DIEFFENBACHER

 

 

 

 

Descendants of Conrad Dieffenbacher: Part One

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER, the son of  Eva Margaretha (Reimold) (1717-1756) and Johann Leonhard Dieffenbacher (1714-1794) was born March 01, 1743/44 in Eppingen Baden, Germany, and died August 06, 1813 in Northumberland Co., PA.  He married (1) CATHERINE BETZ January 30, 1769 in Faulkner Swamp, Montgomery Co.,PA.  She was born ca 1749 in Faulkner Swamp, PA, and died June 06, 1809 in Derry Twp., Northumberland Co., PA..  He married (2) CATHERINE HASS in 1803. 

 

 

 

Conrad Dieffenbacher family tree back four generations

Source: Hundert Jahre Evangelische Stadtkirche Eppingen 1879-2979

 

It is interesting to note that on Conrad Dieffenbacher’s mother family, the Reinmold’s, his great grandfather, Hans Jacob Reinmold (1653-1694), married Anna Margaretha Dieffenbacher (1653-1693), daughter of Regina (Zoern) and Stefen Dieffenbacher (1632-1708). This makes Stefen and Regina his 2^nd great-grandparents on both his paternal and maternal families.

 

Notes for CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER:

 

He landed in Philadelphia when he was 23 years of age on the ship Richmond from Rotterdam..

Conrad Dieffenbach emigrated to America in 1764, locating in Falkner Swamp, PA. After his marriage to Catherine Betz they moved to Montgomery Co. PA. His name is found on the supply tax list there for 1780 and 1782. In 1783 he owned 150 acres of land, two horses, three cows and three sheep.

 

Military record: American Revolution, Captain Isaiah Davis Company, commanded by Lieut. Colonel Anton Biting, 3rd class of the 4th battalion. The company, made up of 1-2-3-4 classes, called into service October 1781. Also, Henry Boyer 6th Company, 4th Battalion 3rd Class. Reference: PA Archives, Sixth Series, Vol 1, pges. 778-794. Montgomery County Militia, 1785, commanded by Matthew Brook, Reference: PA Archives, Sixth Series, Vol 3, pg. 662.

 

About the year 1800, he moved to what is now Columbia Co., where he died in 1813.     

 

More About CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1790 Montgomery County, PA

Cemetery: Strawberry Ridge, Washingtonville,PA

 

Notes for CATHERINE HASS:

Catherine Hass was the widow of SELIN GROVE.

     

Children of CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER and CATHERINE BETZ are:

                   i.    ABRAHAM DIEFFENBACHER, born November 16, 1769.

 

More About ABRAHAM DIEFFENBACHER:

Baptism: November 26, 1769, Faulkner Swamp Congregation

Confirmation: June 04, 1785, Faulkner Swamp Congregation Church

 

 

2.               ii.    JOHN DIEFFENBACHER, born July 13, 1771, Pennsylvania; died December 22, 1841, Pennsylvania.

3.              iii.    FREDERICK DIEFFENBACHER, born May 04, 1773, Pennsylvania; died. August 17, 1825, Pennsylvania.

4.              iv.    JACOB DIEFFENBACHER, born November 17, 1775, Montgomery Co., PA; died October 30, 1840, Sullivan Co., PA.

5.               v.    PHILLIP DIEFFENBACHER, born. February 03, 1778, Montour Co., Pennsylvania; died March 25, 1840, Derry Twp., Columbia Co., PA.

6.              vi.    HENRY DIEFFENBACHER, born January 31, 1780, Montgomery Co., PA; died June 01, 1870, Montour County, PA.

vii.ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACHER, born May 11, 1782, Pennsylvania.

        

         More About ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACHER:  

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1748-1854: Falckner Swamp  Reformed Congregation Record

Name: Elizabeth Dieffenbacher

Description: Born 

Event: Birth 

Date of Event: 11 May 1782    

 

 7.           viii.    CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER, born February 15, 1785; died     

                         October 1883, Northumberland, PA.

8.              ix.    CATHERINE DIEFFENBACHER, born May 20, 1787; died March 25, 1839.

                  x.    DAVID DIEFFENBACHER, born June 17, 1789; died July 13, 1789.

 

More About DAVID DIEFFENBACHER:

Baptism: July 12, 1789, Reformed Congregation, Falckner Swamp

 

9.              xi.    SUSANNAH DIEFFENBACHER, born August 31, 1791, Pennsylvania; died August 03, 1836.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  JOHN DIEFFENBACHER was born July 13, 1771 in Pennsylvania, and died December 22, 1841 in Pennsylvania.  He married ELIZABETH FOLLMER December 01, 1797, daughter of GEORGE FOLLMER and ANNA WALTERS.  She was born July 07, 1779, and died March 29, 1852.

 

More About JOHN DIEFFENBACHER:

Baptism: August 04, 1771, Faulkner Swamp Congregation Church

Burial: Follmer Church Yard near Milton, PA

Confirmation: June 17, 1787, Faulkner Swamp Congregation Church

     

Child of JOHN DIEFFENBACHER and ELIZABETH FOLLMER is:

10.              i.    KATHERINE DIEFFENBACH, born ca 1800, Pennsylvania.

 

 

3.  FREDERICK DIEFFENBACHER was born May 04, 1773 in Pennsylvania, and died August 17, 1825 in Pennsylvania.  He married ANNA MARIA FOLLMER November 17, 1795, daughter of GEORGE FOLLMER and ANNA WALTERS.  She was born September 03, 1774, and died April 11, 1843.

 

More About FREDERICK DIEFFENBACHER:

Baptism: May 31, 1773, Faulkner Swamp Congregation Church

Cemetery: St. John's German Ref. Church White Deer, PA

Confirmation: May 31, 1787

     

Children of FREDERICK DIEFFENBACHER and ANNA FOLLMER are:

11.              i.    WILLIAM F. DIEFFENBACH, born 1795, Pennsylvania; died January 14, 1870.

12.             ii.    CATHERINE DIEFFENBACH, born June 02, 1798, Union County, PA; died October 23, 1861, Goudy, Walbash Co., Indiana.

                 iii.    ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACH, born December 1800.

                 iv.    JACOB F. DIEFFENBACH, born December 18, 1802.

                  v.    JOHN DIEFFENBACH, born May 1805.

                 vi.    FREDERICK DIEFFENBACH, born October 1807.

                vii.    DAVID DIEFFENBACH, born December 1809, Pennsylvania; married JANE ?; born ca 1810.

 

More About DAVID DIEFFENBACH:

Census: 1870, Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., PA

Occupation: 1870, Dentist

 

               viii.    MARY DIEFFENBACH, born July 1812.

                 ix.    SUSANNAH DIEFFENBACH, born September 1815.

                  x.    JONAS (JONAH) DIEFFENBACH, born March 1819.

 

 

4.  JACOB DIEFFENBACHE  was born November 17, 1775 in Montgomery Co., PA, and died October 30, 1840 in Sullivan Co., PA.  He married CHRISTINA GARDNER.  She was born February 14, 1784 in Lycoming County, PA, and died December 21, 1858 in Sullivan Co. , PA.

 

Notes for JACOB DIEFFENBACHER:

Jacob Dieffenbach came to Dushore in 1829. He was a farmer and miller by trade, operating grist mills in Columbia and Sullivan Counties.

 

More About JACOB DIEFFENBACHER:

Baptism: April 05, 1776, Falckner Swamp Reformed Congregation, New Hanover Township, Montgomery Co., PA

Cemetery: Thrasher's Cemetery

 

More About CHRISTINA GARDNER:

Cemetery: Thrasher's Cemetery

Census: 1850, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

     

Children of JACOB DIEFFENBACHER and CHRISTINA GARDNER are:

13.              i.    SUSAN DIEFFENBACH, born April 17, 1802; died October 1881, Milton, Northumberland, PA.

14.             ii.    DANIEL DIEFFENBACHER, born August 07, 1803, Pennsylvania; died November 03, 1892, Havana, IL.

                 iii.    ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACH, born July 18, 1805; married CHRISTOL SPRINGER.

15.            iv.    SARAH G. DIEFFENBACH, born June 12, 1809, Madison Twp., Columbia Co., PA; died July 17, 1890, Cherry Twp., Sullivan, PA.

16.             v.    CHARLES DIEFFENBACH, born January 11, 1811, Pennsylvania; died. January 13, 1876, Pennsylvania.

17.            vi.    JOHN DIEFFENBACH, born March 29, 1813, Columbia County, PA; died August 22, 1903, Sayre, PA.

18.           vii.    HANNAH DIEFFENBACH, born January 21, 1815, PA; died. April 20, 1858, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co.,PA.

19.          viii.    MARY M. DIEFFENBACH, born June 09, 1817.

20.            ix.    JACOB DIEFFENBACH, born April 12, 1819, PA; died January 30, 1903, PA.

21.             x.    HENRY DIEFFENBACH, born March 24, 1824, PA; died August 01, 1912, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA.

22.            xi.    REBECCA DIEFFENBACH, born August 08, 1826, Columbia County, PA; died November 13, 1909.

 

 

5.  PHILLIP DIEFFENBACHER, was born February 03, 1778 in Montour Co., Pennsylvania, and died March 25, 1840 in Derry Twp., Columbia Co., PA.  He married ROSINA MAUSER May 01, 1805, daughter of NICHOLAS MAUSER and CATHERINE HEMMINGER.  She was born October 13, 1782, and died September 16, 1869.

 

More About PHILLIP DIEFFENBACHER:

Baptism: February 16, 1778, Falckner Swamp Congregation

 

More About ROSINA MAUSER:

Census: 1850, Derry, Montour, PA

     

Children of PHILLIP DIEFFENBACHER and ROSINA MAUSER are:

23.              i.    CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER, born February 01, 1806; died October 11, 1884.

24.             ii.    ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACHER, born May 26, 1807, Northumberland, PA; died November 17, 1888, Hessville, Sandusky Co., Ohio.

                 iii.    JOSPEH DIEFFENBACHER, born August 10, 1809; died November 18, 1887.

                 iv.    LYDIA DIEFFENBACHER, born August 10, 1809; died July 02, 1827.

25.             v.    MARY DIEFFENBACHER, born February 23, 1811, Pennsylvania; died December 30, 1899, Northumberland Co., PA.

26.            vi.    BENJAMIN DIEFFENBACHER, born May 12, 1812, Pennsylvania; died May 24, 1900.

                vii.    NICKOLIS DIEFFENBACHER, born August 26, 1815; died May 26, 1896; married (1) CATHERINE COUGER; born 1821; died 1842; married (2) MARY LEIDEL.

27.          viii.    SUSAN DIEFFENBACHER, born November 04, 1818, Derry Twp., Columbia Co., PA; died June 24, 1886, Derry Twp., Columbia Co., PA.

                 ix.    CORNELIUS DIEFFENBACHER, born June 20, 1820; died August 23, 1821.

28.             x.    ANNA CATHERINE DIEFFENBACHER, born January 09, 1823, Derry Twp., Columbia Co., PA; died June 05, 1890, Pennsylvania.

                 xi.    ROSANNA DIEFFENBACHER, born August 28, 1824; died January 12, 1897; married DAVID STROUSE.

 

 

6.  HENRY DIEFFENBACHER, was born January 31, 1780 in Montgomery Co., PA, and died June 01, 1870 in Montour County, PA.  He married SUSANNA HILL, daughter of JACOB HILL and CHRISTINA GORTNER.  She was born August 19, 1785 in Windsor Twp., Berks Co. PA, and died July 04, 1848.

 

More About HENRY DIEFFENBACHER:

Baptism: March 27, 1780

Cemetery: Strawberry Ridge, Montour Co., PA

Census: 1850, Derry, Montour, PA

     

Children of HENRY DIEFFENBACHER and SUSANNA HILL are:

                   i.    DAVID DIEFFENBACHER, born 1804; married ELIZABETH TRUCKENMILLER.

                  ii.    SOLOMOM DIEFFENBACHER, born 1806.

29.            iii.    CHRISTINA DIEFFENBACHER, born 1808; married JOHN SPRINGER.

                 iv.    SARAH DIEFFENBACHER, born 1810; married SAMUEL HEATER.

                  v.    CATHERINE DIEFFENBACHER, born 1812; married ABRAHAM COOPER.

30.            vi.    HANNAH DIEFFENBACHER, born 1814, Washingtonville, Montgomery Co.,PA.

vii.ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACHER, ca 1813 in Pennsylvania; married CHRISTOPHER RAUPP born ca 1817 in Pennsylvania.

More About ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1850, Lewis, Northumberland Co., PA.

Census 2: 1860, Lewis, Northumberland Co., PA.

 

More About CHRISTOPHER RAUPP:

Occupation 1860: Farmer

 

Child of ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACHER and CHRISTOPHER RAUPP:

a.      PHILIP H. RAUPP, born December 1846 in Pennsylvania. He married MARY ? about 1869. She was born June 1846 in Pennsylvania.

 

More About PHILIP RAUPP:

Census 1: 1850, Lewis, Northumberland Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Lewis, Northumberland Co., PA

Census 3: 1870, Lewis, Northumberland Co., PA

Census 4: 1880, Lewis, Northumberland Co., PA

Census 5: 1900, Delaware, Northumberland Co., PA

Census 6: 1910, Delaware, Northumberland Co., PA

Census 7: 1920, Lewis, Northumberland Co., PA

Occupation: Farmer

 

Children of PHILIP RAUPP and MARY ?:

i.                    ELIZABETH RAUPP, born 1870 in PA.

ii.                  GEORGE A. RAUPP, born ca 1872 in PA.

iii.                JOHN C. RAUPP, born June 1873 in PA., married MARY ?, born ca 1882 in PA.

iv.                CHARLES E. RAUPP, born ca 1876 in PA

v.                  EMMA J. RAUPP, born July 1877 in PA.

vi.                WILLIAM L. RAUPP, born 1879 in PA.

vii.              THOMAS RAUPP, born September 1885 in PA.

viii.            MARY SUSAN RAUPP  born December 1887 in PA.

ix.                ANNIE M. RAUPP born ca 1890 in PA

x.                  CHARLES H. RAUPP born ca 1901, married EDNA ? born ca 1903 in PA.

     

JOHN C. RAUPP and MARY ? had the following children:

a.      MILDRED S. RAUPP, born ca 1903 in PA.

b.      PHILIP H. RAUPP, born ca 1905 in PA.

c.       GEORGE C. RAUPP, born ca 1908 in PA.

d.      JOHN E. RAUPP, born ca 1914 in PA.

e.      ROBERT W. RAUPP, born ca 1916 in PA.

       

                     CHA RLES H. RAUPP and EDNA ? had the following

                         children:

a.      EDITH E.  RAUPP, born ca 1922 in PA.

b.      JEAN A. RAUPP,   born ca 1924 in PA.                                                 

 

31.          viii.    JACOB DIEFFENBACHER, born August 27, 1818, Washingtonville, Montgomery Co.,PA; died May 04, 1898, Bloomsburg, PA.

                 ix.    LEAH DIEFFENBACHER, born 1820; married JOHN SIDLER.

                  x.    SUSANNAH DIEFFENBACHER, born Abt. 1822, Pennsylvania; married CHARLES TRUCKENMILLER.

 

More About SUSANNAH DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1850, Derry, Montour, PA

 

                 xi.    AARON DIEFFENBACHER, b. 1824; married JANE DAW.

                xii.    HENRY DIEFFENBACHER, b. 1826; married SARAH E. HAGENBUCH.

 

 

7.  CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER was born February 15, 1785, and died October 1883 in Northumberland, PA.  He married MARY DOROTHY LEWARS 1810.  She was born January 18, 1784 in London, England.

 

More About CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER:

Baptism: May 16, 1785, Reformed Congregation, Falckner Swamp

     

Children of CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER and MARY LEWARS are:

32.              i.    JAMES DIEFFENBACH, born May 31, 1809, Northumberland Co., PA.

33.             ii.    ANDREW L. DIEFFENBACHER, born January 10, 1813, Pennsylvania; died December 02, 1891, Cleburne, Johnson, TX.

 

 

8.  CATHERINE DIEFFENBACHER  was born May 20, 1787, and died March 25, 1839.  She married MICHAEL FOLLMER June 06, 1805, son of GEORGE FOLLMER and ANNA WALTERS.  He was born January 19, 1784 in Tulpehocken Twp. Berks Co., PA, and died December 07, 1819 in Milton, PA.

 

More About CATHERINE DIEFFENBACHER:

Baptism: June 17, 1787, Reformed Congregation, Falckner Swamp

     

Children of CATHERINE DIEFFENBACHER and MICHAEL FOLLMER are:

                   i.    DANIEL FOLLMER, born July 01, 1808; died December 23, 1864.

                  ii.    ELIZABETH FOLLMER, born May 05, 1810; died April 02, 1845.

                 iii.    JOHN FOLLMER, born July 03, 1812; died November 01, 1865; married (1) ANA CONOVER, August 11, 1840; married (2) MARGARET CONOVER, March 20, 1855.

                 iv.    ANA CATHERINE FOLLMER, born July 22, 1814; died. 1828.

34.             v.    SARAH M. FOLLMER, born September 15, 1816, Pennsylvania; died April 24, 1876.

                 vi.    JACOB FOLLMER, born December 06, 1818; died. May 15, 1820.

 

 

9.  SUSANNAH DIEFFENBACHER  was born August 31, 1791 in Pennsylvania, and died August 03, 1836.  She married DANIEL FOLLMER June 20, 1809, son of GEORGE FOLLMER and ANNA WALTERS.  He was born June 09, 1786, and died January 05, 1873 in Milton, PA.

 

More About SUSANNAH DIEFFENBACHER:

Baptism: February 22, 1792, Reformed Congregation, Falckner Swamp

Cemetery: Upper Cemetery, Milton, PA

 

More About DANIEL FOLLMER:

Census 1: 1850, Limestone Twp., Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Limestone Twp., Montour Co., PA

     

Children of SUSANNAH DIEFFENBACHER and DANIEL FOLLMER are:

                   i.    SUSANNAH FOLLMER, born November 18, 1821; died November 16, 1874, Lewisburg, PA. Married January 16, 1841 PHILLIP BILLMEYER, who was born October 1, 1814 in PA; died September 5, 1885.

 

More About SUSANNAH FOLLMER:

1870 Census Lewisburg North Ward, Union Co., PA.

                                             

                         Children of SUSANNAH FOLLMER and PHILLIP BILLMEYER

                              a. MARY ELLEN BILLMEYER born March 30, 1842 in PA.

                    b. MARGARET ANN BILLMEYER  born October 15, 1843, PA

                              c.  SARAH ALICE BILLMEYER born March 31, 1848 in PA  

                              d.  EMMA J. BILLMEYER born September 20, 1851 in PA.

                              e. VERDA F. BILLMEYER born ca 1857 in PA.

                    

ii.WILLIAM HENRY FOLLMER, born December 01, 1828; died July 01, 1866 in Pennsylvania; married ELIZABETH HAYES CHAMBERLIN on October 7, 1856 in Pennsylvania. She was born April 1, 1836 in Pennsylvania and died June 20, 1892 in Pennsylvania.

 

Children of WILLIAM HENRY and ELIZABETH FOLLMER:

a.      CHARLES CAROLL FOLLMER born December 12, 1857 in Pennsylvania; married EDITH MAY ROGERS.

b.      MARY JANE FOLLMER, born August 5, 1859 in PA, married  JACOB HENRY WAGNER  on December 23, 1880. He was born December 18, 1842 in PA.

 

Children of MARY and JACOB HENRY WAGNER:

(i)                 ELIZABETH CHAMERLIN WAGNER, born January 30, 1882

(ii)               JAY HENRY WAGNER, born June 21, 1882.

(iii)             EDITH MAY WAGNER, born July 28, 1885.

(iv)             WILLIAM CURTISS WAGNER, born March 31, 1887.

(v)               NED FOLLMER WAGNER, born March 16, 1889.

(vi)             FRANCES HELEN WAGNER, born November 18, 1894.

c.       ELMER SHERMAN FOLLMER, born December 3, 1861

d.      GRACE CHAMBERLIN FOLLMER, born August 8, 1865.

   

 

35.            iii.    CATHERINE FOLLMER, born March 10, 1810; died April 21, 1880.

36.            iv.    JACOB MICHAEL FOLLMER, born May 03, 1825; died March 11, 1896, Milton, PA.

                  v.    CONRAD FOLLMER, born June 20, 1812.

 

More About CONRAD FOLLMER:

Marriage-1: Mary McDowell

 

                 vi.    ELIZABETH FOLLMER, born February 05, 1815; died May 09, 1847, Milton, PA.

 

More About ELIZABETH FOLLMER:

Marriage-1: Levi Balliet

 

                vii.    MARGARET ANN FOLLMER, born March 24, 1817; died September 13, 1890. Married MARTIN BILLMEYER November 22, 1838 who was born June 1, 1818 in PA. and died April 3, 1862.

 

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

10.  KATHERINE DIEFFENBACH was born ca 1800 in Pennsylvania.  She married GEORGE NEWCOMER.  He was born 1798.

     

Child of KATHERINE DIEFFENBACH and GEORGE NEWCOMER is:

36.              i.    THEODORE P. NEWCOMER, born November 1830, Pennsylvania.

 

 

11.  WILLIAM F. DIEFFENBACH  was born 1795 in Pennsylvania, and died January 14, 1870.  He married SARAH RUTHRAUFF ca 1814.  She was born August 14, 1797, and died March 10, 1866 in Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA.

 

More About WILLIAM F. DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1850, Porter, Lycoming, PA

Census 2: 1860, Piatt, Lycoming Co., PA

Occupation: 1850, Farmer

 

More About SARAH RUTHRAUFF:

Burial: Jersey Shore Cemetery, Lycoming Co., PA

Census 1: 1850, Porter, Lycoming, PA

Census 2: 1860, Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA

     

Children of WILLIAM DIEFFENBACH and SARAH RUTHRAUFF are:

                   i.    CAROLINE DIEFFENBACH, born August 07, 1818.

 

More About CAROLINE DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1850, Porter, Lycoming, PA

Census 2: 1870, Mifflin, Lycoming Co., PA

 

38.             ii.    URIAH SILSBY DIEFFENBACH, born December 07, 1820, Pennsylvania; died March 26, 1892.

39.            iii.    HENRIETTA A. DIEFFENBACH, born November 1826, Pennsylvania.

                 iv.    DANIEL DIEFFENBACH, born ca 1831.

 

More About DANIEL DIEFFENBACH:

Census: 1850, Porter, Lycoming, PA

 

40.             v.    CHARLES L. DIEFFENBACH, born. ca 1833, Pennsylvania; died between 1880 - 1900.

41.            vi.    SARAH C. DIEFFENBACH, born January 26, 1835, Pennsylvania.

42.           vii.    SALINE DIEFFENBACH, born ca 1837, Pennsylvania.

43.          viii.    SALOME E. DIEFFENBACH, born December 1838, Pennsylvania.

 

 

12.  CATHERINE DIEFFENBACH  was born June 02, 1798 in Union County, PA, and died October 23, 1861 in Goudy, Walbash Co., Indiana.  She married SAMUEL RANCK 1816 in Union Co., PA, son of JOHN RANCK and BARBARA MARTIN.  He was born March 30, 1795 in Lancaster Co., PA, and died January 19, 1854 in Goudy, Walbash Co., Indiana.

 

More About CATHERINE DIEFFENBACH:

Burial: Finley Cemetery, Peru, IN

 

More About SAMUEL RANCK:

Burial: Finley Cemetery, Peru, IN

     

Children of CATHERINE DIEFFENBACH and SAMUEL RANCK are:

44.              i.    AMOS JOHN RANCK, born October 03, 1820, White Deer, Union Co., PA; died 1895, Cottonwood Co., Minnesota.

                  ii.    MARY RANCK, born March 19, 1817; died May 10, 1895; married SAMUEL REILMAN; born ca 1815.

                 iii.    SAMUEL DAVID RANCK, born March 28, 1822, Lycoming, PA; died November 02, 1901; married ELIZABETH SHOEMAKER.

                 iv.    ELIZA RANCK, born 1823.

45.             v.    WILLIAM JOHN RANCK, born August 14, 1824, Lycoming Co., PA; died March 26, 1906, Dover Twp., Olstead Co., MN.

                 vi.    KATE RANCK, born 1825.

                vii.    AARON RANCK, born 1827.

               viii.    CALVIN RANCK, born. 1832.

                 ix.    ANN ELIZABETH RANCK, born. 1835.

                  x.    LEWIS P. RANCK, born November 17, 1837; died February 19, 1849.

                 xi.    SARAH RANCK, born 1839.

                xii.    HENRY RANCK, born. 1844.

               xiii.    BENJAMIN RANCK, born. 1846.

               xiv.    ELIZABETH RANCK, born 1848.

