene, 241 Bond-- Mary, 358,365 Marcia Ellen, 247 Florence, 366,370 Bower- - Mary Esther, 241,278 Boone-- Christina, 56, 57 Paul, 241,278 Charles, 243,282 John, 46,47,57,59,63 Rebecca K., 128,190 Constance Eugene, 282 Veronica, 56,57 Robert Paul, 278 Madeline Elizabeth,_ 243, Bowman-- Ruth, 241,278 282 Jo Ann, 242 Samuel Preston, 128,190 Booth-- Ralph, 242 Sarah Athelene, 187,247 Marilyn Louise, 277 Box-- Stella, 184,241 Raymond C., 234,277 Effie, 192,250 Vivian, 241,278 Rex Raymond, 277 Lyle, 250 Brown-- Velma Lucille, 234,277 Ray, 192,250 Alvah F., 265 376

Brown- - Burgert-- Campbell-- Margaret Isabelle, 359,366 Bruce Thompson, 265 S. A., 228 Carol Sue, 283 Burkdell-- Thomas F., 164 Cecil, 244,283 Barbara Jeanne, 256,285 Cannon-- Edi th Beard, 4 Dorothy P., 187,247 Robert Rhudell, 285 Kate, 200 Duane J., 187 Thomas Rhudell, 256 Card-- Duane Joshua, 247 Burke-- C. S., 216 Duane Joshua, Jr., 247 Alice Viola, 226,274 Frances E., 244,283 Jerold, 226,274 Carmody- George Harvey, 127,187 Linda, 274 Florence, 360 Grace Elizabeth, 208,265 Burkhard-- Carney-- Katherine, 187,247 John, 339 Artie, 118 Mary F., 265 Mary, 339 Clarence, 118 Maude Edna, 127,187 Burkhorn- Cora, 118 Paul Harold, 187,247 Wilhelmina, 308 Keziah, 75,117,118 Philip Benjamin, 247 Burnett-- Spencer, 75,117,118 Sarah Athelene, 187,247 Vonda, 221 Carpenter- Worley Faks, 208,265 Burns-- Lucille, 118,174 Brownlee- Adam, 41 Carr-- Willa, 191,250 Catherine, 41 Coleen, 169,226 Curtis William, 169,226 Bruder-- Burson-- Anna, 106,164 Anna Louise, 251 Darrel William, 226 Elizabeth, 164 Leslie L., 251 Deloris Ann, 226 Joseph, 164 Lois Louise, 193,251 Elizabeth Mae, 111,169,171 Brummett- Bury-- Forest Edward, 169,226 Francis Eugene, 226 Juanita, 187,246 Bryan Clelland, 202 Frank Edward, 111 169 Brunner- - Wana, 202 1 Genevieve, 169,226 Bonnie Jean, 284 Byler-- Eleanor May, 190,248 Samuel D., 221 James Lynn, 226 Harvey Fred, 190 Vivian Joyce, 221 Jerry Dale, 226 June, 248,284 Buzzard- Mary Genevieve, 169,226 Paul Fair, 248 Catherine, 63 Paul Eddie, 226 Robert Loren, 248,284 Jacob S., 63 Rose Mary, 226 Bruns-- Wanda Jane, 226 Clarence D., 198,256 C Carry-- David Tracy, 256 Barbara Kay, 278 Jean De Ver, 198,256 Cain- - Carry Katherine, 241,278 Buchanan- Flora, 127,181 Danny Ray, 279 Elizabeth, 7:r Cairns- George, 241,278 Buckley-- Alexander, 71 Jack Larue, 278 Margaret, 203,261 Ernaline, 71 Linda Lou, 279 Buckwalter- Calix-- Norma Jean, 278 Barbara, 216 Bernice, 194 Sandra Jane, 279 Bullington- Caltriter- William Edgar, 278 Katherine, 360 Elizabeth, 46,48 Carson- Bundy-- Calvert (Lord Baltimore)- Faith, 368 Cartwright- John Earl, 278 Cecil, 25 Mrs. J. W., 5 Malcohm F., 241,278 Charles, 25 Mary Esther, 241,278 Frederick, 328 James Washington, 342 Bunyens- Seorge, 2 5 Leonora, 5,338,340,342 Martha, 361 Leonard, 25 Caruthers- Burge-- Calvin- Mersedes, 220 Bettie Lou, 240 John, 20, 82 Cary-- Burger-- Campbell-- Abel, 86,122 Mary, 193 Alta Patinta, 164 David, 179 MaryJ., 132 Archibald, 349,359 -Elizabeth, 122 Maxine, 200 Blanche, 222,272 Mary, 179 Burgert-- Catherine, 71 Nettie, 122,179 Viola, 86,122 Cleta A., 172,228 Cora Belle, 349,359 Wary H., 228 Jackson J., 71 377

Carver-- Chandler-- Clemens-- Glen, 270,287 Maude, 172,227 Alfred Wayne, 230 Shirley Rae, 270,287 Nancy M., 164,165 Fred F., 230 Susan Kay, 287 Chat tuck-- Joyce Louise, 230 Casand- Jacob, 130 Lyman, 230 Flora, 351 Chelgren-- Mary Charlotte, 230 Caslon-- Alice Ruth, 218,267 Ronald Wayne, 230 Amanda J. , 295 C. A., 267 Samuel L., 230 Cassler-- Maggie B. , 267 Clements-- Charlotte Stoehr, 146 Chestnut- Avonia Kyle, 132,194 Ernest Border, 146 Clara, 349 Eleanor Virginia, 90,131 Caster-- Della, 349 Gladys Merle, 142,194 Audry Faith, 219,269 Edward, 349 Melville Fiske, 132 Bette Jean, 219 Robert, 336,339,349 Minnie Ella, 132 Francis, 219,269 Sarah Ann, 336,339,349 Rebecca Fair, 90,132,133 Gerald Gregory, 219,269 Solomon, 349 Richard, 131 Geraldine, 219 Victoria, 349 Wilber Fiske, 90,132,133 Helen M., 219,269 William, 349 Clemons-- Lorraine, 219,269 Chidester-- Alfred Wayne, 173 Raymond Thomas, 161,219 De 11 a , 131 , I 9 3 Eleanor, 201 Robert, 219 Christian-- Lucy Marie, 230 Rodney, 219 Marion Emma, 200 Mary Charlotte, 173 Ronald Theodore, 269 Church- Samuel L., 173 Ruth Louise, 219 Eliza, 195 Cleveland- Sylvia Irene~ 161,219 Mary Adelaide, 134,195 Grover, 152 Theodore Edward, 219 Stephen H., 195 Clinton- - Wayne Gerald, 269 Civalier-- Charles A., 194 Cates-- F. J., 135,198 Rebecca, 194 A. J., 359 Leila, 135 Cobeldick-- Goldie L., 359 Clancy-- Sadie E., 350,359 Caylor-- Ruth Emma, 145,204 Cockron-- Bernice May, 244,283 Clark- Ermal Ione, 180 Della May, 186,244 Abraham, 345 F. H., 180 Donald Earl, 244 Amos, 345 Coleman-- Doris Evelyn, 244,283 Anna Maria, 342,351 Marjorie, 222,272 Francis E., 244,283 Daniel, 345 Collier- - Frank C., 186,244 Dorothy, 351,360,367 Sallie Ann, 352 Robert Everett, 244 Florence, 360 Colling- - Rosalba, 244 Ira Benton, 360 May, 135,197 Cecil-- Ira Benton, Jr., 351,360 Collins-- Melvin, 241,279 John, 342,345,351 Clarence S., 179,236 Rex Leroy, 279 Katherine Lane, 351,360 Gladys, 179,236 Sammy Joe, 279 Lane Stombaugh, 360 Kenneth, 236 Ted Maurice, 279 Luella Eulala, 180,237 Lois, 236 Thelma, 241,279 Marie Lane, 360 Loretta, 236 Chadduck-- Susan, 331,344,345,351 Nina, 183,240 Alice Elizabeth, 191 Thomas, 345 Collyer-- Jacob, 191 Vincent, 180 Jane, 198,255 Rebecca Ellen, 191 William, 345 Colon-- Chambers-- Clarkt.-- Gloria, 249,284 Billie Mae, 367 Bever~y Jean, 267,287 Combs- - Edna Mae, 359,367 Loren, 125 Arthur C., 184,242 Gladys Lovina, 359,366 Mable Ione, 125 Edna Merle, 184,242 Helen, 359,367 Pamela Jean, 287 Conley-- James M., 359,367 Ralph Beach, 267,287 Charles, 180,237 John M., 350,359 Ralph Beach II, 287 Helen, 145 John Ne i 1 , 3 6 7 Clem-- Helen Sarah, 204 Kathy Lee, 367 Earl G., 356 Marion, 237 Linda Ann, 367 Elizabeth A., 356 Opal, 180,237 Olive Eve, 350,359 Susan Irene, 356 Vera, 237 Thelma, 359,367 Willis A., 356 Connelly-- William Madison, 359,367 Barbara Cele, 251 378

Connelly-- Cramer-- Dadisman-- Cora, 130,192 Anna Maria, 316,317 Roy L., 186,244 Esther, 192,251 Anna Margaret, 316,317,318 Damkin-- Fern, 192 Barbara, 293 Anna, 239 Frank, 130,192 Christina, 316 Daugherty-- Hal, 192 Daniel, 316,317,318 Belle, 123 Myrtle, 192 Eva Elizabeth, 316,317 Davidson-- Ned, 192,251 Helfrig (Helfer), 316,317 Jennie, 89,127 Ray, 251 Johann Helfer, 317 Madge I., 139,200 Conrad-- Lorentz, 317 Davis-- Elizabeth, 41,55,60,65 Maria Magdalena, 65,316, Blanche, 130,192 Conrath-- 317,318,319 Elsie Edith, 219 Hans, 42 Philip, 316,317,318 Margaret, 110 Conway-- Sophia, 316 Margaret G., 168 Carroll De, 188,247 Crane-- Mary Alice, 191,249 Evelyn, 188,247 Alba Hale, 199 Mary E., 336,347 Flossie, 128,188 Daniel Bradley, 137,199 Paul, 219 Vern, 128,188 Florence Edwina, 137,199 Rockwell A., 191,249 Tedford Alyn, 249 Cook-- Imogene, 199,256 Forest, 186 Joan St, Clair, 256 William Rockwell, 249 John, 126,186 John Jarvis, 199,256 Day-- Mary Ann, 126,186 John Jarvis, Jr., 256 Floyd, 184,242 Sarah A., 98,145 Crew- Ludie Carrington, 224 Cooney-- Anna, 259 Mary Lucille, 184,242 Eve Mildred, 243,282 Crinnon-- Dean-- Coons-- Marie, 204,261 Leila Dott, 135,198 Cora, 118 Cross-- Letha Florence, 181 Cooper-- Jennie, 121,179 Deaner-- Elizabeth Arline, 367,371 Crouch-- Vera Ruth, 259,286 John Grant, 367,371 Eliza, 208 Dearmont-- Susanne Arline, 371 Cummings-- Nellie, 189 Copeland- Dorothy Marie, 226 Decamp-- Mary, 331 Earl Edward, 169,225 Amanda, 89,128 Mathias, 331 Gladys K., 169,225 Flossie, 128,188 Coppens-- Jack Edward, 226 Goldie, 128,187 Magdalen, 195,253 John Marion, 111,169,171 William, 89,128 Keziah Fisher, 111,169, Decker-- Coppess-- 171 Kenneth Dale,- 283 Margaret, 161,220 Mary Carol, 245,283 Laura Dot, 169,225 Susan, 137 Thurman, 245,283 Lois Miriam, 226 Degering-- Louise, 149 Cassman-- Lorraine, 169 Francis, 121,178 William Earl, 226 De Labadie-- Couch-- Cummins-- Hubert Francis, 181,239 Edith Myrtle, 179,236 Genevieve, 169,226 Joann, 239 Edward M., 236 Cunningham-- Jqhn Dale, 239 Jane Pollard, 236 Bertha May, 241,279 L~u Denotus, 123,181 Council- Ceci 1, 241,279 Naomi, 181,239 Fern, 202 Nettie, 130,192 Pearl Maude, 123,181 Cover-- Cureton-- William, 239 Minnie Ella, 132 L~cille, 358,366 Delatour- Cowden-- Curry-- Pauline, 173,230 Coy Homer, 233,275 Beulah Mabel, 161 Denchfield-- Ernest Alvin, 275 Earl, 161 Claude H., 222,272 Laura Blanche, 233,275 Curtis-- Janice Eileen, 222,272 Cowgill-- Virginia Rose, 259 Judith Lynn, 272 Alma Jean, 277 Thomas Dean, 272 Crabtree-- D Denning-- Mary, 243 Mildred Lucille, 250 Craig-- Dadisman-- Denny- Ralph Eugene, 242,280 Musetta Ellen, 186,244 Burton, 178 Sharon Alane, 280 Norma Virginia, 244, Harold, 178 Virginia Kathryn, 242,280 283 Leslie, 178 379 Denny-- Dickover-- Dill-- Lillian, 178 Elizabeth, 221,271 David, 105 Louis, 178 Emma Fauerlia, 106,162 Elwood, 105 Marie, 178 Emory, 163 Henrietta, 105 Mary, 121,178 Erle Roy, 163 Henry, 105 Philip, 178 Eva Eleanor, 163,222 Israel, 105 Thomas, 178 Fern, 222,272 Jessie, 105 Victor, 178 Floyd Panic, 164 John, 82,105,106,107 William, 121,178 Gertrude, 163 Louisiana, 105 Denton-- Gertrude H., 221 Lydia, 75,104,105 Linda Sue, 286 Gideon Lincoln, 106,107, Matilda, 105 Norma Ruth, 267,286 163,164 Orpheus, 105 Pamela Jane, 286 Grace Laura, 163 Rachael, 105 Richard, 267,286 Harry Claude, 162,221 Rebecca, 105,106 Denyes-- llazel, 163,222 Samuel, 105 Dorothy Annette, 182,240 Helen, 163 Solomon, 105 Ella May, 124,182 Helen McNary, 163 Susan, 105 Elizabeth Lucille, 182 Hope Arthur, 163,222 William, 105 Gaylord James, 182 Janith, 222 Dillon-- Harry E., 124,182 John Jacob, 106,163 Oscar, 201 Joseph, 163 Patricia Jean, 240 Virginia Fern, 201 Ralph Gordon, 182,240 Joseph Benjamin, 106,163 Josephine, 163 Dimmitt-- Wilda, 182,240 Barbara Jean, 253 Detter-- Joshua Caleb, 106,107, 162 Bertha Viola, 134,195 Elizabeth A., 99 Bever! y, 195,253 June Loraine, 271 Walter W., 99 Bruce Stevens, 195,253 Devine-- Kittie, 106,163 -Bruce Stevens, Jt., 253 Elizabeth V., 247 Leroy, 164 Carole Lynn, 253 George Kerr, 247 Lois Precillis, 222 Clarence Cassel, 134,195 Glenn Daniel, 189,247 Mabel, 163,221 Clydena Belle, 134 Glenn Daniel, Jr., 247 Margaret, 162,163,221, Donald Earl, 195 James Audrey, 247 222 Dorothy Clydena, 195,253 Marian Estabrook, 189,247 Maxine, 222 Douglas Church, 195 Marian M., 247 Merna, 163 Edith, 134 Robert Estabrook, 247 Pearl, 163,222 Edith Blanche, 194 William Samuel, 247 Ralph Jesse, 162,221 Elizabeth Jean, 195,253 De War-~ Samuel, 34,75,82,96,106, Garry Gordon, 253 Arthur Gideon, 204,261 107,108,114 Herbert Elmer, 196 Clara Irene,-144,204 Stanley Roy, 163,222 Herbert Harry, 134,195 George M., 144,204 Stanley Roy, Jr., 222 Howard Gilbert, 134,194 Theodore Harold, 221,271 Jane Grace, 204,261 Howard Gordon, 195,253 Theodore Harry, 271 John Duncan, 261 Jennie, 134 Venus Thora, 164 Marie, 204,261 Jennie Elizabeth, 196 Susan Marie, 261 Vera Marova, 164,222 KyleD., 134,195 Dickover- Violet Luelle, 221 Laura Mabel, 6,134,135,194 Alice, 163 Warren, 163 Lorraine, 195,253 Alta Patinta, 164 Dickson-- Lura Etta, 134 Anna, 164 Clara Etta, 184 Lydia Fair, 194 Anna A., 106,163 George, 184 Lydia Mabel, 90,133,134 Anna Bruder, 106,107 Wi!da, 182,240 Lyndall Gordon, 195 Betty, 164 Diehl- Lyndall Lura, 195 Blanche C., 222,272 Lydia, 308 Magdalen, 195,253 Catherine, 163 Rose, 309 Marie Beverly, 253 S. K., 309 Charles Wagner, 163 Marjorie Kyle, 195,253 Clair Raymond, 221 Dieter- Mary, 134 Clinton Harry, 221 Cunz, 325 Mary Adelaide, 195 Dean Ardale, 272 Dieterle-- Mildred Elizabeth, 194,252 Dorothy Margaret, 221 Mary Carrol, 245,283 Norma Jean, 195 Dwight Donald, 222,272 Wilbur, 245,283 Ozella Rosemond, 134,195 Earl Roy, 163 Dill-- Ralph Bertrand, 134,196 Eileen, 164 Amanda, 105 Richard Bertrand, 196 Elenora, 75,106,107,114 Charles, 105 380

