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bara, wife of Leonard3 Zerbe (John2 the m.) ; Margaret Elizabeth, wf. of Christian Witman, Christiana, wf. of Jacob Eigler ; Elizabeth, wf. of Frederick Rieth, and Catharine Eva, wf. of John Bernhard Sponchuchen, parents of Eva Barbara Sponchuchen, who married George Zerbe.)
John Bernhard Sponchuchen wrote his own will, date January 27, 1780. Proved, February 21, 1780, on record Berks County court house. There were three children : Barbara, Catharine and Bastian. The latter is under age and John Hubley is named as testamentary guardian. Bastian shall have the "plantation" for 40 £. Catharine shall have the same as her sister Barbara. One cow, one sheep, a hive of bees and her "house stire." The widow had her dower. Sebastian Sponchuchen lived in Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, about 1800. The "plantation" was between George Peter Zerbes and his cousin, John the miller, in Tulpehocken and Heidelberg Townships.
(Note-Barbara, wf. of (John) George Zerbe, September 21, 1804, sold land to Garson M. Huyett and wf., D. B. 8-321- 83.)
(John) George Zerbe lived in Tulpehocken and Heidel- berg Townships nearly eight years after his marriage, 1778. His father-in-law d. 1780, and his father, George Peter, d. bet. 1780-'82. He probably lived between the two plantations.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD
"George Seriver," from Heidelberg Township, Capt. John Patton's Co., Lancaster County, 7th Co., 6 Bat., Col. Jas. Taylor (c). From the original muster rolls, April 15, 1783, public records, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series, Vol. 7, p. 619, (Part I.)
He took the oath of allegiance March 31, 1777; was on the first census list taken in Pennsylvania, 1790, from Berks County and appears on the first tax list published in Schuyl- kill County, 1810, and on the Brunswick Township list as
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taxpayer, 1787. Two of his children were baptized at Host's church, Johann Adam and Johannes.
(Note-The first church at Host's was then both Luth- eran and Reformed, now Reformed; a log house was built, 1759.)
(Note-Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County, was divided by the Berks County line, ran 1752. Part of the township remained in Lancaster County. Bethel Town- ship was also so divided, part being included in Dauphin. The Zerbes in Lancaster County did not migrate there from Berks, they were in Lancaster when the division was effected. Heidelberg, before the division, comprised all the land south of the Tulpehocken creek. Myerstown, Lebanon County, where some of the Zerbes settled, and Schaefferstown, where they are numerous, was all in Heidelberg Township, which was so named before 1729, when that region was included in Chester County, although it was not formally erected until 1752. Heidelberg Township has been divided into north, lower and Heidelberg Townships, since, part as stated, having remained in Lancaster County. George "Seriver", of North Heidelberg Township, with some of his neighbors, enlisted over the line in Lancaster County, where his cousin Valentine Zerbe lived.)
John George Zerbe came to Pinegrove Township, after- ward Manheim, to prospect, January 27, 1785, returning to the Tulpehocken, February 14th. He came again to settle, September 21, 1785.
November 19, 1788, Benjamin3 Zerbe (John2 the m., Lorentz1), grantor to George Zerbe, grantee, (John3 George) was conveyed in said township, 96 acres of land, returned October 17, 1837, by George Kerschner, Deed Book II, p. 102, Berks County court house. George Zerbe, warrantee, Man- heim Township. February 17, 1791, 170 acres returned Sep- tember 18, 1824, by Daniel Shappell.1
(Note 1-Deed Book, Recorder's office, Berks County.)
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The surveys, acreage and dates of the above and the fol- lowing do not altogether correspond, but they refer to the same land, as the names of the patentees and the boundaries of the land in partition, in the Orphans' Court, Schuylkill County, will attest.