 

 

13.  SUSAN DIEFFENBACH  was born April 17, 1802, and died October 1881 in Milton, Northumberland, PA.  She married JACOB FOLLMER, son of HEINRICH FOLLMER and CATHEINE STONEMAN.  He was born 1798, and died 1833.

 

Notes for SUSAN DIEFFENBACH:

 

The Sullivan Review :27 Oct. 1881

Mr. and Mrs. John DIEFFENBACH, of Cherry, are at Milton, having been summoned there by the death of a sister of Mr. DIEFFENBACH. (Susan Dieffenbach Fulmer)

 

More About SUSAN DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1850, Limestone Twp., Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Limestone Twp., Montour Co., PA

Census 3: 1870, Milton, Northumberland, PA

Census 4: 1880, White Deer, Union Co., PA

     

Child of SUSAN DIEFFENBACH and JACOB FOLLMER is:

46.              i.    HENRY E. FOLLMER, born 1826, Pennsylvania; died 1881.

 

 

14.  DANIEL DIEFFENBACHER  was born August 07, 1803 in Pennsylvania, and died November 03, 1892 in Havana, IL.  He married CATHARINE ?.  She was born ca 1806 in Pennsylvania, and died between 1860 - 1870 in IL.

 

Notes for DANIEL DIEFFENBACHER:

 

The Sullivan Gazette

March 31, 1892

Daniel Dieffenbach of Havana Ill., formerly of Sullivan County, died on the 11th inst. at the age of 88 years.

Mr. Dieffenbach was a brother of John and Jacob Dieffenbach of Cherry, Henry Dieffenbach of Colley and Mrs. Amos Reeser of Dushore.

 

 

More About DANIEL DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1850, Mason Co., IL

Census 2: 1860, Havana, Mason, IL

Census 3: 1870, Havana, Mason, IL

Census 4: 1880, Havana, Mason, IL

Occupation: Farmer

     

Children of DANIEL DIEFFENBACHER and CATHARINE ? are:

                   i.    CHRISTIANNA DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1828, Pennsylvania.

47.             ii.    PHILIP LONG DIEFFENBACHER, b. ca 1830, Pennsylvania; died January 29, 1905.

48.            iii.    JOSEPH DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1836, Pennsylvania; died between 1910 - 1920, IL.

                 iv.    MARY E. DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1840, Illinois.

                  v.    SUSAN REBECCA DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1842, Illinois.

                 vi.    SARAH CATHARINE DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1845, Illinois.

                vii.    LORINDA J. DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1848, Illinois.

 

15.  SARAH G. DIEFFENBACH  was born June 12, 1809 in Madison Twp., Columbia Co., PA, and died July 17, 1890 in Cherry Twp., Sullivan, PA.  She married WILLIAM KISNER, son of JOHN KISNER and CATHERINE BUCK.  He was born August 02, 1805, and died October 20, 1883 in PA.

 

Notes for SARAH G. DIEFFENBACH:

 

Sullivan Review

23 June 1880

Mrs. William KISNER, of Cherry Twp. is reported very low with that dreaded disease consumption.

 

The Sullivan Review

July 24, 1890

Mrs. Sarah G. Kisner, mother of our townsman Chas. Kisner, died at her home in Cherry township July 17, aged 81 years, one month and six days.

The funeral at Zion's church Sunday was very largely attended.

The deceased was born in Madison township, Columbia county, May 7, 1809, but for years past had resided in this section. She was a very estimable lady.

 

The Reporter Journal, Sept.24, 1890

Mrs. Wm. Kisner died after a long illness at her residence, Thursday morning at the age of 66 years. Interment in the Lutheran cemetery on Saturday at 10 a.m. She was a woman of good Christian character and well liked by her many friends and neighbors. She leaves a husband, three sons and two daughters to mourn her departure.

 

Notes for WILLIAM KISNER:

 

Sullivan Review: 18 Oct. 1883

William KISNER, of Cherry, an aged gentleman, is reported dangerously ill.

 

 

Picture of Sarah (Dieffenbach) and William Kisner from Sullivan Co., PA Internet Site.

 

 

Sullivan Review: 25 Oct. 1883

William KISNER, of Cherry, whose illness was mentioned last week, died Saturday night, aged 78 years. He was one of the pioneers of this vicinity, was well known and

highly esteemed as an honorable upright man.

 

More About WILLIAM KISNER:

Cemetery: Thrasher's Cemetery

     

Children of SARAH DIEFFENBACH and WILLIAM KISNER are:

                   i.    CHRISTIAN KISNER.

                  ii.    AMOS KISNER, born October 16, 1831; died December 30, 1893; married MARTHA ?; born ca 1828; died October 1905.

 

Notes for AMOS KISNER:

 

Sullivan Review: 4 Jan 1894

Amos KISNER of Colley Township, died December 30, 1893, aged 62 years. Buried Monday, January 1, 1894, at Thrasher's. His death was caused by grippe. He was a brother of Charles KISNER of this place.

 

Notes for MARTHA ?:

 

The Sullivan Review

October 5, 1905

Mrs. Martha Kisner, widow of Amos Kisner, and an inmate of the home for the Friendless at Williamsport, died on Wednesday last. The funeral was held on Friday at the Lutheran Church in this place, with interment at Thrasher's cemetery.

 

49.            iii.    VIOLINA KISNER, born December 21, 1834; died 1881.

50.            iv.    HIRAM KISNER, born July 03, 1835, Jerseytown, Columbia Co., PA; died May 12, 1925, Sullivan Co.,PA.

51.             v.    WILLIAM KISNER, born October 16, 1836; died September 02, 1899.

52.            vi.    CHARLES KISNER, b. November 19, 1837, Sunbury,PA; d. February 20, 1924, Towanda, PA.

53.           vii.    CHRISTIANA KISNER, born October 09, 1839; died November 06, 1887.

54.          viii.    MARY KATHARINA KISNER, born January 28, 1842, Sullivan Co., PA; died February 09, 1934, Gladwin, Michigan.

55.            ix.    SARAH ANN KISNER, born August 02, 1843; died September 18, 1917.

                  x.    AMANDA E. KISNER, born 1846; died 1883.

56.            xi.    JEFFERSON KISNER, born February 13, 1849, Pennsylvania; died February 10, 1937, Glen Elder,  Mitchell Co., KS.

57.           xii.    SILAS DEAN KISNER, born April 05, 1854, PA; died September 04, 1933, PA.

 

16.  CHARLES DIEFFENBACH  was born January 11, 1811 in Pennsylvania, and died January 13, 1876 in Pennsylvania.  He married MARTHA MULLEN 1836, daughter of CHARLES MULLEN and ELIZABETH ?.  She was born July 22, 1816, and died May 14, 1894.

More About CHARLES DIEFFENBACH:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Elkland, PA

Cemetery: Greenwood

Census 1: 1850, Franklin, Bradford Co., PA

Grave Marker: Charles Dieffenbach

 

More About MARTHA MULLEN:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Elkland, PA

Cemetery: Greenwood

     

Children of CHARLES DIEFFENBACH and MARTHA MULLEN are:

                   i.    SOFIA E. DIEFFENBACH, born July 18, 1838; died November 11, 1850. Here is a picture of her grave marker:

 

More About SOFIA E. DIEFFENBACH:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Elkland, PA

Cemetery: Greenwood

 

58.             ii.    SYLVESTER DIEFFENBACH, born July 1840, Overton, Bradford Co., PA; died 1908, Bradford Co., PA.

                 iii.    HANNAH C. DIEFFENBACH, born ca 1841.

                 iv.    HARRIET R. DIEFFENBACH, born ca 1845.

                  v.    DORSON V. DIEFFENBACH, born May 17, 1847; died May 26, 1851.

More About DORSON V. DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Greenwood

                         vi. MARY E. DIEFFENBACH, born ca 1852.

                59.    vii. JOSEPH E. DIEFFENBACH, born 1856, PA; died April 01, 1925, Overton, PA.

17.  JOHN DIEFFENBACH  was born March 29, 1813 in Columbia County, PA, and died August 22, 1903 in Sayre, PA.  He married (1) ELIZABETH HOFFA January 01, 1835, daughter of JACOB HOFFA and CATHERINE SCHWALM.  She was born April 10, 1819 in Mahatonga, Schuylkill Co.,PA, and died November 19, 1886 in Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA.  He married (2) CAROLINE HOFFA May 10, 1895, daughter of JACOB HOFFA and CATHERINE SCHWALM.  She was born April 18, 1827 in Cherry Twp., Sullivan County, PA, and died September 18, 1899 in Dushor,Sullivan Co.,PA.

 

                               John Dieffenbacher                        Elizabeth (Hoffa) Dieffenbacher                                               

 

 

 

                                          

 

 John Dieffenbach Home in Dushore

 

 

 

Notes for JOHN DIEFFENBACH:

John Dieffenbach came to Dushore with his parents. From 1840 to 1850 he owned and operated the gristmill. In 1850 he purchased a farm near Dushore, where he lived until the closing years of his life. In 1857 he was elected county commissioner and re-elected in 1860.

 

The Sullivan Review

January 8, 1885

MR. and MRS. JOHN DIEFFENBACH, of Cherry celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage on New Years day.  Their children and grandchildren were present and all enjoyed an excellent dinner and social visit.

 

The Sullivan Review

May 17, 1888

A DOUBLE SURPRISE-

On Thursday, May 10, the friends of Rev. C.L. Earle, of Colley, paid him a surprise visit, it being the occasion of his 83rd birthday.

By ten o'clock over sixty had assembled, each carrying a well filled basket. A splendid dinner was set forth and the self invited guests were just about to set down, when, walking with the elasticity of renewed youth and vigor, Mr. John Dieffenbach and Mrs. Caroline Suber, stepped to the centre of the floor and requested the white haired shepherd to pronounce the words which should forever cause their loving hearts to beat as one. Rev. Earle was equal to the occasion, and after satisfying himself that both bride and groom were of the proper age he tied the mystic tie.

Dinner followed, and after dinner a serenade by a hastily organized band. The groom responded in a good natured and humorous speech and the hungry muscians were in their turn feasted. A gentleman who was present said he never laughed so much in his life as at this surprise-birth-day-wedding feast.

May the Rev. Earle live to enjoy many such occasions, and the the bride and groom pass down the hill of life 'mid sunset's ruddiest glow is the wish of the Review.

 

The Sullivan Review Sept. 21, 1899

BURNED TO DEATH-Mrs. John Dieffenbach, an aged lady living about a mile south of Dushore was burned to death Monday, September 18, by her clothing catching fire while she was getting breakfast. Her husband had lighted the fire and again went to sleep, lying on a cot in the kitchen, and was startled by a cry of pain, and awakened to find his wife lying on the floor, with her clothing all ablaze. He extinguished the flames and summoned help, but her injuries were too serious to permit of her recovery and she lingered in great pain until about midnight. She recovered sufficiently to explain how it happened, saying that her apron caugtht while she was at work around the stove, and her whole clothing was quickly ablaze. The funeral and interment was at Old Zion's Lutheran church, Wednesday, September 20, 1899. Mrs. Dieffenbach's maiden name was Caroline Hoffa, and she was born and lived all her life in Cherry Township. Her first husband was Benjamin Suber, who died about 15 years ago. About eleven years ago she became the wife of John Dieffenbach, and the two old people have lived very happily and comfortable together since. She was 72 years, five months and one day old, and besides her aged husband leaves a number of sons and daughters by her first husband to mourn her sad and untimley death.

 

 

The Sullivan Review

August 27, 1903

John Dieffenbach, a former well known resident of Sullivan County, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Julius Vogel, in Sayre, Saturday evening, August 22, aged 90 years, four months and 23 days. Deceased was the grandson of Conrad Dieffenbacher (as the name was then spelled) who was born in Baden, Germany, in 1743, and emigrated to America in 1764, and settled at Faulkner Swamp, in the southern part of Pennsylvania. Among the sons of this sturdy German emigrant was Jacob Dieffenbach who settled in Columbia Co., and where the subject of this sketch was born, March 29, 1813. In 1829 Jacob Dieffenbach came with his family to Cherry township, Sullivan County, and became one of the prominent citizens and successful farmers of this section. It was here, within the limits of what is now Dushore borough, and in Cherry township, that John Dieffenbach grew to manhood, and here he married Elizabeth Hoffa, and to them were born nine children, as follows: Hannah, who married John H. Lawrence, and is now deceased; Jacob, who died in infancy; Daniel Emanuel, now a resident of Dushore; John S., who became First Lieutenant of Company D, One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and died on the field in 1862; Henry S., who was also a soldier, and who died shortly after the close of the Civil War; Catharine A.,now the wife of Julius Vogel, of Sayre; Clinton A., a prominent resident and farmer of Cherry Township; George F, who resides at Millville, Columbia county, and Elizabeth, wife of George Heverly, of Sayre.

From his youth up John Dieffenbach took a prominent part in the affairs of his

town and county and held various offices of trust and honor. He was twice elected county commissioner, and for many years was the captain of the Cherry township militia, being the last man to command the military forces of eastern Sullivan under the old militia system which expired with the beginning of the war of the rebellion.

A number of years after the death of his first wife John Dieffenbach married Mrs. Caroline Hoffa Suber, a sister of his first wife. She died a number of years ago, and since then he has lived with his daughter, Mrs. Vogel, and removed with them from Mildred to Sayre, in April of this year.

The remains of the aged patriarch were brought to Dushore and funeral services were held in the German Reformed church on Tuesday, the interment taking place in Old Zion's (Thrasher's) cemetery.

The funeral was very largely attended by the numerous relatives and friends. With his death and burial one more of the old land marks is gone, and almost the last link in the chain connecting the early history of the county with the twentieth century is severed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

More About JOHN DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Zion Lutheran, Thrasher, Dushore

Census: 1880, Cherry Twp., Sullivan, PA

 

More About ELIZABETH HOFFA:

Cemetery: Mt. Zion, Thrasher,  Dushore, ,PA

 

 John’s second wife, Caroline was the widow of Benjamin Suber. She was a sister of John Dieffenbach's first wife, Elizabeth.

 

 

 

Children of JOHN DIEFFENBACH and ELIZABETH HOFFA are:

60.              i.    HANNAH C. DIEFFENBACH, born January 04, 1836, PA; died January 30, 1874, PA.

                  ii.    JACOB DIEFFENBACH, born November 26, 1837; died October 01, 1840, Dushore.

 

More About JACOB DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Thrasher's Cemetery

 

61.            iii.    DANIEL EMANUEL DIEFFENBACH, born October 11, 1839, Cherry Twp., Sullivan County, PA; died June 07, 1919, PA.

                 iv.    JOHN S. DIEFFENBACH, born October 29, 1841; died October 11, 1862, Fairfax, VA.

 

Notes for JOHN S. DIEFFENBACH:

John S. Dieffenbach, lieutenant of Company D, 141st regiment, PVI died in the army of the Cival War.

 

More About JOHN S. DIEFFENBACH:

Baptism: March 24, 1842, Old Lutheran Church Records

Cemetery: Thrasher's Cemetery

 

                  v.    HENRY S. DIEFFENBACH, born December 15, 1843; died February 06, 1871.

 

Notes for HENRY S. DIEFFENBACH:

A veteran of the Civil War.

 

More About HENRY S. DIEFFENBACH:

Baptism: January 28, 1844, Old Lutheran Church Records

Burial: Thrasher's Cemetery

 

                 vi.    CATHERINE ANGELA DIEFFENBACH, born March 19, 1846, PA; died May 16, 1918, PA; married JULIUS VOGEL; born June 1854, Germany; died February 1928, PA.

 

Notes for JULIUS VOGEL:

 

Sullivan Review: 13 April 1882

Julius VOGLE, of Bernice, left on Tuesday for Germany, where he   will visit relatives.

 

62.           vii.    CLINTON A. DIEFFENBACH, born July 20, 1850, PA; died June 07, 1933.

               viii.    ROSANE TRUNT, born ca 1851.

 

More About ROSANE TRUNT:

Adoption: by John & Elizabeth Dieffenbach

 

                 ix.    ADAM TRUNT, born 1853; died August 18, 1905.

 

Notes for ADAM TRUNT:

 

The Sullivan Review

August 24, 1905

Adam Trunt, a single man residing with his sister, Mrs. Patrick Burns, in Cherry township, died August 18, aged 57 years. The funeral and interment took place at St. Basil’s Monday, Aug. 21.

 

 

More About ADAM TRUNT:

Adoption:  by John & Elizabeth Dieffenbach

Census: 1870, Sullivan Co., PA

 

63.             x.    GEORGE F. DIEFFENBACH, born June 06, 1857, PA; died March 20, 1928.

64.            xi.    ELIZABETH L. DIEFFENBACH, born October 29, 1864, PA; died December 30, 1942.

 

 

18.  HANNAH DIEFFENBACH  was born January 21, 1815 in PA, and died April 20, 1858 in Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co.,PA.  She married ADAM THRASHER, son of GEORGE THRASHER and CATHERINE FOX.  He was born February 19, 1815 in PA, and died February 12, 1877 in Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co.,PA.

 

Notes for HANNAH DIEFFENBACH:

 

The Sullivan County Democrat

April 30, 1858

Died in Cherry, on Tuesday, April 20th , after a short illness, Mrs. Hannah, wife of Adam Thrasher, aged 43 years.

 

 

More About HANNAH DIEFFENBACH:

Burial: Thrashers Cemetery

 

More About ADAM THRASHER:

Burial: Thrashers Cemetery

     

Children of HANNAH DIEFFENBACH and ADAM THRASHER are:

65.              i.    ELIZABETH CAROLINE THRASHER, born February 06, 1843, Cherry Twp, Lycoming Co., PA; died August 26, 1923, Lycoming Co., PA.

66.             ii.    LUCINDA THRASHER, born March 15, 1849, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA; died May 26, 1932, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA.

                 iii.    GEORGE WASHINGTON THRASHER, b. July 04, 1852; d. July 20, 1863.

 

 

19.  MARY M. DIEFFENBACH  was born June 09, 1817.  She married ANTHONY WEAVER, son of CHRISTIAN WEAVER and MARY HUNSINGER.  He was born June 04, 1816, and died April 18, 1872.

     

Children of MARY DIEFFENBACH and ANTHONY WEAVER are:

                   i.    JACOB WEAVER, born December 30, 1842.

 

More About JACOB WEAVER:

Baptism: January 18, 1843, Old Lutheran Church Records

 

                  ii.    WILLIAM WEAVER, born ca 1848.

                 iii.    JOACHIM WEAVER, born July 04, 1839.

 

More About JOACHIM WEAVER:

Baptism: July 14, 1839, Old Lutheran Church Records

 

 

20.  JACOB DIEFFENBACH  was born April 12, 1819 in PA, and died January 30, 1903 in PA.  He married ELIZABETH FREY November 25, 1849.  She was born May 07, 1830 in PA, and died November 12, 1907 in PA.

 

More About JACOB DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Thrasher's Cemetery

Census 1: 1850, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Cherry, Sullivan Co., PA

Census 3: 1870, Cherry Twp., Sullivan, PA

Census 4: 1900, Cherry Twp., Sullivan, PA

Occupation: 1850, Farmer

 

Notes for ELIZABETH FREY:

 

The Sullivan Review November 21, 1907

Mrs. Elizabeth Dieffenbach widow of the late Jacob Dieffenbach, died at the home of her son-in-law, W.K. Holmes, in Cherry township, Tuesday, November 12, aged 77 years, six months and five days. The funeral services were held at the Lutheran church November 14, with interment at Old Zion cemetery.

Mrs. L.M Barth of this place, and Mrs. H.N. Bigger of Ricketts, are also daughters of the deceased.

 

More About ELIZABETH FREY:

Census: 1850, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

     

Children of JACOB DIEFFENBACH and ELIZABETH FREY are:

                   i.    HULDA DIEFFENBACH, born 1851; died 1851.

 

More About HULDA DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Thrasher's Cemetery

 

                  ii.    CHARLES DIEFFENBACH, born August 18, 1853; died September 09, 1853.

 

More About CHARLES DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Thrasher's Cemetery

 

67.            iii.    ADAM J. DIEFFENBACH, born November 1854, Cherry, Sullivan Co., PA; died December 31, 1931, Cherry, Sullivan Co., PA.

                 iv.    EMMA DIEFFENBACH, born 1859; married LOUIS MORRIS BARTH, July 03, 1882, at brides Residence; born September 02, 1850; died November 01, 1905.

 

Notes for EMMA DIEFFENBACH:

 

Sullivan Review:

July 13, 1882

Louis Morris BARTH and Miss Emma F. DIEFFENBACHER, both of Dushore, married at the residence of the bride's parents near Dushore on July 3.

 

More About LOUIS MORRIS BARTH:

Cemetery: Thrasher

 

68.             v.    REUBEN DIEFFENBACH, born Abt. 1861, PA; died December 05, 1933, Johnson City Broome Co., NY.

69.            vi.    ELIZABETH ANNIE DIEFFENBACH, born March 27, 1863, Pennsylvania; died December 30, 1908.

70.           vii.    REBECCA DIEFFENBACH, born 1867.

71.          viii.    GEORGE N. DIEFFENBACH, born April 1869, PA; died 1952, PA.

 

 

21.  HENRY DIEFFENBACH  was born March 24, 1824 in PA, and died August 01, 1912 in Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA.  He married (1) HARRIET C. BROWN March 1846.  She was born April 24, 1828 in PA, the daughter of NATHAN BROWN and HARRIET LUCY IVES. She  died March 22, 1855 in Colley Township, Sullivan County, PA.  He married (2) MARY MOSIER September 22, 1855 in Pennsylvania, daughter of JOHN MOSIER and ELIZABETH BAREY.  She was born January 21, 1822 in PA, and died August 27, 1868 in PA.  He married (3) ANNA ? ca 1869.  She was born 1841 in PA.  He married (4) FRANCIS H. ? ca 1879.  She was born 1842 in PA, and died in PA.  He married (5) PEARLY M. COLLER ca 1894.  She was born October 06, 1828 in Massachusetts, and died May 31, 1908 in Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA.

 

Notes for HENRY DIEFFENBACH:

 

Sullivan County Democrat

Henry DIEFFENBACHER, of Colley married Miss Mary MOSIER, of Dushore, on Sept. 22nd, by Rev. Jacob MILLER

 

The Sullivan Review August 8, 1912

Following a general breakdown of several weeks ago Henry Dieffenbach of Colley, died at his home on the first day of August at 3 a.m. at the age of 88 years, 4 months and 7 days.

The funeral services were held on Saturday morning at ten o'clock and were in charge of the local lodge of Odd Fellows, of which order Mr. Dieffenbach has been a member for many years. Interment was made at Colley.

He is survived by two sons, Frank and Eugene. The funeral sermon was delivered by Rev. R. S. Starr, pastor of the local Evangelical church.

Mr. Dieffenbach was one of the oldest settlers of Sullivan County.

He has spent practically all his life in this county, coming here with his parents in 1828 when he was but four years of age.

 

More About HENRY DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1850, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Census 3: 1870, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Census 4: 1880, ColleyTwp., Sullivan Co., PA

 

Henry Dieffenbach
Occupation: Miller, 1850

 

 

 

Notes for HARRIET C. BROWN:

 

Sullivan County Democrat: 23 March 1855

Harriet C., wife of Henry DIEFFENBACH, died in Colley Twp., on Thursday, aged 26 years, 10 months and 26 days.

 

More About HARRIET C. BROWN:

Cemetery: Colley

Census: 1850, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

More About MARY MOSIER:

Burial: Colley, Sullivan Co., PA

 

Notes for PEARLY M. COLLER:

 

The Sullivan Review June 11, 1908

The funeral of Mrs. P.E. Dieffenbach, wife of Henry Dieffenbach of Colley, took place on Tuesday, June 2. The sermon was preached in the Evangelical church by the pastor, Rev. H.R. Wilkes, of which Mrs. Dieffenbach was a faithful member. The text was taken from a part of 1 Cor. 15:6. Mr. Wilkes spoke very highly of the departed. The friends sorrow not as those who have no hope but expect to meet on the resurrection morning.

Mrs. Dieffenbach was 79 years, 7 months and 25 days old. She is survived by a husband, and daughter, Mrs. Eva K. Jacobs, of Craston, Nebraska, and one brother, Cost Coller of Nebraska. She was preceeded to the spirit world by her first husband, Asa H. Haynart. The funeral was one of the largest ever held in Colley, the church being crowed.