Dimmitt- - Duncan-- Ecki-- Robert Cassel, 90,133, 134,, Douglas Allen, '269 Mildred, 203,260 194 Emma M., 218,269 Sarah, 142,201 Robert Clarence, 90 Floy S., 218,269 William Henry Harmon, 144, Robert Earl, 134,195 Iris Ardelle, 218,269 203 Robert John, 194,252 Janet, 160,218 Edsall-- Ruth M., 195 Kay Lois, 269 James V. H., 222 Susan Elizabeth, 253 Marilyn Ann, 269 Marian, 222 Tillie I<., 195 Marvin Warren, 218,269 Egan- - Virginia Mabel, 195 Marvin Warren, Jr., 269 Frederick Roy. 195 William John, 195,253 Patricia Karen, 269 Mary Louise, 195 Dively-- Peter, 161,218 Eggert- - Rosanna, 331 Peter Carl, 268 Ruth Elizabeth, 244,283 Dixon - · Ronald, 269 Ehrhart-- Jeremiah, 28 Ronald Sylvester, 218, Adam A., 310 Dockstader- 269 Kathryn Isabelle, 306, Marjory, 175,231 Shirley, 225 310 Donaldson-- Shirley Jean, 269 Mary McDowell, 310 Mary Elnora, 178 Stella May, 161,218 Ehrich-- Willa, 178 Verne Leroy, 218,268 Sadie, 125,183 Dorscheid-- Dungan-- William A., 183 Mary Claire, 367,371 Josephine, 187,246 Wi 11 i am A. , Jr. , 12 5, Dragstedt-- Dunker-- 183 Carol, 223 Andrew J., 360,367 Eichelberger-- Drain- - Helen Gertrude, 360,367 Sarah, 305 Ursel, 204 Dunnahoo-- Eitrick-- Drake-- Gilbert Lee, 181 Edith, 192 Cora, 235 Margot Jean, 238 Ellenwood-- Dreher-- Marilee, 238 Eileen, 164 Dersie Eli~abeth, 184, Marjery Neill, 181,238 Ellerman-- 242 Maggie, 226 Earl M., 184,242 E Ellinger- - Frederick, 212 Early-- Clarence Merle, 170, Hanna Augusta, 150,212, Jo Ann, 246 226 215 Pansy, 187,246 Fred Wayne, 227 Hester Louise, 242,280 Richard, 246 Robert Leroy, 227 Mary Elizabeth, 242,280 Walter, 187,246 Ruth E., 170 Michael, 242 Easterling-- Ruth Wingert, 226,227 Pauline Helena, 212 Jan Richard, 284 Elm-- Virginia Kathryn, 242,280 Marilyn Lucille, 245 Andrew, 173,229 Driggs-- Mary Ellen, 245,284 Andrew Marvin, 229 Dorothy Annette, 182,240 Patricia Louise, 245 Edith Emma, 173,229 Harry S., 182,240 Richard Arlie, 186,245, Esther Fern, 229,274 HarryS., Jr., 240 284 Laura Esther, 173,229 Driscoll-- Robert Richard, 245,284 Lois Marie, 229 Lora Lee, 218,268 Susan Ellen, 186,245 Lorraine, 229 Drury-- Easton-- Mildred, 229 Irene Faye, 220 Ann Eliza, 361 Orville E., 173,229 Duckow-- Carl Francis, 243 Elmore-- Nettie, 187,246 :?dna Louise, 243 Lena Jane, 243,281 Dudman-- Ebenhahn- - Elsensohn- Edith Cook, 146 Thelma, 190,248 Genevieve, 277 George, 146 Eberhart-- Eltzroth-- Leonard Henry, 146 Grace A., 143 Naomi , 181 , 2 3 9 Mary, 146 Ecki-- E_merick-- Dull-- Este lla, S, 44 Lizza, 71,100 John H., 98 Estella Ann, 144,203 Emig- - Susan, 98 Florence Louise, 144,203 Charles, 67 Duncan - - Frederick, 203 Margaret, 295 Adelheide R., 218,268 fredericke, 203 England-- Anne F., 218,269 Mary Elizabeth, 203,260 Estella H., 360 Jay Carter, 360 381

England-- Fair- Favorite-- Thelma Etta, 360 Dorothy, 193 Guy Wilnot, 163,221 Thomas B., 360 Dorothy Arrison, 252 Leslie Orville, 221,271 Engle- Drury Hampton, 131,193 Mabel, 163,221 Harry, 356 Eleanor, 90,131 Marjorie, 221 Margaret Myrtle, 356 Elias D., 90,131 Marjorie Lucille, 272 Mary Ann, 185 Elizabeth, 193 Mildred S., 221 English-- Ellen, 90,130 Mildred Viola, 271 William, 164 Etta Rebecca, 131 Susan Joan, 272 Venus Thora, 164 Fisher Altis, 192 Vivian Joyce, 221 Engmen- - Fisher Al tis, Jr., 131, Walter E., 221 Frances, 219,269 193,251 Fawkes- - Enloe-- Fred Adam, 132,193 Edith Amanda, 266 Constance Agnes, 369 Fred Adam, Jr., 193 Feigler-- Ennis- George H., 189 Carrie, 310 Clara, 126 George W., 90,130,131 Mary, 310 Clara Virginia, 186 Harold Clements, 192,251 Felix-- Duffey, 126,186 Harry Clarence, 131,193 James, 98 Erb-- Harry Clarence, Jr., 193 Mary Catherine, 98 Adella, 193 Helen Louise, 193,252 Ferguson- - Benjamin H., 131,193 Henry, 90,132 Aleck Leroy, 163,222 John, 193 Isabelle, 132,193 Celia, 102,160 Pearl Elizabeth, 131,193 Jean, 193 Eleanor Grace, 222 Sarah Elizabeth, 193,252 Jessie, 131 Eva Elenora, 163,222 Erickson- John, 65,67,89,90,91,128 George, 102,160 Ginette, 362,369 John,Henry, 193 Gertrude, 160 Eskridge-- Loie, 131 Louie, 160 Bonnie, 180,237 Lois Louise, 193,251 Wanda, 197,255 Estabrook-- Lou French, 192,251 Ferree- - Clara, 189 Lydia Mabel, 90,132 Caroline, 309 Evans-- Marion Jay, 193 William, 309 Esther, 218,268 Mary, 91,132,193 Ferris- - John, 184,242 Mary Ann, 90,129,130 Ada, 132 Mary Lucille, 184,242 Mary Beth, 252 Amanda, 90,132 Everhard-- Mary Ellen, 193,251 Audry, 132 Be s s i e , 131 , 193 Mollie, 90,132 Illa Z., 132,194 Everhart- Nancy, 252 Joseph, 132 Catherine, 3_19 Nell Spry, 131,192 Opal, 132 George, 59,63 Nellie Foster, 131,192 Sherman, 90,132 Pearl Elizabeth, 131,193 Fifield- F Rebecca, 65,89,90,91,128, Marietta,· 115 132 Fink-- Faaberg-- Robert J., 193,252 Barbara, 208 Anne, 218,269 Ruby, 193 Gottlieb F., 208 Fair- Ruth, 192 Helen Hanna, 149,208 Adam, 89 Sarah, 89,128,129 Fisher-- Adam Bert, 131,193 Sarah Ann, 193 Abbie Marie, 118,173 Alice, 131,193 Sarah Elizabeth, 90,131 Abel Daniel, 122,180 Alice Johnson, 252 Vinnie May, 131 Ada May, 138,199 Alma, 131,193 Vi1zinia Ann, 252 Adam, 55,59,60, 71, 75,83, Amanda, 90,132 Virginia Bane, 193 86,99,100,104,105,122 Amy, 131 Wi 11 i am E. , 131 , 193 Agnes M., 240 Barbara, 91 William Forbes, 193 Albert, 126 Ressie, 131,193 Faks- Albert Arthur, 140,201 Beth, 252 Mary, 265 Albert Paul, 241,279 Charles Russell, 193 Falch-- Alberta, 246 Clara, 90,131,132 Florence, 359 Alice, 116,173 Clara Harvet, 193 Ida May, 349,359 Alice Josephine, 99 Claude Harvet, 193,252 John, 349,359 Amanda, 89,128 Della, 131,192 Favorite-- Anna, 60,65,66,67,95, Donald Shaffer, 251 Addie T., 221 97,135 Donald Spry, 192,251 Gail Lucille, 272 Anna Catherine, 48 382

Fisher-- Fisher-- Fisher-- Anna Maria, 41,46,55,62, Clarence, 122,18~ Emma Floretta, 138,200 64 Cleo, 179 Emma Juliet, 99,146 Anna Mary, 65,67,87,122, Clifford, 187 Emma Maria, 91 197 Cora, 118,139 Emmett, 122,179 Anna Steffey, 141 Cora Ellen, 127,187 Ermal Ione, 180 Anthony Ralph, 279 Daisy, 118,175 Ernest D., 184 Arlene J., 175,231 Daniel, 42,43,47,48,63,65, Esther May, 72,241,279 Arthur Gerald, 175 67,86,87,89,121,126,127, Ethel Lorene, 241,279 Augusta, 183,240 184 Ethel Lucille, 231 Avis Lee, 231 Dari yne, 246 Ethel Pearl, 140,200 Barbara, 65,86,87 David, 41,49,56,59,60,62, Etta, 139 Barbara Ann, 221 63,71 Eugene, 187 Belle, 100,121 David Robert, 258 Eva Christina, 127,187 Benjamin, 33,34,65,67, 75, David William, 199,257, Eva Pearl, 184,241 76,80,82,83,84,85,101, 258 Eve, 55 102,103,104,107,lll,117, Della, 126,184,185,187 Faith Barbara, 279 167,306,307,338 Dersie Elizabeth, 184, Ferd, 186 Benjamin Franklin, 75,83, 242 Ferdinand Elliot, 127,186 109,110,129,169 Donald, 197 fern A., 175,231 Bernice, 175,197 Donald Dean, 137 flora, 127 Berniece Ione, 184 Donald Ralph, 180 Flora C., 187 Bert, 179,236 Dorothy, 199 Florence Edwina, 135,198 Bertha Lenora, 138,139, Dorothy Mildred, 258 Florence R., 175,231 200 Dwight L., 140 Floyd, 187,246 Bessie, 100 Earl, 246 Floyd Everett, 180 Betsey Ann, 255 Earl Vernon, 118,173,174 Floyd P., 175 Betty, 236 Edan P., 241 Frances Edith, 169 Betty Kay, 180 Eddie D., 237 Frank, 126,184,185,246 Beulah Lucile, 180 Edgar, 100 Frankie, 111 Bonnie, 180,237,246 Edith B., 110,169 Fred, 122,179,186 Bruce Franklin, 221 Edris Fae, 221,271 Gary William, 221 Bruce Stephen, 255 Edward, 127 Gene, 236 Caleb, 65 Edward H., 75,83,84,111, Geneva, 187 Caleb H., 89,127 112,168 Genevieve Maud, 173,230 Calvin f., 127,187 Edward Riley, 110,117,168 George, 32,34,41,42,43,44, Carl S., 162 Edwin Elroy, 197 45,47,48,49,50,55,56,59, Caroline, 1-97 Eleanor, 75,83,106,107 60,62,63,65,66,67,68,71, Car o l yn G. , 2 5 5 Elenora Janet, 241,278 73,75,76,86,87,88,89,91, Carrie, 126 Eliza, 75,83,101,105,119, 92,95,100,101,122,125,127, Carrie Ellen: 184 126,336,338,341,348 149,180,241,307,319,320 Carry, 127 Eliza K., 183 George Adam, 42 Cary Abel, 179,236 Elizabeth, 41,48,55,56,58, George Alan, 230 Cassius, 126,184 59,60,62,65,71, 72,75,76, George Calvin, 91,135,197 Catherine, 41,55,59,60, 83,84,92,101,102,104,l05, George Edwin, 180 62,63,65,70,71,89,98 110,112,114,139,166,167, George Elwin, 237 Cecil, 186 306 George H., 184,241 Cecil May, 175 Elizabeth Mae, 111,169 George Henry, 200 Cecil Rose, 168 Ella Elizabeth, 104,162 George J., 92 Cedric Charles, 135,197 Ella May, 121,179 George Morris, 173,230 Cedric Stephen, 197,255 Ellard Winfred, 175,231 Gerald Laverne, 197,255 Charity, 241,279 Ellen, 71,72,86,89,91,121, Geraldine Marie, 255 Charles, 187,246 126,136 Gertrude, 110,169 Charles E., 236 Elmer Ellsworth, 121 Gertrude Susan, 100,146 Charles LaFayette, 127 Elmer Eugene, 138 Gideon, 75,83,91,118, Charlotte Elizabeth, 99 Elsie, 122,138 119 Christiana, 55,59,60,62, Elsie Fern, 136 Gideon Albert, 92,140 116 Elsie May, 184,241 Gideon H., 67 Christina, 55,65,66,67,68, Elta Luetta, 135,197 Gladys, 179,235 71,75,76,88,319,320 Ernaline, 71 Glenda Sue, 241 Clara, 41,64,122,126,183 Emily, 71,100 Goldie, 135,197 Clara Etta, 184 Emma, 92,137,140 Grace, 118,175 383 fisher-- Fisher-- Fisher-- Grace L., 184,241 John George, 63 Maria Magdalena, 46,64 Hanna, 118 John Huffman, 89,125,126 Marian May, 169,225 Hans Rutolph, 42 John Milton, 99 Marie, 127 Harold Ivan, 197 John Philip, 63 Marie H., 186 Harriet, 75,111,184,242 Joseph, 5,34,42,65,66,67, Marion, 236 Harriet Ellen, 175,231 92,93,96,138,140 Marjorie, 197 Harry, 118,175,179,187 Joseph Sylvester, 91 Marjorie D., 175,231 Harry Owen, 240 Josephine, 187,246 Marjorie Ellen, 236 Harry Victor, 183,241 Joshua, 89,127 Marjory Fern, 140,201 Hazel, 99,187 Juanita, 187,197,246 Martha, 65,92 Hazel De, 136,198 Julianna, 71 Martha Marion, 99 Helen, 179,236 Juliene, 231 Mary, 63, 71,92,100,127, Helen Alberta, 137 June P . , i 18 , 1 7 5 140,146 Helen M., 184,241 Junior, 246 Mary A., 89 HelenN., 173,230 Jurge (George), 42 Mary Ann, 55,56,59,70, Helena, 65 Katherine, 122,180 99 Henrietta, 99,146 Katherine F., 200 Mary Bernice, 118,175 Henrietta Dorethea, 71 Kathryn, 179,236,246 Mary Charlotte, 173,230 Henry, 41,86,121,126,183 Kattie LaRue, 127,187 Mary Christina, 71 Henry Sherman, 231 Kenneth, 236 Mary Elizabeth, 89,91,126, Herbert Hormel, 137,186, Kenneth Albert, 197 135 199 Keziah, 75,83,85,91,111, Mary Jane, 71,91,135 Hester, 139 117,136,169 Mary Magdalena (Molly), 41 Howard Lester, 241 Kinnamon, 125,184 Mary Margaret, 258 Hoyt Sherman, 118,175 Ladora A., 109,168 Mat, 89,127 Ida, 100 Laura, 240,277 Maude, 162 Ida Eva, 99, 146 Laura Belle, 127 Maude Edna, 127,187 Inez Rose, 169,225 Laura Etta, 122,180 Maude White, 221 Iola, 104,105,111,171 Lawrence Lewellyn, 135 Maxine B., 200 Iona Loretta, 180,237 Lea, 240 May, 135,197 Irvin, 139 Leanna, 139,200 Mayme, 140,200 Irving, 121,179 Leila Dott, 135,198 Melba, 186 Isaiah Franklin, 104,105, Leo, 179 Melvin Erle, 135,197 162 Leonard, 41,45,47,50,59, Merri 1 Rose, 174 Israel Benjamin, 92,139, 60,63 Michael, 41,42,43,44,45, 140 Leslie Day, 174 47,48,49,50,55,56,57,58, Iva Gertrude, 118,173 Lester LeGrande, 231 59,60,62,63,65,66,67,68, Iva Mae, 173 - Levi Peter, 91,137,138 70,71, 72,73,76,91,92,99, Iva May, 230 Lizza, 71,100 135,140,146,149 . Ivan, 122,180 Lois E., 184 Michael Adam, 100,146 Ivan Alberto, 135,197 Lorenzo S., 92,140 Mildred H., 135,198 Jack, 186,197,246 Loretta Ann, 237 Mildred L., 175,231 Jacob, 62 Lotta, 187 Mi 1 ford, 187,246 James, 121 Lottie Mae, 179,236 Milton R., 162,221 Jane, 186 Louise Henrietta, 99 Minnie, 122,127,179 Janet Davidson, 186 Lucille C., 118,174 Minnie Rohrer, 186 Janette, 180 Luella Eulala, 180,237 Nellia, 121 Jeanne, 140,201 Lydia, 65,75,92,104,105 Nellie, 100,122 Jemimah, 75,83,91,104, Lyd:a Alice, 126,184 Nellie Ellen, 126,184 117 Lydia E., 109 Nellie June, 180 Jennie, 89,104,121,127, Madge, 139,200 Nettie, 121,122,179,187 162,179 Mamie, 122,180 Nettie D., 246 Jennie Gladys, 135,198 Margaret, 110,122,179 Nina, 179,183,236,240 Jerome Hovias, 91,136 Margaret G., 168 Nora, 183 Jessie, 122,187,246 Margaret Blanche, 241 Nora W. , 240 Joh. llenrick, 41 Marguerite May, 137,199 Op a 1 , 18 0 , 2 3 7 Johan George, 41 Maria, 71,75,83,114,115, Orville, 100 Johannes, 41,42,48,55,62 116,137 Pansy, 187,246 John, 43,45,46,47,49,50, Maria Anna, 63 Paul, 55 59,60,63,72 Maria Catherine, 91,136 Paul Vernon, 240 John Franklin, 127,187 Maria Elizabeth, 48 Pauline, 173 384

