History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. III, Part 65

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 854

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was born March 7, 1800, and died Oct. 17, 1873. He settled in Salisbury township and married Catharine Klein, who was born Nov. 15, 1802, and died May 1, 1880. Their chil- dren were: Owen, born July 7, 1826, died Sept. 26, 1905, married Rebecca Steinberger, and had children: Owen A. and Mrs. Alvin H. Kehn; Catharine, born Aug. 7, 1830, died Dec. 6, 1853; Matilda, born 1835, died 1836; Helena S., born Dec. 6, 1838; Philip, born Aug. 18, 1840; Ben- jamin, born 1842, died 1842; Eliza, married Henry Dorney; Adam; William, of Riverside, Cal .; Mrs. Amanda Gruver ; Mrs. Samuel Derr and Mrs. Frank Strauss.

JEREMIAH G. ROTH.

Conrad Roth was a stone mason and lived in Saucon township between Center Valley and Bingen. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and is buried at Limeport. His wife was a Miss Wise. They had these children : Daniel; John, who lives at Emaus; Charles W., who was a school teacher; Joel, who lived in Kansas, and has a son, Wilson, employed in the Bethlehem Steel Company; Catharine, wife of Edward Schaffer, both deceased, and Mary, wife of Henry Hook, of Friedensville.

Daniel Roth, a son of Conrad, was born Nov. 20, 1829, and died March 27, 1873, aged forty- three years, four months, seven days. He is buried at the Jordan Lutheran church. He lived at Orefield and his trade was that of a carpenter. Mr. Roth was a member of Trexlertown Lodge No. 326, F. and A. M. In 1852 he was married to Mary Hauser, a daughter of John and Chris- tiana (Semmel) Hauser. Mrs. Roth was born Oct. 2, 1826, and died May 25, 1906, aged seventy-nine years, seven months and twenty- three days. They had a son, Jeremiah G.

Jeremiah G. Roth was born at Kernsville, North Whitehall township, July 29, 1857, and was educated in the public schools. At the age of thirteen years he commenced working in the ore mines at Orefield and continued for about five years, when he purchased the William Clauser homestead. He was actively engaged on the farm for four years, but lived on it for twenty- eight years. In 1906 he rented the farm to his son-in-law and entered the employ of the Lehigh Portland Cement Company as assistant machinist. During that year he erected his present residence at Levan's Junction, which has been his home ever since its completion. In politics Mr. Roth is a Democrat and he served his county as audi- tor and his district as registration assessor. He is connected with Jordan Lodge No. 192, I. O. O. F .; Livingstone Castle, No. 258, K. G. E .; and is a member of the Jordan Lutheran church.

On July 27, 1878, he was married to Amanda Clauser, daughter of William and Carolina (Kuhns) Clauser. They had three children :

I. Katie C., born in 1880, and died in 1890.

2. Florence M., wife of Robert M. Bear. They occupy the homestead of the late William Clauser, which consists of forty-nine acres and is located near Levans, North Whitehall township. They had six children: Alton R .; Harold R .; Esther M., who died in infancy; Earl H .; Wil- liam A., and Luther J.

3. William D. Roth.

EDWIN C. ROTH.

Edwin C. Roth, son of Tilghman Roth, was born Feb. 25, 1884, in Egypt. He was educated in the public schools of the township and later learned the baker trade, and was employed by the Egypt Bakery Company up to 1909, when he accepted a position as moulder with the Dent Hardware Company, at Fullerton, where he is employed since.

Mr. Roth is a member of the Lutheran church at Egypt, which he serves as deacon. He is a member of Woodmen Lodge, of Cementon; and Allen Council Jr. Mechanics, No. 753, of Allen- town. In politics he is a Republican.

In 1904 he was united in marriage to Eva A., daughter of Wallace and Millie ( Haaf) Geiger. They have the following children: Harriet G. and Lucile G.

TILGHMAN ROTH.

Tilghman Roth was born in North Whitehall township, Sept. 14, 1855. He was educated in the public schools, and for a time worked on a farm. He later worked in the brick-yard at Catasauqua, and the Car Wheel and Axle Works in Fullerton. In 1884 he moved to Egypt, where he was employed in the cement mills. In 1897 he bought the Joshua Kohler homestead, which he occupies and farms at the present time. He is a Lutheran and a member of the Egypt church, which he serves as deacon. In politics he is a Republican, and a member of the Whitehall Beneficial Society.

