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(111) Charles W., son of John (2) and Sarah ( Holtzapfel) Book. was born in Fayette township, Juniata county, Pennsylvania, December 13. 1835. Ile was reared a farmer and has followed that business al- most his entire life. Ile married, May 6, 1866, Martha A. Milliken, born October, 1842, daughter of John and Isabella ( Barkley) Milliken
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of Beal township; children : J. Holmes, born February 5, 1868, married Hulda R. Kiser, and is now a farmer of Turbett township; Charles C., of whom further ; Blanche, died aged nine years; Walter, born July 26, 1877. married Matilda Pitzman; children: Myra L., born October 13, 1901 ; Marian Jane, July 17, 1904; Charles W., June 27, 1907 ; Leona Blanche, April 19, 1909, died March 1, 1912; Catherine Pitzman, born February 27, 1912; Blanche, born 1881, married Jesse Boyer, a steel worker, residing in Steelton, Pennsylvania : George W., born February 22, 1885. now a farmer, residing in Walker township, married Agnes Rowe.
(IV) Charles Cleon, son of Charles W. and Martha A. ( Milliken) Book, was born near Mexico, in Walker township, Juniata county, Penn- sylvania, October 24, 1869. He was educated in the public schools of Mexico, Mifflintown Academy and Eastman's Business College, a grad- nate of the latter institution, class of 1891. For about one year he was a clerk in the office of the county clerk at Lynchburg, Virginia, then re- turned to Juniata county and began teaching, a profession with which he has been connected until the present date (1913). His first school was in Turbett township, then engaged in Walker township schools, thence again to Turbett. Since 1900 he has also engaged in farming and stock raising, having a farm of fifty acres. He is interested as a stockholder in the People's National Bank of Mifflin and in the Lewis- town Market Company. In politics, Mr. Book is a Republican ; progress- ive in his beliefs, interested in public affairs, but never seeking office. He is highly regarded as an educator, but not less so as an upright, honor- able citizen. Both he and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church ; affiliated with the Port Royal congregation.
He married, in 1901, Anne Jane, daughter of John (2) Wisehaupt, a prominent citizen of Turbett township, an elder and deacon of the Lutheran church for thirty years. She is a granddaughter of John ( I) Wisehaupt, born in Germany, came to Pennsylvania when young and became a prosperous farmer. He was an influential public official of Turbett township, and one of the first members of the Lutheran church in that township, assisted in building the first log house of worship, and took a leading part in all church affairs. Children of Charles C. and Anne Jane Book : Dorothy, born February 23, 1904; Sarah, November 20, 1905 : Charles Wisehaupt, November 15, 1912.
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Rev. John Henry Melchior, pastor of the Church of
MELCHIOR the Sacred Heart, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, is the son of Jolin and Catherine Clara (Stegmeier) Mel- chior, both natives of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, but met and married in the United States.
John Melchior was born in Bavaria in 1848. He came to the United States during the last year of the Civil War, hoping to join a brother who had preceded him to this country. He found that his brother had joined the Union some time before, and this decided the boy to himself enlist. Though young, he was large and muscular, which fact allowed him to pass the recruiting officer's inspection. Shortly after his enlistment, he learned that his brother had been killed in battle. After serving his term of enlistment, John Melchior settled in Columbia, Pennsylvania, where he was married. The young couple shortly after- ward located in Middletown, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Melchior became a wholesale shoe merchant, continuing successfully until 1905. when he moved to Lancaster. Pennsylvania, and became proprietor of the Me- chanic's Hotel. He has been a director of the Farmer's Bank of Middle- town, and is yet a director of the Middletown Building and Loan Asso- ciation. He is a member of the German Lutheran church. He married, in Columbia, Catherine Clara Stegmeier, born in Bavaria in 1853, died in Lancaster, January 7, 1909, a member of the Roman Catholic church. She came to the United States when young, located first in Pottstown, thence to Columbia, Pennsylvania; children: Philip Jacob, who suc- ceeds his father in business at Lancaster, married Miss Herzog and has Helen and Magdalene : William, proprietor of the Wall House in Lan- caster, married Anna Smith and has: Frances, Maric and William (2) ; Rev. John Henry, of whom further; Marie, Katherine, married Walter Piskell and resides in Lancaster.
