Andrew Whiteleather F am.ily Geneology Compiled by Martha Whiteleather Monnette With the Assistance of Many Others 1966 The sources of information contained in the succeeding pages are as follows: The Whiteleather Family Tree drawn by Charles Mead oi North Georgetown, Ohi(\, ,Whiteleather Reunion correspondence undertaken by Rena Whiteleather of North Georgetown and George R. Floyd of Al­ liance, who were for many years Secretary and President respec­ tively of the Reunion, and Data contributed by mail and telephone in response t0 solicitations made over an eight year p~riod. Despite much work there are bound to be inaccuracies because of conflicting information from different sources and faulty mem­ ories of some· who supplied information. Serious attempts have been made to verify doubtful information. Please correct names and dates that are wrong so that you can pass the book on to your descendants in an accurate version. The numbers in parentheses immediately following name:.; of members of the family indicate the generation after Andrev, Whiteleather. Compilations of the history of the Whiteleather Family have been taken from records made by Rena Whiteleather of North Georgetown, for many years the secretary of the Whiteleather Reun­ ions of Ohio, and by Melvin K. Whiteleather, world-traveled news­ paper correspondent, radio commentator and lecturer. These two stories differ in a few respects, but both are extremely interesting, and, since they complement each other, both are given CONTENTS History by Rena Whiteleather . ................... 3 History by Melvin K. Whiteleather .......................... 5 Andrew Whiteleather -- the immigrant . ......... 7 Elizabeth Whiteleather Zimmerman Branch . 8-9 Mary Whiteleather Woolf Branch .............. 9-42 Hezekiah Woolf . l 0-15 Daniel Woolf . 19-22 Jacob Woolf .......................... 17-19 Eliza Ann Woolf Conser .................. 22-27 Catherine Woolf Cameron ................ 28-42 J. George Whiteleather Branch .............. 42-49 Peter Whiteleather . 43-48 David L. Whiteleather .................. 48-49 John Whitel~a1·her Branch . 49-55 Alexander Whiteleather .................... 50 Benjamin Whiteleather ................... 50, 51 Adam :Whiteleather ........................ 52 John F. Whiteleather .................... 53-55 David VVh iteleather Branch . 56-83 Andrew Whiteleather .................... 56-60 Margaret Whiteleather McLaughlin . 61-62 John M. Whiteleather . 62-63 Harriet Whiteleather \Neaver .............. 64-7 4 joseph Whiteleather . 7 4-78 Moses Whiteleather . 78-81 Jacob Whiteleather . 81-82 Rebecca Whiteleather Fox .................. 83 Catherine Whiteleather De:·-foff Branch . 83-97 John DeHoff ........................... 83-87 Andrew DeHoff . 87 -89 George Philip DeHoff .................... 89-92 Anna Catherine DeHoff Summer ........ 92- 129 Christian Whiteleather Branch .............. 98- 115 David Whiteleather . 98-108 Susannah Whiteleather Summers . l 08- 11 l . I J esse Wh1te ea,·h er . .........., , , - 1 1:, ... HISTORY - by Rena Whiteleather Andrew Whiteleather, our first ancestor of whom we have any record was born about 1757 in Braunschweig, Germany. He came to America about February, 1775, and landed a't Baltimore, Md., under the auspices of the British to help fight the colonists. He was then a young man of about 19 years. He settled near Manchester, Md., where he worked at his trade as a shoemaker. He was married to Mary Zentz and later came to Knox Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, where he bought 320 acres of land in section 24, range 5, Twp. 17, where the village of North Georgetown now stands. He also bought a tract of 320 acres in Sec. 22 in the same township, for which he paid $1.25 per acre. This was in the year 1804. He returned to Maryland and remained until 1806 when he moved to Ohio in covered wagons. His family consisted of nine children: Andrew, Christian, John, George, David, Mary, Ef izabeth, Catherine and Polly. The oldest child, Andrew, did not come to Ohio with his parents but remained in Maryland. His family is not included in this book. Andrew Sr. married for the second time May 1, 1817 Marie Magdalene Moyer. Andrew died in 1846, aged about 89 years. He left behind numerous descendants who gather in reunion every year. GEORGE WHITELEATHER was born in Maryland in 1797, died in 1856, age 59 years. He was married to Elizabeth Zimmerman December 4, 1821 and to this union were born six children, who grew to adulthood: Peter, David L., George, Mary, Eliza, S. Zelotus. MARY WHITELEATHER was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1787. She came to Ohio as a young woman with her parents. She married Philip Woolf March 9, 1810. Her husband was born in Louden, Co., Va., and came to Ohio when a young man. They bought a quarter of land (N.W. quarter, Sec. 13, Range 5, the deed being signed by Thomas Jefferson}. After clearing this land of timber they purchased the N.E. quarter of said section known as the