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(Note-It is believed that all of the Zerbe name in Read- ing can find their ancestry in the records, in these pages, if not individually specified.)
UNCLASSIFIED ZERBES
In searching the records of the Zerbes in the West and South, but one has been found whose ancestry cannot be traced to the early generations of Pennsylvania and Virginia. although there are hundreds of the family name in Tennes- sec, Iowa, Ohio, Kansas and Missouri.
Zerbe, F. H., Secretary of the Erie County, Ohio, Agri- cultural Society, Sandusky, ()., son of Andrew Zerbe, b. 1836, in the Duchy of Nassau.
Zerbe, John, b. 1847. President of the Penna. & Ohio Coal and Iron Company. Brother, b. 1849, prominent family of Cleveland, O.
Zerbe, John K., b. November 1, 1838, in Pinegrove Township, Schuyl- kill County, Pa., of Sulphur Springs, O. A sister m. John Minnich.
Zerbee, Frank, brother Jonathan, Bellefontaine, O. The former, master mechanic for the "Big Four" Railway companies.
Zerbe, Emanuel, Steelton, Pa., brother Cyrus and a daughter of Cyrus, Mrs. E. M. Stoner, Middletown, Pa.
Zerby, A. B., of 7525 Ardmore St., Swissvale, East Pittsburg, Pa., is a grandson of Cyrus Zerbe, d., of Lykens, Pa. Mr. Zerby is connected with the Westinghouse Department of Publicity representing the Westing- house interests in the United States and Canada.
Zerbe, Jerome B., coal dealer and politician; Dayton, Ohio.
Zerbe, Harry, railroader, Schuylkill Haven, Pa.
Serwe, William and son, hotelkeeper, Fon du Lac, Wisconsin.
Serfas, Lewis, farmer, Sawyer, Kewaunee Co., Wis.
Zerbe, John, East Germantown, Ind .; das., Mrs. Eliza Winters, Rich- mond, Ind., and Mrs. Mary Ensley, Muncie, Ind.
Zerbe, H. T., Toledo, Ohio.
Zerbe, John, lived at Christ Church, Stouchsburg, Berks County, about 1870. He had a son John and a number of daughters and was a school teacher. They went West.
Zerbe, Jonathan and William, brothers; live at Meyerstown and Sheridan.
Zerbe, William C., Fredericksburg, Pa., cigar dealer.
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Zerbe, Isaac, m. Emma Stambaugh, Meyerstown, Berks County.
Zerbe, Harrison, Avon, Pa.
Zerby, Mrs. Agnes Stewart, widow of Prof. James G. Zerby, of Clearfield County, Pa., keeps a private school for girls in Germantown, Philadelphia. Husband, former school teacher and insurance agent.
Zerbe, R. F., grocer, Phillipsburg, (see Lycoming and Clearfield Zer- bes.)
E. E. Zerby, of Steelton, Pa., a railroader on the Penn- sylvania Railway, and secretary of the Odd Fellows' Lodge at that place, is married and has several children. The fol- lowing is his line: (Emanuel7 W., Henry6. Samuel5, John4, John3, John2 the in., Lorentz1)
Samuel5 Zerbe, of Cumru Township, was in the War of 1812, and John3 Zerbe, of the same line, was in the War of the Revolution.
John5 Zerbe, b. 1794, (John4, John3, Jolin2 the m., Lor- entz1), located in Blair County, Pa., from Berks County. He added an "e" to his name, spelling it "Zerbee." He died 1880.
Zerbee, Frank J., master mechanic, "Big Four" Railway, Bellefontaine, O., is of this branch, and J. Zerbee, Chestnut Springs, Cambria County, Pa .; Augustus C., Roanoke, Va .: Mrs. Celestine McMullen, Altoona; Mrs. Wm. Garstang, In- dianapolis, Ind., whose husband is superintendent of motive power and machinery of the "Big Four." Their son, Dr. Regi- nald Garstang, prominent in medical circles in Indianapolis, was killed from the effects of a blow received over the left eye while turning the crank of his automobile. The force of the impact resulted in hemorrhagic meningitis, from which he died. He was a surgeon in the Spanish American War, and a captain in the 159th Indiana Regiment, mobilized at Jack- sonville, Fla. He left a widow and two children.
Zerbee, F. J.7, (John6, John5, John4, John3, John2 the 111., Lorentz1). John6 married - McGuire; his direct ancestor, John3 was in the War of the Revolution. John5 has no record in the archives as having been in the War of 1812 (at the
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age of 18), but his brothers, Samuel and Joseph, are so re- corded.