Rev. Jolin Henry, son of John and Catherine Clara (Stegmeier) Melchior, was born in Middletown, Pennsylvania, August II. 1873. He obtained liis carly education in the public and parochial school and at Pennsylvania Business College, Philadelphia. He became order clerk at the American Iron and Tube Mills in Middletown, continuing one year, then began his years of preparatory study for the priesthood. He en- tered La Petite Seminary, Montreal, Canada, but the severity of the climate drove him southward. He entered St. Mary's College at Em-
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mitsburg, Maryland, whence he was graduated in 1898. He continued his studies in divinity at the Seminary of St. Charles at Overbrook, Pennsylvania, and in June was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church by Archbishop Ryan. On June 6, 1901, he celebrated his first Mass at the church in Middletown, then for five years was assistant pastor of St. Anthony's at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. For the succeeding two years he was pastor of St. Mary's Church, York, Pennsylvania. thence to St. Mary's at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, for two years, then re- turned to St. Anthony's at Lancaster as acting pastor for ten days, thence to St. Edward's at Shamokin for five months. He was then lo- cated again at St. Anthony's for two months, and during that period was spiritual adviser to four Italians sentenced to be hung for murder. attending them until the drop fell. Rev. Melchior was then appointed pastor of St. Mary's at Berwick, Pennsylvania, remaining eighteen months, thence as pastor at Elizabethtown and a mission at Mt. Joy for three years. On May 1. 1912, he was appointed pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart at Lewistown and of St. Mary's at Burnham, his par- ish numbering one hundred and fifty families, worshipping in the two churches. Father Melchior is a faithful pastor and has been very suc- cessful in his several charges in creating a strong spiritual sentiment as well as in wisely ordering the temporal affairs of his parishes. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Catholic Benevolent Legion. He is a Democrat in politics and always takes an active interest in local affairs. He is public-spirited and has many warm friends outside his own congregation.
The Potters of Lewistown descend from John Potter of POTTER Princeton, New Jersey, a native of Ireland. The earliest record of this family is of James Potter, who married Catherine, daughter of Sir John Stewart, of Ballymoran, county Down, Ireland.
(II) John, son of James and Catherine (Stewart) Potter, was born at the residence of his grandfather, Sir John Stewart, at Bally- moran, county Down, Ireland. April 12. 1765. He emigrated to Amer- ica in 1784, locating at Charleston, South Carolina, December 15, 1784. He married, August 22, 1791 (probably at Charleston, South Carolina ), Catherine Fuller of Beaufort, South Carolina. He moved to Princeton.
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New Jersey, in 1824, and there purchased an estate called "Prospect," on a part of which many of the buildings of Princeton University now stand. Children of John and Catherine ( Fuller) Potter: 1. James, born August 2, 1793. died February 25, 1862, married, January 4, 1827, Sarah Jones Grimes, daughter of Dr. John and Catherine (Jones) Grimes, of Savannah, South Carolina. 2. Elizabeth Charlotte, died aged twenty months. 3. William Henry, an officer of the American Navy, died at the island of Syra in the Mediterranean, January 30, 1827, aged twenty-nine years. An inscription to this effect is on a stone in St. Michael's churchyard in Savannah, South Carolina. There is no record found of his marriage, but it is believed he was married and had a son, John (see forward). 4. Harriet Maria, born 1801, died April 1. 1862, married, March 4, 1823, Commodore Robert Field Stockton (grandson of Richard Stockton, signer of the Declaration of Independ- ence). 5. John Hamilton, died September 12, 1808, aged four years and eight months. 6. Thomas Fuller, born December 2, 1806, died Sep- tember 27, 1853. He married (first) September 19, 1843, Sarah Jane Hall, born January 18, 1818, died May 1, 1877, daughter of Chiarles and Elizabeth Hall of Sunbury, Pennsylvania. The children who died in infancy are buried with their brother, William Henry, at Savannah, while the other three are buried with their families in Trinity church- yard, Princeton, New Jersey.
