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(This John Zerbe witnessed the will of Anthony Schei- mer, of Cumru, June 29, 1768 .- Penna. Historical Society, Abstract of Wills, Philadelphia.)
Elizabeth Zerbe (John3), m. Adam, son of George Gram- Jing, March 27, 1780. (Marriages of Rev. John Walderschmidt, Penna. Archives, 6th series, Vol. 6, p. 255.) They had three children :
Jacob, John and Sarah Gramling, and were over 14 years of age when letters of administration were granted to their grandfather, John Zerbe.
John3 Zerbe, Revolutionary War Record, Part 1. He was one of the three John Zerbes from Berks County, whose record is found in the office of the War Department, Washington, D. C., (Part 1.)
Zerbe, Jonathan, May 22, 1792, 311 acres. warranted, returned October 12, 1812, Caspar Reeser, patentee. Township not mentioned, probably Cumru.
Zerbe, Leonard, August 1, 1793, 150 acres, returned 172, February 12, 1795, Leonard Zerbe.
THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION JONATHAN ZERBE
Jonathan Zerbe left for Pinegrove Township about 1777, where he settled but retained his membership with the An- gelica church, in the records of which he is noted as having communed in 1799 and 1804, with John and Catharine and October 16, 1803. In 1805 Catharine is on record as alone, John, Sr., dying carly in that year. When John Zerbe came, about 1760, Allegheny church, near the dividing line of Cumru and Brecknock Townships, was already built, a small log
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house, erected in 1750. Among the archives is a solid pewter communion service that was brought from Germany by the first settlers, that is highly prized by the present communi- cants, owing to its association with the old log church. An- other church was erected in the '60's and Johannes Zerbe, "miller," appears on the church list as being a leading con- tributor. Jonathan Zerbe is also noted in 1775 as a contribu- tor, and George Kohl and wife, Margaret, are on the list and are also recorded as baptizing children, among them George Kohl, who took ont a deed to the land and mill, March 9, 1824. (B. 9, 212 ; B. 16, 138).
John4 Zerbe, Jr., (John3, John2 the m., Lorentz1); b. 1765; wf. Barbara, da. of Peter Schweitzer, b. October 20, 1765; d. February 1, 1830. Children : 1781, May 17, Jacob, d. November 16, 1862; 1790, November 30, Catharine; 1792, July 12, David; (Sponsors, John and Catharine, grandparents); 1793, October 11, Samuel, m. da. of Jacob Leiby; 1794, John; 1796, January 27, Joseph; (Rev. Illing's and Allegheny Church records.)
John' Zerbe died about December 25, 1796: his will was probated January 30, 1797, and states that the widow, Bar- bara, da. of Peter Schweitzer, of Brecknock Township, re- nounced and that her brother Peter and David Zerbe were the administrators (D. B. 5, p. 114), and that he left five chil- dren under 14 years of age at the above date and five over.
Joseph Zerbe m. - Reeser. Joseph Zerbe and wife died before December 18, 1821, when letters of administration were given Jacob Zerbe, his brothers, and John Reeser. Bar- bara Schweitzer, widow of John+ Zerbe, married Adam, son of George Gramling, a widower, and former husband of Elizabeth Zerbe, her sister-in-law.
Samuel and Joseph5 Zerbe (John+ Zerbe), are found on record in the Penna. Archives, 6th series, Vol. 9, pp. 408-505-603, as soldiers from Cumru Township, Berks County, in the War of 1812-'14, and are on the pension list.
Jacob4 Zerbe, (John3, John" the m., Lorentz1), b. 1775; wf., Elizabeth, da. of Jacob Leiby. Children: 1799, September 8, Maria, sponsors, Eva Zerbe, Jacob Heinberger; 1800, July 17, - sponsors, Anna Maria Zerbe, Jacob Heinberger; 1801, November 13, Elizabeth. The above Jacob was confirmed 1791 (Allegheny church record).
