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Michael Chryster), Mary (married Jonathan Farster), Ann (married Joseph Richard), Sarah (married George Schrum) and Susan (married John Schrum, brother of George). (8) Frederick married Margaret Ehinger (Echinger), daughter of Peter (whose wife was English-her maiden name was Cogley), and had children: Peter (married Susanna Helfrich, daughter of Anthony Helfrich, whose wife was named Schutt or Shutt, and second Elizabeth Remayle, daughter of An- thony "Remaley," of Kiskiminetas township), Stephen (married Nancy Graham), Reuben (married Mary Everhart, daughter of Henry and Susanna [Keck] Everhart), Martha (Mrs. Michael Neale), Ann (Mrs. Remayle or Remaley), Sarah (Mrs. Cyrus Everhart), and four who died young, Rebecca, Eliza, Rebecca and Priscilla J. According to one account, Frederick Heilman was born and reared in Dauphin county and when twenty-one years old came to Kittanning township, where he farmed until his death, which occurred there when he was fifty-six years old. His eldest son, Peter, served as county commissioner. He was twice married. (9) Robert, twin of Frederick, died in boyhood, of smallpox. (10) Margaret married John Stitt. (II) Eliazbeth was injured by a fall when nine months old, never walked, and though not a mute her speech was unintelligible to any but members of the family. (12) Jacob, the youngest, married Susanna Waltinbough. It is said he also had an attack of smallpox. He died Dec. 27, 1876 (tombstone says 1877), in his eighty-sixth year, and his wife died April 27, 1878, in her eighty-sixth year. They had three sons, John Adam, John and James. Jacob Heilman was a distiller, and it was he who made the celebrated Heilman whiskey.
WOLFF. With but few exceptions the numerous families of Wolffs in Pennsylvania are believed to be descendants of two broth- ers of that name who fled from the Alsace- Lorraine valley during the persecution of the Huguenots, toward the close of the seven- teenth century, probably about the year 1690. The older of the two, named George, made his home on the Lehigh, in the northern part of Berks (now Northampton) county, Pa., while the younger, then unmarried, settled in Virginia on the upper Shenandoah, whence some of his descendants have emigrated back into our Cumberland valley.
ties of the State, and in nearly every county some of them may be found ; and one of them, George Wolf of Northampton county, served two elective terms as governor of the Com- monwealth, from Dec. 15, 1829, to Dec. 15, 1835. He also was the representative of his district in Congress five years, and comptroller of the United States Treasury under appoint- ment by Gen. Andrew Jackson. This George Wolf was born Aug. 12, 1777. His most il- lustrious service as chief executive was in- troducing and bringing into operation the sys- tem of public instruction now known as the public school system of the State. Sypher's History of Pennsylvania (1870) says of him : "This noble man died in 1840 (March II), beloved by the whole people of the Common- wealth. The school children of his native county raised a fund to erect a monument to his memory in commemoration of his dis- tinguished services." His father was a brother of Jacob Wolff, the first settler of his name now known to have taken up his resi- dence in this part of the State.
Jacob Wolff was a grandson of the Alsa- tian emigrant, and settled in Westmoreland county, soon after the close of the Revolu- tionary war, on land awarded him by the State for services in that conflict. His wife, who accompanied him, was Christena King, a relative of the ancestors of many of the King families now residing in Armstrong county (see sketch of Hon. James Wesley King). After three, perhaps four, of the older sons had gone further northward and made homes for themselves in northern Westmore- land, Jacob Wolff with his younger children came into the Allegheny valley and lived in what is now Washington township, Armstrong county, where he died in the year 1838, his grave being in the Armstrong cemetery, near the farm on which his last years were spent. His widow survived some few years, perhaps several, but that she outlived him is evidenced by the fact that she made application for and probably received a widow's pension. With only a few exceptions Jacob Wolff is the fore- father of the numerous families of Wolffs now resident in western Pennsylvania, as well as of a large number in the middle West and Western States, notably Rev. Samuel H. Wolff of the Presbytery of Sedalia, Mo .; Robert A. Wolff, of Topeka, Kans., and D. King Wolff, of Denver, Colorado.
