THE LEIBY-LR~"~BERT LINEAGE
MARGARET LEIBY GLRNOING RUPP
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THE LEIBY-LR~"~BERT LINEAGE PFl RT I
MARGARET LEIBY GLRNOING RUPP
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THE LEIBY--LAMBERT LINEAGE Part I
Compiled and written by ¥.trs. Clarence R. Rupp (!.fargaret Leiby Glanding) 632 South George Street, York, Pennsylvania - 1952
To The Margarets in our family,
a) My grandmother, Nargaret Leiby (Howe), for whom I was named, and b) My great great grandmother, ~1argaret Lam.bert (Leiby), for whom her grand daughter, Margaret Leiby (Howe), was named
In the spring of 1893 a former Newporter, Ao Hamilton Rightmyer, then of Philadel phia, wrote an article in the Newport News, connnenting on the ads in the same and owners of stores of that day. He said: 11Now I come to a name wr.ich can never be effaced from the annals of Newport. 'Their name is on your waters, And ye ne9er can wash it out. 9 A name belonging to one of the first residents of the townj and one of its earliest merchants--the name of Leiby. Samuel Leiby, the father of James Bo, was a very active business man, a man of kindly nature, and of the strictest honesty. James B., there fore, follows in worthy footsteps when he continues the line or lead of his father~ No higher praise can be bestowed upon him •.••• James Bo Leiby is also a public spirited and progressive citizen, a kind neighbor and a faithful friendo••••••But I cannot pass from the names of Leiby without referring to two lovely little maidens (Cassie and Maggie) who were among my most highly esteemed schoolmates; thejr were then heart whole and fancy free, but full of the romantic ardor of young girlhood.n Maggie was my grandmother, Margaret Leiby (Howe) and Cassie, her si9ter, Catherine Leiby (Kohler Brown-Fishburn). For many years, together with others of my family, I have made a study of the Leiby-Lambert lineage, and at this point in my investigations wish to share my find ings with -my relatives.
Evidently the name of Leiby and names similar were originally the same: Leiby, Lyby, Leibe, Libe, Leibel, Leibich, Leibig, Leyday, Lieby, Leib, and Leibeeo In the History of Lehigh County, Pao, by Roberts, published 1914, Vol. III, there appears the following: tiGreenwich Townshipo Berks Coo Leiby Family. Frederick Leiby, a Swiss, with his wife and four sons left their native land Switzerland, intending to go to South Am.ericao In their journey upon reaching the Rhine river the ~~fe was told not to go to South America but to North Americao The wife at an opportune time com nrunicated this information to her husband and entreated him to go the land of William Penn. They accordingly embarked for North America in 1733 upon the Ship 9Samuel1 , which landed in Philadelphia Aug 17, 1733. The ruovements from the time of their landing until 1754 are wJmown but in 1754 they were located in Greenwich Township, Berks Co. The tax list of 1756 records the names of Dietrich, George Michael, and Jacob Leibyo It is probable that the name 'Dietrich9 Leiby is an error and should be 1 Frederick' Leiby. The ta..ic list of Greenwich tori.rnship in 1759 contains the names of Frederick, George, and Jacob Leiby. After the latter year (1759) the name of Freder- ick disappears from the tax list but ~t contains this item: 'Frederick Leiby9 s widow,v showing that this ancestor had diedon There then follows quite a bit more data but what I have quoted is sufficient for our purposeso From what I shall now tell you apparently the 'four sons 9 in the first sentence quoted is a mistake for 9four children.' In npennsylvania German Pioneersii (Strassburger), Vcl. I, we find a list of pas sengers imported on the ship nsamueln, Hugh Percy, master, sailing from Rotterdam to Philadelphia, making a stop at Deal, England. The fact an English clerk WMte up the lists accounts for the spelling. k-rnong many names we find the f~-:,llowing, together with their ages:
Frederick Leyday 38 Maria Mettlina Leyday 37 Jacob n 13 Michal1 n 10 ·wolrick n 4 Catharina ii 1
Some of the above information is also in Pa. Archives, Vol. XVII, Second Serieso These trips to America generally speaking took a long time. People were packed on the boats~ and lack of proper food and water caused many deaths en route.
In Vol. II of the above edition we see a facsimile of the very nice ha.11dwriting of Frederick Leiby in German when he was qualified Aug. 17, 1773. This means he swore allegiance to the King of England upon his arrival in our country. Our earliest records therefore are as follows: I. Frederick Leiby 1695-1760 - Wife, M:lria Mettline-1696-Died after 1760. Their children: a) Jacob 1720 A farmer in Berks Coo b) George Michael 1723-1808 c) Wolrick 1729- d) Catherine 1732 e) Frederick Jr. May 7, 1735-Ma.rch 2.8, 18170 *rried Susanna Jorgan who was born Febo 15, 1740 and died Nov. 28, 1805. They had three sons and three daughterso Elias Bo Leiby of Bergenfield, N. J., is a descendant of this lineo
It is believed the following were also children of Frederick and Maria but it has not been proven: f) Andrew, born 1737. g) John KjJian 1744-1818 (July 12). A farmer in Weisenberg Twp., Northampton Coo Was in Revolutionary War. Had three sons and three daughters. Revo Amandus Leiby of Pen Argyle, who has done such extensive and valuable research on the Leiby family, is of this lineo
II. George 1/rl.chael Leiby (1723-1808) ~Iarri.ed Barbara------ Their childran: a) Andrew, born Feb. 19, 1749 (Dunkel 9s church record). As there is no mention of him in father's will, likely died youngo b) Barbara, born May 7, 1752 (Dunkel 9 s record). Married Jacob Jargon. c) John George, born Deco 13, 1753 (Dunkel's)o Married ~Iary Liter (born July 20, 1780) in Red Stone~ Ky., her home, Nov. 21, 1799.
They moved to Cincinnati, 0. 5 in 1804, where he died in 1834. Had five sons and ~ne daughter, all of whom lived in Qrj_o and Illinois. d) !'18.ria Magdalenao Probably married George ~lerli. e) Peter (April, 1761-Septo, 1829). Married Elizabeth Heiman (1763- 1843)0 Data from Dunkel'ls cemetery. No children. f) Maria Elizabeth. Born~ Jano 24, 1766 (Private record 0f Revo Shu macher). Married George Krobach. g) Frederick, born 1-1ay 14, 1768. Died, .August 26, 1846. r-~rried Anna ¥.argaret Lambert, ·who was born July 26, 1768 (Allem.a.ngel church record) and died 1-fay 3~ 1837. Lived in Perry Co., Pao h) John, born May 20, 1771 (itlessnerville church record). He went to Ohio. Died.jano 28, 1821. tlas a soldier in the liar of 1812. In Vol. XVIII, Series 3, Pao Archives, appear the following. tax lists for Greenwich Twp., Berks Co.:
1767 Geo Michael Leiby 140 acres 2 horses 3 cows 2 sheep 6 shillings tax ($1) 1768 n ~v 100 ii ii n 4 ii H 1779 Geo lfich v1 Leyby, weaver 130 ~1 n 4 •• 1780 Geo :Michael Leiby, s 215 n a 4 i• 1781 n "' 130 a ii 3 ., 1784 George Michael Lyby 130 ii ii 2 n 5 H 3 pounds 3 pence ( $8) 1785 Geo Michael Leib (No more explanation) The ii5i, after the name in 1780 indicates he owned a still.
The wife of George Michael Leiby and mother of his children was Barbara----. Her name appears on the church records for the last time in 1777, so she likely died that year or the nexto As George Michael's wife is named Dorothea in his will he apparently married again. His will in German, was made in 1802, with his son Peter as executor. As it was probated in Reading, Pa., Jan. 25, 1808, he likely died late ]807 or early 1808. We get his children's names from his will and they are to share alike in his estate, and his wife Dorothea is also provided for. It is believed George Michael, Barbara, and Dorothea are all buried on the old Leiby farm near Dunkel's Church, and that the old stones have been torn up and buried, thus destroy ing the records.
At a baptism in Allmangel Church {Albany Twp., Berks Co.) in 1768 the sponsor was George Michael Leiby, Reformed Deacon. We get some more insight into his life from a biography of his great grandson, James B. Leiby of Newport, Pa., in a book entitled "Biographical Encyclopedia of Juniata Valleyi', ~i:rl.-ch says that the great grandfather of James B. Leiby was a man of reputation and influence and IIlllch property. At.the close of the Revolution he sold much property arrl received pay in continental scrip, the depreciation of which caused him much loss. His son, Frederick, also a native of Berks County, purchased a farm in Juniata Twp., Perry County. I shall here explain the Allemangel (All Wants) Lutheran and Reformed Church for it will again come into prominence in Part II of this geneologyo It is the same as the New Jerusalem or Red Church (in contrast to the White Church or Friedens at Wess nerville) in Kistler Valley near Wessnerville, Albany Twp., Berks Co. It was estab lished by the famous Lutheran minister, Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and he visited it as early a.s 1747. Few death and no marriage records were kept, but many baptisms. W. T. Stauffer, Newport News, Vao, translated the records from the German. I hav~ been told by people familiar with that section that the land is not generally pro ductive in that section and consequently it is hard sledding to make a living. Likely that was one reason for the migration of our family westwardo Dunkelis Church is near Virginville, Berks Coo
vlhen I was in Calif. in 1921 I heard indirectly of a Jacob Leibee in Ocean Park, Cal., wrote him, and as a result Revo Amandus Leiby got in touch with him and obtain ed the folln~i.ng data: Children of John George and Mary Liter Leiby were: 1) Anna Maria, born Apr. 7, 1801; 2) George, born July 12, 1802(father of the Jacob Leibee I wr~te to), who moved from }li.ddletown, o., to Geneseo, Ill., and located in Henry Coo, 1855; 3) Daniel, born Oct. 10, 1803; 4) Jacob, born Feb. 6, 18060 Died 1876. Buried Middletown, O. Wife, Sarah Jefferson, 1821-1875; 5) Joseph, born Maro 17, 18080 \\Jent to Illinois; 6) Johannis, born Feb. 16, 1810ooo•o••ooGeorge, above, born 1802, married Margaret Deem (born 1804)0 Their children were: Mary, Jor.n, George, Malissa (married Andrew Lytle), Alonzo, Sarah Elizabeth (married William vlayne), Jane (married Jamed Moonan), William {married Sarah Gibs), Joseph, Jacob and Daniel (twins), Ella (married Alonzo Monewith). The twin Jacob \i'as the 11ne I was in touch with. He was b~...,rn Sept. 2, 1845, married Elizabeth Liggett, and they had four childreno John, the youngest child of George }fichael, 1-rent, like his brother John George, to Ohio, via Lexington, Kyo; married Anna Marie. Haymano He went to Circleville, O., about 1806, where he was a 1nerchant and was said to have ovmed a part ·of the "Circle" an Indian fort, for which the town was named~ This is now destroyedo His children were: 1) William (1799-1826). Married Catherine Ensworth, 1825. He is buried at Circleville, O.; 2) Jacobo In 1852 he went to Decatur, Illo, where he lived ma.~y years; 3) Louisa, born 1811, believed to have been the first white child born in Circleville. Married George Meyers, 1832; 4) I4aria, married David Ensworth, 1829; 5) Nancy, married Thomas Orr, 1846; 6) James (1806-1877), married Elizabeth Manly (1812-1890) 1833, died at Williamsport, Ohi_oo The children of James and Elizabeth Manly Leiby ·were: a) 1ffilliam (1848-1924), who married Alice \fork, 1880; b) ¥.i.anly, who was in 114 Regiment, Civil War; and died 1894; c) Mary Elizabeth (1838-1919), who married Ao D. Radcliff; d) Frances Virginia, who married \vesley Davis 1865 and died 1923; e) k11na 1i1atilda, who died unmarried 1907 o
The other children of John and A:nna Maria Hayman Leiby were: 7) Eliza 51 who married John Inglish, 1843; and 8) Amanda, who married John Evans, 1847. The material in this p:tragraph was given Revo Amandus Leiby by Ben Radcliff of Williamsport, o., a grandson of James Leiby, and by ¥rrso Orion King of Circleville, O. After William was in Circleville several years he moved to Lancaster, Oo
III. Frederick Leiby, born May 14, 17680 Died Augo 26, 18460 \-life, Margaret Lambert. Born July 26, 1768 (Allemangel church record) - Died May 3, 1837. Their children: a) Sarah m. Jacob Burd b) John c) Elizabeth m.. Joh.n lrleary d) William m. Elizabeth Rubright (1st wife), and Susan Ernest (2nd wife) e) Samuel m. Eve Smith f) Jacob m. Sarah Potts g) James m. Nancy Graham
We first hear of Frederick Leiby in Perry Co. when he was truced in 1820 in Saville 'l\vp., according to page 1034 in VfHistory of Susquehanna and Juniata Valleysn, published by Everts, Peck, and Richards, 1866. Next, when he was appointed adminis trat0r of the estate of his father in law, Nicholas Lambert in 1823. I shall take up this Lambert will in Part II of this geneology. ~ aunt, Katherine Hotre Beard, told me that the farm home of Frederick and Margaret Lambert Leiby was near Mannsville, Perry Coo, Pao, in a section called Pleasant Valley, and the same as the farm of Thomas Reeder from whom she bought her butter about 1930, he bringing it to Newport. She also said her uncle, Samuels. Leiby of :Marysville, visited this farm, his grandfathervs, of later years, and drank from the p~~p or well. As Samuel was born in 1843 and his grandfather died in 1846 this visit was for the sake of sentiment rather than from any recollectiono
I have the will (original copy) of my great great grandfather Frederick Leiby with his original signature~ very nice handwr:it,ing in Germano As it was not probated apparently the heirs settled everything amicably among themselveso I quote it verbatira, without editing in any vra·;,ro In The Name of God Amen I, Frederick Leibey, of Newburg Cumberland County State of Pennsylvania, Will. That all rrJ Just Debts as Shall Be By me owing at my Deths, Together With my funeral Exspences, and all Charges, Touching the proving Of or otherwise Concerning rhis rrry Last will, Stall in the first Place, out of rr;y personal Estate and efects, be fully paid and sadisfied, And from and after payment thereof, And Subject thereunto, Then my will is, That all the Residue of rrry Goods, Stock, Or Estate Shall be Divided L,to Seven Equal Parts; Unto as Fol lows, Unto Sarah My Eldes Daughter Intermarried W'ith Jacob Burd, one Equal part Secand unto My Son John Leibey 0ne Equal part, Third, unto izy- Daughter Elizabeth Intermarried \'\Jith John Weary one Equal part Fourths, Unto IT':Y Son William Leibey one Equal part Fifth unto my Son Samuel Leibey one Equal part, Six unto rr:y Son Jacob Leibey one Equal part Seven unto r:zy- Son James Leib·ey one Equal part Being Seven shares in Nw-:1ber And To be Equal Divided as above Directed and I 11ake and. :1rdain James Leibey .And Jacob Leibey Executors of This }ty" I.,ast Will and Testament in vJi tness 1·Jhereof, I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Twenty Third Day of r-rarch In the Year of Ouer Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and f~rty four 1.s. Signed sealed and Diclared In the precence of Frederick Leiby Christian Long I also have the following receipts: Ao Carlisle, August 29, 18460 Received of Jacob Leibcy three dollars it being the Amount Paid by me to Reverenct Shull for Preaching feuneral Sarmon on the hala (?) For Digging Grave a.nper Crist it being in full for funeral Exspences J. Shulls $2000 Rec'd 25 cts pd Crist by Leiby ?fr. Crist $1.00 James Leibey $3000 .25 Mote: Rev. Jacob Scholl was pastor of Trinity Reformed Church, New Blooo- field, 1819-18470
B. 27 & 28th Augo Recid Aug 28th 1846 from Jacob Leiby three dollars for hire of hirse 2 days at his Fathers funeral By me Jacob Weaver c. Carlisle Augt 26 1846 Mr. Jacob Leiby for funeral of father Bot of l{vers & Sheafer ~ Yds Cumlo !•IuslL~ 244 1 3/4 Ribbon 22 $2.66 1 pr Hose 37 1 pr Gloves 19 .56 6 pr Blk Berlin Gloves 150 6 pr BTh Cottens Do 112 2o63 6 3/4 Yds Blk crape 75 4.97 $10.82 RecVd payt of Jacob Leiby Myers & Sheafer
Do August the 31 A. Do 1846 Received from Mro John Leiooythe SUJl1 of Eight Dollars in full for Coffin for old Nr. Leibey Said John Leibeys Father $8.00 David(?) I. Gall
Eo Amount of Frederick Leibey Decto Estate after deducti.~g all Exspencis Total Amount $917.37 the above amount of Cash being d.evided in Si:{ Eaquil Shears as follows Namely John Leibey $152089 Sarah Burd 152089 Samuel Leibey 152089 Jacob Leibey 152089 John Wearey 152.89 James Leibey 152089 William Leibeys Note Amount $175060 for which the Above named Eighrs is Willing to Give up his Note the above Settlement i'!as made 11arch 23nd 1847. ( I believe the above is in James Leiby9 s· handwriting.) Frederick Leiby and his wife, Margaret Lambert Leiby, are buried in New Bloom field back of the Lutheran Church in the graveyard, haV:.u1g very nice stones with the inscription in German. As they had no cerr1.ent oases and 1..;ere falling over, my aunt, Katherine Howe Beard, rn.jr cousin Scott Leiby~ and I arranged to have sturdy bases put in about 1932. I visited these graves recently and ev€!1Jrtli..ing is in excellent condition.
Frederickis reads as follows: Here rest the Renains (of) Fridrich Leiby He was born the 14th day (of) May 1768 and died the 26th day (of) August 1846 His age was 78 years 3 months and 12 dayso MargaretYs: Here rest the Remains of ¥iargaret Leiby Wife of Frid.rich Leiby She was born the 26th day {of) January 1768 and died the 3rd day (cf) May 1837 bringing her life span to 68 years 10 raonths and 7 dayso Ara jungsten Tag erweck den Leib, So dass ich Dir zur Rechten bleib Und ich nicht komme ins Gericht 1ienn Du das strenge Urtheil Sprichsto This being trans lated is: On the Judg1nent day resurrect the body, so .that I shall remain at your right, and that I do not come into judgment when you pron.ounce the stern sentence. Next to these two stones are three very small brown ones, with the dates and initials as follows: J. L. 1837 Wo L. 1846 Eo Leiby Augo 6, 1843 ~!hom they represent I do not know.
Apparently in his latter days Frederick Leiby lived with his children, for a clipping I have, which I believe is from a New Bloomfield paper of later years when they were publishing items of the long ago, reads as follows: nAt the residence of his son, John Leiby in N. Middletown trnvnship, Cmr.berland county, on the 25th ult., Mr. John Frederick Leiby, formerly of this county, aged 78 years, 3 .months, and 11 dayso-;i 'This is the only instance ·where his name is given as Jor..n Frederick and I imagine it is a mistake.
A sideline on the above notice is the fact that the preceding death notice reads as follows: i'I)ied- On Saturday last, :tt.rr. Elias Bixler, of Newport, aged 24 2 years o -. Members of ey family- told me he was a brother of Jacob Bixler, who was mar ried to rcy great great grand aunt, Sarah Lesho Elias was the rniJJer for rrry great grandfather Samuel Leiby at Newport and was a nboy friendii of rrry great aunt Katherine Leiby, and according to the family tradition she would likely have P.iarried him. ¥JY great uncle Elias Bixler Leiby is named for him.o Elias Bixler is buried in the old· graveyard, Newport.
Also the following receipts:
Ao Newburg l-1ay 29 1840 Rec 9 d of Frederick Leibey Twenty Dollars in full for Bording up To Date $20000 John Lcibj-
B. Received of Frederick Leibey SL'TI,Y five dollars Cash which is in full for one years board Conensing on the 30th day of June 1844 until The 30 day of June 1845 Sarah X Burd (hir mark) Witness present Isaac Burd
Co Received of James Leibey for the use of Frederick Leibey Sixty five dollrs which is in full for one years Board Ending on the first July Nex Ensuing May 9th 1846 $65.00 Jacob Burd
D. Bloomfield Aug 6the 1838 received of Frederick Liby the Sum of two Dollars and fifty inful of all accounts it Being for Lettring the Grave Stone John Roads (This is crossed out) ~usinah X Rads her Mark test Wm Larkey {or Lankey) (This receipt was apparently for lettering the torrbstone of Frederick's wife, Margaret Lambert Leiby.)
6. E. Received August 17th 1838 of Frederick Leiby the Sum of t,-10 dollars and 48 cents in full of David Darlingtons road tax against hi.~ the Said Frederick Leiby for the year 1837 Being the Same year he the said David Darlington was supervisor of Centre Township f·:>r the upper end of said To1rmship recid by me for David Darlington $2048 W'ilson licClure
F. Newburg Sept 22 1843 Rec'd of Frederick Leibey By the hands of Ja.i~es Leibe1 Three dollars and Seventy Two Cents It Beir.g in fulJ for County & State Tax for the year 1843 County 12 State 360 Samuel Flickinger $ 372
G. Newburg June 29, 1844 Received of James Leibey for the use of Frederick Leibey Six dollars Eighty four cents in full for County State and School Tax for the year one thousand and llight hu..~dred and forty four County 12 State 4.20 James Shoemaker School 2.52 Collector $ 6.84 Up to now the ancestors have just been names and seem quite impersonal with their dates in documents, etc., but I can now begi.i.~ to be more personal and tell data I have been told about some of the early ones, and in regard to the later generations I can tell of my personal acquaintance, friendship, and love for these relatives. I shall take in order the children of Frederick and :Margaret La.mbert Leiby.