Fisher-- Fisher-- Forsyth- - Pauline D. , 230 William, 75, 83, 84,104,105, James P., 171 Pearl Aurora, 9'2,127,140 121,162,178,236 Minnie May, 171 Percy, 122 William Carpenter, 175, Foster- - Phyanna, 92,138,139 231 Lillian, 222 Phyllis De Loy, 231 William Carpenter, Jr., Nellie, 131,192 Rachael, 62,65,89,127 231 Fouts-- Ralph F., 184,241 William Eugene, 179,236 W. J., 182 Ralph S., 122,180 William Henry, 116,118 Fox-- Rebecca, 65,67,75,83,86 William LeGrande, 231 Allen Dennis, 252 89,91,102,122,128 William R., 162,221 Dennis Llewellyn, 194,252 Rebecca A., 75,111 Wilma, 236 Ethel J., 352 Richard, 241 Worth Everett, 179,236 Jane Elizabeth, 273 Robert Edmund, 200 Fissel-- Kathleen Miriam, 252 Roderick, 146 Frederick, 316 Mary Frances, 273 Roger Frank, 231 Flaggard-- Mary Harriet, 223,273 Rosanna, 75,110,111,167 Charles Arthur, 275 Miriam, 194 Rose, 111,169 Chester Duane, 275 Miriam Perdew, 252 Rose P., 118., 174 Donna Dean, 275 Ralph M., 223,273 Royal Preston, 139,200 Dorothy Elizabeth, 275 Ronald Lewellyn, 252 Rueben, 71 Frances Diane, 275 Stephan John Perdew,252 Ruth, 140,175,179,187, Frank P., 233,275 Frady-- 201,246 Gladys Anita, 275 Nettie, 121,179 Saloma, 56,59,60,63 Judith Kay, 275 Frank- - Samuel Paul, 184 Leota Irene, 275,288 Earl J. , 351 Sanford J., 118,175 Margie Marie, 275,287 Henry, 351 Sarah, 65,67,86,121,126 Mary Grace, 233,275 Ida Van Meter, 351 Sarah Ann, 65,67, 75,83, Mary Juanita, 275 Inez Ellen, 5,342,351 91,92,107,108,114,119 Mona Delores, 275 Franke-- 135 Fleming- - Anna Elizabeth, 186 Sarah C., 92 Clara Verl, 275,287 Herman Albert, 186 Sarah Elizabeth, 241,279 Floyd- - Margaret L., 186 Sarah Ellen, 75,118,119 Barton Lynn, 370 Franklin- Seraphine, 241,279 Emmett Ellsworth, 365,370 Benjamin, 7,22 Shirley Gale, 221 Eva Catherine, 365,370 Free-- Silas, 75,83,84,116,139 Flynn- - Edwin L., 274 Silas Henry, 92,116,138 Ruth, 203 Margaret Lurena, 226,274 Stanley, 197 Forbes-- Freehafer-- Stella, 139 Alice, 131,193 Al Ian 01 in thus, 5,142 ,,201, Susan, 71,86 Ford-- 202 Susanna, 56,59,60,72,73, Mary Elizabeth, 242,280 Anna, 141 86,89 Sandra Kay, 280 Anna K., 201 Susie, 92,139 Thurall, 242,280 Charles Arthur, 201,260 Sybella, 75,83,103,104 Foreman-- Charles Melvin, 142 Tobias, 48 Elizabeth Victoria, 247 Charles Runyon, 260 Velma Viola, 180,237 Katherine, 200 George W., 95,141,142,143 Vera Garrett, 162,221 Foresman- Gertrude, 201 Verna Lida, 240 Elizabeth, 72 Gertrude R., 260 Viola, 86,111,122,170, Fisher, 72 Mary Elizabeth, 91,135 171 Hannah, 72 Nancy Jean, 260 Virginia Fern, 201 Mary, 72,73 Nelle Bertha, 142,201 Vonnie, 162 Susanna Fisher, 56, 72, Sarah Jane, 95,97,98,141, Walla Owen, 183,240 73 143,201,260 Walter A., 122 William, 56,72,73,121 Freeman- - Wanda, 197,255 Forest-- Flora, 126,185 Ward, 186 Catherine, 121 Freie- - Ward Herbert, 127,186 Susannah, 86,121 Elizabeth H., 170 Warren Claude, 118,174 Forney-- Ella Rose, 112,170 Warren LeGrande, 175,231 Adam, 55,71 John Fred, 170 Wesley Reynolds, 197 Mary Christiana, 55,71 French- - Wilda June, 175,231 Forsyth-- Florence Edwina, 135,198 Wilhelmina, 137,199 Fannie Mae, 177 Lela, 198 385

French-- Fuller-- G Lou, 192,251 Edna, 218,268 William A., 135,198 Elizabeth Ann, 219 Gable- William Charles, 198 Emerson Paul, 267 Gertrude, 315 Frey-- Esther, 161 John, 304,315 Allene Edna, 227 Esther E., 218,268 Gaffney-- Adele, 227 Eugene Clayton, 267 Lorraine, 195,253 Alverna Leota, 170,227 Eustace Eugene, 161 Gage-- Henry, 227 Floyd Corydon, 218,268 Rosmae, 233,275 Oscar, 170,227 Gerald Leroy, 219 Galbraith-- Fries-- Gregory Bernard, 267 Arthur S., 162 Frederick, 310 Harry Alton, 218,268 Bessie L., 161 Iris Louise, 310 Harry Atlan, 268 Gallaugher- Froman- - Harry Leroy, 160,218 Carolyn, 197,255 Glenn A., 220 Janet, 160,218 Galt-- Lucille M., 220 Jemimah, 103,160,161 Elizabeth, 41,62 Fronaberger- - John Vernon, 218,268 Gano-- Iona Mae, 267,287 Katherine, 218 Alice, 244 Robert Eugene, 287 Katheryn, 218,268 Ganser-- William Eddie, 267,287 Larry Edward, 268 Iva Gertrude, 118,173 William Eddie, Jr., 287 LaRue, 161,219 Gardner-- Fryberger-- Lora Lee, 218,268 Leota Dale, 136 Andrew Jackson, 87,123,124, Marie, 161 Robert A., 136 127 Marjorie Ellen, 236 Garrett-- Clara, 123,182. Mary Maxine Sylvia, 218, Vera, 162,221 Frankie, 123 268 Garrison-- Freida, 182,239 Melvin Eugene, 218,268 Gay, 358 Harry, 123 Michael Dean, 267 May, 347 Harry D., 182 Murrine B., 218,268 Gaston-- Julia, 123 Nancy Lee, 268 Barbara Belle, 253 Katherine, 123,182 Oliver Vernon, 160,218 Dorothy Clydena, 253 Mary Jan~, 87,123,124 Ralph Howard, 218,268 Edwin, 195,253 Maude, 123 Ralph Winfred, 161 Evelyn Ethel, 253 Mayme, 123 Raymond, 218 Gatz- Myrtilla, 123,182 Rhonda Zell, 219 Elizabeth, 164 Raymond H., 123 Robert Lyle, 219 Gaver-- Victoria, 123 Roger Glen, 267 Betty Jean, 243,282 Willi am, 12 3 Rosemary Elaine, 267 Carrie Elizabeth, 184,242 Fuhrman- - Sally Rae, 268 Cecil Johnson, 243,282 Anna Catherine, 63 Sandra Lee, 268 Charles Richard, 282 Catherine, 63 Sharon Lynn, 268 David Stanley, 281 Elizabeth, 41,63 Stella May, 161,218,267 David Tilden, 184,242 Elizabeth Fisher, 63 Sylvester Corydon, 103, Emily Frances, 243,281 George, 63 160 Ev~ Mildred, 243,282 Henry, 63 Sylvia Irene, 161,218 Grover C., 185,243 Jacob, 41,63 Terry Eugene, 268 Helen Elizabeth, 243,280 Michael, 63 Victor Raymond, 161,219 James Elmer, 243,282 Philip, 63 Wilma Mae, 218,268 Joel Eddy, 281 Susannah, 63 Zelda Dorothy, 218,267 John David, 243 Fuller- - Fultz• - Leona May, 243,281 Adeline Margaret, 218,266 Ann a , 12 5 , 18 3 Louise, 243 Alice Ruth, 218,267 Edward, 347 Mary C., 243 Arthur D., 219 Margaret, 34 7 Mary Esther, 185,243 Carl Clifford, 161 Funk-- Mildred Irene, 243 Catherine, 160 Elizabeth, 351,352,360 Nancy Loretta, 282 Charles Vernon, 267 Harry, 351 Naomi Ray, 243 Cheryl, 268 Inez Ellen, 351 Paul Millard, 243 Clayton J., 218,267 Jacob, 351 Rachael Ellen, 243,281 Corydon Alton, 268 Joseph, 342,351,352 Richard Eugene, 243,282 Dick, 268 Lillian Bennett, 198 Robert Philip, 282 Donald Jay, 268 Lucinda, 351,352 Ruth S., 243,282 Douglas Arthur, 268 Mary Jane, 342,351 Wallace Paul, 281 386

Gaver-- Gilstrap-- Goble-- Willard Johnson, 243 Phyllis June, 370 Deborah Jean, 264 Geehring-- Roland Lee, 370 Leslie L., 207,264 Ida May, 186,245 Shirley, 365,369 Ruthelma, 207,264 Lewis, 186,245 Stephen Wayne, 370 Goehring-- Lucille Elizabeth, 245 Giltner-- Ada William, 177 Geesey-- Sarah Elizabeth, 90,131 Alice Mae, 235,277 Amanda, 306,308,309 William, 131 Andrew Louis, 86,121,178, Cora C., 295 Gingery- - 234 Jacob, 305 Bernice, 118 Anna, 178 Mary, 305 Cl ydena H., 175 Anna Margaret, 121,177 Geiselman- Lewis, 175 Arthur, 121,178 Michael, 316 Mary Bernice, 175 Arthur Gerrald, 177,233 Gemberling- - Githens-- Carlyn Ann, 235 Keziah, 91,136 Geraldine, 237 Clifford Harold, 178,235 Leota Dale, 91,136 James Richard, 237 Daniel Carrol, 234 Philip Samuel, 136 Mil ton R., 237 Daniel Peter, 121,178 Gentry-- Velma Viola, 180,237 Darlene Marie, 234 Constance E., 187,247 Wilbur E., 180,237 David Carrol, 234 Eleanor Sue, 247 William Edward, 237 Delbert Richard, 235 Max Lee, 247 Gitt- Donald, 178 Nancy Beth, 247 Daisy, 146 Donna Maxine, 235 Ray, 187,247 Emma Juliet, 99,146 Edgar, 177 Genung-- George, 146 Ellen, 86,121 Bert L., 122,179 George D., 99,146 Esteleen, 235 Lewis Thompson, 272 Helen, 146 Fern Elizabeth, 234,276 Louis T., 222,272 William, 146 Florence, 121,177,233 Louise Ruth, 179,237 Glaser-- Florence Marie, 177,233 Mable Jeanette, 179,236 Caroline, 357,365 Francis, 178 Marjorie Evelyn, 222,272 Sophie, 170 Gary Glen, 276 Minnie, 122,188 Glatfelder- George, 178 . Gephart- Amanda J. , 295 Hazel Fern, 178,234 Clydena, 134 Anna, 294,296 Helen Dora, 178,234 Zella, 134 Anna Margaret, 294,296 Ida, 177,178 Gerde- Anna Maria, 295,296 Ida Pauline, 235 Lillian, 178 Barbara, 293,294,295,296, James Eldon, 233 M. 0. J., 178 297,319,320 Janenne, 233 Gibson-- __ Casper, 294,295,296,297, Julius, 121,177 Elizabeth, 305,306,308 298,301 Karl Martin, 234 Gidel-- Charles, 295 Larry Keith, 276 Beverly Jean, 271,287 Cora C., 295 Lela, 177 Darwin, 271,287 Daniel, 295 Lila Fanton, 178,234 Doranna Jean, 287 Elizabeth, 295,296 Linda, 121,177 Gieske-- Elsbetha, 294,296 Lois Maxine, 178,235 Eleanor May, 113,171 Felix, 294,295,296,297 Louis Keith, 234,276 Elmer Edwin, 113,171 Hans Peter, 293,294,295, Louis Martin, 233 Leonard Dale, 171 296,297 Louisa, 121,178 Virginia Ione, 171 Hans Rudolf, 294,296 Luella Marie, 178,235 Gillerans-- Harry, 295 Mabel Evelyn, 234,276 Elsie C., 359,366 Harry S., 295 Mable Bertha, 178,235 Francis, 366 Johannes, 294,296 Mable Margaret, 234 Frank D., 359,366 John, 319,320 Marie L., 234 Gilstrap-- Leah, 295 Marilyn Jean, 235 Arthur Odell, 370 Lisabeth, 294 Marion Glen, 234 David Edward, 370 Margaret, 295 Martin A., 177,233 Donald Wayne, 370 Marie, 295 Martin Henry, 121,177 Eva Catherine, 365,370 Salomea, 293,294,295,296 Mary, 121,178 Irene B., 365,370 Sarah, 296 Mary Elnora, 178 John Franklin, 365,370 Solomon, 294,296 Minnie Bernice, 178,235 Leland Harold, 365,369 Glatfelter- Neil Gerald, 233 Margaret Catherine, 358,365 Charles H., 5,295 Omar, 177 Oris Leland, 358,365 Miriam G., 295 Patricia Jean, 277 387

Goehring-- Greenfield- Hall-- Philip, 121,178 Billy, 369 Louise Leslie, 179,237 Phillip Dwayne, 233 Katie, 230 Louise Ruth, 179,237 Raymond Edward, 234 Linda Prib-e, 369 Hammerly- Richard Leroy, 235,277 Nancy Clark, 362,369 Clifford, 169 Thelma Loraine, 177,233 William Dumont, 362,369 Frank, 111,169 Thressa Elizabeth, 121,178, William Dumont, Jr., 369 Hugh Fisher, 169 Viola H., 178 Greenup- Rose, 111,169 William M., 178,235 Arlene, 249 Hanbach- Goetz- Gregorson- Ulrich, 326 Peter, 97 Ruth, 192 Hanna- Goins- Greig-- Margaret, 163 Clara, 126 Mabel, 172,227 Hansen-- Clara Virginia, 186 Grimes-- Alice, 163 Elizabeth Harriet, 186 Chester Ellsworth, 281,288 Hanson-- Fern Regina, 181,239 Delores E., 281,288 Merna, 164 Fred, 181,239 Eleanor, 281 Harbaugh- George Kenneth, 239 Hammond, 243,281 George, 330 Sherman, 126,186 Helen Elizabeth, 243,281 Jacob, 330 Goldman-- Henry Thomas, 281 Harbison- Catherine, 342,351 Joseph Hammond, 281 Isabella, 72 David, 342,351 Joseph Larry, 288 John, 72 Flora C., 351 Phillis, 281 Mary, 72 John R., 351 Russell Allen, 281 Hardwick-- Good- Zelma Elizabeth, 281 Ethel Lenora, 200,259 Abraham, 332 Grissom-- George, 259 Goodrich-- Betty June, 199,257 Kenneth, 200,259 , Dewey Duane, 275,287 Grove-- Hardy-- Dewey Duane, Jr., 288 Harold D., 309 Kenneth E., 124 Duana Marie, 288 Jacob, 99 Sadie, 124 Lois Elaine, 287 Louise Henrietta, 99 Hare-- Margie Marie, 275,287 Lydia, 65,92,93 Mat, 89,127 Goodwin-- Margaret Clara, 309 Harger-- Ruby, 132,193 Mazie Jane Celestia,309 Edna Isabelle, 242,280 Gore-- Guthridge-- James Thomas, 280 Mildred F; :her, 5 Betty Lynne, 225 Nancy, 280 Mildred H., 135,198 Carol Annette, 225 Susannah, 280 Milton Burr+ 135,198 George Eugene, 169,225 William T., 242,280 Milton Burr, Jr., 198 Marian May, 169,225 Hargrave-- Robert Fisher, 198 Gutsman-- Jane Elizabeth, 252 Gorius- - Lyllis, 207,263 Judith Ann, 252 Barbara, 294,295 Kenneth P., 193,252 Gould-- H Mary Kay, 252 Miriam Lee, 224 Sarah Elizabeth, 193,252 Wi 11 iam E., 224 Haddock-- Harmony-- Graettinger-- Edsel J., 366,370 Dona Lee, 245,283 Lois Catherine, 220,270 Reta Maureen, 366,370 Gary Lee, 283 Louie, 220 Steven Craig, 370 Harold Wilbur, 245,283 Graham-- Haevel-- Susan Lee, 283 Gladys, 250 Ca~~erine, 328,331,339 Harpster- Louise, 310 Hailey-- Helen, 359,367 Madge, 191,250 Claire Dorscheid, 371 Harris-- Mildred, 250 Dorothy, 360 Ada Virginia, 132 Ralph Clinton, 250 Mary Claire, 367,371 Margaret F., 356 Richard Wendell, 250 Wilburn Cantrell, 360, Ruth Margaret, 195 Wendell G., 191,250 367 Velma Irene, 177,234 Greable- Wilburn Cantrell, Jr., Harrison- Jacoh, 332 367,371 Carry, 126 Green- Hale--· Carry Ellen, 184 Doris, 162 Mary, 194 Etta, 123,180 Harold, 357 Hall-- Harshman-- Leona, 357 Beverly Louise, 237 Clyde L., 185,243 388