The. Wolffs claiming George Wolff as their Of the personal history of Jacob Wolff that ancestor are quite numerous in several coun- which can be traced back to authentic sources
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is of necessity quite meager, the court record down toward the eventide of life. But to him of his will and the settlement of his estate, perhaps his most interesting performance, and with a copy of his military record in part, furnished by the War department, being the only written history found available in the preparation of this sketch. All other material facts offered depend for their authenticity on well remembered and credible communica- tions made by himself to children, grandchil- dren and others having intimate acquaintance with him in his last years. Samuel Mateer, Esq., late of Boggs township, was in his boy- hood and until he reached the age of twenty a near neighbor of the old gentleman, and found great pleasure in telling of his friendly relations with him and in relating incidents of pioneer and camp life narrated to him by the old Revolutioner, of which he had a very clear recollection. Only such information is now procurable, and this, before being offered as worthy of credence, has all been carefully looked over with reference to its reliability.
Jacob Wolff was born April 4, 1756, in Northampton ( formerly Berks) county. Of his father nothing is reliably known except that he was an active partisan in the Revolu- tionary struggle, and energetic in collecting and conveying to the American camp at Mor- ristown, Valley Forge and other places acces- sible to him and his team supplies for the use of the army. Jacob Wolff first enlisted at Easton in March, 1776, for six months' service, and served under Captain Santee; known. It seems certain, however, that he was with the army at different times, return- ing to the farm in the intervals to aid in bring- ing in the crops, a custom known to have been followed quite generally by the citizen sol-
but where this service was rendered is not even into his declining years. The record,
diery of the Colonies. It is also known that he wife, one daughter, Christena, intermarried was with the army at Trenton in December, 1776, and the campaign that followed; also that he was with his regiment at Brandy- having previously died. The eldest son, wine and Germantown in September and October, 1777, as he frequently gave personal reminiscences of these engagements. Of the memorable winter quarters at Valley Forge he had a fund of experiences to relate to atten- tive listeners, among others the capture of a train of supplies designed for the enemy at Philadelphia, including cattle and horses, with the British guard; and this without firing a shot. Jacob Wolff is known to have been an accomplished violinist, and his performances were highly valued and often invoked as in- Weaver; Harriet, wife of Jonathan Painter; dispensable in the social functions of the pio- Dianna, wife of Socrates Dickey, and Rachel, neer community, his reputation extending wife of Prof. Samuel Murphey. The children over a wide area of country and reaching well of Jacob Wolf (as he spells the name) are:
the one he found most pleasure in narrating, was given while in the service and during the winter at Valley Forge. He kept his violin with him in camp, and it may be reasonably supposed that its enlivening notes, on many occasions, served a grateful purpose by in some measure relieving the monotony and many de- pressing environments of those dark days and dismal nights. On many occasions, when a period of relaxation was allowed at the Com- mander's tent, he and his violin were brought into requisition to add inspiration to the gath- ering. The incident which lingered in the old man's mind, always bringing pleasure with the retelling, was of the occasion when Madam Washington with other ladies visited the camp at Valley Forge; and the General, having ar- ranged for a soiree at headquarters, at which members of his staff and others were in at- tendance, orders came to Private Wolff to re- port at the General's tent, in full dress, with violin; and by request of the lady herself he played while Madam Washington and others. danced the conventional minuet.