The first child of Frederick and Margaret Lambert Leiby was Sarai"'l married to Jacob Burd. In the aforementioned P~story of Susquehanna ~"ld Juniata Valleys Jacob Bird was taxed in Saville Twp. in 1820. Among the efects of my aunt, Kather ine Howe Beard, is a kodak picture, labeled., nBurd Homestead. Middle Ridge. No·w tom down. Uncle Sam and I drove up here.n Undoubtedly this was the home of Jacob and Sara Leiby Burd, who would have been the uncle and aunt of my great uncle Sam Leiby. Middle Ridge is a section near Newport. The Newport cemeter~r is on the Ridge Road. I have shown the picture to a number of Perry Co. residents but no one could identify it. The following data was for the most part given me by my cousin Ira Burkheimer of Seattle, ·wash., in 1920: Children of Jacob and Sarah Leiby Burd: a) Sarah m. Michael Burkheimer, b) Isaac m. 1-1argaret Ricedorf, c) Peggy m. ----, d) Katie m. Joh..71 Boyle. No children. e) Fannie m. -Orris as her first husband, anc" 1-Iilliam Arnold as her secondo f) Julia m. John Cheyney, g) Mary m. William Reed, h) Eliza m. Joe Rice, i) Samuel mo---Zimmerman, j) Abra~ m. ---, k) Jacob m. ---, 1) George m. ---. Children of ¥dchael and Sarah Burd Burkheimer: 1) ~largaret m. George W. Sroith, 2) Elliott m. !.;Iary Stroup, 3) Catherine m. Samuel Orwan, 4) Ira Cheyne:r mo Sara Elma Martin (who was a sister of the father of Glenn 1-1artin, the airplane manufacturer) as his first wife, and later married a second time. Children of Isaac and Margaret Ri~edorf Burd: 1) James mo Mattie Earley, and they had one child. 2) Jacob m----Had three children. 3) John m. Jennie---. 4) Ellen mo Albert White. 5) Linda mo --\'1arren. 6) Carrie m. Dr. Patchem. 7) Fannie m. Dro 'Wright. Lived in Thayer, Iowa. 8-) Lettie m. Charles Cowma.'1 of Los Angeles. Child of William and Fannie Burd Arnold: 1!lillia1n Arnold. Children of Jolm and Julia Burd Cheyney: 1) Jennie m. Walter V. 1-1oore of Indianapolis, 2) Etta m. Dr. Kenner. Child of \villiam and 1-1ary Burd Reed: Bianca m. Daniel Klein of Medford, Oklahoma.. Children of Joe and Eliza Burd Rice: 1) Jeremiah and three others whose names I do not have. Children of Samuel and ---Zimmerma.~ Burd: 1) Charles mo---, 2) Walter m. Anna Hol den. Children of Abram and --- Burd were: 1) Sylvester, who married twice, and 2) Etta m. --- Wilcox. Children of Jacob and ---Burd: 1) Martin m. ---, 2) Daniel m. ---, 3) John rn. Edith Spence, 4) Hook m. ---, 5) Noah m. ---, 6) Emmeline m. ---. George Burd married and had the fol101•d.ng children: Fred, Daniel, George, and Eliza, all of whom were married. Children of Ira and Sarah Elma lv!artin Burkheimer were: Dean, John, Clark ('whose wife was Georgia Parrish, an alumna of Knox College and a member of Pi Beta Phi fraterr1ity}, and Florence$ whose married nar11e 1-.ras Ed monds, and who had one daughter o I met all of tri.is fa.~ly i..-ri Seattle, ·wash, in 1920, found .them delightful people, and was entertained in their homes. The three sons had a lav1 firm together, 1vere married and had f arn..ilies. Before moving to
Seattle they lived in Creston, Iowa. Irais four children were all college graduates 5 Florence being an alumna of the University of Washington. An interesting anecdote in connection with Ira's little-boy days in Perry Co. was that when he saw a train fer the first time in Newport he we~ so scared by the noise that he simply fell to the ground. He l'Tas born Feb. 22., 1854 a~d died Nov. 25, 1924. An undated clipping of Newport News says Mrs. Sarah Burkheimer, 80, formerly of this county, died in Lorimer, Iowa.
In a letter to my grandmother, 1~brgaret Leiby Hol-1e, June 14, 1914, her cousin, Bianca Reed Kline, "1Tites from 11:fedford., Oklahoma, in very nice handwriting that her mother, l-1ary Burd Reed, had died six ·weeks before and was buried with 1/Iary' s husband at Coldwater, Kansas. nshe wanted to go home and be at rest and was the last of her family, and I imagine the reunion of Grandfather Burd's family was great. Cousin Jim Burd of Long Beach, Cal., is poorly and also Sylvester Burd of Massillon, Ohio.a I have a photograph of Bianca as a gro-i,m woman, tal{en with her parents in Har~r, Kansaso In the diary of rcy aunt, Katherine Howe Beard, written at New Bloomfield, 1876, she said Bianca Reed and ~frs. Burd called.
The second child of Frederick and Margaret Lambert Leiby ·was. John, at whose home Frederick died in N. ¥tl.ddleton Twp., Cumberland Co., 1846., according to the clipping quoted. I was told that John died in Carlisle, He had the following sons: George, Samuel, and Philip (1r-.'ho went to Calif. in 'l49). According to Alrred Leiby, John also had the following daughters: Susan Ann married to Mordorf {lived at Mechanicsburg), Mary Ann married to 1~ilson (lived at Newport), a.nd . .Elrnira. In the diary my aunt, Katherine Howe Beard, wrote 1876 at New Bloomfield she said Cousin George Leiby spent the night with them. Later in this booklet you w:i.11 find more data about this George in Alfred Leiby9 s reminiscenses.
tfary Ann Leiby, daughter of John, was first narried to Samuel }filler 1nd they had at least three sons: Jor-Ji L., George, and Samuel Leiby. John L • ., ·who lived on 6th St., extended, Newport, was born Jano 21, 1845, r.;.1a,rried r-iargaret ¥iatilda Bealer Feb. 16, 1871, and they had the following children: Mrs. S .. Wo Bair, Mrso Paul R. Fleurie, Mrs o Carrie IG.inepeter ~ Roy \-f., Harry J., and Samuel Ho I k.11ew well r'1rs. Bair and Mrso Fleurie and used to play with the Fleu.rie children in Newport: Ina, now Mrso Chas. Cumbler ;)f Newport, Percy, and Helen, who married 1··Jarren Kell. The latter couple had a daughter Sidney Anno George i•:!iller married Elizabeth \A!ilto A son died in childhood and is buried in }1:ilford cemetery. George later lived in 11:ichigan. Samuel Leiby !.filler ·was born Augo 16, 1848, married Deco 28, 1871 to J:Iary Jane Tressler, died June 14, 1923. Their children were: A son who died in infancy, Barbara Lenig '\\rho married limo Davis, \faro.en Daniel, v-tho married 1.fa:mie Anderson, An.11ie May, William Henry, who married i1ary Keer:ey, John G• ., who r.Jarried Emma Nebinger, Samuel Tressler, who married Carrie Nebinger, Jer~Jme Toomey, who married vJavie
Kauffman, Kate Tressler, Ada Jane 1 a11d lt!ary Elleno
After the death of Sa.t:1uel ili.ller ~ry Ann Leiby married John Wilson and they had the following children: Elcira (n1arried tc Asa Ferdinand 1-iather), Amanda (mar ried to Winfield Scott Toomej,-), Philip L., Levi M., Harvey Oo, Abner, and Adaline.
I shall quote a letter fro:rn Philip to his brother George, which was among the fazn. ily pap~r~ which rnj,... great uncle Sa'nuel So Leib~t left to r.w au_11t, Katherine Hov1e Beard and which came to me at the latter9 s death. I judge the reason uncle Sam had this letter was because he too had been in the west in the 1870's, and likely George gave him the letter kno•wing Sam ·would be interested. The letter follows: ~-Volcano.
April 9, 1878. Dear Bro 1 I will this evening ·write you a few lines to let you know that I received your letter of Jan9y in due tL~e and was rejoiced to hear from you all and that you were in good health and that you still enjoy the same great bless ing. We are all verry well at present excep the Baby. She has a slight cold which is almost a universal thing @nongst child.reno The vJeather i s lovely ever since the last of March and the crops looks fineo Everything such as flowers and fruit is out in full bloom and has been for some time altho this is a late spring. We have had an jJnmense amount of rain in portions of the stateo We had the heaviest rain last ·winter ever was known in this country. For about 3 hours the streets, creeks, and gulches looked like rivers. Flour sells here in the stores for from $9.00 to $10 per barrel, potatoes 2!c per lb., butter frorr1 37 to 50¢ per lb. eggs 33 per doz. Town property in mining camps dont a.inou.T1t to much. We have a fine brick hotel hereo It cost about nine thousand dollars. Now· it can be bought for $2500. Cormnon dwell ing houses can often be bought for from $150 to $300. If a faraily wants· .to leave they sell for what they can get. l-Je have only small ranches (farms) here in the mountains and the prices ra~ges from one to three thousand dollars. They are generly in small valleys or hillsitleso I have been prospecting and IDining all winter and have not found anything yet to pa.yo I shall try it a few weeks longer and if I cant find anytbiz,..g I ·will try something els. Times has been verry hard and dull here for the last two years on account of not having plenty of rain but we are in hopes of having it better this SUJ'"IlIIler. Geo, I would like verry much to go back home but I lmow I could not stand the cold winters. I could not think of living there again. You wrote some of coming to Cal. this spring. \veil you will see beautiful country. You can find snow 15 feet deep in the mountains and go down to the lower part of the state where the oranges and bananas growo They have new peas and strawberries and other such stuff n011r in the Frisco market. The Baby cannot walk yet but soon will. Excuse my scribbling. :t{y hand is awful sore. We send our respects to all. Nothing more at present but re:rnai.Yl yours Phil Leibyi1
The third child of Frederick and Margaret Lambert Leiby was Elizabeth .. married to John Weary, son of Conrad t-J"earyo Their children were: a) John, Jr., born Mar. 23, 1830, died Dec. 26, 1875. He was a 949-er, and married lviargaret Ann Lupfer, who died Sept., 1876; b) Conrad, Jr., also a i49-er; c) Elizabeth, called Betsie; d) Margaret, called lfag, married James Pj_ll Grier, a lawyer, and lived in Phila.; e) Fannie. Children of John, Jr., and 11ary Ann Lupfer vJea.ry were: 1) Mary Elizabeth, born 1854, married Hermc.n Ho \vittmer in Leavenworth, Kansas in 1874; 2) John Calvin, died when 29; 3) Anna; 4) William; 5) Austin Clark, born April 22, 1864 at Leavenworth, Kansas. !'-farriedo No children. 6) Georgeo The children of Herman and 1-fary Elizabeth \vear~r 'Wittmer were: a) Owen 1'Jillard. of Oakland, Calif.; b) Mable Edith, who died when 10; and c) Olive ·weary, whose first husband was Charlet Streit, and after his death the second was James N. Boyd. They also lived in Oakland. Owen had a son Willardo The History of Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys lists Conrad 1-Jeary and Johniveary as taxables in SavilJ.e 'l\ipo in 18200
Beginning 1942 I had interesting correspoi1cence with Austin Clark Weary (grand son of Joru1 and Elizabeth Leiby ·weary) of Spokane, ·wash. It was he who gave me all of the data of his branch. Wrote very intelligent letters, and gave me a booklet. ·')f his geneology, together with some verse he wrote, and this I gave to the Perry Coo Historical Societyo Among faIT,ily pictures ·which I had ;nherited was one of his uncle Conrad Weary (whom Austin had never seen nor had he even seen his photo). This I gave to Austin, and ~rou can im.agine the thrill he had ·when I also sent him a small group picture, which he did not have$ showing his parents, brothers, sisters, and himself, he then being the baby. He said the Wearys originally came from Switz erland. I quote from one of his letters: iiwben Twas about 17 in 1881 I visited Aunt Mag Grier in Phila. I was there on New Years eve and they had quite a time. A big flambeau parade ~d thousands in varigated costumes. I thought it quite an affair at the time and it was. I have seen many since and none with few exceptions surpassed it in beauty. There was much there for me to see and I rather think Aunt Mag did not like my not spending more time with hero I was only there a few days. The house or apartment they rented was the most unusual arrangement I had ever seeno They had six rooms, one over the other, six floors high and stairs in each raom leading to the room above and the top floor room vras given over to an aviary. This was right down town on Morgan between Pine and Chestnut and no doubt there was more attraction out on the street day or night than in that room. \fuy she had this type of surroundings I dont lmow as it ·was unnecessary. She had means but perhaps it was fear of their means running low.n A present-day map of Phila. shows no llirgan St. but does show a Morgan Ct. not exactly in the location he described but not too far away. Austin wrote me he was only 4 ft. 6 in. tall, and his pictures in 1942 show him greatly undersize. He died several years agoo
I have seen the home of John and Elizabeth Leiby Weary, which is near Green Park, Perry Co. It is a substantial red brick house with the lieary name in the gable.
I have three letter_s written by Conrad \\Teary, Jr., to his first cousin, my great uncle Samuel s. Leiby. There was also an envelope, addressed t·.J the latter at Camp Sheridan, Neb. One, dated Apr. 27, 1876, written from North Platte Neb., had on the envelope the heading, 12C. Weary. Flour and Feed Store.n It is• one of SJ.D'46thy on the death of Samuel's mother: "I received. a Postal card this. morning from Cousin J. B. (James B. Leiby) Stating that you had reached home all right but so-rry to learn that you were too late to see your mother alive One after another passes out and we are daily reminded that our turn will come ere long and that we too must lay this body down and leave all behind. I can sympathize with you in your bereavement but you have the great consolation to lmow that she has gone to a better land, being prepared with oil in her lamp and ready to bid farewell to all here below••• I have not sold any of your things yet. Black Hill matters a.re rather on a standstill and the Indians are getting hostile.•i A reference is made to, some- one being the same as when Sam was there, showing Sam was in North Platte at one time.
The second letter is sent from same place, and dated l\,fay 13, 1876: iiYour # favor of the 9th inst. came to hand today and can sympathize with you in your Sad bereavement but we are all botmd for the same country. Well I have been quite busy since you left ,and am doing a good business. I have the old (?) fixed up in toler able good Shape. Got in 1 car load of potatoes 1 car load of Flour & corn meal & two car load of corn Since you left. M:l.de 100$ On corn Since you left Got through •with my apples at last and ma.de 50$ besides have 4 bbls. Vinegar. I have 2 more car~ of corn ordered The other merchents have all been out for Several weeks So have it pretty much~ own way now I have my room fixedup in good shape Carpeted nice bureau and wash stand in it I think I will sell the Gun & belt tomorrow for 15$ At least a man said he would come in and see it in the morning ••• ~.The news from the Black Hills is not very encouraging. The Indians are getting terrible hostile and killing quite a number. Crook got badly whipped but is going in with a large force. Mills Reynolds & another officer are being Court Martialled fc>r cowardice. The Gov't will find it a bigger job to whip those indians than they think fer. I think you ·were lucky in waiting. There are hundreds in there wh~ have not a thing to live on and numbers are offering to work for bourd. There are more coming back than are going but they travel now in large bodies. They took a man through here a few .. days ago killed by the indians. His name is Brown from Omaha He was out put, ting up Stage Stations. There has been a number of men & women killed and Scalped and I tell you it is unsafe now to go I thi.nk the country is all ryght -when once thoroughly prospected and opened & I propose to wait until it is Safe. I have lost no Indians so am not going to hunt anyo I expect to start to the Centennial in
10. about 4 or 5 weeks if I can arrange matters to Suit. I dont care about se)Jing out as I can do well enough at any rate better than working for 100$ a month. I have a little boy helping me now. Remember me kindly to :Mrs. 't"iarfield and ask her whether she remembers the time she and I rolled Ten Pins at the warm Springs. That is quite a nl.ll!lber of years ago. Remember me to Cousin Kate & 1-Iaggie and the rest of the Folks. lrJhat has become of I-!ary Ann vlilson? I wish you would find out Cousin Philip's address and let me knowo Hoping this will find you all enjoying life and . Soon to hear from you again I remain your Sincere Cousin Conrad w·earT• His handwriting is excellent. Mrso vlarfield was a sister of 1¥1'.rso Jesse Butz, Sr. of Newport. tlarm Sprir1gs was a celebrated resort in Spring Twp., Perry Co. Ji.fary Ann liilson was daughter of Conrad's uncle John Leiby. CousLvi Kate was my great aunt Catherine Leiby Fishburn, and Cousin Maggie, my grandmother, Margaret Leiby Howe. Cousin Philip I have quoted in his Volcano, Cal • ., letter.
The third letter from Conrad is dated Janty 27th· 1883, and headed Robinson, Colo., with the letterhead sh.:,wing that C. \Alea.ry & Co. were dealers in Groceries, Flour, Feed, Grain, Butter, Eggs, Canned Fruits, Wines, and Liquors. nnear Cousin Your welcome and unlooked for letter of 21st was duly received and as it is after business hours I will answer in brief. After I sold out in North Platte I came to Colorado & struck ·this place 2 years ago last June. I put up about the first house in the place Buildings went up quite rapid and the place was lively for a while but it did not last long Every thing was overdone. Buildings put up for speculation that have never been occupied. There were 6 Grocery Stores once now there are only two. '!he place is dead at present and business played out. Nearly half of the houses are empty. At one time there were 4 Dance Houses now there is none. Also had a. Ban.l{ but that has moved away. This is 18 miles from Leadville on the western slope Eleven thousand Four hundred feet above sea level and we have almost perpetual snow and ice. The weather has been nice up to Janty first for this altitude with not much snow but since that time it has been pay:il'..g up. It has been snowing nearly constantly for the pa.st week & it is from 4 to 6 ft. on the levil and still coming down. Weather gets kind '0frosty9 around the edges up here About a week ago thermometer went down to 63 below Kairo. Common mercurial thermometer was no where We have Spirit Thermometers or else we could tell no~hing about ccld. We can sing from Greenlands icy mountains with a true feeling. lie have a R.R. nmning from Leadville across the continental divide on the Summit is a Station said to be the highest R. R. point at present in the world. If you want to keep cool that is just the place to go to. I note that you are married but have no children. Is Cousin James in Business yet in Newporto Are Kate & Maggie Single yet? \\That has become of the girl Lib Howe. She was marriedo I dont remember _her husbands name and what has become of her sister. What has become of the Etter familyo Are Uncle Jacob & George Leibeys still lr.illg? Do you know if Cousin Philip Leibey in Cal. is living yet? w11at has become of Uncle Saml Leibey children? Do you know that Aunt Leibey who was married to Holley have separated. As s00n as I make a hundred thous&91d Dollars in this place I arJ. going to leave. M·y family is here. I have two girlso One is away at school in lfi.ssouri. Remember rne to all your brothers & Sisters and acquaintances and write soon again and give me all the news regarding old time raa.tters.n Lib Howe was Elizabeth marrie¢l to John Hetrick. Mrs. Jesse Butz, Sro, was a...~ Ettero I can9 t place Aunt Leibey married to a Holley. Catherine Leiby Fishburn and Margaret Leiby Howe were both widows so by asking if they are single he must wa..~t to lmow if they have remarried. A letter from my grand mother, Margaret Leiby (Howe) to my grandfather in 1855 said Cousin !·Ia.g \ieary visited them at Newport. She is the w-oman who lived in the odd house in Phila. after she married Grier. In another letter to cy grandfather (They ·were not yet married) grandma -wrote in 1855 that Con Weary ·was at Ne~Iport, had c-Jn1e from the west, and wanted grandfather to come to the west to live. An item from Perry Co. Democrat says: ti!)ied, the 25th- :Mrs. Elizabeth \'leary, consort of Mr. John Weary of Tyrone Twp., aged 48 years, 11 months, and 28 dayso 1~ Unfortunately I do not have the year date. Also in the autograph albwn of Catherine Leiby Kohler appear the naines cf Con
11. Weary and Maggie Weary, who then gave her residence as Leavenworth City, Kansas Territory. In one album of my grandmother, Margaret Leiby (Howe) is one sentiment by Con iveary, and in another of her albums are fi·veo
The fourth child of Frederick and Margaret Lambert Leiby was William, who was born 1799, and died 2-15-59, and is buried in Milford, Perry Co., Pa., graveyard (The P. o. for Milford is now called \Jila). Nearby is a stone rriarked: 20 1848- MoJ.L. d.M. B. Ro 20. To .whom this refers and wha.t 20 n1eans I do not kno~r. nThe Perry Forrester'•, published at New Bloomfield, says that \villiam Leiby of Saville . Twp. was married Feb., 1827 to Elizabeth Rubright of Tyrone Twp. by Rev. J. Shull. The same paper later tells of her death on Aug. 6, 1843. They had the following children: a) Jeremiah, died you.11g; b) Caroline m. John H.Burkholder, and they had nne son, Joseph Wo b. 1859, m. 1882 to Ida FrJ, and the latter couple had a daughter Ellen m. Boyd SLlT!IIlons. At the fu..."l.eral of my great aunt KatherL11e Leiby Fishburn Caroline Burkholder drove her buggy and horse, which ran away on the way to the funeral, and when Caroline arrived she was in a bad state of nerves. My- understand ing was that she came from somewhere up the Valley. Her son ·was born in Carroll TWp. and buried at Mt. Gilead also in Carroll Twp. c) Alexander of Middletown, Pa., m. Sarah l'Jhite; d) Frederick m. Margaret. Jones (b. 1837, d. 1929); e) Samuel m. Mary Yohe. They had 1) Ida; 2) Belle, who is now !frso Howard Britton of Newport; 3) Carrie; 4) Charles, and 5) John. f) Benjamjn.