     

Children of HENRY DIEFFENBACH and HARRIET BROWN are:

72.              i.    DELMER D. DIEFFENBACH, born 1847, PA; died February 21, 1898, PA.

73.             ii.    FRANKLIN DIEFFENBACH, born December 1849, PA; died 1938.

74.            iii.    ROSCOE DIEFFENBACH, born 1850, Pennsylvania; died between 1910 - 1920, California.

                 iv.    JOHN H. DIEFFENBACH, born December 1853; died October 17, 1854.

 

More About JOHN H. DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Colley

     

Children of HENRY DIEFFENBACH and MARY MOSIER are:

                  v.    EUGENE DIEFFENBACH, born February 06, 1859.

                 vi.    CHARLES DIEFFENBACH, born 1861, PA; died May 02, 1872, PA.

 

More About CHARLES DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Colley

 

                vii.    BIRTON C. DIEFFENBACH, born 1863; died April 28, 1872.

 

More About BIRTON C. DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Colley

 

               viii.    FISHER W. DIEFFENBACH, born ca 1864; died April 25, 1872.

 

More About FISHER W. DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Colley

 

 

22.  REBECCA DIEFFENBACH  was born August 08, 1826 in Columbia County, PA, and died November 13, 1909.  She married AMOS REESER January 01, 1846, son of JOHN REESER and MADELINE BETTS.  He was born November 27, 1822 in Ellis Farm in Cherry Twp., and died September 10, 1897.

 

Notes for REBECCA DIEFFENBACH:

 

The Sullivan Review: 27 Oct. 1881

Mr. and Mrs. Amos REESER went to Milton on Monday, having been called thereby the death of a sister of Mrs. REESER, a Mrs. FULMER. (Susan).

 

The Sullivan Review November 18, 1909

Mrs. Rebecca Reeser, nee Dieffenbach, was born in Columbia county, August 8, 1826. On the first day of January, 1846, she was married to Amos Reeser. She died at the home of her daughter last Saturday, November 13, 1909, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, at the age of 83 years, 3 months and 5 days.

After a long, busy and useful like she died as she lived --honored, trusted and loved. Her life was completed, if work all done and well done constitutes completion.

Deceased was one of the early settlers of Sullivan County, having come here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dieffenbach, in the year of 1829.

Amos Reeser, her husband, was prominent in business circles, having at times managed all the hotels in Dushore except the Carroll House. In the spring of 1886 he retired from active business on account of poor health. Mr. Reeser died Sept. 10, 1897.

Unto this union seven children were born; Angeline, now Mrs. Hiram Nichols, of Sciotavale; Lyman, who died when 18 months old; Vilina, wife of G.H. Honnetter of this place; Emeline who is deceased; Mary, who is the widow of Barney Weiss, of Waverly; Bernice, wife of William McHenry, of Dushore, at whose home Mrs. Reeser died; and John D, of town.

Besides the above surviving children she leaves one brother, Henry Dieffenbach, of Colley, who is the last of thirteen children.

The funeral services were held at the house Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. A. Bachofer of the Lutheran church officiating. The remains were taken to the Fairview cemetery where interment was made.

The pall bearers, five of whom were the husbands of the deceased's granddaughters, were as follows: G.H. Messersmith, of Dushore, G.M Pike and Fred Weiss, of Waverly, Harry Cortright of Sayre, and David Cook and Paul McHenry of this place.

Those from out of town who attended the funeral were: Mrs. Mary Weiss, Mr. and Mrs. G.N. Pike, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weiss and Mrs. Maria McHenry, all of Waverly, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cortright of Sayre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rebecca (Dieffenbach) Reeser

Photo courtesy of Patricia Ornfry

 

 

 

Notes for AMOS REESER:

 

Sullivan County Democrat Jan., 1852-

A petition for a Tavern License of Amos REESER, of Dushore, Cherry Twp., is desirous of keeping a public house or tavern in the house he now occupies, which is about 8 ½ miles from Laporte, has provided himself with necessaries and conveniences for the accommodation of strangers and travelers.

 

On reaching his majority, he conducted a hotel at the Long Pond or Lake Ganoga, later the Ellis hotel on the Loyalsock where he was born. From this place he moved to Dushore where he conducted a hotel until 1886.(Streby History)

 

Sullivan Review: 8 May 1879

Amos REESER has finished quite extensive stock yards in the woods just above the trestle.

 

Sullivan Review: 14 Aug. 1884

Amos REESER is digging a well on his Headleyville property.

 

 

 The Sullivan Review

September 16, 1897

It is our sorrowful duty to chronicle the death of another of our aged citizens, that of Amos Reeser, who died on Friday, last, aged 74 years, 9 months and 17 days.

Mr. Reeser was born in Cherry township, on the place at present occupied by Percival Wentzel, and had been a resident of Cherry and Dushore all his life. For many years he was engaged in the hotel business and only retired when advancing years made it impossible for him to give that careful attention to the many details of the business that made him a success.

His aged wife and five children survive him. The children are Mrs. Hiram Nichols, of Sayre; Mrs. Geo. Honnetter, of this place; Mrs. B. S. Weiss, of Waverly; Mrs. Wm. McHenry, of Sciota Vale, and Mr. John D. Reeser, of this place. Another daughter, Mrs. Wm. Scureman, of Wilkes-Barre, died about a year ago.

The funeral services were held at the home of the deceased on Sunday, all of his children being present. The interment was made at Bahr’s cemetery

 

Children of REBECCA DIEFFENBACH and AMOS REESER are:

75.              i.    ANGELINE REESER, born February 1847, PA; died June 29, 1934.

                  ii.    LYMAN REESER, born 1848; died 1849.

 

Notes for LYMAN REESER:

Died at eighteen months old.(Streby History)

 

76.            iii.    VALINA REESER, born February 09, 1851; died September 01, 1910.

                 iv.    EMELINE REESER, born ca 1853; married WILLIAM SCUREMAN.

77.             v.    MARY REESER, born ca 1855.

78.            vi.    BERNICE REESER, born May 30, 1858; died September 25, 1924.

79.           vii.    JOHN D. REESER, born March 15, 1861, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA; died March 11, 1970.

 

23.  CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER was born February 01, 1806, and died October 11, 1884.  He married CATHERINE STAMM.  She was born July 08, 1812, and died March 19, 1866.

 

More About CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1850, Derry, Montour, PA

Census 2: 1860, Derry, Montour, PA

Census 3: 1880, Derry Twp. Montour Co., PA

Occupation: 1850, Farmer

     

Children of CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER and CATHERINE STAMM are:

80.              i.    BENJAMIN SERVATUS DIEFFENBACHER, born April 08, 1836, Derry Twp. Montour Co., PA.

                  ii.    WILLIAM DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1838.

 

More About WILLIAM DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1850, Derry, Montour, PA

 

                 iii.    DAVID E. DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1844.

 

More About DAVID E. DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1850, Derry, Montour, PA

 

iv.LEANDER FRANK DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1847. He married WILHELMINA ? about 1874 in Ohio. She was born in Ohio, July 1853.

 

Child of LEANDER FRANK DIEFFENBACHER and WILHELMINA is:

 FLOYD F. DEFFENBAUGH  born September 19, 1883 in Ohio,   died   December 11, 1970 in Ohio.  He married CAROLINE ? about 1910. She was born in Ohio ca 1886 in Ohio and died October 21, 1983 in Trumbull, Ohio. They had one son JAMES DEFFENBAUGH, born ca 1914 in Ohio.

 

More About LEANDER F. DIEFFENBACHER:

Census1, 1850, Derry, Montour, PA

Census 2, 1860, Derry, Montour, PA

Census 3, 1870, Derry, Montour, PA

Census 4, 1880, Sandusky, Ohio

Census 5, 1900, Center Wood Co., Ohio

Census 6, 1910, Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio

Census 7, 1920, Sandusky, Ohio

Census 8, 1930, Sandusky, Ohio

 

Occupation: 1880, Carpenter

Occupation: 1910, Building Contractor

Occupation: 1920, Laborer in Winery

 

                         Notes About FLOYD F. DEFFENBAUGH:

                         Below is a letter written by FLOYD to an inquiring family researcher.

 

 

81.             v.    CHARLES OLIVER DIEFFENBACHER, born 1850, Pennsylvania; died 1931.

82.            vi.    MARY ELLEN DIEFFENBACHER, born November 17, 1853; died June 02, 1941.

 

 

24.  ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACHER was born May 26, 1807 in Northumberland, PA, and died November 17, 1888 in Hessville, Sandusky Co., Ohio.  She married JOHN LANTZ March 29, 1827 in Northumberland Co., PA, son of HENRY LANTZ and CHRISTIANNA FOLLMER.  He was born September 11, 1804 in Northumberland Co., PA, and died May 03, 1880 in Hessville, Sandusky Co., Ohio.

 

Children of ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACHER and JOHN LANTZ are:

                   i.    NICHOLAS LANTZ.

                  ii.    HENRY LANTZ.

83.            iii.    MARY ANN LANTZ, born ca 1826, PA; died San Joanquin Co., CA.

84.            iv.    PHILIP LANTZ, born 1829.

85.             v.    SIMON LANTZ, born May 23, 1830; died February 16, 1901, Hessville, Sandusky Co., Ohio.

86.            vi.    ROSANNA LANTZ, born October 05, 1835.

                vii.    CHRISTINA MATILDA LANTZ, born July 31, 1836.

               viii.    JOHN LANTZ, born April 18, 1839.

87.            ix.    EMANUEL M. LANTZ, born September 01, 1849, Hessville, Sandusky, Ohio; died October 13, 1930, Helena, Sandusky, Ohio.

 

25.  MARY DIEFFENBACHER was born February 23, 1811 in Pennsylvania, and died December 30, 1899 in Northumberland Co., PA.  She married JACOB STAMM 1831, son of FREDERICK STAMM and CATHERINE BERNHART.  He was born May 19, 1808 in Berks Co., PA, and died October 28, 1881 in Turbot Twp., Northumberland Co., PA.

 

More About MARY DIEFFENBACHER:

Burial: Paradise Church Cemetery, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 1: 1850, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1860, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 3: 1870, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

More About JACOB STAMM:

Burial: Paradise Church Cemetery, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 1: 1850, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1860, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 3: 1870, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Occupation: 1850, Farmer

     

Children of MARY DIEFFENBACHER and JACOB STAMM are:

88.              i.    WILLIAM B. STAMM, born December 1830, Berks Co., PA; died December 31, 1898.

89.             ii.    EDMUND J. STAMM, born December 15, 1839, Lewis Twp., Northumberland Co., PA; died February 07, 1909.

                 iii.    JACOB E. STAMM, born ca 1840.

More About JACOB E. STAMM:

Census: 1860, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

90.            iv.    DANIEL D. STAMM, born April 1841, Lewis Twp., Northumberland Co., PA; died 1901.

91.             v.    FRANKLIN H. STAMM, born March 23, 1843, Delaware, Northumberland Co., PA; died July 31, 1911, Northumberland Co., PA.

                 vi.    SARAH E. STAMM, born 1845, Delaware, Northumberland Co., PA.

 

More About SARAH E. STAMM:

Census: 1860, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

92.           vii.    LEVI FREDERICK STAMM, born January 06, 1845, Delaware Twp., Northumberland Co., PA; died March 19, 1919.

93.          viii.    HENRY F. STAMM, born April 1846, Delaware, Northumberland Co., PA.

94.            ix.    PHILIP LEANDER STAMM, born November 12, 1848, Delaware, Northumberland Co., PA; died August 13, 1905, Pennsylvania.

 

 

26.  BENJAMIN DIEFFENBACHER  was born May 12, 1812 in Pennsylvania, and died May 24, 1900.  He married SOPHIA TROXEL.  She was born October 09, 1823 in Pennsylvania, and died July 31, 1876.

 

More About BENJAMIN DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1880, Derry Twp., Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1850, Derry, Montour, PA

Occupation: 1850, Farmer

 

More About SOPHIA TROXEL:

Census: 1850, Derry, Montour, PA

     

Children of BENJAMIN DIEFFENBACHER and SOPHIA TROXEL are:

                   i.    ELIZA DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1840, Pennsylvania.

 

More About ELIZA DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1850, Derry, Montour, PA

 

                  ii.    CATHERINE DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1842, Pennsylvania.

 

More About CATHERINE DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1850, Derry, Montour, PA

 

                 iii.    ROSANNA E. DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1844, Pennsylvania.

More About ROSANNA E. DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1850, Derry, Montour, PA

 

 

27.  SUSAN DIEFFENBACHER was born November 04, 1818 in Derry Twp., Columbia Co., PA, and died June 24, 1886 in Derry Twp., Columbia Co., PA.  She married JOHN SHIFFER TANNER, (TERNER) February 11, 1840 in At Brides Home, son of PETER TANNER and LYDIA SHIFFER.  He was born November 07, 1815 in Derry Twp., Columbia Co., PA, and died August 30, 1882 in Derry Twp., Columbia Co., PA.

 

More About SUSAN DIEFFENBACHER:

Cemetery: Strawberry Ridge, Montour Co., PA

 

More About JOHN SHIFFER TANNER, (TERNER):

Cemetery: Strawberry Ridge, Montour Co., PA

     

Children of SUSAN DIEFFENBACHER and JOHN TANNER are:

95.              i.    LYDIA A. TANNER, born February 03, 1841.

96.             ii.    ROSANNA CATHERINE TANNER, born July 18, 1844; died November 10, 1924.

 

 

28.  ANNA CATHERINE DIEFFENBACHER was born January 09, 1823 in Derry Twp., Columbia Co., PA, and died June 05, 1890 in Pennsylvania.  She married DANIEL STAMM, son of FREDERICK STAMM and CATHERINE BERNHART.  He was born March 04, 1821 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania, and died March 09, 1900 in Montour Co., PA.

 

More About ANNA CATHERINE DIEFFENBACHER:

Burial: Strawberry Ridge, Montour Co., PA

Census 1: 1950, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 3: 1870, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 4: 1880, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

 

More About DANIEL STAMM:

Burial: Strawberry Ridge, Montour Co., PA

Census 1: 1850, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 3: 1870, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 4: 1880, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Occupation: 1850, Farmer

     

Children of ANNA DIEFFENBACHER and DANIEL STAMM are:

                   i.    LYDIA A. STAMM, born ca 1843, Pennsylvania.

 

More About LYDIA A. STAMM:

Census 1: 1850, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

 

                  ii.    SARAH ANN STAMM, born ca 1845, Pennsylvania.

 

More About SARAH ANN STAMM:

Census 1: 1850, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 3: 1880, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

 

                 iii.    AMELIA STAMM, born ca 1847, Pennsylvania.

 

More About AMELIA STAMM:

Census 1: 1850, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

 

                 iv.    DANIEL AUGUSTUS STAMM, born ca 1849, Pennsylvania.

 

More About DANIEL AUGUSTUS STAMM:

Census 1: 1850, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 3: 1870, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

 

                  v.    EMMA STAMM, born ca 1856.

 

More About EMMA STAMM:

Census 1: 1860, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1870, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

 

                 vi.    CHARLES STAMM, born ca  1859.

 

More About CHARLES STAMM:

Census 1: 1860, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1870, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 3: 1880, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

 

97.           vii.    WELLINGTON STAMM, born February 1861; died between 1900 - 1906.

29.    CHRISTIANA DIEFFENBACHER was born ca 1808 in Pennsylvania. She married JOHN SPRINGER on December 9, 1830. He was born ca 1807 in Pennsylvania.

More About CHRISTIANA DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1850, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Madison, Columbia Co., PA

Census 3: 1870, Hemlock, Columbia Co., PA

Census 4: 1880, Hemlock, Columbia Co., PA

 

More About JOHN SPRINGER:

Occupation 1850 to 1880: Farmer

 

Children of CHRISTIANA DIEFFENBACHER and JOHN SPRINGER

                   i.    LYDIA SPRINGER born ca 1832 in Pennsylvania

                  ii.    PHILIP SPRINGER born ca 1834, and died between 1880 and 1900.

                         He married MARGARET ?, born December 1843 in Pennsylvania.

                             Child of PHILIP SPRINGER and MARGARET ?:

                                             CRIE E. SPRINGER born ca 1877 in Pennsylvania.

              

                More About PHILIP SPRINGER:

                         Census: 1880, Madison, Columbia Co., PA

                         Occupation, 1880: Farmer

                                     

                More About MARGARET ?:

                Margaret is widowed on the 1900 census, living with Peter and Christiana

                Brugler as a boarder.      

                                     

                 iii.   HANNAH SPRINGER born ca 1836 in Pennsylvania.

                  iv.   SUSAN SPRINGER, born ca 1838 in Pennsylvania.

v.      ELIZA SPRINGER,  born ca 1840 in Pennsylvania.

vi.ESTHER SPRINGER, born ca 1842 in Pennsylvania

vii.      CHRISTIANA SPRINGER, born ca 1844 in Pennsylvania.

viii.    CATHERINE SPRINGER, born ca 1846 in Pennsylvania.          

                                                      

                    

 

30.  HANNAH DIEFFENBACHER  was born 1814 in Washingtonville, Montgomery Co.,PA.  She married JOHN HENRY MOYER born ca 1808 in Pennsylvania and died September 1, 1876. 

 

More About HANNAH DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1850, Derry, Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Derry, Montour Co., PA

Census 3: 1870, Anthony, Montour Co., PA     

 

More About JOHN HENRY MOYER:

Occupation: 1850, Carpenter

Occupation: 1870, Farmer

Cemetery: Strawberry Ridge, Derry Twp., PA.

     

Children of HANNAH DIEFFENBACHER and JOHN MOYER are:

                   i.    FRANKLIN MOYER, born 1832.

                  ii.    THOMAS AARON MOYER, born 1836.

                 iii.    SUSANNA MOYER, born 1838.

                 iv.    SARAH A. MOYER, born 1839.

                  v.    JOHN WILLIAM MOYER, born October 09, 1841, Washingtonville, Columbia Co., PA.

                 vi.    HANNAH M. MOYER, born 1842.

                vii.    DAVID MOYER, born 1843.

 

 

31.  JACOB DIEFFENBACHER  was born August 27, 1818 in Washingtonville, Montgomery Co.,PA, and died May 04, 1898 in Bloomsburg, PA.  He married MARTHA A. FUNSTON, daughter of THOMAS FUNSTON and HANNAH SCHOOLEY.  She was born January 19, 1827 in Jerseytown, PA, and died December 29, 1902 in Bloomsburg, PA.

 

More About JACOB DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1870, Bloomsburg, Columbia Co., PA

Census 2: 1850, Madison, Montour, PA

Census 3: 1880, Bloomsburg, Columbia Co., PA

Occupation 1: 1850, Farmer

Occupation 2: 1870, Farmer

 

More About MARTHA A. FUNSTON:

Census 1: 1850, Madison, Montour, PA

Census 2: 1880, Bloomsburg, Columbia Co., PA

     

Children of JACOB DIEFFENBACHER and MARTHA FUNSTON are:

                   i.    SARAH ADELINE DIEFFENBACHER, born October 16, 1847; married CHARLES A. KNORR.

 

More About SARAH ADELINE DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1850, Madison, Montour, PA

 

                  ii.    SUSAN BLANCHE DIEFFENBACHER, born May 03, 1850; died September 21, 1852.

 

More About SUSAN BLANCHE DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1850, Madison, Montour, PA

 

                 iii.    ALVIN HILL DIEFFENBACHER, born May 07, 1853; died July 22, 1859.

                 iv.    EMMA JANE DIEFFENBACHER, born January 13, 1856; died March 02, 1856.

                  v.    CLARA ADELIA DIEFFENBACHER, born March 14, 1857, Pennsylvania.

 

More About CLARA ADELIA DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1880, Bloomsburg, Columbia Co., PA

 

                 vi.    MARTHA ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACHER, born April 04, 1860, Pennsylvania; died May 04, 1896.

 

More About MARTHA ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1880, Bloomsburg, Columbia Co., PA

 

                vii.    HENRY FUNSTON DIEFFENBACHER, born October 25, 1862, Pennsylvania; married LAURA B. DIETERICH.

 

More About HENRY FUNSTON DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1880, Bloomsburg, Columbia Co., PA

 

97.          viii.    HERVEY EDMUND DIEFFENBACHER, born October 18, 1865.

98.            ix.    HARRIET HANNAH DIEFFENBACHER, born December 04, 1869, Pennsylvania.

 

32.  JAMES DIEFFENBACH  was born May 31, 1809 in Northumberland Co., PA.  He married (1) Nancy Goston in 1838.  She was born Abt. 1815 and died 1842.  He married (2) Maria Hunsicker.

 

JAMES DIEFFENBACHER was born in a part of Northumberland (now Montour)

county, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1809, son of Conrad Dieffenbacher, a native

of Montgomery county, this State, and a grandson of Conrad Dieffenbacher,

who was born in Germany and settled and died on the farm where our subject

now resides. Our subject learned the carpenter trade which he followed

forty years. He settled in Northumberland in 1831 and was married in 1838

to Nancy Goston, who died in 1842, the mother of one child, James G. He

was again married to Maria Hunsicker. He was a justice of the peace twenty-

two years and a school director twenty years.

 

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More About JAMES DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1850, Northumberland Co., PA

Census 2: 1880, Northumberland Co., PA

Occupation 1: 1850, Carpenter

Occupation 2: 1880, Justice of the Peace

     

Child of JAMES DIEFFENBACH and NANCY GOSTON is:

                   i.    JAMES G. DIEFFENBACH, born ca 1839.

 

33.  ANDREW L. DIEFFENBACHER was born January 10, 1813 in Pennsylvania, and died December 02, 1891 in Cleburne, Johnson, TX.  He married (1) MARGARET MCCLURE February 08, 1838 in Liberty, Columbia Co., PA.  She was born September 01, 1814, and died October 13, 1846.  He married (2) MARY L. DONELCHY Bef. May 03, 1848.  She was born November 15, 1822.

 

Children of ANDREW DIEFFENBACHER and MARGARET MCCLURE are:

                   i.    WILLIAM HENRY DIEFFENBACHER, born February 23, 1840.

                  ii.    SAMUEL JACKSON DIEFFENBACHER, born January 12, 1842.

                 iii.    MARY CATHERINE DIEFFENBACHER, born January 22, 1844.

                 iv.    RINGGOLD WOLF DIEFFENBACHER, born September 12, 1846.

 

     

Children of ANDREW DIEFFENBACHER and MARY DONELCHY are:

                  v.    CAVEY HOWARD DIEFFENBACHER, born  ca 1849.

                 vi.    EDMOND BRUCE DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1851.

99.           vii.    CHARLES CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER, born June 06, 1853.

 

 

34.  SARAH M. FOLLMER  was born September 15, 1816 in Pennsylvania, and died April 24, 1876.  She married WILLIAM F. NAGLE October 05, 1841.  He was born January 18, 1814 in Pennsylvania, and died December 18, 1905.

 

More About SARAH M. FOLLMER:

Census: 1850, Milton, Northumberland Co., PA

 

More About WILLIAM F. NAGLE:

Census: 1850, Milton, Northumberland Co., PA

Occupation: 1850, Merchant

     

Children of SARAH FOLLMER and WILLIAM NAGLE are:

                   i.    MARY E. NAGLE, born July 22, 1842, Pennsylvania.

 

More About MARY E. NAGLE:

Census: 1850, Milton, Northumberland Co., PA

 

                  ii.    BUCKNELL FOLLMER NAGLE, born September 04, 1843, Pennsylvania; died September 16, 1843, Pennsylvania.

                 iii.    HOPWELL OWEN NAGLE, born August 16, 1844, Pennsylvania; died July 13, 1845, Pennsylvania.

                 iv.    HENRIETTA NAGLE, born April 05, 1846, Pennsylvania; died August 22, 1846, Pennsylvania.

                  v.    O. BENTON NAGLE, born September 03, 1847, Pennsylvania; died April 20, 1901.

 

More About O. BENTON NAGLE:

Census: 1850, Milton, Northumberland Co., PA

 

                 vi.    J. FREMONT NAGLE, born April 15, 1849, Pennsylvania.

 

More About J. FREMONT NAGLE:

Census: 1850, Milton, Northumberland Co., PA

 

                vii.    SARAH JANE NAGLE, born September 09, 1850, Pennsylvania.

 

35.  CATHERINE FOLLMER  was born March 10, 1810, and died April 21, 1880.  She married DANIEL WAGNER.  He was born 1802, and died 1849.

 

More About CATHERINE FOLLMER:

Census: 1860, Limestone Twp., Montour Co., PA

Marriage-1: Daniel Wagner

     

Children of CATHERINE FOLLMER and DANIEL WAGNER are:

                   i.    FOLLMER WAGNER, born ca 1832.