Harshman- Hedenberg-- Hepp-- Elaine S., 243 John Wesley, 166,225,273 Hanna Augusta, 150,212 Helen Amanda, 243,282 John Wesley, Jr., 225 Helen Hanna, 149,208 Madeline Elizabeth, 243,282 Lillah R., 225 Ida May, 153 Marion Johnson, 243 Miriam Robinson, 166,225 Ida Sophia, 153 Nellie Amanda, 5,185,243 Robert James, 225 John Edward, 153 Hart-- Robert William, 273 John Henry, 34,149,150, Amos, 179,236 Shirley D., 225 152,153,154 Janellyn, 370 Hege- - Lillie Belle, 153 Jeanette Julia, 237 Thelma Esta, 200 Lizzie, 152 John B., 365,370 Vail, 200 Margaretha Barbara, 149 Mable Jeanette, 179,236 Heidel-- Marla Jean, 217 Miriam Ruth, 365,370 Barbara Cele, 251 Mary Elaine, 208,264,265 Nancy Ellen, 237 Charles, 251 Maylon Harold, 149,152,156, Ruth Elaine, 236 Heilman-- 208,215 Sue Ann, 237 George Byron, 365 Maylon Harold, Jr., 208, Suzanne, 370 Marcia M., 365 264 Hartman-- Heim-- Odelia Louise, 153 Anna Barbara, 293 Evelyn, 241,278 Pauline Barbara, 214 Anna Maria, 319,320 Heinen-- Sarah Dean, 150,217 Frederick, 319,320 Ellen, 115 Susanna, 264 John, 293 Heiney-- Virgil Eugene, 150,152, Ludwig, 293 Amanda, 105 217 Sarah, 293 Helms-- Virginia Gene, 214 Harvet-- Amanda, 89,128 Zola Alice, 150,152,215, Clara, 131,193 Mary A., 89,127 216 Hauptfueher- Stella, 128 Herbst-- Mary, 228 Taylor, 89,128 Abbie, 308 Havers tick- - Hempkin-- Henry, 308 Chloe, 280 Alice Mae, 235,277 Hernley-- Chloe M., 184,242 Henderson- Elizabeth, 342,343 Edna Isabelle, 242,279 Elizabeth, 207 Henry, 342,343 Edna Merle, 184,242 Hensel-- Susannah, 331,342,343 George W., 126,184 Pauline Helena, 212 Herring-- Harriet, 184,242 Henshaw-- Linda, 121,177 James Wright, 242 Mary, 187 Herriot-- John Grover, 184,242 Hepp-- Genevieve Maud, 173,230 John Grover, -Jr., 242,280 Amelia Elizabeth, 153 Hershberger-- Mary, 100,146 Barbara, 149,152,153,264 Cora Belle, 349,359 Maxine, 242,280 Barbara Ann, 208,264 El i z abet h, 3 4 9 Nellie, 126 Bradley James, 264 Ida May, 349,359 NellieE., 184 Bruce Frederick, 264 Isabelle, 336,349 Stephen, 280 Carl Henry. 153 Jacob, 336,349 Susannah Dean, 242 Clarke, 149 Hershner- Hay-- Claude William, 212 Henry, 308 Ruth, 264 David Maylon, 264 Margare't, 308 Hayes- Edward James, 208,264,265 Mary Ann, 305 Elizabeth, 72 Elizabeth, 6,101,105,149, Hess-- Hugh, 72 152,153,154,156,208,341 Barbara, 65,86 Heater-- Estella, 149,152,156,208 Elizabeth, 170 Helen, 149 Esther, 149,152,156,211 Jacob, 65,86 Heavel- Florence, 149,152,156,209, Sevilla, 71 Catherine, 343 341 Hetrick-- Heble (Hoevel)- Fred C., 156,341 Maria Elizabeth, 88 Ann, 339 Fred C. (Mrs.), 3 Hicock-- John, 339 Frederick Allen, 217 J er old R. , I 97 Hebner-- Frederick Carl, 6,101,149, Vera Luetta, 197 Rhea Elizabeth, 217 152,153,157 Higgens-- Hedenberg-- George, 150,152,153,212, Lillah R., 225 David Howard, 273 215 Higue-- Doris M., 225,273 George Paul, 214 Donna Beatrice, 218 James Wesley, 225 Goldie, 153 George, 218 389

Hildebrand-- Hildebrand-- Holbrook-- Adam, 303,308 Margaret Ann, 309 Evylyn, 183 Alverta Ann, 310 Maria Margaretha, 293 Hollinger- Amos, 308 Marvin Sterling, 309 Gertrude, 347,357 Anna Barbara, 293 Mary, 309 I. N., 357 Anna Dorothea, 303 Mary Ann Irene, 309 Holmdahl-- Anna Elizabeth, 303,305, Mary F., 310 Hazel P. , 162 306 Mazie Jane Celestia, 309 Oliver H., 162 Anna Maria (Polly), 75,76, Nancy, 308 Holmes- 82,293,300,303,306,307, Nora K., 309 Flora, 226 308 Philp, 303,304,306 Ida, 177 Artemus, 308 Purd G., 309 T. J., 177 Barbara, 293,295,297,300, Rose, 309 Holt- 301,302,303,306 Sarah, 293,308 John, 72 Belle, 309 Susan, 308 John, Jr. , 7 2 , 7 3 Bertha B., 309 Susanna, 308 Mary, 72 Caroline, 309 Wilhelm, 306 William, 72, 73 Carrie, 310 Wilhelmina, 308 Holtzman- Casper, 293,299,300 William, 308 Emily, 71,100 Catherine, 303,306 Hileman- Honey-- Curtis, 310 Conrad, 46 George, 325,326 Curtis, N. D., 310 Hill-- John, 325,326 Daniel, 303 Charlotte, 246 Mary Elizabeth, 325,326, Dorethea, 293,304,305 Elizabeth S., 234 327 Earl Raymond, 310 Gilbert Percy, 234 Nicholas, 325,326 Elias Spangler, 309 Hazel Fern, 178,234 Honig-- Eliza, 308,309 Josephine, 187,246 Mary Elizabeth, 325 Elizabeth, 65,75,76,85, William, 187,246 Nicholas, 325 293,303,304,305,306,307, Hinckle- Hooke-- 308,315,316,319 Jonathan, 339 Chloe Haverstick, 242,280 Emory Edwill, 309 Susan, 339 Sam, 242 Eva, 303 Hinkle-- Hooper- Eva Elizabeth, 309 LaRue, 161,218 Beatrice, 240 Felix, 149,293,299,300, William, 59 Mary, 243 303,304,305,306,315,316, Hixon-- Mary Emma Florence, 281 319 David Jerry, 285 Hoover-- Frank, 309 John David, 258,285 David, 349 Gabriel Earl,- 310 Patricia May, 285 Elizabeth, 349 George, 303 Susan Dian, 285 Fern, 198,255 Gerry Eugene, 309 Wilma May, 258,285 Julia Ann, 125 Hans Jacob, 293 Hocking- Hope- - Henrick, 293,303 Grace, 260 Caltha Ann, 170 Henry, 299,300,308 Hodges-- Grace Al vare tta, 112,170, Jacob, 75,76,82,299,303, Jane, 228,274 Ira, 170 306,307,308 Hodson- Hopper- Jesse, 308,309 Gertrude, 221 Beatrice, 182 Jesse Alvin, 309 Hoffman-- Hormel-- Jesse Monteville, 309 Betty Jean, 243,282 Alta A., 187,246 Johann Jacob, 303,306 Betty Kay, 180 Cora Ellen, 127,187 Johannes, 31,149,293,294, E~,zabeth S., 234 Edgar Gaines, 127,187 295,296,297,298,299,300, Hofmann- Edgar Ward, 187,246 301,302,303 Bernhardt, 195 Emma Maria, 91,137 John, 303,304,308 Kyle D., 195 George A., 137 John Jacob, 293 Mary Louise, 195 John George, 137 Kate, 308 Oliver Dimmitt, 195,253 Phyllis Jo Ann, 246 Leah, 308 Patricia Louise, 253 William Edward, 246 LeRoy Spangler, 309 Phyllis, 195,253 Wilmette, 187,246 Louisa, 308 Ralph Clayton, 134,195 Horn-- Lydia, 308 Thomas Randall, 253 Billie Mae, 367 Magdelena, 293,308 William Bernhardt, 195 James, 367 Maggie, 309 William Terill, 253 Hornbaker-- Margaret, 308 Ann, 339 390

Hornbaker-- Howard- Hummel-- Clyde 0., 339,340 Cylinda, 175 Patty Ann, 270 Dorothy, 340 Elizabeth Arline, 367,371 Pearl, 161,220 Doyle M., 341 Mary Elizabeth, 371 Peggy Lou, 270 Elizabeth (Peggy), 339 Howe-- Raymond G., 220,270 Eve, 336,339,340,341 Nettie B., 235 Richard Lee, 270 Harmon, 339 Howell- - Humphrey-- Harmonius, 339,341 Estella., 360 Ina May, 358 Henry, 339,340,341 Hubbard-- Humphreys-- Isaac, 341 Ina Belle, 173,230 Claude F., 164,222 Jane, 340 Huber-- Vera Marova, 164,222 John, 339,340,341 Sarah A., 342,352 Hunter-- Margaret, 340 Hudson- - Daisy, 118,175 Mary, 339 Gertrude, 163 Susanna, 126,186 Nancy, 340 Huff-- Hurr-- Philip, 339,340 Beryl Irene, 200 Ida, 191,249 Samuel, 336,339,340,341 Ronald, 200 Hyre-- Susan, 339,340 Hughes-- Goldie Fern, 172 Will, 341 Dale Eugene, 288 Hosdettes-• Dale Dwight, 275,288 I Abraham, 146 David Leroy, 288 Dorothy, 146 Esther, 72 Illian-- Gertrude, 146 Leota Irene, 275,288 Etta Esther, 172,227 Ida Eva, 99 Linda Carol, 288 Ingerman- Jacob, 99 Hughs-- Adeline, 347,357 Juliet, 146 Emma, 123,180 Frank, 347 Nettie, 146 Hull - - Louie, 347 Raymond, 146 Arden, 183,240 Irons-- Ruth, 146 Florence Eileen, 183,240 Clyde, Jr., 236 Stella, 146 Sandra Darlene, 240 Wilma, 236 Hoshour- Thomas Allen, 240 Irwin-- Josiah Y., 67 Humbert-- Clifford Mark, 169,225 llouck- Ernest, 122 Inez Rose, 169,225 Elizaheth, 48 Lulu, 122 Kathryn Jane, 310 Esther, 48 Madge, 122 Luther, 310 Jacob, 46,48 Maude, 122 Margot Ellen, 225 Michael, 46,48 Myrtle, 122 Michael Clifford, 225 Housioull.•- Noble, 122 Timothy Benjamin, 225 Luel la Eula la, 180,237 Rebecca, 86,122 Isackson- Richard, 180 Samuel, 86,122 Grace E., 264 Houston-- Worth, 122 Louis 0., 264 Edith, 173 Hume-- Mary Elaine, 208,264 Hoverter-- Charles Mansur, 356 Thelma Loraine, 177,233 Ethel Lillian, 356 J Hovis-- Ferne, 356 Anna Maria, 319,320 Homer Leslie, 356 Jackson-- Barbara, 319,320 Irena Jane, 344,356 Ethel Viola, 190,248 Catherine, 318,319,320 Margaret F., 356 James-- Christian, 319 Margaret Myrtle, 356 Amy, 172,228 Christina, 55,65,66,67,68, Robert Allen, 356 Janes- - 76,88,316,319,320 Robert Harris, 344,356 Marjorie Jean, 201 Daniel, 319 Simeon B., 356 Janotta-- Frederick, 65,66,149,316, Susan Irene, 356 June, 248,284 317,318,319,320 Hummel-- Jansen-- Jacob, 319,320 Alice M., 220,270 Esther, 192,251 John, 319 Bernard, 220,270 Jennings-- Margratha, 318 Be t t y , 2 2 0 , 2 7 O Mary Belle, 350,359 Maria Magdalena, 65,316, Dennis Ray, 270 Jensen-- 317,318,319,320 Fred R., 161,220 Charles Lloyd, 231 Tobias Frederick, 318 Lois Catherine, 220,270 Della May, 175,231 Howard-- Marie, 127,186 Edith Ann, 231 Alvin F., 367,371 Michael Dennis, 270 Fay Ellen, 231 391

Jensen-- Keesey-- Kerr-- Grace, 118,175 Marjorie, 201,259 Paul W., 358,365 James, 118,175 Robert Leslie, 259 Paul W., Jr., 365 Leo F., 175,231 Ruth, 140,201 Robert H., 170,226 Mary Francis, 231 Samuel Earl, 140,201 Robert James, 226 Jinkins- Samuel Fisher, 201,259,260 Ruth, 358,365 Cora, 124 William Fisher, 259 William E., 347,358 Joel Edmund, 124 Keiper-- Kert-• Johnson-- Elizabeth, 108,164,165 Elizabeth, 48 Ada William, 121,177 Jacob, 34,75,96,97,108, Kessler-- Alice, 193,252 109,114 Fred, 170 Alonzo Franklin, 177 Josiah, 108 Hazel Ella, 170 Amanda, 126,184 Kezia, 108,165,166 Ketterman-- Anna Florence, 184,243 Sarah Ann, 75,108,109,114 Bertha May, 241,279 Beulah May, 242 Silas, 108 Elmer, 241,279 Carrie Elizabeth, 184,242 Keiser-- Freida May, 279

c. w• I 182 Anna Mary, 125,183 Jimmie, 279 Charles Elmer, 185 Eliza Lida, 88,125 Joan, 279 Charles W., 126,184 Isaac P., 87,88,125 Kile-- Cleo Ellen, 370 Kathryn Maude, 125,183 Ardyce Lea, 220 Edwin Luther, 184,242 Olive Blossom, 183 Ernest, 161,220 Elsie May, 184,241 Keith-- Eunice Edith, 220,270 Evelyn Gene, 366,370 Sir William, 12 Joann Jocelyn, 220 Gertrude, 269 Kellerman- Leona Edith, 161,220 Hazel Lee, 184,242 Gladys, 169,225 Wilma Faye, 220 Helen M., 219,269 Kelley-- Kimerl y- - Henry, 219,269 Beverly Jean, 267,287 Arma, 204 Hermie Catherine, 184 Bonnie June, 267 Avery Lynn, 261 Josephine, 177 Eugene Arthur, 218 Charlotte Lynn, 204,261 Lind Joan, 370 Ione May, 267,287 Clarence Gideon, 204 Louie D., 366,370 Shirley Rae, 267 Gladys, 203 Mary Esther, 185,243 Zelda Dorothy, 218,267 Gladys May, 144 Nellie Amanda, 185,243 Kelly-- Harvey Luke, 204,261 Richard Allen, 370 Margie, 310 Ursel, 204 Roger, 269 Kemberling-- William Lowing, 144,203 Johnston-- Magdelena, 331,332 Kimmel-- Helen Lucinda, 185 Sa·muel, 331,332 Anna, 142,145,201 Ida May, 138- Kendig-· Christian, 142,145,201 Jessie, 131 Barbara, 216 Ezra F., 95,142,145 RoyW., 131 Kent-- Florence Marie, 145,204 Sylvester E., 138 Hazel, 241,278 Helen, 145 Jones-- Kenwortht y- - Helen Sarah, 204 Anna C., 259 Lydia, 222 Ida May, 95,97 Daniel, 180 Kern-- Marianne, 204 LewisW., 259 Christiana, 123,180 Mary, 145 Marjorie, 259 George, 123,180 Russell E., 145,204 Martha, 180 Lee, 180 Sarah, 142,145,201 Nellie June, 122,180 Kerr- Sarah J. , 204 Joyce•· Ann, 358,365 Kinnamon- Arlene, 175,231 Car.ol George, 189 Eliza, 126,183 Julian-- Christian, 325 Kinsing- Susan E., 124 Clara, 189 Dorothy, 146 Daniel, 189 Kinsinger-- K Eva Gertrude, 170,226 Harold E., 250,285 George H., 128,189 James Alan, 285 Kaiser- Janet, 226 Joanne, 285 Tillie, 195 Joane Hartley, 226 Larry Ivan, 285 Kane- Louise, 365 Lois, 250,285 Beverly, 261 Louise Jane, 128,189 Mary Ivan, 285 Karl, 261 Lute E., 358 Kinzer-- Keeney- - Marian Estabrook, 189,247 John, 123,181 Nora, 309 Mary B., 347,358 Pearl Maud, 123,181 392

Kipher-- Kromer- Lantz-- Emma, 143 Daniel, 317 Ethel Lorene, 241,279 Kirschner- Helfrig, 317 Jeffery Lee, 279 Fredericke, 203 Philip, 317 William, 241,279 Kirst-- Krout-- Lathrope-- Amanda Catherine, 126,185 Chauncey M., 295 Adrian, 86,121,122 Henry, 185 Elizabeth, 295 Chloe, 122 Sarah, 185 Magdelena, 293 Judson, 122 Kittrick-- Kun rad- - Sarah, 86,122 Charles, 162,220 Hans, 42 Latino-• Cleo Ila, 220 Kunrath- Seraphine, 241,279 Florence May, 162,220 Ul I y ,. 42 Laudig-• Kitts-- Kurtz-- Arza Byron, 184,185 Alice Anne, 223,273 Charles, 110,169 Berniece Ione, 5,184,185 Edward L., 223,273 Charles C., 169 Lauffer-- Steven Edward, 273 Dorothy, 169 Anna Maria, 295 Klinedinst•• Gertrude, 110,169 Elizabeth, 295 Leah, 295 Kuschell-- Jac<1h, 294,296 Knaak-- Anna Margaret, 200,259 Lisabeth, 294 Emma Reinholde, 268 Kutka-- Laughlin-- Knaier-- Geraldine, 219 Mable Evelyn, 234,276 Helen, 144,203 Marie, 234 Knapp•• L Lawler-- Arch, 352 Philip, 56 Charles, 343 Lacy-- Lawyer- Charles T., 352 Catherine, 342,351 Abraham, 64 Ethel J., 352 Elizabeth Day, 224,273 Anna Maria, 41 Hazel, 352 Henry Ankeny, 224,273 Anna Mary, 63 Inez Ellen, 343,352 Henry Pickett, 273 Casper, 41,64 James M., 352 Ida Susan, 351,360 Clara Fisher, 41,64 Ray, 35:l Jessie Louise, 273 Elizabeth, 64 Knecht-- Joseph Monroe, 342,351 Henry, 64 Audrey Joyce, 277 Ruth Ankeny, 273 John, 63 Francis Harold, 234,277 Lahr-- Maria Anna Fisher, 63 Frank, 277 Anna Maria, 41,48,60,63 Martin, 64 Genevieve E., 277 Johan George, 42 Philip, 41,55,63,64 Helen Marie, 234,277 Laird-- Susanna, 64 Larry Lee, 27-7 Esther, 161 Leach-- Koberr-- Lake-- Della, 126,184 Albert L., 180 Herbert, 358,365 Leakey- Janetta, 180 Herbert Truman, 365 Abigail, 347 Kocherthal•• John Kerr, 365 Bruce Hollinger, 365 Joshua, 11 Julia Ann, 365 Caroline, 357,365 Koger-- Miriam Ruth, 365,370 Carrie, 347 Andrew D., 230 Ruth, 358,365 Catherine, 336,339,347 Bertha S., 230 Lambert- Catherine Stombaugh, 348 Claude, 173,230 Elizabeth, 196 Donald J., 366 Claudia May, 230 Jennie Elizabeth, 134,196 Edward E., 358 Iva May, 173,230 Judy Ann, 269 Emma, 347 Kohlsheere- Lorraine, 219,269 Ephriam, 336,339,347,348 Margaret, 162,221 Omer J., 219,269 Eva Ellen, 347,358 Koontz-- Thomas, 196 Floyd W., 359,366 Jennie, 347,358 Lamotte• - Gay G., 358 Krebs-- Rachael M., 65,89,125 Gertrude, 347,357 Miriam G., 295 Lanabaugh- - Helen E., 359 Kreiner -- Helen E., 359 Ina May, 358 Louise Charlotte, 266 James, 359 James G., 358 Krieling-- Landacre-- Jennie, 347,358 Ca r r i e , l 3 0 , 1 9 2 Mamie, 122,180 John Stombaugh, 347,358 Kroh-- Lane-- Joseph R., 347,357,358 Caroline, 308 Fern, 192 Joseph William, 365 Conrad, 308 Kate, 360 Kathleen, 358 393