John5 Zerbe, his father dying when the children were small, he was raised in the McManus (Seyfert and McManus, iron masters) family, of Reading, who were Roman Catholics, and he became a Catholic.
JACOB ZERBES, FIRST GENERATION
Jacob Serber, Sr., and Jacob Serber, Jr., as they are known on the ship lists, sailed from Rotterdam, August 27. 1733, Ship Elizabeth. They are given on another list (Co- lonial Archives) as Jacob "Soerver," aged 56; wf., Fronegh, (Euphrosina), 54; Jacob, Jr., or John Jacob 26; Barbara, 23, and Rudolph, 21 years of age. Jacob Server, Sr., b. 1677, is supposed to have been one of the eight sons of John Sevier, of Alsace, France. The mingling together of the families. the repetition of the family names among their children and their acting as sponsors for the children of each other at bap- tisms leads to this conclusion.
(Note-Penna. Archives, zd Series, Vol. 17, Ship Lists.)
LOCATION OF LAND OF EARLY SETTLERS
(See map elsewhere in this issue.)
John Servy warrant, April 22, 1736.
Albrecht Strouze warrant, October 7, 1736. 1737 he took up a tract about 11/2 miles north of Bernville, in Penn Township, and here the old Strouze homestead is located.
Martin Schell warrant, June 6, 1737.
Mathias Wagner warrant, April 22, 1736. He soon sold this tract to Jacob Server, aforementioned.
Simon Schermann warrant, April 25, 1737.
John Knoll warrant, October 14, 1736.
Jacob Hubler warrant, August 10, 1737.
John Riegel warrant, February 27, 1735.
Wolfgang Miller warrant, October 31, 1735.
The survey, 1737, shows a creek known as "Serby's branch."
John Dorum lived on it at an early date, not warranted. Jacob Dun- dore owner about 1745.
Albert Klotz warrant, April 1, 1737, adjoins Jacob Serban.
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Jacob Server began to occupy the Mathias Wagner warrant of April 22, 1736, during the Fall of 1736; has been much cut up and no original homestead remains on it. John D. Sunday owns the northern end, about two-thirds, of it.
HOST'S CHURCH
In 1754 John Riegel gave two acres and George Kantner gave two acres. These four acres were given to Meyer and Valentine Unruh as trustees and were the first landed prop- erty of the congregation.
Krick's Mill P. O., since removed.
Original homestead on the Mathias Wagner warrant of January 12, 1737.
Original homestead on the Martin Stuep warrant of April 20, 1737. Here Christian Gruber later lived.
Marriages-April 29, 1735, John Mattheis Wagner and Elisabeth Stuep, Tulpehocken; December 28, 1741, Martin Stuep and Anna Susanna Wallbort, Tulpehocken; June 4, 1744, John Zerbe and Catharine Stuep; January 26, 1742, Christian Gruber and Anna Kueningunde Stuep, Tul- pehocken April 15, 1745, John Frederich Stuep and Anna Barbara Karcher, Tulpehocken. These five were children of Martin Stuep, who arrived in 1723.
Survey dated January 18, 1738.
Surveyed on June 13, 1737, to Martin Stuep.
Patented on July 8, 1761, to Christian Gruber.
Original homesteads of George Goodman; John Conder, later his son, Geo. Kantner; Hans George Tabler; John Heverling; Jacob Wilhelm; Valentine Unruh; Andreas Aulenbach; Little Tulpehocken Church.
The author is indebted to John H. Sunday, of the office of the U. S. Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., for the description of the original warrants. He is a son of John D. Sunday, who lives on and owns part of the original John Zerbe, the miller (Lorentz1) tract.
THE JACOB ZERBES
Jacob Soerver, Jr., m. Anna Elizabeth Spiese, da. of Ulrich Spiese, Atolhoe, October 8, 1754, (Stoever's Records), and went early to Westmoreland County. Their sons were Josiah, Isaac, Hiram, Jacob, Samuel and John, and several daughters.
John3 Zerbe, (Jacob2, Jacob1) ; wf., -; children : John, Jonathan, Jacob, b. ISO1; Mary, Elizabeth and Margaret. John came to Stark County, Ohio, 1810, from Westmoreland
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County, Pa .; Margaret Zerbe, da. of Jonathan, married Lewis Kountze, parents of the Kountze Bros., bankers, who run a chain of banks from New York to Omaha, Neb. They built a church in memory of their parents at Osnaburg, five miles from Canton, Ohio. John Zerbe died in Winchester, Tenn., May 1, 1887.
