History of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, Vol. II, Part 1

Author: Boucher, John Newton, 1854-1933; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 860


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HISTORY


OF


WESTMORELAND COUNTY


PENNSYLVANIA


GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS


COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF JOHN W. JORDAN, LL.D., OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA


ILLUSTRATED


VOL. II.


NEW YORK


CHICAGO


THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1906


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PREFACE


As a proper accompaniment to such a narrative history as is contained in the first volume of this work, is the department of Genealogical and Per- sonal History, prepared under the editorial supervision of John W. Jordan, LL. D., of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Its purpose has been to present many of the most important family records of Westmoreland county. History, proper, of necessity, is a narrative of what has been accomplished by people in the mass, and can take little note of individuals. Here begins the mission of the genealogist and investigator of the personal lives of those who have borne the heat and burden of the day, in tracing whence and from whom they came, in portraying their deeds and the spirit with which they were actuated, and holding up their effort as an example to those who come after- ward. The story of such achievements is a sacred trust committed to the people of the present, upon whom devolves the perpetuation of the record. The custodian of records concerning the useful men of preceding generations, and of their descendants who have lived lives of honor and usefulness, who places his knowledge in preservable and accessible form, performs a public service in rendering honor to whom honor is due, inculcating the most valua- ble lessons of patriotism and good citizenship. This fact finds recognition in the warm welcome given in recent years to Genealogical and Family His- tories. Such are in constant and general demand, and are sought for in the great libraries, by book, magazine and newspaper writers and lecturers, from foreign lands, as well as from all portions of our own country. Such a work as this now in hand will possess an especial value for those who, out of a laudable pride, seek to trace their descent from those who battled for the making of the United States, and who may thus establish their eligibility to membership in various patriotic orders.


With reference to the genealogical and biographical matter contained in these pages, it is to be said that in its preparation the publishers have observed the utmost care. With such a mass of material, as a matter of neces- sity, the work must needs be committed to various writers. If, in some cases, the sketch should be incomplete or faulty, the shortcoming is ascribable to the paucity of data furnished, many families being without exact records in their family line. In all cases the sketches have been submitted to the subject or to his representative, for correction and revision.


It is believed that the present work will prove a real addition to the mass of literature concerning the people of the historic region under consideration, and that, without it, much valuable information therein contained would be irretrievably lost, owing to the passing away of many custodians of family records and the disappearance of such matter.


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INDEX


PAGE


PAGE


Abbaticchio, Archangelo


272


Bell, Samuel


. 535


Ackerman, Henry S.


72


Beltz, Joseph


Adair, William F.


503


.


Bender Family


486


Albert, David E


277


Bender, Joseph 187


Albright. Smith M. 150


Bender, Samuel 487


Alcorn Family 539


Bennett, John W .. 641


Alcorn, George . 540


Best. Robert C ... .


589


Alcorn, George E. 540


Birchfield, Samuel E. 287


Alcorn. Robert N 540


Black, F. A. 585


Allwine, Samuel 447


Black, John R. . I49


Alter. Frank R. 489


Blair, Charles L. 596


Amann, Peter 254


Blair, William B. 580


Ambrose, Jacob T. 469


Blank, John A. 645


Ament. William S. 421


Blank, John J. 496


Anderson, Alonzo L. 523


Blower. Daniel R. 499


Anderson, George C 269


494


Bolton, Charles H


273


Anderson, John R.


636


Boltz, Jacoh A.


3.38


Andrews, David G.


332


Borland, Harry C.


550


Armbrust, John L. 420


Borlin, James


394


Armitage, John L.


429


Borlin. James


394


Armitage, William


564 .


Boucher, Charles W.


178


Armstrong, Robert A 526


Boucher Family


7


Arter, Daniel A.


30


Aspey, L. S. 469


Atkinson, David S.


76


Bailey. Georg. W 619


Bair, David 576


Bair, Edward H.