Leakey-- Laher-- Luellen-- Lavina, 347,358 Elizabeth Laura, 215,216 David, 366 Marcia M., 365 Lolglazier-- Dorothy, 358 Margaret, 347 Shirley, 365,369 Dorothy Bell, 366 Margaret E., 358 Long- - Herman, 358,366 M&ry B., 347,358 Joseph, 118 John, 366,370 May G., 347 Lydia Poorbaugh, 118 John Boyd, 358,366 Mildred Idola, 359,366 Sarah Ellen, 75,118 Justine, 370 Newton E., 357,365 Wilma Faye, 220 Lavina, 347,358 Virginia Ann, 366 Lorenzen-- Lucille, 358,366 William W., 347,358 Goldie Ann, 183 Richard, 366 Leaper-• Mylon, 183 Susan, 370 Edris Fae, 271 Lovell-- Lundberg-- Harry P., 221,271 Helen M., 363 Murrine B., 218,268 Winigene Edris, 271 Lovsee-- Luther-- Leaseman- Homer, 245 Martin, 20,82 George, 327 Violet, 245 Lutman-- Margaret, 327 Lowe-- Fred, 91,136 Lee-- Grace, 184,241 Keziah, 91 Audry, 203,261 Lowen-- Lyan-• Leffler-- Alice Louise, 361 Susannah Dean, 242 Dorothy, 169 Archer Hamilton, 352,361 Wayne, 242 Lehman-- Bernice Louise, 352 Lyman- - Caroline, 309 Beulah Elizabeth, 352,361 Belle, 121 Le id linger- - Edna S., 352,361 Lynch-- Marjorie, 228,274 Hamilton H., 352 Branford G. (Mrs.), 5,50 Leier-- Helen Louise, 361 Lytte-- Catherine, 41,63 Joshua, 254,356 Hooker, 204 Lewis-- Joshua Lewis, 344,352 Marianne, 204 Alma, 181 Keturah, 352,354,355,356 Connie Sue, 276 Keturah Alice, 344,352 M Duane Delbert, 276 Letha Margaret, 6,352 Helen Dora, 234 Nellie Agnes, 352,361 Maag-- Leslie Delbert, 234,276 Robert Stovall, 361 Blessing Elizabeth, 210, Lillie Elizabeth, 234,276 Sallie Ann, 352 260 Mary, 179 Lowenberg-- Dorothy Cornelia, 201 Mildred M., 234,276 Blanche, 130,192 John William, 142,201 Minnie Ruth, _238, 277 Carrie, 130,192 Nelle Bertha, 142,201 Perry Leslie, 178,234 Cora, 130, I 92 Mack- William, 234 Delpha, 130,191 Agnes, 240 Lincoln- Edith, 192 Betty Ann, 222,272 Abraham, 83, 113 Ellen, 90,130 Joseph Frederick, 272 Lind-- Floyd, 130,192 Roy F. , 222,272 Mary, 91 Frances Lee , 19 2 , 2 51 Madigan- Linder-- Genevieve C., 251 Anna, 178 Mildred, 175,231 Georgia, 192 William, 178 Lindsey-• Harry Rome, 192 Madron-- Sarah Ann, 336 Jacob, 130 Ida Pauline, 178,235 Linstedt-- J~dson A., 130,192 Malone-- Arthur Leonard, 266 Lar1y Wayne, 251 Be s s i e Le e , 2 0 7 Christine Dianne, 266 Miriam E., 192 Esther L., 149,207 Janet Marie, 215,266 Morris Cunningham, 192,251 Samuel S., 207 Louise Charlotte, 266 Morris Vance, 251 Manchau-- Robert Frederick, 215,266 Nancy Lee, 251 Carole Ellen, 281 Lint-- Nettie, 130,192 Edward, 243,281 Harriet, 75,111,112 Norma, 192 Philip Edward, 281 Logan-- Roy, 130,192 Rachael Ellen 1 243,281 Dwight, 310 Thelma, 192,251 Manchester-- George Ray, 131 Luellen- Benjamin 0., 91,135 Mabel Irene, 310 Charles, 366 Doris, 198,256 Vinnie May, 310,331 Charles J., 358 Edi th L., 135 Charles L., 347 Elta Belle, 135 394

Manchester- - Martsching- McClain-- Grace, 135,198 Louisa, 121,178 La Veana, 245 Isaac, 135 William, 178 William, 245 Joseph Melvin, 135 Mason- - McClellan-- Mary Jane, 91,135,136 Charles, 28 Edna, 233,275 Philip Erle, 135,198 Clara, 132 James, 275 Manning-- Harry M., 132 Marcus, 233,275 Barbara Lee, 285 Mathews-- McCl in tock- - Maxine, 285 Earl, 187,245 Edith Benton, 110,169 Wallace F., 285 Joyce, 245 Francis A., 169 William Wallace, 285 Leila, 187,245 Franklin, 169 Mar- - Pauline, 245 McCluskey- - Evelyn Dillon, 165,223 Mathias-- Grace Laura, 163 Market-- Anna Maria, 70 Jessie Walter, 163 Byron, 346,357 Benjamin, 70, 71 McConiga-- Daniel (Markert), 331,344, Daniel, 70 Earl, 222, 272 346 George, 70, 71 Eugene Richard, 272 Eliza Margaret, 331,346 Gertrude, 70 Fern, 222,272 Leroy, 357 John, 70, 71 McConnell- Samila, 346,357 Joseph, 46,55,56,57,60,70, Genevieve C., 251 Verna, 357 71 Guy, 140,200 Markey- Leah, 70 Jack, 200 David, 332 Mary Ann Fisher, 55, 70,71 Mayme, 140,200 Marlow- Rachael, 70 McCormick-- Lizzie, 123 Rebecca, 70 Betty Lou, 235,277 Marmie- - Reuben, 70 Billy Dean, 264 Barbara Ann, 267 ·Stephen, 70 Connie Karen, 264 Geraldine Rae, 267 Mauk- - Eva Evalynne, 207,264 Gordon Keith, 267 Barbara Irene, 246 William Laverne, 207,264 John Hirman, 218,267 Bettie Ann, 246 McCoy-- Marilyn June, 267 Bonnie Lou, 246 Carol Ione, 270 Roland Wayne, 267 Charlie, 187,245 Cleo Ila, 220,270 Stella May, 218,267 Minnie Alberta, 187,245 E. Gerald, 220,270 Marriott-- Maul - - Shirley Rae, 270,287 Edward Marshall, 204 Conrad, 325 McCune-- Jane Marie, 204 May-- J. Hurlie, 357,362 Marshall- Alice Elizabeth, 191 John J., 362 Betty, 220,270 Louis C., 191 Ruth Helene, 357,362 Dorothy, 199 Mayer-- McDonough-- Elizabeth, 55 Carl F., 169,225 Barbara Joan, 271 Joshua, 55 Cora Belle, 225 Edris Fae, 221,271 Ronald Robert, 270 Laura Dot, 169,225 Mary Sue, 271 Ruth, 187,246 Leota Arline, 225,273 Merle C., 221,271 Saloma, 56 William Perry, 225 McDowell- Thomas, 56 Maze-- Kate, 308 Martin-- Allen C,, 360,368 Mary, 310 Cora, 139 Charles Mitchell, 368 Will, 308 James, 241,279 Chester, 368 McEntire-- Thelma, 241,279 Faith C., 368 Dennis Edwin, 280 Martindale-- Jean Elizabeth, 360,368 Hester Louise, 242,280 Ellen, 358 Marilyn, 368 Thomas, 242,280 Ephriam E., 358 Michael Allen, 368 McEwen-- Eva Ellen, 347,358 McAdam-- Marian Murchison, 247 Frank, 347,358 Al ta Short, 177,233 McGee- - Margaret Catherine, 358, Virginia Marie, 276 Isabelle Dorothy, 243 365 McBeth-- William Thomas, 243 Mary, 358,365 Andrew, 178 McGriff-- Vada M., 358 Theressa Elizabeth, 121, Alice, 220,270 Marts-- 178 McKay- - Anna Eli:i:abeth, 186 McBrown-- Anna Louise, 251 Chris tine, 350 Hester, 139 McKean-- Katherine, 160,218 395 McKee-- Meyers-- Miller-- Grace E., 264 Betty, 244,282 Prescilla Mildred, 256 McKenzie- Clarence, 240 Ray, 191,250 Charity, 241,279 Irva Jule, 240 She'rian Lee, 287 McKown- - Mildred M., 234,276 Shirley Ann, 250 John, 228,274 Michael- Thelma Irene, 147 Kathleen Diane, 274 Julianna, 71 Thomas W., 180 Lois Bernice, 228,274 Louis, 71 Willa, 191,250 Susan Eileen, 274 Michelwait-- Millikin- McLain-- Cecil Irving, 178,235 Sarah, 72 Diana, 284 Mable Bertha, 178,235 Mineart-- LaYeana May, 284 Nettie B., 235 Carol Elizabeth, 276 Wi l l i am, 2 8 4 Ruth Ellen, 235 Fern Elizabeth, 234,276 Will iarn Lee, 284 Samuel H., 235 Marlyn Louise, 276 McNeely-- Miesse-- Mary Margaret, 276 Helen, 184,241 Stella, 184,241 Rosalie Marie, 276 Meek-- Miley-- Sylvester Henry, 234,276 Anna A., 106,163 Irma, 172,228 Miner- Meier-- Miller- Charles, 222 George W., 171 Adam, 68, 70 Maxine, 222 Virginia lone, 171 Alice, 116,171,173 Mitchell- - Meir-- Arnold, 191,250 Al, 153 Sarah, 296 Barbara, 325,326 Amelia Elizabeth, 153 Meldams-- Beulah, 191,250 Charlotte Lynn, 204,261 Yirginia Marie, 233 l3lanche, 191 Eileen Florence, 145 Melsheimer- Claire Clement, 191 Elizabeth, 5,342,351 Frederick V., 70 Clinton, 130,191 Elizabeth Funk, 360,361 Mendal-- Delpha, 130,191 Francis, 153 Johanna, 310 Dorothy, 192,251 Frank Leland, 351,360,361 Mengel-- Earl Vernon, 173 Helen Gertrude, 360,367 Mary Lee, 220 Edith, 173 Janet Helen, 367 Mercer- - Edwill, 309 Jean Elizabeth, 360,368 Edith, 360 Effie, 192,250 Joseph Leland, 360,367 George Edward, 351,360 Elizabeth M., 191,250 Margaret, 360,367 Harrison, 360 Floyd, 191,249 Mary Elmira, 360,367 Ida Susan, 351,360 F, dnk, 116,171,173 Nora, 368 Jessie, 360 George, 256,325 Mittelberger- John Rue, 360 George Henry, 199,256,257 Gottlieb, 13 Katherine, 360 Gloria Marie, 287 Mittendorf- Walter Joshua, 360 Grace, 191,249 Evelyn, 188,247 Merman-- Helen Marguerite, 199,256,257 Jerry De, 247 Edward, 195 Helen Ramsell, 256,257 Mitzel-- Virginia Mabel, 195 Ida, 191,249 Abbie, 308 Meroney-- Jeanette, 266 Almeda Ruth, 310 Mabel L., 160 John Phillips, 287 Amanda, 306,308,309 Samuel E., 160 John William, 275,287 Anna Elizabeth, 303,305,306 Merrill-- Kenneth, 191,250 Cameron McDowell, 310 Andrew H., 361 Kenneth, Jr., 250 Carlyle Betty, 310 Ann Eliza, 361 !._:>na Edith, 191 Caroline, 308,309 George Lowen, 361 Laura Etta, 122,180 Celaming Eugene, 310 Helen Agnes, 361 Leola Blanche, 275,287 Charles, 305,306,308 Helen Elizabeth, 361,368 Lillian S., 256 Charles Michael, 306,310, James Andrew, 352,361,368 Lois, 250,284 311 Martha, 361 Madge, 191,250 Charles Paules, 310 Nellie Agnes, 352,362 Malinda, 180 Charles Wesley, 308,309 Robert, 361 Margaret, 173,309 Clarence Henry, 306,309, Metcalf-- Mary, 68 310 Winifred, 357,362 Maxine, 285 Clarence Wesley, 306,310 Meyer-- Nettie, 5,191 Daniel, 305,306 Cecil Rose, 111,168 Nina, 191,250 Elizabeth, 303,305,306, Frank J., 168 Pamela Helen, 256 308 Peter, 326 Emanuel, 308 396

Mitzel- Muller- Neu-- Henry, 308 Charles, 366 Charles Raymond, Jr., 258 Iris Louise, 310 Grace, 359,366 Clarence L., 200 Jane, 308 Murphy-- Dick Duane, 259 Joel, 305 Lilliam Ruth, 200 Franklin Howard, 200,258 Johanna, 310 Myers-- Gladys Evelyn, 200,258 John, 305,308 Albert Cook, 5,43,70,145, Helen, 200,259 Julia, 308 204,205 Ida May, 199 Kathryn, 306,310 Annie, 98 Joan, 259 Kathryn Jane, 310 E. Mae, 146 Leah Marie, 200,258 Lamanda, 308 Edith Cook, 145 Marian, 200 Louise, 310 Elizabeth, 68, 75,98,99, Marian Emma, 258 Lydia, 305 104,105 Patricia M., 258 Mabel Irene, 310 E l i z abet h A. , 9 9 Sarah Ruth, 258 Margie, 310 Georgia Cook, 146 Vernon E., 200,258 Margreta, 306 Jacob T., 98 William Amos, 258 Marie Viola, 310 John Toner, 98,145 Neudig- Mary, 305,308 Levi Toner, 98 Sophia, 316 Mary Ann, 305 Mary Catherine, 98 Neuhaus- Matilda, 306,309,310 Mary E., 98 Eliza, 308 Michael, 303,305,306 Matilda, 98 Jacob, 308 Minnie, 310 Minnie May, 177 Nevotry-- Olive, 310 Moses, 105 Ca l v in, 367,371 Paul Luther, 310 Resanna, 75,105,109 Donald Lee, 371 Phi lip, 305 Sarah, 98 Peggy Blanche, 367,371 Raymond Arthur, 310 Sarah A., 98,145 New-- Robert, 308 Solomon, 68,98 Ada May, 138 Robert Nevin, 310 Susan, 98 Adam W., 138 Sarah, 305,308 Myhart- Newcomer-- Susan, 305 Charles, 71 Mary Kathryn, 186,244 Violet Ehrhart, 310 Susanna, 71 Newman- - William, 308 Barbara Ann, 271 Mize- N Iris, 220,270 Etta, 139 Me Ruin Lee, 2 71 Moeller-- Nance- William, 220,270 Esther Hepp, 149,211 Myrtle, 124 Newton-- Hans Henry, 149,211 Nause-- Florence Edwina, 5,137, Moffitt-- Della Mary, 175,231 199 Mary S., 220,271 Nedrow- - Roland H., 137,199 Moore-- Christina E., 75,116 Nicholas-- Dolores E., 281,288 Neely- Almeda Ruth, 310 Margaret Fern, 140 Florence, 368 Charles, 310 Marjory Fern, 201 Helen Elizabeth, 361,368 Nickols-- Mornd-- Maurice C., 361,368 George D., 222 Emma, 218,269 Sandre Helen, 368 Lydia K., 222 Morse- - William Clinton, 368 Mary Harriet, 164,222, Florence Sarah, 200 Neiderhauser- 223 Mortimer-- Mary, 92 Niederhauser-- Florence, 368 Neill-- Mary, 92 Mothershed- Lucy Dora, 123,180 Niel son- - Elvin, 179,236 Neiswander-- Betty, 164 Gene Arnold, 236 Mollie, 90,132 Nockleby-- Lottie, 179,236 Nel~on-- Mildred Elizabeth, 194, Mowrey-- Carry, 127 252 Edna, 172,229 Nervich-- Norris-- Moyer-- Helen, 173,230 Nettie, 124,182 Jemimah, 75,104,117 Neu-- North-- Sanford, 75,104,117 Adam W., 199 El izaheth M., 191,250 Mueller-- Beryl Irene, 200 Ellen A., 250 Margaret, 191,249 Byron H. , 200 James, 250 Muhlenberg-- Cecil E., 200 Novino- Henry M., 15 Charles Raymond, 200,258 Anthony, 310 397