100.           ii.    LUCINDA WAGNER, born 1833, Pennsylvania; died 1896.

                 iii.    CHARLES WAGNER, born ca 1839.

                 iv.    AMANDA WAGNER, born ca  1841.

                  v.    JACOB WAGNER, born ca  1843.

                 vi.    LEVI WAGNER, born ca 1846.

                vii.    SUSAN WAGNER, born ca  1848.

 

 

36.  JACOB MICHAEL FOLLMER  was born May 03, 1825, and died March 11, 1896 in Milton, PA.  He married SUSANNA HACKENBERG, daughter of J.P. HACKENBERG and MARY ?.  She was born ca 1831 in Pennsylvania.

 

More About JACOB MICHAEL FOLLMER:

Census: 1860, Tubot, Northumberland Co., PA

Marriage-1: Susannah Hackenberg

 

More About SUSANNA HACKENBERG:

Census 1: 1850, Delaware, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1860, Tubot, Northumberland Co., PA

     

Children of JACOB FOLLMER and SUSANNA HACKENBERG are:

                   i.    EMMA FOLLMER, born ca 1852.

 

More About EMMA FOLLMER:

Census: 1860, Tubot, Northumberland Co., PA

 

                  ii.    MARY M. FOLLMER, born ca 1854.

 

More About MARY M. FOLLMER:

Census: 1860, Tubot, Northumberland Co., PA

 

                 iii.    ADA FOLLMER, born ca 1856.

 

More About ADA FOLLMER:

Census: 1860, Tubot, Northumberland Co., PA

 

                 iv.    WILLIAM H. FOLLMER, born ca  1859.

 

More About WILLIAM H. FOLLMER:

Cemetery: 1850, Tubot, Northumberland Co., PA

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

37.  THEODORE P. NEWCOMER  was born November 1830 in Pennsylvania.  He married ANNA M. CONNELLY Abt. 1860.  She was born January 1838 in Pennsylvania.

 

More About THEODORE P. NEWCOMER:

Census 1: 1870, Shannon, Carroll Co., IL

Census 2: 1880, Shannon, Carroll Co., IL

Census 3: 1900, Chicago Ward 32, Cook Co., IL

Occupation: 1870, Dry Goods Merchant

 

More About ANNA M. CONNELLY:

Census 1: 1870, Shannon, Carroll Co., IL

Census 2: 1880, Shannon, Carroll Co., IL

Census 3: 1900, Chicago Ward 32, Cook Co., IL

     

Children of THEODORE NEWCOMER and ANNA CONNELLY are:

101.            i.    GERTRUDE NEWCOMER, born September 1863, IL.

                  ii.    HORTENSE NEWCOMER, born ca  1864, IL.

 

More About HORTENSE NEWCOMER:

Census 1: 1870, Shannon, Carroll Co., IL

Census 2: 1880, Shannon, Carroll Co., IL

 

 

38.  URIAH SILSBY DIEFFENBACH  was born December 07, 1820 in Pennsylvania, and died March 26, 1892.  He married ANA MARIA GRESSLEY.  She was born ca 1815 in Pennsylvania.

 

More About URIAH SILSBY DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1860, Mifflin, Lycoming Co., PA

Census 2: 1880, Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA

Occupation: 1860, Farmer

 

More About ANA MARIA GRESSLEY:

Census: 1860, Mifflin, Lycoming Co., PA

     

Children of URIAH DIEFFENBACH and ANA GRESSLEY are:

                   i.    CLANCY DIEFFENBACH, born ca  1845, Pennsylvania.

 

More About CLANCY DIEFFENBACH:

Census: 1860, Mifflin, Lycoming Co., PA

 

                  ii.    SARAH ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACH, born ca 1847, Pennsylvania.

 

More About SARAH ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACH:

Census: 1850, Mifflin, Lycoming Co., PA

 

                 iii.    MARY ADELINE DIEFFENBACH, born ca  1848, Pennsylvania.

                 iv.    AMANDA DIEFFENBACH, born ca 1850, Pennsylvania.

102.           v.    WILLIAM DIEFFENBACH, born ca  1856, Pennsylvania.

 

 

39.  HENRIETTA A. DIEFFENBACH was born November 1826 in Pennsylvania.  She married SAMUEL BARTO ca 1851, son of SAMUEL BARTO.  He was born December 1830 in Pennsylvania.

 

More About HENRIETTA A. DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1850, Mifflin, Lycoming Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA

Census 3: 1880, Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA

 

More About SAMUEL BARTO:

Census 1: 1860, Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA

Census 2: 1880, Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA

Census 3: 1900, Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA

     

Children of HENRIETTA DIEFFENBACH and SAMUEL BARTO are:

                   i.    WILLIAM D. BARTO, born ca  1853, Pennsylvania.

 

More About WILLIAM D. BARTO:

Census 1: 1860, Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA

Census 2: 1880, Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA

 

                  ii.    FRANCES C. BARTO, born ca 1858, Pennsylvania.

 

More About FRANCES C. BARTO:

Census: 1860, Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA

 

                 iii.    ALPHEUS BARTO, born ca  April 1860, Pennsylvania.

 

More About ALPHEUS BARTO:

Census: 1860, Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA

 

103.          iv.    ELMER BARTO, born March 1862, Pennsylvania.

 

 

40.  CHARLES L. DIEFFENBACH was born ca 1833 in Pennsylvania, and died between 1880 - 1900.  He married MATILDA STEWART FARNSWORTH January 14, 1855, daughter of HENRY FARNSWORTH and CATHERINE ANDREWS.  She was born March 17, 1834 in Watson, Lycoming Co., PA.

 

More About CHARLES L. DIEFFENBACH:

Burial: Clairon, PA

Census 1: 1860, Mifflin, Lycoming Co., PA

Census 2: 1870, Butler, Butler, PA

Census 3: 1880, Clairon, PA

Occupation: 1870, Grocer

 

More About MATILDA STEWART FARNSWORTH:

Census 1: 1860, Mifflin, Lycoming Co., PA

Census 2: 1900, Clairon, PA (widow)

     

Children of CHARLES DIEFFENBACH and MATILDA FARNSWORTH are:

                   i.    CATHERINE C. DIEFFENBACH, born ca  1858.

 

More About CATHERINE C. DIEFFENBACH:

Census: 1860, Mifflin, Lycoming Co., PA

 

104.           ii.    INEZ H. DIEFFENBACH, born July 1860, Pennsylvania.

105.          iii.    ORION F. DIEFFENBACH, born August 1867, Pennsylvania.

                 iv.    LLOYD E. DIEFFENBACH, born September 1872, Pennsylvania; married MILDRED ?; born May 1877, Pennsylvania.

 

More About LLOYD E. DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1880, Clairon, PA

Census 2: 1900, Clairon, PA

 

                  v.    MAUD (MAZIE) DIEFFENBACH, born April 1880.

 

More About MAUD (MAZIE) DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1880, Clairon, PA

Census 2: 1900, Clairon, PA

 

 

41.  SARAH C. DIEFFENBACH  was born January 26, 1835 in Pennsylvania.  She married WILLIAM D. BUSER ca 1856.  He was born February 1831 in Pennsylvania.

 

More About SARAH C. DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1850, Porter, Lycoming, PA

Census 2: 1880, Salladasburg, Lycoming Co., PA

Census 3: 1900, Santa Ana, Orange Co., CA

 

More About WILLIAM D. BUSER:

Census: 1880, Salladasburg, Lycoming Co., PA

Occupation 1: 1880, Merchant

Occupation 2: 1900, Merchant

     

Children of SARAH DIEFFENBACH and WILLIAM BUSER are:

                   i.    ALMA A. BUSER, born ca 1859, Pennsylvania.

                  ii.    WELDON F. BUSER, born ca 1864, Pennsylvania.

                 iii.    MAGGIE BUSER, born ca 1873, Pennsylvania.

 

 

42.  SALINE DIEFFENBACH  was born ca 1837 in Pennsylvania.  She married MASON D. PRATT.  He was born ca. 1824 in Vermont.

 

More About SALINE DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1850, Porter, Lycoming, PA

Census 2: 1870, Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA

Census 3: 1880, Henry , Georgia

 

More About MASON D. PRATT:

Census: 1870, Piatt Twp., Lycoming, PA

     

Child of SALINE DIEFFENBACH and MASON PRATT is:

                   i.    WILLIAM B. PRATT, born ca 1866, Pennsylvania.

 

 

43.  SALOME E. DIEFFENBACH  was born December 1838 in Pennsylvania.  She married FREDERICK FETTER.  He was born ca 1833 in NY.

 

More About SALOME E. DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1850, Porter, Lycoming, PA

Census 2: 1870, Mifflin, Lycoming Co., PA

Census 3: 1880, Salladasburg, Lycoming Co., PA

Census 4: 1900, Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., PA

 

More About FREDERICK FETTER:

Census: 1920, Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., PA

     

Children of SALOME DIEFFENBACH and FREDERICK FETTER are:

                   i.    WILLIAM A. FETTER, born ca 1864.

106.           ii.    AUDELLA FETTER, born September 1869, Pennsylvania; died November 24, 1944.

107.          iii.    FLOYD FETTER, born April 1881, Pennsylvania; died February 06, 1943.

 

 

44.  AMOS JOHN RANCK was born October 03, 1820 in White Deer, Union Co., PA, and died 1895 in Cottonwood Co., Minnesota.  He married SARAH H. MEEKS 1843 in Loganport, Cass Co., IN.  She was born October 23, 1823 in Augusta, Hampshire Co., WV, and died June 12, 1914 in Cottonwood Co., Minnesota.

 

Children of AMOS RANCK and SARAH MEEKS are:

                   i.    JOHN W. RANK, born September 18, 1844, Indiana; died March 15, 1934; married SARAH ANN GOSS; born 1845; died 1920.

108.           ii.    NANCY CATHERINE RANK, born August 12, 1846, Indiana; died February 15, 1930, Cottonwood Co., Minnesota.

109.          iii.    MARY JANE RANK, born January 04, 1849, Rochester, Fulton Co., IN; died November 28, 1895.

110.          iv.    SARAH ELIZABETH RANK, born October 06, 1851; died April 1946.

                  v.    AMOS MINOR RANK, born 1854.

111.          vi.    SAMUEL LINCOLN RANK, born April 04, 1859, Rochester, Fulton Co., IN; died March 15, 1937.

                vii.    ELMER E. RANK, born November 11, 1861; died June 05, 1948; married CAROLINE LARSON; born April 02, 1865; died January 12, 1923.

 

 

45.  WILLIAM JOHN RANCK  was born August 14, 1824 in Lycoming Co., PA, and died March 26, 1906 in Dover Twp., Olstead Co., MN.  He married ELIZABETH JANE DONALDSON February 06, 1846 in Noble Twp., Walbash Co., IN, daughter of WILLIAM DONALDSON and MARGARET JACKSON.  She was born December 25, 1829 in Strington Twp., Walbash Co., IN, and died November 30, 1895 in Dover Twp., Olstead Co., MN.

     

Children of WILLIAM RANCK and ELIZABETH DONALDSON are:

                   i.    SARAH MARGARET RANCK, born January 15, 1847; died July 07, 1914.

                  ii.    SAMUEL ADDISON RANCK, born January 15, 1847; died. July 07, 1929.

                 iii.    GEORGE DONALDSON RANCK, born December 27, 1852.

                 iv.    MARY LYDIA RANCK, born January 21, 1855; died October 04, 1923.

                  v.    THOMAS BEECHER RANCK, born August 15, 1857; died February 03, 1925.

                 vi.    ELMER ELLSWORTH RANCK, born October 10, 1860; died ca 1864; married LUVA LIBBY; born ca  1864.

                vii.    CORA I. RANCK, born April 18, 1863; died December 06, 1863.

               viii.    BERTHA JANE RANCK, born January 31, 1865; died January 27, 1947.

                 ix.    FRANK WILLIAM RANCK, born November 01, 1867.

                  x.    CARRIE BELL RANCK, born November 15, 1871; died November 15, 1872.

 

 

46.  HENRY E FOLLMER  was born 1826 in Pennsylvania, and died 1881.  He married ELLEN RUCKMAN.  She was born 1832, and died 1892.

 

More About HENRY E. FOLLMER:

Census 1: 1850, Limestone Twp., Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1860, Limestone Twp., Montour Co., PA

Census 3: 1870, White Deer, Union Co., PA

Census 4: 1880, White Deer, Union Co., PA

 

More About ELLEN RUCKMAN:

Census: 1850, Limestone Twp., Montour Co., PA

     

Children of HENRY FOLLMER and ELLEN RUCKMAN are:

                   i.    WILLIAM FOLLMER, born ca 1856, Pennsylvania.

 

More About WILLIAM FOLLMER:

Census: 1860, Limestone Twp., Montour Co., PA

 

                  ii.    IDA M. FOLLMER, born ca  1859, Pennsylvania.

 

More About IDA M. FOLLMER:

Census: 1860, Limestone Twp., Montour Co., PA

 

                 iii.    SARAH E. FOLLMER, born ca 1862; married AMOS BLOOM.

                 iv.    REBECCA J. FOLLMER, born ca 1866.

                  v.    ELIZABETH FOLLMER, born ca  1869.

 

 

47.  PHILIP LONG DIEFFENBACHER  was born ca 1830 in Pennsylvania, and died January 29, 1905.  He married (1) FRANCES ?.  She was born ca 1836 in NY.  He married (2) MARTHA MORTON MITCHELL May 17, 1874 in Mason Co., IL, daughter of ISAAC MITCHELL and ANNA ROBERTSON.  She was born October 30, 1841 in Illinois, and died March 15, 1917.

 

More About PHILIP LONG DIEFFENBACHER:

Cemetery: 1870, Havana, Mason, IL

Census: 1880, Havana, Mason, IL

Occupation: Physcian

     

Children of PHILIP DIEFFENBACHER and MARTHA MITCHELL are:

                   i.    MATTIE DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1876.

 

More About MATTIE DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1920, Havana, Mason, IL

Occupation: Teacher in Public School

 

                  ii.    EDITH DIEFFENBACHER, born ca  1878.

 

More About EDITH DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1920, Havana, Mason, IL

Occupation: Clerk at Post Office

 

 

48.  JOSEPH DIEFFENBACHER  was born ca 1836 in Pennsylvania, and died between 1910 - 1920 in IL.  He married ESTELLA ? ca 1868.  She was born ca 1846 in Illinois, and died after 1930 in IL.

 

More About JOSEPH DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1870, Havana, Mason, IL

Census 2: 1880, Ipava, Fulton, IL

Census 3: 1900, Pleasant, Fulton Co., IL

Census 4: 1910, Pleasant Twp. Fulton Co., IL

Occupation: 1880, Teamster

 

More About ESTELLA ?:

Census 1: 1880, Ipava, Fulton, IL

Census 2: 1920, Pleasant Twp. Fulton Co., IL

Census 3: 1930, Pleasant Twp. Fulton Co., IL

     

Children of JOSEPH DIEFFENBACHER and ESTELLA ? are:

112.            i.    ORA DIEFFENBACHER, born March 1869, Illinois.

                  ii.    GERTRUDE L. DIEFFENBACHER, born October 1872, Illinois.

 

More About GERTRUDE L. DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1880, Ipava, Fulton, IL

Census 2: 1920, Pleasant Twp. Fulton Co., IL

 

                 iii.    MAX DIEFFENBACHER, born December 1874, Illinois; married HESTER CHOCKLEY, ca. 1900; born February 1879, Illinois.

 

More About MAX DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1880, Ipava, Fulton, IL

Census 2: 1900, Pleasant, Fulton Co., IL

Occupation: 1900, Barber

 

113.          iv.    RALPH P. DIEFFENBACHER, born May 1881, Illinois.

 

 

49.  VIOLINA KISNER  was born December 21, 1834, and died 1881.  She married REUBEN MUSSELMAN ca 1850.  He was born October 13, 1829 in Lehigh, PA, and died April 23, 1913 in Overton, Bradford Co., PA.

 

Children of VIOLINA KISNER and REUBEN MUSSELMAN are:

114.            i.    GEORGE OLIVER MUSSELMAN, born March 25, 1850, Overton, Bradford Co., PA; died August 29, 1933, Overton, Bradford Co., PA.

                  ii.    EDWARD C. MUSSELMAN, born 1852, Overton, Bradford Co., PA.

                 iii.    MARY E. MUSSELMAN, born 1853, Overton, Bradford Co., PA.

                 iv.    AMANDA MUSSELMAN, married ARTHUR BENTON.

 

 

50.  HIRAM KISNER  was born July 03, 1835 in Jerseytown, Columbia Co., PA, and died May 12, 1925 in Sullivan Co.,PA.  He married (1) ELIZABETH KOKENSPARGER December 21, 1856 in Dushore, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA.  She was born ca 1840 in PA.  He married (2) LORETTA PERSUN January 1873, daughter of JOHN PERSUN and HENRIETTA KLINETOB.  She was born December 1836, and died June 25, 1919.

 

Sullivan County Democrat

26 Dec. 1856

Hiram KISNER married Miss Elizabeth KOCHENSPERGER, both of Dushore, on the 21st inst., by E. HAHN, Esq.

 

The Sullivan Review

May 13, 1925

Hiram Kisner died Tuesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Hieber of Albany Township, following an illness of several months. Mr. Kisner was born in Columbia County, July 3, 1830, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Kisner, who came to Sullivan County about 1840.

 

Mr. Kisner was twice married. His first wife was Miss Elizabeth Kokensparger of Laporte; to this union, four children were born, two of whom survive, Levi Kisner of Laddsburg and George W. Kisner of Alberta, Canada. His second wife was Mrs. Loretta Persun Arey, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Persun. To this union, two children were born, Harriet, now Mrs. George Hieber of Albany Township, at whose home he died, and Adeline, now Mrs. Brink of EaglesMere. Two stepsons, James L. Arey of Wilmot and George L. Arey of Cherry Township, and thirteen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren and one brother, Silas D. Kisner of Cherry Township, also survive.

 

In 1862 Mr. Kisner enlisted in Company "K", 141 regiment, Penn. Volunteers and served for nearly three years. He was a member of the G.A.R. Post at Dushore, until it disbanded a few years ago.

 

Funeral service will be held at the home of George Hieber of Albany Township, Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. Interment will be made in the family plot in Thrasher cemetery.

 

 

 

More About HIRAM KISNER:

Divorced: January 1873, Elizabeth Kokensparger

Military service: 1862, enlisted in Co. K 141 reg

 

Notes for LORETTA PERSUN:

 

The Sullivan Review July 2, 1919

Mrs. Loretta Kisner died at the home of her son, George Arey, in Cherry township, Thursday morning , June 26, at the age of 82 years. Mrs. Kisner was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Persun of Cherry. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Geo. Heiber of Albany township, and Mrs. Harry Brink of Eaglesmere, two sons, James L. Arey of Wilmot, and George Arey of Cherry, two sisters, Mrs. John S. Hoffa of Dushore, and Mrs. David Abrams of Wilmot, and one brother, Nathan Persun of Dushore.

Funeral services were held at her late home Saturday with interment in Thrasher's cemetery.

 

Children of HIRAM KISNER and ELIZABETH KOKENSPARGER are:

                   i.    MARY ELIZABETH KISNER, born Abt. 1858.

115.           ii.    MATILDA JANE KISNER, born January 16, 1861, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA; died May 14, 1900.

116.          iii.    LEVI FRANK KISNER, born January 18, 1862, Sullivan Co., PA; died December 18, 1960.

                 iv.    GEORGE W. KISNER, born March 26, 1864; died November 18, 1898, PA.

 

More About GEORGE W. KISNER:

Cemetery: St. John's, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA

 

     

Children of HIRAM KISNER and LORETTA PERSUN are:

                  v.    HARRIET L. KISNER, born March 1874.

                 vi.    ADELINE H. KISNER, born September 1876.

 

 

51.  WILLIAM KISNER  was born October 16, 1836, and died September 02, 1899.  He married CATHERINE THRASHER December 23, 1855 in Old Zion Luthern Church, Dushore, PA, daughter of BENJAMIN THRASHER and ANNA HUNSINGER.  She was born August 30, 1830 in Cherry Twp. Sullivan Co., PA, and died September 17, 1896.

 

The Sullivan Review

September 7, 1899

William Kisner, an old resident of Wilmot township, died September 2, 1899, aged 63 years, 10 months and 13 days. Deceased served in the war of the Rebellion in company K, fifty-eighth Regiment, Pa. Vols, was a member of Sullivan Post, No. 388, G.A.R., which organization attended the funeral on Tuesday, at the Wilmot Lutheran church, and took charge of the services at the grave.

Another faithful soldier of the Republic has answered to the last roll call

 

More About WILLIAM KISNER:

Cemetery: St. John's, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA

 

More About CATHERINE THRASHER:

Cemetery: St. John's, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA

     

Children of WILLIAM KISNER and CATHERINE THRASHER are:

                   i.    HANNAH CAROLINE KISNER, born May 07, 1857, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA; died May 20, 1857.

117.           ii.    MARY JEANNETTE KISNER, born August 15, 1859, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA; died March 24, 1890.

118.          iii.    HESTER ANN KISNER, born June 15, 1861, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA; died March 17, 1947, Elmira Heights, Chemung Co., NY.

                 iv.    MARTIN BENJAMIN KISNER, born November 11, 1862, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA; died January 03, 1863.

                  v.    GEORGE WILLIAM KISNER, born March 26, 1864, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA; died November 18, 1898.

 

More About GEORGE WILLIAM KISNER:

Cemetery: St. John's Lutheran, Wilmot, Bradford Co.

 

119.          vi.    CATHERINE SYVILLA LUCINDA KISNER, born April 30, 1866, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA; died April 30, 1952.

                vii.    CHARLES NOAH KISNER, born July 05, 1867, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA; died March 07, 1875, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA.

 

More About CHARLES NOAH KISNER:

Cemetery: St. John's Lutheran, Wilmot, Bradford Co.

 

120.        viii.    ADAM WASHINGTON KISNER, born May 31, 1868, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA; died October 22, 1939, New Albany, Bradford Co., PA.

121.          ix.    JESSE ALBERT KISNER, born November 25, 1870, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA; died February 27, 1959.

 

 

52.  CHARLES KISNER  was born November 19, 1837 in Sunbury,PA, and died February 20, 1924 in Towanda, PA.  He married ELIZABETH SMITH December 17, 1857.  She was born ca 1837 in PA, and died April 11, 1913.

 

Sullivan Review:14 Dec. 1882

The silver wedding of Mr. & Mrs. Charles KISNER will be celebrated on the 16^th.

 

The Towanda Daily Review February 19, 1924

Charles Kisner died at the home of his son Harry at 370 York Avenue, Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. Kisner was born in Sunbury, Pa., November 19, 1837. He was the son of William and Sarah Kisner. He was married to Elizabeth Smith, December 17, 1857, who died April 11, 1913.

Mr. Kisner was a well known contractor living in Dushore the earlier part of his life. He came to Towanda in 1898 and during his residence here has built and repaired many houses.

He is survivied by his son with whom he made his home, three grandchildren, Iva of Elmira, Harold of Athens and Mildred of Hornell; three brothers, Hiram of New Albany, Jefferson of Hawkins City, Michigan and Silas of Dushore and one sister, Mrs. Mary Horlocker of Gladwin, Michigan.

The funeral services will be held at the house Wednesday morning, February 20, at 11 o'clock.

Burial will be in Thrasher's cemetery in Dushore.

 

 

     

Children of CHARLES KISNER and ELIZABETH SMITH are:

                   i.    WILLIE KISNER, born ca  1864.

                  ii.    HOWARD KISNER, born December 31, 1865; died May 02, 1877.

 

More About HOWARD KISNER:

Cemetery: Thrasher's

 

                 iii.    HARRY KISNER, born ca 1868; married JESSIE LYNCH, December 31, 1889, Waverly, NY.

 

Notes for HARRY KISNER:

The Sullivan Gazette

January 16, 1890

Harry Kisner and Miss Jessie Lynch both of this place were married at Waverly on the 31st of December.

They have commenced house-keeping at Wyalusing where Mr. Kisner has been at work for several months.

 

 

53.  CHRISTIANA KISNER  was born October 09, 1839, and died November 06, 1887.  She married GOTLIEB BARTCH April 29, 1858.  He was born 1828, and died January 03, 1900.