89


Bamforth, Henry 613


Barkell, W. J .. 201


Barkley, Emanuel 519


Breniser, Harry R 79


Barkley. John W. 307


Barnes, Edward . 256


Brown, W. H 197


427


Bashiom, Alexander 610


524


Baughman, Wilson 365


Baxter. Elmer J 184


Bryce. J. M.


125


Baxter, Harry H


497


Bullers, Joseph


182


Beale, John C 192


Bumer, Frank


25.3


Burk, George


546


Beamer, Michael 403


Beamer, William J 403


Beaner. George W 592


Bearer. Harry J. 2.12


Beatty, Albert MI


IQ2


Beatty, John F 526 504


Beatty. John. Jr ..


Becker, John G.


639


Behm, Henry 479


Bell, Albert H. 29


Byerly, Charles W 87


Byers, Noah


177


Ca dwell. John D 438


Campbell, John G.


560


Carnahan, Charles B


..


540


Bovard, John R. 324


Bovard, Robert O 595


Bowman, Adam K


Bowman, William C.


528


Boyd, Jamies K.


2.36


Bradley, John


622


Brant, Cyrus C.


315


Brant, John A. 4.36


Breniser Family 78


Barkley, Harvey F 478


Brinker, Frank D. 579


Brinton, George M. 531


Barnhart, Lowry A. 616


Barr, John S. 527


Brunot Family


1,35


Brunot, John B 136


Bryce, A. H .. 125


Bryce Brothers Company. 125


Beacom. James S. 1 30


Bumbaugh, W. S.


233


Beamer Family 402


Beamer, Henry G 555


Burns, Daniel


391


Bussard, W. H. 193


Butler, Daniel T 180


Buttermore. Smith


214


Bruner, R. Dennis W.


Baughman, Jeremiah


Boucher, John N IO


Boale, John A. 4.30


Anderson, John E


si


INDEX.


PAGE


Carns, William M. 177


Eicher, John F.


Carpenter, James M.


217


Eicher, Lewis R. 172


Carroll, James 105


Eiseman, Cameron H. 175


Eiseman, William H. 565


Elkin, William 218


Caven, A. H .. 196


Chichester, Frederick W. 36


Clifford, Abram B


246


Clifford, Edward 216


Clifford, Edward M 216


Clifford Family


245


Euwer, William


210


Feather, Walter H. 627


Cochran, Robert H 504


Cochrane, James


578


Coldsmith, Charles F


143


Findley, Andrew B. 354


Findley, Lloyd S. 13


Fleming, Alexander 215


192


Cooper, Kenneth


640


Cort, Nevin A.


174


Corwin, Myron


310


Coshey, Harry D.


106


Cowan, Walter H.


297


France, Claud D. 603


Francis, Evan J 557


Frank Family 305


Frank, John H. 306


639


Crawford, John W


329


Creighton, John H.


266


Cribbs. James C.


404


Freeman, John


175


Fretts, Abraham


640


Crowell, Charles C.


440


Crumley, Robert


367


Curtis, Francis M 182


Daily Independent 234


Dalbey, Frank R 588


Darr, Adam T. 223


Davies, R. W. 397


Davis, Henry E


527


Davis, John D


517


Davis, Philip H.


291


Davis, William N. 100


Dawson, Garrett W. 5.36


DeHaven, Dennis E.


352


Denman, David M.


IIO


Denman, Everet N


IIO


Dewalt, Jacob 347


Dice, Samuel S. 322


Diirstein, Edward L. 350


Dillinger. Samuel II7


Diskin, Thomas J


157


Gilligan, John


295


Dom, William T., Jr


92


Donaldson, William.


55


Dorn, George


Dorn, Louis 12


Dougherty. Joseph T 558


Douglass, James E. 259


Duff, Leonard J I09


Dugan, Wilmer G.


397


Dullinger, Frank S. '51


Dunn. James T 42


Ehalt, Charles F


54


Gosser, Adam


546


Eicher. Alexander 77 Graham, Israel M 312


>


451


Gaither, Paul H.


31


Gallagher, James H.


IO


Gallagher, Thomas I


Gardner, James


538


Garwood, Emor M


105


Gay, Freeman C.


75


Geyer, Andrew J


153


Geyer, John C.