Novino-- Osborne- - Partridge - - Violet Ehrhart, 310 Madison, 337,350 Carolyn Elizabeth, 226 Nov is- - Martha Marie, 366 Coleen, 169,226 Boyde, 202 Mary Belle, 350,359 Dean Francis, 226 Charlotte, 143 Maureen, 370 Donald Gail, 226,274 Charlotte Fidelia, 143,202 Melvin Durant, 350,359 Donna Lee, 274 Fern, 202 Olive Eve, 350,359 Dorothy Ann, 226 Forest Glenn, 202 Reta Maurean, 366,370 Maggie E., 226 Ort Lionel, 202 Sadie E., 350,359 Margaret L., 226,274 Peter Jacob, 143,202 Thelma Etta, 360 Victor Otis, 169,226 Wans Leon, 202 Osburn-- Passwater- - Benjamin Franklin, 190 Edan, 241 0 Burt Frank, 128,190 Pastorius- - Eleanor May, 190,248 Francis Daniel, 9 O' Bani on- - Ethel Viola, 190,248 Paton- - Fred A., 231 James Duane, 248, EdnaM., 207,263 Fred A., Jr., 175,231 Lawrence Paul, 190,248 Glen, 207,263 Wilda June, 175,231 Lawrence Paul, Jr., 248 Wayne, 263 O' Conner- - Rebecca K., 128,129,190 Paules-- Marjorie, 197 Otis- Matilda, 306,309,310 O'Donnell-- Marjorie, 198 Pearson-- Mary Ann, 258,286 William, 198 Dorothy Joan, 187,238,247 O'Grady-- Over lander- Pedersdatter-- Julia Ann, 95,145 Peter, 63 Sidsel, 210 Olney- - Susannah, 63 Pell- - Earl, 187 O.Vens-- Beverly Jean, 271, 287 Violet J., 187 Darlene Joan, 233,276 Delores P., 271 Orr-- Frances Nadine, 233,276 Fred, 220,271 Leah Marie, 200,258 Iris Ardella, 218,269 Iris, 220,271 Ort-- Nancy Rae, 269 Lyle Dean, 271 Alice, 95,97,143 Remus Raymond, 218,269 Penn- - Blanche, 143,202 Robert Thomas, 269 Louise Ardell, 243 Blanche Ross, 202,203 William, 5,7,8,9,11,25, Catherine Alice, 203 p 26,204 Charlotte Fidelia, 143,202 Perdew-- Daniel, 95,143 Pac a- - Ava Jeanette, 194 Emma, 143 William, 50 Avonia Kyle, 132,194 Frederick, 143 Paden- - Bernice, 194 Grace A., 143 Gernie Evelyn, 243 Dorothy, 194 Harvey S. , 143 Robert, 243 Harlan Fiske, 194 Ida Anna, 143 Parker-- Hanni, 194 Milton Frederick, 143,202 Betty, 236 Hanni Schubert, 252 Milton Ross, 202 Irving, 170 Ingrid Hanni, 252 Minnie, 143,202 Jack, 170 John William, 252 Walter Daniel, 143 Joseph, 111,170 Mary Hale, 194 Osborne - - Nada, 170,226 Miriam, 194,252 Charles Albert, 350,359 Veda, 170,226 Neil Westbrook, 194 ElsieC., 359,366 Viola, 111,170 Philip Wilbur, 194,252 Evelyn Gene, 366,370 Rebecca, 194 Florence, 366,370 Barbara Meryl, 194 Rebecca F., 194 Fred Lynn, 366 Gladys, 132,194 Richard Melville, 194,252 Fred Madison, 359,366 Lorne, 132,194 Ruth A., 194,252 Goldie L., 359 Lorene Clements, 194 William, 194 Grace M., 359,366 Marjorie Dell, 194 William Clements, 194 Ivan Muller, 366 Par sha 11- - William Henry, 132,194 Jack M., 359 Clara, 349 Perry-- Jay 'A., 359 Parsons-- Henrietta, 146 Jessie E., 359 Frank M., 207 John Truman, 146 Josephine Mae, 144,203 Jennie, 149,207 Petersen-- Karl Uurant, 366,370 Samantha, 207 Elmore, 149,209,210,216,341 Karleen, 370 Partridge- - Florence Hepp, 6,149,209, Lovin a, 337,350 Arthur L., 226 210,216,341 398

Petersen- Porter-- R Jens, 210 Alma, 228 Ole, 209,210 Almer, 172,228 Raab-- Sidsel, 209 Bertha Viola, 134,195 Lydia, 305 Peterson-- Clara M., 172,228 Susan, 305 Dorothy Jean, 153 David Eugene, 244 Rabjohn-- Goldie, 153 Edith, 228 Edwin, 193 Paul William, 153 Gwendolyn, 186,244 Sarah Ann, 193 Pettit-- Irene, 228 Ramer-- James K., 125 Martha Ann, 180 Chester, 219 Lucy Matilda, 88,124,125 Richard Frank, 244 Lois, 219 Pfeffer- - Poulson- - Ramsell-- Mary E., 98 Ladora, 109 Barbara Ann, 257 Pfeiffer- - Wils D., 109 Betty June, 199,257 Emma May, 128,189 Powers-- Caroline R., 199 Godfrey, 84,89,110,128,129, Dona Lee, 245,283 Helen Marguerite, 199,256 190 Eilene, 362,368 Marguerite May, 137,199 John, 129 Eldon, 245,283 Patricia Ellen, 257 Laura Belle, 128,188,190 Joseph W., 368 William Moses, 137,199 Louise Jane, 128,189 Linda Kay, 283 William Moses, Jr., 199, Rebecca Katherine, 128,129, Nora, 368 257 190 Poyser-- Ranck- Sarah, 89,128,190 Elsie Elaine, 258,286 John, 55 Stella Clara, 128,190 Pribe-- Randall-- Phelps-- Albert Marzolf, 357,362 Carole, 275 Clara, 123,182 Emily Elizabeth, 362,369 Clofa, 181 Phillips-- Irma Richards, 345,357,362 Edna, 233,275 Donald E., 221 Nancy Clark, 362,369 Edward, 233,275 Shirley Gale, 221 Price-- Edward S., 177,233 Pickett-- Christine M., 350 Florence, 177,233 David Marcus, 281 Flora May, 350 Rosmae, 233,275 Douglas Robinson, 224 George, 71 Raper-- Elizabeth Day, 224,273 Ralph Edward, 350 Eliza Alice, 342,350 Jane Elizabeth, 281 Susan, 71 Flora May, 350 Jarrell Waskom, 166,168, William Edward, 350 John L., 342,350 224 Prichard-- Julia E., 350 Judith Lee, 281 Delores, 271 Rosa E., 350 Leander, 224 Puffer-- William Emery, 350 Leona May, 243,281 Alford Wingert, 170 Rappard-- Ludie C., 224 Emma Maria, 112 Lottie Bertha, 229 Marcus B., 243,281 Eva Gertrude, 170,226 Rasmussen-- Margaret Joy, 224 John Quincy, 112,170 Alfred, 201 Miriam Lee, 224 Vera Fern, 170 Nelle Harmon, 20.1 Ruth, 166,168 Pummi 11-- Rau-- Ruth Robinson, 224 Doris Evelyn, 244,283 Adelheide R., 218,268 Pixley-- Harley, 244,283 Carl August, 268 Abbie Marie, 118,173,174 Janet Arline, 283 Emma Reinholde, 268 Plowman-- Roland Eugene, 283 Ray-- E. G., 210 Ruth, 207 Malinda, 180 Q Sarah, 88 Plummer-- Reaser-- Phoebe, 114,172 Quimby-- Jacob Andrew, 185 Padgett-- Edith Myrtle, 179,236 Mary Ann, 185 Nora, 122 Ella May, 121,179 Oliver, 185 Sarah, 86,122 Harold Fisher, 179,236 Rose Maria, 185 Theodore, 86,121,122 Helen Louise, 179,236 Redick-- Poling-- Jane Loree, 236 Carl, 240,277 June, 118,175 Mary Jo, 236 Laura, 240,277 Martin H., 175 Perry Lee, 121,179 Phillis Ann, 277 Minerva, 175 Robert George, 236 Robert Carl, 278 Pollard- Wilma Jean, 278 Jane, 236 399

Reed-- Richie-- Robinson- Della May, 352 Linda Jay, 269 Florence, 359 Harrison, 352 Otis, 219,269 G. D., 359 Katherine, 352 Warren Dale, 269 John Wesley, 110,166,167, Mary Jane, 71 Richter- 168,225 Sarah Ellen, 162,220 Adele, 227 Marian, 362,369 Susie, 92,139,140 Rickey-- Mi r i am , 16 6 , 2 2 5 Reeves-- Ella Elizabeth, 104,162 Paul, 166 Lydia Viola, 129,190 Ricker-- Ruth, 166,167,168,224 Mary Ann, 190 Beatrice, 182,240 Roemer-- William J., 190 Judith Ann, 240 Caroline, 199 Rehmeyer-- Mary Isabelle, 182,239 Rogers-- Evans Melvin, 309 Myrtilla, 68,123,182 Evelyn, 207 Hazel N., 309 Nellie, 182,240 Everett, 207 Jeanelle Anita, 309 Sandre Nelle, 240 Rohrback-- Mary Ann, 309 William, 123 Christian, 318 Melvin, 309 William, Jr., 182,240 Rohrer-- Reid-- William E., 182 Beverly, 221,271 Carla Lee, 273 Riley-- Maria, 216 Leota Arline, 225,273 Esther Hepp, 149,211 Minnie Genevieve, 127,186 Lester William, 225,273 Margaret Irene, 145,204 Roller-- Reigner- Theodore, 149,211 Susan, 349,359 Barbara, 173 Wilmette, 187,246 Root-- Rein- Rinehart-- Ellen, 91,136 Elizabeth, 296 Albert Leroy, 160,218 Rosa-- Jacob, 296 Arthur V., 160 Effie Hazel, 171,233 Reinoldt-- Elizabeth, 102,103,160 Rose-- James, 258 Jessie Hull, 103,160 Diana Rae, 275 Kathaleen, 258 Jessie May, 160 Esther Fern, 229,275 Lillian, 200,258 Julia Edwards, 160,218 Leroy, 229,275 Vernon E., ~00,258 Lowell Ernest, 160 Sandra Kay, 275 Aenner-- Mabel L., 160 Rosenblum-- Minnie, 143,202 Ripley-- Doris M., 225,273 Rennoll-- Emily Francis, 243,281 Ross-- Marie, 295 Risler-- Andrew Jackson, 202 Reycraft-- Harriet, 184 Augusta, 102 Mary, 229 Ritter-- Blanche, 143 Reynolds-- Addie, 235 Catherine, 202 Anna M., 135 Harry, 359 John, 102 Charles, 362,369 Isabelle, 336,349 Rose, 118,174 Lois Joanne, 369 Jacob, 336,349 Roth- Mary Bernice, 362,369 Paul, 359 Barbara, 208 Robert, 369 Russell, 349,359 Beulah, 261 Rexroat-- Susan, 349,359 Roudebush-- Eunice Edith, 270 Robbins- David Earl, 278 Sue Ann, 270 Elsie, 138 David Kent, 241,278 Wayne, 220,270 Roberts-- Earl, 183,241 Doris Ann, 259,286 Harry B., 360,367 Hazel, 241 Rhodes-- ~elen Gertrude, 360,367 Hazel Kent, 278 John, 259,286 John, 367 Joseph Brooks, 241 Sandra Ann, 286 Joseph, 123 Laura Ann, 278 Rice-- Julia, 123 Lola Ellen, 184,241 Rebecca, 220 Robertson- Miriam Louise, 241,278 Richards- Andrew, 331 Rousculp-- Anna, 124 Edna Mae, 359,367 Clara, 90,132 John, 56 Marcella, 249,284 Roxburgh- Margaret, 357 Nancy, 331 Winifred, 207,263 Richie-- Robins-- Royce-- Audrey Faith, 219,269 Della, 187,246 Frank, 250 ·Dennis Wayne, 269 Robinson-- Jean Lucille, 250 Janet Lee, 269 Elizabeth Fisher, 110,166, Rudd-- Larry Allen, 268 167,168 Ozella Rosemond, 134,195 400

Ruder-- Salmons- Schoch-- E. 0., 187 Enphie, 122 Mary Eloise, 204 Hazel, 187 Jessie 8., 122 Russell William, 204 Rudy-- Randolph, 122 William Frederick, 145 Helen Amanda, 243,282 Sanders-- Schoenherr-- Jeanette Amanda, 282 Barbara Olene,·227,274 Mary Caroline, 95 Richard Allen, 282 Wilhelmina, 137,199 Mary Catherine, 144 Richard J. Baxter, 243,282 Saurs-- Schramm-- Sharon Elizabeth, 282 Erma Myra, 268 Anna Ruth, 186,245 Ruggles-- Saylor-- Earl, 186,245 Sarah C., 251 Lydia, 305 Eileen Elizabeth, 284 Ruhl-- Schaal-- Gloria, 245,283 Henry, 62 Adam H., 114,172 Jack Junior, 245,284 Rummel-- Barbara Olene, 227,274 Jerry, 284 Augusta, 102 Dale Harvey, 227,274 LaVeana, 245,284 Celia, 102,160 Dorothy Esther, 227 Orland LeRoy, 245,284 Elizabeth, 102 Etta Esther, 172,227 Orland LeRoy, Jr., 284 Elva, 102 Goldie Fern, 170 Roslee, 245,284 Emma, 102 Linda Ann, 274 Sidney, 284 Etta, 102 Max Newton, 227 Schreiher- Martin, 75,102 Newton H., 5,172,227 Alvin"A., 172,227 Rebecca, 75,102 Sarah Elizabeth, 114,172 Amy, 172,228 Runyon-- Walter A., 172 Ardith Leah, 228 Gertrude, 201,260 Walter John, 227 Arthur, 228 Grace H. , 260 Schabacker- Beth Irene, 229 William H., 260 Mary, 145 Betty, 228 Rutenbur- Schaffer-- Carol, 229 Florence, 175,231 Minnie Alberta, 187 Charles Fred, 114,172 Rutledge- Norma Jean, 195 Charles Frederick, 229 flor~nce, 189 Schakel-- Clara M., 172,228 Rygh-- Grace A., 161,219 Cleta A., 172,228 Bell C., 207 Schantz- Duane, 229 Burva Jean, 207 Adam, 261 Dwight, 229 Adam III, 203,261 Earl S., 228 s Adam Charles, 261 Edna, 172,229 John, 261 Edward Franklin, 115 Sabine-- Marianna, 261 Ellen H., ll5 Charles F., 135,198 Mary Eve, 261 Elva, 228 Charles F., Jr., 198 Miriam, 203 Emma Kazia, 114,173 Fern, 198 Miriam Steffey, 261 Everett, 228 Fern Hoover, 255 Schernaukau-- Frank F. , 172 Jane, 198 Chloe Hooke, 242,280 Gideon Lincoln, 114,116, Jane Collyer, 255 Jacob Hall, 242,280 172 Janet, 255 Paul Wheeler, 280 Gladys A., 172,229 Janet Aiken, 255 Samuel Hook, 280 Gladys G., 172,228 Jannette, 198 Schlageter-- Hanna, 114 Jennie, 135 Maria Rosena, 195 Harvey ff., 172 Jennie Gladys, 198 Schloerh-- Irma, 172,228 Kenneth fisher, 198,255 Elizabeth Ann, 260 Jane H., 228,274 Marjorie, 198 Lester J., 201,260 James Ralph, 274 Michael, 255 Margaret Jane, 260 John Frederick, 34,75,114, Norman C., 198,255 Richard Allen, 260 115,116,172,228 Robert, 198 Sarah Jane, 201,260 Lester Burgert, 228,274 Shirley Mae, 198 Schneider-- Lester L., 172,228 Theodore, 198,255 Alverta Leota, 170,227 _Linda Jean, 274 Theodore, Jr., 255 Hazel Ella, 170 Lois Bernice, 228,274 Sagan-- Louise, 170 Lyle Edwin, 229 John, 224 Louise Caroline, 6,112 Mabel, 172 Margaret Joy, 224 Peter Henry, 112,170 Mabel Greig, 227 St. Clair- Sophie, 170 Margaret Ann, 274 Imogene, 199,256 Schoch-- Maria, 75,114,115,116,228 Florence Marie, 145,204 Marietta, 115 401

Schreiber- Scofield- - Shane-- Marjorie, 228,274 Harrison Lee, 285 Nellie J., 263 Marnyl, 228 Ida Louise, 255,285 Ralph D., 263 Marvin LeRoy, 228,274 Scott-- Shank-• Mary, 172 Patricia Ann, 285 Elaine, 243 Mary B., 228 Samuel Lafayette, 255,285 Shanklin-- Maude, 172 Shirley Lee, 255,285 J. H., 354 Maude Chandler, 227 Scroggs- Shary-- Melvin, 228 Elva, 102 Anna Maria, 293 Merton M., 172,229 Lou, 102 John, 248,293 Mildred, 172 Sears-- Shaul-- Myrtle, 172 Kinnamon, 126,184 Martha Marie, 366 Norma, 228 Sechrist- Sheaffer-- Perseda, 115,173 Elizabeth, 305 Matilda 0., 98 Phoebe, 114,172 John, 305 Shearer-- Ralph Roy, 116,172,228, Seipp-- Jacob, 317 229 Audry Amanda, 194 Sheats-- Richard, 228 Edna, 194 Bertha, 230 R9setta, 114,173 Ina Z., 132,194 Margaret, 362,368 Sarah Elizabeth, 114,172 Joseph William, 194 Phillip Alan, 368 Theodore, 172,228 Robert Walter, 194 Robert C., 362,368 Verla, 228 William L., 132,194 Sheldon-- Wallace, 228 Selsor-- Eva Eleanor, 170,227 Wallace W., 172,228 Albert C., 220 George Maxfield, 170,227 Wayne, 228 Albert P., 162,220 George Maxfield III, 227 Wilber, 228 Edith Pearl, 162,220 Kathleen, 227 Willard M., 172 Frank, 220 Steven Timothy, 227 William Henry, 114 Linda, 271 Shellenbarger- Schubert- Lucille M., 220 Elizabeth, 342 Hanni, 194,252 Marvin D., 220 Sherman- Schultz-- Mary Lee, 220 Lillian, 256 Anna D., 239 Mary S., 220,271 Sherrick- Barbara Ann, 239 Pearl, 163,222 Elizabeth, 351 Clyde Henry, 182,239 Rebecca, 220 Sherwood-- George J., 239 Robert L., 220,271 Ruth, 243,282 Mary, 182 Ruth A., 194,252 Shirk- - Mary Clyde, 239 Susan, 271 Alice Mae, 228 Mary IsabeUe, 239 Sewell-- Harold, 228 Nancy Lee, 239 Emily, 124 Shiverdecker- Schuman- Ruth, 367,371 Ruth M., 181 Lydia, 258 Shafer- Shoaf- Schwalm-- Absalom, 65 Elitabeth, 328 Charles Lester, 173,230 Sarah,. 65 Shockey-- Edith Emma, 173,229 Shaffer-- · Christopher, 328,330 Helen Esther, 173,230 Adam, 140 Valentine, 330 Irwin Milton, 229 Bessie Ellen, 187,245 Shook-- John Elmer, 173 Charles Franklin, 187,246 Margaret, 122,179 John T., 229 Eva, 127 Short-- John Thomas, 115,173 Eve Christina, 187 Ethel May, 200 Laura Esther, 173,229 Geraldine, 246 Vernon L., 200 Margie Mae, 230 Harry Vernon, 187 Shorten-- Mildred, 173 James Elvert, 187 Theresa M., 125,183 Rosetta, 5,115,173' James M., 127,187 Shroeder-- Roy Edgar, 173,229 Josephine, 187,246 Daniel, 68 Roy Edgar, Jr., 229 Leila, 187,245 Sieman-- Winona Esther, 173,229 Matilda, 187 Floy, 218,269 Schwarm- Mary, 92,140,308 Siersdorfer- Mildred, 258 Mary Ellen, 193,251 Hazel, 352 Schwerdtfeger-· Minnie Alberta, 245 Samuel, 352 Anna Elizabeth, 101 Nadine, 246 Simon-- Scofield-- Nellie May, 187,245 Anna Gartroute, 315,316 Harold Lee, 255,285 Violet J., 187 Anna Maria, 315,316 402

