Genealogical and biographical annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Part 36

Author: Floyd, J.L., & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, J. L. Floyd & Co.
Number of Pages: 1090

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."I will now give some short biographical sketches of the above mentioned children and their respective families. as well as I am able, and then resume and finish the biographical sketch of Grandfather Henry Egolff. 3d. himself.

"Valentine Egolff, 4th, the oldest child of Henry Egolff, 3d, and his wife, was born on the little farm of his parents near Carlisle in 1790. I am not able to say whether he had any trade or not. May (Mrs. Fleegal. born in March, 1876). Eliza- He was a farmer. It is stated that he married young. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Martin (born March 1, 1884), John Stotts ( born July 29.

in 1803. She came to America from Belfast. Ire- land, in 1800 A. D., settled in Carlisle. Pa. Her father's name was David Martin. Mother's name Elizabeth McCollough. They had six children, three sons and three daughters : their names were as follows: Rebecca, 5th. Samuel. 3th. Elizabeth, 5th, David, 5th, John, 5th. and Catherine Styles, 5th. (1) Rebecca Egolff. 5th. was married on the 18th of December, 1838, to Daniel Bailey; Daniel and Rebecca ( Egolff, 5th) Bailey were the parents of David Bailey, 6th. David is about fifty- five or fifty-six years of age. He is a widower and has four children (7th) living. two sons and two daughters. They are all grown up. David is an ardent member of the G. A. R. and I think is

David Snyder at Carlisle, Pa., in October, 1840." They have descendants as follows: Sarah Egolff Snyder (6th), born in August, 1841, died in Jan- nary, 1856, at Carlisle, unmarried. Rachel Sny- der (6th), born Oct. 13, 1843. still living in this year (1911), married first Lieut. Harrison Fos- tick, U. S. A., who was born in 1833 and died in August. 1866. at Washington. D. C. (he was buried in the Ashland cemetery at Carlisle) : her second marriage, which took place at Carlisle Jan. 9, 1872, was to Lewis Bosh, who died at Chambers- burg, Pa., Aug. 9, 1872, and is buried in the Ash- land cemetery at Carlisle. Rebecca Snyder (6th ). born at Carlisle in August, 1845, died at Car- lisle and is buried there; she married Henry Kaufman, commissary sergeant, U. S. A .. who is still living (1911), and of this union two children were born, of whom Charles William (îth), born May 23, 1863, now foreman in the. Linder shoe factory at Carlisle, married Sarah Speck. of Carlisle, in November, 1890: they have no children. Jesse H. Snyder (6th), born Nor. 25, 1849, a farmer near Carlisle in this year of grace (1911) married Laura Gosh. of Carlisle. Pa .. and had eight children, ?th, all born at Carlisle. namely: Harrison Fostick. Lewis Bosh. Mary beth Egolff (Mrs. Garret). Rachel Armstrong

1888). Jessie Yates (born in November. 1891). and Charles Kaufman (born April 9, 1894). "(+) David Egolff, 5th, son of Valentine and Eliza- beth (Martin) Egolff, 4th, was born at Carlisle. Ile was a saddler and harnessmaker. He had learned his trade with his granduncle. Joseph Egolff. 3d. His naine is also on the same fire- men's roll that his brother Sammel's is on. Ialso saw his name among a list of jurymen of Cumber- land county. He went to Illinois some time early in the forties and was married there to Mary Madden. of Galena. Ill. No children. He was ' postmaster at Galena. Illinois, for some time, but when the California gold fever broke out in 1848 he conld not resist the temptation and accordingly

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in 1849 he left Galena for California with his grown up he got himself a small conveyance with family, where he died in 1869, at Oleta, Cal. which he would peddle notions through the eoun- (5) John Egolff, 5th. son of Valentine and Eliza- try. He was never married. After his father betli (Martin) ' Egolff, 4th, was born at Carlisle, broke up housekeeping lie made his home with Simon Sholley, at Carlisle, Mrs. Sarah Sholley being Henry's sister. He died at Carlisle when he was about forty-five years of age and is buried at the old graveyard at Carlisle. where he resided all his life. - I am not able to say whether he had a trade or not. He married Elizabeth Sparr at Carlisle about 1850. They had a large family of children (6th ) and grandchildren (7th). His son Cirus lives in the same log house "Genevieve Egolff, 4th, was born at her father's farm near Carlisle but I am not able to give the date of her birth. She was married to a Mr. Hem- wood. I do not know his Christian name. I have been able to get but very little information in Carlisle in regard to this family. with the exception that they were married at Carlisle, had a family and lived there, that some of their descendants were still in the neighborhood. The old folks are no in which his grandfather, Valentine Egolff, 4th, lived and died. . The house is still in a very good state of preservation and promises to stand for many years yet. John Egolff, 5th, died in 1880: do not know what his age was. Cannot say whether his wife is still living in this year of grace, 1896, or not. They had ten children. (6) Catherine Styles Egolff, 5th, a daughter of Valen- tine and Elizabeth ( Martin ) Egolff. 4th, was born doubt dead. at Carlisle Dec. 25, 1825 ; died at Shamokin, Pa.,