There are reasons to suppose that Jacob Wolff returned from the service unharmed and with unimpaired health. Occurrences. are yet remembered which argue strongly that he was not wanting in either the physical re- sources or necessary courage to put up a vigor- ous display of the manly art of self defense,
however, shows that in 1833 he was granted an invalid pension, then allowed to survivors of the Revolutionary war for service, and without reference to physical condition. At the time of his death he was survived by his with Jacob Williams, and seven sons; one son, Michael, and one daughter, Elizabeth, George, married Susanna Williams. Their children were: Jacob, married to Fannie Van Dyke; Polly, wife of Gideon King; Christena, wife of John King; Lydia, first wife of Ham- ilton Kelly; Susanna, wife of Capt. Andrew Jack; Margaret, wife of George Karns ; Eva- line, second wife of Hamilton Kelly, and George, Jr., married to Margaret Cumpstey. Margaret Williard was the second wife of George Wolff, and their children were: H. Townsend Wolff, married to Henrietta
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William Lee, married to Mary Montgomery; are: David E., Thompson and Townsend.' Chambers W., married to Emma Lookabough; (5) Jacob Wolff, youngest of the family, mar- Susanna, who died unmarried; Hiram G., ried Rosana Hartman, and died in January, married to Harriet Montgomery ; Frances, and 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn., of wounds re- ceived at Stone River. His children: Robert S. Wolff, of Wickboro, and Ellen Fitzgerald, widow, of the same place. Prof. J. Oscar Wolfe, at home. Dr. Herman King and George King are surviving children of Christena King; George King and Marg- aret McGraw, of Polly King; the children of John Wolff, born in 1793, served in the war of 1812, at Fort Erie, Lundy's Lane, and Margaret Karns were John, Linus, Susanna, Perthenia and Rosie (now Mrs. Horn). The in other engagements. He was married to Elizabeth Zillafrow, and died in the year 1857. His children are: George lived in the West; Michael married Margaret Early ; Mat- thias married Elizabeth Early; John E. mar- ried Delila Lasher; Valentine married Cath- arine Croyle; Eva became the wife of Fred- erick John; Diana is the widow of Samuel Dickey ; Christena is the wife of Bartholomew Wyant; Margaret is the wife of William
children of Lydia Kelly were: George, who married Mary J. McCaslin; James L., married to Lanie Faulk; Robert M., married to Flodie McComb; Hiram G., married to Lizzie Christy ; Thompson C., married to Susanna Beatty ; Emiline, wife of Maurice Sylvis, and Susanna, wife of John Brown. The children of Mrs. Evaline Kelly are: Irene, wife of John Ferguson, and Bird, wife of Wylie Mccutcheon. Mrs. Rachel Murphey's chil- Fair. dren include Charles P., Dick, Alice and Mi-
David Wolff, one of the younger sons of nerva Murphey. The children of H. Town- Jacob Wolff, married Miss Zillafrow, and their children included John, Absalom, Andrew, Jacob, Matthias and Sarah.
send Wolff are Lemuel, Roy, Harry, Etta (wife of John Evans), Lottie (wife of Frank Callen), Florence (Mrs. McNamara), Bessie (wife of Charles Glover) and Edna (wife of Paul Libarakis).
Joseph Wolff, sixth son of Jacob Wolff, born in the year 1796, died at Oil City, in September, 1888. He married Margaret Fitz-
Jacob Wolff, Jr., fourth son of Jacob, Sr., gerald, and their children were: Daniel mar- born about 1790, was married to Mary Ann ried Eliza Kilgore; D. King married Schall, and died in 1840-45. His children Mary J. Grimm; Chambers O. married Caro- were: Isaac, John, George, Samuel B., Jacob, line Nulff ; George married Harriet Fox ; Wil- Christena (wife of Isaac Schall), Mary (wife liam B. married in Tennessee; John G. mar- ried Julia Truby; Samuel T. died in young manhood, unmarried; Elizabeth J. became the wife of Israel Heigley; Sarah became the wife of Robert Bruce; Margaret was the
of Hiram Henry), and Lavina (wife of Jacob Warner). (I) Isaac Wolff married Maria Waltenbough for his first wife, their children being William A. (married to Ann Ehinger), Samuel N. (married to Hettie Ehinger), first wife, and Lavina the second wife of Maria (wife of Alex Shrecongost), and Mary Andrew G. Mahaffey. The children of Dan- iel were: D. Mason, James B., Albert and William. D. King's children were Maggie (wife of Marion Campbell), Lizzie (now Mrs. Best), Alice (Mrs. McMillen), Emma (wife Ann (wife of Michael Schall). Maria Ehinger was the second wife of Isaac Wolff, and their children were W. Hilton (married to Miss Schrom), Linnie (wife of George
Piper), Adaline (wife of John George), Jane of Samuel Redick), Ada (wife of Tom Nay- (wife of John Lytle) and Aurella (wife of lor), James (died in Pittsburgh in 1913), D.
William Fennell). Isaac Wolff died in the year 1887. (2) John Wolff married Maria Fitzgerald, and after her death, without chil- dren, he married Sarah Shrecongost, who with
King (married and living in Denver) and A. G. Curtin (married Miss McVey and lives in Pittsburgh).