Department of Internal Affairs, Harrisburg, Penna .: "George Zerbe, September 21, 1785, surveyed 96 acres of land in Brunswick Township, Berks County ; 49 acres, 148 perches were patented October 17, 1837, by George Kerschner. An- other warrant, February 17, 1791, for a survey of 75 acres, 6 perches, was returned as land in Manheim Township, Berks County. This tract was patented to Daniel Shappell, Sep- tember 18, 1824. Benjamin Zerbe (son of John the m.), sold land to his brother, George Adam, and his cousin, John George. Part of the large tract of 658 acres, patented 1754, this side of the Blue Mountain by John, the miller. Benjamin Zerbe mortgaged this land and this doubtless accounts for the discrepancies in the acreage and dates, he selling the above to clear the mortgages.
1788, Recorder's office, Berks County : "John Zerbe,Sr., the miller, gives to Benjamin (his son), of Pinegrove Township, for 200 pounds in silver and gold, paid in installments now satisfied, land north to John Zerbe, Sr., then to John Zerbe, Jr., tract of 658 acres." The land sold to John3 George Zerbe, (George2 Peter) and George3 Adam (John, the miller), by Benjamin3 (John, the miller).
(Note-The court house records, Dauphin County, show a Benjamin "Zerger" who took up four acres additional land, May 17, 1819, and pat- ented it May 24, 1820. Benjamin Zerbe lived in that part of Bethel Town- ship, Berks County, that was divided, a part of which was included in Dauphin County and this land probably belonged to his tract in Bethel, the addition being made necessary by the re-division of the townships and counties.)
The tracts were situated on the Schuylkill river (near Schuylkill Haven), where the covered bridge crosses the west branch, on the Long Run valley road and toward the top of
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the hill overlooking Cressona. Here George Zerbe conducted a fulling mill on the stream, and like all the early Zerbes, being inclined to rural life, ran the two farms.
The situation was ideal. The river then, at the foot of the hill, was a clear and limpid stream, north, northeast and northwest were the Sharp Mountains and the first and second or Tumbling Run spurs of the same range. Far beyond, and in the dim distance of where Pottsville was erected almost forty years later, was the Broad Mountain range, and south to Windsor and stretching to Albany Township was the Blue Mountain range, on the other side of which lay the fertile valley of the South Mountains, with the rich farming land of Pinegrove and Bern Townships, between the latter on both sides of the Blue Mountains, making a picture of wild and picturesque beauty and cultivated land hard to describe in these days of commercial enterprises and money-making schemes: "For God made the country, but man made the town." Here George Zerbe lived from 1785 to 1814, when he died.
(JOHN) GEORGE AND ANNA BARBARA ZERBE'S CHILDREN
The children of (John) George and Anna Barbara Zerbe were :
Johann Adam Zerbe, b. April 24, bap. May 6, 1779; sponsors, Bern- hardt Sponchuchen and wf., grandparents. (Host's Church records.)
Johannes Zerbe, b. September 27, 1780; bap. October 14, 1780 (Host's Church records); m. Elizabeth, a born Zerbe, December 25, 1812, b. February 27, 1786, d. March 31, 1838.
Susanna Catharine b. December 10, 1781; bap. December 20, (Rchers- burg Church records); m. Wm. Grieff.
Eva Margaret, bap.October 9, 1783. Sponsors, Michael Zerbe and wife, Anna Maria Donmier, uncle and aunt, (Rehersburg Church records); m. Wendel Schwartz.
George4 Zerbe, b. November 21, 1789; d. June 18, 1865; m. Magdelena, da. of Michael and Elizabeth Merkle, b. September 28, 1796, d. July 22, 1871.
Daniel Zerbe, b. April 3, 1793, d. Feb. 4, 1846, m. Hannah Hummel, b. April 14, 1793, d. March 10, 1878.
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Henry Zerbe (Henry and Daniel twins), b. April 3, 1793, d. February 14, 1816; m. Hannah Miller, whose second husband was Andrew Schwalm.
Anna Maria, b. October 18, 1796; bap. December 11, sponsors, the par- ents; m. John Adam Miller, 1815, confirmed 1810, d. August 20, 1856, (St. John's Lutheran Church, Friedensburg.)
Book I, Orphans Court of Schuylkill County, Register's office. Estate of George Zerbe, of Manheim Township.