(IV) John (2), grandson of John (1) Potter and believed to be the son of William Henry Potter, died in Princeton, New Jersey. He was a well-to-do farmer, owning two hundred acres of well-improved farm land. He married and had children: Charles, of whom further ; William H., a farmer, of Daysville, Virginia, and Nelson, also a farmer, of Daysville.
(V) Charles, son of Jolin (2) Potter, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1844. He inherited one-third of his father's estate and lived in Princeton until after the death of his wife, March 21, 1822, then in 1883 moved with his brothers to Virginia, settling in Loudoun county, purchased a good oil farm and there resides, passing his winters in Florida. In the civil war he enlisted in the Ninth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, served three years, and was honorably discharged with the rank of corporal. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Baptist church. He married (first) Caroline M. Bodine, born in Cran-
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berry, New Jersey, in 1849, there married and died in Princeton, March 21, 1882. She was a daughter of Peter Bodine, of Monmouth county, New Jersey, descendant of Jean Bodine ("Jean Boudin, fugitive Medit"), born in France at the village of Medis, along the Gironde, and was naturalized in London, England. October 14, 1681, along with his second wife, Esther Bridon. He died on Staten Island, New York, as early as 1695, leaving a son, Jean (2), and a daughter, Marianne. Jean (2) Bodine left a will dated January 7, 1707, in which he mentions brothers Eleazor and François, also sisters Esther and Mary (see Bard's Huguenot Emigration, Vol. II, pp. 38 and 39). The New Jersey family descend from François, son of Jean Bodine, the emigrant. François Bodine had a son, Jean (John), born 1727, who married and had a son Abraham, who married Mary Low. Their seventh child, Cornelius. baptized November, 1755, died June 12, 1820, served in the Revolution and fought at the battle of Monmouth. His second son, Peter, baptized March 25, 1781. at Readington, New Jersey, died in 1843 at Ovid. New Jersey. His son. Peter (2) Bodine, settled at Cranberry, New Jersey. where he was a contractor and builder until his death. He left issue : John, died at Asbury Park, New Jersey ; Charles, died on the homestead in Cranberry. New Jersey ; Emerson, died in Hightstown, New Jersey ; Caroline M., first wife of Charles Potter, died in Princeton, New Jersey; Eliza, married Joseph Thompson and lived in Trenton, New Jersey. After moving to Virginia Charles Potter married ( second) Sarah Sny- der, who bore him six children. Children of Charles Potter by his first wife, Caroline M. Bodine: 1. Mary J., married Edward Dawson, both deceased. 2. Emerson, of whom further. 3. Sarepta, married Thomas Sillex and lives at Fairfax, Virginia. 4. Margaret B., married William Spain and lives at Fredericksburg, Virginia. 5. Arthur J., resides at Falls Church. Virginia, chief wire inspector for the Bell Telephone Company in northern Virginia ; is married. Children of Charles Potter and his second wife, Sarah Snyder: 6. Caroline, married Mr. Robey and resides at Fairfax, Virginia. 7. Adelaide, deceased. S. William. 9. Pearl. 10. Paul, twin of Pearl. II. Lillian. 12. Sylvia.
(VI) Emerson, son of Charles Potter and his first wife, Caroline M. Bodine, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, December S, 1870. He attended the public school and also from his eighth to thirteenth year worked in the Trenton potteries. He was thirteen years of age when
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the family moved to Loudoun county, Virginia, where he spent two years on his father's farm. Later he went to Belleville, Maryland, where he learned the undertaking business, remaining there three years, then working at the same business in Washington, D. C. In 1891 he came to Lewistown, where he entered the employ of W. A. Felix, continuing with him five years. In 1896 he started in business for his own account, locating his undertaking establishment at the corner of Valley and Chestnut streets, continuing in successful business at that location until 1903. He then moved to the building he had erected at Nos. 121 and 123 Valley street, a three-story building, combining his mortuary establishment and residence. Ile is well established in business and has a perfectly appointed establishment. In 1906 he was elected coroner of Mifflin county, and is now serving his third consecutive term. Recently a vacancy occurred in the sheriff's office, caused by the death of the elected incumbent, and Mr. Potter, as the law provides, assumed the duties of the sheriff's office until a successor was appointed, a period of eight days. He is a Republican in politics and candidate for high sheriff of Mifflin county, member of the Knights of Malta, American Mechanics, Knights of the Maccabees, Loyal Order of Moose, Fraternal Order of Eagles; and both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church.