Frederick and Margaret· Jones Leiby had the following children: 1) Albert Francis Fremont, b. 1857, m•. Caroline rleitzel Shutter of lirightsville, Pa.; 2) McClellan Ellsworth; 3) Laura Lunetta Rosecrans, m. Samuel Price; 4) Dawson Benjamin Franklin; 5) Nellie Grant Sartoris, m. rlilliam Raymond, and they had a daughter Sara; 6) Edwin Forrest, b. 1868, d. 1951, m. Bertha B. Hilt; 7) Lawrence Abbott, who was drowned in the Susquehanna River while trJing to be the first one to skate across, aged 20; 8) Clara Susan m. Samuel Ruby, no children; 9) Anna Elizabeth m. George Fey and they had one son, 1-tlrtin Luther. Susan Ruby is the only one living of Frederick and l~rgaret Jones Leibyts children.
The majority of the material on this vfilliam Leiby line ,1as furnished me by Alfred Leiby, who is listed above as .Albert Francis Fremont, son of Frederick and Margaret Jones Leiby. He did not know why his name was changed from Albert to Alfred. He was a volrur,inous writer and a very good one, who lived, when we· were in correspondence in the 1930 9 s, at Wildwood, No J. He was in search of the maiden name of his grandmother and this I was able to furnish him from my research in the Perry Forrester. He was much interested in geneology and took great pains to write in detail. He faintly remembered his grandf a.th er William Leiby, who owned two farms on the Ridge in Perry Co., on one of which Alfred was born. He also recalled the little schoolhouse in ¥.d.lford where Alfred wsnt to school, and the little locomotive with the huge smokestack that used to pass rcy- great grandfather's (Samuel Leiby9 s) home at Newport. A lad of eight, he happened to be standing close to the P. R. R. station at ¥.d.ddletown the morning LincolnYs funeral train passed and saw the heavily draped casket in fold after fold of somber black with the American flag intertwined. About this time Alfred's father moved from V.d.ddletown to Illinois to a big farm but they returned to Penna. in a year and the father went into business with Cousin George Leiby, who is likely Alfred's father's cousin George, son of John Leiby. Alfred said George kept a store for Jtears in Siddonsburg and Lewisberry, York Co. and later in Mechanicsburg and was a very clever business man. Was very careful of his attire and usually immaculately dressed. I understand that the location of the William Leiby farm today would be as follows: It lies between New Milford (W'ila) and Markelsville on the south side of Big Buffalo Creek and has an old stone house. It has been owned successively by John H. Horting, F. 'Thomas Beck (whose wife, Helen Robinson, is a cousin of mine on another ~~e), and at present by Lawrence Fosselman. In regard to William Leibyis owning two farms, Alfred Leiby wrote that they were about a mile apart and he recalled as a tiny· boy ho1,r a call from one farm would bring
12. the huge black Newfoundland dog non a fly" from the other and how William prided himself on this faithful animal.
Alfred. 9 s father had a penchant for naming his children after soldiers and other celebrities and was an expert clock and watchmaker, also a fine fiddler, and a mem ber of Ringgold Artillery Corps organized in Newport 1864 or 5. This corps was not called for duty and Frederick Leiby was honorably discharged. Alexander Leiby, 6 feet tall, took an active p:3,rt in 23 engagements in the Civil vlar; wounded but once ~t 1"Ialvern Hill, Va., when a minnie ball penetrated his thigh; fought in Union center on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg in Hancock's Corps and helped to repulse Longstreet9s charge. Alfred wrote: nr often heard him tell of the occurrences on that historic field. It was on the third day of the historic struggle at Gettys burg that the Confederate conmand decided to break thru the Union center. As a preJimjnary to the grand charge made in the afternoon, a terrific cannonade was set l up by the Rebel artillery and concentrated this hell of fire on that rugged Union center. Orders were given our men there to lie down and hug the ground while this fierce bombardment was going on. For two long hours shells and schrapnel screamed over A them or struck ever and anon, destroying many loyal troops and horses. 'When the shells missed the men and simply struck the ground piles of dirt or earth would be thrown over them, adding terror to the indestructible damage being done. When the cannonading ceased and the grand charge was ordered by the enemy, 18,000 shock troops under Pickett of Longstreet9 s corps marched in serried columns up the slope leading to the crest of Cemetery Ridge, hoping to break thru where their cannon had paved the wey. It ,-ra.s an awful and critical moment for our gallant defenders but they met the charge heroically and turned the invaders back--hurled them back decimated and triumphantly defeated. This act saved the Union; it was the turning point in the battle and Lee was forced to retreat to his native soil.n
In regard to his u..'1.cle Benjamin Leiby, Alfred wrote: nBenjarnin. Leiby never married. He was captain of an artillery corps and saw very active service in the early stages of the war. He was promoted from the ranks for bravery exhibited in several fierce encounters. He was indifferent to danger, and was finally captured by the eneJitV and cruelly treated. Eventually they starved him to daath in the Prison Pen on Belle Isle not far from Richmond, Va.n
Alfred and Caroline Shutter Leiby had the following children: a) Carolyn Theresa m.--McCormick; b) Charles Frederick, m. Eva Washburn; c) Robert Harold Shutter m. Bertha Dokenwaddel from Holland; d) Marion Virginia Estelle; e) Leah Margaret. Carolyn Theresa McCormick had 1) Francis Leo; 2) LeRoy; 3) Carolyn Theresa. Charles and Eva Washburn Leiby had 1) Rosalie Maria; 2) Evelyn Louise; 3) Norma May; 4) Charles Frederick, Jr. Robert and Bertha Dokenwaddel Leiby had Robert Harold Albert Shutter, and the latter had two sons, Robert Shutter Leiby, Jr., and 'William, whom I have met, and a daughter Roberta Louise Leiby. All of Alfred 9 s children are dead except ifarian Virginia Leiby.
Alexander Leiby m.. Sara ~1hite (1840-1923). Their children were: 1) John Snyder; 2) Anna Mary m. --I~1cClearyo No children; 3) Annabel Lee m. ---Wallower. Had one son. Laura Lunetta Leiby \\tho married Samuel Price had one son, :Edwin. Dawson and Etta Fry Leiby had one son, vlalter9 Edwin Forrest and Bertha Hilt Leiby had 1) Frederick; 2) }fary m. Llojrd vlaltemyer; 3) George; 4) Edwin G. Frederick (1 above} had two sons, Frederick and Frank, the former having been a classmate of my stepson, Clarence Rupp, Jr., in Jackson grade school in York in 1931. The family later moved and I was out of touch with them. We had the two little boys here for a party and they were very nice.
After the death of rJilliam Leibyis first wife, Elizabeth Rubright, he married a woman much younger than himself, Susan Ernest. Her stone in Stony Point graveyard, Marlison Twp., Perry Co., gives this data: B July 19, 18140 d. July 30, 1888. Their children were: 1) George; 2) Katherine m.---White near Stony Point; 3) Jacob. who 13. lived and died at Stony Point. b, Aug. 5, 1853. d, Aug. 4, 1910. m. Alice--(Aug. 26, 1856-Aug.4, 1910). They had one son Harry A. (1874-1899). 4) John, who mar ried and lived awhile at Stony Point and later moved away. My" aunt, Katherine Howe Beard, cousi:m: -Louise Beard, my mother and I visited Stony Point graveyard and there secured the above data from the stoneso B. Burd Snd.th of Saville, Perry Co., eon firmed by letter to my aunt some of this same data and said the children of William Leiby and his second wife were his schoolmates; that he attended William's funeral; and that William lived and died on what became the Wm. Blain farm about½ mile south of Center School in Juniata Twp.
IV. The fifth child of Frederick and Margaret Lambert Leiby was Samuel, my great grandfather, of whom I know the most. As my mother, Annie Eva Howe (Glanding) and my grandmother, iiargaret Leiby Howe, lived in the Samuel Leiby home after the death of my grandfather Howe, and as my aunt, Katherine Leiby Howe (Beard) was born there, I have heard much of the hospitable home life of these grand people. Mother was nine when her grandfather, Samuel Leiby, died,and almost eighteen when her grand mother, Eve Smith Leiby died, so her recollection of these two was keen. A taufschein in the family museum in the Louise Beard Memorial, Newport, Pa., reads: nBirth Samuel Leibi son of Frederich and Margaret (Lamper) born Jan. 16, 1804, in Cumberland Co. Baptised Feb. 20, 1807 by Rev. Sanna. Sponsors--parents.n The taufschein for his wife reads: 1i'Eva, dau. of John Smith and Catherine Lesch b. Oct. 23, 1810 Bethel Twp., Berks Co. Bap. 1810 by Rev. Hendel. Sponsors--Balzer Lesh and wife Salome.n The latter were Eva's grandpa.rents. On the back of Samuel's taufschein is written: nsamuel Leiby Was indermarried ,dth Eve Smith the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty one A. D. 1s31n The aforementioned biography of James B. Leiby has this to say of his father, Samuel: "Samuel Leiby was born in 1804 in the old homestead in Center Twp. While he enjoyed very limited educational advantages in his youth, he had bright native talents a~d secured a practical education, and learned plastering and bricklaying. He followed this occupation in Perry Cc and for two seasons went to Geneva, N. Y., walking thither in the surmner and returning in the autumn, there being no public means of transportation in those days. ·when coming of age he built a hotel in New Bloomfield but before it was completed exchanged it for a store in Newport, where he finally settled and remained in business until 1850, at which time he sold out and retired to his farm, which included the grist mill. He cultivated his land and conducted the mill and continued farming till his death in 1867. Samuel Leiby married Eve., daughter of John and Catherine (Lesh) Smith. They met on an occasion when Miss Smith rode horseback from her home to New Bloomfield to attend a class for catecbe.tical instruction. Mr. Leiby assisted her from her horse and from this their 1narriage resultedo
Altho I have no specific data I know that Samuel and Eve and their children were devoted members of the Reformed church. Later the daughters became Lutherans.
The children of Samuel and fve Smith Leiby were: a) Catherine (1831-1906). Married Frederick Kohler, Dr. Robert So Brown, and Dr. Isaac Fishburn. b) :Margaret (1833-1917), my grandmother. Married Dr. Willia.ni Rudy Howe ¢) James Bell (1836-1915). Married Catharine Ann Smith d) J0hn So Leiby (1838-1839) e) Joshua Singer (1840-1907). Married Susan Holman f) Samuel Smith (1843-1924). Married Elizabeth Schools and Mrso Mary Hartman g) Elias Bixler (1846-1932). Married Jern:i.ma Jane Smith, sister of Catharine Ann Smith., wife of James Bo Leiby h) Eva (Nov. 19, 1849-Nov.21, 1849)
The earliest home Samuel and Eve Smith Leiby had so far as I know and where my grandmother, Yilrgaret Leiby (Howe), was born, consisted of a few rooms on s. Second Street, Newport, on the square on the site of the former Butz Bldg. but not at the exact corner. It would be about where Dents photo studio is now located, and is lot No. 'Z7 on the original plot of the town. There was a store room front curtained off from the living quarters, which consisted of a bedroom and kitchen. In the yard they kept a cow. When company came Samuel slept under the counter in the store. Their next home was on s. Second Street in a large frame house where the movie now is, at corner of Spruce Alley, and they lived there when James was a baby in the cradle, for the story goes that it was here that Eve Leiby dressed in a sheet at Christmas, representing the belsnickle, and with a stick tried to hit-the toes of the children. James, in his cradle, simply said, i'Now, now.n I recall this house in my younger days, and heve a nice large photo of it taken about 1885, with Catherine, James, and Samuel on it, all of course grown. It was then out of the family but they apparently wanted to be taken in front of their old home. The next store room of Samuel Leiby was on Lot No. 11 on the original plot of the town and was at the corner of N. Front and ?w!a.rket Sts. and diagonal from the present P. R. R. station. In 1874 Ne·wport suffered the worst fire in its history, starting in the Gantt Hotel Livery Stable, which was on the site of the present Harting Service Station. The buildings of this section which were owned by Samuel Leiby1s heirs, were all consumed, and mother remembered her grandmother, Eve Leiby, praying in German for the fire to be extinguished. An additional fact was that the insurance policy had lapsed.
The next home of Samuel and Eve Smith Leiby was the substantial farm home of red brick in Oliver Twp. (East Newport). I understand that farm was first owned by Fahnestocks, and then by Zinns, who built the house. After the death of the Leibys it was sold to the Stamba.ughs, and in my little girl days was owned and lived in by my great uncle John Hetrick (whose wife had been a sister of my grandfather Howe) and I especially remember the strawberry beds. Later Harry Wertz owned it and lived there and it was recently sold by the ~/ertz estate for $12,000 (Just the house and barn) to the Newport Products Co., a new firm in that vicinity who manufacture Ice Treat Products, or moulds for making popsickles. The house will be their office, and the barn, the place of manufacture. I have a stereoscope picture of the house in the days of the Leibys, showing what -my- family always said, namely, that succes sive owners changed the house all around so that the original front became the side, etc. The front door used to face the barn, whereas in later days the front door opened on the East Newport main street.
The Leiby home was one of gracious and plentiful living. Mother told of the profusion of food--the apples, plates of cold turkey, etc., where one could always get a snack. They nade their own wines. I have a blanket, the wool of which Eve Leiby spun and wove, and I have given a number of her direct descendants sections of similar ones. I also have linens she spun and wove. A cousin of hers, Barbara Lenig, whose nicknaine was Pevvrj, was employed. there almost constantly as a dress maker. There was much visiting among relatives, and this home seemed sort of head quarters for the country relatives when they came to town. Frequently my mother would reminisce about her grandmother, Eve Leiby, and when she did so she would always exclaim, '1Dear little old grandmother, 11 and there would come in her eyes a spontaneous look of deep love. Mother recalled Eve reading a German Bible. In settling up her husband's estate Eve simply made her mark on the papers. She ca.!!le from a distinguished line of ancestors,lsrgteetgiadfather, Balthazer Lesh, Sr., having served in the Revolution. She was born in a square house of four rooms by the mill at Lesh's Creek in Bethel Twp., Berks Co., and was a babe in arms when her pa.rents came to Perry Co. In the Louise Beard Museum is her spinning wheel, candle snuffer, Betty lamp, brass candlestick, homespun blanket, dough cutter, spice box, cooky cutter shaped like a large horse, sewing box, butter mould, a Reformed Church hymnal presented to her by her father 1831, cup plates, dough scraper, pewter plate, candle moulds, her handkerchief, steel purse, bed comfort, homespun linen towel, hair ear- 15. ring, two daguerreotypes of her, black silk waist, crepe mourning veil, half-moon shaped quilted cover for a table of same shape in her guest room, her dower chest (1808 on it, decorated), bandbox, cream with Persian border shoulder shawl, black shawl, etc. A table owned by her grandfather, Balthazer Lesh, Jr., is in the center of the museum and has been made into a museum case. Displayed there are the photos of Samuel and Eve LeibJr and their six children. In an autograph album of my grand mother Margaret Leiby (Howe} is a double wreath of glossy dark brown hair about the size of a fifty-cent piece, marked "Mother's Hair," which would be the hair of Eve Smith Leiby. I have a recipe in the handwriting of ~r grandr.iother marked nMother 9 s Pound Cake,n l-rhich would be that of Eve Smith Leiby. It is as follows: ,iQne lb of flour, one of sugar, ten eggs, beat the :r_~-~- and sugar together, add one lb. of butter, beat the whites to a froth, put in the flour last, very nice baked in small pans and frosted.n Olive Toomey Sheaffer told me that when she was a little girl her mother, Mary Smith Toomey, would ta.lee her to the farm to see her {Mary's) sister, Eve Smith Leiby, and Aunt Eve would always give Olive a nickel, which in those days was a large gift for a child~ Myrrha Campbell Knight told me she had a dim memory of Eve Leiby when her {}fyrrhats)grandmother, Catherine Smith Campbell, took her to spend a day with her {Catherine's) sister, Eve Smith Leiby, and Aunt Eve gave Myrrha a small china doll, beautifully dressed, which Jvrrha cherished for many years. Eve was named for her mother's sister, Eve Lesh, who married Felix Tammany of Bellefonte. When Eve Leiby died April 21. 1876., the following appeared in one of the county papers, signed, 11A Friend82 : H~s. Leiby was well and favorably known. Her children are intimately connected with the social and business interests of her native placE She deserves more than a mere announcement of her death. She was a tiuly good woman. All bear testimony to the good qualities of head and heart which fitted her so well to fill the duties of wife, 111other, and friend. There was nothing artificial in her character, nothing put on for effect. She was straightforward and firm, yet affec tionate, charitable, and benevolent. She was a true Christian lady, more concerned to live than talk religion. She loved her Saviour and His service and therefore enjoyed the hymns, prayers, and conmru.nions of the house of God. In her last illness her patience and resignation to the will of God were beautifully exemplified. In her death the Reformed church of Newport has lost one of its most faithful members, the community, a true and helpful friend, and the family one cf the dearest mothers. Yet her work and influence are not buried in the grave. Her sons and daughters have caught her spirit and she lives through them. Her affectionate tenderness to them has called forth a like affection frora them, which was exhibited in the most filial devotion to her during her days of suffering. No sacrifice seemed too great to be made. One of her s0ns (Samuel) traveled several thousand miles to behold his loved mother once more., but had to be content to see sinply her mortal remains confined for the graveo Yet he feels it his duty; and only regrets that the fastest train in which he hastened home could not move along more swiftly over the intervening plains and mountains. But she had also a like hold through her loving heart on her neigh bors. Almost the whole com.inunity turned out to attend her funeral on last Saturday morning. This too when all-effort at anything like a 'funeral parade', accordingly to her previously expressed wish, was discouraged. It was a spontaneous tribute to the uprightness of her character. Mother Leiby will be missed by a very large circle of relatives and friends, but as she lived the life of a faithful Christian and de parted to the spirit-world believi..ng Him who is the Resurrection and the Life, they· can console themselves with the comforting thought that their loss is her eternal gain.H
I.fy mother frequently referred to the fact her grandfather, Samuel Leiby, had such excellent taste as evidenced by the beautiful things he bought for his family when he went to Phila. to buy merchandise for his store. On our present mantel are two large prism candle sticks, with Romeo and Juliet in brass in the center, and these were in the E. Newport parlor. Also there li'ere two beautiful vases, one of 16. which I am now displaying in our home, and the other is in the museum. Then they had two glass candlesticks, one of clear glass and the other, vaseline glass. In the museum is a small china dog, which he brought for his little daughter, J.-rargaretj and of course a similar one for his little daughter Catherineo I enjoy wearing a lovely cameo, which apparently belonged to Eve Leiby as it appears on a daggu.erro type. I also have several gold breastpins of this erao We are using five of their parlor chairs, wooden, painted light yellow with a peach and acorn pattern. The sixth one is in the museum.a I also have a handsome bureau, oak and maple, with glass knobs.· In the bottom of the top drawer in Samuel LeibyVs handwriting one ca.n read: vasa Leiby his Bureau 18300° A small square table belonging to Eve was given mother when the old home was broken up because she was named for her grandmother, Annie Eva. Eve Leiby had six cups and saucers, the handleless type, with red lustre rosebuds for decorations. I have two of these, and Ed Butz placed one of the cups in the Beard museum, where is also a complete cup and saucer. I have a glass com pote, large, with moss rose design, one of a pair which mother said graced each end of the large dining room table at the farm home. I recall that about 1916 the Leiby cradle, in which all Samuel and Eve's children had been rocked, went begging and I believe it was finally sold to someone who wanted it for the excellent walnut woodo The corner cupboard from the Leiby home i1ent out of style, was demoted to a barn for storage, and when it became fashionable was no,ihere to be found. Scott Leiby owns one of the grandfather clocks from. the farm, and my aunt, Katherine Howe Beard, paid a large sum to get the other one back into the immediate family and left it to the Louise Beard Memorial, where it now stands and still keeps tim.eo An inventory of the household goods of Samuel Leiby after his death lists venetian blinds, which to day have again come into their own. I have two of Eve's shoulder shawls, one pale green silk, and the other cream silk with gorgeous embroidery of flowers. In the museum is Samuel's small chest in which were kept the family papers, his lantern, anc walle.. t. Also from his store the following: an account book of 1848, pair of scales, 4 large combs, pieces of flint for flint lock guns, silk trimming., braid, ribbon, and a fichu.
The Reformed Church nMessengeri1 for July, 1845, contains the following ad, which refers to the Leiby farm home in Ea.st Newport. Samuel did not sell, however, and continued to live there thru his life, and it was not sold until after the death of his wife Eve in 1876. ucapitalists., Look Here. Valuable Property for Sale. The subscriber offers for sale his valuable property in the immediate vicinity of New port, Perry Co., Pa., consisting of a Farm containing 120 acres of Patented Land. On which are erected a Large Stone Merchant Mill, ne-w'ly repaired and now in the very best order, with an extensive custom, and an excellent Sawmill, together with a comm.odious Brick House and Brick Kitchen, Mill House, and B2nk Barn, etc. A never failing stream of water passing through the above property, called the Buffalo Creek, etc. For further particulars call on the subscriber, living in Newport, when every information will be given and terms made known by Samuel Leiby. Newport, July 31, 1845~" Sam Leiby died Octo 25, 1867.
Samuel, who was affectionately called npapu by his children (Eve was iit{-otheri•.) began his business career in a small way but must have had a keen business sense for he prospered. Inventory of his estate showed he owned land in Benton and Grundy Counties, Iowa, Lawrence, Kansas, lots in \iya.ndot t and woodland in ?!.d.nnesota. Also land taxed for $3000 in Illinois. He.also owned the hill above Newport known as the Dam Hill, at the siqe of which extensive stone quarr;es have been developed of these later years. He was a member of his local school board and gave most of his children the opportunity for schooling beyond the local schoolso :f.ty grandmother, Margaret Leiby (Howe),studied for a time at lvfiss PaineVs School at Carlisle; James attended Cumberland Valley Institute, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Joshua, New Bloomfield Academy and the Academy at Academia; Samuel s. and Elias, ¥.d.ssionary Institute, Selinsgrove, which later became Susquehanna Universityo The latter two stayed only a very short time at this school. 'Ihis entire group were inclined to business and not to liter- 17. ary attainmentso Uncle Elias said his father could make a bucket in no time. Samuel Leiby was an incorporator of the Perry Coo lfutual Fire Insurance Co., 1843, and was Newport9s first store keeper in 1832. On the occasion of the centennial of the town in 1940 the Harrisburg Evening News carried an enlarged picture of Samuel as the town's first burgess in 1838.