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Among the returns and assessments of Woodbury Township, Huntingdon County, Pa., for 1788 and 1789, oc- curs the name of Jacob "Sarver," father and son, (Brumbach Genealogy). Also in the same volume the marriage is noted of Jesse C. Brumbaugh to Clara "Serby," b. April 17, 1865.
DAVID ZERBE
David4 Zerbe, (John3, John2 the mi., Lorentz1); b. 1767; wf., Barbara. Children: 1790, October 20, Daniel, sponsors, John and Catharine; 1792, March 14, Hannah; 1793, October 24, John; 1795, November 2, Anna Maria; 1799, July 16, Barbara; 1801, June 28, Samuel, sponsors, John and Catha- rine, grandparents; 1802, December 30, Peter; 1809, August 10, Susan, (Allegheny c. records ).
David' Zerbe, the above, stood sponsor, February 6. 1788, at Trinity Lutheran church, Reading. (Records).
David1 Zerbe lived and died in Cumru Township. He was the treasurer of the Allegheny church, 1789, and held other offices of trust in that congregation at various times up to his death.
John5 Zerbe, (David'), b. October 24, 1793, had sons William and Lazarus, who settled at Williamstown, Pa. A son of one of the above, John .A. Zerbe, lives at Altoona, Pa.
David5 Zerbe, (John+, John3, John2 the m., Lorentz1), b. July 12, 1792 ; bap., August 19, at Allegheny church, Breck- nock Township ; his grandparents, John and Catharine, stood sponsors. Parents, John and Barbara. David, m. Elizabeth Koller, of Tulpehocken Township, May 15, 1817, (Christ church records). Children :
William, 1818, October 25; Maria, 1820, August 27; Magdalena, 1821, November 14; Barbara, 1823, October 25; Lavina, 1825, December 18; Solomon, 1827, July 11; Leah, 1828, October 22; Lazarus, 1830, June 10; Elizabeth, 1831, August 9; Priscilla, 1832, October 23; Michael, 1834, May 4; Eva, 1836, March 23; Sarah Eliza, 1837, August 20; (Hetzel's Lutheran church, Washington Township, Schuylkill County, P'a.)
The addresses of the above are: Magdalena, Urbana, Ill .; Mrs. E. C. Miller, Gettysburg, Ohio; Mrs. Eva Steiger, Beansville, Ohio; Mrs. Louisa Haines, Urbana, Ohio; Mrs. Lavina Covill, Texaseana, Texas; Michael J., Centre, Ohio; Mrs. Sarah Butcher, Piqua, Ohio; Mrs. Elizabeth Farris, Dunkirk, Indiana.
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David5 Zerbe settled in Pinegrove Township, 1817, where his children were born, removing, with others of his family, to Ohio, 1839.
REV. JOHN W. ZERBE
William6 Zerbe, (David5, John4, John3, John2 the 1 .. Lorentz1) ; b. 1818; m. Mary Butcher, October 15, 1841 ; b. February 22, 1821, in Lancaster County. Wm. Zerbe was born in Pinegrove Township, removing to Ohio, 1839, and removing again to Howard County, Indiana, 1865. Their children were :
Charles C., b. November, 1848; d. March 16, 1893; m. Louisa Lindley, b. August 3, 1853; children: John W., b. February 26, 1873; Laura, wf. of - Hensler, b. December 11, 1874; Clara Rogers, b. March 20, 1879; d .; Nora King, b. February 22, 1882; Maude Kendall, b. April, 1886; Ros- coc, b. 1891.
Rev. John W. Zerbe is an ordained minister of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, of Indiana. He was stationed at Williamsburg, Ind., (1913); wf., Amelia May Paulus, b. December 9, 1876; children: Paul, b. Febru- ary 1st, 1899; Fannie, b. December 3, 1901; Donald, b. November 8, 1905; John, b. January 28, 1908; Mary, b. April 21, 1910.