 

The Sullivan Gazette

November 10, 1887

Mrs. Christina Bartch, of Cherry township, aged 48 years, committed suicide on Sunday, between the hours of 11 o'clock, a.m., and 4 o'clock, p.m., by hanging herself with a rope from a joice in the second story of the house. The particulars are as follows:

Seven years ago Mrs. Bartch, her husband Godleib Bartch and seven children lived on a farm in Cherry township, about four miles east of Dushore. Mr. Bartch had a fine farm and good buildings and was in good circumstances. He borrowed large sums of money and went west seven years ago next December leaving his wife and seven children some of whom where very young at the time.

 

It is reported that he is now living in Missouri with a woman who left her husband in the same locality at about the same time that Bartch left.

 

The property was sold to pay the money Bartch had borrowed before leaving. This left the family nearly destitute. The oldest son went west soon afterward, since which time Mrs. Bartch has tried to keep the remainder of the family together and support them with the assistance of her neighbors, her oldest daughter, and relief from the overseers of the poor.

 

About two years ago, three of the younger children aged at that time about 5, 7, and 9 years, respectively, were taken from her by her oldest son and taken West to their father, leaving her with but one child, a girl now about 14 years of age, who is a cripple with a feeble mind. Her son Will having gone to work for himself, and her oldest daughter was working out doing what she could toward her mother's support. The loss of her younger children prayed heavily upon the fond mother's heart. Of late she has been living in a house on one of the farms of George Albert, about one mile north of her former home, with the daughter above spoken of.

 

On last Thursday she came to town with some of her neighbors and on her return spoke of her troubles; on Friday she went to the residence of Adam Dieffenbach who lives in sight and within 80 rods of her house, and asked of Mrs. Dieffenbach permission to come into the house and after entering she showed strong evidences of insanity. She stated to Mrs. Dieffenbach that if at any time on arising in the morning they saw her curtains down and no smoke coming from the chimney, they should look after her as they might expect something wrong. On Sunday morning several of the neighbors called to see her and found her insane. Amos Kisner, her brother, was the last one to leave the house. As he left at about 11 o'clock a.m., she said to him that he never would ever see her again.

 

At about four 'clock her son, Wm. F. Bartch, entered the house and found the feeble minded girl alone, crying, He asked her about her mother but could get no information from her. He went upstairs to look for her and found her as above stated. The child was taken to the neighbors and cared for. Whether she saw her mother or not and whether she would realize the situation, in her condition of mind, are questions that cannot be answered.

 

Coroner Waddell was summoned who impaneled a jury and held an inquest on Monday morning. Their verdict was in accordance with the facts here given.

 

Mrs. Bartch was the daughter of the late Wm. Kisner, of Cherry and leaves a large number of relatives in this section. Suicide is not justifiable under any circumstances, yet it is not surprising that Mrs. Bartch sought to relieve her terrible agonies by taking her own life.

 

The remains were interred in Bahr's cemetery Tuesday.

 

 

More About CHRISTIANA KISNER:

Cemetery: Fairview, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA

 

Notes for GOTLIEB BARTCH:

 

The Sullivan Review

January 1882

Gotleib Bartch, of Cherry, left this place about two weeks ago, and it is reported that he does not intend to return. His family consisting of a wife and seven children are thus thrown on their own resources for a livelihood.

 

The Yakima Herald

State of Washington

January 4, 1900

G. Bartch aged 72 living near the mouth of the Tietan died on the 3^rd,of pneumonia. He leaves a wife and child.

 

 

     

Children of CHRISTIANA KISNER and GOTLIEB BARTCH are:

                   i.    EMANUEL THEODORE BARTCH, born March 26, 1862.

                  ii.    WILLIAM FRANKLIN BARTCH, born September 17, 1865.

                 iii.    PHLENA ALMEDA BARTCH, born August 26, 1870.

                 iv.    SARAH A. BARTCH, born ca 1873.

                  v.    ADDA E. BARTCH, born October 28, 1876.

                 vi.    JOHN GODLIP BARTCH, born July 28, 1878.

                vii.    FREDRICH JAMES BARTCH, born November 08, 1880.

 

 

54.  MARY KATHARINA KISNER  was born January 28, 1842 in Sullivan Co., PA, and died February 09, 1934 in Gladwin, Michigan.  She married ANDREW HORLOCHER.  He was born September 02, 1837 in PA, and died April 04, 1911 in Gladwin, Michigan.

 

The Gladwin County Record

Gladwin,Michigan

Feb. 15, 1934

Mary Catherine Horlocher, Gladwin County resident since 1882, died February 9 at her home on North Arcade Street; after an illness of four days.

Mrs. Horlocher, a daughter of Mr. And Mrs. William Kisner, was born January 28, 1842 in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, and was married to Andrew Horlocher.

In 1882 the Horlochers came to Gladwin and located on a farm in Gladwin township.

After Mr. Horlocher’s death, April 4, 1911, the family came to Gladwin city where they have lived the past 20 years.

Her daughter, Mrs. Emma McDonald, and son, Daniel Horlocher, at home, and son, Willard Horlocher, of Flint, survive her. One son, Harry, died, two years ago at Portland, Oregon.

Funeral services were held at the home Monday at 2:30 p.m. February 12, conducted by Rev. D. at Hoenshell. Burial took place at McClure Cemetery

 

 

Notes for ANDREW HORLOCHER:

 

The Gladwin County Record

Gladwin, Michigan

April 13, 1911

Andrew Horlocher was born Sept. 2, 1837, died April 4, 1911, and was 73 years, 7 months and 2 days. He was a native of Pennsylvania, moving to Michigan 41 years ago. He resided in Gladwin County since 1883.

A widow, and four children, Willard, Daniel and Emma of Gladwin and Harry of Portland survived him. Funeral services were held from the family residence April 6 and interment had in the McClure cemetery Rev. Weatphal officiating.

 

Children of MARY KISNER and ANDREW HORLOCHER are:

                   i.    GEORGE WILLARD HORLOCHER, born September 18, 1869, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA; died February 23, 1941.

 

Notes for GEORGE WILLARD HORLOCHER:

Never married

 

122.           ii.    HARRY VICTOR HORLOCHER, born March 06, 1871; died July 18, 1932.

123.          iii.    EMMA ALYCE HORLOCHER, born February 15, 1873, Michigan; died February 15, 1943.

                 iv.    DANIEL CLINTON HORLOCHER, born November 29, 1875; died November 15, 1942, Gladwin, Michigan.

 

Notes for DANIEL CLINTON HORLOCHER:

 

The Gladwin County Record

Gladwin, Michigan

November 18, 1942

Dan Horlocher, 67, was found dead in the office of the Wolohan elevator here this morning (Wednesday) at 7a.m. Mr. Horlocher has served as night watchman at the elevator and apparently succumbed to a heart attack shortly after midnight. His body was discovered this morning by George Merrick when he came to work.

Dr. K.D. Coulter, Mr. Horlocher's physician, reported that he had been suffering from aheart ailment for several years. Coroner Harry F. Rogers said that no inquest would be held.

Mr. Horlocher had been a resident of Gladwin County for the past 61 years. Hecame here with his parents and settled on a farm near Gladwin in 1882.

For some time he operated a coal and draying business here but in recent years he has been employed by Charles Wolohan, Inc, at the elevator here. He was never married and lived here with his sister, Mrs. Emma McDonald, who survives.

Funeral arrangements were not complete at noon today.

 

 

 

55.  SARAH ANN KISNER was born August 02, 1843, and died September 18, 1917.  She married HENRY BENTLEY July 24, 1865.  He was born November 15, 1843, and died July 18, 1931.

 

The Sullivan Review

September 19, 1917

Mrs. Sarah Kisner Bentley, wife of Henry Bentley, died at her home on Pratt avenue Towanda, Pa., Sept. 18th at 5 o’clock a.m., aged 74 years, after an illness of two years. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Frank Marshall of Towanda, three sons, Daniel of Jersey City, Lloyd, of Coad Glen, and William, at home. Also one sister, Mrs. Mary Holocher of Gladwin, Mich, and four brothers, Hiram, of New Albany, Chas. Of Towanda, Silas of Dushore, and Jefferson Kisner of Kauker City, Kan. Funeral services will be held at the family home Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.

 

More About SARAH ANN KISNER:

Baptism: August 12, 1844, Old Lutheran Church Records

     

Children of SARAH KISNER and HENRY BENTLEY are:

                   i.    LLOYD DEFOREST BENTLEY, born August 06, 1866; died December 18, 1952; m. MARY WELSH.

                  ii.    DANIEL NEWTON BENTLEY, born January 17, 1869; died March 02, 1951; married ELIZABETH T. HARRIS, April 16, 1890.

124.          iii.    MINNIE BELLE BENTLEY, born July 03, 1875; died June 21, 1956, Kingman, Mohave Co., AZ.

                 iv.    WILLIAM HENRY BENTLEY, born 1878; died 1926.

 

 

56.  JEFFERSON KISNER was born February 13, 1849 in Pennsylvania, and died February 10, 1937 in Glen Elder,  Mitchell Co., KS.  He married EMMA C. SUBER May 22, 1869.  She was born October 20, 1854 in Pennsylvania, and died June 03, 1930 in Glen Elder, Kansas.

 

The Sullivan Review

March 3, 1937

Jefferson Kisner died Thursday morning, February 10, 1937 at his home in Glen Elder, Kansas, at the age of nearly 88 years. Mr. Kisner was a son of the late William and Sarah Kisner, of Cherry township, and was the last of eleven children.

He was born in Cherry township, February 13, 1849. On May 22, 1869 he was united in marriage to Miss Emma C. Suber, daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. David Suber, also of Cherry township.

In 1870 Mr. and Mrs. Kisner together with the David Suber family moved to Kansas where they made their home.

On November 11, 1870, Mr. Kisner took up a homestead, and has lived on the same farm until the time of his death.

Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kisner, Mrs. Ida Coble and Ernest Kisner, who with two grandchildren, George Coble and Mrs. Edna Randall and a number of nieces and nephews survive.

Funeral services were held from his late home, Friday afternoon with interment in the Granite Creek cemetery, beside his wife who passed away on June 3, 1930.

Mr. and Mrs. Kisner were among the early settlers of Mitchell county, and during their life in this community earned the respect of a large circle of friends. He retained a keen mind until the last and always took an active interest in all community affairs.

 

The Glen Elder Sentinel

February 18, 1937

DEATH CLAIMS EARLY SETTLER

Jefferson Kisner, Last of Early Settlers Living on Homestead at Time of His Death, Laid to Rest.

Friends within the Glen Elder Community and especially his neighbors of the Granite Creek Neighborhood were grieved last Thursday morning when it was learned that Jefferson Kisner had passed away in his home west of town late the preceding evening.  Having lived upon his homestead since the spring of 1870, this venerable old gentleman had accumulated the respect of his acquaintances to which nearly seventy years of unselfish living has been contributed.

Funeral services were held at the home Friday at two o’clock in the afternoon.  Interment was in the Granite Creek cemetery by the side of his wife.  The services were conducted by Ray Borgaard.

Jeff Kisner was born February 13, 1849 in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania and passed away at his home near Waconda Springs, February 10, 1937.  Had he lived until Saturday, February 13, he would have been eighty-eight years of age.  He was married to Emma C. Suver, May 22, 1869.  His wife preceded him in death June 3, 1930.

He came to Mitchell County, Kansas, in the spring of 1870 and homesteaded on the farm, bringing his family November 11, 1870 where he has resided ever since.

He is among the last of the old settlers to have been living on his homestead at the time of his death. 

Mr. Kisner was the last of a family of eleven children.

The two children born to Mr. And Mrs. Kisner are Mrs. Ida Coble of Glen Elder and Ernest of the home; who with Mr. George Coble, and Mrs. Edna Randall, a granddaughter, he left to mourn his loss besides nephews, nieces and a host of friends.

Mr. Kisner was a loyal, kindly neighbor ever ready to help anyone in time of trouble or stress.  A friend to everyone in the community and liked by everybody.

In the early settlement of the community, he united with the United Brethren who held classes in the neighborhood.  After they broke up he never transferred his membership to any other place.

He retained his keen mind to the very last and was always interested in community affairs.

The same verse that applied to his loving wife may well be applied to him.

 

Do all the good you can

 

By all the means you can

 

In all the ways you can

 

As long as ever you can.

 

 

 

 

 

More About JEFFERSON KISNER:

Census 1: 1870, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Census 2: 1880, Cawker, Mitchell Co., KS

 

Notes for EMMA C. SUBER:

 

The Glen Elder Sentinel

June 11, 1930

Emma C. Suver was born at Dushore, Sullivan Co, Pa., October 20, 1854.

She was united in marriage to J. Kisner, May 22, 1869.

She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ida Coble, in Glen Elder, Kansas, June 3, 1930.

With the passing of Mrs. Kisner, Tuesday, this community again pauses in respectful awe and admiration over the events of our pioneer state builders.  Like the pages of a thrilling story is the scroll of this simple quiet woman’s life.

A year after their marriage the young Kisner family with their baby daughter, Ida, and the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Suver and family, joined a colony of home-steaders who were leaving Pennsylvania for a western home.  In November 1870, they settled in the Waconda Springs neighborhood.  Mrs. Kisner was one of a family of six young people, and the freedom and experiences of these pioneer prairie days makes good telling. In her family one brother only, C.W. Suver, of Ellensburg, Washington, is living, and his frail health kept him from attending the funeral.

At this Kansas homestead, the second child, a son, Ernest W. was born.  He has always lived on this homestead, the place of his birth, and during these later years, he ahs been a dutiful son as well as a most loving, thoughtful, devoted companion to his aging parents.  This relationship between Mother and Son is most beautiful and to him as well as to her daughter and granddaughter and her lovely life-companion, of sixty-one years, the sympathy of this community goes out today in a very special way.

Mrs. Kisner has been a home-lover and home-maker; a loyal kindly neighbor, even ready to help in time of joy and stress; a friend to every one in the community, a woman with a quiet reserve and “with resources within herself” that kept her sane, content and unafraid through hard years and years of prosperity.  Her hearty laugh has cheered many a neighbor and passerby throughout the years.  In early Kansas days all were neighbors.

The simple maxim in the old West household might have hung in Mrs. Kisner’s home.

“Do all the good you can,

 

By all the means you can,

 

In all the ways you can,

 

At all the times you can,

 

As long as ever you can.”

 

In her girlhood home in PA, Mrs. Kisner had become a member of the Reformed Lutheran Church.  After coming to Kansas, she united with the United Brethren, who held classes in the neighborhood.  Later when these classes disbanded, her help and interest were ever freely giving to the Christian Church in Glen Elder, and today this church feels that her vacant place will be hard to fill.

With Tennyson we reverently say,

“Our little systems have their day,

They have their day and cease to be,

They are but broken lights of Thee,

And Thou, O God, are more than they.”

Funeral services were held at the Christian Church on Thursday, June 5, at 2 p.m. Rev. E. O. Sweany in charge.  Sadly and reverently, another grave is opened and closed in the Granite Creek cemetery, near the old homestead on which she had lived for sixty years.

 

More About EMMA C. SUBER:

Census 1: 1870, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Census 2: 1880, Cawker, Mitchell Co., KS

     

Children of JEFFERSON KISNER and EMMA SUBER are:

125.            i.    IDA KISNER, born March 13, 1870, Sullivan Co., PA; died October 21, 1962.

                  ii.    ERNEST KISNER, born November 21, 1873; died June 27, 1953, Glen Elder,  Mitchell Co., KS.

 

The Glen Elder Sentinel

July 2, 1953

The community was saddened when Ernest Kisner died Saturday.  Funeral services were held Tuesday; he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ida Coble.

Ernest W. Kisner, son of Jefferson and Emma Suver Kisner, was born November 21, 1873; on the family homestead in Cawker Township.  He passed away on the same farm June 27, 1953, at the age of 79 years, 7 months and 6 days.

His mother passed away June 2, 1930 and his father died February 10, 1937.  Since the death of his parents, Ernest has lived alone on the farm, with the exception of the past 3 winters, which were spent in the home of his sister, Mrs. Ida Coble.

He was a friend to all and always to help his neighbors in time of need.

His life occupation was farming.

He leaves to mourn his passing his sister, Mrs. Ida C. Coble, one niece, Mrs. Edna Randall; and her husband, Mason Randall.

Borne down and weary with the storms

O, earth: receive me to thy breast

Unlock thy dim and pulseless arms

And cool this burning heart to rest.

Funeral services were held in the Christian church Tuesday with the Rev. Lloyd Watts officiating.  Burial was in Granite Creek cemetery.

Mrs. Roy Barnett and Wayne Barnett sang, accompanied by Mrs. Wayne Barnett.

Pallbearers were Ernest Norris, Tom Oliver, Harvey Pargetz, Arthur Porter, George Scholl, and Jim Winn.

 

 

More About ERNEST KISNER:

Census: 1880, Cawker, Mitchell Co., KS

 

 

57.  SILAS DEAN KISNER was born April 05, 1854 in PA, and died September 04, 1933 in PA.  He married EMMA CAROLINE MESSERSMITH Abt. 1878, daughter of JACOB MESSERSMITH and ANNA MORTAR.  She was born November 09, 1857 in Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA, and died October 25, 1946.

 

The Sullivan Review

September 6, 1933

Silas D. Kisner passed away late Monday afternoon September 4th, at his home in Cherry township at the age of 79 years.

He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Anna Huffmaster and Mrs. Howard Kinsley and one son, Charles Kisner of Mildred, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Also one sister, Mrs. Mary Horlocher of Gladman, Mich. and one brother, Jefferson Kisner of Cawker City, Kansas.

Funeral service will be held from his late home Thursday morning and at Zion Lutheran church at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. W.H. Fehr, pastor, officiating.

Interment in the Zion Evangelical Lutheran cemetery.

 

Notes for EMMA CAROLINE MESSERSMITH:

 

The Sullivan Review

October 31, 1946

Ms. Emma Kisner died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kinsley of Cherry Township, Friday, October 25th.

Mrs. Kisner was born in Cherry Township, November 9, 1858, a daughter of the late Jacob and Mary Mortar Messersmith.

She attended the Kelley school in Cherry Township and in 1878 was united in marriage to Silas D. Kisner, who preceded her in death by 13 years.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Anna Huffmaster of Carpenter street, and Mrs. Vernie Kinsley of Cherry Township; a son Charles Kisner of Headley avenue; six grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren.  Also a sister, Mrs. John B. Hieber of Railroad street and a brother, John Messersmith of Endicott.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in Zion Evangelical Lutheran church of which she was a life member.  Rev John D. Keener, pastor officiated.  Interment in Zion Lutheran cemetery.

 

     

Children of SILAS KISNER and EMMA MESSERSMITH are:

126.            i.    ANNA KISNER, born November 20, 1878; died 1985.

                  ii.    ARTHUR SILAS KISNER, born October 20, 1897; died December 28, 1918.

 

Notes for ARTHUR SILAS KISNER:

 

The Sullivan Review

January 18, 1919

Arthur S. Kisner, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Kisner of Cherry, died Saturday, December 28, of pneumonia, at the age of 21 years.

He is survived by his parents, two sisters, Mrs. Geo. Huffmaster and Mrs. Howard Kinsley of Cherry and one brother, Charles Kisner, of Bernice.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in Zion Lutheran Church ast this place with interment in Thrasher Cemetery. Rev. W.H. Fehr officiating.

 

 

127.          iii.    CHARLES WILLARD KISNER, born February 1881; died March 1954.

128.          iv.    VERNIE KISNER, born February 07, 1885; died October 01, 1984.

 

 

58.  SYLVESTER DIEFFENBACH  was born July 1840 in Overton, Bradford Co., PA, and died 1908 in Bradford Co., PA.  He married MARIA NORTON, daughter of THOMAS NORTON and MARY BIRD.  She was born October 08, 1849 in England, and died December 14, 1912.

 

More About SYLVESTER DIEFFENBACH:

Census: 1870, Overton, Bradford Co., PA

 

Notes for MARIA NORTON:

 

The Sullivan Review December 5, 1912

Mrs. Sylvester Dieffenbach of Overton died sometime during Monday night. She was found dead in bed the next morning by her children.

The funeral services will be held Friday in the M.E. church at Overton with interment in the church cemetery.

She is survived by one son and four daughters. Her husband preceeded her in death about two years ago.

More About MARIA NORTON:

Census: 1900, Overton, Bradford Co., PA

     

Children of SYLVESTER DIEFFENBACH and MARIA NORTON are:

129.            i.    MARY DIEFFENBACH, born May 19, 1867, Bradford Co., PA; died October 01, 1944, Philadelphia, PA.

                  ii.    VALINA DIEFFENBACH, b. 1869.

130.          iii.    LIBBIE DIEFFENBACH, born July 20, 1871, Overton; died April 1943, Towanda, Braddford Co., PA.

                 iv.    CHARLES DIEFFENBACH, born 1875.

131.           v.    THOMAS DIEFFENBACH, born May 1875, Overton, PA; died. January 1943, Athens, Bradford Co., PA.

                 vi.    BERTHA L. DIEFFENBACH, died October 1879; married CHARLES RINEBOLD, ca 1901; born 1867.

 

More About BERTHA L. DIEFFENBACH:

Census: 1910, Overton, Bradford Co., PA, dist. 23, pg.2

 

                vii.    KITTY DIEFFENBACH, born October 1890; married ? WELLS.

 

59.  JOSEPH was born 1856 in PA, and died April 01, 1925 in Overton, PA.  He married LAURA ? Abt. 1880.  She was born 1859, and died 1939.

 

Notes for JOSEPH E. DIEFFENBACH:

 

The Sullivan Review

April 8, 1925

Joseph Dieffenbach died Friday at his home at Overton at the age of 69 years.

He is survived by his wife, one daughter who lives in Colorado and one son Francis Dieffenbach of Towanda.

Funeral services were held in the Reformed church at Overton, this Wednesday afternoon. Interment in the Elkland cemetery.

 

 

More About JOSEPH E. DIEFFENBACH:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Elkland, PA

Census: 1910, Overton, Bradford Co., PA, dist #23, pg2

 

More About LAURA ?:

Grave Marker: Laura Dieffenbach

     

Child of JOSEPH DIEFFENBACH and LAURA ? is:

132.            i.    FRANK G. DIEFFENBACH, born 1887, Pennsylvania; died 1953.

 

 

60.  HANNAH C. DIEFFENBACH was born January 04, 1836 in PA, and died January 30, 1874 in PA.  She married JOHN HORATIO LAWRENCE May 31, 1853 in Cherry Twp.,Sullivan Co.,PA, son of WILLIAM LAWRENCE and ELIZA LADD.  He was born April 11, 1833 in Cherry Twp,Sullivan Co.,PA, and died January 17, 1907 in Kane, McKean Co., PA.

 

Sullivan County Democrat

June 7, 1854

John H. LAWRENCE married Miss Hannah C. DIEFFENBACHER, both of Cherry, in Cherry on May 31st, by Rev. Jacob MILLER.        

Hannah (Dieffenbacher) Lawrence                    John H. Lawrence

 

More About HANNAH C. DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Fairview

 

Notes for JOHN HORATIO LAWRENCE:

 

The Sullivan Review January 24, 1907

John H. Lawrence, whose illness was mentioned last week, died at the residence of his son, W.J. Lawrence, in Kane, McKean county, Thursday, Januray 17, 1907, aged 73 years, nine months and six days. The remains were brought to the residence of his son, Charles T. Lawrence , in this place, Friday evening, and on Sunday, January 20, funeral services were held at the Evangelical church, interment being at Bahr's Hill.

John Lawrence was born in Cherry township April 11, 1833, and was a son of William Lawrence, who came to this county from Northumberland in 1828. The subject of this sketch married Miss Hannah Dieffenbach, who died 33 years ago, and to them were born twelve children, nine of whom are living: Mrs. D.W. Pealer, of Lopez; Mrs. D.H. Lorah, of Sonestown; William J. Lawrence, of Kane; Charles T. Lawrence, of Dushore; O.H. Lawrence, of Waverly; Mrs. J. P. Little, of Stockton, California; Mrs. D. McDonald, of White Salmon, Washington; Mrs. A.J. Bradley, of Laporte, and Frank Lawrence, of Chicago. All were present at the funeral with the exception of Mrs. Little and Mrs. McDonald. William Lawrence, of East Canton, the only surviving brother, was also present. A sister, Mrs. Freeman Wilcox, of New Albany died last week.

John H. Lawrence had been prominent in the affairs of eastern Sullivan county for a generation. He was a farmer and at one time was engaged in lumbering and store keeping. He was frequently called upon to hold public office, and had filled about all the local offices, one time and another, when, in 1865, he was chosen Sheriff of Sullivan county. About 1890 he became a resident of Dushore borough, and in 1893 was elected justice of the peace, in which office he was serving his third term at the time of his death.