(John) George Zerbe died intestate. November 3, 1815, petition of John Adam, eldest son of George Zerbe, who died January 19, 1814, leaving widow Barbara and eight (8) chil- dren, to wit: Your petitioner, John Adam, John, George, Henry, Daniel, Eve, wife of Wendel Schwartz: Catharine, wife of Wm. Grieff ; Maria, still a minor but married to John Adam Miller. The land in Manheim Township, bounded by land of George Berkheiser and the Schuylkill river, about 97 acres, and another plantation bounded by the Schuylkill and land of Jacob Dreibelbeis, of 130 acres, also a lot of ground in the town of Friedensburg, number six. The petition for a partition of estate was granted at the court house, Orwigs- burg, and the estate appraised 9734 acres, 130 acres, in all 228 acres, at HI pounds and 18 shillings per acre. The lot in Friedensburg brought 40 dollars.
(Note-The curreney of Pennsylvania was by Aet of Parliament made in the sixth year of the reign of Queen Anne for the Plantations of America. One shilling and four pence was of equal value to one shilling sterling, and twenty shillings equalled one pound.
(Manuscript 1, Chester County, 1684 to 1847, Vol. 2, p. 95.)
Johann Adam Zerbe was six years old when his parents removed from the Tulpehocken to "Brunswick" (Manheim) Township, and thirty-six when he petitioned the court for a division of his father's estate. Tradition says he lived in Bern Township. He was married, 1804 (Summer Hill Church records). John George, son of Anna Maria and John Adam Zerbe, b. November 17, 1805, bap. February 23, 1806, sponsors, (John) George and Anna Barbara Zerbe, grandparents. He is supposed to have migrated north to Northumberland County and thence to Lycoming or Clearfield County.
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Johannes Zerbe, was born in the Tulpehocken and re- moved at the age of five years with the family to Manheim Township. He returned early to Bern Township, where he lived until his death; both he and his wife being buried at Belleman's church, Centre Township, Berks County. He married Elizabeth4 Zerbe, (George3, John2 the m., Lorentz1.) She was the third child of George3 Zerbe, (Revolutionary War soldier) ; m. to Christina Wenrich and was raised near Wom- elsdorf. Sybilla, wf. of Daniel Class, was a sister of Elizabeth.
(Note-George Zerbe on another page.)
The children of John4 Zerbe and Elizabeth, a born Zerbe, were:
Maria Zerbe, b. March 29, 1814; d. June 28, 1866; m. Jonathan Bag- enstose.
The children of Jonathan Bagenstose and Maria Zerbe were: Elias, John, Catharine and Daniel, d.
Israel Bagenstose, Center Twp., Berks Co .; b. November 25, 1833.
William Bagenstose, Center Twp., Berks Co .; b. September 20, 1835.
Henry Bagenstose, Center Twp., Berks Co., b. September 23, 1849.
Isaac Bagenstose, Mahanoy City, Schuylkill Co., Pa .; b. November 26, 1847.
Levi Bagenstose, Downingtown, Chester Co., b. September 9, 1851.
Sarah, b. March 13, 1843; m. Mayberry Leimbach, Centre Township, Berks Co.
Darius, d., buried, St. Michael's cemetery, Upper Bern Twp.
Daniel Zerbe, b. January 13, 1823; d. February 13, 1872; wf. Susanna Althouse, d. Children: Howard M. Zerbey, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill Co .; m .; two daughters d., in infancy. Operator in shoe manufactory.
John A. Zerbey, Centreport, Berks County; m., one daughter, wf. of Willis Rentschler, same place.
HON. DANIEL ZERBE
Daniel5 Zerbe, son of John4, lived at Belleman's church. near Bernville. He disliked farming and was largely self educated, fitting himself for the profession of school teacher. He was the organist at Belleman's church, Justice of the peace and a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, 1849-50 and 1853. Daniel Zerbe was one of fifty-four signers who, in November 1820, petitioned the county Court of Quarter Ses- sions for a division of Tulpehocken Township, and was a
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viewer. He filled many offices of public trust in the township in which he lived. He died at the age of 49 years.