Jacob4 Zerbe, (John3, Jacob2, Jacob1), b. 1801, Westmoreland County, Pa. Sons, Samuel, b. April 13, 1839, d. August 31, 1909; Hiram, d., widow, Catharine C. Zerbe, 139 E. Lake Street, Canton, Ohio; Jacob, d., widow, Mary E., 1307 W. 7th Street; John and Josiah; four daughters deceased, and Matilda, Leonard and Emmeline Ringle, all of Canton, Ohio.
Samuel Zerbe (Jacob+); wf., Salina; sons, Howard A., Richard A., Harry L., Webster J., Canton, O .; Irwin A., Alliance, O .; daughters, Mrs. Henry Mock, Mrs. Edward Werner, Sarah Zerbe, Canton, Ohio.
Jacob2 Socrver, who removed to Westmoreland County. continued to spell his name as above, which anglicized became "Sarvar." His sons, John and Jonathan, came to Canton, Ohio. John5 (John+, John3, Jacob2, Jacob1), was superintend- ent of the Canton, O., High School. Jonathan4, brother of John1, was the father-in-law of Lewis Kountz, of Osnaburg, O., and the g. g. f. of Howard Zerbe, of Canton, O.
(Note-Sarvarsville, Westmoreland County, Pa., was named for Jacob Sarvar, where there are many of that name.)
There was a John Jacob Zerbe, b. in Berks County, bap. August 14, 1793. There is little known of this man. He is supposed to be the Jacob Zerbe who settled in Montgomery- County, took up land and of whom and his descendants fre- quent mention is made in the transfer of lands in the Mont- gomery County court house records. This Jacob took the oath of allegiance.
Jean Jacques Serieux, who came from Alsace, France, at the age of twenty-nine years, on the ship Patience, from Rotterdam, 1753, afterward known as John Jacob Zerbe, settled in New Jersey, where he lived for several years when he took up a tract of land about five miles from Womelsdorf. He is supposed to have been the Jacob who lived above the Schaffner tract, above where the school house now stands
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and on the site of which or near it is a tavern, part of which tract was originally owned by George Peter Zerbe and later by the Schaffners.
(Note-Joel Zerbc, a descendant, of Ohio, says: "His great grandfather Jacob came from Alsace, France, to New Jersey and afterward settled near Womelsdorf, where he died.")
Jacob1 Zerbe, (Jean Jacques Sevier), had several sons (tradition says), one of whom was Jacob2, who lived on the above described tract of land and who had a son Phillip3. (This Jacob immigrated with his son Daniel to Kansas.)
Phillip3 Zerbe, (Jacob2, Jacob1) ; b. February 14, 1793 ; d. July 17. 1872: wf., Rosina Lamb, b. April 3, 1797, d. April 21, 1864. They baptized twelve children from 1816 to 1836. (Christ church records, Stouchsburg, Berks Co.) :
December 4, 1816, Benneville; July 29, 1818, Wilhelm; January 15, 1820, Ephraim; 1821, Joel; July 13, 1822, Edward; January 23, 1825, Pris- cilla; 1827, Anna Maria; December 26, 1828, Elizabeth; January 27, 1831, Anna Margaretta; 1832, Benjamin; 1836, Jared.
They are variously accredited with having had others. One authority says sixteen, another twenty-one; but no baptismal record of this addi- tional number has been found. He may have had two twins. There was a Phillip married Barbara Witman.
Zerbe, Daniel. Wf., Catharine Adee; settled in Kansas; c .: Elvina, wf. of John Gettler, three children: William, m. Zoriah Kauffman, five children; Reuben, m. Louisa Bohn, two children. Daniel is said to have been a brother of Phillip and son of Jacob, but his birth is not on record.
Zerbe, Rebecca, wf. of Richard Anderson, two children; is probably a sister of this man, or she may have been Rebecca Elizabeth, b. De- cember 26, 1828.
Zerbe, Benneville; wf., Elizabeth Wenrich; children: Ellen, Matilda, Henry.
Zerbe, Wilhelm; wf., Rebecca Witman.
Zerbe, Ephraim; went to Indiana, d., unmarried.