He married, in 1896, Elizabeth McCauley, born in Mifflin county, daughter of Mathew G. McCauley, a minister of the German Baptist church (Dunkard). Children : Mahlon E., born May 30, 1897; Gladys E., May 4, 1901.
For many generations the Henry family has lived in HENRY Pennsylvania. The immigrant, - Henry, came from England in 1668, and located first in Massachusetts, after- ward going to Connecticut. His sons wandered into Pennsylvania, saw the land was fertile, the climate healthful, and decided to make here their homes. They brought with them their families, and from them has sprung the present Henry family.
(I) Adam Henry, the first of whom there is definite knowledge, was born February 4, 1838, in Decatur township, and moved at an early age with his parents to Armaugh township, there receiving his education. He began farming immediately on leaving school, and continued in that
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occupation during his life. He passed his last days in Milroy, where he lived about fifteen years. He died November 10, 1908, and his wife died May 5, 1882. He married Susannah Hassinger, daughter of Frederick Hassinger, an old resident of Armaugh township, of German extrac- tion. The children of Adam and Susannah ( Hassinger) Henry were : I. Fannie, deceased. 2. Reed. 3. Charles E., of whom further. 4. Fran- cina. 5. Anna. 6. Alice. 7. Frinnie. 8. Calvin. 9. Died in infancy. (II) Charles E., son of Adam and Susannah ( Hassinger ) Henry, was born September 29, 1868, in Armaugh township, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania. He was born and reared on the parental farm, was edu- cated in the public schools of the township, and at the Milroy High School, where he was a close student. On leaving school, he applied himself to learning the carpenter's trade, working early and late at it, and studying the latest and most approved methods of carpentry. June 23, 1909, he began a thorough course in architecture in the Scranton (Pennsylvania) I. C. S., and has since then been a contractor and builder. branching out with each month, and ever in the market for building contracts. For quite a while he lived in Clearfield, Pennsyl- vania, where he contracted for and erected some of the handsomest buildings in the town. He moved to Reedsville in 1906, and has built many of the homes in the little city, and some of the public buildings, notably the annex of the Reedsville school. He also built the Thompson Brothers' dye house at Milroy. He is a manufacturer of concrete build- ing blocks and bricks, a business that is extending rapidly. He is a Democrat, a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle and of the Congregational church. He married, March 17, 1896, Frances Edith McClenahen, born in Armaugh township. July 23, 1871, daughter of Francis McClenahen (see McClenahen, this work) who represents a family that has long been an integral part of Pennsylvania. In 1909 Mr. Henry built for himself a beautiful home on Walnut street, Reeds- ville, and the greater part of the latest style furniture he made himself, taking much pride in so doing. He has no children.
ROBISON The Robison name has been linked for over a century
and a half with the fair name and high fortunes of the state of Pennsylvania. Early English settlers in the province in the days when, where are now opulent cities, live towns, busy
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villages, there was but a wilderness infested with wild beasts and wilder men, when the forests were almost impenetrable, they have maintained their share, generation by generation, in making the state one of the richest and most desirable in the sisterhood of the Union.
(II) James Robison, son of James Robison, a pioneer of Cumber- land county, Pennsylvania, dating back to 1724, came to Milford town- ship, Juniata county, from Cumberland, located there, and eventually died. Among his children was John, of whom further.