"Catherine Egolff, 4th, a danghter of Henry Oct. 20, 1890. She was married Oct. 18, 1845, , Egolff and his wife, was born on her parents' farin at Carlisle, Pa., by Rev. Father P. Maher, Catholic near Carlisle, but I do not know the date of her Reetor, to John A. Snyder, a brother of David birth. She was married to Mardicay Duncan. but Snyder, who is married to her sister Elizabeth.

what year they were married I am not able to say. They have descendants as follows : Mary G. Sny- Mr. Duncan is a shoemaker by trade and lived der May (6th), born July 19, 1846, at Carlisle: about two miles north of London, in Path Valley,

Samuel Egolff Snyder (6thr), born Jan. 3, 1848, at Carlisle; Edw. Helfenstine Snyder (6th), born Sept. 6, 1850, at Carlisle: Martin Mccullough Snyder (6th), born Jan. 29, 1854; John Patrick Snyder (6th), born June 15, 1858, at Shamokin ; James Harrison Snyder (6th), born May 3, 1862 (died Feb. 16, 1864) ; George Britten Snyder (6th), born Sept. 24, 1864 (died July 14, 1891, at Shamokin ). Of this family, Mary G. Snyder, the eldest daughter, married Maj. James May.

"Valentine Egolff, 4th, had considerable finan- cial difficulties during his life. He died at Carlisle of the smallpox on the 10th of December, 1832, at the age of forty-two years (ten days before the death of his brother-in-law, Edward Green). He is buried at the old graveyard at Carlisle. I am not able to say when his wife died. With this closes the biographical sketch of Valentine Egolff, 4th, including his children as well as some of his grandehildren, and also some of his great-grand- children down to the seventh generation.

"Mary Egolff, 4th : As she is the immediate an- cestor of my family on my wife's side and the bio- graphical sketch of her family and her descendants for several generations will make a long chapter, I will give the sketches of her brothers and sisters first, and then close up with her own.

where he had a small piece of land which he tilled along with his trade. They had three children, two sons and one daughter ; their names were, re- spectively, Alexander (5th ), William (5th) and Mary (5th). Alexander Duncan was a millwright by trade; he died suddenly, while a young man, unmarried. William Duncan : Do not know whether William had a trade or not; the last I heard of him he was in Colorado: cannot say whether he was married or single. Mary Duncan was married, but I could not learn the name of her husband nor the time when they were married ; after she was married they moved to Michigan. Mr. Duncan was married twice. The above named children were all by his first wife, he had no chil- dren by the second wife. I do not know what year his first wife died. When I first got acquainted with him, in 1845, he was married to his second wife and the three children were very near grown up. Mr. Duncan died, I think, in 1878 or 1829. His second wife had died some tinie before hin. 1 cannot say where he is buried, but I suppose at Loudon.

"Sarah Egolff, 4th, was born at the home of her parents near Carlisle, but I am not able to give the date of her birth. She was married to Simon Sholley, but I cannot say what wear they were married. In regard to their children, I do not know how many they had, I can only remember

"Henry Egolff, 4th, was born at his father's home at Carlisle. I cannot say when he was born. He was a cripple from his infancy. I was in -. two daughters (5th), who were nearly grown up formed that when he was lying in his cradle a when I first got acquainted with the family. about drunken man, an acquaintance of the family, came 1845. Mr. Sholley had a horse and cart or wagon to the house and stumbling over the cradle, fell with which he was doing hauling about town. heavily on the child. injuring him to such an ex- Mrs. Sholley kept what was in those days known as tent that he was a cripple for life. When he was a cake house. She baked different kinds of sweet

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cakes and made mead and small beer. From my girl of about sixteen years of age, had the whole best recollections they left Carlisle for Ohio in the charge of the family on her shoulders. Malinda fifties. 'I was informed by some of the relations Egolff, 4th, was married twice. Her first hus- after they had gone to Ohio that Mr. and Mrs. Sholley were both dead, without knowing where and when they died, and that none of the rela- tions about Carlisle knew what had become of the children. The above is all the information I could gather in regard to the Sholley family.