Joel Zerbe, b. in Womelsdorf: bap. Christ church ; re- moved to Pinegrove, Pa., and from thence to Delaware, Ohio, 1856. He married Annie Le Van, of Phila., whose grandfather was an officer in the War of the Revolution. She died, De- cember 25, 1901, in Cleveland, O. Joel Zerbe died Tiffin, O .. 1899. They are survived by five sons.
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Zerbe, Edward; wf., Caroline Lutz; c .: Henry, wf. Amelia; two da's .; Monroe, wf., Elmira Gehret; four children, son Edward.
Zerbe, Priscilla; b. January 23, 1825, (perhaps one of twins.)
Zerbe, Anna Maria. Mary, wf. of Joseph Feeg, of Robesonia. They had ten children, one of them, William Feeg, operator in an underwear factory, has a family.
Zerbe, Elizabeth.
Zerbe, Anna Margaretha.
Zerbe, Benjamin. First wife, Anna Slough; second, Tacy Slough; removed to Delaware, Ohio; c .: Thomas C., Emma, Edward L., and Clifford.
Zerbe, Jared. First wf., Rebecca Rothermel; Mary Heydt, second wf .; c .: George and others; Annie, wf. of Nathaniel Zerbe; they have two daughters; Lizzie, wf. of Jacob Krill, who has seven children, one da., sin- gle.
Zerbe, Matilda. The name of this woman was probably Priscilla Ma- tilda, the date of her birth being synonymous with that of the former; b. January 23, 1825; d. August 11, 1884; wf. of David Himmelberger; c .: Sarah, wf. of Jacob Rothermel; Adam, wf., Mary Troutman, and nine other children of Sarah and Jacob Rothermel.
Zerbe, Henry; wf., Sarah Wertman; c .: Calvin, wf., Kate Leiss, lives at Robesonia; Calvin, Mary, wife of George Zerbe, son of Jared; c .: Miles, Minnie, Sarah, Elvin, Lester, Laura.
Zerbe, Ellen; wf. of John Wertman; c .: William, John, Mary, Matilda, Annie. William, wf., Ada Sprecher; c .: Ruth, Henry, John, wf., Alice Fout.
Zerbe, Matilda; wf. of Henry Weaver.
CHILDREN OF JOEL ZERBE
Joel+ Zerbe, (Phillip,3 Jacob2, Jacob1) ; b .. 1821 ; d., 1899: wf., Annie Le Van. Their children were :
Zerbe, Alvin S. ; married, no children ; lives at Cleveland, O. Teacher of languages, Central Theological Seminary, Day- ton, O .; of the faculty of Heidelberg University, Tiffin, O., and for some years of the faculty of Ursinus College, near Phila.
Zerbe, John S .; wf., Elizabeth Bailey ; their children were : Margaret M., Arthur J., Laura A., Edgar L., Grace P., Hor- tense, Oakland, Cal.
John S. Zerbe, formerly of 115 Broadway, New York, of the firm of J. S. Zerbe & Son, mechanical and electrical engi- neers and patent experts, now of Oakland, Cal., where they are engaged in a similar business. The above named son, Arthur, married Stella M. Smith. He is experimenting with his own aeroplane and has made several aerial flights, of which
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and his methods the "Scientific American" has several times inade favorable mention.
Zerbe, Edgar L .; wf., Emma Boland, represents the New York Book Co., 1447 Fourth Ave., New York City.
Zerbe, Frances E .; wf. - , Marion, O .: son Alvin, m .; two children ; Fremont, Ohio.
Zerbe, Richard L .; wf., Letitia Bailey ; four children ; Cin- cinnati, O.
John S. Zerbe is the author of a series of books for boys, known as the "How To Do It" books, embracing every prin- ciple employed in the handling of tools and the laying out of the work in carpentry, electricity and mechanics. Mr. Zerbe has had a wide range of experience in these lines and treats his subjects from a practical standpoint and with profuse illus- trations.
PHILLIP ZERBE A SINGER
James Zerbe, of Palmyra, d., seventy-six years of age, a grandson of John Zerbe, who married Susanna Gruber, re- lates that when a boy of twelve years of age he went with the other members of his grandfather's and father Daniel's family to Host's church on an Easter Sunday. The church, now Reformed, was then worshipped in by both the Lutheran and Reformed congregations alternately. Phillip Zerbe was a great singer and had for years occupied the position of pre- centor and started the hymns and chorals for the Lutherans. He was at this time long past sixty, but still loved to sing. A choir had, however, been formed in the church and Phillip no longer led the singing On this occasion the church was packed to the doors and the choir had several new tunes in readiness for the "Fest Tag."