Deceased was a man who made friends wherever he went. Kindly and jovial in disposition, he had a smile an a joke for all, and under all there was a certain gravity and dignity that betokened more serious thought. He will be greatly missed from our streets and his death is greatly regretted by all.

     

Children of HANNAH DIEFFENBACH and JOHN LAWRENCE are:

133.            i.    ELIZABETH ANN LAWRENCE, born August 21, 1854, PA; died May 27, 1928.

                  ii.    IDA E. LAWRENCE, born July 18, 1855, PA; died June 09, 1930; married DANIEL H. LORAH, July 02, 1882, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA; born 1848; died 1922.

 

More About IDA E. LAWRENCE:

Cemetery: Hillcrest

 

Notes for DANIEL H. LORAH:

 

Sullivan Review: 13 July 1882

D. H. LORAH, of Sonestown and Miss Ida E. LAWRENCE, of Dushore, married at the residence of D. W. Pealer in Dushore on July 2 by Rev. R. S. Wagner

More About DANIEL H. LORAH:

Cemetery: Hillcrest

 

134.          iii.    WILLIAM JOHN LAWRENCE, born February 27, 1857, PA; died February 04, 1944.

                 iv.    CLARENCE LAWRENCE, born April 01, 1858; died April 14, 1858.

135.           v.    CHALRES THOMSKINS LAWRENCE, born April 15, 1860, PA; died September 16, 1924.

136.          vi.    JENNIE FIDELIA LAWRENCE, born September 17, 1862, PA; died September 08, 1940, San Joaquin, CA.

137.         vii.    CLINTON EMANUEL LAWRENCE, born October 02, 1864, PA; died February 28, 1899.

               viii.    HOWARD LAWRENCE, born April 27, 1866, PA; died 1889.

138.          ix.    ORVILLE HORATIO LAWRENCE, born September 15, 1867, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA; died ca 1932.

                  x.    CELINDA LAWRENCE, born December 19, 1869, PA; married DUNCAN MACDONALD, April 08, 1899.

                 xi.    LAURA P. LAWRENCE, b. April 11, 1871; d. April 09, 1942; m. ANDREW JACKSON BRADLEY, April 1896.

                xii.    FRANK WILT LAWRENCE, born February 02, 1873, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA; died August 02, 1956, Santa Clara, CA; married DOROTHY GALLUP, June 1911.

 

FRANK WILT, a journeyman machinist, married Dorothy Gallup in June 1911. For several years he was connected with the Standard Roller Bearing Company, traveling as their representative in the Chicago district. Later, he was associated with Gar Wood in the manufacturing of hydraulic hoists at Detroit, Michigan. Frank retired from business in 1924.

 

California Death Record:

                         Name: LAWRENCE, FRANK WILT

Social Security #: 183208819

 Sex: MALE

 Birth Date: 2 Feb 1873

 Birthplace: PENNSYLVANIA

       Death Date: 2 Aug 1956

       Death Place: SANTA CLARA

 Mother's Maiden Name: DIEFFENBACH

 Father's Surname: LAWRENCE

 

 

More About FRANK WILT LAWRENCE:

Census: 1880, Cherry, Suyllivan Co., PA

 

61.  DANIEL EMANUEL DIEFFENBACH was born October 11, 1839 in Cherry Twp., Sullivan County, PA, and died June 07, 1919 in PA.  He married LORETTA C. ZANER September 1862, daughter of LEWIS ZANER and EVE CHRISHER.  She was born November 17, 1837 in Cherry Twp.,Sullivan Co.,(then Lycoming Co.)PA, and died August 19, 1906 in Cherry Twp..

 

After his marriage, was a farmer "on shares" on fathers's farm for 11 years. He then bought 100 acres from his father, and was a Democrat in politics. In addition to being a farmer, he was treasurer, school director and collector in Cherry Township(See Inghram, History of Sullivan County). In 1902, moved to Dushore, PA on Carpenter Street. (Streby, History of Sullivan County: Dushore).

 

The Sullivan Review June 11, 1919

D.Emanuel Dieffenbach a well known and highly respected citizen of this place, died Saturday morning June 7th at 7 o'clock, of gangrene in the Peoples' hospital at Sayre. Mr. Dieffenbach was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Dieffenbach and was born in their home in Cherry township October 11th 1839. In September 1862 he was married to Miss Loretta Zaner a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Zaner of Cherry, who died about thirteen years ago. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S.H. O'Brien of Benton and Mrs. F.J. Glover of Athens, two sons, S.A. Dieffenbach of Mildred and Harry L. Dieffenbach of Cleveland, Ohio, one sister, Mrs. George W. Heverly of Sayre, two brothers, George Dieffenbach of Bloomsburg, and Clinton A. Dieffenbach of Cherry. The remains were brought to Dushore Monday morning, where the funeral services were held in the Reformed church of which he was a member, Rev. W.J. Yingst officiating. Interment was made in the family plot at Fairview cemetery. The pall bearers were: B.F. Crossley, P.W. Hunsinger, R.C.R. Kschinka, Nathan Persun, J.D. Reeser, and Samuel Cole.

 

More About DANIEL EMANUEL DIEFFENBACH:

Baptism: December 26, 1839, Old Lutheran Church Records

 

Notes for LORETTA C. ZANER:

 

Sullivan Review: August 1906

   Mrs. D. E. Dieffenbach died early Sunday morning, August 19, age 68 years.  She has been an invalid for several years, Funeral services were held at the residence on Carpenter street, Tuesday afternoon and were very largely attended by friends and relatives.  the remains were interred at Bahr's Hill.  Among those attending the funeral were a large number from out of town, among whom we noticed the following:  Mr. and Mrs. Julius Vogel, Mr. and Mrs. George Heverly and Mrs. F. C. Welliver of Sayre:  Mr. and Mrs. John Colley, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Colley and Lewis Colley of Muncy; Mr. and Mrs. George Houghton of Hughesville;  Mr. and Mrs. Chas Kisner, of Towanda:  Mrs. A. J. Bradley, of Laporte;  Mrs. D. W. Pealer, of Lopez, and Mrs. W. J. Lawrence of Kane.  Mrs. Dieffenbach is survived by her husband, three sons and two daughters.

 

     Grave Marker: D. E. Dieffenbach and Loretta Zaner

     

Children of DANIEL DIEFFENBACH and LORETTA ZANER are:

139.            i.    SYLVELLIN A. DIEFFENBACH, born June 1864, Cherry Twp., Sullivan County, PA; died December 28, 1937, Mildred, Sullivan Co., PA.

140.           ii.    ALVERNA M. DIEFFENBACH, born May 1865, PA; died August 23, 1925, Benton.

141.          iii.    CHARLES M. DIEFFENBACH, born December 17, 1866, PA; died February 27, 1909.

142.          iv.    HARRY LEVI DIEFFENBACH, born March 19, 1868, PA; died May 31, 1947, Los Angeles, CA.

                  v.    CORA E. DIEFFENBACH, born January 1875, PA; died May 1933, Athens, Bradford Co., PA; married FREDERICK J. GLOVER, ca 1897; born October 1867, PA.

 

Notes for CORA E. DIEFFENBACH:

 

The Sullivan Review

May 17, 1933

Mrs. Cora Dieffenbach Glover, wife of Fred Glover of Elmira street, Athens, formerly of this place, died Sunday at her home following an illness of some time.

She is survived by her husband and two brothers, Harry Dieffenbach of California and S.A. Dieffenbach of Mildred.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from her late home with interment in Tioga Point cemetery.

                     Fred Glover & nephew, Daniel H. Dieffenbach

 

 

Notes for FREDERICK J. GLOVER:

F. J. Grover was an agent for Union Tea Company in Dushore, PA

 

More About FREDERICK J. GLOVER:

Census 1: 1900, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Census 2: 1910, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA

Census 3: 1920, Athens, Bradford Co., PA

Census 4: 1930, Athens, Bradford Co., PA

 

 

 

62.  CLINTON A. DIEFFENBACH was born July 20, 1850 in PA, and died June 07, 1933.  He married CAROLINE R. KINSLEY Abt. 1872, daughter of CHARLES KINSLEY and MARY BAHR.  She was born August 1854 in PA, and died October 22, 1924.

 

Notes for CLINTON A. DIEFFENBACH:

 

The Sullivan Review: 15 May 1884

C. A. DIEFFENBACH’s infant child died Saturday night.

 

The Sullivan Review June 7, 1933

Clinton A. Dieffenbach of Cherry township, died Wednesday afternoon at his home following an illness of some time, at the age of 83 years. For more than fify years he has been a member of Dushore Lodge No. 494 I.O.O.F. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. John W. Randall of Forksville and three sons, Morgan Dieffenbach of Scranton, William H. Dieffenbach, jeweler of this place, and John Dieffenbach at home. Also six grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. George W. Heverly of Sayre also survives.

Funeral service will be held at his late hoome Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in the family plot in Bahr Hill cemetery.

 

More About CLINTON A. DIEFFENBACH:

Census: 1880, Cherry, Sullivan Co., PA

 

Notes for CAROLINE R. KINSLEY:

 

The Sullivan Review

Oct. 22, 1924

Mrs. Clinton A. Dieffenbach died Monday morning at her home in Cherry Township, at the age of 70 years.  Mrs. Dieffenbach has been in poor health for about four years. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. John Randall of Forksville, three sons, Morgan Dieffenbach of Scranton, William Dieffenbach of Dushore, and John Dieffenbach at home.  Also one brother, Lewis O. Kinsley of Cherry township.

Funeral services will be held at the home on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Interment will be made in the Bahr Hill cemetery

 

     

Children of CLINTON DIEFFENBACH and CAROLINE KINSLEY are:

143.            i.    MORGAN A. DIEFFENBACH, born ca 1874, Pennsylvania; died May 20, 1947.

                  ii.    WILLIAM H. DIEFFENBACH, born February 1877, Cherry Township, Sullivan Co.,PA; died February 27, 1937.

 

Notes for WILLIAM H. DIEFFENBACH:

He was a jeweler and had a jewelry store on Main St. in Dushore, PA. (Streby, History of Sullivan County: Dushore).

 

The Sullivan Review

March 3, 1937

William H. Dieffenbach, died Saturday morning, February 27th in the Rothfuss Clinic, Williamsport, following an illness of about one week of pneumonia.

Mr. Dieffenbach was born in Cherry township, in 1877, a son of Clinton A. and Caroline Kinsley Dieffenbach.

Mr. Dieffenbach, was a jeweler by trade, opening a shop on Main street about 40 years ago and continuing in the business at the same stand until the time of his death.

He is survived by one sister, Mrs. John Randall of Forksville, one brother, Morgan Dieffenbach of Scranton, a sister-in-law, Mrs. John Dieffenbach at home, and four nieces and four nephews.

Funeral service was held Monday afternoon from his late home in Cherry township, Rev. Carl F. Gunther officiating. Burial was in the family plot in Bahr Hill Cemetery.

 

 

144.          iii.    MARY E. DIEFFENBACH, born November 16, 1880; died March 28, 1951, Forksville, Sullivan Co., PA.

145.          iv.    JOHN LEONARD DIEFFENBACH, born June 1891; died March 15, 1934.

 

 

63.  GEORGE F. DIEFFENBACH was born June 06, 1857 in PA, and died March 20, 1928.  He married (1) ADA K. BAHR November 20, 1879 in home of  bride`s parents, daughter of DANIEL BAHR and MARY GRAIFLEY.  She was born ca 1858, and died between 1884 - 1886.  He married (2) MINNIE SCHWINN after 1886.    He married (3) GERTRUDE STRONG April 26, 1887. 

 

Notes for GEORGE F. DIEFFENBACH:

Sullivan Review:

Geo. F. DIFFENBACH and Miss Ada K. BAHR, were married at the residence of the bride's father, in DuShore on Nov. 20th 1879.

 

Sullivan Review: 1 Dec. 1881

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. DEIFFENBACH, have a bouncing boy.

 

Sullivan Review: 23 Aug 1883

George F. and Reuben DIEFFENBACH, of Cherry, will start for Bismark, Dakota, on a prospecting tour about Sept. 3rd.

 

Sullivan Review: 11 Oct. 1883

The two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George F. DIEFFENBACH, of Cherry fell backwards into a pail of hot water on Saturday and was burned so seriously that he died during the night. He was a remarkably bright boy and his death was a severe shock to his mother, Mr. DIEFFENBACH being in Dakota. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at the house at 10 o’clock a.m. Interment in the Bahr Cemetery. A telegram was sent to Mr. DIEFFENBACH, but it is doubtful whether he can reach here in time for the funeral. (Note: See next issue of the paper.)

George F. and Reuben DIEFFENBACH have each pre-empted a tract of land in Dakota, with a view of making their homes in that territory.

 

Sullivan Review: 18 Oct. 1883

The funeral of George DIEFFENBACH’s little son was postponed from Saturday as announced in last week’s paper, to Monday, as Mr. DIEFFENBACH could not reach here in time for the services on Saturday. He reached here Saturday evening. The services were conducted by Rev. C. H. MUTCHLER. Interment in the Bahr Cemetery.

 

Sullivan Review:25 Oct. 1883

George F. DIEFFENBACK is now employed in the planing mill and manufactory of BARTH & KESTER.

 

Sullivan Review: 10 April 1884

Born In Cherry, March 6th, to Mr. and Mrs. George F. DIEFFENBACH, a son.

 

Sullivan Review: 15 May 1884

George F. DIEFFENBACH’s infant child died Tuesday morning.

 

Sullivan Review:19 June 1884

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. DIEFFENBACH and Guy BAKER, of Cherry, left on Monday for Pawnee Rock, Kansas.

 

The Sullivan Gazette

May 4, 1887

Mr. Geo. Dieffenbach and Mrs. Sarah Strong both of this place were married on Tuesday, April 26, by Rev. C.L. Sones.

We extend congratulations and trust they may have a happy and prosperous future.

 

 Sullivan Review: Feb. 1894

George DIEFFENBACH, formerly of this place, met with a serious if not fatal accident at his home in Greenwood, Columbia County, last week, by falling from a ladder. His brother, D.E. DIEFFENBACH, of this place, went to see him Thursday last.

G.F. DIEFFENBACH, of Greenwood, whose fall was noticed last week, was very badly hurt about the head and shoulders. We are pleased to note that he is now improving and in a short time we hope to see him around again.

 

More About GEORGE F. DIEFFENBACH:

Census: 1880, Cherry Twp., Sullivan, PA

Occupation: Contractor & builder

 

More About ADA K. BAHR:

Cemetery: Fairview

     

Children of GEORGE DIEFFENBACH and ADA BAHR are:

                   i.    JOHN DIEFFENBACH, born December 1881; died October 1883.

 

                  ii.    FRED DIEFFENBACH, born March 06, 1884; died May 1884.

 

64.  ELIZABETH L. DIEFFENBACH  was born October 29, 1864 in PA, and died December 30, 1942.  She married GEORGE WILLIAM HEVERLY June 12, 1884 in Cherry Twp.,Sullivan Co.,PA, son of REUBEN HEVERLY and ELIZABETH GRAFF.  He was born February 20, 1863 in Dushore, Sullivan Co.,PA, and died November 11, 1922 in Sayre, Bradford Co., PA.

 

Notes for ELIZABETH L. DIEFFENBACH:

 

The Sullivan Review

January 7, 1943

Mrs. Elizabeth Heverly, widow, of the late George W. Heverly of Sayre, died Wednesday afternoon at her home, 202 Miller Street, following an illness of some time.

Mrs. Heverly was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Dieffenbach of Cherry Township, where she spent her early life.  After her marriage she lived at Dushore and at New Albany for a number of years before going to Sayre.

She is survived by a daughter, Miss Angie Heverly at home.

Funeral services were held from her late home Saturday afternoon.  Interment was in the Tioga Point cemetery.

 

Notes for GEORGE WILLIAM HEVERLY:

 

Sullivan Review: 21 Feb. 1884

George HEVERLY of this place and Frank STREBY, of Overton, have purchased the wagon and blacksmith shop of Wilson STREVY, in Overton, and will take possession April 1st., and carry on the business as before.

 

Sullivan Review: 5 June 1884

George HEVERLY, of Overton, and Miss Libbie DIEFFENBACH will be married at the residence of the bride's parents in Cherry on Thursday at 12 o’clock

 

Sullivan Review: 19 June 1884

Geo. W. HEVERLY and Miss Libbie DIEFFENBACH were married on Thursday by Rev. C. H. MUTCHLER. A large number of invited guests were present. The dinner was one of the best, the presents were numerous, useful and handsome. They are spending the week in Lycoming Co.

 

The Sullivan Review

November 15, 1922

George W. Heverly of Sayre died suddenly Saturday morning at his home of heart failure.

Mr. Heverly was widely known throughout northern Pennsylvania having been a salesman for the D.B. Stewart Grocery Company of Ithaca for many years.

He was born in Cherry Township in February 1863, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Heverly.

About twenty years ago he moved to Sayre where he has since resided.

He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Miss Angie Heverly.  Also three sisters, Mrs. Clara Messersmith and Mrs. Grace Hilman of Dushore, Mrs. Chas. Neilly of Towanda and one brother Boyd Heverly of Endicott, N.Y.

Funeral services were held from the late home on Tuesday afternoon interment being made in the Tioga Point cemetery.

 

Children of ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACH and GEORGE HEVERLY are:

                   i.    FORDIE HEVERLY, born ca 1889; died April 02, 1891.

 

More About FORDIE HEVERLY:

Cemetery: Tioga Point, Athens, Bradford Co.,PA

 

                  ii.    ANGELINE E ANGIE* HEVERLY, born February 11, 1892; died September 30, 1976.

 

Notes for ANGELINE E ANGIE* HEVERLY:

Angie Heverly resided at 202 Miller St., Sayre, PA for 74 years. Miss Heverly had been secretatary to the superintendent of Sayre Schools until the mid 1940's. She was a member of Dayre Presbyterian Church, its Women's Association, the Tioga Point Chapter DAR, the Robert Packer Hospital Auxilary and the Sayre Retired Teacher's Association.

 

The Sullivan Review

October 7, 1976

Angie Heverly, 84, of Sayre, died September 30, 1976, at Robert Packer Hospital. She was born February 11, 1892, in New Albany, a daughter of George and Elizabeth Dieffenbach Heverly.

She was secretary to the supervisor of the Sayre schools until her retirement in the mid 40’s. She was a member of the Sayre Presbyterian Church and the Women’s Association of the church. She was also a member of the D.A.R., Tioga Point; the Robert Packer Hospital Auxiliary and the Sayre Retired Teachers Association.

Surviving are three first cousins, Mrs. Blanche Kuhnle, Mrs. Helen Obert and Richard Hileman, all from Dushore.

Funeral services were held Oct. 2 at Sayre with the Rev. Richard Ransdell of the Sayre Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was in the Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens.

 

 

65.  ELIZABETH CAROLINE THRASHER was born February 06, 1843 in Cherry Twp, Lycoming Co., PA, and died August 26, 1923 in Lycoming Co., PA.  She married JOHN HENRY SCHAEFFER August 28, 1864 in Dushore, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA, son of ISAAC SCHAEFFER and MARIA MEYER.  He was born June 18, 1843 in Lower Macungie, Lehigh Co., PA, and died February 22, 1921 in Elimsport, Washington Twp. Lycoming Co. PA.

 

More About ELIZABETH CAROLINE THRASHER:

Cemetery: Elimsport.

 

More About JOHN HENRY SCHAEFFER:

Cemetery: Elimsport

     

Children of ELIZABETH THRASHER and JOHN SCHAEFFER are:

146.            i.    ADAM JACOBSCHAEFFER, born May 13, 1866; died March 06, 1934.

147.           ii.    EDWIN ISAAC SCHAEFFER, born April 11, 1868; died 1944.

148.          iii.    MARY LUCINDA SCHAEFFER, born January 26, 1869; died March 09, 1898.

149.          iv.    AARON HENRY SCHAEFFER, born January 24, 1871.

                  v.    JOSEPH WASHINGTON SCHAEFFER, born April 21, 1872; married LYDIA L. ?; born ca 1894.

150.          vi.    HANNAH ELIZABETH SCHAEFFER, born January 26, 1874; died July 16, 1967, Endicott, NY.

151.         vii.    CATHERINE MATILDA SCHAEFFER, born February 01, 1876, Elimsport; died July 30, 1949, Philadelphia, PA.

152.        viii.    CHARLES LEROY SCHAEFFER, born March 27, 1878; died July 20, 1946.

153.          ix.    ELLIS FRANKLIN SCHAEFFER, born April 21, 1882, Allentown, PA; died April 01, 1948, Onondaga Co., NY.

154.           x.    CYRUS CLEVELAND SCHAEFFER, born March 31, 1884; died June 11, 1969, Williamsport, PA.

155.          xi.    MINNIE AMELIA SCHAEFFER, born May 23, 1889.

 

 

66.  LUCINDA THRASHER was born March 15, 1849 in Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA, and died May 26, 1932 in Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA.  She married CYRUS CONNOR January 01, 1871 in Dushore, Sullivan County, PA, son of EMANUEL CONNOR and CATHERINE ?.  He was born August 17, 1848 in Columbia County, and died May 09, 1924 in Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA.

 

More About LUCINDA THRASHER:

Burial: Thrashers Cemetery, Dushore, PA

More About CYRUS CONNOR:

Burial: Thrashers Cemetery, Dushore, PA

Cemetery: Thrasher

     

Children of LUCINDA THRASHER and CYRUS CONNOR are:

156.            i.    MARVIN L. CONNOR, born 1873.

                  ii.    ALVARETTA H. CONNOR.

157.          iii.    KIMBERLY CYRUS CONNOR, born January 23, 1887; died January 31, 1975.

 

67.  ADAM J. DIEFFENBACH was born November 1854 in Cherry, Sullivan Co., PA, and died December 31, 1931 in Cherry, Sullivan Co., PA.  He married MARY ELLEN HEMBURY Abt. 1877, daughter of JOSIAH HEMBURY and MARY CAROLL.  She was born March 1859 in PA, and died August 1911 in Sullivan Co., PA.

 

Notes for ADAM J. DIEFFENBACH:

 

The Sullivan Review November 4, 1931

Adam J. Dieffenbach died Tuesday at the home of his son, Newton Dieffenbach of Cherry township at the age of 77 years. Mr. Dieffenbach had gone out with his son to haul in a load of straw. He was on the wagon doing the loading when he slipped and fell to the ground. He was picked up by his son and taken to his home where medical aid was summoned. It was found that he had struck on his head and shoulder and died shortly afterwards from the shock.

He is survived by three sons, Newton Dieffenbach, Arthur Dieffenbach and Raymond Dieffenbach all of Cherry township and two daughters. Also two sisters, Mrs. Emma Barth of this place and Mrs. Harry Bigger of Oneida, N.Y. and two brothers, Geo. N. Dieffenbach of Cherry township and Reuben Dieffenbach of Camptown.

Funeral service will be held from the home of his son Newton Dieffenbach Thursday. Interment in Zion Evangelical Lutheran cemetery in Cherry township. Rev. A.L. Smith of Mildred will officiate.

 

More About ADAM J. DIEFFENBACH:

Census: 1930, Cherry, Sullivan Co., PA

 

More About MARY ELLEN HEMBURY:

Cemetery: Thrasher's

     

Children of ADAM DIEFFENBACH and MARY HEMBURY are:

158.            i.    NEWTON ADIEFFENBACH, born April 1878, PA; died August 09, 1966.

159.           ii.    ARTHURC. DIEFFENBACH, born August 1882, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA; died November 25, 1957.

160.          iii.    MARY ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACH, born September 05, 1889; died February 08, 1917, Neath, Susquehanna Co., PA.

161.          iv.    RAYMOND A. DIEFFENBACH, born June 1891; died June 1963.

                  v.    CORA E. DIEFFENBACH, born December 1895; died February 18, 1984; married William H. SETZER.

 

More About CORA E. DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Shepherd Hills Trinity Lutheran

                         Census 1930 Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA    

                        

                         Children of CORA E. DIEFFENBACH and WILLIAM SWTZER:

                              BEULAH E.  SETZER born April 24, 1915; died May 17, 2008 [obit below].