(III) John, son of James Robison, was born near Mifflintown, then Mifflin county, about 1792; later he settled in Milford township, where he engaged in farming. He was a prominent man of his com- munity, an elder in the Presbyterian church, and aided in erecting the first church edifice of that denomination in Mifflintown. He was a Whig in politics, advocating the policies of that party; but when the Repub- lican party was organized he became one of its strongest supporters, and was prominent in its councils until the time of his death, which occurred in 1888, at the age of ninety-six. He married (first) Jane Kincaid, born in Mifflintown, and died in the fifties, at the age of fifty. Children: I. James, died in Atlantic City, aged fifty-two years. 2. Josepli Shelburn, cleccased. 3. John K., of whom further. Mr. Robison married (sec- ond) Mary McCrum, and to them one child was born: Harvey, who died aged twelve.
(IV) Colonel John K. Robison, son of John and Jane ( Kincaid) Robison, was born in Milford township. Juniata county, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1829. He received liis education in the common schools of the township and on leaving them, while yet a youth, he farmed with his father. Later he purchased a farm, brought it up to a high state of productiveness, farined on it for years, and sold it in 1912 to Henry Lauver, his son-in-law. In 1896 he came to Mifflintown, Juniata county, and built a home at East End, where he now lives. When the civil war began he enlisted, in July, 1861, in Company A, First Pennsylvania Cav- alry. and was elected captain. He went to the front and served nine months in that regiment. He resigned from it and assisted in organizing the Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry and again went to the front as its captain. He was promoted, for signal bravery, to the office of lieuten- ant-colonel in the same regiment, commanded and served in it until the close of the war. He was with Sheridan during much of that general's
AK Robison
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campaign. Colonel Robison was twice wounded : first, in October, 1863. on a retreat near Auburn Mills, Virginia, and again at Farmersville, Virginia, on the way to Appomattox. He is a Republican in politics, and takes an active interest in local, state and national issues. Colonel Robison served in the Pennsylvania state senate from 1867 to 1870, serving on important committees. He was a member of Governor James A. Beaver's staff, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He is a member of the David H. Wilson Grand Army Post, No. 134, and also the Union Veteran Legion, comprised of the three-year men. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. Colonel Robison married (first), in 1850. Isa- bella McKinnan, who was born in Juniata county, a daughter of Patrick William McKinnan, an early settler in Juniata county. He married (second) Rebecca M. Crawford, in May. 1892, a native of Mifflintown, and a daughter of Dr. David Crawford. Children by first marriage: I. Albert, graduated from Law Department of Princeton College: was solicitor for Union Pacific railroad; died in Idaho. 2. William, died aged six. 3. Emma, died aged four. 4. James K., of whom further. 5. Mary, married Henry Lauver, a farmer of Milford township. 6. Laura, married Elmer Stoner, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 7. Cora, died aged eighteen. 8. Ella, married James Sartian, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Children by second marriage: 9. Ellen Crawford, born March 28, 1893. a graduate of Glen Eden Seminary of Poughkeepsie, New York. 10. John K., born 1894, now a student in State College.
(V) James K., son of Colonel John K. and Isabella ( McKinnan) Robison, was born in the Robison homestead December 9. 1857. He was reared on the farm and educated at the public school in Milford township, and at Port Royal Academy under Professor David Wilson. He engaged in work on the farm, and when he was twenty years old he learned the coachmaking trade and established himself in that business in Mifflintown in 1881. He entered into partnership with B. C. Wagner. under the firm name of Wagner and Robison. In 1908 the senior part- ner died and Mr. Robison is now sole proprietor, and has a large, ever- increasing and lucrative patronage. He owns a fine residence on Third street in Mifflintown, and has a place of business on samne street. He is a Republican and has been a member of the council. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and has been since he was twenty-two.