The organ started and the choir piped up and essayed twice to sing the new tune, but broke down, the organ squeaked and then all was silent.
Old Phillip Zerbe, who occupied a pew with the old men in the front of the church, arose and after a little hesitation
BOSTON "PUBLIC LIBRARY
SITE OF JOHN ZERBE'S ORIGINAL MILL, BUILT PRIOR TO 1743; DESTROYED BY FIRE.
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took his old note book, with its square and oblong four notes then in use instead of the present octave of round and stem- med ones, and extracting his tuning fork from his black satin vest pocket took the pitch and in his high quavering nasal voice sang the new tune through to the end of the hymn with such assistance as the frightened members of the choir and congregation could give him. This feat for a man of nearly seventy years was the talk of the countryside for weeks.
DESCENDANTS OF PHILLIP ZERBE, OF HETZEL'S, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, BERKS (NOW SCHUYLKILL COUNTY)
Phillip1 Zerbe came to this side of the Blue Mountain, Pinegrove Township, Berks County, about 1760. His early history is largely conjectural, but he is supposed to have been a son of Lorentz Zerbe and born in Heidelberg Town- ship about 1717, or perhaps earlier. The first record we have of him is when he and his brother, John Zerbe the miller, peti- tioned for a new county to be erected from Lancaster County, 1738. (Penna. Archives.)
Phillip "Serwin" surveyed (40) forty acres of land in Heidelberg Township, October 2, 1751 ; returned September 18, 1772, (Berks County court house). This was the same Phillip that petitioned for a new county. There is no record of his first marriage which must have occurred about 1738. Daniel Rupp's history of Berks County gives him as an early member of Christ's Church (Stouchsburg). He is said to have had twelve children with his first wife, but of these only four have been located : Phillipª, of Hetzel's; Jonathan, Ben- jamin and John, b. 1750, who married Barbara Witman, November 2, 1773. (Christ Church records). Phillip1 Zerbe is also noted on the same records as having married Su- sanna - February 26, 1782, his second wife.
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(Note-Phillip Zerbe on list of taxables, Berks County, 1754.)
Of these four sons, Phillip? and Jonathan2 settled in Pinegrove Township. John2 is supposed to have remained in Rehersburg, Berks County, and Benjamin2 is probably the man of that name who went West.
(Note-Mrs. Lucetta Bretz, eighty-three years of age, remembers that her grandfather, Phillip2, had a brother Ben- jamin, who went West.)
There were four Zerbes north of the Blue Mountain, from 1754 to 1760; John the miller had taken up a tract of a thousand acres of land, which he sold to his sons, Benjamin, Daniel and John Jr .; and Phillip, his brother, and Jonathan, his son, of Cumru, both came later than the former. John the miller never lived here, nor is it positively known if John Jr. ever did. Jonathan, of Cumru, was the progenitor of the Centre County line.
(Note-The Phillip and Daniel Zerbe, first cousins, who went overland from Berks County, about 1785, and settled near Shamokin Dam, (Delmatia), Northumberland County, were sons of Daniel and Benjamin Zerbe, of the Blue Moun- tain Hollow, Pine Grove Township.)
March 9, 1749, Adam Klinger, deeded to Phillip Zerbe by original warrant (Deed Book, 12-22) a tract of land. John Klinger died 1768 and Adam asked for a partition. There were two tracts, one of one hundred acres and the other of forty acres, both in Heidelberg Township. George Forrer bought sixty-five acres of this land at the appraisement. It is not clear how many acres were in the Zerbe tract. It says in the deed, "being part of a larger tract of 8934 acres and allowances as granted to the said Phillip "Zerby."
Phillip Zerbe settled in the "Blue Mountain Hollow," about four miles east of Pinegrove, 1760, on a tract of land now owned by Benjamin Loy. This land adjoins that after-
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ward purchased from the state to erect upon it Hetzel's church. He died 1790. His son, Phillip2, bought the property, December 16, 1790, for the sum of fifty-five pounds in gold.
(Translated from "Der Readinger Zeitung" of September 1, 1790:
NOTICE-Pursuant to an order of Sale from the Orphans' Court of Berks County, there will be offered at public vendue on Saturday, the 18th of September, at the public house of Gottfried Roehrer, Tulpe- hocken Township, Berks County, a certain plantation and tract of land situated in Pine Grove Township, in said county, containing 80 acres, together with the usual allowances; lately the property of Philip Zerbe, deceased.