Solomon Wolff, youngest son of the fam- their children, Eliza (wife of James Schall), ily, was born in 1798 and died in 1869. His
Mintie, Emma, John, Harvey and Lee, sur- first wife died leaving one daughter, Mary, wife of William McDonald. His second wife, Mary VanDyke, survived him, and had chil- dren: Jacob G. married Sarah Dean; Salinda was the wife of James Householder ; Rolandus vived him, his death occurring in 1882. (3) George Wolff, while a young man, emigrated to some Western home, after which but lit- tle became known of him to his relatives in this State. (4) Samuel B. Wolff, the "black- L. married Priscilla Baker; Lemuel S. mar- smith of Bethel," commonly known as "Uncle ried Elizabeth Beck; Mahala was the wife Sam," was born in 1822 and died in 1908. He of Emery Stitt; Benton L. married Margaret married Maria Wareham, and their children McGraw; Annette became the wife of Israel
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Best; Matthias C. married Emma Riggle; Whiteman; Mary A., wife of Edward Chase; James M. married Louie Smail; Susana be- Calvin M., who married Mary Eikenberg; came the wife of Jeff. Walter; Matilda, wife of Daniel Walter; and John V. married Martha Welsh. Mahala, Salinda, Rolandus L. and Jacob G. are deceased. The survivors of the family now reside in the vicinity of Freeport.
Matthias G. Wolff, third son of Jacob Wolff, Sr., in order of birth, was born May 5, 1785, and died Sept. 3, 1866. His first marriage on April 13, 1813, was to Sarah Weigle, who died in December, 1838. Their children were: Catharine, wife of Samuel Klingensmith; Christena, wife of D. Porter Stuart; Noah C., married to Mary Patter- son; Elizabeth, wife of Lewis Arner; Adnum R., married to Rebecca Grimm; Obediah L., married to Rebecca Stier; Sarah N., wife of Robert F. Mahaffey, and Angeline, who mar- ried William Pratt and after his death Wil- liam Graue, and when he died she became the wife of Daniel G. Fry, of Ford City. Matthias G. Wolff's second wife was Maria Keesey, a widow, to whom he was married Dec. 8, 1842. Their children are: Three sons-Lewis J., who married Ellen Mack; Solomon P., mar- ried Margaret Dunmire, and Squire Dorr, who married Hettie Rhodes and after her death Anna Kalbfel; and three daughters- Elmira, the wife of Daniel A. Cornman ; Nancy J., wife of David Walter, and Anna M., wife of John Beatty, of Center Valley.
CATHARINE KLINGENSMITH, born April 16, 1814, was married in 1832 and died March 16, 1895. Her children are: Dr. Theodore P. Klingensmith, who married Lizzie Beck, their children being Dr. E. Wallace, Ina, Samuel, Earl and Kittie; Margaret, who married Mahaffey ; Sarah J., widow of Salem Crum; Isaac, who married and lived in Kansas; Sam- uel, who died in boyhood; Matthias, Martha and Mary.
CHRISTENA STUART'S children are: Mary J. (wife of Wm. Splett, or Splatt), Hamil- ton (married to Lizzie Troutner), Hiram (married to Margaret Claypool), Oliver P. (married to Harriet Siple), Anna (widow of Robert E. Beatty), Angie (wife of Samuel E. Karns), and Eva (wife of James Ricki- son). Mrs. Christena Stuart was born May 22, 1816, and died Aug. 28, 1889. She was married in 1842, and her husband, David Por- ter Stuart, died Aug. 23, 1894.
ELIZABETH ARNER'S children are: Harriet M., wife of Lyman Cook; Emily, who died in Butler, in July, 1908, the wife of Charles
Susana, wife of Gilbert Ackerly; Ida, wife of Andrew Small, and Sadie, wife of Thomas Hagerty. Lewis Arner died Nov. 17, 1896. He had served three successive terms as as- sociate judge of Forest county, Pa., during which time no licenses to sell liquors were is- sued in the county. Elizabeth Arner, born June 21, 1821, was married June 23, 1843, and died at Tionesta Aug. 19, 1889.
SARAH N. WOLFF was born Sept. 8, 1831, married in 1853, and died Oct. II, 1910. Her husband, Robert F. Mahaffey, died Sept. 10, 1893. Their children are: Jennie, wife of James Hood; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Wil- liams; Charles M., married to Ettie Thomas, and Curtis C., unmarried.