This branch of the family are all buried at Belleman's cemetery.
Susanna Catherine Zerbe, wf. of Wm. Grieff. Their chil- dren were :
Daniel Grief, b. March 26, 1812; bap. May 10; sponsors, George and Barbara Zerbe, grandparents. (Summer Hill church records.)
William Grief, m. Sarah Moll.
Anna Maria Grief, d., single; b. June 9, 1812; bap. August 9; spon- sor, Anna Maria Zerbe.
Phoebe Grief, d., single.
Elizabeth, wf. of Daniel Hillegas.
Catharine, wf. of Phillip Weiser, grandson of Conrad Weiser.
Susan, wf. of Henry Krebs.
Rebecca, wf. of John Egc.
Sarah, first wife of Jeremiah Yeager.
Louisa, second wife of Jeremiah Yeager.
Jeremiah Yeager died in California. His daughter, Louisa, single, lives in Orwigsburg.
William Grieff was born in the Rhenish Palatinate, Zweibruck. He came to this country with the soldiers for the British crown. He was in the battle of Trenton, where he was taken prisoner and confined in the prison pen at Reading for an entire winter, suffering untold hardships. Like many of these unfortunates, he was not a free agent in the matter, but was pressed into the service of the King. He came to Schuylkill County before its erection and made a most exemplary citizen. He served as steward of the almshouse for nine years, and filled other offices of trust. He lived for a time on the turnpike where the trolley road from Schuylkill Haven makes the bend, opposite Thomas Kerns' farm, where stood the old stone grist mill which he ran and where his mother-in-law, Mrs. George Zerbe (Barbara Sponchuchen), died. He afterward removed to Orwigsburg. where he lived until his death.
(Note-The Grieffs are mainly buried in the "New Jerusalem" cemetery, Spring Garden, Schuylkill Haven.)
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Daniel Grieff, son of Catharine Zerbe and Wm. Grieff, wf. Maria Krebs, da. of Col. Jacob Krebs, who was a member of Congress from Berks and Schuylkill Counties for four years, and in the Legislature for eight consecutive years. The Krebs family lived near where the Schuyl- kill County almshouse now stands. Mrs. Jacob Huntzinger was a daugh- ter of Jacob Krebs. (Miss Alice Krebs (Daniel Krebs), assistant to post- master, Pottsville, is a descendant of Jacob Krebs.) Daniel and Maria Grieff had two sons and nine daughters, among whom were: Mrs. Lewis Kimmel, Orwigsburg; Mrs. Morgan Reed, d .; and Charles Grieff, d., single, both of Pottsville.
(Note-Charles Grieff was for many years bookkeeper at the "Daily Republican" newspaper office, Pottsville, Pa.)
The descendants of Wm. Grieff live at Port Clinton and Cressona.
Eva Margaret Zerbe, m. George Wendel Schwartz, son of Peter and Catharine Schwartz; b. November 9, 1781. Was a taxable in Berks County before Schuylkill was erect- ed, 1811, when he appears on the tax list in Pinegrove Town- ship. The duplicate shows him in 1820 as being the second highest in valuation in that township. In 1829, when the township was divided, his farm was included in Wayne Township. He married Eva4 Zerbe. George Wendel Schwartz and wife Eva are buried in St. John's cemetery, Friedensburg, (Rehersburg, Berks County, church records.) Their children were:
George Schwartz, who moved north along the Susquehanna river, and died therc.
Daniel Schwartz, who lived east of Pinegrove; c., John, Daniel (con- tractor), both of Pinegrove; William, d., farmer, of Washington Twp .; Joseph, Cressona, d. 1912; son, Charles, Pine Grove. Other children: John Adam Schwartz, b. February 7, 1787; Michael, bap. April 17, 1789, taxable in Pine Grove Township, 1820; Elizabeth, m. John Herring.
Catharine, m. Daniel Zerbe, Sr., lived east of Pinegrove. Their children were:
August 1, 1824, Daniel Zerbe, Jr.
February 20, 1826, Levi Zerbe.
April 20, 1828, Jared Zerbe.