353


Gilbert Family


47 1


Gilbert, Levi T ..


200


Gilland, James E.


65


Girt, Silas M. 598


Glassburn, Samuel G.


552


Glinz, August


391


Goehring, Christian 2,32


Goehring, Frederick 232


Gongaware, Lewis W. 524


Good, Frank 60


Good, George W. 59


Goodenow, Purley M. 560


Goodlin, John


81


185


Euwer, R. A. 186


Clifford, Joseplı 246


Felgar, George B. McC. 612


Ferguson, William 167


Cole, Price J. 389


Connor, Charles 593


Connor, Peter M


595


Flemm, Charles M


Flyte, Guy B. . 407


Fogg, Charles 19


Foight Family 85


Foight, John G. 87


Cox, George W


199


Craig, Andrew 545


Craig Family 408


Franklin, Herbert E


Frantz, William


235


Freeble, James


253


Crise, Blair F 343


Frost, James


319


Fry, Charles S. 280


227


Fullerton, Byram M.


500


Fullerton, Nathan N.


508


Funk, Cyrus M 98


Funk Family 45.3


Funk, William G.


PAGE


Carroll, James C. 607


Carson, Albert J. 635


Ellis, Robert 195


Erickson, William D. 570


Euwer, A. N 187


Euwer Family


Crawford, George W. 517


Frye, Edward M.


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INDEX.


PAGE


Graham, R. F. 4.41


Greenawalt, Jacob W. 239


Greenawalt, Rebecca 239


Greer, Clarence 2.12


Gregg, Curtis H. 1.28


Gribbin, James 152


Griffith, David 340


Griffith, George R. 357


Groft, William A. 547


Guffey, John C. 5.30


Guy, Henry M 116


Guy, John 115


Haines, Tobias 616


Halliman, Michael E. 229


Hamilton, Samuel W. 412


Hamor, George D. 179


Hargnett, John 121


Hargrave, Frank B. 271


Harkins, James 335


Harkness, George W. 434


Harman, John A. 450


Harrold Family 581


606


Harrold, Samuel L 582


Hurst, William P 163


Harshey, John F. 425


Harvey, David F. 309


Hawk, George W. 623


Hawthorne, Andrew 248


Hayden, John R.


57


Haymaker. John C.


590


Head Family


375


Head, John B.


376


Head, Joseph C.


377


Head, William S.


376


Heasley, John G.


554


Heckmann, Oswald 465


Johnston, W. W.


47


Jones, Daniel W


281


Jones, Edwin


251


Jones, Samuel 230


238


Jones, William B., Sr.


275


Jordan, Henry J. 1.45


Jordan, Johnston B. 389


Kahl, John 568


Kalp. J. Lloyd 140


Kaufman, Albert S. 190


K.aggy, Henry L 104


Keating. James 563


Keck, Frederick L. 174


Keck, Johann M. 463


Keck, Leonard 63


Keefe, Thomas


574


Keenan, Edward W


262


Keller, Eugene


339


Hodgson, Robert


5.37


Hoffman, Charles M.


208


Holtzer, Charles L


205


Hoofring, Erick L. 519


Hopkinson, James W. . 292


Horne. George R. 599


Horner, Myers W 1.44


Horton, Joseph C. 390


Houseman, Frank 400


Houseman, Marietta 20


Houser, John J. 137


Howard, John L. 236


455


Howell, George W. 118


Hoyman, Michael D 501


Hudson, David P IOI


Hudson, William 621


Hudson, William M.


11


Husy, George W


417


Huff, George F.


1


Huff, Lloyd B. . 67


Huffman, E. P.


55I


Hugg, Jules 563


238


Hugus, George R. 621


Hunger, George A. 412


Hunter, John A .. 560


Hunter. William D. 219


Huntley, Thomas A 574


Hurst Family 16


Hurst. Harry R. 163


Huston, John W .. 258


Hutchinson, Amos K. 55


Hutchison. Alexander F 615


Hutton, David S. 281


Jamison Family 37


Jamison, Robert S. 37


Jaquette, Charles H. 202


Jarrett, Henry D. 345


Johnson, George H. ctt


494


Heffelfinger, Parker F. 622


Heimberger, William 537


Henry, Francis 449


Henry, Harry T 637


Henry, James C.