The accounts following Sa.muel 7s death show his coffin cost $50 and the very nice shaft in the Newport cemetery, $325. A receipt from G. Wo Zinn to Joshua Leiby is for $2 for hire of a two horse carriage for SamuelVs funeral services. There is also a receipt signed W. H. I.fusser for $6005 to Samuel S. Leiby, the son, for 1 pr. drawers, 1 pro gloves, and 5½ yds cash.a"TI.ere for the funeral. This bill \-ras from the P. Bosserman store. The only letter I have from Samuel Leiby and so far as I know the only one now in existence was written by hLTil from Newport, J·u.ne first, 1852, to his daughter Margaret, who was visiting her sister Catherine, then ¥irso Frederick Kohler, living at l.fifflintown. It is marked ape.id 3n on the envelope instead of a stamp. The letter folloi-1s: nTo Catherine & Margred, Dear Daughter. Your, of yesterday is at hand and in answer I must Say that it is uterly i.lll.posible fer me to Let James go from home at Present unless I would Lock up my Store wich would not Look very well to See. I Should Like very much to acomodate you all if I Could but you must no that bayma.king is near at hand and we have a Good deel to do to Get ready. I Bought a young ma.re yesterday So Fred need not Look for one. I have a man Hired by the day. He is Helping James to work. I have not been in the City yed. If I do Go I will want James in the Store I will Send James & Joshua up on Friday first to Bring ¥iargl!ed home on Saturday we Cant do without her Poor ?wfother has to wash this day & her Cough is Still Bad (Here a line is crossed out with the same ink-well crossed but I can make it out to be, •1I think her time is not long for this world." Eve lived 24 7ears after this letter was written and outlived her husband by nine years.) She has to work So hard and is never very well. l•iargred if you need any more money, James will Let you have Some on Friday when he Comes up how is Sam Coming and is He a Good Boy if not you must train him to obey I aught to right a Grate deel but for bare I hope you will all Come ~own Soon. Very respectfully Saml Leibyi1 Sam, Jr., was only 9, and on this trip to Mifflintown had a daguerreotype taken, which is now in the family museum--a lovely little boyo
Following is the l'till of Samuel Leiby: In the name of God, Am.en. I Samuel Leiby of the township of Oliver in the County of Perry and state of Pennsylvania, being in health of body and sound mind, memory and understanding, praised be God for the same, do make this my last will and testament in maner and form following: I give device and bequeath unto my beloved ~,j_fe ~ve Leiby all my property real, personal and mixed or what nature or kind soever and wheresoever the same shall be at the time of yzy death during her natural life or as long as she remains mywiddow and after her decease the same to be divided amongs my children in equal shairs. And I do nominate constitute and appoint my said 'Wife Execurix and my son James Executor of this my last will and testament. Intesta.man wareof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 30th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty.H •• The witnesses were Levi Klauser, J. E. Singer, and J. Wo Frank. It was probated Nov. 13, 1867, J. E. Singer and J. W. Frank testifyL~ to their signatures. The residence of Klauser it said was not then known. vlm. Grier was register of wills at New Bloomfield. I have used the spelljng in the will. Who wrote it I don't know. It is not Sa.mu.el Leiby's writing, nor are the signatures original, so likely it is all a copy.
In the Louise Beard 1-1cmorial home is a wooden rocker of Samuel's, which I placed there. My mother said he used to rock her on this and sing to her John Wesley's old hymn:
18. ifThere is a land of pure delight \Jhere saints immortal dwell. 11 And I like to think of all these dear folks in that land ·where as the song says, "There everlasting spring abides, And never with1 ring flowers."
The sixth child of Frederick and Margaret Lambert Leiby rras Jacob, who married Sarah Potts. She was from the Potts family who owned the land where is now Valley Forge. They first lived in Carlisle just south of the Farmers Hotel, which was on s. Eo corner of South ands. Hanover Sts. Later they lived on N. Hanover St. near Metzger College, with a small cemetery nearby. John Few told me Jacob Leiby and family left Carlisle when the town was to be shelled by the southerners the time of the Civil War. They found the road to Harrisburg crowded with refugees and Harrisburg so full that they went to Middletown and stayed there. Jacob was a drover when they lived in Carlisle and would go to Ohio and bring back many horses to sell, driving them on the roads. l'Jhen rrry grand.l!lOther, Margaret Leiby (Howe), attended Miss Paine's School, Carlisle, which was a young ladiest prep school (private) in 1854-5, she lived in the Jacob Leiby home, and between this branch c,f the family and mine there has always been warm affection.
Jacob and Sarah Potts Leiby had the following children: a) Belle, married John Rife, of Middletmm, who was a member of Congress. They had one son who died young of heart disease; b) Annie, married Samuel Mumna.. Their children were 1) Mabel m. James Gledhill, and they had two daughters, Mrs. A.G. H. Lucas and Mrs. Raymond vlirth. The latter had a son, Raynond, Jr. 2) Edward married I11fary Keister, who diE 1951. They had a daughter, married to Paul Dautrich, and two sons, Donald K. and Samuel L. 3) J. Milton who died 1948. The Paul Doutrichs had a daughter, Mary Anr who graduated a.t Cornell and a son, Paul, Jr. Jacob and Sarah Leiby1 s next child was c) Ella married John Few. They lived at Middletotm and had one son, John, Jr., {1872-1951). The latter's first wife lived but a. short time a.nd later he married Ruth Ditzler, daughter of a Lutheran ministero They had one daughter Ruth who graduated at the Shipley School and married ---Schneitman of Elizabethtown, and the have a daughter Ruth. d) Kate married Samuel Singer. Had one son. e) William. This group are fine people. I met Belle Rife in her latter days and with my aunt Katherine Howe Beard and cousin Louise Beard attended the interment of Annie Mumma in the Highspire cemetery o I lmew best of all the John Few, Jr., family and value their friendship very highly. Alfred Leiby r.Tote: itI remember my father's uncle Jacob Leiby fairly well. He was a wonderful business man, full of energy and am bition. He owned the distillery at Middletown and at one time was considered in very comfortable circumstanceso My father worked for him. I have a slight recol lection of Aunt Sarah Potts Leiby, at whose ~li.ddleto\m home I visited a few times when I was quite young. Of course I saw a.11 of the girls. 'rnei:r brother 'Willie I remember, who was about 20 years old when I last saw him and when he was working f 01 John Few his brother in law, who was section fcretian of the P.R. F.n
The seventh child of Frederick and Margaret Lambert Leiby was James who ma:::--ried Nancy Graham. Both were colorful people. I shall quote verbatim letters written b: them to his brother Samuel Leiby, 1,-mo was my great grandfather.
"36 l-1ilcs below Kansas City Richfield ibnday Sept 8th 1856 Mr. Samuel Leibey Newport Perry County Pennsylvania Dear Brother Your letter of Augst 19th was recd in Leavenworth City on Last Freyday on my return from up river I had Left my ,dfe in Leavenworth City & went up the Miami 19. River as far as the Mouth of the Plat river I was absent 9 days when I returned to Leavenworth the hole City was in the Greates State of Excitement you can imagine so much so I did not think it adviceable To Stay So we left and Came down to Kansas City 42 Miles below Leavenworth there we stayed two days when we found it Not Safe to Remain any longer on the account of Being free Soilers So we Took a Boat & Came 36 Miles down still further where we have Som· ashurance of Safety at Least for Som time as Soon as the Truples (troubles) in Leavenworth is Settled we will return wich I hope will bee in 10 or 12 days from Now. I will Say Nothing about the Truples as !tr Lady will Give you all the Pertickler I will Now Give you a history of Buisness Transactions I went to Platsmouth to Buy Some more Shares I had bough~ 2 Shares Pbout 2 month ago I Sold Con Wearey one Share and Exspected to Buy 5 more Shares When I Got up but the Shares had risen So l}.ight in about 3 weeks that Con Shear is worth double Now and cant be bought for Less than 350$ per Sheare I then bought Salt City Shears which will raise I Supose in the Same Prorasha I will enclose you one Share I will let you have for 65 $ if you wish it if Not Sent it back by return or Mail & Shoute your Son in law Wish one Sheare I will spare him one for 80$ and if any more is wanting from anJr other Sourse I will Let them Go for one hundred dollars Shares are raising fast in these New Citys at Least till they Get up to .3, 4 & 5 hundred dollars Each. I can Spare 2 Shares in Pelarmo 9 miles west St-Loe this is the Place where the Hanabel & Sta-Loe Raylroad will cross the misouri river And you know that road will first Reach the Misouri from all the road under Contract (This ended a pa.geo I am not sure if all the pages of the original letters are in one and the same letter. I am using all the data I have.) I will Let you have one Shearc of Palermo Kansas T. For Two hundred dollars and if any one Els wants a Share I will Sell one more at Two hundred and twenty five dollars if you want this Share you will Pleas and Sent me the Amount in a Certificate of De posit or a draft on New York or Philadelphia Brother Jacob Can help you ·.to these drafts I am almost out of funds as I have Not Half of my funds with me from LaFay ette, Indo, and therefore would Like to have this at this Time after I Get all my funds together I will make investments without remittance I have Bought the best Stone Building & Lot in Laurance this will be the Largest Inland City in Kansas and I was Goin to Say in the earth In less than 50 years if a Free State and we destine to have it So & Have Fillmore President. I have also Bought 2 vacant Lots in Lawrance at the same time. I am Now waiting for Wyandott to Com into Marked (market) at the ~outh of the Kansas River this is Goin to bee thee Place in Kansas in the place of Leavenworth or any otherplace on the Misouri River in Kansas which I want you to keep as Secred{secret) as your Life I have been----(?) all sumer for it as soon as the Goverment Give the Indian the Title they will Sell and then will thee Place Spring up that is the Great Cincinnatti ,rrare I want my hand in the Pye and then will I inform you in time for you to bee ready if you wish me to in vest for you I have Lots and City Sheares T suppose Near 200 I am now trying my luck either make or brake I feel happy end Contented in all the danger and bustle ~ Lady is a Soldir She will Give you a Little history of the truples we have went threw· Excuse My Writing as I was in a bury and answer by return Mail as soon as Posable direct Leavenworth City Kansas Territory James Leibey" Next follows the wife's letter: n1 must tell you about the fight in Leavenworth Cityo You are no doubt aware that by time time Colo Lane is at Lawrence with a large body of freestate men under his command. Well the Proslavery party resolved to vanquish and kill every free state man in Kansas Territory on the 1st day of September So on Sunday the last of Aug the whole herd of border Ruffians mcrched around the City until midnight. Well I boarded at a boarding house kept by a free state family and one of the largest families in the City \tell the Ruffians had a spite at him for no good reason. So on Monday morning at 8 O'clock a possee of 200 Ruffians armed to the teeth with Colts Revolvers Sharp's Rifles and Bowie knives, and under regular military command marched up to this house in which were 5 women e.nd 5 meno Well ·they fired into the house and killed Phillips, a brother to the one we boarded with they wounded our landlord so his arm was amputated they took the rest all prisoners and ordered them to leave the town by 8 hours from then they robbed the house of all the arms and ammunition and carried their arms to guard them while prisonerso they fired into the room where I was standing and I have one dress that received 15 bullet holes it hung against the wall, and the bullets whistled around my heado It was the first storm of iron hail I.ever was in and hope it will be the last Yours N. A.G. Leibey P. So My respects to yourself Lady and children The Govener, Mr. Greary has just now passed up to Kansas. Dock (Dr.) went on board the Steamer where he was and shook hands with him and talked a whileo he was Mayor of SanFrancisco when Dock lived there. he prowises fair to help matters in Kansas and Kansas needs a great deal of force either of head or hand at this time Mr C Weary is still in Leavenworth City and we expect to hear from him every daTi
The following is from James to brother Samuel: v'Brother Samuel I wish you to under stand That I dont wish you to keep this Sheare of Salt City there is 640 Ackers of Land in 200 Sheares will make Sum over 3 Ackers of Land to Each Share this Amount Laying in or Near any City would be Cheap at 50$ per Acker this Would bring Each Share at 150$ wich is only half price at a low rate there is no risk in buying Shares in any ordenery Town Sight Eaven at 300$ the Palermo Shares has Each drawin 4 lots already and the hole Amounting to bee About 12 lots in all will be drawin in each share as soon as agreed by the association if you buy a Sheare I will Get Sum one to represent you as a voter as will do it Myselve by Proxy if there I will Now Close or tire you to death by reading · Yours truly James Leibey My respects to Mr & Mrs Browen to yourselve and lady together with all the rest of your Family and inquiring friends Brother Samuel I have been you know in 30 States and three Teretarys and two years in San Francisco Cal but Such a State of Dam devils as you find heare I have Never Saw out of hell I hope Jehovo will open the windows of Heaven and pore out vengence upon them for Such doings as has been pa.rpe trated in this Teretary but it is no wonder this is one of the finest Countrys I Ever Say Lay out of doors and therefore is worth Fighting for I expect Now to make this 1-zy" future home .KANSAS MY HOMEai
Mr. and Mrso Browen are Dr. and ?.fr-so Robert Brown (Samuel's daughter Catherine), and Dr. Bo was the son in law referred to.
In 1943 I had considerable correspondence with Mrso Lela Barnes, treasurer of the Kansas State Historical Society at Topeka. Because Ja~es Leiby was so in love with Kansas I felt he would prefer the original of his letters to stay in the archives of that state society and I presented them there and kept copieso In re turn Mrso Barnes typed me the biographies of Jrunes and Nancy Graham Leiby from HPortrait and BiograpJ.,.ical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas, and Franklin Counties, Kansas:;:, published in Chicago, 1899, by Chap:.ian Pub. Coo Their pictures are with the sketches in the printed booko Ja.mese biography badly erred in saying he was born in Hamburg, Germany, and this mistake I explained to Mrs. Barnes, who said she would make the correction in their copyo I shall quote from it in parto It told of James Leibey (M.Do) being in the Cun1berland ·Valley, Pa. where he was reared and educated. He then went to New Orleans, where he studied medicine and began its practice. Returning north in 1848 he left New York for California via Cape Horn on the ship VColumbus', and after a monotonous voyc.ge landed in San Francisco. Going inland he engaged in mining. In 1852 he returned east, bringing with him a consider able amount of gold dusto For a time he made his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he owned property, but later went bctck to New Orleans and embarked in the sugar refin ing business, ma.king shipments to the north by boat. In Logansport, Ind., May, 1856, Dr. Leibey married Miss NE'.ncy A. Graham. 'Their wedding tour was a trip to Leaven worth, Kan., where they arrived on the 30th of the same montho On the third of
21. October, 1856, they came to Lawrence in a stage with nine passengers, guarded by twenty-six dragoons whose presence the border warfare rendered necessary. Crossing the Kaw by means of a rope ferry, they entered the town that was to be their future home. Being ardent free-state advocates and staunch Republicans, they incurred the hatred of pro-slavery sympathizers, whose malice they suffered more than once. They were living at Lawrence at the time of the Quantrill raid and lost their residence and business property by fireo Dro Leibeywas taken a prisoner and locked in a room above the hardware store, it being the intention to fire the building with him in it. A guard was placed before the store to prevent his escape. Mrs. Leibey was driven out of her house by the gango Learning her husband's whereabouts, she went to the guard and appealed to hi.'Il for the doctorVs release, but in vain. Afterward another ruffian was put on guard and she made her appeal to rd.Ill but of course w:i thout avail. As she stood watching she saw the guard hurry across to a saloon. At once she ran upstairs, took her husband do~n the rear stairs and hastened with him to the river, where they escaped in safety. After the raid Dr. and Mrso Leibey returned to Leavenworth and remained there until a house was built for them in Lawrence. From the shock and danger of the raid -i'4rso Leibey suffered a long illness. In October they returned to Lawrence and took up their residence in a frame house that had been built for them. Soon afterward they erected the residence in which tfrso.Leibey and her daughter now make their home. The latter, Lily Graham Leibey, is an accom plished musician, highly educated, well informed on arts, music and science, and is her motherVs companion both in domestic interests and the broader field of knowledge and culture. Dro Leibey was a man of more than ordinary ability. His education was broad and he was familiar with several languages, besides being a musician, a per fonner on various instruments and a vocalist. From the age of seventeen he was a member of the Presbyterian church and his life was that of an earnest Christiano Fraterna.lly he was identified with the Masonso His death occurred in 1868, when he was fifty-six years and ten months old.
•1Mrs. Nancy A. {Graham) Leibey is one of the pioneer women of Lawrence. She came west a bride leaving a home where every comfort had been found and a state where peace reigned; from such a place she was brought to a state rent with dissen tion and stained with the blood of martyred citizenso Like her husband, she was a radical Abolitionist and was determined to do all within her power to advance the free-state causeo In early days she became acquainted with all the noted men of Kansas and was an ardent admirer and personal friend of 'Jim' Lane and other Ab-olitionistso In an early day the GrahcL"j:lS c~"!le frorn Scotland to Delaware, where her father, Israel Grah&u, was born. The mother of Mrs. Leibey was Mary, daughter of Daniel Bowen, natives of Kent Coo, Delawareo Mary9s father, who was a large farmer, enlisted in a cavalry company during the Revolution and served under Lafay ette at the battle of Brandywine, where he was wounded. He returned home for a ·:: short time but as soon as was able went back to the arw.y and witnessed the surrender of Connwallis at Yorktown, and died in Delawa.reo In 1835 Israel Graharn and his wife moved by wagon to ·western Pennsylvania, settling near Pittsburgh. While they were crossing the Allegh~nies, and were near Uniontown a daughter was born to them in a hunteris lodge high up in the mountainso For a cradle they used a sugar trougho It was this daughter born ar.-~d strange surroundings who was destined to become one of the pioneers of a state that was then unlmowno The family proceeded to the vicinity of Pittsburgh, where Mro Graham engaged in the manufacture of salt for six years~ Next he moved to Springfield, Oo, where he took contracts for the building of canals and roads. In 1850 he settled on a large farm in Logansport and in time became the owner of additional land and engaged extensively in stockraisingo
•1From the age of seven until fifteen Nancy lived in Springfield, O., where she attended the public schools and acadeniyo When seventeen she began to teach in Logansport and continued until her marriage three years later. She then came to Kansas with Dr. Leibey.i9 Here follows an account of the attack at the Phillips home, etco, following closely the outline in Nancy9s letter to Samuel Leiby. nsince Dr o Leibey's death Mrs. Leibey has given her nttention to the management of her property a..Y1d moneyed interests, in which, being a thorough business woman, she has been quite successful. She has never lost her love for Kansas.ii
Mrs. Barnes wrote that Nancy Leibey died in Lawrence Jan 41 19, 1909. Lily married Dro Elijah M:. Owen, who was listed both as a physician and as an osteopath in the directory. The census showed Lily as two years old in 1860. Besides the letters I sent the Historical Society two photos of Lily Leiby, and a warranty deed from the Wyandotte City Co. made out to Samuel Leibey, Dec. 17, 18600 In the family museum at the Louise Beard Memorial, Newport, pa., I placed two photos of this branch of the family: one alone of Nancy, and the other a group picture of James, Nancy, and Lily, Nancy being unusually lovely and beautifully dressed. Among the wedding gifts received by my mother she has noted white~ nnill, material for a dress, from Lily Leiby. My impression is the westerners had previously sent similar gifts.
You will note I have not developed my own line to the present generation. This I shall hope to do in a later· section of this geneology. The sons and daughters of Samuel and Eve Smith Leiby were such charming and dynamic people, and I knew all of them so well that I want ·to devote to them more than just passing observations. In Part II I also plan to tell what I know about the Lamberts.
So here's to the Leibys--
i1Their name is on your waters, And ye ne1 er can wash it out.•'
I wish to acknowledge the help of Harry Lenig, Rev. and Mrs. Amandus Leiby of Penn Argyl-; Mr. John Lowry Ruth of the York County Historical Society, and all others who made this history possible. I used much data left me by my aunt, Katherine Howe (Beard), and my cousin Louise Beard, both of whom were vitally interested in the Leiby and Lambert geneology and who had done much research on these lines; also data given by Mr. Elias B. Leiby a lawyer of Bergenfield, N. J., who must not be confused with my great uncle Elias Bixler Leiby, deceased.
For the benefit of those who may not understand I wish to explain that the family museum in the Louise Beard Memorial is a collection of family mementoes housed in the former home of~ uncle and aunt, Horace and Katherine Howe Beard, which home my aunt left to the to~m of Newport to be used as a connnunity center in memory of her daughter, Louise Beardo
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THE LEIBY-L1~f~8ERT LINEAGE PART II
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. THE LEIBY-IAMBERT UNEAGE Part II
Compiled and written by IvJrs. Clarence R. Rupp (Margaret Leiby Glanding) 632 South George Street, York, Pennsylvania - 1953
To My Aunt, Katherine Leiby Howe Beard, Whose inspiration and research on the Lambert line was a ma.in factor.in my writing this history
In order to clarify in the minds of my readers my Leiby-Lambert lineage, I am using the following outline:
IEIBY !AMBERT I. Frederick Leiby (1695-1760) le George Iambert (1707-1784) m. Ha.ria Mettline (1696-after 1760) m. Ana - (1711-1762) n. George Michael Leiby (172.3-1808) II. Nicholas Lambert ( -1823) m. Barbara -- m. Dorothea - (Ann Mary --, second wife) Ill. Frederick Leiby (1768-1846) m. Margaret Lambert (1768-18.37) IV. Samuel Leiby (1804-1867) m. Eve Smith (1810-1876)
V. Margaret Leiby (183.3-1917) m. Dr. William Rudy Howe (1826-1859) VI. Annie Eva Howe (1858-1930) m. Rev. William Marquard Beet.em Gla.nding (1856-1917)
VII. lviargaret Leiby Glanding (1890- ) m. Clarence Ra.y Rupp (1887- )
In a very valuable geneology named 1 iiThe Family of John Tressler and Eliza beth Loy Tressler", written by Dr. George Tressler Scott, he makes this important statement, regarding the various spelling of the name of Lambert: ii Here again is a German-to-English evolution of spe:µing. In the earliest extant records of the Allemangel lutheran Church, Pastor Schumacher in 1768 wrote 'George Le~perth9 ; then the silent 'h' is dropped to Lempert, which is then used for the family in church records ror some decades; civil VEnglish'i records frequently use Lambert, which gradually byway of Lampert becomes ordinary usagen.
