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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
FIELD LIBRAR 371808
AS CH, LENCX AND TILC- V FFIM DAT ONS. R
19 6 J
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.
vii
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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