James Mill farm, all of which they owned till Mr. Woolf died in 1866 at the age of 81 years. Mary, his wife, preceded him in death in 1864 at the age of 77 years. To Mary and Philip wer~ born 11 children: Mory, Catherine, Andrew, Hezekiah, George, Henry, Lucinda, Philip, Daniel, Jacob and Eliza A. -3- ELIZABETH WHITELEATHER v1as born November 13, 1792 at Slippery Rock, Pa. She married November 8, 1810, Joseph Zim­ merman, and died on her husband's farm near Salem, Ohio, Nov·· ember 11, 1831. To this union were born 15 children, four of whorn died at birth: Mary, John, Andrew, Conrad, Josephine, George, Peter, Adam, Abraham, Magdalena and Henry. POLLY WHITELEATHER married Andrew Hahn. To this union were born eight children: Samuel, Daniel, Richard, Catherine, Leah, Nancy, Mary and Lena who \Vere twins. Leah married Robert Hersey and had three children who died in infancy. Lena married Abe Cole and had a large family (names unknown), and lived in Colum­ biana, Ohio. Mary married George Buzzard, and lived in Colum­ biana. They had ten c:1ildre:1 Samantho, Alice, Josephine, Lillv Edward, George, Page, Irwin, Richard and Frances. Nancy married Mike Buzzard, lived in St. Joseph, Mo., and had three children: Frank, Alvin, and Eliza. She married second James Simpson and had seven children: Samuel, Mary, Henry, Jane, James, John, and Dora. All lived except Samuel. Catherine married Tobias Hahn and had four daughters: Louisa, Elmira, Emmaline, and Mary who died in infancy .Pofly and Andrew with three sons, Samuel, Dan and Richard and two daughters, Leah and Nancy, moved to Missoun in the early forties. No record of the Polly Whiteleather Hahn de~ scendants is available. CHRISTIAN WHITELEATHER, born January 12, 1788, married Susanna Sanor November 9-1810. Their children were David, Glor­ ia, Catherine, Elizabeth, Susanna, Mary, George and Jesse. DAVID WHITELEATHER, born October 27, 1797 in lv\aryland. married Elizabeth Myers. To them v1ere born 13 children: Andrew, John, David, Rebecca, Joseph, Rosie, Elizabeth, Marie ,U ,arne,,• .&. ,v,oses,,._ A JOCOo,I . I ,vv1111am & t• 11 • and• Margaret.• • CATHERINE WHITELEATHER, born in Maryland, married George William DeHoff and had six children: Mary Ann, Rebecca, Andre\,v, John, Anna Catherine and Sarah. JOHN WHITELEATHER, born November 14, 1785, in Maryland, married Mary Cope. Their nine children were: Alexander, Rachel, John F., Charity, Adam, Joshua, Elizabeth, Benjamin A. and George 4 HISTORY - By Melvin K. Whiteleather Now Foreign Affairs Columni'St on the Philadelphia Evening and Sunday Bulletin Andrew Whitelether, the father of us all in this country, arrived on these shores as Andreas Weissleder in the service of His Briton· nic Majesty during the American Revolution. He was one of the mercenaries history knows as the Hessians, although not all of them actually were from Hesse. Andreas was a Braunschweiger Eventually, Weissleder became Whiteleather, a simple trans­ lation of the German into the English. ThP Duchy 0f Braunschweig supported Frederick the Grea1 of Prussia in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763, as the result of which the British Empire became a reality), supplying around 12,000 men. The Duchy was still exhausted from this, and a sizable debt was keeping Duke Karl I awake nights, when the British Colonel Fawcett arrived with gold to buy troops for a campaign against the revolting American colonies in 1776. The Duke thus was an easy man for Fawcett to d~al with; he saw a chance to liquidate his debts by hiring out fit subjects. He got betweer. 4,000 and 6,000 men. Andreas was one of them. And we know that he helped Duke Karl's sleep problem by deserting the British, thus obliging them to pay the Duke two hundred pounds. That was the sum the British had agreed to pay for all mercenaries not returned to their homes. General George Washington is credited with being the origi­ nator of psychological warfare. By ingenious ways, such as having leaflets baked in the bread sold to the Hessians, he got his mes­ sage across to the mercenaries. That rich land abounded in the cvlonies that could be had fc~ the ciearing, and buxom Pennsylvania Dutch lasses were waiting for a man. Why fight for the British w1ien you could settie down to a life rich beyond anything ;:,ossible back home? Washington hooked Andreas with that bait and that's whv we are all here. (He also hooked some 5,000 others.) In Andreas (according to a contemporary account in the pos­ session of Ohio Supreme Court Judge Charles B. Zimmerman ot Springfield, Ohio.} the General got more than he was angling for: he got another badly-needed soldier, for Andreas threw his heart and muscle into the cause of independence, ioined the coloniai army and fought till the end of the war. As far as is known. the Weissleders originated in the Har-z: Mountains, an area of mining, forests, farms and small vacation spas located in the center of a triangle formed by Kassel and Halle at the base, and Braunschweig at the top.