The Isiby-Iambert Lineage Part I tells on page 3 of the Allemangel Chur~h in Albany Twp., Berks Co. It is from their records that we gain much Lambert----- information. In my aunt"s handwriting is the first baptism on the following chart, but I have not been able to verify the source. The seven baptisms fol lowing are taken from Allemangel records. Children of Nicholas and Dorothea Lempert: Date of · Date of Name Birth BaEtism Sponsors
Anna :M:3.ria 6-19-1764 George Lambert (grandfather) & Anna Maria Catherine Barbara 9-3-1765 9-29-1765 Anna Catherine 6-7-1767 John Jacob Bacher & Catherine Kunkel Anna Margaret 7-26-1768 8-7-1768 Michael I.ey and Margaretha Susanna Dorothea 2-6-1770 8-18-1770 Jacob Bacher & CatherLia Zimmerman Georg 11-15-1771 12-15-1771 George Lempert & wife Dorothea (grandparents) Nicolaus 2-9-1773 3-14-1773 Nicolaus Mantz & Maria Zal ~ria 1-i:l.gdalena 1-8-1775 2-5-1775 Maria Magdalena Sausel and Conrath Hollenbach, l:oth single
It is from the baptismal records of Anna Maria and of Georg that we establish the fact that Nicholas Lambert's fatherVs name was George. Regarding the ancestry and background of the latter, there are two schools of thought, each advanced by reliable persons. However, inasmuch as I am not the orginator of either theory and am not in a position either to prove or disprove either belief, it seems better for me not to state either theory. The Allemangel records for 1768 list Georg Lemperth as an elder. In the churchyard are the graves of George (Dec. 6j 1707 - Nov. 20, 1784) and Ana I.emberth (October 26, 17ll - August 18, 1762), who was apparently the first wife as when the grandparents sponsored the baptism of Georg in 1771 the grandmotherYs name was Dorothea. I believe that Anna Maria who with grandfather George spon sored the baptism of Anna Maria in 1764 was GeorgeVs first wife, and that the child was named for her grandmother. Dr. Scott, who has visited these graves, says :nThere are four very old markers in a row inscribed in German • •• Only that of iAna LempertinV is fully readable nown. The stone on the left hand is that of George, and the next stone to the right, that of Ana. Next is a stone, the inscription on which looks like, 11 Jorgiousn, who died November 1773 (8 ?). The fourth stone might be that of Dorothea, the second wife.
The Allemangel records show the following confirmations, which tally exact ly w1.th the baptismal records as to the ages of the children, the 11ini'l being the feminine ending.
Names Age Date of Confirmation Anna Catherine Lampertin 13 Catharine La.mpertin 14 4-2-79 Maria I.ampertin 15 Dr. ScottYs book says that Michael Ley, the second son of Matthias and .Anna Maria Ley., married Margaretha Lempert, daughter of George Lambert. You will note that Michael Ley and Margaretha were sponsors at the baptism of Anna Margaret, daughter of Nicholas and Dorothea Iambert, the baby being named for her aunt o I have visited the graves of Michael and Margaret Lambert l/Jy in Loysville, Pennsylvania,cemetery, the data on the stones being briefly as follows: Michael Lei (1740-1823) Margaretha Lei (1743-1809). They were the ancestors of a long line of prominent Perry County families, known to many of usa I under stand Nicholas had another sister, Anna Clara, who was in Albany Township in 1755, but this fact I cannot proveo Dr. Scott also points out this interesting information: HThe same first name was often given to two, three, or more brothers or sisters; this was the VChurch Namev or ¥Baptismal Name 9 usually from the Bible as John., Michael, :Mary
- 2 - Anna.a ·we here see that among Nicholas Larnbert9s children there were tnree da.ughters~.who had Anna for a first name. According to Dr. Scott, •~twas probably here in the Allemangel area that George Lempert received his warrant for 50 acres of land June 13, 1750, for by 1753 he is paying 12 pounds sterling truces in Albany Township in newly formed Berks County.n
In Pennsylvania Archives 3rd Series, Volume 18, we find the following for Albany Township, Berks County:
date acres horses cows shee,E tax Lambert, Nichis g.m. 1767 100 2 2 2 TTabout $1.40) Lambert, Nicholas g.m.1768 ]30 2 2 3 6 Lampert, Nich 9s 1779 130 2 l,1550(about $31) Lampert, NichYs 1780 182 2 6 Iamb~ert., Nich 9s s 1781 182 2 6 39.15.0 lempert, Nich9s gom• 1784 1C2 2 4 5
The following is from tax lists at Berks County Historical Society, Reading. Albany Township, Berks County Nicholas lambertWs name in German 1785 - valuation 182- 209 2- 20 4- 12 3- 1 1 mill 200
Lampert, Nicholas 1789 Total 180 acres of lands@ 18 shillings 169 lb. 334 lb - tax equals 2 lb, 1 grist mill 150 1 s 9 pence 2 horses 16 2 cow·s 5 . ------~------~------~------~------.-.------·------Same list as above in German 1791 In Pennsylvania Archives 3rd Series, Volume 24 we find under warantees of land in Cumberland County for 1792, Nicholas Iambert for 200 acres, the date of the survey being Aug. 7. In the "History of Susquehanna and Juniata Valleysii by Everets, Peck & Richards it says: "On a small branch of the Big Buffalo Creek and bounded by lands claimed by the heirs of Thomas Patton, by land of Andrew Davis, of Henry Comp~ and of the late James Semple, in August 1792 Nicholas I.ambert took up 200 acres, he having previously made at the place an improvement.n In the office of Internal Affairs at Harrisburg Capitol I found a sketch of this land and it said Nicholas Lambert gave $81.86 for this tract of land, called, "Omagh". It really contained 219 acres, 138 perches, a 67~ allowance being made for roads.
The sequence of the ownership of the original 219 acres is as follows: . a)Patent granted Aug. 22, 176~ to Robert Pollack, surveyo~ grandfather of president James K. Polk) for tract of land in Toboyne Twp • .p)Robert Pollock and Elizabeth, his wife, to Nicholas Lambert, Vay 2, 1794 c)Nicholas Lambert to his son George, Feb. 2, 1799, recorded in Book N. Vol. 1, page 246 in Carlisle courthouse, 180 acres. d)John Arnsberger, attYy for the heirs of George Lambert, to George Hollenbaugh, Apr. 1, 1828. e)George Hollenbaugh and Mary his wife to Daniel Wentz, Apr. 1, 1833. Consid eration, $1600. Recorded in New Bloomfield courthouse. Deed Book M. Vol. 11 page 277. - 3 - f) 1905 Samuel vloods owned it and much of this data was obtained from papers in his possession. I have a sketch or the land made from the original draft in the possession of Samuel Woods. g)l933 owned by Frank Rohm. h)l952 owned by John Grenoble of New Bloomfield, On a Sunday afternoon, August 20, 1933, my husband drove my Aunt Katherine Beard, my cousin Louise Beard, and myself to find in Jackson Township, a Lambert homestead, which would be on the plot of ground just traced. vlhether Nicholas himself ever lived there I donit know, but undoubtedly George did. We talked to the Rohms that day, the wife telling me she understood the house has the original logs in it, and that it was pebbledashed, and now frame. There is a well in the yard and a lovely view of the mountains from the front. A beacon tower can be seen in the distance, and near the house there is a ford in the creek. I specially recall that Sherman's Creek, which runs along the farm, looked dark and deep that day. The old foundations to the barn and a large outside chimney on another building may be original. Because we did not have explicit directions for finding this farm we went around nRobin Hood's barni• in getting there, and so it seemed more difficult or access than it really is. Recalling that Nicholas had six daughters, all or whom married, my cousin Louise, with her keen sense of humor, remarked: 11To think those six girls in this iso lated place all got husbands, and I have been all over the United States and Europe and am still single.n \ve took pictures or the house that day. The easy way to reach it going from Newport would be to go to Andersonburg 1 and then on the road to Blain turn to the left (before reaching Blain) on the road leading to Nanassa. The house will not be far as it is only three miles from Blain. A covered bridge is near the farm.
vle see that Nicholas sold to his son George Iambert the greater part of the original 219 acres. After the death of Nicholas there appeared in the Perry Forester,issuesor December 4 and 11, 182.3, the following notice: "Public Sale - To be sold at Public Vendue on Thursday the 25th day of DecelI!':>er, inst., at the house of Henery Rhinesmith, in Toboyne township, Perry county, A TRACT OF LAND, Situate in Toboyne township, containing 23 acres, more or less., part .cleared, a small log House thereon erected, - adjoinillo lands of Henry Rhinesmith and others, and by Sherman9 s Creek.n This was likely a part of the original 219 acres~ I believe this is what was left after Nicholas sold most of the land to his son George.
I have the surveyoris sketch of the above 23 acres, surveyed September 23, 1794, a warrant for which was granted to Nicholas Lan1bert dateJ July 5, 1794, per Samuel Lyons. It may be that it was on this small plot and in this log house that Nicholas finally lived and died. It is bordered by lands of James Heddlestan and Jacob Bergstresser. You will note that the sale of the above property was to be on Christmas day, a fact strange to us. I should say here that it was in 1820 that Perry County was for~ed from Cumberland. The Zeamer Records show that Nicholas Lambert was taxec in Toboyne ·Township, Cumberland County; in 1795, and since the last tax record in Berks County was for 1791, therefore we can conclude Nicholas, and likely his son George too, together with their families, migrated from Berks to Cumberland some time between those dates. In the History of Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys we find that in 1820 Nicholas was assessed in Toboyne Township for 128 acres of ridge land, and George Lambert9 s heirs for 183 acres. In the Recordervs Office at Reading is a document showing that in 1806 Nicholas Lambert of Toboyne Township, Cumberland County; but formerly of Albany Township, Berks County., gave a power of attorney to his ;,trusty and loving friend 1 Conrad Hollingbaughi to collect money owed the former. (See sponsors of baptisms) o
- 4 - George Lambert 9 s will was probated October 31, 1804, at the Carlisle courthouse, so we conclude he died near that date. His executors were Jacob Bergstresse {prob~bly Bergstresser) and Henry Zimmerman. The administrators' bond was $600, and the sureties were Francis Kelly and John Kinkeade. In the two issues of Perry Forester before referred to there are also these For Sale notices: a) Also on Friday the 26th on the·premises A TRACT OF IJ\ND Situate in Toboyne township, containing 914 acres, adjoining lands of the heirs of Alexander Rogers, and others, about fifty acres cleared, with a log Dwelling House, and Barn thereon er$cted; and an Apple Orchard. This property has a clear patent. b) Also on Saturday the 27th on the premises A TRACT OF LAND in Mifflin township~ Cumberland county containing 13 acres, more or less, with a small Dwelling House thereon erected, etc., adjoining lands of Zigler and near McCormickis 1-iill. The above are the properties of Nicholas Lambert, dec 9d,and to be sold by virtue and authority of his last will and testament. Frederick Ieiby, administrator with the will annexed. Dec. 4th 1823. N. B. If the above properties are not sold on the aforesaid days, they will be rented for one year.
At the New Bloomfield courthouse is a Deed of Release, which starts as follows: John Iambert Dated 1 April, 1828
George Lambert •0 Jonathan Kennel & ifa.ry (we). • Recorded 2 April, 1828 all of town of Fayette, in Deed Book ncn, Vol. 1, page 52 Seneca Co., N. Y. by : John Ansberger (atty-in-fact) • to • Consideration: $1600
George HoJla.nbaugh •0
This document has to do ·with the sale of the land traced on page 3, by the heirs of George Lambert. I shall not quote it in full but one phrase is im portant: "Except the dower of ~iary Lambert, widow: of Nicholas Lambert. n From this document we find the naraes of George Lambert's children, where they lived, and also the fact that Nicholas·• widow outlived him. The will of Nicholas Lambert is as follows:
In the name of God Amen I Nicholas Lembert of Toboyne Township Cumberland
County and State of Pennsylvania1 being weakley in Body but of a Sound mind and memory, blessed be god for the same, thought fit to make this my last Will and Testament Principally and first of all I recommend my immortal Soul to God, my Body to the Earth from whence it came, to be buryed in a decent and christian like manner, at the discression of my Executors, hereinafter mentioned then all my Just debts and funeral exper:~es to be paid. Item I give and bequeath to my wife Ann l~y Lembert the Sum of Sixty Six Dollars and Sixty seven cents, in money; And all the use of that part of the House that I Know liveth in and the one half of the dowry that I now receive from~ son's estate during her life, and all the bedding clothing and other goods that she had brought to me agreeable to a 1-fa.rriage Contract with her before Marriage, all which, is to be at her dis posal. Item, Dl}r Son George Lembert deceased, having had his dowry in the plan tation that I sold to him, his heirs has therefore nothing to receive from rIIY Estate. Item It is then my will that shortly after my decease Ianded and other moveable property shall be Sold, for the best price that can be gotten for the Sa.1ne, and all the money arising· from rcy real & personal Estate, Shall be equally divided between my six daughters, Namely Ann ltary Bark, Catharine Stom, Ann
- 5 - Catharine Verie, Margaret Ll.bey, Susannah Bergstraser, and Barbara Stahl equally; Nevertheless my Executors shall Keep the money at intrest and if any of my daughters aforesaid Shall come to want, my executor hereafter named, shall· grant them such relief out of their respective Shares as appear to them needfull, during their natural lives. And after their death or any of their death, the residue of their Shares, Shall be equally divided between their heirsrespect ivelyJ to be paid to them as soon as can conveniently be when they are of·age. Except nevertheless my granddaughter Polly Owings Shall have five Dollars, and the rest of her motheri s Share Shall be equally devided between the rest of my daughter Susannahs Children. And Now I do hereby constitute and appoint Abraham Bower and Daniel Bloom to be my true and lawfull Executors, giving and granting them full power and authority to execute and fullfill this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking disanuling all former Wills, by me heretofore made, and hereby ratifying & confirming this to be my last 1·'1ill and Testament and 110· other. - Intestamony thereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this fourth day of January in the year of our l.Drd 1819.
Signed & Sealed in the presents of Nicolaus Lembert Seal Johannes Kuntz Daniel Bloom
From Nicholas Lambert's will we find the married names of his children, and comparing them with the baptismal records all are accounted for except Nicholas (the son), wPo apparently had died. We realize that Nicholas, the maker of the will, had a second ,-,ife for the one with the baptismal record was Dorothea and this one is Ann 1ary. It is believed that the reason why Polly Owings received only 05 was that there were bad feelings between her and her grandfather, Nicholas Lambert, but anything we might say in this line is purely conjecture. The 'Will indicates that Polly Owings was the daughter of Susanna...li Iambert Bergstresser, anci likely Pollyis first name was :Mary. You will note that by his will Nicholas Lambert created a trust for his children, and this was the reason why it took so many years for the estate to be settled (until all his children were dead).
On the reverse side of the ·will is the following document, indicating that the court appointed Nicholas' son in lawJ Frederick Leiby, to be administrator, when the men chosen by Nicholas in his will refused to serve;
Perry County SS By the tenor of these presents I Abraham Fulwiler, Esquire, Register for the probate of Wills and granting letters of Administration in and for the County of Perry, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do make lmown unto all people that en the twentieth day of October An. Dom. one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, before me was proved a certain instrument of writing, purporting to be the last H'ill and Testament of Nicholas lemberti late of Toboyne Township in the county aforesaid deceased wherein Abraham Bower and Daniel Bloom were appointed Executors, but who afterwards-refused to act; as in and by the said 1-Jill filed in the Registeris Office at Landisburg may appear. He the said Nicholas lembert, having whilst he lived and at the time of his death, divers goods chattels rights and credits, within the said County and Commonwealth, by means whereof the full disposition and power of granting and ordaining the Administration of all and singular the goods chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased, and also of auditing the amounts, calculation & reckoning and the final discharge and dismission from the same to me are manifestly kown to belong. I desiring therefore that the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said deceased, may be well and truly admi.nist9r~d, converted and disposed or according to the said last Will and Testament, and for the uses therein mentioned, do g~ant unto you Frederick Li.by of Saville Township (in whose fidelity in this behalf I may mu~h- cop.fide) full power by the tenor of
- 6 - these presents to administer the goods chattels rights and credits of the said deceased, which at the time of his death were owing, or to him did in any wise belong, and to pay the debts in which the said deceased stood obliged, so far forth, as the said goods, chattels, rights and credits will extend, acording to the rate and order of la\-t; especially of well and truly administering the goods, chattels, rights and credi~s of the said deceased and exhibiting an in ventory of the same unto the Register's Office of Perry County, on or before the twentieth day of November next ensuing, and of rendering a just and true account of the said Administration, on or before the twentieth day of October next following.--And I do ordain, depute and constitute you _the said Frederick Liby to be Administrator of all and Singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said Nicholas Lembert deceased, to the use and for the purposes in the said Will (which is hereunto annexed) mentioned, Saving harmless and forever indemnifying me, and.all other Officers, against all per sons whomsoever, by reason of your Administration aforesaid. And saving all others their rights. In Testimony wnereof I have hereunto. set rrry hand, and affixed the Seal of Said Office. Dated at Landisburg, the-twentieth day of October- An. Dom. One thousand eight hundred & twenty three. Abraham Fulwiler, Register
Inasmuch as Nicholas lambert 9 s will was probated Oct. 20, 1823, likely Nicholas died sometime between that date and Sept. 20. In the office of the late James 1-agee in New Bloomfield my aunt Katherine Beard and cousin Louise Beard searched thru Vol II of the Perry Forester (July 18, 1822, to end of 1823), and I searched thru Vol.I (July 12, 1820, to July 18, 1822), primarily for the death date of Nicholas lambert~ Strange to say, there was little local news, altho national data was listed. It was fascinating to read about the current president, James ltonroe, but we were disappointed to find no mention of NicholasV death, altho were re·warded by the above-mentioned sale of lands. I have the account of the administrator, Frederick Leiby, of the estate of Nicholas Iambert. It is a long document and indicates he loaned money to a nl.llllber of people. Likely in his older days this was his means of livlihood. A few of the items follow: To Dr. Samuel A. ¥100re for medicine $40.6~ n Daniel Bloom, Es_q. for proving will 2.25 n Jacob Burd for appraising property and clerking 4,00 ,i Jacob Livey, coffin 7.00 n John Topley crying vendue 2.00 n Andrew G. ~Iiller - a number of items ,i Henry Yambert for church stipend .so n Revd William Heimes for attending funeral 2.00 ii Anthony Black funeral bill 10.92
Research showed me that Andrew G. Miller was an attorney who was admitted to the bar 1822, and he was apparently the lawyer for t:1e estate. D,.... Samuel A Hoore ·had been a student, of Dr. Ely in Shippensburg, and came to Landisburg about 1825 (altho this document proves he was there earlier) and remained in practice until his death in 1843. Had a lar3e practice and was a successful physician. He bought a farm near Iandisburg following 1826. Daniel Bloom was justice of the peace. After the estate was settled there remained J2634.54, and this divided into six shares gave each heir $439.09. Polly Owings ~5 had already been taken out, and also $66.67 for legacy to Mrs. Mary Lambert.
It has always been a question as to where Nicholas lam.bert was buried. 1-'Iy aunt Katherine Beard searched endlessly for his grave, and it has not yet been found. Our best clue was the fact Rev. William Heim had the service. From studying the matter I have come to the conclusion that if Nicholas were not
- 7 - buried on his own land then the two nearest graveyards of churches which Rev. Heim served would be Blain or New Bloomfield. George Lambert was already dead, so likely the father and son were buried in the same place, and also later the second wife of Nicholas, Yiary, was likely buried with them, Frederick Leiby buried his wife, Margaret Lambert Lei by, daughter of Ni.cholas, in the New Bloom field graveyard in the Lutheran churchyard, but that was in 1837. And besides, Frederick was not appointed executor of Nicholas' will until after Nicholas was buried, when the others refused to serve. I wrote Rev. G. R. Heim, a descendant of Rev. Wm. Heim, asking if the early minister had left private records of his official acts, for these might tell the place of burial as well as the date of death. Rev. Go Ro Heimlreplied that the private records were destroyed in a fire. I tried to trace the church with which Henry Yambert was affiliated, for it was to him that the administrator paid the church stipend, but this I could not trace. A significant fact is that in the Blain graveyard are two graves close together, one of which is a Lambert. Both inscriptions are in German. i,Here li6 the remains of Sibilla Lambert Glick. She was born in the year 1786 on the 19th of October, and died in the year 1816 on the 12th of January, aged 29 years, 2 months, 23 days.•1 nHere lie the remains of Maria Magdalena Diese who was born Keller. She was born in the year 1781 April 4th and died in the year 1823 ~Jareb 22, aged 41 years, 11 months, 18 days.a In the very interesting and valuable book which Mr. John Kistler, Stony Run., Pa., wrote about the Allemangel Church on the occasion of its 200th anniversary I noticed the name of Gluck among its early members, with the umlaut accent over the "u", which would sound like Glick. Mr. Kistler kindly searched the church records for me to see if a Sybilla might have been mentioned, but she was not. It was only lately that I realized the following: If there were no provision for a gravestone (as the record shows there was not) in the administratoris ac count, then likely Nicholas Lambert 9 s grave was not marked, This is hard to understand, for Frederick Leiby erected a very fine stone for his wife, and surely he could have done likewise for his fat her in law, who left plenty of money for all needs, and whose estate Frederick settled.