123


Henry, 'Paul 633


Hensel, Albert C .. 274


Hensel, William A


109


Herbert, Robert W 435


Herrick, Herman


483


Herrmann, Philipp 277


Hershey, William 579


Hill, Charles M 618


Hine Family


539


Hine, Jacob M.


539


Hine, Thomas D). . 539


Hissem. Renben K. 351


Hitchman, James S.


187


Hitchman, William J


263


Keller, Joseph P 125


Kelly, Michael 475


Kelly, Michael J 476


Keltz, William B. 616


Kenly, Edward B. 60


Kennedy. James L. 68


Kennedy, John W.


Kenns1, Jonas M


207


Hughes, John W.


Harrold, Henry C.


Johnston, Samuel D


Jones, Samuel S.


Hoffman, Charles W


PAGE


Howard, William J


INDEX.


PAGE


PAGE


Kenney. Theodore 169


Lyon, Robert A. F.


12


Kepple, Michael


587


Kern, Daniel M. 357-


Kilgore, John P


415


King, John H.


55


Kissell, Edwin R.


1.39


Kline, Amos B.


52


Maloy, Patrick J


155


Kline, John J. 456


Markle, Cyrus 629


Klingensmith, Joseph F.


110


Marsh, Daniel


. 40I


Koffler. Valentine


398


Koontz, Lloyd


1.48


Kretz, Philip


50


Martz, George W


08


Krick, Henry J.


390


Mason, Clark S.


613


Kromer. Nicholas


197


Mathias, J. Michael


63-4


Kuhn Family 418


Mayers, William K. .


647


Kuhns, John B. 410


McAllister, Frank J


399


Kuhns, Ralph B.


221


McCaleb, John D. 127


Kunkle, Cyrus F.


McCann, Peter F 179


181


Kunkle, Elmer


6.49


McCarty, William


506


Kunkle, John E


648


McConaughy, Francis


338


Kunkle, J. L.


435


McConnell, Alexander D.


I3


Kyle, Edmund M.


318


McConnell, Harriet S.


455


Laird, Francis V. 462


Laird, James MI.


457


Laird, Thomas


491


Lambing, M. A. 218


McCurdy, Joseph A.


6


Landymore, James W. .


638


McDonald, Charles R.


556


Lange, Henry


206


McFarland, John


.361


Larimer, John R.


510


McFadyen, John W.


6.40


Latimore, William J


267


MeGeary, Martin N. 66


Latta, John


18


McIntire, Samuel P. 477


Lauffer, Edward C.


507


McKean, Hugh C. 642 -


Laughlin, William J


386


McKean, Robert J. 325


Lehman. Samuel B.


182


McKelvey, Samuel M. 176


515


Lemmon, Dayton O. 332


McMaster, Joseph W


206


Lemmon, James Q 285


McMullen, Joseph H.


452


Leslie, Alexander 183


McMurray, Humphrey L


359


Levenstein, B. E. 611


McNaughton, William


1.4.3


Lewellyn, Fred M. 206


McNutt, Albert M.


523


Lightcap. John S.


30.4


McNutt, Robert W.


513


Lock, John W 600


MeQuilkin, Robert R.


62.1


Logan. James L 605


Mellon, Thomas


407


Long, Cyrus T


107


Long, J. K ..


99


Loop. Samuel C.


551


Miller Brothers 192


Miller, Clifford E.


IQ2


I.oncks, Abraham S.


4-45


Loucks, E. Ralph.


4.46


Loucks Family


443


Loucks, Martin S. 444


Loughrev, James E 36


Love, Joseph P. I 37


Love, Robert S. 405


Lowe, Lester L. I9.4


Lowry, Charles A. 321


Lowry, Samuel O. W. 16


Moorhead. James S.


18


Lyle. David M 126


Morgan, William I.