Jacob5 Zerbe, (John4, John3, John2 the m., Lorentz1); b. May 17, 1789; d. November 16, 1862; wf., Susanna; e .: 1810, March 4, Catharine; 1812, January 21, Sarah; 1814, January 28, John; 1816, July 20, Susanna; 1818, September 14, Magdalena; 1821, March 26, Jacob; 1823, September 29, Joseph; 1826, November 3, Isaac, who died at Bowmansville, Lancaster County, six miles from the Allegheny church; 1830, February 20, Samuel; 1833, March 19, William.
Jacob6 Zerbe, (Jacob5, John4, John3, John2 the m., Lorentz!); b. 1821, March 26; wf., Cassie, or Catharine; c .: 1845, April 20, Maria Anna; 1846, September 3, Susanna; 1849, September 2, Sarah; 1853, May 7, Samuel and Mary, Eliza Ann (triplets); 1854, March 3, Emma Elizabeth; 1856, May 27, Amanda; 1858, May 28, John; 1860, October 9, Louisa, m. Remp. (Allegheny church records.)
Jacob1 Zerbe, (Christian3, John2 the in., Lorentz1) ; b. May 22, 1775; d. April 26, 1831 ; first wife, Catharine Zim- merman ; m. 1796: children: Phillip, b. 1797; Salome, b. Au- gust 3, 1803; Catharine, b. February 15, 1805. Second wife, Catharine Rudebach, b. August, 1781 ; d. August, 1860; mar- ried December, 1805. Jacob Zerbe lived upon a tract of land on the hill five miles from Womelsdorf toward Hosts P. O.,
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the tract or part of it belonging to his father, Christian (see map).
(Berks County Deed Book 4-9, p. 553), gives Jacob and wife Catharine, as grantors, to John, grantee, Heidelberg Township, of fifty acres of this land. This John was his brother, son of Christian and Elizabeth Liecken Zerbe. The children of Jacob Zerbe and Catharine Rudebach were:
1806, June 27, John Adam; 1807, Justine; 1811, January 5, Augustus, d. February 9, 1858, m. Elizabeth - -; 1813, Eliza, m. John Hagenbach, 1 son, 1 daughter; 1817, December 26, Mary, m. J. L. Smith, da. Elizabeth, b. October 4, 1841; second husband, J. Dupner das. Emma, Lucy, m. Jacob Mack; 1822, January 7, Franklin.
The sponsors for the above were Christian Zerbe and wife Catharine Deado; and Christian Zerbe and wf. Eva, grandparents and uncle, respectively, of the children. (Christ church records).
Annie Zerbe, daughter of Jared, son of Phillip, and wife of Nathaniel Zerbe, says, her grandfather was Phillip and great grandfather Jacob, son of Christian. (Little Tulpehock- en church records, and Rehersburg church records, family bibles and descendants.)
Augustus Zerbe, (Jacob+, Christian3, John2 the m., Lor- entz1) ; wf. Elizabeth. Children :
1843, April 19, Henrietta Emmaline; 1846, April 11, Regina, (Christ church records). They had other children: Mrs. Daniel Stambough, (Em- maline), Myerstown, Pa .; Isaac, d .; Harrison, d., b. February 22, 1839; Maria, b. August 15, 1837; Mrs. Rebecca Sheets, d .; Harriet Pfiefer, My- erstown, Pa. The parents of Augustus were: Jacob Zerbe and Catharine Rudebach.
Maria4 Rieth, (Jacob3, John? Nicholas, Leonard1 Rieth) ; wf. of Jacob Scheetz, son of Jacob Edward Scheetz; wf. Braun. Jacob Scheetz's son, John E. Scheetz, m. Rebecca, da. of Augustus Zerbe. Mrs. Katharine S. Scheetz, Des Moines, Ia., a daughter of John E. and Rebecca Scheetz. Harry Zerbe, Bernville, a well-to-do horse dealer, was a son of Augustus Zerbe.
(Note-The will of Jacob Zerbe was admitted to probate, 1832. B. 7, p. 31, Berks County court house.)