I have in my possession a number of original releases from the descendants of Nicholas Iambert in connection with settling up his estate. These are specially valuable as they give descendant~ names, which we would not otherwise have, and give an idea as to the death date of several of Nicholas 9 children, for the trust fund for each daughter terminated at her death. I shall use as a heading the name or Nicholas LambertYs child in each case.
A. Ann Vary Bark or Barrick. 1) Release from John Barrack, Henry Barrack, Jesse Ma.thews and Polly his wife (formerly Polly Barrack), children and legal representatives of :Mary Barrack, daughter of Nicholas Lambert. Rec 9 d from Frederick
Leiby, administrator, $3.58 3/4 each 0 This seems the last due thein. VJOtheris share had been $487,80 and included a judgment against Jacob Bergstresser and not included in Frederick Leiby9s supplemental ac count. Dated, June 1834. vlitnessed by Jacob Spriggle and Samuel Leiby. Those signing were Merry Barrick (just her mark), Jesse Methews (just his mark) - John Barrack (signed himself in German) ~enry Barrack w4de mark. 2) Release from Jacob Barrack for himself and as attorney in fact for Samuel Barrack, both living in the Province of Canada West, children of Ann Mary Barrack, daughter of Nicholas Lambert. Rec 9d from John \;feary and Jacob Burd, who were the sureties in the administration bond of Frederick Leiby, now· deceased, administrator of estate of Nicholas Lambert, each ~7ol9. Dated June 9, 1854. Jacob Barrack only made his mark in signing.
- 8 - In com1ection I also have a lengthy power of attorney dated tia.y 6, 1854,whereby Samuel Barrick of \r.fa.lpole Twp., Haldimand Co., Canada, appoints as his attorney Jacob Barrick of Wainfleet Twp., Welland Co., Canada, in connection with the estate of Nicholas Iambert. This document speaks of John Livey, George Livey, and Jacob Bird as the executors of the estate of Nicholas Iambert in one section, and in another part spells their names Levey,. The part of Canada men tioned h~rc is in the southwestern pa.rt of Ontario, Haldimand and Welland counties bordering on lake Erie, and all not too far from Buffalo, N. Y. 3) Release from Daniel Barrack, Peggy Barrack and Philip Hechman inter married with Susaru1ah 9s children and heirs of Ann Mary Barrack, daughter of Nicholas Lambert. RecVd $3.58 3/4, balance due on the lagacy, including full share of judgment against Jacob Bergesresser and not included in Frederick LeibyVs supplemental account settled in Orphans Court. Dated April 10, 1834. Philip signed his own name. Witnesses: Jacob Reling - Rachel Wolf. 4) Release from Andrew Barrick of Toboyne Twro, Perry Co., Pa., and Elizabeth his wife to George W. Thomas 1 whereby the former gives up all claims to the inheritance due him thru bis mother, Ann Mary Barr.Lek daughter of Nicholas Lambert. George Thomas paid the Barricks $16. Dated Dec. 31, 1829. Witnessed by G~orge Flisher and Jacob Bloom, the latter being a justice or the peace. Andrew wrote his name but Elizabeth made only her mark. Frederick Leiby paid George Thomas $3.00 and this released Frederick Leiby. Andrew signed own name. 5) Release from George w. Thomas assignee of George Barrack of Toboyne Twp., Perry Co. and Mary his wife, to Frederick Leiby £or the con sideration of $3.00 paid Thomas by Frederick Leiby, executor o~will of Nicholas Lambert. The Barricks had paid Thomas $5.00. Dated, Oct. 29, 1834. George Barrack signed his name in German., but Mary simply made her mark. B. Catharine Stom 1) Release from Nicholas Stum, George Stum., John Stum and Susannah Bower (formerly Susannah Stum)and .\dam Bower, her husband, Barbara Henry (formerly Barbara Stum) and Jonas Henry, her husband, Elizabeth Kesler {formerly Elizabeth Stum) and David Kesler, her husband, all heirs of Nicholas Lambert. Each received $23.05t apiece, including full share of the judgment against Jacob Bergstresser, dec'd, not charged in F. Leibyis supplementary account. Feb. 28, 1834. 'Witnesses: John Kooken , Johannes Ely - Nicholas Stum, and·Goor~e Stum ciigned it~ Others made n1a.rko
2) Release from J.viichael Wolf and Eve his wife (formerly Eve Stum) j who was one of the daughters of Catharine Lamberto Rec"d $230041, in cluding Bergstresser judgment. Dated May 3, 18340 Witnesses: Jacob Reling and Rachel Wolf - Eva Stanm and MiLtael Wolf each signed own name. c. Ann Catharine Verie 1) Release from John Murberger·heir of Polly ~leary, who was a daughter of of Ann Catharine v/eary, daughter of. Nieholas Iambert. Rec 9d $17.94 3/4, being 1/5 part of estate coming to his nether, the said Polly Weary. Includes Bergstresser judgment. March 29; 1834. Witness: Samuel Weary Signed, John Murbargar 2) Receipt from Solomon Murbargar to Frederick Leiby, administrator of Nicholas Iambert (the late great grandfather of Solomon) for $17.95 for legacy bequeathed to Solomon 9s mother. Oct. 2, 1839. Solomon made only his mark.
- 9 - 3) Receipt from Solomon Murbargar to Frederick Leiby, administrator of estate of Nicholas Lambert for $17.95 for Polly Murbargar9s share of a legacy (bequeathed to her mother by her great grand father). Solomon had power of att9y to receive this for Polly Marbarger. Oct. 2, 1839. 4) Receipt from Samuel Murbargar to Frederick Leiby, administrator of Nicholas Iambert for $16.33 for legacy due him. Nov. 15, 1832. Witnesses: James Leibey John Lei bey, Jr. 5) Release from Catharina Ely_ of Albany Twp., Berks Co. widow, formerly Catharina Wherey and granddaughter of Nicholas Lambert of Perry Co. Rec 1d $80.82. Dated, Sept. 8, 1826 Catharina made only her mark. Witnesses: John Roth and Adolf Hatsfield 6) Release from Samuel Wary of Stark Co., Ohio, to Frederick Leiby. Rec 9d $80.80. Dated Aug. 3, 1825. Samuel signed his name nicely in German. D. Margaret Libey There are receipts from all of her children except Sarah Leiby Burd, to Frederick Leiby for $22.00 each, the share of their motheris legacy in the Nicholas Lambert estate. All except Elizabeth Leiby Weary wrote their own names. She just made her mark, a.ltho her husband, John Weary, wrote his name. E. Receipt from John Troup and Sarah (apparently his wife) to Frederick Leiby, administrator of Nicholas Lambert, for $16.33. DatedJ April 6, 1833. John made his mark but Sarah signed her name in velji· good handwriting. I am not sure who they are but they are likely of the Weary branch for the amount is the same as was received by Samuel Murbargar above.
It must be noted that Nicholas LambertVs daughter, Ann Gatharine Iambert, married a Weary, and also that Nicholas Ianbert~s granddaughter, Elizabeth Leiby (daughter of Margaret Lambert Leiby) married a ~·weary. (See Leiby-Iambert Lineage Part I., page 9). In other words aunt and niece each married Wearys but I dont know how the husbands were related.
In 1921 Earl DeLoss \'leary then of Chicago sent me a copy of a very fine booklet which he called the Smith-Weary Chronology, which had been written by his father Frank Orlando ·weary. lfy' interest then ,1as in the Smith angle for it is my understanding that the Vary Magdalene Smith quoted below is a relative of mine. She was a daughter of John Adam Smith, thru whose Revolutionary War ser vice so many have joined DAR, I quote from ¥Jr. 1rfeary's geneolgy: ••Subsequent tc the close of the War of 1812, Mary Magdalene Smith was married to Samuel v{eary, a returned veteran of that war. They took their wedding trip on horse- back, thru the trail to Canfield, Portage Co., o., which evidently w~s quite a romantic trip, there being few hostelries along the trail, and evidently they were oblidged to camp out. Soon after they removed to Marlboro, Stark Co., o., where they took up a farm, built them a home and raised a family of eleven children.n It wa.s not till 1946 that I noted that this Samuel vleary was a descendant of Nicholas Lambert (as the above mentioned release shows), and when I wrote Mr. Earl Weary to the address I had before used the letter was returned unclaimed, so I conclud~d he was no longer living. The Weary booklet says that Mary Magdalene Weary is buried in the Cook family lot in Canton, o., in West lawn cemetery, near the mausoleum of Pres. 11.fcKinley. Using the data in the Deed or Rele.ase from the heirs of George lambert to George Hollanbaugh (see page5) as her basis, my aunt, Katherine Beard, wrote
- 10 - the postmaster of Fayette, N. Y., who put her in touch with two descend.ants of the said George Lambert: Mrs. Margaret Lambert Stuck of Seneca Falls, New York, R. D. #1, and Ivrrs. David Sheridan, Fayette, N. Y., granddaughter and great grand daughter respectively of George Lambert. Apparently this branch of the family were not interested in family history for altho they were cordial and genero.us with what they did lmow, neve:-theless they lmew nothing farther back than John Lambert, son of George. My aunt asked them if they had ever heard of any of the last names of Nicholas lambertYs married daughters, but they had not, and neither had they heard the name of Nicholas I.ambert. After George 9s death apparently the widow and her children moved to N. Y. state and did not keep in touch w:i th her husband9 s relatives.
According to the data sent my aunt by Mrs. Sheridan and Mrs. Stuck, the following are the.descendants of George Iambert, son of Nicholas:
A) John Lambert B) George Lambert - lived in Wisconsin C) Jiiary Lambert, married Jona.than Kennel. They had a son Lawson, who had two daughters. John Lambert, above, had the following children: 1) Lawson 2) Caroline 3) Benjamjn 4) Elizabeth, called Betsy, who married Eli Moyer and lived in Albertis, Lehigh Co., Pa. Their first daughter, Ellen, died about 1859 as a child from scarlet fever when visiting the relatives in Fayette, N. Y. Ellen had two sisters and a brother • 5) George, mar~ied -- 1/Jilliamson, and they had five sons and three daughters, one of whanwas I•Irs. David Sheridan, born 1855. 6) William 7) Y1ary 8) John 9) Martin 10) Margaret, born 1845, married Moses Stuc~. They had three children - Agnes who lived near home; Calvin, who lived in Ohio; and Floyd, who also lived near home • ll) Reuben· 12) Levi We can readily see that almost all these names are foreign to those of the Perry Co. Lamberts. It could be however that Margaret Lambert Stuck was named for her great amt, Margaret Lambert Leiby, but then you would think she would have been told this fact and would have known the name of Leiby.
- 11 - One of the people who have worked on the Lai~bert line is Frank Tressler 1 an attorney of New Bloomfield, Pa. He is a direct descendant of Polly Owings and her mother, Susannah Lambert Bergstresser. He is now a lieutenant colonel with the armed forces and is stationed in Germany, his wife, Hilda being with hjjn there .. He has a sister, Blanche (~irs. Charles Telfer) of Port Royal, Pa. There is much work to be done on the Lambert line and I throw ~ut a challenge to other gene alogists to carry on from where I stopped.
Since distributing the Leiby-Lambert Lineage Part I, I have some additional information of valueo Thru the combined courtesy of Rev. and Mrs. Amandus Leiby of Pen Argyl and of my cousin, Scotts. Leiby, come the first records of the whereabouts in America of our earliest Frederick Leiby, the pioneer to our country. In the office of the secretary of Internal Affairs at Harrisburg, Pa., it states that on June 'Zl, 1739, Frederick Leiby obtained a warrant for 200 acres of land on a branch of Manahatawny. Afterwards surveyed and round to be 201 acres (Survey Book nnn-6, page 293). later Frederick Leiby assigned his rights in this warrant to Benjamin Shoemaker, in whose name the aame was patented. This was evidently near the present village of Oley. The German Reformed Church at Oley was organized in 1736 by Philip Boehm 'With 4 elders, 2 deacons, .and 40 members, one deacon being Frederick Leiby. In 1739 he (Jno. Fred. Leiby) as "one of the deacons attested to a letter written by Rev. Boehm concerning deplorable conditions in the Church at Oley as true. In Feb. 1940, his name appears as deacon for Reformed congregation at 110lyi'• In Feb,1742 (after grant or land was ma.de at Greenwich as shown in next paragraph) he evidently still lived at Oley as nelder of High German Ref. Cong.it, Oley, Pao
June 20, 1741, a warrant was issued to F. Leiby for 100 acres in Greenwich Twp. Survey showed tract to contain 167 acres 34 perches (Survey Book C. Page 182). On May 8, 1751, he obtained a warrant for 25 acres in same township, which on survey showed 37 acres and 150 perches (Book c. Page 183). It is thought this constituted "Frie.ndship Farm", the. old homestead near Dunkels church. During the Revolution ary War Rev. BoehmVs home at Blue Bell, ~Iontgomery Co., and all his records were burned by the British. l-irs. Amandus Leiby writes that the Oley location is not far from Pottstown and she believes the Leiby fc:mily settled there not long after their landing. The name appears early in the Dunkelis Church records. They may have served as first officers thereo This church has no records of organization. ~Jrs. Leiby found the data regarding church facts in a (nThe 1vlinutes and Letters of the Coetus of Pennsylvania 1734-1792,~ 7 and b) •iThe Life and Letters of the Rev. John Philip Boehmii by Hinke.
In the Leiby-Lambert Ll.neage Part I on page 12, in first full paragraph, you will find listed e) Samuel Leiby (son of William Leiby) who married }'Iary Yoheo I lately secured from their gravestones in Newport cemetery the following data: ~Iary E. Leiby, died Oct. 6, 1915, aged 78 years, 5 moso, 28 days. Samuel R. Leiby. Co. E 173 Pa. Infantry. Died May 7, 1888, agged 53 years, 3 days.
On page 6, third paragrap~ of the Leiby-Lambert Lineage Part I, 1 recorded the obituary of John Frederick Leiby from a newspaper and said doubtless this ,iJohnu in my great great grandfather 9s name was a mistake as that was the only instance I knew of his being called John Frederick. However, in the church data on this page sent by Rev. Amandus Leiby he is referred to as Jno. Fred. Leiby, so that may have been his full name. He had an uncle John and a son John,
In Part I of this geneology I ended my own line with my great grandpa.rents, SaIIlUel and Eve Smith Leiby, and shall now complete my line, taking up first their six children, namely,Catherine, Margaret, James Bell, Joshua Singer, Samuel Smith, and Elias Bixler Leiby. Two other children died young: John s. (likely for Smith), born 9-1-1838, died 3-6-1839; Eva, born 11-19-1349, died 11-21-1849. I knew all
- 12 - of the aforementioned six children inimately, and would name as their chief characteristics integrity and loyalty. If they had faults I was not aware of them. Never have I heard any criticism of any·one of them as to their honesty, truthful ness, or uprightness. They were indeed Christian ladies and gentlemen of the first order. Their loyalty expressed itseli'·in any cause in which they were interested. First of all they were staunch Democrats, and to them the Democratic Party was almost as sacred as their religion. I can picture dear little granc!Inother, Margaret Leiby Howe, in 1916, in her old age standing on the porch or our Bellefonte parson age, waving as the parade for the election of ·wood.row Wilson passed. All of the men were active and loyal }!Ia.sons. All six were active church members, the two women being Lutherans, and the four men Reformeds. If they took their politics seriously they took their religion even more so, Grandma sang in the choir in her younger days, and taught as. s. Class, one 0£ her pupils in New Bloomfield being Richard H. Stewart, father of the famous actress, Marie Doro. Aunt Kate Fishburn taught a class of adult women for many years and I recall her attending Young Peoples Society even in her latter days, and of course church attendance went without say ing. Both women were members of the Womens Missionary Society. Uncle James Leiby was most active in the Newport Reformed Church, serving on the vestry and being S. S. superintendent. Uncle Elias was equally zealous in the Marysville Reformed Church, likewise being a vestryman, superintendent, and also teacher. After the death of his wife, Uncle Elias fitted up the church basement for a recreational room as a memorial to Aunt Jennie, and after the death of Uncle Elias his son, Scotts. Leiby, and wife renovated said room, making it larger and more efficient, in memory both of Uncle Elias and Aunt Jennie •. In a letter which she wrote from Carlisle, Pa., in 1854 to her future husband, grandma r:Iargaret Leiby (Howe) said she had been to the M. E, Ch~ch, and added: n1 mostly tend the I.utheran Church as that is my church.n In 1875 when grandma moved to New Bloomfield from N~ort in order that her daughters, Annie (my mother) and Katie could attend the New Bloomfield Academy (now Carson Long Institute), it appears most of the younger set were flocking to the: Presbyterian- Church. Fearing her girls might foll0t1 suit grandma had their membership transferred from the New port Lutheran Church to the New Bloomfield Lutheran Church and unknown to the girls had their names read out publicly as joining. ':'hen in her latter days, when walk ing (especially step~ became more difficult, grandma could have attended the Newport Presbyterian Church, which was on the ground floor and diagonal from her daughteri s in Newport, instead of walking four blocks and then up a flight of steps to the second floor auditorium of the Lutheran Church, but no indeed, .she was dyed-in-the wool Lutheran and rather than attend another church she stayed at home. Her con firmation certificate (1851) is in the Louise Beard l11iemorial, Newport.
wyalty to Family. I can think of no group of individuals who exemplify this trait more than the six children of Samuel and Eve Leiby. From time inunemorial jealousies and bickerings have prevailed in many families, and doubtless always will, but not in this one, Like the Three l.fusketeers, it was a case of iiall for one, one for all11 • ~lhat affected one affected the five others. When Uncle Sam fell off a ladder and broke his arm grandma wept so hysterically that a hernia long dormant broke loose and she had to have an operation in her late seventies in my aunt's home. To families where there is unkindness and lack of co-operation I trould commend a study of this closely knit group: Catherine, Margaret, James, Joshua, Samuel and E)j&3 Leiby .. 11All for :lnc, one for all". In referring to each other each prefaced the name with the word '~Brotheri; or "Sister'l. Now as to the six children individually. First Catherine, born 9-4-J831 at the home of her grandmother, Catherine Lesh Smith, for whom she was named, on what was then known as the "long Lane Jonas Smith farm!' near Newport. Miss :Margaretta Ball of NewJX)rt, who died in 1918 at the age of 99, said she recalled people giving Catherine Lieby pennies to hear her talk Penna. Dutch when she was a very small - 13- child. She retained no accent, however, On page 6, paragraph 4 of Part I of this geneology you will read of a youthful romance of hers. In Apri~ 1851, she ·was already married to Frederick Kohler and living in Mifflintown, where he had a store, as indicated by a letter. They met when he Qlme to Newport to clerk in her fatheris
store 1 and it was said he v:as the handsomest man in Perry Coo , a daguerreotype in the Louise Beard Memorial n1useum bearing out this statement. In Apri¼l8 51, he took a trip west, together with Amos Bosserman, Capt. Clemson, Samuel Leiby (his fa~her in law) and ~-old Bosserrnanst , whc1nI take to be Amos 9 father. All seemed to have the objective of settling in the west, but apparently all except Amos Bosser man returned east. In very beautiful handwriting Frederick Kohler describes to his ·wife the trip to Hollidaysburg, whence they crossed the Alleghanies~ took packet at Johnstown for Pittsburgh, "which was the most unpleasant ride I ever had, on account of the crowded situation on Board the Boat. There were over one hundred Passengers on Board. So that we were obliged to Sit & Stand all night. At Pitts burg we took the Steam Boat for Beaver••• from Beaver we again took Packet for Ravenna in Ohio. From Ravenna we took the Cars for this place Cleaveland'a. He then prodeeds to describe the latter in glowing terms and intersperses his enthus iastic account with regrets that Catherine is not along. 0 If you were here with me this day I could shed tears of joy at the thought that you and I could ramble through the beautiful walks and Shady groves of Cleaveland. 11 noh dear Kate I would give all I have in the world if you were here with me to ride through these splen did streets. It certainly would raise our hearts in prayer and thankfulness to God who has filled the earth with so many beauties.n no Kate would that you could fly to me just now. How I would kiss those sweet lips or yours.'• A month later he wrote from Milwaukee that he and a partner were about to buy two horses to ;iPeddle'' $500 worth of Boots and Shoes in the lead mines or Wisconsin. It is the only chance I can see at present. u nBut though this is a beautiful country and is healthy with a pleasant climat~, Still I would from the present State of nry feelings prefer living in my own native state. But that may be because Pe.m1- sylvania holds all that is near and dear to me.n
Frederick Kohler returned to Pennsylvania and Catherine, and on July 17, 1852, died of Asiatic Cholera, aged 26 years. His tombstone shows he was a member of the Odd Fellows. He was first buried in the Old Graveyard, Newport, but after the death of his wife, her brothers,esteeming Frederick Kohler very highly, had his body removed to the Newport Cemetery to lie on the same lot with his Catherine. I had always thought he was from Trappe, Pa., but now am not sure as a letter written to her sister Margaret by Catherine in 1L53 is headed Ri~hfield,· Pa., where she was visiting his parents. In this she wrote the latter said she could always have a home with them. ~-I have spent the time very pleasantly but I am far from happyo I have not my dear Frederick here. uh ·when I think of the past. When I think of the happy hours we spent here together and then think that they are past, yes, past forever. Oh ho,-r ·weary the world seems to us when all our hopes of hap piness a.re beyond the grave.,;
Catherine Leiby Kohler 9s second husband was Dr. Roberts. Brown, a practising physician in Newport, whose wife,Caroline English, died Christmas Day 1854, leav ing him with two little sons, Milton and Harry. His father, Willian1 Brown, was in the War of 1812 and was also a colonel in the state militia. Robert Brown taught school at Evergreen school house, Oliver Twp. in 1842 and was a graduate of Jeff erson Medical College. He married my great aunt Catherine Feb. 1, 1856~ and I have a handwritten invitation to -the wedding, ,-1hich took place at her parents Y home in East Newport. They had one son, Samuel, who died of membraneous croup 1,1hen he was about five. A picture of this lovely child, also his little linen coat., is in the family rauseun1 at the Louise Beard Memorial, Newport. Dr. Brown 9s office was a quaint, gabled., one story, two room building in the side yard of his home on Market St., Newport, where the Ford ¥10tor Co. is now located. He died 1860, - 14 - of tuberculosis, aged 35~ He and my grandfather Howe were first cousins. He is buried in the Old Graveyard, Newport, beside his first wife. Catherine Leiby Bromi later married Dr. Isaac Fishburn, also a practicing physician in Newport, He i.·ras a widower with a son, Ed, and it is said was a very handsome man. The stor:r goes that when Catherineis father, Sa.nru.el Leiby, died and left everything he had to his {Samuelis) wife, Dr. Fishburn was displeasedi and began to abuse wife Catherine. He took her west, I rather think to ~Iuscatine~ Iowa, but because of his unkind treatment one of her stepsons, I think 1'iilton Brown, went there and got her away to her people in Newporto I helped destroy bitter, scathing letters which he wrote to his wife. She left the west in such a hurry that there were left behind some personal articles, such as paintings. I haven?t an idea where Dr. Fishburn was from. I o.nly know Aunt Kate met him thru mutual out-or-town. friends. After her death May 18, 19o6, her brothers chose to use the honored name of Brown on her stone rather than that of Fishburn but she was always known among her friends as 0 Aunt Kate Fishburn", Aunt Cassie, Aunt Kitty, being other names used by her nieces and nephews. All of the latter were very near and dear to her. To each nephew at his marriage she gave a pair of blankets, and to each niece a set of Haviland china dishes. (I now have my mother's and my Aunt Katherine Beard'is). In her latter days she gave the equivalent in money to the unmarried ones. From Dr. Brown Aunt Kate inherited the Market St. house already referred to. I understand it was originally pebbleda.shed but in my time was frame. It was one of the early Newport houses. After the death of my Leiby graat grandparents, Grandma ~iargaret Leiby_ Howe, Aunt Kate Fishburn, mother and my aunt Katherine Howe made a home here together. From here both girls were married, and here I was born, Aunt Kate Fishburn even giving up her bedroom to the new baby because it was the warmest room in winter. She was a woman of keen mind.9 witty.9 and of quick repartee. Almost until her death she clerked in the Newport store o~ her brother James B. Leiby, and was well knotm thruout the county among the patrons of the same. I am told she used to play the· a.ccordian (which is now in the Louise Beard l'iemorial) and sing Tom i~ioore" s "Oft, in the Stilly Night." I well recall a statement she made just a few years before she died, I remarked something about its being such a wonderful world, and she replied, 0 Yes., and I'm enly sorry I must soon leave it." ·we always cons.i.d~red her as close to us as grandma. It was always nAunt Kate and Grandman. When the Glandings and the Beards united with grandma to have a family group picture taken we asked Aunt Kate Fishburn to be in it too, She reminded us that she wasnit really that clo~e to the family, but we reassured her and there sits HAunt Kate and Grandma.u I visited many, many times in her home, and spent one winter in Newport High school while living three. Her hopsitality 11as always gracious and I loved her.