He married Sarah, daughter of Joshua and Sarah Elizabeth (Knauss) Kohler. Issue: Beu- lah E., died small, and Edwin C.

Charles Roth was born in Berks county in 1820. He later moved to North Whitehall town- ship, Lehigh county, where he resided during his life time. He was a blacksmith by trade, which he followed at his home, located between Rock- dale and Rising Sun. Mr. Roth was a member of the Lutheran church at Unionville. He died May 25, 1863.

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He was married to Clarissa Musselman, a daughter of Michael and wife, nee Miller, Mus- selman. They had the following children : Amanda, married Lewis Lindaman; Frank ; Joel ; Emma, married Al. Freeman; Lovina, married Lewis Newhard; Vienna; Ellen, married Jonas George; Tilghman; Hannah, married Frank Newhard, and Charles Roth.

Conrad Roth, great-grandfather of Oscar P. Roth, was born March 18, 1772, in Rockland township, Berks county. He removed to North Whitehall township, Lehigh county. He died May 7, 1848, and was buried .at Unionville church, of which he was a Lutheran member. He married Elizabeth Hartranft, an aunt of Governor Hartranft. She was born Sept. 25, 1871, and died Dec. 9, 1846. They had twelve chil- dren : Mathias; Charles; Jacob; Aaron ; Benne- ville; David, and six daughters, among whom were Mrs. Wm. Moyer and Mrs. Stein.

Mathias Roth, the oldest son, was born Sept. 30, 1800, and died April 1, 1860. He was reared at Moselem Springs, Berks county, and became a farmer. He lived near Rothrocksville. He was a member of Zion church, at Maxa- tawny, where he is buried. He was married to Eliza Roth. They had eight children : Jeremiah, who died at Breinigsville; Joshua; James, of Erie, Pa .; Alfred, Meadville, Crawford county ; Daniel, at Meadville, where he died; Elizabeth, married David Acker, of Trexlertown; Emma, married Henry Bortz, and Sallie, married Tilgh- man Schaeffer.

Joshua Roth, second son of Matthias, was born at Moselem Springs, April 19, 1831, and died May 19, 1900. He was a carpenter by trade and followed it for many years. He lived near Rothrocksville, on the property now owned by Oscar P. Roth, of Allentown. He was a soldier in the Civil War, serving for nine months as corporal in Company D, 167th Regiment, Penn- sylvania Volunteers, under Colonel Shellhamer. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and was buried at Zion church, in Maxatawny township. His wife was Annie Ziegler, daughter of Solomon Ziegler. She was born Oct. 5, 1830, and died April 18, 1889. Their children were: William, of Allentown; Henry J., of Rothrocks- ville; Oscar P .; Eliza, married Silas Stettler, of Allentown, and Mary, married Jeremiah Boyer, of Lyons, Pa.

OSCAR P. ROTH, the son of Joshua, a con- tractor and builder, was born Feb. 16, 1860. He was educated in the common schools and later attended the Normal School at Kutztown. He learned the carpenter trade from his father and in the spring of 1886 removed to Allentown.

For fourteen years he was employed in the plan- ing mill of Butz & Frederick, at Allentown, and for four years in the planing mill of Ritter & Smith. Since 1904 Mr. Roth has been a con- tractor and builder, having built more than sixty houses in this time and employs a number of men.

Mr. Roth is a Democrat in politics and for seven years was assessor in the Eleventh ward; was city commissioner under Mayor C. D. Schaeffer and since the spring of 1910 is the water commissioner of the city, - a position to which he was elected by council for three years.

On Nov. 29, 1884, Mr. Roth was married to Annie M. Levan, daughter of Willoughby and Leah (Smith) Levan, of Rothrocksville, and granddaughter of Daniel Levan. Mr. and Mrs. Roth are members of Salem's Reformed church. They had four children: (1) Ada V., who mar- ried Arthur H. Wright, of Allentown; (2) Jesse L .; (3) Leah E .; and (4) Earl O., who was born July 21, 1898, and died Sept. 16, 1898.

Mr. Roth is a member of Greenleaf Lodge No. 561, F. & A. M .; Allen Chapter, R. A. M., No. 203; Allen Commandery, No. 20, K. T .; Rajah Temple A. A. O. N. M. S., of Reading; Constantine Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 1113, of Allentown; a charter member of No. 406, P. O. S. of A., and Knights of the Golden Eagle, No. 258.