Beulah Ellen Chiplis
(April 24, 1915 - May 17, 2008)

Obituary May 17, 2008
P. DEAN HOMER FUNERAL HOME

Beulah E. Chiplis, age 93, of Westminster, MD formerly of Mildred, PA passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at the Dove House of the Carroll Hospital Center, in Westminster, MD. Beulah was born in Bernice, PA on April 24, 1915 daughter of the late William Henry and Cora Dieffenbach Setzer. She graduated from Dushore High School. Beulah married Albert B. Chiplis of Mildred, PA on October 19, 1946 after his return from Europe as a WWII veteran. He predeceased her on June 18, 1994 after 47 years of marriage. Beulah was a member of Trinity Chapel, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Mildred, PA. After Albert’s death she moved to Maryland to be close to her family. Surviving: Son and daughter-in-law: William Chiplis and Susanne Wood Tunis, Tunisia
Daughter and son-in-law: Gail and Shawn Meehan Eldersburg, MD
Sister and brother-in-law: Alice & Robert Pinnock Elizabethtown, PA
Brother and sister-in-law: Roy and Tommie Setzer Silver Spring, MD
Grandchildren: Melissa (Lance) Hoover Barboursville, VA Ashley (Michael) Hortie Westminster, MD
Great grandchildren: Madden Hoover and Annabelle Hortie.
She was predeceased by brothers; Ralph Setzer and Cloyd Setzer and a sister, Floy Comelitti.
A Graveside Service will be held on Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 at 11:00 A.M at the Fairview Cemetery, Dushore, PA.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 206 Water St., Dushore, PA.
The family will provide the flowers and request that memorials be directed to the Residents Assistance Fund, Carroll Lutheran Village, 300 St. Luke Circle, Westminster, MD 21158

                              RALPH W. SETZER born ca 1917.

                         CLOYD A. SETZER born March 16. 1919; died February 15, 1923.

                              FLOY SETZER born ca 1925.

                              ROY A. SETZER born ca 1927.

 

68.  REUBEN DIEFFENBACH was born ca 1861 in PA, and died December 05, 1933 in Johnson City Broome Co., NY.  He married ELIZABETH MAYNARD August 27, 1884 in Fargo, Dakota, daughter of DAVID MAYNARD and EVA GRAFF.  She was born 1865 in PA.

 

Notes for REUBEN DIEFFENBACH:

 

Sullivan Review: 23 Aug 1883

George F. and Reuben DIEFFENBACH, of Cherry, will start for Bismark, Dakota, on a prospecting tour about Sept. 3rd.

 

Sullivan Review: 28 Aug. 1884

Miss Lizzie MAYNARD, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Wilson HUNSINGER, in Cherry, left on Tuesday last for Towanda, where she will stay until this week when she will go to Dakota. Rumor says she will be married to Reuben DIEFFENBACH immediately upon her arrival. Mr. DIEFFENBACH went from this place to Dakota about a year ago.

 

Sullivan Review: 25 Sept. 1884

Reuben DIEFFENBACH and Miss Elizabeth MAYNARD, both formerly of Cherry, married at Fargo, Dakota, 27 Aug. by Rev. William BAIRD, at the parsonage.

 

The Sullivan Review

December 6, 1933

Reuben Dieffenbach of Camptown died Tuesday, December 5th in the Wilson Memorial hospital in Johnson City at the age of 72 years. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Perry Ross of Johnson City, one son Ray L. Dieffenbach of LeRaysville and five grandchildren. Also two sisters, Mrs. Harry Bigger of Oneida, N.Y. and Mrs. Emma Barth of this place and one brother, George N. Dieffenbach of Cherry township.

Mr. Dieffenbach was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dieffenbach of Cherry township, and for several years conducted a wagon making business at this place.

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of his son, R.L. Dieffenbach in LeRaysville with interment in the LeRaysville cemetery. Rev. James Younger of Stevensville will officiate.

 

More About REUBEN DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: LeRaysville

Census 1: 1910, Bradford Co., PA

Census 2: 1920, Wyalusing, Bradford Co., PA

Census 3: 1930, Wyalusing, Bradford Co., PA

Occupation: 1930, Agent- Nursery

 

     

Children of REUBEN DIEFFENBACH and ELIZABETH MAYNARD are:

                   i.    PEARL L. DIEFFENBACH, born 1889, ND.

162.           ii.    RAY L. DIEFFENBACH, born October 22, 1893, Pennsylvania.

 

 

69.  ELIZABETH ANNIE DIEFFENBACH was born March 27, 1863 in Pennsylvania, and died December 30, 1908.  She married (1) CHARLES BAHL, son of PETER BAHL and CAROLINE LITZELSWOPE.  He was born ca 1866.  She married (2) WALTER K. HOLMES, son of LEWIS HOLMES and MARY GREEN.  He was born June 26, 1858 in Pennsylvania, and died July 12, 1921.

 

More About ELIZABETH ANNIE DIEFFENBACH:

Burial: Old Zion Thrashers Cemetery, Dushore PA

 

More About CHARLES BAHL:

Cemetery: St. Basil's

Notes for WALTER K. HOLMES:

 

The Sullivan Review

July 20, 1921

W. Kerr Holmes died suddenly at his home in South Waverly, Tuesday evening, July 12 of acute indigestion at the age of 63 years and 14 days.

Mr. Holmes was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Holmes, who moved from Massachusetts to Cherry township in 1817, and resided in the part of the township known as Green settlement.

For a number of years he was engaged in farming and lumbering. About three years ago he sold his farm and moved to South Waverly.

He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. May Donovan of this place and two sons, John of Auburn, N.Y. and Stanley of Johnson City, also two sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Martha Schwoerer of Burlington, Mrs. Joseph O’Neill of Wilkes-Barre. John G. Holmes of Ransom, Edmund of Mildred, and Henry of Montrose.

The remains were brought to this place Friday morning and services were held in Zion Lutheran Church Rev. W.H. Fehr officiating. Interment was made in Thrasher cemetery.

 

 

More About WALTER K. HOLMES:

Census: 1880, Cherry Twp., Sullivan, PA

     

Children of ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACH and WALTER HOLMES are:

                   i.    LYLE FRANKLIN HOLMES, born 1888; died 1888.

                  ii.    WILLIAM M. HOLMES, born 1891; died 1891.

                 iii.    STANLEY HOLMES.

                 iv.    JOHN HOLMES.

                  v.    ANN HOLMES.

 

 

70.  REBECCA DIEFFENBACH was born 1867.  She married HARRY N. BIGGER ca 1891.  He was born 1864, and died 1936.

 

More About REBECCA DIEFFENBACH:

Burial: Old Zion Thrashers Cemetery, Dushore PA

 

Notes for HARRY N. BIGGER:

 

Sullivan Review: 27 Oct. 1898

Mr. & Mrs. Harry BIGGER are rejoicing over the arrival of their first born, after seven years of childless married life. It is a boy born Sunday morning.

 

 

More About HARRY N. BIGGER:

Burial: Thrashers Cemetery, Dushore, PA

Census: 1900, Fox Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

     

Child of REBECCA DIEFFENBACH and HARRY BIGGER is:

                   i.    ROBERT BIGGER, born October 1898; died 1935.

 

More About ROBERT BIGGER:

Burial: Thrashers Cemetery, Dushore, PA

 

71.  GEORGE N. DIEFFENBACH  was born April 1869 in PA, and died 1952 in PA.  He married LILLIAN M. KNELLER ca 1897, daughter of WESLEY KNELLER and JESSICA SMITH.  She was born November 1881, and died May 20, 1964 in Colley.

 

More About GEORGE N. DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Thrasher's Cemetery

Census 1: 1920, Cherry, Sullivan Co., PA

Census 2: 1930, Sullivan Co., PA

 

More About LILLIAN M. KNELLER:

Cemetery: Thrasher

Census: 1930, Servant for Herbert Fudge Family, Elmira, NY

     

Children of GEORGE DIEFFENBACH and LILLIAN KNELLER are:

163.            i.    LEWIS M. DIEFFENBACH, born July 21, 1897; died September 1975, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA.

164.           ii.    RICHARD SAMUEL DIEFFENBACH, born May 18, 1907, Cherry Twp. , Sullivan Co., PA; died July 20, 2000, Bradford Co., PA.

                 iii.    PAUL DIEFFENBACH, born 1915; died November 1930.

 

More About PAUL DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Thrasher

 

72.  DELMER D. DIEFFENBACH  was born 1847 in PA, and died February 21, 1898 in PA.  He married MARGARET SAXE, daughter of JOHN SAXE and LUCRETIA LAUPHFRUM.  She was born July 1847 in Wilmot Twp., Bradford Co., PA, and died December 09, 1924 in PA.

 

Notes for DELMER D. DIEFFENBACH:

 

Sullivan Review:7 Feb. 1884

Elwell- Delmar DIEFFENBACH has a child dangerously ill.

 

Sullivan Review Jan.4, 1894

Two more Jeffersonian Democrats have been rewarded. D.F. MCCARTY has been made postmaster at Eldredsville, and D.D. DIEFFENBACH at Colley

 

Sullivan Review: 23 Feb. 1898

Delmar D. Dieffenbach died at his home in Colley. A wife and several children survive him. He was postmaster. Death was caused by pneumonia and sick but a few days. Funeral and interment at Colley Cemetery.

 

More About DELMER D. DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1850, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Census 2: 1880, Wilmot, Bradford Co., PA

 

More About MARGARET SAXE:

Cemetery: Colley

Census: 1920, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

     

Children of DELMER DIEFFENBACH and MARGARET SAXE are:

                   i.    MARY E. DIEFFENBACH, born ca 1871; died October 03, 1893.

More About MARY E. DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Colley

 

165.           ii.    WILLIAM F. DIEFFENBACH, born January 11, 1872; died August 25, 1943.

166.          iii.    JOHN HENRY DIEFFENBACH, born Abt. 1876, PA; died October 14, 1949.

                 iv.    FRED DIEFFENBACH, born 1878; died July 22, 1885, Age 7yrs.

 

More About FRED DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Colley

 

                  v.    DELMER G. DIEFFENBACH, born October 1879; died 1961; married MINTA M. ?; born May 29, 1882; died January 1973.

 

 

More About DELMER G. DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Colley

 

More About MINTA M. ?:

Cemetery: Colley

Social Security Number: 173-36-9303

 

 

73.  FRANKLIN DIEFFENBACH was born December 1849 in PA, and died 1938.  He married ANNA E. OR ANALIZE POND ca 1875, daughter of HIRAM POND and HANNAH HULBIRT.  She was born May 1855 in PA.

 

More About FRANKLIN DIEFFENBACH:

Burial: Colley Cemetery, Sullivan Co., PA

 

Census 1: 1870, Colley, Sullivan C., PA

Census 2: 1880, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Census 3: 1900, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Census 4: 1910, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Census 5: 1920, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Occupation: 1920, Farmer

 

More About ANNA E. OR ANALIZE POND:

Census: 1880, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

     

Children of FRANKLIN DIEFFENBACH and ANNA POND are:

                   i.    ADDIE DIEFFENBACH, born ca 1875, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA.

                  ii.    EDWARD DIEFFENBACH, born December 1877.

 

More About EDWARD DIEFFENBACH:

Census: 1880, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

 

                 iii.    FREDERICK A. DIEFFENBACH, born September 02, 1878, Pennsylvania; died September 1965, Pennsylvania.

 

Notes for FREDERICK A. DIEFFENBACH:

Name: Frederick Dieffenbach

SSN: 166-16-8408 

Last Residence: Pennsylvania

Born: 2 Sep 1879

Died: Sep 1965

 

More About FREDERICK A. DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Colley

Census: 1920, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Occupation: 1920, Laborer in lumber woods

 

167.          iv.    ARCHIE DIEFFENBACH, born July 1880, Pennsylvania; died ca 1931.

                  v.    EMMA DIEFFENBACH, born 1883; died May 1886.

 

More About EMMA DIEFFENBACH:

Cemetery: Colley

 

                 vi.    WALTER C. DIEFFENBACH, born January 1888; died September 23, 1925, NY.

 

Notes for WALTER C. DIEFFENBACH:

 

The Sullivan Review

Sept. 23, 1925

Walter C. Dieffenbach died Saturday in New York State. His body was brought to the home of his parents on Monday. Mr. Dieffenbach was a veteran of the late World War and was seriously gassed while serving over seas.

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dieffenbach of Colley and several brothers and sisters.

Funeral services were held at Colley Tuesday morning.

Interment in the Colley cemetery.

 

 

More About WALTER C. DIEFFENBACH:

Census: 1920, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

Military service: Co. G2 Bat. PV

Occupation: 1920, Laborer in lumber woods

 

168.         vii.    WORTH DIEFFENBACH, born March 09, 1890, Pennsylvania; died April 1965, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA.

               viii.    GRACE DIEFFENBACH, born June 1891.

169.          ix.    CLARENCE H. DIEFFENBACH, born October 24, 1894, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA; died November 24, 1984.

170.           x.    LILLIAN DIEFFENBACH, born June 04, 1892, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA; died February 18, 1981, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA.

 

 

74.  ROSCOE DIEFFENBACH was born 1850 in Pennsylvania, and died Bet. 1910 - 1920 in California.  He married EMILY S. MYERS ca 1874 in PA, daughter of JOHN MYERS and CATHERINE FULMER.  She was born October 1856 in Pennsylvania, and died between 1924 - 1930 in California.

 

Notes for ROSCOE DIEFFENBACH:

Sullivan Review: 21 Feb. 1884

 

Burton, 9 year old son of Roscoe DIEFFENBACH, of Colley, while wrestling on Monday, had his arm broken.

 

A Ross Dieffenbach is on the 1920 census in Highland Twp., San Bernadino, CA as a patient at the Southern California State Hospital.

 

More About ROSCOE DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1900, El Monte, LA Co., CA

Census 2: 1850, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA

 

Notes for EMILY S. MYERS:

Emily was adopted by Thomas and Mary Kennedy

 

More About EMILY S. MYERS:

Census 1: 1860, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA

Census 2: 1870, Nescopeck, Luzerne Co., PA

Census 3: 1880, Colley Twp. Sullivan Co., PA

Census 4: 1900, El Monte, LA Co., CA

Census 5: 1910, El Monte, LA, California

Census 6: 1920, Kern Co., CA

     

Children of ROSCOE DIEFFENBACH and EMILY MYERS are:

                   i.    BURTON DIEFFENBACH, born May 1875.

 

More About BURTON DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1880, Colley Twp. Sullivan Co., PA

Census 2: 1900, El Monte, LA Co., CA

Census 3: 1910, El Monte, LA, California

Census 4: 1920, Kern Co., CA

Census 5: 1930, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, CA

Occupation: 1920, Truckdriver

 

171.           ii.    ELIZABETH DIEFFENBACH, born Feb., 1877, Pennsylvania.

172.          iii.    FISHER HENRY DIEFFENBACH, born September 28, 1879, Colley Twp. Sullivan Co., PA; died July 27, 1940, San Luis Obispo, CA.

                 iv.    HARRIET CATHARINE DIEFFENBACH, born August 05, 1885, Pennsylvania; died March 23, 1960, Kings Co., CA; married GEORGE ELLSWORTH, ca 1915; born January 27, 1885, California; died January 16, 1962, Kings Co., CA.

 

Notes for HARRIET CATHARINE DIEFFENBACH:

California Death Index:

Name: ELLSWORTH, HARRIET K

Social Security #: 

Sex: FEMALE  

Birth Date: 5 Aug 1885 

Birthplace: PENNSYLVANIA 

Death Date: 23 Mar 1960 

Death Place: KINGS 

Mother's Maiden Name: MEYERS 

Father's Surname:

 

 

More About HARRIET CATHARINE DIEFFENBACH:

Census 1: 1900, El Monte, LA Co., CA

Census 2: 1930, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, CA

 

Notes for GEORGE ELLSWORTH:

California Death Index:

Name: ELLSWORTH, GEORGE S

Social Security #: 554058820 

Sex: MALE 

Birth Date: 27 Jan 1885 

Birthplace: CALIFORNIA 

Death Date: 16 Jan 1962 

Death Place: KINGS 

Mother's Maiden Name: 

Father's Surname:

 

 

More About GEORGE ELLSWORTH:

Census: 1930, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, CA

Occupation: 1930, Fireman

 

 

75.  ANGELINE REESER was born February 1847 in PA, and died June 29, 1934.  She married (1) DANIEL VAUGHN.    She married (2) HIRAM NICHOLS about 1880.  He was born July 1852 in NY.

 

Notes for ANGELINE REESER:

The Sullivan Review

July 4, 1934

Mrs. Angeline Nichols died early Friday morning, June 29, at the home of her daugher, Mrs. George Pike at Waverly.

Mrs. Nichols is a daughter of the late Mr. and Ms. Amos Reeser of this place.  She was twice married, her first husband being Daniel Vaughn of Scoita Vale where she lived for many years.  Later after the death of her husband she married Hiram Nichols.  After his death she moved to Waverly where she has since made her home.  She was 89 years of age.

Mrs. Nichols is survived by four daugthers, Mrs. George Pike, of Waverly,

Mrs. Laura Styers of Sayre, Mrs. R.J. Jaynes of Warick N.Y., and Ms. M. V. Zimmer of Owego.  Also one sister Mrs. Mary Adamy of Union N.Y and brother Hon. John D Reeser of this place.  Ten grandchidren and six great grandchidren also survived.  She was a member of the Episcopal church in Waverly.

Funeral services were held at the Mausoleum in Glenwood Cemetery Waverly Sunday afternoon, Rev. Levi W. Lun officiating.

 

 

Children of ANGELINE REESER and DANIEL VAUGHN are:

                   i.    MALORA VAUGHN, born ca 1866.

                  ii.    HATTIE VAUGHN, born ca 1867.

                 iii.    LAURA VAUGHN.

 

     

Children of ANGELINE REESER and HIRAM NICHOLS are:

                 iv.    WILLIAM H. NICHOLS, born ca 1869.

                  v.    ELLEN B. NICHOLS, born ca 1871.

                 vi.    OLLA B. NICHOLS, born ca 1874.

 

 

76.  VALINA REESER  was born February 09, 1851, and died September 01, 1910.  She married GEORGE H. HONNETTER.  He was born 1846.

 

Notes for VALINA REESER:

 

The Sullivan Review

Sept. 8, 1910

After an illness last for more than five months Vilina Reeser Honnetter, wife of G.H. Honnetter, died at her home on Headly avenue last Thursday morning, September 1, at 3 o’clock.  She was born in Cherry township Feb. 9, 1851, being at the time of her death, 59 years 6 months and 22 days of age.

Deceased was the second daughter of Amos and Rebecca (Dieffenbach) Reeser.  She is survived by her husband and one daughter Mrs. G.H. Messersmith.  Also by three sister, Mrs. Angeline Nichols, of Sciotavale, Mrs. Mary Weiss of Waverly, Mrs. Bernice McHenry, of Dushore, and one brother J.D. Reeser, of this place.

The funeral services were held at the house Saturday morning at ten o’clock, Rev. A. Bachofer delivering the sermon, assisted by Rev. H.R. Wilkes with a prayer. Interment was made in Bahr Hill cemetery.  Pallbearers were G.H. Messersmith, David Cook Wm. McHenry, Fred Hoffa, John Degen and L.R. Taylor.

 

 

Child of VALINA REESER and GEORGE HONNETTER is:

                   i.    ADDIE MAE HONNETTER, born 1870, Dushore Twp., Sullivan Co., PA; died February 12, 1943; married GEORGE HOWARD MESSERSMITH; born April 08, 1880, Terry Twp., Bradford Co., PA; died March 05, 1949.

 

Notes for ADDIE MAE HONNETTER:

 

The Sullivan Review

February 18, 1943

Mrs. Addie M. Messersmith, wife of G. Howard Messersmith died at her home on Headley avenue, Friday, February 12th following an illness of some time.

Mrs. Messersmith suffered a stroke on January 20th and since that time had been in an unconscious condition.

Mrs. Messersmith was born in Dushore, an only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George H. Honnetter.

She is survived by her husband an uncle Hon, John D. Reeser of St. Petersburg, Florida and several cousins.

Funeral services were held from her late home, Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.   Rev. John D. Keener, and Rev. William F. Woods, officiated.

Burial was in the family plot in the Bahr Hill cemetery.

 

 

More About GEORGE HOWARD MESSERSMITH:

Died 2: March 05, 1949

Cemetery 1: Fairview, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA

 

77.  MARY REESER was born Abt. 1855.  She married BARNEY WEISS.  He was born in Waverly, NY.

 

Child of MARY REESER and BARNEY WEISS is:

                   i.    FRED WEISS.

 

 

78.  BERNICE REESER was born May 30, 1858, and died September 25, 1924.  She married WILLIAM B. MCHENRY Abt. 1880, son of WILLIAM MCHENRY and PRISCILLA KINSLEY.  He was born December 26, 1853 in Columbia Co., and died December 10, 1917 in Dushore, Sullivan Co. , PA..

 

The Sullivan Review

October 1, 1924

Mrs. Bernice McHenry died Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. Cook of Carpenter street at the age of 66 ears.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Clyde Kohler of Newark N.J. and Mrs. David Cook of Dushore, Sixteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.  Also two sisters, Mrs. Mary Adam of Union and Mrs. Hiram Nichols of Waverly, N.Y and one brother, Hon. John D. Reeser of Dushore.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon and interment was made in the Bahr Hill Cemetery.

 

 

Notes for WILLIAM B. MCHENRY:

 

The Sullivan Review December 12, 1917

William B. McHenry died at his home on Carpenter street, Tuesday night, Dec. 11, at the age of 63 years, 11 months, and 15 days. Mr. McHenry was enjoying his usual health and went to work for the Dushore Construction Co, Tuesday, but about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, one of the men who was working near him, noticed that he seemed to act strangely, and shortly after he was taken ill and medical aid was summoned when it found he was suffering from a stroke of apoplexy. He was removed to his home and died during the night. Mr. McHenry was born in Columbia county, coming to this place when a young man. He was a carpenter by trade. He married Bernice Reeser, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. Reeser, who together with their two daughters, Mrs. Pearl Kohler of Jersey City, and Mrs. David Cook of this place, and an adopted son who is serving in the army, survive him. Funeral service will be held from his late home Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. with interment at Bahr's cemetery

 

 

Children of BERNICE REESER and WILLIAM MCHENRY are:

173.            i.    MARGARET MCHENRY, born September 30, 1880, Waverly, Bradford Co., PA; died April 16, 1959, Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA.

174.           ii.    PEARL MCHENRY, born December 1882, Wyulusing. PA; died December 18, 1949, Roselle Parl, NJ.

                 iii.    PAUL MCHENRY, born October 23, 1893; died December 21, 1963;

 

More About PAUL MCHENRY:

Adoption: by WILLIAM and MARGARET MCHENRY.

 

 

79.  JOHN D. REESER was born March 15, 1861 in Dushore, Sullivan Co., PA, and died March 11, 1970.  He married MARY R. BURNS March 04, 1885, daughter of HENRY BURNS and CLARA ?.  She was born September 25, 1866 in Troy, PA, and died July 13, 1942 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

 

Notes for JOHN D. REESER:

Inghams History once again:

 

    JOHN D. REESER, one of the leading retail merchants of Sullivan County, was born in Dushore, where he still resides, March 15, 1861.  He received his education in the public schools of his native place and, when eighteen years of age, opened a confectionery store, which about a year later he converted into a general dry-goods store.  In 1884 he took as his partner E. G. Sylvara and continued the business until 1891, when he sold his interest to Mr. Sylvara and opened his present establishment, which is one of the finest general department dry-goods and millinery stores in this section of the state. 

 

 

The Sullivan Review

March 19, 1970

John Donald Reeser, 84, St. Petersburg Florida and a former resident of Dushore, died March 11, 1970 in a Tampa, Florida, Hospital.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. James A. North of Tampa and 5 grandchildren.

Mr. Reeser was born in Dushore, the son of Mr and Mrs. John D. Reeser, who lived on Headley Avenue. His parents operated a department store where the present A & P Food Store is located in Dushore. They also had a store in Sayre.

He was married after going to Florida. There are no immediate relatives in the Dushore Area.

 

Notes for MARY R. BURNS:

 

The Sullivan Review

July 23, 1942

Mrs. John D. Reeser formerly of Dushore, Pa., died Monday morning July 13th at her home 1601 9th Street North, St. Petersburg, Florida.  She was born in Troy, Pa. September 25, 1866.  She came to Dushore and was married to J.D. Reeser on March 4, 1885, celebrating their 57th anniversary last March 4.  She lived in Dushore until eighteen years ago, when she and her husband started spending the winters in Florida in 1941 the family took up their permanent residence in St. Petersburg.

She is survived by her husband John D. Reeser two daughters, Misses Marjorie and Mabel Reeser one son John Donald Reeser and a granddaughter Katherine Mary Reeser.

Funeral services were held in St. Paul’s Catholic Church Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock and burial was in Royal Palm Cemetery, St. Petersburg Florida.