Simon-- Smith-- Spensley-- Artie, 118 Ginette, 362,369 Adeline Margaret, 218,266 Catharina, 315,316 Helen M., 357,363 Edith Amanda, 266 Edward, 118 Henry, 3'09 Geraldine Rosemond, 267 Gertrude, 293,303,315 Horace, 310 Horner Vernon, 267 Hans Adam, 315,316 Irma Richards, 357,363 Jeanette M., 266 Maria Elizabeth, 315,316, James Heuston, 357,363 John fletcher, 266 318 James lleuston, Jr., 363 Lorna Jane, 267,287 Marillis, 315,316 Leah, 308 Norma Ruth, 267,286 Mary Elizabeth, 293,303 Leila, 135 Robert Dewitt, 266 Philip, 293,303,315,316 Leila Dott, 198 Vincent Homer, 218,266 Simons- Louisa, 308 Spry-- Menno, 10 Margaret, 357 Nell, 131,192 Simpson-- Marian, 362,369 Spurlock- Bonnie June, 267 Marie Viola, 310 Arma, 204 John Wi 11 iam, 267 Mary, 309 Staats-- Skaggs-- Norris W., 256 Dorothy Dakin, 242,280 Helen Louise, 361 Richard Goodman, 362,369 Staelz-- Skillen-- Ruth Helene, 357,362 Anna Catherine, 48 Robert H., 366 Samuel, 308 Stage-- Virginia Ann, 366 Sarah B., 256 Elotta Pearl, 125,183 Skillings-- Thomas, 369 Stagemeyer-- Lora, 357 William Albert, 344,346, Duard Fred, 207,263 SamK., 357 357 Kenneth Leland, 263,286 Slater-- William Albert, Jr., 357, Nellie Jane, 207,263 Amy, 131 362 Patricia, 263,286 Earl, 131 Winifred, 357,362 Sue Ann, 286 Sledd-- Smothers-- Stahl-- Geraldine, 237 Phillis, 221,271 Reginia, 87 Mona Delores, 275 Smuck-- Stanley-- Robert Lee, 275 Catherine, 303 Minnie, 310 Slinkard- Eva, 303 Stambach-~ Fred, 245 Jacob, 303,304 Fillibs, 326 Mary, 245 John, 64,303,304 Hans Jacob, 326 Smeeth-- Darrell Eugene, 276 Stambag-- Clara, 46,64 Smutz-- J a cob, 326 Elizabeth, 6_4 Karen Marlene, 276 Stambagh- John, 41,64 Keith William, 234,276 Jacob, 326 Maria Magdelena, 41,64 Lillie Elizabeth, 234,276 Stambuck-- Smith-- Lyle Keith, 276 Anna Magretha, 326 Agnes, 357 Snow- Stanback-- Agnes T., 362 Geneva, 187 Jacob, 326 Allen Irving, 198,256 Snowden-- Standing-- Allen Irving, Jr., 256 Emma Florence, 87,124 Mary Evelyn, 229,274 Andrew Jackson, 363 Snuff-- Standley-- Barbara Jeanne, 255,285 Alton J., 183 Josephine, 177 Beatrice Leila, 256 - Irva Jule, 182,240 Stanford- flenjamin, 71 John W., 125,182 Clement, 126,184 Caro 1, 369 Julia Ann, 125,180 Lydia, 126 Charles M., 135,198 Sonnichsen-- Lydia Alice, 184 Constance Agnes, 369 llarold Eric, 251 Mary Lucille, 184,242 David, 369 Harold M., 192,251 Stansberry-- Dean Philip, 357,362 Susan Elizabeth, 251 Maggie M., 234 Dean Seyward, 362,369 Thelma, 192,251 Stanton-- Doris, 198,256 South- - Helen Louise, 193,252 Effie, 344 Vivian, 241,278 Lucian, 193,252 Elenora, 71 Sowers-- Robert Edwin, 252 Elizabeth A_, 356 Phi 1 ip, 333 Starner- Emma florence, 344,346, Spangler-- Alice E., 4 3 57 Mildred Viola, 221,271 Stauffer-- Freda, 221,271 Spencer-- Al ice Anna, 223,273 Gertrude, 141 Sarah, 92 Carol D., 223 403

Stauffer-- Steffey- - Stombaugh- Elizabeth, 108,109,164, Margaret Buckley, 261 Alden E., 149 165 Margaret Irene, 144,204 Amanda, 331,342 Francis Gilbert, 108,164 Martha, 95 Ann, 328,331,332,333,334 Leslie DeWitt, 164,222,223 Martin Luther, 95,97,141 Ann Elizabeth, 101,149 Mary Harriet, 164,222,223, Mary Anna, 95,141,144,203 Anna Maria, 342,345,351 272 Mary Caroline, 95 Arch V., 149,207 Nancy M., 164 Mary Catherine, 144 Arnold, 357 Robert Nickols, 223 Melvin Benjamin, 95 Barbara, 325,326,328,331 William, 165 Michael, 5,34,65,66,67,96, Betta Ann, 263 Steever- - 97,145 Burva Jean, 207 Adam, 41,56,64 Michael Warner, 95 Catherine, 328,331,332,333, Anna Maria, 41,64 Milton Monroe, 95,97,145 336,338,339,342,343,345, Elizabeth, 64 Miriam, 203,261 347,349,350 Steffey-- Orville Deevey, 144,203 Charles Cook, 344,357 Albert, 67,95,96 Richard Ecki, 203 Charles Cook II, 357 Alice, 95,143 Robert W., 203 Charles E., 207,263 Anna, 65,95,97,141 Ruth Emma, 145,204 Christian, 328 Arthur G., 144,203 Ruth Flynn, 203 Chri!ltine, 325,328 Arthur, Jr., 203,261 Sarah Jane, 95,97,98,141 Clarence, 337 Audry Lee, 203,261 Sharon, 261 Clayton C., 101,149,338 Beverly, 261 Stuart Stanislaus, 145,204 Clifford C., ·149 Carole, 261 Stuart William, 204 Danny,263 Carolyn Ann, 204 Susan Lee, 261 David Barton, 357 Charles Delvin, 141 Stermer-- Della May, 352 Charles Donald, 203,261 Hazel N., 309 Edith, 357 Charles Evans, 144,203 Joseph, 308 Edna M., 207,263 Charles Evans II, 261 Kenneth, 309 Effie, 344 Clara Irene, 144,204 Magdalena, 308 Eileen Marie, 263 Claude, 141 Margaret, 308 Eliza, 75,101,102,159,336, Dary, 261 Sarah, 308 338,341,348 Dorothy Carolyn, 203 Stetson-- Eliza Alice, 342,343,350 Edward Conrad, 95 Edith Alice, 215,265,266 Eliza Margaret, 331,333, Eileen Florence, 145 Howard C., 265 344,346 Ellen, 89,125 Julia M., 265 Elizabeth, 3,101,102,112, Elsa, 141 Richard Bachman, 265 149,152,153,154,156,158, Emma Elizabe~h, 95 Robert Edward, 215,265,266 160,325,327,328,341 Estella, 141 Robert Edward II, 265 Emma Florence, 344,346,356 Estel la Ann, 144,203 Stevens-- Esther, 149,207 Eulora, 141,201 Edith Blanche, 134,194 Eunice, 263 Florence Louise, 144,203 Stever-- Eva Evalyne, 207,264 George, 89,96,125 Del la, 235 Eve, 102,331,336,337,338, George Monroe, 145 Stick-- 339,340,341 Gertrude, 141 Sarah Ann, 65,67,91,135 Fern, 149,207 Gideon W., 95,97,144 Stickney-- Finley S., 337,338 Gladys May, 144,203 Harry Foster, 163,222 Fred, 347 Gloria Marie, 204 Haze 1 D., 163,222 Fred A., 207,263 Harry Michael, 145 Lillian F., 222 Frederick, 327,328,331 Hattie, 95,144 Marian, 222 George, 33,75,101,102,325, Helen, 144 William D., 222 328,330,331,332,333,334, Helen Irene, 145 William M., 222 335,336,338,339,341,343, Helen K., 203 Stiffler-- 3 4 5 , 3 4 7 , 3 48 , 3 5 7 Ida May, 95,97,142,145 Mary Elizabeth, 293 George W., 102,333,336,342, Jane Marie, 204 Stodden-- 347,352 John Milton, 145,204 Joyce, 244,282 Grace, 149 John Milton, Jr., 204 Stoehr-- Hannah, 331,333 Josephine Mae, 144,203 Anna Eve, 71,99,146 Harriet, 342 Josiah, 95,97,144 Daniel, 71,99 Harry J., 352 Julia Ann, 95,145 Henrietta Dorethea, 71,99 Helen, 149 Kathleen, 203 Stombaugh-- Inez Ellen, 343,352 Lydia, 89,125 Adeline, 347,357 Irena Jane, 344,356 Margaret, 95,203,261 Agnes, 325,327,328 Isabelle, 336,338,349 404

Stombaugh-- Stombaugh- Strait-- Jacob, 325,326,327,328, Susan, 328,345 William, 187,246 330,331 Susan Clark, 331,344 Straw-- Jennie, 1-49, 207 Susannah, 331,333,342,343, Georgia, 189,248 Joanna, 102,117,152,158, 345 Georgia Taylor, 248 159,160 Velda May, 263 Richard Kenneth, 248 John, 5,327,328,331,333, Wallace William, 263 Roy Kenneth, 189,248 342,343,345 William Alfred, 207,263 Strawbridge- Keturah, 354,355,356 Winifred, 207 Elizabeth, 196 Keturah Alice, 344,352 Winifred Ellen, 263 Olive, 310 Lawrence, 327,331,334 Stone-- Strong- - Lawrentz, 325,326 Gladys, 190,249 Bettie Lou, 240 Leona, 357 Stonebraker- Irva Jule, 182,240 Leonora, 5,338,342 Mary Beth, 278 Marilyn, 240 Lora, 357 Ruth, 241,278 Richard Henry, 240 Lorelia Agnes, 344 Sue Esther, 278,288 Yerl, 182,240 Louise, 149,347 William, 241,278 Stronsky-- Lovina, 337,338,349,350 William Garbert, 278 Jerry, 222,272 Lucinda, 342 Stopher- Jerry Bruce, 272 Lyllis Gutsman, 263 Adam, 342 Sandra Lee, 272 Mable M., 149 Harriet, 342 Vera Marie, 222,272 Magdelena, 325,328,330,331, Stous-- Stubblefield- 332,334 Barbara, 173 Dale, 207 Margaret, 325,327,331 Cheryl Janet, 274 David, 207 Margaret Lane, 337 David Harold, 274 Donna Jean, 264 Marvin, 149,207 Emma Kazia, 114,173 Dorothy, 207,264 Mary, 331,332,333,334 Frederick, 114,173 Elizabeth, 207 Mary Ann, 331,344 Harold Wallace, 229,274 Evelyn, 207 Mary E., 336,347 John, 17 3 Fern, 149,207 Mary Elizabeth, 325,326,327 Laura Esther, 173 George, 207,264 Mary Jane, 342,351 Marvin Dale, 229 Raymond, 149,207 Mary Willis, 207,263 Mary Evelyn, 229,274 Raymond, Jr., 207 May W., 344,357 Mina, 173,229 Ruth, 207 Maylon, 101,338 Jbelga Parseda, 114,173 Summer Iott- Michael, 331 Wallace Frederick, 173, Helen, 200,259 Miles Eugene, 357 229 Summers-- Murrel V., 149 Stout- Anna Florence, 184,243 Nancy, 331,333,342 Emma, 138 Anna Mary, 243,281 Nellie J., 207,263 Stover-- Caroline Johnson, 243,281 Nicholas, 325,326,327,331 Bev e rl y, l 9 5 , 2 5 3 Charles Albert, 243,281 Norman Lee, 263 Clarence H., 162,220 Dona Lee, 245,283 Orvi Ile, 149 Cleo Ila, 220,270 Edna Louise, 243 Patricia Ellen, 263 Donald Walter, 239 Edward Seymour, 243 Peter, 325,326,327,328,330, Edna, 352,361 Fay Elaine, 282 331 Edward Roy, 239 Francis Willard, 243,281 Philip, 149,263,325,326, Florence May, 162,220 Gene Ione, 245,283 327,328,330,331,333,334, Freida, 182,239 Gernie Evelyn, 243 336,338,344,345,346,351, Harold Arthur, 220 Hazel Lee, 184,242 354,357 Iris, 220,271 Irma Lillian, 186,245 Robert Vernon, 263 Julia M., 265 Isabelle Dorothy, 243 Roland, 263 Lee Roy, 239 John Edward, 243 Rosanna, 331 Mersedes, 220 Joseph L,, 186,245 Ruthelma, 207,264 Roy Lee, 182 Lena Jane, 243,281 Samuel Lee, 207 Strait-- Marietta Frances, 281 Sarah, 331 Betty Jane, 246 Mark Earl, 245 Sarah A., 342 Donnie, 246 Mary Carol, 245,283 Sarah Ann, 333,336,338,339, Jessie, 187,246 Mary Emma, 281 349,352 Josephine, 246 Mary H,, 243 Sharon Kay, 263 Maxine, 246 Paul Eugene, 243,281 Solomon, 102,331,333,336, Paul, 246 Paul Eugene, Jr., 281 337,338,340,341 Peggy, 246 Rebecca Ann, 282 Solomon F., 337,338 Wilber, 246 Seymour, 184,243 405