Mr. Roth purchased the ninety-acre farm at the east end of Rothrocksville, Maxatawny town- ship, Berks county, along the Allentown and Reading Traction Company line, from the heirs of Chas. Bortz, deceased, which adjoined the Roth homestead.

Benneville Roth, the fifth son of Conrad, was born in July, 1826, and died in April, 1905. He was a carpenter and contractor and erected a number of buildings in North Whitehall and Slatington. He was a member and deacon of the Reformed congregation at the Unionville church, where he is buried. He married Mary Dodson, born in 1830, and died in 1895, and they had six children: Joseph, of Dayton, Ind .; Eliza, mar- ried John Schaffer, of Rossville, Ind .; Oliver, of Tiffin, O .; Robert A., and Marsby, of Han- over, Pa.

ROBERT A. ROTH, tax collector of South Whitehall, was born in North Whitehall, April 22, 1864. He was educated in the local schools and at the age of eighteen years learned the car- penter trade, which he followed until 1907. Since 1908 he has been tax collector of South White- hall township. He is a member of Jordan Lodge, No. 192, I. O. O. F. In politics he is a Demo- crat. In 1889 he married Idella C., daughter of John H. and Lucinda (Boyer) Beck and they

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have one daughter, Esther I., married to Joseph E. Guth.

RUBRECHT FAMILY.

Henry Rubrecht, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, emigrated to Pennsylvania on the ship "Peggy," which landed at Philadelphia October 16, 1754, and then he took the oath of allegiance. On November 12, 1768 he took out a warrant for 70 acres of land in Lynn township North- ampton (now Lehigh) county a locality in which he had settled prior to 1765. His name appears in the list of taxables for 1781. In 1790, the first Federal census records him as the head of a Lynn township family consisting of himself, two sons over sixteen years of age and two sons under sixteen, and three females. His name also ap- pears in the tax list of 1812, besides the names of his sons John and George. In 1816-17 he pur- chased lots 83, 129 and 130 in New Tripoli, for which he was taxed as the owner.

Jonas Rubrecht, one of his older sons, moved across the Blue Mountain and settled in Schuyl- kill county, where he died and was buried at the Red Church, a historic place in Pine Dale. His descendants live in the vicinity of Hamburg and Shoemakersville, Berks county, but they spell their name Rubright.

Jacob Rubrecht, son of Henry, born January 17, 1789, and died January 20, 1856, was a mill- wright by trade and lived in Lehigh county, near Wessnersville, Berks county. His wife was Elizabeth Yenser, born August 14, 1795, and died August 24, 1870; and their children (now all deceased) were: Jacob (settled in Ohio), Daniel (killed in the Civil War), Levi (acci- dentally killed on the railroad at Schuylkill Haven), Ephraim, Mary (m. Henry Rauch), Lydia ( 1828-1895, m. Nathan Yenser ), Polly (died unmarried), and Passie (m. Benjamin Gerber ).

Ephraim Rubrecht, son of Jacob, born Feb- ruary 1, 1815, and died October 9, 1904, nearly 90 years of age, was a laborer and carpenter who lived in the Kistler Valley. His wife was Salie A. Greenawald. She was buried at Jack- sonville but he at Wessnersville. They had eight children: Levi (buried at Schuylkill Haven) Samuel (killed in the Civil War), James (at Philadelphia), Jacob (in Texas), Daniel (at Lehigh Gap), John, Mary (m. Jacob Blickner), and Ellen (m. Amos Gruber).

JOHN RUBRECHT, son of Ephraim, a prosper- ous farmer in the Kistler Valley, was born May 26, 1852, and reared upon a farm. In 1892 he began farming where he still lives. The farm of 100 acres came into his possession in 1896, after it had been in the Kistler family for more

than one hundred years. The present dwelling was built in 1872 by Jacob Kistler, who also built the barn in 1875. Mr. Rubrecht is a Democrat. He and his family are Lutheran members of the New Jerusalem church, which he served as deacon, elder and trustee; also as one of the building committee. In 1875 he was married to Luzettea, daughter of Jacob and Polly (Snyder) Kistler, and they had eight children: Samuel, Edwin, George, Allen and Ida (who are deceased ), Charles, Anson, and Cora. Mrs. Kistler was born May 14, 1833, and has her home with her daughter, Mrs. Rubrecht. Her husband died a number of years ago.