Morrison, Harry T. 532


.


Lytle, M. A ..


. 321


Macbeth, Clarence W. 216


Nabon, James I. 118


Maier, Lonis 290


Martin, Thomas C.


628


Martz Family


97


Kunkle, Daniel


12


MeCarty, David H


McConnell, John N. 79


McCreary, John


139


McCullogh, Welty


131


McCune, James


502


McIntyre, John H.


Lauffer. Jerry


549


Leighty, Mrs. J. H.


175


McNutt, David O.


283


Lindquist. Oscar 543


Menoher, John F


32,3


Menoher, Watson A 328


Loucks. Aaron


145


Miller, Elwood 326


Miller, Irwin C. 102


Mitinger, John F. 60


62


Mitinger, William


61


Momeyer, Charles E.


554


Moody, John W


Moore, John W 100


Moore, Morrison R


29.1


Mitinger, Joseph E.


155


Lyrch, Harry 573


McMahon, Cassius C.


INDEX.


xi


PAGE


PAGE


Welty, William T.


IOI


Wilson, John A.


. 544


Wengert, Albert G.


51I


Wineman, Gustavus A. 81


Wenrich, Henry E ... 582


Wineman, Jacob E 208


Wentling-Jack Family 428


Winsheimer, Lawrence 165


Wentling, John F.


129


Winsheimer, Thompson R. 166


Werkman, Edward


586


Wirsing, James J. 22


Wherry, Charles O


449


Whitehead, Peter


533


Whitesell Family 416


Whitesell, Harry .11


417


Whitesell, James


540


Whitesell, J. F.


417


Young, Almon R.


293


Willets, Ambrose 493


Young, Andrew


597


Williams, Daniel M.


620


Williams, Edward V


529


Zahniser, Frank R. 67


Zillmer, Frank W. 395


Zimmerman, Henry R. 408


Willson, Alexander 643


Zuck, Jacob R.


331


Wolf, Thomas F.


633


Woods. Alfred R. 180


Wright, G. F


228


Williams, Albert K. 618


Young, William F


324


Williams, Francis M1. 548


Wills. Charles T. tot


Wilson, Harry C. . 416


2001. Pool. J.


Witt, Daniel 501


HISTORY OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY


HON. GEORGE FRANKLIN HUFF, the present member of Con- gress from the twenty-first district of Pennsylvania, whose home is in Greens- burg, is the son of George Huff III, and was born July 16th, 1842, at Norris- town, Pennsylvania. The history of the Huff (originally von Hoof) family, is closely identified with that of Berks county as to its settlement in America. Their ancestry is traced in the following from the European List of Heraldry and Genealogy in the Vienna Library, as translated by Gottleib Hausser, of Altoona, Pennsylvania.


"ORIGIN OF THE GENEALOGY OF THE VON HOOF FAMILY.


its first historical notoriety, and further circulation from authentic sources."


The generation of von Hoof is originally traced to have resided in Bavaria, where it did in olden times belong to the Knighthood, free from duties to the Empire. It had its permanent estates near the City of Passau. It is roted in the Vienna tables of genealogy as a generation which was famous amongst the Bavarian Knighthood and nobility and the first ancestor was Baldwin von Hoof, who dwelled in his own castle, so called from the ancient Knights, and he lived in the castle and estate Hoof, situate near Passau. The emblem in his shield consisted of a cross-log, signifying that his ancestors were princes. At his helmet he wore an emblem resembling a flower pot, a lily reaching out from it, which denoted that he was of French extraction. This is the origin of the heraldic emblem of this generation, and the emblem yet existing can be traced to these tokens on shield and helmet. The maiden name of Baldwin's wife was Isabelle von Stolberg. Baldwin came to his death in the first crusade in the month of July, A. D., 1099, whilst taking part in the storm- ing of Jerusalem. He only left one son, whose name was Waldemar, who also took part in the crusade, but escaped with his life and safely arrived in Ger- many. After fighting for several years as a brave Knight in the Orient, he united himself in the bonds of matrimony with Julia von Helmhorst, and the Duke of Bavaria appointed him governor of the City of Augsburg. Waldemar died A. D. 1154, and left their sons, Julius, Ernst and Wolfgang von Hoof. Julius took possession of the family castle, but his generation died out and ceased to exist already in the fourteenth century. Wolfgang preferred the divine profession, and died as Bishop of Ortia in Italy.


