Peter
Uber came from Westmoreland County. Pennsylvania, to Findley
Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, about 1808, taking up a government
grant of land which consisted of two hundred acres. He paid for this at
the rate of from two to four dollars per acre and settled on the same
grant of land where Uncle Gus now lives.
We do not know the
date of Peter Uber’s birth, but he was
married twice. His first wife, we have no record of, but there were six
children: three Sons and three daughters.
The sons were: Mike,
Peter Jr., and John, but we do not
have the names of the girls. Mike lived on what is now the Houston land in
the field opposite Uncle Gus’ driveway. Peter Jr.
lived about where Clyde Uber now lives. John
Uber had four children: Two Sons, Lawrence
and Edward, and two daughters, Margaret
and Susan. Margaret
was Mrs. Henry Snyder. Susan
was Mrs. Adam Knauff. A daughter of Peter
Uber married a Buffka.
Peter
Uber Sr. later married Barbara Snyder.
To this union were born one son. Solomon,
and one daughter, Susan.
In 1853 Peter
Uber Sr. left Mercer County, Pa,, and went to Portsmouth, Ohio,
where he died and was buried at the same Place.
His
wife and children remained in Mercer County where she later died in 1875
and was buried in the Lutheran cemetery at Blacktown.
Solomon
Uber, a son of Peter Sr. and Barbara
Snyder Uber was born in Findley Twp., Mercer County, where Uncle
Gus now lives, in 1836. He was seventeen years of age when his father went
to Portsmouth, Ohio.
In March, 1865, Solomon
Uber married Barbara Knauff, a
daughter of Nicholas and Mary Bardon (Burton) Knauff,
and spent their entire lives on the same farm on which he was born. To
this union were born seven children: John, Peter,
Gus, Mary, William, Anna, and Jacob.
Solomon
Uber died July, 1920. His wife, Barbara,
preceded him in death passing away in Nov. 1915.
On April 22, 1890, John
Uber married Louisa Rodewalt of
Springfield Twp., daughter of Adolph and
Catherine Sittig Rodewalt. They moved to Zelienople, Butler
County, where they lived for four years. Then they came to the homestead
for one winter. In 1895, they moved to Coolspring Twp., Mercer Co., to the
John Logan farm. In 1898, they moved to
Findley Twp., Living with Solomon Uber for a
few years. After which they moved to the present farm.
To this union were
born five sons and three daughters, also an infant daughter.
The following are the sons and daughters of John
and Louisa Rodewalt Uber:
Infant
daughter born May 1891 and died same date.
Edna
Mary born May 28, 1892.
Harvey
Lewis born April 30, 1894.
Wallace
Solomon and Willis
Adolph born April 14, 1897.
Edith
Helen born September 19, 1899.
Chester
Rodewalt born January 5, 1902.
Alfred
John born July 30, 1904.
Margaret
Louise born September 5, 1906.
Louisa,
wife of John Uber, was born July 8, 1885 and
died Nov. 22, 1934.
EDNA
Edna
Mary Uber Married Frank Williamson
Nov. 26, 1914.
The following
children were born to them:
David
John born Nov. 15, 1915 and died Sept. 26, 1916.
Louise
Nancy born March 3, 1918.
Esther
Rose born Feb. 4, 1921.
Robert
Clark born March 30, 1924.
Louise
Nancy Williamson was married to William James
Alloway on August 7, 1948.
Esther
Rose Williamson married Hayes J. Thompson
April 11, 1943.
Robert
Clark Williamson married Patricia Shannon
August 7, 1948.
HARVEY
Harvey
Uber married Janet Carter August 22,
1916.
Their
children are:
John
Harvey born Sept. 22, 1917.
David
Warren born Sept. 22, 1917.
Helen
Isabelle born May 14, 1919.
Robert
Vernon born Sept. 16, 1920.
Betty
Jane born May 10, 1924.
Janet
Carter Uber, wife of Harvey Uber, died
July 15, 1927.
In October, 1930, Harvey
Uber married Mrs. Sydna George. She
died May 7, 1944.
Harvey
Uber Jr., [John Harvey Uber] married Roberta
Morter Aug. 21, 1936.
Helen
Isabelle Uber married Merle Teare June 14,
1937. Merle Teare died in action in World War
II October 4, 1944. She then married Martin Emery
July 5, 1948.
Robert
Vernon married Averall Pryor Dec. 9,
1939.
Harvey
Uber Sr. Married Regina Horstman Oct.
6, 1944.
WALLACE
Wallace
Solomon Uber married Helen Carter on
Jan. 23, 1918.
The following are
their children:
An
infant Daughter.
Mary
Elizabeth born April 16, 1920.
James
Ernest born June 7, 1925.
Mary
Elizabeth Uber married Arthur Urey on
Nov. 13, 1940.
James
Ernest married Betty Jeane Walker on
July 15, 1944.
WILLIS
Willis
Adolph Uber married Hazel Spears June
7, 1918.
The following are
their children:
Delmar
Leroy born June 17, 1917.
Frederick
James born April 1, 1919.
Grace
Lucille born Oct. 6, 1921,
Mildred
Alene born June 14, 1824.
Ronald
William born Mar. 8, 1928.
Bernard
Eugene born Oct. 16, 1929.
Delmar
Leroy married Ruby Knight June 14,
1947.
Frederick
James married Lovina Barkley
Grace
Lucille married Clarence Barkley Oct.
9, 1942.
Willis
Uber later married Henrietta Brocklehurst
April 17, 1947.
A daughter, Linda
Darlene was born Feb. 7, 1948.
EDITH
Edith
Helen Uber married Paul Baker Jan. 11,
1921.
To this union were
born the following children:
John
Charles born Dec. 3, 1921.
Mary
Margaret born April 30, 1928 — Died Aug. 9, 1935.
Frank
Edward born Dec. 23, 1924.
Alfred
Eugene born July 28, 1926.
Helen
Elizabeth born Feb. 5, 1928.
Robert
Glenn born Oct. 9, 1929.
Russell
Thomas born Mar. 31, 1931.
There
were also three children who died in infancy.
Paul
Baker, husband of Edith Helen Uber Baker,
was killed July 28, 1936.
John
Charles Baker married Janice Graham on
Mar. 11, 1950.
Frank
Edward Baker married Esther Kalajainen on
June 18, 1949.
Helen
Elizabeth Baker married John Zambino on
Dec. 9,1949.
CHESTER
Chester
Uber married Helen Landis October 7,
1934.
The following
children were born to them:
Delores
Marie born March 17, 1936.
George
Arthur born June 9, 1943.
ALFRED
Margaret
Uber married Harold Osborne July 24,
1940.
A daughter, Ruth
Ann, was born Sept. 21, 1941.
John
N. Uber — father of the eight children — passed away March 20,
1953 and was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery at Blacktown.
Submitted by Linda
Ealy.