 

     

Children of JOHN REESER and MARY BURNS are:

175.            i.    JOHN DONALD REESER, JR., born ca 1886; died March 11, 1970, Tampa, FL.

                  ii.    MARJORIE J. REESER, born 1887.

                 iii.    MABEL D. REESER, born 1890.

 

 

80.  BENJAMIN SERVATUS  was born April 08, 1836 in Derry Twp. Montour Co., PA.  He married MARGARET ELIZABETH BERGER, daughter of JONATHAN BERGER and ANNA ?.  She was born April 18, 1839 in Montour Co., PA, and died February 13,

1900.

 

BENJAMIN SERVATUS DIEFENBACHER, retired farmer and business man living at Washingtonville, in Derry township, Montour county, was born in that township April 8, 1836, son of Condrad and Catherine (Stamm) Dieffenbacher, The Dieffenbacher originated in Wurtemberg, Germany, while the Stamm family is of Swiss extraction.  Representatives of the former came to this country at an early day, locating in the mountains of Pennsylvania, while the Stamms settled in Berks county, Pa., later coming to Montour county.  On both sides Mr. Dieffenbacher’s ancestors have always been associated with the agricultural interests of their respective neighborhoods.

   Conrad Dieffenbacher, great-grandfather of Benjamin S., was born March 1, 1745, and died Aug. 6, 1813.  His wife Catherine died Jan. 3, 1809.  They were married Jan 30, 1769.

     Philip Dieffenbacher, son of Conrad, above died March 25, 1840, aged sixty-two years, one month, twenty-two days.  His wife Rosanna, born Oct. 13, 1782 died Sept. 16, 1869.

     Conrad Dieffenbacher, son of Philip, became quite prominent in Derry township where he served as school director and supervisor.  His death occurred Oct. 11, 1884, at the age of seventy-eight years, seven months ten days.  His wife, Catherine, died march 19, 1866, aged fifty-three years, eight months, eleven days.

     Benjamin S. Dieffenbacher attended the country schools of his neighborhood until her was twelve years old, when he was obliged to become self-supporting, which he did.  After working on different farms in Lycoming country for two years he went to Milton, Pa., and began learning the wagonmaker’s trade. Which he followed for ten years.  In 1860 he came to Washingtonville and worked at his trade for a decade, when moved to a farm in Derry township, conducting it for fifteen years.  Returning to Washingtonville, he bought twenty-five acres two miles from the town.  Later he went to Union county anf farmed for three years, and then returning again to Washingtonville, has continued a resident of that place, where he is now living retired, having rented his farm.  Mr. Dieffenbacher has been quite prominent, as he has been constable for three years, supervisor seven years, and school director many years, now holding that office for the borough.  He has always been interested in educational matters, and he served as member of the city council for fifteen years.  In his political proclivities he is a Democrat.

     Mr. Dieffenbacher married Margaret Elizabeth Berger, a native of Montour county, born April 18, 1839, died Feb. 13, 1900, dauaghter of Jonathan and Anna Marie Berger; the father died April 3, 1882 and the mother May 19, 1879.  Mr. and Mrs. Dieffenbacher had the following family: William C., who is a farmer of Derry township, married Anna Russell; Daniel Norman is superintendent of city schools of Danville, Pa.; Clara Aletta married Samuel Moser, a farmer of Derry township; Cora Ella married F. H. Lundy, of Williamsport, Pa., ticket agent for the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, at that point; Anna Margaret married J. R. Cotner, a photographer of Williams port; Laura Jane married Daniel H. Farley, a mail carrier of Williamsport; David Arthur, who is a ticket agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Muncy, Pa., married Sarah Hileman; Carrie Olive is clerk in a general store at Williamsport; Erma Viola married Claud Diehl, a telegrapher for the B. R. & R. Railroad Company at Orchard Park, N. Y.

     Mr. Dieffenbacher belongs to the Reformed Church of which he was deacon and elder for tenty years.

Sourse: COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES pages 1116 and 1117.

 

More About BENJAMIN SERVATUS DIEFFENBACHER:

Burial: Strawberry Ridge

Census 1: 1850, Derry, Montour, PA

Census 2: 1880, Derry Twp., Montour Co., PA

Census 3: 1920, Loyalsock, Lycoming Co., PA

Occupation 1: Farmer, Wagonmaker

Occupation 2: Constable, & School director

Occupation 3: Member of City Council

Politics: Republican

 

More About MARGARET ELIZABETH BERGER:

Burial: Strawberry Ridge

Cemetery: 1880, Derry Twp. Montour Co., PA

     

Children of BENJAMIN DIEFFENBACHER and MARGARET BERGER are:

i.WILLIAM C. DIEFFENBACHER, born December 7, 1858, died January, 1917; married ANNA RUSSELL about 1884.  She was born ca 1861 and died June 24, 1944.

 

More About WILLIAM C. DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1910 Anthony, Montour Co., PA

 

Child of WILLIAM C. and ANNA DIEFFENBACHER:

       SIDNEY WARREN DIEFFENBACH born ca 1884.

 

176.           ii.    DANIEL NORMAN DIEFFENBACHER, born January 28, 1863, Washingtonville, Montour Co., PA.

                    

                 iii.    CLARA ALETTA DIEFFENBACHER, born May 30, 1867, Pennsylvania, died December 19, 1938; married SAMUEL MOSER about 1886. He was born in February 1859.

 

More About CLARA ALETTA DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1880, Derry Twp. Montour Co., PA

                         Census 2: 1900, Derry Twp., Montour Co., PA

                    

                         Children of CLARA and SAMUEL MOSER:

                         LEROY ALFRED MOSER, born August 10, 1888,  Pennsylvania

                         SERVATUS HENRY MOSER, born April 17, 1896, Pennsylvania; married HAZEL E. ? about 1917. She was born ca 1893.

                    

                 iv.    CORA ELLA DIEFFENBACHER, born July, 1870, Pennsylvania; married FRANK H. LUNDY; born July, 1970, Missouri.

 

More About CORA ELLA DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1880, Derry Twp. Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1900, South Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA

Census 3: 1920, Loyalsock, Lycoming Co., PA

Census 4: 1930, Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA

 

More About FRANK H. LUNDY:

Census: 1920, Loyalsock, Lycoming Co., PA

Occupation: Ticket Agent for Philadelphia & Reading RR

 

v.   ANNA MARGARET DIEFFENBACHER, born June,1873,  Pennsylvania; married JAMES R. COTNER, born September, 1870 in Pennsylvania.

Child of ANNA DIEFFENBACHER and JAMES R. COTNER:

                   MIRIAM COTNER, born November, 1897

 

More About ANNA MARGARET DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1880, Derry Twp. Montour Co., PA

Census 2:  1900, Limestone, Montour Co., PA

 

More About JAMES R. COTNER:

Occupation: Photographer in Williamsport, PA

 

                 vi.    HATTIE G. DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1876, Pennsylvania.

 

More About HATTIE G. DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1880, Derry Twp. Montour Co., PA

 

                vii.    LAURA JANE DIEFFENBACHER, born August 1878, Pennsylvania; married DANIEL HARTMAN FARLEY about 1904; he was born September 30, 1876 and died January 4, 1964.

 

More About LAURA JANE DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1880, Derry Twp. Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1900, South Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA

Census 3: 1920, Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA

Census 4: 1930   Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA

 

More About DANIEL H. FARLEY:

Occupation: Mail carrier of Williamsport, PA

 

                         Child of LAURA DIEFFENBACHER and DANIEL FARLEY:

                         PAUL RUNKLE FARLEY, born December 12, 1905 in Pennsylvania,

 

ix.DAVID ARTHUR DIEFFENBACHER, born April, 1881, Pennsylvania; married SARAH CATHERINE HEILMAN about 1903. She was born March 4, 1882 in Pennsylvania

 

More About DAVID ARTHUR DIEFFENBACHER:

Occupation: Ticket Agent for Pennsylvania RR

Census 1: 1900, Washingtonville, Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1910, Clinton Twp., Lycoming Co., PA

Census 3: 1920, Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., PA

Census 4: 1930, Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., PA      

 

                         Children of DAVID ARTHUR DIEFFENBACHER and SARAH HEILMAN:

a.      VONDA B. DIEFFENBACHER, born May 11, 1904 in PA

b.      CLAIRE  H. DIEFFENBACHER, born ca  1908 in PA

c.       MILDRED L. DIEFFENBACHER, born July 2, 1902 in PA

d.      ROBERT B. DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1917 in PA

e.      JANET R. DIEFFENBACHER, born ca 1920 in PA

 

                    

 

                 ix.    CARRIE OLIVE DIEFFENBACHER, born December, 1884 in Pennsylvania.

                  x.    ERMA VIOLA DIEFFENBACHER, born May 5, 1888 in Pennsylvania; died May, 1977 in Lockport, NY; married CLAUDE ALVIN DIEHL about 1912. He was born August 1, 1884 in Pennsylvania.

 

More About ERMA VIOLA DIEFFENBACHER:

Census 1: 1900, Derry, Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1920, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY

Census 3: 1930, Lockport, Niagara, NY

 

More About CLAUDE A. DIEHL:

Occupation: Telegrapher for  RR, Orchard Park, NY

 

 

81.  CHARLES OLIVER DIEFFENBACHER was born 1850 in Pennsylvania, and died 1931.  He married MARGARET ANN BROWN February 15, 1877 in Strawberry Ridge Church, PA, daughter of WILLIAM BROWN and MARGARET GEPHART.  She was born 1853 in Pennsylvania, and died 1898.

 

More About CHARLES OLIVER DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1880, Derry, Montour, PA

     

Children of CHARLES DIEFFENBACHER and MARGARET BROWN are:

                   i.    WARREN CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER, born February 14, 1878.

 

More About WARREN CONRAD DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1880, Derry, Montour, PA

 

                  ii.    PAUL WILLIAM DIEFFENBACHER, born November 12, 1879.

 

More About PAUL WILLIAM DIEFFENBACHER:

Census: 1880, Derry, Montour, PA

 

177.          iii.    CLYDE CHARLES DIEFFENBACHER, born December 05, 1889.

                 iv.    MARY ELLEN DIEFFENBACHER, born June 08, 1891; died January 05, 1934.

 

 

82.  MARY ELLEN DIEFFENBACHER was born November 17, 1853, and died June 02, 1941.  She married WILLIAM HENRY BROWN III February 15, 1877, son of WILLIAM BROWN and MARGARET GEPHART.  He was born March 19, 1851, and died December 18, 1896.

 

More About WILLIAM HENRY BROWN III:

Source: Clayton Wayne Brown

     

Children of MARY DIEFFENBACHER and WILLIAM BROWN are:

                   i.    FRANKLIN BROWN, born ca 1876.

                  ii.    CLAUD BROWN, born ca 1877.

                 iii.    JENNIE BROWN, born 1878.

                 iv.    CARRIE BROWN, born 1880; married ROY MILLER; born ca 1877.

                  v.    CLARENCE BROWN, born 1881.

                 vi.    ADAM ZWINGLI BROWN, born July 31, 1893; died June 26, 1961; married MARIETTA HOBSON; born ca 1888.

178.         vii.    HAROLD BROWN, born February 06, 1893; died February 19, 1957.

179.        viii.    CALVIN ATWOOD BROWN, born May 07, 1896; died February 12, 1979, Harper, KS.

 

 

83.  MARY ANN LANTZ was born ca 1826 in PA, and died in San Joanquin Co., CA.  She married JOHN S. WARD ca 1850.  He died August 1898.

     

Children of MARY LANTZ and JOHN WARD are:

                   i.    WILLIAM WARD.

                  ii.    IDA WARD.

                 iii.    MARY WARD.

                 iv.    LOUIS WARD.

                  v.    DAVID WARD.

                 vi.    DANIEL WARD.

                vii.    JOHN WARD.

               viii.    ALEXANDER BAXTER WARD.

                 ix.    AMOS WARD, born ca 1852.

                  x.    LAURA WARD.

 

 

84.  PHILIP LANTZ was born 1829.  He married ELLAN ?.  She was born ca 1835.

     

Children of PHILIP LANTZ and ELLAN ? are:

                   i.    ESIDOR LANTZ, born ca 1858.

                  ii.    THEODORE LANTZ, born ca 1859.

                 iii.    LILLIE LANTZ, born ca 1868.

                 iv.    CHARLES LANTZ, born ca 1870.

                  v.    JOHN LANTZ, born ca 1873.

 

 

85.  SIMON LANTZ was born May 23, 1830, and died February 16, 1901 in Hessville, Sandusky Co., Ohio.  He married MARY ANN WAGGONER November 07, 1852 in Sandusky Co., Ohio.  She was born September 14, 1830 in Ohio.

     

Children of SIMON LANTZ and MARY WAGGONER are:

180.            i.    SARAH ELLEN LANTZ, born June 10, 1853; died November 1911, St. Louis, Missouri.

                  ii.    JOHN J. LANTZ, born July 14, 1855; died April 13, 1856.

181.          iii.    FINNA ELIZABETH LANTZ, born July 11, 1857; died October 22, 1937.

182.          iv.    MARY E. LANTZ, born December 25, 1858; died November 22, 1922, Glendale, CA.

183.           v.    LOUISA M. LANTZ, born September 07, 1860.

                 vi.    WILLIAM LANTZ, born September 25, 1862.

184.         vii.    SIMON EDWIN LANTZ, born December 06, 1863; died 1950.

               viii.    DAVID V. LANTZ, born July 06, 1865.

185.          ix.    NANCY ALMEDA LANTZ, born April 01, 1869; died 1954.

                  x.    CHARLES A. LANTZ, born July 08, 1870.

186.          xi.    MOSES F. LANTZ, born November 15, 1871; died April 15, 1909, Robinson, IL.

 

 

86.  ROSANNA LANTZ  was born October 05, 1835.  She married ISAAC WARD.  He was born March 07, 1827, and died March 27, 1903.

     

Children of ROSANNA LANTZ and ISAAC WARD are:

                   i.    HIRAM R. WARD, born 1852; died 1924.

                  ii.    ISAAC E. WARD, born 1853; died 1941.

                 iii.    LEMUEL WARD, born 1855; died 1927.

                 iv.    JULIA WARD, born 1857; died 1904.

                  v.    EMMA A. WARD, born 1860; died 1954.

                 vi.    JOHN IRWIN WARD, born 1862.

                vii.    LEWIS A. WARD, born 1864.

               viii.    ELLEN E. WARD, born 1866; died 1934.

                 ix.    CELESTA E. WARD, born 1868; died 1930.

                  x.    ANNA B. WARD, born 1870; died 1873.

                 xi.    WILLIAM LEROY WARD, born 1871; died 1873.

                xii.    SARAH MAYILLA WARD, born 1872; died 1936.

               xiii.    LAURA LUCINDA WARD, born September 24, 1874; died June 26, 1933; married CHARLES E. ZEPERNICK.

               xiv.    ONELIA WARD, born 1879.

 

 

87.  EMANUEL M. LANTZ was born September 01, 1849 in Hessville, Sandusky, Ohio, and died October 13, 1930 in Helena, Sandusky, Ohio.  He married REBECCA A. MOSES September 01, 1872.  She was born 1844 in Ohio, and died January 22, 1933.

 

More About EMANUEL M. LANTZ:

Burial: Metzker Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio

     

Child of EMANUEL LANTZ and REBECCA MOSES is:

                   i.    L. Z. LANTZ, b. August 26, 1872.

 

 

88.  WILLIAM B. STAMM was born December 1830 in Berks Co., PA, and died December 31, 1898.  He married MARY CATHERINE BERGER.  She was born ca 1834 in Pennsylvania, and died September 18, 1882 in Lewis Twp., Northumberland Co., PA.

 

More About WILLIAM B. STAMM:

Burial: Paradise Church Cemetery, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 1: 1850, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1870, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 3: 1880, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

More About MARY CATHERINE BERGER:

Burial: Paradise Church Cemetery, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 1: 1870, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1880, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

     

Children of WILLIAM STAMM and MARY BERGER are:

                   i.    JACOB STAMM, born ca 1864, Pennsylvania.

 

More About JACOB STAMM:

Census 1: 1870, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1880, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

                  ii.    MARY A. STAMM, born ca 1865, Pennsylvania.

 

More About MARY A. STAMM:

Census 1: 1870, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1880, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

 

89.  EDMUND J. STAMM was born December 15, 1839 in Lewis Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, and died February 07, 1909.  He married AMELIA M. BERGER 1866, daughter of JACOB BERGER.  She was born October 11, 1844 in Montour Co., Pennsylvania, and died October 19, 1928.

 

More About EDMUND J. STAMM:

Census 1: 1850, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1870, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 3: 1880, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 4: 1900, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Occupation 1: 1870, School Teacher

Occupation 2: 1880, Farmer

 

More About AMELIA M. BERGER:

Census 1: 1880, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1900, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

     

Children of EDMUND STAMM and AMELIA BERGER are:

                   i.    ELIZABETH M. E. STAMM, born ca 1868, Pennsylvania.

 

More About ELIZABETH M. E. STAMM:

Census 1: 1880, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1870, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

                  ii.    HARLEY W. STAMM, born November 1875, Pennsylvania.

 

More About HARLEY W. STAMM:

Census: 1880, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

                 iii.    GRACE C. STAMM, born Abt. 1876, Pennsylvania.

 

More About GRACE C. STAMM:

Census: Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

                 iv.    RALPH STAMM, b. October 1885.

                  v.    LLOYD W. STAMM, born 1881; died 1958; married MINNIE ?.

 

 

90.  DANIEL D. was born April 1841 in Lewis Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, and died 1901.  He married SUSANNA RENGLER.  She was born Abt. 1849 in Pennsylvania, and died June 25, 1890.

 

More About DANIEL D. STAMM:

Census 1: 1850, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1860, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 3: 1870, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 4: 1900, West Chillisquaque, Northumberland, PA

 

More About SUSANNA RENGLER:

Census: 1880, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

     

Children of DANIEL STAMM and SUSANNA RENGLER are:

                   i.    CLARENCE STAMM, born 1870.

                  ii.    JOHN E. STAMM, born ca 1872.

                 iii.    SPENCER W. STAMM, born ca 1876.

                 iv.    ROBERT C. STAMM, born ca 1879.

 

 

91.  FRANKLIN H. STAMM was born March 23, 1843 in Delaware, Northumberland Co., PA, and died July 31, 1911 in Northumberland Co., PA.  He married ANNIE M. SNYDER Abt. 1873.  She was born May 12, 1846 in Pennsylvania, and died February 11, 1918.

 

More About FRANKLIN H. STAMM:

Burial: Paradise Church Cemetery, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 1: 1850, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1870, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 3: 1900, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

     

Children of FRANKLIN STAMM and ANNIE SNYDER are:

                   i.    MARYANN  STAMM, born ca 1865, Pennsylvania; died August 11, 1876, Pennsylvania.

 

More About MARYANN STAMM:

Burial: Paradise Church Cemetery, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

                  ii.    CARRIE STAMM, b. September 1874, Pennsylvania; married WILLIAM WALTERS, ca. 1899; born March 1879.

 

More About CARRIE STAMM:

Census: 1900, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

                 iii.    JACOB STAMM, born April 1877, Pennsylvania; died August 22, 1877, Pennsylvania.

 

More About JACOB STAMM:

Burial: Paradise Church Cemetery, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

                 iv.    SARAH J STAMM, born April 1877, Pennsylvania; died October 01, 1877, Pennsylvania.

 

More About SARAH J STAMM:

Burial: Paradise Church Cemetery, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

                  v.    GROVER STAMM, born August 1885, Pennsylvania.

 

More About GROVER STAMM:

Census: 1900, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

 

92.  LEVI FREDERICK was born January 06, 1845 in Delaware Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, and died March 19, 1919.  He married SARAH ANN SCHAEFFER October 27, 1868.  She was born June 22, 1848 in Pennsylvania.

 

More About LEVI FREDERICK STAMM:

Census 1: 1850, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1860, Turbot, Northumberland, PA<.span>

Census 3: 1870, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 4: 1900, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Occupation: 1870, Farmer

 

More About SARAH ANN SCHAEFFER:

Census 1: 1870, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1900, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 3: 1920, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

     

Children of LEVI STAMM and SARAH SCHAEFFER are:

187.            i.    CORA A. STAMM, born November 16, 1869, Pennsylvania; died August 29, 1960, Pennsylvania.

                  ii.    ORAN STAMM, born January 14, 1877.

 

More About ORAN STAMM:

Census: 1900, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

188.          iii.    IDA ELIZABETH STAMM, born ca 1871, Turbot, Northumberland, PA; died December 31, 1950, Northumberland Co., PA.

 

 

93.  HENRY F. STAMM was born April 1846 in Delaware, Northumberland Co., PA.  He married MAGGIE ANN ? Abt. 1868.  She was born June 1849 in Pennsylvania.

 

More About HENRY F. STAMM:

Census 1: 1850, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1860, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 3: 1900, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

More About MAGGIE ANN ?:

Census: 1900, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

     

Child of HENRY STAMM and MAGGIE ? is:

                   i.    HARVEY STAMM, born December 1878; married DAVO ?, ca 1900; born June 1861.

 

More About HARVEY STAMM:

Census: 1900, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

 

 

94.  PHILIP LEANDER STAMM was born November 12, 1848 in Delaware, Northumberland Co., PA, and died August 13, 1905 in Pennsylvania.  He married SUSANNA M. BELLMAN Abt. 1869.  She was born March 24, 1850 in Pennsylvania, and died August 09, 1912 in Pennsylvania.

 

More About PHILIP LEANDER STAMM:

Burial: Paradise Church Cemetery, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 1: 1870, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Census 2: 1900, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

Occupation: 1870, Farmer

 

More About SUSANNA M. BELLMAN:

Burial: Paradise Church Cemetery, Turbot, Northumberland, PA

     

Children of PHILIP STAMM and SUSANNA BELLMAN are:

189.            i.    MARY EDITH STAMM, born October 1869, Pennsylvania.

                  ii.    CURTIS STAMM, born June 1879.

 

 

95.  LYDIA A. was born February 03, 1841.  She married JOHN SEIDEL September 25, 1863.  He was born January 15, 1840 in Derry Twp..

     

Child of LYDIA TANNER and JOHN SEIDEL is:

                   i.    GEORGE FRANKLIN SEIDEL, (ADOPTED), born March 08, 1873.

 

 

96.  ROSANNA CATHERINE TANNER was born July 18, 1844, and died November 10, 1924.  She married ABRAHAM DANIEL ST. CLAIR December 21, 1865, son of HARTMAN ST. CLAIR and HANNAH BRIGHT.  He was born March 09, 1839, and died April 09, 1896.

     

Children of ROSANNA TANNER and ABRAHAM ST. CLAIR are:

                   i.    LAUREL ISABEL ST. CLAIR, born 1866; married (1) EDWIN DIETRICK; married (2) WILLIAM S. BOGART.

                  ii.    SUSAN C. ST. CLAIR, born 1868; married ENOCH WILLIAMS.

                 iii.    LYDIA R. ST. CLAIR, born 1869; married BRUCE KELLY.

                 iv.    JOHN WESLEY ST. CLAIR, born 1871; married (1) MARY C. MENGES; married (2) BLANCHE I. PLOTTS.

                  v.    ABRAHAM DANIEL ST. CLAIR, born 1873; married MARGARET UMSTEAD.

                 vi.    WILLIAM TERNER ST. CLAIR, born 1875; married (1) ELIZABETH SPRINGER; married (2) BERTHA UMSTEAD.

                vii.    EMMA ROSANNA ST. CLAIR, born 1884; married GEORGE ROAT.

 

More About EMMA ROSANNA ST. CLAIR:

Divorced: George Roat

 

 

97.  WELLINGTON STAMM  was born February 1861, and died between 1900 - 1906.  He married IDA MAE SEES Abt. 1884.  She was born May 1866 in Pennsylvania.

 

More About WELLINGTON STAMM:

Census 1: 1880, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

Census 2: 1870, Anthony, Montour Co., PA

     

Children of WELLINGTON STAMM and IDA SEES are:

190.            i.    CLARENCE STAMM, born October 26, 1885; died October 1977, Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., PA.

191.           ii.    BESSIE STAMM, born November 26, 1886; died December 1978, Bloomsburg, PA.

192.          iii.    CARRIE STAMM, born April 27, 1888, Washingtonville, Montour Co., PA; died September 15, 1959, Keyport, NJ.

                 iv.    HATTIE B. STAMM, born March 1891.

                  v.    BLANCHE O. STAMM, born May 1894.

                 vi.    JOHN D. STAMM, born April 1896.

                vii.    GEORGE STAMM, born October 11, 1897, Pennsylvania.