The second child of Samuel and Eve Smith Leiby was my grandmother, Vargaret Leiby, named for her paternal grandmother, ¥argaret lambert Leiby, and born at Newport, Dec. 30, 1833. Like her sister Catherine, she was educated in the local schools, and then in 1854 spent some time in Carlisle, Pa., living in the home of her uncle Jacob Leiby and attending the Carlisle Female Seminary conducted by the 11Iisses Phoebe and Charlotte Paine. She greatly enjoyed the life of the larger town and regretted when the illness of one of the younger children necessitated her re turning home. She was first engaged to Amos Bosserman (who took the western trip with Frederick Kohler), whose sister many of us knew as Mrs. Elmira Bosserman Clemson (nAuntit:# Clemson"). However, when Amos decided to settle in the west grandma broke her engagement for she would not go so far away. A memento of this roma.Dce hangs framed on our livL~g room wall in the form of a very handsome val entine of white satin and paper lace, which Amos had sent Margaret.
While he was a student at Jefferson Medical Collega William Rudy Howe of - 15- of Howe Twp., Perry Coo wrote delightful letters to ¥1argaret Leiby while she was at Carlisle and at Newport. (He was the son of the William Howe for whom the township was named.) He had a flare for wo~ds, a sense of humor, and his handwriting was very beautiful. The letters having to do with the college I have given the latter for their archive~ also his diploma, and cards of admission to classes. One of the letters is headed, -~Red Lion Hotel, Phila. ,• 7 which I understand was where 606 ~farket St. is now. Here are some extracts from the letters: "Philadelphia, Dec. 3, 1854. One of our students died and another was put under bail for five hundred dollars for drawing a revolver on a man; he is · from the south. Thanksgiving was a great day here. The city was full of life and fun. It was a perfect curiosity to go along Chestnut St. It was nothing but one dense crowd of people. In the evening we all went to the theatre and saw them play 9Uncle Tomvs Cabin9 • It was very affecting. On the Sunday fol lowing I went out to Fairmount. I think it is one of the most beautiful places in the world. We are getting along well at the college. There are about six hundred of us. The professors are very kind to us. I like some of them very much. They do everything to make our stay pleasant and com£ortableon Then on Dec. 17 he wrote: nr am well and getting along bravely, Phil Bosserman and Dr. Clark were down here. Phil and I had a good time together. I took him all through our collegeo He thought it was an awful place, especially the dissect ing room. I am dissecting now. It would do you good to see me. The way I cut the old man up is a sin. From the college Phil and I went to the Theatre and had a fine time. Sometimes on imaginationsis swift wing I wander back to my own mountain home; how gladly I hail the hills of old Perry and every familiar spot. Old Buffalo Hill, from whose summit I have looked down upon the wild scene beneath; following our own Blue Juniata, winding its way .far down till it is lost among the hills. Along its banks I see our own dear Newport, as calm and peaceful as its own placid waters. While I gaz·.e on those scenes so familiar to me, they awake in my heart an echo of boyhood days, when memory was yet young; when free from all care, free as tm mountian breeze, I roamed over those hills.ii
Inside a quaint valentine William Howe wrote Margaret Leiby the following beautiful senitment, which I have every reason to believe was original: HFairest and Dearest-This letter brings to you, enveloped in its folds, a smile as bright as _the hope of possessing you must give to mortal-a sigh warm from the heart that beats for you ever - a kiss fond as ever a lover impressed upon the eyelids which curtain the light of his soul. Return the smile, accept the sigh, and keep the kiss until you can safely return it to the lips of your own Valentine."
William Howe was graduated at Jefferson Medical College, 1856, his graduation thesis being, 11 Intenrittent Fever". Before going into his medical work he taught school in Newport in a pebbledash building, which stood about where the Weekly-~ews Sun office is now on Third St., Newport. Dr. H. 0. Orris said William Howe had been h~s teacher. In 1857 he was a member of the Newport school board. I am told he played the flute very beautifully. He and grandlnother, 1vu.. rgaret Leiby r were married at her parents home in Oliver Twp., near Newport Oct. 23, 1856, and when I was married I used on my wedding veil a spray of artificial flowers from grandmais wed ing wreath. For their wedding trip they went to his partnts 9 home in Howe Township. In the Louise Beard Memorial museum I have placed their wedding certificate and a letter from Rev. David H. Focht to Dr. William Howe., saying he would be glad to of ficiate at the wedding. Also here is his doctoris sign. Grandfather was over six feet fall and very handsome, as his daguerreotypes show. Grandmother was short and extremely lovely. She used to tell me she could walk under his outstretched arm. Their time together was destined to be very shorte He was first in partnership with his cousin, Dr. Roberts. Brown, in Newport, and on May 21, 1856., rrry mother Annie Eva Howe (Eva being for her maternal grandmother., Eve Smith Leiby), was born in their home, the very same house which is now the city hall of Newport, next door to - 16- the Robert Brown home, The little Howe family then moved to Blain, where grand father was practising.
In the spring of 1859 he had grippe and was just up and around when, May 24, he was sent for to go to see a patient in the country. He felt he was not able to go, but the people insisted and said he would not need to hitch up his horse and they would transport him. He went, returned, and was sitting at the dining room table, when his knife and fork dropped from his hands (heart attack). He later became unconscious and died that evening. On the books were many unpaid bills, which grandmother was unable to collect, and it was always said that the very people on whom he made the fatal call were among those who would not pay. My great Uncle Elias Leiby, then a boy of 13, told me of riding with his parents to B]ajn and at tending a service at the Blain church. The body was then taken by night (because of warm weather) to the home of my Leiby great grandparents, arriving there at 7 aon~(according to a newspaper account) and in the afternoon burial took place in the Old Graveyard, Newpoat. His body was later removed to our lot in Newport Cemetery. Grandmother and little Annie went to live with the rormer's parents, and six months later, Jan. 4, 1860, 11\Y aunt, Katherine Leiby Howe, was born:, named for her Aunt Catherine Leiby Brown.
The Leiby farm home was one of plenty; plenty of food, warmth, friendJjness, and love. Picture two charming little giris (and their dauerreotypes show they were charming) living in a home with half a dozen adults devoted to them, and you can imagine the result. liiother often told me she and Katie were the worst spoiled youngsters in the land. If an adult started to punish a little girl, there was always another adult to intercede. When the girls were about 16 and 18 grandma··•'took her two girls to New Bloo1nfield in order that they might attend the Academy the~, and they lived in what is now the Presbyterian parsonage. The Academy closing (tem porarily), they returned to East Newport to the farm home, and later when the Leiby grandparents were both dead and the farm sold, grandma, Aunt Kate Fishburn, and ·the two girls made a delightful home together in Aunt Kate's aforementioned house ·on Market Street. The many hours I spent in that home were golden ones to me. Grand ma Margaret Howe was a homemaker, very socialbe and lovable. I was named for her., Margaret Leiby Glanding, and I adored her. Afte.r Aunt Kate Fishburn1s death, Grand _ma divided her time between our home and the Beards at Newport. ·On Sunday morning, January 8, 1917, grandma took communion at her church in Newport and in the evening remarked to Louise Beard that there was going to be an eclipse ot the moon that night, and !Duse, laughing, said grandma wouldn9t see it, the latter being renowned as a sound sleeper. ·whether she saw it or not I dont know, but in the wee hours o'f the morning her Master summoned her and she left earth to be with her William. Her wedding ring, worn to a mere thread by now, was l)uri~d with her on our lot in the Newport cemetery. Mag or ¥1a.ggie were her nicknames, and her nephews and nieces always called her Aunt ~rag.
In 1876 grandma chaperoned a group of young folks to the Centennial at Phila delphia, Annie and Katie Howe, and Charlie Leiby being in the party, In a little park on the grounds there was a water hydrant for watering the flowers. Charlie turned it on, could not turn it off, and the water was surging all over the place. The Newport party ran as fast as they could go so never knew the outcome. At the zoo a monkey in a cage reached out and pulled the red flowers off Katie Howe 9s hat, jumped to his perch, and pulled the flowers apart, grinning at Katie. I have two souvenirs from that Centennial: a long, narrow glass bottle for perfume from the Jerusalem exhibit, and a small circular cake of perfune or sachet also of foreign make. In 1879 Annie Eva Howe (my mother) and Aunt Katherine Leiby Howe were graduated at the Hagerstown Female Seminary, which later became Kee-Mar College. Mother then. taught music in the Newport area and Amtie taught primary grade in the Newport school
- 17 - ¥10ther had always said she would never marry a minister as she thought they had such hard lives, but Rev. Vlilliam Marquard Beetem Glanding, a young minister at St. Paul9 s Lutheran Church, Newport, had persuasive :EX)wers and on June 5, 1883, they were married in his church at Newport by Dr. Henry Baker, father is home pastor at the First Lutheran Church, Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Father was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, l1fay 27, 1856, the son of Caroline Amanda Beetem and John Nelson Glanding, was graduated at Altoona High School, Dic kinson College w7s, and Gettysburg Theological Seminary, vs1, and was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities. His grandfather, Archibald Glanding~ was in the Battle of North Point, War of 1812. It was on the Beetem line that I joined D. A. R. Father 9s pastorates were Newport~ Lock Haven, Pa. (then an inter val when he helped found Midland College, Atchison, Kan., and taught there), Ash land, Pa., York, Pa., Scranton, Pa., Syracuse, N. Y., and Bellefonte.,Pa. It was at the latter place that Saturday morning, September 22, 1917, he kissed mother and me goodby at the station preparatory to our going to Newport. He seemed in perfect health, performed his usual duties during the day, an1 as late as 10 p.m. talked to a cousin on the phone at State College. That evening he had been work ing on a talk on Martin Luther, which he was to give at the coming meeting of snyod, and his Sunday sermon was lying on his desk to be preached the next day. When he did not come to s. s. the members becan1e alarmed, broke in the parsonage, and found him lying dead in bed. Either a stroke or a heart attack was the cause. One of his wishes was to die in the harness and ,,,ear out rather than rust out. He was 61. He was student, a forceful preacher, a beloved pastor, and an exemplary character. Mother· and I eventually lived in Harrisburg, Pa., where she died thir teen years later, September 23, 1930. Mother was a real aristocrat. Beautiful of face and character, she excelled in social graces and made many friends in our congregationso She made some very commendable drawings and was a musician. Strange to say, in connection with the above characteristics she was a shrewd business woman, and often remarked that had she had the opportunity she would have enjoyed entering the banking world. Both she and my aunt were wo11en of high feeling and scorned anything low or vulgar.
I was born at my grand.IrDther 9s home in Newport, January 7, 1890. I attended grade school in York, one year of high school at Ne1-rport, was graduated from Syracuse, N. Y., High School, and Syracuse University, 9 ll, where I belonged to Pi Beta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities. I spent one winter at the American Academy of Dramatic Art, New York City, during the time that the renowned Franklin Sargent was the head of the same, and was privileged to have him for a teacher. ·while I lived in Harrisburg I did editorial work at various times at the Capitol., and for a number of years was field secretary in Pennsylvania for the National Kindergarten Association. On December 27, 1930, I was married to Clarence Ray Rupp of Harrisburg in my apartmert there by my minister~ Dr. Stewart Winfield Herroan. 1'.fy husband was born in Harrisburg August 14, 1887, the son of Minnie Updegrove and John Frederick Rupp (Clarence joined s. A. R. on the Updegrove line.) He has been active in Masonic circles, was first in the steel business but for the past 25 years has been with the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. By a previous marriage Clarence had a son, Clarence Ray Rupp, Jr., who is now JO years old., married and has three little children, all liviBg here in York: Thomas Ray Rupp, aged. 5; vlilliam Frederick Rupp, aged 3; and Pamela Jeanne, aged l}.
A near-tragedy entered ~ life when I was too young to remember it. While visiting us at Ashland grandma gave me what she supposed was a dose of pa.ragoric but it really was laudanum. 1-'.bther ran for the doctor (no phones then) while father, ill in bed with grippe, kept me from going to sleep, and it all turned out well for 1 9 m still here to recount the tale. My earliest recollection ties in with Newport for it was there in the summer of 1893 my parents left me with grandma
- 18 - while they joined a party of friends and relatives to go to the Worldis Fair at Chicago. I was only 3½ but recall seeing them off at the PRR station, and also remember getting up and leaving outside two playmates~ Mary and Eleanor Shutter, and going indoors to cry from homesickness. Grandma was nearly distracted for I refused to eat and could not sleepo My parents had planned going on to Denver after the Fair but a telegram from grandma regarding my status changed their plans and mother came home at once alone.
Everywhere my father had pastorates rrry little playmates had relatives around them~ aunts, cousins, grandparents, etc., but nary acne did I have where I lived. ~iost of mine were in Newport, and therefore that little town became for me the center of the universe (next to "!IW' own home of course) with grandma. as its queen. To me she represented grandparents as a whole for the three others were dead before I was born. I well recall that when I lived in AshlandJ aged about five, I would say to myself, iiNow !ill whirl around and around and around and when live come to a standstill -- (dizzy from whirling) !ill be in Newport." How my hopes were dashed for there I was in Ashland every time even tho my faith was great,
Between my father'is pastorates at York and Scranton I spent a winter at New port High School as a freshman, and was privileged to have as my teachers those two fine Christian gentlemen, Prof. John C. vlagner and Prof. J. F. Ferguson. My classmates were; Harey Adams, Harry Benson, Claire Demaree., Herbert Gunderman, Charles Herting, James Hursh., Ruth Jones, Oscar Klinepeter, Lee LeDaine., Nellie Leonard, Nora Nickey, Anna Snyder,and Bayard Taylor.
My aunt, Katherine Leiby Howe, married Horace Beard ot Newport, Jan. 2, 1889, my father performing the ceremony in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Newport. Uncle · Horace was the son of Augustus Warren and Amanda Iouisa Bechtel Beard. His father. dying young, Horace was raised in the home of his uncle Harry Bechtel, Newport, who owned the tannery there, and after attending Peirce Business Collebe, Philade lphia, he learned the tanning business. When the Newport tannery was absorbed by the Elk Tanning Company he finally became division supErlrltendmt or their tanneries in Penna., W. Va., and Va. After ~ 8-year struggle with Bright9 s Disease he died April 7, 1911. He was an Episcopalian, was active in Masonry, a well-read man, ~ an excellent business executive, and a fine character.
My aunt, Katherine Howe Beard, was very intellectual and enjoyed study and reading. An astute business woman, she was also interested in geneology and local history. She was gifted in sewing, painted a quantity of beautiful china, and did some commendable oil paintings. She was active in the Perry County Historical So ciety, ana it was largely thru her influence that the WomanYs Club of Newport was formed, and she wa.e its first president. The la.st of her inmediate family, at her death on V.1arch 12j 1938~ in St. Petersburg, Fla. (She had gone there for the winter, l-iy husband went there immediately and accompanied her body home.), she left her N. Second St. home, Newport~ to the town for a conmunity center in memory of her daugh ter, to be called HThe Louise Beard Memorial;•. Here various groups meet, such as D. A. R., Civic Club, Girl Scouts, Garden Club, etc. The Perry County Histi,rical Society has its headquarters there and one part of the second floor houses its library and museum. As one of the executors of her will, I helped to arrange a family museum in a separate room on the second floor, as Alllltie Katherine had once said to me that there were enough articles in her home to do so. Here are housed in glass cases photos, customes, accessorieB, dishes, etc., covering a period of 150 years and reflecting the life and c·ostv1nes of people in Newport and vicinity.
On June 11, 1894, Louise Bechtel Beard was born to Horace and Katherine Howe Beard, and as she was my only first cousin we were closer than many sisters, She attended Newµ,rt grade schools, was graduated from the National Cathedral School, 1rfashington, Do c., and studied at the Villa Dupont School, Paris, France. vlhile - 19- there she did much traveling and later with her mother made two more trips abroad. Both traveled extensively in this country. She chose to follow in the footsteps of her father rather .than her mother and joined the Episcopal Church. She entered into the life of her home town, taking active part in the Red Cross during the first World War and helping in the public library. Louise loved beauty in every form: beautiful clothes, flo\r1ers, music, poetry, and art. On May 24, 1936, she lost a fight with disease and died at Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia. The Louise Beard Memorial will always be a reminder of her.
The third child of Sarnuel and Eve Smith Leiby was James Bell Leiby, likely named for his uncle James Leiby, the physiciano He was born May 11, 1834 at the house on the northwest corner ors. Second St. and Spruce Alley, Newport. He was educated in the local schools and the Cumberland Valley Institute, Mechanicsburg, Pa. At the age or ten he began clerking in his father 9s store, was a born merchant, and continued in this work all his life. He built the Leiby building, now the ¥.Lyers Building, on N. Second St, near the square, and had his store and residence in the same. In the Leiby family I have noticed a wonderlust strain and Uncle James was typical. On December 14, 1858, he left Newport for the gold fields of Colorado. On April 4, 1S59, he was joined at Fort I.eavenworth, Kansas, by G. vl. Zinn, Christian long, John Sailor., Joseph Ro Tate, John Hartzell, James Chambers, Dr. John P. Clark, John Keim and Jeremiah Anderson, who formed themselves into the Newport Mining Company. There were no railroads west ·or the Missouri River at this time and the little party loaded their mining outfit on wagons, hauled by oxen, and started on foot April 16 for PikeVs Peak - all but Mr. Keim who sold out to Uncle James Leiby and went home. They arrived in Denver June 8 and made their camp on the banks of the Platte River June 10. Some of the party went into the mountains to prospect and after remaining a few days returned with the word that no gold or silver was to be found. All of the party except Uncle James went home, but, he stayed in the west a few more months and joined a government train, composed of 20 wagons, each wagon hauled by six yoke or oxen, which was conveying supplies to the troops stationed at Fort Bridger, Utah, and became a teamster in the employ of the contractors who were in charge of the transportation outfit. The distance was 1100 miles to Fort Bridger. He spent the winter near St. Jo• !-'Iissouri, and returned home in April, 1£>60. On January 22, 1861, he married Catherine Ann Smith, a daughter of Henry L. and :Mary Ickes Smith. Mother used to say that Henry L. Smith was the guardian for her and her sister, and gave grandmother good advice in that he suggested grandmother 9s spending money for the girls9 education rather than saving it for them. It is thru the Ickes line that this group can join D.A.R. and S .A.RoUncle James was very active in the Reformed Church, was a member of the town council, active in Masonry, renowned for his honesty in business, and a very lovable character. He died Februray 28, 1915$ and I attended his funeral.