"Jane Egolff, 4th, a daughter of Henry Egolff, 3d, and his wife, was born at the home of her parents near Carlisle, but the date of her birth died young. Of the age of their children I am I do not know. She was married to a Mr. Koup. I do not know his Christian name, nor the date of their marriage. After they were married they resided in Perry county, Pa., where Grandfather Henry Egolff, 3d, paid them a visit in 1826. They had ten children : I do not know how many sons or how many daughters. I do not know what their names were. They are all dead but two, namely, Henry (5th ) and Jeremiah (5th). An- other brother, by the name of Jacob, died about four years ago, in 1892. The following is all the information I have in regard to the children of Mr. Koup and Jane Egolff, 4th, his wife: (1) Henry Koup, 5th (born no doubt in Perry county, Pa.), in 1820, lives in Pontiac, Livingston Co., Ill. Cannot say whether he is a mechanic or farm- er. He has a family there. Do not know what year he went West, nor do I know whether he was married before he went to the West or got his wife out there. I am not able to say how many chil- dren they have. (2) Jeremiah Koup. 5th, born . (no doubt in Perry Co., Pa.) in 1832, resides at Duncannon, in the same county. I do not know what his occupation is. He is a widower with five children (6th), three sons and two daughters, but I do not know their names, age or occupation. (3) Jacob Koup, 5th : Although he is dead, as his wife is living vet I will relate what little I know about him. He was no doubt also born in Perry county, Pa., but I do not know the date of his birth. His wife's Christian name is Josephine. but her family name I do not know. They had no children. She resides in Duncannon, Perry Co., Pa., where her husband, Jacob Koup, died in 1892. With this I will have to close the family

record of Jane Egolff. 4th, and her husband Mr.

Koup. I am sorry that I have not got some in- formation concerning the other seven children of theirs.

"Malinda Egolff. 4th, was the youngest of the family of Henry Egolff, 3d, and his wife, and was probably born in 1808. It is stated in the family traditions that Grandmother Egolff. the wife of Grandfather Henry Egolff, 3d, died in 1809, that several of the children were single vet at the time of her deatlı, and that the youngest ( Malinda) was only a few months old : that Mary. the eldest of the girls, who was then a good 'chuuk' of a

band's name was Sipes: could not say what his Christian name was, nor what year she was mar- ried to him. I don't think they had any children. I cannot say what year he died. Some time after the death of her first husband she was married to Jacob Albert. Mr. Albert was a house carpenter : they had five children, that are grown up. I am not able to say whether they had any children that not positive, but think the following order is cor- rect : Barbara (5th), Levi (5th), Jacob ( 5th ). Samuel (5th), and Rebecca (5th). The following is a short biographical sketch of the children and other descendants of Jacob and Malinda ( Egolff. 4th ) Sipes Albert: (1) Barbara Albert was born at Carlisle: do not know the date of her birth. She was married to Thomas Jameson. Mr. Jaine- son is a day laborer. They have five children, three sons and two daughters (6th). The three sons are all married and have families: the two daugliters are single. (2) Levi Albert was born at Carlisle; do not know what vear. Levi is a day laborer. He is married, but I do not know his wife's family or Christian name: they have two daughters (6th), who are both single. (3) Jacob Albert was born at Carlisle, but I cannot say what year. He is an engineer and works for one of the railroad companies at Carlisle. He is a widower. He was twice married. He has no children, and makes his home with his brother-in-law. Jesse Haves, who is married to Jacob Albert's sister Re- beeca. (4) Samuel Albert was born at Carlisle (year not known). He is married. but I do not know his wife's family or Christian name. He has some children (6th), but I can not say how many. nor do I know what he follows. (5) Rebecea Al- bert, the youngest of Jacob and Malinda ( Egolif. 4th) Sipes Albert's family, was born at Carlisle. but I do not know the date of her birth. She is married to Jesse Haves. Her husband is a wateliman at one of the factories at Carlisle. They have four children. One died in infancy, two sons and one daughter (6th) surviving. Their names are, respectively, Jacob, Martin and Mary. The two sons are married and have fam- ilies (th) ; the daughter is single. Mrs. Haves is a very pleasant woman. I have received a good deal of information from her concerning some of our relations. This completes the bio- graphical sketch of the children and other de- scendants of Jacob and Malinda Albert's family. * * Jacob Albert died in the summer of 1879. He had been laid np for some time and was quite feeble. I am not able to say what his age was at the time of his death. His wife died some years before him. They are both buried in the old graveyard at Carlisle.