December 19, 1830, Louisa, d. 1853.
June 2, 1832, Edward Zerbe.
July 24, 1834, Solomon Zerbe.
January 4, 1836, Mary Ann Zerbe.
June 29, 1837, Levi Zerbe.
1840, Kate Zerbe.
(Hetzel's church records, Washington Twp., Schuylkill Co.)
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Benneville Hummel, father of Hon. Ed. Hummel, was married to the above Louisa Zerbe. Mrs. Jacob Luckenbill, of Schuylkill Haven, was a daughter.
HERRING FAMILY TRADITION
Jonathan Herring-Shortly after the formation of Schuylkill County a man and woman came over the moun- tain from Berks County to Pinegrove Township. They drove a fine span of horses with a light wagon of city make. It being near the noon hour, they alighted at a farm house, where the horses were fed and the couple took dinner.
With them was a lusty infant boy, of about a year old, which the woman nursed and to which both seemed much attached. It being a very warm day, the infant slept on the bed of the farmer's wife, and the supposed mother plead with their hostess that the baby be permitted to sleep on until they returned. The man having related a plausible story of their coming to locate on a tract of land several miles up the valley, they would return by sundown, and with the farmer's permission, remain over night and then depart over the mountain for their goods and chattels and remove to the tract.
The sun went down and the day closed, as well as sev- eral more, but the pair did not return. The farmer made inquiries in several directions, but no trace of the team or the man and woman was ever found or heard of.
From the fact that the infant was well supplied with a good stock of fine clothing, which was left at the farm house, it was surmised that the couple came there with the inten- tion of abandoning the child in a good home, if they found it.
The boy was a healthy and handsome child. The farmer and his wife became very much attached to him and raised him as their own. He did not disappoint his foster-parents and made good, owning one of the best farms in Washington Township at the time of his death.
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Jolın Herring, as he was known, was married to Eliza- beth Schwartz, daughter of Wendel and Eva Schwartz. Of this union was born six sons and two daughters.
Jonathan Herring was born January 3, 1840. He lived in Washington Township all his life. He was engaged in the civil war under Col. Daniel Nagle and was a member of Wolfe Post, G. A. R. He was married to Mary Ann Schwartz, daughter of John and Eva Schwartz, by whom he had nine children, five sons and four daughters .- Pottsville "Republican."
(Note-The above was related the author by Jonathan Herring, d.)
DANIEL ZERBE, CRESSONA
Daniel Zerbe. Wf., Hannah Hummel; b., April 14, 1793 ; d. March 10, 1878. They had one daughter, Hannah ( Merkle History), and owned a fine tract of land on the outskirts of Cressona. Daniel Zerbe worked on the canal, was a sub contractor on the Mine Hill Railway when it was being built and was in the truck and milk business, in which he was prosperous. The family home, a large, white, well built farm house, is still standing. He was a deacon in the "New Jerusalem," or "White Church," January 1, 1827, and in the church council, having signed the constitution December 26, 1825, and a deacon, 1834. He was a Lutheran and a deacon before the church was built and appears on the list of contributors at the dedication. Daniel Zerbe and wife arc both buried in the cemetery of this church, the date of their births and deaths were obtained from their tombstones.
Martin Dreibelbis donated land upon which the old school house was built and which was used for the first church services by both congregations. The first service was held December, 1820, and February II, 1821, George Mennig began to serve as pastor. The school house was still used October 7, 1827. The corner stone was laid at that time and the "White Church" was dedicated June 1, 1828. William Men- nig was elected pastor May 24, 1834. A division in the church
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occurred and great bitterness of feeling followed. Henry Strauch retired. Many of the church records were lost or mislaid in the confusion. It is related that when the church was to be built, 1826, it was proposed to hold a lottery and tickets were fixed at $2.00. Wm. Grieff's name was on the hand bills and tickets, among others. Jacob Krebs, a member of the church and a member of the Legislature, prevailed upon them to withdraw the project.