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LAND OF GEORGE ADAM ZERBE
(B. II, p. 102, Record of Deeds, Berks County) : Benja- min Zerbe, Grantor, to George Adam Zerbe, November 19, 1788, tract of land in Pinegrove Township, returned June 3, 1815. The 200 acres upon survey were surrounded by lands of Wm. Witman, Barr Wheeler, Conrad Lengle, Peter Zim- merman. The deed says: "There is upon the above tract a good two-story log house, a log barn and 50 acres of upland cleared, and four acres of meadow, a saw mill and an orchard planted and some of the trees are grown to considerable size. The family of George Adam Zerbe live at present in said house.
Patent Book H, Vol. 12, p. 562, office of Internal Affairs, Harrisburg, also gives this warrant granted as April 25, 1815, and that $16.80 was paid for the return. C. W., of Penna., John Cochran, Sec. There is a fine draft of the place in the Patent Book.
A second warrant, September 5, 1794, surveyed October 8, to Jacob Zoll, 217 acres 95 perches, Brunswick Township, George Adam Zerbe, grantor; returned April 24, 1815. (George Adam Zerbe is on the tax list of Pinegrove Township, 1787.)
John Adam and Michael, sons of George Adam Zerbe removed to Port Carbon about 1838; John lived and died in Pinegrove, May 26, 1870. Jolın Adam was a wood sawyer and was boss sawyer in a mill at "Tarr's Well."
George Adam Zerbe took out a warrant December 2, 1784, for 300 acres of land, in Pinegrove Township, returned December 6, 1784, Berks County court house.
John Adam, (George Adam) warranted 40 acres of land, Pinegrove Township, March 3, 1825, returned March 4, 1830. John, his brother, 100 acres, April 30, 1825, patented Octo- ber II, 1825. (Schuylkill County court house.)
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George3 Adam Zerbe, (John2 the m., Lorentz1), b. De- cember 13, 1753; d. August 5, 1828; wf. Elizabeth, da. of Assumus Boyer; m., 1779, at the Red church below Orwigs- burg. They had six sons and three daughters. Husband and wife are buried in the first laid out cemetery in Pinegrove. Their children were:
Jacob, b. April 10, 1780; Phillip, b. January 18, 1784; John, b. August 7, 1786; Michael, b. March 21, 1791; John Adam, b. March 1, 1794; George A., b. January 24, 1797; Madeline, m. Clemons. Catharine, b. Feb- ruary 17, 1782, m. Peter Zimmerman, son of Peter Zimmerman; Eliza- beth, b. May 9, 1800, m. - Bretz, and lived at Pinegrove; Michael, m. Mary Bretz. A sister and two brothers married a brother and two sisters. All were born in Pinegrove Township. (Family bible of George Adam Zerbe, in possession of his granddaughter, Mrs. Henrietta Berda- nier, d., aged eighty-six years, of Frackville, Schuylkill County.)
Peter Zimmerman and wife, Catharine Zerbe, m. 1800; bap .; chil- dren: Johann George, July 25, 1801; Salome, bap. June 24, 1804; Catha- rine, bap. March 27, 1807; (Jacob's church records).
Jacob Zerbe, m. Catharine, da. of Peter Zimmerman, 1802; a sister and brother married a brother and sister.
Jacob Zerbe and wife Catharine, bap. Salomine, b. August 3, bap. August 28, 1803. Sponsors, Peter Zimmerman and wife Catharine; Catharina, bap. April 14, 1804. (Jacob's church records.)
Michael Zerbe, wf., Mary Bretz ; c .: Michael, Samuel and Eli. Michael lived and died at Port Carbon, Schuylkill County, where he followed the occupation of carpenter, con- tractor and boating. He is buried in the Lutheran cemetery.
John4 Adamı Zerbe, (George3 Adam) ; wf., Marie Chris- tina Bretz. C .: one da., d .; Henrietta, b. 1828, d. 1915, m. An- thony Berdanier, master mechanic, Reading Company, Frack- ville ; they had seven children, three sons and four daughters. Elizabeth, da. of John Adam, m. Frank Berdanier. Two sis- ters m. brothers. Frank Berdanier lived in Mt. Carmel, where he died, and is buried in Port Carbon, as is also his wife, Elizabeth, b. 1830, d., aged 81. One son went to Cen- tral America and has not been heard from in twenty years.