ANGELINE WOLFF was born April 29, 1834. On May 24, 1860, she married William Pratt, who died in June, 1863, leaving two children, James and Mertie (wife of Wellington Fitz- patrick). In 1876 she married William Graue, who died Aug. 29, 1880, leaving two children, Mabel, at home, and Emil, married to Ettie Opel. Angeline Graue's next mar- riage was to Daniel G. Fry, her present hus- band.
ADNUM R. WOLFF, born Nov. 21, 1824, died in October, 1900. His children are: Louisa, wife of Charles Wankey ; Bratton C., married to Laura Beissinger ; George L., mar- ried first to Kate Krahle, and after her death to Sarah Hartman; Matthias T., married to Lydia Klingensmith; Mary E., widow of Loyd W. Law; Sarah E., who married Charles Moss, deceased, (second) Frank Forster, de- ceased, (third) Samuel McClymond, her pres- ent husband; Robert A., married and living James Dever and after his death Lewis M. in Kansas; and Walter W., married to Anna Frank.
OBEDIAH L. WOLFF, born May 27, 1827, was twice married, and died May 1, 1893. His first wife, Rebecca Stier, died Sept. II, 1859. Their children are: Sarah E., wife of George W. Neale; Margaret E., wife of W. W. Graffus; and Thomas, who married Cath- arine Hawk. The second wife was Mary A. Findley, to whom he was married Aug. 2, 1860, and she died Aug. 26. 1901. Their chil- dren are: Evaline, wife of Manuel Barrett ; Ulyssus, married to Sarah Leasure, and Theodore Findley. married first to Maggie Porter, and after her death to Sarah Horn.
NOAH CALHOUN WOLFF, born Sept. 14, 1818, was married, March 9, 1843, to Mary Patterson, of Burgettstown, and died in Kit- tanning Nov. 7, 1896. Mrs. Mary P. Wolff,
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born at Wilmington, Del., May 25, 1818, died
SQUIRE D. WOLFF married Hettie Rhodes in Kittanning, June 6, 1902. Their children in 1877, their only child being a son, Chauncey. are :
Sarah J. Huston is the widow of William R. Huston, who died Feb. 10, 1904, leaving two children, Dr. Arthur Findley Huston, of Allegheny, and Mrs. Rose Botford, of Home- stead.
Findley P. Wolff was married to Maggie ANNA M. WOLFF married John Beatty, E. Mateer Nov. 24, 1881, and their children are their children being Jessie, wife of Ira Mil- Samuel M. Wolff (married Oct. 15, 1913, to ler; Bertha, wife of Howard Kennedy; Ira; Marie Hawkes Steel, of Bellevue), Mary P. Howard; Roy, and Harriet.
Wolff, Wesley A. Wolff and Findley Patter- son Wolff, Jr. Maggie E. Wolff, wife of Findley P. Wolff, died June 28, 1910.
Dr. Wesley W. Wolff, son of Noah C., was married to Ada Byron Swindell, June 14, 1899, their children being William Edward and Elinor. Ada Byron Wolff died June 14, 1905, and her daughter, Elinor, about one year afterward.
Perry F. Wolff, second son of Noah C. Wolff, was married March 13, 1872, to Cor- nelia Beissinger and died at Rosston March 5, 1874, being buried at Manor cemetery. Cornelia Wolff married William Montgomery, who died in the year 1889, since which time she, with her daughter Bertha Perry Wolff, resides in Oakmont, Pa. Noah C. and Mary P. Wolff were buried by the grave of their son Perry, who had preceded them in the beau- tiful Manor cemetery, near the Josiah Copley Memorial. Church, where nearly half their lifetime they worshipped. Where loving hands have tenderly placed them, they with Maggie E. Wolff now lie sleeping.
Dorcas C. Wolff, daughter of Noah C. Wolff, resides in Allegheny.
Children of Matthias G. Wolff's second marriage :
ELMIRA M. WOLFF was married Jan. 9, 1862, to Daniel A. Cornman. Her children are Charles, married to Elsie McGuire; Maria L., wife of David Lightner; Emma, wife of James Callen; Bertha Maud, wife of David Held; and Lottie Irene, wife of Wray Audie.