Ernst was a warrior, and served for a long time in the army of the Ger- man Emperor, Fredericus Barbarossa, who, in consideration of his services, endowed him with an estate in the Valley of the Rems, Lower Suavia, and who also renewed the old title of nobility and emblematical heraldry, confirmed by letter and approved, as can be seen in the record of Heraldry in the City of Vienna, and this document, which has been issued in Mayence in the year 1172, is renewing the above title of privileges. Ernst flourished in Lower


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HISTORY OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY.


Suavia, and his posterity is found up to the year A. D. 1348, but in that year they fell victims of an epidemic disease which had come from Asia, and was like a pestilence, commonly called the 'black death,' and only one, Rudolph von Hoof. remained alive, but the original estate was already in other hands, and Count Eberhard der Greiner, of Wurtemberg, employed him as woodranger. He was stationed at Aichelberg, and his wife's maiden name was Mechtilde von Stadion. He died in Schorndorf at a very old age in 1394, and left four sons, but only one of them, Elias von Hoof, married, a Christine Junginger. He purchased an estate in the vicinity of Schorndorf, and lived there with his wife a very peaccable life. He did not regard his old title of nobility, and his descendants followed the culture of grapes and husbandry.


In the Peasant's War all the sons of Hoof's lost their lives in the battle at Roeblingen, except Elami, who was subsequently magistrate at Pleidel- sheim. He was married to Anna Maria Gessler of Besigheim, and died, well advanced in years, A. D. 1567. His two sons' names were Johann Anton and Jacob Friedrich von Hoof. Johann Anton's descendants removed to Graub- uenchten during the thirty years' War, and from that time no account could be had of them.


Jacob Frederick settled down in Besigheim as merchant and inn- keeper, and married Elizabeth Dieterich. He died in the year 1602. His son Justus von Hoof served in the Spanish Army for a long time and also took an active part in the campaigns in the Netherlands, Italy and Germany, and finally settled down in the City of Lauffen, on the Neckar, where he married Gertrude Loeffler. He died in the year 1652, and left three sons, whose names were Conrad. Wilhelm and George von Hoof. The descendants of these sons have spread over Wurtemberg and Baden and one of them, Wilhelm, owing to a great famine which was prevailing in Wurtemberg in 1771, moved away and emigrated, no doubt to America, but no certain accounts of the further fate of the family could be obtained.


J. John Frederick von Hoof, son of Paul von Hoof, was born in Berling, . Germany, July 8, 1734, and when a young man emigrated to America. On October 25, 1757. he was married to Susanna, a daughter of John and Mary Elizabeth' Keim. He was a farmer by occupation and a Lutheran in religion. Not regarding the family title he droped the von and since 1840 the name in America has been spelled "Huff." John Frederick Hoof died April 26, 1816, and was buried in the old graveyard on Rauch's farm on the road leading from Seisholtzville to Huff's Church, the latter being in Herford town- ship. Berks county. His wife, Susanna, died May 12, 1809, aged 69 years, and was buried in the same place. By their marriage the following children were born : Frederick, George, Henry. Susanna, with other sons and daughters. Susanna was married to Abraham Mensch, of Herford township.


II. George Huff, son of John Frederick, and the grandfather of the Hon- prable George F. Huff. of Greensburg, was born August 1, 1779, at Huff's Chirch. He was a farmer and a hotel keeper and of the Lutheran religious faitli as had been his father. He was married to Anna Mull, by whom the following named children were born: Lydia, married James Bartram : Hettie, married Charles McNulty: Maria, married David Sassman; and George George Huff II, was liberal in his donations to the Church, and gave the prem- ises upon which was built Huff's Church and also the land used for burial pur- poses. He died February 24th, 1845.