RUDOLPH FAMILY.

This is an early settled Pennsylvania family and upon coming to America early in the eight- eenth century settled in the counties immediately north of Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Ar- chives record that George, Jacob, John, Joseph, Thomas, and Michael Rudolph, at various times served their country in the Revolutionary War. George Rudolph, aged nineteen, brick- layer, on July 14, 1746, by the king's orders, en- listed under the Province of Pennsylvania, to be employed in concert with the regular forces in the immediate reduction of Canada. (Pa. Archives, Fifth Series, Vol. I, pp. 5 and 8.) Jacob Rudolph was the captain of the Second Com- pany, of Chester county militia, on foot in the United States service, from May 14 to at least Oct. 12, 1777. Among the list of officers of First Penna. Battalion, by Assembly, Oct., 1775, among the second lieutenants, appears the name of John Rudolph. Joseph Rudolph was a soldier of the Sixth class, of Chester county, in 1782. "Letters of Marque," were granted Nov. 2, 1779, to Moses Griffith, that belonged to Rudolph & Co., and the name of the ship was Brigantine Argo.

Michael Rudolph, in 1783, was a soldier of the fourth class, of Capt. J. Roberts' Company, associators and militia from Northampton county. In 1790 the first federal census records the name of Michael Rudolph as the head of a family of five, who resided in Bucks county. Mi- chael Rudolph, doubtless a son of the above Mi- chael, was a weaver and farmer in the vicinity of Richlandtown, Bucks county, and there he died and is buried. He was actively identified with the Reformed church. He was a soldier in the war. He had two brothers was married to Eliz- abeth Wieand, and they had these children: Mi- chael, Daniel, Henry, of Richlandtown; Hettie, married Aaron Hinkel; John, lived upon the homestead, and David. Daniel Rudolph was born in Bucks county, Dec. 16, 1831, and be-

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fore his marriage was a miller by trade. In 1858 he purchased a 131-acre farm in Hanover town- ship, this county. This he farmed until his re- tirement, dying on July 9, 1896, in his sixty- fifth year. His excellent farm was the home- stead of William Daniel. The present house upon it was built by Mr. Rudolph in 1880. He served Hanover township on the school board twenty-one consecutive terms, and Christ's church, at Shoenersville, as deacon, elder, and trustee. He and his wife, Matilda Daniel, are buried at that church. She died Nov. 6, 1912, aged 81 years, 10 months, and 21 days. Her parents were William and Maria (Laubach) Daniel, and her maternal grandparents were Jos- eph and Margaret (Kreidler) Daniel. They had these children: Alfred, of West Bethlehem; Ol- iver W .; Amanda; Alice; Martha; and Elmer. The four youngest died small.

OLIVER W. RUDOLPH, of Hanover township, was born upon the farm on which he has always lived, Sept. 17, 1859. He had learned the trades of a coach-maker and machinist, but in the course of time he became the owner of the homestead and this he has farmed very successfully until in 1903, when he retired, but continues to reside on his fine farm. He was elected as a Democrat to the office of school director of the township and has served this office with marked ability for five years, when he resigned the position. He is one of the deacons of the Reformed congregation of the Shoenersville church. In 1886 Mr. Rudolph married Delia J. Ritter, a daughter of Simon and Belinda (Breinig) Ritter. They have an only daughter : Flora B. Rudolph.

RUCH FAMILY.

George Ruch, ancestor of this family, was born in Zinzendorf, Alsace, in 1664. He emi- grated to America with his family in the ship "Samuel," and arrived at Philadelphia, Aug. 17, 1733, accompanied by the ancestors of the Trox- ell, Flickinger and Lichtenwalner families, who settled in this county. He secured several war- rants for land in Whitehall township, the first of which was dated Aug. 19, 1737, for 100 acres. These tracts, however, he did not patent, and in 1764 he lived on a tract of 400 acres which he rented. He was naturalized about April 10, 1746. He was a member of the Lutheran faith, and attended the Jordan Lutheran church, where he was buried. He died in 1769, at the great age of 104 years and eleven months. A photo- graph of his tombstone is here shown. George Ruch's first wife having died, he married the sec- ond time, and had a number of children. His second wife, Susanna, was considerably younger than her husband. His children in the first mar-

riage were: George, Jacob, Michael and Mary Eva, and in the second marriage: Catharine, Conrad, Anna, Mary, John, Lorenz and Peter.