Summers-- Taylor-- Toner-- Virginia Rebecca, 243 Nellie, 189 James, 68,70 Wanda Eileen, 245 Philip A., 247 John, 68,70 Winifred A., 243 Ralph, 189 Margaret, 68 Surber-- Ruth, 189 Mary, 68, 70 Dorothy, 207,264 Ten Eick-- Patrick, 55,60,68,70,98 Harold, 207,264 Florence Marie, 177,233 Tooker-- Larry, 264 Thacker-- Albert R., 164,222 Sutton-- George Leonard, 179,236 Betty Ann, 222,272 Helen Esther, 173,230 Helen Louise, 179,236 Earl L., 222 Swalley-- · Mary Ja, 236 Janice Eileen, 222,272 Lillie Belle, 153 Robert George, 236 JohnT., 222 Swan- - Thamer-- Marjorie C., 222,272 Adella, 193 Charles 0., 135,197 Marjorie Diane, 272 Swarm- - Charles Rolland, 197 M~rjorie Evelyn, 222,272 Mildred, 285 Elta Luetta, 135,197 Raymond Eugene, 222,272 Swartz- Gladys Irene, 197,255 Robert Paul, 222 Dorethea, 293 Vera Luetta, 197 Vera Marie, 222,272 Emelia, 124 Thistlewaite- Vera Marova, 164,222 Jacob, 293,300 Lillie 0., 123,181 Tornedon-• Sweeney-- Thom- - Albert, 172,228 Evelyn Ruth, 283 Dorothy Dakin, 242,280 Alice Mae, 228 Norma Virginia, 244,283 Edna Merle, 184,242 Gladys G., 172,228 Raymond, 244,283 George Allen, 242,280 Harold, 228 Richard Alan, 283 Judith Lynn, 280 Phoebe, 228 Swooveland- Nancy Ann, 280 Re ta, 228 Magdalena, 328 Stephen Allen, 280 Townes - - Peter, 328 William, 184,242 Kate Lane, 360 Swope-- William Arnold, 242,280 Katherine Lane, 351,360 Alice G., 244 William Robert, 280 Robert Erskine, 360 Henry, 244 Wilma Geraldine, 242,280 Tracy-- Stella May, 186,244 Thomas-- Aubrey Elmore, 136,198 Agnes, 357, 363 Hazel De, 136,198 T Susan, 86 Jean De Ver, 198,256 William, 86 Travis-- Tague- Thompson-- Bert Newman, 187 Minerva, 175 Eliza, 208 Guy, 127,187 Tate-- Estella, 149,208 Katie LaRue, 127,187 Donald Edward, 279 Estella Hepp, 209 Trout- - James, 241,279 Grace Elizabeth, 208,265 Nina, 191,250 Larry Eugene, 279 Henry, 208 Truman-- Mary Frances, 241,279 William Henry, 149,208,209 Sarah Pearson, 146 Patricia Ann, 279 Tibbits-- Trump- - Robert Allen, 279 James, 149 Christina, 71 Taylor-- Mable M., 149 Ellen, 72 Bernice May, 244,283 Tice- - William, 71 Bessie Lee, 207 Elizabeth, 92,139 Tucket-- Catherine, 202 Timmons-- Ka th 1 e en , 3 5 8 Donald, 244,283 Addie, 221 Tull - - Edna Louise, 189 Toedter-- Charles Albert, 369 Edwin, 189 Jack Lee, 371 Emily Elizabeth, 362, Elaine, 283 Jerry Lou, 371 369 Elizabeth, 189 Lawrence, 367,370 Harvey Coale, 362,369 Emma May, 128,189 Vera Hazel, 367,370 Harvey Coale, Jr., 369 Florence, 189 Tolson- - Turner-- Forrest, 187,247 Andrew, 339 Elizabeth, 189 George Henry, 128,189 Elizabeth, 339 Twain-- Georgia, 189,248 Toner-- Mark, 230 Helen Elizabeth, 189 Catherine Fisher, 55,68, Tyler-- Hester Louise, 187,247 70,98 Marriet Ellen, 175,231 Hiram A., 189 Elizabeth, 68,98 John Richard, 360,367 James Dennis, 247 Elmira, 68 Joseph B., 175,231 406 Walter-- Tyler-- Vernier-- George E., 139,200 Emma, 102 Joseph Richard, 367 Gottlob, 124 Mary Elmira, 360,367 Thelma Esta, 200 Vinton-• Henry, 296,297,298,301 Robert James, 231 John, 63 Warren Joseph, 231 Eldridge, 336 Volkman-- Walters-- Alvaretta L., 170,227 u Fred, 149 Grace, 149 Barbara Jean, 226 Carl W., 170,227 Ullery-- w Joyce Ann, 227 Gene Ione, 245,283 Mary Lou, 227 Katherine, 352 Wagner-- Will, 102 Larry Joseph, 283 Waltz-- Richard, 245,283 Anna Maria (Polly), 75, 303,306,307 Alfred L., 347 Richene, 283 Carl Jester, 183,240 Ulrich- Benjamin, 162 Emma Fauerlia, 106,162 Carolyn Ruth, 240 Daniel, 332 Emma, 347 Margaret, 332 Sarah, 308 Wagoner- Olive Blossom, 183,240 Underhill-- Reginia Stahl, 123 Benjamin Mott, 146 Yost, 325 Wake-- Ward-- Georgia Cook, 146 Alta Hazel, 276 Hattie, 95,144 Elizabeth Arline, 367,371 Elmer W., 367,371 Alta Short, 233 James T., 146 Anna Margaret, 121,177 Sarah G., 146 Gladys Joan, 367 Gladys Lovina, 359,367 Arthur Erwin, 276 Upton• - Arthur Joseph, 177,233 Phyllis, 195,253 Peggy Blanche, 367,371 Ruth Ann, 371 Betty Jo, 234 Blanche Lee, 276, V Ruth S., 367,370 Vera Hazel, 367,371 Caroline Gean, 276 Claudie Marie, 276 Van Antwerp-- William R., 359,367 Walder-- Darlene Joan, 233,276 Anna Margaret, 200,259 Edythe Margaret, 233,234, Barbara Ann, 286 Dorothea, 294 Felix, 294,296 275 Doris Ann, 259,286 Fannie Mae, 177 Emma Floretta, 200 Heinrick, 294,296 Walker-- Floyd Eli, 233,276 Ethel May, 200 Frances Nadine, 233,276 Florence Sarah, 200,259 Dale, 219 Doris, 219 Hallie Jerry, 177,234 Jack Edward, 259 John Edward, 121,177,233, James Spencer, 200,259 Evelyn, 219 Gladys, 219 276 Kate, 200 John Ruben, 234 Lewis tdward, 200,259 Herbert, 219 Inez, 161,219 Laura Carrie, 171 Lewis Stout, 138,200 Laura Blanche, 233,275 Robert Lewis, 259,286 Lydia, 89 Marjorie, 219 Leola Blanche, 275 Shirley Jo, 286 Mary Grace, 233,275 Vera Ruth, 259,286 Roy, 161,219 Ruby, 219 Mary Marguerita, 276 Virginia Rose, 259 Mike Theodore, 233,276 Van Doren- Wall-- Clifford N., 203,260 Raymond Mike, 276 Nellie, 121 Theodore, 177 Van Meter- Jerald Clifford, 260 Mildred, 203 Thomas Roy, 177,233 Ida, 351 Velma Irene, 177,234 Vannoy-- Mildred Ecki, 260 Robert Ecki, 260 Virginia, 233 Beulah, 191,250 Virginia Marie, 233,276 Charles, 191,250 Wallace-- Beatrice Leila, 198,256 Waring-- Clinton, 250 Amanda, 331 Donald, 250 Colette April, 256 Dean E., 256 Warrell-- Marie, 250 Flora Holmes, 226 Robert, 250 Dean Edmund, 198,256 Paul J., 170 Henry Curtis, 226 Van Slyke-- Mary Genevieve,169,226 Frances Lee, 192,251 Ver a Fern , l 7 0 Frank L., 251 Wallingford- Warren-- Alice Mabel, 162 M. Ethel, 251 May, 344,357 Archie Irving, 162,220 Vernier-- Walter-- Bertha Lenora, 139,200 Cora, 124 Dale Eugene, 220,270 David Arch, 270 Ethel Lenora, 200,259 Dorothea, 296 407

Warren-- Wenger-- Whitted- David Proctor, 162 Koward Franklin, 258,286 Richard, 271 Don Leonard, 270 Jacob, 138,258 Robert, 221,271 Irene Faye, 220,270 Jerry Edward, 286 Robert Warren, 103,162 Judith Dale, 270 Judy Carol, 286 Vonda, 221 Keziah, 103,162 Lydia S., 258 Whitemore- R., 103 Marjorie Ellen, 258,285 Jacob, 340 Rebecca Rae, 270 Mary Ann, 258,286 Whitesel- Sarah Ellen, 162,220 Mildred S., 258,285 Maud, 123 Watson-- Oliver Reene, 200,258 Nora, 183,240 Blessing Elizabeth, 201, Peggy Ann, 285 Wicks-- 260 Phyanna, 138 Edgar, 109 Danny Dennis, 253 Roberta Elaine, 286 Lydia A., 109 Dorothy Jean, 260 Rodney Allen, 286 Wienhorst- - Dudley D., 260 Shirry Kay, 285 Johanna Ruth, 288 Elizabeth Jean, 195,253 Wilbur Dwight, 258,285 Richard, 278,288 Gertrude A., 260 Wilma May, 258,285 Sue Esther, 278,288 Hugh Doane, 201,260 Wentz-- Wierman- Ira L., 195,253 Abdell Ross, 88 Annie, 98 John Dudley, 260 Wentzell-- Joseph E., 98 Weaver-- Elsie Fern, 136 Wilburn-- Alice Fisher, 146 Stanley, 136 Betty Jane, 259 Catherine Amelia, 146 Wenzloff- Lyle Robert, 200,259 Charlotte Stoehr, 146 Johanna, 190 Verna Pearl, 200,259 Frank Warren, 147 Weterer-- Wild-- George Michael, 147 Dorothy Mildred, 198 Dorothea, 203 Gertrude Flora, 146 E. G., 198 Frederick, 203 Gertrude Susan, 100,146 Wheeler-- Mary Ann, 144,203 John, 44 Grace, 135,198 Wiles- Luther Motz, Jr., 100,146, Lillian Bennett, 198 Rae, 241 147 Willis Leonard, 198 Wilhelm-- Martha Marion, 146 Whitcraft-- Conrad, 141 Mary Elizabeth, 146 Eva Elizabeth, 309 Gertrude, 141 Nellie M., 123,181 White-- Mary Anna, 95,141 Philip, 44 Gordon D., 216 Wilkins-- Thelma Irene, 147 Henry, 349 E~tella Marian, 201,260 Webb- Ka~en Ann, 272 George, 201,260 Elizabeth, 141 Kathie Jean, 272 George, Jr., 260 Henry, 308 Kenneth C., 221,272 Marion, 260 Martha, 180 Marjorie Lucille, 221,272 Wilkison-- Nancy, 308 Maude, 162,221 Mary Ellen, 245,284 Weber- Nancy, 216 Will-- Catherina, 88 Victoria, 349 Cordy Alice, 129 Webster-- Whitted-- Daniel, 130 Bernice Eliza, 181,239 Bessie L., 162 Elmira, 68 Marilyn Lou, 239 Beverly, 221,271 Estella Marguerite, 284 Paul Kelbie, 239 Bradley, 271 Everett William, 191,249 Paul Kelbie, Jr., 181,239 Darl, 221,271 Frank Goodwin, 249 Robert Eugene, 239 Doris, 162 Frank Maurice, 190 Ruth Virginia, 239 Doris G., 221 George Clarence, 129,190 Weed- - Dwain, 221 Gladys Stone, 190,249 Rosa E., 350 Edith Pearl, 162,220 Gloria Colon, 249,284 Weller-- Florence May, 162,220 Harold Cl~rence, 191,249 Ada Sarah, 185,243 Freda, 221,271 James Stone, 249 Clarence, 185,243 Hazel Phyllis, 162 John, 130 Welty-- Jerald, 221,271 John Harold, 249 Verena, 165 Jerilyn Dawn, 271 Louise, 191 Wenger-- Joan, 221 Louise Williams, 249 Barbara Ann, 286 Keziah, 103 .162 Lydia Viola, 129,190 Edward Oliver, 258,286 Leland Arthur, 162,221 Maria Magdalena, 130 Elsie Elaine, 258,286 Lulu Orletta, 162 Margaret, 191 Gladys Evelyn, 200,258 Phyllis, 221,271 Margaret M., 249 408

Will- Willis-- Wiseman-- Mary, 130 Mary, 207,263 Rose Maria, 185 Mary Ann, 90,129,130 Wilson- Ruth Elizabeth, 244,283 Mary Alice, 191,249 Keziah, 75 Samuel, 126 Mary Louise, 249 Margaret, 135 Stella, 186 Nancy Rita, 249 Matilda, 187 Stella May, 244 Ralph Reeves, 190,249 Wingert-- Susanna, 126,186 Ralph Reeves, Jr., 249,284 Alveretta Louise, 170,227 Walter Eugene, 186 Rebecca Ellen, 130,191 Bessie Anna, 170 William Charles, 244,283 Ruby Estella, 190,249 Bloyce Amazon, 170 William Cleveland, 186,244 Silas, 90,129,130 Edward Henry, 112,170 William Fritzheugh, 126, Williams-- Eleanor May, 113,170 185 Arlene G., 249 Elizabeth, 75,112,113,114, Wissler- Bertha May, 241,279 ll5 B. F., 82 Betty Lou, 235,277 Ella Rose, 112,170 Withers-- Caltha Ann, 170 Elmer Joseph, 170 Jane Ellen, 286 Carry Katherine, 241,278 Emma Marie, 112,170 Marjorie Ellen, 258,286 Charles, 218,268 Eva Eleanor, 170,227 Paul Arthur, 258,286 Charles, Jr., 268 Grace Alvaretta, 112,170 Richard Dean, 286 Charles F. , 241 Ida Jane, 112 Robert Paul, 286 Chester Fred, 249,284 Jacob, 113 Thomas Arthur, 286 De Etta, 237 John Philip, 34,75,112, Witterback- Doris, 241 113,114,115 Naomi Ray, 243 Doris Marie, 249,284 Louise Caroline, 112,170 Witwer- - Earl F., 184,241 Ruth Elizabeth, 170,226 Chester Lee, 140,201 Edith, 360 Sanford William, 112,170 Edwin Lee, 201 Eva Pearl, 184,241 Winsell- Jeanne, 140,201 Floyd, 268 Cora, 235 Phyanna, 92, 138 Grace, 191,249 Doris Ilene, 235 William Lee, 201 Harry Earl, 178,234 Fred, 235 Wolf- - Helen Marie, 234,277 Lila Marie, 235 Arley, 226 Iona L., 180,237 Merriam Burnice, 235 Carolyn Elizabeth, 226 James F., 191,249 Minnie Bernice, 178,235 Carolyn Louise, 284 John L., 234 Paul Floyd, 178 Doris Marie, 249,284 Katherine, 187,247 Paul Lloyd, 235 Frank A., 249,284 Lila F., 178,234 Phyllis Lucille, 235 Judith Ann, 284 Lloyd Raymond, 234,277 Wilma Elaine, 235 Marilyn Louise, 284 Louise, 190,249 Wise- - Marion Dean, 226 Maggie M., 234 Cora Belle, 225 Roger Eugene, 284 Marcella R., 249,284 Wiseman-- Wolfgang- Marcene Ferne, 285 Ada Sarah Elizabeth, 243 Alma, 180 Martha Sue, 277 Amanda Catherine, 185 Alma Jean, 238,277 Mary Frances, 241,279 Amanda Ellen, 126,184 Alma Lewis, 238 Mary Lou, 277 Clara Virginia, 126,186 Alma Lucille, 277 Mary Maxine Sylvia, 218, Clarence Lee, 186 Anna, 125 268 David Singleton, 126,185 Anna Bernice, 124 Melvin Dean, 277 Della May, 186,244 Anna F., 183 Rae'fl.,241 Enos, 89,126.127 Anna Mary, 65,87,88,122 Richard, 241 flora, 126,185 Arthur Owen, 124 Richard Allen, 268 Gwendolyn, 186,244 Arza Porter, 124 Robert, 180 Henry Richard~ 186,244 Barbara, 238 Ruben Errol, 360 Ida, 185 Be 11 e, 123 Sharon Lee, 237 Ida Sarah, 185 Be rn i c e E l i za , 18 l , 2 3 9 Thelma, 241,279 Irma Lillian, 186,244 Car 1, 12 5 Velma Luci ile, 234,276 Joseph Jackson, 126,186 Cassius Alton, 124,182 Warren K., 249 Kathryn Jeanne, 283 Catherina, 88 Williamson- Margaret, 186 Charles H., 123 Maris, 245 'vlan Ann, 126,186 Christiana, 87,123,180 Wanda Eileen, 245 Mary Elizabeth, 89,126, Clarence Heber, 124 Willier-- 12i Clofa, 181 Marie, 2 5 0 Man Kathryn, 186,244 Clofa Randall, 237 Ulen, 25ll Musette Ellen, 186,244 Cora Al ice, 124 409

Wolfgang-- Wolfgang- Yeagley-- Dorothy Joan, 238 Nellie, 123 John Pau 1, 366 Doyle Marcus, 181 Nellie M., 181 Margaret Isabelle, 359,366 Ella May, 124,182 Nicolaus, 88 Paul Scott, 359,366 Eliza Lida, 87,88,125 Nora, 123 Yessler- Elizabeth, 87,88,124 Norris Clay, 181,237 Catherine, 65 Elmer Franklin, 123,180,181 Nettie, 124,182 Yockley- - Elotta, 125 Patricia Ann, 277 Gloria, 245,284 Elotta Pearl, 183 Paul, 180,238 York-- Emanuel, 87,88,122,123 Pearl Maud, 123,181 Wilma Geraldine, 242,280 Erne l ia, 124 Phylis Darleen, 183 Young- - Emily, 124 Rachael, 87 Ann, 328,331,333,334 Emma, 87,123,124,180 Ralph Wand, 124 Betsy, 131 Ephriam, 87 Raymond H., 124 Beverly Louise, 237 Etta, 123,180 Reginia, 87,123 Elizabeth, 334 Eve I yn, 183 Robert, 237 Henry J., 4,299 Fannie, 87,123 Robert Nerr, 181,238 John, 331,333,334 Fern Reginia, 181,239 Ruth M., 181 Magdalena, 328,330,332,334 Florence Eileen, 183,240 Ruthanna, 238 Matthias, 328,330,332,334 Floyd Melvin, 125,183 Sadie Ethel, 125,183 PH, 237 Franklin Albert, 124 Sadie Leola, 124 Vera, 337 Fred A., 123 Sarah, 88 William, 44,334 Fred Elwood, 183 Susan, 88,124 George, 181 Theresa, 125 z George Fisher, 123,181 Theresa M., 183 Goldie, 182 William, 65,67,87,88,122 Zahn-- Goldie Ann, 183 William A., 123,180 Charles T., 5,88 Harold, 238,277 Wolfrom- Zapf-- Barbara, Harold Frederick, 277 Jane, 308 149,150,153 Homer Giles, 125,183 Julia, 308 Fred, 150 James Harold, 238,277 Wombach-- Margaret, 150 James K., 88,124,125 Hans Gerg, 326 Zednachek- James Otto, 5,181,238 Wood-- Vonnie, 162 James Stephen, 238,277 Betty Eileen, 251 Zehmann- Jewel, 182 Beverly Elaine, 251 Dorothea, 203 Johan Nicolaus, 88 Dorothy, 192,251 Zeisset-- John David, 2-38 Everett Franklin, 238 Carol Alberta, 173,230 John Walter, 181 Harry, 192,250 Henry, 115,173 Julia, 238 John R., 251 Ina Belle, 173,230 Julia Ann, 125,182 Ruthanna, 238 Jacob, 173 Leennis Clifford, 124 Sarah C., 250 Margaret, 173 Letha Florence, 181,238 Woodbury-- Merton Schreiber, 116,173, Lewis Floyd, 124 Barbara Ann, 208,264 230 Lillie 0., 123,181 Charles G., 264 Paul Timothy, 230 Perseda, Lizzie, 123 Marion B., 264 6,115,116,173 Ray Merton, Loren Kenneth, 124 Woods- 230 Louis, 87,124 Ida, 356 Ziegler- Barned, Lucy, 123 Nora, 123 318 Lucy Dora, 180,181 Worl-- Zimmerman- Lucy Matilda, 88,124 Clarence, 241,279 Elizabeth, 71 Lula Ethel, 124 Dixie Lee, 279 Gllrald, 19S Mable Ione, 125 Esther May, 241,279 Henry, 71 Margo Sue, 277 Wright-- John, 71 Maria Elizabeth, 88 Chloe M., 184,242 Lyndall Lura, 195 Marion Harvey, 124 Wyant-- Margaret Ann, 68 Marjo~y Neill, 181,238 Fannie, 87,123 Maria, 71 Mary Jane, 87,123,124 Mary Elizabeth, 203,261 Mildred, 237,277 y Paul Ecki, 261 Milton James, 123 Paul F., 203,261 Minnie Luella, 124 Yeager- - Richard Steffey, 261 Minnie Ruth, 238,277 Lana Edith, 191 Zug-- Mvrtle, 124 Lois, 243,282