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"Mary Egoltf, 4th, was the second child and near the distillery where he worked, in Cumber- the oldest daughter of Henry Egolff, 3d. and his land county, a few miles west of Harrisburg, wife. She was born at the paternal mansion near where it is quite likely they remained until they moved to Chambersburg. Carlisle in 1293. Her parents belonged to the Lutheran denomination, in which faith she was "It has been stated that she was born and raised in the Lutheran faith. Atter her marriage she became a Catholic, and I think was received into the church by one of the Jesuit fathers from Conewago, who attended thic mission at Carlisle. She had become a Catholic before they moved to. Chambersburg. brought up. The early part of her life was passed on her father's farm, in the pursuit of such work as pertains to the female portion of a farmer's family, namely, the household affairs, culinary tluties and the dairy. Schools were scarce in her young days, particularly in the country, couse- quently her education was limited; however, she "Edward and Mary ( Egolff, 4th) Green had eleven children, four sons and seven daughters: six of them, three sons and three daughters, died while they were young and only five, one son and four daughters. were permitted to grow up. The following are the names of their children and the time of their birth, as near as could be obtained : (1) Edward Green (5th) was born in Cumber- (2) Sarah Green (5thı) was born at Chambers- burg on the 5th of June, 1817. (3) Mary Green (5th) was born near Chambersburg in 1819. (4) Margaret Green (5th) was born near Chambers- burg in 1821. (5) Susana Green (5th ) was proba- bly born near Chambersburg in 1823; died when small. (6.) Elizabeth Green (5th) was probably born at Bridgeport, Franklin county, in 1824; died when small. (?) Catherine Green (5th) was born near Bridgeport in 1835. (S) Simon Peter Green (5th) was born near Bridgeport on the ?? th of March, 1827. (9) Isabella Green (5th) was born near Bridgeport in 1829: died when small. (10) James Green (5th ) was born near Bridgeport in 1830: died when small. (11) John Green (5th) was born near Bridgeport in 1831; died when sniall. was able to read quite well, but I do not think she could write. She had plenty of mother wit, good common sense and excellent judgment. There were eight children in the family, one of them, her brother Henry, a cripple for lite. Her father was engaged in farming during the spring, sum- mer and early fall, and during the winter and early spring he was engaged in wagoning. He land county, about the year 1815; died when small. would take country produce to Baltimore or Phila- delphia and return laden with merchandise of different kinds, for the business men of Carlisle or some of the neighboring towns; and when the turnpike was finished westward he would make a trip once in a while as far as Pittsburg. In 1809, when she was about sixteen years of age she as well as the rest of the family met with a serious loss in the death of her mother. As she was the oldest daughter she was placed at the head of the family and nearly the whole responsibility of the family rested on her shoulders. This was more particular- ly the case when her father was away with the team. But when the war of 1812 broke out be- tween the United States and Great Britain her responsibility increased still more, as her father's patriotism (although he had fought for several years during the war of Independence, and was now past the age of doing military duty ) prompted him to go again, and according to the family 'children and also some descendants of his belong -. traditions he was gone almost three years.

"If the traditions of the family are correct, the young Irish distiller Edward Green. who had ar- rived in the United States in 1811. had formed the acquaintance of Mary Egolff, 4th, and had ob- tained the consent of her father to their marriage before he left for the army. It is quite likely they were married in 1813 or 1814. She was then about twenty .or twenty-one years of age, while her young husband was one year her senior.

"After their marriage she no doubt remained at her father's home until he returned from the war. She was very conscientious and would not leave the family of her father without it being properly cared for, and she thought she could do better her- self than anyone else. From information received it would appear that her husband continued work- ing at the distillery after they were married and after her father's return from the army they com- menced housekeeping themselves, and lived at or

"Having now finished with the family of Grandfather Henry Egolff, 3d. including all his ing to generations still further off, I will resume. and finish his own biography.