George Ruch settled in Lower Milford town- ship, and is the ancestor of that branch of the family.

Michael Ruch is said to have removed to the western part of the state.

Christian Ruch, son of George, second, was born Jan. 7, 1748, and died Dec. 2, 1827. His sons were: Jonas, George, Christian and John.

George Ruch, son of George, second, was born Dec. 7, 1735, and died Aug. 2, 1821. He mar- ried Anna Mary Rabenold. His son, John, born Aug. 28, 1777, died Nov. 24, 1863, married Mrs. Elizabeth Albright, grandmother of Judge Edwin A. Albright.

John Ruch, son of George, Sr., was born Oct. 7, 1740. He married Nov. 5, 1765, Eva, daugh- ter of George Fatzinger. His sons were: George, born 1776, John born 1772, and Jacob, born I774.

Peter Ruch, son of George, Sr., was born Feb. 7, 1746.

Conrad Ruch removed to Indiana county.

Lorenz, Ruch, son of George Sr., was born Nov. 14, 1744. He married Nov. 5, 1769, Charlotta Barbara Knauss, born June 20, 1750, died March 28, 1810, daughter of George and Maria Charlotta Knauss, of Cedar Creek. Lorenz Ruch secured by warrant of April 22, 1773, a tract of ninety-two acres called "West- minster," where Ruchsville is now located, and added to this until he owned 212 acres. He died Oct. 27, 1825, and is buried at Egypt church. He was one of the strongest men in this entire section, and many stories of his deeds of strength are still related. At one time, it is said, he upset the wagon of a neighbor, loaded with pro- duce for a trip to Philadelphia, with his hands, so that by the time it was reloaded, he was ready with his own load. He was a private in Captain Moritz's company of the Second Bat- talion of Northampton county militia, com- manded by Lieutenant Colonel Balliet, in the Revolutionary War. He had four sons and four daughters: Elizabeth, born June 27, 1772; Catharine, born Oct. 30, 1774, married May 5, 1799, Henry Biery; Mary Susanna, born March II, 1777, died May 20, 1855, married Abraham Miller; Peter; Lorenz, born March 19, 1781; Hanna, born Oct. 12, 1783, died Dec. 5, 1839, married Michael Frack ; Elizabeth, born May 21, 1786; George, who was tollkeeper at the bridge over the Susquehanna, at Berwick, and John Henry, born Oct. 1, 1791.

Peter Ruch, son of Lorenz, was born Feb. 28, 1779. He became the owner of his father's land

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and kept a hotel for many years at Ruchsville. He became widely known in the community and in the War of 1812-14 raised a company of cavalry in North and South Whitehall, of which he became captain. On Aug. 1, 1814, he was commissioned by Gov. Simon Snyder, captain of the troop of dragoons in the Second Brigade of the Seventh Division. He was a leading spirit in militia organizations, and rose in rank to briga-

Elizabeth Ruch was born Oct. 14, 1804, and died Oct. 17, 1804.

Charles Ruch, who died in 1854, married Salome Burkhalter. Their children were: Henry; Solomon, born 1832, married Mary A. Schadt; Allen P., born April 18, 1836; Dr. Stephen W., born Dec. 26, 1838, died April 19, 1879, married Hannah Laury; Reuben; Sarah and Edwin.

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TOMBSTONE OF GEORGE RUCH, AT JORDAN LUTHERAN CHURCH.

dier general, which he was commissioned by Governor Hiester on Aug. 3, 1821, and again by Governor Shulze, on Aug. 3, 1828. He died Nov. 19, 1838. General Ruch married, March 13, 1801, Susanna, daughter of Philip Jacob Schreiber, and had seven children: Elizabeth, Charles, William, David, Peter, Mary M. and Thomas.

William Ruch was born Jan. 18, 1806.

David Ruch was born July 3, 1807, and died Jan. 13, 1890.