(Note-John Adam and Michael Zerbe owned a canal boat known as the "Two Brothers," when the canal ran from Port Carbon, Schuylkill County, to Philadelphia, and were
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engaged in the transportation of coal until the shipping point was transferred farther south.)
Jonathan Jackson, son of John Adam, m. Elizabeth Zimmerman. He settled at Schuylkill Haven and had six children, one son, Charles, and several daughters.
Catharine, da. of John Adam, m. Wm. Krebs, d., and lived at Port Carbon. She had three sons and four daugh- ters, and died June 29, 1915, aged 81 years.
Charles A. Zerbe, son of John Adam, b. 1842, in Port Carbon, where his father removed from Pinegrove, where the above children were born. Charles was married three times. First wife, Mary A. Purcell, by whom he had two children, Elizabeth, of Allentown, and William J. Zerbe, b. 1867, former president of the Lieberman Brewing Co., of Allentown; wf. Emma Danner, one da., Elizabeth. Second wife, Emma Kinney ; third wife, Mary A. Holder. Charles A. Zerbey was in the Civil War. He enlisted in the 96th regiment, Penna. Vol., but was discharged for disability, when he again enlisted in Co. L, 12th N. Y. Cav., and as Sergeant served for the remainder of the war. He settled in Wilmington, Del. He was railway engineer in Denver, Col., and acted in the same capacity on the Lehigh Valley Railway, Pa., before accepting a position as master mechanic and stationary engineer for the Mccullough Iron Company, Wilmington, Del., where he remained twenty-six years, be- ing at present with the Wilmington electric hose and rub- ber company.
July 2, 1796, George3 and John4 Adam Zerbe, were communicants at St. John's Lutheran church, Friedens- burg. The building of this church began 1796. A log house was erected there first for the worship of the Lutheran and Reformed people. It was dedicated 1797. The first pastors were itinerants, Emanual Schultz, Hartzell, Shoemaker, and George Minnich (Protocol).
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Mary A. Schall, d., da. of Benjamin and Christina Pott (Dreibelbis), said, "her mother told her that the early sett- lers from the Long Run Valley and in the vicinity of Potts- ville and Schuylkill Haven attended this church on horseback, as there were no roads then."
Daniel6 Zerbe, (Samuel5, Michael4, George3 Adam, John2 the m., Lorentz1), a conductor on the miners' train of the Tamaqua branch of the Reading Railway, has held several different positions with that company.
Jonathan Jackson Zerbe, son of John Adam, was a sol- dier in the Civil War, Co. H, 173rd Regt. Pa. Vols.
The tombstone of John Adam Zerbe, in the Lutheran cemetery, Port Carbon, beside that of his wife, gives the date of his birth, March 1, 1794; d. May 30, 1873, and says on it: "In war of 1812," Captain Hughes' company.
Michael5 Zerbe, of Port Carbon, Schuylkill County, wf. Mary Bretz. Children: Michael, wf., Polly Bankus, Locust Valley, da. Polly. Samuel L. Zerbe, wf., Lucy Sarva, East Bear Ridge, father, Peter Paul Sarva. Eli Zerbe m. Elizabeth Chester, no children.
Samuel Zerbe; children: Emma, wf. of Henry Resch, Reading; Rose, wf. of Milton Fillmore, Phila .; Peter, twice married; first wf., Mary Lord; second, Kate Featherman; second wf., no c. Children of first wf .: Jacob, Howard, William, Peter, Lizzie, m. Wagner; Lena, m. Robert Ketner, Phila .; son, Howard, in charge of the Reading City water works, was government chemist in Panama.
Daniel Zerbe, railroader, of Port Carbon, Schuylkill County; wf., Annie M. Jones; eight children, all at home. Daniel7 Zerbe, (Samuel6). Elmira, d., da. of Samuel6, m. Albert Krebs; no children.