For more particular information inquire of
SUSANNA ZERBE, Administratrix. ADAM KALBACH, Administrator.
August 16, 1790.
DESCENDANTS OF PHILLIP' ZERBE
Phillip2 Zerbe, (Phillip1) who bought and lived on the old homestead adjoining Hetzel's church, was born October 23, 1765, d. October 13, 1831. He married Christina Boyer, da. of Assumas Boyer, Jr., and wf. - Nagle. Christina was a granddaughter of Heinrich Boyer and Elizabeth Marie Zerbe (Martin1) Boyer, of Tulpehocken. Phillip2 Zerbe and John Lingle were granted a warrant for a tract of land from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, May 8, 1798, called "Good Intent," for twelve shillings and six pence, to be held in trust for the Lutheran congregation and upon which tract was built Hetzel's church. Phillip lived upon the place until his death, 1831. Christina survived him about ten years, living with her daughter Christina, wf. of John Zerbe, who lived on the old Assumas Boyer homestead, about four miles northeast of Pinegrove. The children of Phillip2 and Christina Zerbe were:
Phillip3 Zerbe; wf. Elizabeth They owned a farm near the old homestead of his father and grandfather.
John, b. April 17, 1795; d. April 15, 1863; wf., Magdalena -. Both buried at Denver, Indiana.
Philopena, b. May 5, 1796; d. April 8, 1870; buried at Hetzel's church. She was unmarried and lived with her sister, Christina Zerbe.
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Catharine, married Adam Stahl, of Suedburg, who was the father of John and George Stahl of the same place.
Daniel, b. December 1, 1799; d. February 17, 1874; first wf., Catharine Swartz; second wf., Catharine Bretzious, widow. He lived on a farm four miles northeast of Pinegrove at the upper end of the Union Canal dam. He was a sawyer and at his saw mill prepared lumber for the build- ing of boats for the Schuylkill Canal and furnished ties for the first railroad built to Pine Grove.
Christina, b. July 10, 1801; d. January 25, 1885; married John Zerbe, a native of Westmoreland County, and a son of Emanuel and Barbara Zerbe, of Rehrersburg, Berks County. They lived four miles northeast of Pine Grove, on the old Assumas Boyer's homestead, and had one daugh- ter, Lucetta, who married George Bretz. Their children were: Mary, Ed- ward and Lucetta.
Phillip3 Zerbe, wf. Elizabeth, owned and lived on a farm near the old homestead of Phillip1 and Phillip2. Children :
Jonathan, b. in Washington Township, Schuylkill Coun- ty, December 31, 1819, and died at his home in Cedar County, Iowa, February 25, 1903. He was married to Catharine Em- erich, June 15, 1846, and on the day of their marriage they set out for Ohio. A Mechanicsville, Cedar County, news- paper man, says: "He came to Iowa in the Spring of 1865 and resided in that county since." He had thirteen children, four boys, Henry, Jacob, Jonathan and Solomon, and nine girls, all of whom are living. He had ninety-six grandchil- dren and forty-one great grandchildren, making a total of one hundred and fifty direct descendants. He was eighty- three years of age.
John, (Phillip3); b. Jan. 11, 1821; d. Dec. 23, 1884; married Maria Hon- necker; lived about three miles east of Pine Grove. He was a veteran of the Civil War. He was noted as the best shot at the old shooting matches. He had children: Caroline, 1845; Mary Ann, 1850; Emanuel, 1852; Rebecca, 1857; Elizabeth, 1859; John, 1861; George, 1863; Reuben and William (twins), 1874.
Jacob, b. February 1, 1823; m. Catharine Klick. They had one son, William, b. March 25, 1849. Sudden death, June 24, 1861.
Joseph, b. September 12, 1825; d. July 17, 1895; m. Katharine Loose; they lived on a farm three miles east of Pine Grove; was a plasterer by trade; had children, Lewis, Percival, 1854; Joseph Jr., 1855, and Frank.
Leah, b. October 31, 1828; d. February 13, 1912; m. Daniel Herring; no children.
Benneville, b. September 19, 1830; d. March 7, 1877; m. Amanda Royer; had one daughter, Emma.
Kate, m. - Sherman.
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Reuben; b. July 27, 1837; m. Amanda Krick; he lives one mile east of Pine Grove; is a plasterer by trade. His children are: Harry, an en- gineer, of Allentown, and Mrs. Wash Zimmerman; Mrs. Harry Shollen- berger, and Mrs. William Schwartz, all of Pine Grove.
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