Peter Ruch, born April 12, 1809, died April 19, 1881, married, Dec. 5, 1830, Lucy Ann Troxell. He settled near Frankford, Ind., in 1853, where he died. He had four sons and two daughters: William, born 1832, died March 3,

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1898, married (1), Sarah Miller ; (2) Caroline Kohler, and (3) Sarah Beisel, and had four sons and three daughters: Joseph, Martin, George, Mrs. Henry Biery and Mrs. Samuel Kuhns. Mary M. Ruch was born Nov. 29, 1811, and died May 24, 1890. She married Stephen Graff, of Ballietsville

Capt. Thomas Ruch was born April 29, 1815. He became active in militia circles and Aug. 3, 1842, was commissioned captain of the "White -. hall Cavalry." On March 8, 1853, he was commissioned major of the First Cavalry. Bat- talion, and May 28, 1860, commissioned colonel. He died Aug. 4, 1890. He married, first, La- vinia, daughter of John and Salome Troxell. Their children were: Mrs. Joseph Lorash; Mrs. Stephen Brown; Mrs. P. Frank Brown; Susan; Jacob and Daniel L., born June 18, 1839, of Elsen, Ind. Captain Ruch married, second, Mrs. Mary A. (Romig) Koons, who was born Jan. 2, 1821, and died April 5, 1883.

William Ruch, son of Gen. Peter Ruch and his wife, Susanna Schreiber, was born Jan. 18, 1806, and died May 9, 1893, aged eighty-seven years, three months and twenty-one days. He is buried at Egypt church, where he was a mem- ber. He also served as trustee a number of years, and held other offices. He followed farming, and owned and tenanted the farm now owned by the estate of Hon. W. H. Sowden. In religion he was Lutheran and in politics a Republican. He also served as school director.

He married Lydia Troxell, daughter of Nicholas Troxell and his wife, Maria ( Heller). They had the following children: Sallie, mar- ried Chas. Butz; Lewis; Frank; Louisa married Frank Scheirer; Polly married a Mr. Engel- moyer; Catharine, married Uriah Kurtz; James ; Hiram; Rufus; Peter; William L. and two died small.

HIRAM RUCH, farmer, in Hanover township, near Shoenersville, was born Nov. 17, 1848. He was reared upon the farm, and at the age of twenty-four years learned the carpenter trade, following it until 1894. He was employed as foreman for Peter Laubach, his brother-in-law. In 1894 he bought the Wm. Wint homestead in Hanover, of twenty acres, where he since lives. He is a member of the Shoenersville Lutheran congregation. In 1875 he married Maria K. Berndt, daughter of Francis G. and Christina (Kline) Berndt. They have no children.

PETER RUCH was born April 3, 1855, on a farm near Siegersville. At the age of fourteen, he learned the blacksmith trade, which he fol- lowed until 1891, when he began farming at Ruchsville. In 1902 he occupied his present farm

of ninety-one acres, the Geo. Xander homestead. He is also greatly interested in poultry.

In religion he is a Lutheran. He married Miss Agnes Guth, daughter of Evan Guth. They have five children: Miles, married Minnie Steckel; Herbert, married Annie Moyer; Ne- vada, married George Kuhns; Carrie, married Ray Schneck, and William.

David Ruch, third son of Gen. Peter Ruch, was born July 3, 1807. He owned and culti- vated a farm at Ruchsville and was a member of the Egypt Lutheran congregation, where he was buried at his death on Jan. 13, 1890. He married Maria Xander and had nine children: David; Alfred; John, born 1847, died 1905; Calvin, of Coplay; Benjamin, died young; Helena, married Enoch Frankenfield ; Elizabeth, married Tilghman Steckel; Amanda, married Alex Troxell and Mary, married John Koch.

David Ruch, Jr., was born Jan. I, 1832, and died Sept. 30, 1908. He was a farmer in White- hall and also hauled iron ore from the mines to Hokendauqua Catasauqua. He was a mem- ber of the Egypt Reformed congregation, where he was buried, and was a life-long Republican. He lived for some years in Maryland. He mar- ried Susanna, daughter of David Biery, and had nine children: Catharine, died aged six years, and is buried in Venango county; Sylvester M .; Walter, of Egypt; Mary A., born 1858, died 1902, married John E. Good, of Allentown ; Agnes; Margaret, married O. J. Herman, of Kutztown; Asa, died aged four years; Sallie, married Chas. W. Long, of Princess Ann, Som- erset county, Md., and Laura, married Allen Benner, of Allentown.

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. III, Part 65

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society Publication date: 1914 Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 854

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 854