LEWIS J. WOLFF was married in 1866, his children being: Viola, wife of Miles Lewis; Ona May, wife of Samuel Bish; Essie, widow of Reuben Seiberts; Eno E., who married Mary Sheasley; Perry, of Jumonville, and David E., Pert and Dorr, of Pittsburgh.
SOLOMON P. WOLFF was married in 1868, his children being Laura, wife of Harry Heitsenrader; Olive, wife of Philip Dun- mire; Jacob, married to Elinor Darrah ; Charles, married to Flora Paul, and Philip, Pearl, Mabel, Lizzie and Glenn.
In 1898 S. D. Wolff married Anna Kalbfel.
NANCY J. WOLFF married David Walter in 1870, their children being: Charles, who mar- ried Carrie Crawford; Edith, wife of Harry Forringer; Lillie, wife of John Roberts, and Edna, wife of Fred Hague, Jr.
The Wolff families may claim to have made a creditable record by the readiness of their young men to respond to the call of the country for defenders in the Civil war. A considerable number of the members of the family as well as of those married into it entered the army, as appears by the following designation of service: Adnum R. Wolff, Bat- tery M, 5th Artillery ; Lewis J. and Solomon P. Wolff, Company K, 104th Infantry; Wil- liam Graue, husband of Angeline Wolff, Company C, 107th Ohio Infantry ; Daniel A. Cornman, husband of Elmira M. Wolff, Bat- tery K, and David Walter, husband of Nancy J. Wolff, Battery H, 6th Artillery ; Robert E. Beatty, husband of Anna Stuart, Company B, 2d Battalion Infantry; Salem Crum, hus- band of Sarah J. Klingensmith, Company C, 103d Infantry ; William A. Jack and Henry Jack, sons of Susana Wolff, Company A, 8th Reserves; James L. Kelly, son of Lydia Kelly, Captain Company K, 14th Cavalry ; Samuel Murphey, husband of Rachel Wolff, sergeant major, 103d Infantry; John Brown, husband of Susana Kelly, Battery M, 5th Artillery; Lyman Cook, husband of Harriet M. Arner, regiment of New York Cavalry; Andrew Small, husband of Ida Arner, Com- pany I, 169th Infantry ; Daniel Wolff, Com- pany M, 14th Cavalry ; William B. and John G. Wolff, and Jacob Wolff, Company K, 78th Infantry ; Andrew G. Mahaffey, husband of Margaret Wolff, Company G, IIth Reserves ; Lemuel Wolff, Company B, 169th Infantry ; Emery Stitt, husband of Mahala Wolff, Bat- tery L, 6th Artillery ; Andrew E. Wolff, Com- pany E, 4Ist Regiment ; John H. Wolff, Com- pany I, 192d Infantry; Andrew M. Wolff, Company K, 155th Infantry; Hiram Henry, husband of Mary A. Wolff, Company B, 9th Infantry. In the war with Spain David E. Wolff, Samuel and Earl Klingensmith, Wray Audie (husband of Lottie Cornman), and Ralph and Arthur Splatt (sons of Mary J. Splatt), are known to have gone into the army and remained while their services were re-
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quired. These are simply those whose serv- many of them as clergymen in the churches ice is a fact known to the writer of this of their choice. As to party affiliations, he sketch, while a glance at the company rolls of the 457 regiments, battalions, batteries, troops and independent companies of Penn- sylvania volunteers in that conflict, and ob- serving the number of men of the name who served in the Civil war, the sameness of the given names arguing strongly the fact of com- mon ancestry, along with the well-known fact that the Wolffs in Pennsylvania, with few exceptions, are descendants of the Alsatian emigrant, George Wolff, leads irresistibly to the belief that these soldiers were nearly all, if not all, descendants of the aforesaid George Wolff. It is therefore with pardonable pride that we direct attention to the company rolls of the volunteer forces accredited as Penn- sylvania's contribution to the defenders of the nation in the Civil war, in which the names of no less than five hundred and seventy men of this one family appear; ninety of them being officers; five line officers of regiments; twenty-three commissioned officers of com- panies, and sixty-three non-commissioned officers and musicians of companies. Other family names occur quite frequently ; the Wil- sons, Browns and Smiths perhaps equal or overrun the Wolffs; but none of them could make out a semblance of a line of common ancestry in Pennsylvania, nor indeed in the United States.
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