Henry Zerbe, whose wife was Hannah Miller, who after- ward married Andrew Schwalm, was born in Manheim Town- ship, in the Long Run valley. He learned the trade of car- pentering and while engaged at work had a sunstroke, from which an attack of typhoid fever resulted and from the effects of which he died, aged 22 years, 10 months and II days. (Tombstone, St. John's Reformed cemetery, Orwigsburg.) He was married October 8, 1815, and died after four months and 14 days' wedlock, leaving a posthumous son, Henry.
HENRY ZERBE, LEWISTOWN, MIFFLIN CO.
Henry5 Zerbe (Henry !. ) On the death of Henry Zerbe. Sr., his father-in-law, Andrew Miller, took out letters of ad- ministration, March 28, 1816, on his real and personal estate, the heirs of his father, George Zerbe, having petitioned the court for a settlement of their father's estate, November 3, 1815. (Andrew Miller signed in the German script, Regis- ter's office, Schuylkill County court house.)
Hannah Miller, wf. of Henry! Zerbe, d., petitioned the Orphans' Court, of the County of Schuylkill, for a guardian for Henry Zerbe, a minor, of Orwigsburg, issue of Henry Zerbe, deceased. Michael Graeff was appointed by the court, 1816.
Henry5 Zerbe, when fourteen years of age, (1830), asks the court to allow him to choose a guardian for himself, and Andrew Schwalm, his stepfather, was appointed. (Orphans' Court book, Schuylkill County C. H.)
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Henry Zerbe was early inured to hard work and after a series of interchangeable fortunes, working in Schuylkill and other counties, he drifted, after the age of 21, to Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pa., where he engaged in the mercantile business, amassing considerable property and became a wealthy man for those days. Lewistown was then the ter- minus for the Union Canal and a large amount of trading was done at that point with the farmers of the Juniata Valley. The completion of the building of the Pennsylvania Railroad over the Alleghenies and the abandonment of the canal cur- tailed the business opportunities which had enriched many. Henry Zerbe was a prominent citizen of Lewistown and oc- cupied many positions of public trust and was held in the highest esteem by his fellow citizens; he took but little inter- est in politics but did much for the business advancement of his home town. He was a Presbyterian in his church af- filiations.
Henry" Zerbe (Henry4, John3 George, George2 Peter, Martin1), posthumous son of Henry+ Zerbe, was born at Or- wigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pa., August 8, 1816, and died at Lewistown, Mifflin County, December 16, 1876. He was twice married. First wf., Matilda Spiece, b. at Lewistown, September 21, 1819; m. May 1, 1842; d., November 23, 1848. Children : Mary Jane, b. April 25, 1844, d. September 2, 1848; Hannah Catharine, b. April 6, 1846; d. August 8, 1858.
Henry Zerbe, second wf. Hannah Maria Rittenhouse; b. in Lewistown, December 24, 1825; d. January 20, 1905; m. January 1, 1850. The children of Henry Zerbe and wf., Han- nah Maria Rittenhouse, da. of Joseph Rittenhouse and Su- sanna McFadden, were:
Charles Andrew, b. November 9, 1850; d. June 20, 1914; m. Cartie Burns Allison, March 18, 1880; c .: Fred. Allison, b. March 19, 1881; single; in the insurance business, also in the cement business in Philadelphia; Charles Andrew, b. June 9, 1886, d.
Mrs. Zerbe is a granddaughter of Gen. Burns, d., a prominent citizen of early Lewistown and a leading factor in Pennsylvania politics during and preceding the Civil War. Charles Zerbe was destined for the Law,
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his sight being impaired, he abandoned the study and was engaged in the insurance business at the time of his death, having filled various offices of trust in his native town in the interim.
Henry Rittenhouse Zerbe, b. May 9, 1853; m. Ella Lida Firoved, b. March 20, 1857. No children. Stovedealer and tinsmith. Lives retired in handsome home.
Edward Miller Zerbe, b. June 1, 1857; died, single, December 11, 1898.
Frank J. Zerbe, b. August 18, 1860, single. Broker at the Exchange, Philadelphia.
The above deceased are buried at St. Mark's Episcopal cemetery, Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pa.
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