"From the family traditions we have it would seen that he lost his wife in 1809, when some of' the children were still small, one of them Malinda only a few months old. He was still living on his little farin and the responsibility of the whole fan- ily principally rested on the shoulders of his. daughter Mary who was then about sixteen years of age. When in 1812 war broke out between Great Britain and the United States he, being then about fifty-three or fifty-four years of age, and' beyond the age of doing military duty, having be- sides been in the service of the government for several years during the war of Independence. the fire of his patriotism was kindled anew, and al- though his wife was dead, and having no one as head of the family except his daughter Mary, he shouldered his musket again against the same for he had fought thirty-six years before, with a firm

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resolve to do as he had done before-not to return first year of his age. He was buried on Sunday. until victory had been accomplished. It is stated that he was gone almost three years during the war of 1812-15 and that his duty during that time was principally on the lakes. It is stated in con- nection with this war that he and his brother Joseph Egolff lost a team laden with flour which was. taken near Philadelphia by the government. The driver of the team was a nephew of theirs by the name of Mattheson, a son of their sister Polly Mattheson.

April 13th, with military honors. He is buried in the old graveyard at Carlisle, but as there is no tombstone to mark his grave, his grave is not known. With this closes the history of the most important person of the Egolff family up to the time of writing these biographical sketches in the year of grace 1896, namely, that of Henry Egolff, the patriot of two wars, the war of Independence in 1976 and the war of 1812-15, with perhaps one single exception, that of Michael Egolff, 1st. It is not complete in all respects, as I would like to sec it, but I have done my best with the material at my command." ..

RENN. The Renn family has long been well known in Lower Augusta township, Northumber- land county, where the old homestead of Ira T. Renn is still owned by his son Roland D. Renu. who makes his home in Harrisburg, Pa. Bert. I. Renn, a merchant of Sunbury, and Ira T. Renn. his brother, are also sons of Ira T. Renn and worthy representatives of this family name.

Adam Renn, great-grandfather of the brothers just named, was born in Germany, and coming to America settled about 1800 in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland Co., Pa., living in the locality known as Jews Hollow. He was a farmer, and owned three hundred acres of land. During the war of 1812 he served his adopted country as a soldier. He was a Democrat in politics and a Lutheran in religion. His wife's maiden name was Snyder, and they had children as follows: Jacob : Bernard; Henry, who lived and died in Lower Angusta township ; and Mary, who married Jacob . Rhen and lived in Lancaster and Dauphin coun- ties.

Jacob Renn, son of Adam, lived in Lower Au- gusta township. In early life he learned butcher- ing, which occupation he followed for forty years. meantime becoming also an extensive and pros- perous farmer. He owned a tract of nearly two hundred acres, now the property of H. I. Reitz. In his earlier years he was employed as a boatman on what was known as the Pennsylvania canal. He was a tall man, six feet in height, strong, ro- bust and of military carriage though heavy build. weighing about two hundred pounds. A Lutheran in religion, he was a zealous church worker and contributed liberally to church work, donating two acres of ground upon which to crect St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lower Angusta. He served many years as elder of this church, and was one of the most active in the promotion and establishment of its house of worship. In pohties Shamokin, aged eighty-one years, nine months and

Mr. Renn was twice married, his first union he-

at the house of his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Sholley, at Carlisle, on Friday, April 10th, 1810, in the eighty- ing to Elizabeth Snyder, by whom he had a large

"We have no authentic information when he discontinued farming and probably also house- keeping, but it was no doubt before the year 1826. ITis youngest daughter, Malinda, was then about eighteen years of age, and although we have no record of the date when any of his children were married we may suppose that all, or nearly all, of them had been married before the year 1826. On page 64, Vol. 13, of the Archives of Pennsylvania, Second Series, it is stated that Henry Egolff re- sided in Perry county, Pa., in 1826. He had no doubt broken up housekeeping then and was sim- ply staying with his daughter. Jane Koup, who resided with her husband and family in Perry county. It is quite likely that some pension money was sent to him in Perry county and in that way his name got into the State Archives, as liv- ing in Perry county. He had made his home at the house of his daughter Sarah Sholley, in Carlisle, where his son Henry, the cripple, also made his home, but he would pay periodical visits to his children, as I was informed. He paid his daughter Mary Egolff Green a visit when she lived in Path Valley, in 1833, after the death of her husband. Then he paid her a visit again in 1838, when she lived near Chambersburg.

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Genealogical and biographical annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Part 36

Author: Floyd, J.L., & Co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Chicago, J. L. Floyd & Co. Number of Pages: 1090

Author: Floyd, J.L., & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, J. L. Floyd & Co.
Number of Pages: 1090