III. George Huff, IV, son of George Huff III, was born at Huff's Church in 1813. He was married to Caroline Boyer and they were the par-


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HISTORY OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY.


ents of George Franklin Huff. He was a merchant and first lived at Huff's Church, and in 1840 moved to Norristown, and from there to Middletown, in Dauphin County, and five years later removed to Altoona, Pennsylvania. He died in 1858.


The maternal genealogy of Hon. George F. Huff is as follows :


I. Michael George Kuhns (Kunzen-Koons) left Germany and arrived in Philadelphia on September 27, 1727, and purchased a tract of land adjoining that owned by Ludwig Englehart in Montgomery county. On April Ist, 1732, he was married to Eva Englehart. The last will of Ludwig Englehart sets forth among other things, the following: "Also the seven children of my sister, Eva, wife of George M. Kuhns, namely, Frederick ; Mary, wife of John Stelles : Margaret, wife of Johannes Reimer : Susanna, wife of John Ludwig Reimer ; Catharine Kuntz, wife of Michael Kreps ; and Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Seaber (Zeiber)." George M. Kuhns died in Montgomery county August Ioth, 1759, and Eva, his wife, died at the same place June 27, 1772.


Il. Catharine Kuhns, daughter of George M. and Eva Kuhns (I) was born February 9. 1750, at "The Old Tavern," in Montgomery county. She was married to Michael Kreps and they were the parents of eight children. Michael Kreps was born January 23, 1744, and died April 20, 1791. After his death his widow married James Reichard ( Richard) and died January 6, 1814, and was buried at Swamp Church in Montgomery county. The chil- dren born to them were: Catharine, Henry, Eliza, John, Jacob, Sarah, Hannah and Philip.


III. Sarah Kreps, daughter of Michael and Catharine Kuhns-Kreps (II) was born February 28, 1784, at New Hanover Square, Montgomery county, in a house that was erected in 1754 and is still standing. On March 3. 1800, she was married to Henry Boyer, by whom she bore the following children : Michael Boyer, born July 10. 1801, and died December 21, 1886; Catharine, born January 23, 1803. married to John Rhoads and died in September, 1883 ; Elizabeth, born September 29, 1804, married first to John Gressmer, on whose death she was married to J. Weidner. She died November 23. 1850. Sarah, born February 3, 1807, married Jacob Allebach, and died October 13. 1859; Henry, born June 11, 1809, married Nettie Shilling, and died November 17. 1858: Jacob, born December 21, 1811, and married Lucy Ludwig, and died March 17, 1858: Hannah, born December 5, 1813, married Dr. Charles F. Sel- lers, and died March 20, 1882: Maria, born June 13, 1816, married Marshall B. Campbell, died October 12, 1862; Caroline, born September 5, 1817. married George Huff, III, and died February 3. 1876: Philip, born October 27, 1820; Angeline, born February 12, 1822, married Rev. Frederick W. Dechant, and died February 4. 1890.


IV. Caroline Bover, daughter of Henry and Sarah Kreps-Boyer, born September 5, 1817, was married to George Huff and became the mother of Hon. George F. Huff. At the date of her marriage her father was Steward of the County House of Berks county, at Shillington Post Office. Politically he was a Democrat. His father, Jacob Bover, was born in 1751 and resided in Perkiomenville, Montgomery county. He had eleven children, including Henry. Jacob Boyer died February 11. 1796.


Henry Boyer, born October 19, 1778, was married to Sarah Kreps, March 13, 1800, and died March 18. 1857. Ile was buried in Boyertown cemetery. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, representing Berks county in the years 1823, 1821. 1825. 1826. and again in 1831. He was the early founder of Boyertown, laid out lots there in 1835, and was instrumental in having it incorporated in 1851.


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HISTORY OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY.


Michael K. Boyer, brother of Caroline Boyer-Huff, was born in 1801 and was also a member of the Legislature from Berks county in 1836. He was Prothonotary of the same county in 1848, and was again in the Legislature from Jefferson county in 1855. He held a position in the Land Department in Washington, D. C., and died December 21, 1886.




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