Mr. Robison married, March 1, 1883. Catherine Goshen. born in
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Mifflintown, a daughter of Henry and Eliza ( Howe) Goshen, who were among the early settlers of Mifflin county. Mr. Goshen was a pioneer blacksmith and his smithy was known far and wide. Children of J. K. Robison: 1. Arabella, born in 1885; married J. C. Wilson, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, an employee of the Pennsylvania railroad. 2. Alma V., born in 1887 ; married James Sterrett, of Mifflintown. 3. Eliza Howe, born in 1889: married Ralph Lucas, assistant cashier in Trenton (New Jersey) Bank. 4. Catherine, deceased. 5. James Kenney, Jr., born in 1897. a student in high school.
The Gutshall family of Pennsylvania, of which G.
GUTSHALL WV. Gutshall, of Blain, Pennsylvania, is a member, was established in Pennsylvania before the revolu- tionary war. The emigrant ancestor came to the New World from Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, about 1762, landing at Philadelphia. His son was a soldier in the war of the revolution.
(I) George Gutshall, a descendant of the emigrant of the same name, was a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and was born about 1780. perhaps earlier. He was a valiant soldier in the war of 1812, at which time he had been married to Barbara Spohn, a native of Berks county, several years, as their first child was born in 1808. After peace was declared between the United States and Great Britain he returned to his farm and continued in that peaceful vocation until his death. He was a very successful agriculturist and accumulated a handsome estate before his death, at which time he owned one hundred and sixty-five highly productive acres of land. Both he and his wife were members of the German Lutheran church, and were greatly respected by their fellow citizens and co-religionists. Children : I. Daniel, of whom further. 2. Samuel, a farmer, died in Kansas; mar- ried Elizabeth Hollabaugh. 3. Solomon, a farmer in Perry county, Pennsylvania; married Elizabeth Rhinesmith. 4. William, a farmer in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. 5. Frederick, married Susan Rhine- sinith. 6. Abraham, unmarried. 7. John, died soon after reaching ma- jority. 8. Lydia, married Jacob Ensminger. 9. Hannah, married Solo- mon Roth, a farmer.
(11) Daniel Gutshall, son of George and Barbara (Spohn) Gutshall. was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, December, 1808, and died
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in Blain, Pennsylvania, May, 1885. He received his education in the common schools of the township, and followed the occupation of farn- ing all of his life in Jackson township. He retired from active work in 1874, eleven years previous to his deatlı. He was one of the lead- ing and successful men of his township and one of its most esteemed citizens. He was a Democrat in politics and a member of the Lutheran church, as was his wife. He married Sarah Bower, born in Madison township, Perry county, Pennsylvania, April, 1809, who died in Blain June, 1886, a daughter of Abraham and Barbara Bower. Children : I. Jane, married John Tressler, a farmer of Perry county. 2. Mary B., married George Kern, a retired farmer. 3. William B., a farmer, and who served as county commissioner from 1887 to 1892; married Emma Rice. 4. Solomon, born January 13, 1839, a farmer and hotel proprietor ; married Margaret Wagner; one child, Charles B. 5. Caro- line, married Amos Watts. 6. Sarah B., married David Bower, a farmer and hotel proprietor. 7. Diana, married Wilson Morrison. 8. Wilson, a blacksmith; married Susan Draybenstock. 9. Abraham, a blacksmith and railway employee in California. 10. Harry W., died in 1874; married Mary Johnson. 11. George Washington, of whom further. 12. Malinda, died aged twelve. The parents of Mrs. Gut- shall, Abraham and Barbara Bower, were old-time residents of Madi- son township, near Andersonburg, Perry county, and were among the prominent people of that section. He was a Democrat and was Demo- cratic commissioner of Perry county for years. He was a land owner and did general farming on an extensive scale. Both he and his wife were members of the Lutheran church, and lie side by side in the cemetery near Andersonburg. Children: 1. A son, died soon after reaching majority. 2. Josephine, married Jonathan Arnold. 3. Re- becca, married Jacob Wentz. 4. Sarah, married Daniel Gutshall. 5. Elizabeth, married John Beaver. 6. Lydia N., married George M. Loy. 7. Diana, unmarried. 8. Mary, married Daniel Garber. There were other children, but of their births and deaths and subsequent wander- ings and marriages no records have been kept.
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