Daniel F. Resch, aged thirty-four years, P. & R. railway brakeman, son of Henry Resch and Anna Zerbe, was killed at Reading, October 2, 1914, leaving beside his parents the following brothers and sisters: Archibald, Allentown; Elmira, Henry and Laura, all of Reading, and Mrs. Milton Filmore, of Phila. He lived at 522 N. Tenth St.
GEORGE ZERBE
George3 Zerbe, (John2 the m., Lorentz1), b. September 3, 1754; d. October 11, 1824; wf., Christina Wenrich ; b. Oc- tober 27, 1757; d. November 18, 1821; is buried at Christ Church (Stouchsburg). Married, June 5, 1781, his wife is buried at Little Tulpehocken cemetery. Their children were: Susanna Catharine, bap. December 10, 1781, Adam
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Leiss and Susanna Wenrich, sponsors. Phillip, wf. Su- sanna; Daniel and George Jr. The latter lived near the North Heidelberg church and was a shoemaker by trade. His brother Daniel lived with him. (Others named below.)
George3 Zerbe was located four miles north of Womels- dorf, Tulpehocken Township.
George Zerben, Revolutionary War record, Capt. Phillip Filbert's Co., private .- Penna. Archives, 2nd Series. Vol. 6. PP. 321- 22.
Wenrich .- There were three original Wenrichs: Mathias, Balthaser and Francis. The children of Mathias and Christina Wenrich were: John Balthaser, b. May 18, 1726; John, b. July 8, 1727; Mathias, b. May 1, 1729; Esther, b. July 25, 1731; John Thomas, b. September 8, 1734; Conrad, b. February 1, 1737; Mary Magdalena, b. March 8, 1740. (Little Tulpehocken church records.)
The will of John Wenrich (son of Mathias), June 27, 1793, says : "George Zerbe shall have the small place where he lives." (Abstraet of Wills, Berks County, Penna. Historical Society Library.)
(From Miscellaneous Docket 2, p. 109, the release is recorded.)
George Zerbe, Jr., one of the sons of Christina Zerbe, daughter of John Wenrich and wf. of George Zerbe, late of Tulpehocken Township, Berks Co., deceased.
Christina, wf. of John Gibson.
Elizabeth Zerbe, intermarried with John+ Zerbe, (John3 George, George2 Peter, Martin1), of Manheim Township, Blue Mountains. John Zerbe; Phillip Zerbe.
Sybilla Zerbe, wf. of Daniel Class; Daniel Zerbe.
They released to the executors of John Wenrich, Phillip Strauss and Paul Groff.
TYRONE AND ALTOONA, PA., ZERBES
Zerbe, John ; son, Jonathan, millwright ; on completion of his trade, in Reading, Pa., married Catharine Sheafer. Chil- dren : William, Jonathan, Phillip, John, Jacob, Daniel, Mich- ael and Elizabeth ; b. in Westmoreland County, where he set- tled. Three of his sons married sisters: Eve, Catharine and Barbara, daughters of Frederick Sheafer, of Berks County. who had two sons and eight daughters. Jonathan Zerbe was the grandfather of Mrs. Samuel Holl, d., Greensburg, Pa., whose husband lives at N. Industry, O.
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Zerbe, John (Jonathan) was one of the pioneer mer- chants, afterward one of the first office men of the Pennsyl- vania railway, located at Tyrone, Pa. He died 1878.
(Note-John5 Jonathan5, were sons of John4 Zerbe, Jr., of Cumru Twp., Berks County, d. 1796.)
Zerbe, Prof. Farran, was of the faculty of the Philadel- phia High School, and president of the Numismatic Associa- tion of Pennsylvania. He lived at Tyrone, Altoona and Philadelphia.
(Note-Prof. Farran Zerbe, of Phila., was in charge of the coin exhibit at the Panama Exposition, San Francisco, Cal., 1915.)
Zerbe, John-A daughter, Mrs. Mary A. Storm, Tyrone. This line are Catholics, Jonathan1 having been raised in the McManus family (Catholics), of Reading, Pa.
(Note-Members of the above line were written to for information regarding their descent, but failed to respond.)