His wife, Aunt i -20 - Jan. 29, 1942. John was gradutated from Franklin and Marshall College , where he was a member of .Chi Phi fraterru_ty, and attended his fiftieth reunion of his class. After his fatheris death he and his brother Ed continued the store at Newport for some years. John was a bright man and vecy good looking. Carrie Lei by9 s father was an historian and v,rote a very fine history of the Huston family. She lives in Erie, Pa., and we are close friends. A woman of very beautiful face and character. She be longs to the Erie Chapter of D. A. R. Was educated a.t Irving College, Mechanicsburg, her home. John and Carrie Leiby had one son, Rankin Huston Leiby, b. Oct. 20, 1900. He was educated in the Newport schools, Mercers burg Academy-, received his D. c. degree from the Palmer School of Chiro practic, Davenport, Iowa~ He first married Helen Caniff, from whom he was divorced. His second wif'e was Myrtle leFevre Kehr, whom he married June, 1944. She died January, 1947. On Oct. 18, 191~7, he married Claire Eliza beth Schramm of Pittsburgh. Huston is a successful chiropractor in Erie, Pa., and like his father and Uncle Ed. Leiby before him, belongs to the Masons o We have always been good friends. John Leiby was postmaster 1913-17, d) Mary Eva Leiby, b. June 23, 1869; d. Sept. 11, 1870 •• Mother used to speak of this lovely child. e) James Edgar Leiby, b. Jan. 22, 1871; m. Mar. 17., 1904, to Madge Smith; doSept. 26i 1931.Cousin Ed was a good looking man, very jolly, and well liked by everyone. Madge was a home maker and very pretty. Ed. was burgess of Newport 1922-26. The children or Anna. Bell Leiby and Jesse s. Butz were: a) James Leiby Butz, b. Oct. 8, 1888; m. Oct. 25., 1915, Louise Crozier, who preceded him in death, Nov. 24, 1926. He died Apr. 13, 1935. He was grad uated at Newport High School, Mercersburg Academy, and Franklin and ~1ar shall College, where he belonged to Phi Kappa Sigma faternity. He started to study law but decided to go into the mercantile business, conducting a mail order house at New Bloomfield. He belonged to the Odd Fellows, and is buried with his wife in the New Bloomfield cemetery. b) Jesse Eugene Butz, b. Mar. 29, 1391; m. Aug. 15, 1926, Bessie Schumacher. They have a daughter, Arlene, b. July 9, 1929. She is now married and has a childo He was educated in the Nelrrport schools and the Yates School, Lancaster, Pa. He was abroad in the First World War and was wounded in France. Following in the footsteps of so many of his family he is a suc cessful merchant and is propietor of a men1 s furnishing store at 3403 Wal nut Street, Philadelphia, where he also has his residence. c) Edgar Smith Butz, b. Dec. 3, 1392; d. Aug. 14., 1946. Being injured in a bicycle accident as a little boy, he struggled all his life with a diseas ed hip bone. Countless operations and hospital sieges overshadow·ed his life. However, he was able until his last years to ccnduct business. We were always close friends. He died in the home of friends at Palmyra, Pa., and is buried in Newport cemetery with his parents. The fourth child of Samuel and Eve Smith Leiby was Johns. Leiby, b. Sept. 1, 1838; d. Mar. 6, 1839. The fifth child of Samuel and Eve Smith Leiby was Joshua Singer Leiby, b. March 29, 1840. He was educated at the academies at New Bloomfield and Academia; taught school a short time; was burgess of Newport for three years; postmaster five years; station agent of P.R. R. at Newport; promoter and manager 6f the Perry Electric Light, Heat, and Power Co.; like all his brothers he was an active :Mason and was a past master of his lodge. He built the brick house a.t the corner of Third and Market Sts., where Mrs. Hiram Keen recently lived, and there reared his family. Uncle Josh was a very handsome man, friendly and well liked, both within and without the fami.~r circle. On Jan. 1, 1G60, he married Susan Ann Holman from Spring Twp .... Perry Co • .,._ a very hig_h type woman, refined.- .and nice looking. She - ?l - was a homemaker and her interests centered in her family.Uncle Josh was burgess of Newport 1894-1897. They had the following children: a) Charley, b. Nov. 9, 1860; d. at Los Angeles, Calif., Octo 30, 1928. Be cause or asthma he located as a young man in Colorado and later in Calif ornia. He was rrarried and had a clerical position with the Union Pacific R.R. Circumstances prevented his returning to Newport in his later years, and his mother used to look at rrry father (whom she thought resem bled her son Charley) and shed tears. A mild mannered man, he was a great favorite with all his Newport relatives, and many of us saw him in California in his later years: his sister Laura Van Dyke and husband; Scott Leiby and wife; my aunt Katerine Beard and Louise; 1rlill Leiby; mother and myself. He a.nd mother \'tere very close in friendship, and we spent a number of hours at their home when in California. They had two children: 1) Frank., who was in the First vlorld vlar, and whom we liked very much on our California tripso He is unmarried and lives in IDs Angeles. 2) lvladge, who married Oscar L. Lawrence. b) La.urs Jane., b. Nov. 18, 1862; m. Dr. Arthur Denman Van Dyke of Van Dyke, Pa., tiar. 22, 1888; d •. , at Harrisburg June 12, 1949. Both Dr. and Laura Van Dyke were high type people and rrw branch and theirs have always been close in friendship. He was g graduate of 1883 of New York University Medical School. The family lived many years at l-1arysville., Pa., where he was a part master of the i1asonic lodge, and later became a doctor for the P. R. R. Upon retirement the Van Dykes lived in Scranton, where dorctor died in 1940. Laura and Dr. Van Dyke had the following children: 1) Naurice Leiby Van Dyke, b. Hay 14, 1889; d,, Aug. 11, 1889 2) Nellie Holman Van Dyke, b., ltiay 2, 1890; graduated from Central H.S., Harrisburg, Teachers College, Coltnnbia u., where she receiyed her B.S?linHome Economics, and her M.A. in Education; held responsible positions in various schools, and upon her marriage to Ralph H. Hos mer in 1936, she relinquished the position as head of Home Economics of the Harrisburg schools and head of the school cafeterias. Ralph was a splendid person, a New· Englander, and was connected with the Bureau of Forests and Waters at the State Capitol, Harrisburg, He died Oct. 30, 1943. Nellie recently took an extended European trip and now lives in California. She joined D. A. R. (Harrisburg Chapter) on the Van Dyke line. 3) Charles liilliam Van Dyke, b. Oct. 16., 1891; graduated from Harrisburg Academy, Penn State College (Civil Engineering). He is now a civil engineer for the State of 1'J. Y. During 1rforld War II he was abroad in construction work. July 29, 1921,he married Mary Eno, who was a friend and classmate of mine at Syracuse University. They have one son, Charles William, Jr., vrho graduated from Pawling, N. Y., H. s. and then spent three years in the armed services in the Pacific. He attended the University of Nevada, Reno; married Viola Amerold June 29, 1947. 4) Eugene Nelson Van Dyke, b. June 27, 1893. He graduated from Harris burg Academy, Princeton University, and Johns Hopkins ~ledical College, specializing in orthopedic surgery. He has been a most successful and valuable surgeon in Scranton, Pa., for many years. He married Edith Mary Jones July 15, 1940, and they have a daughter, Gene Ma.ry, born April 6, 1941. 5) James Richard Van Dyke, b.. April 5, 1895. He graduated from Harris burg Academy and Penn State College (mechanical engineering), and is now professor of mechanical engineering and head of the department at the University of Reno, Nevada. He married Ruth Katherine Barr Aug. 4, 1920. She graduated from University of Minnesota and is a - 22 - member of Phi Beta Kappao They have the following children: A) Milton Denman, b. Aug. 1, 1922. He graduated from Harvard,where he received his B. s.; has his M. S, and PhD. from California Institute of Technology. Iviarried Barbara Barrett June 15, 1946, a graduate of !eland Stanford University. They have two sons, Russell, b, Mar. 14., 1950, and Eric, b. Jan. 13, 1952. B) Dor..a.ld Clair, b. Oct. 10, 1923. He graduated with an A. B. from Leland Stanford University in 1944 and with a M. Do in 1947. He married Mary Gamble Jan. 3, 1944, she being a graduate of Leland Stanfordand having done graduate work at University of Californiao They have two daughters, Anne, b. Mar. 4, 1946, and Kristie, bo. April 23, 1948. It was to James Van Dyke at State College that my father made his last phone call the night he died, and I have a warm spot in my heart both for James and his vdfe. During World ivar I James was with the Y. M. c. A. 6) Ruth Catherine Van Dyke, b. Jan. 20, 1899. She graduated from Elmira Free Academy for Girls, Elmira, N. Y. and from Columbia University (Teachers College), where she received B. s. in Home Economics. She married Daniel J~nkins of Scranton, a lawyer, Nov. 16., 1928. They had one son, Arthur Van Dyke Jenkins, born August 5, 1929, who grad uated from Great Neck, L. I., high school and from Cornell University in 1953. Ruth and Daniel Jenkins were divorced in 1932. On Aug. 3, 1946, she married George Rudolph Ernstrom, who is a graduate of the University or Utah. Both Ruth and Nellie are charming women and I am very fond of them both. The Ernstroms live in Fullerton, California. c) The third child or Joshua and Susan HolmaJi Leiby was Fannie, b. July 7, 1867, at Newport. She stayed home with her pa.rents as long as they lived, and on Sept. 2, 1909,married John Keesberry, a former Newporter, and they have lived in Harrisburg .ever since. Fannie was always been close to my branch of the family and mother thought of her as a sister. She is one of the two remaining Leiby cousins of her generation. She and her husband have been very active in their church (Reformed) and have a host of friends, She has always been one of the prettiest of the Leiby women. d) The fourth child of Joshua and Susan Holman Ieiby was Samuel ~e called him Little Sam to distinguish him from great uncle Sam.),b. July 20, 1870; m. Lillian Price of Harrisburg, April 10,·1900, and they lived in Harris burg all the rest of their lives. Sam died Aug. 13, 1922. He too was a great favorite with the relatives arli ·was particularly close to Ed Leiby in Newport. Lillian died Sept. 10, 1947. 11e were all good friends, and I·was often in their home. They had one son, Robert Price Leiby, b. July 16, 1901. He graduated from Tech. H. s., Harrisburg, and attended Penn State. On Jan. 1, 1925, he married Dorothy Elizabeth Paul of Harris burg, and they have one son, Robert Price Leiby, Jr., b. V.iar. 6, 1929, a student at Dickinson law School. The sixth child of Samuel and Eve Smith Leiby was Samuel Smith I.eiby, named for his father and also having his mother's surname. He was born Jurie 29, 1843, in Newport. A daguerreotype of him as a little boy shows him a particularly charming child. After arriving at Selinsgrove to attend the Ydssionary Insti tute (the forerunner of Susquehanna University), he wrote the following letter to his sister, Na.rgaret Leiby Howe, at Newport: nselins Grove August 21the 64. Dear Sister I am ·well. this morning arived saf. l~o Adams was at the river to met me I like it rite well there is only about twenty or twenty five Students here yet tha dont expect as many as tha had other terms un account of the draf we herd this morning that the President has calld out Four hundred thousand men and that the govenor was about ma.king A call also. Adams is a little uneasy he dont no wat to do it is pretty hard mater to Study and think about the draft wen you write why you may tell me hOl-t the draft is - 23 - curning off in our to1rmship I will change the Subject & tell you ho I room withe ¥.ir Adams & we have got the best room in the Colege it is furnished off ·well I board in the building the barding is $2.50 A week is rite good bording that is as cheap as I can get it these good times. Mag wen you can get A chanc to send any thing up why you may send your Bullions Gra.mar up to me I \'tould need A pair of slippers but it mite be that Abe ·will give me A pair so I gess that I would better wait awhile yet but you may send that Gramar up with I~1a.ry Everhart and let me now when she is cuming up and whar she will stop so that I can go to see her tha have strict orders her but I can live up to them. I was at Norton Glovers last evening I saw Joh Glover also I think I will stop for the present write soon and give me all of the particulars no more but· remain your brother Sarnuel S. Leiby 1 Jr. Selins Grove Snyder Coun Pa. Does Elias intend to keep his Drill or not how is dandy getting along Samuel S. Leiby" The Glovers were related to the Howes. Dandy was the dog at the Leiby farm house. Files of the college show that John A. Adams was registered. I gave the ori6inal of this letter to Susquehanna University, and also a small photo of John Adams which uncle Sam had in his photograph album. Samuel Leiby stayed at the school only a short time, had the wanderlust and went west. A letter written him by his cousin Conrad Weary was addressed to Camp Collins. %Lieut. Sibley, Black Hills, Dakota Tyo From Sidney, Neb., he drove an army team across country to the Black Hills, He was at Custer, Dead wood, Belle Fourche, and Ft. La.ramie. In a letter written Aug. 21, 1865, from Windthrop (I believe Kansas) he says; n1 have several things to regret for one is that I did not finish my cours of going to School & the other is that I did not learn some trade or Study some Profession or other But never mind I will try to go three months to school yet if I can inside of 3 years. I cant Blame any person But myself & when I think over it & the way Times wher I think I done as well as could be expected I have no particular desire for Being home now I dont mean that I would not like to Be at home but the way things are situated as I gess that things are ull in an uproar all of the soldiers being home & a good many mean ones I am glad that I am w·hare they wont bother me for I dont want no man to impose on me unless I can help myself. I~fag I will send the Beeds one is for Annie and one for little Kate I bought them at the Little Arkansaw River from the Kaw Indians. Give my love to all & especially to Annie and Kate.i• I dont know what the nbeeds11 refer to, but mother and Aunt Kate Beard each had a pair of Indian moccasins which Uncle Sam brought them from the west. The bead work is very beautiful. He always said he would not marry until the little girls, Annie and Katie Howe, were grown, and he kept his word. Being among the Indians instilled in him a love for anything having to do with Indians. He had quite a sizeable collection of Indian relicsjarrow heads, etc. The occasion for his return east was when his mother was vecy ill, and altho he started by train as soon as he could, nevertheless, she died before he reached home - I believe missed seeing her alive by just a day. Tha.t was in 1876. Uncle Sam 41 s first wife was Elizabeth Schools, who had taught school before her marriage. They had a general store in }tiarysville, Pa., on Front Street, and Aunt Lizzie kept the books and was a factotum in running the business. Installed in the dwelling (·within the store building) was Jane Wormley, a high type woman from Loysville, who took over the entire charge of the house. She seemed a part of the family and we were all fond of her. - 24 - The Leiby store and home comprized a large building built on an incline, so that the kitchen and dining room were in the basement, and the living rooms were on main floor, and over a large part of .the store were a number of spacious bedrooms. The main guest room was over the front corner of the store and was huge, and the view- from the side window was that of the Susquehanna River and the Rockville bridge. During the time the latter was built things boomed in Marysville and Uncle Sam did a thriving business. Many, many times I have visited in that hospitable home. Aunt Lizzie was a great church worker, san~ in the chojr, etc. If ever there was a happy couple it was Uncle Sam and Aunt Lizzie for each adored the other. After a serious illness Aunt Lizzie died December 14, 1910. On l,jarch 31, 1915, Uncle Sam married fzs. Mary E. Hartman, also of Y1a.rysville. She was an unusually good looking woman, an excellent cook, and good housekeeper. Mother and I, while we lived in Harrisburg, had many nice meals at their home. She outlived Uncle Sam, dying September 20, 1936. She is buried with her first husband in the lJfa.rysville cemetery. Uncle Sam was beloved by us all. He had a droll humor. One of the tricks he used was to mispronounc·e ~ds purposely.He ·was fond of local history, his family, church, the lviasons, and the DEI4JCRATIC PARTY. He died December 21, 1924, and is buried with Aunt Lizzie in the Newport cemetery. · The seventh child of Samuel and Eve Smith Leiby was Elias Bixler Leiby, b. Aug. 31, 1846., and named for Elias Bixler, who was the miller for my great grand father Samuel Leiby, and who was a brother of Jacob Blxl.er, who married Sarah Lesh, a sister of rcy great great grandmother, Catherine Lesh Smith. nl3ix:ieii was . . a nickname for Uncle Elias and many times I have heard his nieces call him 11Uncle Bixie.n Dear Uncle Eliasi He had such a lovabel disposition, and ho,-r gre:a.tly he was loved by everyone! I never lmew· anyone who was more universally l:oloved. One time he said to me he _thought Heaven would be made up pri1.1cipally of flowers and music and he hoped he would have many flowers at his funeral, and indeed he did. He died at Harrisburg at his home, April 2, 1932. On Dec. 23, 1869, he married Jemina Jane Smith., and they were a most devoted couple. The ceremony was performed by Rev. D. W. Ka1.ly, whose wife was a sister of the bride. It was in the home of the Kellys that Aunt Jennie lived and attended the Belle fonte Academy while Rev. Kelly was pastor of the Bellefonte Reformed Church. Aunt Jennie was a. sister of Catherine Ann Smith, the wife of Uncle James B. Leiby, and they ·were raised on the farm jtlst beyond the New-port cemetery, whe:re Earl Noll now lives. Aunt Jennie was very stout a.nd jolly, always so glad to see us and so hospitable. Many nice meals I had at their home. Her family and her church were her main interests. After a serious illness she died at her Marysville home !!fay 10, 1913, and both she and Uncle Elias are buried in the Newport cemetery. Uncle Elias was postmaster in Marysville for many years. 1:fuen a baby ·was born to this couple son1eone asked Uncle Elias ·what it ·was and he replied, 0 A little senator,n not knowing how true his prophecy would bEJo Scott Smith Leiby was born at Marysville Jan. 19, 1881, was graduated from Marysville High School, Mercersburg Academy, Franklin and Marshall College, and then studied latt tdth a Harrisburg lawyer. He is now a member of the firm of Hull, Leibyj and !-Ietzger. Of recent years he ·was elected to Phi Beta Kappa by the Franklin and liJarshall chapter, and was rec:antly granted a degree of doctor of humane letters by his alma mater. He is a member of Phi Kappa Sigma frater, nity. Not only in educational circles did he win honors, but also in ¥iasonry. He is past master of Perry Lodge, lv!arysville; right worshipful grand master of the state of Pennsylvania (191~4-45); has been a. member of committee on i1asonic Homes (Elizabethtown) since 1924; made a 33rd degree Mason in 1940; is now an active member of the Supreme Council for northern P~sonic jurisdiction and - 25 - deputy for Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Penna. State Senate from 1917 to 1920. He has been very close to his church in Marysville, and even after moving to Harrisburg about 25 years ago he has continued his membership in the Marysville Reformed church, which he attends and helps support. 1rfuen he was a tiny boy he was heard to pray, no, Lord, make me a scientific, doggone good boy," I dont know how scientific he is, but I do believe him to be good. We 911 skip the doggone part, but what I do know is that to me he is very dear. He resembles to a large degree his mother and her smile reflects in his. Scott Leiby married Maude Tyson of Harrisburg Sept 4, 1912. She is a grand person and has made Scott a wonderful wife. They have two daughters: 1) Elizabeth Tyson Leiby, b. Feb. 24, 1917; m. Franklin Weller Wood, June 28, 1941. The Woods have two children: a) Scott Leiby Wood, b. Nov. 3, 1946 b) Ann Weller Wood, b. Sept. 25, 1950 The Woods live in Camp Hill, Pa • ., and Franklin is in the general insurance business. He is a graduate of Penn State, and was abroad in World War II and was a captian in the infantry. Elizabeth graduated at Wm Penn High School, Harrisburg,and Hood College. Before her marriage she taught school and had a position at the capitol. 2) Virginia Leiby, b. April 3, 1920; m. Joseph Priestly Taggart July 19, 1941. · They have two children: a) Nancy Elizabeth, b. ~.iar. 30., 1944 b) Joseph Priestly Taggart, Jr., b. April 17, 1947. The Taggarts live at Rosemont., Pa • ., and the husband is consultin·g reporter with Dun and Bradstreet. He is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College; was a. lieutenant in the navy in World vlar II. Virginia graduated at the Seiler School, Harrisburg, and the Wheelock School, Boston. She and her sister Elizabeth are the youngest of the generation of second cousins 1 and I am as fond of them as tho they were my sisters. Scott Leiby is the other (besides Fannie Leiby Keesberry) living cousin or his generation. The eighth child of Samuel and Eve Smith Leiby was Eva b. Nov. 19, 1849; d. Nov. 21, 1849. A number of people have been working both on the Leiby and lambert lines; some close friends of mine; others known to me only by correspondence. I great ly appreciate and acknowledge the interest and co-operation of Rev. and Mrs. Amandus Leiby of Pen Argyl, Pa., Mr. Harry Lenig, Star Route, Newport, Pa., Mr. Jo}:m Lo Kis~ler, Stony Run, Pa., Dr. George Tressler Scott, Upper Montclair, No J., Lto Col~ Frank E. Tressler, New Bloow..field, Pa., (now abroad), Miss Katherine Be~--nheisel, New Bloomfield, Pa., Mrs. Lelia Dromgold Emig, Washington, Do C. ¥Jrso Amos Gelnett, NeWJ:ort, Pa., ¥1rs. Harry Yutzler, Philadelphia, Pa., and valuable advice and interpretation from ¥Jr. John lowry Ruth, of the York Co. Historical Society. Also, data from my immediate relatives, without which these records would be far from complete. In closing this geneology I want to quote the first stanza of Tom Moore's poem, nort, in the Stilly Night," which Aunt Kate Fishburn used to sing to the accompaniment of her accordian: UQft, in the stilly night, ere SlumberYs chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light of other days around me; The smiles, tho tears, of boyhoodis years, The words of love then spoken; the eyes that shone, Now dimmid and gone, the cheerful hearts now broken. Thus in the stilly night, ere Slumber's chain has bom1d me, Sad Memory brings the light of other days around me.n - 26 -