READING, PENNA. ZERBES
The majority of the Zerbes who reside in the city of Reading, are direct descendants of John the second miller, who lived where Krick's Mills P. O., Berks County, is now located. Many of this line lived around Rehersburg and are buried in the cemetery near that place.
John and Barbara Zerbe are buried in the Lutheran cemetery, between Rehersburg and Millersburg. They had four children :
Percival, William, Reuben and Miranda.
Percival Zerbe (John), b. 1834; wf. Sarah Clemens, both buried at Millersburg, Berks County; c .: William, Miranda and Reuben, the two former deceased and buried in the Charles Evans cemetery. William met with an accident from the effects of which he died, aged 54 years. His son is Claude G. Zerbe, 536 Weiser Street; wf. Linda, one son, John. Claude Zerbe is in the ice business.
Morris W. Scharff, b. June 15, 1857; wf. Amanda L., da. of Phillip and Maria Zerbe Pieffer; m., 1878; live in Stouchs- burg. He is an elder of Christ Church and a direct descend-
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ant of Conrad and Antonius Scharf, who came to Host's with the thirty-three families, 1723. The Scharfs were inter- married with the early Zerbes.
Henry W. Zerbe, b. February 21, 1846, in Tulpehocken Township; m. Sarah Ann, da. of John and Maria Wertman, b. Forrer, b. April 30, 1847. His second wf., Amelia E. Zerbe. Children of Henry, first wf., Mary Matilda, b. October 3, 1877 ; Francis Howard, b. May 5, 1890, bap. July 6; Bernville, mail carrier, rural delivery, from Bernville to Cross Keys.
Calvin Zerbe, Robesonia, (grandfather, Benneville, brother of Jared Zerbe and Mrs. Mary Feeg) ; wf., Kate Leiss. Mary Leiss, a sister, is married to an Adam Zerbe, of Tulpe- hocken.
Zerbe, Daniel, 631 Gordon Street, Reading. A son lives in Pottsville, Pa., manager of the Peoples Investment Com- pany.
John5 Zerbe, wf., Martha Keller, da. of John and Cathe- rine Gruber Keller, was of the John4 the second miller line, Heidelberg Township; (John4, Christian3, John2 the m., Lorentz1), b. June 20, 1799; is buried in Little Tulpehocken church cemetery. Wf. Martha. d., in Penn Township, 1871. Their children were:
Elias, b. August 4, 1822, d. March 25, 1906; Rebecca, m. John Wag- ner, both d .; Catharine, m. Jeremiah Oaks, both d .; Wm. K., b. Novem- ber 12, 1837, lives in Reading, single; Sarah, m. Jonathan Frymoyer, d., she lives in Reading; Jonathan, m. Clara Moll, d .; a daughter, Henrietta, d. November 27, 1829.
Elias (John) came to Reading, 1870, d. March 25, 1906; wf., Mary Ann Moyer, daughter of George and Catharine Gerber Moyer, both d., buried in Charles Evans cemetery. Children: two daughters, deceased; Levi M., b. December 3, 1853; James M., b. September 27, 1855; Harrison, b. January 9, 1859; George MeClellan, b. January 25, 1864. Levi M., son of Elias Zerbe, m. Amelia A. Werner, May 15, 1875; three children; live at Reading.
Urias Zerbe, son of John, b. February 16, 1834, d. January 6, 1907; m. Lavina Snyder; c .: William A., John, James, Irwin, Frank, Missouri, Maria, Amanda. Urias and wife are buried in Charles Evans cemetery. William A., son of Urias, m. Missouri DeLong, October 8, 1887; has seven children.
William Zerbe, Sr., and William, Jr., are both members of the Schuyl- kill Fire Company No. 12. The latter is in the milk business.
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Henry B. Rowe came to Reading, 1847. He married Eliz- abeth Zerbe, b. 1844, March 24. They had two sons, William and Joseph. William, deceased, was Mayor of Reading. Joseph Z. Rowe m. Sarah Leyenburger, of Newark, N. J. ; they had seven children.
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